Purchases Today

[aligreto]

This afternoon I came accross this:

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Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet, so it was a no-brainer.

Q

Another one for your collection Q. Enjoy 

[Mirror Image]

I'm sure I'll get a hearty chuckle from many here after I declared for the umpteenth time that I was done buying anything for awhile, but I couldn't help myself with these two Copland recordings:



Both of these were quite cheap. What's nice to have is another performance of the original chamber version of Appalachian Spring for a change even it's just in suite form. I've read nothing but good things about Abravanel's Lincoln Portrait, so this will be nice to hear as well as will all of the other goodies found on both of these recordings.

Also bought:

[Madiel]

Just bought for 47¢ + shipping:



I bought this for Dover Beach as I don't own a recording of it, but it'll be nice to have the Serenade and String Quartet as well. And for 47¢, I'm certainly not going to complain.

Ohhh. Nice pickup with that combination of works.* And Dover Beach is a fine work. I have it in a complete songs set. I don't have the string quartet forms of the other works, so I shall be adding this version as a possible option.

*I see it has a selection of other songs as well, including many of the best ones in my opinion.

[ritter]

A real rarity I did not even know existed (from AmDE):
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In Paris, a young (and destitute) Wagner arranged music from Donizetti's La Favorite for two violins. Just of curiosity value, I would expect.



And more mainstream (from AmFR):
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Let's see if it's actually delivered (unusually for an "Amazon prime" product, they estimate the dispatch time in "8 to 14 days"  ).



Regards,

[North Star]

Let's see if it's actually delivered (unusually for an "Amazon prime" product, they estimate the dispatch time in "8 to 14 days"  ).

Good day, Rafael!

Coincidentally, the Manze Biber Violin Sonatas disc I bought from Amazon UK as a part of an order on Jan 20th is yet to dispatch - and the marketplace sellers offer the item for 4 times as much as I paid for it.. 

[ritter]

Good day, Karlo!

Yes, CD collecting is a tiresome and complicated affair! 

[North Star]

Good day, Karlo!

Yes, CD collecting is a tiresome and complicated affair! 

Nobody knows the trouble that I've seen
Nobody knows my sorrow 0:)

[Mirror Image]

Ohhh. Nice pickup with that combination of works.* And Dover Beach is a fine work. I have it in a complete songs set. I don't have the string quartet forms of the other works, so I shall be adding this version as a possible option.

*I see it has a selection of other songs as well, including many of the best ones in my opinion.

Thanks, I heard Dover Beach quite some time ago for the first-time and found it lovely. I have the String Quartet performed by the Emersons, but it'll be nice to hear another performance of it.

[Karl Henning]

Inspired by recent listening, another el cheapo Prokofiev symphony cycle

Will be interested in your report on the Järvi cycle.

[Todd]

Will be interested in your report on the Järvi cycle.

I will file reports as I listen.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I find the Järvi cycle a bit difficult to listen to because of the copious amounts of reverb

[71 dB]

Price drop alert from camelcamelcamel!
My limit was £10 and now this OOP disc was £6.99 + shipping = £8.81 delivered. 

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This will be my third BVW 1079.

[Parsifal]

I find the Järvi cycle a bit difficult to listen to because of the copious amounts of reverb

I have the same issue with it, a soundstage which is too distant for my taste and glassy timbre. Rostropovich is the set which seems to me to be the most satisfying overall, although I don't think Symphonies are at all the best music from Prokofiev.

[Que]

Price drop alert from camelcamelcamel!
My limit was £10 and now this OOP disc was £6.99 + shipping = £8.81 delivered. 

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This will be my third BVW 1079.

Just wait a minute.....

Isn't that the ridiculous GMG recommendation you were rambling about before?

SHAME on people at GMG for mentioning a recording highly priced OOP and all that? 

I almost feel sorry that you found an affordable copy.... 

After all, it shouldn't have been mentioned to you ....

Q

[71 dB]

Just wait a minute.....

