The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

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Orpheus


DavidW

Quote from: Scarpia on July 01, 2010, 07:57:37 AM
What I'd like is the cheapest decent recording of the complete Bach Cantatas.  I think I will probably find most of it less than riveting, but I'd like to have it.  Brilliant has a set, but I seem to recall it being panned by most people.

If you read this Harnoncourt/Leonhardt.

Elgarian



About 30-odd years ago I went through the anguish of deciding which Ring to buy, against a background of not having any money. The obvious best choice back then was the Decca/Solti recording, but it was simply out of reach, and I settled on the significantly cheaper but still highly regarded Bohm/Bayreuth version. Well, I played the grooves out of those LPs and thought it was a superb recording, but I always hankered after a Solti set.

The day came when I disposed of all my vinyl and therefore needed a Ring on CD. Again I was faced with a similar choice; and again I chose Bohm, because the Solti was twice the price. And Bohm is still all I have, apart from the 2CDs of Solti excerpts that I turn to whenever I read John Culshaw's book and want to taste the flavour of what I've missed all these years. Somehow, I just never could justify to myself spending over £100 for a recording that, however important it seemed to me 30 years ago, probably belonged more to my past than my future.

Today I was browsing through Amazon uk and saw the Solti Ring on offer for £51, postage free. That was less than half the price I normally associate with that set, and my order was in place before you could say 'Hojotoho! Hojotoho!'. Maybe the Solti Ring has dipped down to these sort of price levels before, and I just missed it? I don't know. But if anyone else out there wants a fifty quid Solti Ring, here's how to get one, here and now:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Richard/dp/B0000042H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279225056&sr=1-1

DavidRoss

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Quote from: Orpheus on July 15, 2010, 12:19:08 AM
Just ordered for € 26... ;)


From whom, please?
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher


DavidRoss

Quote from: Elgarian on July 15, 2010, 12:39:20 PM


But if anyone else out there wants a fifty quid Solti Ring, here's how to get one, here and now:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Richard/dp/B0000042H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279225056&sr=1-1

Nice find, Alan, and thanks for sharing the source.  Solti's Ring deserves all the praise it's received over the years, making the best case I've heard for Wagner's epic.
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

DavidRoss

Quote from: erato on July 16, 2010, 04:29:25 AM
jpc.de had it for 20 € last I checked.
Wow...thanks!  I'll look into it!
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Elgarian

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Quote from: DavidRoss on July 16, 2010, 04:31:43 AM
Nice find, Alan, and thanks for sharing the source.  Solti's Ring deserves all the praise it's received over the years, making the best case I've heard for Wagner's epic.
Nice to see you back, Dave. All I want now is a cheap Goodall (English) Ring, and I'll be a happy Wagnerian. I was one of the privileged audience who attended English National Opera's Twilight of the Gods with Rita Hunter in Manchester, back in about 1974/5. We sweltered in the heat, hour after hour, while she transformed herself into an unforgettable Brunnhilde before our eyes. I remember the applause going on and on, afterwards, until our hands hurt and our arms ached.

karlhenning


DavidRoss

Howdy, gents...it's always a pleasure to encounter you fellows!

BTW, the Brüggen box of Haydn symphonies is still available from jpc.  Even with the high cost of postage to the States, it's still quite a deal and I jumped on it.  Thanks, erato!
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Que

Also at jpc: a Glossa Bonanza!
(single disc: €5, double €8, some issues of the Händel Italian cantatas series for €10)

Q

Coopmv

Quote from: Brian on June 27, 2010, 08:35:14 PM
Holy crap! I found 20 CDs adding up to 20 pounds' worth of goods, but the shipping charge is 58 quid - adding up to $123 US dollars for a bunch of overstocked old Naxos CDs! No way. If only I were in England :-/

Brian, Isn't this often the case - great prices on CD's but lousy shipping costs?

The new erato

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There's a bunch of new EMI Icons on the way, Fischer, Fournier, Kempe, Larrocha and Wunderlich IIRC.

George

Quote from: erato on July 20, 2010, 10:30:45 PM
There's a bunch of new EMI Icons on the way, Fischer, Fournier, Kempe, Larrocha and Wunderlich IIRC.

Edwin or Annie?



Brian


The new erato

Quote from: Brian on July 21, 2010, 06:44:13 AM
But...but...the Bach and Dvorak are on DG!
Maybe they stole it and that's why it is cheap. Or you can take it up with DG and see the price skyroceket.

Orpheus

Quote from: Brian on July 21, 2010, 06:44:13 AM
But...but...the Bach and Dvorak are on DG!

Dvorak is the first recording with Kubelik (18-19 Oct 1948 owned by EMI  ;)

Orpheus

But...Fournier, Fischer and Larrocha boxes contain complete Emi recordings by this artists? What's missing?