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Offer is good - though the box is not sealed - one of the copies I got missed a disc (which was just supplied by the label) and thus I opened up the other to make sure the contents are okay. The set is brand-spanking new, unplayed, it will be carefully packed.
It's yours for 80€ (Europe) or 90€ (Overseas) - shipping (& tracking) included.
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Not that I know, but my first reflex is of course to post: are you kidding? Kinda funny to see the new Bootleg set (finally arrived here today, inspite of having pre-ordered many weeks ago) in the midst of all those crappity craps linked below.
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The black "Original Vogue Masters" would most of the time display original cover art inside the digipack - though when a disc contains several EPs or 10" albums, they would be pretty small reproductions.
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Jewel cases are a bit of a bulk, true, but on the other hand, moving mass quantities of those poly-sleeved things is no picnic either, they're slippery as a tub full of naked eels!
big advantage if someday all goes down the potty
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Don't discs get scratched by using these plastic sleeves? Or do you all use additional "inner sleeves" or paper sleeves for the discs themselves?
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Little to none, it seems. Counting existing sets of this material (none of the discs filled to the brim though):
- Basie on Decca: 3 CD
- Pres on Aladdin: 2 CD
- Pres on Commodore: roughly 1 CD
- Pres on Keynote: 1 CD
- Pres' session with Nat Cole for Verve: half a CDThat leaves a disc for the other bits mentioned, plus some 15-20 minutes per disc to fill everything to the brim, if they're inclined to do so (usually they're not).
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I'm confused, since I still don't even know what a "pocket cornet" is ... those on the top two Cherry photos I posted seem to be pocket trumpets, both. Wiki has a pic that makes that conclusion seem correct:
I also just found this:
Pocket Trumpets are nearly the same, except that they have slightly larger receivers to accept the larger trumpet mouthpiece. In fact, aside from the mouthpiece receiver, some of the pocket trumpets I’ve examined are really pocket cornets with respect to their design “wrap.”
source: http://www.pocketcornets.com/html/about_pocket_cornets.html
So I guess I'll never really be able to tell them apart anyway
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Okay ... and on my work computer the Curson cover shows, at home it wouldn't - weird.
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site won't load, please someone tell me!
okay, just loaded, after hitting F5 at least twenty times ... mostly duplication here as well of course, but I'll quite certainly go for it!
what Goodman sides are there, other than a jam w/Teddy Wilson and the studio jam with Charlie Christian that was on the Pres/Basie set?
There is Ti-Pi-Tin from March, 1938 - a studio Benny Goodman track with Lester sitting in and soloing beautifully. Freddie Green and Walter Page are also there.
I honestly can't think of anything that would tempt me more (within the realm of "I have most of the material already, but want the rest".) Comprehensive Pres at his peak (IMO). The three-CD Basie Decca set is a treasure within my collection.
If you have been listening to the three-disc Basie Decca set, you are in for a treat. The sound quality on the HEP releases of that music is SO much better, and I am sure that Mosaic will work at that level.
Thanks - not sure if I know "Ti-Pi-Tin", but I guess I have it in some form - and that exactly (meaning some sessions only on CDRs received from friends) is the reason I'm interested. And of course I am hoping for an sonic upgrade of the Decca material indeed!
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still confused (and I only see one pic above, the first one ist just a part of a URL so I can't even look it up) - this here would then be that Besson thing?
while this here would be the nasty thing:
so, what's this:
regular cornet?
anyway, the one in the top pic is MUCH smaller than what was introduced as Taylor Ho Bynum's pocket trumpet (is Alexander Hawkins reading this, he might know about Taylor's instruments?)
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site won't load, please someone tell me!
okay, just loaded, after hitting F5 at least twenty times ... mostly duplication here as well of course, but I'll quite certainly go for it!
what Goodman sides are there, other than a jam w/Teddy Wilson and the studio jam with Charlie Christian that was on the Pres/Basie set?
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Ubu, where did you come to stand on Brautigam? I recall it as disappointing, overall-- better than his Mozart with the boomy acoustic, not nearly as hot as the Beethoven that was forthcoming. Granted, I'll almost always prefer a fortepiano in this repertoire but I might also recall Mikhael Pletnev a strong Haydnista too.
I've not come far yet but found it more gripping, more forward-driving than Schornsheim - but I really need more time to dig deeper.
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Interesting! ... when I heard Anthony Braxton recently, Taylor Ho Bynum was announced as playing pocket trumpet, but the instrument looked more like a regular cornet to me ... though I'm sure the guy who announced the band got the info straight from Taylor - Don Cherry's regular instrument (as seen on those photos) looks much smaller for sure, but I had always assumed to be a pocket trumpet, not a pocket cornet.
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Happy Birthday!
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Happy Birthday!
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The James P. was mentioned before here, I think ... another Basie/Lester sounds great ... but what is left from later years? Much of it is transcriptions and live recordings, would be a first for Mosaic to do such as set (and obviously there'd be some terrific live recordings from the period covered in the 1936-40 set).
