Boarders' Choice 2013

[Thropplenoggin]

Also, do any boarders have a view on the Dunedin consort Brandenburg?

My first FLAC download. I don't like their choral stuff - soloists too closely miked for my tastes - but their BCs feel very special for now (I haven't lived with them enough yet to see if this feeling lasts the distance). For now it's a refreshing alternative to the Italian approach (e.g. Il Giardino Armonico)

[Thropplenoggin]

Bach, Bruckner, Wagner, Mozart.

Bach: Cello Suites, Paul Tortelier. S/h purchase, EMI Red Line series, 2 separate purchases. Most listened to discs of the year? Reckon so.

Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas, Mitsuko Uchida (Philips). S/H bargain via eBay. Sold Maria Joao Pires Denon/Brilliant set. No regrets. The Uchida's had very heavy rotation.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8, Gunter Wand/NDR Sinfonieorchester. A generous donation from a fellow boarder. Heard this again today. It could make a Bruckner convert out of Salymap. The rasping horns, the drama, the superb recording, the way Wand holds it all together...mesmerising. Still the best Bruckner disc I own.

Mozart: Posthorn Serenade, Bohm/BP (DG). £0.01 Amazon Marketplace. Startling Mozart. I heard the magical modern-sounding drama of that very first chord change in the Bruckner today!!

Mozart: Concert Arias, Gundula Janowitz (DG). Birthday gift. Gundula Janowitz. 'nuff said.

[mathias broucek]

The Phoenix Rising & Music for Compline (and esp the Sheppard tracks on those discs)
Stile Antico
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[EdgeleyRob]

Quite a bit of Weinberg.I have developed passion for this composer's music,all thanks to Suffolkcoastal's Symphonic journey.

Also,three standout purchases.

Stanley Bate,Viola Concerto / Vaughan Williams,Romance / W.H. Bell,Rosa Mystica.
Roger Chase,BBC Concert Orchestra,Stephen Bell.

Vaughan Williams,The Solent etc.
RLPO,Paul Daniel.

Alkan,complete Piano Duos and Duets.
Goldstone,Clemmow.

[richardfinegold]

Nice thread.
For me it has been the year of the big boxed sets.
In no particular order:
1) Fleisher/Szell-- Beethoven/Brahms/Mozart 25 Piano Concertos A very musically satisfying set, as the B&B have always been my top choices for these works. The remastering adds that much more pleasure.
2) Reiner Richard Strauss Again, I had a lot of these already, but the sound improvement here is vast
3) Mercury Living Presence Part II--excellent Dorati and Paray and some of the lesser known stuff is a lot of fun
4) David Oistrakh/EMI box--a gold mine of great recordings, and for me, there wasn't much duplication
5) Gary Graffman set--short playing times for many ofthe lps, but at the bargain price it's churlish to complain
6) Rudolf Serkin Beethoven Sonata set--not a complete set, but the ones represented are fantastic, and the Concerto recordings are excellent

Honorable Mentions:
Karajan Bruckner
Klemperer Bruckner
Casadasus/Szell Mozart Concertos
Stokowski-RCA Stereo Recordings
EMI Mahler Box

[MickyD]

I have been steadily acquiring Stile Antico's discs and have been bowled over by them.

Another delight was the luxurious sound that Christophe Rousset gets from a wonderful historic instrument in his new 2 CD set of the harpsichord music by Duphly. Superb!

[BBMmk2]

I've had quite a good cd buying year. It be rather difficult to choose which one!!

[amateur51]

I have been steadily acquiring Stile Antico's discs and have been bowled over by them.

Another delight was the luxurious sound that Christophe Rousset gets from a wonderful historic instrument in his new 2 CD set of the harpsichord music by Duphly. Superb!

Oh dear, MickyD you've just pushed me over the edge into acquiring Rousset's Duphly CD.

[verismissimo]

... among others bought this year I have particularly been enjoying...
Brahms : Piano Works. Hardy Rittner, Streicher 1851, Bösendorfer 1849, Schweighofer 1876, Streicher 1870. Bösendorfer 1846, Streicher 1856, Streicher 1868
Liszt transcriptions of Beethoven Symphonies : Yury Martynov, Érard 1837

I hadn't spotted these, vints. Fascinating. Pity they are more than I usually invest. Wait till they are boxed up? Mmmm...

[amateur51]

I hadn't spotted these, vints. Fascinating. Pity they are more than I usually invest. Wait till they are boxed up? Mmmm...

Vints is always an early adopter, verismissimo. On this occasion I might join him in some of them, if Mr Dunkin-Smiff can be persuaded to enter into the Seasonal Spirit ;biggrin:

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Mahler: Sinfonie 7
Gielen/Berliner Philharmoniker

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Jeremy Denk[/B]

I think these two would be my own "stand out" choices, too. I never thought I'd need to have another Piano recording of the Goldbergs, but I find the sheer Musicianship that Denk brings to the work (such an astonishing marriage between Bach's notes, Denk's imagination and fingers, and the modern piano) irresistable.

And the Gielen ... just so ... so ... fecking good!

[vinteuil]

I never thought I'd need to have another Piano recording of the Goldbergs, but I find the sheer, astonishing Musicianship that Denk brings to the work (such an astonishing marriage between Bach's notes, Denk's imagination and fingers, and the modern piano) irresistable.

... o lordy! - I had hoped I wd be able to withstand the temptation - but ferneyhiccup's words have "pushed me over the edge", as the Amateur puts it.

Still, I see I can get it from Sainsbury's for £10 post free. A new-year present to self

[amateur51]

... o lordy! - I had hoped I wd be able to withstand the temptation - but ferneyhiccup's words have "pushed me over the edge", as the Amateur puts it.

Still, I see I can get it from Sainsbury's for £10 post free. A new-year present to self

'Twas Padraig who pushed me over the edge on this one, vints but it has yet to arrive*

Eeek - they say they posted it on 10 December

[Padraig]

'Twas Padraig who pushed me over the edge on this one, vints but it has yet to arrive.

I never laid a finger on amateur, honest, but I'm glad to say that mine arrived yesterday.
( see other thread)

[MickyD]

Oh dear, MickyD you've just pushed me over the edge into acquiring Rousset's Duphly CD.

You won't regret it, am51! It is a lovely set in all respects...the music, the performer, the instrument and the recording quality. Bravo!