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Do I really need another Enigma Variations or Falstaff? Why...yes...yes I do!

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[listener]

arrived today some choral music by PFITZNER and the ROENTGEN 3rd Symphony
and a 10- disc box of organ music on an assortment of European organs,  (for 12.99-VAT at jpc) - I misread something and thought it was 10 discs of organ concertos!
CD 1 "Orgeln in Ostfriesland"
+CD 2 "Georg Muffatt - Apparatus Musico Organisticus"
+CD 3 "Orgelmusik in Danzi vom 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert"
+CD 4 "Johann Sebastian Bach - Orgelwerke"
+CD 5 "Domenico Zipoli - Sämtliche Orgelwerke"
+CD 6 "Die rekonstruierte Silbermann-Orgel der Benediktinerkirche in Villingen"
+CD 7 "Die Grenzing-Orgel der Kathedrale in Brüssel"
+CD 8 "Madrid - Catedral De La Almudena" (Orgelmusik zu 4 Händen und 4 Füßen)
+CD 9 "Die Orgel der Kathedrale in Passau"
+CD 10 "Orgelmusik aus Transsylvanien von der Renaissance bis in die Gegenwart"

[mc ukrneal]

My final purchase of 2013 arrived (Byrd, Moroney) and so far it sounds great!! Thanks again for posting the deal Que!
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[NJ Joe]

Arrived today, as part of my continuing Giulini binge:



I bought this for the Ravel, as I already own the Pictures. The used disc cost less, including shipping, than purchasing the two Ravel pieces on iTunes.

[NJ Joe]

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Do I really need another Enigma Variations or Falstaff? Why...yes...yes I do!

I've owned this for many years and have always enjoyed it.

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I've owned this for many years and have always enjoyed it.

Excellent, NJ Joe. I can't wait to hear it.

[TheGSMoeller]

Time to finally wrap up the Gardiner/Brahms cycle with No.4 and No.1. Sampled these on Spotify and must say that I find these to be beyond marvelous. The tone from the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique is smooth and attractive, and the smaller sized string section allows for incredible detail from the woodwinds. The only other recordings I own that are similar in style to Gardiner is from Mackerras on Telarc, which I have always praised. But I feel that Gardiner and the Romantique will become the go-to set for Brahms performed in this style, or possibly in any style, these are that good. In fact, I'm so enamored with these performances, that their 4th might be the one to finally make me fall in love with this uneven piece (I've always had a love/hate relationship with the 4th, more love though of course). Gardiner and Co. perform it with an almost classical touch, especially the second movement Andante Moderato which is paced properly and not treated as an Adagio (Solti!!). And a third mvt. Allegro giocoso that feels less fanfare-ish or triumphant.
Some very nice fillers feature choral pieces from Brahms, Schubert and Bach on the four discs.

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[Brian]

their 4th might be the one to finally make me fall in love with this uneven piece (I've always had a love/hate relationship with the 4th, more love though of course).

[TheGSMoeller]

Damn you, allegro giocoso!!

I bet you've just been itchin to use those gifs.

[Willow Pattern]

I got this one today (I was going to buy the new box but I was able to get the white box a bit cheaper):

[Karl Henning]

Damn you, allegro giocoso!!

Yes! My favorite three-fourths of a symphony!

[Brian]

I got this one today (I was going to buy the new box but I was able to get the white box a bit cheaper):

Nice - several of us were discussing it in the listening thread just yesterday! I seem to be firmly on the "friends of Tintner" side of the debate; I listened to 3, 6, and 7 and found the performances wholly convincing and persuasive, although the orchestral playing is not always flawless.

[Sergeant Rock]

I got this one today (I was going to buy the new box but I was able to get the white box a bit cheaper):

Nice - several of us were discussing it in the listening thread just yesterday! I seem to be firmly on the "friends of Tintner" side of the debate; I listened to 3, 6, and 7 and found the performances wholly convincing and persuasive, although the orchestral playing is not always flawless.

