What are YOU listening to today?

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:41 pm

Chamber music night ...

Highlights -

Nash Ensemble/Vaughan Williams/ String Quartet No. 2

Yegor Dyachkov/ Schnittke/ Sonata for Cello and Piano

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:31 am

It's nearly spring...

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Cleveland Orchestra/Cristoph von Dohnanyi
Decca

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:59 am

keninottawa wrote:It's nearly spring...

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Cleveland Orchestra/Cristoph von Dohnanyi
Decca

Do you ever listen with a score in hand?

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:12 am

slofstra wrote:Do you ever listen with a score in hand?

I listen with a glass of Red Wine in hand actually...

lmpower · Post by **lmpower** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:22 pm

I heard Andras Schiff play Mozart's K330 sonata. This work represents the light and delightfully fresh younger Mozart.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:08 pm

slofstra wrote:
keninottawa wrote:It's nearly spring...

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Cleveland Orchestra/Cristoph von Dohnanyi
Decca
Do you ever listen with a score in hand?

Funny you should ask -- I do have the score to the Rhenish (my personal symphonic nirvana), and once in a while I listen while following along on the page.

Why do you ask?

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:17 pm

I listened to these two cds back to back tonight. I usually play the Abbado/BPO cd when I want to listen to the Sixth. I haven't played it for some tiime and I really enjoyed listening to the Jansons/LSO recording.

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:28 pm

keninottawa wrote:
slofstra wrote:
keninottawa wrote:It's nearly spring...

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Cleveland Orchestra/Cristoph von Dohnanyi
Decca
Do you ever listen with a score in hand?
Funny you should ask -- I do have the score to the Rhenish (my personal symphonic nirvana), and once in a while I listen while following along on the page.

Why do you ask?

I was getting to that, as I know you're in musical studies. I have a few scores for sonatas, but I'd like to acquire a score or two of pieces that I'd like to do more comparative analysis on. But I don't want one of these scores that has two large pages for 5 seconds of music. Is there such a thing as a simplified score for the casual listener. For example, I have one for Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem which has the voices only - but still not exactly what I'm looking for.
If you can't recommend anything along that line then a fine Burgundy might do.

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:47 pm

Continuing to work my way through this set. This set is pricey but worth every penny. I wondered if I needed 8 CDs of masses, but there's some variety to the music and the music is great. (However, if I listened to one of these masses I would never be able to tell you which one it was, and somehow I think that will never change). If you like Der Schopfung, I would recommend this set as an extension to that oratorio - more of the same kind of music. Tonight I listened to the 'Paukenmesse' on CD 4. It struck me that some of these masses were written after Mozart wrote his glorious Requiem, and sure enough, this one was.
The Guardian Spirit's Aria (to Alfred or some such thing) is a nice respite from the chorus intensive 'Paukenmesse'.

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:22 pm

slofstra wrote:Chamber music night ...

Highlights -

Yegor Dyachkov/ Schnittke/ Sonata for Cello and Piano

Schnittke a Highlight!!!
i'm impressed, there is this guy called Gyorgy Kurtag I must introduce you to...

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:27 pm

slofstra wrote:If you like Der Schopfung, I would recommend this set as an extension to that oratorio - more of the same kind of music

I have three complete sets of the Masses...Gardiner, Hickox and Preston/Guest, the Hickox is the easiest on the ear, but Die Schnopfung has never made me smile, which is odd I think...

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:51 am

slofstra wrote: I was getting to that, as I know you're in musical studies. I have a few scores for sonatas, but I'd like to acquire a score or two of pieces that I'd like to do more comparative analysis on. But I don't want one of these scores that has two large pages for 5 seconds of music. Is there such a thing as a simplified score for the casual listener. For example, I have one for Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem which has the voices only - but still not exactly what I'm looking for.
If you can't recommend anything along that line then a fine Burgundy might do.

Henry, you're too kind! I'm only in what one could call musical studies when I'm at home listening to my music; I'm otherwise working on a degree in Urban Planning.

