Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

I hope you enjoy the Panufnik recordings, Harry. I still haven't decided if I like his music yet or not. On one hand, some it sounds great, but then, on the other hand, there's just something missing in it. I can't quite figure it out.

His music always fascinated me, and at this price I thought to take the plunge. Sure this composer takes some time to get into, but I think his is worth the effort, I keep you posted.

[marvinbrown]

  An impulse purchase (more later on why),  I just bought this:

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  Well?

  marvin

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  An impulse purchase (more later on why),  I just bought this:

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  Well?

  marvin

A wonderful choice, Marvin.

[Lethevich]

  An impulse purchase (more later on why),  I just bought this
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  Well?

I come back to the 3rd again and again, and it always astonishes me. I hope you like them!

[Todd]

I auditioned Vol 1 of the Lim on NML and was totally underwhelmed with her playing. It was quirky with senseless use of rubato to make musical points that Beethoven didn't write into his music. In short, her playing irritated me in that much of the phrasing was interrupted with what I would call micro ritardandos. In Op 22 I, which she attempted to play in a quick, lively and light fashion, her passage work was rather muddy in places as her right hand outpaced her left. I won't bother to hear her again.

Not good.  I shall try to listen with unbiased ears nonetheless.

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Bought these two discs of Howells's choral masterpiece Hymnus Paradisi:

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[PaulR]

  An impulse purchase (more later on why),  I just bought this:

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  Well?

  marvin

Great recordings there!  Side note:  Atterberg's name came up in a reading for class this week.  Unfortunately, didn't go into much detail in the book, or class

[marvinbrown]

  I am pleased to read all these positive responses on Atterberg. I have embarked on a musical journey exploring the symphonic works of the late Romantic/ Early Modern composers, beyond Mahler & Bruckner. By chance I found myself in Scandenavia. I am oscillating between 2 composers at the moment, Langgaard and the very dark Pettersson.  Atterberg came next after reading a brief review of his works.

  I don't usually buy from cpo, nor was I familiar with this recording company but they tend to focus on one of my favourite genres of music, the heavy late romantic/early modern period. I can not believe that it has taken me over 5 years to discover this jewel of a label!

  marvin

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

  I am pleased to read all these positive responses on Atterberg. I have embarked on a musical journey exploring the symphonic works of the late Romantic/ Early Modern composers, beyond Mahler & Bruckner. By chance I found myself in Scandenavia. I am oscillating between 2 composers at the moment, Langgaard and the very dark Pettersson.  Atterberg came next after reading a brief review of his works.

  I don't usually buy from cpo, nor was I familiar with this recording company but they tend to focus on one of my favourite genres of music, the heavy late romantic/early modern period. I can not believe that it has taken me over 5 years to discover this jewel of a label!

  marvin

With the Symphonies of Atterberg, you acquired some exquisite samples of how well Romanticism can sound, with these high quality works. They will give you lots of pleasure in the years to come. It has my seal of approval as senior poster on GMG. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Delivered today by the hardest working woman in the Bundespost: Ben-Haim's Symphony (recommended by Jeffrey Smith); a CD with Alkan and Henselt piano concertos (both composers new to my collection); and my 13th Ring:






The Janowski Ring is an incredible bargain: 25 Euro from JPC and Amazon DE. Bare bones presentation though. No booklet (so, no libretto or even synopsis). Slim box with CDs in cardboard sleeves. Track listing and cast printed on the sleeves.


Sarge

[The new erato]

12 rings and no Alkan (up to know); you have a seriously skewed diet Sarge!

[Sergeant Rock]

12 rings and no Alkan (up to know); you have a seriously skewed diet Sarge!

It is rather heavy. I rely on antacid tablets 

Sarge

[The new erato]

It is rather heavy. I rely on antacid tablets 

Sarge

Yes, easy to puke on too much Wagner! 

[jlaurson]

That's why I went for the Eighth--for something different. ("...this is without question the swiftest performance on disc. At merely 20 minutes, the first movement will shock you..."--Classics Today). I don't know if I'll like it (I tend to prefer broader tempos in general) but I doubt it will bore me 

I have several Fourths that satisfy completely (Rostropovich, Rozhdestvensky, Previn, Rattle, Kondrashin/Dresden) and don't feel the need for another just now but I'll keep Caetani's in mind.

