Christmas is coming...

[pastoralguy]

Not long until Santa will be loading up his sleigh and setting out to deliver cheer to many. Does anyone have any thoughts about what CDs they would line to give/receive?

[Thropplenoggin]

Hmmm. The Amazon wishlists are many and varied. The Krauss Ring Cycle would be nice (are you listening, gods of the Great River Snake Behemoth in Brazil, Colombia and Peru?!)

I suppose something that might be nice is some opera on DVD, either Wagner or Mozart. They never seem to come down in price. Oh, and on disc some of Knappertbusch's Bruckner. And Knappertbusch's '62 Parisfal...or the '51...and so it goes on.

How about a Forum 'Secret Santa'? Everyone buys someone else a Zoverstocks £0.01 special.

[Nick Armstrong]

I've never known what 'Secret Santa' means... I think it happens at work, but not in any office I've ever worked in

There will be a fair few Uchida Schumann and Gielen Mahler 7s dished out by among Caliban's friends and relations...

[MickyD]

I'd like to get hold of BIS's Ronald Brautigam complete Haydn and Mozart solo piano works boxes. Plus some more of those lovely London Haydn Quartet discs on Hyperion.

[amateur51]

I'd like to get hold of BIS's Ronald Brautigam complete Haydn and Mozart solo piano works boxes. Plus some more of those lovely London Haydn Quartet discs on Hyperion.

The Brautigams recently went on my wish list too, MickyD - great minds

[teamsaint]

The Naxos Lutoslawski box is high on my list.

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[richardfinegold]

Not long until Santa will be loading up his sleigh and setting out to deliver cheer to many. Does anyone have any thoughts about what CDs they would line to give/receive?

I will send you my list and P.O. address soon. Thanks Santa, I've been a very good boy this year. HO HO HO.

[Tevot]

The Naxos Lutoslawski box is high on my list.

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Edward Gardner's recordings of Lutoslawski are well worth including as a stocking filler too ;-)

[Bryn]

The Brautigams recently went on my wish list too, MickyD - great minds

All struck off mine some time ago.

[MickyD]

And are you sufficiently satisfied with them Bryn, for am51 and myself to go ahead and write our letters to Santa?

[Bryn]

And are you sufficiently satisfied with them Bryn, for am51 and myself to go ahead and write our letters to Santa?

Oh yes. No question about that.

[vinteuil]

Oh yes. No question about that.

... I agree!

Of course you will also want to acquire (if you do not already possess) the Tom Beghin, the Bart van Oort, the Christine Schornsheim, and the three Andreas Staier CDs for the Haydn; the Bart van Oort, the Alexei Lubimov, and various Andreas Staier for the Mozart...

[Bryn]

Appropriate use of parentheses there, vinteuil.

[MickyD]

Thanks, Vints...I do have the Schornsheim and Staier sets and think they are superb. I feel I must have the Brautigams not just for the playing, but for the beautiful sound that BIS gives him...lovely recordings, from what I have heard.

[Petrushka]

The arrangement I've had with family for the past few years is that we close our wish lists for viewing on November 1. Doesn't stop us adding new items but in order to keep the surprise element intact there is no further viewing after that date.

As usual, I will be purchasing Christmas gifts for myself pre-Nov 1 (better get a move on). I hand them over to my brother and don't see them again until Christmas morning. By that time I've forgotten what I bought so there is still plenty to surprise.

I've thought of giving the link to my Amazon wish list on here just in case any fellow Forum members would like to share in the fun.