Funny, though, I befriended a couple of music students in my undergrad years, and they'd always be working on musical theory and history assignments -- writing papers about Brahms and the like -- the kind of stuff I enjoy doing in my free time!

I'm afraid I can't help you with your question -- I know only that conductors' scores and piano transcriptions are the 'condensed' texts that I will use to follow along with a piece... So, as to your second query: 2004 Louis Latour Santenay La Comme.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:20 pm

Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Glazunov: Violin Concertos
Julia Fischer
Russian National Orchestra/Yakov Kreizberg
PentaTone

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:25 am

keninottawa wrote:

Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Glazunov: Violin Concertos
Julia Fischer
Russian National Orchestra/Yakov Kreizberg
PentaTone

That looks like a beautiful cd Ken.

Guitarist · Post by **Guitarist** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:34 am

Pierre-Laurient Aimard's Art of the Fugue by Bach--transcendent in every aspect.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:35 am

I bought this cd in Tower in Dublin yesterday. It is Szell with the Cleveland Orchestra performing Dvorak symphonies. I have listened to the performance of Dvorak's Ninth Symphony several times today, it is wonderful. I think that it's the best recording of the Ninth that I've heard so far.

piston · Post by **piston** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:23 pm

Poulenc, Gloria and Stabat Mater
Barbara Hendricks
Choeurs de Radio-France
Orchestre National de France
George Pretre
EMI Classics

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:30 pm

Seán wrote: That looks like a beautiful cd Ken.

As for today -- eine kleine Nachtmusik...

Gustav Mahler:
Symphony no. 7 in E minor, "Song of the Night"
from
Symphonies 1-10, Das Lied von der Erde
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester/Gary Bertini
EMI (11 CD)

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:33 pm

Fugue wrote:Pierre-Laurient Aimard's Art of the Fugue by Bach--transcendent in every aspect.

I heard an excerpt from this disc on the cover CD for March's Gramophone magazine, and I liked what I heard... However, I'd have a hard time buying a recording of Bach keyboard works by a non-Canadian artist!

Guitarist · Post by **Guitarist** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:54 pm

keninottawa wrote:
Fugue wrote:Pierre-Laurient Aimard's Art of the Fugue by Bach--transcendent in every aspect.
I heard an excerpt from this disc on the cover CD for March's Gramophone magazine, and I liked what I heard... However, I'd have a hard time buying a recording of Bach keyboard works by a non-Canadian artist!

Would it help to pretend that he's French-Canadian?

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:56 pm

keninottawa wrote:
Fugue wrote:Pierre-Laurient Aimard's Art of the Fugue by Bach--transcendent in every aspect.
I heard an excerpt from this disc on the cover CD for March's Gramophone magazine, and I liked what I heard... However, I'd have a hard time buying a recording of Bach keyboard works by a non-Canadian artist!

He's French Ken, that's almost being a Canadian, eh...

piston · Post by **piston** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:03 pm

Chalkperson wrote:
keninottawa wrote:
Fugue wrote:Pierre-Laurient Aimard's Art of the Fugue by Bach--transcendent in every aspect.
I heard an excerpt from this disc on the cover CD for March's Gramophone magazine, and I liked what I heard... However, I'd have a hard time buying a recording of Bach keyboard works by a non-Canadian artist!
He's French Ken, that's almost being a Canadian, eh...

Careful, Chalkie, that's a bit of a slippery slope. None of our good friends from Canada are descendents of the ten thousand French men and women who crossed the pond, some 3-4 centuries ago. And, historically, their ancestors conquered them French Canadians in 1759-60.(except for Henry who has Dutch roots. So far as I know, jbuck and I are the only CMGers who claim historical ties to the French part of Canada.

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:05 pm

piston wrote:Careful, Chalkie, that's a bit of a slippery slope.

T'was only in Jest...

