What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:31 am

Prometheus wrote:

Had my sights on this one for a while. The majority of the pieces I only have 1 recording of so it will be nice to have alternates.

By the way, the Munch/BSO box set is well worth getting.

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:10 pm

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:32 pm

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:57 pm

Seán wrote:
slofstra wrote:
Seán wrote:
Chalkperson wrote:
Seán wrote:That's interesting John, your comments are welcome, I have considered getting a copy of the Fischer cycle and if I could get the complete set at a reasonable price I would certainly do so. I have the Dorati cycle I am fond of it and it seems to be the more popular choice among the members of CMG.
Thomas Fey on Hannsler gets my vote for his continuing cycle...
Yes, I've considered Fey too.
There is a budget EMI box of the late (London) Haydn symphonies with Eugene Jochum. It's the best I've heard in Haydn symphonies.
Have you listened to the Abbado/COE London Symphonies then? they are truly magnificent.

Abbado seems to do no wrong. No, I haven't. I have another batch of Bernstein's offering of the same on which I haven't yet cracked the plastic. How do you manage to keep up with all these purchases yourself, if you don't mind me asking?

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:01 pm

slofstra wrote:
Seán wrote:
slofstra wrote:
Seán wrote:
Chalkperson wrote:
Seán wrote:That's interesting John, your comments are welcome, I have considered getting a copy of the Fischer cycle and if I could get the complete set at a reasonable price I would certainly do so. I have the Dorati cycle I am fond of it and it seems to be the more popular choice among the members of CMG.
Thomas Fey on Hannsler gets my vote for his continuing cycle...
Yes, I've considered Fey too.
There is a budget EMI box of the late (London) Haydn symphonies with Eugene Jochum. It's the best I've heard in Haydn symphonies.
Have you listened to the Abbado/COE London Symphonies then? they are truly magnificent.
Abbado seems to do no wrong. No, I haven't. I have another batch of Bernstein's offering of the same on which I haven't yet cracked the plastic. How do you manage to keep up with all these purchases yourself, if you don't mind me asking?

That's a fair summation of the maestro. Henry, I don't mind, I don't have a vey large collection, I only have about 1,300 classical CDS and I go through phases of listening to say, Mahler, Haydn, or Beethoven for months on end and familiarising myself with the different recordings in my collection and then concentrating on those that I like more than others.

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:33 pm

Seán wrote:

I will be interested in your thoughts on that one Seán

slofstra · Post by **slofstra** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:54 pm

Seán wrote: That's a fair summation of the maestro. Henry, I don't mind, I don't have a vey large collection, I only have about 1,300 classical CDS and I go through phases of listening to say, Mahler, Haydn, or Beethoven for months on end and familiarising myself with the different recordings in my collection and then concentrating on those that I like more than others.

I have a similar number, less if you're counting titles only (multi-CD sets as "1"). If you had 1500 CDs and played 2 a day, foreground listening which is 2 hours plus, it would take 2 years to listen to them all. I don't even listen as much as that, because I attend live performance, also read, not to mention a number of other activities. Is there an optimum collection size based on time available to listen? I know the answer will be entirely different for those professionally involved in music, or like chalkie, can play music while working, or for those who are retired. You know the old adage, about your eyes being bigger than your stomach. I feel that applies musically. 'Course I'm not knocking that, but it is a reality.

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:58 am

Thanks to Lance for suggesting this historic treasure.......

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:44 pm

josé echenique · Post by **josé echenique** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:09 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:

Naughty stuff, Darren

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:57 pm

I honestly cannot remember where I left off posting on this thread but I am going to relist my most recent purchases in the hope that they might get some normal comments going again. I start with my latest Josquin....

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:59 pm

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:08 pm

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:11 pm

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:13 pm

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:16 pm

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:17 pm

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:18 pm

josé echenique · Post by **josé echenique** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:15 pm

Fergus wrote:

This recording hardly needs any recommendation, it´s quite simply the best and an object lesson on how to ENUNCIATE Monteverdi. The glorious diction of the Concerto Italiano singers is sheer delight.

josé echenique · Post by **josé echenique** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:18 pm

Fergus wrote:

Gluck´s orchestral music is not really up there with his operas, but the Don Juan ballet is enjoyable.
The Gardiner recording served well for decades, but perhaps the slightly more recent Tafelmusik/SONY version is just a little better played.

