The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[North Star]

Me, too. But I would also add clavichord, harpsichord, tangent piano, all the gamut of keyboards arising and saying goodbye during his career.

Oh, certainly!

I don't know if ever has existed a more experimental age in matter of keyboards than the second half of the XVIII Century.

Agreed, truly a golden age for keyboard building (and for keyboard music, of course, but I'd stretch that to end at Chopin's death..)

[Wakefield]

Agreed, truly a golden age for keyboard building (and for keyboard music, of course, but I'd stretch that to end at Chopin's death..)

Yes, the dictatorship of the black sarcophagus has deprived us of an amazingly varied tradition in matter of keyboards. 

[Wakefield]

As I'm not truly interested in the old discussion if this is the right place to post digital downloads, I will simply say I bought this set for $10 on 7digital:



Anton Bruckner: The Collection, 20-CD set.

http://xw.7digital.com/artist/various-artists/release/anton-bruckner-the-collection




   

[Moonfish]

Okay, that's so damn cheap, I might have gone for it ... so I guess in hindsight I'm glad I missed it! 

The Markovina set was uniformly excellent (if one likes the modern piano, that is). One of my highlight sets for 2014.   

[NLK1971]

Vivarte Collection box set now priced at £29.50 on Amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AOTZ156/

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[bigshot]

The Markovina set was uniformly excellent (if one likes the modern piano, that is). One of my highlight sets for 2014.   

I second that. Beautiful and varied performances.

[Moonfish]

Byron Janis RCA Collection for 10 GBP at Amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Byron-Janis-Complete-RCA-Collection/dp/B00AK3X3DI/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1405232396&sr=1-3


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[Moonfish]

Sony's Baroque box (60 cds) for 36 Euros! at Amazon.de

http://www.amazon.de/Meisterwerke-Barock-Limited-Edition-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=pd_sim_m_29?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YNY2WYK7GCM8VJGZTEB



"1-2 Bach Brandenburg Concertos La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
3 Bach Overtures Collegium Aureum, F. Maier, H.-M. Linde
4 Bach Musical Offering Ensemble Sigiswald Kuijken, G. Leonhardt
5 Bach Great Organ Works Gustav Leonhardt
6 Bach The Art of Fugue Berliner Bach Akademie
7 Bach Goldberg Variations Gustav Leonhardt
8 Bach Inventions and Sinfonias Gustav Leonhardt
9 Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier Gustav Leonhardt
10 Bach Works for Lute Julian Bream, George Malcolm
11 Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin Rudolf Gähler
12-13 Bach Cello Suites Guido Schiefen
14 Bach Motets Cantus Cölln
15 Bach Sacred Cantatas Max van Egmond, Frans Brüggen
16 Bach Secular Cantatas Collegium Aureum, Reinhard Peters
17 Bach Christmas Oratorio Gächinger Kantorei, Bach Collegium Stuttgart
18-19 Bach St. John Passion, Bach-Ensemble der St. Matthew Passion EuropaChorAkademie, J. Daus
20-21 Bach Mass in B minor Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock
22 Bach / Magnificat/ Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Vivaldi Beatus Vir Gloria Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling
23 Buxtehude Organ Works Rainer Oster
24 Corelli 6 Concerti grossi Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon
25 Corelli Sonatas Op. 5 ("La Follia") Frans Brüggen, Anner Bylsma, G. Leonhardt
26 Couperin Concerts Royaux Ensemble Sigiswald Kuijken
27 Frescobaldi Fiori Musicali Canticum, Christoph Erkens
28 Fux Requiem Clemencic Consort, Rene Clemencic
29 Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks, Orchestre de Chambre Water Musik Jean-François Paillard
30 Handel Organ Concertos Op. 4 Collegium Aureum, Rudolf Ewerhart
31 Handel Concertos M. Messiter, London Festival Orchestra, R. Pople
32 Handel Te Deum, Chandos Anthem "Let God Arise" Vocalsolisten Frankfurt
33 Handel Messiah The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
34 Handel "Rinaldo", "Alessandro" La Grande Écurie et La Chambre du Roy, J.-C. Malgoire, La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
35-36 Handel "Julio Cesare", "Tamerlano", J. Malafronte, N. Treigle, "Serse" R. Jacobs, N. McGegan
37-38 Lully Ballet Le Bourgeois Gentil- Capriccio Stravagante, homme, Divertissements Skip Sempé, La Petite Bande
39 Monteverdi/ Vespro della Beata Vergine / La Grande Écurie et Charpentier Te Deum La Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
40 Pergolesi Stabat Mater Wolfgang Gröhs, Stefanie Kopinits, Gabriella Bessenyei, Europa Symphony
41 Pergolesi La serva padrona Collegium Aureum
42 Purcell / Locke Anthems and Hymns David Cordier, Gustav Leonhardt, Harry van der Kamp
43 Purcell "Dido and Aeneas", "The Fairy Queen", "King Arthur" Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon
44 Rameau Suites from "Les Indes Galantes", "Pygmalion", Collegium Aureum, La Petite Bande, "Zoroastre" G. Leonhardt
45 A. Scarlatti Duet Cantatas Dominique Labelle, Christine Brandes
46 D. Scarlatti Sonatas "Pour le Clavecin" Andreas Staier
47 Schütz Psalms of David Musica Fiata Köln, Frieder Bernius
48 Schütz Symphoniae Sacrae II Musica Fiata Köln, La Capella Ducale
49 Telemann Suite "Don Quichotte" a.o. Cis Collegium Mozarteum, J. Geise
50 Telemann Concertos from "Tafelmusik" Collegium Aureum
51-52 Vivaldi L'Estro Armonico St. Petersburg Soloists, Michail Gantvarg
53 Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni, Ensemble Sigiswald Kuijken, Concertos for Oboe La Petite Bande
54 Vivaldi Concertos for Violin Pinchas Zukerman
55 Vivaldi 6 Concertos James Galway, I Solisti Veneti
56 Froberger/Kerll/ Organ Works Pachelbel Gustav Leonhardt
57 Bach/Handel Choruses Mormon Tabernacle Choir
58 Carissimi/ Jephte/ D. Scarlatti/Vivaldi Stabat Mater Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel
59 (Anon.) Missa Salisburgensis, Hymnus "Plaudite Tympana" Escolania de Montserrat
60 Pachelbel/Albinoni and others Barock Highlights Ramón Vargas, The Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence-King u.a.
61 English and German e-booklet (pdf) with comments"

