Purchases Today

[Geo Dude]

[Que]

No doubt, it was a careful selection, Pat.

I own the highlighted discs and all of them go from simply superb (Bach, Locatelli & Schumann) to very good. 

From that list the Bach gamba sonatas is still super cheap in the US, just saying...

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1.    CDA 67551-HYPERION
    Brahms, Piano Quintet, Op.34 [w.Stephen Hough, piano]; St...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 156242

2.    8.223776-MARCO POLO
    Meulemans {1884-1966}, Pliny's Fountain; May Night; Symph...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $4.99 ($4.99 ea.)
    Code: 21488

3.    TROY 480-ALBANY
    Fuchs, Kenneth [b.1956]: String Quartet # 2 {'Where Have ...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $1.99 ($1.99 ea.)
    Code: 155994

4.    CDA 67529-HYPERION
    Brahms, Sonatas 1 and 2 for Cello and Piano. Dvorak, Sile...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 156246

5.    CDA 67546-HYPERION
    Bowen, York [1884-1961]: Viola Concerto, Op.25. Cecil For...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 156243

6.    CDA 67595-HYPERION
    Sterndale Bennett, William [1816-1875]: Piano Concerto #4...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154162

7.    CDH 55329-HELIOS
    Pizzetti {1880-1968}, Rondo Veneziano; Preludio a un altr...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $4.99 ($4.99 ea.)
    Code: 155062

8.    CDA 67370-HYPERION
    Liszt, Six Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141; Franz Schube...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154902

9.    CDA 67687-HYPERION
    Rozsa, Miklos [1907-1995]: Viola Concerto, Op.37. Bela Ba...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 155508

10.    RRC 3014-REGIS
    Bach, St. Matthew Passion. (Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $11.97 ($11.97 ea.)
    Code: 156117

11.    BCD 9066-BRIDGE
    Bach, Solo Violin Partita, BWV 1004. Beethoven, Violin So...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 156142

12.    BCD 9015-BRIDGE
    ' Tibetan Buddhism':, The Sealed-for-Secrecy Torma Offeri...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $5.99 ($5.99 ea.)
    Code: 149932

13.    BCD 9091-BRIDGE
    Imbrie, Andrew [1921-2007]: Requiem [Lisa Saffer, soprano...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 155153

14.    8.559079-NAXOS
    Jones, Samuel {b.1935}: 'Roundings: Musings and Meditatio...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $3.99 ($3.99 ea.)
    Code: 120867

15.    TROY 918/9-ALBANY
    Porter, Quincy [1897-1966]- 'Complete String Quartets': I...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $3.98 ($3.98 ea.)
    Code: 156161

16.    TROY 084-ALBANY
    Schubert, Piano Sonata in D, D.850; Piano Sonata in B-fla...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $1.99 ($1.99 ea.)
    Code: 156208

17.    PHU 011-PHAIA MUSIC
    Schoenberg, Transfigured Night {original version for stri...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $5.99 ($5.99 ea.)
    Code: 154446

18.    INT 221.186-INTEGRAL CLASSIC
    Heidsieck, Eric [b.1936]: Paraphrases on Rouget de Lisle'...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $7.99 ($7.99 ea.)
    Code: 156228

19.    CDA 67583-HYPERION
    Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]: Cello Concerto, Op.129. Rob...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 156236

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

1.    CDA 67551-HYPERION
    Brahms, Piano Quintet, Op.34 [w.Stephen Hough, piano]; St...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 156242

2.    8.223776-MARCO POLO
    Meulemans {1884-1966}, Pliny's Fountain; May Night; Symph...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $4.99 ($4.99 ea.)
    Code: 21488

3.    TROY 480-ALBANY
    Fuchs, Kenneth [b.1956]: String Quartet # 2 {'Where Have ...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $1.99 ($1.99 ea.)
    Code: 155994

4.    CDA 67529-HYPERION
    Brahms, Sonatas 1 and 2 for Cello and Piano. Dvorak, Sile...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 156246

5.    CDA 67546-HYPERION
    Bowen, York [1884-1961]: Viola Concerto, Op.25. Cecil For...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 156243

6.    CDA 67595-HYPERION
    Sterndale Bennett, William [1816-1875]: Piano Concerto #4...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154162

7.    CDH 55329-HELIOS
    Pizzetti {1880-1968}, Rondo Veneziano; Preludio a un altr...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $4.99 ($4.99 ea.)
    Code: 155062

8.    CDA 67370-HYPERION
    Liszt, Six Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141; Franz Schube...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 154902

9.    CDA 67687-HYPERION
    Rozsa, Miklos [1907-1995]: Viola Concerto, Op.37. Bela Ba...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 155508

10.    RRC 3014-REGIS
    Bach, St. Matthew Passion. (Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $11.97 ($11.97 ea.)
    Code: 156117

11.    BCD 9066-BRIDGE
    Bach, Solo Violin Partita, BWV 1004. Beethoven, Violin So...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 156142

12.    BCD 9015-BRIDGE
    ' Tibetan Buddhism':, The Sealed-for-Secrecy Torma Offeri...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $5.99 ($5.99 ea.)
    Code: 149932

