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Title: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 13, 2007, 02:26:18 PM
Inspired by the sterling work done by AnthonyAthletic, Peregrine and other members of this forum to bring to our attention the many incredibly cheap bargains they tirelessly hunt down on Amazon, eBay and elsewhere, I think it might be a good idea to have this thread for the posting of such goodies.

Any objections? Thought not. ;D



(PS: A Mod may decide to put this in the 'Buy, Swap & Sell' part of the forum, but personally, I think it'll just get forgotten about there ... and we don't want that, now do we? ;))
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: BachQ on November 13, 2007, 02:32:52 PM
Quote from: Mark on November 13, 2007, 02:26:18 PM




(PS: A Mod may decide to put this in the 'Buy, Swap & Sell' part of the forum,


((((PPS: maybe the "Great Recordings" discussion room))))
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on November 13, 2007, 02:32:53 PM
Excellent idea, been thinking exactly the same  ;)

Oh, and good use of 'super - duper'... :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 13, 2007, 02:34:27 PM
Quote from: D Minor on November 13, 2007, 02:32:52 PM

((((PPS: maybe the "Great Recordings" discussion room))))

Good call. :)

Any Mods care to move this baby? ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on November 13, 2007, 02:36:23 PM
Some more -

The essential Falla:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nights-Gardens-London-Philharmonic-Orchestra/dp/B00001X59X/ref=pd_rhf_p_2/203-3801006-9151904

Scheherazade/RCO/Kondrashin:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EBD84K/ref=ord_cart_shr/203-3801006-9151904
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Don on November 13, 2007, 02:38:49 PM
Here's one I think very highly of:

Bach Organ Works - Julia Brown/Amadis ($2.99).  Brown is the organist with four volumes of Buxtehude's organ music and two of Scheidemann's on Naxos.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 13, 2007, 02:57:03 PM
Hey, great idea! I will be a regular reader.

For sake of reference, this list of CDs with superbargain list prices was posted on the old forum, and also includes Don's Bach recommendation:

BACH Organ Works / Julia Brown [Amadis]
BACH Keyboard Partitas 3, 4, and 5 / Wolf Harden [Amadis]
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas 8, 14, and 21 / Dubravka Tomsic [various/unknown]
BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Sonatas / Yves Nat [here (http://www.micmacmusic.com/product_info.php?products_id=828)]
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3 / Hartmut Haenchen, Netherlands Philharmonic [LaserLight]
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Guitar Concerti [Brilliant Classics]
CHOPIN Waltzes / Istvan Szekely [Amadis]
MAHLER Symphony No. 7 / Hartmut Haenchen, Netherlands Philharmonic [LaserLight]
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream / Christian Pollack, Razumovsky Symphony Orch [Amadis]
RUBINSTEIN/RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerti (4 and 2, respectively) / various artists [Amadis]
TCHAIKOVSY Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty Suites / Andrew Mogrelia, Philharmonia Cassovia [Amadis]
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 / Jeno Jando, Arpad Joo, Budapest Symphony [LaserLight]

And here (http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Symphonies-Nos-Pastoral-8/dp/B000002X8S/ref=sr_1_1/002-5615556-7935269?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1194998258&sr=8-1) you can find Larry Rinkel's favorite Beethoven Symphony No. 6, for $0.36 (I haven't ordered it yet but plan to).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 13, 2007, 03:00:20 PM
Quote from: brianrein on November 13, 2007, 02:57:03 PM
BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Sonatas / Yves Nat [here (http://www.micmacmusic.com/product_info.php?products_id=828)]

Christ on a bike!!! That is a bargain! :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: XB-70 Valkyrie on November 13, 2007, 10:47:15 PM
If you are a fan of great piano playing, then you must own this 10 CD set--a ridiculous $18.98 from Arkiv:

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=136813

(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/msi/full/1/0000573431_170.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Great Gable on November 13, 2007, 11:05:46 PM
If this is moved could we have separate download and physical threads? I, for one, have no interests in the download side.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 13, 2007, 11:14:38 PM
Quote from: Great Gable on November 13, 2007, 11:05:46 PM
If this is moved could we have separate download and physical threads? I, for one, have no interests in the download side.

A bargain is a bargain is a bargain. If you've no interest in download bargains, just skip 'em. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 13, 2007, 11:15:14 PM
Well, I don't want to prescribe what is recommended or the format. It was moved, but at Mark's request and I cannot see a reason for it to be moved again.

A great idea for a thread, I will have to get sleuthing.

Cheers,

Mike
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Great Gable on November 13, 2007, 11:19:45 PM
Now has never been a better time to buy classical music on CD and especially from some of the great exponents of the recent past. Some Amazon bargains - check the marketplace traders first (new only)

Beeethoven symphonies (Kripps) marketplace sellers only, I only paid £3.48 for my set 2 or 3 days ago - it's now gone up a little
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JMK6G2
Beethoven symphonies (Toscanini)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Symphonies-Ludwig-van/dp/B0000CNTLU/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2G4X731IZGXO0&colid=1JQBEDONP93KZ
Beethoven symphonies (Toscanini) Same as above but remastered, marketplace only
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Symphonies-Nos-1-9/dp/B000028DLA/ref=wl_itt_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=IZE0SYYHSWHPH&colid=1JQBEDONP93KZ
Beethoven symphonies (Mackerras)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Symphonies-Sir-Charles-Mackerras/dp/B00006J3LK/ref=wl_itt_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3BBXYDAU9WZ8F&colid=1JQBEDONP93KZ
Mozart - Complete Piano Sonatas (Uchida)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozart-Complete-Sonatas-Wolfgang-Amadeus/dp/B00005QDYG/ref=wl_itt_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I10LAK93K7599B&colid=1JQBEDONP93KZ
Liszt - Piano Works (Cziffra)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Works-Cziffra-Franz-Liszt/dp/B00005IA06/ref=wl_itt_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=IO444WQZSIEBD&colid=1JQBEDONP93KZ
Vaughan Williams - Complete Symphonies (Boult)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vaughan-Williams-Complete-Symphonies-Ralph/dp/B00007A3E2/ref=wl_itt_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3INUPCKJCEDXU&colid=1JQBEDONP93KZ
Wilhelm Kempff - Complete 1950s Concertos Recordings
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilhelm-Kempff-Complete-Concertos-Recordings/dp/B00007BGXT/ref=wl_itt_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I9Z7LOAZMU3LS&colid=1JQBEDONP93KZ



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Great Gable on November 13, 2007, 11:22:08 PM
Quote from: Mark on November 13, 2007, 11:14:38 PM
A bargain is a bargain is a bargain. If you've no interest in download bargains, just skip 'em. ;)

Fine as long as the poster shows clearly whcih they are recommending.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: sidoze on November 14, 2007, 12:33:25 AM
Just saved £1.25 on organic asparagus at the Marylebone Waitrose!!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on November 14, 2007, 12:49:43 AM
Quote from: sidoze on November 14, 2007, 12:33:25 AM
Just saved £1.25 on organic asparagus at the Marylebone Waitrose!!!!

;D

Whilst I congratulate you on your purchase, I do question anyone buying Asparagus at this time of the year, for that means it's travelling a long way. Asparagus depreciates quite noticeably in quality after it is picked and would urge anyone to keep their asparagus eating to a seasonal window (May-June, when you'll find me eating loads of the stuff!), to truly appreciate this vegetable in all it's glory.

The food police
$:)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: techniquest on November 14, 2007, 01:41:35 AM
No super-duper bargain thread could possibly go without mention of the Barshai Shostakovich Symphonies set on Brilliant Classics.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 14, 2007, 02:38:28 AM
Quote from: techniquest on November 14, 2007, 01:41:35 AM
No super-duper bargain thread could possibly go without mention of the Barshai Shostakovich Symphonies set on Brilliant Classics.  ;)

Or for that matter 90% of Brilliants output......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Grazioso on November 14, 2007, 03:18:32 AM
It's almost silly to have a separate bargain thread these days, when so many discs are dirt cheap--well, except Hyperion's :) Thanks to Brilliant, box-set reissues, Amazon Marketplace sellers, etc., it's hard not to find eye-popping bargains. E.g., I recently bought a 22-disc set of Stravinsky conducting his own works for about $30 and a 60-disc set of Beethoven for about $25, both new.

But, I'll join in nonetheless :)

Here's a series of great bargains: Arkiv's 25-CD Naxos gift sets. They were recently on sale for $75 and are still relatively inexpensive. One drawback to these sets: a very skimpy booklet and flimsy packaging.

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp?list_id=734 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp?list_id=734)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: sidoze on November 14, 2007, 03:20:58 AM
Quote from: Peregrine on November 14, 2007, 12:49:43 AM
;D

Whilst I congratulate you on your purchase, I do question anyone buying Asparagus at this time of the year, for that means it's travelling a long way. Asparagus depreciates quite noticeably in quality after it is picked and would urge anyone to keep their asparagus eating to a seasonal window (May-June, when you'll find me eating loads of the stuff!), to truly appreciate this vegetable in all it's glory.

The food police
$:)



duly noted. You're in charge of finding us a restaurant when you come back to London!  ;D


QuoteChrist on a bike!!!

now that's an image I never would have dreamt of  :D

(http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/5/5f/Bikejesus.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 14, 2007, 03:27:07 AM
Quote from: Grazioso on November 14, 2007, 03:18:32 AM
It's almost silly to have a separate bargain thread these days, when so many discs are dirt cheap ...

I suppose this thread is all about those CDs/DVDs or sets thereof which can be had for almost zero dollar/pound/euro/yen, etc. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on November 14, 2007, 04:19:33 AM
Quote from: sidoze on November 14, 2007, 03:20:58 AM
duly noted. You're in charge of finding us a restaurant when you come back to London!  ;D

Consider it done! ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Great Gable on November 14, 2007, 04:21:17 AM
What's with the name and avatar - are you a birder Peregrine?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on November 14, 2007, 04:51:09 AM
Quote from: Great Gable on November 14, 2007, 04:21:17 AM
What's with the name and avatar - are you a birder Peregrine?

I don't know if I'ld call myself a birder per se, but do take a healthy interest in all matters ornithological and particularly raptors! I just enjoy the outdoors generally...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Grazioso on November 14, 2007, 09:11:35 AM
Quote from: Mark on November 14, 2007, 03:27:07 AM
I suppose this thread is all about those CDs/DVDs or sets thereof which can be had for almost zero dollar/pound/euro/yen, etc. ;)

When I said "almost silly" I definitely didn't mean to denigrate your idea for the thread. I'm a bargain-hunter myself :) I should have said "almost redundant or superfluous" given how easy it can be to find outrageous bargains these days.

While not exactly cheap in and of itself (about $70-100), I can't praise highly enough the quality/cost ratio of the Brilliant Complete Mozart edition, which has given me many, many hours of pleasure for relatively small outlay:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41052ER701L._AA240_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 14, 2007, 10:09:11 AM
Quote from: Grazioso on November 14, 2007, 09:11:35 AM
When I said "almost silly" I definitely didn't mean to denigrate your idea for the thread. I'm a bargain-hunter myself :) I should have said "almost redundant or superfluous" given how easy it can be to find outrageous bargains these days.

No worries. I knew what you meant. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on November 14, 2007, 12:10:38 PM
Seems pretty good, for anyone in need of a Shostakovich cycle (or another!):

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/SU38902.htm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 14, 2007, 12:12:09 PM
Quote from: Peregrine on November 14, 2007, 12:10:38 PM
Seems pretty good, for anyone in need of a Shostakovich cycle (or another!):

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/SU38902.htm

Bookmarked. Thanks. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 14, 2007, 12:19:40 PM
Naxos is making their ancient Beethoven symphonies cycle (http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=491197) with conductors Richard Edlinger and Michael Halasz available for $10 download. The quality is, of course, decidedly mixed, but I can attest that the Edlinger performances are actually quite enjoyable. In fact, he delivers spectacular goods in some places, as you know if you have taken this music quiz (http://reverent.org/famous_or_unknown_musician.html).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 14, 2007, 12:26:14 PM
Quote from: brianrein on November 14, 2007, 12:19:40 PM
Naxos is making their ancient Beethoven symphonies cycle (http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=491197) with conductors Richard Edlinger and Michael Halasz available for $10 download. The quality is, of course, decidedly mixed, but I can attest that the Edlinger performances are actually quite enjoyable.

Can't comment on the Edlinger cycle, but I had three volumes of the Halasz and promptly got rid of them. They weren't just uneven, they were decidedly uninspiring. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 14, 2007, 12:31:42 PM
Quote from: Mark on November 14, 2007, 12:26:14 PM
Can't comment on the Edlinger cycle, but I had three volumes of the Halasz and promptly got rid of them. They weren't just uneven, they were decidedly uninspiring. :(
In that box Halasz is only responsible for Nos. 3 and 6, but those are so clearly important that I will heed your counsel and cherry-pick.

Y'all should try that quiz, by the way.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 14, 2007, 12:42:40 PM
Quote from: brianrein on November 14, 2007, 12:31:42 PM
In that box Halasz is only responsible for Nos. 3 and 6, but those are so clearly important that I will heed your counsel and cherry-pick.

Y'all should try that quiz, by the way.

I'm pretty sure Halasz did them all at some point - Naxos may have withdrawn some of them since Bela Drahos recorded a complete cycle for the label (his cycle, incidentally, being above average, and well worth a listen if you can get it at a good price).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 18, 2007, 09:15:08 AM
Mozart Complete Piano Concertos - Perahia (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GLKLCK/202-2906827-0121423)

12cds, under a tenner  ;D

2 copies left
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DanielFullard on November 18, 2007, 09:32:51 AM
Its back up to £40 now >:(

Unless you meant the second hand ones
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 18, 2007, 09:34:24 AM
Quote from: DanielFullard on November 18, 2007, 09:32:51 AM
Its back up to £40 now >:(

Unless you meant the second hand ones

The marketplace ones for £10 are new - must be overstock or something. Generally the bargains mentioned on Amazon will be from the marketplace... I love it :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on November 18, 2007, 09:36:46 AM
Quote from: DanielFullard on November 18, 2007, 09:32:51 AM
Unless you meant the second hand ones

That's an interesting choice of phrase, I wonder if many Amazon customers assume such...?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 18, 2007, 09:45:43 AM
Quote from: DanielFullard on November 18, 2007, 09:32:51 AM
Its back up to £40 now >:(

Unless you meant the second hand ones

Market Place £9.80p's is brand new as Lethe says.

Never buy Amazon direct, when there's a seller around  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on November 18, 2007, 09:50:10 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on November 18, 2007, 09:45:43 AM
Never buy Amazon direct, when there's a seller around  ;D

Indeed! Sound Advice
;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 24, 2007, 05:14:44 PM
On Amazon UK, what I presume is this disc (http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Violin-Concertos-Dmitry/dp/B000009DR1) is available here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tretyakov-plays-Shostakovich-Dmitry/dp/B000009DR1/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195956483&sr=1-4) for 1p.

Shostakovich - Violin concerto nos. 1 & 2 (Yuri Temirkanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Victor Tretyakov, Russian Revelation)

I don't know if it's much good or not, but it looks above the usual 1p fare - so, it's here if anybody wants it :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on November 24, 2007, 11:48:33 PM
Quote from: Lethe on November 24, 2007, 05:14:44 PM
On Amazon UK, what I presume is this disc (http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Violin-Concertos-Dmitry/dp/B000009DR1) is available here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tretyakov-plays-Shostakovich-Dmitry/dp/B000009DR1/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195956483&sr=1-4) for 1p.

Shostakovich - Violin concerto nos. 1 & 2 (Yuri Temirkanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Victor Tretyakov, Russian Revelation)

I don't know if it's much good or not, but it looks above the usual 1p fare - so, it's here if anybody wants it :)

Well done sir!

I love this thread!

CD's for a penny, happy days. Still seems to be some more left...

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 25, 2007, 12:13:14 AM
Quote from: Peregrine on November 24, 2007, 11:48:33 PM
Well done sir!

Ahem ... madam.

Lethe is a lady. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on November 25, 2007, 01:00:30 AM
Quote from: Mark on November 25, 2007, 12:13:14 AM
Ahem ... madam.

Lethe is a lady. ;)

:-X

Whoops! Sorry, Lethe!

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on November 30, 2007, 02:39:38 PM
I've just ordered a double decca of Zemlinsky's orchestral works with Chailly/RCO at amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zemlinsky-Orchestral-Works-Alexander-von/dp/B00008MLU3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196465652&sr=1-1) for £1.36. I'm not sure how to check how many copies are left though ???.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 30, 2007, 02:43:59 PM
Quote from: Novitiate on November 30, 2007, 02:39:38 PM
I've just ordered a double decca of Zemlinsky's orchestral works with Chailly/RCO at amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zemlinsky-Orchestral-Works-Alexander-von/dp/B00008MLU3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196465652&sr=1-1) for £1.36. I'm not sure how to check how many copies are left though ???.

I got this delivered yesterday, so there must be more than one. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on November 30, 2007, 02:58:45 PM
Quote from: Mark on November 30, 2007, 02:43:59 PM
I got this delivered yesterday, so there must be more than one. ;D

Cool. Have you had a listen yet?

Erm, when does that no CD business kick off again? ;D

Another one - Il Trovatore (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000E0W25C/sr=1-31/qid=1196466076/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1196466076&sr=1-31&seller=) (Giulini with Domingo, Plowright, Fassbaender) for a couple of quid.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mark on November 30, 2007, 03:37:39 PM
I gave the Lyric Symphony its first spin last night. Put me in mind of Strauss (Richard, not Johann); and even more so, of Bartok's 'Duke Bluebeard's Castle'.

And it's January 1st that the CD-buying fast begins. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on December 01, 2007, 12:44:12 PM
Mravinsky Edition:

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/2564698905.htm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: LVB_opus.125 on December 21, 2007, 08:33:13 PM
Quote from: Peregrine on November 14, 2007, 12:49:43 AM
;D

Whilst I congratulate you on your purchase, I do question anyone buying Asparagus at this time of the year, for that means it's travelling a long way. Asparagus depreciates quite noticeably in quality after it is picked and would urge anyone to keep their asparagus eating to a seasonal window (May-June, when you'll find me eating loads of the stuff!), to truly appreciate this vegetable in all it's glory.

