king ubu

from Allen's The (one) Percy France cut, "Ornithology" (c. 1980 with Jeff Fuller on bass) - is terrific! There's also one by Albany with a sax player I've never heard of (Dickey Myers, tune is "What Is This Thing Called Love", ca. 1979). Then there's a great cut with Hemphill from the album "New Tango" (rec. 1992) as well as two from the (upcoming, I sure hope!) project "Man with the Guitar: The White Machine" (rec. 2013, one with Gary Bartz, the other with DJ Logic). Very enjoyable!

Nice to see the rather neglected yet pretty wonderful Verve album getting some high-end exposure ... but these vinyl boxes really aren't for me. I'm still somewhat tempted by the Brown/Roach just because this stuff is so wonderful, but there's so much other stuff around to buy that I don't yet have, so it just makes no sense.

Sure, I found that one in a second, since it's their only Vivaldi disc around ... but couldn't find the othe on any of the discs by Biondi - any idea where it could be bought? Or is there a mistake with the RV number that's given on youtube? I know folks are asking for specific pieces and recordings here ... but I got me this Telemann box and enjoyed all I've heard from it (which is roughly two thirds so far): I don't think the Ricercar Consort is as revered here as is Café Zimmermann ... but they've got some excellent stuff out - all their Bach cantatas discs are exquisite and so is the "Magnificat" disc (Bach as well). I've yet to check out more of their instrumental music, but I don't think I ever enjoyed Telemann as much as in this box set!

just in case, the Boehm Ring is also in this box: 50 € at amazon.it: http://www.amazon.it/Wagner-Great-Operas-Bayreuth-Festival/dp/B00159679S 64 $ at amazo.com: http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Great-Operas-Bayreuth-Festival/dp/B00159679S some details:

Well, I got the Lowe Prime treatment, not sure how I deserved it, but it got shipped a day early, it seems About to pop in the first disc right now ...

Sure does - just got mine out of the mail-box - many thanks!

Wow, those two are gorgeous! Can't seem find the mandolin concerto on a disc right now ... but I see there's both a Virgin and a naïve set by Biondi - are they recommended? There's so much Vivaldi around, it's really hard to make a choice!

(latest packaging looks a bit different)

Don't know much (and am not at all tempted by this box), but thought this was excellent:

Do you mean you "got" a physical copy, or you got in on the pre-order price? I almost pre-ordered a copy and am kicking myself a bit. On the other hand, sometimes Amazon just cancels pre-orders in these cases where the price and availability change radically. But not always... I bought one from amazon.it when the price dropped in mid December (paid € 48.43 on Dec. 17 and had it delivered a few days after x-mas). amazon.it says it will ship in between 10 and 13 days from now ... not sure what that means, but it used to say "not available" unti recently, so I assume it will be back: http://www.amazon.it/French-Music-Ansermet/dp/B00DT2322E/ prestoclassical has a highter price but has it in stock right now: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4807898

Al Harewood is still playing? Didn't know that! These guys make Louis Hayes look like a kid Happy Birthday, Jimmy Cobb!

My disc two plays through without any issues ... phew, lucky. Glad you could sort it out though!

I may sound like a blatant ignorant (probably am), but the one (partial) anglican mass I ever attended (somewhere in Scotland, east coast ... Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee ... don't recall) sounded and smelt very catholic to protestant litte me (this was in the very early 90s, I'd say). Sure, the hymns might be different, but all in all, it's a looooooong step from anglican to protestant, while it just seemed like very quick and close one to catholic to me, back then. No idea if that's typical or anything ... but the difference to what I grew up here was huge. Regular protestant mass will include some organ to open and close, and in between the attendants singing a few old songs (I'd say picked from three or four dozen, even though the hymn book holds five hundred or so). The organ will of course open the songs/hymns and accompany, usually making sure the singing gets even sagging as it goes on. Not much magic or elevation to be found there. What I do enjoy though, is going to choir concerts at churches ... they needn't necessarily be of religious works then, it was magic once to freeze my ass off in one of Zurich's largest, virtually unheated churches, to hear "Peer Gynt". But I also saw the likes of Rossini's "Petite messe solennelle" (alas the orchestral version, I think the piano/harmonium version is more fun).

Juan García? Not sure if I could get this kinda mass here, we ain't catholic no longer

I got the Rampe disc (fantastic) and that two disc set of the Muffat edition (w/embellishments) by Pollerus. Didn't yet get any further but will keep following these threads!

I can cope with non-HIP (and sacred), but give me Gould or Tureck or Fischer (Edwin, that is). Though actually the most horrible is Richter's famous Händel.

Regarding Richter, I'm really not sure ... I'm in awe many times, I love some of the stuff ... but often he doesn't touch me all that much in the end. Not sure in which direction this will go. The Decca box might just be too much of a good thing for me, I've got the ICON and I also am interested in the DG box - maybe that's a better choice. (Oh, and his Bach is horrible, I find.) I got it for around 50€ (shipping included) when the price took a short dive at amazon.it - worth watching these sets.

Weird ... but then the Ansermet box (which I got a few weeks ago) went to "unavailable" again and then got a later release date (Jan 14, I think) ... guess the same might happen here. Still not sure if I really want this, the amazon.de price was a few cents too much so the custom n*zis would have cashed in another 20€ ... if it comes back and goes down a euro or two, I'll have to reconsider.

I like the cover!

I wish, I hope ... but it doesn't help much! This is seriously great news!

Yes indeed!!!

These come in separate jewel cases, flimsy cardboard around, each disc with a one-fold booklet containing notes (some or most of the times expanding to the back page). Can't tell you specifically about the Noone, but usually they're to-the-point factual and given the small space pretty good - but that's just one man's opinion, of course ... and a man's that has not too nany JSP sets. Guess I should have a closer look at the Noone

and a vocal version by Sassy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e45xQFZlrOg

Thank you, king ubu. I need the melody to stick indeed. It helps when it is clear and standing out. Lucky Thompson also did a wonderful version of this tune ... on his great "Lucky Strikes" album - a short sample (including the motif at the end) is on allmusic: http://www.allmusic.com/album/lucky-strikes-mw0000649753 the full tune in on the tube, too:

Many thanks! Will see if I can sample some of this in a local store some day!