So long, GMG (for now)!

[springrite]

You were looking for a woman. Is this what you Americans call a "quickie"?

In musical terms, it is called a Webern.

[The new erato]

In musical terms, it is called a Webern.

Certainly no "Langsamer Satz".

[Henk]

Henk's "I'm quitting" time record has been broken! You must now do this 17 more times to break the frquency record.

[Papy Oli]

Not quite so long, GMG.... 

[Ataraxia]

Quitting is such sweet sorrow...

[Mirror Image]

Thanks guys for the warm return. I really don't know what happened to me last night.

[vandermolen]

I just read of your departure and was thinking that this is very bad news indeed for me 

But now I see that you are back again - which is very good news. 

[Scion7]

If you'd stop buying 6000 CD's every two yrs, you could afford a woman.

[The new erato]

If you'd stop buying 6000 CD's every two yrs, you could afford a woman.

But not her handbag and shoe collection.

[coffee]

In musical terms, it is called a Webern.

I approve.

[Mirror Image]

If you'd stop buying 6000 CD's every two yrs, you could afford a woman.

The woman I'm going to be with will have to be supportive of my CD buying habits or she'll be kicked to the curb!

[ibanezmonster]

Reminds me of a guy I work with who is probably in his 60s; throughout his whole life, he's just spent his extra money on fishing equipment, buying some stuff each month. It's kinda like a different form of CDCDCD- that stuff never goes away...

[Coopmv]

Damn...I didn't win the pool. I thought you'd be gone at least 24 hours before reappearing 

Sarge

Yeah, he is the new Count Dracula ...   

[Mirror Image]

Reminds me of a guy I work with who is probably in his 60s; throughout his whole life, he's just spent his extra money on fishing equipment, buying some stuff each month. It's kinda like a different form of CDCDCD- that stuff never goes away...

Fishing equipment can cost you some serious money, especially if you have your own boat and what aspiring fisherman doesn't want his own boat?

[classicalgeek]

The woman I'm going to be with will have to be supportive of my CD buying habits or she'll be kicked to the curb!

Ahh, you have the advantage of contracting CDCDCD before meeting your mate ... I met my wife in college, when I was still in the habit of actually saving up for CDs, and buying maybe one a month.  I came down with CDCDCD after we'd been together for about nine years, and had both a steady, full-time job and a line of credit, two things I lacked in my student days! 

[Mirror Image]

Ahh, you have the advantage of contracting CDCDCD before meeting your mate ... I met my wife in college, when I was still in the habit of actually saving up for CDs, and buying maybe one a month.  I came down with CDCDCD after we'd been together for about nine years, and had both a steady, full-time job and a line of credit, two things I lacked in my student days! 

I don't think I could make it on one CD a month. My doctor is trying to get me down to one a month, but right after he told I was going to have make this a priority, I lashed out at him like the Sarah Connor character did in T2: Judgment Day and stabbed him in the knee with his own pen. Of course, I was tasered and put in a strightjacket soon after.

[classicalgeek]

I don't think I could make it on one CD a month. My doctor is trying to get me down to one a month, but right after he told I was going to have make this a priority, I lashed out at him like the Sarah Connor character did in T2: Judgment Day and stabbed him in the knee with his own pen. Of course, I was tasered and put in a strightjacket soon after.

Ha - at least you can still listen to music while straightjacketed, right? 

I couldn't make it on one CD's worth of music a month, either - which is why I've gone to downloading.  I've been able to my dollar stretch a little farther , not to mention there are a lot of freebie DLs out there of concerts and LP transfers.  I'm hoping to convince someone to finance a small CD order for me for my birthday next month - I look forward to my first post on the 'Purchases' thread where I'm buying something and not just commenting on someone else's haul!

[Mirror Image]

Ha - at least you can still listen to music while straightjacketed, right? 

Yes, but the person who is putting on the music could torture me with music that I dislike (i. e. Messiaen, John Cage come to mind ).

I couldn't make it on one CD's worth of music a month, either - which is why I've gone to downloading.  I've been able to my dollar stretch a little farther , not to mention there are a lot of freebie DLs out there of concerts and LP transfers.  I'm hoping to convince someone to finance a small CD order for me for my birthday next month - I look forward to my first post on the 'Purchases' thread where I'm buying something and not just commenting on someone else's haul!