The food police
$:)



Not only all of that, but it's grown in Peru and controlled by organized crime (source: some Peruvian worker I knew once). I'm not entirely hip on seasons, but I just bought asparagus from the local farmers market a few weeks ago and it was wonderful.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: BorisG on December 22, 2007, 03:43:32 PM
Though I am not a big Svetlanov fan, any Miaskovsky reissue is an event.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61cdfBrtQ6L._AA240_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on December 22, 2007, 03:50:23 PM
If you are any music fan at all I don't see how you can live without this set:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/613NZR4CHXL._AA240_.jpg)
which you can get for around $30. Simply scary-good playing from the Staatskapelle Dresden. I would go as far as to say at fortissimo no orchestra sounds remotely as terrifying as the SD, except maybe the Leningrad PO under Mravinsky. It is truly unreal how Jochum push this orchestra to the unfathomale brink of fortissimo at times and yet maintaining the kind of burnished and natural sound the SD is known for. Sure there are mannerisms here and there like in inserting crescendos where they are not in the score (especially in the 5th symphony). But the performances are so convincing you don't care or mind. The set is worth that price alone for the 5th and 9th symphonies. Simply put there are not other similar Bruckner performances in the catalogue.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Bonehelm on December 22, 2007, 05:29:30 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on December 22, 2007, 03:50:23 PM
If you are any music fan at all I don't see how you can live without this set:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/613NZR4CHXL._AA240_.jpg)
which you can get for around $30. Simply scary-good playing from the Staatskapelle Dresden. I would go as far as to say at fortissimo no orchestra sounds remotely as terrifying as the SD, except maybe the Leningrad PO under Mravinsky. It is truly unreal how Jochum push this orchestra to the unfathomale brink of fortissimo at times and yet maintaining the kind of burnished and natural sound the SD is known for. Sure there are mannerisms here and there like in inserting crescendos where they are not in the score (especially in the 5th symphony). But the performances are so convincing you don't care or mind. The set is worth that price alone for the 5th and 9th symphonies. Simply put there are not other similar Bruckner performances in the catalogue.

I'd take Karajan/BPO or Celibidache/MPO over Jochum/Dresden anyday.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on December 22, 2007, 06:02:03 PM
Quote from: 復活交響曲 on December 22, 2007, 05:29:30 PM
I'd take Karajan/BPO or Celibidache/MPO over Jochum/Dresden anyday.
You may, but this is the super-budget bargain thread and last time I checked neither HVK nor Celi's Munich cycle are bargains.

What do you not like about Jochum's readings?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Bonehelm on December 22, 2007, 06:26:50 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on December 22, 2007, 06:02:03 PM
You may, but this is the super-budget bargain thread and last time I checked neither HVK nor Celi's Munich cycle are bargains.

What do you not like about Jochum's readings?

No, I saw Celi MPO set a while back for 18 USD shipped. Forgot which site, and the offer is probably expired now. I'll check later.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 22, 2007, 07:59:32 PM
Quote from: 復活交響曲 on December 22, 2007, 06:26:50 PM
No, I saw Celi MPO set a while back for 18 USD shipped. Forgot which site, and the offer is probably expired now. I'll check later.
I hope that's not Celi in full glacier mode. After listening to his absurdly slow 7, Tintner's rendition was a genuine revelation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 22, 2007, 08:04:11 PM
Quote from: 復活交響曲 on December 22, 2007, 06:26:50 PM
No, I saw Celi MPO set a while back for 18 USD shipped. Forgot which site, and the offer is probably expired now. I'll check later.

Please do.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Bonehelm on December 22, 2007, 08:25:10 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 22, 2007, 07:59:32 PM
I hope that's not Celi in full glacier mode. After listening to his absurdly slow 7, Tintner's rendition was a genuine revelation.

His 7th is not that slow if you've heard his 8th. The finale of the latter is almost 36 minutes long. (The folk in my avatar blows through it in 23 minutes, and he isn't even fast)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: BorisG on December 23, 2007, 01:23:57 PM
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MichaelRabin on December 25, 2007, 04:40:03 AM
Sandor Vegh - Mozart Divertimenti & Serenades on Capriccio 10 CDs for about over GBP16 for the set. A real steal, with this set winning the Grand Prix du Disque, I think. Stylish and warmly phrased Mozart - played with panache!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jwinter on December 30, 2007, 05:44:59 PM
Quote from: MichaelRabin on December 25, 2007, 04:40:03 AM
Sandor Vegh - Mozart Divertimenti & Serenades on Capriccio 10 CDs for about over GBP16 for the set. A real steal, with this set winning the Grand Prix du Disque, I think. Stylish and warmly phrased Mozart - played with panache!

Seconded!  That's a great set.  I got mine from BRO about a year ago, for less $ than a decent lunch. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MichaelRabin on December 31, 2007, 01:52:32 AM
Hi JWinter, Isn't it a really great set - that Mozart? Also they did a great Posthorn on Philips, plus live concerts from the Salzburg Festival on Orfeo - but alas that is not a super-duper cheap bargain.

MR
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jwinter on January 01, 2008, 12:00:47 PM
Haven't heard those others, sound interesting.  Another great option is Andras Schiff's Mozart piano concerto set with the same forces -- most definitely not a bargain, but marvelous stuff anyway.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 01, 2008, 12:07:10 PM
Anybody know this?:

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/93423.jpg)

Does it contain both Shostakovich Trios?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: techniquest on January 02, 2008, 01:09:52 PM
I hope this counts - HMV has the Mariss Jansons Shostakovich Symphonies set on EMI in their stores sale for £20.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on January 02, 2008, 01:15:45 PM
Quote from: techniquest on January 02, 2008, 01:09:52 PM
I hope this counts - HMV has the Mariss Jansons Shostakovich Symphonies set on EMI in their stores sale for £20.
Sure counts ! I think Amazon has it in the US for a tad over $30 which is quite a bargain. I didn't bite though, I have the Leningrad from a previous incarnation and it is pretty underwhelming.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: samtrb on January 03, 2008, 05:58:31 AM
Quote from: erato on January 01, 2008, 12:07:10 PM
Anybody know this?:

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/93423.jpg)

Does it contain both Shostakovich Trios?

Nope, only the second in E minor Op. 67

Otherwise very nice set, got it right before christmas so i havent had time to go through it all yet:

CD1: Tchaikovsky trio in A minor, Alyabiev trio in A minor
CD2: Taneyey trio in D major
CD3: Rachmaninoff trio no.1 in G minor Op Posth, no.2 in D minor Op. 9
Borodin Trio
(Licenced from Chandos)

CD4: Arensky trio in D minor Op. 32, Shostakovich trio no.2 in E minor op. 67;
(not the Borodin Trio, other performers from Brilliant Classics, i guess)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gustav on January 21, 2008, 11:08:56 AM
I found 2 today (from Amazon):

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510W9KwnEZL._AA240_.jpg)

Dorati's Hungarian dances with Bamberg, it's insanely cheap 2 CDs for 1-2 dollars! plus shipping, you probably pay 5-6 dollars for some interesting music!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-RfdJASdL._AA240_.jpg)
Ferencsik beethoven symphonies, although the boxset is not exactly a "bargin", you can buy individual symphonies separetely price ranging from 0.01 to 2-5 dollars! super cheap!

as for the music, you can "sample" these works from naxosmusiclibrary
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: BorisG on January 21, 2008, 04:52:33 PM
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 22, 2008, 10:54:58 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LTSBALKmL._AA240_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/T%C3%BC%C3%BCr-Magma-Paavo-J%C3%A4rvi/dp/B000LPRNV8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1201031625&sr=8-1)

Amazon price Price: £11.97, Marketplace price: £3.28 (many sellers, all new). This and the Apex CD are the only way to listen to this composer cheaply IIRC - most of his discography is in the shackles of ECM.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: BorisG on January 22, 2008, 11:20:37 AM
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on March 08, 2008, 02:26:39 PM
Almost couldn't find this thread again.

Giulini's Chicago box set going for £6.30 from various uk amazon marketplace sellers (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carlo-Maria-Giulini-Chicago-Recordings/dp/B0001ZMBV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1205018475&sr=8-1):

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417CC20WCCL._AA240_.jpg)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: BorisG on March 10, 2008, 11:19:54 AM
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 10, 2008, 05:11:59 PM
Quote from: BorisG on March 10, 2008, 11:19:54 AM
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Bah! Cheating! This isn't the Super Cheap Bargains Thread, it's the Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread - it must be way cheaper than RRP  $:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: BorisG on March 10, 2008, 07:29:15 PM
Quote from: Lethe on March 10, 2008, 05:11:59 PM
Bah! Cheating! This isn't the Super Cheap Bargains Thread, it's the Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread - it must be way cheaper than RRP  $:)

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. ::)

Currently at Amazon Marketplace UK and France, 2.28 pounds sterling and 3.95 Euros easily qualifies it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 12, 2008, 12:37:23 PM
Quote from: Novitiate on March 08, 2008, 02:26:39 PM
Almost couldn't find this thread again.

Giulini's Chicago box set going for £6.30 from various uk amazon marketplace sellers (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carlo-Maria-Giulini-Chicago-Recordings/dp/B0001ZMBV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1205018475&sr=8-1):

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417CC20WCCL._AA240_.jpg)



Classic!  Grabbed mine, got it today for £6.30p  Shame as its back upto £10 now (still worth every dime).  The highlight of the set for me, even above the Mahler 1 and Brucker 9 is the Beethoven 7th, apotheosis indeed  ;)

Thanks for the tip off n heads up!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on January 17, 2009, 02:05:19 PM
Well, this thread has almost died. Where are the bargains?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sorin Eushayson on January 17, 2009, 06:13:56 PM
Quote from: BorisG on December 23, 2007, 01:23:57 PM
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(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SNENFDSXL._AA240_.jpg)
Definitely!  I have both of those and bought them for an excellent price, but what's even better is that they're great performances!

For Vivaldi, try this...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EC4VEWPFL._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Vivaldi-Concertos-Op-8/dp/B000031WJ9/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1232248183&sr=1-1)

For those who don't mind downloads I can recommend these...

Handel: Messiah (Suzuki / Bach Collegium Japan) (http://www.eclassical.com/eclassic/eclassical?&song_id=100132&page=more_info)

Bach: Mass in B Minor (Suzuki / Bach Collegium Japan) (http://www.eclassical.com/eclassic/eclassical?&page=dec07-4)

$8 each - you'll have to pay $40 for these elsewhere!  :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on January 18, 2009, 01:11:51 AM
More bargain than super-duper cheap, but bought this a year or so ago at full price. At this price it's a 'no-brainer' IMO

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//HMN911914.htm

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/HMN911914.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sorin Eushayson on January 18, 2009, 01:15:47 AM
Some more super-duper bargains...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411DV3B4M4L._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Symphonies-Overtures-Classical-Norrington/dp/B00005A9O0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1233066101&sr=8-1)

$23 for what has become my favourite Beethoven symphony cycle (yes, it has its faults).  Pardon me, this is an off-topic recommendation: it's not a super-duper bargain, it's a steal!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51itM6qddSL._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Concertos-Norrington-Classical-Players/dp/B000090WCD/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1232273381&sr=1-3)

$11 for an entire cycle of the Beethoven piano concerti, with the Choral Fantasia and some other piano pieces thrown into the mix!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on January 18, 2009, 01:23:11 AM
And in case anyone missed it, the complete Callas EMI recordings for 30 Euros(!):

http://www.amazon.fr/Maria-Callas-LInt%C3%A9grale-enregistrements-1949-1969/dp/B000TIO4Z0/ref=reg_hu-wl_list-recs

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NewJ7K1pL._SS400_.jpg)

Thanks, Rubio  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Peregrine on January 18, 2009, 01:29:27 AM
Of course, this thread will not be truly resuscitated until Mr Athletic shows his face, for he is indeed, the 'king' of the bargain hunters...

;D 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on January 19, 2009, 10:13:06 AM
On Amazon.ca, there is (or was) a Beethoven's complete works (87 CDs) for $61.99 CDN.   :o

Would that constitute a super-duper cheap bargain?  ;D

I'm not sure of the details of the set, it was listed in this small flyer/pamphlet that came with my Amazon order.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on January 19, 2009, 02:05:58 PM
Somebody was looking for a cheap version of Dorati's Haydn cycle a few months ago and I mentioned if you wait long enough Universal will put it in a cheap box. Well now here it is:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PkIBnAY0L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

All of it for under 50 Euro.

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B001LMSOGI/ref=s9newr_c5_img4-rfc_p?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0SGE9F5NPEJWSDHRV906&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463375193&pf_rd_i=301128

There is also this one from SONY that sells for about the same price:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41USpKYgqdL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

but I know nothing about.

http://www.amazon.de/Joseph-Haydn-S%C3%A4mtliche-Limitierte-CD/dp/B001NBS5NE/ref=pd_sim_m_10
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sorin Eushayson on January 19, 2009, 06:24:54 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on January 19, 2009, 02:05:58 PMAll of it for under 50 Euro.
For that price you might as well just get the newly-released Complete Haydn Edition, which has all the symphonies as performed by Fischer and the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on January 20, 2009, 03:35:26 PM
Quote from: Sorin Eushayson on January 19, 2009, 06:24:54 PM
For that price you might as well just get the newly-released Complete Haydn Edition, which has all the symphonies as performed by Fischer and the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra.
True, but I think a fellow member was looking for that Dorati set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Bulldog on January 20, 2009, 03:47:35 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on January 20, 2009, 03:35:26 PM
True, but I think a fellow member was looking for that Dorati set.

Screw the conductor.  The only thing that counts is getting as many discs as possible for the lowest price.

Of course, only kidding, but it amazes me how many board members seem to feel that quantity/price is the primary factor.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ChamberNut on January 20, 2009, 04:03:30 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on January 20, 2009, 03:47:35 PM
but it amazes me how many board members seem to feel that quantity/price is the primary factor.

Sometimes, you gotta try and get the best 'bang for your buck', Don.  So yes, it IS a primary factor for a lot of people.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on January 20, 2009, 07:16:11 PM
Here's an interesting download from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/New-Years-Eve-Concert-Berlin/dp/B0013AWWB6/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk?ie=UTF8&qid=1232510237&sr=1-3) featuring works by Richard Strauss.

Not sure what to expect as the clips are very short but with Argerich in the youthful Burleske it's bound to be pretty good.


(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61sVxMD%2BFPL._SS500_.jpg)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 20, 2009, 10:55:35 PM
Quote from: donwyn on January 20, 2009, 07:16:11 PM
Here's an interesting download from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/New-Years-Eve-Concert-Berlin/dp/B0013AWWB6/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk?ie=UTF8&qid=1232510237&sr=1-3) featuring works by Richard Strauss.

Not sure what to expect as the clips are very short but with Argerich in the youthful Burleske it's bound to be pretty good.


(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61sVxMD%2BFPL._SS500_.jpg)



This Burleske is breathtaking. For once in this work it's the orchestra that's trying to keep up and not the pianist. Argerich's not just fire though; she coaxes melting lyricism from the slower passages, almost discovering new levels of profundity in this more or less monolithic piece. No sense of superficiality here.  Good stuff.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 21, 2009, 02:21:40 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on January 20, 2009, 04:03:30 PM
Sometimes, you gotta try and get the best 'bang for your buck', Don.  So yes, it IS a primary factor for a lot of people.

Well of course you quickly get more music than you can possibly listen to in a reasonable time frame! :D

I just say this since because even a complete Haydn symphonies set that spans dozens of hours is considered not good enough (by Sorin's post) because there is a box set that has 100+ hours of more music.  When do you find the time to even listen to so much music that the symphonies cycle alone would be considered too small of a box set for that nice price??? :o

Okay I really just think that Sorin's post just cracks me up! :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Grazioso on January 21, 2009, 04:03:30 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 21, 2009, 02:21:40 AM
Well of course you quickly get more music than you can possibly listen to in a reasonable time frame! :D

I just say this since because even a complete Haydn symphonies set that spans dozens of hours is considered not good enough (by Sorin's post) because there is a box set that has 100+ hours of more music.  When do you find the time to even listen to so much music that the symphonies cycle alone would be considered too small of a box set for that nice price??? :o

Okay I really just think that Sorin's post just cracks me up! :D

Nothing funny about it: the Fischer set is highly regarded in and of itself, never mind that you also get the rare baryton trios, etc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sorin Eushayson on January 21, 2009, 04:20:24 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 21, 2009, 02:21:40 AM
Well of course you quickly get more music than you can possibly listen to in a reasonable time frame! :D

I just say this since because even a complete Haydn symphonies set that spans dozens of hours is considered not good enough (by Sorin's post) because there is a box set that has 100+ hours of more music.  When do you find the time to even listen to so much music that the symphonies cycle alone would be considered too small of a box set for that nice price??? :o

Okay I really just think that Sorin's post just cracks me up! :D
I'm glad you got some amusement out of it!  ;D

Quote from: Grazioso on January 21, 2009, 04:03:30 AM
Nothing funny about it: the Fischer set is highly regarded in and of itself, never mind that you also get the rare baryton trios, etc.
My point exactly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: rubio on January 21, 2009, 09:17:02 AM
I wonder if this is a mispricing at £10 (10CD). On amazon.com and mdt it cost around £100. I wonder if it is any good. Testament is usually an expensive company.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Record-of-Singing-Vol-3/dp/B000038I6K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1232560419&sr=1-1

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412BM6SWZSL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 21, 2009, 09:43:32 AM
Quote from: Grazioso on January 21, 2009, 04:03:30 AM
Nothing funny about it: the Fischer set is highly regarded in and of itself, never mind that you also get the rare baryton trios, etc.

Yes I've listened through it, it's pretty good.  That wasn't really my point!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on January 21, 2009, 08:02:05 PM
Quote from: Wanderer on January 20, 2009, 10:55:35 PM
This Burleske is breathtaking. For once in this work it's the orchestra that's trying to keep up and not the pianist. Argerich's not just fire though; she coaxes melting lyricism from the slower passages, almost discovering new levels of profundity in this more or less monolithic piece. No sense of superficiality here.  Good stuff.  8)

Thanks, Wanderer. I downloaded the Burleske. $0.99 is a small price to pay for great Argerich.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 24, 2009, 06:47:40 AM
Quote from: rubio on January 21, 2009, 09:17:02 AM
I wonder if this is a mispricing at £10 (10CD). On amazon.com and mdt it cost around £100. I wonder if it is any good. Testament is usually an expensive company.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Record-of-Singing-Vol-3/dp/B000038I6K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1232560419&sr=1-1

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412BM6SWZSL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)



I have this and it is a goldmine of singers I did not know of. Well worth getting hold of.