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Not sure, but there were two long shows in Dietikon:
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re: Horowitz deal on aES, there we go:
Nos ponemos en contacto contigo para informarte de que el precio de "Vladimir Horowitz in Recital-Compl.Columbia Rec." (ASIN: B00RKSTMCC) era manifiestamente erróneo en el momento en que realizaste el pedido en Amazon.es, por lo que lo hemos cancelado y no te hemos cargado el importe del mismo.
so the answer is: no
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went for it earlier today ... will they come through in such a case? (aDE has it for 170€ and gives an october release date ... guess it must be a mistake on aES's end?)
link: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00RKSTMCC/
coming in October, too:
Classical and Early Romantic
Arleen Auger, Barbara Bonney, James Bowman, Emma Kirkby, Malcolm Binns, Martyn Hill, Andras Schiff, Esterhazy Quartet, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley, The New London Consort, Philip Pickett, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
• A 50 CD Original Jackets Collection celebrating the greatest Classical and early romantic recordings from Decca’s pioneering early music label L’Oiseau-Lyre.
• The box features orchestral, vocal, chamber and solo piano music from Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music, Malcolm Binns, Andras Schiff, the Music Party, the Esterhazy Quartet among others.
• Many of the recordings in the box are available for the first time on CD internationally:
o Malcolm Binns’ complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas (the first complete recorded cycle on period instruments)
o The Music Party performing Mozart’s Serenades K375 (sextet version) and K525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) and chamber works by Krommer, Crussel, Weber, Schumann and Glinka
o Mozart’s String Quintets K515 and K516 performed by the Esterhazy quartet
o Selections of Beethoven and Weber songs from Martyn Hill accompanied by Christopher Hogwood
o Piano works by Haydn, Chopin and Liszt on period instruments from Malcolm BinnsCD 1 – Stamitz: Three Symphonies; Clarinet Concerto
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 2 – Boccherini: Symphonies
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 3 – Haydn: Cello Concertos
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 4 – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 & 94
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 5 – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 100 & 104
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 6 – Haydn: Arianna a Naxos; Berenice
Arleen Augér • Handel and Haydn Society • Christopher Hogwood
CD 7 – Haydn: Masses
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford • The Academy of Ancient Music • Simon Preston
CD 8-9 – Haydn: The Creation
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 10-11 – Haydn: Orfeo ed Eurydice
Cecilia Bartoli • The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood CD 12 – Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 & 17 etc.
András Schiff
CD 13 – Mozart: Clarinet & Horn Quintets; Oboe Quartet
Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
CD 14 – Mozart: SerenadesK375 and K525 (“Eine kleine Nachtmusik”)
The Music Party • Alan Hacker
CD 15 – Mozart: String Quintets 2 & 3
The Esterhazy Quartet
CD 16 – Serenade for 13 Winds K. 361
Amadeus Winds • Christopher Hogwood
CD 17 – Symphony no. 29, Symphony in F K.19a, Divertimento K.136
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 18 Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 & 40
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 19 Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto; Bassoon Concerto
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 20 – Mozart: Horn Concertos
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 21 – Mozart Piano Concertos K.453 and K.466
Robert Levin • The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 22 – Mozart: Mass in C Minor; Coronation Mass
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 23-25 Mozart: Così fan tutte
Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra • Arnold Östman
CD 26 – Beethoven: Songs
Martyn Hill • Christopher Hogwood
CD 27-36 – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 -32
Malcolm Binns
CD37 – Beethoven: Piano & Wind Quintets; Mozart: Quintet K.452
Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
CD 38 – Beethoven: Septet; Weber: Clarinet Quintet
Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
CD 39 – Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E flat “Eroica”
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 40 – Beethoven Symphony no. 9 in D Minor “Choral”
The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 41 – Hummel: Piano Sonatas; Haydn: Andante con Variazioni; Chopin: Barcarolle
Malcolm Binns
CD 42 – Hummel, Crussell & Krommer Clarinet Quartets
The Music Party
CD 43 – Schubert: 3 Violin Sonatas
Jaap Schröder • Christopher Hogwood
CD 44 – Schubert & Mendelssohn Violin Sonatas
Jaap Schröder • Christopher Hogwood
CD 45 – Schubert: Piano Quintet – “Trout”; 7 Lieder
Academy of Ancient Music • Chamber Ensemble
CD 46 – Schubert: Octet
Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
CD 47 – Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas
Christophe Coin • Patrick Cohen
CD 48 – Weber: Songs
Martyn Hill • Christopher Hogwood
CD 49 – Trios by Weber, Schumann & Glinka
The Music Party
CD 50 – Liszt Piano Works
Malcolm Binnshttp://umusicdirect.com/classics/*/Box-Sets/Classical-and-Early-Romantic/4Q9704G6000
and these, mid September - they both look mighty tempting:
An Earl Wild complete RCA and a Marcel Dupré complete Mercury are coming up, too.
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Very sad news indeed.
