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[king ubu]

Yup, somehow they're too dumb to turn that off for customers from other parts of the world (for me it works with .de only).

[Ken B]

"Your Amazon.co.uk order of "Leonard Bernstein Edition" has been dispatched.
Your estimated delivery date is:
Monday, November 10, 2014"

£53.76 / $86.49



"AutoRip: Includes FREE MP3 version of this album." whoa

Ditto.

[kishnevi]

From Arkivmusic

[Ken B]

"Your Amazon.co.uk order of "Leonard Bernstein Edition" has been dispatched.
Your estimated delivery date is:
Monday, November 10, 2014"

£53.76 / $86.49



"AutoRip: Includes FREE MP3 version of this album." whoa

Hey. Weren't you cold turkey?

I agree though this counts as too good to pass up.

[Papy Oli]

Ordered a couple of used copies on Amazon MP, to fill some gaps :

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[HIPster]

Ordered a couple of used copies on Amazon MP, to fill some gaps :

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Nice, Oli.

I've enjoyed reading of your Early and Baroque listening experiences.   

[Moonfish]

from Amazon MP

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[Brian]

Hey. Weren't you cold turkey?

I agree though this counts as too good to pass up.

My CD purchases since January (prices include shipping):
- that box
- Lumieres for $30
- Gunter Wand: the Great Recordings for $30-40ish
- the 25 CD Liszt box for $18
- a bunch of new and used CDs as souvenirs from shops and street markets in Brussels and Paris
- some stupid but thrifty indulgences at a local used CD shop going out of business

Total classical CD expenditures, something like $220 plus whatever I spent in Europe. Way more than I had wanted to spend this year, but still in GMG's bottom 10%. 

[Ken B]

My CD purchases since January (prices include shipping):
- that box
- Lumieres for $30
- Gunter Wand: the Great Recordings for $30-40ish
- the 25 CD Liszt box for $18
- a bunch of new and used CDs as souvenirs from shops and street markets in Brussels and Paris
- some stupid but thrifty indulgences at a local used CD shop going out of business

Total classical CD expenditures, something like $220 plus whatever I spent in Europe. Way more than I had wanted to spend this year, but still in GMG's bottom 10%. 

Oh, very restrained. Bottom 1. Person, not % 

[Brian]

If you bought from Amazon UK, the Auto-Rip feature is only available to those living in the UK.

That's a bummer. What if I use a VPN or other internet trickery, I wonder?

[Mirror Image]

That's a bummer. What if I use a VPN or other internet trickery, I wonder?

I have no idea but I've went around and around with Amazon UK customer service about how they should make their Auto-Rip feature available to overseas customers and, in true Amazon fashion, they basically gave me the finger.

[Ken B]

in true Amazon fashion, they basically gave me the finger.

Well, a lot of people don't like Richard Strauss. Me, I'd happily give Boulez the finger.

[EigenUser]

Well, a lot of people don't like Richard Strauss. Me, I'd happily give Boulez the finger.

For some reason I thought that you liked Boulez... Didn't you say that you enjoy the piano sonatas?

These were actually the works that turned me off of his music for a long time.

[Ken B]

For some reason I thought that you liked Boulez... Didn't you say that you enjoy the piano sonatas?

These were actually the works that turned me off of his music for a long time.

I'd give Bach the finger if he were like Boulez as a person.

[EigenUser]

I'd give Bach the finger if he were like Boulez as a person.

Oh, I see what you mean. Well, he's gotten better... I was talking to the former conductor at my university last year about Boulez and he said that he's met him a few times and comes across as very friendly.

Some of his old quotes are (unintentionally) hilarious, though. My favorite is the one I mentioned earlier about Stockhausen: "He still complains that he hasn't heard a good recording of his Mixture. I told him that its because it is not a very good piece." Then there's always the brothel music one directed at Messiaen.

[Mirror Image]

Well, a lot of people don't like Richard Strauss. Me, I'd happily give Boulez the finger.

Well, life gave me the finger a long time ago.

[André]

The latest Theodore Boone novelsby John Grisham: The Accused, and The Activist.

Another Carmina Burana: by David Hill, not a household name, but a great English choral conductor. Coupled with a Holst The Planets under Mackerras. For a song -  I figured it was worth the modest outlay.

[Mirror Image]

Another Carmina Burana: by David Hill, not a household name, but a great English choral conductor. Coupled with a Holst The Planets under Mackerras. For a song -  I figured it was worth the modest outlay.

How many Carmina Burana performances do you own? I only own two I believe: Jochum on DG and MTT on Sony. Never needed any others.

[Pat B]

Today I visited the local resale store to make a return. My Pile is so huge right now that I wasn't planning to buy anything, but I couldn't resist these:

[asin]B00002473K[/asin]Adams: Harmonium (de Waart)

[asin]B000001Q9J[/asin]Dvořák: Violin and Piano Music (Zenaty, Kubalek)

[asin]B00A0IOIYQ[/asin]Mahler: S9 (Dudamel)

[asin]B000005EDC[/asin]Rameau: Motets (Christie)

[asin]B003BKF6BY[/asin]"Art of the Netherlands" (Munrow)

[Mirror Image]

Today I visited the local resale store to make a return. My Pile is so huge right now that I wasn't planning to buy anything, but I couldn't resist these:

[asin]B00002473K[/asin]Adams: Harmonium (de Waart)

Excellent choice. Great performance. This work, Harmonielehre, and Naive and Sentimental Music are my favorite Adams.