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[mc ukrneal]

A word or two on that Zelenka when you get a chance please. . .

A few members here have recomended/commented on that one. I got it and I enjoy it too. The choral singing is fantastic, and the music is thoroughly engaging.  It is period all the way, with period instruments and a smaller chorus too. Great performance, full of energy. I agree with Brian - pull the trigger already!!

[North Star]

A word or two on that Zelenka when you get a chance please. . .

Octave: WOW. Not only is that part one of a big haul, but a GREAT haul. Skrowaczewski's marvelous Bruckner, the totally delightful Silvestri Icon box, Bavouzet's Debussy, Zelenka's masterful Missa Votiva (HIPster, I love that disc - excellent small choir, brilliant music), and I haven't heard Rautavaara's choral music but I bet it's fantastic. Wow. Can't wait to dampen your guilt by praising the rest.

A few members here have recomended/commented on that one. I got it and I enjoy it too. The choral singing is fantastic, and the music is thoroughly engaging.  It is period all the way, with period instruments and a smaller chorus too. Great performance, full of energy. I agree with Brian - pull the trigger already!!

+1 on the Votiva, it's an amazing piece, and I can't imagine the recording being bettered. Their other Zelenka recordins, and the Dombrecht & Il Fondamento recording of De Profundis, Miserere, and Requiem, ZWV 48 are all desert island material.
And the rest are mouthwatering..

[Octave]

Re: Zelenka MISSA VOTIVA (Zigzag):

Nice haul, Octave!
A word or two on that Zelenka when you get a chance please. . .

I would be happy to say something about it, but you might refer to the end of the Zelenka composer thread for a couple brief opinions, maybe a little more earlier in that thread, and I think there were a couple good/knowledgable reviews at Amazon?  (including one by 'Giordano Bruno'?)  FYI on that, as those were my motivas for buying it...
EDIT: oops, well...you heard the tragic chorus here already!  It is cheering to get reinforcement for $$$$ already spent.

[Parsifal]

Re: Zelenka MISSA VOTIVA (Zigzag):
I would be happy to say something about it, but you might refer to the end of the Zelenka composer thread for a couple brief opinions, maybe a little more earlier in that thread, and I think there were a couple good/knowledgable reviews at Amazon?  (including one by 'Giordano Bruno'?)  FYI on that, as those were my motivas for buying it...
EDIT: oops, well...you heard the tragic chorus here already!  It is cheering to get reinforcement for $$$$ already spent.

You know the Zelenka Trio Sonatas?  Works not to be missed.  I have a recording which is nla, but there are other alternatives.


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[Mirror Image]

Very nice haul.  I'd be interested in knowing what the Jurowski DSCH recordings are like.

Thanks, Jeffrey. I've already listened to the Jurowski recording of The Execution of Stephan Razin and it's excellent. Highly recommended. Haven't listened to the one with The Song of the Forests yet as I haven't received it yet.

Thread duty:



Really have been looking forward to this recording. Tabakova is definitely a name to look out for in the future.

[TheGSMoeller]

[Octave]

My apologies to Sarge for being unduly jumpity-sniffy; it was a blood-sugar thing. 

You know the Zelenka Trio Sonatas?  Works not to be missed.  I have a recording which is nla, but there are other alternatives.

Thanks for that recommendation; I know two different recordings of those great pieces, if memory serves...both by Heinz Holliger et al.  (The famous ECM one, and earlier ones in that 5cd Archiv Zelenka box reissued by Brilliant.)  I certainly heard both before thinking about performance practice (beofre I'd even heard of HIP-anything), so a really good HIP/period-instruments recording of those pieces might be of great interest to me.  They're lovely pieces, I need to hear them again soon.  Thanks for mentioning the Claves!

