Purchases Today

[prémont]

Was going to let this pass, but like Corboz's Baroque box so much, and price on this one became so reasonable, I decided to pick it up as an early xmas present for myself...

For boxing day certainly.

[André]

A Timofeï Dokshitzer bonanza. Dokshitzer was the Russian Maurice andré, a trumpetist of formidable tone and limitless lung power. Merkelo has been principal with the Montreal Symphony since 1995. I've heard him many times in concert but never in a soloistic capacity.

The Arutiunian concerto is a fine piece, its cadenzas are by Dokshitzer. The Weinberg concerto was commissioned and premiered by Dokshitzer. As trumpet concertos go, this is the 20th century equivalent of Haydn's concerto: a landmark and a masterpiece. The Shostakovich is played with Timofeï Dokshitzer's expansion of the trumpet part.
 

2-disc set, with a particularly strong Fauré representation (the two sonatas and an assortment of small pieces).

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

A Timofeï Dokshitzer bonanza. Dokshitzer was the Russian Maurice andré, a trumpetist of formidable tone and limitless lung power. Merkelo has been principal with the Montreal Symphony since 1995. I've heard him many times in concert but never in a soloistic capacity.

The Arutiunian concerto is a fine piece, its cadenzas are by Dokshitzer. The Weinberg concerto was commissioned and premiered by Dokshitzer. As trumpet concertos go, this is the 20th century equivalent of Haydn's concerto: a landmark and a masterpiece. The Shostakovich is played with Timofeï Dokshitzer's expansion of the trumpet part.
 

2-disc set, with a particularly strong Fauré representation (the two sonatas and an assortment of small pieces).

Nice! I must buy the trumpet concertos disc!

[JBS]

Just now from Arkivmusic


In a rather odd bit of pricing, the DVD version of Christmas Eve is on sale for $21.99, while the CD version (even the cover image is the same) is on sale for $26.99.

[ritter]

From various online sources...



I have very little Xenakis in my collection. This CD includes an early version of Metastaseis...


Some vintage Stravinsky from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The composer conducts (in 1952) Oedipus Rex (with Cocteau as narrator) and Scènes de ballet, and André Cluytens leads Le Rossignol in French (a live performance that preceded the studio recording of that same year —1955–). This series of historic recordings from the legendary Parisian theatre, released by the now defunct Montaigne label, was beautifully produced.


Goffredo Petrassi's arrangements of popular songs from the Roman countryside. I didn't even know this existed...


Piano quintets by Castelnuovo-Tedesco (from before his forced departure from Italy) and Luigi Perrachio (1883-1966), a composer whose name was completely unknown to me until now.

[Number Six]

SPUNICUNIFAIT

Never heard of these folks. Here is their pic from Qobuz:

[Wanderer]

[DavidW]

From various online sources...



I have very little Xenakis in my collection. This CD includes an early version of Metastaseis...

An excellent set, I hope you enjoy it!

[JBS]

Prestoclassic order (and possibly last one of 2026)

[Madiel]

Prestoclassic order (and possibly last one of 2026)

It's a little early to make THAT commitment.

Have you got the first half of that Vivaldi?

[JBS]

It's a little early to make THAT commitment.

I try not to order in December because of the Christmas rush. I ordered two books from Amazon last weekend: they have yet to ship (delivery was promised only between Dec 9 and Dec 15, so they're not late, merely slow).
And most of what I have on the wishlist can easily wait until January.

Have you got the first half of that Vivaldi?

Yes. Serenissima/Chandler is almost an automatic buy from me. For that matter, so is Bavouzet's Mozart series and Haydn 2032.

[Madiel]

I try not to order in December because of the Christmas rush.

It was the year in your post that got my attention, not the month. 

[André]

John Adams: violin concerto and Shaker Loops.

[Wanderer]

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I rather enjoyed that recording of Cecilia when I listened to it almost two years ago now. Would love to here your impressions once you've listened to it, André.

[Madiel]

Just bought again.



A second-hand copy turned up today. I'm rolling the dice that very good condition means it has its cardboard case. I expect it won't turn up until into the new year.

[ritter]

The name of Ennio Porrino was vaguely known to me (he assisted the composer's widow Elsa in the completion of Ottorino Respighi's opera Lucrezia) but he was a distinguished composer in his own right and so held important teaching positions in major Italian conservatoires. His 1959 opera I Shardana - Gli uonimi dei Nuoraghi, to his own libretto, was acclaimed when first performed in Naples in 1959.



There is a recent recording from Sardinia on the Dynamic label, but this historic RAI production from 1960 boasts none other than the superb mezzo Oralia Domínguez in its cast.

The publisher, based in Stuttgart and specializing in Sardinian culture, also released a book on the opera, which I also ordered

[Todd]

Harpooned one of the white whales I was chasing.  This is another cycle I have looked for on and off for twenty years.  It just landed.  I spot checked a couple LPs, and they look basically new.

The price for this rarity?  $40, shipping included.

[DavidW]

Harpooned one of the white whales I was chasing.  This is another cycle I have looked for on and off for twenty years.  It just landed.  I spot checked a couple LPs, and they look basically new.

The price for this rarity?  $40, shipping included.

Oh I'm so glad you finally have a chance to listen to Beethoven's Piano Sonatas!

[ritter]

Just ordered from the small, independent label Urborigène Recrods:



Late piano music by Florent Schmitt (all allegedly world premiere recordings), played by Clément Canonne: Clavecin obtempérent, op. 107, Piano Sonata, and Scènes de la vie moyenne, op. 124 (a piano reduction by the composer of his orchestral suite).

And from an eBay seller in the UK, this long OOP CD, which includes the only available recording of both sections,  Cippus feralis and Scherzo sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré, of Schmitt's In memoriam, conducted by Pierre Stoll. Neville Marriner had recorded the second piece as one of the fillers of is CD of Fauré's Requiem.