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[TheGSMoeller]

Greg!!! Long-time, no see! I hope you've doing well, my friend. Miss seeing you on here. Oh, all of those Debussy Harmonia Mundi recordings are superb. I bought them as they were coming out.

Hi, John. Great to hear from you, buddy! It's been October since I last posted, but will be online more often now, and have plenty of new purchases and new music to discuss here.
I do remember you speaking highly of the HM/Debussy series, I look forward to diving into them soon. Thanks!

[Mirror Image]

Hi, John. Great to hear from you, buddy! It's been October since I last posted, but will be online more often now, and have plenty of new purchases and new music to discuss here.
I do remember you speaking highly of the HM/Debussy series, I look forward to diving into them soon. Thanks!

Great to read. Sounds fantastic and I look forward to conversing more with you about Strauss, especially since I know you're a fellow Straussian.

[TheGSMoeller]

I am quite jealous; these have been on my wishlist for some time.

Hey, Friend, they're still on sale...

https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/122075/Stravinsky_-_Les_Noces,_Mass,_Cantata.htm
https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/132570/Schubert_-_Nachtgesang.htm

[TheGSMoeller]

Great to read. Sounds fantastic and I look forward to conversing more with you about Strauss, especially since I know you're a fellow Straussian.

Yep, I saw the "top-5 Strauss" thread is alive and well, had fun reading through that one!

[Mirror Image]

Yep, I saw the "top-5 Strauss" thread is alive and well, had fun reading through that one!

Indeed. Have you posted your list? If not, I'd love for you to contribute if you feel so inclined.

[André]

A full performance and a disc of extracts from this evergreen opera with the mezzo/contralto option.

[Undersea]

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Hat-tip Aligreto for the Palestrina.

[André]

[JBS]

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[Mirror Image]

Bought earlier this morning:



The Bohm recording I bought ended up being a fake, so I returned it and used the refunded money to buy this Leinsdorf set.

[prémont]

Took advantage of Europadisc's 40%-off sale to fill a few gaps at super-budget price:

Would be interested in your thoughts about this set.

[André]

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Very interesting !! Please comment in due time 

[André]

[Brian]

André - I have been enjoying the work of Jan Latham-Koenig as accompanist on two excellent albums of the Poulenc keyboard concertos with Mark Bebbington playing piano. (Including the piano version of Concert champetre.) Bebbington is a terrific Poulenc pianist in addition to being an interesting explorer of unusual 20th century repertoire, but JLK keeps up with him every step.

[Que]

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but Europadisc is having a great 40% off sale this weekend. It includes Harmonia Mundi, LSO Live, Mariinsky.

Thank you very much!  I took the opportunity:

 

   

[André]

André - I have been enjoying the work of Jan Latham-Koenig as accompanist on two excellent albums of the Poulenc keyboard concertos with Mark Bebbington playing piano. (Including the piano version of Concert champetre.) Bebbington is a terrific Poulenc pianist in addition to being an interesting explorer of unusual 20th century repertoire, but JLK keeps up with him every step.

Good, Brian. I might have a disc of him conducting (Marco Polo?) but nothing in the core repertoire. He'll be up against some mighty competition in the Franck symphony ! 

[JBS]

I have the entire boxset of Zinman's Strauss, and think highly of it.

TD
Amazon left this at my door today

[aligreto]

I have the entire boxset of Zinman's Strauss, and think highly of it.

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[Mirror Image]

I have the entire boxset of Zinman's Strauss, and think highly of it.

I also have the Zinman box set and while it's certainly more than competently performed throughout, I'd have a difficult time recommending it since I find it a bit bland and uninspired. I forget which work suffered the most, but it probably was Symphonia Domestica (one of my favorites from Strauss) and thought the whole thing was plodding and uninvolved. I generally like Zinman's conducting, but he's not someone I'd want to hear in Strauss again, especially when the composer has been so well-served elsewhere.

[Daverz]

Download from Qobuz.

Mainly for the Troilus & Cressida symphonic suite arranged by Christopher Palmer, but Thomson's Symphony No. 2 may be interesting as well.  I don't think I recall it ever being mentioned.