Just ordered a s/h copy of the Ashkenazy/Previn Prokofiev Piano Concertos from the Air Ambulance Service, via Amazon. I already have 3 and 5 on a separate disc, which includes the Overture on Hebrew Themes and Autumn as extras - these aren't included on the double-CD set.
What CD, book, DVD etc are you waiting for?
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Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostOther than the fact that I really like most of the performances in this earlier Abbado Mahler cycle (and almost wore out the LPs of the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th), I'm not wholly sure where my obsessive desire to get hold of:
has come from but, ever since reading some comments that these remastered recordings from Universal Korea were a great improvement over the original CD issues, I've been trying to get hold of this set. There was an earlier CD box where the symphonies were a bit crammed onto discs, à la the Sinopoli set, and which received some rude comments about the sound being at a fairly low level, requiring cranking up the volume. This Korean issue increases the number of CDs by two so (mostly) seems to avoid the cramming issue.
I thought that I was doomed to complete failure as it was shown as "no longer available" on a Korean website and I could not get Tower Records Japan (which claimed to be able to get hold of it with some delay) to make the link with Buyee. I then found it on HMV Japan on Sunday (it wasn't there before) and ordered it, with a supposed two month wait so I thought that it would be yet another, "sorry but it's not available". So, I was surprised and delighted to receive an e-mail earlier to say that it was on its way. Despatched via the dreaded EMS so I'll have to stump up French import duty, TVA and Chronopost's rip-off "handling fee" but I'm much looking forward to finally getting my hands on it.
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostBeefy the butch Brucknerian...
Did anyone ever tell you - you have a striking resemblance to.....
My Weitblick/Rogner/Live Bruckner (4-9) got here from Japan.. http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Bruck...eo-6CD_5703055. after days in customs, VAT and Parcelforce charges, a cab ride to the local post office....
I don't feel like playing it anymore now....
Give it a couple of days, banish the thoughts and play the discs. What would Bruckner have wanted?
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A welcome recent birthday CD selfie arrived this morning; Debussy, Images, Jeux & La plus que lente, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, who also contributes a four-page spread to the 36 page booklet. "...The titles of his pieces suggesting water, reflections, or clouds become launching points for his courageous explorations of the turnings of sensation and emotion within the human spirit..." Now scheduled for late evening listening after I revisit Debussy Remembered, Roger Nichols, (faber & faber, 1992)
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No longer waiting but delivered today, an embarrassment of riches:
Frans Brüggen - "The Mozart Recordings" (Glossa). [Surprised to see no mention of the completion authorship of the Requiem. It turns out to be the Süssmayr .]
Jaap van Zweden - Bruckner Symphonies 1-9 (Challenge Classics SACDs) These use Nowak editions, mostly second versions where they are available (Not the 1st though).
Andrew Parrott - Bach Mass in b minor (Virgin)
[only just noticed on the doormat, Various performers -Gavin Bryars "Hommages" CD (LTM)]Last edited by Bryn; 16-02-17, 15:06.
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I' m thinking of saving up my cash for a little while, and going for the Bernstein DG Collections, maybe starting with Vol 2.
Do people have any thoughts on these, , apart from the daft LP sized box that I think they have ?
So I'm off topic really.....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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Originally posted by teamsaint View PostI' m thinking of saving up my cash for a little while, and going for the Bernstein DG Collections, maybe starting with Vol 2.
Do people have any thoughts on these, , apart from the daft LP sized box that I think they have ?
So I'm off topic really.....
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Originally posted by teamsaint View PostI' m thinking of saving up my cash for a little while, and going for the Bernstein DG Collections, maybe starting with Vol 2.
Do people have any thoughts on these, , apart from the daft LP sized box that I think they have ?
So I'm off topic really.....
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostLooks a good one to go for. Excellent Mahler and a good range of other composers, and early gems from his Stadium SO recordings from the 50s. I have a number of these recordings in earlier boxes and individual discs.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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Originally posted by cloughie View PostLooks a good one to go for. Excellent Mahler and a good range of other composers, and early gems from his Stadium SO recordings from the 50s. I have a number of these recordings in earlier boxes and individual discs.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Just arrived today on a pair of Blu-ray discs is Wagner's 'Meistersinger' in Stefan Herheim's production filmed live at 2013 Salzburg Festival conducted by Daniele Gatti with Michael Volle as Hans Sachs. This Herheim staging came highly recommended so I'm really looking forward to playing it this weekend.
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostAre these in the DG boxes, cloughie? (I thought they were in the SONY/BMG/Wha'evva collections.)
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Just arrived today: Nelsons/BRSO Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 (very good - but not the reason I bought the disc) – and the reason I bought the disc: the Hero's Song Op. 111 which is really stunning here. It's a thrilling vindication of a work that still gets sniffy comments (not least in the Gramophone review of this very record when it came out). It's nice to wonder what the world premiere under Mahler sounded like, but back in the real world I cannot imagine it being done better than it is by Nelsons and the Bavarian Radio SO, in wonderfully clear, rich sound on BR Klassik 900116. I think it's vastly superior to most of the other versions I have (Klima, Gregor, Wit, Järvi) - far more intense, with every moment relished to the full.
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