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[Drasko]

What Pique Dame DVD ?

Mariinsky / Gergiev on Philips

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... and I have never seen it complete. DVD is still a medium I often struggle with when it comes to opera.

[Sergeant Rock]

I've spent the last faw days listening to the op 32 and 65 sets by the Festetics, and decided I like them quite a bit.

I posted the message this is referencing in the wrong thread (didn't notice until just now) Should have been in the listening thread. But yeah, I liked their op.50 better this time around. Growing on me.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived today, two discs of Grieg piano works, including the Concerto, Sonata and various smaller works. Recommended by Jens:

"Another fine, slightly specialist release, of Grieg's Piano Concerto and select Lyric Pieces (played on Grieg's piano and trying to emulate Grieg's own performances), namely that of Sigurd Slåttebrekk with the Oslo Philharmonic under Michail Jurowski on Simax"

Full review here (in the "Coda" of this lengthy article on Norway and its music):  http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2012/03/musical-journey-through-norway.html




Sarge

[Ken B]

I posted the message this is referencing in the wrong thread (didn't notice until just now) Should have been in the listening thread. But yeah, I liked their op.50 better this time around. Growing on me.

Sarge

You've been listening to Ives today. Nothing like Ives to make Haydn grow on one!

[listener]

a couple of new Capriccio releases that showed up at Sikoras today
WEINBERGER (the Schwanda guy): Overture to a Chivalrous Play, Six Bohemian Songs and Dances, Passacaglia for Organ and Large Organ
Berlin Deutsches Symphonie Orch.   Gerd Albrecht, cond.
and Karl WEIGL:  Violin Concerto and Concerto for Piano Left-hand

[Bogey]

Mein Kempff and a bonus.  Thanks Mc Ukrneal - whose well wish I'm certain made these not leave the shop before I got there:

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Absolutely solid purchase.  I know many prefer the mono set, but this one is not to be denied a place on your shelf.

[listener]

also at Sikoras yesterday, used, inexpensive
WIDOR: Organ Symphony 5 (the one with that Toccata), MESSIAEN: L'Ascension
Leo Krämer, Scherpf-Organ (19610 in Speyer    2 @32' ft stops so should be impressive
MARCHAND and BACH 529, 582
Hans Leenders, organ of Onze Lievre Vrouve-basiliek, Maastricht  Severin 1752 and others

[aligreto]

Alfvén: Symphonies and Swedish Rhapsodies [Jarvi]....

[kishnevi]

Trotted over to Barnes and Noble,  and found something mislabeled as Most Relaxing Cello CD with a price of $20.99.
The coupon was for 40% off.
I was ruthless.  Or I gave in to temptation.
At any rate I paid $12.01 including tax for the item.
The ASIN is B0091JQH76.

The curious can follow the trail from there.

[ritter]

Trotted over to Barnes and Noble,  and found something mislabeled as Most Relaxing Cello CD with a price of $20.99.
The coupon was for 40% off.
I was ruthless.  Or I gave in to temptation.
At any rate I paid $12.01 including tax for the item.
The ASIN is B0091JQH76.

The curious can follow the trail from there.

Well done! 20 CDs of relaxing (and not so relaxing) music (most of it definitely not specifically for the cello) 

I got my set a couple of years ago for some 30 €, and thought that was a steal...

[Harry]

Hohohohoho, a release on which I was waiting......and finally its there.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/09/this-is-really-fabulous-release.html?spref=tw

[Que]

Hohohohoho, a release on which I was waiting......and finally its there.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/09/this-is-really-fabulous-release.html?spref=tw

Definitely.  It won't be long now before you can order it at jpc, good price too...

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-music-for-harpsi/hnum/4141839

Q

[GioCar]

Hohohohoho, a release on which I was waiting......and finally its there.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/09/this-is-really-fabulous-release.html?spref=tw

Is it a reissue or a brand new release? AFAIK Simone Stella has been recording for OnClassical (an online-only Italian label), then Brilliant often reissue his recordings (on physical CDs).
I searched into their website http://www.onclassical.com/ but I couldn't locate the Froberger.

