Purchases Today

[Roasted Swan]

Pre-order

Just finished listening to this disc - it really is excellent.  I cannot make head nor tail of the Commonwealth Christmas Overture - possibly Arnold's worst ever piece but the performance here is very good.  But all the other music is very fine and receives performances the equal of any other I'd say.....

[Harry]

This much desired box is on its way to me....finally.

Jacob Handl Gallus Box, 3 CD'S and book.

[j winter]

Oh, I envy you!  May I ask what it was going for?

PD

$99, plus tax

Their used CD section is pretty amazing, they have large racks of classical averaging 2-4 dollars per disc.  I'm listening right now to Claudio Arrau's Mozart sonata set, which I got a while back for $11.  Well worth a visit if you're ever in that neck of the woods...  www.prex.com 

[Que]

This much desired box is on its way to me....finally.

Jacob Handl Gallus Box, 3 CD'S and book.

Fingers crossed! 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

$99, plus tax

Their used CD section is pretty amazing, they have large racks of classical averaging 2-4 dollars per disc.  I'm listening right now to Claudio Arrau's Mozart sonata set, which I got a while back for $11.  Well worth a visit if you're ever in that neck of the woods...  www.prex.com

Hope to get there....one of these days!

PD

[vandermolen]

Just finished listening to this disc - it really is excellent.  I cannot make head nor tail of the Commonwealth Christmas Overture - possibly Arnold's worst ever piece but the performance here is very good.  But all the other music is very fine and receives performances the equal of any other I'd say.....

Good to know. Thanks.

[Wanderer]

[JBS]

From the used CD cart at the public library, for a grand total of $2US

[Pohjolas Daughter]

From the used CD cart at the public library, for a grand total of $2US

Good gets!  And, boy, you're library sells them very cheaply.  I think that mine is now up to a the princely sum of $2 each?  I do take a quick perusal in their bins whenever I'm at the library. 

PD

[Spotted Horses]

Took a holiday road trip over to Princeton, and was extremely happy to find one of these...

One of the big boxes I kick myself for missing...

[Harry]

Today the Handl box arrived and I am happy to say that it is pristine, really looks like new. The book was never looked in, and the CD's have no scratches at at all.
Will start listening tomorrow to see if all the CD run like clockwork, so for the moment I am happy.

[prémont]

Today the Handl box arrived and I am happy to say that it is pristine, really looks like new. The book was never looked in, and the CD's have no scratchesat at all.

Congrats!    How much did you have to pay for it?

[Harry]

Congrats!    How much did you have to pay for it?

In toto 104 euros. It was however never used, so I think a bargain.

[Mapman]

After reading the comments in the Rubbra thread, I ordered this, as well as a couple other cheap discs that didn't increase the shipping cost.

[vandermolen]

Today the Handl box arrived and I am happy to say that it is pristine, really looks like new. The book was never looked in, and the CD's have no scratches at at all.
Will start listening tomorrow to see if all the CD run like clockwork, so for the moment I am happy.

Looks fabulous Harry!

[Operafreak]

 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Shlomo Mintz & Itzhak Perlman

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

[JBS]

This landed today.

Danny's second go at the Beethoven Piano Trios is far from complete: not only is it missing all the works with no opus numbers, it's missing the Opus 11 (perhaps because the violin is only an alternative to the clarinet in that work) and Opus 44 (for no reason I can see).  The booklet gives no explanation for the omissions. (His earlier go, with DuPre and Zuckerman, included Opus 44 and some of the works with no opus numbers, while Opus 11 he did in its clarinet version.)

[Wanderer]

[Brian]

Danny's second go at the Beethoven Piano Trios is far from complete: not only is it missing all the works with no opus numbers, it's missing the Opus 11 (perhaps because the violin is only an alternative to the clarinet in that work) and Opus 44 (for no reason I can see).  The booklet gives no explanation for the omissions.

Thank you for including the back cover image, though. I found two things in the blurb quite funny. One was the pretentious beginning, declaring the importance of equality and trying to make the music relevant to that cause. The other was the thin attempt to explain the nepotism of playing music with his son. Musicians play with their husbands, wives, sons, and daughters all the time; there's no reason to pretend Danny needs a different excuse.

[ritter]

Just ordered:


For Reynaldo Hahn's Violin Concerto. It's not my favourite work by the composer, but thought that having it in a performance by a star violinist would be interesting.