Purchases Today

[71 dB]

No, it is Sweelinck, and I should be embarrassed to confuse Buxtehude and Sweelinck 

Embarrassing perhaps, but at least Sweelinck was a teacher of Scheidemann who teached Buxtehude. 

[Todd]

A big ol' haul of Korean market goodies, paired with US market releases by Asian artists:





















And a couple obscure titles, just because:







I think this may be the last big purchase of the year for me, LvB sonata sets excluded.  (I mean, Claudio Records is set to reissue the final volume of Sequeira Costa's cycle.)  I'm thinking the second half of the year will be devoted to a lot of comparative listening since I have a major chunk of my collection ripped now.  One-sy/two-sy purchases will almost certainly occur; good things always seem to pop up. 

As with Younwha Lee's LvB, it appears that the Korean market still prefers individual jewel cases for individual discs since only the Bruckner comes in a slim box.

The Sunwook Kim disc is of special interest since he is coming to town next season and one of his programs includes the Diabellis, so if he's good in 106, I go to the show.  Yuja Wang is also coming to town, but I go to that no matter what.

[kishnevi]

Just now. The Beethoven is part of Arkivmusic's one day sale. The other two are new releases.

[TheGSMoeller]

 

[71 dB]

Since the Buxtehude disc was canceled, I ordered this Dittersdorf:

[asin]B00000DAJ9[/asin]

[Maestro267]

Arrived today, a work that's been on my wishlist for a while:

Liszt: Christus
Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Krakauer Kammerchor
Stuttgart RSO/Rilling

[Karl Henning]

Cool!

[kishnevi]

 

Thumbs up for both.

[aligreto]

Since the Buxtehude disc was canceled, I ordered this Dittersdorf:

[asin]B00000DAJ9[/asin]

I own that one but have not listened to it in a long time. From memory, expect very "Classically" structured works with lovely melodies and enjoyable music overall. I hope that you enjoy it 

[Zeus]

Luz del Alva - Spanish Songs of the Early Renaissance





This might be my third La Morra disc.  Arianna Savall is on this disc too.

[71 dB]

I own that one but have not listened to it in a long time. From memory, expect very "Classically" structured works with lovely melodies and enjoyable music overall. I hope that you enjoy it 

Thanks, I own the three earlier sinfonia discs of Naxos, so I think I have an idea what to expect. Just collecting slowly and now the price was nice. 

[aligreto]

Thanks, I own the three earlier sinfonia discs of Naxos, so I think I have an idea what to expect. Just collecting slowly and now the price was nice. 

I did wonder about that; good for you.

[HIPster]

Luz del Alva - Spanish Songs of the Early Renaissance





This might be my third La Morra disc.  Arianna Savall is on this disc too.

Very nice!  Enjoy. 

[Karl Henning]

Landed this week, on the recommendation of our Poju:

[TheGSMoeller]

Landed this week, on the recommendation of our Poju:

We are all awaiting the official Henning Skore. 

[aligreto]

Landed this week, on the recommendation of our Poju:

I like those particularly Nos. 5 & 6. No. 5 is wonderful IMHO.

[aligreto]

I bought this one for the Schoenberg Piano Concerto.
Someone here [apologies for not remembering who] recently mentioned this work and I listened to this particular performance on YT. As a result I now own it 

[Mahlerian]

I bought this one for the Schoenberg Piano Concerto.
Someone here [apologies for not remembering who] recently mentioned this work and I listened to this particular performance on YT. As a result I now own it 

I think that was me.  It's a fine version of the Piano Concerto indeed, but I would advise against judging the Schoenberg Violin Concerto on the performance on that disc.  It's horribly screechy, and doesn't sing like the work should.

[71 dB]

My first Alwyn:

[asin]B000A17GGK[/asin]

[kishnevi]

From Arkivmusic.
The Corelli is by the same group which did the Vivaldi I posted yesterday.

Contents of the Chandos CD, from Arkiv's item page

1.   Symphonic Rhapsody ("Spring") by Frederic Austin
Conductor:  Rumon Gamba
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1902-1907; England
2.   Blackdown, a tone poem from the Surrey Hills, for orchestra by William Alwyn
Conductor:  Rumon Gamba
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926; England
3.   Tone Poem no 5 "The Witch of Atlas" by Granville Bantock
Conductor:  Rumon Gamba
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1902; England
4.   A Gloucestershire Rhapsody by Ivor Gurney
Conductor:  Rumon Gamba
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919-1921; England
5.   A Berkshire Idyll by Henry Balfour Gardiner
Conductor:  Rumon Gamba
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; England
6.   The Solent, impression for orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:  Rumon Gamba
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; England