Mike
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on January 26, 2009, 07:14:22 PM
Jarvi's Alfven cycle (http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2725654) is now available on Brilliant, through HMV Japan, 5 discs for about $25. (I've only heard the 5th symphony, very much French Late Romantic, i.e. symphonies of Franck, Chausson, etc.)

Polyansky's Glazunov cycle (http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2639465), with Otaka's 7th, is also available, for whatever that's worth. 7 discs include a number of works besides the symphonies, for about $33.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2009, 06:57:27 AM
Right now at MDT, the 14 CD EMI Richter set is only $34.76.  The Brilliant box is only $15. Two great bargains!

Link to MDT: http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/pages/home/default.asp  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 28, 2009, 07:51:07 AM
Quote from: George on January 28, 2009, 06:57:27 AM
Right now at MDT

Bertini's Mahler cycle going for $25!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 28, 2009, 08:36:17 AM
Keep buying from MDT, people - it's probably the only thing keeping the UK economy afloat :D (I never thought I'd see the day when people from the US and elsewhere find UK prices not just tolerable, but desirable...)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2009, 08:56:30 AM
Quote from: opus67 on January 28, 2009, 07:51:07 AM
Bertini's Mahler cycle going for $25!!

Wow!! Consider that one bought! Is it the complete cycle?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 28, 2009, 08:58:43 AM
Quote from: George on January 28, 2009, 08:56:30 AM
Wow!! Consider that one bought! Is it the complete cycle?
Yes. Also includes the Adagio of #10. Oh, and Das Lied, too. :)
http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//3402382.htm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 28, 2009, 09:01:56 AM
Quote from: George on January 28, 2009, 08:56:30 AM
Wow!! Consider that one bought! Is it the complete cycle?

It's my favorite cycle (well tied with Gielen, but it's not as harshly modernistic as Gielen), buy with confidence. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2009, 09:05:27 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 28, 2009, 09:01:56 AM
It's my favorite cycle (well tied with Gielen, but it's not as harshly modernistic as Gielen), buy with confidence. :)

Cool, so Bertini is not conservative?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2009, 09:06:16 AM
Quote from: opus67 on January 28, 2009, 08:58:43 AM
Yes. Also includes the Adagio of #10. Oh, and Das Lied, too. :)
http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//3402382.htm

Thanks!

I shall buy it later today after work! My first Mahler cycle.  0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 28, 2009, 09:16:23 AM
Quote from: George on January 28, 2009, 09:05:27 AM
Cool, so Bertini is not conservative?

He's not excessively romantic, his performances are dramatic, instead of melodramatic.  Many Mahlerites prefer histrionic performances, and would probably pass on Bertini.  So just keep that in mind. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2009, 09:29:13 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 28, 2009, 09:16:23 AM
He's not excessively romantic, his performances are dramatic, instead of melodramatic.  Many Mahlerites prefer histrionic performances, and would probably pass on Bertini.  So just keep that in mind. ;D

Good info, thanks!

I'm guessing he's something like Barbirolli? 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 28, 2009, 09:39:59 AM
Quote from: George on January 28, 2009, 09:29:13 AM
I'm guessing he's something like Barbirolli? 

He is often (rightly) compared to Kubelik, but Neumann is an apt comparison as well. Barbirolli (from the 5th I heard) is a bit more interventionist... Sorry for butting in 0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2009, 09:42:44 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 28, 2009, 09:39:59 AM
He is often (rightly) compared to Kubelik, but Neumann is an apt comparison as well. Barbirolli (from the 5th I heard) is a bit more interventionist... Sorry for butting in 0:)

No problem. Thanks! 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 28, 2009, 09:44:41 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 28, 2009, 09:39:59 AM
He is often (rightly) compared to Kubelik, but Neumann is an apt comparison as well. Barbirolli (from the 5th I heard) is a bit more interventionist... Sorry for butting in 0:)

Yeah that sounds right. :) 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2009, 09:46:23 AM
So if I really dig Barbirolli and don't like Abbaddo very much, will Bertini likely be a good match for me?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on January 28, 2009, 09:53:59 AM
Quote from: George on January 28, 2009, 09:46:23 AM
So if I really dig Barbirolli and don't like Abbaddo very much, will Bertini likely be a good match for me?

Yep. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2009, 09:58:02 AM
Quote from: Renfield on January 28, 2009, 09:53:59 AM
Yep. :)


Sweet!!

Bertini's must have nice sound too, being recorded in the 80s, unless it's an early digital recording.  :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 28, 2009, 10:03:41 AM
Quote from: George on January 28, 2009, 09:58:02 AM
Bertini's must have nice sound too, being recorded in the 80s, unless it's an early digital recording.  :-\

It does sound incredible next to much of the competition, most of which was recorded a lot earlier. Despite the issues with some 80s recordings (Neumann's cycle somewhat included in this, IIRC, although not badly), this one has no sonic problems and the good and quite natural sounding recorded quality tends to be mentioned a lot in reviews.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2009, 10:08:45 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 28, 2009, 10:03:41 AM
It does sound incredible next to much of the competition, most of which was recorded a lot earlier. Despite the issues with some 80s recordings (Neumann's cycle somewhat included in this, IIRC, although not badly), this one has no sonic problems and the good and quite natural sounding recorded quality tends to be mentioned a lot in reviews.

Ooohh!! This is sounding better and better...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jwinter on January 28, 2009, 10:11:05 AM
Quote from: George on January 28, 2009, 09:58:02 AM

Sweet!!

Bertini's must have nice sound too, being recorded in the 80s, unless it's an early digital recording.  :-\

The sound is excellent, I wouldn't worry on that front unless you demand something truly SACD state-of-the-art to wear out your speakers.

Performance-wise, I have quite a few Mahler cycles, and I'd rank Bertini near the top.  His may well be the most consistent cycle I've heard, not a bad performance in the bunch.  At that price, jump on it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2009, 10:13:22 AM
Quote from: jwinter on January 28, 2009, 10:11:05 AM
Performance-wise, I have quite a few Mahler cycles, and I'd rank Bertini near the top.  His may well be the most consistent cycle I've heard, not a bad performance in the bunch.  At that price, jump on it.

Yeah, baby!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on January 28, 2009, 05:37:49 PM
A quick note of dissent: I find Bertini's tempos can drag a bit, and occasionally the orchestra is revealed to be less that top-flight. Not sure about "most consistent cycle" - frmo what I've heard I'd probably nominate the Tennstedt, though it certainly doesn't compare for sound quality.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 28, 2009, 06:56:26 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on January 28, 2009, 05:37:49 PM
A quick note of dissent: I find Bertini's tempos can drag a bit, and occasionally the orchestra is revealed to be less that top-flight. Not sure about "most consistent cycle" - frmo what I've heard I'd probably nominate the Tennstedt, though it certainly doesn't compare for sound quality.

Tennstedt is only a notable for a decent 8th.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on January 28, 2009, 07:26:35 PM
Quote from: DavidW on January 28, 2009, 06:56:26 PM
Tennstedt is only a notable for a decent 8th.

Not quite.

A superb live 1st with the CSO, a very good live 5th with the LPO; a beautiful 4th and solid (if not groundbreaking) 2nd from that box set...

A phenomenal live 7th with the LPO, as well; and also one of the best 8ths on record (in the box set), far beyond "decent" IMO.

Not to mention the live 8th on DVD, which is actually better than that already-great studio version.


Even if with "Tennstedt" you meant "the Tennstedt box set", the 2nd (as I mentioned above), the 3rd, the 5th and the 7th are solid, the 9th is capable, the 4th is great, and the 8th is exceptional - again in my opinion, of course. My general point being: why dismiss Tenstedt?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on January 28, 2009, 09:51:02 PM
Quote from: Renfield on January 28, 2009, 07:26:35 PM
Even if with "Tennstedt" you meant "the Tennstedt box set", the 2nd (as I mentioned above), the 3rd, the 5th and the 7th are solid, the 9th is capable, the 4th is great, and the 8th is exceptional - again in my opinion, of course. My general point being: why dismiss Tenstedt?
IMO the 2nd and 6th are the least of the boxset, but this is partly because the master lacks the heft these works above all others require. The 6th is interesting in that its approach is more "symphonic" than "dramatic". 3rd is regarded as a benchmark, the 4th is magic (can't go wrong with Popp for this symphony), and this recording of the 7th "revealed" the work to me for the first time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on January 29, 2009, 06:52:49 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on January 28, 2009, 09:51:02 PM
IMO the 2nd and 6th are the least of the boxset, but this is partly because the master lacks the heft these works above all others require. The 6th is interesting in that its approach is more "symphonic" than "dramatic". 3rd is regarded as a benchmark, the 4th is magic (can't go wrong with Popp for this symphony), and this recording of the 7th "revealed" the work to me for the first time.

Admittedly, I have a rather subjective soft spot for Tennstedt's 2nd.

I wouldn't rank it next to the "special" Resurrections (of which there are impressively many), but I'm still happy to listen to it when the mood strikes. The 6th, which I forgot to mention, is probably as you said, "interesting", but nothing amazing IMO.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: John Copeland on January 29, 2009, 08:52:19 PM
"IMO the 2nd and 6th are the least of the boxset, but this is partly because the master lacks the heft these works above all others require."
"Tennstedt is only a notable for a decent 8th."

:o
On the contrary, I think the Tennstedt Mahler set is a big and exciting Mahler experience on its own merit -overall it's not the cleanest of recordings, but it is broad and gutsy enough to have the LPO contend with some of the big orchestra heavyweights in the Mahler corner.  Neumann and the CPO do it with the emphasis on the music and not the big sound, resulting in some of the finest Mahler output I know of.  So Tennstedt for big colours with Mahler or Neumann for sheer orchestral precision and mastery with Mahler, more so than anything in the mountains of Mahler I'm lucky enough to posess (other than the CSO Boulez Third, which has it's own light, and some of Inbals clear and brilliant takes).
Neumann isn't expensive, and can be found super-duper cheap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on January 30, 2009, 05:29:58 PM
Quote from: Renfield on January 28, 2009, 07:26:35 PM

A phenomenal live 7th with the LPO, as well;
Is this the version in the box set?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on January 30, 2009, 06:31:57 PM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on January 30, 2009, 05:29:58 PM
Is this the version in the box set?

Nope. BBC Legends, coupled with Mozart's Symphony No. 41. (Another brilliant performance.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on January 31, 2009, 11:31:18 AM
Quote from: Renfield on January 30, 2009, 06:31:57 PM
Nope. BBC Legends, coupled with Mozart's Symphony No. 41. (Another brilliant performance.)
Thank you. It is my next purchase. Unlike a lot of people, I love the M7. It's close to being a favorite. I like it more than 1, 2, 4, 5, and 9. My favorite is probably Bernstein's on DG. Unlike a lot of works, I am able to listen to lots of different versions and take away something from the experience. With some others, only one version will do. Probably most classical works are like that for me: one right version, and everything else.

I also like Bernstein's CBS M7, Tennstedt's on EMI, new(ish) ones by Barenboim and MTT, and a new SACD by Gergiev. Ironically, I like his M7 less than the others in his series. The first nachtmusic needs a little schleppend, if you know what I mean.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on January 31, 2009, 04:11:23 PM
Quote from: mahler10th on January 29, 2009, 08:52:19 PM
"IMO the 2nd and 6th are the least of the boxset, but this is partly because the master lacks the heft these works above all others require."
"Tennstedt is only a notable for a decent 8th."

:o
On the contrary, I think the Tennstedt Mahler set is a big and exciting Mahler experience on its own merit -overall it's not the cleanest of recordings, but it is broad and gutsy enough to have the LPO contend with some of the big orchestra heavyweights in the Mahler corner.  Neumann and the CPO do it with the emphasis on the music and not the big sound, resulting in some of the finest Mahler output I know of.  So Tennstedt for big colours with Mahler or Neumann for sheer orchestral precision and mastery with Mahler, more so than anything in the mountains of Mahler I'm lucky enough to posess (other than the CSO Boulez Third, which has it's own light, and some of Inbals clear and brilliant takes).
Neumann isn't expensive, and can be found super-duper cheap.
Tennstedt's Mahler box set is super-duper cheap this week at mdt.co.uk: http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//5729412.htm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on January 31, 2009, 05:26:38 PM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on January 31, 2009, 11:31:18 AM
My favorite is probably Bernstein's on DG.

Definitely get the Tennstedt, then! :)

(http://www.classicalsource.com/images/upload/4993_1.jpg)


And I also liked the Gergiev. It's certainly a bit one-sided, but exhilarating in a way his Mahler 1st, for instance, was not. (IMO)

Otherwise yes, seconding Bernstein DG, and Gielen, Abbado/BPO (a slight edge over Abbado/CSO), the earlier Bernstein, Kondrashin (on Melodiya) and Rattle/CBSO as 7ths I've enjoyed, roughly in order of preference. And Bertini's is good, too. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on February 01, 2009, 11:49:44 AM
Quote from: Renfield on January 31, 2009, 05:26:38 PM
Definitely get the Tennstedt, then! :)

(http://www.classicalsource.com/images/upload/4993_1.jpg)


And I also liked the Gergiev. It's certainly a bit one-sided, but exhilarating in a way his Mahler 1st, for instance, was not. (IMO)

Otherwise yes, seconding Bernstein DG, and Gielen, Abbado/BPO (a slight edge over Abbado/CSO), the earlier Bernstein, Kondrashin (on Melodiya) and Rattle/CBSO as 7ths I've enjoyed, roughly in order of preference. And Bertini's is good, too. :)
I just ordered this ^ Tennstedt Mahler 7/Mozart 41 disc. $20.25 on mdt.co.uk. I look forward to hearing it. M7 has been my Music of the Month since sometime in December (though I've been listening to Bernstein's DG M6 and Rattle's M8, too). I don't think I've ever heard M7 by Rattle. I liked R's M2 a lot back in the day, not as much now. In general, M7 has always been one I liked more than most of the rest. I only became aware in the past year that many people find it least worthy of the bunch. I can't imagine why, I love it so.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 01, 2009, 02:11:21 PM
Quote from: nicht schleppend on February 01, 2009, 11:49:44 AM
I only became aware in the past year that many people find it least worthy of the bunch. I can't imagine why, I love it so.

It's complicated. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 14, 2009, 12:46:48 PM
€15 at jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Symphonien-Nr-1-9/hnum/7266553)    €15 at jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Symphonien-Nr-1-9/hnum/7266553)    €15 at jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Symphonien-Nr-1-9/hnum/7266553)    €15 at jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Symphonien-Nr-1-9/hnum/7266553)    €15 at jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Symphonien-Nr-1-9/hnum/7266553)    €15 at jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Symphonien-Nr-1-9/hnum/7266553)


(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028944215625.jpg)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 15, 2009, 05:25:38 AM
JPC doesn't ship to India. >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 15, 2009, 10:00:52 AM
Quote from: opus67 on April 15, 2009, 05:25:38 AM
JPC doesn't ship to India. >:(

Sure they do. (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/home/static/-/lang/en/currency/EUR/page/porto)  :)

"Conditions of dispatch other Countries: India   24.99 EUR"

But at that (flat) shipping rate I'd order some more items!

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 15, 2009, 10:13:15 AM
Quote from: Que on April 15, 2009, 10:00:52 AM
Sure they do. (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/home/static/-/lang/en/currency/EUR/page/porto)  :)

"Conditions of dispatch other Countries: India   24.99 EUR"

But at that (flat) shipping rate I'd order some more items!

Q

Looks like they don't update their site to reflect their policies, either. ;D I once (a few months ago, perhaps) e-mailed them regarding something I found in their site and they told me that they had stopped shipping things here due to certain issues they had had with credit cards. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 15, 2009, 11:55:25 AM
I'm worried. I embark on this with some trepidation, because I have this niggling feeling that when I post my bargains, everybody will snigger behind their CD stacks and then say 'OK, those... yeah, well, yeah, they're so obvious that we didn't mention them'. And so I'll sneak away quietly to sob behind my CD stacks; and then one of you, a bit more kind-hearted than most, will shuffle across and say 'It's OK, old chap, really. We've all done this sort of witless thing. Don't worry about it.' And I'll almost believe it, until I hear another barely suppressed snigger, which erupts into a guffaw, whereupon I'll jump up and stamp my feet and shout 'Look here, they were as cheap as chips and so I call 'em bargains!'

You see the problem?

Anyway, I'm getting ready to slink off miserably and endure terrible abuse, but here are my bargains.
First one:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41yowchJuIL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

It's available here:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Versailles-200-Years-Music-20cd/dp/B001AUKJKU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239823540&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Versailles-200-Years-Music-20cd/dp/B001AUKJKU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239823540&sr=1-1)

About £50 for the box. Probably the best bargain box I ever bought in my life. When I bought it, I had virtually no interest in Baroque music, but this was such a bargain that I thought I'd try it, and besides it was such a pretty box, and such a clever website (http://www.baroqueboxset.com/acceuil.html (http://www.baroqueboxset.com/acceuil.html)). I chose a disc at random; two voices from Heaven (Sophie Daneman and Patricia Petibon) sang Couperin with Les Arts Florissants, and I turned around and said - 'Where has this music been all my life?'

So this bargain box changed my life for ever. Lully. Rameau. Charpentier. Mondonville. I love you all, but never knew it till last year.

Next bargain box:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513-dgofOML._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

This is sheer tomfoolery. Under £50 for 50 discs, available here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deutsche-Harmonia-Mundi-Years-1958-2008/dp/B0014RIULO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239824120&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deutsche-Harmonia-Mundi-Years-1958-2008/dp/B0014RIULO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239824120&sr=1-1)

This has not, I must say, had quite such a barnstorming effect as the Versailles box, but at £1 per disc I'm not grumbling. The first thing it did was introduce me to the delights of Durante, in the shape of this CD:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZE22N0V5L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

I loved this! And you can still find copies of this CD. At the moment the cheapest new one available will cost you £85 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stabat-Mater-Astorga-Pergolesi-Durante/dp/B0001HQ2R2/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239824317&sr=1-11 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stabat-Mater-Astorga-Pergolesi-Durante/dp/B0001HQ2R2/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239824317&sr=1-11)). So the way I see it, by buying this box, I got a really great £85 piece of music at half price, and got 49 free CDs as well. Can't fault that kind of logic, right?

