Purchases Today

[Sergeant Rock]

full listing - no Casadesus (a little too large to post here)
at http://www.goodwinshighend.com/music/classical/Szell/George%20Szell%2049%20CD%20Box%20Set.htm
for Szell & Casadesus see http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=57581

Thanks    Once I compare it to the Szell discography, I'll have more to say.

Sarge

[jlaurson]

Some cheapy used marketplace deals arrived today...

Father, forgive him; for he does not know what he is doing.

The Kraggerud Sinding/Sibelius, however, is very good... and belongs in this thread. Still...

Thread duty: Select Cat Draggings:


  J.S. Bach
6 Sonatas for Harpsichord & Violin BWV 1014-1019
Ton Koopman / Catherine Manson
Challenge
German link - UK link


  R. Strauss
Elektra
Albrecht / Netherlands PO /
C.Nylund, E.Herlitzius, M.Schuster et al.
Challenge
German link - UK link

[HIPster]

Just arrived via today's mail:
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[Octave]

Re: Szell EDITION (Sony):

Anyone see some sign of when the big Szell box might be released in the west?

At Importcds, I see two listings for the 49cd box, with the more expensive ($195) listed as Sony/'EU', and the somewhat cheaper one (~$155) listed as Sony/'Asia'; but per Importcds' habit, there is rather little other info given.  I haven't run across a Euro-American release listed at any of the more-helpful retail sites.

While we are dreaming aloud to the Sony gods, I would like to see a re-edition of Rachmaninov's own recordings on the piano.  There have already been two ~10cd editions that afaik cannot be had reasonably anymore.  It would be nice to have them all in one place.  I was impressed when I heard some.

[Cascade]

Mahler symphony 5: Neumann/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Dvorak symphony 8: Suitner/Staatskapelle Berlin
Mozart overtures: Suitner/Staatskapelle Berlin
Schubert symphonies 5 & 8: Blomstedt/Staatskapelle Dresden
Brahms piano works box-set: Peter Rosel
Brahms Deutsches requiem: Kempe/Berliner (EMI)
French orchestral pieces: Beecham (EMI)

[Parsifal]

Re: Szell EDITION (Sony):
At Importcds, I see two listings for the 49cd box, with the more expensive ($195) listed as Sony/'EU', and the somewhat cheaper one (~$155) listed as Sony/'Asia'; but per Importcds' habit, there is rather little other info given.  I haven't run across a Euro-American release listed at any of the more-helpful retail sites.

One is presumably imported from Korea and the other imported from Europe where it was imported from Korea.  At that price point I would not spring for it, but if it gets properly released in the US I'd expect to see it for quite a bit cheaper.

[Geo Dude]

[Octave]

I'm totally about to get that!  I've heard soaring recommendations for it---for both the music and the production---and not only at GMG.  What kind of price did you find?

Thread duty: fewer CPO items than I wanted, but decisions must be made:

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Pettersson: VIOLIN CONCERTO #2

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Josquin Desprez: MISSA AVE MARIS STELLA (Weser-Renaissance Bremen dir. Manfred Cordes)

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Lasso: LAGRIME DI SAN PIETRO (Capella Dvcale Venetia dir. Livio Picotti)

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Froberger: STRASBOURG MANUSCRIPT (Ludger Remy)

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Krenek: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES (Takao Ukigaya & Alun Francis)

[marvinbrown]

My Verdi superbox from Vivace Classical will sadly be further delayed. Apparently the demand was higher than expected (and their discount too nice).

Amazon at least does not charge until dispatch, unlike Vivace.   

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  I am sorry to here about the delay.....
I ordered mine in March from amazon.co.uk, paid £127 and received it in 2 days! Anyway you are in for a real treat. I have said it twice and I'll say it again.....of all the super/mega boxsets that I own......performance wise this is the BEST! After all what boxset draws from the catalogue of EMI, DECCA,  and  DG!

  marvin
 

[Parsifal]

I'm totally about to get that!  I've heard soaring recommendations for it---for both the music and the production---and not only at GMG.  What kind of price did you find?

Superb, agreed!

[jlaurson]

Actual purchase:


  R. Vaughan Williams
The Symphonies
LSO / Bryden Thomson
Chandos
German link - UK link

Had the 9th... wanted to know more about RVW under Thomson. Can't imagine it isn't better than the overrated Boult recordings... at least the EMI ones of which I like less with each different version I hear.

Cat-Dragging:


  L. Janáček
Glagolitic Mass, Taras Bulba
RSO Berlin, Janowski
PentaTone SACD
German link - UK link

[Geo Dude]

I'm totally about to get that!  I've heard soaring recommendations for it---for both the music and the production---and not only at GMG.  What kind of price did you find?

It's running for about $35 shipped on Ebay.  I was talked into it by folks at another forum.  I knew joining was a mistake...  

Thread duty: fewer CPO items than I wanted, but decisions must be made:

Indeed; CPO isn't a budget label.  Some of those choices do look very interesting, though.

[jut1972]

Father, forgive him; for he does not know what he is doing.

