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[kishnevi]

Splurged on a superset

[Que]

Just ordered:



Q

[HIPster]

Just ordered:



Q

Looks good, Que! 

[Que]

Looks good, Que! 

I keep mining Harmonia Mundi's back catalogue. 

Q

[HIPster]

I keep mining Harmonia Mundi's back catalogue. 

Q

Nice.

You really cannot go wrong in most cases. 

[Mookalafalas]

I keep mining Harmonia Mundi's back catalogue. 

Q

Speaking of.....this just came in the mail today.

[asin]B0743X369G[/asin]

Ohh Baby!!
And crazy cheap.

[Karl Henning]

Speaking of.....this just came in the mail today.

[asin]B0743X369G[/asin]

Ohh Baby!!
And crazy cheap.

Well, I do declare that a temptation.

[Mookalafalas]

Well, I do declare that a temptation.

 

[North Star]

Speaking of.....this just came in the mail today.

[asin]B0743X369G[/asin]

Ohh Baby!!
And crazy cheap.

I wish they would have made it complete. I recall thinking that many of the most interesting recordings I don't already own are left out. I might still have to get it eventually..

[ritter]

Pulled the trigger on Leslie Howard's complete Liszt set,...I knew sooner or later this would be in my collection.



The best overall deal I saw was on jpc.de.

[San Antone]

Pulled the trigger on Leslie Howard's complete Liszt set,...I knew sooner or later this would be in my collection.



The best overall deal I saw was on jpc.de.

That box is definitely in my future; but I have held off 1) because of the cost, as well as, 2) already owning the main repertory of Liszt recorded by Howard (the first 15, or so, CDs), and having several alternate recordings of selected works. I see the box as a way to acquire the lesser known pieces I don't have any recordings of.  And, of course, there is my completist tendancy.   

If you don't mind saying, what did you pay?

[Jo498]

Actually I'm already into Boulez and Holmboe.  And I'm finding I like Martinu far more than I like Smetana or Janacek. Dvorak too but the difference is not as great...

Personal (dis)likes are beside the point I was trying to make: Smetana is revered as the "father" of Czech national music and nothing by Martinu is even close in popularity to Ma Vlast, Bartered Bride or the "From my Life" quartet. Actually, nothing by Martinu is all that popular. (Maybe the nonet?) Hardly surprising because one has to turn to Milhaud or Villa Lobos to find composers who wrote as much stuff as Martinu, so the little attention gets divided over too many pieces.

[Florestan]

one has to turn to Milhaud or Villa Lobos to find composers who wrote as much stuff as Martinu

All three are indolent compared to Czerny... 

[North Star]

Personal (dis)likes are beside the point I was trying to make: Smetana is revered as the "father" of Czech national music and nothing by Martinu is even close in popularity to Ma Vlast, Bartered Bride or the "From my Life" quartet.

I don't see how that is relevant to the earlier discussion, though..

[ritter]

If you don't mind saying, what did you pay?

Not at all...186€ shipping to Spain included.. .

[Mirror Image]

Personal (dis)likes are beside the point I was trying to make: Smetana is revered as the "father" of Czech national music and nothing by Martinu is even close in popularity to Ma Vlast, Bartered Bride or the "From my Life" quartet. Actually, nothing by Martinu is all that popular. (Maybe the nonet?) Hardly surprising because one has to turn to Milhaud or Villa Lobos to find composers who wrote as much stuff as Martinu, so the little attention gets divided over too many pieces.

I suppose my initial after (the afore mentioned composers) didn't even weigh into your thought process when you made this post.

[Mirror Image]

Not at all...186€ shipping to Spain included.. .

Not a bad deal considering how much the set has gone for in the past.

[arpeggio]

Pulled the trigger on Leslie Howard's complete Liszt set,...I knew sooner or later this would be in my collection.



The best overall deal I saw was on jpc.de.

I acquired it a few years ago and the set is overwhelming.  I have only listened to some of the discs.

I have an Amazon credit card and earned enough Amazon points to get it for nothing.   

[Mirror Image]

Recommended by Josquin13 via the Martinu thread:



Too bad Nocturnes isn't included as it was on the original LP.

[Madiel]

I suppose my initial after (the afore mentioned composers) didn't even weigh into your thought process when you made this post.

You didn't mention Smetana. The aforementioned composers were Dvorak and Janacek.