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[Que]

I tend to ignore those covers, pasted them all up with Renaissance pictures. They look like a charm now    

There is so much drop dead gorgeous Renaissance art.... it's a real shame they didn't use any. Curious about your choices! Is it all Franco-Flemish? 

[Harry]

There is so much drop dead gorgeous Renaissance art.... it's a real shame they didn't use any. Curious about your choices! Is it all Franco-Flemish? 

More or less, yes 

[Florestan]

One can never have too much Haydn.



A few years ago, in a now defunct but back then very interesting thread, GMG member @pjme draw my attention to the Belgian cello virtuoso Adrien François Servais. Hat tip, Peter!



Self-recommending.

[Florestan]

PLus, the whole Beethoven - Rossini discussion led me to these two.

[Madiel]

One can never have too much Haydn.

This appears to be a correct statement. However, I'm still usually working on having one recording of each work that I want.

When I get around to implementing my plan for filling out (nearly) all the remaining string quartets, I'll have a chance to reassess. Maybe I can do without operas and baryton trios, but this is not guaranteed.

[Todd]

Aw, screw it, I'm gonna do some good old-fashioned comparative listening of late Brahms and I'm gonna rely mostly on recordings I own.  I recently acquired Hough, and the Gieseking box includes Opp 116-119, so these add a few more to work through.  The Lewis is a 24/96 download since that was the same price as MP3 and 16/44.1.

[vandermolen]

Time for some German VW.

[ritter]

I am not that much of a Respighi fan, but was looking for a recording of the Belfagor Overture (which was separated from the opera — a work I really like). I ended buying this 8 CD set, which does not include the specific work I was looking for  , but will let me explore the composer's oeuvre further (and was very affordable):

[JBS]

I am not that much of a Respighi fan, but was looking for a recording of the Belfagor Overture (which was separated from the opera — a work I really like). I ended buying this 8 CD set, which does not include the specific work I was looking for  , but will let me explore the composer's oeuvre further (and was very affordable):

When you do go back to looking for the Belfagor, I remember the Neschling recording to be good.

[Daverz]

I could not find this on Qobuz, so I looked for a download on chandos.net, and they are having a Naxos download sale.  I also used some loyalty points, so I got the download for £1.12.

https://www.chandos.net/labels/Naxos/70

[Papy Oli]

From the Naxos sale on the Chandos website. Thank you @Daverz for the heads-up.

 

[Jo498]

I wanted to get a late Beethoven quartet with the Alban-Berg-Quartett. Then I saw the box of all 16 for EUR 9,99 used like new and could not resist; additionally my first recording of the Prokofiev flute sonata (Pahud, I had several of the violin version. And a fat old book on Handel by Paul Henry Lang.

[Peter Power Pop]

[Todd]

$0.00.

[Peter Power Pop]

[Spotted Horses]

From the Naxos sale on the Chandos site, $3 each.

[vandermolen]

From the Naxos sale on the Chandos site, $3 each.

A nice pile! I've never got into the Rorem symphonies however.

[ritter]

From the Naxos sale on the Chandos site, $3 each.






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I've been on a Casella spree recently, and those La Vecchia / Naxos releases are indispensable for anyone interested in the composer. I hope you enjoy them.

Pity the Rome Symphony Orchestra has been disbanded...

[Spotted Horses]

I've been on a Casella spree recently, and those La Vecchia / Naxos releases are indispensable for anyone interested in the composer. I hope you enjoy them.

I've already listened to la Vecchia's recordings of the first two symphonies and was favorably impressed.

Pity the Rome Symphony Orchestra has been disbanded...

is right!

[Spotted Horses]

A nice pile! I've never got into the Rorem symphonies however.

I remember that someone on GMG likes them.