Purchases Today

[ritter]

Odds and ends ordered (at bargain basement prices) from Amazon UK MP sellers for delivery to Scotland before my return to Madrid:


I'm not really into this kind of potpourri programs, but the disc contains one of the few recorded works by Argentinian composer Juan José Castro, whose music I enjoy quite a bit. The 9 minute piece Arrabal is actually just the first movement of the Sinfonía Aregrntina (from 1934), but that's what we get...


Not that I want another recording of the Fauré Requiem (a work I don't really like at all), but the disc contains the only recording of the orchestral version Florent Schmitt's Scherzo in memoriam Gabriel Fauré (I know the piano version played by Margaret Fingerhut—on a Chandos CD).


Also for a Schmitt work, the Légende for saxophone and orchestra (I know the piece in its alternate version for viola and orchestra).

[DavidW]

The Penderecki Sextet is a great piece of music, as most of the rest of that CD.

Agreed, one of Penderecki's finest works!

[Karl Henning]

The Penderecki Sextet is a great piece of music, as most of the rest of that CD.

+ 1

[steve ridgway]

I forgot to add some other recordings I had bought last night to my post from above:

I like that Credo recording; it makes a great contrast to Penderecki's avant-garde works. 0:)

[Mirror Image]

I like that Credo recording; it makes a great contrast to Penderecki's avant-garde works. 0:)

Well, I like all periods of Penderecki's music.

[Traverso]

I forgot to add some other recordings I had bought last night to my post from above:

Where do you find the time to listen to all this   

[Mirror Image]

Where do you find the time to listen to all this   

Well, I don't go out to bars or restaurants. I have no friends. I'm not married or have kids. I also don't have a girlfriend so, until I'm dead, I'll have the time. But, seriously, I don't really look at it as a question of time, but really as a resource and something to listen to when I'm ready to listen to it.

[Florestan]

Well, I don't go out to bars or restaurants. I have no friends. I'm not married or have kids. I also don't have a girlfriend so, until I'm dead, I'll have the time.

By your own admission, you look pretty dead to me right now, John... 

[Mirror Image]

By your own admission, you look pretty dead to me right now, John... 

We're all dead --- some just get there before others.

[Traverso]

We're all dead --- some just get there before others.

Ah.....you are a Zen master as well.....

[Mirror Image]

Ah.....you are a Zen master as well.....

[Karl Henning]

We're all dead --- some just get there before others.

As Serling cites in one of his Twilight Zone monologues: we're all under a death sentence, time and manner of execution to be determined.

[Mirror Image]

As Serling cites in one of his Twilight Zone monologues: we're all under a death sentence, time and manner of execution to be determined.

Love that show, Karl. You just don't get quality programming like this any longer.

[JBS]

Went click happy at Amazon MP, so any more purchases this month will have to come out of November's budget.

The Viola Sonata was suggested in a Twitter thread.



Decided to bite the bullet on this since it seems to have been the only copy on Amazon US.

[Que]

Went click happy at Amazon MP, so any more purchases this month will have to come out of November's budget.


Decided to bite the bullet on this since it seems to have been the only copy on Amazon US.

Nice, I hope you'll like it!
The complete 3CDset is very rare, so it's a good find - particularly across the Pond.
The folded cardboard slipcase is very fragile.... Mine was is tatters, but that was no big deal since each dic has its own case and it comes with a very sturdy hardcover book(let). Traverso's copy, seems however to be in pristine condition! 

[Harry]

Nice, I hope you'll like it!
The complete 3CDset is very rare, so it's a good find - particularly across the Pond.
The folded cardboard slipcase is very fragile.... Mine was is tatters, but that was no big deal since each dic has its own case and it comes with a very sturdy hardcover book(let). Traverso's copy, seems however to be in pristine condition! 

I wish I could find a complete one for an reasonable price, preferably in Europe.

[Traverso]

Nice, I hope you'll like it!
The complete 3CDset is very rare, so it's a good find - particularly across the Pond.
The folded cardboard slipcase is very fragile.... Mine was is tatters, but that was no big deal since each dic has its own case and it comes with a very sturdy hardcover book(let). Traverso's copy, seems however to be in pristine condition! 

Yes it is.my copy was for promo use and never played,I was very lucky to find it for a friendly price.I'm sure  you will enjoy the music and the splendid singing . 

[Traverso]

I wish I could find a complete one for an reasonable price, preferably in Europe.

On Bol.com is still the copy available for 94 euro 

https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/iacobus-handl-gallus-moralia-harmoniae-morales/9200000051520036/

[Que]

On Bol.com is still the copy available for 94 euro 

https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/iacobus-handl-gallus-moralia-harmoniae-morales/9200000051520036/

Quite pricey... as is everything by that seller, I noticed. Condition looks good though...

Three offers on French Amzon:

https://www.amazon.fr/Gallus-Morala-Harmoniae-Morale-Singer/dp/B01K8O42RE

But with a low price you run the risk of getting the single highlights disk. And then there is the matter of the condition...

I declined an offer at €85 and decided to go for one around the €50 mark, with the result as described.

Check with the seller whether it is the complete edition and ask for a picture to assert the condition before buying, would my advice be.

[Harry]

On Bol.com is still the copy available for 94 euro 

https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/iacobus-handl-gallus-moralia-harmoniae-morales/9200000051520036/

Yes Jan, I saw that too, but I think it is a bit overpriced. I would love to have this set, but 94 euro's is pricey. Thank you for pulling this up again.