Your Latest CD/DVD/Download Purchase

[BeethovensQuill]

Just got this in the post this morning off to have a listen just now, dont normally buy Christmas inspired music but this year felt different.

[bluestateprommer]

Some recent acquisitions from a used CD shop:

1. Lera Auerbach: 24 Preludes for Violin & Piano (BIS)
2. Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartets, opp. 71, 74, 77, 103 (Amadeus Quartet), on DG
3. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 / Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, with Benno Moiseiwitsch (BBC Legends)

Not that I've actually had time to listen to these, mind you .

[StephenO]

Rostropovich and Argerich - Chopin Cello Sonata. Amazon finally have it back in stock!

[Basil]

These arrived on New Years eve, a great start to 2011!

Rostropovich and Argerich - Chopin Cello Sonata. Amazon finally have it back in stock!

Which Amazon? The .co.uk one is still showing it out of stock.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chopin-Sonata-Polonaise-Schumann-Allegro/dp/B00000E3HL/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1294071282&sr=1-1

[Bryn]

Oh dear, I have ended up with 2 copies of that dire set. Even worse than her Mozart, to my ears.

[Basil]

Oh dear, I have ended up with 2 copies of that dire set. Even worse than her Mozart, to my ears.

Dire? That's a little strong?

You wouldn't happen to mean this Mozart?



It arrived with the Schubert.

[tony yyy]

I was given DG's Alban Berg Collection for Christmas. I haven't had a chance to listen to any of it yet but I'm particularly looking forward to the songs, although sadly there are no texts or libretti included. I don't suppose they're available as a download anywhere?

[Martin]

Even worse than her Mozart, to my ears.

I bought a couple of the Uchida Mozart discs from that set last year sometime, and they were most disappointing. There seemed to be no synthesis of soloist conductor and orchestra, and the orchestral playing was poor.

[Bryn]

Dire? That's a little strong?

You wouldn't happen to mean this Mozart?



It arrived with the Schubert.

Actually, it was this set I had in mind:

[Nick Armstrong]

I bought a couple of the Uchida Mozart discs from that set last year sometime, and they were most disappointing. There seemed to be no synthesis of soloist conductor and orchestra, and the orchestral playing was poor.

Martin, I think you're spot on (it must be the Tate-conducted concertos you are referring to). I posted this on another thread a few weeks back:

One of my biggest disappointments in CD buying was when I bought the Uchida - Tate Complete Concertos. I already had Uchida's complete Mozart sonatas, and think those performances are priceless.

How surprising to find then that this performer's approach to the concertos just didn't tick the boxes for me, at all. I found something subtly but totally unengaging about them - can't remember in detail why, because the box went back to HMV as I knew I could never live with them. My recollection is that there was a lack of flow, infelicitous phrasing... Earthbound readings, I thought.

Mysterious that it was such a dud, that concerto set.

[Flosshilde]

My most recent purchase was Carmen, with Grace Bumbry, Mirella Freni, Jon Vickers & Kostas Paskalis, & the orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos. Cost £4.99 in Waterstone's sale. No, they haven't started to sell music CDs - it was in a hard-back book in a series called 'A Guide to understanding & appreciating Opera'. It doesn't actually have anything that you wouldn't find in a decent CD booklet.

[Martin]

Martin, I think you're spot on (it must be the Tate-conducted concertos you are referring to). I posted this on another thread a few weeks back:



Mysterious that it was such a dud, that concerto set.

Yes, the Tate ones. Dreadful! I forget, did he have a good relationship with the ECO when he was there, as was it just a duff period when they did those sessions? I'm glad I hadn't bought the whole set.

[gurnemanz]

I bought the new Juan Diego Flórez disc "Santo" for my wife for Christmas. She seems to be in love with him and I will admit that he is slightly more dashing and a slightly better singer then me.

Some pre VAT-rise stuff is on the way:

Highly praised Chopin historical edition: Amazon have surely got the price wrong:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003DQIQ7C/ref=oss_product

I also decided I needed the Rachmaninov as pianist edition:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000A2AD2S/ref=oss_product

[Bryn]

I'm sure they've left out a digit there, but hey, nothing ventured ... . Order placed. I await their get-out email.

[amateur51]

Cheers for the Chopin heads-up, gurnemanz. Purchase made & accepted by Amazon - let's wait & see, eh?