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[Sergeant Rock]

Oh my gosh, so if someone was a Colin Davis fan, they might have CDCDCDCD?

Sarge

[kishnevi]

Oh my gosh, so if someone was a Colin Davis fan, they might have CDCDCDCD?

More precisely S(ir)CDCDCDCD

[Brian]

More precisely S(ir)CDCDCDCD

for audiophiles
CDSCDSACDCD
Compulsive Dissociative Sir Colin Davis Super Audio Compact Disc Collecting Disorder

[North Star]

for audiophiles
CDSCDSACDCD
Compulsive Dissociative Sir Colin Davis Super Audio Compact Disc Collecting Disorder

And if one isn't too committed to audiophilia:

CDSCDSACDACDCD

Compulsive Dissociative Sir Colin Davis Super Audio Compact Disc And Compact Disc Collecting Disorder

[springrite]

And if one isn't too committed to audiophilia:

CDSCDSACDACDCD

Compulsive Dissociative Sir Colin Davis Super Audio Compact Disc And Compact Disc Collecting Disorder

I will try to persuade the American Psychological Association to officially accept this condition as a disease and give it an official code. This way, sufferers of this dreadful condition will be covered by insurance for treatment and, if my recommended treatment is accepted, then... vouchers. 

[Cato]

I thought the pace, and the huge ritardando, thrilling.

Sarge

One of my classes is full of huge ritardandos, and the effect is less than thrilling!  0:)

[stingo]

CDSCDSACDACDCD

If one is afflicted with that disorder (or any of its variants) there should be more CDs in that acronym.

[Pat B]

I have listen to this disc, yesterday evening, and although the score is crystal clear, the tempi are rather on the slow side, and too deliberate, in my ears nothing new was emerging. A traditional performance, not very exciting.

We're talking about Kopatchinskaja's Beethoven here, right? I'm not ready to give a full review but I definitely won't call it "deliberate" or "traditional," though of course those are subjective terms. "Slow," however, is measurable. Among my collection her tempos are faster than most, with only Vera Beths (my favorite) being faster overall. I don't own Zehetmair (a popular choice here on gmg) but based on samples his tempos are very close to Kopatchinskaja's.

"Sprightly" is the word that comes to my mind for Kopatchinskaja.

[Karl Henning]

One of my classes is full of huge ritardandos, and the effect is less than thrilling!  0:)

Who could forget Ricky Ritardando? Babalú!

[Harry]

We're talking about Kopatchinskaja's Beethoven here, right? I'm not ready to give a full review but I definitely won't call it "deliberate" or "traditional," though of course those are subjective terms. "Slow," however, is measurable. Among my collection her tempos are faster than most, with only Vera Beths (my favorite) being faster overall. I don't own Zehetmair (a popular choice here on gmg) but based on samples his tempos are very close to Kopatchinskaja's.

"Sprightly" is the word that comes to my mind for Kopatchinskaja.

Well my ears are differently attuned, lets keep it at that. I called it this way, because after listening to it, that was my impression. Almost 40 years of listening to classical music, I've heard a few performances, and this one is artistically sound, but internal movement, apart from the tempi plays a role, in me considering this a traditional and deliberate performance. So I hold my ground.

[Brian]

We're talking about Kopatchinskaja's Beethoven here, right? I'm not ready to give a full review but I definitely won't call it "deliberate" or "traditional," though of course those are subjective terms. "Slow," however, is measurable. Among my collection her tempos are faster than most, with only Vera Beths (my favorite) being faster overall. I don't own Zehetmair (a popular choice here on gmg) but based on samples his tempos are very close to Kopatchinskaja's.

"Sprightly" is the word that comes to my mind for Kopatchinskaja.

Yes! You've hit the nail on the head: Kopatchinskaja's most similar to Zehetmair; I have both and while Z is my top choice, K is basically the "if you don't or can't have Z" - especially given how much their readings agree.

[Wakefield]

We're talking about Kopatchinskaja's Beethoven here, right? I'm not ready to give a full review but I definitely won't call it "deliberate" or "traditional," though of course those are subjective terms. "Slow," however, is measurable. Among my collection her tempos are faster than most, with only Vera Beths (my favorite) being faster overall. I don't own Zehetmair (a popular choice here on gmg) but based on samples his tempos are very close to Kopatchinskaja's.

