The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

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Well, I must certainly have at least 10 recordings of Le sacre, and I do not consider that at all immoderate 

Hear, hear! I own 40+ recordings of Le sacre du printemps and I don't feel bad at all. When you start to include Petrouchka and Firebird is when things start to get a little fuzzy for me.

[Pat B]

Probably overkill, but you can't argue its marvellous overkill.  10 Rites for 60p each 

When I first saw that release, I thought it was absurd. When the cost fell to less than a single full-price CD, I bought it.

[PerfectWagnerite]

Hear, hear! I own 40+ recordings of Le sacre du printemps and I don't feel bad at all. When you start to include Petrouchka and Firebird is when things start to get a little fuzzy for me.

What they should have done is 10 Rites and 10 Firebirds or Petrouchkas on those 10cds. Then you get some respectable running time per cd. As is each cd is pretty short, but you can't argue 10 Rites for about $13 shipping included.

Anyone feel an important Rite missing from the 10?

I apologize if this has been mentioned but anyone bought this one??? 38 Rites on 19 cds.

[Pat B]

What they should have done is 10 Rites and 10 Firebirds or Petrouchkas on those 10cds. Then you get some respectable running time per cd. As is each cd is pretty short, but you can't argue 10 Rites for about $13 shipping included.

Anyone feel an important Rite missing from the 10?

The Salonen and Ozawa discs include their original couplings (though Ozawa's, from the LP era, is very short). Neither of the original MTT couplings would fit on a single CD. I was slightly miffed that they didn't include Ormandy's Petrouchka, but as you said, I can't complain too much at that price.

Given that this is a Sony release and therefore limited to recordings they have the rights to, the glaring omission is Bernstein's earlier recording from New York.

[Ken B]

My Handel box from Amazon arrived today.

Now listed for $99.

It is available to anyone here for the low, low price of $69.95 Free shipping. 

[Elgarian]

My Handel box from Amazon arrived today.

Hoorah! Les dieux ne sont pas morts!

[kishnevi]

And Amazon has sent me an email to say my copy has been shipped today and promises that it will arrive by 8PM tomorrow.  Though it is rather hazy as to which delivery service they engaged.   Perhaps they hired an owl from the Daily Prophet?

[Elgarian]

And Amazon has sent me an email to say my copy has been shipped today and promises that it will arrive by 8PM tomorrow.  Though it is rather hazy as to which delivery service they engaged.   Perhaps they hired an owl from the Daily Prophet?

When our benefactors arrive with the parcel, Jeffrey, why not invite them in for tea and scones, and let them know how much we'd like some more deals of this sort?

[Karl Henning]

Glad to read all this!

[kishnevi]

When our benefactors arrive with the parcel, Jeffrey, why not invite them in for tea and scones, and let them know how much we'd like some more deals of this sort?

Like true fey, they usually bang on the door, shove the parcel under the doormat, and run away before I even start to the door.

Besides, there is a high probability I will be at work when they appear.  Unless that "by 8 PM" is a literal promise.

[Mookalafalas]

this is $22 at Amazon.  Actually, it may have always been that price, so it's probably nothing new. After hearing how great it is, however, I feel confident recommending it as a SDCB.

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[kishnevi]

Like true fey, they usually bang on the door, shove the parcel under the doormat, and run away before I even start to the door.

Besides, there is a high probability I will be at work when they appear.  Unless that "by 8 PM" is a literal promise.

So it was.
Picture posted in Purchases thread as visible evidence.

[Karl Henning]

So it was.
Picture posted in Purchases thread as visible evidence.

What a long, strange wait it was!

[revdrdave]

There is an MP seller with one copy for the set below at $55. Though the prime price of $60 is pretty good too. This set has only gotten to this level once before, so may be worth it at $3/disc...
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I found what appears to be a used copy of this set in good shape for about $2 per disc, and bought it. Should be arriving any day now. It represents an area of classical music--French baroque--almost entirely absent from my collecting. The set received rave reviews from folks on this (and other) classical music chat sites when it first came out some 7 years ago. I'm wondering, among those of you who've lived with it since, if/how your appreciation of the music has changed over time. Has your appreciation deepened? Lessened? Led you to explore the era/composers further?

