Bargains

[Barbirollians]

Hiya EdgeleyRob ,

You know I have several sets of the complete Mozart piano concertos and have never been entirely satisfied with any of them. I think the ongoing set by Mitsuko Uchida and the Cleveland Orchestra is promising to be the finest so far. I also rather admire the Barenboim set as soloist with the Berliner Philharmoniker. I am quite tempted to give that set by Annerose Schmidt and the Dresdener Philharmonie at try.

During my recent Dresden trips I have been trying to learn something about life in the DDR. Unlike the big cities Berlin and Munich many people of my own age in Dresden don't speak English as it was forbidden to be taught in East German schools during that era. Of course it is different now especially in the cities as all young people seem to want to speak English.

I am afraid I understood that the Cleveland/Uchida was going no further .

[Dave2002]

Perhaps I was being too polite - in truth they were not my best purchase - I don't think Masur does much Mozart - probably even less after this experience!

I don’t think Masur does Mozart at all, now.

[Bryn]

"Annerose Schmidt, one of the best known women pianists on the international scene", certainly had a forceful technique. Makes a change to hear the 'Coronation' hammered out quite to this degree. There again I am far more used to the use of original instruments, or modern faithful copies of such, in these concertos. I don't actually find AS's playing unpleasant, though idiomatic is not the word that comes to mind in connection with her approach. Always room or something a bit different, I suppose.

[Kamisama]

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (+ Decca/Philips)
37 CDs
Price reduction at Amazon Italy:

https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01L98GVZE/

Contents:

http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4796789

[Stanfordian]

I am afraid I understood that the Cleveland/Uchida was going no further .

Hiya Barbirollians,

You're not wrong. On reflection I don't think it was intended to be a complete Mozart Piano Concertos cycle from Dame Mitsuko Uchida. My memory must be going! Of course Uchida's last album directing the Cleveland Orchestra released in 2106 was the fifth and final in the series of her Mozart live recordings from Severance Hall.

[Bryn]

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (+ Decca/Philips)
37 CDs
Price reduction at Amazon Italy:

https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01L98GVZE/

Contents:
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4796789

I appear to have the majority of the recordings. Good bargain for those that don't though.

[Parry1912]

I don’t think Masur does Mozart at all, now.

You don't know that!

No, you're right (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6)

[Bryn]

You don't know that!

No, you're right (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6)

Those piano concertos were very nearly all the Mozart he ever recorded, as far as I can find.

[Parry1912]

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (+ Decca/Philips)
37 CDs
Price reduction at Amazon Italy:
[URL="https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01L98GVZE/"]https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01L98GVZE/

Good spot!

[hafod]

ROSTROPOVICH Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (+ Decca/Philips) 37 CDs
Price reduction at Amazon Italy:

https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01L98GVZE/

Contents:
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4796789

Thank you for this. Trying to decide whether the duplication factor makes it not worth buying, and not helped by a large number of short sides.

[Dave2002]

You don't know that!

No, you're right (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6)

Except that assumes that Eccliastes is "true". We have no way of knowing. Perhaps your first sentence could be correct, after all!

Maybe Kurt is conducting Mozart in a parallel universe.

[Kamisama]

How about Julius Katchen - The Complete Decca Recordings (35 CDs)?

https://www.amazon.it/Julius-Katchen-Complete-Decca-Recordings/dp/B01H9HK3XK/

[Bryn]

How about Julius Katchen - The Complete Decca Recordings (35 CDs)?
https://www.amazon.it/Julius-Katchen...dp/B01H9HK3XK/

That's more like it. Not quite as many duplicates.

[Stunsworth]

If you have access to the French version of Qobuz you can download all of Reiner’s RCA recordings (63 CDs worth) for 49€. It looks as if they have the contents of the original LPs, so some short ‘CDs’. It’s also available on the UK site, but at a higher price...

http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/fritz-reiner-the-complete-chicago-symphony-recordings-on-rca-fritz-reiner/0886443864665

[hafod]

How about Julius Katchen - The Complete Decca Recordings (35 CDs)?
https://www.amazon.it/Julius-Katchen...dp/B01H9HK3XK/

Or indeed this one from the same stable - 37 cds of 'Slava on DG for the same price.

https://www.amazon.it/dp/B01L98GVZE