Purchases Today

[kyjo]

Hit a used CD sale yesterday (with cheap, cheap prices so decided to do some exploring):

On BIS:

Roland Pöntinen Plays Russian piano music (Stravinsky:  Petrushka - Scriabin:  Sonata No. 7, etc.) [a pianist new to me]
James MacMillan:  Symphony No. 2 - Cumnock Fair - Sinfonietta with the Scottish CO
Wilhelm Stenhammar:  Serenade, Opus 31 with the Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi
Wilhelm Stenhammar:  Snöfrid - Intermezzo from "Sången", Midvinter - _ "Lodolezzi sjunger", Suite with GSO/N. Järvi

on Naxos:

Ernö Dohnányi - Konzerstück for Cello and Orchestra; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Ruralia Hungarica with Maria Kliegel, cello and Jenõ Jandó, piano, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia and Michael Halasz
Anton Arensky - Chamber Music:  Piano Quintet, String Quartet No. 2 and Pianot Trio No. 1 with Spectrum Concerts Berlin [New]
Alexander Zemlinsky:  Cello Sonata; Three Pieces for Cello and Piano; Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano with Other Müller, cello, Ernst Ottensamer, clarinet and Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
Carl Nielsen:  Violin Concerto; Clarinet Concerto and Flute Concerto:  Jonathan Carney, violin; Kevin Banks, clarinet; Gareth Davies, flute with Bournemouth SO and Kees Bakels

Gimell

Josquin:  Missa Pange lingua; Missa La sol fa re mi with the Tallis Scholars with Peter Phillips


on EMI:

Brahms:  Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3 with Kyung-Wha Chung and Peter Frankl (purchased elsewhere but still quite inexpensive)
Martha Argerich and Friends (Live from Lugano 2005)

Praga

Josef Suk:  Israel Symphony with Prague Radio Sym. Orch.  and Vladimir Valek

Marco Polo

Enescu:  String Octet in C, Op. 7; Distuor for Winds in D with Winds of the Iasi Moldova Phil. with Ion Baciu

Alto

Nikolai Myaskovsky (finally Jeffrey!):  Complete Symphonic Works Vol 13 (Sym. No. 17, 21 and Salutatory Overture) with Russian Fed. Acad. SO and Svetlanov [Olympia]

RCA

Panufnik:  Sym. No. 9; Piano Concerto with Ewa Poblocka, London SO and Sir Andrzej Panufnik

Telarc

Dohnanyi:  Sym. No. 1 with Leon Botstein and the London PO
Vaughan Williams:  Sym. No. 2 and the Lark Ascending with Barry Griffiths, violin, Previn and the Royal Phil. Orch.

Erato

Poulenc:  Concerto for 2 Pianos with Duchable and Collard, pianos and Rotterdams PO with James Conlon

Vox

Glinka:  SQ No. 2; Myaskovsky:  SQ No. 13; Taneyev Trio No. 2 with the Gosteleradio Quartet

Cirrus (never heard of this label before--Do others know of it here?)

Sibelius:  Finlandia with the LSO and Rozhdestvensky (too tempting to pass on it!)

Somm

Chamber music by Jacques Ibert with the Bridge String Quartet with Michael Dussek, Bryn Lewis and Richard Alsop

Helios

Frank Bridge:  Phantasie Trio, Phantasy Quartet and Piano Trio No. 2 with the Dartington Trio with Patrick Ireland

Supraphon

Josef Suk, violin:  Dvorak Miniatures, Bagatelles, Terzetto; Suk:  Piano Quartet

Unicorn-Kanchana

Peter Maxwell Davies:  Into the Labyrinth; Sinfonietta Accademica with Neil Mackie, tenor, Scottish CO, cond. by Davies

E Classical Express /Harmonia Mundi

Prokofiev:  Piano Music - romeo and Juliet and Cinderella with Frederic Chiu, piano

MusiFrance (Radio France)

Dutilleux:  Mystère de l'Instant; Métaboles; Timbres, Espace, Mouvement ou "La Nuit Etoilée" with Collegium Musicum, Paul Sacher, Orch. National de France, M. Rostropovich

DG

Anna Netrebko:  Russian album with Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre and V. Gergiev
Bela Bartok:  Concerto for Orchestra; 4 Orchestral Pieces; Orchesterstücke, Op. 12 with Pierre Boulez and the Chicago SO

