The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[canninator]

Another steal?



http://www.amazon.fr/Beethoven-Sonates-piano-Artur-Schnabel/dp/B000002S29/ref=sr_1_837?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1291390989&sr=1-837

Sound is rubbish, better off with the Dante, Pearl, or Naxos transfers and paying a little extra.

[George]

Sound is rubbish, better off with the Dante, Pearl, or Naxos transfers and paying a little extra.

Seconded, especially for the Naxos, which (of the three options) is luckily also the cheapest, best sounding and easiest way to get these performances.

[Coopmv]

Seconded, especially for the Naxos, which (of the three options) is luckily also the cheapest, best sounding and easiest way to get these performances.

I am all set with my Schnabel's Beethoven Piano Sonatas on Naxos Historical.  Thanks for your recommendation, George.   

[George]

I am all set with my Schnabel's Beethoven Piano Sonatas on Naxos Historical.  Thanks for your recommendation, George.   

My pleasure, glad you enjoy them.

[Coopmv]

My pleasure, glad you enjoy them.

I am now enjoying those Chopin CD's by Kemal Gekic you have also recommended, though they are nowhere close to being Super-Duper Cheap Bargains ...   

[George]

I am now enjoying those Chopin CD's by Kemal Gekic you have also recommended, though they are nowhere close to being Super-Duper Cheap Bargains ...   

Still, they are worth every penny. 

[Coopmv]

Sometimes, you can find a Super-Duper Cheap Bargain with a little foresight.  I bought this Toscanini Wagner 2 years ago for $12.99 IIRC.  It is now OOP and the only one available on Amazon US has an asking price of almost $100 ...   

[Coopmv]

Still, they are worth every penny. 

Absolutely.  Kemal Gekic is one piano virtuoso I have never heard of until a few months ago ...

[The new erato]

Sometimes, you can find a Super-Duper Cheap Bargain with a little foresight.  I bought this Toscanini Wagner 2 years ago for $12.99 IIRC.  It is now OOP and the only one available on Amazon US has an asking price of almost $100 ...   

Yes, if one buys everything this is bound to happen sooner or later......

[Harry]

I think this could count as a super duper

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-Symphonien-Nr-1-104/hnum/3866386

[Orpheus]

I think this could count as a super duper

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-Symphonien-Nr-1-104/hnum/3866386

Harry, I saw it at euros 9,99 some months ago...

[Harry]

Harry, I saw it at euros 9,99 some months ago...

The complete Haydn Symphonies for 9,99, darn I wish you would have told me, I would have bought it right away.

[Orpheus]

Harry, if you are interested in Italian opera, try this...



http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000ICM70Q/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1291569881&sr=1-1&condition=new

Orpheus

[Brian]

You're a magician, Orpheus. How do you find all of these??
EDIT: You don't have to say, if you want to keep amazing all of us 

[Harry]

Harry, if you are interested in Italian opera, try this...



http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000ICM70Q/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1291569881&sr=1-1&condition=new

Orpheus

Alas, my friend, opera is not my thing, but there are countless others on GMG that are, so this link will come in handy, and if you ever see this box again for 9, 95 let me know.

[Coopmv]

Harry, if you are interested in Italian opera, try this...



http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000ICM70Q/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1291569881&sr=1-1&condition=new

Orpheus

When it comes to opera, Wagner is essentially the only game in town for me ...

[Scarpia]

Harry, I saw it at euros 9,99 some months ago...

That's the one with applause after each piece.  For 10 Euros I'd pass it up.

[scarlattiglenross]

Haydn - The Complete String Quartets (Aeolian Quartet) for £36.37 at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Haydn-Complete-String-Quartets-J/dp/B001QBXFTA/

Listening to this wonderfully inventive and forward-looking music really shows how wrong we are to categorise Hayn as a 'safe' composer. Joseph Haydn may not be neglected today, but he is certainly misunderstood.

The Aeolian's Haydn Quartet cycle was recorded in analogue sound between 1973 and 1976. Back then vinyl was still the pre-eminent playback format, and the Compact Cassette (remember that?) was merely a low-fi option for sound on the move, rather like MP3 today. The sound from the CD transfers of the Haydn is truly astonishing; there is an immediacy and body to the string sound that is rarely heard in more recent recordings, even when SACD and other miraculous technology is invoked.

[Brian]

The Naxos Mahler cycle (1-10), with the Polish Radio Orchestra and Warsaw Philharmonic conducted by Antoni Wit, Michael Halasz, and Robert Olson, is available for 320kbps MP3 download from ArkivMusic for $19.99. It's USA only, so I can't give you a link, but the advert is on their homepage.

[evanft]

Hey everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster here.

I was browsing the last couple pages of this thread and was shocked to see no mention of the recent EMI box set blowout that ImportCDs had on their web site right before Thanksgiving. There were a few people over at the Steve Hoffman forum who heard about it in the classical thread, and I know a some of them post here.

Anywho, they had HUGE discounts on box sets from EMI. I'm talking like 90%+ off. Here's what I got:

$11.16   Alban Berg Quartet-Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets
$15.26   Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies by Jochum
$14.68   Maria Callas, The Complete Studio Recordings 1949-1969
$15.13   Aldo Ciccolini-Complete Emi Recordings 1950-1991
$13.93   Aldo Ciccolini-Satie: Piano Works (I found this on the site before the complete set, I'm gonna sell it)
$13.28   Composers In Person
$11.33   Elgar: The Collector's Edition
$10.96   Karajan-The Complete Emi Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral
$10.96   Karajan-The Complete Emi Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 2: Opera & Vocal
$8.33   David Oistrakh: The Complete Recordings
$15.28   Mstislav Rostropovich: Complete Emi Recordings
$10.53   Paul Tortelier -The Great Emi Recordings
$11.13   Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition

Yeah, it was insane. The sale lasted about 2 days. A lot of the sets I ordered were out of stock, but they have since honored the prices and shipped everything. I just got the Callas set today.

Just a heads up to everyone to keep an eye out on their web site.