Sarge

Oh... a swift 8th... that may actually open up the work to my ears. When I admitted to Herr Eschenbach that I can't do much with the 8th, he looked at me with aghast googly eyes and I could distinctly feel a sense of pity. I said that that slowly creeping dystopian, brooding opening made the work come off to a slow start. He repeated the description, nodded, and with rather considerable excitement said: "exactly". But we meant something different, I reckon. :-)

How about Jansons' Fourth, Sarge? I think you know by now I think that's the bee's knees... but I don't remember if you have listened to it and found it wanting or if it still sits on the pile. I nearly picked up the whole set at a store yesterday... but checked myself since I have most of the performances already and it would only have plugged two or three holes. Did get the LEVINE Mahler, though. Not a nice set (as none of these budget boxes are want to be) -- splitting the Tenth and Seventh like that. And the Ninth should probably have been split between III and IV. But still, it replaces electronic copies of the Levine in seven cases.

[Sergeant Rock]

Oh... a swift 8th... that may actually open up the work to my ears. When I admitted to Herr Eschenbach that I can't do much with the 8th, he looked at me with aghast googly eyes and I could distinctly feel a sense of pity. I said that that slowly creeping dystopian, brooding opening made the work come off to a slow start. He repeated the description, nodded, and with rather considerable excitement said: "exactly". But we meant something different, I reckon. :-)

I share Eschenbach's shock. The Eighth was the first Shostakovich symphony that really grabbed me. But I guess I can understand your reaction since I have exactly the same problem with the opening of the Tenth, which tends to put me to sleep.

How about Jansons' Fourth, Sarge?

I went through the box chronologically. I recall 1 through 4 were all superb performances. So, yeah, I should have mentioned Jansons too....although Rozh, Rattle and Previn are the Fourths I like the most.

Sarge

[Wanderer]

I thought you had that. Otherwise I'd have mentioned what a great interlude between Ring operas Henselt's concerto is eons ago. 

[KeithW]

  I don't usually buy from cpo, nor was I familiar with this recording company but they tend to focus on one of my favourite genres of music, the heavy late romantic/early modern period. I can not believe that it has taken me over 5 years to discover this jewel of a label!

  marvin

I'm on the same journey - from no CPO discs in my collection at the start of this year to 50+ already. Fantastic recordings, good notes. Very happy.

[kishnevi]

  I am pleased to read all these positive responses on Atterberg. I have embarked on a musical journey exploring the symphonic works of the late Romantic/ Early Modern composers, beyond Mahler & Bruckner. By chance I found myself in Scandenavia. I am oscillating between 2 composers at the moment, Langgaard and the very dark Pettersson.  Atterberg came next after reading a brief review of his works.

  I don't usually buy from cpo, nor was I familiar with this recording company but they tend to focus on one of my favourite genres of music, the heavy late romantic/early modern period. I can not believe that it has taken me over 5 years to discover this jewel of a label!

  marvin

I'm going through a similar journey, although so far I haven't gotten to Langgaard and Pettersson.  I'm focusing on more Germano-centric like Rontgen and Wolf-Ferrari.  But I have Atterberg on the way to me from an Amazon MP vendor even as we speak.  I'm finding CPO is a good resource not only for this period but for the mid-late 18th century (Rosetti, Ries, etc.).

There are three individual CDs from CPO you will want to get to supplement the symphonies--the piano concerto, the violin concerto and the symphony for strings are the main works on each one respectively:

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[Szykneij]

I just got back from my local Goodwill second-hand store with some nice finds. Of the 19 lps I purchased, these are the most interesting. All of them seem to command high prices on-line, with the Senfl listed by one seller at $100.00. Personally, I'm just happy with the dollar's worth of music each record is giving me.

Bartok - String Quartet No. 3 & No. 5 - Prague Quartet - Artia ALPS714
Schoenberg - Vars. for Organ (op.40)/Vars. for Orchestra (op. 31) -Heliodor 2549-008
Ludwig Senfl - Composer to the Court & Chapel of Emperor Maximilian I - Decca - DL 79420
Shostavovich - SQ#4, Piano Quintet in G minor - Janacek Quartet - Artia ALP(S)-188
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1 - Pittsburgh/Steinberg - ABC CCSD-11042
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10 - U.S.S.R./Svetlanov - Melodiya R-40025
The Virtuoso Clarinet - David Glazer - (Rossini/Stamitz/Weber) - Vox STDL 501-130

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Landed today:



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I cannot wait to hear these especially the Kondrashin!