Will put on the album he made with Charlie Haden later on.
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disc one, and probably two as well - still way too hot to even think about sleeping
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But then Isn't that the whole selling point of doing an interview with Donaldson?
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Looks like in my eagerness I'll end up with two new copies of this:
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas on Period Instruments
Claves, 10 CD (1997)Malcolm Bilson, Tom Beghin, David Breitman, Ursula Dütschler, Zvi Meniker, Bart van Oort, Andrew Willis
Review from Schweizerische Musikzeitung:
The Complete Piano Sonatas on Period Instruments, incl. the three Bonn Sonatas and the Andante Favori
Now many of the world’s most serious and significant pianists (Schnabel, Serkin, Brendel, Goode, etc.) have devoted a great deal of thoughtful study to the Beethoven sonatas; in general, performance of this music represents a level of erudition and deep contemplation probably unequaled by the works of any other mainstream composer.
Serious pianists study every aspect of these works in minute detail; virtually everything is taken into account except those instruments which inspired Beethoven, and which he had in mind when he composed. Instruments, in the plural – because in the 27 years during which these works came into being changes in Viennese piano construction were dramatic, from the 5-octave Walter type known to Mozart, through the somewhat heavier and more resonant six-octave pianos, to the six-and-one-half-octave Graf-type Beethoven had when he composed the last five sonatas – now more than twice the weight of Mozart’s Walter!
The first 16 sonatas, up to Opus 31/1 inclusive, were written for a five-octave instrument. Most of these works, and all three Bonn [Kurfürsten] sonatas will be heard here on copies of pianos by Walter. Interestingly, the early sonatas can forfeit much of their crispness when played on a 1825 Graf, and the later sonatas (even those passages from them that can be played on the 5-octave instrument) lose a great deal in richness and early 19th-century sentiment when played on a Walter.
Nine fortepianos were used for these recordings; some of them copies, some restored originals. Now the French say c’est le ton qui fait la musique, but in the case of Beethoven one might rather assert that it’s the gesture that through the sound makes the music. These earlier instruments can suggest very different gestures from those proffered by the modern piano, and can lead the player down quite different paths of expression.
The study of Beethoven’s manuscripts and the first editions of his works may well be of great importance when approaching his music, yet one’s interpretation of those sources can change dramatically when the touch and timbre of the contemporary instrument are in one’s ears and under one’s fingers.
These performances are not meant in any way to be considered more authentic or more original (or any other mores) than the best performances on modern pianos. My colleagues and I have worked together and exchanged ideas, but what you will hear on these discs represents personal decisions and individual interpretations on the part of each player; there is no «party line».
We would like to consider these performances as a first step toward a fresh evaluation of this repertoire, one that might open up new paths of thought and suggest untried expressive possibilities in the interpretation of these signal works.
«The seven pianists on this recording seem to be inspired by their instruments without being burdened by the significance and magnitude of their enterprise. Listening is a true pleasure in this expedition into new musical realms.» This beautiful edition contains more than 11 1/2 hours of music and is accompanied by a fascinating, extensively illustrated booklet nearly 200 pages in length with an introduction by Malcolm Bilson and texts by the pianists about the works in three languages.
«The Bonn and the early sonatas, for example, are performed on instruments from Mozart’s era, thereby profiting from very bright, precisely nuanced, and at times ringing sonorities. The later sonatas, on the other hand, are much more massive, yet filled with warmer colors and, at times, with unusual details, e.g., the rather abrupt pedaling of these older instruments produces sforzato effects that are impossible to achieve on modern instruments, in any case, one never hears them.
The brilliantly recorded 10 CDs and the exemplary organized accompanying booklet invite to a more profound study of the fascinating universe of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. It is exciting to observe how the same instrument can produce completely different sonorities in the hands of different pianists, or how two pianists can interpret two chronologically similar sonatas in very different and yet equally convincing manners.»
now about the price ...
at the label it's CHF 130 (roughly US$ 135 or € 125)
best offers at amazon: US$ 116 used/168 new / € 67 used or € 92 new / £ 75 used ("good" only, vg is more expensive) or 109 new
the offer:
my price would be: € 60 (new, or so it says, might not mean sealed, but that's normal in Europe) + shipping at cost (prob. for Europe: CHF 20 + CHF 6 for tracking; int'l: CHF 32 + CHF 6 for tracking) - shipping is expensive, I know, still, I won't make any profit of this at this price (nor will big bad evil aspiring for world power A). Of course it would be possible to meet in person and thus omit shipping costs .... I could also likely ship it from Germany (or Belgium) in late September if that makes a difference and time is of little importance
the caveat:
It will be a few days until I'll have both copies here, but in case I need to return one, I'll have to act fast I guess, so if anyone is interested, drop me a note (private message or email) and I'll get in touch as soon as I have the second set in my hands!
Atlantic Jazz Gallery Atlantic/Rhino
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Looks about right to me - haven't seen any others, not that I remember. The only one I've got is the Blakey/Monk one.