Brian's big box set sale

[Brian]

In 2025 I'm anticipating some major changes and want to do some preparation and downsizing of my collection.

Going to sell a whole lot of stuff, probably on Discogs or eBay, starting in January, but since GMG is "my people," I wanted to offer them all here first. There is a small "GMG discount" compared to the going rates on other sites. First come first served via DM. (If you're a guest, feel free to email me brianrein AT gmail.)

Shipping: I'm an amateur here so I'm not sure what the shipping charges will be. I'll start shipping after Christmas to avoid post office lines. I'll let you know what shipping costs. I am based in Texas. Some of these are 40+ CDs and heavy.

EDIT: FedEx $15 flat rate shipping boxes can fit up to a 20CD width box; $18 flat rate shipping boxes can fit up to about a 35CD box (but not a "cube"). This rate is good inside the USA.

I have PayPal and Zelle.

So what's on sale, then?

Photo below of most BUT NOT ALL of the goods. Some very big items are missing. I can send you a photo if you need one. I'll list out names and prices in a reply.

[Brian]

Bach: Harpsichord music. Gustav Leonhardt. Cheap white box from Sony. $15
Beethoven: Symphonies. Mackerras/Scottish $30
Beethoven: Symphonies. Abbado/DG red box $20
Beethoven: Symphonies. Hogwood $10
Beethoven: Symphonies. John Nelson/Naive. (not pictured) $25
Beethoven: String Quartets. Endellion Quartet $45
Beethoven: String Quartets. Artemis Quartet, Warner. $40
Beethoven: Sonatas/concertos. Rudolf Serkin. Cheap white box $30
Beethoven: Sonatas. Konstantin Scherbakov $40
Beethoven: Sonatas. Eric Heidsieck. $15
Brahms complete works. Brilliant. $90
Brahms piano works, concertos, chamber music. Nicholas Angelich, Paavo Jarvi, Capucon bros., etc. Warner 10 CDs. (not pictured) $25
Dvorak: Symphonies. Libor Pesek $15
Gade: The Symphonies. Jarvi, BIS. $30
Haydn: Sonatas. Buchbinder/Warner. $25
Haydn: Complete concertos, Naxos edition. $40
Holmboe: Chamber Concertos etc. $50
Langgaard: Symphonies. $50
Liszt: Master and Magician. Sony compilation box. $40
Mahler: Symphonies. James Levine. $30
Mendelssohn: Symphonies & String Symphonies. Masur/Koln $15
Milhaud: Une vie heureuse. $50
Mozart: Complete sonatas on fortepiano. Alexei Lubimov, Warner. $15
Poulenc: Orchestral works. Dutoit/Decca. $15
Rachmaninov complete works: Brilliant Classics. $50
Sibelius: Symphonies, violin concerto, etc. Maazel/Pittsburgh. $25
Sibelius: Symphonies. Blomstedt/San Francisco. $25
Johann Strauss complete works (not pictured) $90
Tchaikovsky: Complete ballets. Andre Previn. $15
Tchaikovsky: Complete piano works. Valentina Lisitsa $25

Vladimir Ashkenazy artist's choice purple Decca box (solo, chamber, songs; not pictured). $150
Daniel Barenboim complete solo recordings (not pictured) $150
Beecham: French music. $25
Vladimir Feltsman: Complete CBS recordings $30
Annie Fischer: EMI Icon box. $40
Leon Fleisher complete Sony. $100
Pierre Fournier Edition. $100
Pierre Fournier Original Masters, 2005. $20
Kubelik "great symphonies" cheap white box $30
Radu Lupu: Complete Solo Decca recordings. $40
Ivan Moravec: four jewel case CD recitals in a slipcase (Mozart, Beethoven, Franck, Chopin, Ravel, Debussy), Supraphon. $30
Murray Perahia "First 40 Years" gigantic Sony box (not pictured) $200
Itzhak Perlman: Concertos and sonatas, cheap white box $15
Richter complete Universal. $150
Richter EMI Icon. $25
Gunter Wand Great Recordings edition. (not pictured) $150
Andre Watts box (Sony). $50
Narciso Yepes solo DG. $75
Harmonia Mundi Lumieres compilation. $30
Espana Eterna. Savall. $40

