The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[scarlattiglenross]

Same message to me!

Never mind. I wonder if their American colleagues will pull a similar stunt on my $15.99 complete Bach organ works...

[Papy Oli]

For mahlerians only...

Orpheus 

thank you for the heads up Orpheus. t'is ordered. 

[Scarpia]

Interested to this box?



click here!

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/sr=8-1/qid=1292837548/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1292837548&sr=8-1&seller=

Orpheus 

It would be useful if you listed the price.  I have no way of knowing if the price shown when I follow the link is the price you were talking about.

I was intent on getting this set when it first came out, and I see from my records that I managed to snag a copy for $45 from an amazon.com seller.  That was from MovieMars.  Still, I now find myself with more Haydn than is justified by my love of the composer.  Perhaps I should wait for it to go tragically out of print and sell it off.   

[ammar]

Looks like Amazon.co.uk are price matching the British 'bricks & mortar' retailer HMV. There are some good bargains to be had, including the above. Amazon.co.uk have also price matched the Gieseking & Solomon EMI Icons box sets at £6.99 a pop. To see the full listings - Go to http://hmv.com/ , click on sale , click on 'CDs from £2.99' , then on Classical (all the way at the bottom left of the page) to peruse the goodies (and no, I don't know about their overseas delivery policy).

Along with the Bernstein Mahler set, the best bargain is probably :



for £29.99 delivered (in the UK)   

[ammar]

Browsing the Abeille Musique site, I came across this intriguing anthology of Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège performances, which also happily qualifies as a super-duper cheap bargain :



http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CYP7650/5412217076504/Cypres/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege/50e-Anniversaire/cleart-36684.html

For me, shipping worked out cheaper via Abeille's listing on Amazon.fr :

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B004DKDO1A/

[Coopmv]

Along with the Bernstein Mahler set, the best bargain is probably :



for £29.99 delivered (in the UK)   

This was pretty much what I paid when I purchased this set from Amazon UK in the summer of 09, though I had to pay for the shipping to the US.

[Brian]

Browsing the Abeille Musique site, I came across this intriguing anthology of Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège performances, which also happily qualifies as a super-duper cheap bargain :



http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CYP7650/5412217076504/Cypres/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege/50e-Anniversaire/cleart-36684.html

For me, shipping worked out cheaper via Abeille's listing on Amazon.fr :

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B004DKDO1A/

Hey LETHE/SARGE, there are at least two discs of Tournemire in there!

[Lethevich]

Hey LETHE/SARGE, there are at least two discs of Tournemire in there!

Haha indeed - I am also suitably impressed by the 3 discs of Lekeu and various other cool things - looks like I'm going to have to pick up this little treasure box. Thanks to you and Ammar!

Edit: Only €3.40 shipping from Amazon.fr - in total, 50 CDs for the price of 3 Hyperion discs - eek.

[Antoine Marchand]

I am not interested in this kind of compilation, but it can be interesting for someone:



Discothèque Idéale Classique 100 CD

EUR 49.99 at amazon.fr

[JPC- EUR 130; amazon.de - EUR 138, etc.]

[Orpheus]

for £29.99 delivered (in the UK)   

Just ordered, thank you! 

[evanft]

Shostakovich: The String Quartets by Fitz William Quartet 6CD brand new copy for $1.99+$3 shipping

[kishnevi]

A reissue of Lenny's DGG cycle with NYPO, WP, & RCO, offered for    £15.99--a pittance, for one of the greatest cycles on record.  If you don't have it already, then get click-happy, pronto!

I got it when it came out for about $45, IIRC. 
Be warned:  it does not contain DLvdE or the song cycles for single soloist.  And the symphonies are spread over discs and crammed together in no real order after the first three.  A compressed table of contents
CD 1 Sym. 1 complete  Sym. 2 Mvmt. 1
CD 3 Sym. 2 Mvmts 2-5
CD 3 Sym. 3 Mvmts 1-3
and then the fun begins
CD 4 Sym. 3 Mvmts. 4-6  Sym. 6 Mvmts. 1-2
CD 5 Sym. 6 Mvmts. 3-4  Sym. 9 Mvmt. 1
CD 6 Sym. 9 Mvmts 2-4
CD 7 Sym.  5--the only symphony in the box which is both complete on one disc and does not share space with part of another
CD 8 Sym. 7 Mvmts 1-4
CD 9 Sym. 7 Mvmt. 5 Sym. 4 complete
CD 10 Sym. 10 Adagio Sym. 8 Part I
CD 11 Sym. 8 Part II

of course, some of this was Bernstein, since six of his performances are too long to fit on one CD.

If cost is not a priority,  all of Bernstein's DG Mahler recordings, including DLvdE and the song cycle,  are available in a set of three boxes for a price (last time I looked, which was a while ago) of roughly $110.00 USD

[Gurn Blanston]

Shostakovich: The String Quartets by Fitz William Quartet 6CD brand new copy for $1.99+$3 shipping

Pity I already have it, that's a bargain waiting for someone!

[mc ukrneal]

Geez 14 dollars, Neal! Could you not have told me

It's back at Berkshire (the 2 disc set of Brahms trios) for $14. The full set was here as well, but at something like $60.

[listener]

Haha indeed - I am also suitably impressed by the 3 discs of Lekeu and various other cool things - looks like I'm going to have to pick up this little treasure box. Thanks to you and Ammar!

Edit: Only €3.40 shipping from Amazon.fr - in total, 50 CDs for the price of 3 Hyperion discs - eek.

shipping to Canada only €10.90   I think I get them at $1.14 per disc! Price shown is for ECU so shipping to North America knocks off 15? 18%     ordered from amazon.fr !!!!!  €31.53 + shipping ...

[Antoine Marchand]

I guess these guys don't learn:



£10.89

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B003DQIQ7C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293278520&sr=1-1

This time all the description is right: picture, title, number of discs, even ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number).

[Que]

I guess these guys don't learn:



£10.89

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B003DQIQ7C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293278520&sr=1-1

This time all the description is right: picture, title, number of discs, even ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number).

I'm really tempted to try again. 
But they probably won't deliver - I can already picture it: two or three messages that delivery has been postponed and in the end an anullment...

Still...

Q

[Antoine Marchand]

I'm really tempted to try again. 
But they probably won't deliver - I can already picture it: two or three messages that delivery has been postponed and in the end an anullment...

Still...

Well, my set was dispatched from Amazon France two weeks ago; but I didn't resist to try my fortune and today I ordered another one from Amazon UK. IMO they can't argue that this product is not in stock because it will be available on January 11. I think we have a strong case, Q. 

[ammar]

Compare (and discuss  ) :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B004EQAUZQ/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piesni-Songs-F-Chopin/dp/B00383YC1Y/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B003DQIQ7C/

[evanft]

I guess these guys don't learn:



£10.89

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B003DQIQ7C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293278520&sr=1-1

This time all the description is right: picture, title, number of discs, even ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number).

The ASIN is B003DQIQ7C. That's the ASIN of Songs. The ASIN for the big box on Amazon UK and US is B004EQAUZQ.