"Sprightly" is the word that comes to my mind for Kopatchinskaja.

I like Kopatchinskaja too, but I recall when I heard this disk for the first time I was a bit surprised because Herreweghe's conduction sounded a bit heavier than I had expected.

Weil's orchestra, on the contrary, sounds always light and alert and combative. 

[Octave]

George Crumb: GNOMIC VARIATIONS, PROCESSIONAL, ANCIENT VOICES OF CHILDREN [Fuat Kent et al] (Col Legno)
ASIN: B000006AQS
alt ASIN: B000026AYR

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George Crumb: MAKROKOSMOS I & II [Robert Groslot] (Piano Classics)


George Crumb: VOX BALAENAE a.o. [Ensemble für Neue Musik Zürich] (hat[now]ART)
ASIN: B000JJS6JE (not listed at Amazon USA)
Remastered reissue of a ~1996 Jecklin disc (ASIN B0000038MK); though apparently the hatART reissue omits Crumb's own notes on the pieces.   

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George Crumb: SONGS, DRONES, AND REFRAINS OF DEATH + QUEST [Ensemble New Art dir. Fuat Kent] (Naxos)


George Crumb, Stefano Gervasoni, Georg Friedrich Haas: MAGICAL WORLDS OF SOUND [Makrokosmos Quartett] (hat[now]ART)
ASIN: B002HSU8LO
w/ Crumb's 'Makrokosmos III'

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Ewa Podleś: RUSSIAN ARIAS [w/Philharmonia of Russia dir. Constantine Orbelian] (Delos)
After enjoying their Handel arias collaboration very much.

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Vivica Genaux: ARIAS FOR FARINELLI (Harmonia Mundi Gold)
Genau!  After enjoying her contributions (AFAIR) to Biondi's Vivaldi's ERCOLE and BAJAZET (the whole event a joy) and some of Alan Curtis' Handel operas.

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Gerard Souzay: MELODIES FRANCAISES [w/Dalton Baldwin] (Newton Classics, 4cd)

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Henry & William Lawes: SONGS [Robin Blaze & Elizabeth Kenny et al] (Hyperion)

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Machaut: THE MIRROR OF NARCISSUS [Gothic Voices dir. Christopher Page, w/Emma Kirkby] (Hyperion)

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived this morning: Kreisler and Korngold String Quartets played by the Brodsky Quartet




Sarge

[Octave]

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Berg: BOULEZ CONDUCTS BERG (Sony, 5cd)
Mainly for the lieder disc with Jessye Norman, though I certainly don't mind having alternative accounts of these other pieces.  I have mainly known Berg through the DG 'Collection' box.

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Busnois, Frye, and/or Anonymous: A MARRIAGE OF ENGLAND AND BURGUNDY [Binchois Consort dir. Andrew Kirkman] (Hyperion)

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Enescu: PIANO SONATA #1 etc [Matei Varga] (Naxos)

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Frank Martin: IN TERRA PAX, GOLGOTHA, PILATE [Viotti/Schirmer] (Profil/Hanssler, 3cd)

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Frank Martin: DER STURM [Thierry Fischer] (Hyperion, 3cd)

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Chopin: POLONAISES, BERCEUSE, etc [Nikolai Demidenko] (Hyperion/Helios)

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Chopin: BALLADES + SONATA #3 [Nikolai Demidenko] (Hyperion/Helios)

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Geza Anda: THE ART OF (Brilliant, 4cd)
Alt ASIN: B000V8Q14A

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Purcell: HARK HOW THE WILD MUSICIANS SING (The Symphony Songs) [Red Byrd & Parley of Instruments, dir. Holman] (Hyperion)

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Rossini: PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE [King's Consort dir. Robert King] (Hyperion)
w/Carolyn Sampson, Gary Cooper, etc

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Haydn: LATE PIANO WORKS [Gary Cooper] (Channel Classics, sacd)
On a ~1783 (??) Viennese fortepiano.

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Haydn: STRING QUARTETS Opp. 54 + 74 [Endellion Quartet] (Virgin, 2cd)
h/t Sarge.