Finally, thanks to a recommendation from Lethe (thank you, Lethe):

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61NQ50FQSBL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

£11 for 5 Cds. And OK, so I already had the Couperin recording, so really it was £11 for 4 CDs. But then I dipped into the box and pulled out Les Demoiselles De Saint-Cyr, singing pieces by Clerambault. Who? Yes, Clerambault - that Baroque household name. And I stood there in the kitchen, listening to Les Demoiselles pulling one thrilling, spine tingling harmony after another out of the air, and thought - it doesn't get better than this. Where can you get this kind of experience for a few pounds a throw? Nowhere.

Those are my bargains. Life-changing ones. Bloomin' marvellous. I salute them. I revel in their bargain-ness. I commend them to you. No sniggering at the back, please.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 15, 2009, 12:06:59 PM
Quote from: opus67 on April 15, 2009, 10:13:15 AM
Looks like they don't update their site to reflect their policies, either. ;D I once (a few months ago, perhaps) e-mailed them regarding something I found in their site and they told me that they had stopped shipping things here due to certain issues they had had with credit cards. :(

Oh, that sucks! :o :-\ 

I imagnine it must be pretty hard to get classical CD's (Western classical music, that is) in India?

Quote from: Elgarian on April 15, 2009, 11:55:25 AM
I'm worried. I embark on this with some trepidation, because I have this niggling feeling that when I post my bargains, everybody will snigger behind their CD stacks and then say 'OK, those... yeah, well, yeah, they're so obvious that we didn't mention them'. And so I'll sneak away quietly to sob behind my CD stacks; and then one of you, a bit more kind-hearted than most, will shuffle across and say 'It's OK, old chap, really. We've all done this sort of witless thing. Don't worry about it.' And I'll almost believe it, until I hear another barely suppressed snigger, which erupts into a guffaw, whereupon I'll jump up and stamp my feet and shout 'Look here, they were as cheap as chips and so I call 'em bargains!'

You see the problem?

Great choices! :) And a great post, BTW.

I already have the last box set you posted and the first is still on my wish list, even when I already have a sizable French Baroque collection. Which is of quite recent date BTW - like you, I had for a very long time no idea of its hidden riches! :o

Ha! I welcome another interested reader (and hopefully contributor) to the French Baroque thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,1729.0.html) and the other Baroque threads! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 15, 2009, 01:29:23 PM
Quote from: Que on April 15, 2009, 12:06:59 PMHa! I welcome another interested reader (and hopefully contributor) to the French Baroque thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,1729.0.html) and the other Baroque threads! :)

Thanks for the link! My goodness, there's a lot to work through, there - and even more recordings to check out. I've planted a small flag there, in the meantime.
Vive le Roi, mon brave!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 16, 2009, 12:25:18 AM
Quote from: Que on April 15, 2009, 12:06:59 PM
Oh, that sucks! :o :-\ 

I imagnine it must be pretty hard to get classical CD's (Western classical music, that is) in India?

Yes, it is. I'm not sure about the other metros, but I usually go to this bookstore (three different locations of it) which has only the major labels (EMI, Universal's labels, and some Naxos, but on occassion I've seen HM and Hyperion turn up) and mostly the warhorses.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 16, 2009, 03:17:37 AM
This is not a new release. Just because it was a huge box of symphonies, I never really paid attention to what was actually inside. Now that I know what's in the offing, I think this could serve really well as an introduction to symphonies for someone who has not taken sides with any style or interpretation - in others words, a complete n00b. ;) Even then, some of the symphony cycles taken independently have received favourable, even rave reviews. (E.g. Beethoven, Haydn and Shostakovich.) Of course, I can't help but wonder what prompted them to keep Dvorak's to the last two and include Schubert's all.

And, has anyone heard of this guy called Bruckner?  ::)

So here it is, the Symphonies box from Brilliant Classics. 100 CDs.

(http://prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/brilliantclassics8635.jpg)

Quote
Beethoven   
Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt

Borodin
Symphonies Nos. 1-3 (Complete)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Brahms
Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden

Clementi
The Complete Symphonies
The Philharmonia, Francesco d'Avalos

Dvorak
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi/Yehudi Menuhin

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi/Yehudi Menuhin

Haydn
Symphonies Nos. 1 - 104 (complete)
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam Fischer

Liszt
Dante Symphony, S109
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen

Mahler
Symphonies 1-9 (complete)
Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, London Symphony Orchestra & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann, Jascha Horenstein & Hartmut Haenchen

Mozart
Symphonies (Complete)
Mozart Akademie Amsterdam, Jaap ter Linden

Nielsen   
Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (Complete)
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar

Rimsky Korsakov

Symphony No. 1
London Symphony Orchestra & Philharmonia Orchestra, Yondani Butt

Symphony No. 2, Op. 9 'Antar'
London Symphony Orchestra & Philharmonia Orchestra, Yondani Butt

Symphony No. 3 in C
London Symphony Orchestra & Philharmonia Orchestra, Yondani Butt

Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'
Orchestre National de Lyon, Emmanuel Krivine

Schubert
Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (Complete)
Hanover Band, Roy Goodman

Schumann
Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Shostakovich
Symphonies Nos. 1-15 (Complete)
WDR Sinfonieorchester, Rudolf Barshai

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'
London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 17, 2009, 11:51:34 AM
Not sure if folk here are aware of the Handel half-price sale at Hyperion? Their box sets (mostly 2CDs) of Handel are available post free at half price, plus an extra 10% discount if you spend more than £20. (And even more discount if you keep on buying - which I didn't, since I thought I'd quite like to eat again before the end of the month).

When I stumbled across their sale today, I helped myself to the following, for a total of about £24:

(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/034571177014.png)

and

(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/034571172835.png)

Here's the link:
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1019 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1019)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 31, 2009, 09:50:51 AM
Karajan's Bruckner cycle -- DGG, of course -- for 28 Euros.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Anton-Bruckner-Symphonien-Nr-1-9/hnum/1827058

Assuming the Germans follow the right way of writing dates, this should be out in a little over a month's time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 31, 2009, 10:28:23 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 17, 2009, 11:51:34 AM
Not sure if folk here are aware of the Handel half-price sale at Hyperion? Their box sets (mostly 2CDs) of Handel are available post free at half price, plus an extra 10% discount if you spend more than £20. (And even more discount if you keep on buying - which I didn't, since I thought I'd quite like to eat again before the end of the month).

When I stumbled across their sale today, I helped myself to the following, for a total of about £24:

(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/034571177014.png)

and

(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/034571172835.png)

Here's the link:
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1019 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1019)

I think MDT only offered the half-price deal to its UK customers ...    :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 31, 2009, 10:31:25 AM
Quote from: opus67 on May 31, 2009, 09:50:51 AM
Karajan's Bruckner cycle -- DGG, of course -- for 28 Euros.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Anton-Bruckner-Symphonien-Nr-1-9/hnum/1827058

Assuming the Germans follow the right way of writing dates, this should be out in a little over a month's time.

I bought this mammoth set, which I have yet to play.  The set already includes all the Karajan Bruckner Symphonies ...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41hawrjnETL._SS500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 31, 2009, 11:58:27 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on May 31, 2009, 10:28:23 AM
I think MDT only offered the half-price deal to its UK customers ...    :(

Have you tried checking out the Hyperion website directly? I haven't seen any obvious statement that the halfprice Handel sale is UK only (the sale is currently on again), though it might say so in some small print somewhere.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 31, 2009, 12:04:41 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on May 31, 2009, 11:58:27 AM
Have you tried checking out the Hyperion website directly? I haven't seen any obvious statement that the halfprice Handel sale is UK only (the sale is currently on again), though it might say so in some small print somewhere.

No, I have not checked out the Hyperion website directly.  I have ONLY been buying from MDT.  I have heard that between the global recession and the loss of a copyright lawsuit that caused Hyperion some significant financial damage, the company really needs to boost sales any which way it can ... 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 31, 2009, 01:07:12 PM
Quote from: opus67 on May 31, 2009, 09:50:51 AM
Karajan's Bruckner cycle -- DGG, of course -- for 28 Euros.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Anton-Bruckner-Symphonien-Nr-1-9/hnum/1827058

Assuming the Germans follow the right way of writing dates, this should be out in a little over a month's time.

Oh, never mind. I just noticed that it's been available at Amazon.com for more or less the same price for some months.
http://www.amazon.com/Symphonies-1-9-Box-Bruckner/dp/B001DCQI8W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1243803709&sr=1-1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 31, 2009, 01:27:38 PM
Quote from: opus67 on May 31, 2009, 01:07:12 PM
Oh, never mind. I just noticed that it's been available at Amazon.com for more or less the same price for some months.
http://www.amazon.com/Symphonies-1-9-Box-Bruckner/dp/B001DCQI8W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1243803709&sr=1-1

I still get a better deal with the Karajan Symphony Edition since I get all the Bruckner Symphonies plus a few of the Haydn Symphonies I have been having a hard time finding at a reasonable price.  I will just put up with the other duplicates.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 01, 2009, 09:08:19 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on May 31, 2009, 10:28:23 AM
I think MDT only offered the half-price deal to its UK customers ...    :(
No. At least to Norway they did....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on June 01, 2009, 05:16:33 PM
Quote from: erato on June 01, 2009, 09:08:19 AM
No. At least to Norway they did....

I went straight to the Hyperion website yesterday and really did not notice any half price promotion.    ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Bulldog on June 01, 2009, 06:49:48 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on June 01, 2009, 05:16:33 PM
I went straight to the Hyperion website yesterday and really did not notice any half price promotion.    ???

You have to click on "Current Offers", then you'll see "Half-Price Handel".  About 12 Oratorios and Operas are listed.  Might be a good time to investigate the operas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on June 01, 2009, 06:55:16 PM
I feel guilty admitting that I got the Aeolian Quartet, complete Haydn set (22 CDs) new for $45 from an Amazon Marketplace seller.  When I heard the set was coming out I was patrolling it daily and snagged it.  Now I'm afraid it seems the best offer is $125.   :'(

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wl67vTOVL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

Another sad fact is that the British pound is up to $1.65 (from $1.50 a few weeks ago).  Bargains from MDT are not as attractive as before.  Damn Obama!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on June 01, 2009, 07:08:35 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on June 01, 2009, 06:49:48 PM
You have to click on "Current Offers", then you'll see "Half-Price Handel".  About 12 Oratorios and Operas are listed.  Might be a good time to investigate the operas.

Thanks, I just checked.  It turned out I have already picked up all those CD's from MDT at pretty much the same price.  I think I am a bit maxed out on these (lesser-known) oratorios for now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 01, 2009, 11:13:17 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on June 01, 2009, 05:16:33 PM
I went straight to the Hyperion website yesterday and really did not notice any half price promotion.    ???
That's because it ended about a week ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 02, 2009, 12:43:43 AM
Quote from: erato on June 01, 2009, 11:13:17 PM
That's because it ended about a week ago.

I thought the Hyperion half-price Handel sale had ended too, but either it never did, or they've started it up again. Here it is:

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1019 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1019)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on July 17, 2009, 11:00:21 PM
Van Immerseel's Beethoven Symphonies for a crazy £7.31 here (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/search.php?searchString=immerseel+anima+beethoven).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 17, 2009, 11:13:26 PM
Quote from: Novi on July 17, 2009, 11:00:21 PM
Van Immerseel's Beethoven Symphonies for a crazy £7.31 here (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/search.php?searchString=immerseel+anima+beethoven).

I just ordered it. Many thanks, Novi!!! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on July 18, 2009, 01:33:20 AM
Quote from: Que on July 17, 2009, 11:13:26 PM
I just ordered it. Many thanks, Novi!!! :)

Me too. Thanks for letting us know!  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 18, 2009, 09:55:56 AM
Quote from: Novi on July 17, 2009, 11:00:21 PM
Van Immerseel's Beethoven Symphonies for a crazy £7.31 here (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/search.php?searchString=immerseel+anima+beethoven).

w00t-alicious! The offer must have started today, since I didn't see it yesterday. Thanks a bunch for the alert.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 18, 2009, 11:00:10 AM
Quote from: Novi on July 17, 2009, 11:00:21 PM
Van Immerseel's Beethoven Symphonies for a crazy £7.31 here (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/search.php?searchString=immerseel+anima+beethoven).

They must have sold a lot during the day - the price is up to £11.70 now. Wish I'd spotted this earlier! Still a great bargain though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 18, 2009, 05:39:14 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 18, 2009, 11:00:10 AM
They must have sold a lot during the day - the price is up to £11.70 now. Wish I'd spotted this earlier! Still a great bargain though.
Yep, price has gone considerably up. Darn  :(  Still a bargain, but I'm hesitating...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 19, 2009, 12:59:09 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 18, 2009, 05:39:14 PM
Yep, price has gone considerably up. Darn  :(  Still a bargain, but I'm hesitating...

I see what you mean, Brian - £17.55 this morning. Do they have some automatic system that increases the price by a small amount every time someone buys one? Must be something like that - I don't imagine some chap has been sitting there all night deciding what the price should be for the next hour. Clever ploy - only the first few sets get given away, then as the word gets around, more and more buy at the progressively higher (but still bargain) price. And if we're tempted we have to decide fast - because the price keeps going up. Ooh. Almost painful to think about.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 24, 2009, 02:48:18 AM
From 27 for 13 euros at jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Thomas-Tallis-Complete-Works/hnum/1088184).

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421936123.jpg)


BTW the Brüggen LvB cycle is still availble for a mere 15 euros....

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on July 24, 2009, 07:33:52 PM
Quote from: Que on July 24, 2009, 02:48:18 AM
From 27 for 13 euros at jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Thomas-Tallis-Complete-Works/hnum/1088184).

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421936123.jpg)


BTW the Brüggen LvB cycle is still availble for a mere 15 euros....

Q



Brilliant timing indeed. ;) :D

In all seriousness, I was just looking for a good collection of Tallis' work, and here it is.

I should likely snap this up with the Kitajenko Shostakovich cycle, while I'm at it (and it's still that cheap). Many thanks for the heads-up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 25, 2009, 02:57:17 AM
Quote from: Que on July 24, 2009, 02:48:18 AM
From 27 for 13 euros at jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Thomas-Tallis-Complete-Works/hnum/1088184).

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421936123.jpg)


BTW the Brüggen LvB cycle is still availble for a mere 15 euros....

Thanks for pointing this out to whoever may be interested. This thread is brilliant, let's keep it alive - mere bargains are not good enough! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 25, 2009, 03:04:39 AM
Well let me put this bargain in too, Que alerted me to it, and I ordered this box for just 17 euro's. 5 CD'S
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on July 26, 2009, 08:02:43 PM
Beethoven's piano concertos (plus the Chorfantasie) with Brendel/London PO/Haitink are currently on sale at jpc.de (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Klavierkonzerte-Nr-1-5/hnum/5024263) (7 euros). Very good performances at a ridiculous price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MishaK on July 27, 2009, 04:36:17 AM
Anyone in Chicago should go check out the CSO Symphony Store. They're sadly going out of business as the rents in the building they occupy have gone through the roof, so all their stock is on sale at 30% off and more. There are some real gems that can only be found there, e.g. various CSO "from the Archives" sets of live performances, including, e.g., one with a riveting Janacek Glagolitic Mass conducted by Boulez or a Kubelik set that includes the Tristan Liebestod.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: dirkronk on July 27, 2009, 05:23:52 AM
Quote from: O Mensch on July 27, 2009, 04:36:17 AM
Anyone in Chicago should go check out the CSO Symphony Store. They're sadly going out of business as the rents in the building they occupy have gone through the roof, so all their stock is on sale at 30% off and more. There are some real gems that can only be found there, e.g. various CSO "from the Archives" sets of live performances, including, e.g., one with a riveting Janacek Glagolitic Mass conducted by Boulez or a Kubelik set that includes the Tristan Liebestod.

Aaaarrghh!!!
I HATE hearing stuff like this. I mean, it's not like I wouldn't swoop down like a buzzard IF I could make it into Chicago...I've wanted some of those archive sets for years. But (1) there's no way I can make it there and (2) I just don't like the idea of yet more venues of this sort biting the dust.