The Kraggerud Sinding/Sibelius, however, is very good... and belongs in this thread. Still...

Thread duty: Select Cat Draggings:


  J.S. Bach
6 Sonatas for Harpsichord & Violin BWV 1014-1019
Ton Koopman / Catherine Manson
Challenge
German link - UK link


  R. Strauss
Elektra
Albrecht / Netherlands PO /
C.Nylund, E.Herlitzius, M.Schuster et al.
Challenge
German link - UK link

Ha ha! Thanks Jens you're right I haven't a bloody clue!

[jlaurson]

Ha ha! Thanks Jens you're right I haven't a bloody clue!

Well, one wishes not to be presumptuous, but with the Rutter Requiem, question marks do arise! It's no gracious job to take a bone away from a dog, and I'm certainly not of the ilk that gets a rash from a well applied modern c-minor chord or a triad, but Rutter is irredeemable, pitiful rubbish.

[jut1972]

So 1p plus post and packing is about right then

[Brian]

Cat-Dragging:


  L. Janáček
Glagolitic Mass, Taras Bulba
RSO Berlin, Janowski
PentaTone SACD
German link - UK link

The worst Janacek CD I've ever heard, and I realize that's a sweeping statement. Just distressing.

[Sergeant Rock]

The worst Janacek CD I've ever heard, and I realize that's a sweeping statement. Just distressing.

It's a Classics Today CD from Hell: 3/7 "This just sucks" --Hurwitz




Sarge

[jlaurson]

Ha ha! Thanks Jens you're right I haven't a bloody clue!

Well, one wishes not to be presumptuous, but with the Rutter Requiem, question marks do arise! It's no gracious job to take a bone away from a dog, and I'm certainly not of the ilk that gets a rash from a well applied modern c-minor chord or a triad, but Rutter is irredeemable, pitiful rubbish.

So 1p plus post and packing is about right then

I don't know about P&P...

The worst Janacek CD I've ever heard, and I realize that's a sweeping statement. Just distressing.

Is that so much Janacek that I need to start worrying? If so: Heck, better bad than mediocre.


thread duty:

Listen What the Dutch Cat Dragged In:


  F. Schubert
An die Musik
Famous Songs
Tini Martot (fortepiano) / Klaus Mertens
Challenge Classics
German link - UK link
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  A. Bruckner
Symphony No.3
J.v.Zweden / Netherlands RPO
Challenge Classics
German link - UK link


  A. Bruckner
Symphony No.8
J.v.Zweden / Netherlands RPO
Challenge Classics
German link - UK link


  Gregor Werner (1695-1766)
(Esterhazy Court Director before & alongside Haydn)
"Pro Adventu"
Chamber Pieces & Small Orchestral Songs
Ars Antiqua Austria / Gunar Letzbor (violin / director)
Challenge Classics
German link - UK link


  F. Mendelssohn-B.
Symphony No.2 "Lobgesang"
J.W.de Vriend / Netherlands SO
Challenge Classics SACD
German link - UK link
A new recording of my favorite Mendelssohn Symphony... always gets my ears! First volume in a projected complete cycle.


  J.S. Bach
La Petite bande / S.Kuijken
Challenge Classics SACD
German link - UK link
La Petite Bande's old recording on Accent is my favorite recording of these works so far... let's see what this can do. http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2008/12/best-recordings-of-2008.html


Listen What the Detmold Cat Dragged In:


  G. Mahler
Symphonies 1 & 2, arr. Piano Four Hands by Bruno Walter
Trenkner/Speidel
MD|G SACD
German link - UK link
Listening to it right now... love it. Trenkner/Speidel are awesome and I love these sorts of transcriptions as is.


  Heinrich Hofmann (1842-1902)
Octet, Serenade, Sextet
Berolina Ensemble
MD|G SACD
German link - UK link


Listen What the English Cat Dragged In:


  C. Monteverdi
L'Orfeo
Taverner Consort & Players / A.Parrott
Avie
German link - UK link

[Brian]

Is that so much Janacek that I need to start worrying? If so: Heck, better bad than mediocre.

It's not the interesting, perverse, goofy kind of bad; more the dull, soggy, do-I-still-like-Janacek kind. I wrote a long review, but got lazy and never sent it in...

[kishnevi]

  Gregor Werner (1695-1766)
(Esterhazy Court Director before & alongside Haydn)
"Pro Adventu"
Chamber Pieces & Small Orchestral Songs
Ars Antiqua Austria / Gunar Letzbor (violin / director)
Challenge Classics
German link - UK link

Perks up head. 
Remembers that he's liked everything he's heard from Letzbor.
Goes off to order it from Amazon MP.
ETA: and done, from I Deals for under $15
Thank you.
(BTW, do you know which label he's actually recording for now?  He's had recordings on Arcana, Pan, and Challenge all within the last couple of years it seems.)

Listen What the English Cat Dragged In:


  C. Monteverdi
L'Orfeo
Taverner Consort & Players / A.Parrott
Avie
German link - UK link

Waiting for that one to show up in my mailbox, hopefully today.