Chopin - A Chronological Journey

I just got my 3rd Valerie Tryon album in the mail from Hyperion in the UK today - Chopin - A Chronological Journey is a 3 CD set. I had actually purchased this directly from the APR website.  APR's web orders are fulfilled by Hyperion.  I got it for £19.98 (about $30 CDN).  More than I would usually pay nowadays (given that boxed sets from Universal Classics can be as low as$2/CD).  However, Valerie Tryon is one amazing pianist.  I had previously bought her CBC Chopin CD and the APR CD of Mozart, Schubert and Schumann.  I decided to listen to the 3rd CD first as it has some of my favorites (Barcorolle, Berceuse, Heroic Polonaise).  The 3 CDs contain almost 4 hours of music.  Generous indeed.

However, while I was in Edmonton this past week, Samuel spotted the David Garrett DVD "Rock Symphonies" and we bought that at HMV after I checked that it wasn't cheaper at Amazon.ca.  The two boys are rather hooked on Mr Garrett right now.  He's got talent, but I much prefer Valerie Tryon's artistry (or Artur Grumiaux for violin). 

Got bad news from the dentist today too - back molar is cracked.  I had lost a top back molar on the other side a few years ago that was cracked.  A crown would be $$$.  This has been a crappy year (car troubles and now this).  We went to the Berry Barn after seeing the dentist and had a waffle.  Then we went to Floral Acres to use up the Groupon and bought some lilies and geraniums.  Try to just enjoy Valerie Tryon playing Chopin.  Beautiful recording from APR.