Purchases Today

[Florestan]

Do you have a recording of The Return of Tobias? [Il Ritorno di Tobia I think is its official title.] If you don't, the recording on Naxos is pretty good.

I have the one in the Brilliant megabox but never listened to it. Is it any good? (the work, I mean).

[JBS]

I have the one in the Brilliant megabox but never listened to it. Is it any good? (the work, I mean).

Haydn at his usual level of supercompetence.
I've never heard the Brilliant recording.

[Florestan]

Haydn at his usual level of supercompetence.
I've never heard the Brilliant recording.

Thanks. Will listen asap and report.

[ritter]

Bought at the Juan March Foundation on Wednesday (I had a business meeting just around the corner):



This is my first encounter with the music of Conrado del Campo. Hat tip to @Todd, who wrote a very detailed review of this CD some weeks ago.

[Wanderer]

[Mookalafalas]

Got this second-hand for a fantastic price. I knew the "original jackets" were maxed out with bonus materials, so always had a hankering, in spite of having the two boxes (solo and concerto) that were released afterwards...

[Todd]

Some discounted optical media, including an eight buck Tristan.

[Todd]

The latest freebies from ClassicSelectWorld.  The Brahms set has Abravenel's symphony cycle; Alexander Schneider & Company's chamber works; some solo piano works from Bruce Hungerford; and assorted other goodies. 

[Wanderer]

[Todd]

I changed my mind and decided to go with Ms Richter's Monteverdi next.

[Wanderer]

[Que]

Purchased used two days ago:

 

[ritter]

Last Sunday evening I attended a lovely performance here in Madrid by the National Classical Theatre Company of Valor, agravio y mujer (Courage, Betrayal, and a Woman Scorned) by Ana Caro de Mallén (1590-1646), one of the few female playwrights of the "siglo de oro" whose work has reached our days. It's a comedic variation on the Don Juan myth, with the seduced and abandoned Doña Leonor (similar to Doña Elvira in  Mozart's Don Giovanni), in male disguise, following Don Juan (who here hails from Córdoba, not Seville) to Flanders to get revenge. At the end, they reconcile, and all characters live happily ever after.

The work has some ironic proto-feminist lines, such as "women even want to poetize, and dare to make comedies now".

Well, this great production sparked a renewal of my interest in early Spanish secular music, so I've ordered these CDs:





I acknowledge Jordi Savall as an eminent musician, but must confess I'm not a diehard fan. I get the impression that sometimes he can tend to overarrange and  overinterpret in this repertoire. One would think that the music played in the (famously austere) court of Castile was the same played at wild parties in gypsy camps. But this 2 CD will surely be enjoyable.

[classicalgeek]

First order in three months, from Berkshire Record Outlet. Pleased to see they had the Lajtha symphony cycle available! (I already had the other two releases):


 
Of course, the Belcea Quartet recording is the one I greatly enjoyed yesterday on Spotify! I was thrilled to see it available at BRO.

[Spotted Horses]

The newly released recording of Bacewicz' piano concerto, two piano concerto and other more commonly heard pieces.



It seems that Bacewicz is finally getting attention from record labels!

[ChamberNut]

The newly released recording of Bacewicz' piano concerto, two piano concerto and other more commonly heard pieces.



It seems that Bacewicz is finally getting attention from record labels!

Agreed. And real attention, not just in a mark the check box, tokenism fashion.

[JBS]

The newly released recording of Bacewicz' piano concerto, two piano concerto and other more commonly heard pieces.



It seems that Bacewicz is finally getting attention from record labels!

I'm listening to it now, fresh from my mailbox.
It's excellent. I think it's a bit more dissonant than the symphonies on the recent CPO, and very energetic.

[Spotted Horses]

Agreed. And real attention, not just in a mark the check box, tokenism fashion.

It started as a trickle, but it has been gaining momentum. Looking at my recordings, my first Bacewicz purchase was in 2009, the Hyperion disc containing the Symphony for String Orchestra, and other pieces for strings. Then the violin concerti on Chandos, so chamber music including string quartets, piano quintets and violin sonatas. Cello concerti, and now symphonies and piano concerti.

[vandermolen]

First order in three months, from Berkshire Record Outlet. Pleased to see they had the Lajtha symphony cycle available! (I already had the other two releases):


 
Of course, the Belcea Quartet recording is the one I greatly enjoyed yesterday on Spotify! I was thrilled to see it available at BRO.

The Karayev and Lajtha Symphony No.2 are works that I rate highly.

[Wanderer]