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[André]

Dvorak's Symphonic Poems [Chalabala]....

IMHO on of the best Dvorak discs ever made.

[Mirror Image]

The Sir Malcolm Arnold composer thread brought me here:

[North Star]

I've had my eyes on this set for years, ordered it now from Amazon FR mp.

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[aligreto]

Today, I actually listen to the Simon Rattle recording of Dvorak's tone-poems.  A little more colorful than his symphonies, but similar orcherstral writing.

I have somewhat neglected Dvorak's Tone Poems over the years so I am going to attempt to rectify that over the next few months.

[aligreto]

IMHO on of the best Dvorak discs ever made.

Great to read that from someone here. When I was researching the Dvorak Tone Poems this recording was consistently praised. I look forward to hearing it.

[Jo498]

Although I wanted to cut back on historical recordings, I could not resist the Busch Box for a little over EUR 20. The decision was made easier because I had only two Brahms pieces with Serkin, no Beethoven, Schubert etc., so almost no duplication. Also got the Pollini live Waldstein/op.22/26 that seems to fully deserve the praise it received. Same for the "Clavier-Früchte" by Bach's predecessor Kuhnau on cpo. Very entertaining music!

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[king ubu]

... seems to fully deserve the praise it received. Same for the "Clavier-Früchte" by Bach's predecessor Kuhnau on cpo. Very entertaining music!

Yay! 

[Mirror Image]

The William Alywn thread brought me here:



This recording is the only one I was missing from the Lloyd-Jones Alwyn series on Naxos.

[Que]

Yay! 

+1! 

Q

[PerfectWagnerite]

Although I wanted to cut back on historical recordings, I could not resist the Busch Box for a little over EUR 20. The decision was made easier because I had only two Brahms pieces with Serkin, no Beethoven, Schubert etc., so almost no duplication. Also got the Pollini live Waldstein/op.22/26 that seems to fully deserve the praise it received. Same for the "Clavier-Früchte" by Bach's predecessor Kuhnau on cpo. Very entertaining music!

[asin]B014YN0ME2[/asin]

You made a wise choice. I have this incarnation of their Beethoven Late Quartets:



I must say whereas there are superb recordings of these works out there the Busch's rendition is other-worldly that even the limited sonics cannot hide. A close second on these works I think is the Yale Quartet.

[Harry]

Received a big box from Germany, full of new releases but still four missing. Posted them on my blog

[Mirror Image]

Completing another series that I had started collecting years ago:

[kishnevi]

Received a big box from Germany, full of new releases but still four missing. Posted them on my blog

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The most recent post I see is from over a week ago (Thursday April 14).

[Harry]

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The most recent post I see is from over a week ago (Thursday April 14).

Here you go

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/04/new-releases-at-full-price-but-they-are.html
http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/03/on-my-order-list.html

[Harry]

This arrived this morning at my door.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/04/this-arrived-this-morning-saturday-23.html?spref=tw

[kishnevi]

This arrived this morning at my door.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/04/this-arrived-this-morning-saturday-23.html?spref=tw

Aha!   

The Shakespeare set came timely....
I can't make up my mind about the Rheinberger.  Some of it seemed first rate music by a first rate composer, but some seemed first rate music by a second rate composer....while the rest was second rate music by a first rate composer!  In other words, rather mixed bag.

[mc ukrneal]

This arrived this morning at my door.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/04/this-arrived-this-morning-saturday-23.html?spref=tw

Oooh. You got the Rheinberger. I hope you like it. It didn't bother me that some music was better than others - I still felt the overall level of craftsmanship was high (and I like this sort of thing, so perhaps that helped too).

[Brian]

Aha!   

The Shakespeare set came timely....
I can't make up my mind about the Rheinberger.  Some of it seemed first rate music by a first rate composer, but some seemed first rate music by a second rate composer....while the rest was second rate music by a first rate composer!  In other words, rather mixed bag.

I wonder if you remember - or posted somewhere else - which works you thought were which?

[kishnevi]

I wonder if you remember - or posted somewhere else - which works you thought were which?

Probably not, since my first and second impressions of music are invariably subject to  "which side of the bed I got up from this morning" syndrome... especially if it is music of which I have never heard another performance, and thus don't know what to credit/blame the performer for.

But you will notice I labelled none of it second rate music by a second rate composer....which reflects what Neal called the overall high level of craftsmanship.  And some of the best pieces were those which might seem to be very academic... Fugues, etc.

[HIPster]

This arrived this morning at my door.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/04/this-arrived-this-morning-saturday-23.html?spref=tw

Nice looking order, Harry.   

Aha!   

The Shakespeare set came timely....

I know, right?!  Pretty cool.