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[Florestan]

I don't mean this as Rachmaninov-bashing, far from it.

It's not bashing, of course: it's damning with faint praise. 

Don't get me wrong, I like Medtner's music --- while it lasts, that is; half an hour later I can't remember anything, whereas with Rachmaninoff "the music in my heart I bore long after it was heard no more", including that sappy vulgarity of a variation. 

As for the distinction English makes between "tune/tuneful" and "melody/melodious", I've never understood it. Romanian has only one word for that, "melodie" (with the corresponding adjective "melodios"). The only difference I can make is between memorable melodies and unmemorable ones. 

[Que]

Interesting! 

[Madiel]

As for the distinction English makes between "tune/tuneful" and "melody/melodious", I've never understood it. Romanian has only one word for that, "melodie" (with the corresponding adjective "melodios"). The only difference I can make is between memorable melodies and unmemorable ones. 

The standard thing that English does, as a mongrel Germanic language with a French-Latin overlay, is use a Germanic word to convey low-class status and a French word to convey upper-class status. A tune is common. A melody is sophisticated. 

[Madiel]

Just ordered.



My daily eBay searching of new listings yielded a result. Not cheap, and actually only fractionally cheaper than the Discogs copy that was likely to be my next purchase. But it'll serve, especially if it really is a brand new copy as claimed.

[Mookalafalas]

Found this second-hand for so little I couldn't resist...

[steve ridgway]

Found this second-hand for so little I couldn't resist...

You chose wisely .

[André]

A 2-disc compendium of Blaue's music. Songs, piano pieces, violin and piano ones. Fled Germany in 1938, settled in Hollywood. He was instrumental in unearthing little-known Jewish émigrés' works. He was recognized as a composer late in life. Married his lifelong partner at age 93, died at 103, just a few years ago. Might be interesting.



Another 2-disc set. Badura-Skoda plays D.960 3 times: on a 1826 Graf fortepiano, a 1923 Bösendorfer Imperial and a modern Steinway. That will certainly be interesting.

Plus a load of discs from JPC: Beethoven incidental music, Schmidt oratorio, Reizenstein piano concerto, Fesca quartets, Lehar operetta, Haydn (the complete symphonies by Fey/Klumpp), Feldman orchestral works, and a bunch of concertante symphonies from the early Classical era (Crusell, Hoffmeister, Kozeluch etc).

[JBS]

Just now from Arkivmusic

[André]

Jeffrey, please comment on the Silvestri Shostakovich when you've listened to it. I'm very curious about that one.

[André]

1 item in stock only in each instance. Had to move fast. Faster than my bank account likes.




Capriccio has issued a superb 4-disc set of Schnittke's film music. This release continues the series.



Never heard of Higgins before. I was swayed by some very laudatory reviews. And the ridiculous asking price.



Same as above.



20th century French SQ. Durey and Tailleferre are just names to me. I have yet to hear anything of their music.

[Harry]

I liked that disc very much!
Marcelle de Manziarly.

[Kalevala]

Found this second-hand for so little I couldn't resist...

Good job!   

K

[Peter Power Pop]

[JBS]

In order:
The images on those covers are quite balletic.

I'm assuming you didn't get them from Amazon because the prices on Amazon US are pretty steep ($45 and up).

Sutherland and the Sinfonia switched over to Naxos at some point. I didn't see the first four Naxos CDs on Amazon so I don't know if they are re-issues of the ASV recordings (and Naxos has re-issued other ASV recordings) or completely different things. But here are Volumes 5 and 6.

You'll note the producer on those CDs is Philip Lane. But he's also a composer in his own right

That's actually a re-issue.

Finally, the Sinfonia recorded for ASV with other conductors. I don't know how this one ties in with your series (Amazon doesn't shown the front cover.)

[Madiel]

Just ordered off Discogs.



The next cab off the rank in the "your price is a bit high but not horrifying and my expectations are shifting" category.

There was a somewhat cheaper copy (but still not cheap) without a slipcase. I went with the slipcase. There was also another Discogs seller that just never bothered replying to messages, anywhere.

This seller turned out to be top notch. He posted almost straight after I ordered, and he's easily beaten a couple of others in transit. Plus the description of the item was accurate - just a little wear and tear on the cardboard slipcase which is no worse than I've seen on anything else, otherwise in very good condition.

I'm happy to pay when I actually get the intended result!

[hopefullytrusting]

Restricting my Presto orders to 6:

[Kalevala]

@Madiel So how goes the Vivaldi hunt? 

K

[Daverz]

Daily Deal from eclassical.com

A fine soprano and excellent pianist.

[Roasted Swan]

In order:
The images on those covers are quite balletic.

I'm assuming you didn't get them from Amazon because the prices on Amazon US are pretty steep ($45 and up).

Sutherland and the Sinfonia switched over to Naxos at some point. I didn't see the first four Naxos CDs on Amazon so I don't know if they are re-issues of the ASV recordings (and Naxos has re-issued other ASV recordings) or completely different things. But here are Volumes 5 and 6.

You'll note the producer on those CDs is Philip Lane. But he's also a composer in his own right

That's actually a re-issue.

Finally, the Sinfonia recorded for ASV with other conductors. I don't know how this one ties in with your series (Amazon doesn't shown the front cover.)

The Naxos discs/string works discs were newly recorded for that label.  None of the ASV collections have appeared on that label although parts of them have turned up in other collections elsewhere.  Discs such as the Philip Lane disc were originally on Marco Polo.  Its all good fun attractive stuff.  The Naxos/string discs suffer occasionally from a distinct sense of read/record - this music is not always easy to bring off even for high calibre musicians.  But as these were released back in the day when Naxos was stiull a "bargain" label it was good to have this attractive music recorded at all.

[Wanderer]