The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[Ken B]

Nielsen dacapo chamber box 6 cd, $16

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[Moonfish]

Nielsen dacapo chamber box 6 cd, $16

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Hmm, that IS a great deal. Have you heard these performances? Recommended?

[Ken B]

Hmm, that IS a great deal. Have you heard these performances? Recommended?

Yes and yes.

[Mirror Image]

Nielsen dacapo chamber box 6 cd, $16

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I found Nielsen's chamber music to not be as musically interesting as his orchestral works. In fact, with the exception of the fine Wind Quintet, I would say most of that music is a bore.

[DaveF]

There is a sale at MDT!!!!     
Good deals!

Thank you for that - the Berg box is very tempting.  Some would be duplicates for me, but as usual these days, it's cheaper to buy these big boxes than to fill in one's gaps with individual discs.

I found Nielsen's chamber music to not be as musically interesting as his orchestral works. In fact, with the exception of the fine Wind Quintet, I would say most of that music is a bore.

Ooh-err - does anyone have a different opinion?  I want to say Violin Sonatas! for a start.

[amw]

Violin Sonatas definitely, Serenata in vano possibly, the F major Quartet (Op. 44, but nowhere near as late as that) is charming if lightweight and the F minor Quartet (Op. 5) is also worthwhile—the other two and the quintet have not made much of an impression on me so far—and from the piano music how can anyone resist the 'Luciferan' Suite Op. 45? The three piano pieces Op. 59 are a miniature masterpiece, as well. I don't know the organ music or songs. But it occurs to me that I can't think of very much music by Nielsen I seriously dislike, actually.

[DavidW]

Ooh-err - does anyone have a different opinion?  I want to say Violin Sonatas! for a start.

I agree with MI but not as strongly.  I just think that they are not as musically interesting as his orchestral works.  Still worth hearing, and at that price I would pull the trigger.

[mc ukrneal]

$6.63 on Amazon...


Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2WVD7U/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[Moonfish]

This is a mystery box (although very cheap in the UK and Germany). Amazon did not list the content so I found a list on the web. It looks intriguing in its own odd way so I am picking up a copy [I know - cdcdcdc...]
A case of SDCB???  Thoughts?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001HAWUP0/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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"CD 1
Alexander Borodin
A Steppe Sketch from Central Asia
Symphony no. 2 op. 5 B minor
String Quartet no. 2 D major
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Verbitsky
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana/Anton Nanut
String Quartet Luzern

CD 2
Nikita Koshkin/Alexander Mossolov
The Prince's Toys
2 Nocturnes op.15
Piano Sonata no.2 op.4 B Flat minor
Maria Isabel Siewers, Guitar
Antonin Bagatov, Piano

CD 3
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
A Night on the Bare Mountain
A Teardrop
Hopak
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/Zdenek Kossler
Junge Süddeutsche Philharmonie Esslingen/Bernhard Güller
Tomislav Baynov, Piano

CD 4
Michail Glinka
Fantasy Waltz B minor
Trio Pathetique D minor
Ruslan and Ludmila (Excerpts)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana/Anton Nanut
Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava/Ondrej Lenard
Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra/ Vladimir Fedoseyev
Karl Schlechta, Clarinet/Jürgen Gode, Bassoon/Martin Galling/Tomislav Baynov, Piano

CD 5
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet op. 64a
Symphony no. 5 op. 100 B Flat major
Süddeutsche Philharmonie/Henry Adolph
Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra/Gabor Ötvös

CD 6
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata no. 3 op.28 A minor
Sonate no. 5 op. 135 C major
Sonate no. 7 op. 83 B Flat major
Sonate no. 8 op. 84 B Flat major
Andrei Nikolsky/Mario-Ratko Delorko, Piano

CD 7
Sergei Prokofiev
March from: Love for Three Oranges
Concert for violin and orchestra no. 2 op. 63 G minor
Sonata for violoncello and piano op. 119 C major
Piece for piano no. 1 op. 12 (March)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava/Ondrej Leonard
Philharmonia Slavonica/Henry Adolph
Bruno Zwicker, Violin
Guido Schiefen, Violoncello/Olaf Dressler/Robert-Alexander Bohnke, Piano

CD 8
Sergei Rachmaninov
Aleko
Donetsk Philharmonic Orchestra/ Roman Kofman
Samson Isoumov, Bass (Aleko)/Maria Lapina, Soprano (Zemfira)/Oleg Koulko, Tenor (Young Gipsy)/Leonid Tischenko, Bass (Old Gipsy)

CD 9
Sergei Rachmaninov
Small Works for Piano
Jura Margulis/Tomislav Baynov/Andrea Kauten/Dubravka Tomsic, Piano
Mario-Ratko Delorko/Viktor Yampolsky, Piano
Markus Stocker, Violoncello

CD 10
Sergei Rachmaninov
Concert for Piano and orchestra no. 2 op. 18 C minor
Rhapsody over a Paganini theme for piano and orchestra op. 43
Tübingen Medical Orchestra/ Norbert Kirchmann
Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra Ljubliana/Anton Nanut
Robert-Alexander Bohnke/Dubravka Tomsic, Piano

