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[classicalgeek]

 

I bought some Previn today too Mookalafalas--but not nearly as much as you did.

A friend and I were doing an errand near a thrift shop and I asked if we could go in there.  I picked up the following CDs:

With Previn:  Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky & Lt. Kije with the Los Angeles Phil Orch.
                    Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra and Janacek's Sinfonietta with same orchestra
Two Copland Conducts Copland CDs:  one of Our Town, Red Pony Suite, etc. with the New Philharmonia Orchestra
                                                       the other has Appalachian Spring (orig. complete version), Lincoln Portrait & Billy The Kid with the London SO
a CD of Walter Piston:  Symphony Nos. 2, 6 and Sinfonietta with Gerard Schwarz and Seattle Sym. and the NY Chamber Symphony
and lastly a CD of Marilyn Horne of Handel, Rossini, Bizet, etc. on London (Grandi Voci)

There was also a CD of Previn conducting Holst's The Planets which I really wanted to get, but I was concerned about a circular scratch that I saw on it. 

Pd

Those first with the LAPO were for Telarc, right? Previn made some great Telarc discs: the Nevsky/Lt. Kije, the Strauss Tone Poems with the Vienna Phil, and I imprinted on his Dvorak 8 and 9 also with LA. I'm sure that Bartok/Janacek disc is fantastic. I don't know what happened to Telarc... but if they're still around, I hope they consider a Previn box!

[vandermolen]

Really interesting looking program.

Thanks - am greatly looking forward to receiving it. All the works are new to me.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

A nice haul, PD. Those Copland and Piston recordings are great. I'm not sure about the Previn ones, however, as I never heard them, but I do love the repertoire. By the way, do you ever do any shopping online for CDs?

Thank you.  And, yes, sometimes I shop online. 

  Lucky you! The old school approach.  I haven't played a single disk of the Previn yet.  Even stranger, I bought his previous box last year for my birthday, and haven't opened it yet! It went OOP right when I got it, and the price shot up, sometimes to $1000 (supposedly). I am still on the fence about whether to open it or not

Hey, you bought it because you wanted to listen to the recordings...so go for it!  And I have mentioned elsewhere that I now have my doubts re big labels and limited editions as some years ago, I purchased a boxed set of Wagner's The Ring....supposedly went out of print.  I found a used copy of it for a reasonable price, then suddenly it became available again!   

Those first with the LAPO were for Telarc, right? Previn made some great Telarc discs: the Nevsky/Lt. Kije, the Strauss Tone Poems with the Vienna Phil, and I imprinted on his Dvorak 8 and 9 also with LA. I'm sure that Bartok/Janacek disc is fantastic. I don't know what happened to Telarc... but if they're still around, I hope they consider a Previn box!

Yes, the two Previn CDs were on Telarc.  Will probably play the Bartok/Janacek CD later on today; breakfast comes first. 

PD

[Judith]

Just ordered

Steven Isserlis
Mishka Rushdie Momen  Piano

British Solo Cello Music

Featuring

Benjamin Britten
Sir William Walton
John Garner
Frank Merrick
Thomas Ades

Looking forward to listening to this one!

[Todd]

Just saw this today, so I bought the download today.  No time to waste.

[VonStupp]

After long last, I bit the bullet on Haydn. Hopefully the super-cheap price I found it at doesn't disappoint when it arrives. Hanson and Dvorak too.

[aligreto]

After long last, I bit the bullet on Haydn. Hopefully the super-cheap price I found it at doesn't disappoint when it arrives. Hanson and Dvorak too.

I do not know the Hanson but the Haydn and the Dvorak should in no way disappoint.

[Symphonic Addict]

Thanks - am greatly looking forward to receiving it. All the works are new to me.

I have to say that the Hanson is just epic and glorious!! Wow, nearly 7-minute long of sheer gorgeousness!! Very recommended from me now. Thanks for the novelty, Jeffrey. I'm quite sure you'll enjoy a lot.

Alert, Kyle!! 

[Symphonic Addict]

After long last, I bit the bullet on Haydn. Hopefully the super-cheap price I found it at doesn't disappoint when it arrives. Hanson and Dvorak too.

I endorse these two. This Dvorak's Te Deum is so rustic and joyous. The opening with the timpani shows how "brioso" they can be.

Hanson is no-brainers. You will probably enjoy this stuff so much: tonal, richly tuneful, with an epic feel to it and sheer grandeur, drama, etc.

