Recordings That You Are Considering

[JBS]

Seen on Twitter.
Anyone have opinions on the recordings or conductor?

[Anooj]

Any opinions on this set, especially Pieces de clavecin as performed by Laurence Boulay?


Alternatively, it seems Brilliant is re-releasing their out-of-print Michael Borgstede recordings of those pieces next year, packed together with the harpsichord works of the other Couperin family members. Any experiences with these recordings, or how they compare with Boulay?


Also considering the Baumont set on Erato, though it obviously has fewer extras compared to the above two sets.

[Mandryka]

@Anooj

 I thought that what Laurence Boulay does is execrable and the instrument is pretty crap too.

[DavidW]

Pettersson edition, mostly I'm using this as a bookmark!  Will revisit many of these recordings in the next few weeks and decide if I want to pull the trigger.



The image is a clickable to the preorder page on Presto.

[Mandryka]

For the Shostakovich - it's expensive so please say if you know anything about it.

[Atriod]

Pettersson edition, mostly I'm using this as a bookmark!  Will revisit many of these recordings in the next few weeks and decide if I want to pull the trigger.



The image is a clickable to the preorder page on Presto.

Length: 19 hours 44 minutes

Nice, enough time to sneak in a nap and a couple of snacks for a single day of Pettersson.

[DavidW]

Pettersson edition, mostly I'm using this as a bookmark!  Will revisit many of these recordings in the next few weeks and decide if I want to pull the trigger.



The image is a clickable to the preorder page on Presto.

Ordered.

[Spotted Horses]

Considering, and expressing confusion.

I saw this set or Mozart wind music by the Consortium Classicum on Warner (EMI)



then recalled that there is a similar set on cpo



Looking up the cpo release on Discogs, I see that it was recorded mostly in the 70's by EMI electrola! How does a set of EMI recordings get released by cpo?

To add to the confusion, the Consortium Classicum seems to have recorded the pieces again for MD&G.

[Mapman]

Considering, and expressing confusion.

I saw this set or Mozart wind music by the Consortium Classicum on Warner (EMI)



then recalled that there is a similar set on cpo



Looking up the cpo release on Discogs, I see that it was recorded mostly in the 70's by EMI electrola! How does a set of EMI recordings get released by cpo?

To add to the confusion, the Consortium Classicum seems to have recorded the pieces again for MD&G.

It seems to me that the CPO is a licensed (earlier) reissue of the same Warner set. The back cover of the Warner set (available on German Amazon) doesn't give enough details to confirm this.

Is this the MD&G set you mentioned? It does seem different, with more arrangements of Mozart by other people. https://www.discogs.com/release/20473846-Mozart-Consortium-Classicum-The-Unbelievable-Mozart-Vol-1-7

I'm not familiar with those particular performances, but everything I've heard from Klöcker and Consortium Classicum has been excellent. Klöcker did great work recording less-known music for winds!

[Spotted Horses]

It seems to me that the CPO is a licensed (earlier) reissue of the same Warner set. The back cover of the Warner set (available on German Amazon) doesn't give enough details to confirm this.

Is this the MD&G set you mentioned? It does seem different, with more arrangements of Mozart by other people. https://www.discogs.com/release/20473846-Mozart-Consortium-Classicum-The-Unbelievable-Mozart-Vol-1-7

I'm not familiar with those particular performances, but everything I've heard from Klöcker and Consortium Classicum has been excellent. Klöcker did great work recording less-known music for winds!

Yes, the MDG recordings are newer recordings (which I haven't heard).

It's clear from the recording data I found on Discogs that the recordings were licensed from EMI by cpo. I'm surprised because I don't know of any other instance where cpo issued recordings licensed from another label.

Original releases looked like this:

[akebergv]

Pettersson edition, mostly I'm using this as a bookmark!  Will revisit many of these recordings in the next few weeks and decide if I want to pull the trigger.



The image is a clickable to the preorder page on Presto.

For those who do not mind downloads, the Pettersson Box is available right now at eClassical (here). There is also a 50% Black Friday code (Black50) that still works. That way Redbook quality of all 17 discs can be had for $26 and HiRes (including surround) for $40.

[Spotted Horses]

For those who do not mind downloads, the Pettersson Box is available right now at eClassical (here). There is also a 50% Black Friday code (Black50) that still works. That way Redbook quality of all 17 discs can be had for $26 and HiRes (including surround) for $40.

Thanks for that. I got an email from eclassical since I have an account with them which boasted of a 50% discount, but it showed in my shopping cart at ~ $52 for 16-bit. It didn't mention the code (Black50) which worked, bring it down to $26. At that price, hard to resist. Pretty good deal compared with $175 at Prestoclassical.

[Mandryka]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I believe this set includes his " Famous Organs of Holland and North Germany" etc. Should I get it?


https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9557134--edward-power-biggs-plays-historic-organs-of-europe#:~:text=NewEdward%20Power%20Biggs%20plays%20Historic%20Organs%20of%20Europe&text=Between%201961%20and%201970%2C%20Columbia,Sweelinck%2C%20Tallis%20and%20many%20others.

[Mandryka]

I believe this set includes his " Famous Organs of Holland and North Germany" etc. Should I get it?


https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9557134--edward-power-biggs-plays-historic-organs-of-europe#:~:text=NewEdward%20Power%20Biggs%20plays%20Historic%20Organs%20of%20Europe&text=Between%201961%20and%201970%2C%20Columbia,Sweelinck%2C%20Tallis%20and%20many%20others.

For me it's more interesting as an historical document than as poetry.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

It appears that she has recitals in Sheffield occasionally.

[Anooj]

How recommendable is this box exactly? I have been considering adding a HIP Beethoven symphony cycle to my collection (the ones I have so far are in the traditional style), as well as Liszt's piano transcriptions of the symphonies.

This box seems like a good way to kill two birds with one stone then, but how do these particular recordings stack up? The symphony cycle is the Anima Eterna / Immerseel one, Yuru Martinov performs the Liszt arrangements.

[Spotted Horses]

How recommendable is this box exactly? I have been considering adding a HIP Beethoven symphony cycle to my collection (the ones I have so far are in the traditional style), as well as Liszt's piano transcriptions of the symphonies.

This box seems like a good way to kill two birds with one stone then, but how do these particular recordings stack up? The symphony cycle is the Anima Eterna / Immerseel one, Yuru Martinov performs the Liszt arrangements.

I think the Immerseel cycle is fantastic.

[Brian]

Agreed. Martynov is eccentric and given to wildly different approaches from symphony to symphony, but at his best he is also very good. My reference for those transcriptions is Scherbakov, but he is also a little inconsistent.

[Atriod]

What do people think of Ozawa/Saito Kinen Orchestra recording of Concerto for Orchestra? My impression is the orchestral back and forth is a bit soft edged but this could be a "me" issue with too much Reiner burned in my brain, it was one of the earliest orchestral pieces I heard. Last I heard it I opted not to buy it for partly what I heard in the performance but more that I have too many recordings of it already.

Hurwitz says the Reiner version is lacking in emotional depth, but I don't really hear much in this piece to begin with. I like all of his selections from the ones I have heard.