Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 25CD set at JPC for EUR 19.99
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Del boy: “Get in, get out, don’t look back. That’s my motto!” -
"Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."Comment
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Still good value and great recordings but it's a cut-down version of the 50CD set which came out in 2008. I got it for £40 then from Germany. The jpc reviewer only gives three stars for that reason, suggesting it might have been more customer-friendly ("kundenfreundlicher") to bring out an issue with 25 different recordings.Originally posted by Parry1912 View PostComment
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3CD Stoki on BBC Legends going for < £8
It includes an incendiary Mahler 2 (check out the basses at the very start) in decent mono albeit with some mishaps (e.g. the first brass entry in Urlicht) plus high quality stereo RVW (8) and DSCH (5). Haven't tried the Brahms 4 yet but the Perpetuum Mobile encore is a gem.
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Paul Badura Skoda's 9-CD set of Schubert sonatas on period keyboards on £10.50 at Europadisc! I have this as originally issued by Arcana as three 3-CD sets and it cost me about £60 three years ago. One or two of the foretpianos are a bit creaky, but I enjoy the set and Badura-Skoda's notes are enlightening. A terrific bargain.Comment
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Oh my, that's got the weekend off to a flying start - many thanks Mark MeldonOriginally posted by Mark Meldon View Post
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It is indeed a wonderful price for the Badura-Skoda set, but I will be resisting, not because of the creaky fortepianos (I love them!) but for the very dry acoustic given to the recordings. A pity it wasn't the BIS/Brautigam engineers on hand, to me that is an ideal sound.Comment
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I'm thrilled to have such wretched hearing that such considerations do not applyOriginally posted by MickyD View Post
Can't wait for Mr Brautigam's Beethoven sonatas to be collected in a nice cut-price box. The Mozart sonatas & variations and Haydn sonatas are already there.Comment
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You'll have to wait for the remainder of the Beethoven piano works to be released. There are 5 more SACDs to come yet. Also, if and when a boxed set is released, it is likely to be of CDs only, not SACDs.Originally posted by amateur51 View PostI'm thrilled to have such wretched hearing that such considerations do not apply
Can't wait for Mr Brautigam's Beethoven sonatas to be collected in a nice cut-price box. The Mozart sonatas & variations and Haydn sonatas are already there.Comment
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I have it on very good authority that the Beethovens will indeed be put into one box, so I'm waiting for then. Meantime I continue to enjoy Brautigam's Haydn and Mozart boxes - some of the most refined and witty playing I have ever heard and the recordings are beautiful to my ears. Even those who don't normally like fortepianos should give them a try.Originally posted by Bryn View PostComment
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Grateful thanks for this.Originally posted by Mark Meldon View Post
Amazon.UK have lowered prices (for how long?) on these:
Hogwood 20 disc Vivaldi box for £26.
Hogwood 32 disc Haydn symphonies box for £40.83.
Ansermet 32 disc box for £38.47.
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Originally posted by hafod View Post
" ... the performances themselves stand as the dullest available. Hogwood’s approach to this music lacks any vestige of emotional involvement. He’s completely mechanical. Slow movements, with their vibrato-less strings and thin tone sound completely soulless, while the quicker ones move with a choppy, routine vigor. ... "
Guess who?
Oh, and if you want a slightly more complete survey, you need to have or search out the BBCMM cover disc of Symphonies 76 and 77.Comment
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[QUOTE=Bryn;389526
Guess who?
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Surely not our Alpie?
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