Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[rubio]

In the mailbox :

     

[PaulR]

takemitsu: Spirit Garden, Solitude Sonore, Three Film Scores for String Orchestra, Dreamtime, A flock descends into the Pentagonal Garden Alsop/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony #1, Adagio from Symphony #10, Bernstein/NYPO
Holst: The Planets Elgar: The Enigma variations Boult/LPO and LSO
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi Patane/New Philharmonia Orchestra
Berlioz: Harold in Italy Munch/BSO
Rautavaara: Book of Visions, Adagio Celeste, Symphony #1 Franck/National Orchestra of Belgium
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #2 van Cliburn/Reiner/CSO

This is my first experience with Takemitsu, so I'm excited about that, and I'm still exploring Rautavaara, everything I've heard up to now of his works, I like.  So this should be an interesting time listening to these CDs

[Holden]

Liszt - 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies; Louis Kentner

This is a 3LP set from Vox of the much underrated Kentner playing all 19 of these works. I don't own a turntable but can borrow one. What I will do is find someone to digitise these for me and then I'll send the LP to a good home for free. Anyone interested - Dirk???

[Lilas Pastia]

Rubio, I think you'll like the Böhm box. Excellent LvB 7, Mozart 35, Brahms 2. Incomparable Tod und Verklärung. The Schumann concerto (Gilels) is also of special stature and really unique.

[M forever]

Böhm also made some recordings for DG with the LSO, of the last 3 Tchaikovsky symphonies. Interesting because he is so completely associated with the German/Austrian repertoire. I actually listened to the recordings a long time ago but don't really remember much about them. I don't even think I have seen any of these recordings on CD except for the 5th.

[Lilas Pastia]

The threesome are available on cd (double DG album). The 4th is idiosyncratic but exciting, the 6th is devastating in its power and singleminded sense of purpose. Tempi are rather slow, but textures are transparent (as always with this conductor) and phrasing is very incisive.

IMHO Böhm's most successful foray outside the austro-german repertoire is his Dvorak 9th (WP). For my money there is no more exciting AND lyrical AND powerful reading around. And the orchestra plays with unparallelled commitment. Tempi are rather fast, but textures are full (very different for the LSO).

[M forever]

Ah yes, that is a great recording. I didn't think of that because somehow I don't really think of Dvořák as so far outside the German/Austrian repertoire although the composer is obviously Czech and the music has a very strong local and personal character, for the same reasons you pointed out recently, the many close ties between German and Czech culture, especially when it comes to this music which is based on material with a distinct local colorit and tone but cast in a form and for the kind of ensemble developed mostly by German speaking composers. More like the "next door neighbor" with whom you share a garden fence than somebody further away.

[Sergeant Rock]

And you love the M, you forget to type...

That goes without saying 

Listen to the finale of the 3rd symphony, when the theme comes around for the 2nd time (about 22 seconds in) and the horns suddenly pop out of the texture with that golden, round, very mellow Dresden sound. That moment alone is worth getting the whole box. You chose wisely.

I agree. In fact it's moments like that that often decide between performances I merely like and a performance that will accompany me to the desert island. You are absolutely right about the horns. I checked my other performances of the Third and was surprised that Immerseel buries them almost completely as does Harnoncourt (after giving us really brash and brazen brass detail up until that point). Wand is pretty good, his Rhenish horns popping out almost as effectively as the Saxons. Despite the poor reputation Goodman's Nimbus cycle has in this forum, I like it and was pleased to hear the horns clearly in his Third. His speed in this movement is so different, so much faster than any other version I've heard, thrilling in an over-the-top way. But...Davis and Dresden will share my island. Thanks again for the recommendation.

Sarge

[The new erato]

Despite the poor reputation Goodman's Nimbus cycle has in this forum, I like it and was pleased to hear the horns clearly in his Third. ,Sarge

If you're talking about Schumann (this discussiun goes back several pages); I thought Goodmans cycle was on RCA?

[Sergeant Rock]

If you're talking about Schumann...

No, we're discussing Schubert.

Sarge

[rubio]

I picked up this one really cheap; Beethoven 7th performed by Konwitschny/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. I have never heard anything conducted by Konwitschny earlier, but I have read positive things about this 7th.

[MN Dave]

I'm getting this in the mail.



How is it?

[Que]

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[Drasko]

Latin-American baroque opera, on Calderon de la Barca texts - tasty! Comments, at your leisure, please.

Where did you get the Desmarest from, looks out of print?

[Que]

Latin-American baroque opera, on Calderon de la Barca texts - tasty! Comments, at your leisure, please.

Will do, I was as intrigued! Never heard Latin American Baroque before, the shop in Amsterdam had several issues from K617 from their Latin Amarican Baroque series on special offer. Are you familiar with some of those?

Where did you get the Desmarest from, looks out of print?

I suspected that - got it at an 2nd hand & cut outs store here.
I'm looking forward to it - first thing tomorrow morning!

Q

[MN Dave]

I downloaded a couple Sudbin albums: Scriabin, Rachmaninoff and Chopin.

Should be fun listening. 

[Brian]

I downloaded a couple Sudbin albums: Scriabin, Rachmaninoff and Chopin.

Should be fun listening. 

Oooh, yes indeed.

Wait a minute ...

... he's released a Chopin CD?!?!??!! 

[Kullervo]

I was going to do the usual thing and get several discs by different composers, but I figured I would go for one big box of music by one composer this time.

[Lethevich]

I was going to do the usual thing and get several discs by different composers, but I figured I would go for one big box of music by one composer this time.

Boxes win when they are as high quality as this

[Harry]

Boxes win when they are as high quality as this

Heartily agreed!