The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[king ubu]

That's a big box allright! I can't even see it all on my screen!

[Moonfish]

Not super duper, but still a good deal:

DG's R Strauss set is currently listed for 69 Euros at Amazon.de.

http://www.amazon.de/Strauss-S%C3%A4mtliche-Opern-Limited-Edition/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=pd_sim_m_38?ie=UTF8&refRID=06D1W17NWW5H3BXSMMQR

[asin] B00G4PV0H2[/asin]

New Erato bait!

[Mookalafalas]

The new 50 CD DHM box is available for pre-order at Amazon JP for about $65. Of course, there is no information at all about what is on it. It could be a re-release of the earlier box, for all I know. Still, a great price from an awesome label.

[Cosi bel do]

The new 50 CD DHM box is available for pre-order at Amazon JP for about $65. Of course, there is no information at all about what is on it. It could be a re-release of the earlier box, for all I know. Still, a great price from an awesome label.

You must mean Harmonia Mundi, not Deutsche Harmonia Mundi !
But here you are :


CD 1-2 Les "orgues historiques" • Historic Organs François Couperin 1. Messe à l'usage des paroisses • Michel Chapuis Spanish Music 2. Concert à l'Orgue de Covarrubias • Francis Chapelet Georg Muffat 3. Apparatus Musico-Organisticus • René Saorgin
CD 3-4 Alfred Deller 1968-1979 Henry Purcell 4. King Arthur, semi-opera � • Deller Consort Anonymous 5. The Folksong Recital •Alfred Deller & Mark Deller
CD 5-6 Les chants anciens • Late Antiquity & Middle Ages Chant Byzantin 6. Prière de Marie-Madeleine • Soeur Marie Keyrouz Old Roman Chant 7. Messe de saint Marcel • Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès Troubadours 8. La Comtessa de Dia • Clemencic Consort, dir. René Clemencic Hildegard Von Bingen 9. Laudes & Vêpres pour la fête de Sainte Ursule • Anonymous 4 Guillaume Dufay 10. Intégrale des motet��s isorythmiques • Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel
CD 7-10 J.S. Bach, la/the Passion Johann Sebastian Bach 11. Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (enregistrement 1984) • Philippe Herreweghe
12.Musikalisches Opfer / L'Offrande musicale Davitt Moroney 13. Die Kunst der Fuge /The Art of Fugue / L'Art de la fugue Fretwork
CD 11-13 Les années "Atys" • The 'Atys' Years Jean-Baptiste Lully 14. Atys, tragédie en musique • Les Arts Florissants, William Christie Marin Marais 15. La Gamme, en forme de petit opéra • London Baroque, Charles Medlam
CD 14-15 Les maîtres de la musique baroque • The Masters of the Baroque Claudio Monteverdi 16. Pianto della Madonna • Maria Cristina Kiehr, Concerto Soave Heinrich Ignaz Biber 17. Rosenkranz-Sonaten, 5 freudenreichen Mysterien • Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr Antonio Vivaldi 18. Stabat Mater Andreas Scholl, Ensemble 415 Georg Philipp Telemann 19 Trauer-Kantate "Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin" • Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel Jean-Henry D'Anglebert 20. Pièces de clavecin Kenneth Gilbert
CD 16-20 50 ans de redécouvertes • 50 Years of Rediscoveries Lord Herbert of Cherbury 21. Lute Book / Livre de luth • Paul O'Dette Adriano Banchieri 22. Barca di Venetia per Padova • Ensemble Clément Janequin, D.Visse Georg Philipp Telemann 23. ��"La Bizarre", Ouvertüre G-dur Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Armand-Louis Couperin 24. Simphonie de clavecins • William Christie, David Fuller Johann Schobert 25. Quatuor avec pianoforte • Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini Reinhard Keiser 26. Croesus, dramma per musica Dir. René Jacobs
CD 21-22 Le classicisme revisité ! • Classicism Revisited Joseph Haydn 27. Piano Trio n°39 Hob.XV:25 Cohen, Höbarth, Coin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 28. 6 Deutsche Tänze am Stein-vis-à-vis Andreas Staier, Christine Schornsheim Joseph Haydn 29. Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre Hob.VIIb:1 • Jean-Guihen Queyras Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 30. Symphonie n°38 Prague" K.504 • Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
CD 22-23 Au coeur du romantisme • The Heart of Romanticism Gioacchino Rossini 31. Petite Messe solennelle • RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed Gioacchino Rossini 32. Sonate a quattro • Ensemble Explorations,Roel Dieltiens Robert Schumann 33. Frauenliebe und -leben op.42 Bernarda Fink, Roger Vignoles Johannes Brahms 34. Sonate pour clarinette et piano op.120 n°1 Michel Portal, Georges Pludermacher Hugo Wolf 35. Goethe-Lieder avec orchestre • Banse, Henschel, DSO Berlin, Nagano
CD 24-25 Un regard neuf sur les chefs-d'oeuvre • A New Look at Masterpieces Jean-Philippe Rameau 36. Suite en Sol • Alexandre Tharaud, piano Ludwig Van Beethoven 37. ����Symphonie n°3 Eroica" transcr. piano Liszt Georges Pludermacher Hector Berlioz 38. Nuits d'été, Six mélodies op.7 • Brigitte Balleys, Philippe Herreweghe Manuel De Falla 39. El Amor brujo / L'Amour sorcier version 1915 • Ginesa Ortega, Josep Pons
CD 26-27 La nouvelle génération • The New Generation Franz Schubert 40. Fantaisie C-dur D. 934 • Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov Franz Schubert 41. Sonate. D.960 B-dur • Paul Lewis Frederic Chopin 42. Intégrale des / Complete Ballades • Cédric Tiberghien Franz Liszt 43. La Lugubre Gondole • Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel Dimitri Chostakovitch 44. String Quartet No.8 op.110 • Jerusalem Quartet
CD 28-29 D'hier à demain • From Yesterday to Tomorrow Ernest Chausson 45. Quatuor avec piano op.30 • Les Musiciens Aarron Copland 46. Trio Vitebsk Trio Wanderer Leo Janác˘ek 47. Sur un sentier recouvert, cahiers I & II Alain Planès, piano Leo Janác˘ek 48. String Quartet No.2 "Lettres intimes" • Melos Quartett Béla Bartók 49. Contrasts pour violon, clarinette et piano • Ensemble Walter Boeykens Arvo Pärt 50. Berliner Messe • Theatre of Voices, dir. Paul Hillier


