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  • Petrushka
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 12234

    Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
    Rafael Kubelik symphony set - Mahler, Beethoven, Schumann and Dvorak - http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Symphony...XJ8Q8P187MKFDX Due out in May.

    I'm not sure how attractive this one is at the price - though I really like some of Kubelik's Mahler performances.
    At the moment it's £48 on MDT but my advice would be to keep a close eye on this one as the Amazon price is likely to plummet before release day. I have the Mahler set but really want the composite Beethoven cycle which is included in this box. The record companies certainly know how to dangle those carrots!
    "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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    • Thropplenoggin
      Full Member
      • Mar 2013
      • 1587

      CPE Bach fans, this was well-reviewed in the latest IRR:



      Samples here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/cpe-ba...s-mw0002584758

      http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/MDG/MDG9401824
      It loved to happen. -- Marcus Aurelius

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      • cloughie
        Full Member
        • Dec 2011
        • 22115

        Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
        Rafael Kubelik symphony set - Mahler, Beethoven, Schumann and Dvorak - http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Symphony...XJ8Q8P187MKFDX Due out in May.

        I'm not sure how attractive this one is at the price - though I really like some of Kubelik's Mahler performances.
        For me a very unattractive price for four Beethoven Symphonies!

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        • mathias broucek
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 1303

          Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
          The MP3 version will probably be rather cheaper - at a suggested price of £22.09 - see http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...t%20symphonies
          Looks like this isn't the complete box

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          • mathias broucek
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 1303

            Originally posted by cloughie View Post
            For me a very unattractive price for four Beethoven Symphonies!

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            • Dave2002
              Full Member
              • Dec 2010
              • 18009

              Originally posted by mathias broucek View Post
              Looks like this isn't the complete box

              http://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Great-Sy...eat+symphonies
              That's a bit naughty. I wonder if the details are correct, but I'm not going to pay to find out.

              The CD box should have 56 CDs, and the MP3 is showing only 12.

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              • Don Petter

                Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                That's a bit naughty. I wonder if the details are correct, but I'm not going to pay to find out.

                The CD box should have 56 CDs, and the MP3 is showing only 12.

                It does say on the box it is 'Part 4'. Does this explain it?

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                • mathias broucek
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 1303

                  Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
                  It does say on the box it is 'Part 4'. Does this explain it?
                  DG do this quite a bit. The HvK 70s box is in several chunks on google play.

                  I do find the largest boxed sets quite hard to navigate as downloads - to mitigate this one has to spend time editing the metadata and track titles

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                  • Dave2002
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 18009

                    Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
                    It does say on the box it is 'Part 4'. Does this explain it?
                    Perhaps it does, but it's not by any means obvious, otherwise I wouldn't have suggested even considering the MP3s in my original post.

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                    • Petrushka
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 12234

                      Looking forward to the Richard Strauss recordings made by Clemens Krauss on Decca and down for reissue on Monday.



                      I had the Aus Italien on an old Eclipse LP 40 years ago but the rest are new to me. Not too bothered about 1950s mono sound.
                      "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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                      • Dave2002
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 18009

                        La Clemenza di Tito by Gluck.

                        Not yer usual Mozart thing - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...&pf_rd_i=typ01

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                        • PJPJ
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 1461

                          I make no apology whatsoever for recommending this nearly new and almost bargain-priced release.

                          Wiener et Doucet

                          Rather than part Dave Brubeck part Liberace as described in the review, they seem to me to be part Billy Mayerl part Raie da Costa, with a soupcon of Chabrier.

                          Jean Wiener had a long and illustrious career, Clement Doucet's rather shorter, sadly.

                          Jean Wiener

                          Clement Doucet

                          Each track for audition on qobuz

                          Excellent booklet, too, by the way (in French only)......

                          And Raie da Costa appears next month on the last of the Pupils of Tobias Matthay series on apr - she recorded barely a handful of serious works, the Liszt shows I think what we missed.
                          Last edited by PJPJ; 24-05-14, 11:18.

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                          • amateur51

                            Originally posted by PJPJ View Post
                            I make no apology whatsoever for recommending this nearly new and almost bargain-priced release.

                            Wiener et Doucet
                            Great spot, PJPJ - many thanks

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                            • HighlandDougie
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 3081

                              Before I jump in and order this



                              does anyone know anything about these recordings? Svetlanov in Elgar I know but Russian conductors and orchestras in V-W are a complete novelty for me.

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                              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                                Gone fishin'
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 30163

                                Originally posted by HighlandDougie View Post
                                Before I jump in and order this



                                does anyone know anything about these recordings? Svetlanov in Elgar I know but Russian conductors and orchestras in V-W are a complete novelty for me.
                                To me, too! A pity there's not much information on who's conducting the works - if it's mostly Rozhdestvensky, it should be worth a punt - but the other two conductors are unknown to me. It looks, too, as if the Fifth Symphony is on its own on disc 4, which is a bit mean: no recordings of any other works by "Ralf" they could have filled it with? And £33 is a bit too much for me with so many unknown factors involved - but I confess; I'm intrigued!
                                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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