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:41 am

josé echenique wrote:
Fergus wrote:
Gluck´s orchestral music is not really up there with his operas, but the Don Juan ballet is enjoyable.
The Gardiner recording served well for decades, but perhaps the slightly more recent Tafelmusik/SONY version is just a little better played.

Thank you for that Pepe. I was sort of using the Don Juan as a forerunner to one or two of his operas

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:35 am

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:37 am

Fergus wrote:
josé echenique wrote:
Fergus wrote:
Gluck´s orchestral music is not really up there with his operas, but the Don Juan ballet is enjoyable.
The Gardiner recording served well for decades, but perhaps the slightly more recent Tafelmusik/SONY version is just a little better played.
Thank you for that Pepe. I was sort of using the Don Juan as a forerunner to one or two of his operas

Good idea Fergus

I really like this set, I hope you get round to hearing it:-

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:37 am

Fergus wrote:

I was quite knocked out by that whole disc when I heard it

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:12 am

bombasticDarren wrote:
Fergus wrote:
I was quite knocked out by that whole disc when I heard it

I will have to collect a few more Dickie Strauss dsics, I don't even have the Reiner/CSO complete set on Sony.

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:15 am

This is the belated Western premiere in 1962 of Shostakovich IV, stunningly conducted by Rozhdestvensky, proving his credentials as a great symphony conductor. The sound is also very good, certainly equal to Ormandy's premiere recording in Philadelphia made the following year. Outstanding!

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:34 pm

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:46 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:

I have that set for a while Darren and I really like it. I think that it is a very good cycle with Nos. 4 & 5 being particularly strong. I look forward to reading your views on it in due course.

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:48 pm

bombasticDarren wrote: I really like this set, I hope you get round to hearing it:-

So it comes with a recommendation then Darren, knowing my soft spot for JEG

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:49 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:
Fergus wrote:
I was quite knocked out by that whole disc when I heard it

So was I (obviously) Darren; I think that I heard it on the radio some time ago and I was so impressed that I had to have it

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:52 pm

Seán wrote:I will have to collect a few more Dickie Strauss dsics, I don't even have the Reiner/CSO complete set on Sony.

I don't know Seán, perhaps, based on previous conversations with you, he is just not for you....yet.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:08 pm

Fergus wrote:
Seán wrote:I will have to collect a few more Dickie Strauss dsics, I don't even have the Reiner/CSO complete set on Sony.
I don't know Seán, perhaps, based on previous conversations with you, he is just not for you....yet.

I do enjoy the HvK/BPO recordings I have of Strauss music so if Reiner can't convince me of the merits of the quality of other aspects of his music then no one can.

CharmNewton · Post by **CharmNewton** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:51 pm

Fergus wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote: I really like this set, I hope you get round to hearing it:-

So it comes with a recommendation then Darren, knowing my soft spot for JEG

Sylvia McNair has one of the most beautiful soprano voices on record. She's also one of the few classical artists who can do crossover material with the naturalness of a pop artist.

John

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:56 pm

Fergus wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote: I really like this set, I hope you get round to hearing it:-

So it comes with a recommendation then Darren, knowing my soft spot for JEG

He seems to be the man to turn to for Gluck Fergus

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:00 pm

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:37 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:

Oh Darren, I am looking forward to learning what you think of that set. I love the Vänskä/Lahti approach to the Sibelius symphonies, would Vänskä have been better served by the Minnesota Orchestra in Nielsen's symphonies, I wonder. Anyway, enjoy and do please let me know what you think of them.

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:46 pm

Seán wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:
Oh Darren, I am looking forward to learning what you think of that set. I love the Vänskä/Lahti approach to the Sibelius symphonies, would Vänskä have been better served by the Minnesota Orchestra in Nielsen's symphonies, I wonder. Anyway, enjoy and do please let me know what you think of them.

I am looking forward to receiving them, and posting about them Sean

arthound · Post by **arthound** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:25 pm

arthound · Post by **arthound** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:47 pm

bombasticDarren wrote:

I was glad to have picked that set up too Darren.

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:02 am

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:03 am

arthound wrote:

That's set was my introduction to Brahms (I think

). I love it, and hope you do too arthound

arthound · Post by **arthound** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:38 am

bombasticDarren wrote:
arthound wrote:
That's set was my introduction to Brahms (I think ). I love it, and hope you do too arthound

Thanks Darren. I have been meaning to pick it up a long time and when Presto had a sale of the Gemini series I ordered it. I had a listen to some of it today and liked what I heard. I am also hoping to get Barbirolli's Brahms cycle with the same orchestra - at the moment I only have the third which is one of my favourite recordings of the work.

arthound · Post by **arthound** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:39 am

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:43 am

arthound wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:
arthound wrote:
That's set was my introduction to Brahms (I think ). I love it, and hope you do too arthound
Thanks Darren. I have been meaning to pick it up a long time and when Presto had a sale of the Gemini series I ordered it. I had a listen to some of it today and liked what I heard. I am also hoping to get Barbirolli's Brahms cycle with the same orchestra - at the moment I only have the third which is one of my favourite recordings of the work.

I have never come across Barbirolli recording Brahms' symphonies - are they available on Royal Classics

arthound · Post by **arthound** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:52 am

bombasticDarren wrote:
arthound wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:
arthound wrote:
That's set was my introduction to Brahms (I think ). I love it, and hope you do too arthound
Thanks Darren. I have been meaning to pick it up a long time and when Presto had a sale of the Gemini series I ordered it. I had a listen to some of it today and liked what I heard. I am also hoping to get Barbirolli's Brahms cycle with the same orchestra - at the moment I only have the third which is one of my favourite recordings of the work.
I have never come across Barbirolli recording Brahms' symphonies - are they available on Royal Classics

I have seen 2 and 3 on a Royal Classics CD and presume 1 & 4 are on another. It would be good if they could be remastered and packed up as a set. I have the third in the recent EMI box set of his 'great' recordings. I wasn't expecting much from it at all and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

bombasticDarren · Post by **bombasticDarren** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:55 am

arthound wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:
arthound wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:
arthound wrote:
That's set was my introduction to Brahms (I think ). I love it, and hope you do too arthound
Thanks Darren. I have been meaning to pick it up a long time and when Presto had a sale of the Gemini series I ordered it. I had a listen to some of it today and liked what I heard. I am also hoping to get Barbirolli's Brahms cycle with the same orchestra - at the moment I only have the third which is one of my favourite recordings of the work.
I have never come across Barbirolli recording Brahms' symphonies - are they available on Royal Classics
I have seen 2 and 3 on a Royal Classics CD but don't know if I have the whole set is available. I have the third in the recent EMI box set of his 'great' recordings. I wasn't expecting much from it at all and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

I have sourced the whole Royal Classics set on amazon.co.uk for a reasonable price. When my next financial windfall occurs I shall order them (he says as he feverishly adds old university textbooks onto his Amazon seller account

). Thanks for the prompt

arthound · Post by **arthound** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:56 am

arthound · Post by **arthound** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:57 am

bombasticDarren wrote:
arthound wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:
arthound wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:
arthound wrote:
That's set was my introduction to Brahms (I think ). I love it, and hope you do too arthound
Thanks Darren. I have been meaning to pick it up a long time and when Presto had a sale of the Gemini series I ordered it. I had a listen to some of it today and liked what I heard. I am also hoping to get Barbirolli's Brahms cycle with the same orchestra - at the moment I only have the third which is one of my favourite recordings of the work.
I have never come across Barbirolli recording Brahms' symphonies - are they available on Royal Classics
I have seen 2 and 3 on a Royal Classics CD but don't know if I have the whole set is available. I have the third in the recent EMI box set of his 'great' recordings. I wasn't expecting much from it at all and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
I have sourced the whole Royal Classics set on amazon.co.uk for a reasonable price. When my next financial windfall occurs I shall order them (he says as he feverishly adds old university textbooks onto his Amazon seller account ). Thanks for the prompt

Well done! Do you mind if I ask how much they were?

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:58 am

arthound wrote:

Blomstedt's Nielsen with the SFSO is fantastic, enjoy.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:00 am

arthound wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:
I was glad to have picked that set up too Darren.

I have the Harnoncourt and Levine cycles, they have opened my ears to the beauty of Brahms symphonic works. I am fond of Giulini's work and that looks like an interesting set.

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