Well, simply a bunch of excerpts from the HM discography, without anything really logical. I kinda hate this sort of boxes, but sure the quality of each interpretation is very fine, and the sound of most of them is first rate. Still it is more a promotional article imo than a really interesting set.

[Pat B]

Well, simply a bunch of excerpts from the HM discography, without anything really logical. I kinda hate this sort of boxes, but sure the quality of each interpretation is very fine, and the sound of most of them is first rate. Still it is more a promotional article imo than a really interesting set.

This one definitely seems more of a promo-sampler than the Lumières set. I'll pass, though I guess I might reconsider depending on price (and if I can get my Pile back down to reasonable levels).

Anyway, welcome back.

[jut1972]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00NX4NMGO/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1413745592&sr=1-1

Definitely 50 CDs of DHM. So not the same track list as above?

[Ken B]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00NX4NMGO/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1413745592&sr=1-1

Definitely 50 CDs of DHM. So not the same track list as above?

If this is the same box as a few years ago, it's the best single box ever issued.

[Cosi bel do]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00NX4NMGO/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1413745592&sr=1-1

Definitely 50 CDs of DHM. So not the same track list as above?

Oh I hadn't seen this one ! Well, no, DHM and HM are two entirely different labels.

About the DHM, I have found the tracklisting on HMV, and it is an entirely different collection, mixing well-known recordings with more recent ones :
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Classical-Collection-Boxed-Set_000000000088040/item_New-Deutsche-Harmonia-Mundi-50cd-Collection-Ltd_6034631

Very, very tempting !

[Cosi bel do]

I also see that Accent will soon release a 55CD box-set on the Asian market (ASIN B00O7LONP6 on Amazon.jp). Another very tempting item.

About all these box-sets, I have published yesterday this entry mentioning where each of recent boxes is less expensive, and if it is an urgently good deal or not. It is in French, but I guess it is not too difficult to understand (and you can translate it with Google anyway).
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/nouveaux-coffrets-ou-sont-ils-moins.html

[Mirror Image]

For those interested...



Tracklisting:

CD 1
Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30
Ein Heldenleben, op.40
San Francisco Symphony · Herbert Blomstedt

CD 2
Don Juan, op.20
Eine Alpensinfonie, op.64
San Francisco Symphony · Herbert Blomstedt

CD 3
Macbeth, op.23
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Antal Dorati

Tod und Verklärung, op.24
Metamorphosen - Study for twenty-three solo strings
San Francisco Symphony · Herbert Blomstedt

CD 4
Don Quixote, op.35
Romance in F major for cello and orchestra
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.18
Heinrich Schiff · Gewandhausorchester · Kurt Masur

CD 5
Aus Italien, op.16
The Cleveland Orchestra · Vladimir Ashkenazy
Sonatina for 16 wind instruments No.2 in E flat major
(entitled Symphony for Wind Instruments "The Happy Workshop")
Netherlands Wind Ensemble · Edo de Waart

CD 6
Sinfonia domestica, op.53
Parergon zur Sinfonia domestica, op.73
for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Gary Graffman · Wiener Philharmoniker · André Previn

CD 7
Josephslegende, op.63
Staatskapelle Dresden · Giuseppe Sinopoli

CD 8
Horn Concerto No.1 in E flat major, op.11
Mondscheinmusik from "Capriccio", op.85
Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat major, TRV 283
Barry Tuckwell · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Vladimir Ashkenazy
Sextet from "Capriccio"
Burleske for piano and orchestra in D minor, TRV 145
Jean-Yves Thibaudet · Gewandhausorchester Leipzig · Herbert Blomstedt