:'(

Dirk
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MishaK on July 27, 2009, 06:07:40 AM
You could try calling them. They do ship for website orders, but I don't think those are on sale.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MishaK on July 29, 2009, 10:51:02 AM
Sh!t! I missed it. The CSO Symphony Store is closed. Gone.  :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 25, 2009, 08:58:21 AM
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/HMX2908304-33.jpg)

Quote
SACRED MUSIC

Cornerstone works of Sacred
From The Middle Ages to the 20th Century

Includes:

J. S. BACH Weihnachts-Oratorium / René Jacobs

HANDEL Messiah / William Christie

MONTEVERDI Vespro della Beata Vergine / Philippe Herreweghe

ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI Cain overo Il primo omicidio / René Jacobs

MENDELSSOHN Paulus / Philippe Herreweghe

BERNSTEIN Mass / Kent Nagano

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis / Philippe Herreweghe

MOZART Requiem / Philippe Herreweghe

BRAHMS Requiem allemand / Philippe Herreweghe

FAURE Requiem (1893) / Philippe Herreweghe

ANON Requiem grégorienne / Deller Consort

DURUFLE Requiem Choir of Madgalen College

CHARPENTIER Te Deum / William Christie

PERGOLESI Stabat Mater / Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs

VIVALDI Stabat Mater / Ensemble 415, Scholl, Chiara Banchini

BOCCHERINI Stabat Mater / Ensemble 415, Banchini

ROSSINI Stabat Mater / RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed

MACHAUT Messe de Notre Dame / EPCC

RACHMANINOV Vespers / Paul Hillier

JOSQUIN DESPREZ Missa Pangue lingua / Ensemble Clément Janequin

JANEQUIN Messe 'La Bataille' / Ensemble Clément Janequin

LASSUS Missa 'Tous les regretz' Huelgas,Van Nevel

PALESTRINA Missa Viri Galilaei / Philippe Herreweghe

BYRD Mass for 4 Voices / Hilliard Ensemble

J. S. BACH Missa brevis in F BWV 233 / Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel

POULENC Mass in G, Motets / RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed

CHARPENTIER Seconde Leçon de Ténèbres du Mercredy / Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs

COUPERIN Troisième Leçon de Ténèbres / Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs

ROVETTA Solemn Vespers / Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel

TALLIS 9 Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter / Stile Antico

SCHÜTZ Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis / Philippe Herreweghe

Harmonia Mundi 30cds (29+PDF) HMX2908304-33


Currently available for pre-order for $45 at MDT (http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/NR_October09/HMX2908304-33.htm), although the shipping alone would add $20-30 extra for some of us. Perhaps they should have added BWV 232 to make it even more enticing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 19, 2009, 01:31:16 AM
Shostakovich fans, I think this might interest you. JPC made a error in the pricing. They will detect this after the weekend, so.......


http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Dimitri-Schostakowitsch-Streichquartette-Nr-1-15/hnum/1985328
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 19, 2009, 03:24:14 AM
Thanks Que, for putting this in this thread, I completely forgot about it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on September 20, 2009, 08:08:54 PM
Schumann - Complete Piano Works
Jörg Demus
Nuova Era
13 CDs

EUR 9.99 at JPC:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Robert-Schumann-S%E4mtliche-Klavierwerke-Wallet-Boxen/hnum/5476606

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 20, 2009, 08:22:51 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on September 20, 2009, 08:08:54 PM
Schumann - Complete Piano Works
Jörg Demus
Nuova Era
13 CDs

EUR 9.99 at JPC:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Robert-Schumann-S%E4mtliche-Klavierwerke-Wallet-Boxen/hnum/5476606

:o :o :o :o :o
You're kidding!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 20, 2009, 11:42:53 PM
Well this box is now 19,95, they corrected it, but its still on my list for 10,20, yah! ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 20, 2009, 11:43:38 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on September 20, 2009, 08:08:54 PM
Schumann - Complete Piano Works
Jörg Demus
Nuova Era
13 CDs

EUR 9.99 at JPC:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Robert-Schumann-S%E4mtliche-Klavierwerke-Wallet-Boxen/hnum/5476606



I think this is a excellent set to have, and for this price its a no brainer really.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on September 20, 2009, 11:56:23 PM
Quote from: Harry on September 20, 2009, 11:43:38 PM
I think this is a excellent set to have, and for this price its a no brainer really.

Hiya, Harry!  8)

I think some performances are rather mediocre, but the set's well worth the price tag.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 21, 2009, 12:08:40 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on September 20, 2009, 11:56:23 PM
Hiya, Harry!  8)

I think some performances are rather mediocre, but the set's well worth the price tag.

Apart from the sound which is sometimes cranky, I thought the interpretation well up to a level, that I say, its the best in Schumann I heard so far.
On par with Kempff.
So don't shoot me for that observation. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 21, 2009, 07:34:41 PM
Quote from: Que on July 24, 2009, 02:48:18 AM
From 27 for 13 euros at jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Thomas-Tallis-Complete-Works/hnum/1088184).

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421936123.jpg)


BTW the Brüggen LvB cycle is still availble for a mere 15 euros....

Q


It certainly looks like half the GMG members have this set.  I bought mine a few years back ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 21, 2009, 07:38:14 PM
I paid around $20 for this set with shipping a few months back.  It was a real bargain then, but much less so now ...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51p63cCYYLL._SL500_AA240_.jpg) 

Here is the link (http://www.amazon.com/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Premium-Box/dp/B000SQJ2CS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1253590636&sr=1-1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 21, 2009, 07:39:54 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on September 20, 2009, 08:08:54 PM
Schumann - Complete Piano Works
Jörg Demus
Nuova Era
13 CDs

EUR 9.99 at JPC:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Robert-Schumann-S%E4mtliche-Klavierwerke-Wallet-Boxen/hnum/5476606



I paid about $20 for this set some 6 months ago.  It was a no-brainer.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on September 21, 2009, 10:01:29 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on September 21, 2009, 07:38:14 PM
I paid around $20 for this set with shipping a few months back.  It was a real bargain then, but much less so now ...


Soooo, why post it on this thread??  ::)

Super-duper cheap bargains from the past - I could fill a few pages whith that... 8) (But won't... 0:)).

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on September 24, 2009, 06:42:52 AM
Purchased today from MDT.  15cd's for £27.

HANDEL Rodrigo, Radamisto, Admeto, Fernando, re di Castiglia, Arminio, Deidamia. Joyce Di Donato, Patrizia Ciofi, Vivica Genaux, Veronica Cangemi, Max Emanuel Cencic, Sandrine Piau, Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis. Virgin Classics 15cds

Deidamia I already have, the others are new for me.  Alan Curtis' attempts at Handel opera are generally well reviewed.  I can certainly vouch for the Deidamia.

Anything with Sandrine Piau works for me !!

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on September 24, 2009, 06:48:03 AM
Not sure if £2.80 per disc is Super-Duper cheap, forgive me if not.

If it is cheap enough, then you should consider these box sets.

Bach sacred cantatas - Suzuki (BIS).  10 cd's per box.  Again best price is at MDT



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 24, 2009, 08:46:36 AM
Quote from: nigeld on September 24, 2009, 06:48:03 AM
Not sure if £2.80 per disc is Super-Duper cheap, forgive me if not.

If it is cheap enough, then you should consider these box sets.

Bach sacred cantatas - Suzuki (BIS).  10 cd's per box.  Again best price is at MDT





That is a super bargain, believe me, I paid full price for it. That is 19,00 euro's for each CD.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 25, 2009, 10:40:32 AM
This one! 8 euro's
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 26, 2009, 01:16:15 AM
The Endellions cycle of Beethoven quartets on 10 discs, including the quintet and various smaller works, are available at around £ 20 on europadiscs Warner sale.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on October 02, 2009, 04:18:50 PM
Koopman's original set of the complete cantatas: EUR 400.-

"Offer of the Day" at the Spanish store Diverdi:

http://www.diverdi.com/tienda/detalle.aspx?id=19433

>:D  0:)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on October 02, 2009, 04:43:20 PM
Quote from: erato on September 26, 2009, 01:16:15 AM
The Endellions cycle of Beethoven quartets on 10 discs, including the quintet and various smaller works, are available at around £ 20 on europadiscs Warner sale.
The artists-in-residence while I was in college. You cannot meet nicer people than this group. Haven't heard these recordings but look forward to.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on October 02, 2009, 05:07:45 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on October 02, 2009, 04:43:20 PM
The artists-in-residence while I was in college. You cannot meet nicer people than this group. Haven't heard these recordings but look forward to.

I've heard one, and one of their Haydn's too. Very nice. This is a good group of players. :)

8)

----------------
Listening to:
Ensemble 415 - WAM Trio in Eb for Fortepiano, Clarinet & Viola K 498 3rd mvmt
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 03, 2009, 06:01:25 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on October 02, 2009, 04:18:50 PM
Koopman's original set of the complete cantatas: EUR 400.-

"Offer of the Day" at the Spanish store Diverdi:

http://www.diverdi.com/tienda/detalle.aspx?id=19433

>:D  0:)

Super-duper cheap bargain? Really?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 03, 2009, 07:57:03 AM
Quote from: opus106 on October 03, 2009, 06:01:25 AM
Super-duper cheap bargain? Really?
More like a super-duper expensive bargain.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on October 03, 2009, 08:16:24 AM
Quote from: opus106 on October 03, 2009, 06:01:25 AM
Super-duper cheap bargain? Really?

Quote from: Brian on October 03, 2009, 07:57:03 AM
More like a super-duper expensive bargain.  ;D

Yes, but you save €400,01! ;D When was the last time you saved such a super-duper amount of money? :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 03, 2009, 08:27:34 AM
If things gets any cheaper now, I'll go for broke.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 03, 2009, 08:53:23 AM
Quote from: Novi on October 03, 2009, 08:16:24 AM
Yes, but you save €400,01! ;D When was the last time you saved such a super-duper amount of money? :D

Buy at JPC and you save one... er, hey, what's 1/100th of a Euro? ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on October 03, 2009, 10:48:46 AM
Quote from: opus106 on October 03, 2009, 08:53:23 AM
Buy at JPC and you save one... er, hey, what's 1/100th of a Euro? ???

Oh, you are missing a previous discussion on the thread "Fair prices for music?":

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,14309.0.html

It was said there that a price of EUR 400 for the reissue of Koopman's set was a bargain. But currently Diverdi offers the original sets of the cycle at the same price.

:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 01, 2009, 01:24:15 PM
Quote from: erato on October 28, 2009, 09:51:35 AM
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/88697478442.jpg)

Featuring their famous and now deleted recording of the so-called "Earthquake" mass by Antoine Brumel, this 15 CDs boxset includes some of the most prestigious recordings available on the Sony Classical VIVARTE label and sheds light on this long-forgotten music that too often seems to lie in dark corners of European archives and libraries.

Paul van Nevel, choirmaster, musicologist, and cultural historian founded the Huelgas Ensemble in the early 1970's at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The Ensemble has emerged as one of Europe's main vocal ensembles dedicated to the performance of music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Van Nevel has won a number of prestigious awards for his recordings with the Huelgas Ensemble. Their recording of the music of Renaissance composer Mattheus Pipelare, Pipelare: Missa "L'homme armé" , won the 1998 Cannes Classical Award for Best Choral Music, in addition to the Diapason d'or in 1996. Previous albums, including their critically acclaimed Utopia Triumphans, have accumulated similar accolades. Van Nevel has also been awarded the "Prix In Honorem" from the Académie Charles Cros in Paris.

Tracks:
CD 1 Codex Las Huelgas - Music from 13th Century Spain
CD 2 Febus Avant! ,Music at the Court of Gaston Febus (1331-1391)
CD 3 Music from the Court of King Janus at Nicosia (1374-1432)
CD 4 Utopia Triumphans - Tallis, Striggio and other renaissance choral works
CD 5 Alexander Agricola - A Secret Labyrinth
CD 6 Matthaeus - Missa "L'homme armé", Chansons, Motets
CD 7 Antoine Brumel - Missa "Et ecce terrae motus", Sequentia "Dies irae"
CD 8 Mateo Flecha el Viejo (1481-1553) - Las Ensaladas
CD 9 Costanzo Festa (c.1490-1545) - Magnificat, Mass parts, Motets, Madrigals
CD 10 Nicolas Gombert (c.1500-c.1557) - Music from the Court of Charles V
CD 11 Pierre de Manchicourt (c.1510-1564) - Missa "Veni Sancte Spiritus", Motets, Chansons
CD 12 Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) - Lagrime di San Pietro
CD 13 Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591) - Opus musicum, Missa super "Sancta Maria"
CD 14 Cancoes, Vilancicos - e Motetes Portugueses , Séculos XVI-XVII
CD 15 Joao Lourenco Rebelo (1610-1661) Lamentations for Maundy Thursday, Vesper Psalms


Erato,

Do you have the set?  If so, how do you like it so far?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 01, 2009, 01:34:12 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 01, 2009, 01:24:15 PM
Erato,

Do you have the set?  If so, how do you like it so far?
Nix, I have the Brumel since ten years, and that's amazing. Several other discs in it have been on my wishlist for years, so of course it is on order. But with such a varied repertoire, I guess a simple answer will be difficult, even though I expect the usual van Nevel quality.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 01, 2009, 01:41:49 PM
Quote from: erato on November 01, 2009, 01:34:12 PM
Nix, I have the Brumel since tn years, and that's amazing. Seceral other discs in it have been on my wishlist for years, so of course it is on order. But with such a varied repertoire, I guess a simple answer will be difficult, even though I expect the usual van Nevel quality.

My focus for this year has been to expand my collection of early music and I have been reasonably successful.  Thanks for this link, as I will probably go for the set ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 02, 2009, 05:10:47 PM
Hi guys, long time lurker here, thought I'd try and give a little back to the community for a change  :)

I was browsing Amazon.fr marketplace and came across the 60CD Brahms set issued by Brilliant Classics for 20 euros , as sold by abeille musique :

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0012Y1J3K/

Also sold through their own site :

http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html

(For peace of mind, I can state that I've had a 100% success rate with them too - 1 CD ordered, 1 CD received ;) )



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 02, 2009, 05:18:49 PM

...and whilst you're on Amazon.fr, why not pick up the 70 CD EMI / Callas complete studio recordings 1949 - 1969 for 30 euros ?

http://www.amazon.fr/Maria-Callas-LIntégrale-enregistrements-1949-1969/dp/B000TIO4Z0/

or, if you haven't already partaken, for 42 euros you can get :

http://www.amazon.fr/Mozart-LIntégrale-en-170-CD/dp/B000A0HFZS/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 02, 2009, 07:56:48 PM
Wow, ammar, that's amazing!!  :o :o
Thanks to your links I've discovered that, between Abeille Musique and Amazon.fr, I can order the complete works of Brahms, Mozart, AND Chopin (Chopin in double: modern and historical recordings) - all for US $144. And the Brilliant Historic Russian Archives 100 cd box is $90 more.

Somebody talk me out of buying all of that!  :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Grazioso on November 03, 2009, 02:45:07 AM
Quote from: Brian on November 02, 2009, 07:56:48 PM
Wow, ammar, that's amazing!!  :o :o
Thanks to your links I've discovered that, between Abeille Musique and Amazon.fr, I can order the complete works of Brahms, Mozart, AND Chopin (Chopin in double: modern and historical recordings) - all for US $144. And the Brilliant Historic Russian Archives 100 cd box is $90 more.

Somebody talk me out of buying all of that!  :o

Well, if you want to be talked out of it--but into something else :)--consider this complete Brahms edition from DG, which can be had cheaply if you hunt around:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kXnlJzA5L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 03, 2009, 09:14:07 AM
Quote from: Brian on November 02, 2009, 07:56:48 PM
Wow, ammar, that's amazing!!  :o :o
Thanks to your links I've discovered that, between Abeille Musique and Amazon.fr, I can order the complete works of Brahms, Mozart, AND Chopin (Chopin in double: modern and historical recordings) - all for US $144. And the Brilliant Historic Russian Archives 100 cd box is $90 more.

Somebody talk me out of buying all of that!  :o

If you're really into this one-stop bulk buying then there's no stopping you. :) But it's never exactly been my preferred way to collect music (I do of course own boxes).

It's been mainly the slow lane of collecting for me, cultivating a collectors' mentality that puts more emphasis on research and exploration than instant gratification.

But NOT necessarily because I'm more "erudite" than anyone else. 8) It's just that I've been burned by substandard (or downright poor) performances more times than I'd care to recollect which leaves the bitterest taste in my collecting mouth. Not to mention it's money wasted.

So lots of lessons learned.

And lesson number one is "don't go for the home run every time no matter how alluring the prize might seem". Because despite the perceived price advantage the performances might not be up to snuff which means the meager outlay is still money wasted. Yes, I may have everything by composer X but if it's not listenable what's the point?

The downside to all this of course is I don't get everything all at once. But savoring a single imported chocolate candy can be just as fulfilling as eating an entire bag of Tootsie Rolls. 

(And yes, the bottom line has ALWAYS been important to me. "Cultivating" a collectors' mentality also means sniffing out the bargains. The two aren't mutually exclusive!).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 03, 2009, 11:09:26 AM
Bottom line - don't buy the Brahms Brilliant set and expect to get definitive performances of the symphonies, chamber music, etc. 8)

Grazioso - I remember seeing the DG set for 40 euros either on JPC or Amazon.de a while back, failed to 'pull the trigger' and now it's back up to 65 euros; I'd be grateful if you could direct me to your cheap source.

Don - I'm in general agreement & I would never suggest that a beginner start with any of these 'complete works' sets. That being said, a number of what I previously regarded as reference recordings have been matched/superseded by the contents of the Mozart Brilliant set. These complete issues also have their uses in unearthing previously hidden areas of repertoire (eg Haydn's Baryton Trios). Since this thread is ultimately about saving money, please feel free to warn us against purchasing any specific sets that you consider 'turkeys'

Just to keep us on topic , I think the set of Schubert Piano Sonatas by Uchida for £14 counts as a super-bargain (although I know she's a pianist that people have strong opinions about) :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000654OUG/


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 03, 2009, 07:41:46 PM
Quote from: ammar on November 03, 2009, 11:09:26 AM
Since this thread is ultimately about saving money, please feel free to warn us against purchasing any specific sets that you consider 'turkeys'.

Well, thanks for the vote of confidence, ammar, but I'm just one cog in the GMG wheel where no one opinion rules all others. Some try, though! ;D

But since Brian seemed anxious for someone to splash him with some cold water I felt obliged to give it a try...what he does with my two cents is up to him... :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on November 03, 2009, 11:01:02 PM
Quote from: Grazioso on November 03, 2009, 02:45:07 AM
Well, if you want to be talked out of it--but into something else :)--consider this complete Brahms edition from DG, which can be had cheaply if you hunt around:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kXnlJzA5L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

Oh yes, that's absolutely worth your while.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 03, 2009, 11:55:58 PM
This I think is a bargain!

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/The-Sixteen-The-Golden-Age-of-English-Polyphony/hnum/6575950
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 04, 2009, 02:29:43 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 03, 2009, 11:55:58 PM
This I think is a bargain!

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/The-Sixteen-The-Golden-Age-of-English-Polyphony/hnum/6575950

I absolutely agree, I've had my eye on it since it came out. I see that it's included in the box set promotion that Hyperion are carrying out for the month of November - 20% off their largest box sets, all the bulk buying discounts still apply & free delivery (at least in the UK) :

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1022

I'm mulling over the 40 CD Schubert song set as we speak  :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 04, 2009, 04:45:04 AM
Quote from: ammar on November 04, 2009, 02:29:43 AM
I absolutely agree, I've had my eye on it since it came out. I see that it's included in the box set promotion that Hyperion are carrying out for the month of November - 20% off their largest box sets, all the bulk buying discounts still apply & free delivery (at least in the UK) :

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1022

I'm mulling over the 40 CD Schubert song set as we speak  :-\

Hyperion's boxes work out cheaper at Presto Classical's box sets offer.
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/boxsets.php?k=11&w=Hyperion&page=1

And those in the U.K. get to pay a flat shipping fee for any order.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on November 04, 2009, 05:03:05 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on November 03, 2009, 07:41:46 PM
.....But since Brian seemed anxious for someone to splash him with some cold water I felt obliged to give it a try...what he does with my two cents is up to him... :)

My guess? He'll apply it to the S & H..... :D

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 04, 2009, 05:10:27 AM
Well at Presto I see the Schubert set for £140. It's listed as £144 on Hyperion's own site, but factor in the 25% discount for orders over £60 and it works out at £108. I don't see the Golden Age / Harry Christophers set listed on Presto either.

