Brilliant Classics must-haves

[Expresso]

Too bad that so many of Brilliant classic's box sets are out of print 

[Harry]

Too bad that so many of Brilliant classic's box sets are out of print 

Next time, be quicker in buying them......

[Expresso]

Next time, be quicker in buying them......

Next time i'll be waiting (or sleeping) outside the store for the new Brilliant classics release. Then i'll have to fight with the angry mob of classical music fans to get the CD's first

[rubio]

Too bad that so many of Brilliant classic's box sets are out of print 

I don't think I know any Brilliant sets which are not quite easy to find (in Europe at least); except for the Bruno Weil Haydn Masses sets.

[Harry]

I don't think I know any Brilliant sets which are not quite easy to find (in Europe at least); except for the Bruno Weil Haydn Masses sets.

There are many boxes OOP, believe me.

[SonicMan46]

Well, here's a good summary from the DSCH Journal - don't have the 'complete' cycle w/ the Borodin Quartet, but own the one w/ the Shostakovich Quartet, recordings from the late '70s-80s - quite well received & recommended, but listing at $40 on the Arkiv Music site (think I paid half of that but can't remember where or when!) - 

However, I would like to supplement that set w/ a more modern sound - think I'll add the Rubio performances to my 'want list' - 

 

Well, the Rubio Quartet's Shoshty set just arrived (added above to my previous post) - will be my weekend project - for those who have not 'checked out' the DSCH Journal review of these String Quartets, the comments are well worth a look - 

[marvinbrown]

Too bad that so many of Brilliant classic's box sets are out of print 

  I kindly refer you to a thread I started a while back ago. And yes that  is most appropraiate in fact it's bordering on this  !  Here's the link:

  http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,7412.0.html

  marvin

[The Mad Hatter]

New addition:



Haven't listened to the fifth yet, but the tenth is remarkable.

[Bunny]

It is one of the top performances of the Mahler 5th on disc.

[PerfectWagnerite]

New addition:



Haven't listened to the fifth yet, but the tenth is remarkable.

Really? I don't have that one, but I have CHailly, Sanderling, Rattle(x2) , Ormandy, Levine and some others I can't remember. WHich one do you think Barshai is more remarkable than?

[The Mad Hatter]

Really? I don't have that one, but I have CHailly, Sanderling, Rattle(x2) , Ormandy, Levine and some others I can't remember. WHich one do you think Barshai is more remarkable than?

Heh, I only have the Rattle (didn't know he did two - it's with the BPO), and Joe Wheeler's version on Naxos.

It's his own orchestration/reconstruction. Orchestrationally, the second movement is a little bit, er, unique (but still good), but I think what he's done more importantly is to add a lot of sensible contrapuntal lines throughout, to make it sound more Mahlerian. Yes, it's conjectural, but the end result is good, so who cares?

The climax of the first movement is stunning. (One review of it that I read points out that the first movement was recorded on the twelfth of September 2001.)

P. S. Thanks Bunny - will give it a listen soon.

[rw1883]

This is probably a ridiculous question, but I wonder if someone could answer this (maybe Harry?)...how about this set?:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/6083607?rk=home&rsk=hitlist

For only about $125 (including shipping)!!!  I only have the Berman ,which I bought through Amazon for around $30.  Is this a must-have?

Paul

[M forever]

This is probably a ridiculous question, but I wonder if someone could answer this (maybe Harry?)...how about this set?:

For only about $125 (including shipping)!!!  I only have the Berman ,which I bought through Amazon for around $30.  Is this a must-have?

Yes. Harry must have everything.

[Harry]

This is probably a ridiculous question, but I wonder if someone could answer this (maybe Harry?)...how about this set?:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/6083607?rk=home&rsk=hitlist

For only about $125 (including shipping)!!!  I only have the Berman ,which I bought through Amazon for around $30.  Is this a must-have?

Paul

I can be short about that, YES!

[Lilas Pastia]

I tiptoed around the integral Scarlatti set (priced at 80$ in the store). I already have about a third of the sonatas (on 22 discs), including that first 3-disc Belder Brilliant issue. But I passed. It's now priced at 103$ .  It would probably take me a couple of years - minimum - to go through it. IMO Belder is very good, but slightly inferior to Ross, and a couple notches down from my favourite Scarlattian, Gilbert Rowland. And certainly not a patch on Hantaï. But still, the prospect of owning the remaining sonatas for a modest outlay is tempting. Now, if only it would be back to its initial release price...

[PerfectWagnerite]

IBut I passed. It's now priced at 103$ . ... if only it would be back to its initial release price...

You can get it here for about $60 including shipping if you wish.

[Lilas Pastia]

Thanks, it looks tempting. But for such a massive box I'm wary of not buying it in the store. Anyhow, I made the plunge. Hope all will be right...

[PerfectWagnerite]

Thanks, it looks tempting. But for such a massive box I'm wary of not buying it in the store. Anyhow, I made the plunge. Hope all will be right...

You made the monetarily correct decision
I've used that seller on quite  a few occasions before and they are fantastic.

[Opus106]

To anyone who has had a chance to look through both incarnations of the Bruckner/Jochum/SD recordings (EMI and Brilliant Classics): does BC provide the same liner notes that comes with EMI's box? Or, at least, does it come attached with decent notes of its own?

I have exactly one box from each company -- Beethoven's string quartets from EMI and the piano sonatas from the other. While EMI's booklet is thick, with a 26-page 'analysis' of the quartets in English, the Gulda recordings come with an overview of an overview -- yes, it's that little -- giving each sonata a sentence or two.

[SonicMan46]

To anyone who has had a chance to look through both incarnations of the Bruckner/Jochum/SD recordings (EMI and Brilliant Classics): does BC provide the same liner notes that comes with EMI's box? Or, at least, does it come attached with decent notes of its own?

Opus - I have only the Brilliant Box above of these recordings; comes w/ a 24 page booklet w/ about 2 pages dedicated to each Symphony - notes witten by Dr. David Doughty.  Dave