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Brian

#2100
June 22, 2012, 05:25:30 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on June 22, 2012, 12:12:21 AMIt makes me wonder why anyone would bother with downloads when it seems complicated, may well perform at a lower quality level than CD unless you are always watching out for what the computer is doing, is almost bound to go wrong with the likelihood of losing a chunk of your collection at some time.

For me with downloads, the issues are when
(a) the downloading website malfunctions (several of my albums have missing tracks)
(b) my computer's hard drive dies (but I have a backup)

For me with CDs, the issue is that I'm very poor, I live in a single room, and I have already resorted to putting overflow CDs into my dresser. I simply have no place for them.

scarlattiglenross

#2101
June 22, 2012, 11:22:23 AM
Quick update - the cheaper price for Scott Ross's Scarlatti reappeared on amazon.es. Currently €48,66 plus postage.

Was able to cancel and re-order just in time.
http://www.frozenreeds.com/
Now available: Morton Feldman - Crippled Symmetry: at June in Buffalo, performed by The Feldman Soloists (Eberhard Blum, Nils Vigeland, Jan Williams)

Karl Henning

#2102
June 22, 2012, 11:29:07 AM
Sweet!
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spooky

#2103
June 25, 2012, 02:45:02 PM
Super Bargain !!! @ Import cds

Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy [CD] Rudolf Buchbinder
10% Off With Promo Code SAVE10
$13.09 for a 9 disc set



http://www.importcds.com/Music/1925606/Rudolf-Buchbinder-Beethoven-The-Sonata-Legacy-CD

I'm thinking this is another pricing blunder like the Sweelinck - they may as well give it away for free
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DavidRoss

#2104
June 25, 2012, 02:59:02 PM
Quote from: spooky on June 25, 2012, 02:45:02 PM
Super Bargain !!! @ Import cds

Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy [CD] Rudolf Buchbinder
10% Off With Promo Code SAVE10
$13.09 for a 9 disc set
I'm thinking this is another pricing blunder like the Sweelinck - they may as well give it away for free
Wow. I like Buchbinder's cycle--it's pretty straightforward and very well played. Considering all the folks who jumped on Lim's cycle, I would expect a mad rush for this one! (Although Buchbinder falls a bit short of Ms Lim in the pulchritude dept.)
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kishnevi

#2105
June 25, 2012, 04:54:59 PM
Quote from: spooky on June 25, 2012, 02:45:02 PM
Super Bargain !!! @ Import cds

Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy [CD] Rudolf Buchbinder
10% Off With Promo Code SAVE10
$13.09 for a 9 disc set



http://www.importcds.com/Music/1925606/Rudolf-Buchbinder-Beethoven-The-Sonata-Legacy-CD

I'm thinking this is another pricing blunder like the Sweelinck - they may as well give it away for free

1) At the moment at least, it won't let me order it,  only sign up to get an email when it's in stock.
2) And it's not in stock because it's described as having a release date this coming August.

listener

#2106
June 25, 2012, 07:00:21 PM
available via amazon.uk now, higher price but still, for 9 discs, inexpensive.  And I've found shipping from uk sources usually rated at single disc rate even for sets
21 new from £23.73
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mc ukrneal

#2107
June 27, 2012, 01:21:23 AM
For those interested, the Mackerras Beethoven Symphony cycle is available for just under $25 at Berkshire.
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

Opus106

#2108
June 27, 2012, 01:50:50 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 27, 2012, 01:21:23 AM
For those interested, the Mackerras Beethoven Symphony cycle is available for just under $25 at Berkshire.

Which one?
Regards,
Navneeth

mc ukrneal

#2109
June 27, 2012, 02:08:29 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 27, 2012, 01:50:50 AM
Which one?
Oops! Sorry. The one on Hyperion (Scottish Chamber Orchestra for 1-8 and Philharmonia for 9, all live I think).
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

Opus106

#2110
June 27, 2012, 02:24:05 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 27, 2012, 02:08:29 AM
Oops! Sorry. The one on Hyperion (Scottish Chamber Orchestra for 1-8 and Philharmonia for 9, all live I think).

Thanks. In that case, it's a bargain indeed.
Regards,
Navneeth

scarlattiglenross

#2111
June 27, 2012, 05:55:48 AM
The Scarlatti arrived. On first hearing alone, I'd be willing to say that it's a bargain even at full price. If anyone is on the fence, don't be!
http://www.frozenreeds.com/
Now available: Morton Feldman - Crippled Symmetry: at June in Buffalo, performed by The Feldman Soloists (Eberhard Blum, Nils Vigeland, Jan Williams)

Ken B

#2112
June 27, 2012, 09:05:22 AM
Ross is MUCH better than Belder. I think he plays a lot better but Belder has some strangely woolly sound on some of the discs too, especially on the piano-forte. For those who don't need that much Scarlatti, Staier is fabulous.

Gurn Blanston

#2115
June 27, 2012, 11:57:02 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 27, 2012, 09:05:22 AM
Ross is MUCH better than Belder. I think he plays a lot better but Belder has some strangely woolly sound on some of the discs too, especially on the piano-forte. For those who don't need that much Scarlatti, Staier is fabulous.

I have 3 (IIRC) of Staier's Scarlatti, wish he had done more. My favorites of <>10 different players.

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kishnevi

#2117
June 27, 2012, 05:28:07 PM Last Edit: June 27, 2012, 05:37:32 PM by Jeffrey Smith
Quote from: jut1972 on June 27, 2012, 12:06:42 PM
A few euros cheaper at Amazon Germany at 34.97.

http://www.amazon.de/LORIN-MAAZEL-EDITION-Edizione-Germania/dp/B0056K4V04/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1340824802&sr=1-10

AmazonDE has the contents.

CD 1-5: Beethoven: Complete Symphonies - Cleveland Orchestra
CD 6: Beethoven: Symphonic Battle Scenes , Capriccio Italien, 1812, Wellingtons Sieg - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
CD 7: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Cleveland Orchestra
CD 8: Debussy: La Mer, Jeux, Nocturnes - Wiener Philharmoniker, Arnold Schönberg Chor
CD 9: Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 10: Holst: The Planets - L'Orchestre National de France
CD 11: Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - L'Orchestre National de France
CD 12: Ravel: Bolero - Wiener Philharmoniker
CD 13: Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 14: Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Phaéton, Danse macabre, Danse bacchanale - Pittsburgh Symhony Orchestra
CD 15-18: Sibelius: Complete Symphonies - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 19: Strauss: Ein Heldenleben - Cleveland Orchestra
CD 20-23: Strauss: Symphonische Dichtungen - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
CD 24: Stravinsky: Petrouchka, Le Chant du Rossignol,Feu d'artifice (Feuerwerk) - Wiener Philharmoniker
CD 25: Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements, The soldier's tale, Symphony Of Psalms - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
CD 26-28: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4-6 - Cleveland Orchestra
CD 29-30: Wagner: Orchestral Pieces Vol. 1&2, Berliner Philharmoniker

ETA:  An AmazonDE marketplace vendor has it for a little less (~33 Euros including shipping) but apparently doesn't ship to the US, because the system won't let me order it from him.

eyeresist

#2118
June 27, 2012, 05:33:31 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 27, 2012, 05:28:07 PMAmazonDE has the contents.

CD 10: Holst: The Planets - L'Orchestre National de France

Wow, another one for the Planets thread!

listener

#2119
June 27, 2012, 08:07:22 PM
DVORAK Symphonies set arrived today from anazon (ordered April 24) at the stated price and shipping costed at one disc, a bargain worth waiting for..
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