Last New Album You Bought

[dave2010]

Recently, like some others, I've been exploring streaming and downloads. I do a lot of listening via Napster through our Squeezebox - the quality is often surprisingly bearable. The quality via Spotify is probably better, but I've not tamed that yet (figured out how to stream it the SB3). Also have bought some downloads from Amazon and HMV. The Glazunov symphonies conducted by Fedoseyev is really good value - either 4.99 or 5.99 depending exactly on track listing (I think iTunes also has it). HMV had a spledid download set for 7.99 - Glazunov symphonies - BBC NOW - coducted by Tadaaki Otaka - though the CDs are currently about 30 quid. Not sure what's happened to the HMV download site right now though, seems to be being reorganised. A few other good albums - the special deal of Myaskovsky symphonies (15,21,26,10) with the cello concerto from eMusic - around 5 quid equivalent in points - also by Fedoseyev - and they also have the Glazunov set by Fedoseyev.

I also got the Grechaninov cello concerto from Napster.

Having said all this, I was so impressed with the Tadaaki Otaka Glazunov set that I bought the CDs as well. Other recent CDs are the Myaskovsky symphony set by Svetlanov, and the Naxos set of Sibelius symphonies by the Iceland SO cond. by Petri Sakari, which is very well recorded and a pretty decent set of performances. Romance - a collection by Josef Suk on Supraphon has the beautiful Romance by Dvorak - worth it for that alone, though maybe the recording doesn't sound as smooth nowadays. Originally it was on a lovely LP.

[goraman]

Feb.01 10
Glitter and Doom by Tom Waits Doubble LP set of horror
I have all his albums,mostly LP's and 17 CD's from Mr.Waits so I've heard his voice grow deeper and raspeyer over the long years.
This album was like listening to the crokeing of a dieing thoat cancer victum.
Cigarets won.
Sad for me a really big fan of the Tom Kat.