It'll be good to have your comments as I begin listening.

BTW, I realize this may not be the best thread for this post but it's where I happened to encounter the most current discussion of the set.

[mc ukrneal]

I found what appears to be a used copy of this set in good shape for about $2 per disc, and bought it. Should be arriving any day now. It represents an area of classical music--French baroque--almost entirely absent from my collecting. The set received rave reviews from folks on this (and other) classical music chat sites when it first came out some 7 years ago. I'm wondering, among those of you who've lived with it since, if/how your appreciation of the music has changed over time. Has your appreciation deepened? Lessened? Led you to explore the era/composers further?

It'll be good to have your comments as I begin listening.

BTW, I realize this may not be the best thread for this post but it's where I happened to encounter the most current discussion of the set.

Congrats. I have listened to 3 discs so far. One was solo songs, which are not my favorite for the period (though they were well performed), so I put them aside for now. The other two were outstanding. I am not by the set at the moment, so can't tell you which discs. But overall I am very happy so far - and it's a beautiful set too.

[king ubu]

I found what appears to be a used copy of this set in good shape for about $2 per disc, and bought it. Should be arriving any day now. It represents an area of classical music--French baroque--almost entirely absent from my collecting. The set received rave reviews from folks on this (and other) classical music chat sites when it first came out some 7 years ago. I'm wondering, among those of you who've lived with it since, if/how your appreciation of the music has changed over time. Has your appreciation deepened? Lessened? Led you to explore the era/composers further?

It'll be good to have your comments as I begin listening.

BTW, I realize this may not be the best thread for this post but it's where I happened to encounter the most current discussion of the set.

Haven't actually "lived with it" for long, but I've snatched one of the final copies going for good prices it seems, and my first listen to most of it was most enjoyable indeed!

[Elgarian]

I found what appears to be a used copy of this set in good shape for about $2 per disc, and bought it. Should be arriving any day now. It represents an area of classical music--French baroque--almost entirely absent from my collecting. The set received rave reviews from folks on this (and other) classical music chat sites when it first came out some 7 years ago. I'm wondering, among those of you who've lived with it since, if/how your appreciation of the music has changed over time. Has your appreciation deepened? Lessened? Led you to explore the era/composers further?

Well, for me it ignited a flame that burned and burned. My chief concern was that it led me into so much new music that I feared I'd altogether lost my taste for other stuff. Not so, of course - in time it just found its own slot. For the rest ... well, the introduction to William Christie, Sophie Daneman, and Patricia Petibon was alone worth the acquisition of the box. They became magic names, and for a while I bought pretty much anything they'd recorded. In fact I wasn't satisfied until I'd heard Sophie Daneman sing live, AND had a conversation with her in the corridor outside the Ladies loo in the church of St Michael Le Belfrey, York.

But that's another story ...

[AnthonyAthletic]

Handel arrives in the North West of England 

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I also notice that on Amazon UK, via MP seller roundMediaUK you can buy this set now for £11.04p plus the minimal shipping fee.  Worth snapping up, me thinks.  RoundMedia are Canadian based.

[Elgarian]

Handel arrives in the North West of England 

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I also notice that on Amazon UK, via MP seller roundMediaUK you can buy this set now for £11.04p plus the minimal shipping fee.  Worth snapping up, me thinks.  RoundMedia are Canadian based.

I can now join you and announce that TWO Handel sets have arrived in the Northwest on the same day!

[AnthonyAthletic]

Are you in the North West of England or the NW of Elsewhere?

Nice one to you Sir!  Be a struggle to fit it in before Christmas, only 70 odd days and 65 cds to hit!