Another batch:

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Frank Martin: BALLADES (Chandos)

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Schubert: IMPROMPTUS by Lubimov on pianofortes (Zigzag)

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Schubert: PIANO TRIOS + NOTTURNO [Gaia Scienza] (Winter & Winter, 2cd)

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Fauré/Duruflé: REQUIEMS [Willcocks/Ledger + Janet Baker et al]

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György Kurtág: PORTRAIT CONCERT - SALZBURG 1993 (Col Legno, 2cd)
alt. ASIN:  B000006AQQ

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Gabriel Pierné: CYDALISE/GOAT

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Verdi: COMPLETE WORKS (Decca)
I might live to very-shortly regret the lack of libretti; I already regret their decision to omit these, and maybe also missing the old European edition with the big nice book of the Italian librettos.  However, I do believe the internet and/or electronic-pad reading will solve this problem.  We'll see....

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Handel: COMPLETE CHANDOS ANTHEMS [The Sixteen dir. Christophers] (Chandos, 4cd)

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Handel: WARNER HANDEL EDITION - ORGAN CONCERTOS + HPSCHD SUITES (Warner, 6cd)
Mainly for the two Scott Ross discs.

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TELEMANN EDITION (DHM/Sony, 10cd)

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Glenn Gould: PLAYS RENAISSANCE/BAROQUE (Sony, 2cd)

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Gustav Leonhardt: A TRIBUTE...LAST RECORDINGS (Alpha, 5cd)

[Que]

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Schubert: IMPROMPTUS by Lubimov on pianofortes (Zigzag)

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Schubert: PIANO TRIOS + NOTTURNO [Gaia Scienza] (Winter & Winter, 2cd)

Excellent choice!

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Handel: WARNER HANDEL EDITION - ORGAN CONCERTOS + HPSCHD SUITES (Warner, 6cd)
Mainly for the two Scott Ross discs.

Excellent too.  If Scott Ross was your lead, I think both Koopman and Baumont will be more than a pleasant surprise - primary recommendations IMO.

Q

[Octave]

Excellent too.  If Scott Ross was your lead, I think both Koopman and Baumont will be more than a pleasant surprise - primary recommendations IMO.

Thanks for saying this, that's encouraging, and I think I've heard a couple others speak highly of the rest that Handel box.
By coincidence, I see that just earlier today a tasty-looking recommendation for some Zelenka trio sonatas was made in the Listening thread; of course, 1.) it's on Accent and 2.) I'm now broke.  Hahaha
Happy to see strong recommendations for the DHM Telemann box, I think it was Gordo who sung its praises weeks ago as well...

[mc ukrneal]

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Verdi: COMPLETE WORKS (Decca)
I might live to very-shortly regret the lack of libretti; I already regret their decision to omit these, and maybe also missing the old European edition with the big nice book of the Italian librettos.  However, I do believe the internet and/or electronic-pad reading will solve this problem.  We'll see....

You can try this site: http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libmlist.html, or this one http://archive.org/search.php?query=verdi%20libretto%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts, or this one http://www.librettidopera.it/ope_alfatit.html. You can also try downloading from Brilliant, Decca, etc. At least, they will have some of the major ones (Decca here, Brilliant here ). You may need to register or something.

PS: This is one is more useful if you speak Spanish: http://www.kareol.es/autor.htm. There is this one too: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/evwool/page4.html

PS2: Check out Chandos as well. They have all the booklets on the site and do a number of ENglish language versions.

PS3: Ok this is the last one (I mean it this time! ): http://www.operafolio.com/list_of_opera_libretti.asp

[North Star]

My apologies to Sarge for being unduly jumpity-sniffy; it was a blood-sugar thing. 

Thanks for that recommendation; I know two different recordings of those great pieces, if memory serves...both by Heinz Holliger et al.  (The famous ECM one, and earlier ones in that 5cd Archiv Zelenka box reissued by Brilliant.)  I certainly heard both before thinking about performance practice (beofre I'd even heard of HIP-anything), so a really good HIP/period-instruments recording of those pieces might be of great interest to me.  They're lovely pieces, I need to hear them again soon.  Thanks for mentioning the Claves!