Sony

Witold Lutoslawski:  Sym. No. 4, Les Espaces du sommeil, Sym. No. 3 with John Shirley-Quirk, baritone and Los Angeles Phil. with Esa-Pekka Salonen

Ondine

Kaija Saariaho:  Private Gardens with Camilla Hoitenga, Florent Jodelet, Anssi Karttunen and Dawn Upshaw

London

Paul Hindemith:  Mathis der Maler; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Trauermusik with San Francisco Sym. and Herbert Blomstedt


Chandos

Dohnanyi:  Piano Concerto No. 1 and Ruralia Hungarica with Howard Shelly and BBC Phil. Matthias Bamert

The End!

PD

Wow!! What an utterly fantastic selection, PD! 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Wow!! What an utterly fantastic selection, PD! 

Thanks Kyle!  I'm looking forward to making my way through them.

PD

[JBS]

One of MI's posts made me realize this was now available, so I ordered it.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

One of MI's posts made me realize this was now available, so I ordered it.

Who are the main artists in that set JBS?

PD

[ritter]

One of MI's posts made me realize this was now available, so I ordered it.

I'm on the brink (even if I already have about half of the recordings it contains). Let's see whether the price in Amazon Spain drops below the 40€ mark (as can be found in other European Amazon sites); with free shipping, that'd be a good proposition. Let's see...

[vandermolen]

Just went back after noticing some (more) typos to correct them. 

Thanks!  Hopefully, I chose wisely--particularly re Russian composers and their compositions which I don't know much about which ones are supposed to be their best!  I did double-check my Miaskovsky list (your suggestions re symphonies) which I had put on my iPhone    The Suk (both the Joseph and the Praga ones) were no-brainers....figured that I'd be safe with the Boulez/Bartok one...have heard the Netrebko Russian album before too.    The Macmillan and Saariaho ones:  don't know the works, but I've heard some of their works before and enjoyed them.  Also, heard good things about the Lugano sets with Argerich before.  Nielsen, I like but didn't know his concertos.

Looks like Cirrus (made in Germany) licensed the Sibelius/Rozhdestvensky recording from EMI; hopefully, the transfer was decent?  I haven't heard anything about Roz.'s recordings of Sibelius, but am hoping that it's good!  It also has Valse Triste, Karelia Suite, Swan of Tuonela and P.D. on it. 

PD

I hope that you read the notes accompanying your Miaskovsky/Myaskovsky CD PD 

[JBS]

PD, I didn't check to see who exactly plays what. I know I already have some of it.

But I liked the previous Debussy and Berlioz boxes, and having an alternative to go with the DG Complete box will be nice.

Here's the performer listing from the Amazon images.


BTW that was a nice haul you got!

[Mirror Image]

One of MI's posts made me realize this was now available, so I ordered it.

Thumbs up, Jeffrey!

[JBS]

From Arkivmusic

[Mirror Image]

I'm on the brink (even if I already have about half of the recordings it contains). Let's see whether the price in Amazon Spain drops below the 40€ mark (as can be found in other European Amazon sites); with free shipping, that'd be a good proposition. Let's see...

Like you, Rafael, I owned a lot of these performances already, but the price was too good to pass up plus I love what Warner did with the Debussy box set. (And the Berlioz one as well even if I'm less of a fan of his music.)

[ritter]

Who are the main artists in that set JBS?

PD

Presto gives an apparently complete list of the recordings included in that set: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8797375--ravel-the-complete-works.

Like you, Rafael, I owned a lot of these performances already, but the price was too good to pass up plus I love what Warner did with the Debussy box set. (And the Berlioz one as well even if I'm less of a fan of his music.)

Yep, I too bought the Debussy and the Berlioz, and this Ravel would kind of just be a continuation of the trend...

[JBS]

Presto gives an apparently complete list of the recordings included in that set: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8797375--ravel-the-complete-works.
Yep, I too bought the Debussy and the Berlioz, and this Ravel would kind of just be a continuation of the trend...

So I have even less that what I thought I had: the Queffelec, Argerich, Martinon, the Q Ebene, and the ones with Capucon/Braley.

The Presto listing seems to leave out the "historical" recordings.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I hope that you read the notes accompanying your Miaskovsky/Myaskovsky CD PD 

You know, Jeffrey, first thing I did (after settling down at home) was to check to see whether or not you had written the liner notes!  All I saw was the name Per Skans, but looking again, I see that there are notes by three different men including a Jeffrey!   

