Topic: Purchases Today

[king ubu]

Cheers, Gordo. The set certainly has been praised a lot at GMG and by critics - and I definitely like Podger's playing in general.

I like it, too ... but the boxed version is really just some carboard around a few discs ... you don't even get all the bare-bones infos (no recording dates for instance). Lousy, if you ask me, and it's not THAT cheap after all.

My favourite Mozart violin sonatas though is the old Szigeti/Horszowski (Szell on a few) - touches me like little else does.

I will be interested to read your thoughts on that one once you get a chance to listen to it.

It's excellent, get it while you can!

[North Star]

I like it, too ... but the boxed version is really just some carboard around a few discs ... you don't even get all the bare-bones infos (no recording dates for instance). Lousy, if you ask me, and it's not THAT cheap after all.

My favourite Mozart violin sonatas though is the old Szigeti/Horszowski (Szell on a few) - touches me like little else does.
It's excellent, get it while you can!

That is certainly not a nice thing. Then again, at the price of 2 new single issues, I'm not complaining.

I'll have to look into the Szigeti/Horszowski recordings, thanks.

[aligreto]

This series got a lot of attention here last year and I promised myself that I would eventually get some or all of them. I have decided to start with this one....

[aligreto]

It's excellent, get it while you can!

A strong recommendation, thank you.

[king ubu]

I'll have to look into the Szigeti/Horszowski recordings, thanks.

It's a four disc set on Vanguard, presenting what was then (fifties) considered a complete cycle, I think.

I'm often into older rather than newer recordings, just be aware of this please, if so far you weren't. And I'm right now on a trip of listening to as much Horszowski as I can lay my hands on ... this box has been treasured for quite a while, before I started checking out Horszowski on his own.

[North Star]

It's a four disc set on Vanguard, presenting what was then (fifties) considered a complete cycle, I think.

I'm often into older rather than newer recordings, just be aware of this please, if so far you weren't. And I'm right now on a trip of listening to as much Horszowski as I can lay my hands on ... this box has been treasured for quite a while, before I started checking out Horszowski on his own.

Cheers, I already found the set on Amazon [B000EQ46JQ].
And yes, if the recordings feature Horszowksi, Szigeti and Szell, I will expect it to show some age.
I have downloads of the Mozart PCs on Pearl, should revisit them.

[Camphy]

[Mirror Image]

Just paid a pretty penny for this rare, OOP set, but I only owned a few single issues from it and the ones I've heard are absolutely smashing:



Probably the last anything I buy of Walton. Looking forward to digging into this set. Also, the fact that I bought this set brand new is quite a find.

["Harry"]

Excellent choices, all of them. Have them too

[Camphy]

["Harry"]

Ordered some fine bargains at JPC

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/02/ordered-some-fine-bargains.html?spref=tw

[71 dB]

More Ricercar Consort on Mirare label. 

[aligreto]

Leifs: Works for Voices and Orchestra....

[HIPster]

Just arrived:

[Mirror Image]

Just paid a pretty penny for this rare, OOP set, but I only owned a few single issues from it and the ones I've heard are absolutely smashing:



Probably the last anything I buy of Walton. Looking forward to digging into this set. Also, the fact that I bought this set brand new is quite a find.

Well, this order got canceled on me by the seller due to a pricing on error on their part. I sent the seller an email saying that I'm still interested in this set early this morning and still haven't heard anything from them. I haven't left them feedback (yet).

[Brian]

BRIAN'S 2017 PURCHASES!

Honestly, this year my wishlist was pretty short, so this year's binge is modest by the standards of most people 'round here. Things started off with a bang when a GMGer sold me Muza Rubackyte's Liszt at a handy discount...now I'm finishing off the rest of my 2017 purchases:

Pittsburgh/Honeck



Piano



The Prazak Quartet playing Janacek, Schumann (with Evgeny Koriolov), Dvorak (with Ivan Klansky), and Brahms Sextets (with half the Zemlinsky Quartet):



Misc.

[Mirror Image]

Previn's RVW cycle is one of my favorites. That's a nice set as it's been remastered and it sounds much better than the previous issues.

[listener]

Malcolm ARNOLD   Symphony no.7  (have  the Naxos already)
and new things I didn't  have: Philharmonic Concerto op.120 and Fantasy on a theme of John Field op.116
locally at Sikoras

[André]

A JPC order:



I was struck dumb by their interpretation of # 1 - quite as powerful as Furtwängler's epochal '51 Vienna recording.



Günther Herbig, like Rögner or Bongartz is highly regarded in Germany, but he never landed a recording contract with one of the majors.



Excerpts reveal a very detailed and committed orchestral sound in very good sonics. I already have Böhm's Berlin, Dresden and Vienna recordings of the 9th. This one seems particularly alive (if I believe the short extracts available).



This seems to be quite fine. At the price, a no-brainer.



Schubert from one of my favourite pianists (I have a couple of Schubert sonata discs from him). My chance to hear the Grazer-Fantasie for the first time !

[Mirror Image]

Since my William Walton Complete Works box set was canceled (insert loud sigh here), I decided to pick this one up:



The price wasn't the greatest (around $17 + shipping), but it's OOP. My buddy Jeffrey (Vandermolen) tells me this is a smoking performance. I already own Thomson's recording of the Walton's 2nd. Can't wait to hear this one.