Purchases Today

[André]

Ah, looking forward to listening to her! So you are a Gounod fan, André?

Not a diehard fan, but one would be tone deaf not to recognize him as an excellent composer. BTW this is my latest purchase:



Excerpts from Faust sung in German. Nicolai Gedda, Edda Moser, DFD (as Valentin) and Kurt Moll in mephistophelic form. Conducted by Giuseppe Patané (+ ballet music as a filler). Hard to find and expensive here in North America. I bit the bullet.

[Moonfish]

Not a diehard fan, but one would be tone deaf not to recognize him as an excellent composer. BTW this is my latest purchase:



Excerpts from Faust sung in German. Nicolai Gedda, Edda Moser, DFD (as Valentin) and Kurt Moll in mephistophelic form. Conducted by Giuseppe Patané (+ ballet music as a filler). Hard to find and expensive here in North America. I bit the bullet.

I noticed that 'Margarethe' w/ Patane is in the upcoming Gounod compilation: https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,28042.msg1149612.html#msg1149612

[André]

I noticed that 'Margarethe' w/ Patane is in the upcoming Gounod compilation: https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,28042.msg1149612.html#msg1149612

I know, I had noticed that. But I either have some interpretations from that box or am not interested in the others (in particular when they involve 'international' casts).

[Moonfish]

I know, I had noticed that. But I either have some interpretations from that box or am not interested in the others (in particular when they involve 'international' casts).

yes, overlaps are getting complicated nowadays. The "box" syndrome. There is something to say for individual recordings after all!  0:)

[Traverso]

Buxtehude

And Bach didn't walk all the way to Buxtehude,he had only  a few weeks leave,( he stayed longer ) a walk of 400 km takes a lot of time.The story however is nice .

[André]

Had to go all the way to Japan to get this 



Schubert: symphonies 4 and 9 by Ormandy.

[aligreto]

JS Bach: Mass in B Minor [The Netherlands Bach Society]

[Traverso]

JS Bach: Mass in B Minor [The Netherlands Bach Society]

I have this myself and  with a beautiful book.congratulation with your good taste.

[aligreto]

I have this myself and  with a beautiful book.congratulation with your good taste.

Thank you. It is my second purchase in that series. I already own the Magnificat [below] and I used that as a tester. I liked it very much hence the purchase above 

[Traverso]

Thank you. It is my second purchase in that series. I already own the Magnificat [below] and I used that as a tester. I liked it very much hence the purchase above 

I have also the Chrismas Oratorio and in time I will purchase the  Matthäuspassion,he recorded it twice,the first time with a greater choir.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

JS Bach: Mass in B Minor [The Netherlands Bach Society]

One of my all-time favorite recordings!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2015/11/25/the-real-top-10-bach-recordings/

[aligreto]

One of my all-time favorite recordings!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2015/11/25/the-real-top-10-bach-recordings/

Thank you for the endorsement. I enjoyed reading all of your thoughts btw

[Mirror Image]

Just bought:



For me, it's always a thrill to see conductors record Copland's original 13-instrument version of Appalachian Spring. Reviews for this recording with Hugh Wolff and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra are quite good. Hugh Wolff seems rather enthusiastic about Copland's music as his commentary in the Copland documentary Fanfare for America gave me this impression.

[André]

The « other » Wozzeck. Büchner's unfinished play (1834) was hugely influential in german culture, esp at the turn of last century. Rilke was a noted enthusiast, possibly prompting him to write his own poor soldier story (Der Cornet). This is Manfred Gurlitt's take on it, with an excellent cast of singers and conductor.

[RebLem]

Just arrived in the mail yesterday, Tuesday, 15 MAY 2018: The 14 CD DECCA collection of Arthur Grumiaux's Mono recordings.
The Grumiaux/Galleira recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto has been my favorite recording of that work from the first time I heard it. But I remember someone in one of the CM forums (I think it was CMG) telling me that his mono recording with Beinum was even better. It was not available at the time, but it is in this set, the first performance on Disc 1, in fact. I bought this set mostly for that performance. But the box contains lots of other goodies, too. Among them, a complete set of the Beethoven violin sonatas with Clara Haskil, the two Bach Violin Concerti, all the Mozart violin concerti, the Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn concerti, Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole, Saint-Saens 3, & Bruch 1.

[listener]

minimum listening time recently but I picked up these locally
Bombarde! - French Organ Classics - GIGOUT, PIERNÉ, BONNET, BOËLLMANN, and WIDOR
featuring the new Trompette Militaire stop with its own blower and fifty-inches pressure, located in the Liverpool Cathedral's dome.
Ian Tracey, organist
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Bucolic Suite, In the Fen Country, The Poisoned Kiss Overture, Three Portraits from "Elizabeth of England"
Fantasia on Susse Folk Tunes  for cello and orch.
BRAUNFELS: Carnival Overture, Scottish Fantasy, Hölderlin SOngs,  Prelude and Fugue
and vol. 1 of the MONTSALVATGE songs series

[Mirror Image]

Bought earlier in the AM:

[SurprisedByBeauty]

BRAUNFELS: Carnival Overture, Scottish Fantasy, Hölderlin SOngs,  Prelude and Fugue

Wohoo!



#morninglistening to @surprisedbeauty
#Braunfels on @CapriccioRec w/@StaatsphilRLP

: http://a-fwd.to/1QqjzeL

#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #orchestralmusic #20thCenturyMusic Excellent liner notes. 😀 #20thcenturyclassical

[Traverso]

The accordeon 

[Baron Scarpia]

Accordion duo. I had to check, it's not April 1.