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[Todd]

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

Some people say this Lou fellow is decent.

[Wanderer]

[André]

[Madiel]

Just bought on discogs:



An alert popped up for a copy, again in the "not that cheap, but cheaper than anywhere else" category - nearly A$40 cheaper than the next option. For a 2 CD set I"ll take it.

If everything en route works out, I've only got 2 left to find. I'd be finished if I hadn't mucked up that interaction with a shop in Rome a couple months back... 

[André]

Every year a 2-disc set of these Lugano sessions is issued. They all contain pieces of interest, but mostly pieces I don't care to listen to more than once, let alone keep on my shelves.

Except this one: upon looking for another version of Ernest Bloch's 1st piano quintet, I found it's included here. A used copy cost less than any other cd containing the quintet, so there.

[Wanderer]

Every year a 2-disc set of these Lugano sessions is issued. They all contain pieces of interest, but mostly pieces I don't care to listen to more than once, let alone keep on my shelves.

Except this one: upon looking for another version of Ernest Bloch's 1st piano quintet, I found it's included here. A used copy cost less than any other cd containing the quintet, so there.

Another highlight is the one with the Medtner Piano Quintet.

[Wanderer]

[DavidW]

Nott's M7 is one of my favorites! I hope you enjoy it. I'll have to check out that Jacobs Haydn recording. Looks interesting.

[André]

Nott's M7 is one of my favorites! I hope you enjoy it. I'll have to check out that Jacobs Haydn recording. Looks interesting.

Haydn's Missa Cellensis is one of my favourite works of music. Pure heaven.

[André]

Nice coupling. Excellent review on Musicweb.



Widmann is a composer I've discovered recently. This disc has his 45 minutes cello concerto and was praised by Musicweb's Hubert Culot.

[Que]

Catching up with the series... these arrived a few days ago:



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[arpeggio]

I ordered the following a few months ago and the ordered was lost.  Arkive music resent the order and I received yesterday.

[André]

[Madiel]

Just ordered:



It just turned up on Momox for a very good price. VERY.

Yes, well this sucked.

I mean, I guess the discs are in very good condition? I haven't tried playing them, they look okay. The CD case falls apart a bit, replaceable.

But it's the booklet that kills it, and the booklet is more than half the point here. The previous French owner has done things. How do I know they were French? Well, the underlining of various things in the French part of the booklet is a bit of a clue (apparently they had a particular thing about the mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg). But the crowning glory is that they have removed the English, Italian and German portions of the booklet.

Yes. About 45 pages gone.

Why anybody would do this particular form of vandalism is beyond me. Sure, you don't need those sections. But removing them makes NO sense, unless you were somehow so enraged by the fit of the booklet into the cardboard case that you felt passionately you should make the booklet slide in and out easier?

Refund requested.

[Papy Oli]

Yes, well this sucked.

I mean, I guess the discs are in very good condition? I haven't tried playing them, they look okay. The CD case falls apart a bit, replaceable.

But it's the booklet that kills it, and the booklet is more than half the point here. The previous French owner has done things. How do I know they were French? Well, the underlining of various things in the French part of the booklet is a bit of a clue (apparently they had a particular thing about the mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg). But the crowning glory is that they have removed the English, Italian and German portions of the booklet.

Yes. About 45 pages gone.

Why anybody would do this particular form of vandalism is beyond me. Sure, you don't need those sections. But removing them makes NO sense, unless you were somehow so enraged by the fit of the booklet into the cardboard case that you felt passionately you should make the booklet slide in and out easier?

Refund requested.

We can be a peculiar bunch    but that is just ridiculous.

Hope you find a better copy down the road.

[Harry]

Yes, well this sucked.

I mean, I guess the discs are in very good condition? I haven't tried playing them, they look okay. The CD case falls apart a bit, replaceable.

But it's the booklet that kills it, and the booklet is more than half the point here. The previous French owner has done things. How do I know they were French? Well, the underlining of various things in the French part of the booklet is a bit of a clue (apparently they had a particular thing about the mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg). But the crowning glory is that they have removed the English, Italian and German portions of the booklet.

Yes. About 45 pages gone.

Why anybody would do this particular form of vandalism is beyond me. Sure, you don't need those sections. But removing them makes NO sense, unless you were somehow so enraged by the fit of the booklet into the cardboard case that you felt passionately you should make the booklet slide in and out easier?

Refund requested.

I am utterly flabbergasted, what a barbaric action.