[Daverz]

Those first with the LAPO were for Telarc, right? Previn made some great Telarc discs: the Nevsky/Lt. Kije, the Strauss Tone Poems with the Vienna Phil, and I imprinted on his Dvorak 8 and 9 also with LA. I'm sure that Bartok/Janacek disc is fantastic. I don't know what happened to Telarc... but if they're still around, I hope they consider a Previn box!

Telarc is sort of around, though not making new recordings.  There have been some box set reissues of Telarc recordings: a Kunzel box, a Robert Shaw box, a Paavo Järvi box, a Mackerras Mozart Opera box, a Mahler box, and a Strauss box.  So maybe they will do a Previn box.

[Spotted Horses]

Those first with the LAPO were for Telarc, right? Previn made some great Telarc discs: the Nevsky/Lt. Kije, the Strauss Tone Poems with the Vienna Phil, and I imprinted on his Dvorak 8 and 9 also with LA. I'm sure that Bartok/Janacek disc is fantastic. I don't know what happened to Telarc... but if they're still around, I hope they consider a Previn box!

Telarc went thought several stages of disintegration. Purists would claim that the label was effectively dead with Jack Renner was no longer engineering all of their recordings. (I'm sort-of in that camp.)

[Mirror Image]

Just bought:



This will be my sixth recorded performance of Harmonielehre. Looking forward to hearing Nagano in more of Adams' music. He has shown a remarkable affinity for the music in the past.

[Maestro267]

I have that disc myself and like it a lot.

Today's set:

Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 12-15
Quartetto Italiano

Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 14 & 15
Alban Berg Quartett

Debussy: Syrinx; String Quartet
Ravel: String Quartet; Introduction and Allegro
Chillingirian Quartet et al.

[Spotted Horses]

Becoming obsessed with performing traditions, I guess.

[Mirror Image]

I have that disc myself and like it a lot.

[Spotted Horses]

I've kept buying under control for a while, but two big indulgences:




There was some consideration of the Markevitch Deutsche Grammophon legacy set, but an audit revealed that I have the great majority of the interesting stuff in a "Original Masters" box set and individual releases.

The Kubelik complements the complete HMV set I already have (from EMI, now Warner). The HMV set is worth it just for the blister recording of Martinu's concerto for two string orchestras. There is, in addition, a Kubelik complete Decca set, but I already own most of the interesting content from that set in individual releases.

[Brian]

There was some consideration of the Markevitch Deutsche Grammophon legacy set, but an audit revealed that I have the great majority of the interesting stuff in a "Original Masters" box set and individual releases.

I just streamed the Mompou piece in the Markevitch box and...what?! Not at all what I expected. I'd thought Markevitch's Spanish stuff was all zarzuelas and light music, but this is a super interesting, even weird sacred piece, kind of like a very sober, serious, impressionistic version of the Poulenc Gloria...or like if Fauré used lots of celestas. Very hard to describe. I didn't even know Mompou wrote music that wasn't for solo instrument. Appetite only more whetted for the box now.

How much is the Kubelik now selling for? It seems to be running low.

[Spotted Horses]

I just streamed the Mompou piece in the Markevitch box and...what?! Not at all what I expected. I'd thought Markevitch's Spanish stuff was all zarzuelas and light music, but this is a super interesting, even weird sacred piece, kind of like a very sober, serious, impressionistic version of the Poulenc Gloria...or like if Fauré used lots of celestas. Very hard to describe. I didn't even know Mompou wrote music that wasn't for solo instrument. Appetite only more whetted for the box now.

Interesting. The nice thing about these boxes is sometimes the things you think will be throwaways turn out to be the most interesting.

How much is the Kubelik now selling for? It seems to be running low.

When I ordered yesterday it was $165 at Amazon.com. Today it is $189. Importcds.com has it for $161 but they report backordered. I've noticed other sites having it in stock, but around $200. The Markevitch/Philips was $93 on importers.com, but now their listing has disappeared. An amazon it has risen from $115 to $155 since yesterday.

It's like trying to buy a house! 

[Brian]

The Markevitch/Philips was $93 on importers.com, but now their listing has disappeared.

Shoot! I had that tab open on my home computer to buy this week!

[Spotted Horses]

Shoot! I had that tab open on my home computer to buy this week!

Oh dear! Other sites have it in stock, it might come back.