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[Antoine Marchand]

I have my eye on that Mozart Kuijken/Devos set on jpc.de because even with the shipping it's still a bargain.
So are there any other recordings I should look out for on jpc.de to make the most out of the shipping?

I've found the Harnoncourt set of Mozart's sacred music and I'm also tempted by a certain PI set of Mozart PCs.

Some suggestions:

Bach - Walcha: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Orgelwerke-Ges-Aufn/hnum/6348063 (mono, although incredible sound quality for the age, mandatory for every Bachian)

Clementi: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Muzio-Clementi-Klaviersonaten/hnum/2288329 (the most beautiful sound and performance imaginable)

Haydn: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/home/search?fastsearch=piano%20trios%201790%20haydn%20cpo&rubric=classic&pd_orderby=score

Bach - Stockmeier (no-nonsense performance, gorgeous neo-Baroque organs):

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Das-Orgelwerk-1/hnum/8181736

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Das-Orgelwerk-2/hnum/1159215

Shostakovich - Kitajenko: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Dimitri-Schostakowitsch-Symphonien-Nr-1-15/hnum/5849111

Shostakovich - Janssons: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Dimitri-Schostakowitsch-Symphonien-Nr-1-15/hnum/5908441

Buxtehude- Ulrik Spang-Hanssen: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Dieterich-Buxtehude-Orgelwerke/hnum/5573281

[DavidW]

Wow!!  I'll be looking over all those recs at lunch!

[Opus106]

That Harnoncourt/Mozart is a great set, and the last time I saw it at Amazon it was like $175...

And that was when, 15 years ago? It's so much cheaper in the UK, er... Timbuktu. A recent re-release re-re-release at Presto is currently going for $65 (and will be cheaper still during their yearly (around Nov-Dec) Warner Classics boxes discount sale).

[DavidW]

Thanks everyone I placed my order for

* that Harnoncourt Mozart sacred music set
* Kuijken/Devos Mozart VSs
* Bach organ works 1 and 2 of Stockmeier
* Sofronitski (sp?) Mozart PCs set because gosh darnit it's cheap enough and I just have to know how it stacks up compared to Immerseel

I was very close to ordering a Buxtehude organ set, but I said I think 20 cds of organ music is already enough.  I'll be interested to see how Stockmeier compares to the one in my brilliant set (I think it's Fagius).

[Opus106]

Re: the complete sacred music with Harnoncourt from Warner, I just found this at the top banner of the GMG board (since I'm not using my home computer with Ad-block installed)

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Sacred-Music-Various-Artists/dp/B004MKND6C?&camp=212361&creative=383841&linkCode=wss&tag=goodmusicguideco

Looks like a re-re-re-release. The first as a DAW box; then it came out again for the 250th anniversary in 2006. And as mentioned earlier, a release of the same box with the same cover as the anniversary box, and now this one with a dark, floral design.

[SonicMan46]

Well, I've not posted here in a while, but last few days been perusing the May-June issues of Am Record Guide & Fanfare - more recordings that I expected peeked my interest; some would be replacements and others 'new' additions or supplements - a number of these do not seem available on Amazon USA and their prices are rather high! 

But any comments would be appreciated by me and I assume others!   

Bach, JS - English Suites w/ Martynova (hpd) - 2CDs
Benda, F. & G. - Flute Sonatas w/ Oross
Biber, H. - Rosary Sonatas w/ Sepec - 2CDs
Brahms, J. - Symphonies w/ Norrington - 3CDs
Brahms, J. - Variations w/ Ohlsson (pn) - 2CDs
Chopin, F. - Mazurkas w/ Conti (pn) - 2CDs
Danzi, F. - Symphonies w/ Griffiths - 2CDs
Lyapunov, S. - Piano Concs. w/ Tsintsabadze
Mozart, WA - Piano Sonatas w/ Pienaar (pn) - 5CDs
Nardini, P. - Flute Cham Music w/ Musica Solare
Reger, M. - Cello Works w/ Kniazev - 3CDs
Saint Saens, C. - Violin Concs. w/ Clamagirand



 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sid]

I'll try to purchase this 2 disc set in the next fortnight. I haven't heard J. S. Bach's Mass in B minor in full ever, & I am slowly getting into these seminal choral/vocal works, so I figured it' about time:

J.S. BACH
Mass in B minor; Cantata BWV 56
Soloists/ASMF/Marriner
Eloquence

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[eyeresist]

^ See if you can get it cheap at JB hifi.

[Sid]

^ See if you can get it cheap at JB hifi.

That's exactly where I saw it while browsing yesterday (for $13 - these Eloquence 2 disc sets usually sell for $15, & I've even seen them in other stores for $20, so the JB price is a real bargain). I don't have the dough this week, but I'm planning on buying it next week...