And, yes teacher, I will read them before listening to the CD!

Presto gives an apparently complete list of the recordings included in that set: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8797375--ravel-the-complete-works.
Yep, I too bought the Debussy and the Berlioz, and this Ravel would kind of just be a continuation of the trend...

And thanks for the link Ritter!

PD, I didn't check to see who exactly plays what. I know I already have some of it.

But I liked the previous Debussy and Berlioz boxes, and having an alternative to go with the DG Complete box will be nice.

Here's the performer listing from the Amazon images.


BTW that was a nice haul you got!

Thanks for the image/listing.  And good to know re 'haul'; I was a bit nervous about purchasing some of the works that I didn't know...hoping that they were some of the better pieces by composers that I don't know well.  Will give them a listen to over the course of the next few weeks...with, hopefully, an open mind. 

PD

p.s.  I'd love to get that Debussy box someday too...sounded tempting (will double-check the artists, etc.).    Hope that you enjoy your purchases!

[Brian]

Anton Arensky - Chamber Music:  Piano Quintet, String Quartet No. 2 and Pianot Trio No. 1 with Spectrum Concerts Berlin [New]

Vaughan Williams:  Sym. No. 2 and the Lark Ascending with Barry Griffiths, violin, Previn and the Royal Phil. Orch.

Prokofiev:  Piano Music - romeo and Juliet and Cinderella with Frederic Chiu, piano

Just quoting a few that I know to be really good - the Arensky string quartet is one of the most moving pieces of Russian romantic chamber music, especially when played with two cellos, and the opening theme is unforgettable.

Pöntinen is a very solid pianist. The Dohnanyi and Zemlinsky music there is all very pleasant (my favorite Dohnanyi is the Nursery Variations).

My copy of the Complete Ravel arrived Friday. There is a very thorough booklet essay presenting his biography and almost all his music in the context of his life. I own many recordings of the piano and orchestral music, so it is okay that some of their choices are not perfect (Martinon's Mother Goose should have been used instead of Rattle's). But the songs and choral music and chamber stuff will be fun to explore, as will the piano roll recordings by Ravel himself and recordings made by his friends and students.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Just quoting a few that I know to be really good - the Arensky string quartet is one of the most moving pieces of Russian romantic chamber music, especially when played with two cellos, and the opening theme is unforgettable.

Pöntinen is a very solid pianist. The Dohnanyi and Zemlinsky music there is all very pleasant (my favorite Dohnanyi is the Nursery Variations).

My copy of the Complete Ravel arrived Friday. There is a very thorough booklet essay presenting his biography and almost all his music in the context of his life. I own many recordings of the piano and orchestral music, so it is okay that some of their choices are not perfect (Martinon's Mother Goose should have been used instead of Rattle's). But the songs and choral music and chamber stuff will be fun to explore, as will the piano roll recordings by Ravel himself and recordings made by his friends and students.

Thanks for your comments Brian; good to hear! 

PD

[Mirror Image]

Thanks for your comments Brian; good to hear! 

PD

I can only back up Brian's comments in that this Ravel set is lovingly presented. I thought the Decca Complete set was 'okay' nothing special, but this Warner set feels like some thought was put into it. It seems like Amazon has the best price on it.

P.S. You most definitely should get the Debussy Warner set. Another incredible set that will be worth your while --- trust me.

[vandermolen]

You know, Jeffrey, first thing I did (after settling down at home) was to check to see whether or not you had written the liner notes!  All I saw was the name Per Skans, but looking again, I see that there are notes by three different men including a Jeffrey!   

And, yes teacher, I will read them before listening to the CD!

PD

That was the first CD that I wrote any notes for. It combines (IMO) two of the greatest NYM symphonies:

[Pohjolas Daughter]

That was the first CD that I wrote any notes for. It combines (IMO) two of the greatest NYM symphonies:

Ah, your first liner notes!  How special!  Truly!    Am looking forward to listening to it.

PD

[vandermolen]

Ah, your first liner notes!  How special!  Truly!    Am looking forward to listening to it.

PD

[springrite]

Quite a haul for you! Many good ones!!!

Praga

Josef Suk:  Israel Symphony with Prague Radio Sym. Orch.  and Vladimir Valek

This must be Asrael Symphony, I think...