Purchases Today

[André]

Falstaff looks a lot like Orson Welles, there. Maybe the designer was thinking Chimes of Midnight.

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My favorite Orson Welles film !! 

[Camphy]

[The new erato]

Took advantage of a one-day reduction offer of 30% at a Norwegian retailer:

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[André]

I was bowled over by this conductor'S Shostakovich 8th in Berlin.



A pre-order. I can always change my mind after exploring yout tube clips 



80 minutes of partsongs and lieder (Suzanne Danco), including The Shepherd on the Rock.



2 cds of Inge Borkh and Ljuba Welitsch

[Mirror Image]

Complete ballet, suite, or excerpts?

[SimonNZ]

A pre-order. I can always change my mind after exploring yout tube clips 

The David Byrne album I played the other day has Byrne and Rufus Wainwright doing Bizet's "Au Fond du Temple Saint"

"Like two drunks in a back-alley", was the way one reviewer put it (which I think they meant as a good thing):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Nbz6fUS-I

[Mirror Image]

Bought this morning:

[listener]

used, but half off again today so less than $30 for the batch
PISTON: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orch,  PORTER: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orch
M. GOULD: Dance Variations for 2 Pianos and Orch.
Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, pianists   David Amos, cond...
CONWAY BAKER: Flute Concerto   Piano Concerto   4  Songs  Counterplay for Viola and Strings
CBC Vancouver Orch.   Kazuyoshi Akiyama, cond.
BANTOCK: Omar Khayyam
BBC Symphony Orch & Chorus     Vernon Handley, cond.
George LLOYD: Symphony 5    BBC Phlharmonic Orch.  Symphony 4   Albany S.O.
George Lloyd, cond.

[André]

Complete ballet, suite, or excerpts?

The whole ballet, 2 discs. Around 5 GBP

[aligreto]

A very cheap local purchase....

[71 dB]

More contemporary stuff... ...James Whitbourn "Luminosity"

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[Todd]

Mostly preorders.  I've got releases stacked up into June now.

[king ubu]

I'm curious about that Weissenberg!

Early b-day gift to self, bought in store Saturday:

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[André]

I will start listening to George Lloyd symphonies through these 2 discs. I have put aside more if the test in conclusive. Thanks, Sarge !

[André]

Just arrived ! 

[king ubu]

Not my favourite recording, but a very good one!

[aligreto]

Europa Galante and Fabio Galante playing Locatelli Concerti Grossi....

[André]

Not my favourite recording, but a very good one!

I know, it's not the best. I have others which are better contenders. I bought it for some of the individual performances. I had always snobbed that recording, but at the price (used: 0.27 GBP !!) I could not let it pass any more  .

[king ubu]

I know, it's not the best. I have others which are better contenders. I bought it for some of the individual performances. I had always snobbed that recording, but at the price (used: 0.27 GBP !!) I could not let it pass any more  .

Oh, wow, that's a nice price indeed!

Me, I need it for Popp anyway (and Gruberowa is fine, too).

[kishnevi]

Finally broke down and got a used copy of this for a rather steep price.  Landed today.