Purchases Today

[TheGSMoeller]

Rameau, Rameau, and more Rameau....

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I just bought Adrian Boult's EMI GROC CD w/ Holst's Planets and Elgar's Enigma Variations, and the disc inside was totally different, Nathan Milstein's Beethoven & Brahms concertos w/ Steinberg/Pittsburgh. I listened to it and it's pretty good, but not what I ordered...  In the end I got a refund and got to keep the CD. The big eBay sellers don't really care to get their merchandise back, I guess they'd rather just swallow the loss and keep my business. 

Hmm...not what you had ordered, but Milstein!  Lucky you! 

PD

[André]

[Symphonic Addict]

FLAC download from supraphonline:

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https://www.supraphonline.cz/album/158185-dvorak-symphony-no-9-the-water-goblin/flac

A buck or so more than waiting for a used CD to arrive, but instant gratification.

And more CDs from Amazon Marketplace:

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Someone has been watching Hurwitz's videos lately. 

[Que]

Rameau, Rameau, and more Rameau....

That's a beautiful recording!

Q

[aukhawk]

Relevant to thread subject, today's purchase:

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Three discs of Louis Thiry's recordings of Olivier Messiaen organ music for under $11    Please, someone else take advantage of this killer deal before it's gone. I have Traverso to thank for putting me onto this music, so if you're reading this, thank you! 

The quiet long-sustained note at the end of Messe de la Pentecote - Communion, Les oiseaux et les sources - is a good test of hearing for the aged.  By my reckoning (I don't have a score) it's a B₈ - 4 above middle B, that is an octave above the highest B on a grand piano.

[vers la flamme]

The quiet long-sustained note at the end of Messe de la Pentecote - Communion, Les oiseaux et les sources - is a good test of hearing for the aged.  By my reckoning (I don't have a score) it's a B₈ - 4 above middle B, that is an octave above the highest B on a grand piano.

I had no idea an organ could play that high of a note.

[Maestro267]

Ippolitov-Ivanov: Symphony No. 1; Turkish Fragments; Turkish March
Singapore SO/Choo Hoey

Taneyev: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Polish State PO/Gunzenhauser

[TheGSMoeller]

That's a beautiful recording!

Q

Good to know, Thanks, Q!

[j winter]

I just retrieved the Brahms symphonies with Istvan Kertesz/WP from the mailbox, and am now spinning the 2nd.  The good reviews are accurate, this is some really phenomenal Brahms, exciting as hell and beautifully recorded... if the rest of the set is as good as this 2nd, it may go to the top of the list for me....


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[Pohjolas Daughter]

I just retrieved the Brahms symphonies with Istvan Kertesz/WP from the mailbox, and am now spinning the 2nd.  The good reviews are accurate, this is some really phenomenal Brahms, exciting as hell and beautifully recorded... if the rest of the set is as good as this 2nd, it may go to the top of the list for me....


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Nice!  I've enjoyed some of his recordings over the years.

And good to hear from you again!  Hope that life in Deleware has been going along as well as can be these days? 

PD

[TheGSMoeller]

FLAC download from supraphonline:

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One of my favorite New World performances. Makes me wish Harnoncourt did a complete symphony cycle.

[vandermolen]

What a great selection. Love the Ruders cover!

[vandermolen]

Ippolitov-Ivanov: Symphony No. 1; Turkish Fragments; Turkish March
Singapore SO/Choo Hoey

Taneyev: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Polish State PO/Gunzenhauser

Very nice. I like those original Marco Polo releases.

[j winter]

Nice!  I've enjoyed some of his recordings over the years.

And good to hear from you again!  Hope that life in Deleware has been going along as well as can be these days? 

PD

It goes well, thanks for asking.  I've been working from home in my basement office for months now; it's nice to have more time with the family, but we're all going a bit stir-crazy at this point, as I'm sure many folks are...  one upside is that I do get to spend a lot more time listening to music... finally getting my books & CDs somewhat organized

And so as not to derail the thread, I'll list my other recent Brahms purchase as well, this one with Kurt Masur in Leipzig.  A lot of folks find Masur to be rather weak tea, but I've grown to enjoy his Beethoven and Bruckner with the same forces, and thought I'd give this a try.  Plus it includes the serenades, which I don't currently have too many versions of (just Mackerras and the above Kertesz)...

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[André]

What a great selection. Love the Ruders cover!

I must say it caught my eye when browsing in the store  .

[Maestro267]

Very nice. I like those original Marco Polo releases.

The Ippolitov-Ivanov is actually the Naxos reissue. The Taneyev is a Marco Polo original. I found them both in a charity shop (my first visit there since they reopened). Although I can't seem to find if Gunzenhauser recorded Nos. 1 & 3. Turns out the ones I knew about beforehand on Naxos are different recordings, by Thomas Sanderling.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I picked up a couple of new (used) LPs today:

One of Geza Anda playing Mozart



And Daniel Barenboim playing Bartok with Boulez conducting (alas mine is a US Angel one, but it looked to be in great condition)



PD

[SonicMan46]

Well, stimulated by a discussion on Beethoven's Violin Sonatas on PIs in the 'New Releases' thread, I made the purchase below - the attached reviews convinced me vs. some of the other suggestions - hope that I'm right!     Dave

There are several PI sets already. Fleezanis/Huvé on Cypres, Seiler/Immerseel on Zig Zag, Terakado/Bodenitcharov on Denon, & Ian Watson/Susanna somebody on Coro are the ones I can think of off the top of my head, I know there's at least one or two others.

I will wait for samples as I'm not sure how much I would trust Albany in Beethoven in general, or with a Beethoven recording on period instruments by modern instrument specialists in specific. (They can work, cf Fleezanis/Huvé, but they don't always.)

Thanks AMW - I was aware of only several of those PI sets mentioned above - most were reviewed in the Fanfare Archives, and I was most impressed w/ the comments on the Ian Watson & Susanna Ogata performances (attached) - Importcds had the set shown below for $26 (+ $4), so went ahead and made the order!  Dave

[JBS]

As hinted at in the Listening thread. Mostly but not completely Alwyn.

[For the Rubbra. I already have two recordings of the Bliss.]








[I didn't get the recording of Symphonies 2 and 5 from that series because it's on back order and because I have a suspicion I already have it.]