Isn't the ridiculous GMG recommendation you were rambling about before?

SHAME on people at GMG for mentioning a recording highly priced OOP and all that? 

I almost feel sorry that you found an affordable copy.... 

After all, it shouldn't have been mentioned to you ....

Q

Did you pay more than I did for that CD or why are you so bitter? 

[The new erato]

Did you pay more than I did for that CD or why are you so bitter? 

Unfortunately, but to be brutally frank; the only bitterness I discern here is your original rant on the prices of OOP CDs.

I've got news for you: Old paintings, old Ferraris, old fine wines, in fact anything that is wanted by somebody but are in limited supply because they are not produced any more, risks going up in price. Fact of life. Sometimes you get a break (good for you and no need to gloat about it like in the above post, bad form), sometimes you don't (bad for you and no need for anybody to rub your face in it). The bare facts are: nobody is under any obligation what so ever to supply you with stuff you want at what you think it ought to cost. I remember Lafite 82 being available at around USD 60, that it has appreciated a few thousand % since that is just the way things are. Silly me for not buying it at the time. Or Apple stock for that matter.

[Mirror Image]

I find the Järvi cycle a bit difficult to listen to because of the copious amounts of reverb

I find Rozhdestvensky's cycle the best of them all and I like Litton's BIS recordings a lot (so far), but, as I stated before, I'm not a great fan of this part of Prokofiev's oeuvre.

[71 dB]

Unfortunately, but to be brutally frank; the only bitterness I discern here is your original rant on the prices of OOP CDs.

Sorry if my problems with OOP CDs cause you bitterness. I never thought it would. At least it shouldn't.

I've got news for you: Old paintings, old Ferraris, old fine wines, in fact anything that is wanted by somebody but are in limited supply because they are not produced any more, risks going up in price. Fact of life. Sometimes you get a break (good for you and no need to gloat about it like in the above post, bad form), sometimes you don't (bad for you and no need for anybody to rub your face in it). The bare facts are: nobody is under any obligation what so ever to supply you with stuff you want at what you think it ought to cost. I remember Lafite 82 being available at around USD 60, that it has appreciated a few thousand % since that is just the way things are. Silly me for not buying it at the time. Or Apple stock for that matter.

You lecture me like I was an 8 years old child. Old and wise people have the right to get frustrated too.

[Mirror Image]

Sorry if my problems with OOP CDs cause you bitterness. I never thought it would. At least it shouldn't.

You lecture me like I was an 8 years old child. Old and wise people have the right to get frustrated too.

You didn't cause anyone any bitterness whatsoever with your OOP recordings rant. You're imagining this in your own mind. I don't disagree that we all have the right to get frustrated, but your source of frustration, in your own case: OOP recordings, wasn't worth the time you spent complaining about it. As erato pointed out, the reason a certain OOP recording is expensive is because of demand. When there's a demand, the price gets increased, because the seller has done the research and knows the inherent value of the recording they're selling. The seller also knows there will be market for it and that someone will eventually buy it, because the demand that has been created has been elevated to such a high level. It's rudimentary economics really.

[71 dB]

You didn't cause anyone any bitterness whatsoever with your OOP recordings rant. You're imagining this in your own mind.

That's a relief. 

I don't disagree that we all have the right to get frustrated, but your source of frustration, in your own case: OOP recordings, wasn't worth the time you spent complaining about it.

In your opinion perhaps, and you are of course entitled to your opinions, but I was the one who expressed that frustration and I must have considered it "worth the time" since I wrote about it.

As erato pointed out, the reason a certain OOP recording is expensive is because of demand. When there's a demand, the price gets increased, because the seller has done the research and knows the inherent value of the recording they're selling. The seller also knows there will be market for it and that someone will eventually buy it, because the demand that has been created has been elevated to such a high level. It's rudimentary economics really.

The number of physical copies was too small because so much demand still remains unsatisfied. The label could have potentially profited more money had they released more copies. This austerity is quite unnecessory don't you think?