Purchases Today

[Papy Oli]

Nice hall. But my only bad eBay experience was with World of Books. Hopefully you get everything you're meant to get!

Ordered from them a few times before directly off their site, and it went ok. Fingers crossed it continues!

[Wanderer]

[André]

I couldn't resist this 5 cd set of Grétry's music from Musique en Wallonie: 3 operas (all the musical numbers minus the dialogues), string quartets and assorted stuff.



D.804 ('Rosamunde') and D. 112. The latter will be entirely new to me.

[brunumb]

Nice hall. But my only bad eBay experience was with World of Books. Hopefully you get everything you're meant to get!

I've bought hundreds of bargain priced used CDs from Wob and been very satisfied.  On the odd occasion when there was a problem they resolved the issue to my satisfaction.  The only downside to their service is the flimsy packaging they use for shipment.  I just keep a supply of jewel cases to replace the ones that arrived cracked or broken.

[Madiel]

I've bought hundreds of bargain priced used CDs from Wob and been very satisfied.  On the odd occasion when there was a problem they resolved the issue to my satisfaction.  The only downside to their service is the flimsy packaging they use for shipment.  I just keep a supply of jewel cases to replace the ones that arrived cracked or broken.

I've bought 2 things from them, one was the wrong edition and they disavow any accuracy on editions in breach of eBay policies. They then misled me on eBay return policies, I had to get eBay to step in to get any money back and I was still out of pocket.

Partly this is because they respond with no regard to the fact that they are dealing with you on eBay rather than their own website. But the accuracy of what you're getting is something they won't promise even on their own site. I've seen plenty of complaints on eBay from people about things where which version of something you're getting clearly matters.  There are signs they are sloppier about this than some other large sellers. A different edition of a book or album is a different product with a different code number, and they just don't use that data. Same title, same artist? Good enough.

[André]

I've bought hundreds of bargain priced used CDs from Wob and been very satisfied.  On the odd occasion when there was a problem they resolved the issue to my satisfaction.  The only downside to their service is the flimsy packaging they use for shipment.  I just keep a supply of jewel cases to replace the ones that arrived cracked or broken.

I haven't had that problem with Wob, but repeatedly so with Momox. Even when the flimsy envelope is not ripped, the cd cases are invariably cracked or the central prongs broken. The only reason I persist dealing with them is that they have a huge base of desirable stuff at unmatched prices - like 2-3$ for a 20-30$ item.

[Kalevala]

A couple more used copies from World of Books:

Pierre Fournier playing those pieces...

And @Madiel Torn out pages?!  Augh!

Summertime in Australia, well as you know, I'm looking forward to the Australian Open.  Caught a bit of the pre-events....and I'll leave it at that as this is the wrong thread. 

K

[Philo]

Filling a gap:

[JBS]

Filling a gap:

Martin Jones is a one man industry. I'm not sure how many composers whose complete piano works he's recorded, but likely there's at least one or two he's saved from oblivion. (In the case of Felix, I have Prosseda's set. But Felix is in no danger of oblivion.)

I have Weller's set of Prokofiev symphonies. Hopefully he's as good in this as he was there.

[Wanderer]

Filling a gap:

Weller's Mendelssohn is superb. And I love that Harnoncourt disc. Excellent choices!

[Wanderer]

These just in:

[Florestan]

A transcription for viola of KV 622, I presume.

[Wanderer]

A transcription for viola of KV 622, I presume.

Precisely.

[Daverz]

Bo Linde: Symphony No. 2 and Violin Concerto, an eclassical daily deal download.

[DavidW]

These just in:

Love that recording!

[Wanderer]

[arpeggio]

William Schuman is one of my favorite composers.
Even though I like most his works, there are some I can not connect with, like his Tenth Symphony.
His dance scores for Judith and Night Journey are on my hit list.
This is the premier recording for The Witch Endor. Thumbs up for me. If one is a fan of Schuman, you got to get this one.

[André]

Rossini's Petite messe solennelle is a huge favourite of mine. This one is the piano and harmonium version.

[Papy Oli]

Getting older has its perks:



Boulez' Notations (piano) from this:



Boulez' Notations (Orchestral) from this:





Boulez' Domaines/Miroir & Dialogues de l'Ombre Double from this

[Papy Oli]

Part Deux: