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[Sergeant Rock]

New arrivals: FFG's Beethoven; and Malko's Prokofiev 1 & 7 (my favorites), recommended by Dancing D and Ken B.




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

I don't know it yet, but the samples sounded interesting enough.

Hurwitz, in a recent review, called it, not a "CD from Hell" but a "CD from Mars" 

"Too much artistry and sincerity has gone into this performance to call it a "CD from Hell," but this is still a very weird performance of Mahler's Fourth[....]Vishnevskaya's German is atrocious; indeed, it often sounds like she is singing neither German nor Russian, but Vishnevskayan. Serious Mahler collectors might get a kick out of this oddity, which is not badly recorded considering the source, but all others should steer clear."

Sounds like a solid recommendation to me 

Sarge

[Sadko]

... Vishnevskaya's German is atrocious ...

That's certainly true :-) The rest of the description sounds interesting.

[Wakefield]

Just purchased from momox on the Amazon MP:
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The Hybrid SACD was cheaper than the standard CD (that image doesn't show, so I've used this link instead).

Looking forward to this recording!

A fabulous acquisition. One of the top releases of this Vivaldi Edition. 

[Que]

I preordered this from presto:

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Veeerrrry interesting! Absolutely love Royer's his keyboard music.

Q

[Mirror Image]

I just couldn't help myself any longer...I'm so addicted to the Neoclassical style:





I listened to Concerto for Two Pianos on NML and was intrigued by it's admixture of Stravinskian and Poulenc-like lightness with a slow movement that contained some troubled sounding undercurrents. There's definitely more to this composer than what his 'musical image' portrays. I was also quick to dismiss Francaix as Neoclassical fluff initially but realized tonight that I was a fool, but what else is new here?

[Que]

Purchased yesterday:

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Q

[The new erato]

Some recent arrivals:

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[The new erato]

And a couple more:

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[Octave]

Havergal Brian: SYMPHONIES 7-9 & 31 + TINKER'S WEDDING [Mackerras/Groves] (EMI, 2cd)

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Mozart: PIANO CONCERTOS [Christian Zacharias] (EMI, 9cd)
+ Marie-Luise Hinrichs + various direction + synthesizer cameo

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Brahms: PIANO QUARTETS [Lybov Yedlina aka Luba Edlina w/members of Borodin Quartet] (Melodiya, 2cd)
(Not to be confused with her later recordings of this music w/the 'Borodin Trio'+, released by Chandos.)

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Brahms: PIANO QUARTETS [Menuhin Festival Quartet] (Claves, 2cd)


Frederic Rzewski: RZEWSKI PLAYS RZEWSKI: PIANO WORKS 1975-1999 (Nonesuch, 7cd)
Found a cheap deal on a used copy.

[ritter]

I had forgotten to post this purchase (which has already shipped  ):



Regards,

[Willow Pattern]

New ones :

[marvinbrown]

  Oh man, oh man oh man.....I......I......just had to get this:

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  I have Karajan's Pelleas, Haitink's 2 CD of Debussy's orchestral works and Ciccolini's 5 CD boxset of the complete piano music of Debussy on EMI but I just HAD TO GET THIS:

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  oh man, oh man oh man...................


  I just hope those 8 CDs I don't have (the songs, the chamber music, that other opera) are worth the gamble I'm taking here.
  marvin

[Karl Henning]

You're going to love the chansons, Marvin. Trust me  0:)

[ritter]

  Oh man, oh man oh man.....I......I......just had to get this:

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I had the same urge some days ago, and got it!  And I'm glad to say I don't regret my purchase. Coincdentally, I too have the Ciccolini set of piano music, and rank it among the best Debussy I've heard (along with Paul Jacobs)...

  I just hope those 8 CDs I don't have (the songs, the chamber music, that other opera) are worth the gamble I'm taking here.
  marvin

Your comment intrigues me: what other opera? 

Regards,

[The new erato]

Le Martyre??

[springrite]

Le Martyre??

That would be my guess.

[kishnevi]

  I just hope those 8 CDs I don't have (the songs, the chamber music, that other opera) are worth the gamble I'm taking here.
  marvin

You're going to love them all.  (Other opera=Damoiselle Elue,  Martyrdom of St. Sebastien?  Like everyone else,  I am mystified.)

Erato, I thought you had that Hindemith CD?

And welcome back Octave!

Thread duty:
Import CDs notified me that they've shipped my copy of Les Percussions de Strasbourg: 50 Ans; it had been on back order.
(Speaking of you, Octave,  I think you'll love that one.  I'm ordering it because it has so much music I don't have.)

[The new erato]

I've had vol 1 for quite some time, but this vol 2 is a very recent arrival chez erato!

[ritter]

On the way home, stopped by my local specialist classical Cd store, and....

Since I was in the mood for a tragédie lyrique, went for this (a composer I don't know at all):

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Since they had this, that I had been seeking for some time, I also went for it:



And last but not least, this (at bargain-basement price):

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