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:28 pm

keninottawa wrote:

Gustav Mahler:
Symphony no. 7 in E minor, "Song of the Night"
from
Symphonies 1-10, Das Lied von der Erde
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester/Gary Bertini
EMI (11 CD)

I have come across that collection of Mahler cds Ken, do you like it? I am reluctant to buy a box set of Mahler symphonic recordings but I am always on the hunt for Mahler cds and am curious about it.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:55 pm

^ Sean, it's a great set. I'm in an opposite situation than you; being unparticular to Mahler (I previously owned recordings of only Symphonies 1, 2, 3, and 7), I bought the set because I wanted to 'fill in the gaps', as it were, and buying a box set proved to be more affordable than buying individual recordings of the works that I was missing. That said, I was also searching for a set that would display a uniform artistic interpretation, and Bertini's identity shines trough in the series. His reading of Mahler is perhaps less majestic than, say, a Bernstein, but he brings forward a really compelling instrumental texture, especially in the 5th and 7th. I can't get enough of his 7th!

The following review at Classics Today (as well as individual reviews from Amazon) was what spurred me to purchase the set, and it does a much better job of describing its virtues that I could ever do:

http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=9667

If you're looking to buy a box set, this is a great bet. Another couple of sets that I have heard bits of are the Chailly/Concertgebouw set on Decca and the Gielen/SWR SO set on Hänssler, which I have free access to online through a university library server. The latter is an excellent (live) set. Gielen uses extremely broad tempos--almost Fürtwangleresque and especially effective in the more theatrical symphonies. However, the set is darn expensive to purchase here in North America... Perhaps you'd find a better deal in Europe.

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:36 pm

Seán wrote:I have come across that collection of Mahler cds Ken, do you like it? I am reluctant to buy a box set of Mahler symphonic recordings but I am always on the hunt for Mahler cds and am curious about it.

It is one of the great Bargains, just like the Stravinsky Box, Bertini is highly underrated, I think you will find it worth the money..

piston · Post by **piston** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:20 pm

Poulenc, Sacred and Secular Choral Works
(low volume, 'cause the baby is sleeping)
Poulenc's religious music defies all controversy over "musical conservatism," "modernism," "listen to this before you listen to that" type of discussion. He's sincerly speaking and writing from the heart, as a devout Catholic. Let the world catalog and rank. He certainly didn't care about such myth of cultural evolutionism. Very lovely and soul touching. I thing, dulcinea, you should give it a try.

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:28 am

Chalkperson wrote:
slofstra wrote:Chamber music night ...

Highlights -

Yegor Dyachkov/ Schnittke/ Sonata for Cello and Piano
Schnittke a Highlight!!!
i'm impressed, there is this guy called Gyorgy Kurtag I must introduce you to...

All Schnittke is not bad Schnittke. There's also good Schnittke. I'll keep my ears open for Kurtag.

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:31 am

keninottawa wrote:
slofstra wrote: I was getting to that, as I know you're in musical studies. I have a few scores for sonatas, but I'd like to acquire a score or two of pieces that I'd like to do more comparative analysis on. But I don't want one of these scores that has two large pages for 5 seconds of music. Is there such a thing as a simplified score for the casual listener. For example, I have one for Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem which has the voices only - but still not exactly what I'm looking for.
If you can't recommend anything along that line then a fine Burgundy might do.
Henry, you're too kind! I'm only in what one could call musical studies when I'm at home listening to my music; I'm otherwise working on a degree in Urban Planning.

Funny, though, I befriended a couple of music students in my undergrad years, and they'd always be working on musical theory and history assignments -- writing papers about Brahms and the like -- the kind of stuff I enjoy doing in my free time!

I'm afraid I can't help you with your question -- I know only that conductors' scores and piano transcriptions are the 'condensed' texts that I will use to follow along with a piece... So, as to your second query: 2004 Louis Latour Santenay La Comme. ;)

I'd like to see a score that looks more like this. (It's a Tibetan musical score, from wiki).

To answer my own question, the wiki article on musical scores is quite interesting. Then I found the Dover Publications web site has quite a few study or miniature scores for $6 or $7 each.

AntonioA · Post by **AntonioA** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:52 pm

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde live from the Metropolitan.

