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[Brian]

'Scuse me while I beat this table into sawdust. My all-time #1 Eroica. Back in college I once put this recording on repeat and listened to the symphony four times in a row.

[TheGSMoeller]

'Scuse me while I beat this table into sawdust. My all-time #1 Eroica. Back in college I once put this recording on repeat and listened to the symphony four times in a row.

Nice beating, Brian 

Found this series on Spotify and was blown away. Bought my two favorites, 3rd and 6th, their 9th and 7th will probably be following soon.

[Fafner]

 

Simax is getting into classical music recordings now?   

[kishnevi]

These finally arrived:

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A lot of music for months to come.

BTW, did I miss John's birthday splurge?  Happy birthday, John.

EDIT:
This makes my sixth complete Ring cycle (Solti, Janowski, Neuhold, Furtwängler 1950, Furtwängler 1954, Boulez-Chereau [DVD] + Leinsdorf's Walküre on Decca)

And (going by the indications on the pick up notice in my mail box yesterday) my copy is waiting for me at the post office.  I has supposed the mail from Leamington to Prague would be quicker than the mail from Leamington to Miami, but apparently not.

Six for me too:  Furtwangler 1954, Bohm, Karajan, Zagrosek, Haitink, the hotchpotch of Furtwantler/Kielbert (F.'s Vienna Walkure, K. for the rest).     And for a seventh, Met/Levine on DVD.

[Mirror Image]

BTW, did I miss John's birthday splurge?  Happy birthday, John.

Sorry for the late reply, Fafner. Thank you! It was a fine birthday and, yes, I made quite a splurge.

[Brian]

Found this series on Spotify and was blown away. Bought my two favorites, 3rd and 6th, their 9th and 7th will probably be following soon.

It's one of my two or three favorite Sevenths ever. Also prize 1 and 2 really highly, but I wasn't as wowed by 4-6. Haven't heard their Ninth.

[Octave]

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Realizing how little of Stravinsky's music I own---basically just the Sony Big Box, Ozawa's RITE/PETROUCKA, and a couple Ancerl discs---I moved posthaste to remedy this shortcoming. 

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Hat-tip, Harry.

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Hat-tip, MI....quite cheap, too

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I've listened to all of these already, by other means, but not lived with them; on a first pass, I was really taken by Endres' approach: one GMGer described this sound as 'granitic', and I think that is fair.  Even the rampantly-recorded last sonatas struck me as distinct in Endres' hands, so I'm looking forward to spending some serious time with his set.

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Thanks for that help, Daverz.

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Hat-tip, Jens.

[Octave]

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For $23+shipping from an Amazon MP-USA seller; the lowest price I've seen yet for it.
I keep running into recommendations for the various contents, over and over.

[Karl Henning]

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For $23+shipping from an Amazon MP-USA seller; the lowest price I've seen yet for it.
I keep running into recommendations for the various contents, over and over.

That is a temptation!

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Hat-tip, MI....quite cheap, too

Great, Octave! I hope you enjoy these works.

[AnthonyAthletic]

I've often wondered why Rattle has done very little Delius, if any, miniscule?  I was browsing before and nothing turned up.

Is he shying away?  Not ready for his music yet?

I was pretty amazed at the lack of Delius/Rattle recordings 

Just ordered the above Sonata's cd with Little/Lane....£1.99, nice bargain 

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I've often wondered why Rattle has done very little Delius, if any, miniscule?  I was browsing before and nothing turned up.

Is he shying away?  Not ready for his music yet?

I was pretty amazed at the lack of Delius/Rattle recordings 

Just ordered the above Sonata's cd with Little/Lane....£1.99, nice bargain 

Rattle hasn't recorded any of Delius' music. It does seem strange but at the same time, it isn't surprising to me because Rattle hasn't recorded much British music and generally stays away from it for some odd reason. He was a champion of Britten and made many recordings of his music, but when it came to Delius, RVW, Holst, etc. he seemed to have shied away from these composers music. He has, however, been quite supportive of Contemporary British music having recorded music from composers like Maw, Ades, Colin Matthews, and Turnage. Anyway, it doesn't matter really. I highly doubt Rattle would top any of the conductors who knew Delius' music so well like Beecham, Barbirolli, Mackerras, Hickox, Handley, etc. It's also a very good possibility that he just doesn't like Delius' music. I would rather hear him conduct music he's passionate about rather than music he has no remote interest in.

[AnthonyAthletic]

I would rather hear him conduct music he's passionate about rather than music he has no remote interest in.

