Purchases Today

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Films:

Wow, I want that too! 

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Also bought:



These are all the special editions that come with a blu-ray audio disc.

And one more for good measure:

A special note: I'll definitely be acquiring more Puccini, but I'm not a fan of Verdi. I heard his Macbeth several years ago and I just couldn't get into his style.

[Symphonic Addict]

Also bought:



These are all the special editions that come with a blu-ray audio disc.

And one more for good measure:

You definitely were bitten by the opera bug, weren't you? 

All of those are terrific operas. I Pagliacci is still unknown to me, though.

I've only heard the famous Turandot recording that includes Mehta, Pavarotti, Caballé et al and the LPO. An incredibly glorious work, cast, recording and performance.

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You definitely were bitten by the opera bug, weren't you? 

All of those are terrific operas. I Pagliacci is still unknown to me, though.

I've only heard the famous Turandot recording that includes Mehta, Pavarotti, Caballé et al and the LPO. An incredibly glorious work, cast, recording and performance.

Indeed! I definitely want to get that Mehta recording, but also some other Puccini operas like La Boheme for example. You definitely should hear Pagliacci, it is excellent. I heard this Karajan recording years ago, but I never got around to buying it until now.

[JBS]

Ordered tonight off Amazon
Schumann String Quartets Emerson String Quartet
Gombert Masses Beauty Farm
Mozart Abduction from the Seraglio Damrau, Villazon, etc conducted by Nezet-Seguin
Stravinsky Rite of Spring/Stowkowski Bach Transcriptions Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Nezet-Seguin
And this one

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Just bought:



In addition to Salome, I own Böhm's recordings of Elektra, Daphne, Capriccio and Die Frau ohne Schatten. I didn't get his Der Rosenkavalier or Ariadne auf Naxos for example due to the questionable fidelity of these recordings. If anyone owns these two recordings, what do you think of them?

[Que]

Just bought:

I don't think Gwyneth Jones is a succes in the lead role. I opted for for this instead:

In addition to Salome, I own Böhm's recordings of Elektra, Daphne, Capriccio and Die Frau ohne Schatten. I didn't get his Der Rosenkavalier or Ariadne auf Naxos for example due to the questionable fidelity of these recordings. If anyone owns these two recordings, what do you think of them?

Ariadne auf Naxos (Della Casa/Güden/Seefried/Schock/Schöffler) is a very good performance. Sound is what you could expect of an average live recording from the mid '50s.

[Daverz]

For Ameling's Shéhérazade:



From europadisc, who still have some of these old Australian Eloquence issues.

[GioCar]

A special note: I'll definitely be acquiring more Puccini, but I'm not a fan of Verdi. I heard his Macbeth several years ago and I just couldn't get into his style.

Well, Macbeth is one of his earlier works. His later style is quite different.
If Macbeth is your only exposure to Verdi's operas, I'd suggest to listen to Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Otello and Falstaff (possibly my favorites among his operas) before saying the final word.

[VonStupp]

If this one doesn't arrive, chalk it up to destiny and forget about the composer.

Orbital spheres and cosmic forces are conspiring together to make sure I don't hear the music of Arthur Sullivan?!?

And yet every Wednesday, the universe deigns I hear my kids loudly proclaim it is "Hump Day" in the voice of an advertisement Dromedary?

The Gods Must Be Crazy!¹⁹⁸⁰ 

[Harry]

I ordered some CD'S at JPC.

[Harry]

And this one too, and I am not sure if I posted the Wordsworth so sorry if I did that double

[Brahmsian]

Also bought:



These are all the special editions that come with a blu-ray audio disc.

And one more for good measure:

By golly! Has someone hacked your account, John? 

[Florestan]

By golly! Has someone hacked your account, John? 

John (MI) goes Puccini! The end is near, folks, very near, I tellya! 

But worry not, he'll cancel the order in the next few hours. 

[Florestan]

Good to know ! Today I listened twice to Juon's 3rd violin sonata (w. piano) and really liked it - original and distinctive. He was dubbed 'the Russian Brahms', whatever that's supposed to mean (probably nothing).

Nothing at all, as the label was also applied to Taneyev, Glazunov and Nikolai Medtner. 

Imo, there is no Russian Brahms, just as there is no German Tchaikovsky. 

Juon's chamber music is quite fine in its own terms.

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I don't think Gwyneth Jones is a succes in the lead role. I opted for for this instead:



Ariadne auf Naxos (Della Casa/Güden/Seefried/Schock/Schöffler) is a very good performance. Sound is what you could expect of an average live recording from the mid '50s.

I've been collecting the Böhm series that feature those types of album covers (reissues from 1994 which marked the 100th Anniversary of Strauss' passing). Fidelity is important to me unless we're talking about Soviet Era recordings.

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Well, Macbeth is one of his earlier works. His later style is quite different.
If Macbeth is your only exposure to Verdi's operas, I'd suggest to listen to Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Otello and Falstaff (possibly my favorites among his operas) before saying the final word.

I'll keep those in mind. Thanks, GioCar.

[Mirror Image]

Orbital spheres and cosmic forces are conspiring together to make sure I don't hear the music of Arthur Sullivan?!?

And yet every Wednesday, the universe deigns I hear my kids loudly proclaim it is "Hump Day" in the voice of an advertisement Dromedary?

The Gods Must Be Crazy!¹⁹⁸⁰ 

[Mirror Image]

By golly! Has someone hacked your account, John? 

John (MI) goes Puccini! The end is near, folks, very near, I tellya! 

But worry not, he'll cancel the order in the next few hours. 

I bought these via Amazon Prime, so it's too late to cancel. But, seriously, I'm looking forward to hearing these operas.

[Florestan]

I bought these via Amazon Prime, so it's too late to cancel. But, seriously, I'm looking forward to hearing these operas.

Please, keep us informed about your thoughts on them. I for one am very curious.