Wallingford · Post by **Wallingford** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:25 pm

TOSCANINI CONDUCTS WAGNER LIVE (3/7/53, NBC Sym.): Lohengrin Act 3 Prelude; Siegfried Idyll; Siegfried's Death & Funeral Music; Tristan Prelude & Liebestod; Tannhauser Overture & Venusberg Music(Music & Arts ATRA-601)

LIGETI PIANO MUSIC (Fredrick Ullen, piano): Etudes, Books 1&2; Invention; 2 Capriccios; 3 Bagatelles for David Tudor; Chromatic Fantasy.
(BIS 783)

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:56 pm

Wallingford wrote:LIGETI PIANO MUSIC (Fredrick Ullen, piano): Etudes, Books 1&2; Invention; 2 Capriccios; 3 Bagatelles for David Tudor; Chromatic Fantasy.
(BIS 783)

I think this is the finest set of discs for 20th Century Piano Music...I play them often...plus of course Tatania Nikolaeva's complete set of Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues which is also indispensable...

Wallingford · Post by **Wallingford** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:53 pm

Found this old artifact for 4 bits in the Capitol Hill district's Everyday Music shop:

PETER & THE WOLF (Original Music by JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMLEY, with interludes by Prokofiev; RSO RS1-3001).....this '76 release--put out on the RSO label (yep, same label that made the Bee Gees billionaires)--is a rock-ish twist to what its creators apparently saw as the umpteenth retelling of the famous musical story. Narration is by Viv Stanshall, with various R&R celebs providing the motifs (only in part derived from Prokofiev's themes), such as Brian Eno signifying the wolf; Stephane Grappelli symbolizing the cat; Procul Harum's Gary Brooker as the bird, and numerous others, including drummers Phil Collins & Cozy Powell, Julie Tippett and the English chorale. One of those gargantuan grandiose affairs, in essence....I've no idea if it was rereleased on CD.

Far be it from me to want to wax curmudgeonly about a disc of this nature--except that it's every inch the too-many-cooks affair that's suggested in the credits above. Frankly, I don't know which side of the Atlantic's worse: we in the US, with our cartoonizations from the likes of Disney and Chuck Jones, which distort the whole initial intent of the piece; or the Brits, who feel a need to do superfluous stuff like this OR have some halfassed rocker-turned-bad-actor like Sting to do a "celebrity" rendering.

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:01 pm

Wallingford wrote:Found this old artifact for 4 bits in the Capitol Hill district's Everyday Music shop:

PETER & THE WOLF (Original Music by JACK LANCASTER & ROBIN LUMLEY, with interludes by Prokofiev; RSO RS1-3001).....this '76 release--put out on the RSO label (yep, same label that made the Bee Gees billionaires)--is a rock-ish twist to what its creators apparently saw as the umpteenth retelling of the famous musical story. Narration is by Viv Stanshall, with various R&R celebs providing the motifs (only in part derived from Prokofiev's themes), such as Brian Eno signifying the wolf; Stephane Grappelli symbolizing the cat; Procul Harum's Gary Brooker as the bird, and numerous others, including drummers Phil Collins & Cozy Powell, Julie Tippett and the English chorale. One of those gargantuan grandiose affairs, in essence....I've no idea if it was rereleased on CD.

Far be it from me to want to wax curmudgeonly about a disc of this nature--except that it's every inch the too-many-cooks affair that's suggested in the credits above. Frankly, I don't know which side of the Atlantic's worse: we in the US, with our cartoonizations from the likes of Disney and Chuck Jones, which distort the whole initial intent of the piece; or the Brits, who feel a need to do superfluous stuff like this OR have some halfassed rocker-turned-bad-actor like Sting to do a "celebrity" rendering.

Were you aware that "Peter & the Wolf" won the Oscar for best animated short in 2008?
You can see a preview here

Wallingford · Post by **Wallingford** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:40 pm

Never realized it or heard of it.....I'll have to rent it out.

