complete editions- Box sets

[Que]

Another "Complete" hits the deck! 


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[Opus106]

w00t!

[Brian]

I might have to get that one, if the performances are worthwhile.

Performer listing (my comments/insertions in bold):
+Historische Aufnahmen: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 (Rachmaninoff,
Philadelphia Orchestra, Stokowski / 1929 nice! but I have it already);Klavierkonzert Nr. 3
(Horowitz, London SO, Coates / 1930);Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 (Richter, USSR State SO, Agarkov / LA/1969);Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
Richter, Moscow Youth SO, Kondrashin / 1951 what about 4?!)
Earl Wild, Isoumov, Tischenko, Milnes (is that a misspelling of Milne, Hamish?), Lapina, Borusene, Hynninen,
Leiferkus, Howard Shelley, Borodin Trio (from Chandos?), Ivashkin, Lugansky,
Rodriguez, Michael Ponti, Groslot, Garrick Ohlsson, Franke, Thorson, Thurber,
Royal PO, USSR SO, London SO, St. Louis SO, Roshdestvensky,
Slatkin u. v.a.

So it looks like the symphonies and orchestral music are Leonard Slatkin's St. Louis set on VOX, and the concertos might be either Howard Shelley's or Earl Wild's. Any tips on these?

[Kullervo]

Why hasn't anyone released a complete Ravel?

[Brian]

By the way, Naxos is releasing boxes of Haydn's complete symphonies, piano sonatas, and concertos - plus a new box of the Kodaly Quartet's legendary Haydn string quartet cycle. Cool beans 

[DavidW]

And Brilliant Classics seems to have released their big box set of Haydn.   I accidently stumbled upon it while browsing amazon.

[Brian]

By the way, Naxos is releasing boxes of Haydn's complete symphonies, piano sonatas, and concertos - plus a new box of the Kodaly Quartet's legendary Haydn string quartet cycle. Cool beans 

Absurd sale alert: these Naxos boxes are on deep discount for the moment from Naxosdirect.com. The piano sonatas on 10 discs are US$40, the string quartets, on 25 CDs, are $80, and the symphonies on 34 CDs are $120. Does anybody know Jando's Haydn performances? Because I'm really thinking about pulling the trigger.

[PerfectWagnerite]

Does anybody know Jando's Haydn performances? Because I'm really thinking about pulling the trigger.

I only have Jando's Volume 10 (the one classicstoday.com gave a 10/10 to). It is very enjoyable although I must say the music isn't really to my liking. The only comparison I have is Andre-Hamelin on Hyperion (a 2cd set) and I think Jando more than holds his own against his more expensive fellow artists. Not sure I would fork over $40 for Jando since you can get a 15cd set peformed by Brautigam on an actual fortepiano for under $50 from BIS.

[Lilas Pastia]

Absurd sale alert: these Naxos boxes are on deep discount for the moment from Naxosdirect.com. The piano sonatas on 10 discs are US$40, the string quartets, on 25 CDs, are $80, and the symphonies on 34 CDs are $120. Does anybody know Jando's Haydn performances? Because I'm really thinking about pulling the trigger.

Considering the spate of absurdly low-priced reissues one sees in stores these days, I'd bet Decca will step in with their own 'compleat Haydn' at half the price of the Naxos boxes. Waiting for the price to come down is what fuels deflation and recession. Are we bargain hunters ruining the economy?

[Bulldog]

I only have Jando's Volume 10 (the one classicstoday.com gave a 10/10 to). It is very enjoyable although I must say the music isn't really to my liking. The only comparison I have is Andre-Hamelin on Hyperion (a 2cd set) and I think Jando more than holds his own against his more expensive fellow artists. Not sure I would fork over $40 for Jando since you can get a 15cd set peformed by Brautigam on an actual fortepiano for under $50 from BIS.

Jando does as well with Haydn as he does with Bach - not good enough.  Brautigam is much better as is the Brilliant Classics box with different artists on fortepianos.  For me, Brendel tops the list.

[Daverz]

Absurd sale alert: these Naxos boxes are on deep discount for the moment from Naxosdirect.com. The piano sonatas on 10 discs are US$40, the string quartets, on 25 CDs, are $80, and the symphonies on 34 CDs are $120. Does anybody know Jando's Haydn performances? Because I'm really thinking about pulling the trigger.