CD 9
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.8
Oboe Concerto in D major
Duett-Concertino, TRV 293
for clarinet and bassoon, string orchestra and harp
Boris Belkin oboe
Kim Walker · Dmitri Ashkenazy clarinet
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD 10
Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat major, op.7
Suite for 13 wind instruments in B flat major, op.4
Sonatina No.1 for 16 wind instruments in F major
"From an Invalid's Workshop", TRV 288
Netherlands Wind Ensemble · Edo de Waart

CD 11
Tanzsuite nach Couperin, AV 107
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme - suite, op.60
Der Burger als Edelmann
Sinfonietta de Montréal · Charles Dutoit

CD 12
Concert Suite from "Der Rosenkavalier"
arr. Antal Dorati
Fantasie from "Die Frau ohne Schatten"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Antal Dorati

Salomes Tanz der sieben Schleier ("Salome"), op.54
Dance of the Seven Veils
The Cleveland Orchestra · Vladimir Ashkenazy

Rosenkavalier Waltzes - First Waltz Sequence
Rosenkavalier Walrzes - Second Waltz Sequence
Gewandhausorchester · Herbert Blomstedt

CD 13
Festliches Präludium, op.61
Berliner Philharmoniker · Karl Böhm

Festmusik der Stadt Wien, TRV 286
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Panathenäenzug, op.74
Pan-Athenian procession, symphonic studies
in the form of a passacaglia, for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Anna Gourani · Bamberger Symphoniker · Karl Anton Rickenbacher

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I bought this set for $49 via Amazon.de. You'll pay a lot more on any other site, especially outside of Amazon.

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00H5DNBHE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Mookalafalas]

Oh I hadn't seen this one ! Well, no, DHM and HM are two entirely different labels.

About the DHM, I have found the tracklisting on HMV, and it is an entirely different collection, mixing well-known recordings with more recent ones :
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Classical-Collection-Boxed-Set_000000000088040/item_New-Deutsche-Harmonia-Mundi-50cd-Collection-Ltd_6034631

Very, very tempting !

  Thanks for the track listing. Better event than I had hoped.  About as tempting as someone selling their winning grand-slam lottery ticket for $5.  Again, you can preorder it from Amazon JP for about $65 (you have to sign up again, however, your password for other Amazon sights doesn't work).

   About the disc listing you gave above for the old HM "50 year anniversary" box, is there some reason you believe they are re-releasing it?  That box would be worthwhile (to me, anyway) for the Herreweghe stuff alone. 

[Moonfish]

The Fricsay box has just dropped to 65 euros at Amazon.IT

[asin] B00K12RE92[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Orchestral/dp/B00K12RE92/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413794473&sr=8-1&keywords=fricsay

[Mookalafalas]

The Fricsay box has just dropped to 65 euros at Amazon.IT

[asin] B00K12RE92[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Orchestral/dp/B00K12RE92/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413794473&sr=8-1&keywords=fricsay

Many of their prices have dropped through the floor! Did you see the Bernstein boxes? The Strauss opera box is 42 Euros after the Vat is taken off, and many others are similarly cheap (although their shipping cranks things back up quite a bit...).

[Moonfish]

Many of their prices have dropped through the floor! Did you see the Bernstein boxes? The Strauss opera box is 42 Euros after the Vat is taken off, and many others are similarly cheap (although their shipping cranks things back up quite a bit...).

You are right. There are quite a number of bargains in Italy at the moment. I guess patience pays off at times (Unfortunately, I am lack patience when it comes to music).

Yes, their S&H to the states vary from about 10 - 22 euros. The Bernstein 1 box carries the 22 euro tag -- LOL. I wonder why they have obscene S&H while the UK has a nominal fee. Even Japan has a very minimal shipping charge.  Hmmm.....
It seems like they charge 10 euros for pre-orders and then 22 euros when the item is available. At least that is my current hypothesis..
But bulk purchases seem to negotiate the S&H quite a bit! 

[Mookalafalas]

But bulk purchases seem to negotiate the S&H quite a bit! 

It suddenly occurs to me that you might be satan

[bogdan101]

Wagner at the Met 14.50 pounds on amazon uk marketplace:

[Moonfish]

Wagner at the Met 14.50 pounds on amazon uk marketplace:

+1

Nice one...

[Ken B]

It suddenly occurs to me that you might be satan

The mask always slips eventually. Try not to let it bother you.

[Cosi bel do]

There are actually HUGE DEALS at the moment on different Marketplaces, on Sony Sets.

Full list here with different links :
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/urgent-coffrets-brades-sur-marketplace.html

Might be a pricing mistake but worth a try...

[springrite]

It suddenly occurs to me that you might be satan

Nah! I can spot Lucifer from a mile away!