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:43 pm

This is the first time I've listened to Klemperer's EMI Mahler 9th after getting it from Berkshire Record Outlet. The raves I've read about it in the past are all accurate. This is one of the better Mahler ninths I've heard.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:58 am

Barry wrote:

This is the first time I've listened to Klemperer's EMI Mahler 9th after getting it from Berkshire Record Outlet. The raves I've read about it in the past are all accurate. This is one of the better Mahler ninths I've heard.

A timely posting Barry as I have that cd together with Klemperer and Mahler's Fourth in my Amazon shopping basket.

Donaldopato · Post by **Donaldopato** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:23 am

Chalkperson wrote:
Wallingford wrote:LIGETI PIANO MUSIC (Fredrick Ullen, piano): Etudes, Books 1&2; Invention; 2 Capriccios; 3 Bagatelles for David Tudor; Chromatic Fantasy.
(BIS 783)
I think this is the finest set of discs for 20th Century Piano Music...I play them often...plus of course Tatania Nikolaeva's complete set of Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues which is also indispensable...

I third that assessment regarding the Ligeti!

moldyoldie · Post by **moldyoldie** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:24 am

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn, cond.
EMI
This was the recording (on LP) which introduced me to this most powerful of twentieth century symphonies; I've been intrigued and enamored of it ever since and have collected multiple recordings. The recording is finally available again on CD (used copies of previous CD incarnations were astronomically priced) and sounds fantastic! It hasn't dimmed one iota in its persuasiveness and impact.

This dates from 1973 and I believe was the first stereo recording of the Shostakovich Eighth available commercially in the West, but don't take that to the bank.

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:46 am

Seán wrote:
Barry wrote:

This is the first time I've listened to Klemperer's EMI Mahler 9th after getting it from Berkshire Record Outlet. The raves I've read about it in the past are all accurate. This is one of the better Mahler ninths I've heard.
A timely posting Barry as I have that cd together with Klemperer and Mahler's Fourth in my Amazon shopping basket.

Sean, Sounds like you should check out www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com if Barry got it there. They sell mostly classical remainders at a substantial discount.

lismahago · Post by **lismahago** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:21 pm

This was the one of the first LPs I ever bought (if it wasn't the very first, then Rite of Spring/Boulez was), and I still love it after ~30 years. The first 9th I ever heard was Giulini: I haven't heard that for a very long time.

I used to buy CDs from Berkshire, but their postage to Ireland got very expensive, and there's the risk of being caught for customs duty as well!

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:23 pm

To sweeten my evening, perhaps the favourite of my 200-odd discs: Borodin, Borodin, Borodin!

Borodin: String Quarters Nos. 1 and 2
Borodin String Quartet
EMI (Melodiya)

The definitive Alexander Porfiryevich.

Wallingford · Post by **Wallingford** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:44 pm

Donaldopato wrote:
Chalkperson wrote:
Wallingford wrote:LIGETI PIANO MUSIC (Fredrick Ullen, piano): Etudes, Books 1&2; Invention; 2 Capriccios; 3 Bagatelles for David Tudor; Chromatic Fantasy.
(BIS 783)
I think this is the finest set of discs for 20th Century Piano Music...I play them often...plus of course Tatania Nikolaeva's complete set of Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues which is also indispensable...
I third that assessment regarding the Ligeti!

Hate to shatter your illusions, but well, you can both go back to just two.....

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:36 pm

Shostakovich's Fifth symphony:

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:40 pm

lismahago wrote:This was the one of the first LPs I ever bought (if it wasn't the very first, then Rite of Spring/Boulez was), and I still love it after ~30 years. The first 9th I ever heard was Giulini: I haven't heard that for a very long time.

I used to buy CDs from Berkshire, but their postage to Ireland got very expensive, and there's the risk of being caught for customs duty as well!

Boulez's Rite of Spring is simply wonderful. I have two different copies of it.

How would Berkshire's postage to Ireland differ from that of Amazon's?

