Compulsive Disassociative CD Collecting Disease (CDCDCD)

[bigshot]

You could always duplicate your collection so you can have a copy at home and a copy in your car! This could be the start of something big(ger)!

[The new erato]

OK, well, I've finally done it. I BOUGHT A CD I ALREADY HAD!!

This comes as quite a shock, for, I seriously don't do this,... and, especially this particular cd,... I'm dumbfounded. It's just a cheap little cd, but,... I already had it?? Whaaat??? It's the Wuorinen/Harvey/Peterson String Quartets cd on Koch, btw.

Well, didn't I find a cd recently that I WAS going to order, but then found. And now this. Wait, that was the OTHER Koch/Wuorinen cd!!

THAT does it.


And here I thought I was in the clear.

Having an 'extra' cd around is a CDCDCD trigger I hadn't thought of, but, right now I don't feel so good.


I think I will throw them in tomorrow's trash and be done with my folly. It's the only way?

I managed to buy 2 copies of John Joubert string quartets, as well as 2 copies of Rozsa orchestral music vol 1 on Chandos, and I think it may have happened on other occasions as well, these two being the most recent.

[Octo_Russ]

OK, well, I've finally done it. I BOUGHT A CD I ALREADY HAD!!

Oh oh, is this first symptom of CDCDCD?, because if so, i might be developing the disease, i've actually done this two or three times, i've even been searching for several years for that OOP rare CD, only to one day find it in my own collection YIKES!, i would have snapped up a second copy.

But i ONLY have 1700 discs, that can't possibly be CDCDCD territory, i think i'll put it down to amnesia instead, yes that's it, i'm just getting old.

[snyprrr]

Oh oh, is this first symptom of CDCDCD?, because if so, i might be developing the disease, i've actually done this two or three times, i've even been searching for several years for that OOP rare CD, only to one day find it in my own collection YIKES!, i would have snapped up a second copy.

But i ONLY have 1700 discs, that can't possibly be CDCDCD territory, i think i'll put it down to amnesia instead, yes that's it, i'm just getting old.

My CDCDCD has quite improved, but THIS is something new and disturbing. I don't see it happening again though.

What was especially disturbing was how I was frantically trying to find cheap copies. Had I spent anything over $10, I'd be reeeally trying to get an appointment with the shrink, haha.


And (OK, IT'S AN HOUR later and I don't remember what to say)...

[snyprrr]

One cd all year so far. And it was 'Required By the Rules', so, it wasn't really a choice, so, really, I have reached a certain plateau of acceptable listening each day, so I have no real need. No money either, and that's probably the only reason, though, my List is pretty well filled with pure vanity items, gilding lilies.

mm?

[Karl Henning]

You'll be relieved to know that, at this point, I've listened to all of my Piston backlog.

[Mirror Image]

I can say that over the past few days I've seen my CDCDCD in full throttle. Here's the outcome of this most debilitating of mental illnesses:

-Leifs: Elegies and other chamber works, Bernard Wilkinson, Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra, various soloists, Smekkleysa
-Flagello: Violin Concerto, Symphonic Aria, orchestral songs, Elmar Oliveira, John McLaughlin Williams, National Radio Symphony of Ukraine, Artek
-Flagello: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, Credendum, Overtures, Elmar Oliveira, Tatjana Rankovich, David Amos, Slovak Philharmonic Orch., Artek
-Flagello: Symphony No. 1, Sea Cliffs, other works, David Amos, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Naxos
-Flagello: Piano Concerto No. 1, Concerto Sinfonico, Dante's Farewell, Tatjana Rankovich, John McLaughlin Williams, National RSO of Ukraine, Naxos
-Flagello: Missa Sinfonica, Rosner: Symphony No. 5, John McLaughlin Williams, National RSO of Ukraine, Naxos
-Gould: Symphony No. 2, various composers, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Hybrid SACD, Albany Records
-Harris: Symphony No. 2, Gould: Symphony No. 3, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Hybrid SACD, Albany Records
-Harris: Symphony No. 11, other composers, Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia, Hybrid SACD, Albany Records
-Gould: Interplay, Concerto for Orchestra, etc., David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Albany Records
-Gould: Piano Concerto, StringMusic, etc., Randall Hodgkinson, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Albany Records
-Petrassi: Partita, Divertimento, etc., Francesco La Vecchia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Naxos
-Petrassi: Piano Concerto, Partita, Alfonso Alberti, Arturo Tamayo, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Stradivarius
-Dallapiccola: Orchestral Music, Pascal Rophe, Orchestra Sinfonico Nazionale della RAI, Stradivarius
-Karabits: Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 1-3, Kirill Karabits, Bournemouth Symphony Orch., Naxos
-Preston: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4, Gregory Fulkerson, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Albany Records
-Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Sony (classic 1958 performance reissued/remastered)
-Shchedrin: Anna Karenia, Yuri Simonov, Bolshoi Theatre Orch., 2-CDs, Melodiya
-Shchedrin: The Seagull, Alexander Lazarev, Bolshoi Theatre Orch., 2-CDs, Melodiya
-Barber: Piano Concerto, Three Essays,Giampaolo Nuti, Daniel Kawka, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Stradivarius
-Chavez: Piano Concerto, other works, Jorge Frederico Osorio, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional De Mexico, Cedille Records
-Rachmaninov: The Bells, various other composers, Jose Serebrier, various soloists, Russian National Orchestra, Warner Classics

