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[jayne lee wilson]

Thank you for that, which clarifies matters considerably - I hadn't realized until last night just how unhelpful the WAB catalogue numbers are for identifying which editions of the symphonies are being used.

I'm more attracted to the Schaller set: 18 discs (even with the choral works) suggests that perhaps - just perhaps - there's a cycle that includes all the various different editions of the symphonies that the composer oversaw, together with performing version(s) of his work on the Finale of the Ninth? That's been something I've been hoping for for a long time.

You can peer at the back of the box here.....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bruckner-Complete-Symphonies-Philharmonie-Philharmonischer/dp/B077TCZHD8/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1518639127&sr=1-1&keywords=schaller+bruckner

So no, it's not every version. 4 Discs are taken up with 2 different completions of the 9th, and there are two choral discs - I can vouch for the Mass No.3, which is a truly magnificent recording in a superbly apt acoustic. Of especial interest is the 1874 3rd, which is closely similar to 1873 but with richer orchestration and contrapuntal textures etc, especially in the 1st movement. It's probably my favourite Bruckner 3 of all.
(And if you think the Haas 1890 8th is a "mixed version", get a load of Carraghan's Variant of 1888! Luckily, it is a wonderful performance anyway)

[teamsaint]

Exclusive (apparently) pre - release ( one for Ferney there) for Pat Kop and Polina Leschenko's new disc.

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/deux-bartok-poulenc-ravel-patricia-kopatchinskaja-polina-leschenko/dygsg1sddef3a?utm_medium=e-mail&utm_source=newsletter_hi-res-audio_telechargement_en_141&j=40740&sfmc_sub=11731092&l=29_HTML&u=1659531&mid=7290575&jb=21

Awful cover, looks like something The Cure might have done rather better round about 1983.

[jayne lee wilson]

Didn't need telling twice to order this one.... sampling via Qobuz sounded very promising...

[jayne lee wilson]

Or how about this, with a 40-minute set of 90 variations on 8 bars of Handel (a bourrée from Water Music...)

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/ruders-viola-concerto-handel-variations-andreas-delfs-marc-soustrot-aarhus-symphony-orchestra-lars-anders-tomter/nftb4gx1k8y2a

[Stanfordian]

Exclusive (apparently) pre - release ( one for Ferney there) for Pat Kop and Polina Leschenko's new disc.

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/deux-bartok-poulenc-ravel-patricia-kopatchinskaja-polina-leschenko/dygsg1sddef3a?utm_medium=e-mail&utm_source=newsletter_hi-res-audio_telechargement_en_141&j=40740&sfmc_sub=11731092&l=29_HTML&u=1659531&mid=7290575&jb=21

Awful cover, looks like something The Cure might have done rather better round about 1983.

I've recently reviewed this Kop and Leschenko new release and I certainly enjoyed the performances. Not sure why Dohnányi’s solo piano arrangement of the Waltz from Delibes ballet Coppélia is included. Another chamber work could have been accommodated.

[Stanfordian]

Didn't need telling twice to order this one.... sampling via Qobuz sounded very promising...

I agree. The extract from the website certainly did sound most encouraging.

[Thropplenoggin]

I've been enjoying this new disc of Mompou and Ravel from Julien Brocal a lot this week: https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/cl...s-mompou-ravel For those with Amazon Unlimited, https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B07B8PCRN4/CATALOG

His disc of Chopin Preludes was also very well received - a wonderful new talent.

[Cockney Sparrow]

Its also available under the Rubicon Label (- listing in the label under "M" - for Mompou) on Naxos Music Library.
(as to NML - http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...-library/page2

[cloughie]

Just noticed two interesting forthcoming big box releases. Due in May Complete Kubelik on DG and in August Complete Szell on Sony. Tempting for their completeness but I guess too much shelf duplication.

[Pulcinella]

This American Collection (spotted as it was an 'Other customers also bought' item when I checked on the Proms Brochure release date on Amazon just now) looks interesting, though would involve some duplication for me:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leonard-Slatkin-American-Collection/dp/B079J83PPD/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=HG4AEXVEGJ1866XPE5DJ

[richardfinegold]

This American Collection (spotted as it was an 'Other customers also bought' item when I checked on the Proms Brochure release date on Amazon just now) looks interesting, though would involve some duplication for me:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leonard-Sla...VEGJ1866XPE5DJ

I note from the cover that Varese is considered American. Who next, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Weill, Rachmaninov , and other transplanted Europeans?
At any rate I might bite on this but I want to see a full content listing. I already have Copland, Barber, Bernstein and Piston
Discs from Slatkin, and his later Naxos Copland recordings as well.

[richardfinegold]

Didn't need telling twice to order this one.... sampling via Qobuz sounded very promising...

How was this? Is it in Stereo? I was unable to find it on Apple Music

[Bryn]

I note from the cover that Varese is considered American. Who next, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Weill, Rachmaninov , and other transplanted Europeans?
At any rate I might bite on this but I want to see a full content listing. I already have Copland, Barber, Bernstein and Piston
Discs from Slatkin, and his later Naxos Copland recordings as well.

Varèse took American citizenship in 1927, so some years after he completed Arcana, the sole work of his included in this CD set. Schoenberg was an American citizen, though Schönberg was not, I think. As for Weill, https://www.kwf.org/pages/wt-im-an-american.html

[Pulcinella]

I note from the cover that Varese is considered American. Who next, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Weill, Rachmaninov , and other transplanted Europeans?
At any rate I might bite on this but I want to see a full content listing. I already have Copland, Barber, Bernstein and Piston
Discs from Slatkin, and his later Naxos Copland recordings as well.

Richard

Full listing here:

https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/8431056--leonard-slatkin-the-american-collection

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Varèse took American citizenship in 1927, so some years after he completed Arcana, the sole work of his included in this CD set. Schoenberg was an American citizen, though Schönberg was not, I think. As for Weill, https://www.kwf.org/pages/wt-im-an-american.html

Wasn't Arcana completed in 1927? He'd lived in the US since 1915, and all but one of the works of his that survive were written in America - so, yes; an American composer.