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Sergeant Rock

#120
April 30, 2007, 12:28:41 PM
Quote from: MrOsa on April 30, 2007, 12:07:28 PM
Well, Sarge, great minds think alike...OK, I've convinced me - I'll buy it! 8)

Thanks for the comprehensive reply. Much appreciated....and you've sold me. Now I just have to find it.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Maciek

#121
April 30, 2007, 12:49:18 PM
Something tells me finding it won't be easy. But all 5 volumes are available at this (Polish) shop:

(www.gigant.pl)

You have to type in "Rowicki" at the search prompt. The whole set (10 CDs, 159,99 PLN = 42,36 EUR) comes up as third from the top. The separate issues (2 CDs each) are at the very bottom and they cost 26,99 PLN (= 7,15 EUR) each, except for the one with Szymanowski and contemporary music (30,99 PLN = 8,21 EUR, still cheaper than buying all 10 CDs in one box!). I think they don't charge anything for packing - you just pay whatever the actual shipping cost (to Germany that could be anything from 8 to 15 EUR). Still, it would have been easier if they could actually tell you the shipping charge before you placed your order... ::)

But hopefully you'll find a nearer and easier-to-use source. :-\ (I'll be here if you need any assistance, of course. Just send me a PM.)

Cheers,
Maciek

Dancing Divertimentian

#122
April 30, 2007, 06:11:53 PM Last Edit: April 30, 2007, 06:17:08 PM by donwyn
Quote from: George on April 30, 2007, 08:21:54 AM
I trust you've heard Richter and Rowicki in the LvB PC 3?


Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 30, 2007, 08:48:09 AM
I'm interested...but not THAT interested  :o  ;D


Hold the fort, you two!!!

The Richter/Sanderling Beethoven 3rd is available from AmazonUK for CHEAP!!


EDIT: George, just noticed the discrepancy...it's actually Sanderling conducting in Beethoven's 3rd PC. :)





Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

George

#123
April 30, 2007, 06:29:43 PM
Quote from: donwyn on April 30, 2007, 06:11:53 PM
Hold the fort, you two!!!

The Richter/Sanderling Beethoven 3rd is available from AmazonUK for CHEAP!!


EDIT: George, just noticed the discrepancy...it's actually Sanderling conducting in Beethoven's 3rd PC. :)

You are correct...nice work!  $:)

Steve

#124
April 30, 2007, 06:37:53 PM
Quote from: donwyn on April 30, 2007, 06:11:53 PM
Hold the fort, you two!!!

The Richter/Sanderling Beethoven 3rd is available from AmazonUK for CHEAP!!



EDIT: George, just noticed the discrepancy...it's actually Sanderling conducting in Beethoven's 3rd PC. :)

Hold the phone! This might just be the perfect addition to a glorious day of shopping! Thanks.  ;D



Dancing Divertimentian

#125
April 30, 2007, 06:39:31 PM
Quote from: George on April 30, 2007, 06:29:43 PM
You are correct...nice work!  $:)

ooooooo.....nice avatar.




Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Dancing Divertimentian

#126
April 30, 2007, 06:42:00 PM
Quote from: Steve on April 30, 2007, 06:37:53 PM
Hold the phone! This might just be the perfect addition to a glorious day of shopping! Thanks.  ;D

Pretty sweet deal, even for us stateside...




Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

George

#127
April 30, 2007, 06:50:53 PM
Quote from: donwyn on April 30, 2007, 06:39:31 PM
ooooooo.....nice avatar.

Yes I am auditioning some tonight.

:)

Don Giovanni

#128
May 01, 2007, 04:38:22 AM
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin - Milstein

Schoenberg: Piano Music - Pollini

Stockhausen: Kontakte (I think I'd rather get the Schoenberg berfore this, though)

Wanderer

#129
May 01, 2007, 05:03:40 AM
Quote from: Choo Choo on April 30, 2007, 09:09:50 AM
OK.  I have now listened to this again, and compared with the Thielemann Berlin download.


I love it.  I'm glad you gave me reason to hear it again.

Thanks for the detailed review! I was already positively disposed towards this recording and your detailed account sealed the deal.  :)

Choo Choo

#130
May 01, 2007, 05:12:50 AM
In truth the Munich (DG) and Berlin (download) recordings are not that far apart.  You can hear that the intended interpretation is similar, and only a few percent separate them in the execution.  But that few percent is like the difference between being precisely on the beat all time and being slightly behind the beat all the time.  Objectively it may be only a few percent, but it creates a whole different emphasis and mood (I think.)

