Purchases Today

[André]

Hey, Karl.

I heard the First PC on YouTube. Loved Postnikova and Rozh's broad tempo in the first movement. Had to buy it.

I hope not...not for his sake but for hers. I'd like to think she didn't have to endure sexual harassment.

Sarge

That would be surprising. She was his companion for a few years, and they opened last year's Verbier festival together (Brahms VC).

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived today: period instrument performances of Christmas music by Joseph and Michael Haydn and Franz Gruber (of "Silent Night" fame). Recommended by Gurn.




Sarge

[The new erato]

Just ordered:

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[aligreto]

Continuing my exploration of Stanford's Chamber Music....

[Que]

Just ordered:

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Looks delectable.... 

Q

[king ubu]

Just ordered:

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Those just arrived here, too! Also bought a pair of January 2018 releases today:

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Heard him with Christie in Charpentier's "Médée", sampled the disc before buying - pretty sure it's wonderful!

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Sampled this one, too ... contents:
- Concerto BWV 972 (after Vivaldi)
- Fantasia & Fugue BWV 904
- Concerto BWV 974 (after Marcello)
- Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo BWV 992
- Aria variata alla maniera italiana BWV 989*
- Italian Concerto BWV 971

*) this one was just done in an ensemble arrangement on the lovely new naïve album by il brigante Rinaldo Rinaldini (Alessandro Alessandrini ... some combination of the two I can still not remember, apologies, but he's one of the greatest of course!)

Others bought (2017 released I still missed):

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My first Zefiro disc, guess I should explore more there ....

A somewhat older disc then (mentioned hearing Pires yesterday playing KV 595 with Haitink at Tonhalle, the guy there - the evil evil place that distributes Outhere, Hyperion, Onyx, MDG, etc. but not, alas, Glossa or naïve - mentioned this and I thought I'll give it a chance):

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Also then he gifted me with this one, since he thinks Hewitt is as good/fresh in Mozart on modern piano as Pires - he asked which was my favorite Mozart concerto and then looked for the disc with it (it's - ain't that obvious? - KV 491, of course  ):

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Also, last week I already bought these (again mostly 2017 releases - it's quite incredible how many CDs some labels put out - as if there was no crisis in selling physical recordings):

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The Herreweghe Brahms (asin link not showing pic, thus fixed) is, I think, a dud ... but I will revisit it at least a few more times. It's only Symphony No. 4 that's new, the - excellent - Alto Rhapsody and Schicksalslied were already on an earlier phi disc, which would probably have been the smarter choice to buy ... I have thus decided to not give his new Schubert disc a try, at least not right now.

[kishnevi]

The Schubert is not a straight remake of his earlier recording: he includes, as recitation, five poems from the original Müller cycle which Schubert did not set to music.

[Que]

Those just arrived here, too! Also bought a pair of January 2018 releases today:

What a nice haul!  Particularly the ARCANA items.....

Q

[The One]

My favorite middle symphony performances are included in here

[king ubu]

What a nice haul!  Particularly the ARCANA items.....

Q

Thanks! The Croce and Marcello discs already got a spin each and both are nice.

Oberti is a new name to me, but the programme looks nice and what little I got to hear in the shoppe was convincing enough to take it home with me ... Zefiro being new to me I already mentioned, and Gatti ... well, whatever Italian stuff he touches, I love it!

In the mailbox today:

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[JCBuckley]

Just ordered:

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Ditto

[Que]

Just ordered:

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Oh yes, the stunning Christian album by these performers urged me get more....

Q

[HIPster]

Just ordered:

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Oh yes, the stunning Christian album by these performers urged me get more....

Q

Oh yeah! 

Cheers, Que.

Thread duty:

Received as a gift ~

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[Mirror Image]

Just bought:

[aligreto]

Just bought:

Bruckner's Sacred Music is always interesting and Jucuhm is interesting here. I look forward to reading some thoughts and reactions to that set 

[Mirror Image]

Bruckner's Sacred Music is always interesting and Jucuhm is interesting here. I look forward to reading some thoughts and reactions to that set 

Yeah, I've got Best's set on Hyperion, but I always felt his performances were a bit too...what's the word...reserved. I'm not a huge fan of Jochum in Bruckner (or at least his symphonies), but I did a wide sample of various performances from this set and quite enjoyed what I heard. There's an energy here that's absent from the Best performances.

[aligreto]

Yeah, I've got Best's set on Hyperion, but I always felt his performances were a bit too...what's the word...reserved. I'm not a huge fan of Jochum in Bruckner (or at least his symphonies), but I did a wide sample of various performances from this set and quite enjoyed what I heard. There's an energy here that's absent from the Best performances.

OK; I will be interested in what you think of the set when you eventually get to listen to it.

[milk]

I don't know what to compare this to...what other pianist? I love this purchase.

[The new erato]

Bruckner's Sacred Music is always interesting and Jucuhm is interesting here. I look forward to reading some thoughts and reactions to that set 

The LP set of this was my first foray into serious classical music aquisitions. In 74 or 75. I dtill have it around.

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived today: Vaughan Williams Symphony No.4, Barbirolli conducting the BBC SO




Sarge