Purchases Today

[Willow Pattern]

This one for my Shostakovich collection:

[The new erato]

I ordered this latest release in the Vivaldi opera series from presto, just to keep my collecting house in order:

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[Lisztianwagner]

Just bought:





Typically quite fond of Noseda's conducting so I'll be interested how he handles the mournful outpourings and bittersweet nostalgia of Rachmaninov's orchestral works.

Nice! Please, share your thoughts about these works once you've listened to them!

[Mirror Image]

Nice! Please, share your thoughts about these works once you've listened to them!

Will do, Ilaria!

[Todd]

Ah, what the hell, I placed my first order with Amazon Japan, and like with all other Amazons I've bought from, the service is fast.  The item shipped same day, so hopefully cycle #76 shows up next week.

I noticed that Amazon Japan has some type of arrangement with Lawson allowing purchases to be picked up at Lawson outlets in Japan.  Lawson also owns HMV Japan.  I wonder what, if anything, the arrival of Amazon in Japan means for HMV Japan.

[flyingdutchman]

Amazon Japan has been there for years (it didn't just arrive there).  HMV Japan was on a downhill slide even before the advent of online buying.  Their stores are all but gone and Lawson really  wasn't affected by Amazon being there.

[Todd]

Amazon Japan has been there for years (it didn't just arrive there).

Interesting, I didn't know that.  I knew HMV Japan was in a weak(-ish) position, especially after Lawson bought it.  As long as I can buy stuff from Japan, that's all that matters.

[cilgwyn]

Ordered this today! Judging by the dearth of websites about operetta (apart from one or two rather dreary,bare boned examples) this one will arouse an avalanche of enthusiasm!
Unless I'm mistaken,the 'complete' Stolz recording has only been reissued on cd as highlights;so I bought this one.

The Cantus-lin cds of operettas broadcast on German radio in the fifties are excellent,unless you are averse to mono. The sound quality is very good for the time. No librettos though;but it doesn't bother me! Some of their operettas are unavailable elsewhere. Nico Dostal's Clivia is particularly well performed and proves that there was allot more to Silver age operetta than Kalman and Lehar!
Goetze's Adrienne and Paul Abraham's kitsch jazz operetta Viktoria und ihr Husar are great fun too. (Forget the lousy Eurodisc highlights of the latter). And then there's Fred Raymond's Maske in Blau and the operettas of Leo Fall which are currently enjoying a renaissance on cd, and who was,imho,much closer to the true spirit of operetta and less sentimental than Lehar with his gloomy endings! Although,I do like Die Lustige Witwe in the recent and long overdue reissue of Wallberg's emi recording. Edda Moser,so much sexier than that battle axe Schwarzkopf,in the ridiculously overrated Matacic recording. Well,the other people are fine,I just can't stand her!!

But each to his own!!

And I mustn't forget Oscar Straus!

[Jay F]

It's been discussed on the New Releases thread.
Here's the Presto listing, especially apropos for supporters of Leamington FC.
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/DG/4792618

Thanks Jeffrey

Thanks to both of you, Jeffrey and Conor.

[mc ukrneal]

Ordered this today! Judging by the dearth of websites about operetta (apart from one or two rather dreary,bare boned examples) this one will arouse an avalanche of enthusiasm!
Unless I'm mistaken,the 'complete' Stolz recording has only been reissued on cd as highlights;so I bought this one.

The Cantus-lin cds of operettas broadcast on German radio in the fifties are excellent,unless you are averse to mono. The sound quality is very good for the time. No librettos though;but it doesn't bother me! Some of their operettas are unavailable elsewhere. Nico Dostal's Clivia is particularly well performed and proves that there was allot more to Silver age operetta than Kalman and Lehar!
Goetze's Adrienne and Paul Abraham's kitsch jazz operetta Viktoria und ihr Husar are great fun too. (Forget the lousy Eurodisc highlights of the latter). And then there's Fred Raymond's Maske in Blau and the operettas of Leo Fall which are currently enjoying a renaissance on cd, and who was,imho,much closer to the true spirit of operetta and less sentimental than Lehar with his gloomy endings! Although,I do like Die Lustige Witwe in the recent and long overdue reissue of Wallberg's emi recording. Edda Moser,so much sexier than that battle axe Schwarzkopf,in the ridiculously overrated Matacic recording. Well,the other people are fine,I just can't stand her!!

But each to his own!!

And I mustn't forget Oscar Straus!

Very nice!