(not to mention the warm glow you get from directly supporting an independent record label :))
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 04, 2009, 05:14:02 AM
Ah, I didn't take into account their all-year-'round discount. :)

Quote from: ammar on November 04, 2009, 05:10:27 AM
(not to mention the warm glow you get from directly supporting an independent record label :))

Well then, that decides it. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Frellie on November 04, 2009, 06:24:23 AM
I'm not sure about the Super-Duperness of this bargain, but I'm surely very happy with the appearance of this box (five cd's for the price of two!).

And what a Beethoven-cycle this is! A must-have, a must-listen, a must-admire, as far as I'm concerned.

http://www.bis.se/index.php?op=album&aID=BIS-SACD-1825-26

(http://www.bis.se/images/covers/BIS-SACD-1825-26_72_150.jpg)


P.S. Just found out jpc.de sells the box for 35 eurobucks. Nice.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Symphonien-Nr-1-9/hnum/3675173
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on November 04, 2009, 07:09:03 AM
Quote from: Frellie on November 04, 2009, 06:24:23 AM
I'm not sure about the Super-Duperness of this bargain, but I'm surely very happy with the appearance of this box (five cd's for the price of two!).

And what a Beethoven-cycle this is! A must-have, a must-listen, a must-admire, as far as I'm concerned.

http://www.bis.se/index.php?op=album&aID=BIS-SACD-1825-26

(http://www.bis.se/images/covers/BIS-SACD-1825-26_72_150.jpg)

Indeed! And if you'll excuse the marketing-talk, at £16.60 plus tax (£19.09 for us here), at MDT, there's no excuse. 8) ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 04, 2009, 07:19:24 AM
Quote from: Frellie on November 04, 2009, 06:24:23 AM
(five cd's for the price of two!).

I chuckle every time I see one of BIS's "promotional statements." ;D Obviously, my idea of price of one is completely different from theirs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 04, 2009, 07:59:41 AM
Quote from: ammar on November 04, 2009, 05:10:27 AM
Well at Presto I see the Schubert set for £140. It's listed as £144 on Hyperion's own site, but factor in the 25% discount for orders over £60 and it works out at £108. I don't see the Golden Age / Harry Christophers set listed on Presto either.

(not to mention the warm glow you get from directly supporting an independent record label :))

Run, don't walk. If you're a Schubert fan, that is every bit as much of a steal as Brilliant Classics' boxes - it's simply not being given away, and nor should it be :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 04, 2009, 08:04:39 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on November 04, 2009, 05:03:05 AM
My guess? He'll apply it to the S & H..... :D

8)

My thoughts as well! ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Franco on November 04, 2009, 08:29:50 AM
I bought the Hyperion Schubert Lieder series individually, at probably over three times that cost.  I also bought 7 or so of the Schumann set, and they've finsihed at 11, so I guess I'll get those remaining ones and compete that set - at full price as well.

:-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 04, 2009, 08:44:16 AM
Quote from: Lethe on November 04, 2009, 07:59:41 AM
Run, don't walk. If you're a Schubert fan, that is every bit as much of a steal as Brilliant Classics' boxes - it's simply not being given away, and nor should it be :)

Yes, this is the same sort of 'super-bargain' as BIS reissuing the Suzuki Bach Cantatas, as mentioned earlier in the thread. We are indeed fortunate that such towering achievements can be had for such a relatively meagre outlay.

Franco - commiserations, but be thankful that you weren't chasing down the individual Marcelle Meyer issues when EMI decided to reissue her complete recordings in a 17CD budget edition (I've seen some of her 'Introuvables' deletions fetch a ridiculous price on eBay).

(That's a great deal as well for Vanska's Beethoven from MDT, by the way)

Bankruptcy here I come... :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on November 04, 2009, 09:00:08 AM
Quote from: ammar on November 04, 2009, 02:29:43 AM
I absolutely agree, I've had my eye on it since it came out. I see that it's included in the box set promotion that Hyperion are carrying out for the month of November - 20% off their largest box sets, all the bulk buying discounts still apply & free delivery (at least in the UK) :

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1022

I'm mulling over the 40 CD Schubert song set as we speak  :-\

That does sound very enticing. I enjoy the handful of the separate issues that I have. I'll mull with you too...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 04, 2009, 09:11:43 AM
Re. that Schubert box, the book is gorgeous as well.

Quote from: Franco on November 04, 2009, 08:29:50 AM
I bought the Hyperion Schubert Lieder series individually, at probably over three times that cost.  I also bought 7 or so of the Schumann set, and they've finsihed at 11, so I guess I'll get those remaining ones and compete that set - at full price as well.

:-\

It's people like you who keep labels like Hyperion alive, so you should be getting some über warm tingly feelings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Frellie on November 04, 2009, 10:06:01 AM
Quote from: Renfield on November 04, 2009, 07:09:03 AM
Indeed! And if you'll excuse the marketing-talk, at £16.60 plus tax (£19.09 for us here), at MDT, there's no excuse. 8) ;)

Thanks for the advice!
I just ordered the box from this site.

No idea why there's such a big price difference, but hey, I'm not complaining...  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 06, 2009, 04:26:48 AM
The Brahms Complete DG edition is now available from an Amazon.co.uk Marketplace seller for £18 :o

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Complete-Various-Ltd-Box/dp/B001TH28EO/

Hurry, only 4 left (13:20 pm GMT) :o

Haven't dealt with findprice before, but if you navigate to their storefront on Amazon, they seem to be under the auspices of Online Commerce Ltd., who are also behind some medium sized UK online retailers (blahdvd.com , 101CD.com), so they should be trustworthy enough.

Must be something in the air with all these Brahms complete sets being sold off at bargain prices 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on November 06, 2009, 05:08:14 AM
Quote from: ammar on November 06, 2009, 04:26:48 AM
The Brahms Complete DG edition is now available from an Amazon.co.uk Marketplace seller for £18 :o

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Complete-Various-Ltd-Box/dp/B001TH28EO/

Hurry, only 4 left (13:20 pm GMT) :o

Haven't dealt with findprice before, but if you navigate to their storefront on Amazon, they seem to be under the auspices of Online Commerce Ltd., who are also behind some medium sized UK online retailers (blahdvd.com , 101CD.com), so they should be trustworthy enough.

Must be something in the air with all these Brahms complete sets being sold off at bargain prices 8)

Wow, thanks! I was about to buy the DG quartet/quintet/sextet box last week for about the same price.
You are a STAR! :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 06, 2009, 05:23:07 AM
Thanks Novi! I'm just glad to see these sets going to a good home 0:)

The same set is also available on Amazon.de from dvdcouk_de (probably another subsidiary of Online Commerce Ltd.) for 22 euros :

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B001TH28EO/

I'm guessing that's limited stock too - here's hoping that our orders are honoured  :)

All this after my Brahms Brilliant set arrived this morning from Abeille Musique. Coupled with the New Grove that I picked up last month, I think all my friends are expecting me to meet an Alkan-esque demise :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on November 06, 2009, 07:04:42 AM
Quote from: ammar on November 06, 2009, 04:26:48 AM
The Brahms Complete DG edition is now available from an Amazon.co.uk Marketplace seller for £18 :o

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Complete-Various-Ltd-Box/dp/B001TH28EO/

Hurry, only 4 left (13:20 pm GMT) :o

Haven't dealt with findprice before, but if you navigate to their storefront on Amazon, they seem to be under the auspices of Online Commerce Ltd., who are also behind some medium sized UK online retailers (blahdvd.com , 101CD.com), so they should be trustworthy enough.

Must be something in the air with all these Brahms complete sets being sold off at bargain prices 8)

Important Message

    * Brahms Complete Edition/Various (Ltd) (Box) cannot be shipped to the selected address.

:(  :-[  :'(  >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 06, 2009, 07:12:54 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fdXfH%2Bv3L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

Available for a little more than £1 on Amazon UK marketplace, here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handel-Italian-Cantatas-George-Frederick/dp/B00009W3RL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257521174&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handel-Italian-Cantatas-George-Frederick/dp/B00009W3RL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257521174&sr=8-1)

Brief description of my first impressions, #706:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,2077.msg368448/topicseen.html#msg368448 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,2077.msg368448/topicseen.html#msg368448)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 06, 2009, 11:05:36 AM
Hi all! I'd like to pick this box at a reasonable price... ::)

(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Feb05/Beethoven_Szell_Sony.jpg)


Where looking for?

Thanks in advance!!! :)

Orpheus
:D


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on November 06, 2009, 11:31:43 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 06, 2009, 11:05:36 AM
Hi all! I'd like to pick this box at a reasonable price...::)

(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Feb05/Beethoven_Szell_Sony.jpg)

Where looking for?

Thanks in advance!!! :)

Orpheus :D

Well, I figured out why you posted it - this set is seriously OOP (out of print). ::)

I'll let you know if I come accross it, but I doubt it will be a super-duper cheap bargain... 8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on November 06, 2009, 11:32:55 AM
The Szell set might be OOP but you can pick up individual discs of the symphonies and piano concerti cheaply.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 06, 2009, 11:52:52 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on November 06, 2009, 11:32:55 AM
The Szell set might be OOP but you can pick up individual discs of the symphonies and piano concerti cheaply.

I found these:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41sYgePrCtL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BOYpqD1pL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FA2N73CPL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

Orpheus :)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 06, 2009, 02:34:08 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on November 06, 2009, 11:32:55 AM
The Szell set might be OOP but you can pick up individual discs of the symphonies and piano concerti cheaply.

cf.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oOIM1pPbL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HxvinxXNL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41m%2BR4-Gh3L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

All to be had at super-bargain prices (at least in the UK). The Essential Classics issue of the ninth is only £0.32 on Amazon.co.uk :)(//)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 06, 2009, 05:19:47 PM
Quote from: George on November 06, 2009, 07:04:42 AM
Important Message

    * Brahms Complete Edition/Various (Ltd) (Box) cannot be shipped to the selected address.

:(  :-[  :'(  >:(

US address?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on November 06, 2009, 06:06:12 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 06, 2009, 05:19:47 PM
US address?

Yes, I am still in the USA.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 09, 2009, 01:37:03 PM
Quote from: ammar on November 02, 2009, 05:10:47 PM
Hi guys, long time lurker here, thought I'd try and give a little back to the community for a change  :)

I was browsing Amazon.fr marketplace and came across the 60CD Brahms set issued by Brilliant Classics for 20 euros , as sold by abeille musique :

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0012Y1J3K/

Also sold through their own site :

http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html

(For peace of mind, I can state that I've had a 100% success rate with them too - 1 CD ordered, 1 CD received ;) )

Ammar,

Many thanks for the "Heads up" on this Brahms set.  Brahms is a composer, bar his big works and chamber music, well he is a composer whom I have very little music.  60cds for 20 Euro's is amazing.  I ordered it on Friday morning and it came from France today (Monday morning) to the UK.  First class service.

I also ordered the DG box set for £18, not sure if this one will surface.

Anyone got this at the bargain price...do keep us informed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 09, 2009, 01:40:41 PM
Hi Tony

Ordered the DG Friday evening as well (2 left at the time prior to my order) - got the automated confirmation of order, but no advice of despatch so far.

and thanks to Ammar for the heads up as well !  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 09, 2009, 01:45:50 PM
Quote from: papy on November 09, 2009, 01:40:41 PM
Hi Tony

Ordered the DG Friday evening as well (2 left at the time prior to my order) - got the automated confirmation of order, but no advice of despatch so far.

and thanks to Ammar for the heads up as well !  :D

Evening Olivier,

Yes, my DG Brahms said 1 left when I ordered it.  Usually I get a confirmation of order pinged back on the email or sorry and here's a refund, but none so far which I hope means the set is on the way.

Did you buy one of the Brill Box sets too?  It looks a good buy for those of us, namely myself who are a little shy on Brahms' music, even if I have 30 versions or so of the violin concerto and umpteen symphonic and piano concerto cycles  ;D  So much new music to discover.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 09, 2009, 01:49:46 PM
Ah, wait until you get to the chamber music, Clarinet Quintet, the two Cello sonatas....the Sextet! Bliss.

Mike
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 09, 2009, 01:52:06 PM
didn't go for the Brilliant boxset, no... 0:)

I only have one set of symphonies, 1 VC, 2 requiems and the piano ballades....so the DG set would be a welcome addition for me to discover more as well !  ;D

hopefully it is a case of a reseller not necessarily informing of despatches.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 09, 2009, 01:53:58 PM
Quote from: knight on November 09, 2009, 01:49:46 PM
Ah, wait until you get to the chamber music, Clarinet Quintet, the two Cello sonatas....the Sextet! Bliss.

Mike,

I do have the Raphael Ens, Sextet  ;D  Beautiful.  Along with the Cello Sonatas, violin sonatas etc, Also, many versions of the Requiem.  Apart from that, its appears....a real treasure trove and at least 45-50cds of new music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 09, 2009, 02:39:08 PM
The songs will probably be new to you. They can take a bt of getting into in some instances. Others are as superb as Schubert.

Mike
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on November 10, 2009, 06:03:37 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 06, 2009, 07:12:54 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fdXfH%2Bv3L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

Available for a little more than £1 on Amazon UK marketplace, here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handel-Italian-Cantatas-George-Frederick/dp/B00009W3RL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257521174&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handel-Italian-Cantatas-George-Frederick/dp/B00009W3RL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257521174&sr=8-1)

Brief description of my first impressions, #706:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,2077.msg368448/topicseen.html#msg368448 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,2077.msg368448/topicseen.html#msg368448)

Thanks for the link and the review, Elgarian. I've never heard any of Handel's cantatas so I picked one up. Can't go wrong for the price of a coffee. :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 10, 2009, 07:39:49 AM
Quote from: Novi on November 10, 2009, 06:03:37 AM
I've never heard any of Handel's cantatas so I picked one up. Can't go wrong for the price of a coffee. :D

When it arrives, you could do worse than start with the first cantata on CD2: Notte placida e cheta [Peaceful and quiet night]. The first aria (track 2) may have you hooked after only one listening:

Come zephyrs, only you,
Gentle murmuring breezes,
Can cause sweet sleep
To enter my breast.


But as you say, you can't go wrong. There are delights scattered all over these discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 10, 2009, 11:41:52 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on November 09, 2009, 01:37:03 PM
Ammar,

Many thanks for the "Heads up" on this Brahms set.  Brahms is a composer, bar his big works and chamber music, well he is a composer whom I have very little music.  60cds for 20 Euro's is amazing.  I ordered it on Friday morning and it came from France today (Monday morning) to the UK.  First class service.

I also ordered the DG box set for £18, not sure if this one will surface.

Anyone got this at the bargain price...do keep us informed.

I envy you your voyage of discovery, AA :)

I had a similar experience with Brahms, falling in love with the concerti and 3rd & 4th Symphonies at a young age, but was a relative latecomer to the glorious chamber and piano music. Mind you, I have some friends that absolutely despise his music - hence the old joke that the doors in an auditorium were sometimes labeled 'exit in case of Brahms' !  >:(

My Brilliant set arrived safe and sound last week, and the discs that I've listened to so far (mainly the piano music) have been excellent - not 'great for the price', just 'great' full-stop. I haven't acquired the semi-legendary Julius Katchen set on Decca yet, but the Brilliant set bears favourable comparison with my other Brahms piano CDs (featuring all the usual big-guns - Kovacevich , Lupu , etc.).

As for the DG set, I received an order confirmation on Friday but nothing more. I believe that the seller must e-mail a 'dispatch notification' before Amazon.co.uk will debit the funds from your account, so like my fellow purchasers I remain in a state of limbo.

At least the order hasn't been cancelled outright (yet). Watch this space... :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Benji on November 11, 2009, 03:24:21 PM
Chandos are offering their Bax symphonies box set for £17.61, half the price of MDT and a good £7/8 cheaper than the cheapest Amazon price.

http://www.theclassicalshop.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010122  (http://www.theclassicalshop.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010122)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 13, 2009, 03:56:35 AM
Ordered! Thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on November 13, 2009, 09:03:56 AM
At hbdirect.com the 4-disc set of the complete Busoni transcriptions is $24.99, and there's a $5 off coupon on the cover of the current issue of ARG for orders over $50
ARG is mildly enthusiastic about the set, but agrees good for the price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 13, 2009, 09:21:14 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on November 09, 2009, 01:37:03 PM
Anyone got this at the bargain price...do keep us informed.

Re the Brahms DG box, got two emails late this afternoon :

- Amazon UK confirming despatch of the Brahms box from the reseller

- the Reseller also confirming despatch

but...

the reseller, although quoting the right amazon order ref, is advising he is sending a Bellini/Norma CD and quoting a different reseller name in the email title....so God knows what happened there...No quite Brahmsian, is it...  ::)

I have emailed them back asking to check and advise...we shall see...  :-\

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 13, 2009, 10:30:37 AM
Yep, got the same two e-mails early yesterday morning - I'm putting off contacting the seller until the order arrives, hopefully the 'Bellini - Norma' reference is just some sort of administrative mistake *crosses fingers*.

If they've already dispatched the order, there's nothing they can do to rectify it at the moment - rest assured, if it's not the Brahms set, it's going back :( (unless of course it's an ultra rare, previously unreleased performance featuring Callas in the title roll  :)).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 13, 2009, 10:40:31 AM
hi Ammar

how strange that you got those as well... reassuring to an extent i guess...  it could indeed be an automated database typo..  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 13, 2009, 03:02:24 PM
Quote from: papy on November 13, 2009, 09:21:14 AM
Re the Brahms DG box, got two emails late this afternoon :

- Amazon UK confirming despatch of the Brahms box from the reseller

- the Reseller also confirming despatch

Olivier, Ammar,

Hahahahaha, classic.  I have just arrived home from work and checked my email and lo and behold email #1 tells me of Bellini and the other #2 tells me of Brahms.

I will check how much £££'s have come out of my account and wait to see what arrives.

I will keep you both informed, and let me know how you go  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 14, 2009, 04:08:30 PM
Sanderling's Sibelius Berlin SO Cycle, on Berlin Classics.

