Altus Recordings from Japan

[cphillipwheelerjr]

Does anyone know of a U.S. source for Altus recordings? Also, who is
the cheapest importer for Japanese classical CDs. I have previously
ordered from Japanese Amazon but find their selection more limited than
that of HMV of Towerrecords Japan.

Thanks,
Phillip

[sidoze]

HMV certainly has the largest selection of any I've come across, but
you will have to accept their high FedEx shipping fees and, if it
applies, the import tax. Otherwise I think CD Japan is good--they ship
regular airmail--though I'm not sure if they sell Altus discs.

[Matthew B. Tepper]

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I hadn't heard of CDJapan before, but found it easily. I wasn't terribly
impressed by the selection on their so-called "Jazz/Classical" page (which
appeared to be "lots and lots and lots and lots of jazz, and maybe a tiny
bit of classical too as a sort of afterthought"), but a search on the name
"Ormandy" brought up a few items, including the ones I want the most:
Shostakovich Symphonies ## 13 and 14.

Now watch Mr. Hetherwick wake up and issue those here. I'll just bet.

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[sidoze]

>but a search on the name "Ormandy" brought up a few items...

Precisely, you must search by the name of the performer on that site,
otherwise little will appear. Their prices are the same as HMV and
their selection is much smaller, but what tilts the balance in their
favour is the option to ship by standard airmail, especially for me
here in London as it avoids the heavy import tax (about 20%).

[Matthew B. Tepper]

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Yes, the opportunity to have two Japanese BMG CDs shipped to me for a total
of only approximately $34 was too good to pass up.

[Dave Cook]

On 2005-09-09, Matthew B. Tepper <oyþ@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Yes, the opportunity to have two Japanese BMG CDs shipped to me for a total
> of only approximately $34 was too good to pass up.

I'm sure everyone else has it already, but I ordered the Giulini/VPO
Bruckner 9 from them for $11. I'm guessing this was a midprice Japanese
reissue.

Dave Cook

[A. Brain]

"Matthew B. Tepper" <oy兀earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I hadn't heard of CDJapan before, but found it easily. I wasn't
> terribly
> impressed by the selection on their so-called "Jazz/Classical" page
> (which
> appeared to be "lots and lots and lots and lots of jazz, and maybe a
> tiny
> bit of classical too as a sort of afterthought"), but a search on the
> name
> "Ormandy" brought up a few items, including the ones I want the most:
> Shostakovich Symphonies ## 13 and 14.

I got excellent and prompt service from CDJapan
recently. Here's the website:

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/index.html

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I ought to have given the URL; thanks for doing so. I'll report when I
have received my order.

[A. Brain]

"Dave Cook" <dave...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> On 2005-09-09, Matthew B. Tepper <oy兀earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Yes, the opportunity to have two Japanese BMG CDs shipped to me for a
>> total
>> of only approximately $34 was too good to pass up.
>
> I'm sure everyone else has it already, but I ordered the Giulini/VPO
> Bruckner 9 from them for $11. I'm guessing this was a midprice
> Japanese
> reissue.

Is that the "must-have" recently noted
by a certain "Philadelphia Lawyer"?

[sidoze]

My hunch--though I could be completely wrong--is that their classical
section is something quite new, so although they don't have a
tremendous amount to offer like HMV, they are at least offering all of
the new and forthcoming releases already--such as Afanassiev, Cortot
and Sofronitsky--and if they keep this up they'll definitely be a
valuable resource in the future.

[Tony]

Altus in Japan are releasing some rare recordings of Kondrashin conducting the French National Radio Orchestra in '69/74/76 -- Shostakovich 8, Sibelius 2, Tchaikovsky 4, three CDs and SACDs.

Also a Mravinsky / Shostakovich 8 from 1982 remastered from 'the widow holdings'.

HMV JP lists them and gives detailed info in Japanese on each disc.

[RiRiIII]

Thanks! The Mravinsky 8th auto-translated hmv details:

"
So much awesome!
Shostakovich eighth, mravinsky, 1982 album
From the sound of the widow's new mastering. Finally came true!

Shock released. Speaking of Shostakovich in 1982 by mravinsky and the Leningrad Philharmonic's Symphony No. 8, unprecedented as insusceptible to recordings of other special had become. But from the initial release from Philips, hence unstable in pitch by pitch and tempo had been pointed out. Even though surpasses the greatness of the music issue, continued to reign on real estate.
For pitch fix Edition has been released from the "Russian Disc" then the sound isn't was could not satisfy fans. Pitch correction Edition has been released from 'Regis' further noise reduction for which was very busy and powerful impression, as this one was not.
Finally the disk eliminated such frustrations. Of the widow books from "Altus" methodically mastering the Philips machine than
In addition, there was a playing pitch corrected by more destructive and little beauty and human dimension.

Philips Edition (I. 24:33 / II. 6:07 / III. 6:17 / IV. 9:37 / V. 12:58)
Altus Edition (I. 25: 48 / II. 6:24 / III. 6:35 / IV. 10:06 / V. 13:44)

Same performance while in 3 minutes, especially 1st Mov. 1 分 15 秒 Mo longer. As a result, gravity is now the terrible enormity of harshness, music falling further in the approaching. The ferocious speed in the third movement and a huge energy would destroy the Hall of greatness. And it's a scary conclusion, until the tension. 1982 until this edition also had nobody, "Altus" Panel finally reproduced the true miracle play should be called. Stuck will anyway from the sound of the first tied down was like.
Composed in 1943 Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8, was dedicated to mravinsky. 11/3 by mravinsky conducting Soviet National Symphony Orchestra world premiere. Mravinsky and played 36 times during their lifetime, six kinds of recordings are now obsolete. Especially in 1982 Edition Shostakovich fan treasures and regarded as the best performer of this song. (King international)

[Information]
-Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in c minor Op.65

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny mravinsky, conductor

Recorded at: 3/28/1982
Place of recording: Leningrad Philharmonic Hall
Recording method: stereo (live)
32-bit Digitally Remastered

Disk will be and the domestic press."