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[Mirror Image]

Oh, nice!    I suspect that your first one was of Martinu?

PD

My first one was my numero uno, Debussy.

[Mirror Image]

Or he might be like Bluebeard, and have a lot of framed photos behind the seventh door...

Hah!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

My first one was my numero uno, Debussy.

But you have to do Martinu too! 

[Mirror Image]

But you have to do Martinu too! 

Well, Bartók is next and then I think I'm done as my 'trifecta' would be complete. Of course, no one is stopping you from hanging Martinů on your wall.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Well, Bartók is next and then I think I'm done as my 'trifecta' would be complete. Of course, no one is stopping you from hanging Martinů on your wall.

Perhaps.  At the moment Puccini is the only composer that I have on my walls (along with a handful of opera singers and one GM from the Met). 

[Mirror Image]

Perhaps.  At the moment Puccini is the only composer that I have on my walls (along with a handful of opera singers and one GM from the Met). 

So Puccini is your numero uno? I didn't know you were that big of an opera fan.

[vandermolen]

Pre-orders (April/May)

[Wanderer]

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[Biffo]

Pre-orders (April/May)

The RVW disc looks interesting 

[vandermolen]

The RVW disc looks interesting 

It does indeed! 

[JBS]

Landed today.


Transit time from the UK turned out to be 18 days.

[André]

I already have symphony no 1 by Menuhin (one of the best IMO) but no 2 is too expensive singly. So there.

[T. D.]

I've become a regular Berkshire Record Outlet customer again, after a long hiatus. Today: mostly classical, one weird jazz/improv (omitted).
 
 

[ritter]

I've become a regular Berkshire Record Outlet customer again, after a long hiatus. Today: mostly classical, one weird jazz/improv (omitted).
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That RIAS Second Viennese School set is excellent!

As for me, just ordered from Amazon MP sellers these 3 CDs of baritone Michael Bundy performing unusual corners of the mélodie repertoire:

[Florestan]

AFAIK, Psyche and La ballade are works for voice and orchestra. 

[ritter]

AFAIK, Psyche and La ballade are works for voice and orchestra. 

The back cover says they're offered in the "original voice and piano versions"....

[Florestan]

The back cover says they're offered in the "original voice and piano versions"....

They appear to be right for Le ballade: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballade_du_d%C3%A9sesp%C3%A9r%C3%A9

Otoh, no relevant information about Psyche: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych%C3%A9_(Vierne)

[ritter]

Otoh, no relevant information about Psyche: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych%C3%A9_(Vierne)

...except for in the first sentence of the article you linked: "Psyché, op. 33 de Louis Vierne est un poème symphonique pour chant et orchestre (ou piano) sur un poème de Victor Hugo." 

[Florestan]

...except for in the first sentence of the article you linked: "Psyché, op. 33 de Louis Vierne est un poème symphonique pour chant et orchestre (ou piano) sur un poème de Victor Hugo.

Yes but the same is said about La ballade and then the clarification follows.

I have them in this incarnation:

[ritter]

Yes, just saw that release. Bloody expensive at the moment...let's see whether an affordable copy surfaces. Do you like it? Is it worth the expense? One is faced with such difficult questions in life...