Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[jlaurson]

Hope it's better than Gould's recording of the solo piano sonatas, which I found rather weak--the only Gould recording I have I don't like (albeit most of the others are of Bach)

Strange. I think that's one of his very best, actually. No shtick, just music.

[karlhenning]

I don't have a lot of depth in the quartets: the old Vox Kohon set on LP, the budget Lasalle and, my favorite, the Leipziger Quartet (available on three individual discs, each full price or a box set with Webern and Berg's quartets and chamber music). The Schoenberg Quartet, the New Vienna, and the Arditti I haven't heard but the Arditti (now OOP, I think) seemed to be a favorite of many.

Like Sonic, I think the Lasalle is pretty good, especially for the price.

Sarge

I've probably mentioned this erewhile, but I have the Leipzigers in Mozart's "Prussian" Quartets [plus], and I like them very well.  I was considering their Schoenberg quite strongly.  all the additional material in the Chandos box swayed me.

In a year or two, when I need a third set of the Schoenberg quartets, I shall likely seize upon the Leipzigers : )

[karlhenning]

Hope it's better than Gould's recording of the solo piano sonatas, which I found rather weak--the only Gould recording I have I don't like (albeit most of the others are of Bach)

Interesting! I am curious about Gould in the solo sonatas (the one laconic 'review' on Amazon of the Roberts/Strong disc which I picked up on Monday expressed a preference for Gould).

I like Gould all right in Das Marienleben.

[The new erato]

I like Gould all right in Das Marienleben.[/font]

But the reissue is a scandal. Two discs for what could fit on one, and no documentation (a copy of the LP cover only possible to read under a microscope)!

[karlhenning]

But the reissue is a scandal. Two discs for what could fit on one, and no documentation (a copy of the LP cover only possible to read under a microscope)!

Your complaint is righteous : )

They did that for the Marienleben, too?  That's certainly the deal with the brass-&-piano sonatas.  Possibly the music could not quite fit onto a single disc, but it's very close.  And I must have a magnifier somewhere so that I can read the liner notes . . . .

I don't have a huge complaint (pun intended) since I paid well under full price for it. Bad show, all the same.

[Sergeant Rock]

In today's mail from an Amazon seller, two Mutter CDs:



Usually I don't seek recommendations or take advice about Mutter. I automatically buy most everything she records (even the controversial stuff like her Beethoven Sonatas, Tchaikovsky VC and Four Seasons). Somehow though I kept puttng off these two...until now. Jens and David Ross gave me the kick in the butt I needed:

But there are only two pre-20th century discs of ASMutter that I *truly* enjoy, anyway... one of them being the Masur/NYP Brahms VC. Un.Be.Lievable. On paper the worst-of-the-worst; Indulgent *and* boring... and in fact searing, white-hot, as if all the planets had re-aligned for that moment.

Another of her recordings that surprised me is the Sibelius, arguably as good as any in the catalog and better than most.  [Insert dodging thorns and arrows emoticon] 

And from JPC: Haim's Bach and Handel; and the Brodsky's Op.18. What's interesting about the Brodsky box is the inclusion of six contemporary string quartets, each based on, or a "reflection of" one of the Beethoven models. So, disc 1 has op.18/1 followed by Javier Alvarez's Metro Nativitas, Reflecting on Beethoven Op.18/1; then op.18/2 followed by Tunde Jegede's String Quartet No.2, Reflecting on Beethoven Op.18/2, etc. If it will actually work, I don't know. Looks good on paper anyway. If it's a dog, no harm done: it was cheap: just €12 for the three-disc box.




Sarge

[Antoine Marchand]

Well, Antoine, I was not fast enough to answer in the Bach on the harpsichord thread, but you got it all the same, I see.  My intention was to revisit at least some of it before answering, as I have not listened to it for maybe four years. My impression then was that the interpretation is scholary, well articulated and at times rather elegant, and generally more searching than Robert Levin´s in-between more superficial reading. They share the choice of different instruments, and I recall that I sometimes understood Levin´s choice better. But if I actually were forced to choose between their set´s,  I would choose Chorzempa´s.

I feared that somebody else bought the only set in existence in that Australian store...

Although I have not heard the four CDs, I tend to agree with your description, Premont. I found the interpretation slow paced, detailed and well articulated, with an approach that I would call pedagogic and intimate at the same time; like Bach giving some lessons at his own home. I think this sense of intimacy is stressed by the instruments chosen by Chorzempa. Additionally, I was rather surprised for his versatility, especially as an excellent clavichordist.

[Antoine Marchand]

You found copy!! Great!!!

Thanks, George! It was a lucky find. 

[George]

Thanks, George! It was a lucky find. 

The best kind. 

[Coopmv]

But the reissue is a scandal. Two discs for what could fit on one, and no documentation (a copy of the LP cover only possible to read under a microscope)!

Erato,

You must have forgotten in the 80's and even early 90's, we routinely found classical CD's that were under 50 minutes ...

[The new erato]

Erato,

You must have forgotten in the 80's and even early 90's, we routinely found classical CD's that were under 50 minutes ...

So what? This is a reissue from last year! NOBODY issues 80 minutes of music on 2 CDs any more.

[Lethevich]

A mini order from Europadisc because I didn't notice how cheap this box was when I ordered yesterday (with an additional saving due to a special offer currently on for this label). Usually MDG is out of my price range, but for some reason this set was priced rather lower than the others (£23 for 5 discs)

[mc ukrneal]

So what? This is a reissue from last year! NOBODY issues 80 minutes of music on 2 CDs any more.

I seem to remember a review of a disc recently that came in at under 40 minutes. Wish I could remember which one that was...

[Sergeant Rock]

Usually MDG is out of my price range, but for some reason this set was priced rather lower than the others (£23 for 5 discs)

Nice find...I paid the equivalent of £49 for three discs 

Sarge

[Mirror Image]

 

I would like to hear more Goldmark's music. I only have recording of any of his music and it's a Joshua Bell recording (coupled with Sibelius). I might have to pick this one up myself. I like Conlon.

[Scarpia]

. Usually MDG is out of my price range, but for some reason this set was priced rather lower than the others (£23 for 5 discs)

You must be a search virtuoso of the highest order.  I was only able to find this disc on amazon.so.uk by searching for "second vienese school" with viennese misspelled.  I can't find it on amazon.com at all, despite the fact that your image is linked from amazon.com.  I wonder how they sell any of this set at all.

[karlhenning]

Whether at Amazon or at Arkivmusic, I only find individual discs, not a box.

[karlhenning]

I'm not turning the box up at the mdg site, either.

[George]

I'm not turning the box up at the mdg site, either.

This sounds like a job for Drasko. 

[Scarpia]

I'm not turning the box up at the mdg site, either.

If you go to artist search and pick the Leipzig String Quartet it appears, but when you follow the link it is the wrong disc.   I've found it on amazon.co.uk and presto classical, but nowhere else, even searching for catalog numbers (MDG3071484)