Purchases Today

[Judith]

Well it's arrived. 

Stephen Hough
Brahms
The Final Piano Pieces


Lovely, soothing recording. Something to wind down to🎹🎹🎼🎼

[André]

Harry made me do it 

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The early experimental works have lured me in initially but he's quite varied and I'm willing to give Neo-Romantic a chance. The samples of music for just one or two instruments haven't grabbed me but I'm going to give these a listen first then go back and check out what else I might like. The downloads are certainly very convenient, the ALACs imported straight into iTunes and just needed some tidying up. Much quicker than copying CDs.

Very nice, indeed. I hope you enjoy your Pendereckian journey.

[Papy Oli]

I "blame" the contributors in the Moeran thread for those purchases  0:)

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[André]

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[Christo]

I "blame" the contributors in the Moeran thread for those purchases  0:)

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Blame them, but enjoy. Even an outlandish foreign stranger like me did it, with all of these treasures (literally read & listened to all of them). Why not you? 

[steve ridgway]

Sorted out what else I wanted in the Naxos download sale. Penderecki's massively loud choral works appeal to me as well as his earlier avant garde period.

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For peace and quiet I chose Takemitsu.

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For peace and quiet I chose Takemitsu.

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A good choice. A great disc. Takemitsu is one of my favorite composers.

[Papy Oli]

Blame them, but enjoy. Even an outlandish foreign stranger like me did it, with all of these treasures (literally read & listened to all of them). Why not you? 

Oh I will Christo. The samples of the violin concerto and Cello concerto sounded enticing. Various members praising the Dilkes (including Jeffrey, multiple times !!  ) as a different lighter approach to the Boult was enough to grab this cheap used copy on Ebay...just have to wait now 

Another purchase for the road :

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that's 3 down, one to go...  0:)

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Just bought:



I need another Le sacre like I need a hole in the head, but I didn't own Markevitch's classic 1959 recording and this Japanese import is a DSD transfer, so it should sound great.

[Daverz]

Just bought:



I need another Le sacre like I need a hole in the head, but I didn't own Markevitch's classic 1959 recording and this Japanese import is a DSD transfer, so it should sound great.

I was also really impressed by the 1963 Boulez recording with the ORTF Orchestra:

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On YT:

https://www.youtube.com/v/9wK8fSkjOy0

[ritter]

About half of Fauré's chamber music was missing from my collection (specifically, those works not included in this set):

 

Instead of going for volume 1 by the same performers, I went for this:

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I've read mixed reviews (particularly regarding the sound quality), but at the price I bought, I'd thought I'd give it a shot.

[Harry]

The first order this year.

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I was also really impressed by the 1963 Boulez recording with the ORTF Orchestra:

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On YT:

https://www.youtube.com/v/9wK8fSkjOy0

Very nice, Daverz. I'll have to check that out.

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About half of Fauré's chamber music was missing from my collection (specifically, those works not included in this set):

 

Instead of going for volume 1 by the same performers, I went for this:

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I've read mixed reviews (particularly regarding the sound quality), but at the price I bought, I'd thought I'd give it a shot.

Good morning/evening to you, Rafael. I've read some disparaging reviews about that particular Fauré box set. It seems I've got all the bases covered with my mixture of recordings from Hyperion, Harmonia Mundi, and RCA. I also own all of those EMI recordings with Collard et al. Definitely looking forward to hearing what you think about that Virgin Classics (Erato) set.

[prémont]

I was also really impressed by the 1963 Boulez recording with the ORTF Orchestra:

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This recording was my first encounter with Sacre about forty-five years ago - in this incarnation:

https://www.amazon.com/Stravinsky-Printemps-Etudes-Orchestra-Boulez/dp/B002YLN27G

[André]

This recording was my first encounter with Sacre about forty-five years ago - in this incarnation:

https://www.amazon.com/Stravinsky-Printemps-Etudes-Orchestra-Boulez/dp/B002YLN27G

Same here !!