BMG Club essentials

Hi,

I just thought of joinging the BMG Music Club. I did search for past threads on this, but their catalog has changed a lot and many mentioned titles are unavailable now.

Can someone withrecent experience with the Club recommend some classical music titles?

Thank you.

Some that I've recently bought from BMG and like a lot:

Furtwängler's 2nd Symphony - Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony.

Bruckner 8th (1892 edition) - Knappertsbusch / Munich (many people don't like this performance, but I do, particularly in this most recent remastering, which sounds far better than the older MCA issue).

Mozart Requiem - Hermann Scherchen conducting.

Traditionnaly most of the 'gurus' in here tend to damn BMG but I am not certasin it deserves it. It is a 'record club' which means you will get a monthly album unless you say no. There is a lot of good music in there, in addition to the cross over junk. The good stuff is hidden away but it is there and you have to look for it. In my last order I included Aho Symphonie (Bis) and Gubadalina Passion conducted by Gergiev. I have no idea if you are interested in those albums at all, but I cite those to demonstrate my point about good music. Go check it out...

I've been a member for a couple of years and I am generally happy with it. Just remember to block your 'membership selection' each month. Here is what I ordered recently (apologies for the messy format):

Charles Mackerras, Janácek, Jenufa (2 CD(s)) D245953

Igor Stravinsky, Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky-The Mono Years 1952-1955 (2 CD(s)) D226999

The Tallis Scholars, Cornysh, Stabat Mater (1 CD(s)) D118360

Florestan Trio, Schumann, Piano Trios (1 CD(s)) D132428

Konrad Junghänel, Rovetta, Vespro Solenne (1 CD(s)) D140150

Bidú Sayão, Bidú Sayão Sings Debussy, Mozart, Puccini And More (1 CD(s)) D122958

Cecilia Bartoli, Dreams & Fables - Gluck Italian Opera Arias (1 CD(s)) D141377

David Willcocks, Haydn, Nelson Mass; Vivaldi, Gloria; Handel, Zadok The Preist (1 CD(s)) D133514

Hilary Hahn, Brahms & Stravinsky, Violin Ctos. (1 CD(s)) D142260

The Clerks' Group, Josquin Des Prez, Missa Faisant Regretz (1 CD(s)) D143138

Victoria De Los Angeles, Canteloube, Songs Of The Auvergne (1 CD(s)) D131850

Clifford Curzon, Mozart, Piano Ctos. Nos. 20, 23, 24, 26 & 27 (2 CD(s)) D242288

Renée Fleming, Handel, Alcina (3 CD(s)) D235517

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berg, Violin Concerto (1 CD(s)) D101442

Arcadi Volodos, Live At Carnegie Hall (1 CD(s)) D132400

Osmo Vänskä, Aho, Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 (1 CD(s)) D138121

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, The Ligeti Project I: Melodien, Chamber & Piano Ctos.; Mysteries Of The Macabre (1 CD(s)) D142275

Romanesca, Uccellini, Sonatas (1 CD(s)) D131109

Thomas Quasthoff, Schubert, Schwanengesang; Brahms, Vier Ernste Gesänge (1 CD(s)) D141104

René Jacobs, Keiser, Croesus (3 CD(s)) D236913

D132456 MACKERRAS, CHARLES - BRAHMS, SERENADES D136918 FISCHER, IVAN - DVORAK, LEGENDS D140631 PATRICK, DAVID M. - WIDOR, ORGAN SYMPH D240873 DORATI, ANTAL - TCHAIK. NUTCRACKER D240780 KLEMPERER, OTTO - BEETHOVEN, FID-REM D236540 LEONHARDT, GUSTAV - C.P.E. BACH, SYMPH D140636 MORINI, ERICA - BRAHMS & TCHAIKOVS D118894 JANOWITZ, GUNDULA - MOZART, CONCERT AR D183797 SAWALLISCH, WOLFGA - HINDEMITH DER MALE D112323 MANZE, ANDREW - TELEMANN, 12 FANTA D103211 RATTLE, SIMON - ADAMS, CHAIRMAN DA D136911 KLEIBER, ERICH - BEETHOVEN, SYM.3&5 D126896 HILL, DAVID - VICTORIA, O QUAM G D141124 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR - COLLECTION V25-REM D124965 LEONHARDT, GUSTAV - HISTORIC ORGANS OF D235517 FLEMING, RENEE - HANDEL, ALCINA D242288 CURZON, CLIFFORD - MOZART, PIANO CTOS

I haven't found that to be the case. Many of the people here belong to BMG, though you get the usual carp about high shipping that makes the most noise.