[Merl]

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Serious goodies INCOMING:

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[Rogerx]

 

[Neo Romanza]

More Weill on the way:

 

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Just bought:

 

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[Neo Romanza]

Bought last night via JPC:

 

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Just bought:

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[Neo Romanza]

Also bought this box set as I found it for a great price in a desirable condition:

This will undoubtedly be my last Brahms symphony cycle. I own so many good ones (except for the Ticciati cycle which was a disappointment).

 

[Neo Romanza]

Bought a bit earlier today:

This will be my last purchase for quite some time.

 

[Anooj]

Just put in an order for these:

 

[Neo Romanza]

I'm not sure if I posted this, but I preordered this set awhile back:

I was originally going to just order the symphony set (w/ other orchestral works), but this new set coming out is 24-bit remastered and includes the concerti. I'll just wait until later this month.

 

[SONNET CLV]

I've never been a big Anner Bylsma fan. The few recordings of his that I have on hand, especially those with Frans Brüggen and Gustav Leonhardt, have never "moved" me in any particular way, rather seeming dull and lifeless. And I am a fan of Baroque music in general. Perhaps the artist's particular penchant towards "authentic" Baroque performance practices has proved off-putting for me. I really don't know. But I've come to think of Anner Bylsma as Anner Dismal, and perhaps all the blame resides with me.

Still ... following a reading of a thread on this website which concerned the Bach cello suites with an enthusiastic mention of the recordings by Bylsma, and upon realizing that I did not have those recordings on hand, I decided to break a long-standing practice of mine and to purchase the Bylsma Bach recordings.

I found both of his sets (the 1979 and the 1992 recordings) in a single box set titled Anner Bylsma Collection: Cello Suites - Sonatas, featuring works by "Bach, Vivaldi, Boccherini and more". I bought it. Eleven CDs for $35 seemed reasonable to me.

I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed the Bach Cello Suites, preferring the later recordings (which struck me as "more thoughtful" -- highly recommended!) but realizing I could live with the earlier set were it the only one I had on hand. Still, it is good to have both in this one convenient package. That alone is worth the cash to me.

I did sample a couple of the other discs in the set. (The Bach solo cello suites take up 4 discs.) Of those I listened to (samplings from the Vivaldi and Boccherini discs), I was reminded of my previous unaffections for Bylsma. (I see that Brüggen and Leonhardt are also included on some of this box set's recordings.) But to have the Bylsma Bach Suites, especially the 1992 issue, makes the box worth its price.

Will I give up my Zuill Bailey or János Starker or Hideki Suzuki or Jörg Metzger or Yo-Yo Ma sets for this one? No. But I do appreciate different artists' differing approaches to the music, and the Bylsma set(s) can certainly and proudly share the same shelf space as those others. Two more versions to choose from when next I get in the mood for the Bach Cello Suites -- that's a good thing.

 

[Malx]

A perhaps odd combination of Haydn's Seven Last Words in the string quartet arrangement interspersed with a new work for three voices setting the text from the Seven Last Words by Dominique Vallard the director of Ensemble Gilles Binchois.
I have listened to the disc on Qobuz and consider it an interesting addition - but truth be told my final decision was prompted by the 'zon (uk) Prime price - £1.87 inclusive of delivery.

 

[MatthewWeflen]

Mendelssohn in Birmingham Vol. 5: Overtures

The sound quality! Ahhh!!! Now I'll have to purchase the other 4 volumes before the sale ends...

 

[MartinDB]

Rubio quartet Shostakovich cycle. And Debussy Preludes from Stephen Osborne.

 

[Neo Romanza]

Just bought via Amazon Germany:

Bought via Amazon US Marketplace and eBay:

Okay, now I'm done buying CDs for awhile!

 

[Lisztianwagner]

Okay, now I'm done buying CDs for awhile!

Last famous words! 😁