Bach Brilliant edition and other large box set recordings

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DavidW

#40
September 07, 2007, 03:45:29 AM
I had the set, it's too much music to absorb.

I ended up with basically a smaller selection of Bach recordings (Larry's list btw) bought seperately and I sold that big box and haven't missed it.

A few of the recordings are actually great, many of the recordings are good, and there is alot that are not anything to write home about.  I like the cantatas and organ music in the set and the chamber works and the harpsichord recordings are very good, but everything else is blah.  And that's alot of blah.

Bogey

#41
September 07, 2007, 05:07:40 PM
Quote from: marvinbrown on August 30, 2007, 01:02:16 PM
  ....I shall rename this thread- Bach Brilliant edition and other large box set recordings.

  marvin

However, this 12 cd set is AWESOME!:



There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

marvinbrown

#42
September 07, 2007, 05:13:40 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 07, 2007, 03:45:29 AM
I had the set, it's too much music to absorb.

I like the cantatas and organ music in the set and the chamber works and the harpsichord recordings are very good, but everything else is blah.  And that's alot of blah.

 Thats the impression I got after reading everyone's responses DavidW.  I am learning that the problem with very large box sets such as this one is that the recordings are never consistently good and the quantity is oftentimes too excessive to digest.  For people like me who have only recently started collecting classical music perhaps it is best to collect small excellent recordings and enjoy those instead of collecting complete works of composers for the sole sake of having it all.

 marvin

Bogey

#43
September 07, 2007, 05:40:49 PM
Quote from: Bogey on September 07, 2007, 05:07:40 PM
However, this 12 cd set is AWESOME!:




There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#44
September 07, 2007, 05:43:42 PM
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

DavidW

#45
September 07, 2007, 05:45:44 PM
Marvin, Bill rec'd some great recordings, but key into the too hard to digest thing.  I'm now just going for Bach one cd at a time and that's about the rate that I can digest 'em.  Inexpensive box sets though are still good to get, just don't feel obligated to yourself to immediately try to listen to everything in it know what I mean?

Bogey

#46
September 07, 2007, 06:05:24 PM Last Edit: September 07, 2007, 07:09:57 PM by Bogey
Quote from: DavidW on September 07, 2007, 05:45:44 PM
Marvin, Bill rec'd some great recordings, but key into the too hard to digest thing.  I'm now just going for Bach one cd at a time and that's about the rate that I can digest 'em.  Inexpensive box sets though are still good to get, just don't feel obligated to yourself to immediately try to listen to everything in it know what I mean?

I line up with David here Marvin.  With the Bach organ set I have sliced it thinly and still have a few discs to go with many only been spun once.  Small doses work for me as well.  A cantata each Sunday, etc.  But others here seem to be able to go at it in larger doses and enjoy it as well.  :)
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#47
September 07, 2007, 07:15:06 PM
Having said the above Marvin, the Mozart and upcoming Beethoven and Haydn sets I am and would consider.  As I told Gurn, even performances that may not be the "best" out there are usually still enjoyable for me when it comes to these three composers.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

marvinbrown

#48
September 08, 2007, 04:39:10 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 07, 2007, 05:45:44 PM
Marvin, Bill rec'd some great recordings, but key into the too hard to digest thing.  I'm now just going for Bach one cd at a time and that's about the rate that I can digest 'em.  Inexpensive box sets though are still good to get, just don't feel obligated to yourself to immediately try to listen to everything in it know what I mean?

  Yes I understand how overwhelming a box set of 155 cds can be to digest.

 

marvinbrown

#49
September 08, 2007, 04:44:18 PM
Quote from: Bogey on September 07, 2007, 07:15:06 PM
Having said the above Marvin, the Mozart and upcoming Beethoven and Haydn sets I am and would consider.  As I told Gurn, even performances that may not be the "best" out there are usually still enjoyable for me when it comes to these three composers.

  Yes I had a brief discussion with some GMG members a few months ago regarding the Brilliant Mozart mega-box set.  It was mentioned that the recordings are overall very good but the operas lacked translated librettos-  sigh- we consumers just can't win........

  marvin

Bogey

#50
September 08, 2007, 04:54:00 PM
Quote from: marvinbrown on September 08, 2007, 04:44:18 PM
  Yes I had a brief discussion with some GMG members a few months ago regarding the Brilliant Mozart mega-box set.  It was mentioned that the recordings are overall very good but the operas lacked translated librettos-  sigh- we consumers just can't win........

  marvin

Fortunately for me Marvin I would not know a "translated libretto" if it bit me.....so, no deterrence there for me.  ;D
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

DavidW

#51
September 08, 2007, 05:20:17 PM
Quote from: Bogey on September 08, 2007, 04:54:00 PM
Fortunately for me Marvin I would not know a "translated libretto" if it bit me.....so, no deterrence there for me.  ;D

I'm like "yo this is what they're saying", and drop the translations in your lap.

You're like "what?  I thought it was made up gibberish, and now you're telling me it's German!?" >:D

Then you're like "nah I liked it better as gibberish."

And I'm like "mee too." ;D

Que

#52
September 12, 2007, 11:19:32 PM
So what about this new Brilliant Russian "Monster"?  8)




Q

The Mad Hatter

#54
September 13, 2007, 06:35:50 AM
Re: beginners, I think that sometimes a little too much emphasis on this forum is placed on the calibre of the performers. If someone hasn't done a great deal of listening, then Beethoven's Ninth is Beethoven's Ninth, and it doesn't matter if it's played by the Vienna Phil or the Georgian SIMI Festival Orchestra. (In fact a friend of mine was recently thrilled when I gave him my recording of the Georgian SIMI Festival Orchestra's recording of the complete Beethoven symphonies on Prism classis. I couldn't bear listening to it, but it's become one of his most frequent listens.)

I think that sets like this are great (I don't have the Bach, but I have the Mozart equivalent). They allow you to pick - sometimes entirely randomly - from the works of the great composers, and generally if you really enjoy a work, you can branch out and buy other recordings of the same.

It depends on the temperament of the listener, though. I've never had a problem with - if I'm in an odd mood - plunging my hand into the middle of the Mozart and seeing what comes out.

Que

#55
September 13, 2007, 06:37:33 AM
Quote from: George on September 13, 2007, 06:03:34 AM
:o :o :o

100 CD's for €83,88 on French Amazon... 8)
(€1 = $1,39 and rising)

Q

marvinbrown

#56
September 13, 2007, 10:23:07 AM
Quote from: George on September 13, 2007, 06:03:34 AM
:o :o :o

  OK I am going to have to agree with George on this one.

  marvin

Bogey

#59
September 13, 2007, 07:34:24 PM Last Edit: September 13, 2007, 07:37:28 PM by Bogey
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz
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