Haydn's Haus

[Brahmsian]

Magnifique, Karl! 

[Karl Henning]

Viz. the applause complaint (and at this price-point, I can endure much):  is it just at the end of the final symphony on a given disc?  At the end of every symphony?  At the end of every movement?

TIA

[Brahmsian]

Viz. the applause complaint (and at this price-point, I can endure much):  is it just at the end of the final symphony on a given disc?  At the end of every symphony?  At the end of every movement?

TIA

Applause is not something that annoys me.  What annoys me more is background coughing.

I have the live Beethoven cello sonatas set (du Pre/Barenboim).  Great performances, however, there is so much coughing in some spots, you'd thought this was recorded during the Bubonic Plague! 

[TheGSMoeller]

I feel as I'm being forced to consider the DRD set. I mean, I've paid $25 for a single Haydn disc before. And I'm on a mission to obtain every 45 and now 80 ever recorded.
Since I can't find any samples I have a few questions regarding the play style, I see its modern instruments but do the strings use vibrato? How many string players used in the performances? Harpsichord used in all 100+ symphonies?

I feel like such a Haydn Geek, but a proud Haydn Geek. 

[Karl Henning]

I feel as I'm being forced to consider the DRD set [....]

I feel ya. I mean, it isn't as if I have already listened through the entire AAM box yet (incomplete as that set is).

[TheGSMoeller]

I feel ya. I mean, it isn't as if I have already listened through the entire AAM box yet (incomplete as that set is).

That's what happens, others get pushed back because of Haydn, even other Haydn discs! My wish list always gets pushed back when Fey releases new discs or something gets attention like this DRD set. Poor Dvorak has been sitting near my cart for weeks.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks! I think I must be able to find a 'work-around' . . . .

[Parsifal]

Those concerned with the applause issue (and generally curious about the set) may find this link useful:

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/6p54v4ea429m7y8/Davies.mp3

[George]

Those concerned with the applause issue (and generally curious about the set) may find this link useful:

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/6p54v4ea429m7y8/Davies.mp3

Looks like about 30 seconds of clapping at the end. If that is taken to be the usual:

30 seconds x 106 symphonies = 53 min of total applause

[TheGSMoeller]

Looks like about 30 seconds of clapping at the end. If that is taken to be the usual:

30 seconds x 106 symphonies = 53 min of total applause

If someone is really desperate for applause, iTunes is selling the applause (from both before and after the performance) from most of Celibidache's EMI discs, ranging from $0.99 to $1.29.

[George]

If someone is really desperate for applause, iTunes is selling the applause (from both before and after the performance) from most of Celibidache's EMI discs, ranging from $0.99 to $1.29.

Yeah, but it doesn't sound like applause, due to the slow tempo.

 

[TheGSMoeller]

Yeah, but it doesn't sound like applause, due to the slow tempo.

 

It's got to be the slowest timed applause from any applauded recording.   

[George]

It's got to be the slowest timed applause from any applauded recording.   

I was teasing because Celibidache's Bruckner tempos for EMI are famous for their slow tempos.

I always program my CD player to avoid both the starting and ending applause.

I also noticed in the sample Scarpia posted that it would have been very easy for them to either edit out the applause or make it a separate track. There's enough space between the end of the music and the start of the applause.

[kishnevi]

ImportCDs emailed me to say my order (placed last night) was already shipped on DHL/USPS today.

[Brahmsian]

ImportCDs emailed me to say my order (placed last night) was already shipped on DHL/USPS today.

*pounds the table*

I've just received word from them an hour ago, confirming shipment! 

[TheGSMoeller]

Guess who didn't like the DRD set  .... The Hurwitzer.

With a nice counter review from Fanfare's James H. North who blasts other critics (second to last paragraph) who made some negative comments regarding this set.

[Parsifal]

Guess who didn't like the DRD set  .... The Hurwitzer.

With a nice counter review from Fanfare's James H. North who blasts other critics (second to last paragraph) who made some negative comments regarding this set.

Hurwitz gets my grudging admiration for being able to make a living writing that nonsense.

[DavidW]

I enjoyed the thorough fanfare review Greg, thanks for linking it.  It really shows how superficial and brief Classics Today reviews are in comparison.

[Madiel]

Yeah, but it doesn't sound like applause, due to the slow tempo.

 

Biggest laugh-out-loud of my day!

[jlaurson]

Hurwitz gets my grudging admiration for being able to make a living writing that nonsense.

I love how, on that review, to visually support the claim that everything is shoddy, they deliberate (you can bet your behind on that!) used the absolutely worst image-cover available for that set...
Insidious, one might say.