CharmNewton · Post by **CharmNewton** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:47 pm

Seán wrote:
lismahago wrote:This was the one of the first LPs I ever bought (if it wasn't the very first, then Rite of Spring/Boulez was), and I still love it after ~30 years. The first 9th I ever heard was Giulini: I haven't heard that for a very long time.

I used to buy CDs from Berkshire, but their postage to Ireland got very expensive, and there's the risk of being caught for customs duty as well!
Boulez's Rite of Spring is simply wonderful. I have two different copies of it.

How would Berkshire's postage to Ireland differ from that of Amazon's?

If you are not familiar with Monteux's Boston Symphony recording, you might put it on a wish list. It was recorded in January, 1951 so is monaural, but it is only recording I know (admittedly I don't know many) that sounds like a ballet, conducted at dance tempi. It is superbly played and doesn't lack intensity.

John

lismahago · Post by **lismahago** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:09 am

Seán wrote:Boulez's Rite of Spring is simply wonderful. I have two different copies of it.

The older Sony (which is what my CBS LP became) and the newer DG (both Cleveland O) or are there others?

Seán wrote:How would Berkshire's postage to Ireland differ from that of Amazon's?

Berkshire to Ireland: $10 for first CD plus $1.10 for each subsequent CD.

Amazon.com to Europe: $6.50 for the first CD and $2.50 for each subsequent CD. (Though I usually use UK (£1.89 + 39p) or DE (flat €6) if I'm using Amazon.)

I suppose Berkshire isn't so bad, but they hiked their delivery prices substantially about a year ago and that put me off as the whole point of Berkshire is to be super-cheap! Clearly it would be cheaper to get 20 CDs delivered from them than from Amazon, but as they're all remainders it may not be possible to find 20 that you really want. As I have so many CDs I don't want to fall into the trap of buying lots of CDs I don't particularly want just because they're cheap!

Still, given that the euro is strong at the moment, maybe I should be considering US sources.

RebLem · Post by **RebLem** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:09 am

slofstra wrote:
Seán wrote:
Barry wrote:

This is the first time I've listened to Klemperer's EMI Mahler 9th after getting it from Berkshire Record Outlet. The raves I've read about it in the past are all accurate. This is one of the better Mahler ninths I've heard.
A timely posting Barry as I have that cd together with Klemperer and Mahler's Fourth in my Amazon shopping basket.
Sean, Sounds like you should check out www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com if Barry got it there. They sell mostly classical remainders at a substantial discount.

The great thing about that particular Klemperer twofer is, IMHO, not so much the Mahler as the other two works on the set--Wagner's Siegfried Idyll and, especially, what I consider the greatest performance of the Strauss Metamorphosen ever.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:03 am

lismahago wrote:
Seán wrote:Boulez's Rite of Spring is simply wonderful. I have two different copies of it.
The older Sony (which is what my CBS LP became) and the newer DG (both Cleveland O) or are there others?

Seán wrote:How would Berkshire's postage to Ireland differ from that of Amazon's?
Berkshire to Ireland: $10 for first CD plus $1.10 for each subsequent CD.

Amazon.com to Europe: $6.50 for the first CD and $2.50 for each subsequent CD. (Though I usually use UK (£1.89 + 39p) or DE (flat €6) if I'm using Amazon.)

I suppose Berkshire isn't so bad, but they hiked their delivery prices substantially about a year ago and that put me off as the whole point of Berkshire is to be super-cheap! Clearly it would be cheaper to get 20 CDs delivered from them than from Amazon, but as they're all remainders it may not be possible to find 20 that you really want. As I have so many CDs I don't want to fall into the trap of buying lots of CDs I don't particularly want just because they're cheap!

Still, given that the euro is strong at the moment, maybe I should be considering US sources.

The two Boulez/Rites that I have are the Sony recording from July 1969 with the Cleveland and the DG version from 1991 again with CO.

I think that I will stay with Amazon (UK) and jpc.de for now. I do not want to have to buy CDs in bulk. Although I do end up doing that everytime I visit Tower in Dublin

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:05 pm

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 7
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis
LSO

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