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Lethevich

#360
December 26, 2009, 07:56:58 AM
Hehe. Certainly a weird choice to include an obscure British composer for the German market, but for people with taste, Job is a masterwork ;)
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

The new erato

#361
December 26, 2009, 08:00:21 AM
Quote from: Lethe on December 26, 2009, 07:56:58 AM
Hehe. Certainly a weird choice to include an obscure British composer for the German market, but for people with taste, Job is a masterwork ;)
I do know Job, but the Enigmas in a ballet box? I don't doubt that someone, somewhere, have danced to it, but still?

Lethevich

#362
December 26, 2009, 08:03:10 AM
Indeedie, I guess a matter of needing some filler, but not finding a ballet short enough.

Although based on EMI's recent quality control history, they probably have a student on work experience overseeing the whole project.
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

Renfield

#363
December 26, 2009, 08:49:34 PM
Quote from: Lethe on December 26, 2009, 08:03:10 AM
Although based on EMI's recent quality control history, they probably have a student on work experience overseeing the whole project.

;D

Brian

#364
December 26, 2009, 09:13:50 PM
Quote from: Lethe on December 26, 2009, 08:03:10 AM
Although based on EMI's recent quality control history, they probably have a student on work experience overseeing the whole project.

I would totally volunteer to be the student on work experience choosing box set program lineups!!

Coopmv

#365
December 27, 2009, 07:11:44 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 26, 2009, 09:13:50 PM
I would totally volunteer to be the student on work experience choosing box set program lineups!!

Mr. EMI Big Box ...    ;D

Renfield

#366
December 27, 2009, 07:20:08 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 27, 2009, 07:11:44 PM
Mr. EMI Big Box ...    ;D

"Big's my middle name."

Would make for a good catch-phrase around the EMI offices, for the multiple-disc box set specialist.

George

#367
December 27, 2009, 07:23:22 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:20:08 PM
"Big's my middle name."

Would make for a good catch-phrase around the EMI offices, for the multiple-disc box set specialist.

Not to mention the fact that he'd have to beat off (perhaps not the best choice of words, but I am tired) the ladies with one of those ICON boxes.  ;D

Coopmv

#368
December 27, 2009, 07:25:19 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:20:08 PM
"Big's my middle name."

Would make for a good catch-phrase around the EMI offices, for the multiple-disc box set specialist.

Sony is late to the big box party when DG and EMI have been doing just that for the past two years.  No wonder Sony has been performing like crap the past ten years.  While Sony took the world by storm with its Walkman and Discman, it missed the MP3 boat big-time. 

Renfield

#369
December 27, 2009, 07:36:37 PM
Quote from: George on December 27, 2009, 07:23:22 PM
Not to mention the fact that he'd have to beat off (perhaps not the best choice of words, but I am tired) the ladies with one of those ICON boxes.  ;D

Yes, his would be a hard life. :'( ;)


Quote from: Coopmv on December 27, 2009, 07:25:19 PM
Sony is late to the big box party when DG and EMI have been doing just that for the past two years.  No wonder Sony has been performing like crap the past ten years.  While Sony took the world by storm with its Walkman and Discman, it missed the MP3 boat big-time.

Indeed! Relevant to your comment, I owned one of their early attempts at a modern mp3 player, and it was a complete disaster of a machine, badly written software, unintuitive interface... Even the PS3 took them a couple of years to get right, in terms of presenting a cohesive vision of what they want people to do with one, and pricing it at the right level.

So I'm not surprised their classical division has also been having trouble keeping up with the times in the new world of high disc-to-price ratios and extensive archival reissues; let alone presenting innovation of their own.

George

#370
December 27, 2009, 07:38:24 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:36:37 PM
Yes, his would be a hard life. :'( ;)

A new release every few hours.  8)

Coopmv

#371
December 27, 2009, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:36:37 PM
Yes, his would be a hard life. :'( ;)


Indeed! Relevant to your comment, I owned one of their early attempts at a modern mp3 player, and it was a complete disaster of a machine, badly written software, unintuitive interface... Even the PS3 took them a couple of years to get right, in terms of presenting a cohesive vision of what they want people to do with one, and pricing it at the right level.

So I'm not surprised their classical division has also been having trouble keeping up with the times in the new world of high disc-to-price ratios and extensive archival reissues; let alone presenting innovation of their own.

Whatever happened to Howard Stringer, the Welsh American and the first non-Japanese CEO that is supposed to right the ship named Sony?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stringer

Brian

#372
December 27, 2009, 08:07:08 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 27, 2009, 07:11:44 PM
Mr. EMI Big Box ...    ;D

If I knew the ins and outs of the EMI vaults better, I'd be better placed to throw out an example of a cool box set waiting to be designed ...

George

#373
December 27, 2009, 08:10:45 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 27, 2009, 08:07:08 PM
If I knew the ins and outs of the EMI vaults better, I'd be better placed to throw out an example of a cool box set waiting to be designed ...

How about a budget release of Celibidache's Bruckner set? 

Coopmv

#374
December 27, 2009, 08:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 27, 2009, 08:07:08 PM
If I knew the ins and outs of the EMI vaults better, I'd be better placed to throw out an example of a cool box set waiting to be designed ...

Or you would have hired Mark Obert-Thorn or Ward Marston to do better reconstruction/remastering work ...    ;D

listener

#375
December 28, 2009, 12:30:46 PM
Box sets at http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/   reduced until Dec.31
I ordered a couple of the Capriccio sets that I've not seen locally (Busoni compilation and Krumbach's German Organ set)  good price and shipping 8 discs from overseas total is less than domestic rate for one disc (amazon, etc.)
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

Brian

#376
December 29, 2009, 06:50:12 PM
Here are two super-duper bargains from an unlikely source: ArkivMusic!

Ten CDs of Johann Strauss jr. waltzes, polkas, marches and overtures (including most of the greatest hits and a selection of obscure pieces, like his Op. 1) - MP3 download for $10
The complete Haydn piano sonatas - MP3 download for $10

These are Naxos recordings, so Jeno Jando plays all the Haydn and the Strauss is by a host of Slovak orchestras plus the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sound samples are available.

Brian

#377
December 30, 2009, 07:34:58 PM Last Edit: December 30, 2009, 08:08:16 PM by Brian
Quote from: Brian on December 29, 2009, 06:50:12 PM
The complete Haydn piano sonatas - MP3 download for $10[/b]
Downloading now - 1.3 GB downloaded, 200 megabytes left to go, probably the biggest download I've ever done! Still and all, for $10 to have the complete Haydn sonatas, well, I'm a little bit excited.  :)

Looks like the file transfer process will be complete pretty near the four-hour mark  :o

EDIT: Finished at 4 h 14 m. Pretty good given the length of the album is 10 h 57 m!

OzRadio

#378
December 31, 2009, 08:01:37 AM
Is anyone familiar with EMI's 50-disc Schubert Collector's Edition? I don't have any Schubert yet and was thinking of purchasing this. It's under $70 a couple places.

Coopmv

#379
December 31, 2009, 08:15:58 PM
Quote from: OzRadio on December 31, 2009, 08:01:37 AM
Is anyone familiar with EMI's 50-disc Schubert Collector's Edition? I don't have any Schubert yet and was thinking of purchasing this. It's under $70 a couple places.

Are you referring to this set?  While I like Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as a great lyric baritone, I am not too excited about its roster of conductors.

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