[snyprrr]

I can say that over the past few days I've seen my CDCDCD in full throttle. Here's the outcome of this most debilitating of mental illnesses:

-Leifs: Elegies and other chamber works, Bernard Wilkinson, Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra, various soloists, Smekkleysa
-Flagello: Violin Concerto, Symphonic Aria, orchestral songs, Elmar Oliveira, John McLaughlin Williams, National Radio Symphony of Ukraine, Artek
-Flagello: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, Credendum, Overtures, Elmar Oliveira, Tatjana Rankovich, David Amos, Slovak Philharmonic Orch., Artek
-Flagello: Symphony No. 1, Sea Cliffs, other works, David Amos, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Naxos
-Flagello: Piano Concerto No. 1, Concerto Sinfonico, Dante's Farewell, Tatjana Rankovich, John McLaughlin Williams, National RSO of Ukraine, Naxos
-Flagello: Missa Sinfonica, Rosner: Symphony No. 5, John McLaughlin Williams, National RSO of Ukraine, Naxos
-Gould: Symphony No. 2, various composers, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Hybrid SACD, Albany Records
-Harris: Symphony No. 2, Gould: Symphony No. 3, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Hybrid SACD, Albany Records
-Harris: Symphony No. 11, other composers, Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia, Hybrid SACD, Albany Records
-Gould: Interplay, Concerto for Orchestra, etc., David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Albany Records
-Gould: Piano Concerto, StringMusic, etc., Randall Hodgkinson, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Albany Records
-Petrassi: Partita, Divertimento, etc., Francesco La Vecchia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Naxos
-Petrassi: Piano Concerto, Partita, Alfonso Alberti, Arturo Tamayo, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Stradivarius
-Dallapiccola: Orchestral Music, Pascal Rophe, Orchestra Sinfonico Nazionale della RAI, Stradivarius
-Karabits: Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 1-3, Kirill Karabits, Bournemouth Symphony Orch., Naxos
-Preston: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4, Gregory Fulkerson, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Albany Records
-Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Sony (classic 1958 performance reissued/remastered)
-Shchedrin: Anna Karenia, Yuri Simonov, Bolshoi Theatre Orch., 2-CDs, Melodiya
-Shchedrin: The Seagull, Alexander Lazarev, Bolshoi Theatre Orch., 2-CDs, Melodiya
-Barber: Piano Concerto, Three Essays,Giampaolo Nuti, Daniel Kawka, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Stradivarius
-Chavez: Piano Concerto, other works, Jorge Frederico Osorio, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional De Mexico, Cedille Records
-Rachmaninov: The Bells, various other composers, Jose Serebrier, various soloists, Russian National Orchestra, Warner Classics

I'm guessing at full price? Gulp.

I'm impressed, but I doubt the girls will be, haha. Welcome to nights alone haha! btw- You'll probably snooze to the Chavez, haven't you heard it's a snorefest? Or?...

Still only bought one cd this year. I want to... oooooo... just one... or... four, yea, four or five. Five Max, that's all I want.... ooooooo.... uh, I think I caME.

[Mirror Image]

I'm guessing at full price? Gulp.

I'm impressed, but I doubt the girls will be, haha. Welcome to nights alone haha! btw- You'll probably snooze to the Chavez, haven't you heard it's a snorefest? Or?...

Still only bought one cd this year. I want to... oooooo... just one... or... four, yea, four or five. Five Max, that's all I want.... ooooooo.... uh, I think I caME.

Nope, not full price or I wouldn't have bought them. I've heard a little of the Chavez PC before I bought it and loved it. Can't wait to hear more. Plus, I'm a big fan of his music anyway. Too bad more of it hasn't been committed to record.

[The new erato]

I can say that over the past few days I've seen my CDCDCD in full throttle. Here's the outcome of this most debilitating of mental illnesses:

