Brahms Brilliant set

[OzRadio]

I've seen Brilliant's complete Brahms set advertised on a couple European sites. Are there plans to release this in the States, does anyone know?

[Que]

I've seen Brilliant's complete Brahms set advertised on a couple European sites. Are there plans to release this in the States, does anyone know?

The set is listed on Arkivmusic as being released on 5/27/2008, which is two days from now.

Q

[marvinbrown]

I've seen Brilliant's complete Brahms set advertised on a couple European sites. Are there plans to release this in the States, does anyone know?

  If you are referring to this set amazon.com has it for $95

 

  marvin

[12tone.]

The only thing is performance.  I would worry about that...unless it's a compilation of a bunch of more well-known players.

[Que]

The only thing is performance.  I would worry about that...unless it's a compilation of a bunch of more well-known players.

I detest those large boxes.
Call me stubborn, but I just hate to take "the bad with the good" (which is most of the times just that: good and not the dream performance).

Q

[BachQ]

I detest those large boxes.
Call me stubborn, but I just hate to take "the bad with the good" (which is most of the times just that: good and not the dream performance).

Q

That's a pity.  I had this boxed, packaged, and ready to ship to you at no charge.  Guess I'll have to make alternate plans for this gem ............

[Brian]

These Elgar jokes have been so painfully unfunny for so long that now they're kind of funny again.

[12tone.]

I detest those large boxes.
Call me stubborn, but I just hate to take "the bad with the good" (which is most of the times just that: good and not the dream performance).

Q

I guess um... *cough* ... nah, George will make another joke about people on the North Pole knowing a certain something.  Anyhoo.... *cough*...

[ChamberNut]

I checked out the track listings for the 60 CDs, and there are only a small number of 4-hands piano music (ie. Hungarian Dances, and a few others).  So, I think "Complete Edition" is a little misleading.

[prémont]

I detest those large boxes.
Call me stubborn, but I just hate to take "the bad with the good" (which is most of the times just that: good and not the dream performance).

Q

The boxes may be a good thing though. I have collected the "complete" Haenssler Bach edition as well as the "complete" Brilliant Bach box, even if I owned a substantial number of the works in several other recordings. The number of good to excellent interpretations is in both cases so high, that I think, both boxes offer much more than value for money. If you collect multiple recordings, all your CDs can not be dream-interpretations. The drawback is, that I feel obliged to listen to all the less good CDs, before I give or throw them away. Remember Harrys self-tormenting exercises with Yukohamas LvB sonatas?

[Brian]

I checked out the track listings for the 60 CDs, and there are only a small number of 4-hands piano music (ie. Hungarian Dances, and a few others).  So, I think "Complete Edition" is a little misleading.

Indeed! I checked for those - no 4-hand symphonies, sextets or anything else. Very disappointing to me...

[Que]

The boxes may be a good thing though. I have collected the "complete" Haenssler Bach edition as well as the "complete" Brilliant Bach box, even if I owned a substantial number of the works in several other recordings. The number of good to excellent interpretations is in both cases so high, that I think, both boxes offer much more than value for money. If you collect multiple recordings, all your CDs can not be dream-interpretations.

I prefer to pick and chose! And I do strive for dream performances, and even with multiple recordings that is possible IMO. I have no time to listen to "good" performances of Brahms' symphonies by "whatshisname" when I have Weingartner, Walter, Klemperer and Furtwängler all lined up and ready to go...

The drawback is, that I feel obliged to listen to all the less good CDs, before I give or throw them away. Remember Harrys self-tormenting exercises with Yukohamas LvB sonatas?

Exactly.

Q

[marvinbrown]

The drawback is, that I feel obliged to listen to all the less good CDs, before I give or throw them away. Remember Harrys self-tormenting exercises with Yukohamas LvB sonatas?

  That's terrible.  I just can't subject myself to this kind of torture.  If I don't like a CD Stop followed by the Eject button on my stereo system is the only way to go.  Much like Q I too like to pick and choose and I strive for dream performances as well! 

  marvin