Purchases Today

[Harry]

Some titles showed up in my price alarm at JPC de, for a price I wanted, so I ordered them.

[Harry]

And a fifth to the list.

[Karl Henning]

4. Danes are very prepared to apologise for how damned difficult their spoken language is.

Well, I'm damned if I shall apologize for the difficulties of English! 

[Parsifal]

Some titles showed up in my price alarm at JPC de, for a price I wanted, so I ordered them.

Wow! The Badings Symphony Cycle is back on!

[kishnevi]

And a fifth to the list.

Re: Atterberg concertos CD.
Thumbs up.  (Well, that goes for anything Atterberg on CPO, I've found.)

[Todd]

I wanted Mehta's take on Don Quixote with Maisky, but for not a whole lot more, I decided to get this set.  There are only a few dupes for me and a whole lot I've not heard.

[prémont]

I can't think of any thread that's appropriate. 

Honestly, I've learned the wrong language in some ways because I didn't find anyone in Denmark who didn't speak excellent English. But I learned a few things:

1. I can read Danish advertising like a dream. Short, direct sentences mean that it's all at my reading level.

2. My pronunciation is good enough that people can understand me almost all the time, which made me very happy. I can string together a sentence or two, and a couple of times managed to puzzle people slightly when I switched to English, which made me even MORE happy because it showed it wasn't completely obvious I was an English-speaker dabbling in Danish.

2A. My crowning achievement was telling a hotel receptionist that I had bought some cheese but didn't have anything to cut it with, because she went and fetched a knife.

3. I could understand other people if the context gave me some idea of what they were talking about. If someone just randomly started talking my chances were much lower. It's a damned difficult spoken language.

4. Danes are very prepared to apologise for how damned difficult their spoken language is.

Tillykke med de fremskridt du gør udi det danske sprog. Det gør altid et stort indtryk, når en, hvis modersmål er et sprog, som forstås over hele kloden (engelsk), gør en indsats for at lære sig det besværlige danske sprog. Ikke fordi jeg af den grund mener, at det er på sin plads at undskylde, at det er besværligt. 

[Camphy]

I can't think of any thread that's appropriate. 

Honestly, I've learned the wrong language in some ways because I didn't find anyone in Denmark who didn't speak excellent English. But I learned a few things:

1. I can read Danish advertising like a dream. Short, direct sentences mean that it's all at my reading level.

2. My pronunciation is good enough that people can understand me almost all the time, which made me very happy. I can string together a sentence or two, and a couple of times managed to puzzle people slightly when I switched to English, which made me even MORE happy because it showed it wasn't completely obvious I was an English-speaker dabbling in Danish.

2A. My crowning achievement was telling a hotel receptionist that I had bought some cheese but didn't have anything to cut it with, because she went and fetched a knife.

3. I could understand other people if the context gave me some idea of what they were talking about. If someone just randomly started talking my chances were much lower. It's a damned difficult spoken language.

4. Danes are very prepared to apologise for how damned difficult their spoken language is.

Excellent! The process of learning never ends, of course, so you really need those gratifying experiences. 

[Madiel]

Tillykke med de fremskridt du gør udi det danske sprog. Det gør altid et stort indtryk, når en, hvis modersmål er et sprog, som forstås over hele kloden (engelsk), gør en indsats for at lære sig det besværlige danske sprog. Ikke fordi jeg af den grund mener, at det er på sin plads at undskylde, at det er besværligt. 

I'm still jetlagged and that's my excuse for running this through Google Translate to make sure I understood it. 

Tak.

[listener]

A couple of new arrivals:
20th Century Études by Ned ROREM, George PERLE and Vincent PERSICHETTI
played by Francis Renzi
and some KRENEK music for chamber ensembles
cover should show the details

[listener]

A couple of finds at Sikoras this afternoon
CARBONELLI: 6 Sonate da Camera
Bojan Čičić, violin, The Illyria Consort
and CAPUZZI 3 String Quintets
Camerata Capuzzi

[prémont]

I'm still jetlagged and that's my excuse for running this through Google Translate to make sure I understood it. 

Tak.

Well, I have to confess, that I deliberately put it a bit difficult. 

[king ubu]

Well, I have to confess, that I deliberately put it a bit difficult. 

Still understood at least one bit: "det danske sprog" 

Arrived yesterday:

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The Gundula Janowitz Edition (DG, 14 CD)

Classy presentation for sure! Sturdy box, all discs in foldout cardboard cases roughly the size of jewel cases (a wee bit higher), the Schubert lieder in two double cases, the remainder with a cover "flap" and just one disc included ... front covers reproduce one lp cover each, back covers have photos of Janowitz (different ones for each disc), inside you get track and line-up listings. Booklet has a short intro by Löbl (the one guy of the most useful Löbl/Werba opera guide) and one more longer text (forgot by whom, sorry) - this of course in three languages, and with more photos scattered through the whole booklet.

Other than plenty of excerpts (Bernstein's "Fidelio", the Karajan "Vier letzte Lieder" and more), I'm only familiar with the Mozart concert arias album, which starts off the box (and comes with a pair of bonus items not included on the single disc in the DG Originals series) ... information available here (as usual without recording dates):
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4797348

I played the first of the four Schubert lieder discs last night - took me a moment to get used to Janowitz' dramatic approach, but of course the singing is great, and her approach strikes me as most valid one, just different (more operatic, I assume) from what I'm used to (but then, most of the Schubert I've heard so far was sung by men anyway, other than the Christine Schäfer take of "Die Winterreise", which may well be the Schubert recording played most often).

[North Star]

French Amazon, SDCB alert for the Diotima set.
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[Karl Henning]

French Amazon, SDCB alert for the Diotima set.

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That does look nice, Karlo!

[North Star]

That does look nice, Karlo!

Yes indeed, Karl! I've heard very good things of this set here and elsewhere too, and I really needed to get the Schönberg quartets as I just had No. 2 in the Craft recordings.

[Karl Henning]

Yes indeed, Karl! I've heard very good things of this set here and elsewhere too, and I really needed to get the Schönberg quartets as I just had No. 2 in the Craft recordings.

High time! 

[North Star]

High time! 

Indeed!

Oh, and I ordered this a week ago but neglected to post.

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[ritter]

Yes indeed, Karl! I've heard very good things of this set here and elsewhere too, and I really needed to get the Schönberg quartets as I just had No. 2 in the Craft recordings.

...and I've just ordered the last one (as "il ne rest[e]ait qu'un exemplaire") through my phone, while boarding a  plane at Brussels airport heading for home. Thanks Karlo for alerting us about that SDCB!

Will report about my purchases at La Boite à Musique once I've landed (they've just closed the doors of the plane). 

[Madiel]

Just ordered after having seen a used copy for a non-absurd price. Well, it's still a bit steep for used, but when all other copies are over $100...



We will see if it pans out.