-Leifs: Elegies and other chamber works, Bernard Wilkinson, Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra, various soloists, Smekkleysa
-Flagello: Violin Concerto, Symphonic Aria, orchestral songs, Elmar Oliveira, John McLaughlin Williams, National Radio Symphony of Ukraine, Artek
-Flagello: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, Credendum, Overtures, Elmar Oliveira, Tatjana Rankovich, David Amos, Slovak Philharmonic Orch., Artek
-Flagello: Symphony No. 1, Sea Cliffs, other works, David Amos, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Naxos
-Flagello: Piano Concerto No. 1, Concerto Sinfonico, Dante's Farewell, Tatjana Rankovich, John McLaughlin Williams, National RSO of Ukraine, Naxos
-Flagello: Missa Sinfonica, Rosner: Symphony No. 5, John McLaughlin Williams, National RSO of Ukraine, Naxos
-Gould: Symphony No. 2, various composers, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Hybrid SACD, Albany Records
-Harris: Symphony No. 2, Gould: Symphony No. 3, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Hybrid SACD, Albany Records
-Harris: Symphony No. 11, other composers, Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia, Hybrid SACD, Albany Records
-Gould: Interplay, Concerto for Orchestra, etc., David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Albany Records
-Gould: Piano Concerto, StringMusic, etc., Randall Hodgkinson, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Albany Records
-Petrassi: Partita, Divertimento, etc., Francesco La Vecchia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Naxos
-Petrassi: Piano Concerto, Partita, Alfonso Alberti, Arturo Tamayo, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Stradivarius
-Dallapiccola: Orchestral Music, Pascal Rophe, Orchestra Sinfonico Nazionale della RAI, Stradivarius
-Karabits: Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 1-3, Kirill Karabits, Bournemouth Symphony Orch., Naxos
-Preston: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4, Gregory Fulkerson, David Allan Miller, Albany Symphony Orch., Albany Records
-Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Sony (classic 1958 performance reissued/remastered)
-Shchedrin: Anna Karenia, Yuri Simonov, Bolshoi Theatre Orch., 2-CDs, Melodiya
-Shchedrin: The Seagull, Alexander Lazarev, Bolshoi Theatre Orch., 2-CDs, Melodiya
-Barber: Piano Concerto, Three Essays,Giampaolo Nuti, Daniel Kawka, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Stradivarius
-Chavez: Piano Concerto, other works, Jorge Frederico Osorio, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional De Mexico, Cedille Records
-Rachmaninov: The Bells, various other composers, Jose Serebrier, various soloists, Russian National Orchestra, Warner Classics

You held on admirably for longer than I originally had thought, but when you went bust you did it in style.

I have never thought abstinence was a good solution and currentkly don't buy more than I reasonably comfortably can digest. But those big sets are a bummer when they come along. 

[Mirror Image]

You held on admirably for longer than I originally had thought, but when you went bust you did it in style.

I have never thought abstinence was a good solution and currentkly don't buy more than I reasonably comfortably can digest. But those big sets are a bummer when they come along.

Thanks, erato. I'm probably going to hold off buying anything for awhile since I have so much coming right now.

[Sandra]

Spotted a used CD store in my neighborhood and they're racially giving away a buncha great CDs for a dollar each (sometimes even for less!). If funny how classical music CDs are treated in these kind of places... It's like the cheapest product they have to offer, they'll even give some away for free to clear space... Pop music is being sold like hot cakes though. This might be the last time I give in to my CDCDCD. ))

[Gurn Blanston]

Spotted a used CD store in my neighborhood and they're racially giving away a buncha great CDs for a dollar each (sometimes even for less!). If funny how classical music CDs are treated in these kind of places... It's like the cheapest product they have to offer, they'll even give some away for free to clear space... Pop music is being sold like hot cakes though. This might be the last time I give in to my CDCDCD. ))

Not sure how one "racially" gives things away, nonetheless I am jealous of your good fortune. It is hard to even find a used CD store around here any longer.

[DavidRoss]

Not sure how one "racially" gives things away, nonetheless I am jealous of your good fortune.

Well, isn't it obvious? Using what passes for "reasoning" among the ill-educated these days: most people who like classical music are white, therefore classical music is racist.

Re. CDetc: Looking over my Amazon orders recently, during February and March I avoided GMG and bought only 1 CD. Since returning less than a month ago, I've bought 8 titles, including two CD boxsets and one blu-ray Ring cycle.   

P.S. Sandra -- welcome to GMG. I don't know you and you don't know me, so perhaps I should state overtly that I'm not insinuating anything about you, just making a joke.  Nor am I insinuating anything about you by offering this explanation which probably seems unnecessary ... but I have learned that some people are so predispositioned to imagine insults and take offense that one can't be too careful. 

[Karl Henning]

I figured it was a typo, though I haven't guessed what Sandra meant.

There's got to be a joke somewhere with racially as a misspelling for rashly . . . .

[Brian]

I bet it was an iPhone autocorrect!

[Karl Henning]

Re. CDetc: Looking over my Amazon orders recently, during February and March I avoided GMG and bought only 1 CD. Since returning less than a month ago, I've bought 8 titles, including two CD boxsets and one blu-ray Ring cycle. 

I feel you, friend!

[DavidRoss]

I feel you, friend!

Yeah, but do you feel this:

[DavidRoss]

I bet it was an iPhone autocorrect!

Hah! Note my Windows and Android phones are guilty of the same.

[Karl Henning]

Yeah, but do you feel this:

I can believe it, which is not quite the same thing, of course : )