The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[prémont]

So you are saying that your glass is almost full but that it will never be full?

Yes, to fill my glass is an impossible task, in my country we use the allegory Danaidernes kar (kar means vessel).

[prémont]

Or maybe you simply don't like Horowitz. 

Yes I do like him, but one has got to set a limit somewhere.

[Scarpia]

Or maybe you simply don't like Horowitz. 

I don't like him, I prefer the anti-Horowitz, Rubenstein.

[Daverz]

I don't like him, I prefer the anti-Horowitz, Rubenstein.

I love a good Rubenstein sandwich.

[hafod]

I still regret not buying the Horowitz box set (Jacket Collection), when JPC offered it for EUR 99.  (I just have 20 of those discs)

To be clear, this baby:

Amazon Germany has this for €99

http://www.amazon.de/Vladimir-Horowitz-Complete-Original-Jacket-Collection/dp/B002P3J3BW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301946672&sr=1-1

[Scarpia]

Not super-cheap, but the complete symphonies of Ives are available again on Hyperion "please buy me."

[Antoine Marchand]

Amazon Germany has this for €99

http://www.amazon.de/Vladimir-Horowitz-Complete-Original-Jacket-Collection/dp/B002P3J3BW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301946672&sr=1-1

Thanks, hafod; the same box costs $242 on Amazon USA.

[Antoine Marchand]

Yes I do like him, but one has got to set a limit somewhere.

I agree, limits are personal, almost biographical. For instance, Horowitz is one of my favorite pianists since when I was 17 years old and I listened to "Horowitz in Moscow". It was an overwhelming experience and in the meantime I have purchased dozens of his discs (including 20 from the Original Jacket Collection) and probably for that reason I don't see anything particularly excessive in the idea of purchasing that 70-CD set.

[prémont]

I agree, limits are personal, almost biographical. For instance, Horowitz is one of my favorite pianists since when I was 17 years old and I listened to "Horowitz in Moscow". It was an overwhelming experience and in the meantime I have purchased dozens of his discs (including 20 from the Original Jacket Collection) and probably for that reason I don't see anything particularly excessive in the idea of purchasing that 70-CD set.

Yes you are right, limits are personal. If say a complete Leonhardt set suddenly appeared (containing all his recordings for Vanguard, Telefunken, DHM, Seon/Sony et.c.) I would probably get it even if I own >95 % of the recordings already.

[Antoine Marchand]

Yes you are right, limits are personal. If say a complete Leonhardt set suddenly appeared (containing all his recordings for Vanguard, Telefunken, DHM, Seon/Sony et.c.) I would probably get it even if I own >95 % of the recordings already.

Well, I suppose it will be not a surprise if I say: me, too. Regarding DHM this 20-CD set (released in Japan) was a nice illusion, but unfortunately it was OOP when I knew about it:



(I know that you know all of this; but I still hope that, for instance, Q or another GMGer will appear and will say: Oh, that set! It is available on this small website and it just costs $50)   

[AnthonyAthletic]

Super Bargain of the Week

UK £12.99 for 10 cds (Delivered)

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Levine's Mahler

No Brainer & UK Bargain of the Week 

[hafod]

Bach: Great Sacred Works - Berlin Classics (10cd) - £6.67 from amazon UK.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Great-Sacred-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B0012DDD9Y/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_37

[gilfachphil]

How about this?

Mozart Complete Forte Piano Concertos [CD, Box set]   Viviana Sofronitsky

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004M5BZR6/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&coliid=I25WYZ5BAQY2FL&me=&seller=&colid=1UWUZQBPI75AN

Bargain price from La Chaumiere, used like new, but the last item I had from them using this description was brand new, just over £18 delivered

[Antoine Marchand]

How about this?

Mozart Complete Forte Piano Concertos [CD, Box set]   Viviana Sofronitsky

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004M5BZR6/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&coliid=I25WYZ5BAQY2FL&me=&seller=&colid=1UWUZQBPI75AN

Bargain price from La Chaumiere, used like new, but the last item I had from them using this description was brand new, just over £18 delivered

These days JPC and Amazon.de offer this set for EUR 28.

http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-Konzerte-f%C3%BCr-Hammerklavier-Sofronitsky/dp/B004M5BZR6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1302181551&sr=8-1

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-S%E4mtliche-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/4966121

[gilfachphil]

Mozart Complete Forte Piano Concertos [CD, Box set]   Viviana Sofronitsky


Just had email from Amazon that it is out of stock.  Ah well.  Not to be had quite that cheaply then.

Still at least the Levine Mahler should be on the way.

[Orpheus]

Just ordered...



http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B004MGMIA8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1302810994&sr=1-5&condition=new

Orpheus

[Scarpia]

That's a big box.  The sort of thing you order, then discover that "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" is included in its authentic, original version...for flute unaccompanied.   

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Just ordered...



http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B004MGMIA8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1302810994&sr=1-5&condition=new

Orpheus

Hah, another fellow that likes the Strauss family. I am not alone anymore.

[Antoine Marchand]

Hah, another fellow that likes the Strauss family. I am not alone anymore.

You're being unfair, Harry; you're forgetting Andre Rieu. 

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

You're being unfair, Harry; you're forgetting Andre Rieu. 

Rieu is not a musician, and he modifies Strauss's music all the time, A musical barbarian.
He doesn't count.