Purchases Today

[Octave]

The Bruhns was the elusive disc that was on my wish list for so long (once upon a time rec. by premont)

Weird, I just got that one down from the shelf yesterday to add to my next week's listening queue.
I did not know it had become rare.  Now that I look, it seems that Arkiv Music in the USA still sells it for $10.

[Moonfish]

Some vintage recordings...

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[Papy Oli]

Pulled the trigger on this haydn set :

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[king ubu]

King Ubu tempted me into buying the Pergolesi disc with Jaroussky 

Good move! It's wonderful!

That Casals/Prades #1 box is ace!  I vaguely remember a Musicweb (?) reviewer saying it was a mixed bag but generally laudable to very good, but some of those peformances really brought the pieces alive for me, dated sound and all.  I wonder if anyone knows the #2 set as well, and does it come as highly recommended?

I guess it is ... only got it a few weeks ago and listenend to about a third of it, but a mere look at its contents made it a must have for me (a bit more so even than Vol. 1, but after holding Vol. 2 in my hands it was quite clear I needed the first one as well).

[Ken B]

The most interesting of my recent few is

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The Harrison was started in 1939, for choir and percussion and only part was written. In 1954 he rescored and completed it. Both versions are great.

Might interest Karl as a possible piece to perform.

[ritter]

This is the result of a visit to the FNAC on Rue des Ternes in Paris yesterday...

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...and of a stop at the Gilbert Jeune bookstore on Place St.-Michel:

[André]

Good haul, Ritter !

Today, back from a visit to Archambault:

- the 4 Schumann symphonies under Nézet-Séguin, with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (2 DGG)
- Schubert sonatas D. 845 and 960 with Maria-Joao Pires (DGG, 2014). At 83:24, it is the longest cd I have seen. Hopefully it will not cause any tracking problems.
- Beethoven: symphonies nos 6 and 8, plus the GrosseFuge in the Weingartner arrangement. Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano (Analekta, 2011). They also recorded a 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th. I think only the 2nd and 4th are missing. Nagano's way with these is swift, unimpassioned - fast and straight. Not really to my liking, but hey ! It's the local band, a sound I recognize and like.

- A threefer from DGG, Maurizio Pollini playing Chopin: Préludes op. 28; Etudes op. 10 and 25; 7 Polonaises. Reissues from the seventies, in a convenient slim package at 6$ a disc. Can't complain. Since I never really liked Pollini, I never acquired these discs. Time to listen without preconceptions.

[Moonfish]

Van Beinum

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Mozart: Sacred Music     Harnoncourt

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Vivaldi's Ercole

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Verdi's Requiem - Giulini

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Verdi: La Traviata

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[Ken B]

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[TheGSMoeller]

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A real gem there, Ken.

Speaking of Harnoncourt, he was part of one of two discs I just ordered. A few discs that have recently been discussed here in GMG..

 

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Shostakovich/Chostakovitch: SYMPHONY #14 [MusicAeterna dir. Teodor Currentzis] (Alpha)

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Howells: ORCHESTRAL WORKS [LSO/Hickox] (Chandos, 2cd)

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Howells: MUSIC FOR STRINGS [City of London Sinfonia dir. Hickox] (Chandos)

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Vivaldi's Ercole

Burnin'.  I loved Biondi's Vivaldi's BAJAZET as well.  Or Biondi's Vivaldi's anything.

Duty:

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Lawes: ROYALL CONSORTS [Les Voix Humaines] (Atma, 2cd)

[André]

The Currentzis Shostakovich 14 is a searing success. So is their Mozart Requiem if you haven't found out yet !

Prompted by tthis thread's list of purchases I have indulged in Vivaldi's Ercole and some Howells on Chandos.

[Sergeant Rock]

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All come with Sarge's Seal of Approval.

[kishnevi]

pretty pictures time.
From my Amazon order on Friday, which I reported without images, and my Arkivmusic order on Saturday, which I did not report at all.

Amazon order


why there's a harpy on the cover of the Fifth,  I have no idea.....

Arkiv order, from their current Naxos offer.
Representing my first acquistions of music by Bax and Hovhaness and first recordings of the Bloch, Part, and Reger



Side comment--I did not report it at the time, but a few weeks ago I got the ECM recording of Part's Adam's Lament in the local used CD store, and was considerably impressed by it.

[kishnevi]

Reminded by Ritter's post from yesterday,  I ordered
Argerich y Amigos
En Vivo desde Lugano 2013

[king ubu]

Last day of the Ricercar sales at discplus ... gave in, and quite so:

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Would have skipped the Millenarium set if it hadn't been for recent discussions here ... but as I plan to embark on a lengthy journey of discovery as far as late medieval and Renaissance music goes (that will not begin before end of the year though, at least not as far as reading goes), this comes in more than handy! (Same goes for the third of the next bunch ...

I actually wanted to order a few more but they were out of stock (the musical instruments box/book, the Focroulle Bach organ box and another of those Ricercar cantatas sets, the Weckmann, to be exact, which seems to be completly OOP - too bad discplus often take weeks to update their website and delete entries for OOP discs). Anyway, this means the huge order will cost almost a third less, which ain't too bad either (and for Bach, organ works, I guess I might eventually want the cpo box anyways, which can be had rather cheaply at JPC's).


Added these (on sale, too):

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[Que]

Last day of the Ricercar sales at discplus ... gave in, and quite so:

Would have skipped the Millenarium set if it hadn't been for recent discussions here ... but as I plan to embark on a lengthy journey of discovery as far as late medieval and Renaissance music goes (that will not begin before end of the year though, at least not as far as reading goes), this comes in more than handy! (Same goes for the third of the next bunch ...

I actually wanted to order a few more but they were out of stock (the musical instruments box/book, the Focroulle Bach organ box and another of those Ricercar cantatas sets, the Weckmann, to be exact, which seems to be completly OOP - too bad discplus often take weeks to update their website and delete entries for OOP discs). Anyway, this means the huge order will cost almost a third less, which ain't too bad either (and for Bach, organ works, I guess I might eventually want the cpo box anyways, which can be had rather cheaply at JPC's).


Added these (on sale, too)

AWESOME!  

Think you'll like the Ars Nova (or rather the Italian variety, called Trecento) by Jacopo da Bolonga...

Q

[Que]

My modest contribution of the day.... 



What?? 

Bartok on the HARPSICHORD?    Yes.....

The composer himself actually thought  it was a good idea.....

Q

[king ubu]

AWESOME!  

Think you'll like the Ars Nova (or rather the Italian variety, called Trecento) by Jacopo da Bolonga...

Q

Thanks, I certainly hope I will! And all this awesomeness will of course take years to digest ...