Haydn Symphonies - Complete

[scottder]

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Originally Posted by Bunnyears Scott, Are you conspiring to make me spend more money? My husband has set me to cataloguing all of my cds now, and I am overwhelmed with the number that I have. Actually I need a good program to enter all of them, as MS Word really isn't cutting it.

I imagine he figures if you are cataloging them, you can't spend more money!

Here is a prgram I have hear people use. There are many pieces of software out there for this....so shop around.

Scott

 

[Bunnyears]

Scott,

Thanks for the link. something like that will get the job done so fast! I'll be back wearing out the charge cards in no time!

Btw, they also have programs for all the books and dvds we are always accumulating; other catalogues he is really anxious to have. Now, all I need is a bar code scanner!

 

[Bill Ward]

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Originally Posted by scottder I imagine he figures if you are cataloging them, you can't spend more money! Here is a prgram I have hear people use. There are many pieces of software out there for this....so shop around.

Hey, Scott, have you tried the recommended software? Maybe you could give us a review?

Regards,

BW

 

[scottder]

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Originally Posted by Bill Ward Hey, Scott, have you tried the recommended software? Maybe you could give us a review? Regards, BW

No though I have seen it mentioned favorably in the past, can even input with a barcode scanner. May not catch onscure stuff, but still nice!

 

[pframe]

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Originally Posted by Bunnyears pframe, I have just gone all over the net looking for information as to whether the Paris Symphonies is in SACD and have come up blank. I think it is only released in Stereo.

Uh-oh. Either that was wishful thinking on my part, or I assumed Haydn Paris was SACD because Harnoncourt's Mozart and two Bruckners were. Will search myself (after my annual performance review . . . ugh!) and let you know. Will go back to Tower tonight if I come up empty. (Any excuse to get me there.

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[Shosta]

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Originally Posted by Bunnyears Actually I need a good program to enter all of them, as MS Word really isn't cutting it.

Years ago I made a program to keep stored all my cds but after 150 cds entered I saw that i write slower than I buy... Now they are filed just in my mind... I fear the first time i'll buy something that I have.

By the way, of Haydn symphonies I've got some Harnoncourt, Fischer and Kuijken. I prefer the style and sound of Kuijken.

And, Tyson, correct me if i'm wrong, I always thought that Shostakovich/Barshai or Complete Schütz/Mateo Mesori were productions of Brilliant. Although it's true that others are licensed from Denon, Nimbus...

 

[Bunnyears]

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Originally Posted by pframe Uh-oh. Either that was wishful thinking on my part, or I assumed Haydn Paris was SACD because Harnoncourt's Mozart and two Bruckners were. Will search myself (after my annual performance review . . . ugh!) and let you know. Will go back to Tower tonight if I come up empty. (Any excuse to get me there. )

I have read such great things about that cd. Gramophone, Classicstoday, Amazon, all gave it great reviews! The same for Overturen from Akademie fur alte Music Berlin, which I bought from amazon. That is a terrific cd as well.

Be warned! They have the Haydn at two prices, with the German import really expensive and to the best of my knowledge it is the identical recording as the lower priced US release! (It's label is DHM, which is a BMG-Sony company, so hopefully they will have it as part of the catalogue for yourmusic eventually.) If it's not in SACD, it should be. If you are going to the Tower near Lincoln center, be warned: that place is dangerous to the wallet! Things just jump off the shelves into the basket on my arm whenever I walk in.

 

[Tyson]

I thought they came from Regis initially, I could be wrong.

 

[pframe]

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Originally Posted by Bunnyears Be warned! They have the Haydn at two prices, with the German import really expensive and to the best of my knowledge it is the identical recording as the lower priced US release! (It's label is DHM, which is a BMG-Sony company, so hopefully they will have it as part of the catalogue for yourmusic eventually.) If it's not in SACD, it should be. If you are going to the Tower near Lincoln center, be warned: that place is dangerous to the wallet! Things just jump off the shelves into the basket on my arm whenever I walk in.

Thanks for the tip on the two Harnoncourt versions. Perhaps it was the high price that made me think it was SACD.

Will report back on available format(s).

Am indeed headed to Lincoln Center. Guess I must love the danger (or don't care about my wallet). Between all these classical threads and the SACD mini-review thread, I bought about 100 CDs/SACDs in May. (That's not a complaint. In fact, everything I've bought after reading these threads has been fantastic.)

Baskets? Tower has baskets? Last week I walked around the classical and jazz sections with 20+ CDs in my arms. Dropped them twice. Le Jerry Lewis has nothing on me.

 

[Shosta]

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Originally Posted by Tyson I thought they came from Regis initially, I could be wrong.

You could be right some of the performances are from 90s.
But Mateo Mesori are totally new. They are in the second box of the Schütz complete works.

 

[pframe]

Went to Tower, as promised. The Harnoncourt recording of Haydn's Paris Symphonies is NOT SACD.

You were right, Bunnyears: Label was Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and it was expensive. Tower's sale price was $29.99; the regular price is $35.99. On the plus side, it is three CDs. I'd like to pick up the domestic release, but all I could find on the Web was the DHM import. Where did you see it?

Thanks.

 

[Bunnyears]

Those are the prices I saw at towerrecords.com. The prices at Amazon were $35.00 for the US edition and $65.00 for the imported edition. Towerrecords.com had the imported editon for $65 as well. I think Tower is probably the best way to buy it right now, as it is discounted there for "members" as well at the $29.99 price. I still am hoping they will turn up at bmg music services the way the Takasc quartets Beethoven quartets series did (and the emerson quartet's Schubert quartets as well). At yourmusic.com it will be around $18.00 for the set.

 

[pframe]

Then I will wait until it hits yourmusic. Thanks.

 

[Bunnyears]

There is no guarantee that it will hit yourmusic, but if it doesn't, there should be used copies available at good price at amazon at that point. I think the Takasc quartets took about 1 to 2 months to hit the site. The Emerson Shubert quartets took a little longer. It's just that I hate seeing the things I paid full price for at such a reduced price later, especially when they have been experimental duds!

 

[DarkAngel]

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Originally Posted by Bunnyears There is no guarantee that it will hit yourmusic, but if it doesn't, there should be used copies available at good price at amazon at that point. I think the Takasc quartets took about 1 to 2 months to hit the site. The Emerson Shubert quartets took a little longer. It's just that I hate seeing the things I paid full price for at such a reduced price later, especially when they have been experimental duds!

The Harnoncourt/DHM Paris Symphony set has been at yourmusic.com for couple weeks now at $18 well worth getting even if 3cds still leaves much room for additional symphonies.........very witty piquant phrasings make these fun to listen to with very good sound, a real winner.

For collectors I recently got the 6CD Scherchen/DG Haydn mono set from 1950's, important since these former "westminster" label performances championed Haydn as serious symphony composer whose best works rival Mozart. The outer movements have plenty of energy and vitality, even more so than Dorati, but the 3rd movements tend to be a bit slower than Dorati so you have more contrast between movements. The 3-6 CDs of late symphonies are better performances than the earlier 1-2 CD "sturm & drang" series, not sure why but they are.