Purchases Today

[Moonfish]

Couldn't resist a batch of Horenstein....     
[Affordable in Germany]
Good thing I will intercept all our mail this week! 

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[André]

On their way from Germany
RANGSTRÖM  Ballade for Piano and Orch.,

Excellent stuff. A splendidly varied and engrossing program.

Joseph Rouleau: 'Sings french opera' - Decca recital (53 minutes) , completed by arias sung by Raffaele Arié (27 minutes of russian opera arias, sung in russian. Interestingly, Rouleau also sings some of the same arias on the Analekta label (Boris was one of his signature roles). Rouleau was a stalwart of London's Covent Garden, the 'house bass', so to speak. Unfortunately his recordings are not exactly thick on the ground (his 'pater familias' on the L'Oiseau-Lyre production of L'Enfance du Christ under Davis has yet to be equalled).

Schubert: Winterreise - yet another, this time with a tenor I am very fond of: Jan Kobow, supported on the fortepiano by Christoph Hammer. On the ATMA label.

Bach: Matthäus Passion, directed by René Jacobs. With  Bernarda Fink, Werner Güra, Topi Lehtipuu etc. Recorded in 2012. I tire easily from this work, but I never cease to hope that a new recording will rise to this leviathanesque artistic challenge.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

I found an old friend today.  I loved Dervaux's 1961 recording of La Mer from '66 - 73 or 74 when my copy escaped, was stolen or abducted by aliens.  Found it today at Red Racks (a Goodwill for veterans).  Mono, unfortunately, but mint.  Dervaux's pace is slow for some tastes (Lenny's is slower still), but it shines, esp. the woodwinds. 

[kishnevi]

While listening to Das Paradies und die Peri,  it occurred to me that I have only recording of Scened from Faust, a sonically inferior effort on the part of EMI.   So let's see how Claudio did with it.



from a UK vendor on AmazonMP, for under $10.

[Mookalafalas]

I have almost no Horowitz in my collection, so I got this while the getting is good.  Kinda spendy, though, at almost two bucks a disc . . .

As the singles are probably 5-9X that price you should not think of it as spending but as saving.  Thrift is a virtue, and it's own reward. Possibly even close to Godliness.  Benjamin Franklin would salute you, and if you changed the topic from music to shoes, so would my wife.

I didn't buy anything today, but both the HvK 1960s box and the Loiseau Lyre boxes were delivered to my door within about 3 hours of one another.  For music acquisition, it has been a red letter day.

[Moonfish]

As the singles are probably 5-9X that price you should not think of it as spending but as saving.  Thrift is a virtue, and it's own reward. Possibly even close to Godliness.  Benjamin Franklin would salute you, and if you changed the topic from music to shoes, so would my wife.

I didn't buy anything today, but both the HvK 1960s box and the Loiseau Lyre boxes were delivered to my door within about 3 hours of one another.  For music acquisition, it has been a red letter day.

yay!

[Moonfish]

Then there's the possibility that you're not as passionate about this music as I thought you were. Classical music is 99.9% of my listening. I have found a lifelong companion with this music.

Err, MI?  I presume this a quote originating from before your Yes/Pink Floyd/Genesis  Hackett transformation...... ?               

[The new erato]

While listening to Das Paradies und die Peri,  it occurred to me that I have only recording of Scened from Faust, a sonically inferior effort on the part of EMI.   So let's see how Claudio did with it.



from a UK vendor on AmazonMP, for under $10.

He does it very well.

[Moonfish]

Dvorák: Complete Published Orchestral Works (17 cd set ) / Naxos
At Amazon MP  (CMS) for $ 33
Perhaps not the best versions out there, but definitely a compilation reaching towards completeness as well as some more unusual pieces. It comes across as a good explorer kit for Dvorak's music.

Review at:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=937687

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too curious about Rögner's Bruckner renditions...

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[Ken B]

Err, MI?  I presume this a quote originating from before your Yes/Pink Floyd/Genesis  Hackett transformation...... ?               

Not    but 

[EigenUser]

Not    but 

I know, John, come backkkkkkk!!!!! I am trying and failing to keep 20th-century music alive on the listening board . I can't do it all by myself so I've pretty much given up. It'd be nice if James, snyprrr, or the guy with Nono as his avatar would post more in that thread, but they don't.

[Ken B]

I know, John, come backkkkkkk!!!!! I am trying and failing to keep 20th-century music alive on the listening board . I can't do it all by myself so I've pretty much given up. It'd be nice if James, snyprrr, or the guy with Nono as his avatar would post more in that thread, but they don't.

Huh? I recently posted Ravel, Britten, Shosty, and Lou Harrison.

[EigenUser]

Huh? I recently posted Ravel, Britten, Shosty, and Lou Harrison.

Yeah, but it's not like before...

[Ken B]

Yeah, but it's not like before...

True. We miss him.  But I fear he's gone forever. I have bought discs from a vendor in Georgia recently ... 

[marvinbrown]

  On the recommendation of so many here I just bought this:

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  marvin

[Todd]

As the singles are probably 5-9X that price you should not think of it as spending but as saving.

I was kidding.  $2/disc is cheap, almost absurdly so.  For me, the real issue (if it's an issue) is whether listening to all of Horowitz's Columbia/CBS recordings will make me think more highly of his playing.  The reason I don't have a lot of Horowitz is because what I have heard didn't make a big fan out of me.

[The new erato]

I was kidding.  $2/disc is cheap, almost absurdly so.  For me, the real issue (if it's an issue) is whether listening to all of Horowitz's Columbia/CBS recordings will make me think more highly of his playing.  The reason I don't have a lot of Horowitz is because what I have heard didn't make a big fan out of me.

And there's lots of duplications (various versions of the same work) in the box......

[Mirror Image]

True. We miss him.  But I fear he's gone forever. I have bought discs from a vendor in Georgia recently ... 

Well, thanks Ken, Nate, and Moonfish. I wish I could come back, but I can't leave something unresolved until the phase plays out. Until then, prog on!

[Sergeant Rock]

Huh? I recently posted Ravel, Britten, Shosty, and Lou Harrison.

And I've listened to, and posted, Sibelius, Kodaly, Bartok, Janacek, Webern, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Stockhausen within the last week.

Sarge

[Ken B]

And I've listened to, and posted, Sibelius, Kodaly, Bartok, Janacek, Webern, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Stockhausen within the last week.

Sarge

New rule: Sarge is usually right.



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