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  1. Get the Andreas Staier Edition on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / Sony. A lot of good stuff there, including a CD or two of Scarlatti.
  2. Not really. Adding digital reverb and messing with EQ (which is what was done to earlier Rykos) does not constitute a remix. Real remixes were a few - Hot Rats, Sleep Dirt, etc. Good summary has been already prepared here: http://lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/vinylvscds/2012hotpoop.html
  3. These have been confirmed to be new remasters: Absolutely Free Burnt Weeny Sandwich Weasels Ripped My Flesh Chunga's Revenge Fillmore East, June 1971 Just Another Band From L.A. Waka/Jawaka The Grand Wazoo Over-nite Sensation Apostrophe(‘) One Size Fits All Bongo Fury Zoot Allures Studio Tan Sleep Dirt Sheik Yerbouti Joe's Garage Acts 1, 2 & 3 Tinseltown Rebellion Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar You Are What You Is Them or Us The rest are straight Ryko reissues.
  4. Samples do sound good, will probably get it eventually.
  5. WERGO package of 5CDs (Stravinsky, Cage, Stockhausen, Nono, Schnebel) at amazon.es for €20: http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B007LHGD10/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
  6. Particularly given that these were scissor and adhesive tape edits. In general, FZ was great with editing and you realize it in particular when you hear the source live material and what Zappa made out of it on released records. For example, the guitar tour de force from Sheik Yerbouti, Rat Tomago (4'43'') - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuDLlgRuI6Y is an edited version of a Torture Never Stops solo from the '78 performance in Berlin (6'39'') - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6fKl-huexE . When you compare them you realize how masterfully the edits were done and how much better the edited version sounds.
  7. Got Hot Rats today, and it indeed sounds good - better than the Ryko edition. However, I miss the 1987 mix - better guitar solo edits on Willie, additional instruments on a few tracks (Little Umbrellas really sounds 'empty'), and the long Ian Underwood alto sax solo. Ideally, I would have the 1987 mix mastered properly .
  8. I would probably agree. Prompted by this thread I listened to trio #2 a few times now, and it is nothing special (although not horrible, either). Admittedly, I am not a Shostakovich fan in general. There are less that 10 of his works that really excite me - string quartet #15, violin & piano sonata, viola & piano sonata, preludes & fugues op. 87, symphony 14... symphony 6, perhaps a few more. Piano concertos are fun. The rest I consider rather mediocre. Have not heard either "Golden Age" or "Lady Macbeth".
  9. Thanks, ordered me a copy. Any good? Listened to it twice, not very attentively - not sure what to make out of it yet. So far, this seems like the least interesting Feldman I've heard.
  10. First reviews of the new remasters are glowing, so I placed an order for "Hot Rats" at amazon.it, and noticed it is at #51 of the amazon.it top CD sellers - in between Police's "Regatta..." and Joe Henderson's "Mode for Joe" . I assume amazon.it sells CDs in low volumes, so a few odd orders can skew the 'Top' list, but it's amusing nonetheless.
  11. I share your caution regarding Kremer-Maisky-Argerich, alhtough I have not heard this CD. How about Dmitri Dmitrievich himself (with one Milos Sadlo and one David Oistrakh)? Here is his 1947 recording I have (the sound quality is good, and the performance is electrifying): http://www.amazon.co...erto+piano+trio ? it might have been issued in different guises since. Hear it on youtube: http://www.youtube.c...&feature=relmfu and so on.
  12. If anybody missed the fantastic Stravinsky "Miniatures" CD of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on DG, it has been recently reissued on Brilliant, available at European amazons for about €5-6. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stravinsky-Miniatures-Orpheus-Chamber-Orchestra/dp/B002HNAAQ2?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVGTH525N57WM2NQ&tag=galenicom-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B002HNAAQ2
  13. Hans, I know lute is out of consideration, but how about lute-harpsichord ? Bach as a Teacher. Keyboard Works from Cothen Period. Robert Hill, lute-harpsichord and clavichord (hanssler)
  14. It actually often works surprisingly well. Give it a try, of you have not heard them.
  15. The only version of WTC that I've heard so far and found interesting is very idiosyncratic Olli Mustonen (on piano) where Bach's WTC Book 1 is interspersed with Shostakovich's Preludes & Fugues Op. 87. There are two 2-CD sets, one on RCA (now OOP), one on Ondine. Amazon has samples. Ondine set: http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Shostakovich-Preludes-Fugues-Vol/dp/B00012SZFO/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1344165818&sr=1-2&keywords=mustonen+bach RCA set: http://www.amazon.de/Pr%C3%A4ludien-Fugen-von-Bach-Schostakowitsch/dp/B000023ZR4/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1344165907&sr=1-2
  16. Hans, I understand you're not into lute, but others might find it interesting. Silvius Leopold Weiss was a great baroque composer for lute. I would recommend a 3-CD set by Terrell Stone. It's OOP but can be found here and there. Allmusic has samples, check them out: http://www.allmusic.com/album/silvius-leopold-weiss-sei-parthie-di-versavia-mw0001831181 I second Moms' recommendation for Blandine Rannou's harpsichord recordings - most gorgeous sound. I am not a fan of Leonhard either, he manages to make Bach sound boring (at least on a few Deutsche Harmonis Mundi recordings of his I have).
  17. All Baroque Box (50 CDs) on Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon for €93 at amazon.de: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B008BP1LS6/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i5?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=06X3EBZ1JQV91YQQVVBD&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463375173&pf_rd_i=301128 Track list here: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4790441
  18. Loved it, just ordered the CD. Thanks!
  19. This is excellent. Is Schmitt in Cafe Zimmerman project? Their stuff is killer.Get the complete box: http://www.amazon.es/Conc-Para-Diversos-Instrumentos-6-Cd/dp/B005IQXUQW?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVGTH525N57WM2NQ&tag=pricenoia0e-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B005IQXUQW
  20. It's going cheap, so I ordered the new version of this from amazon. Yes, it is! And the Mercury isn't - please do report! Mercury Starker is a part of the Mercury Living Presence box.
  21. Historically informed performance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_informed_performance
  22. There is new-ish recording by Dmitry Badiarov on violoncello da spalla (shoulder cello). As I understand, Badiarov builds these instruments. I quite like the samples, although I miss the depth of the cello sound: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Cello-Suites/dp/B007Q56998/ref=mb_oe_o
  23. Myaskovsky complete symphonies, USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Svetlanov, 16CDs for €24 at amazon.es: http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000XCTD5S/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bonsplanscl05-21&linkCode=as2&camp=3626&creative=24822&creativeASIN=B000XCTD5S
  24. L'Arte di Salvatore Accardo (8 CDs) on DG for €19 at amazon.es: http://www.amazon.es...=A1AT7YVPFBWXBL Track list here: http://www.universal...fia/?ida=613684 And there is Vol. 2 as well: http://www.amazon.es/Art-Salvatore-Accardo-2/dp/B0079J26PW?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVGTH525N57WM2NQ&tag=pricenoia0e-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B0079J26PW
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