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[Richard]

I bought this late last night but forgot to post:

Great recording and a great showcase for Saint-Saëns' skills as in orchestration. Love all the colours he achieves. I almost feel like I'm floating when I listen to the aquarium. 

[PaulR]

In Europe already available. Another great final symphony.

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The one thing that gives me pause on this recording is the fact that someone else did the orchestration to it.  I know it's been done with other composers (Mahler's 10th, Elgar 3rd, Rimsky-Korsakov with basically everything Mussorgsky) with varying success....I probably will still get it....

Anyways, thread duty:

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[Mirror Image]

Great recording and a great showcase for Saint-Saëns' skills as in orchestration. Love all the colours he achieves. I almost feel like I'm floating when I listen to the aquarium. 

Yeah, I've been looking at this recording for years. Glad I finally got around to buying it. The audio samples sounded lovely.

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Bought this Mahler symphony blu-ray set for my dad for Christmas (ssshhh....don't tell him ). He already owns Abbado's Mahler set on blu-ray, so now he'll have two sets. For those that don't know, my dad has a HUGE Mahler collection and is the biggest Mahlerian I know. Sorry Sarge and Paul.

[Richard]

Yeah, I've been looking at this recording for years. Glad I finally got around to buying it. The audio samples sounded lovely.

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I've had this high on my wish list for a while. I keep watching for a sale price, but I don't know that RCO is label that gets discounted much?

I'd be interested in your impressions when you start tearing into the box.

[Richard]

Just got word from Naxos that Melodyia's entire shipment of this box was damaged and has too be remanufactured...




I suppose waiting is a good discipline for the soul. 

[The new erato]

Just got word from Naxos that Melodyia's entire shipment of this box was damaged and has too be remanufactured...




I suppose waiting is a good discipline for the soul. 

OTOH they could just shipped it hoping that nobody played it. I know that is the destiny of some of my big boxes......

Somebody claims to have received it:

http://classicalmusicguide.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=45412&sid=e13d94b85fdf6367238bf8fe90436d7c

[Richard]

Here's the text of the message:

As the German and international Distributor of the Russian label Melodiya, we are happy that you ordered the Richter Edition, which is limited to only a few copies worldwide, exclusively from our partner jpc. Unfortunately, most of the boxes have been damaged during the shipment from Russia. Since it is an exclusive, limited edition the remanufacturing and replacement of the box sets will take some time, which will cause some delay in delivery. Of course, we are in close contact with the label Melodiya to solve this issue as soon as possible.

Jpc will promptly inform you as soon as the delivery of the Richter Edition is possible again. Up to date we understand that this will take some weeks. With your order, you are among the few persons worldwide who will receive this unique Richter Edition and we hope that this exclusivity can comfort you during the annoying waiting period.  We sincerely apologize on behalf of the label Melodiya for this inconvenience.

Sincerely,
Matthias Lutzweiler
CEO NAXOS Germany

Interesting language "exclusively from our partner JPC." Maybe it's only JPC's allocation that was damaged?

[Camphy]

[Harry]

I am of course very much interested in what you make of this last instalment of Dora's music.

[Lisztianwagner]

I'd be interested in your impressions when you start tearing into the box.

+1

[Mirror Image]

I've had this high on my wish list for a while. I keep watching for a sale price, but I don't know that RCO is label that gets discounted much?

I'd be interested in your impressions when you start tearing into the box.

Will do, Richard. I bought this Jansons RCO set for $95 via Presto Classical (a site I've been using more and more these past couple of months).

[Gurn Blanston]

Just came in today's post:

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Barthold Kuijken and friends explore some excellent flute repertoire from the latest 1780's. CPE Bach wrote these (trios really) Quartets for Flute, Viola and Harpsichord in 1788, the year of his death. As some of the very last music of one of the great masters of the age, they promise to be very choice indeed. Haydn wrote the 3 trios for flute, cello and fortepiano in 1789/90 for John Bland of London, although not missing an opportunity to sell at least 2 of them to Artaria while he was at it. Here again, works of a master at the height of his powers. The album title, Bach vs Haydn is a bit off-putting since nothing could be further from the truth, but the works themselves are certainly worth hearing, especially with one of our best flautists involved.


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For the last 2 or 3 years I have been really working up an interest in Austrian Baroque music. It is a genre which is unique in many ways, Italianate and yet with a seriousness which relates more to the German influence. Georg Muffat was an international character with time spent in France and Italy before finally settling down in Salzburg. His music is apparently influenced by both Lully and Corelli. My recent acquisition of Ars Antiqua's Music of the Habsburg Empire was my first shot at some Muffat, and encouraged me to grab this disk of his two most famous works. Muffat also wrote great 'program notes' for these original manuscripts which are hugely useful even today as a guide to performance practice. In addition, he was the father of Gottlieb Muffat, who was the Court Organist at the Habsburg Court in Vienna in the time of Fux and Caldara and who worte some superb organ pieces himself.

I can hardly wait to dig into this repast!

[Karl Henning]

Bach VS. Haydn: Who will win? Sadly....

[springrite]

Bach VS. Haydn: Who will win? Sadly....

Take a closer look at the contestants. It ain't JS Bach ... I'd wager on Haydn.

[Gurn Blanston]

Take a closer look at the contestants. It ain't JS Bach ... I'd wager on Haydn.

And even if it was... 

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Ah, such a wonderful composer! :'D

[Jo498]

For those flute pieces, I'd probably go with Carl Philipp Emanuel before either JSB nor Haydn... 0:)

[Gurn Blanston]

For those flute pieces, I'd probably go with Carl Philipp Emanuel before either JSB nor Haydn... 0:)

Actually, so would I. Anyone who could make both Frederick the Great AND Quantz happy is pretty good in my book! 

[Maestro267]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar"
RLPO/Petrenko

[Karl Henning]

Actually, so would I. Anyone who could make both Frederick the Great AND Quantz happy is pretty good in my book! 

"Even Quantz deserves a little happiness!"