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[North Star]

There's a whole article on the matter in The Strad:

When recording Johann Joseph Vilsmaÿr's Six Partitas, violinist Vaughan Jones experimented with period bows, gut strings and a lack of chin and shoulder rest before achieving the perfect balance

[ritter]

I really must slow down my purchases  ...

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Not that I need another Pierrot Lunaire, but the Boulez completeist in me has been intrigued for years by this early(ish) recording of two of the Mallarmé Improviations from the (then) Eastern bloc, and now I found an affordable used copy...


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I know (and enjoy) Roger Sessions's Symphonies 4 through 7 and 9, but have never herad the arly ones. BTW, has No. 8 never been recorded? ? ?

[Turner]

^^^^

It´s been a long time since I heard my Sziklay LP, but that recording has a very good reputation
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/20th-century-vocal-works

[ritter]

^^^^

It´s been a long time since I heard my Sziklay LP, but that recording has a very good reputation
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/20th-century-vocal-works

Thanks for this, Turner!...yes, I've read good things about this recrding. Looking forward to receiving it!

[prémont]

There's a whole article on the matter in The Strad:

When recording Johann Joseph Vilsmaÿr's Six Partitas, violinist Vaughan Jones experimented with period bows, gut strings and a lack of chin and shoulder rest before achieving the perfect balance

Thanks for this informative link.

[kishnevi]

I don't know about the instrument - yet. Editor's Choice in Gramophone, I have the review on my pad somewhere else.

It seems Letzbor's set was not complete. That is why this is on 2 discs, filled out with Pisendel and Biber, and billed as first complete recording (not as first recording).

Confusing.  Jones has 57 tracks for the six partitas, Letzbor 56:  and the difference is explained by the fact that Letzbor combined two movements of Partita 1 into one track, while Jones kept them separate.

Perhaps Letzbor did not do all the repeats.  Amazon does not give timings for Letzbor, and I do not remember where my copy is at the moment, so I can't compare.

[André]

The Bloch is from 1938. The Franck is Munch's famously hard to find Rotterdam performance (1967).

I raided Bearac's web site for more Bruckner performances (Maazel in #3, Swoboda in # 6, Wallberg in  # 8 and 9 etc).

[PaulR]

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[aligreto]

[North Star]

Splendid timing  0:)

Thread duty

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[Mirror Image]

Bought the two last installments in CPO's Panufnik series (the very ones I was missing):

[Todd]

The Kit Armstrong discs have been gnawing at my subconscious, so I decided to buy.  The Liszt Via Crucis is under $5 new, so I figured why not? 

[Harry]

Ordered at JPC a selection from the Toccata label, with massively reduced prices. 246 titles available.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/02/toccata-sale-at-jpc-de-massively.html?spref=tw

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived today: Shostakovich Trios Nos.1&2 plus Copland Trio "Vitebsk". Recommended by the Hurwitzer: "Holy cow!...This is simply magnificent...Reference recording"




Sarge

[Harry]

I bought this fine book about J.S. Bach today, and looking forward to reading it. In the light of the many Bach recordings I bought, it's understandable that I want to go in depth about his organ works, and know more about his composing technique.


http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/02/a-monumental-book-about-js-bach-bought.html?spref=tw

[Maestro267]

Balakirev: Symphony No. 2; Russia (symphonic poem)
Russian State SO/Golovschin

To go with the recording of No. 1 by the same forces. Also file under "Super Cheap Bargains" thread.

[Brian]

Arrived today: Shostakovich Trios Nos.1&2 plus Copland Trio "Vitebsk". Recommended by the Hurwitzer: "Holy cow!...This is simply magnificent...Reference recording"

Sarge

Hmmmm... I haven't heard that, but it IS Trio Wanderer, and Trio Wanderer is oooonly the best. (Enjoyed their sizzling Faure album last night.)

[(poco) Sforzando]

I bought this fine book about J.S. Bach today, and looking forward to reading it. In the light of the many Bach recordings I bought, it's understandable that I want to go in depth about his organ works, and know more about his composing technique.


http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/02/a-monumental-book-about-js-bach-bought.html?spref=tw

That is the generally recognized best overall biography. It first came out in 2000 (which is the version I still have), and was revised in 2013 to take into account more recent research.

If you're interested particularly in compositional technique, however, I would supplement that book with Laurence Dreyfus's "Bach and the Patterns of Invention," which is more technical but highly original and interesting. Another good book is Karol Berger's "Bach's Cycle, Mozart's Arrow," which discusses the changing concept of musical time between the Baroque and the Classic period, seeing Bach's concept of time as cyclical and Mozart's as linear. Finally, John Eliot Gardiner just came out with a book on Bach where he encapsulates his many years of experience as a Bach performer. All are very interesting, but if I had to recommend just one in addition to Wolff, it would be Dreyfus.

[Harry]

That is the generally recognized best overall biography. It first came out in 2000 (which is the version I still have), and was revised in 2013 to take into account more recent research.

If you're interested particularly in compositional technique, however, I would supplement that book with Laurence Dreyfus's "Bach and the Patterns of Invention," which is more technical but highly original and interesting. Another good book is Karol Berger's "Bach's Cycle, Mozart's Arrow," which discusses the changing concept of musical time between the Baroque and the Classic period, seeing Bach's concept of time as cyclical and Mozart's as linear. Finally, John Eliot Gardiner just came out with a book on Bach where he encapsulates his many years of experience as a Bach performer. All are very interesting, but if I had to recommend just one in addition to Wolff, it would be Dreyfus.

Duly noted, I wrote down all the titles, Dreyfus is the first on my order list after I read the book about Bach and his music. Thank you for the info my friend!

[aligreto]

This was posted recently, took my fancy so I have decided to go for it....