[stingo]

While probably not a SDCB, I thought it was a pretty good deal. Hamilton Harty's Orchestral Works (3CDs) for $16.98 shipped from the Amazon US marketplace.

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[Mookalafalas]

The Hogwood complete Haydn symphonies is $65 shipped from Amazon UK (after the VAT is removed).  For comparison, it's $245 from US Amazon...

[Moonfish]

Budget Wagner

Budget Vintage Ring for < $16

13 CD, appr. running time 816 min.

CD 1-2:
Das Rheingold / The Rhine Gold
Werner Uhde, Ira Malaniuk, Wolfgang Windgassen
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Joseph Keilberth
(122 Min, 1952)

CD 3-5:
Die Walküre / The Valkyrie
Martha Mödl, Leonie Rysanek, Ludwig Suthaus, Gottlob Frick, Erika Köth
Vienna Philharmonic
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
(228 Min., 1954)

CD 6-9:
Siegfried
Wolfgang Windgassen, Paul Kuen, Martha Mödl, Gustav Neidlinger, Josef Greindl
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Joseph Keilberth
(233 Min., 1953)

CD 10-13:
Götterdämmerung / Twilight of the Gods
Max Lorenz, Astrid Varnay, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Joseph Keilberth
(233 Min., 1953)

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Budget Vintage Wagner for < $13
Note: No Lohengrin (according to reviewers) for some odd reason

CD 1-4:
Tristan und Isolde
Ludwig Suthaus, Kirsten Flagstad, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau u. a.
Chorus of the Royal Opera House / Philharmonia Orchestra
Dirigent / Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler (1952)

CD 5-8:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
Otto Edelmann, Hans Kopf, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf u.a.
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Dirigent / Conductor: Herbert von Karajan (1951)

CD 9-12:
Parsifal
George London, Arnold van Mill, Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde u.a.
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Dirigent / Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch (1951)

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[Mookalafalas]

The Scott Ross 34 disc complete Scarlatti is now 49.99 Euros from Amazon.de    Pretty good price.

[Ken B]

Abeille has some good prices

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[Moonfish]

Hmm, a SDCB....

Sony's Beethoven (60 cd) at Amazon.de for 29 Euros

http://www.amazon.de/Beethoven-Alle-Meisterwerke-Box-mit/dp/B000NDEMAI/ref=pd_sim_m_33?ie=UTF8&refRID=02XHZWZV4F0KCS1PM927

[king ubu]

Abeille has some good prices

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It took three orders to get that one though ... first one through their site was cancelled without them even letting me know (when I wrote them, two weeks later, they said I should have seen it wasn't in stock and that they never charged my card - which was true - but then why have an order confirmation sent out?) ... second via a's marketplace was cancelled (not in stock), third was delivered fast, in a parcel wrapped with Naxos sticky tape, but with Abeille as sender, even though it was a different vendor eventually.

Bottom line: abeille may have good offerings, but reliable they're not.

[Harry]

The Scott Ross 34 disc complete Scarlatti is now 49.99 Euros from Amazon.de    Pretty good price.

Same price at JPC de

[Harry]

Hmm, a SDCB....

Sony's Beethoven (60 cd) at Amazon.de for 29 Euros

http://www.amazon.de/Beethoven-Alle-Meisterwerke-Box-mit/dp/B000NDEMAI/ref=pd_sim_m_33?ie=UTF8&refRID=02XHZWZV4F0KCS1PM927

I have this box, and apart from one or two discs, this is a fabulous set. For this price its a must.

[prémont]

I have this box, and apart from one or two discs, this is a fabulous set. For this price its a must.

Completely agreed. This box is a cornucopia. Particularly I enjoy the recordings of the piano concertos, the string quartets and the piano trios.

[Ken B]

It took three orders to get that one though ... first one through their site was cancelled without them even letting me know (when I wrote them, two weeks later, they said I should have seen it wasn't in stock and that they never charged my card - which was true - but then why have an order confirmation sent out?) ... second via a's marketplace was cancelled (not in stock), third was delivered fast, in a parcel wrapped with Naxos sticky tape, but with Abeille as sender, even though it was a different vendor eventually.

Bottom line: abeille may have good offerings, but reliable they're not.

Their website is horrible. When I first placed the order it went through at 0 Euro and no purchases. The second try it failed. On the third it succeeded, or so the email says.  But when ordering through Azon I have found them, FabulousCD, quite good.

[marvinbrown]

Hmm, a SDCB....

Sony's Beethoven (60 cd) at Amazon.de for 29 Euros

http://www.amazon.de/Beethoven-Alle-Meisterwerke-Box-mit/dp/B000NDEMAI/ref=pd_sim_m_33?ie=UTF8&refRID=02XHZWZV4F0KCS1PM927

I have this box, and apart from one or two discs, this is a fabulous set. For this price its a must.

Completely agreed. This box is a cornucopia. Particularly I enjoy the recordings of the piano concertos, the string quartets and the piano trios.

  Thank you so much for the heads up! For just £28!..... I just had to get it!

marvin