On-line Stores & Sellers

[Todd]

You could have a look at gmarket, the largest online marketplace in Korea

That's where I picked up Younwha Lee's Beethoven cycle.  Since it is a marketplace, it seems more limited for my purposes.  The Kim Jeong Won pickings are down to one disc there, for instance, but yesasia has a lot more, including a Schubert three disc set.  On the plus side, gmarket does have some of Kun Woo Paik's early recordings - Scriabin, Rachmaninoff solo works - so I will probably use it as well later on.

[Todd]

This may have been posted on before, but this is the first time I recall seeing this.  You can buy some titles directly from Decca at http://store.deccaclassics.com.

[mc ukrneal]

Arkivmusic is the best platform to buy classical music.

Arkivmusic is usually not the cheapest, unfortunately.

[Spineur]

Arkivmusic is usually not the cheapest, unfortunately.

I also have been put of by the navigation scheme they have.  Its a site that I have visited a number of time, each time abandonning my searches.

[Omicron9]

I also have been put of by the navigation scheme they have.  Its a site that I have visited a number of time, each time abandonning my searches.

^This. 

[Parsifal]

I also have been put of by the navigation scheme they have.  Its a site that I have visited a number of time, each time abandonning my searches.

My experience is the opposite. The "Tree" organization where you pick the composer, genre, piece, conductor to narrow your search can be uniquely useful. It is also the only way to see an exhaustive list of who has recorded a given piece. The main limitation is that only in-print, distributed-in-the-us releases are included.

[North Star]

My experience is the opposite. The "Tree" organization where you pick the composer, genre, piece, conductor to narrow your search can be uniquely useful. It is also the only way to see an exhaustive list of who has recorded a given piece. The main limitation is that only in-print, distributed-in-the-us releases are included.

Indeed. I often use Arkiv for precisely this purpose (or to see what is available from a particular artist) - and to find reviews.

[ritter]

Indeed. I often use Arkiv for precisely this purpose (or to see what is available from a particular artist) - and to find reviews.

+1 (and good day, Karlo!)

At Arkiv, if you're looking for e.g. Boulez, you know you'll get results for Boulez, and not for Bolling, Boulanger, Bolet or any other approximation that the algorithm might "suggest". That's the problem for me at jpc, for instance: if you change yoyur search criteria from "best results" to "relesase date", all sorts of irrelevant items turn up (just because there are some similarities in the names).

Pity Arkiv stopped producing Arkiv CDs, though. ytes, they were CD-Rs, but thay made some very interesting stuff available...

[mc ukrneal]

Pity Arkiv stopped producing Arkiv CDs, though. ytes, they were CD-Rs, but thay made some very interesting stuff available...

Really? I didn't know that! What a shame - I was able to fill some very particular holes with that service. But they weren't cheap, so I guess it just got too expensive for the (I expect) low volumes.

[Brian]

Presto redesigned their website!

[Obradovic]

Still waiting (in Greece) for 3 Amazon orders (coming from 3 different retailers) one whole month after the latest estimated delivery date...

[mc ukrneal]

Still waiting (in Greece) for 3 Amazon orders (coming from 3 different retailers) one whole month after the latest estimated delivery date...

You should contact them...

[Obradovic]

You should contact them...

I did it and they said 'just wait a little more'...

[mc ukrneal]

I did it and they said 'just wait a little more'...

Ah. Well at least you are on record, which is good if they get lost along the way, though we hope for a delivery!

[North Star]

Still waiting (in Greece) for 3 Amazon orders (coming from 3 different retailers) one whole month after the latest estimated delivery date...

I did it and they said 'just wait a little more'...

Amazon marketplace sellers can vary a lot in their delivery times. A month after the estimate is a lot, though. Contact them again soon and ask for a refund if you don't receive the order(s)

[Parsifal]

Pity Arkiv stopped producing Arkiv CDs, though. ytes, they were CD-Rs, but thay made some very interesting stuff available...

Really? I still saw Archiv CDs listed when I visited yesterday.

[ritter]

Really? I still saw Archiv CDs listed when I visited yesterday.

Yes, they're  still there, but no new ones for almost two years now IIRC. 

[aligreto]

I did it and they said 'just wait a little more'...

They try to tell me that too, sometimes, but I always say no and demand a refund. A month past the expected delivery date is already being way too patient, I think.   

I would agree with George; go for a refund demand asap 

[Obradovic]

I would agree with George; go for a refund demand asap 

Ηmmm... yes... there are some signs lately that made me uneasy about their reliability: a few days after I ordered the Vol. 1 of Rossini Cantatas (Chailly, Decca, not generally available) I received a message that my order has been dispatched and a few days later I was informed that they refunded the total cost! After dispatching what? Did they dispatch anything? No. So why the assured me that my order is on the way? why the disc still appears as available? And as the new missing orders are long deleted discs (Debussy-La Mer-Sinopoli, DG & Bernstein conducts his Divertimento etc, DG) I'm afraid there is nothing that can be shipped...

[listener]

Perhaps I missed this earlier, jpc shipping was EUR 10.00 now EUR 11.56, still not bad considering the distance and the size of some of my orders.