CD11
Sergei Rachmaninov
Isle of the Dead op. 29
Sonata for violoncello and piano op. 19 G minor
Trio for piano, violin and violoncello no. 1 G minor (Trio elegiaque)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart/Jiri Starek
Francoise Groben, Violoncello
Alfredo Perl, Piano
Trio Amati

CD 12
Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony no. 1 op. 13 D minor
National Symphony Orchestra Olsztyn/Paul Kantschieder

CD 13
Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony no. 2 op. 27 E minor
National Symphony Orchestra Olsztyn/ Igor Golovchin

CD 14
Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony Nr. 3 op. 44 a-moll
Symphony Orchestra Moscow/ Igor Golovchin

CD 15
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sheherazade op.35
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/ Bystrik Rezucha

CD 16
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Works for Orchestra
Camerata Philharmonica/ Hanspeter Gmür
Munich Symphonics/Alberto Lizzio
Symphony Orchestra Bochum/Othmar M. F. Maga
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vladimir Verbitsky
Slovak Chamber Orchestra/ Bohdan Warchal
Aladar Mozi, Violin
Danica Moziova, Piano

CD 17
Dmitri Shostakovich
Concert for piano and orchestra no. 2 op. 102 F major
The Hornet op. 97a (Suite from the film Ovod)
State Symphony Orchestra Istanbul/Howard Griffiths

CD 18
Dmitri Shostakovich
Concert for piano and orchestra no. 1 op. 35 C minor
Preludes op. 34
Chamber Symphony op. 110a C minor
Slovak Chamber Orchestra/Bohdan Warchal
Chamber Orchestra Conrad von der Goltz/Conrad von der Goltz
Alexander Cattarino, Piano
Lee Suk-Bin, Violin
Atanas Kareev, Piano

CD 19
Dmitri Shostakovich
Concert for violin and orchestra no. 2 op. 129 C Sharp minor
Sonata for violoncello and piano op. 40 D minor
Junge Süddeutsche Philharmonie Esslingen/Bernhard Güller
Markus Stocker, Violoncello
Viktor Yampolsky, Piano

CD 20
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony no. 7 op. 60 C major (Leningrad)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana/Anton Nanut

CD 21
Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet no. 3 op. 73 F major
String Quartet no. 8 op. 110 C minor
Moyzes Quartet

CD 22
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony no. 10 op. 93 E minor
ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra/Milan Horvath

CD 23
Rodion Schtschedrin
Echo Sonata
Fourteen pieces from the Polyphonic Exercise Book
Ulf Hoelscher, PIano
Rodion Schtschedrin, Piano

CD 24
Alexander Scriabin
Poèmes op.32, 34, 36, 51, 54, 69
Prelude no. 4 op. 16 E Sharp minor
Sonata no. 3 op. 23 F Sharp minor
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubliana/Anton Nanut
Vitalij Margulis/Robert-Alexander Bohnke, Piano

CD 25
Alexander Scriabin
Symphony no. 3 op. 43 C minor (Le Divin Poeme)
Sonata Fantasy for piano no. 2 op. 19 G Sharp minor
Sonata no. 6 op. 62
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubliana/Anton Nanut
Boris Lvov, Piano

CD 26
Igor Stravinsky
In memoriam Dylan Thomas
Concert for piano and wind instruments
Mouvements (Movements)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana/Anton Nanut
Nuremberg Symphonic Orchestra/Werner Heider
Peter Pears, Tenor/Heinz Stanske & Günther Weigmann, Violin/Albert Dietrich, Viola/ Leo Koscielny,
Violoncello/ Otto Heinl, Trombone/ Werner Michel, Ferdinand Winkelsträter & Hans Mayr,
Trombone

CD 27
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Suite op. 71a
Swan Lake Suite op. 20
London Festival Orchestra/Alberto Lizzio

CD 28
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Concert for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 op. 23 B minor
The Seasons op. 37b (Excerpts)
Dumka op. 59 E minor
Berlin Symphonic Orchestra/Eduardo Marturet
Niek van Oosterum, Piano

CD 29
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons op. 37a (Excerpts)
Famous Piano Pieces
Souvenir d'un lieu cher op. 42
Chamber Orchestra Kiev/ Roman Kofman
Helene Gal/Peter Schmalfuss/Dubravka Tomsic/Tomislav Baynov, Piano

CD 30
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Cappriccio italiana, op. 45
Sleeping Beauty op. 66
Romance op. 5 F minor
Fantasy Overture from: Romeo and Juliet
Slowakisches Kammerorchester/ Bystrik Rezucha/ Zdenek Kosler/Bohdan Warchal
Philharmonisches Orchester London/Alfred Scholz

CD 31
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Serenade op. 48 C major
Sextet for strings op. 70 D minor (Souvenir de Florence)
Chamber Orchestra Conrad von der Goltz/Conrad von der Goltz

CD 32
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 1 op. 13 G minor (Winter Dreams)
Philharmonia Slavonica/Cesare Cantieri

CD 33
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 2 op. 17 C minor (Little Russian)
Symphony Orchestra of the Südwestfunk Baden-Baden/David Zinman

