Purchases Today

[Madiel]

The first 2 of those half dozen Holmboe discs I ordered arrived, ahead of schedule and in time for the weekend.

But I'm troubled. Can I listen to orchestral preludes 2, 3, 5, 8 and 10 when orchestral preludes 1, 4, 6, 7 and 9 won't arrive until next week?

[Wakefield]

Listen What the Cat Dragged In (Part 1):



A. Corelli,  Complete Cti.Grossi
Gli Incogniti / A.Behyer
ZigZag
German link - UK link

This one is extravagantly awesome. 

[Brian]

W.T. Mozart

"Correcting" this led me down the insane rabbit-hole that is figuring out Mozart's name. It seems that you are right about W.T. Mozart if your authority is "his Latinized baptismal name," though if you go by his baptismal name in German, or as his father used it, then it would be W.G. Mozart, and if you go by what Mozart himself preferred, then it would be back to W.A. Mozart, though not standing for "Amadeus." My favorite part is that he used "Amadeus" sarcastically when signing his name "Wolfgangus Amadeus Mozartus."

[North Star]

"Correcting" this led me down the insane rabbit-hole that is figuring out Mozart's name. It seems that you are right about W.T. Mozart if your authority is "his Latinized baptismal name," though if you go by his baptismal name in German, or as his father used it, then it would be W.G. Mozart, and if you go by what Mozart himself preferred, then it would be back to W.A. Mozart, though not standing for "Amadeus." My favorite part is that he used "Amadeus" sarcastically when signing his name "Wolfgangus Amadeus Mozartus."

My favourite part is this, particularly the second sentence, when written after the first one.  0:)

The day Mozart died, his name was entered in the death records of the Vienna Magistrate as "Wolfgang Amadeus". This is the earliest posthumous source that uses the Latin version of his name.

[Sergeant Rock]

Did he ever use MN Dave ... ?

Sarge

[kishnevi]

Arrived this morning: Mutter's Dvorak




Sarge

I'm serving as your echo this week.  Although I didn't get it via mail--I bought it this morning at Barnes and Noble.

ETA:  wait, did you get the version with a DVD included?  Mine is the CD only version.

[Brian]

I'm serving as your echo this week.  Although I didn't get it via mail--I bought it this morning at Barnes and Noble.

ETA:  wait, did you get the version with a DVD included?  Mine is the CD only version.

That giant 0 is the Region 0 DVD sticker.

[prémont]

This one is extravagantly awesome. 

Judged from their Bach concertos CD I would expect some aggressive playing. Not exactly what I look for in Corelli´s music.

[Wakefield]

Judged from their Bach concertos CD I would expect some aggressive playing. Not exactly what I look for in Corelli´s music.

No, I think her approach is not aggressive, but totally refreshing and very intense, as usual. That said, I should clarify that I'm an uncondicional fan of Amandine. 

[kishnevi]

Good thing I was home and expecting UPS to deliver my Rubinstein/Perahia boxes:  almost drove off without delivering it, or delivering it to the wrong address. 

But it's in my greedy little hands now. 

But they are heavy. 
And if I ever get bored with them, I can use them for exercising with weights.

[Brian]

And if I ever get bored with them, I can use them for exercising with weights.

I actually have used Brilliant's 100CD Historic Russian Legends box for lifting.

[jlaurson]

"Correcting" this led me down the insane rabbit-hole that is figuring out Mozart's name.

I use Theophilus & Gottlieb alternatingly, to mix it up. 

[Mirror Image]

Just bought:



Contents of the box:



I bought this for actually a good price ($212) from Amazon.de. I've seen it for $265 and much higher on other sites. There's so much of this music that I didn't own. I'll part with my older Britten Conducts Britten sets as a result of this purchase.

If this wasn't enough, I also bought this:



Needless to say, this is my Christmas present to myself.

[Artem]

How do you like those Phaidon music books?

[Mirror Image]

How do you like those Phaidon music books?

Very good for an overall view of the composer's life. Don't expect it to go deep into the psyche of a composer or anything like that, but they do give some information on the composer's life that I, otherwise, wouldn't be able to read online. I read this Britten one is quite good, so I look forward to diving into it at some point.

[Artem]

I have their book about Debussy and it is pretty much like you describe it. There're many photos and pictures in that book though, which is good.

[Mirror Image]

I have their book about Debussy and it is pretty much like you describe it. There're many photos and pictures in that book though, which is good.

Would definitely like to pick up their Debussy one as well at some point. Yes, the photos are a nice touch. I'm thinking of getting the Bartok one, too.

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived this morning: George Lloyd Piano Concerto #3, recommended by kyjo and Vandermolen.




Sarge

[trung224]

 From Cyber Monday Week sale on amazon.de. 59 €/ 55 disc, a super bargain
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[mc ukrneal]

I don't buy too many boxes, though I think about a lot of them, but here are two I purchased recently: 1) The Definitive Eric Coates. They have a decent price at importcds, which comes out to about $21 for 7 discs (incl shipping in US). The sound is not the best, but sounded surprisingly good on the clips considering how ancient some of them are. Anyway, had to amass some of these pieces from other sources.  2) Spohr - Complete Violin Concertos. When it slipped under $40 last week, I just couldn't resist. I am not the biggest violin concerto fan, but these seemed right up my alley. I also liked Ulf in Saint-Saens, so here's hoping he's as good here.

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