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Haydn: STRING QUARTETS Op. 9 [London Haydn Quartet]  (Hyperion, 2cd)
h/t Jens, Sarge, Haus

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Haydn: STRING QUARTETS Op. 17 [London Haydn Quartet] (Hyperion, 2cd)

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Haydn: STRING QUARTETS from Op. 20/74/76 [Amsterdam String Quartet]  (Channel Classics, sacd)
h/t Gurn

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Shostakovich: SEVEN ROMANCES + PIANO TRIOS [Florestan Trio + Susan Gritton] (Hyperion)
h/t Jens

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Liszt: various works played by Jitka Cechova [SWF SO dir. Zoltan Pesko]  (Arte Nova)
Sort of an impulse purchase, though what I was really after was two transcriptions by Heinz Holliger ('Nuages Gris' and "Unstern!').  Someone recommended those to me months ago, and now I cannot remember who.

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Liszt: PIANO SONATA IN B etc [Nikolai Demidenko]  (Hyperion/Helios)

[Octave]

And a short while back:

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J.S. Bach: PREMIUM EDITION (Cascade, 40cd)
In spite of the tacky title and terrible graymarket appearance, I got this on the recommendations of Gordo and Premont, mainly for 13 discs' worth of Christine Jaccottet's hpschd playing.  I found it at Amazon US-MP for $20+shipping, and I though it was probably worth it for Jaccottet if nothing else.

Premont provided a helpful set of comments and contents.  I am assuming that 'Amado' and 'Cascade' are one and the same, based on previous discussion of the set at GMG.

Here is the content of the Amado classics 40 CD Bach box

Some of the names are faked, the organist "Otto Winter" e.g. is Miklos Spanyi
The ensemble who plays the Brandenburg concertos is as far as I have been able to detect members of the Hamburg Philharmonic orch,  conducted by  Gabor Ôtvös,
whereas I have neither been able to detect the names of those who play the orchestral suites nor the violin concertos.
The harpsichord concertos are played by Eberhard Kraus and the anonymous string ensemble is conducted by Kurt Redel, who also plays one of the harpsichords in the concerto for 3 harpsichords.


However most of the names are real and their recordings are real. This is true at least of
Christiane Jaccottet
Ester Sialm
Ivan Sokol
Victor Yoran
Conrad von der Goltz
Dubravka Tomsic
Hugo Steurer
Zuzana Ruzickova
André Gavrilov

It is obviously a box one must have because of the many Jaccottet recordings: I acquired the box for about 35 Euro even if I ovned all the Jaccottet recordings in their original Intercord release.
Many of the other recordings are nice but not mandatory additions for completists like me.

Orchestra: Camerata Romana, Camerata Rhenania, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Philarmonia Slavonia, Salzburger Kammerorchester, et al.
Conductor: Alexander von Pitamic, Eugen Duvier, Hanspeter Gmur, Howard Griffiths, Karel Brazda, et al.
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Audio CD (27 Nov 2007)
Number of Discs: 40
Format: Import, Box set
Label: Amado Classics
ASIN: B000XCZC1C


Track Lists::

CD 1
. Brandenburg Concerto No.1 BWV 1046 F major
. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 BWV 1047 F major
. Brandenburg Concerto No.3 BWV 1048 G major
Conductor : Karel Brazda
Orchestra : Philharmonia Slavonica

CD 2
. Brandenburg Concerto No.4 BWV 1049 G major
. Brandenburg Concerto No.5 BWV 1050 D major
. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 BWV 1051 G major
Conductor : Karel Brazda
Orchestra : Philharmonia Slavonica

CD 3
. Concerto for violin, strings and b.c.No.1 BWV 1041
. Concerto for violin,strings and b.c.No, 2 BWV 1042
. Concerto for 2 violins, strings and b.c.No.3 BWV 1043
Conductor : Eugen Duvier / Orchestra : Camerata Romana
J.Brezina, violin/ F.Elias, violin

CD 4
. Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 D minor
. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564 C major
. Chorals for organ BWV 599-644 (Little Organ Book)
. Prelude and Fugue BWV 543 A minor
. Great Fantasy for organ BWV 542 G minor
Otto Winter, organ