Sibelius_Sanderling (http://www.amazon.co.uk/7-Symphonies-Sanderling-Berlin-So/dp/B0000035OJ/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1258246838&sr=8-12)

A few suppliers, Stateside from £3 to £4.  Down from the UK price of £25+


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on November 16, 2009, 04:15:48 AM
JPC has the EMI Karajan opera box (72 CDs) for 60 euros:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Herbert-von-Karajan-Complete-EMI-Recordings-Opera-Vocal/hnum/1815685 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Herbert-von-Karajan-Complete-EMI-Recordings-Opera-Vocal/hnum/1815685)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 16, 2009, 06:10:18 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on November 13, 2009, 03:02:24 PM
I have just arrived home from work and checked my email and lo and behold email #1 tells me of Bellini and the other #2 tells me of Brahms.

Got a reply from the supplier - Looks I'll be getting the Norma  :-\ ... the Brahms DG box is not an item they list and they claim it is an incorrect listing under that number at Amazon... I am given the possibility to return the CD freepost when i get it for refund.... damn..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 16, 2009, 06:56:16 AM
Quote from: papy on November 16, 2009, 06:10:18 AM
Got a reply from the supplier - Looks I'll be getting the Norma  :-\ ... the Brahms DG box is not an item they list and they claim it is an incorrect listing under that number at Amazon... I am given the possibility to return the CD freepost when i get it for refund.... damn..

That's a shame Olivier,

I will have a look at the set and more likely than not send it back.  There will more likely than not be a returns slip inside, just a case of watching the bank/card statement for the refund.

Will let you know what happens.

Happy I bought the Brill Box Brahms set now  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 16, 2009, 11:19:44 AM
I did actually check what came up for Norma/Bellini on youtube, not knowing what would be hitting me and my credit card ... I am not into Operas but i am now praying we're getting a CD with La Callas  ;D... so that's where that tune is from..(casta diva)...listened to the overture as well..that isn't too shabby either  ;D

i might consider keeping it then to explore....unless we get charged something silly of course...

EDIT : judging by the reference number in the supplier's email 4778186 , it looks like i will receive this one :

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/DG/4778186 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/DG/4778186)

is it any good ?  ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 16, 2009, 02:05:14 PM
Well, a package arrived for me in the post today and sure enough...

* It's Bellini's Norma conducted by Levine on DG >:( *

I contacted Findprice and was told that, according to their records, 'this was the item that I ordered' >:( >:(

Anyway, I've sent it back (cellophane intact) to their returns department and they're happy to refund it (I tried pushing for a replacement Brahms set but, surprisingly enough, they don't have any in stock). Was it too good to be true? well, I've had my own share of good luck in the past when dealing with Amazon marketplace sellers (Kondrashin's Shostakovich cycle on Melodiya for £5, Goodall's Ring cycle on Chandos for £10, Nikolayeva's Beethoven set on Scribendum for £8, etc) that I 'never look a gift horse in the mouth' - I would have made a terrible Trojan!. At least this little debacle will have provided a modicum of pleasure to those onlookers who failed to take advantage of the 'bargain' on offer ::)

Olivier - Norma is a classic Bel Canto (can belto? ;) ) opera, well worth acquiring even for non-opera buffs, but you can pick up one of Callas' legendary recordings for around half the price of the Levine set. I'm not even sure if a libretto is included in the DG box, I was in such a hurry to repackage it and send it back that I forgot to check!

Just to keep this thread on topic: I've been filling out my collection of Handel's Operas / Oratorios (as I'm sure have many of my fellow GMGers) and came across a couple of fine offers -

HMV (big UK music retailer, not as classically orientated now as in the era of shellac 78rpms ;) ) are offering all of Hyperion's opera/oratorio recordings for £11.99 delivered including the three disc sets - Ottone and Joseph & His Brethren. All of the two disc sets can be had through Zavvi or The Hut for £10 delivered:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21VX6THQNCL._SL500_AA130_.jpg)

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=392734

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21WP5R8FVEL._SL500_AA130_.jpg)

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=668680

Zavvi - http://www.zavvi.com/home.dept

thehut - http://www.thehut.com/home.dept

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 16, 2009, 02:18:36 PM
Quote from: ammar on November 16, 2009, 02:05:14 PM
Well, a package arrived for me in the post today and sure enough...

* It's Bellini's Norma conducted by Levine on DG >:( *

I contacted Findprice and was told that, according to their records, 'this was the item that I ordered' >:( >:(

Anyway, I've sent it back (cellophane intact) to their returns department and they're happy to refund it (I tried pushing for a replacement Brahms set but, surprisingly enough, they don't have any in stock). Was it too good to be true?

....

Olivier - Norma is a classic Bel Canto (can belto? ;) ) opera, well worth acquiring even for non-opera buffs, but you can pick up one of Callas' legendary recordings for around half the price of the Levine set. I'm not even sure if a libretto is included in the DG box, I was in such a hurry to repackage it and send it back that I forgot to check!


ah well, it was worth a shot  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on November 17, 2009, 06:36:40 AM
Quote from: Maciek on November 16, 2009, 04:15:48 AM
JPC has the EMI Karajan opera box (72 CDs) for 60 euros:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Herbert-von-Karajan-Complete-EMI-Recordings-Opera-Vocal/hnum/1815685 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Herbert-von-Karajan-Complete-EMI-Recordings-Opera-Vocal/hnum/1815685)
I got that set brand new for 60 USD ;D

Not that I have cracked it open yet. That seems to be the problem with these mega sets, I have a bunch of them and none of them I have listened to. Maybe 20 years from now when they are really OOP I can ebay them and sell them for a nifty profit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 17, 2009, 07:17:06 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on November 17, 2009, 06:36:40 AM
I got that set brand new for 60 USD ;D

Not that I have cracked it open yet. That seems to be the problem with these mega sets, I have a bunch of them and none of them I have listened to. Maybe 20 years from now when they are really OOP I can ebay them and sell them for a nifty profit.
In 20 years all mobile phones will come loaded with lossless copies of all classical music - ever - for a few dollars. OK; I exaggerate, but your market will be very small, and prices will be rock bottom. Maybe you will be able to find somebody rich and desperate for physical emdia, but I doubt it. The best reason to buy some of these sets, are that we may be the last generation that wants them and in a few years they will therefore not be available.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin Lind on November 17, 2009, 04:57:20 PM
There are a lot of great bargains. The Decca piano masterworksbox is a genuine bargain, the Karajan symphony edition is a great bargain, the Sony baroque masterpieces is a bargain, the Wagner box from Bayreuth is a bargain and the Mjaskovski symphony box with Swetlanov was very cheap. Not to mention Brilliant - there is really a lot. There is also a splendid Mozart box with old recordings of his greatest operas from Membran - Krips, Fricsay, Kleiber and Böhm and glorious singers. Hope all these bargains are still there. The Beethoven string quartetts with Guaneri is a bargain ( Decca or Brilliant).

Bargain is of course not only "cheap" but all these things which I mentioned are of high quality and very recommendable.

Regards
Martin
Regards
Martin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on November 17, 2009, 10:49:41 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on November 17, 2009, 06:36:40 AM
I got that set brand new for 60 USD ;D

Well, thanks for letting us know now... ::) ;D

Anyway, assuming you got it from amazon-marketplace: that source is available to a staggering 25 countries of the world. Which means that a vast majority of countries is not included... (One of the reasons why I try to snub amazon whenever I can.) JPC, OTOH, ships (almost?) everywhere. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 18, 2009, 07:59:31 AM
Quote from: Maciek on November 17, 2009, 10:49:41 PM
JPC, OTOH, ships (almost?) everywhere. :)

For a ridiculous price if I'm not buying a HUGE amount of CDs. On the other hand, I have never had Amazon ship things to me directly... that would have cost quite a bit, too. But I was once informed via e-mail that JPC does not ship to India. (Yet the still say otherwise on the site.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on November 18, 2009, 09:21:14 AM
You live in India? Just took a look at their charges for shipping to India. I guess you're right - they are ridiculous. :o OTOH, JPC sends everything by recorded delivery by default (at least in my limited experience) - that may be the reason. Anyway, a whole different topic here (ridiculous shipping charges), one I love to grumble about. So I guess I'll start a new diner thread in a sec. >:D 0:)

[Here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,15230.msg371725.html) it is.]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 18, 2009, 09:26:03 AM
Quote from: Maciek on November 18, 2009, 09:21:14 AM
You live in India?

I guess I must make use of the new location field in my profile. 0:)

Quote
Anyway, a whole different topic here (ridiculous shipping charges), one I love to grumble about. So I guess I'll start a new diner thread in a sec. >:D 0:)

I believe we already have a place (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,1914) for that. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on November 18, 2009, 09:31:05 AM
Quote from: opus106 on November 18, 2009, 09:26:03 AM
I believe we already have a place (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,1914) for that. :)

Not specific enough for me! >:D >:D >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 18, 2009, 09:33:28 AM
Quote from: Maciek on November 18, 2009, 09:31:05 AM
Not specific enough for me! >:D >:D >:D

Ah. Rant away, then. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 23, 2009, 03:55:43 PM
Apparently this is a bargain for all true pianophile.  :D

Am I wrong or Don has highly praised this version?

Das Wohltemperierte Klavier 1 & 2
4 CDs
Release date: 25.7.2005
Rosalyn Tureck, Klavier
Label: Documents , ADD/m, 1952

EUR 5,99 on JPC (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Das-Wohltemperierte-Klavier-1-2/hnum/2940535)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on November 24, 2009, 04:07:20 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 23, 2009, 03:55:43 PM
Apparently this is a bargain for all true pianophile.  :D

Am I wrong or Don has highly praised this version?

Das Wohltemperierte Klavier 1 & 2
4 CDs
Release date: 25.7.2005
Rosalyn Tureck, Klavier
Label: Documents , ADD/m, 1952

EUR 5,99 on JPC (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Das-Wohltemperierte-Klavier-1-2/hnum/2940535)

The word in bold alone would have been enough to instantly and decidedly dissuade me, even if I didn't already own the DG version.

'Documents' issues have the worst - repeat, the worst - sound I have ever heard for historical recordings of any age.

And that's including the Beethoven 5th by Nikisch (1913). Don't do this to yourself. :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 24, 2009, 04:17:02 AM
Quote from: Renfield on November 24, 2009, 04:07:20 AM
The word in bold alone would have been enough to instantly and decidedly dissuade me, even if I didn't already own the DG version.

'Documents' issues have the worst - repeat, the worst - sound I have ever heard for historical recordings of any age.

And that's including the Beethoven 5th by Nikisch (1913). Don't do this to yourself. :P
Depends upon the source of course. The Bach Walcha mono set was fine, the Smetana set includes som really horrible things, like radio broadcasts taped upon what sounds like home recorders from a badly tuned radio set. Cheap, but be very sceptical.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on November 24, 2009, 04:20:39 AM
Quote from: erato on November 24, 2009, 04:17:02 AM
really horrible things, like radio broadcasts taped upon what sounds like home recorders from a badly tuned radio set.

That's my experience.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on November 24, 2009, 05:05:58 AM
Quote from: Renfield on November 24, 2009, 04:07:20 AM

'Documents' issues have the worst - repeat, the worst - sound I have ever heard for historical recordings of any age.


My theory is that they pirate other people's transfers and then improve/ruin them with their own remastering.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on November 24, 2009, 06:55:34 AM
Quote from: George on November 24, 2009, 05:05:58 AM
My theory is that they pirate other people's pirate transfers and then improve/ruin them with their own remastering.

;) >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 24, 2009, 10:01:18 AM
Quote from: erato on November 24, 2009, 04:17:02 AM
Depends upon the source of course.

This is very true. A pirate can only be as good as the source they're stealing from. If they're smart enough to leave the original source alone sometimes - sometimes - the sound can be OK. I'm thinking particularly of that brownish-gray Documents box (one of two volumes) devoted to Michelangeli. The SOURCE had good sound to begin with (Aura/Ermitage - pirates in their own right - from Italian Radio) and apparently Documents simply did a straight transfer and everything turned out fine. Not that this is the norm by any stretch. But sometimes - sometimes - you get lucky. 

Though not often. :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 10:02:13 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on November 24, 2009, 10:01:18 AM
This is very true. A pirate can only be as good as the source they're stealing from. If they're smart enough to leave the original source alone sometimes - sometimes - the sound can be OK. I'm thinking particularly of that brownish-gray Documents box (one of two volumes) devoted to Michelangeli. The SOURCE had good sound to begin with (Aura/Ermitage - pirates in their own right - from Italian Radio) and apparently Documents simply did a straight transfer and everything turned out fine. Not that this is the norm by any stretch. But sometimes - sometimes - you get lucky. 

Though not often. :P

Documents is a pirate label?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 24, 2009, 10:13:56 AM
Somali Sonics, Ltd.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 24, 2009, 10:28:27 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on November 24, 2009, 10:02:13 AM
Documents is a pirate label?

It's hard to know where to draw the line. The lone Documents box I have (Michelangeli) has apparently licensed their material from Aura, formerly Ermitage. Both Aura and Ermitage are known pirates. So by extension I'd say Documents is a pirate.

Unfortunately sorting out all this mess - as far as pirates - is next to impossible. Many pirates exist simply by exploiting lax copyright laws in one country: Italy (at least last I heard). What the pirates are doing is "wrong", yes, but in the eyes of Italian law nothing is "illegal".

So pirates simply use Italy as their "home base" and distribute from there and have no fear of reprisals. They can get away with it mainly because funds available from, say, the Michelangeli estate, or the Furtwängler estate, or whatever small label is being pirated, simply aren't enough to effectively challenge EVERY pirate release.

And so the pirates thrive.

I've never researched just WHAT laws the pirates exploit or exactly WHY Italy hasn't moved to eradicate these practices but there's no denying it's a business model that somehow works. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on November 24, 2009, 11:32:14 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on November 24, 2009, 10:01:18 AM
This is very true. A pirate can only be as good as the source they're stealing from. If they're smart enough to leave the original source alone sometimes - sometimes - the sound can be OK.

I think the reason they remaster the CDs is to disguise the source that they are stealing from.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 24, 2009, 11:35:29 AM
Quote from: George on November 24, 2009, 11:32:14 AM
I think the reason they remaster the CDs is to disguise the source that they are stealing from.
So that means that they are smarter than Hatto's husband?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on November 24, 2009, 11:46:37 AM
Quote from: erato on November 24, 2009, 11:35:29 AM
So that means that they are smarter than Hatto's husband?

I thought that he did try to disguise his forgeries?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 24, 2009, 01:38:41 PM
Quote from: George on November 24, 2009, 11:32:14 AM
I think the reason they remaster the CDs is to disguise the source that they are stealing from.

Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me. Or they're just inept with little of the state-of-the-art equipment needed to do an adequate job. Probably lots of variables...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 24, 2009, 01:49:00 PM
Quote from: George on November 24, 2009, 11:46:37 AM
I thought that he did try to disguise his forgeries?
Yes but he didn't succed. No revelations about Document's eventual scam as of yet anyway.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 24, 2009, 03:44:11 PM
I do not know the legal status of the recordings re-released by Documents, but in almost every legal system it is a calumny to impute "theft" or "robbery" to somebody if you do not have proofs to support your sayings. Besides, it is necessary to recall that some old recordings can be in the public domain; therefore, it does not exist something like theft, when you use those recordings. I do not know if it is the case with Documents. Finally, I am not a fan of historical recordings, but I have the Walcha's set on Documents and, I must say, it is -even sonically- an excellent box set.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 24, 2009, 06:08:22 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 24, 2009, 03:44:11 PM
I do not know the legal status of the recordings re-released by Documents, but in almost every legal system it is a calumny to impute "theft" or "robbery" to somebody if you do not have proofs to support your sayings. Besides, it is necessary to recall that some old recordings can be in the public domain; therefore, it does not exist something like theft, when you use those recordings. I do not know if it is the case with Documents. Finally, I am not a fan of historical recordings, but I have the Walcha's set on Documents and, I must say, it is -even sonically- an excellent box set.  :)

Have you read about the Brazilian government wanted to manufacture drugs whose patents are owned by US pharmaceutical companies?  I was outraged when I read such news.  How about piracy in China where 90% of its PC's run illegal copies of MS OS only a few years ago ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 25, 2009, 01:14:32 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 24, 2009, 06:08:22 PM
Have you read about the Brazilian government wanted to manufacture drugs whose patents are owned by US pharmaceutical companies?  I was outraged when I read such news.  How about piracy in China where 90% of its PC's run illegal copies of MS OS only a few years ago ...

Yep, piracy exists, everybody knows that, no? But as any other crime, it must be proved. Mere unfounded suspicions or assertions are not enough.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on November 25, 2009, 04:49:21 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 24, 2009, 03:44:11 PM
Finally, I am not a fan of historical recordings, but I have the Walcha's set on Documents and, I must say, it is -even sonically- an excellent box set.  :)

The question is, though, have you compared it to its official DG release? :)

There really isn't such a thing as an inherently bad recording, strictly speaking.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on November 25, 2009, 04:56:00 AM
Quote from: Renfield on November 25, 2009, 04:49:21 AM
There really isn't such a thing as an inherently bad recording, strictly speaking.

You obviously aren't a fan of the Kinks or Procol Harum.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on November 25, 2009, 05:05:45 AM
Quote from: George on November 25, 2009, 04:56:00 AM
You obviously aren't a fan of the Kinks or Procol Harum.  ;)

Nope. :P

But I bet if anyone is, on this forum, you'll soon hear from them. >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 25, 2009, 12:44:46 PM
Looks like the end of an era. I checked the Hyperion 'Please Buy me' sale today, popped something into my basket and went to the checkout - to discover that, instead of the usual free postage, a whopping great £4.40 postage was added to the total. Which is understandable of course, except that it pretty well eliminates the whole bargain deal, really, unless you're buying lots of CDs. (Alas, usually there's a maximum of one in the bargain dump that I want). So that brings to an end my regular monitoring of the website every 2 or 3 days. It was good while it lasted!

