The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[Dancing Divertimentian]

I don't mind applause, so I ordered it.   

You ordered the applause?

**Snicker...just kidding**

[The new erato]

You ordered the applause?

**Snicker...just kidding**

Well, for many of us that is the only way to get any.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Well, for many of us that is the only way to get any.

Sad but true.

[listener]

Great news!!! It appears that Amazon.de has shipped my three sets of RCO Anthologies (Vols. 5-7)! Yes! I wonder if listener's sets have been shipped too? What an unbelievable deal for these three sets.

Got the shipping confirmation last night.    42 discs to add to the unopened box piles!

[The new erato]

Got the shipping confirmation last night.    42 discs to add to the unopened box piles!

I ordered one of the sets - to add to the recently arrived Murray Perahia set of 73 discs 

[stingo]

Even though I have the Fischer set twice (Symphonies alone and as part of Brilliant's Haydn box) I couldn't pass up such a good deal. Thanks for the heads up.

I also took part (for the first time) in eClassical's daily bargain yesterday - Feinberg's Sonatas 1-6 for around $5 US.

[cjvinthechair]

Apologies if it's all been said before - couldn't find anything in a search under 'Berkshire', but....

The Berkshire Record Outlet are currently advertising 235 Albany CDs, mostly for $1.99, some even $.99. Bought 8 yesterday, & the postage is significantly dearer than the discs, but still under $4 each.
Hope they'll prove a wonderful bargain !

[Mirror Image]

Got the shipping confirmation last night.    42 discs to add to the unopened box piles!

Thumbs up and thanks for bringing this great deal to our attention.

[Todd]

I don't mind applause, so I ordered it.

I've never quite understood complaints about applause on live recordings.  There are several options for dealing with it.  For instance, one can press the stop button on the CD player (or other digital playback device).  Alternatively, one can press the forward button.  One can also turn down the volume.  Assuming people use remote controls, this may require as little as lifting a finger.

[TheGSMoeller]

I love applause. It's a part of every live performance. When I saw Cincinnati SO perform DSCH 10 a few years ago I guarantee I was very close to being the first to applaud when that last chord was hit.

[Opus106]

I love applause. It's a part of every live performance.

It can be obtrusive sometimes when some members of the audience want everyone else to know that that they know the piece is over. It usually doesn't matter when the piece ends on a high, but when you wish for some amount of silence to take in what has gone past you, at least in part when considering certain works by Mahler or Bruckner, for example, it helps if they would keep mum for a while and not go "Bravo!" immediately.

[TheGSMoeller]

It can be obtrusive sometimes when some members of the audience want everyone else to know that that they know the piece is over. It usually doesn't matter when the piece ends on a high, but when you wish for some amount of silence to take in what has gone past you, at least in part when considering certain works by Mahler or Bruckner, for example, it helps if they would keep mum for a while and not go "Bravo!" immediately.

Yes, I never shout "bravo" or anything, and depending on the music the silence enhances the experience, for example...


http://www.youtube.com/v/WLP6kqcmPRI

[Opus106]

Yes, I never shout "bravo" or anything, and depending on the music the silence enhances the experience, for example...


http://www.youtube.com/v/WLP6kqcmPRI

I heard a Mahler 9th from the same forces, and when the first clap took nearly two minutes to come forth I assumed that all the members of the audience had truly immersed themselves in the music. But when I came across the video many months later, I saw that it was all thanks to Abbado not having moved a muscle for that long after the last note had faded.

[TheGSMoeller]

I heard a Mahler 9th from the same forces, and when the first clap took nearly two minutes to come forth I assumed that all the members of the audience had truly immersed themselves in the music. But when I came across the video many months later, I saw that it was all thanks to Abbado not having moved a muscle for that long after the last note had faded.

A lot of it is how the conductor reacts. I can't remember the conductor, but this year the Grant Park Symphony performed Prokofiev's 5th, after the final chord the conductor was immediately in a relaxed position and within a second was already thanking the orchestra, it was even audible from the radio broadcast. So generally the audience reacted immediately as well.

[Parsifal]

I heard a Mahler 9th from the same forces, and when the first clap took nearly two minutes to come forth I assumed that all the members of the audience had truly immersed themselves in the music. But when I came across the video many months later, I saw that it was all thanks to Abbado not having moved a muscle for that long after the last note had faded.

He fell asleep?  That's my typical reaction to Maestro Abbado's performances. 

[North Star]

He fell asleep?  That's my typical reaction to Maestro Abbado's performances. 

Pistols or swords? 

[Parsifal]

Pistols or swords? 

Thrown compact discs at thirty paces. 

[Sergeant Rock]

I heard a Mahler 9th from the same forces, and when the first clap took nearly two minutes to come forth

When Haitink conducted the M9 in Cleveland in 1973, he controlled the orchestra with his right hand and used his left to control the audience (arm up, palm facing the audience). There was utter silence for the final bars and for a good ten seconds after the music had died away. All hell broke lose when his arm finally came down. I've seen that technique used a number of times since.

Sarge

[North Star]

Thrown compact discs at thirty paces.

Damn, it would have been useful to have moved to downloads on HDD's.

[Ken B]

That's why I like live recordings of Webern. No applause.