[Willow Pattern]

These 2 today:

[ritter]

Had been thinking of buying this since it first came out. Finally ordred it today from amazon.es:

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And following karlhenning's kind suggestion:

[asin]B0006SNLJS[/asin]

Regards,

[springrite]

Items to be Purchased:
Qty.   Product Information   Price
1   
Label: NEWTON CLASSICS   Format:
Stock #: 8802008   Bro Code: 157439
Chopin, The Two Piano Concerti [w.Montreal Symphony Orchestra/ Charles Dutoit]; The Four Ballades; Fantasie, Op.49; Barcarolle, Op.60. (All w.Jorge Bolet, piano. Rec. 5/89 & 9/86. Total time: 136'50') Discs in set: 2
$ 5.98
1   
Label: NEWTON CLASSICS   Format:
Stock #: 8802051   Bro Code: 157461
Brahms, The Three String Quartets. Schumann, The Three String Quartets. (Melos Quartet of Stuttgart. Rec. 1986-87. Total time: 153'59') Discs in set: 3
$ 8.97
1   
Label: NEWTON CLASSICS   Format:
Stock #: 8802006   Bro Code: 157462
Haydn, Symphonies 6 {'Le matin'}, 7 {'Le midi'} and 8 {'Le soir'}. (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/ Neville Marriner. Rec. 12/80. Total time: 59'21') Discs in set: 1
$ 3.99
1   
Label: NEWTON CLASSICS   Format:
Stock #: 8802085   Bro Code: 157463
Canteloube, Seven Songs of the Auvergne from Volumes 1-3. Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras #5. Rachmaninov, Vocalise. (Anna Moffo, soprano w.American Symphony Orchestra/ Leopold Stokowski. Rec. 4/64. Total time: 41'22') Discs in set: 1
$ 3.99
1   
Label: APR   Format:
Stock #: APR 5580   Bro Code: 123642
Beethoven, Piano Sonatas 8 {'Pathetique'}, 24 & 25. Schumann, Abegg Variations; Papillons; Excerpts from 'Fantasiestucke'. Brahms, Rhapsody Op.79 #2; Intermezzo Op.117 #1. Chopin, Waltz #2; Polonaise #3. (Andor Foldes, piano. 'The 1950-51 Tono Recordings') Discs in set: 1
$ 6.99
1   
Label: KULTUR   Format:
Stock #: D 4566   Bro Code: 156917
' Andre Previn: The Kindness of Strangers', (Tony Palmer's 1998 film on the making of the Previn opera, 'A Streetcar Named Desire', based on the Tenessee Williams play. '..follows the trials and tribulations from first rehearsals to opening night'. Running time approx.... Discs in set: 1
$ 6.99
1   
Label: APR   Format:
Stock #: APR 7304   Bro Code: 157135
' Harriet Cohen: The Complete Solo Studio Recordings, 1924-1948'. ('Works by Bach [including transcriptions by Rummel, Cohen and Petri], Mozart [Piano Sontata #10], Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Falla, Kabalevsky, Shostakovich, Gibbons, Gibbons / Vaughan Williams, Bax [Paea... Discs in set: 3
$ 14.97
1   
Label: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON   Format:
Stock #: 4775747   Bro Code: 149352
Mozart, Piano Concerti 14, 17 & 21. (Maria Joao Pires, piano w.Vienna Philharmonic/ Claudio Abbado. Total time: 77'52') Discs in set: 1
$ 5.99
1   
Label: BRILLIANT CLASSICS   Format:
Stock #: CD 9417   Bro Code: 157353
Frescobaldi, Piano Transcriptions by Ottorino Respighi {Prelude and Fugue in g; Toccata and Fugue in a; Passacaglia}, Harold Bauer {Capriccio on the Cuckoo's Call}, Antonin Reicha {Fuga-Fantasia, Op.36 #14}, Samuil Feinberg {Canzona; Capriccio pastorale}, Bela Bartok {... Discs in set: 1
$ 2.99
1   
Label: MARCO POLO   Format:
Stock #: 8.223667   Bro Code: 17200
Lajtha, Symphony #7; Suite #3; Hortobagy. (Pecs Symph./ Pasquet) Discs in set: 1
$ 4.99
1   
Label: MARCO POLO   Format:
Stock #: 8.223703   Bro Code: 18213
Guarnieri {1907-1993}, Violin Sonatas #'s 4-6. (Lavard Skou Larsen w.Alexander Mullenbach, piano) Discs in set: 1
$ 4.99
1   
Label: MARCO POLO   Format:
Stock #: 8.223722   Bro Code: 24539
Pizzetti, String Quartets in A & D. (Lajtha Quartet) Discs in set: 1
$ 4.99

[Mirror Image]

Just bought:





This is what happens when you listen to Prokofiev and currently have a CDCDCD flare up.

[TheGSMoeller]

This is what happens when you listen to Prokofiev and currently have a CDCDCD flare up.

Use proper ointment.

[Mirror Image]

Use proper ointment.

I'm still waiting for my prescription to be filled.

[Harry]

A few thingies from CPO...

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[Mirror Image]

Just bought way before it's stateside release (comes out in early March) through Challenge Records:



Super excited to hear a new cycle of these symphonic masterworks.

[Mirror Image]

Forgot to post this purchase from last night:

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[TheGSMoeller]

I took one look at this cover, and decided it was in my best interest to not piss off Mr. Harnoncourt. Ordered.