Sergeant Rock

#131
May 01, 2007, 05:20:42 AM
Quote from: donwyn on April 30, 2007, 06:11:53 PM
Hold the fort, you two!!!
The Richter/Sanderling Beethoven 3rd is available from AmazonUK for CHEAP!!

Thanks, Don! One of the sellers is on the continent and I've had good service from him before. I placed my order just now.  :)

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

#132
May 01, 2007, 05:22:49 AM
Quote from: MrOsa on April 30, 2007, 12:49:18 PM
Something tells me finding it won't be easy. But all 5 volumes are available at this (Polish) shop:

(www.gigant.pl)

You have to type in "Rowicki" at the search prompt. The whole set (10 CDs, 159,99 PLN = 42,36 EUR) comes up as third from the top. The separate issues (2 CDs each) are at the very bottom and they cost 26,99 PLN (= 7,15 EUR) each, except for the one with Szymanowski and contemporary music (30,99 PLN = 8,21 EUR, still cheaper than buying all 10 CDs in one box!). I think they don't charge anything for packing - you just pay whatever the actual shipping cost (to Germany that could be anything from 8 to 15 EUR). Still, it would have been easier if they could actually tell you the shipping charge before you placed your order... ::)

But hopefully you'll find a nearer and easier-to-use source. :-\ (I'll be here if you need any assistance, of course. Just send me a PM.)

Cheers,
Maciek

Thanks for the information, Maciek. Much appreciated.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

#133
May 01, 2007, 06:00:56 AM
Quote from: Don Giovanni on May 01, 2007, 04:38:22 AM
Schoenberg: Piano Music - Pollini

If you want Schönberg's complete piano music, there's no need to hesitate: this is the standard bearer. Very good sound too.

I'm partial to Glenn Gould's Schönberg (a box set that includes the Phantasy for Violin and Piano and the Ode to Napoleon) but he takes liberties with the scores and is not as well recorded. His yodeling might bother you too ;D Not a first choice then. I'm interested in Pöntinen's Schönberg on BIS; supposedly slower, warmer, more Brahmsian than Pollini (not inappropriate: Schönberg worshipped Brahms). Sounds fascinating.

If you could be satisifed with just a few solo pieces for now, Op.11 and 19, Uchida's disc with the Piano Concerto is just stunning. It's conducted by Boulez, the Cleveland Orchestra in great form. It also includes Webern's Op.27 Variations and the best Berg Sonata I've ever heard.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

karlhenning

#134
May 01, 2007, 06:03:51 AM
OTOH, Sarge, think how cool Schoenberg is, if you can yodel to his music!  8)

I should revisit the Pollini disc, which I once had, long, long ago.  Peter Hill's account on Naxos is excellent, too.

Choo Choo

#135
May 01, 2007, 06:13:13 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 01, 2007, 06:03:51 AM
I should revisit the Pollini disc, which I once had, long, long ago.

Definitely.  I got the great man to autograph my copy after his last recital here.

Don Giovanni

#136
May 01, 2007, 09:27:25 AM
The Pollini is definitely the copy I'll be getting.

Quote from: Choo Choo on May 01, 2007, 06:13:13 AM
Definitely.  I got the great man to autograph my copy after his last recital here.

What was he like?

Choo Choo

#137
May 01, 2007, 10:04:33 AM
Quote from: Don Giovanni on May 01, 2007, 09:27:25 AM
The Pollini is definitely the copy I'll be getting.

What was he like?

That recital was entirely Chopin Nocturnes, which TBH didn't seem all that inspired (or inspiring) to me.  He seems firmly stuck in a Chopin groove at the moment:  his next recital here (next month) is once again Chopin, this time alternating with Liszt.  It seems a very long time since he gave us anything later than Debussy - yet he's on record as saying that he values the London audience particularly for their response to 20thC music - so why he doesn't give us any, I really don't know.  His technical mastery seems undiminished.

71 dB

#138
May 01, 2007, 10:05:25 AM
I am considering not buying CDs for a while...  :-\

I have 3 Rodrigo discs, 2 Granados discs and 1 Lully disc still in plastic wrapping.
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Crossfeeders reduce spatial distortion and make the sound more natural
and less tiresome in headphone listening.

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George

#139
May 01, 2007, 10:09:37 AM
Quote from: 71 dB on May 01, 2007, 10:05:25 AM
I am considering not buying CDs for a while...  :-\

Yeah, I've already decided to stop buying for at least a month. I am doing it 'cause I have overspent by almost $300.   :o :o
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