Purchases Today

[DaveF]

Present to self for managing to keep my job after a period of restructuring and cost-cutting by my public-service employer:

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€51 on amazon.it - £40 to the UK.  Thought I'd better get it quick before the Greeks sign something.

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Yes, indeed!      Blame YouTube!   

I've blamed YouTube years ago. Enjoy, Peter!

[ritter]

This can only be described as impulse (or news-induced) buying  , but who cares, any excuse is good, right?  :

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The rationalization: I greatly admired Petrenko live in Bayreuth last year, I'm unfamiliar with Suk's music, and these CDs were soooo cheap at jpc.

The Asrael Symphony that started this cycle is OOP and outrageously expensive! 

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This can only be described as impulse (or news-induced) buying  , but who cares, any excuse is good, right?  :

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The rationalization: I greatly admired Petrenko live in Bayreuth last year, I'm unfamiliar with Suk's music, and these CDs were soooo cheap at jpc.

The Asrael Symphony that started this cycle is OOP and outrageously expensive! 

Very nice, ritter. I can't say I'm familiar with Petrenko's traversal of Suk, so please let me know what you think. If you end up liking this music, you may want to get the Supraphon set at some point. It's excellent.

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After much back and forth in my own mind and with other members here, I decided to pull the trigger on this highly-acclaimed cycle.

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Just bought:

[Moonfish]

Just bought:

Ahh, these look great! Have you sampled Janowski's Strauss in the past, John?  What made you wander towards the Straussian realm after your long Scandinavian journey? 

[The new erato]

What made you wander towards the Straussian realm after your long Scandinavian journey? 

Probably because there were no more CDs of Scandinavian music to buy.

[Wanderer]

Just bought:

I've been listening to the Isokoski last week, it's among my absolutely top favourite Vier letzte Lieder (and a thrilling disc, overall - as is her Luonnotar one). Janowski's Alpensinfonie is excellent. His Symphonia Domestica is on my wishlist, so I'll be waiting your impressions on that one.

[North Star]

Just bought:

*pounds the table*

[Moonfish]

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[Karl Henning]

Present to self for managing to keep my job after a period of restructuring and cost-cutting by my public-service employer:

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€51 on amazon.it - £40 to the UK.  Thought I'd better get it quick before the Greeks sign something.

Outstanding!

[Moonfish]

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[Karl Henning]

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(* pounds the table *)

[North Star]

(* pounds the table *)

This one calls for a sturdier table.

[Karl Henning]

Forsooth!

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Ahh, these look great! Have you sampled Janowski's Strauss in the past, John?  What made you wander towards the Straussian realm after your long Scandinavian journey? 

I've had my eyes on Janowski's Strauss for quite some time. I've actually been listening to Strauss off/on during my Scandinavian phase (which is still very much in full swing). For me, you can never own enough Strauss and any newcomer, especially when it comes to the tone poems, will receive my attention at some point or another.

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Probably because there were no more CDs of Scandinavian music to buy.

You bring up an interesting point, I need to get out my Peterson-Berger recordings on CPO.

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I've been listening to the Isokoski last week, it's among my absolutely top favourite Vier letzte Lieder (and a thrilling disc, overall - as is her Luonnotar one). Janowski's Alpensinfonie is excellent. His Symphonia Domestica is on my wishlist, so I'll be waiting your impressions on that one.

Great to hear, Wanderer. Yes, her disc of Sibelius orchestral songs (+ Luonnotar) is excellent. I'll definitely let you know my impressions of the Symphonia Domestica recording with Janowski. I'll be honest and say I don't know this work as well as I should.

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I admire your courage here, Peter. Is this unknown territory for you? I like a good bit of the Second Viennese School, but I seldom listen to them these days. I might play Berg's Three Pieces for Orchestra or Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra every now and then.

[Henk]

Cheap set.