Another batch:

Schubert: IMPROMPTUS by Lubimov on pianofortes (Zigzag)

Gustav Leonhardt: A TRIBUTE...LAST RECORDINGS (Alpha, 5cd)

I need a new desk, this one has a huge crack.

Re: Zelenka Trio Sonatas, there's this new one on Linn.
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[Papy Oli]

Ordered today : first entries for Reich and Adams in my collection.

Warning : May contain works created after 1985 

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[Jay F]

New chamber music -- new to me, at least -- which I heard on kkfi.org's chamber music show this week:

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I seem to be more interested in hearing different chamber music at this time than I am in going wide with Shostakovich.

[Geo Dude]

Shipped for roughly $9:

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[Octave]

Thanks NS for the Zelenka recommendation and Neal for Verdi help.

I don't know if you have been following my thread on the Durufle Requiem, but this recording is arguably the best version for organ solo.  Janet Baker's Pie Jesu is exquisite.  I hope you enjoy it, both works are very well represented.

Indeed, your thread is the culprit; and I hope you'll keep sharing some reflections on the available recordings.  Thus far, I only have Matthew Best's recording of the "third version" (organ, choir, chamber orch) on Hyperion----I wonder what you think of that one? 
I'll eventually be getting Durufle's own recording of the largest-scale version (the Apex issue you praised), just to have one recording of each version.

Thread duty, another batch:


Havergal Brian: SYMPH 1 'GOTHIC' (Ondrej Lenard - Naxos, 2cd)
I join the cult, tentatively...

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Purcell: DIDO & AENEAS [Teodor Currentzis et al] (Alpha)

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Purcell: EDITION VOL. 1 - FAIRY QUEEN, DIDO/AENEAS, KING ARTHUR [Christie/Harnoncourt - Warner, 4cd]
Mainly for Christie's KA.  Hopefully the other two (Christie's D&A, Nick's FQ) will be worthy enough.  I don't mind a slight surplus of Vero Gens.

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Villa-Lobos: SYMPHONIES (CPO, 7cd)

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Biber: FIDICINIUM SACRO PROFANUM (Zigzag)

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ITALIAN BAROQUE MUSIC EDITION (DHM/Sony, 10cd)

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Sibelius: SYMPHONIES+ [Segerstam/Helsinki] (Ondine, 4cd)
Sun baked snow caves!

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Sibelius: LUONNOTAR + ORCHESTRAL SONGS [Soile Isokoski + Segerstam/Helsinki] (Ondine)

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Suk: ASRAEL [Ashkenazy/Helsinki]
Pretty sure this is my first disc of any Suk at all.

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Froberger: MEDITATIONS & FANTASIAS [Siegbert Rampe]

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J.S. Bach: GOLDBERG VARATIONS + CONCERTOS [Pierre Hantai] (Naive, 2cd)

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J.S. Bach: ST. MATTHEW PASSION [Scherchen] (Tahra)

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J.S. Bach: JESU, MEINE FREUDE - MOTETS [Sette Voci dir. Peter Kooij] (Ramee)

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J.S. Bach: CONCERTS AVEC PLUSIEURS INSTRUMENTS [Cafe Zimmermann] (Alpha, 6cd)

[Geo Dude]

Octave, Octave, Octave...you're going to have some reviewing to do when that stuff comes in.

The Skrowaczewski Bruckner; the Rautavaara choral works; the Villa-Lobos symphonies; the Italian Baroque box set; Segerstam's Sibelius; the Froberger....and whatever anyone else might want to hear about.

[TheGSMoeller]

Octave, the Biber FIDICINIUM and the Purcell DIDO (Currentzis) are a few favorites of mine. Hope you enjoy them!!

[Parsifal]

Maintaining momentum on a new discovery.


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[Geo Dude]

A 'small' order partly inspired by Octave:

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[HIPster]

Geo - the Savall Brandenburg is a very fine recording! 

I look forward to reading your thoughts on it, especially in relation to your praises for Fasolis and I Barocchisti. . .

Octave - the Cafe Zimmermann Bach set is a jewel.  One of the best musical gifts I've ever received!  Enjoy.