Purchases Today

[not edward]

Landed today, though I probably should have bought it long ago:

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This disc is really a bit of a hodge-podge, but some of it is very welcome. Fine performances of Intermittences and Catenaires, a first recording of the wind quintet 9x5 (which I found a bit underwhelming in comparison to my memories of a live performance in 2012), and some early vocal works that I haven't listened to yet.

The big thing here is Charles Rosen playing the piano concerto. It's a fascinating reading, playing up the lyrical side of the work in a way that it hasn't been on disc previously, and making the links between middle and late Carter very clear. I wouldn't want to be without Oppens in this piece, but Rosen's performance (and Rosen was close to Carter) makes it clear that the aggressive, violent view of the work is one that shows only one side of it.

[André]

Shipping costs have gone up here in the US, generally.

C'est une honte ! 

[aligreto]

Bax: Chamber Music....

[Karl Henning]

C'est une honte ! 

Tu as raison

[71 dB]

Affordable Schumann purchases:

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[asin]B00002604L[/asin]

[Harry]

Affordable Schumann purchases:

[asin]B000031WHH[/asin]
[asin]B00002604L[/asin]

Both good recordings!

[aligreto]

Janet Baker singing Berlioz....

[ritter]

Janet Baker singing Berlioz....

I was listening to that CD about a month ago (in the midst of a brief Les Troyens frenzy). I've owned it for many years, and it is superb! Hope you enjoy it...

[aligreto]

I was listening to that CD about a month ago (in the midst of a brief Les Troyens frenzy). I've owned it for many years, and it is superb! Hope you enjoy it...

That is great, thank you. I just bought it on a whim and look forward even more to hearing it.

[André]

6 discs of Haydn symphonies played by Roy Goodman and The Hanover Band (Hyperion-Helios).

[kishnevi]

Found in the bins at Barnes and Noble

The Tchaikovsky VC/Stravinsky Les Noces recording from Currentzis/Kopatchinskaja/Anima Eterna
The Sokolov double CD of Schubert and Beethoven on DG
Mahler 5: Seoul Phil. conducted by Chung

[vandermolen]

Bax: Chamber Music....

The Harp Quintet is my favourite piece of chamber music by Bax - a lovely work.

[aligreto]

6 discs of Haydn symphonies played by Roy Goodman and The Hanover Band (Hyperion-Helios).

I still find Goodman's Haydn most appealing.

[aligreto]

The Harp Quintet is my favourite piece of chamber music by Bax - a lovely work.

I have not heard it yet but I am looking forward to it. I am only entering the Chamber Music world of Bax at the moment and that one certainly grabbed my attention.

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Just bought:

[kishnevi]

This morning

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Just bought:

[ritter]

This was really cheap at amazon.es:

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[aligreto]

This one was recommended to me here not so long ago....

[The new erato]

There's hardly a disc of anything by anybody that hasn't been recommended by somebody at some time or another at this site.