Aside from all the boxes, there's one new CD I accidentally bought two of:
Ravel: Songs / Gerald Finley and Julius Drake / Hyperion 2009, NEW still in shrink wrap

[(poco) Sforzando]

Hi. I see an Annie Fischer box set pictured but not described. Can you tell me more? Otherwise I might like your Endellion Beethoven. Thanks.

[Brian]

Hi. I see an Annie Fischer box set pictured but not described. Can you tell me more? Otherwise I might like your Endellion Beethoven. Thanks.

Oh, good catch, I forgot to log it. EMI Icon, complete EMI recordings. This one:
https://www.amazon.com/Icon-Annie-Fischer-8-CD/dp/B00I3LJQYO

I'll take (looks at Amazon listing) $232.49. Kidding. Maybe $40.

[(poco) Sforzando]

I'll take it, and the Endellion.

[Madiel]

Is the Murray Perahia the "First 40 Years" box?

PS there's a few more things in the photo that haven't made the text list.

[Brian]

Is the Murray Perahia the "First 40 Years" box?

PS there's a few more things in the photo that haven't made the text list.

Hmm - I think I might have copied over an older draft of the list then. You're right, I have a copy where I wrote "Murray Perahia - the First 40 Years (68 CDs)" but that didn't make it either. It is that box.

[Kalevala]

Hmm - I think I might have copied over an older draft of the list then. You're right, I have a copy where I wrote "Murray Perahia - the First 40 Years (68 CDs)" but that didn't make it either. It is that box.

I noticed that you didn't list the Moravec box [I already own it, but just wanted to give you a "heads up"]. 

K

[Madiel]

Also a couple of Sibelius boxes. And the Artemis Quartet.

[Franco_Manitobain]

@Brian Your list needs an amendment. 

[Brian]

The "shopping list" is updated with all the other boxes I forgot to include, and with the first round of purchases crossed out. EDIT: I'll remove the "NEW ADD" tags after a week.

The original post is also updated with the flat rates I found at FedEx for shipping to people who request a group of 4-5 box sets that can be put together into the same box. All the more incentive to shop!

The first sale is in the mail today, next to follow shortly.

[Kalevala]

The "shopping list" is updated with all the other boxes I forgot to include, and with the first round of purchases crossed out.

The original post is also updated with the flat rates I found at FedEx for shipping to people who request a group of 4-5 box sets that can be put together into the same box. All the more incentive to shop!

The first sale is in the mail today, next to follow shortly.

As far as I can see, you didn't include the Moravec Supraphon set.  I know, you have a lot on your plate at the moment. 

K

[Brian]

As far as I can see, you didn't include the Moravec Supraphon set.  I know, you have a lot on your plate at the moment. 

K

Hah, I was just running to the other room to check on that and add it. It's now added above. Amazon has it for $70, which is silly, since that is more than the recent "complete" box!

[Kalevala]

Hah, I was just running to the other room to check on that and add it. It's now added above. Amazon has it for $70, which is silly, since that is more than the recent "complete" box!

Yes, the fairly recent *Supraphon set also includes labels like Nonesuch and I think(?) Connoisseur too (and a DVD)...could be wrong re the Connoisseur (too tired to get up at the moment to check).

*Which I own, present from a good friend, and am thankful for. 

K

[Kalevala]

I should add, that that 4-CD Supraphon set is a lovely way to explore both the music and the incredible musicianship of Ivan Moravec.  He's still one of my favorite pianists.  I really wish that I'd seen him perform in person.  Please, somebody take a chance and buy this set...love his Debussy and Chopin in particular.

K

[Number Six]

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We use it in my job, and I've also used it many times myself, especially when I was trading a lot of fountain pens.