13.    BCD 9091-BRIDGE
    Imbrie, Andrew [1921-2007]: Requiem [Lisa Saffer, soprano...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 155153

14.    8.559079-NAXOS
    Jones, Samuel {b.1935}: 'Roundings: Musings and Meditatio...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $3.99 ($3.99 ea.)
    Code: 120867

15.    TROY 918/9-ALBANY
    Porter, Quincy [1897-1966]- 'Complete String Quartets': I...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $3.98 ($3.98 ea.)
    Code: 156161

16.    TROY 084-ALBANY
    Schubert, Piano Sonata in D, D.850; Piano Sonata in B-fla...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $1.99 ($1.99 ea.)
    Code: 156208

17.    PHU 011-PHAIA MUSIC
    Schoenberg, Transfigured Night {original version for stri...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $5.99 ($5.99 ea.)
    Code: 154446

18.    INT 221.186-INTEGRAL CLASSIC
    Heidsieck, Eric [b.1936]: Paraphrases on Rouget de Lisle'...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $7.99 ($7.99 ea.)
    Code: 156228

19.    CDA 67583-HYPERION
    Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]: Cello Concerto, Op.129. Rob...
    Format: CD, Qty: 1, Price: $6.99 ($6.99 ea.)
    Code: 156236

Impressive haul Paul, many excellent recordings!

[DavidW]

I have a double CD of Davis conducting the Fantastique, Harold en Italie and the Grand Symphonie Fun. et. Triomph, but none of the rest--and in fact,  outside Enfance du Christ and Nuits d'Ete I have either on recordings or only one recording of the other works,  so it's a good catchall box for me.

So how did you choose between the Philips/Decca box vs the LSO box?

[North Star]

So how did you choose between the Philips/Decca box vs the LSO box?

The Decca/Philips box has the oratorios, and the LSO box has the operas.

[Mirror Image]

Bought two more Schnittke recordings:

[DavidW]

The Decca/Philips box has the oratorios, and the LSO box has the operas.

Oh that's simple enough.

[kishnevi]

Oh that's simple enough.

Actually, it was even simpler than that.  Arkivmusic put the Decca box in its Weekend Specials.  And based on what I have of the LSO recordings (Benvenuto Cellini and Damnation of Faust), and what I used to have of Davis's Philips opera recordings (meaning Les Troyens) back when I had a small library of operas on LP, I would expect much better performances from the older series than the new series.

Thread duty:
Discovered that Martha has a new boyfriend.   Much younger than Nelson Friere, too, although personally I think Friere is far more handsome.
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ETA: Contents are, with the possible exception of the Milhaud, already recorded by Argerich with other performers:  Mozart Sonata for two pianos, Shostakovich Concertino, Rachmaninov Suite No. 1, Milhaud Scaramouche, Ravel La Valse.

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived this morning: Dvorak 4 and Othello, Pesek and the Czech Phil. Recommended by Annie.




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

She's a fictitious TV character. You should have asked me! 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

How did the missus like it?

She hasn't heard it yet. We got a new TV today after being without for a week. Rather than listening to music before bed (as is her wont) she spent the evening catching up on a few shows.

Sarge

[kyjo]

Bought two more Schnittke recordings:

Uh, John, looks like you already bought the disc with Symphony no. 8 (found this post of yours in the "Past Purchases" thread):

"I bought some more (gulp) Schnittke but I have heard these Chandos recordings are much better performed than the BIS recordings":

















You better start keeping track of your purchases!

[Brian]

[North Star]

You will be disappointed, well sort of, I guess...

[Mirror Image]

Actually to relieve the humor....

I had originally gave away most of my Schnittke recordings to Monkey Greg, but I ended up loving Schnittke's music and so I ended up re-purchasing many of the recordings that I gave away.

[kyjo]

Actually to relieve the humor....

I had originally gave away most of my Schnittke recordings to Monkey Greg, but I ended up loving Schnittke's music and so I ended up re-purchasing many of the recordings that I gave away.

Ohhhhhhh........silly you!

[Mirror Image]

Ohhhhhhh........silly you!

Well, it took me quite some time to appreciate his music and when I gave it away, I was very much adamant in my stance that he wasn't a composer for me. But, like life itself, opinions and biases can change and they certainly did with me and Schnittke.

[Mirror Image]

Bought these today...



I already own these performances of Symphonies 0 & 8 in the BIS set, but I bought these recordings for the fillers: Nagasaki, For Liverpool, and Symphonic Prelude. All three of these works do not appear on any other recording, therefore making them mandatory purchases for a Schnittke-head like me.

Also bought:

[jut1972]

Some recent purchases...
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A nice version of the Bruch, one of my favourite pieces.

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A chance to hear some new Finnish composers, I thought you can never have too many versions of Finlandia.. but I was wrong, truly awful version..
The Madetoja Elegy for strings is nice though and new to me.

And cheap in the hyperion buy me sale.. for the Kol Nidrei
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and one I forgot.. going stupid cheap in my local HMV..
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