I'm in the Tintner camp too...and so is the Huwitzer. From his 10/10 review of the box:

"And whether or not you agree with all of Tintner's decisions with respect to editions, there's no question that he justifies his choices by delivering what are arguably the best performances available of the alternative in question. This is true of that Eighth, and even more so of his astonishing Third, one of the very greatest Bruckner performances ever committed to disc. Also noteworthy: superb versions of the Seventh, Fourth, and First....Sonically, these are also some of Naxos' finest efforts, making this box an essential purchase for anyone who loves Bruckner."


Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

I'm in the Tintner camp too...and so is the Huwitzer. From his 10/10 review of the box:

Sarge

I gladly attend the camp myself. 

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Another Tintner fan, too, though I haven't heard many of the recordings. But he gives an invaluable window into Bruckner's unedited mind.

Arrived yesterday:

George Benjamin: Written on Skin (Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House / George Benjamin, conductor) - Can't wait to see this after all the comments. Ordered it directly from the ROH (available in the US from the link below on January 28).

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--Bruce

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I just don't have 'enough' Beethoven in my collection to really amount to anything. I only have a few symphony cycles: Klemperer, Abbado, and 1963 Karajan. I know there's a 1977 Karajan cycle, but I'm much interested in the older Karajan and listening to him in all that digital glory. I listened to a little of Symphony No. 3 on Spotify and it sounded magnificent! As for the PCs, I owned Perhia's cycle, but an unfortunate hot tea spill landed on this box set basically making unplayable. A horrible, and foolish, accident. So in deciding what cycle I wanted to get, this Brendel/Levine/CSO set has long been trailing under my radar, so I figured you just can't go wrong with Brendel in Beethoven so I took a chance here. Looking forward to digging into these two sets.

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I just don't have 'enough' Beethoven in my collection to really amount to anything. I only have a few symphony cycles: Klemperer, Abbado, and 1963 Karajan. I know there's a 1977 Karajan cycle, but I'm much interested in the older Karajan and listening to him in all that digital glory. I listened to a little of Symphony No. 3 on Spotify and it sounded magnificent! As for the PCs, I owned Perhia's cycle, but an unfortunate hot tea spill landed on this box set basically making unplayable. A horrible, and foolish, accident. So in deciding what cycle I wanted to get, this Brendel/Levine/CSO set has long been trailing under my radar, so I figured you just can't go wrong with Brendel in Beethoven so I took a chance here. Looking forward to digging into these two sets.

People seem to go for either the 1963 cycle or the 80s cycle you're getting now; that 1977 just doesn't seem to get any respect.  (Of course you can go true gourmand and declare a preference for the 50s cycle on EMI!)

I suppose it's a sign of Beethoven's greatness (or merely just his symbolic stature) that there are so many alternatives for a symphony set.  I've got 28 now, and of the three you have already, I have only one--the '63 Karajan--plus an assemblage of Klemperer recordings compiled by Membran into a cycle, but not the same as the EMI set.

You might at some point look into the Chailly/Gewandhaus or the P. Jarvi cycles (although I think you'll find more of interest in the Chailly set)

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People seem to go for either the 1963 cycle or the 80s cycle you're getting now; that 1977 just doesn't seem to get any respect.  (Of course you can go true gourmand and declare a preference for the 50s cycle on EMI!)

I suppose it's a sign of Beethoven's greatness (or merely just his symbolic stature) that there are so many alternatives for a symphony set.  I've got 28 now, and of the three you have already, I have only one--the '63 Karajan--plus an assemblage of Klemperer recordings compiled by Membran into a cycle, but not the same as the EMI set.

You might at some point look into the Chailly/Gewandhaus or the P. Jarvi cycles (although I think you'll find more of interest in the Chailly set)

I think Abbado's last cycle, on DG of course, which was also live, is absolutely first-rate and is one of the best I've heard so far, but I'm looking forward to hearing Karajan's last cycle for the afore mentioned reasons: I like later Karajan recordings. I think he brought a genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm to the music towards the end of his life. Not to discount, of course, his earlier performances, but I'm just a fan of his later work. The opposite could be said of Bernstein for me. I prefer his early conducting to his rather eccentric later years, but, those too, have a merit that's worth considering.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions. I can't say I'm that interested in Chailly's Beethoven cycle, though. I am planning on revisiting my Klemperer cycle soon which I recall really enjoying for his menacing, darker interpretations and I just like Klemperer anyway, so call me biased.