Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Opus106]

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It's just invisible -- http://www.discogs.com/image/R-1396901-1261687144.jpeg

[prémont]

It's just invisible -- http://www.discogs.com/image/R-1396901-1261687144.jpeg

Oh, I see

[Opus106]

Oh, I see

I thought you couldn't.

[The new erato]

Purchased yesterday



Q

Wish I could purchase nothing occasionally. Would leave me time for catching up.

[Coopmv]

Just placed the order for this set, which George has strongly recommended.  This will be Beethoven Symphonies Cycle #21 for me ...

[kishnevi]

speaking of Ludwig:

It's a brisk 63:55, mostly in the first and third movements--the only quicker recording I have is Gardiner, who beats him by about a minute.  Weakest link is Klaus Florian Vogt, who isn't as bad as he was on Nagano's Lied von der Erde, but still sounds rather breathy in his solo.  Strongest link is Matthias Goerne, who manages to give the opening baritone passage the same impact other singers might need an entire (long) aria to achieve.  The chorus sounds like a small group--you just need to imagine the "Millionen" for yourselves when the text calls for them to be embraced.  (Which reminds me--the liner notes are mostly devoted to a heavily philosophical essay on the symphony, but the sung text itself is not included.)  Overall, a very good recording.

[prémont]

I thought you couldn't.

I can not see, why I should not be able to see, that I see nothing.

[George]

I can not see, why I should not be able to see, that I see nothing.

[Wanderer]

My first Alkan disc:

Alkan – Concerto for solo piano; Troisième recueil de chants

Eagerly awaiting your impressions on that one! 

[Orpheus]

Orpheus felix 

[karlhenning]

Now, I actually mashed the purchase link for these separately, but there's a cosmic rightness in having Schoenberg's choral music delivered in the same package as The Outer Limits . . . .

Schoenberg – Pierre Boulez Edition II 6 CDs

The Outer Limits – Original Series Complete Box Set 7 DVDs

[Antoine Marchand]

At 20 bucks, it was irresistible:

[Scarpia]

At 20 bucks, it was irresistible:

I paid a lot more than that when I got it, not long after it was first released.  Worth every penny, IMO.

[Antoine Marchand]

I paid a lot more than that when I got it, not long after it was first released.  Worth every penny, IMO.

Great! I just listened to the first disc (op. 18 nos. 1 & 2) and my impression was very favorable: strong sense of the structure and impassioned performances at the same time. 

[Scarpia]

Great! I just listened to the first disc (op. 18 nos. 1 & 2) and my impression was very favorable: strong sense of the structure and impassioned performances at the same time. 

I find it outstanding for being expressive without being mawkish or losing sight of the structure of the music.  Op. 127 first movement is a prime example of the beauty of this set.

[karlhenning]

I shouldn't resist it for $20, either.

[Coopmv]

Just placed the order on the following set with a UK-based e-tailer that specializes in historical recordings ...

[kishnevi]

The same group that brought us the Song of Songs with breasts has a new one out


Despite the term oratorios, these are only vaguely similar the oratorios of the 18th century.  They are more like dramatic cantatas telling a Biblical story with a Latin text, with the chorus or individual characters providing narration; the fact that four complete works are recorded on one CD should indicate their length.  The music tends to follow the route sketched out by Monteverdi's operas.  Performance seems satisfactory.   Whether you will like it probably depends on your feelings about mid 17th century opera.

[Sergeant Rock]

In the mail today, Fauré and Korngold:




Sarge

[Daverz]

From Archivmusic: Haydn Op. 50 Quartets played by the Tokyo String Quartet.



Grieg Piano Concerto - the classic Curzon/Fjeldstad recording.