Schornsheim's set is 20 Euro from JPC (though "deliverable within 3-4 weeks if available from supplier" does sound ominous.)

[Lilas Pastia]

I became disenchanted with the Schornsheim set as I proceeded through it. It just doesn't seem to 'gel'. I understand this was a period of rapid changes (hence the use of clavichord, harpsichord and fortepiano), but I feel I'm hearing a history of 18th century keyboard playing instead of Haydn. I perefer smaller compendiums such as the Brendel or Hamelin discs. They offer more music, more keyboard, more personality.

[Sorin Eushayson]

Why hasn't anyone released a complete Ravel?

I'm afraid not.  There are separate complete sets of his orchestral, piano, violin, etc. works out there, though.

[The new erato]

I'm afraid not.  There are separate complete sets of his orchestral, piano, violin, etc. works out there, though.

What we need is a Ravel complete Melodies. There used to be one on EMI (3 discs IIRC), but I've never succeeded in getting it, and despite EMIs apparant eagerness to reissue everything and its grandmother, this doesn't seem to be included.

[prémont]

Jando does as well with Haydn as he does with Bach - not good enough. 

Not to forget his heavy-handed Mozart.

But his Beethoven and his Bartok on the other hand I find rather convincing.

[Drasko]

I perefer smaller compendiums such as the Brendel or Hamelin discs. They offer more music, more keyboard, more personality.

Coincidentally, I listened yesterday to BBC3 show called Building a Library, it lasts for about an hour and reviewer plays clips from various recordings of some piece comments on them and in the end chooses his favorites. Yesterday it was a Haydn sonata, No.60 I think, wasn't listening very attentively, he compared more than dozen recordings, from Lang Lang, Hamelin, Pletnev, Gould, Brendel to Lazic, Ranki, Brautigam on fp. He ended up choosing Schiff on piano and Bilson on fortepiano as the ones he recommends, with quite a bit of raving about Bilson, it's 2CD set of selected sonatas on Claves.
I liked Pletnev on piano and Ranki on fortepiano, but I'm completely unfamiliar with the music.

[Gurn Blanston]

Coincidentally, I listened yesterday to BBC3 show called Building a Library, it lasts for about an hour and reviewer plays clips from various recordings of some piece comments on them and in the end chooses his favorites. Yesterday it was a Haydn sonata, No.60 I think, wasn't listening very attentively, he compared more than dozen recordings, from Lang Lang, Hamelin, Pletnev, Gould, Brendel to Lazic, Ranki, Brautigam on fp. He ended up choosing Schiff on piano and Bilson on fortepiano as the ones he recommends, with quite a bit of raving about Bilson, it's 2CD set of selected sonatas on Claves.
I liked Pletnev on piano and Ranki on fortepiano, but I'm completely unfamiliar with the music.

I figure the Bilson must be This one although that is a single disk. Anyway, have have always had a high opinion of Bilson (despite never having heard him in Haydn), and I think this is a good candidate for a download. Thanks for pointing it out.

BTW, I am very fond of Brautigam's Haydn, at least in the late sonatas, he injects them with plenty of the liveliness that other interpreters seem to miss out on.



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Listening to:
Haydn String Quartets Op 71 - Kodaly Quartet - Haydn Quartet in Bb for Strings No 54 Op 71 1 3rd mvmt

[Drasko]

I figure the Bilson must be This one although that is a single disk.

Quite possibly, as I said, wasn't the most attentive listening on my part.

[Bulldog]

Not to forget his heavy-handed Mozart.

But his Beethoven and his Bartok on the other hand I find rather convincing.

I do love Jando's Liszt, but I don't listen to Liszt often enough to have any good reason for my opinion.

[Bulldog]

Coincidentally, I listened yesterday to BBC3 show called Building a Library, it lasts for about an hour and reviewer plays clips from various recordings of some piece comments on them and in the end chooses his favorites. Yesterday it was a Haydn sonata, No.60 I think, wasn't listening very attentively, he compared more than dozen recordings, from Lang Lang, Hamelin, Pletnev, Gould, Brendel to Lazic, Ranki, Brautigam on fp. He ended up choosing Schiff on piano and Bilson on fortepiano as the ones he recommends, with quite a bit of raving about Bilson, it's 2CD set of selected sonatas on Claves.

That's amusing about the Schiff preference; I find him to be a Brendel clone in this repertoire.