CD 5
. Fantasy for organ BWV 572 G major
. Canzona for organ BWV 588 D minor
. Fugue for organ BWV 577 G major
. Chorals for organ BWV 651 - 668 (18 Leipzig Chorals)
. Toccata and Fugue BWV 538 D minor (Dorian)
Esther Sialm, organ

CD 6
. Suite for violoncello BWV 1007 G major
. Suite for violoncello BWV 1008 D minor
Victor Yoran , violoncello

CD 7
. Suite for violoncello BWV 1009 C major
. Suite for violoncello BWV 1010 E Flat major
Victor Yoran, violoncello

CD 8
. Suite for violoncello BWV 1011 C minor
. Suite for violoncello BWV 1012 D major
Victor Yoran,violoncello

CD 9
. The Well-Tempered Piano 1 BWV 846-869 Vol.1


CD 10
. The Well-Tempered Piano 1 BWV 846-869 Vol.2

CD 11
. The Well-Tempered Piano 2 BWV 870-893 Vol.1


CD 12
. The Well-Tempered Piano 2 BWV 870-893 Vol.2

CD 13
. French Overture BWV 831 B flat minor
. French Suite No.1 BWV 812 D minor
. French Suite No.2 BWV 813 C minor
. French Suite No.3 BWV 814 B flat minor

CD 14
. French Suite No.4 BWV 815 B flat major
. French Suite No.5 BWV 816 G major
. Itlian Concerto BWV 971 F major (Piano Exercise 2)

CD 15
. English Suite No.1 BWV 806 A major
. English Suite No.2 BWV 807 A minor
. English Suite No.3 BWV 808 G minor

CD 16
. English Suite No.4 BWV 809 F major
. English Suite No.5 BWV 810 E minor
. English Suite No.6 BWV 811 D minor

CD 17
. Inventions and Symphonies BWV 722-801
. Various Preludes

CD 18
. Suite for orchestra (Overture) No.1 BWV 1066 C major
. Suite for orchestra (Overture ) No.2 BWV 1067 B minor
Conductor : Eugen Duvier
Orchestra : Camerata Romana

CD 19
. Concerto for harpsichord, strings and b.c. No.12 BWV
1063 D minor
. Concerto for harpsichord, strings and b.c. No.2 BWV
1053 E major
. Concerto fro harpsichord, strings and b.c. No.9 BWV
1060 C minor
Conductor : Eugen Duvier / Orchestra : Camerata Romana

CD 20
. Concerto for harpsichord, strings and b.c.No. 1 BWV 1052
D minor
. Concerto fro harpsichord, strings and b.c. No.10 BWV 1061 C major
. Concerto for harpsichord, strings and b.c. No.13 BWV 1064 C major
Conductor : Eugen Duvier / Orchestra : Camerata Romana

CD 21
. The Goldberg Variations BWV 988 ( Aria with 30 variances from
Piano Exercise 4)
. Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903 D minor
Christiane Jaccottet , harpsichord

CD 22
. Sonata No.1 BWV 1001 G minor
. Sonata No.2 BWV 1002 B minor
Conrad von der Goltz, violin

CD 23
. Sonata No.2 BWV 1003 A minor
. Partita No.2 BWV 1004 D minor
Conrad von der Goltz, violin

CD 24
. Sonata No.3 BWV 1005 C major
. Partita No.3 BWV 1006 E major
Conrad von der Goltz, violin

CD 25
. Suite for orchestra (Overture) No.3 BWV 1068 D major
. Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings and b.c. BWV 1055
A major
. Sonata BWV 1020 G minor and other works
Conductors : Hanspeter Gmur / Howard Griffiths a.o.
Orchestras : Camerata Rhenania / Strings of Zuirch a.o.