CD 34
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 3 op. 29 D major (Polish)
Süddeutsche Philharmonie/Hanspeter Gmür

CD 35
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 4 op. 36 F minor
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubliana/Anton Nanut

Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 5 op. 64 E minor
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubliana/Anton Nanut

CD 37
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 6 op. 74 B minor (Pathétique)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubliana/Anton Nanut

CD 38
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Suite no. 4 op. 61 G major (Mozartiana)
Trio op. 50 A minor
Süddeutsche Philharmonie/Hans Zanotelli/Trio Amati

CD 39
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Songs (A Selection)
Eugen Onegin (Excerpts)
Czech Chamber Orchestra/Josef Vlach
Orchestra of the Württemberg State Opera/Alexander von Pitamic
State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice/Christian Ehwald
Peter Mikulas, Bass/Ludovit Marcinger & Tomislav Baynov, Piano/Ricardo Casinelli, Tenor

CD 40
Peter Iljich Tchaikovsky
Overture 1812 op. 49
Slavic March op. 31
Small Works for piano, violin and orchestra
Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana/Anton Nanut/Marko Munih
Symphony Orchestra Budapest/Arpad Joo/Emmy Verhey, Violin

BONUS CD:
Works by Mily Alexejewitsch Balakirev, Wladimir Deschewow, Dmitri Kabalewski,
Iwan Karabits, Wanda Landowska, Anatoly Leontyev, Anatol Ljadow, Anton
Rubinstein, Wjatscheslaw Semjonov, Wladimir Vogel"

[Mookalafalas]

Certainly a great price, but has anybody heard of any of the performers? The only one I know is David Zinman.  If the others are reputable, it would be a no-brainer for me...

[Moonfish]

Certainly a great price, but has anybody heard of any of the performers? The only one I know is David Zinman.  If the others are reputable, it would be a no-brainer for me...

You neeeed moooooooore cdssssssssssss......

[Mookalafalas]

My CDCDCD fever is in complete remission.  However, I have very little of the Russian repertoire. At $1 a disc, this isn't a purchase, it's a gift from heaven

[Moonfish]

My CDCDCD fever is in complete remission.  However, I have very little of the Russian repertoire. At $1 a disc, this isn't a purchase, it's a gift from heaven

Yeah, I went for it. At Amazon UK it is dirt cheap. I figure I will find some good music in it or at the very least get exposure to pieces I can expand upon later.  The rest of the discs can be part of the dwarven mines my son is building for his Hobbit lego figures..... 

Edit: Cancelled the order after reading Brian's post. Yikes! My son will be disappointed. .... 

[Mookalafalas]

Yeah, I went for it. At Amazon UK it is dirt cheap. I figure I will find some good music in it or at the very least get exposure to pieces I can expand upon later.  The rest of the discs can be part of the dwarven mines my son is building for his Hobbit lego figures..... 

  Yeah, me too. $30 including shipping for 40 cds? Definitely worth a little gamble.  Thanks for the tip

[Karl Henning]

If the Amado JS Bach box is any guide, it will be a mix of the fabulously good, and the middling;  and at that price point, probably a good risk::reward.

[Brian]

Certainly a great price, but has anybody heard of any of the performers? The only one I know is David Zinman.  If the others are reputable, it would be a no-brainer for me...

You may find that a few minor gems enclosed (like Rodion Shchedrin playing his own piano music) are worth the low price, but I would advise you not to compromise your integrity by purchasing this set.

Many of the performers are well-known in the Obscure European Budget Labels circuit. Anton Nanut is perfectly competent, as is Bystrik Rezucha; Zdenek Kosler and Dubravka Tomsic are interesting, important artists, and Tomsic's Scarlatti CD available for about $2 on Amazon is viewed as a classic by Scarlatti lovers here. Viktor Yampolsky and Howard Griffiths are surprising inclusions too. I have verified that the presence of Peter Pears is a real recording, but I think it's live and from the '50s. The State Philharmonic Orchestra of Kosice is a real orchestra with a terrible, terrible track record on disc.

The real problem is that many of the recordings originate from a scam run by a record producer named Alfred Scholz. I see the names Alfred Scholz, Alberto Lizzio, Cesare Cantieri, London Festival Orchestra, Suddeutsche Philharmonie, Junge Suddeutsche Philharmonie, Munich Symphonics, Tubingen Medical Orchestra, and Henry Adolph, all of which are completely bogus. Additionally, Scholz used the names of some real artists in his scam, and Dubravka Tomsic has complained publicly about fake recordings being released under her name. And finally, Ulf Hoelscher is credited as playing the piano, which is alarming because he is a violinist.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks for that, Brian.

[The new erato]

Tubingen Medical Orchestra,

Really? As in concerto for two bedpans?

One should think that a scam artist could come up with something more attractive than this!!

[Karl Henning]

There must already be a percussion piece with two bedpans smashing together . . . .

[Ken B]

My CDCDCD fever is in complete remission.  However, I have very little of the Russian repertoire. At $1 a disc, this isn't a purchase, it's a gift from heaven

I know some of the names for sure. Some of the stuff looks good, some a wild ass guess.