[Harry]

Is it a reissue or a brand new release? AFAIK Simone Stella has been recording for OnClassical (an online-only Italian label), then Brilliant often reissue his recordings (on physical CDs).
I searched into their website http://www.onclassical.com/ but I couldn't locate the Froberger.

As far as I understood, this is brand new, but 100% sure I am not, I am waiting on a review copy.

[prémont]

As far as I understood, this is brand new, but 100% sure I am not, I am waiting on a review copy.

I  read (forgot where) about half a year ago [Froberger/Stella], that he was working on a Froberger integral, which was soon to be released. This gave me the impression, that it is about new recordings.

[Harry]

I  read (forgot where) about half a year ago [Froberger/Stella], that he was working on a Froberger integral, which was soon to be released. This gave me the impression, that it is about new recordings.

Yes they are. Played on Four different Baroque organs and a Ruckers harpsichord.

Der italienische Organist und Cembalist Simone Stella ist einer der gefragtesten und renommiertesten Experten für frühe Orgel- und Cembalomusik aus Deutschland. Seine bisherigen Alben wurden von der internationalen Kritik regelmäßig mit Höchstwertungen ausgezeichnet. Nun legt er als Weltersteinspielung Frobergers (erhaltenes) Gesamtwerk für Cembalo und Orgel vor. Darin enthalten sind die Toccaten, Partiten, Kanzonen, Capriccios und Ricercare des "Libro Secondo" (von 1649) und des "LibroQuarto" (1656), das "Libro di capricci e ricercate" (ca. 1658), die Partiten des Berliner Manuskripts, die Toccaten des Chigi-Manuskripts sowie zahlreiche weitere polyphone Werke, die lediglich in Kopien überliefert sind. Frobergers Werke können, wie in jener Zeit üblich, auf jedem Tasteninstrument musiziert werden. Stella wählte für seine Gesamteinspielung einen Nachbau eines Cembalos von Johannes Ruckers (von 1638) und vier der schönsten barocken Orgeln Italiens aus: die von OnofrioZeffirini da Cortona 1558 erbaute Orgel der Abteikirche Badia Fiorentina, das von Domenico Di Lorenzo da Lucca 1521 erbaute Instrument der Kirche der Santissima Annunziata, beide in Florenz, die im 17. Jahrhundert erbaute venezianische Orgel der Pfarrei Sant’EusebiodiAngarano in Bassanodel Grappa und die Pinchi-Orgel "Op. 446" der BasilicaSan Giorgio fuorilemura in Ferrara.

[ritter]

The result of a visit to Harold Moore's in London, on the way up to Scotland. Some were new, some were used (but in mint codition, and 40% off the marked price:

        

   

Long live Harold Moore Records! 

Also, got these from other sources (Foyles, AmUK...):

   

And finally, back in Madrid, got this at an attractive "summer discount" from La Quinta de Mahler:

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[GioCar]

I  read (forgot where) about half a year ago [Froberger/Stella], that he was working on a Froberger integral, which was soon to be released. This gave me the impression, that it is about new recordings.

Yes they are. Played on Four different Baroque organs and a Ruckers harpsichord.

Good to know, thanks friends!
I'm fond of Stella, I have his complete Buxtehude set, and I am very little familiar with Froberger... The two things match perfectly!
Straight into my wishlist 

[Karl Henning]

Trotted over to Barnes and Noble,  and found something mislabeled as Most Relaxing Cello CD with a price of $20.99.
The coupon was for 40% off.
I was ruthless.  Or I gave in to temptation.
At any rate I paid $12.01 including tax for the item.
The ASIN is B0091JQH76.

The curious can follow the trail from there.

You crushed it!

[Mirror Image]

Trotted over to Barnes and Noble,  and found something mislabeled as Most Relaxing Cello CD with a price of $20.99.
The coupon was for 40% off.
I was ruthless.  Or I gave in to temptation.
At any rate I paid $12.01 including tax for the item.
The ASIN is B0091JQH76.

The curious can follow the trail from there.

Hah! Great buy, Jeffrey.

For the record, this is the set Jeffrey bought: