What music have you bought recently?

[mathetes1963]

Recently acquired this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000004ADV/ref=oss_product

But considerably cheaper than $189.99!

 

[Nima]

Liszt- Piano Music Vol. 4
Liszt - Music for Two Pianos
Liszt - Complete Piano Music. 24
Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra

All for $34

 

[White Knight]

Just received as a gift from my father a 2cd set of The Complete Works For Piano and Orchestra by Rachmaninoff.

 

[Nima]

Just received as a gift from my father a 2cd set of The Complete Works For Piano and Orchestra by Rachmaninoff.

That is one sweet gift.

 

[White Knight]

Hi, Nima; yes it is. I've already started enjoying it! And as my father loves classical music with a passion and has an extensive cd collection, I am also going to ask him if he could lend me some of his works by Brahms. Knowing that you are such a Brahms aficionado, what symphony or piano concerto of his would you recommend I start as a good introduction to his music?

 

[Nima]

Hi, Nima; yes it is. I've already started enjoying it! And as my father loves classical music with a passion and has an extensive cd collection, I am also going to ask him if he could lend me some of his works by Brahms. Knowing that you are such a Brahms aficionado, what symphony or piano concerto of his would you recommend I start as a good introduction to his music?

Well, it is a personal pick and taste, but I would recommend his variations on Handel and his Hungarian Dances. Although, the rest of his piano music is quite outstanding; so starting with anyone of them would be precious. And as for his symphonies I cannot really pick any one of them out. He only has four symphonies so I recommend starting with symphony number one and working your way through it. I hope this helps.

Cheers

 

[White Knight]

Nima, yes it does. I'll talk to my dad tomorrow about borrowing some of the symphonies. Thanx for the 411--I had no idea he wrote only 4 symphonies during his lifetime!
That has to be some kind of a record [no pun intended] among classical composers, no?

 

[Nima]

Nima, yes it does. I'll talk to my dad tomorrow about borrowing some of the symphonies. Thanx for the 411--I had no idea he wrote only 4 symphonies during his lifetime!
That has to be some kind of a record [no pun intended] among classical composers, no?

Well, Brahms was strict perfectionist and destroyed a lot of his work that he had composed; leaving only four symphonies for the world.

 

[Dorsetmike]

Having heard some tracks on last.fm of Ton Koopman playing eleven of John Stanley's voluntaries from op.5 - 7, on the organ of St. Mary's Church Rotherhithe (John Byfield 1764) I downloaded the MP3 album from Amazon. Track listing and samples

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-J-O..._1_13?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1298410178&sr=1-13

 

[White Knight]

Well, I was going to buy Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 {"Titan"} but my father remembered how much I liked it and gave me this cd from his vast collection as a gift tonight while I was visiting with him.
This performance is by the Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel.
It was originally recorded in 1974 at the Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah. It is on Vanguard Classics. Will listen to it tomorrow in my car while driving to my medical appointment. Can't wait!

 

[Mat]

Hope your appointment went well, Steve. Take care.

Sorry for the OT.

 

[White Knight]

Mat, thank you so much for your concern. Turns out I have a damaged tendon which I suffered during my last 2 weeks at work before retiring after I tried--and failed--to stop a fleeing felon. However, he was subsequently caught and is doing time after the incident with me. I loved the Mahler, though; that was the highlight of my day!

 

[White Knight]

Today I bought Gustav Holst--The Planets and Richard Strauss--Don Juan, op.20. {both are included on this cd}. They are performed by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Originally recorded in 1961 and 1962 on Decca Music Group, they were re-mastered in 2007.

 

[Alban Berg]

Korngold...

Korngold complete string quartets + sextet..

IMHO...Not that good...


Martin

 

[White Knight]

Today I bought from Amazon.com the following classical works:
Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.60 {"Leningrad"}
Symphony No.11 in G moll, Op.103 {"The Year 1905"}

Peter Tchaikovsky--Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 and 6. This is a 2cd set from Deutsche Grammophon.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Recently I acquired the Choral Concertos(Sheet Music) by Arkhangelsky. Really nice writing by a master whose music is woefully neglected in the Western Hemisphere(outside Russia).

 

[White Knight]

Am currently eagerly awaiting Amazon delivery of the following works:
Beethoven--Symphonies No.2 and 7 {Bernstein}
Beethoven--Symphonies No.5 and 7 {Klieber}
Dvorak--Symphonies No.7, 8 and 9 {Giulini}. This last is a 2 cd set.

 

[GoneBaroque]

Am currently eagerly awaiting Amazon delivery of the following works:
Beethoven--Symphonies No.2 and 7 {Bernstein}
Beethoven--Symphonies No.5 and 7 {Klieber}
Dvorak--Symphonies No.7, 8 and 9 {Giulini}. This last is a 2 cd set.

If the Beethoven 5 & 7 is by Carlos Klieber it is one of my favorite recordings. I am sure you will be pleased. It strikes me as the way these two symphonies should sound.

Rob

 

[White Knight]

Hi, Rob; thanks for your observation. One of the interpretations of the Beethoven 7th I've bought is indeed conducted by Carlos Klieber. The other is by Leonard Bernstein. I can't wait to receive them and to start listening!

 

[mathetes1963]

My most recent acquisitions:

• Daniel Roth Plays the Cavaille-Coll at Saint-Ouen in Rouen, France [Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import]
• Louis Vierne: Complete Organ Symphonies Vol 2 - Daniel Roth [Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import]
• Claude Debussy: Préludes & Images - Jos van Immerseel, Piano Erard 1897 [Import]
• Debussy: Preludes for Piano Books I & II - Paul Jacobs

I was able to acquire all of the above second-hand in great shape, and at some really good prices. Enough to keep me busy for a while! Now, just need an SACD-player...