CD 26
. Partita for harpsichord BWV 825 B Flat major (Piano Exercise 1)
. Toccata BWV 912 D major (with Fugue)
. Partita for harpsichord BWV 827 A minor 1/3 Little Preludes
Dubravka Tomsic, piano / Prof. Hugo Steurer, piano

CD 27
. Wir danken dir Gott, wir danken dir BWV 29(Ratswahl Cantata)
. Chorals for organ BWV 714-740
. The Musical Sacrifice BWV 1079 and other works
Susanne Doll, organ

CD 28
. Suite for BWV 995 G minor
. Fugue for guitar solo BWV 1000 A minor
. Sonata for flute and guitar BWV 1033 C major
Sonja Prunnbauer,guitar
Elisabethe Riessbeck, flute/Klaus Jackle,guitar

CD 29
. Trio Sonata No.1 BWV 525 E flat major
. Trio Sonata No.2 BWV 526 C minor
. Trio Sonata No.3 BWV 527 D minor
. Trio Sonata No.5 BWV 529 C minor
. Trio Sonata No.6 BWV 530 G major
Ivan Sokol,organ

CD 30
. Various works adapted for brass instruments
Orchestra : The Summit Hill Brass Quintet
Soloists : David Baldwin, trumpet / Lynn Erickson, trumpet
Gwen Anderson, horn/ David Stevens, trombone/ Scott
Anderson,tuba

CD 31
. Sonata for flute and harpsichord BWV 1030 B minor
. Sonata for flute and b.c. BWV 1034 E minor
. Sonata for flute and b.c. BWV 1035 E major
Milos Jurkovic, flute / Zuzana Ruzickova, harpsichord

CD 32
. Dances and Pieces Ann. 113-132( Little Music Book for A.M.Bach)
Prof.Eberhard Kraus,harpsichord / Ivan Polacek, violoncello

CD 33
. Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 D minor
. Toccata and Fugue BWV 538 D minor(dorian)
. Trio Sonata No.4 BWV 528 E minor
. Choral for organ BWV 738 " Vom Himmel hoch "
Otto Winter : organ / Prof.Eberhard Kraus,organ

CD 34
. Toccata BWV 913 D minor
. Toccata BWV 914 E minor
. Toccata BWV 912 D major and other Toccatas
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

CD 35
. Partita for harpsichord BWV 830 E minor
. Four Duets from Piano Exercise 111 BWV 802 -805
. Partita No.7 BWV 831 B minor ( Overture after the French Fashion)
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

CD 36
. Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 D minor
. Chorals for organ BWV 651 -668(18 Leipzig Chorals)
. Prelude and Fugue BWV 547 C major and other works
Miklos Spanyi,organ / Ivan Sokol,organ

CD 37
. Fantasy for organ BWV 570 C major
. Prelude and Fugue BWV 549 C minor
. Pedal Exercise for organ BWV 598 and other works
Ivan Sokol, organ

CD 38
. Partita for harpsichord BWV 826 C minor
. Partita for harpsichord BWV 828 D major
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

CD 39
. 6 Schubler Chorals for organ BWV 645-650
. Various Chorals
Ivan Sokol,organ / Susanne Doll, organ / Egbert Lewark,horn
Wolfgang Portugall.organ a.o.

CD 40
. Concerto for piano and orchestra No.2 BWV 1053 E major
. Concerto for piano orchestra No.4 BWV 1053 A major
. Concerto for piano and orchestra No.6 BWV 1053 F major
Conductor : Yuri Nikolayevsky/ Orchestra : Moscow Chamber
Orchestra / Soloist : Andrei Gavrilov,piano

[The new erato]

Obviously we all need to order while there's something left, so I ordered these:

[mc ukrneal]

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Haydn: STRING QUARTETS Opp. 54 + 74 [Endellion Quartet] (Virgin, 2cd)
h/t Sarge.

THis was the first Haydn chamber disc i ever bought. Quite enjoyable.

[North Star]

Obviously we all need to order while there's something left, so I ordered these:

Yes, looks like I might have to get something before Octave has emptied the storages.

[Brian]

Ewa Podleś: RUSSIAN ARIAS [w/Philharmonia of Russia dir. Constantine Orbelian] (Delos)
After enjoying their Handel arias collaboration very much.

I once saw Ewa Podleś live (La fille du regiment) and good lord, that woman is a force of nature. One of the most extraordinary voices on the planet. She played the Marquise, a sort of music teacher, and at one point randomly burst into "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Carmen, and that was just as amazing. I think she can sing everything.