Purchases Today

[classicalgeek]

Nice haul, CG. Falla and Saint-Saëns are great favorites of mine. I don't know those recordings of the S-S PCs with Lortie/Gardner, but I can vouch for those Falla recordings --- they're excellent.

That's good to know about the Falla! I figured they'd be great. The Lortie Saint-Saëns Concerti have gotten great reviews, so I'm excited to hear them. I want to eventually get the Malikova/Thomas Sanderling set as well, as those are also supposed to be outstanding.

Just wanted to say that I absolutely adore how often classical music albums use gorgeous paintings or illustrations, ones that I very often didn't know before, and which sometimes are just breathtaking. This is half of the joy of looking at the "New purchases", "New releases" or "what are you listening to" threads to me.

I enjoy these threads (particularly the 'Purchases' thread where someone's gotten a big haul) for the same reasons. There are some exceptions, but in general the covers are so pretty to look at!

[Mirror Image]

That's good to know about the Falla! I figured they'd be great. The Lortie Saint-Saëns Concerti have gotten great reviews, so I'm excited to hear them. I want to eventually get the Malikova/Thomas Sanderling set as well, as those are also supposed to be outstanding.

I can vouch for the Malikova/Sanderling cycle and say it is outstanding. I'm sure the Lortie/Gardner will be good, too.

[Symphonic Addict]

Just bought:

I was thinking you already had these quartets, John. Anyway, hope you enjoy them!

[Mirror Image]

I was thinking you already had these quartets, John. Anyway, hope you enjoy them!

Thanks, Cesar. I owned them previously as digital downloads (and I hate downloading music --- I'm firmly a CD guy"), because I was having difficulty finding all of the volumes (mainly the fourth), but I finally found this particular volume and ended up buying them all.

[DavidW]

Thanks, Cesar. I owned them previously as digital downloads (and I hate downloading music --- I'm firmly a CD guy"), because I was having difficulty finding all of the volumes (mainly the fourth), but I finally found this particular volume and ended up buying them all.

But you don't actually play the cds right?  You just rip them to digital and play the files.  So isn't a digital download the same thing but with less steps?

[Mirror Image]

But you don't actually play the cds right?  You just rip them to digital and play the files.  So isn't a digital download the same thing but with less steps?

Essentially, yes, but I like having all of the artwork and owning the hard copy of a recording. For me, it's an official product and I just like holding something in my hands. I only resort to digital downloads if there's an album that is impossible to find a physical copy of and this is the only way I can get it.

[Madiel]

Essentially, yes, but I like having all of the artwork and owning the hard copy of a recording. For me, it's an official product and I just like holding something in my hands. I only resort to digital downloads if there's an album that is impossible to find a physical copy of and this is the only way I can get it.

I'm much the same. Though I do use my actual CDs to a greater extent.

[Symphonic Addict]

Essentially, yes, but I like having all of the artwork and owning the hard copy of a recording. For me, it's an official product and I just like holding something in my hands. I only resort to digital downloads if there's an album that is impossible to find a physical copy of and this is the only way I can get it.

It makes much sense indeed.

[Mirror Image]

I'm much the same. Though I do use my actual CDs to a greater extent.

It makes much sense indeed.

I'm not sure if I'm "correct" in my thinking or even rational, but when it comes to music, I'm someone that has always valued the physical product. A lot of the time I do enjoy reading the liner notes, too.

[DavidW]

I'm not sure if I'm "correct" in my thinking or even rational, but when it comes to music, I'm someone that has always valued the physical product. A lot of the time I do enjoy reading the liner notes, too.

btw digital downloads usually include the liner notes.  I take a completely different approach from you guys.

I usually stream my music.  And if I really like something I buy it on cd... to only play it on cd.  I don't rip it.  It is nice to return to a time where you bought a cd for listening and not ripping, retagging, archiving, transcoding etc. not giving yourself work on your free time.

[Mirror Image]

btw digital downloads usually include the liner notes.  I take a completely different approach from you guys.

I usually stream my music.  And if I really like something I buy it on cd... to only play it on cd.  I don't rip it.  It is nice to return to a time where you bought a cd for listening and not ripping, retagging, archiving, transcoding etc. not giving yourself work on your free time.

I understand what you're saying and agree that time should be spent listening to music, but ripping a lot of my collection was something that I wanted to do, so I don't look at it as "work". But now that I've got the bulk of what I wanted to rip done, I can relax. According to my hard drive, I've got 525 GB of classical ripped, which equals to 160.2 days.

[André]

I'm not sure if I'm "correct" in my thinking or even rational, but when it comes to music, I'm someone that has always valued the physical product. A lot of the time I do enjoy reading the liner notes, too.

Same here. Streaming is for hard to find or too expensive stuff (useful of course, but a stopgap mainly).

[Mirror Image]

Same here. Streaming is for hard to find or too expensive stuff (useful of course, but a stopgap mainly).

Yes, indeed.

I just wanted to add to my previous comment in reply to Dave's post when he was talking about reading a PDF of the liner notes of a recording. For me, this isn't and will never be like holding it in your own hands. For me, owning a CD is a part of the musical experience. Digital downloads and streaming take this away, which is one reason I'm against it.

[vandermolen]

Same here. Streaming is for hard to find or too expensive stuff (useful of course, but a stopgap mainly).

+1

My wife's constantly telling me that I could download everything 'LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES' and then I could 'THROW OUT' all my CDs thus making 'SO MUCH MORE SPACE IN THE HOUSE'.

[Mirror Image]

+1

My wife's constantly telling me that I could download everything 'LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES' and then I could 'THROW OUT' all my CDs thus making 'SO MUCH MORE SPACE IN THE HOUSE'.

If my mom had it her way, I'd never own any CDs, DVDs/Blu-Rays, books or guitars.

[Harry]

+1

My wife's constantly telling me that I could download everything 'LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES' and then I could 'THROW OUT' all my CDs thus making 'SO MUCH MORE SPACE IN THE HOUSE'.

She's right you know

[ritter]

But would the emptier house be as nice? 

I really can't imagine my flat without all my books and CDs... 

[Spotted Horses]

btw digital downloads usually include the liner notes.  I take a completely different approach from you guys.

I usually stream my music.  And if I really like something I buy it on cd... to only play it on cd.  I don't rip it.  It is nice to return to a time where you bought a cd for listening and not ripping, retagging, archiving, transcoding etc. not giving yourself work on your free time.

I haven't gotten into streaming, probably because I have a large cache of recordings that is essentially a hard-copy streaming service.

It's been a long time since I put a CD into a player to listen. I rip all of my CDs to lossless files and scan the booklet to a pdf file. Recently I am just as likely to buy a download as a CD. I don't bother with retagging, etc, what the database supplies is generally good enough. I maintain a separate list of my CDs and their contents, just enough information to allow me to find the recording I want, then I refer to the scanned booklet for details. I also find reading the booklet on my iPad more convenient than straining my eyes of those little CD booklets.

I find a bookcase full of plastic CD cases ugly, and I am glad to be rid of them. I have kept various nicely produced box sets, particularly the ones with a substantial book (not booklet) which I might want to refer to.

[Mirror Image]

But would the emptier house be as nice? 

I really can't imagine my flat without all my books and CDs... 

It would look nice for sure, but, for me, it'd be an empty, shell of a house without CDs, books, etc.

[Florestan]

She's right you know

She is absolutely right.