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  • Dave2002
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 18008

    Originally posted by robk View Post
    Having bitten on the Verdi bargain. Any thoughts about sources of libretti with English translations to go with them?
    You could always also buy the Decca set, which might have them.

    Actually I would need to check that - Decca's box may not have them either.

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    • robk
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 167

      Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
      You could always also buy the Decca set, which might have them.

      Actually I would need to check that - Decca's box may not have them either.

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      • teamsaint
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 25190

        Originally posted by robk View Post
        Having bitten on the Verdi bargain. Any thoughts about sources of libretti with English translations to go with them?
        online here?



        a book would be better.......
        I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

        I am not a number, I am a free man.

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        • Beef Oven!
          Ex-member
          • Sep 2013
          • 18147

          Originally posted by teamsaint View Post

          Couldn't rustle up a libretto and English translation for Philippe Manoury's opera '60th Parallel' could you ts?

          Been trying for ages meself, with no luck.

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          • gurnemanz
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 7379

            This site is very good for parallel text libretti. I used it recently for La Forza del Destino. Load the original language, then click "line by line - show" in the box on the right to get the English as well.

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            • Beef Oven!
              Ex-member
              • Sep 2013
              • 18147

              Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
              This site is very good for parallel text libretti. I used it recently for La Forza del Destino. Load the original language, then click "line by line - show" in the box on the right to get the English as well.
              Great! Many thanks.

              Ok, so it's a bit limited in terms of the number of composers, but I do listen to all the usual suspects quite a lot.

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              • teamsaint
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 25190

                Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                Great! Many thanks.

                Ok, so it's a bit limited in terms of the number of composers, but I do listen to all the usual suspects quite a lot.
                There is a PDF of the Manoury in French at Naxos online. A PDF to word converter would get you on the road to an automatic online translator thing?

                I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                • robk
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 167

                  Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
                  This site is very good for parallel text libretti. I used it recently for La Forza del Destino. Load the original language, then click "line by line - show" in the box on the right to get the English as well.
                  Thank you - very helpful

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                  • Beef Oven!
                    Ex-member
                    • Sep 2013
                    • 18147

                    Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                    There is a PDF of the Manoury in French at Naxos online. A PDF to word converter would get you on the road to an automatic online translator thing?

                    http://wiltshire.naxosmusiclibrary.c....554249-50.pdf
                    Thanks - I had looked on the Naxos site, but must've missed it. Still no translation and my French is un peu merde.

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                    • Dave2002
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 18008

                      Yet another CPE Bach set



                      6 CDs - about £22. Symphonies and concertos conducted by Pinnock, Goebel and Richter.

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                      • Bryn
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 24688

                        Originally posted by MickyD View Post
                        Yes, it is a bargain and I agree that the music and performances are wonderful, but if you are a stickler for CD notes, be aware that you don't get the original ones which came with the first release of the discs.
                        Indeed, all you get is the track listings, credits and a few photographs, the former of which are pretty redundant since they are also included on the backs of the slip cases. I would have happily done without the repeated track listings, and the photographs, and instead have the original programme notes. Still a bargain though.

                        [Mind you, it is only fair to point out that the complete notes are available online.]
                        Last edited by Bryn; 03-03-14, 14:00.

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                        • Beef Oven!
                          Ex-member
                          • Sep 2013
                          • 18147

                          Don't miss out on this bargain Bob Simpson CD http://www.amazon.co.uk/Simpson-Stri...robert+simpson

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                          • MLF

                            Having been prevaricating about which complete Bach set to buy (Hanssler, Brilliant Classics or Warner on USB - still undecided) I think I will get the following for myself as an Easter present and defer the decision:



                            This looks to me like a very desirable package at low price.

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                            • Dave2002
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 18008

                              Originally posted by MLF View Post
                              Having been prevaricating about which complete Bach set to buy (Hanssler, Brilliant Classics or Warner on USB - still undecided) I think I will get the following for myself as an Easter present and defer the decision:



                              This looks to me like a very desirable package at low price.
                              This does look quite good, though clearly not everyone likes JEG. It probably shouldn't be the only set of these works to have. There is an amusing 1 star review on the Amazon site, which is worth a glance, even if one does not agree with all of it. I have some of the Archiv recordings, as well as a few of the later Soli Deo Gloria ones. I often find that I enjoy Suzuki's performances as much as any - but the BIS recordings are expensive.

                              Sorry I can't help much re the "whole" Bach sets. I have the Brilliant box in an early version - it may have been updated slightly since I bought mine. Some of the performances are really good, but it is arguably a mixed bag. We have discussed before whether the cantata performances in the Brilliant box are up to the mark compared with other sets.

                              Would you actually ever play through such a large set? Would you keep it for reference purposes, or for frequent playing? I don't regret having bought it, but I don't play many of the CDs very often. There may be other individual CDs or small boxes which you would enjoy more.

                              I raher liked some of the Rilling cantata performances in the Haensler set, but they could be considered too comfortable and old fashioned. The Warner set - USB - is that in MP3 format? I probably woulldn't go for that unless the performances are very good. i can easily listen to a lot of material which has been compressed for digital distribution by accessing Spotify. The Warner set is indeed in MP3 - http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features...e-bach-edition - pity they can't produce it in FLAC. The performances should be pretty good. Is that set not still available on CDs? Maybe Warner could reissue this as FLAC or better downloads.

                              Thanks for pointing out the JEG set though - it does look good value, and I might go for it myself, even if I don't expect it to supplant other recommendations.

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                              • cloughie
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2011
                                • 22110

                                Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                                Don't miss out on this bargain Bob Simpson CD http://www.amazon.co.uk/Simpson-Stri...robert+simpson
                                I let you have foggy go!

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