Purchases Today

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

My recent haul:



And this set:



I already own a lot of John Williams' soundtracks on CD, but I bought this set and the other recordings above mainly for his concert works, which have greatly impressed me. Looking forward to diving into this side of his oeuvre. Williams, Morricone and Goldsmith are my 'holy trinity' of film composers, but I'm always interested in other aspects of their music that don't get much attention.

I believe @arpeggio will appreciate the John Williams purchases especially.

[DavidW]

Hi Andrei - very interested in that Mozart box above - a good price for me on JPC in the attachment - just curious about the packaging (hope simple sleeves?) and the performances?  Appears to be in the early 2000s mostly?  Please advise - Dave 

It took me forever to find this because I expected it to be in the recordings, considering thread! Dave, I've finally given a listen, popping in my favorite... The Gran Partita. The recording (brilliant classics) is fine, but nothing special. It would be good if you didn't already have recordings of these works, but I don't think this box is something you need to add to your collection.

For reference, here is my gold standard Gran Partita:
Herreweghe

[arpeggio]

My recent haul:



And this set:



I already own a lot of John Williams' soundtracks on CD, but I bought this set and the other recordings above mainly for his concert works, which have greatly impressed me. Looking forward to diving into this side of his oeuvre. Williams, Morricone and Goldsmith are my 'holy trinity' of film composers, but I'm always interested in other aspects of their music that don't get much attention.

I believe @arpeggio will appreciate the John Williams purchases especially.

I also like the music of Crumb.  I have the Crumb CD in my library.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Also bought:



It's nice seeing James Ehnes on the Pentatone label. I hope this partnership continues, because I always thought he wasn't getting enough exposure on Chandos.

[Judith]

Well, decided after seeing this performed last Saturday at a concert, that I would order a recording and it has just arrived.

Lutoslawski

Concerto for Orchestra.

Also has Symphony no 3 which I will give a listen.

Performed by
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim.

[André]

Rare violin and piano sonata recordings

The Lajtha piece is a world premiere. I've never heard of Ingenhoven, but he is in excellent company on this disc.




Strange bedfellows or imaginative programming ? I love lute music anyway.

[Wanderer]

[DavidW]

@Wanderer I love Nott's Mahler and have the entire set. I love Bavouzet's Haydn and have the whole set of the piano sonatas. I'll have to check out his recording of the concertos.

[Der Schattenmann]

Just added two more John Williams soundtracks to my collection:

[JBS]

@Wanderer I love Nott's Mahler and have the entire set. I love Bavouzet's Haydn and have the whole set of the piano sonatas. I'll have to check out his recording of the concertos.

Plus 1 for Nott's Mahler.
I don't have Bavouzet's Haydn but I have been getting his Mozart concerto series as it's been comimg out.

[steve ridgway]

Some unexpected finds in one of my local charity shops yesterday .

[Que]

Some unexpected finds in one of my local charity shops yesterday .

I buy little on disc these days, but most of it is used! 

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[Henk]

[ritter]

From Ludwig Beck in Munich:

Some Milanese scapigliatura: songs and solo pian music by Alfredo Catalani.


Some Othmar Schoeck:




And the 2023 new production of Parsifal in Bayreuth, directed by Jay Scheib and conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado.

[hopefullytrusting]

[Florestan]

With hat tips to @Harry and @DavidW

[André]

From Ludwig Beck in Munich:

Some Othmar Schoeck:

Very nice ! Notturno is a beautiful work. Let us know about the Fischer and his Wife. 😉

[Kalevala]

My recent haul:



And this set:



I already own a lot of John Williams' soundtracks on CD, but I bought this set and the other recordings above mainly for his concert works, which have greatly impressed me. Looking forward to diving into this side of his oeuvre. Williams, Morricone and Goldsmith are my 'holy trinity' of film composers, but I'm always interested in other aspects of their music that don't get much attention.

I believe @arpeggio will appreciate the John Williams purchases especially.

I trust that these are all digital downloads?   

K

[Symphonic Addict]

Excellent discs those. The pieces on them are unabashedly joyful, full of life for the most part and quite colourful.