Purchases Today

[Mapman]

I somehow did not own this until today:

[ritter]

Just ordered (all very pan-Hispanic  ):


I know Carlos Chávez's symphonies and his opera The Visitors (to an English language libretto by Chester Kallman), but little else, and this set seems like the perfect way to explore this interesting composer further.


The "Madrid Group of Eight" was active in the 30s, and included Julián Bautista, Juan José Mantecón, Rosa García Ascot, Fernando Remacha, Salvador Bacarisse, Gustavo Pittaluga, and the two Halffter brothers (Ernesto and Rodolfo). The Spanish Civil War separated the, and most have fallen into oblivion. This should be a good window to a very specific period of Spanish musical life.



I'm not a zarzuela fan, but this work's libretto is by Pío Baroja, one of Spain's most distinguished novelists in the 20th century, and thus piqued my interest. The composer Pablo Sorozábal was hugely successful in the zarzuela genre from the 1930s through the late 50s.

EDIT:

Added this to the order, as it could be had for a pittance:


Guitar music by the same eight "Madrid" composers, plus Falla's Homage to Debussy (his only original composition for the guitar) and a piece by Adolfo Salazar (the most influential writer on music in Spain's "silver age").

[Wanderer]

[Florestan]

Look tasty, including great cover art.

[vers la flamme]

Schoenberg etc. (S/H CD)

That's an excellent CD. I have been listening to it a lot lately.

[vandermolen]

That's an excellent CD. I have been listening to it a lot lately.

Pleased to hear it!

[Judith]

Something a little different but absolutely beautiful

Butterfly Lovers

Containing

Gang/Zhanhao  Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Saint-Saens  Introduction to Rondo Capriccioso
Massenet  Meditation from Thais
de Sarasate  Zigeunerweisen

Joshua Bell
Singapore Chinese Orchestra
Conducted by Tsung Yeh

[JBS]

Arrived today. Two week transit time from Amazon Japan

Ordered last night

[Spotted Horses]

Arrived today. Two week transit time from Amazon Japan

The Bloomstedt set looks attractive. I can't think of something from his Decca catalog that I didn't enjoy.

[SimonNZ]

Not sure what to expect from this or when I'll be able to give it the time and attention it needs, but it was Sequentia so I grabbed it.

[ritter]

More music from the Spanish "edad de plata"







Plus the wonderful Carmen Bustamante singing songs by Eduard Toldrá

[Todd]

A couple closeout items, just cuz.

[Wanderer]

[Judith]

Just ordered
Beethoven
Symphony no 5 & 8 with Fidelio Overture

performed by
Berlin Phil
Herbert von Karajan

Wanted another no 8 in my collection and having another no 5 is an added bonus.

[Brian]

Arrived today. Two week transit time from Amazon Japan

Ordered last night

These are the next two boxes I plan to buy. I think I'm going to successfully resist the new Dorati series...I think.

Just ordered this, however:

[Daverz]

Download from Hyperion:

[Mookalafalas]

I got a digital lossless copy of this soon after it came out, and bought the box, but never opened . I saved it til it started going OOP and sold it on ebay. However, it was oddly hard to part with. It's a pretty magnificent beast. (and it was so f%%%%% heavy the shipping and fees ate most of my profit)  All these years I kept eyeing it and lusting after it. Finally pulled the trigger. It's about $154 on Japanese Amazon.

[Daverz]

Just ordered
Beethoven
Symphony no 5 & 8 with Fidelio Overture

performed by
Berlin Phil
Herbert von Karajan

Wanted another no 8 in my collection and having another no 5 is an added bonus.

So you wanted one work and bought one CD with that work?  I don't think that kind of restraint is acceptable here.   

[DaveF]

So you wanted one work and bought one CD with that work?  I don't think that kind of restraint is acceptable here. 

Quite right - what's wrong with
 ?

Hardly buy physical discs myself these days, but was pleased to get on eBay



a work otherwise unavailable (it was in the long-deleted Complete Works / Stage and Screen boxes only).

[ritter]

More music from composers who came to prominence in the Spanish "silver age". Ordered directly from label IBS' website.



Bacarisse's Cello Concerto is from 1935 (while he was still in Spain), the other works are from when he settled in France, after the war(s).



Music for woodwind ensemble (with soloists in some cases) written by Bacarisse and Jesús Bal y Gay, when they had left Spain (for France and Mexico, respectively). Bal y Gay (1905-1993) was not a member of the "Madrid Group of 8", but in 1933 married Rosa García Ascot, who was the group's only female member.



Piano trios composed by Julián Bautista, Fernando Remacha, and Joaquín Turina during the years of the Second Spanish Republic. Turina was from an earlier generation than that of Bautista and Remacha (I've never been much of a fan of his music).