Recordings That You Are Considering

[Todd]

I miscounted, that's all.

What, you mean you don't have every release, especially every re-re-re-re-re-re-reissue memorized? 

[kishnevi]

What, you mean you don't have every release, especially every re-re-re-re-re-re-reissue memorized?

 

[marvinbrown]

  I'm into buying big boxes lately.  I just bought the Bernstein symphony edition and now I am looking at this:

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  anyone own this? any good or a mixed bag?

  any advice you have would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  marvin

[trung224]

  I'm into buying big boxes lately.  I just bought the Bernstein symphony edition and now I am looking at this:

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  anyone own this? any good or a mixed bag?

  any advice you have would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  marvin

   I don't own this box but have most of performances in this collection as individual recordings. I think it is a very good set, both musical and recordings quality. Chamber, Piano and Vocal music are excellent, with many consensus reference recordings, like Kempff's late piano pieces, Ugorsky's piano sonatas, Amadeus Quartet's string quintet and piano quintet with Pollini, Fiescher-Dieskau' songs, Karl Leister's clarinet quintet.
     The orchetral works feature von Karajan 1970s cycle, which is very good (for me better than Abbado and Böhm) , though his earlier effort is better.
   The weak point for me is the concerto , when DG chooses Pollini-Böhm, Abbado over Gilels-Jochum on piano concerto, or von Karajan-Sophie-Mutter-Meneses instead of Fricsay-Fournier-Schneiderhan or Abbado-Shaham-Wang on double concerto.
 

[jlaurson]

  I'm into buying big boxes lately.  I just bought the Bernstein symphony edition and now I am looking at this:

  anyone own this? any good or a mixed bag?

  any advice you have would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

Almost entirely a superb bag. Not mixed at all.

Only the Hyperion set is competitive against the DG set... http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Nov08/Brahms_Chamber_cds4433142.htm

And because it's all so terrific, it only makes sense to offer it all in one convenient box. Deutsche Grammophon has done so, as part of their complete Brahms Edition. A year later, or so, Philips followed suit with a box of Brahms' complete chamber music of their own. Both were setting very high standards, both are – inexplicably – out of print right now. In 2003 Brilliant assembled a collection of their own, which is now also available as part of their 60 CD complete Brahms set...

Looked at - and listened to - as a set, the merits are much higher, still, than "leaves no complaints". Even if the DG and Philips sets were still available - which they currently are not - they wouldn't be a threat to Hyperion's – merely competition. DG has some spectacular highlights with the Rostropovich/Serkin Cello Suites and the Italiano/Pollini Piano Quintet.

[Brian]

Almost entirely a superb bag. Not mixed at all.

Only the Hyperion set is competitive against the DG set... http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Nov08/Brahms_Chamber_cds4433142.htm

Claudio Abbado plays chamber music?? How did I never know that?

[Karl Henning]

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[Pat B]

Fricsay-Fournier-Schneiderhan

Minor correction: Starker in the Brahms. (Fournier is in the Beethoven on the single-disc "Originals" release. Based on this disc, I prefer Starker.)

[Brian]

Minor correction: Starker in the Brahms. (Fournier is in the Beethoven on the single-disc "Originals" release. Based on this disc, I prefer Starker.)

Coincidence: MusicWeb just today reviewed a new remastering of Beethoven's triple concerto with Fricsay, Fournier, Schneiderhan, and Geza Anda.

[trung224]

Minor correction: Starker in the Brahms. (Fournier is in the Beethoven on the single-disc "Originals" release. Based on this disc, I prefer Starker.)

Thank you, Pat B. He is Starker, not Fournier, appeared on the Double Concerto. And I forgot mentioning the German Requiem on DG box, the really great live performance from Giulini and VPO.

[North Star]

Varèse: The Complete Works

Great recording, though I only know the first disc, which is included in the Chailly box.
The sound & playing are on a very high level indeed, and the interpretations are excellent too - I'd say it's about as good as Boulez Sony, only in better sound, and better than Boulez DG.

[milk]

Considering:
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[Mirror Image]

Varèse: The Complete Works

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Go for it! Great performances all around.

[marvinbrown]

   I don't own this box but have most of performances in this collection as individual recordings. I think it is a very good set, both musical and recordings quality. Chamber, Piano and Vocal music are excellent, with many consensus reference recordings, like Kempff's late piano pieces, Ugorsky's piano sonatas, Amadeus Quartet's string quintet and piano quintet with Pollini, Fiescher-Dieskau' songs, Karl Leister's clarinet quintet.
     The orchetral works feature von Karajan 1970s cycle, which is very good (for me better than Abbado and Böhm) , though his earlier effort is better.
   The weak point for me is the concerto , when DG chooses Pollini-Böhm, Abbado over Gilels-Jochum on piano concerto, or von Karajan-Sophie-Mutter-Meneses instead of Fricsay-Fournier-Schneiderhan or Abbado-Shaham-Wang on double concerto.

 

Almost entirely a superb bag. Not mixed at all.

Only the Hyperion set is competitive against the DG set... http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Nov08/Brahms_Chamber_cds4433142.htm

  Thank you for your feedback.  I have been looking for a comprehensive set to cover the majority of Brahms' work.  Where this set is allegedly "weak" (IE some complaints regarding the piano concertos) I already have other recordings in my collection. Ditto for the symphonies although the 70s Karajan cycle featured in this boxset has received very good reviews.   It is the vocal work that drew me to this set initially as well as the chamber music. 

  Verdict: sounds like a good buy.

  marvin

[Mandryka]

Considering:
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I've listened to BWV 870 through to 883 and so for it hasn't been a favourite in any of that music. But nothing follows -- it may well be as fine and satisfying a release of WTC 2 as any of them, even though more insightful performances of each please are  findable (though not in one place!)

[milk]

I've listened to BWV 870 through to 883 and so for it hasn't been a favourite in any of that music. But nothing follows -- it may well be as fine and satisfying a release of WTC 2 as any of them, even though more insightful performances of each please are  findable (though not in one place!)

It would be gratuitous of me to purchase it then. I have so many great recordings already. Why do I need a new excuse to listen to this music?

[kishnevi]

It would be gratuitous of me to purchase it then. I have so many great recordings already. Why do I need a new excuse to listen to this music?

I bolded the fallacy in that statement 

[Mirror Image]

Considering these two at the moment:

[prémont]

It would be gratuitous of me to purchase it then. I have so many great recordings already. Why do I need a new excuse to listen to this music?

I think I shall pass it by, because I have so many great recordings of the work in question already.

[Brian]

Considering these two at the moment:

I was a little skeptical, because I dislike Noseda, but listened to 1 and 3 earlier this week and was very impressed. Of course, Bavouzet is always worth hearing no matter what he plays.