Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[DavidRoss]

I would do anything (except work for it, apparently  ) to be as erudite and knowledgeable as Hanslick or Julius Korngold. And yet I hope I'm not as blindsided when it comes to contemporary music as he was on _select_ occasions. (Usually he was right on the money.)

When was he wrong?

[Brian]

When was he wrong?

Hanslick thought Johann Strauss' "Wine Women and Song" waltz was too "heavy" and too Wagnerian to really count as a waltz.

[The new erato]

Maybe that's because many people have it already 

I bought it on LPs in the early 70-ies......

[Daverz]

Made the pilgrimage to L.A. today for the tail end of the Record Surplus sale, which was disappointing as most supply 30 cent vinyl was wiped out.  I did pick up some interesting CDs, though, but it's just not the same leaving without that back-breaking box of vinyl I usually pick up there.

Chávez chamber music vol. 1 on Cambria.

Santiago Rodriguez playing Ginastera on Elan.

Antonio Barbosa playing the Chopin Mazurkas on Centaur

An ARTS CD with Peter Damm and Josef Suk playing in the Brahms Horn Trio,
Dieter Klöcker in the Clarinet Sonatas.  I haven't heard of the pianist,
Werner Genuit.

Easley Blackwood Symphonies 1 & 5 (Munch/Boston in 1 and DePreist/Chicago in
5) on Cedille.

Pettersson Symponies 7 (Dorati) and 16 (Ahronivitch) on Swedish Discofil.
(I already have 2 vinyl pressings of the Dorati).

Kim Kashkashian playing Hindemith's Trauermusik, Britten's Lachrymae, and Penderecki's Viola Concerto on ECM.

The KLR Trio playing Shostakovich Piano Trios, and the violin and viola sonatas on Arabesque.

Lajtha chamber music with flute on Hungaroton.

Mehul complete symphonies on Nimbus.  I've only heard the first two symphonies on a Naxos disc.

Taneyev String Quartets 1-3 played by the Talan Quartet on Olympia.

Stokowski and the Symphony of the Air in Shostakovich S1, Pines, Khachaturian S2 and Schelomo on EMI.

Stokowski conducting Brahms Serenade 1 and Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony on DG (originally on Westminster, I believe.)

I couldn't resist yet another Symphonie fantastique, Markevitch/Lamoureux on DG Originals.

Francescatti playing Mozart concertos on a Mastorworks Portrait ArchivCD.  Never thought I'd see one of these in a non-virtual store.

Beecham's stereo Delius set on EMI.  Another ArchivCD of the original EMI issue (the GROC is only 1 CD of material.)

Beethoven Symphonies 3+5, Erich Kleiber/Concertgebeouw on Decca Legends.

Gade chamber music, including the Octet, on Bis (I left behind a Kontrapunckt CD with a similar program...getting them both seemed indulgent [that is, more indulgent than usual] so I chose the Bis). 

Also on Bis, Gade's Symphonies 1+8 and 5+6 with Papa Järvi conducting.

Latin American Classics on Naxos.  This is actually labeled Volume 1.  I guess there was never a Volume 2.

A Savall disc of Arriaga orchestral works.

Papa Järvi conducting Chadwick orchestral works on Chandos.

The Guest/Willcocks Haydn Masses box set on Decca.  This appears OOP, so I was happy to find this at Amoeba for $32 (they are up to $99 on Amazon.)  They must have dug it out of some backroom somewhere.

[Que]

How to say this without coming across as callous, shallow, and boorish...but DAMN I've put in a lot of work spreading the message of Kletzki's Beethoven...

...and apparently no one notices...

Well, at least the word has been spread...

But credit where credit is due, donwyn! 

Q

[George]

How to say this without coming across as callous, shallow, and boorish...but DAMN I've put in a lot of work spreading the message of Kletzki's Beethoven...

...and apparently no one notices...

FWIW, I noticed.

[jlaurson]

When was he wrong?

Isn't there a "Facetious" Emoticon that you could use to clarify such posts? 

[prémont]

How to say this without coming across as callous, shallow, and boorish...but DAMN I've put in a lot of work spreading the message of Kletzki's Beethoven...

...and apparently no one notices...

