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[Daverz]

Plus I'm such a sucker for Haydn that I'd probably buy pink, flannel pajamas with his portrait on the butt of the pants if it was mentioned here on GMG a few times. 

I have little children in a firetrap in Bangladesh working on it now... 

[jlaurson]

I have little children in a firetrap in Bangladesh working on it now... 

Actually, I think that's pretty offensive    to all the garment manufacturers employing children in perfectly fire-code compliant factories.

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived this morning: Vanhal Symphonies (Bryan C9 and e2) and Cello Concerto; and Wölfl String Quartets (not recommended by Brian  )




Sarge

[jlaurson]

; and Wölfl String Quartets (not recommended ...

Sarge

I've got a Wölfl String Quartet CD from Hungaroton where I thought the works were very nice and worth exploring... the performances, alas, not up to snuff.
Now that I know the QM has a CD with Wölfl Quartets out, I'll have to go that route and discover in what should be, at the very very least, technically expert performances.

[Sergeant Rock]

I've got a Wölfl String Quartet CD from Hungaroton where I thought the works were very nice and worth exploring... the performances, alas, not up to snuff.
Now that I know the QM has a CD with Wölfl Quartets out, I'll have to go that route and discover in what should be, at the very very least, technically expert performances.

I became aware of the Mosaiques disc only after this one had shipped. I probably would have gone with them too. The composer's name, and the quartet's name, are so small on the cover, I can see how I overlooked it.

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The Caro Mitis CD contains the op.30 string quartets so buying the QM too will not be duplication.


Sarge

[Brian]

I became aware of the Mosaiques disc only after this one had shipped. I probably would have gone with them too. The composer's name, and the quartet's name, are so small on the cover, I can see how I overlooked it.

That's the one that I heard. And here's how my review started:

"This month in Weird Marketing..."

[jlaurson]

That's the one that I heard. And here's how my review started:

"This month in Weird Marketing..."

Well, it's a museum release to highlight what they have, more than (and at the expense of) what others contribute. And not, frankly, meant to sell. (Austrians, despite bringing forth the finest school of economists, are somehow marketing-challenged. Like the ORF recordings, which have some real gems among them, and are almost deliberately kept out of circulation. (i.e. a new Franz Mittler disc with Holzmair.))

[The new erato]

And the Tyroler Museum series of Rufinatschka.

[stingo]

Adding to my Bartok New Series collection:

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This one is backordered from MDT, but since it is listed on Amazon for just shy of $3000 I feel like I can wait... (The image isn't coming through but it's Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Divertimento and Hungarian Sketches).

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And, filling a hole in my collection...

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[kishnevi]

Because I want all recordings of No.45 and 80 available. Also of No. 98, 39, 6, 53...you catch my drift. Plus I'm such a sucker for Haydn that I'd probably buy pink, flannel pajamas with his portrait on the butt of the pants if it was mentioned here on GMG a few times. 


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My copy was waiting patiently for me on my doorstep when I got home from work this evening.  I do like how the symphonies are segmented
CDs 1-4     Early Symphonies
CDs 5-11   The First Symphonies Written for Prince Esterhazy
CDs 12-17 The "Storm and Stress" Works
CDs 18-25 Symphonies For Entertainment Purposes
CDs 26-31 Symphonies for the Public at Large
CDs 32-37 London Symphonies

Although going through the listings,   I discovered that the order is not necessarily conventional.  "Le Matin" and "Le Midi" appear on one CD,  but "Le Soir" is reserved to start off the next CD.

Well, it's a museum release to highlight what they have, more than (and at the expense of) what others contribute. And not, frankly, meant to sell. (Austrians, despite bringing forth the finest school of economists, are somehow marketing-challenged. Like the ORF recordings, which have some real gems among them, and are almost deliberately kept out of circulation. (i.e. a new Franz Mittler disc with Holzmair.))

Never mind ORF.  If it were not for GMG and Ionarts,  I'd probably never even know that Gramola (with Paul Badura Skoda recordings in the catalog!) even existed.

ETA: And ordering that QM recording in another tab of my browser as I post this.

[Brian]

I'd have never guessed that posting an offhand disparaging remark about Woelfl's quartets would have inspired the next certified GMG Trendy Composer of the Month.

[Daverz]

I'd have never guessed that posting an offhand disparaging remark about Woelfl's quartets would have inspired the next certified GMG Trendy Composer of the Month.

Was it the obvious pun?   

[jut1972]

Those kind folks at Harmonia Mundi gave me this..

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and seeing as it was free with some MP3 credit I picked up this...
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(I've linked to the CD version)

[jlaurson]

Listen What the (Windy) Cat Dragged In:


G. Verdi
Otello
R.Muti / CSO /
A.Antonenko, K.Stoyanov, C.Guelfi
CSO Resound SACD
German link - UK link

[Fafner]

Hello,

This brought me back:

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I already listened to it via Naxos streaming, and it is positively awesome.

[Fafner]

Otherwise, I have not been buying much over the past few months, only this:

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[The new erato]

Hello,

This brought me back:

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I already listened to it via Naxos streaming, and it is positively awesome.

Extremely lukewarm review on http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/Oct13/Shostakovich_sy4_8573188.htm

[North Star]

Extremely lukewarm

Hmmmm 

[Fafner]

Hmm. 

Well, "forensic" is a fitting description of how the recording strikes me after a couple of listens. I like it, anyways.

[DavidW]

That is pretty poor review no matter what you think of the conductor.

"our maestro even guts the score of its sardonic asides" so he has cut passages out of the score that read as sardonic, or the critic feels that the conductor failed to interpret them as sardonic?  And what would that sound like exactly?

"this then sets in train a sequence of wild and trenchant music that, without a context, can so easily seem vacuous and/or banal." How does a conductor establish context?  Or is it the job of the listener to understand the context and thus not find it banal?

"The rest of the movement is a series of diverting, self-indulgent doodles; while pleasing in themselves they add nothing to the essential narrative. " Talking about the music or the music making?  It's hard to see this as the latter.

Where are the objective details in this review?  All we have our passages like the above which are all in the form "the music should convey this emotion, I felt this instead."  But a different listener would have a different emotional reaction, making the entire review pointless.

This is the problem with so many music reviews, the comments are vague, they lack precision and clarity, and they rarely add up to a cogent well structured argument.  Most of these critics should go back to school and take some writing classes.