I agree, but you never know...there's still time.  As you say he may just not be interested, but he's always interested in another Mahler cycle, and no doubt another Beethoven cycle when the £££$$$ is called for.

Maw's Odyssey in all its glorious length and spendour is one of my favourite Rattle discs.  And much of his Britten too.  With Delius, I will stick with Hickox and Barbirolli (don't have any Beecham nor any of the larger box sets which are out there).

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I agree, but you never know...there's still time.  As you say he may just not be interested, but he's always interested in another Mahler cycle, and no doubt another Beethoven cycle when the £££$$$ is called for.

Maw's Odyssey in all its glorious length and spendour is one of my favourite Rattle discs.  And much of his Britten too.  With Delius, I will stick with Hickox and Barbirolli (don't have any Beecham nor any of the larger box sets which are out there).

Rattle also conducted music I would never associate with him like Haydn, Brahms, Dvorak, Berlioz, and even Schubert. I guess he needed to make some quick cash. I need to give Maw's Odyssey a proper listen. I own that British Music set with Rattle, but haven't made my way through it yet.

If you love Delius' music, then those three box sets (EMI, Heritage, Decca) are worth their weight in gold. Of course, several of the recordings were duplicates in my already existing Delius collection, but I owned no recordings from the Heritage set, which collects Eric Fenby's, Del Mar's, and Handley's performances from the old Unicorn label. A priceless set and one a Delian should not be without. I do like several of Hickox's performances in Delius. His Sea Drift performance with Thomas Hampson and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales has proven to give this work a whole new meaning to me. Unfortunately, this recording isn't available for purchase as it wasn't a commercial release (it was issued with a copy of the June 2012 BBC Music Magazine issue). I've become quite moved by many Norman Del Mar's Delius performances. I think he's an underrated Delian along with Meredith Davies and Charles Groves. Charles Mackerras is a fine Delian as well. I would definitely check out his recordings. Another conductor that has impressed me in Delius as of late is Bo Holten. I'm not sure if you're familiar with his conducting, but he contributed five excellent recordings to the Delius catalog for the Danacord label. These recordings are quite expensive, but they're worth it. Anyway, I could talk about Delius all day...oh wait...I pretty do that on here anyway.

[prémont]

Holloway: Bach's Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violi

The soundstage on that recording is a bit problematic with more hall effect than I find decent.
But I did not regret my purchase for that reason,
The interpretation is interesting, rather Apollonian - a kind of HIP Lautenbacher.

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I had about $24 left from my birthday money so I bought these two Delian goodies:



Now all my birthday money is gone...

[listener]

I don't have those 2-piano arrangements of DELIUS, but just arrived is this disc which includes
the RAVEL arrangement of 2 pieces from Margot le Rouge, WARLOCK (Heseltine) arrangements of In a Summer Garden and On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
with 2 arrangement from the Florida Suite, and an assortment of short original piano pieces
Charles Abramovic, piano  (haven't heard it yet)

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I don't have those 2-piano arrangements of DELIUS, but just arrived is this disc which includes
the RAVEL arrangement of 2 pieces from Margot le Rouge, WARLOCK (Heseltine) arrangements of In a Summer Garden and On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
with 2 arrangement from the Florida Suite, and an assortment of short original piano pieces
Charles Abramovic, piano  (haven't heard it yet)

Nice, listener. I haven't heard that recording. I've seen it though. I do think some of Abramovic's performances are on YouTube.

[Octave]

Thanks to premont and others who have discussed these works and recordings in the Bach Organ Works thread.

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Bach: ORGAN WORKS (Marie-Claire Alain, her second ~full cycle, rec. ~1978-80 - Warner, 15cd)

GMG member Milk once commented that s/he used to dislike organ music, or was indifferent to it, and then rather suddenly found himself barely able to listen to anything but Bach's organ works.  I am not to that point yet, but I can relate!  The obsessiveness and dedication of the Bach Organ Works thread participants is proof that this condition is not uncommon, even if it's rare.

[Wakefield]

The soundstage on that recording is a bit problematic with more hall effect than I find decent.
But I did not regret my purchase for that reason,
The interpretation is interesting, rather Apollonian - a kind of HIP Lautenbacher.

Yes, the reverberating ambience is the principal reason why I hadn't purchased this set during these years.

But Holloway is so focused, no-nonsensical, introspective and frequently somber that it's impossible to ignore in the long term. 

P.S.: I have high expectations on that Savall; do you know it?