I have used the advanced search function of this forum to investigate how much you and Que actually have recommended Kletzki´s Beethoven set, and Que is the clear winner. Not only as to number of posts but even as to the choice of words.

[Sergeant Rock]

When was he wrong?

If you agree with him, then he was never wrong    I happen to think he was way off base when he wrote about Bruckner's Eighth:

"...interesting in detail but strange as a whole and even repugnant. The nature of the work consists-- to put it briefly--in applying Wagner's dramatic style to the symphony."

He was clearly wrong there.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Found an Amazon seller willing to part with this gem of a twofer for only 6 Euro:



Picked this up at MediaMarkt:




Sarge

[karlhenning]

At long last, pulled the trigger for these:

[DavidRoss]

Isn't there a "Facetious" Emoticon that you could use to clarify such posts? 

Ah, but you clever lads quickly learn how to interpret such comments, and the rest never will.  Isn't that part of the fun?

If you agree with him, then he was never wrong    I happen to think he was way off base when he wrote about Bruckner's Eighth:

"...interesting in detail but strange as a whole and even repugnant. The nature of the work consists-- to put it briefly--in applying Wagner's dramatic style to the symphony."

He was clearly wrong there.

How so?  <insert quasi-facetious emoticon, signifying that beneath the superficially humorous intent of the comment lies a sincere interest in knowing whether you dispute the claim of strangeness, repugnance, or application of Wagner's style, for consideration both in general and for specific application on next hearing of Bruckner's 8th>

[Sergeant Rock]

How so?  <insert quasi-facetious emoticon, signifying that beneath the superficially humorous intent of the comment lies a sincere interest in knowing whether you dispute the claim of strangeness, repugnance, or application of Wagner's style, for consideration both in general and for specific application on next hearing of Bruckner's 8th>

  ...I want to see that emoticon!

The "strange" and "repugnant" I have no problem with: that's how he perceived the symphony and I won't judge his taste. But the idea that Bruckner is anything like Wagner dramatically is just silly; a statement made by a man blinded by his own ideology. It's as silly as his remarks about Brahms and Beethoven:

"This strong ethical character of Beethoven's music, which is serious even in merriment, and betrays a soul dedicated to the eternal, is also decisively evident in Brahms."

I submit that purely orchestral music can be neither ethical nor unethical 

Sarge

[karlhenning]

Col legno playing in the strings is unethical 

[Sergeant Rock]

Col legno playing in the strings is unethical 

Decidedly not unethical in Mahler 2!!!  In fact. it serves a very real need: it wakes up the blue-haired ladies who've dozed off during the development 

Sarge

[Brian]

Picked this up at MediaMarkt:


Sarge

Hurwitz had many kind things to say about that one. Interested to hear what you think once it arrives. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Hurwitz had many kind things to say about that one. Interested to hear what you think once it arrives. 

Already have it: bought it at an honest-to-god store, occupying actual ground and space! Yeah, I know...what are the odds?    I'll post a report once I listen to it. Been listening to the New Year's Concert all afternoon...makes me feel good 

Sarge

[Renfield]

My symphonic collection is in a highly satisfying state, right now (a missing Shostakovich cycle [Kitajenko] potentially excepted), and I am finally happy to turn my attention a little towards the highly rewarding chamber front!



That was a pain to locate. And the Vegh, my first choice, isn't presently available for a price I'd be willing to pay, so I'm holding out.


Also, via MDT:



Because I'm curious.




Completing the cycle to which my first recordings of the quartets, that I greatly love, belong. And I also have the Budapest Quartet cycle (United Archives), in safe storage until I can turn my attention more properly to it - viz. now, pretty much.




This I didn't know the Takacs had done, or I'd have bought it long ago. One of my favourite works of any kind, thanks to Herr Busch and co.




What do you mean, "not chamber"?

[George]

That was a pain to locate. And the Vegh, my first choice, isn't presently available for a price I'd be willing to pay, so I'm holding out.

How much is it these days? I imagine that for the price of the Talich and the Lindsays you could have picked it up.

[Sergeant Rock]

How much is it these days? I imagine that for the price of the Talich and the Lindsays you could have picked it up.

But then he wouldn't have the Talich and the Lindsays.

Sarge