What CD, book, DVD etc are you waiting for?

[Old Grumpy]

Jaco - DVD. Due 22 Jan

Great bassist.

OG

[Stanfordian]

I ordered Honeck's Beethoven 5 & 7 on December 9 and am still waiting. Amazon report that it's 'temporarily out of stock' and I wonder if the problems with the CD mentioned by PG have forced the withdrawal of the recording for the time being? Does anyone know?

It will be the unexpectedly high demand, surely. It's a super release. My 2015 Record of the Year. Worth waiting for!

[Petrushka]

It will be the unexpectedly high demand, I'm sure. It's a super release. My 2015 Record of the Year.

I hope you're right. A month 'temporarily out of stock' does seem rather a long time, though.

[pastoralguy]

I hope you're right. A month 'temporarily out of stock' does seem rather a long time, though.

I wondered if there was a faulty batch that has deleted stocks in order to fulfill replacements. My disc sounded dreadful before it started skipping so I presume mine wasn't the only one. I'm really keen to hear it.

[Petrushka]

I wondered if there was a faulty batch that has deleted stocks in order to fulfill replacements. My disc sounded dreadful before it started skipping so I presume mine wasn't the only one. I'm really keen to hear it.

This was what I meant in my message 524. I'd hoped it might have arrived by Christmas but no such luck. The long delay might be due to both factors mentioned here: the high demand and a faulty batch.

[HighlandDougie]

It's showing 'temporarily out of stock' from Amazon, but available from Amazon market traders. So it hasn't been withdrawn. Would seem it's just a supply issue.

I ordered it from MDT and was then told that it was, "out of stock", just before Christmas. However MDT seem to have got a fresh supply of it as it was delivered (in my absence) before the New Year. While I have no quarrel about the quality of the performances, the recording (in SACD 5 Channel mode) lets them down, IMV. A bit congested - or maybe it was my ears, post-Hogmanay. The DG Blu-ray Audio version of the Carlos Kleiber 5 & 7 is much more to my taste, albeit 2 channel.

[pastoralguy]

I ordered it from MDT and was then told that it was, "out of stock", just before Christmas. However MDT seem to have got a fresh supply of it as it was delivered (in my absence) before the New Year. While I have no quarrel about the quality of the performances, the recording (in SACD 5 Channel mode) lets them down, IMV. A bit congested - or maybe it was my ears, post-Hogmanay. The DG Blu-ray Audio version of the Carlos Kleiber 5 & 7 is much more to my taste, albeit 2 channel.

The latest edition of Hi-Fi News only gives this recording a 75% rating for recording quality which, by their standards, is quite poor.

[Petrushka]

I ordered Honeck's Beethoven 5 & 7 on December 9 and am still waiting. Amazon report that it's 'temporarily out of stock' and I wonder if the problems with the CD mentioned by PG have forced the withdrawal of the recording for the time being? Does anyone know?

Just had an e-mail from Amazon to say 'estimated arrival date: January 19 2016'.

[Alison]

The latest edition of Hi-Fi News only gives this recording a 75% rating for recording quality which, by their standards, is quite poor.

And I do find their reviews very reliable.

[pastoralguy]

Just had an e-mail from Amazon to say 'estimated arrival date: January 19 2016'.

Me too!

[pastoralguy]

And I do find their reviews very reliable.

Do recordings ever get 100%, Alison? I've been reading this magazine for a bit now and have seen 95%'ers but never 100%.

[Jonathan]

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, my friend has just published his first novel. It arrived in the post and I get a mention in the achknowlegments! Will now have to start reading it.

[Alison]

Do recordings ever get 100%, Alison? I've been reading this magazine for a bit now and have seen 95%'ers but never 100%.

Not the classical ones from what I have read.

Just arrived today and one for the car journey tomorrow :-

Jennifer Pike in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and a Midsummer Nights Dream,

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Edward Gardner.

I greatly enjoyed the symphonies in this series.

[EdgeleyRob]

Stanley Bate,Arnold Bax.
Cello Concertos.
Lyrita.

Arnold Cooke
Symphonies 4 & 5
Lyrita (due out 12/2/16)

[pastoralguy]

Not the classical ones from what I have read.

Just arrived today and one for the car journey tomorrow :-

Jennifer Pike in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and a Midsummer Nights Dream,

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Edward Gardner.

I greatly enjoyed the symphonies in this series.

Thanks for that, Alison.

Yes, I enjoyed their Symphonies and was tempted by this disc as I really like Jenny Pike's playing. However, I've so many recordings of the Mendelssohn which, in itself is not a problem but the Midsummer music has bad associations so I will, reluctantly, pass.