Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

[ChamberNut]

"Great" purchase, Karl.   

[karlhenning]

"Great" purchase, Karl.   

Measured by number of discs in a single box, my "greatest" to date 

[The new erato]

Measured by number of discs in a single box, my "greatest" to date 

And no space wasted on librettos either!

[karlhenning]

And no space wasted on librettos either!

Bah! Those you can get online anytime.

[The new erato]

Bah! Those you can get online anytime.

It's all about some old gods running around in the woods, a kind of mythologic/geriatric Blair Witch Project.

[PSmith08]

I got mine today, and I think you'll enjoy the set.

[PerfectWagnerite]

I got mine today, and I think you'll enjoy the set.

Mine should be in today also The price of that set is so low they are practically giving it away. The Boehm/Ring Cycle is probably worth the price of the set alone.

[PSmith08]

Mine should be in today also The price of that set is so low they are practically giving it away. The Boehm/Ring Cycle is probably worth the price of the set alone.

I paid more for the "bargain" box of Böhm's Ring than this set. Of course, I've paid more for single-work sets than I paid for this box. I'm only repeating two recordings (Böhm's Ring and Tristan), which makes me happy.

I'd say that if anyone is thinking about getting a bunch of Wagner, now is the time.

[Sergeant Rock]

Very funny, Karl. What did you really buy today?

Sarge

[mn dave]

Very funny, Karl. What did you really buy today?

Sarge

My thoughts exactly.

[PerfectWagnerite]

I'm only repeating two recordings (Böhm's Ring and Tristan), which makes me happy.

Yeah, I am repeating the same two recordings as you are. Well not exactly since after placing the order for the big box (last MONTH !) I sold Böhm's Ring and Tristan on Ebay which brough in more $$$ than what I paid for the box. I don't know how Universal makes any money on that box. What are we paying for ? About $2 per cd?

I really wanted Levine's Parsifal and Sawallisch's Lohengrin. Too bad Rienzi is not in there. Do they even perform Rienzi at Bayreuth?

[prémont]

So you have chosen to seize the nettle? 

[Sergeant Rock]

Do they even perform Rienzi at Bayreuth?

Nope. The accepted canon is the ten music dramas in the box.

Sarge

[Harry]

Very funny, Karl. What did you really buy today?

Sarge

Yes I did not buy that either, Wagner and Karl, vitriolic I would say, no match there.

[PSmith08]

Yeah, I am repeating the same two recordings as you are. Well not exactly since after placing the order for the big box (last MONTH !) I sold Böhm's Ring and Tristan on Ebay which brough in more $$$ than what I paid for the box. I don't know how Universal makes any money on that box. What are we paying for ? About $2 per cd?

I really wanted Levine's Parsifal and Sawallisch's Lohengrin. Too bad Rienzi is not in there. Do they even perform Rienzi at Bayreuth?

Universal has already made their money off these sets. Many, though not all, were out on the Philips Richard Wagner Edition of some years back, and all of them have been around long enough to have paid for themselves (Böhm's Ring probably did so back when the set was on LPs). So, minus material costs, Universal is probably doing nothing except making money on the set.

[Sergeant Rock]

Yes I did not buy that either, Wagner and Karl, vitriolic I would say, no match there.

Karl is the anti-Wagnerite...yes, I'm not buying this either until Karl replies. But I'm expecting a big, fat grin and a confession 

Sarge

[mn dave]

The 'witz!



Chopin:
   

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'

(Recorded 13th May 1950,Town Hall)

Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60

(Recorded 23rd February 1957, Carnegie Hall)

Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

(Recorded 8th May 1952, Manhattan Center)

Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie'

(Recorded live 23rd April 1951, Carnegie Hall)

Étude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3 'Tristesse'

(Recorded 29th April 1951, Hunter College Auditorium)

Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

(Recorded 28th-29th April 1951, Hunter College Auditorium)

Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

((withdrawn 1949 recording) Recorded 28th December 1949, Town Hall)

[marvinbrown]

    Karl please explain this purchase?    change of heart? did you lose a bet?   

  One thing is certain, with this purchase Karl has created a great disturbance in the force today!

  marvin 

   

[Bogey]