Purchases Today

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Some new CD'S, and a few I had to reorder, because somehow the firm did not send them.

John Bull was recommended by Que.
Gustav Jenner, was an unknown to me, but his music is gorgeous.
Eklund came recommended by Jeffrey, and rightly so.
Schreker is a new series on CPO, with a promise to record all his orchestral works. the samples sounded spectacular. Love his music.

Glad you liked the Eklund Harry!
Must give it another listen to.

[kyjo]

As far as I know, the Rhapsodische Symphonie and Sinfonietta Capricciosa are works by Paul Juon, not by Kabalevsky. 😁

Quite right, Cesar; I had the same thought. Which reminds me, I've been meaning to give those works a listen.

[The new erato]

My British retailers seems to not carry the Eklund (yet) and I try to avoid amazon. Meanwhile, from presto, another in an ever dwindling number of orders:

[Florestan]

[JBS]

My British retailers seems to not carry the Eklund (yet) and I try to avoid amazon. Meanwhile, from presto, another in an ever dwindling number of orders:

Pounds the table.

[JBS]

Cascade of approving octaves

[The new erato]

Pounds the table.

Time to become more selective and actually listen to stuff. 

[Florestan]

Cascade of approving octaves

This is the 8th (I think) complete Chopin set I acquire, but given the rave reviews De Maria got here on GMG by knowledgeable people I just had to have it. And if a 9th appears, I'll probably get that too. One can never have too much Chopin.

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Today:

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Some years ago I made copies of my Vainberg/Weinberg symphonies on Olympia and mailed them to another member along with the original booklets, with a note to return the latter once they had been copied, since I was too lazy to copy them and my printer was rather capricious (constant paper jams).

Well, the booklets have gone AWOL and for the life of me I can't recall who I had sent them to (too many correspondents at the time  ). I sent emails here and there, but to no avail. So I still have the discs with the back covers, but no booklets.

Augh!  So sorry to hear that André!  Perhaps you could post on the (I'm guessing that they exist) Vainberg and Weinberg threads; perhaps the person might see your note there and pm or email you?

PD

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Pounds the table.

I'm very tempted by that Vasks CD and the new VW/Finzi BIS release.

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My British retailers seems to not carry the Eklund (yet) and I try to avoid amazon. Meanwhile, from presto, another in an ever dwindling number of orders:

The Eklund arrived here quickly from CPO directly.

[Christo]

I'm very tempted by that Vasks CD and the new VW/Finzi BIS release.

+ me. 

[ritter]

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That has piqued my interest! I don't know that side of Schmitt's output. I see it's a new release...

Thanks for bringing that to our attention, erato . Wish-listed!

[Brian]

I streamed Collins' BIS Vaughan Williams symphony recording and it was quite nice. Couldn't exactly tell you what makes it special relative to some of the reference recordings, but he certainly doesn't mess anything up and the magic of the music is intact. I should listen to those Vasks discs...

[Mookalafalas]

This is the 8th (I think) complete Chopin set I acquire, but given the rave reviews De Maria got here on GMG by knowledgeable people I just had to have it. And if a 9th appears, I'll probably get that too. One can never have too much Chopin.

  Your whole trove looks very impressive. I'm jealous. About the De Maria, even if you don't find it's your "ultimate," I'm confident you won't regret getting it.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Hello I bough some goodies today  und der vinyls,, yes vinyls of choices...
out of these two box-set

- Claude le Jeune: Le printemps Ensemble Jacques Feuillie (wich feature French Chanson genre= song's oof renaissance by Le Jeune x 3 LP's on ARION

you ain't seen nothing yet it only gets better...

-Ars Britannica- Old Hall Manuscript Lute song and madrigals- pro cantione antiqua...

Wait wait , there more..

-Musique en Wallonie- journal intime de Roland de Lassus
(on swann Records, serie musique en Wallonie)

-Orlando di LassoÈ Moresken//Prophethiae sybillarum (on das alte werk label).


What a good fishing for vinyl I done yep, dont you folks think so?

[Que]

Some new CD'S, and a few I had to reorder, because somehow the firm did not send them.

John Bull was recommended by Que.

I have a hunch that you might like it! 

The organ at Saint-Thomas de Cantorbéry in Mont Saint Aignan is 17th century originally, reconstructed back to how it was then, meantone,  details here

http://www.lesmeslanges.org/documents/orgue.pdf

I knew Thilo Muster before through a Guilan CD, this Bull recording was released last year. Very incisive playing, attractive and imaginative registrations I'd say, sometimes the pulse is unyielding, maybe hard to avoid in this music, and anyway what he does full of life and even ecstatic / hypnotic at times, in some of the big pieces, fantasias and in nomines, he's very good at making the transitions flow naturally.

Here's the organist's website

http://thilomuster.info/bio-2/

Fabulous sound.

This is worth hearing I think.

I'm more generous in my judgement: a superb performance and, considering the special organ, a unique recording! 

Not that really matters...but the recording was (originally) issued in 2012 - I got my copy over three years ago.

Q

I usually play some harpsichord  or lute music during breakfast before going to work, but this morning I am in the mood for organ music:

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Organ music by the willful John Bull, performed on an early 17th century organ in Normandy ( historical organ of Saint-Thomas of Cantorbury in Mont Saint-Aignan)

How cool is that? (In terms of GMG coolness, of course! )

Q

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I streamed Collins' BIS Vaughan Williams symphony recording and it was quite nice. Couldn't exactly tell you what makes it special relative to some of the reference recordings, but he certainly doesn't mess anything up and the magic of the music is intact. I should listen to those Vasks discs...

Interesting Brian and thanks. 'Quite nice' and 'Doesn't mess it up' is not necessarily the Royal seal of approval. I keep asking myself 'do I really need another recording of VW's 5th Symphony?' After all, I have both Boult's, both Barbirolli's,  Previn's great performance plus a great one from VW himself (better than his version of No.4 IMO). Of course, the answer is 'No', although that will not necessarily stop me, especially in view of the interesting Finzi coupling.

[Harry]

Since JPC offers free of postage costs, I ordered the following items.