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Posted on May 26, 2016 at 11:11:04
bald2
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 Enjoying each of these immensely, and all are worth seeking out if you enjoy the composers and artists:

Poulenc Oevres completes , Erato 20cd set with many great performances of orchestral, chamber and vocal music)

Milhaud Une Vie Heureuse, Erato 10cd set. Wonderful music, with many discoveries (at least for me:) including the Harp and Cello Concerto concertos

Sergio Fiorentino Early Recordings 10cd set on the Piano Classics label. He was a great master and his playing of Chopin, in particular, is about as good as it gets...

Harry Z

 

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+1 on the Fiorentino nt, posted on May 26, 2016 at 11:50:10
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 Nt

 

RE: New box set acquisitions , posted on May 26, 2016 at 11:55:38
Palustris
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 Thanks for the recommendations. I have many of the Milhaud recordings on LP, but it would be nice to have the complete collection of Milhaud's work.

 

RE: New box set acquisitions , posted on May 26, 2016 at 13:32:19
bald2
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 Sure. I don't think that the Milhaud is complete, but it's very nice...

Harry

 

RE: Fiorentino.., posted on May 28, 2016 at 09:29:41
Ivan303
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Streaming this one now via QOBUZ.

VERY nice.

Thanks for the tip.




First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
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RE: Fiorentino.., posted on May 28, 2016 at 21:19:04
fantja
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 Thanks! for sharing.

 

RE: Fiorentino.., posted on May 28, 2016 at 23:48:27
bald2
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 That one is hard to find on CD, Ivan. Glad to know you like it. The Berlin recordings and Rachmaninoff with him are also excellent, but the latter has extremely variable sonics... And yet his playing of some of the preludes is utterly sublime, as with his Chopin...

Harry

 

RE: Fiorentino.., posted on May 29, 2016 at 13:36:13
bald2
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 That one is hard to find on CD, Ivan. Glad to know you like it. The Berlin recordings and Rachmaninoff with him are also excellent, but the latter has extremely variable sonics... And yet his playing of some of the preludes is utterly sublime, as with his Chopin...

Harry

 

RE: Fiorentino.., posted on May 29, 2016 at 21:09:24
Ivan303
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Enjoying this one now.

He certainly has an seemingly effortless way of playing even difficult passages,


First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

RE: Fiorentino.., posted on May 30, 2016 at 23:28:42
bald2
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 Indeed. The playing on the 2CD set I have with him of Rachmaninoff (his favorite composer, I believe) is extraordinary but the sound quality varies tremendously.

Have you heard the Volume 1 Berlin Recordibngs or the Early Recordings of Chopin? Some of the most amazing piano playing I've heard-- in Richter's class both technically and musically, to my ears:)

Harry

 

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