What recordings have you had your eye on or that you've been interested in getting?

[classicalgeek]

Yes, but the person who is putting on the music could torture me with music that I dislike (i. e. Messiaen, John Cage come to mind ).

What recordings have you had your eye on or that you've been interested in getting?

Hmm... that's a good question!  I'm really the type who likes to browse a store or website and grab what looks good or is on sale.  Usually I have a set budget, and I'm looking to maximize it.  Getting a bit off-topic, I suppose, but there are a few possibilities:

the Ruggles box with Tilson Thomas:
[asin]B007C7FFJA[/asin]

the Malikova/Sanderling Saint-Saëns piano concerti, brought to my attention on this very forum
[asin]B0036FVVIQ[/asin]

Sibelius tone poems with Sinaisky - read a great review in an old Fanfare magazine when they were released on a rare Russian label.  Was excited to see them well-priced on Brilliant Classics:
[asin]B004J80CZ2[/asin]

Salonen's Nielsen symphony cycle:
[asin]B002KPW484[/asin]

and this disc of Josef Holbrooke orchestral works;
[asin]B002586YH8[/asin]
A fascinating composer - my interest has been piqued by looking over his orchestral scores on IMSLP.  They're absolutely astounding!  I have (digitally) a couple of the Marco Polo Holbrooke recordings, and they're a valuable placeholder, but the performances are competent at best, and some of his unique orchestration is retouched - he was fond of saxophones, saxhorns, contrabass clarinets, euphoniums, odd bits of percussion; what a treat it would be to hear it as he wrote it!  Case in point: in the Prleude to 'Dylan', where Holbrooke wrote an exposed, lyrical euphonium solo, the Marco Polo recording substitutes a cello! The cpo disc looks promising, and supposedly is the first in a series (though it was released in 2009).

We'll see if I get my wish, though... I also need new headphones, jeans, and a new wallet, and the only two parties who buy me gifts (my wife and my parents) are more practically minded.  But I can dream...

[Mirror Image]

Hmm... that's a good question!  I'm really the type who likes to browse a store or website and grab what looks good or is on sale.  Usually I have a set budget, and I'm looking to maximize it.  Getting a bit off-topic, I suppose, but there are a few possibilities:

the Ruggles box with Tilson Thomas:
[asin]B007C7FFJA[/asin]

the Malikova/Sanderling Saint-Saëns piano concerti, brought to my attention on this very forum
[asin]B0036FVVIQ[/asin]

Sibelius tone poems with Sinaisky - read a great review in an old Fanfare magazine when they were released on a rare Russian label.  Was excited to see them well-priced on Brilliant Classics:
[asin]B004J80CZ2[/asin]

Salonen's Nielsen symphony cycle:
[asin]B002KPW484[/asin]

and this disc of Josef Holbrooke orchestral works;
[asin]B002586YH8[/asin]
A fascinating composer - my interest has been piqued by looking over his orchestral scores on IMSLP.  They're absolutely astounding!  I have (digitally) a couple of the Marco Polo Holbrooke recordings, and they're a valuable placeholder, but the performances are competent at best, and some of his unique orchestration is retouched - he was fond of saxophones, saxhorns, contrabass clarinets, euphoniums, odd bits of percussion; what a treat it would be to hear it as he wrote it!  Case in point: in the Prleude to 'Dylan', where Holbrooke wrote an exposed, lyrical euphonium solo, the Marco Polo recording substitutes a cello! The cpo disc looks promising, and supposedly is the first in a series (though it was released in 2009).

We'll see if I get my wish, though... I also need new headphones, jeans, and a new wallet, and the only two parties who buy me gifts (my wife and my parents) are more practically minded.  But I can dream...

I'm buying that Ruggles set next week when it comes out. No doubt about it. It's an essential purchase IMHO for people interested in the music of Ives or Cowell. Ruggles may have composed a small amount of music, but there's no denying the power of Sun-treader. What a remarkable work (I only own MTT's BSO performance of it which is fine). The Saint-Saens piano concerti set I obviously bought a few days ago. I'm looking forward to hearing it. I own the Nielsen/Salonen set and I like it pretty good, but was surprised that Sony curiously left out the other concerto disc Salonen made with the clarinet and flute concerti and why they left in Sibelius' VC (w/ Lin on violin) is beyond me.