Wishlist - What's at the top of yours?

[schweitzeralan]

So, what's at the top of your wishlist?  What if you had the money to buy right now (sometimes money is tight)?

At the top of mine right now (ChamberNut's 10 most wanted):

Brahms - Viola and Clarinet Sonatas
Brahms - Violin Sonatas
Shostakovich - Complete symphonies
Sibelius - Symphonies 1, 3, 4, 6
Messiaen - Quartet pour la fin de temps
Zemlinsky - String Quartets
Haydn - String Quartets (besides Op. 20,76 and 77)
Wagner - Solti's Ring Cycle
Faure - Piano Quartets and Quintet
Schumann - Piano Trios

My top wish: a living, breathing neo-Scriabinist.

[greg]

My top wish: a living, breathing neo-Scriabinist.

Have you ever listened to Protopopov?

[schweitzeralan]

Have you ever listened to Protopopov?

I've come across the name and did some minimal research on the web, but I am not familiar with his works.  There was an extensive article, now that I do recall, which does state certain affinities with Scriabin. I'll have to see if there any recordings I can borrow from the local library system.  Thanks.

[marvinbrown]

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  WELL ??

  marvin

[schweitzeralan]

Have you ever listened to Protopopov?

Just ordered one CD which includes Protopopov's 5th Sonata.

[The new erato]

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 WELL ??

 marvin

The Dvorak set is top contender in this repertoire. If I hadn't the Stamitz complete set + 3 or 4 single discs with all the major quartets by the Panocha, I would go for the jugular and buy, especially at the price I've seen this for (under 20 quid in the UK) - one of the great bargains around.

[Harry]

I would not know where to begin, these days I buy as much as I can possibly listen too, at least in my life time.

[canninator]

I came across this little beauty yesterday but it will have to wait until next month.



De Visee was a composer for Baroque guitar, lute, and theorbo of the highest quality and so a nice collection of all his extant guitar works in one set and on a period instrument has got win written all over it.

[ChamberNut]

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Marvin,

This is the set I have and love to bits!  However, I recommend getting the same Panocha/Supraphon set that includes the quintets and sextets as well. (Brown or red colored I believe)  I wish I had.

[karlhenning]

I would not know where to begin, these days I buy as much as I can possibly listen too, at least in my life time.

That's it, Harry: you have no wish-list, because as soon as you wish something, there you've mashed the Buy Now link 

[DavidW]

Marvin,

This is the set I have and love to bits!  However, I recommend getting the same Panocha/Supraphon set that includes the quintets and sextets as well. (Brown or red colored I believe)  I wish I had.

I just went with Supraphon's complete Dvorak chamber works and called it a day.   And on a week like this, I'm delighted to turn back to it, I'll probably listen through all of his chamber works as a long, extended celebration of his b-day.

[ChamberNut]

I just went with Supraphon's complete Dvorak chamber works and called it a day.   And on a week like this, I'm delighted to turn back to it, I'll probably listen through all of his chamber works as a long, extended celebration of his b-day.

I forgot it also includes the Trios too.  Like I said, I wish I had the whole Supraphon box, not just the string quartets.  They are something special.  Even starting to warm up a bit to some of the earlier quartets (4-8).  I just listened to the whole cycle of quartets recently, but now I have the urge to do it all over again! 

[WI Dan]

My wish list:

Bach  -  Magnificat
Beethoven  -  Cello Sonatas
Beethoven  -  Triple Concerto
Beethoven  -  Choral Fantasy
Brahms  -  Piano Concerto No. 2
Chopin  -  Ballades
Haydn  -  Seven Last Words
Mozart  -  Gran Partita
Mozart  -  Concerto for Flute & Harp
Mozart  -  Symphony No. 38
Mozart  -  Symphony No. 39
Rachmaninoff  -  The Bells
Rachmaninoff  -  Symphonic Dances
Tchaikovsky  -  Manfred Symphony

[Guido]

The complete Bach Edition is at the top of my wishlist.

[Ten thumbs]

It seems sensible to have on my wish list recordings that I cannot buy; otherwise they need not be there for long. At the top therefore are:
A complete set of Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's 246 lieder.
Emilie Mayer's 4 symphonies.

[The new erato]

I've always wanted a complete Fanny.

[Bulldog]

I've always wanted a complete Fanny.

I'm sure you know what to do with it.

[marvinbrown]

I just went with Supraphon's complete Dvorak chamber works and called it a day.  And on a week like this, I'm delighted to turn back to it, I'll probably listen through all of his chamber works as a long, extended celebration of his b-day.

 thanks David   I just bought that set off of amazon.co.uk  !  I can not wait to hear it.  I already had the Supraphon's set of quintets sextets etc. that ChamberNut refers to.

 PS: can anyone comment on the Sibelius tone Poem Jarvi set. As much as I love his symphonies,  I don't have any of Sibelius' tone poems in my collection. Much obliged.

 marvin

[Lethevich]

 PS: can anyone comment on the Sibelius tone Poem Jarvi set. As much as I love his symphonies,  I don't have any of Sibelius' tone poems in my collection. Much obliged.

The music is an essential gap to fill, and the Järvi set will provide very fine sounding recordings. I love Vänskä's recordings above all, but given the much higher price of that five disc set on BIS, it is not an easy recommendation to take. An alternate option at budget price is the Chandos 2CD with Gibson - a truly excellent Sibelian, but very under-appreciated. But really, you cannot go wrong with any of these, and the price is especially right with the Järvi.

[schweitzeralan]

Have you ever listened to Protopopov?

Just received a recording of the 5th; that plus two other sonatas contemporary to Protopopov.  On initial listening I find the works quite modernist and dissident, very "au courant" for the time. Had he lived longer, Scriabin would compose in a completely atonal style; this according to the experts.