eClassical.com 2018 Christmas Countdown Extravaganza

[austinpop]

In keeping with their annual tradition, eClassical is putting 2 titles for sale every day at 50% off. Please use this thread to alert of any good finds.

 

Here is their announcement:

 

eClassical Christmas Calendar 2018

We are celebrating our seventh year of high-resolution downloads from Sweden with a special pre-Christmas promotion. Every day, from December 1 until Christmas Eve, you will find two different 24-bit albums from BIS and PENTATONE at a 50% discount that day.

Happy listening and all Season's Greetings from the eClassical team.

[austinpop]

I can highly recommend today's BIS offering: http://www.eclassical.com/conductors/dausgaard-thomas/tchaikovsky-pathetique.html

 

[Musicophile]

Good to see this is ongoing again. I would have missed it otherwise. 

[austinpop]

Today this one looks promising. Can't get a listen until tonight, but at $5.84, I may just buy it!

 

[Musicophile]

45 minutes ago, austinpop said:

Today this one looks promising. Can't get a listen until tonight, but at $5.84, I may just buy it!

 

Not too much risk indeed it’s quite nice. Overall when it gets to the Mozart concertos on Fortepiano I have a preference for Bezuidenhout, but this album is worth having especially at this price. 

[Bob Stern]

Elgar cello concerto & Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations: truly superb performance by Johannes Moser with Andrew Manze conducting the Suisse Romande Orch.

 

Moser applies a ton of rubato, but it is very thoughtful and captivating.  Manze conducts in a mainstream romantic style, notwithstanding his reputation as a baroque specialist.

 

The cello is recorded with a deep, resonant sound.  Unfortunately, the orchestra level is too soft relative to the cello, almost being relegated to the background, as in many concerto recordings.

[Bob Stern]

Brahms piano pieces today by Kozhukhin are fantastic.  Somewhat slow and very nuanced.

[austinpop]

As in past years, it looks like the discounts last for the entire period. So yesterday’s Elgar, for example, is still on sale.

 

I tuned in this year on Dec 6.

 

Does anyone have the list from Dec 1-6? Or remember any of them?

[Bob Stern]

Another album by cellist Moser:  Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev sonatas, Pentatone PTC5186594.  I bought it but did not mention it here because it's mostly morose music that I didn’t think would have broad appeal.  The pianist is not well known (yet), but he has a superb feel for the Rachmaninoff idiom.  Listen to the solo piano that begins the 3rd movement of the Rachmaninoff.

[Bob Stern]

Another cello album, "Overtures", this time by Matt Haimovitz.  Pentatone PTC5186561.  I only bought two tracks, the pieces by Roberto Sierra and David Sanford.

[austinpop]

I misspoke - the discount only lasts the 24 hours it is offered. The Mosers are now back at regular price.

[Musicophile]

If you don't have it yet, Vänskä's Sibelus 2&5 is recommended:

 

 

[Jay-dub]

On 12/9/2018 at 6:42 PM, austinpop said:

I misspoke - the discount only lasts the 24 hours it is offered. The Mosers are now back at regular price.

It looks like they give an extra grace period of maybe 24 hours after that. The Sibelius is still on sale. Also, if you need time to decide if you want an album, you can put it in your cart, and it will remain there at the discounted price (as long as your browser remains logged in) even after the price on the website goes back up.

[austinpop]

10 minutes ago, Jay-dub said:

It looks like they give an extra grace period of maybe 24 hours after that. The Sibelius is still on sale. Also, if you need time to decide if you want an album, you can put it in your cart, and it will remain there at the discounted price (as long as your browser remains logged in) even after the price on the website goes back up.

 

Thanks! Good to know.