[jlaurson]

I'll try to purchase this 2 disc set in the next fortnight. I haven't heard J. S. Bach's Mass in B minor in full ever, & I am slowly getting into these seminal choral/vocal works, so I figured it' about time:


J.S. BACH
Mass in B minor; Cantata BWV 56
Soloists/ASMF/Marriner
Eloquence

Can't imagine the B-Minor Mass will not turn out to be one of the great musical joys in your life. But why this recording in particular?  Is it a price-thing?
It would be very near the bottom of my list (although that's based on the 'paper-form' in this case, not actual familiarity with the recording). Even if you wish to eschew HIP {in which case I'd recommend Van Veldhoven (WETA review, ionarts review w/Suzuki comparison) or Minkowski (WETA interview, review}, there's still Rilling, Richter, Muenchinger and the like...

[Sid]

Can't imagine the B-Minor Mass will not turn out to be one of the great musical joys in your life. But why this recording in particular?  Is it a price-thing?

Yes, basically a price issue (I'm on a tight budget). But it's also attractive to me as it is coupled with one of J.S.'s cantatas, none of which I have on disc, so I thought why not kill a few birds with the one stone?

It would be very near the bottom of my list (although that's based on the 'paper-form' in this case, not actual familiarity with the recording).

Well I think that the ASMF under Marriner back in his prime were a pretty formidable force (but I am aware that other recorded versions since then have surpassed earlier recordings of this oft-recorded work). I'm just trying to familiarise myself with key works like this, so I'm happy with basically any reasonably good recording I can get at a good price. I'm generally not that fussy about the way things are interpreted, I'm a lay listener, I kind of leave the finer points to the musicians. But if I do get "fussy" about performances, it's more likely to be regarding chamber ensembles or pianists rather than choirs, orchestras or conductors...

[prémont]

But any comments would be appreciated by me and I assume others!   

Bach, JS - English Suites w/ Martynova (hpd) - 2CDs

A scholary, robust and unmannered interpretation, generally a little earthbound. Only in a few of the allemande´s and sarabande´s there is a hint of poetry. Not my first choice, but I much prefer it to e.g. Carole Cerasi´s show-off rendering. Recorded sound satisfying. Close but not too close miking.

[Scarpia]

Commissioned by Naxos


Anyone know this music?

[Lethevich]

If you find Robert Simpson's quartets too dry, these may appeal slightly more. They are similarly cerebral, but more along the lines of rhetorical/joyous dynamic shifts rather than the architectural quality of Simpson. Both cycles have a searching, inventive and well-considered quality to them that bear comparison IMO, but similarly both may simply be considered boring too

Edit: wow what I posted before made no sense.

[jlaurson]

Commissioned by Naxos


Anyone know this music?

Don't know them all, but like those that I know.

Were among my favorite recordings of 2004 and 2005.
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2005/12/best-recordings-of-2005.html
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2004/12/best-recordings-in-2004.html

[SonicMan46]

A scholary, robust and unmannered interpretation, generally a little earthbound. Only in a few of the allemande´s and sarabande´s there is a hint of poetry. Not my first choice, but I much prefer it to e.g. Carole Cerasi´s show-off rendering. Recorded sound satisfying. Close but not too close miking.

Hi Premont - well, I already own Alan Curtis & Christiane Jaccottet in these suites, so not sure that I need yet another harpsichord recording w/ these two excellent performances; your comments have swayed me away from a purchase, but who knows what the future will bring - 

[DavidW]

Commissioned by Naxos


Anyone know this music?

I honestly thought they were kind of boring.

[Coopmv]

Hi Premont - well, I already own Alan Curtis & Christiane Jaccottet in these suites, so not sure that I need yet another harpsichord recording w/ these two excellent performances; your comments have swayed me away from a purchase, but who knows what the future will bring - 

Dave, I also have versions by Alan Curtis & Christiane Jaccottet plus another dozen recordings of these works performed on both piano and harpsichord - by Glenn Gould, Angela Hewitt, Andras Schiff, Peter Watchorn and a few others.  I also do not see any need to further augment my collection ...

[Mandryka]

Dave, I also have versions by Alan Curtis & Christiane Jaccottet plus another dozen recordings of these works performed on both piano and harpsichord - by Glenn Gould, Angela Hewitt, Andras Schiff, Peter Watchorn and a few others.  I also do not see any need to further augment my collection ...

Walcha: that's who you need. I think his English Suites are my favourite, by far.  And you need the pre war recording of Landowska playing the A minor.

Both very different from Alan Curtis, for sure.

[prémont]

Hi Premont - well, I already own Alan Curtis & Christiane Jaccottet in these suites, so not sure that I need yet another harpsichord recording w/ these two excellent performances; your comments have swayed me away from a purchase, but who knows what the future will bring - 

You are well served by Curtis and Jaccottet, and Martynova does (IMO) not add enough important to these two to justify a purchase. I thought, that you also owned Watchorns recording. BTW as Mandryka writes, the one you need is Walcha, but it may be difficult to get hold of.