Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

I can't really read music, but who cares.  I could not pass this up.  Brand new, too.  They were having a book clearance sale (all hard cover books, $3, soft cover $2)

Beethoven scores of the complete string quartets (Dover Publications).  $2



There were two copies (I should have grabbed the other copy too).

That's been in my library since . . . oh, probably since I was a freshman at Wooster. Well done, Ray!

[karlhenning]

I suppose this could have gone on the HIP Mozart thread...



I actually don't have but one other disk of Brüggen & Co. playing Mozart (but it's the Gran Partita!) and I wanted to hear them have a go at a symphony, so I figured it should be the one in g minor. can't wait to hear it! 

Hey, the Vesperae solennes de confessore is a beauty, too, Gurn!

[PaulSC]

Maybe this will serve as an impetus to learn.

True.  The first thing I did when I got home, was open up to the page where the 3rd movement of Op.132 begins.  No special reason. 

Seriously, opening the scores, I feel like I'm looking into something really sacred and hallowed.

This is absolutely a worthwhile endeavor. If you choose to pursue the idea, I'd emphasize that reading notation is easier to learn, and more rewarding, when linked to singing or playing. (And a tip for those Beethoven scores: they use an older convention where parts written in treble clef for cello sound an octave lower...)

[Gurn Blanston]

Hey, the Vesperae solennes de confessore is a beauty, too, Gurn!

Too true, Karl. It was a splendid throw-in!   

[DavidRoss]

I can't really read music, but who cares.  I could not pass this up.  Brand new, too.  They were having a book clearance sale (all hard cover books, $3, soft cover $2)

Beethoven scores of the complete string quartets (Dover Publications).  $2

Dare I say it? "Score!"

[Coopmv]

Arrived! 

at $11.99?   

[Bulldog]

Liszt's Annees de pelerinage - Daniel Grimwood (through CD Baby)
Lennox Berkeley's Horn Trio & other chamber works - Naxos
Boris Tchaikovsky's String Quartets - Northern Flowers
Foerster's String Quartets - Supraphon
Bax/Bridge Piano Quintets - Naxos

I like this list, although I'm a little sad that Bach is absent.

[jlaurson]

Liszt's Annees de pelerinage - Daniel Grimwood (through CD Baby)

Interested to know if you find this as terrific as I did. Unfortunately I was so excited I gave my only copy away to share it... now I am sans Liszt. 

[Lethevich]

Lennox Berkeley's Horn Trio & other chamber works - Naxos

Intrigued about what you think of this when you hear it - I love Berkeley's music, and can wholeheartedly recommend the Naxos disc with the sonatina/concertino/preludes. Influenced by Stravinsky, Ibert and Les Six, but in a personal style.

[Mirror Image]

Bought this for $4:

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I generally like Szell's conducting. His of Dvorak's Symphonies Nos. 6-9 with the Cleveland Orch. are some of my favorite Dvorak. I also understand that many critics consider his conducting too literal as in he doesn't go beyond the actual notes to form his own impressions of the work, but I think this is a cheap shot if you ask me, I have found his conducting in the recordings I've heard (Dvorak, Prokofiev) to be exciting and he has a very nonsense way with the music. I look forward to hearing this recording despite whatever kind of criticism it may have generated.

[The new erato]

That's been in my library since . . . oh, probably since I was a freshman at Wooster. Well done, Ray!

Me too, since I became interested in these materpieces in the mid 70-ies.

[abidoful]

Interested to know if you find this as terrific as I did. Unfortunately I was so excited I gave my only copy away to share it... now I am sans Liszt. 

[Que]

Purchased yesterday:



Q

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at $11.99?   

$ 15,90 

[Bulldog]

Interested to know if you find this as terrific as I did. Unfortunately I was so excited I gave my only copy away to share it... now I am sans Liszt. 

Yes, sharing has its drawbacks.  I anticipate that the Grimwood set will be exceptional and will enjoy comparing it to my other sets.  I haven't looked recently at my Liszt collection but think I also have the sets from Brendel, Angelich, Ciccolini, Bolet and Berman.

[Sid]

Bought Donizetti's L'elisir d'Amore highlights on DGG Eloquence for $3...

[Gurn Blanston]

Purchased yesterday:



Q

Oh yeah?     (I want that. It should be available stateside within 12 to 20 years... )

These 2 came yesterday:



Just listening to the Schubert now, and quite enjoyable. His overtures are not great epics like some (Fidelio springs to mind) nor miniature treasures (like Le Nozze di Figaro). But they are a very entertaining listen. Pity there isn't much to follow  them up with. Has anyone actually heard Alfonso & Estrella or Fierabras?  If you have, I bet they are about the only Schubert operas you've heard!   

As for the Badura-Skoda Haydn, he proves yet again to be the best fortepianist in town. The Adagio of his Hob XVI:46 in Ab is without peer, whether PI or non-PI. 

[mc ukrneal]

Oh yeah?     (I want that. It should be available stateside within 12 to 20 years... )

These 2 came yesterday:



Just listening to the Schubert now, and quite enjoyable. His overtures are not great epics like some (Fidelio springs to mind) nor miniature treasures (like Le Nozze di Figaro). But they are a very entertaining listen. Pity there isn't much to follow  them up with. Has anyone actually heard Alfonso & Estrella or Fierabras?  If you have, I bet they are about the only Schubert operas you've heard!   

As for the Badura-Skoda Haydn, he proves yet again to be the best fortepianist in town. The Adagio of his Hob XVI:46 in Ab is without peer, whether PI or non-PI. 

There are two Naxos Schubert discs with overtures. Maybe one of them will complement your disc? The only opera of his that I have is Die Freunde von Salamanka. I like it, but it is not something I listen to very often.

[The new erato]

Has anyone actually heard Alfonso & Estrella or Fierabras?  If you have, I bet they are about the only Schubert operas you've heard!   

Die Verschworenen on Opus 111 is in my library....

Ordered this:

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Bach - Mass in B Minor

• Gardiner (Archiv) - I'm sure I used to own this but it must be on indefinite loan to a so-called friend
• Suzuki/BCJ (BIS)
• King's Consort

Zinman/Tonhalle Orch Zurich - Schumann Symphonies (Arte Nova)