Thread: Latest Purchases

Originally Posted by Sid James

An outstanding version of Haydn's Stabat Mater. It was one of my first Haydn choral music CDs performed by The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. An incredibly subtle masterpiece.

Bruckner 9
Dohnanyi/Cleveland Orchestra

Suffice to say, I'm listening to their Bruckner 8 with my jaw on the floor. They had some seriously good Bruckner in Cleveland with Christoph von Dohnanyi... I'll have some comments on the Current Listening thread.

Originally Posted by HarpsichordConcerto

An outstanding version of Haydn's Stabat Mater. It was one of my first Haydn choral music CDs performed by The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. An incredibly subtle masterpiece.

Yes, it goes without saying tha Papa Haydn was brilliant, as is Mr Pinnock. I was very happy to get this disc cheap as chips, because I have been "eyeing" this work for ages. The performance I saw last month of "The Creation" really turned me on to Haydn's vocal/choral music. "Stabat Mater" will undoubtedly be a joy, once I get around to it (I am now spending more time listening to less mainstream stuff - eg. film music & operetta - as a break from the more "serious" stuff). I just listened to some of the other Pinnock disc I bought in that haul - orchestral works with the man on harpsichord - & I'm just about to review it on the "current listening" thread. I listened to the Haydn keyboard concerto (in D Major) on it with a friend yesterday, & we both love it to the max!!!...

Talking of vocal music, I also netted a Supraphon recording of Dvorak's opera "Rusalka" yesterday (3 cd set). The only part I've heard of this work is the famous "O Silver Moon" aria -

First time listening to the Sibelius symphonies. There are some interesting moments, but I still don't understand alot.

Originally Posted by Sofronitsky

First time listening to the Sibelius symphonies. There are some interesting moments, but I still don't understand alot.

When in doubt (or confusion), try a different recording. I like that one, probably mostly because it's the first one I listened to, but I seem to remember someone who knows Sibelius a lot better than I do (I think World Violist) saying it was boring. So do shop around!

Originally Posted by Meaghan

When in doubt (or confusion), try a different recording. I like that one, probably mostly because it's the first one I listened to, but I seem to remember someone who knows Sibelius a lot better than I do (I think World Violist) saying it was boring. So do shop around!

I can't afford any more Sibelius! I'm just now trying to squeeze money to pay for these

Originally Posted by Meaghan

(I think World Violist) saying it was boring. So do shop around!

In a nutshell.

My purchase wasn't a CD this week, instead I bought an amazing new iPad/iPhone app for Classical sheet music that is remarkably useful!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/class...428803118?mt=8

Robert Schumann, complete piano solo works. Various pianist including Ronald Brautigam, Luba Edlina, Peter Frankl, Mariana Izman, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy & Klara Wurz over 13 CDs for the price of less than 3 full price CDs.



Antonio Rosetti (1750-1792), 8 symphonies, Concerto Köln (on period instruments). If (like me) you cannot get enough of 18th century Classical symphonies, then this 2 CD set is definitely for you! Recommended.



Bach, Markus-Passion BWV247, reconstructed by Simon Heighes. The Saint Mark Passion did not survive in its entirety but was likely made up of existing music that Bach "recycled" (like his Christmas Oratorio). Several reconstructions are available, so I thought I'll give one a listen. Played by European Union Baroque Orchestra/Roy Goodman (on period instruments). 2CDs = 53:50 + 47:11

Michael Haydn, Quintet for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin and Viola in E flat.
Sigismond von Neukomm (1778-1858), Clarinet Quintet in B flat .
Played by Salzburg Divertimento.

Chi_townPhilly recommended me this book and I snatched it on Amazon for a couple dollars. Can't wait to open it - I'm going to try to begin the Tristan und Isolde section tonight!

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Got this 3CD set from Brilliant Classics the other day for only 2 Euros. Splendid, both singers were really good in the 70s, the sound and the playing is equally fine. It is a re-issue of some famous LPs from the Ensayo label.

There are only solo orchestral songs, no duos or ensemble works. The last CD contains some purely orchestral pieces. The music meanders between the style of the catchy parts of "Carmen" and the more introvert style of Ravel´s "Don Quixote" songs; if one likes a bit of light Spanish exoticism, it is highly recommended.

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