*Next day addition: Please note - this situation described above seems to have been a false alarm brought about by site maintenance. The usual free postage has now been restored.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 25, 2009, 12:52:50 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 25, 2009, 12:44:46 PM
Looks like the end of an era. I checked the Hyperion 'Please Buy me' sale today, popped something into my basket and went to the checkout - to discover that, instead of the usual free postage, a whopping great £4.40 postage was added to the total. Which is understandable of course, except that it pretty well eliminates the whole bargain deal, really, unless you're buying lots of CDs. (Alas, usually there's a maximum of one in the bargain dump that I want). So that brings to an end my regular monitoring of the website every 2 or 3 days. It was good while it lasted!
Then you might as well buy them on mdt which charges 8.30 VATfree pounds, with P&P it comes to about the same and you can buy what you want not restricted to the few discs on offer. Something strange happende on hyperion's site; the previous offer was on for about 1 day, then it went down for nearly a day for maintenance and now this. I'm holding my breath and hoping this is a snafu..., certainly they will soon discover that they might as well drop the offer on the current terms. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on November 25, 2009, 12:54:04 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 25, 2009, 12:44:46 PM
Looks like the end of an era. I checked the Hyperion 'Please Buy me' sale today, popped something into my basket and went to the checkout - to discover that, instead of the usual free postage, a whopping great £4.40 postage was added to the total. Which is understandable of course, except that it pretty well eliminates the whole bargain deal, really, unless you're buying lots of CDs. (Alas, usually there's a maximum of one in the bargain dump that I want). So that brings to an end my regular monitoring of the website every 2 or 3 days. It was good while it lasted!

Are you sure? I just tested it and it's still free. Maybe try again? ???

Incidentally, does anyone know if the Leslie Howard Beethoven are transcriptions any good?
(This is a 3 disc item, but I also tested it with a single £5.60 item, and delivery was still free)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 25, 2009, 06:06:11 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 25, 2009, 01:14:32 AM
Yep, piracy exists, everybody knows that, no? But as any other crime, it must be proved. Mere unfounded suspicions or assertions are not enough.

Piracy is like illicit drugs, they have a market ONLY because there are consumers.  I have never owned any pirated CD's or DVD's.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 25, 2009, 06:30:46 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 25, 2009, 12:44:46 PM
Looks like the end of an era. I checked the Hyperion 'Please Buy me' sale today, popped something into my basket and went to the checkout - to discover that, instead of the usual free postage, a whopping great £4.40 postage was added to the total. Which is understandable of course, except that it pretty well eliminates the whole bargain deal, really, unless you're buying lots of CDs. (Alas, usually there's a maximum of one in the bargain dump that I want). So that brings to an end my regular monitoring of the website every 2 or 3 days. It was good while it lasted!

The sales at MDT of many EMI boxes just ended yesterday.  The hefty postage was what deterred me from getting more boxes.  While the prices of the boxes were great, but at 75 pence per CD and a weak dollar, I was not a happy camper when I saw P&P of over £15.  The savings just got whittled down by the postage big-time ...    >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 25, 2009, 10:38:12 PM
Quote from: Renfield on November 25, 2009, 04:49:21 AM
The question is, though, have you compared it to its official DG release? :)

...

No, I don't own the DG edition, therefore, I can't compare; but I have taken some points of previous discussions on the forum, especially the opinions by people like Premont, who has expressed his favorable appraisal about this set in different opportunities: 

Quote from: Expresso on April 20, 2007, 09:28:41 AM
http://www.membran.net/
What's your opinion on this label? It has some very good recordings on budget price.

For example, Helmut Walcha playing Bach's music for organ (10CD's). Is it the same recording as the one by Archiv music? Any differences maybe on the quality of the sound?

Also Karajan conducting Bach's Mass in B minor (1952). That recording is also availiable by EMI.

Quote from: premont on April 22, 2007, 03:29:39 AM
The Walcha set is the Archiv mono recordings from 1947-52. With a tad ambience tastefully added. A real bargain.

Quote from: erato on April 22, 2007, 07:47:06 AM
Available in Norway for 13 USD. Of course I've bought it some time ago.

Quote from: Que on April 22, 2007, 09:10:04 AM
Probably transfers from LP, which is legal because the recordings are out of copyright (in Europe).
Can't imagine that DG licensed and gave access to the original recordings.

Q

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 25, 2009, 10:55:13 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 25, 2009, 06:06:11 PM
Piracy is like illicit drugs, they have a market ONLY because there are consumers.  I have never owned any pirated CD's or DVD's.

It is really hard to try to follow any logical argumentation with you Coop. You only seem interested in your usual sweeping generalizations, without any specific relation with the discussed issues.  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 26, 2009, 12:02:28 AM
Quote from: Novi on November 25, 2009, 12:54:04 PM
Are you sure? I just tested it and it's still free. Maybe try again? ???

You're right! I just went ahead and completed my purchase, post-free. Thanks for pointing this out.

It looks as though I must have visited the site when some maintenance was going on - or maybe they hadn't restored the site correctly, as erato suggests above. Anyway, it's now back to bargain business as usual.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 26, 2009, 12:24:52 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 26, 2009, 12:02:28 AM
You're right! I just went ahead and completed my purchase, post-free. Thanks for pointing this out.

It looks as though I must have visited the site when some maintenance was going on - or maybe they hadn't restored the site correctly, as erato suggests above. Anyway, it's now back to bargain business as usual.
Not much of interest there just now, unfortunately. I planned on buying Hamelin's Villa-Lobos disc, but that list was withdrawn after about one day, due to the maintenance I mentioned. What I'm really following is the series of Schumann's songs (where I've secured two volumes so far)....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 26, 2009, 12:33:36 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 25, 2009, 10:55:13 PM
It is really hard to try to follow any logical argumentation with you Coop. You only seem interested in your usual sweeping generalizations, without any specific relation with the discussed issues.  ::)

I cannot get out of the thought that Coop is using GMG as a personal blog, because he only tells us what he is playing, without telling us what he thinks of it, but then again many do. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 26, 2009, 02:14:02 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 26, 2009, 12:02:28 AM
You're right! I just went ahead and completed my purchase, post-free. Thanks for pointing this out.

It looks as though I must have visited the site when some maintenance was going on - or maybe they hadn't restored the site correctly, as erato suggests above. Anyway, it's now back to bargain business as usual.
It seems like they've added extensive download options that weren't there before?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 26, 2009, 02:54:36 AM
Quote from: erato on November 26, 2009, 12:24:52 AM
Not much of interest there just now, unfortunately. I planned on buying Hamelin's Villa-Lobos disc, but that list was withdrawn after about one day, due to the maintenance I mentioned. What I'm really following is the series of Schumann's songs (where I've secured two volumes so far)....

There's a good chance your Villa-Lobos disc will turn up again. I've noticed that some titles keep coming around several times.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 26, 2009, 04:01:18 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 25, 2009, 10:55:13 PM
It is really hard to try to follow any logical argumentation with you Coop. You only seem interested in your usual sweeping generalizations, without any specific relation with the discussed issues.  ::)

What logical explanation is needed on this issue of piracy?  It is a no-brainer and an economic issue.  There is piracy in the US too but it is not as rampant as in the so-called third-world countries.  Perhaps my statement was offensive to some of you who live outside western Europe or the US?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 26, 2009, 04:16:37 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on November 24, 2009, 01:38:41 PM
Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me. Or they're just inept with little of the state-of-the-art equipment needed to do an adequate job. Probably lots of variables...

What about the quality of the playback equipments?  If people play their CD's on crappy systems, they will never get the best out of their CD's anyway.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 26, 2009, 04:37:54 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 26, 2009, 04:01:18 AM
What logical explanation is needed on this issue of piracy?  It is a no-brainer and an economic issue.  There is piracy in the US too but it is not as rampant as in the so-called third-world countries.  Perhaps my statement was offensive to some of you who live outside western Europe or the US?

Do you really understand anything about the last posts? This discussion was about Walcha's set on Documents (10 CDs), which it is sold in all major stores of the world and distributed by Membran Records, a German label.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 26, 2009, 04:42:00 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 26, 2009, 04:37:54 AM
Do you really understand anything about the last posts? This discussion was about Walcha's set on Documents (10 CDs), which it is sold in all major stores of the world and distributed by Membran Records, a German label.

Absolutely,  I have owned these two sets for a while.  May I remind you you were the one who strayed off the topic to talk about priracy and I just responded.  Was there anything wrong with that?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 26, 2009, 04:59:11 AM
Wrong again. Apparently you can not search by yourself, but if you read replies 273, 275, 276, 278, 279, 280, 281 and 284 on this thread, you will see that all of them are about Documents as a supposed pirate label.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 26, 2009, 05:07:32 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 26, 2009, 04:59:11 AM
Wrong again. Apparently you can not search by yourself, but if you read replies 273, 275, 276, 278, 279, 280, 281 and 284 on this thread, you will see that all of them are about Documents as a supposed pirate label.

Listen, I have better ways to waste my time than being the unpaid GMG archivist to search through voluminous posts to determine if I own a pirate copy of ONE recording.  I am not bothered if I have one pirated copy out of 8000 classical recordings.  At least I bought the set from some Amazon vendor and not off the street, and Amazon is supposed to do the necessary vetting for items sold on its Market Place.  Be my guest if you have more time to undertake this detective work ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 26, 2009, 05:15:07 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 26, 2009, 05:07:32 AM
Listen, I have better ways to waste my time than being the unpaid GMG archivist to search through voluminous posts to determine if I own a pirate copy of ONE recording...

Yes, I know. You waste your time preparing your informative posts: Now playing CD5 of this set, now playing CD42 of this set and so ad nauseam.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 26, 2009, 05:22:57 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 26, 2009, 05:15:07 AM
Yes, I know. You waste your time preparing your informative posts: Now playing CD5 of this set, now playing CD42 of this set and so ad nauseam.

There are only one or two people on the forum whose opinions I value and you are not one of them and I will not divulge the identity of those individuals either.  All I care to get out from this forum is what I might have overlooked in terms of potentially good recordings.  I do not care to read any detailed reviews from anyone, period.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 26, 2009, 05:35:12 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 26, 2009, 05:22:57 AM
There are only one or two people on the forum whose opinions I value and you are not one of them and I will not divulge the identity of those individuals either... 

... for the posterity.  :)  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on November 26, 2009, 06:06:09 AM
May I just politely note that there is no rule in this forum saying what members are supposed to think, what criteria they are supposed to hold for their purchases, or what outlook they need maintain towards issues like piracy.

Nor is there a rule specifying posters need offer particular information of any sort; e.g. reviews. The only rule, and this is still unwritten, is that members' posts outside the Diner need have some sort of tangential relation to classical music.


If some of you, whose opinions I would readily hear and respect, believe any such respect is conditional to your not expressing contentious views, then I invite you to revise that belief. I know this discussion was also pertinent previously, when M - a consistent source of contentious views - was not yet banned, and so a lot of arguments people could raise against certain views being permissible might be pulled from that context. But do note that contrary to M, Coopmv is not attacking anyone.

He is just making a series of passive, however contentious, statements, many of which are generalisations; like saying "Lang Lang is a bad pianist" is a generalisation, to which I don't see many of you objecting. And even if you disagree with his views, you do your own views and (hopefully) counter-arguments no justice by drowning them in knee-jerk ad hominem.


For the record, I don't select my purchases based on Coopmv's criteria. I select them based on my criteria. As does he. ;)


Edit: And there are also far fewer people in this forum whose recording-related opinions I value, in the sense that they can effectively sway my purchasing decisions, than there are posters. I fail to see where this is shocking.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 26, 2009, 06:07:07 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 26, 2009, 05:22:57 AM
There are only one or two people on the forum whose opinions I value and you are not one of them and I will not divulge the identity of those individuals either.  All I care to get out from this forum is what I might have overlooked in terms of potentially good recordings.  I do not care to read any detailed reviews from anyone, period.

Coop, lets be honest my friend, Antoine is right, you are using this forum only as your personal blog, thats fine with me, but we learn nothing from you about the hundreds and hundreds of cd's you play.  And this is to be a forum to discuss music and communicate, your strong in the first, rather weak in the other. No offense meant by the way.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on November 26, 2009, 06:21:30 AM
I'm temporarily locking the thread to give everyone time to cool off a bit.

[If anyone has an urgent super-duper bargain to post, please PM me.]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 26, 2009, 11:20:41 AM
I hope the shocking weather, at least here, has succeeded in cooling the wider atmosphere and I take pleasure in now unlocking the thread.

Knight
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 26, 2009, 11:24:53 AM
Quote from: knight on November 26, 2009, 11:20:41 AM
I hope the shocking weather, at least here, has succeeded in cooling the wider atmosphere and I take pleasure in now unlocking the thread.

Knight

I was rather enjoying that bit of banter above Mike, as I sit here at work awaiting 9pm.  So as not to be off topic, I am also surfing away like mad, looking for those super duper bargains.

Not found any yet  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 26, 2009, 12:16:26 PM
Quote from: erato on November 26, 2009, 02:14:02 AM
It seems like they've added extensive download options that weren't there before?

Yes - though I'm a sufficently antedeluvian physical media music buyer not to be drawn in.

My choice this time, incidentally, was Boughton's The Immortal Hour. Even after listening to all the samples I couldn't decide if it was my sort of thing, so decided it was worth risking £5.60 on, for 2CDs. That kind of celtic twilight mystical thing ought to get under my guard, I'd have thought. But then, I always used to think I was an 'English music' fan, but actually I've discovered that I'm such a picky English music fan that I don't think I really qualify as one at all.)

There's yet another new batch on offer at Hyperion now, by the way.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jimmosk on November 26, 2009, 01:25:59 PM
A super bargain was just mentioned on the Downloads thread: Glazunov's eight symphonies for a whopping five dollars, from Amazon MP3. This is (hopefully) a link that I've set up to give a small percentage back to the GMG forum:
http://www.amazon.com/Glazunov-The-Complete-Symphony-Collection/dp/B001NBNR7S?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&tag=goodmusicguideco&link_code=hom&*entries*=0 (http://www.amazon.com/Glazunov-The-Complete-Symphony-Collection/dp/B001NBNR7S?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&tag=goodmusicguideco&link_code=hom&*entries*=0)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 26, 2009, 01:43:51 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 26, 2009, 12:16:26 PM


There's yet another new batch on offer at Hyperion now, by the way.
Yes, the Prateroius disc (not Michael) is slightly tempting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jimmosk on November 26, 2009, 04:32:33 PM
Here's a bargain for those preferring discs to downloads:
http://www.amazon.com/Works-Igor-Stravinsky-Box-Set/dp/B000PTYUQG?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&tag=goodmusicguideco&link_code=hom&*entries*=0 (http://www.amazon.com/Works-Igor-Stravinsky-Box-Set/dp/B000PTYUQG)

This is the 22-CD Sony box set of Stravinsky (and Robert Craft) conducting most of his own works, mentioned in passing way back on page 1 of this thread. It's currently available for $32. Here's a list of all ninety-five pieces on it: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=175079 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=175079)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 27, 2009, 08:12:59 AM
If this isn't a bargain I don't know what is!

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-S%E4mtliche-Sonaten-f%FCr-Violine-Klavier/hnum/4393193

Question: Could this thread be a stickie, its important enough! Thanks
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on November 27, 2009, 09:10:24 AM
Harry, We have had several adverse comments about the number of stickies at the top of the rooms. We decided not to increase the number. If it remains a popular thread, it will keep rising to the top.

Knight
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 27, 2009, 11:02:26 AM
Quote from: knight on November 27, 2009, 09:10:24 AM
Harry, We have had several adverse comments about the number of stickies at the top of the rooms. We decided not to increase the number. If it remains a popular thread, it will keep rising to the top.

Knight

Understood, thanks for answering. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on November 27, 2009, 11:55:49 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 27, 2009, 08:12:59 AM
If this isn't a bargain I don't know what is!

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-S%E4mtliche-Sonaten-f%FCr-Violine-Klavier/hnum/4393193

Question: Could this thread be a stickie, its important enough! Thanks

Wow! Damned if it isn't!  10€ vs $72US over here. I know the $$ is weak right now, but... :)

8)

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Listening to:
Derek Adlam - Clavichord - Hob 16 29 Sonata in F for Keyboard 2nd mvmt - Adagio
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 27, 2009, 12:40:21 PM
Quote from: Harry on November 27, 2009, 08:12:59 AM
If this isn't a bargain I don't know what is!

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-S%E4mtliche-Sonaten-f%FCr-Violine-Klavier/hnum/4393193

That looked so tempting, Harry, that I dived in head first ... but I'd never used JPC before, and it took me so long to get through the maze of creating an account, with some information being given in English, some in German (with confirmatory emails being sent in German so I couldn't understand them); and then having created this account, I wasn't at all convinced that my address was recorded correctly, since their system seemed to put everything in a strange order. Finally I was anticipating so many potential translational problems in the future if something wasn't right, that it simply didn't seem worth the bother in order to save a bit of money. So I chose not to complete the purchase after all, and sent a message asking them to delete my newly created account instead. I feel curiously deflated as a result!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 27, 2009, 03:04:59 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 27, 2009, 12:40:21 PM
That looked so tempting, Harry, that I dived in head first ... but I'd never used JPC before, and it took me so long to get through the maze of creating an account, with some information being given in English, some in German (with confirmatory emails being sent in German so I couldn't understand them); and then having created this account, I wasn't at all convinced that my address was recorded correctly, since their system seemed to put everything in a strange order. Finally I was anticipating so many potential translational problems in the future if something wasn't right, that it simply didn't seem worth the bother in order to save a bit of money. So I chose not to complete the purchase after all, and sent a message asking them to delete my newly created account instead. I feel curiously deflated as a result!

Send me a PM. I will help you with it, its terribly easy you know, but then my German is up to scratch. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sorin Eushayson on November 28, 2009, 08:53:39 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on November 27, 2009, 11:55:49 AM
10€ vs $72US over here.

Actually, that was forty minutes ago that you posted that, so it's around $87 now.   ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 28, 2009, 09:03:05 AM
Quote from: Sorin Eushayson on November 28, 2009, 08:53:39 AM
Actually, that was forty minutes ago that you posted that, so it's around $87 now.   ;)

Uhuh, and still 9,99 in Europe, it did not change in four days, and I tell you what, be quick about it, otherwise its sold out, and the recording is fantastic..... ;D You would not want to miss out on this one. Its a gem to listeners with HIP hearts. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 28, 2009, 09:08:01 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 27, 2009, 08:12:59 AM
If this isn't a bargain I don't know what is!

Quote from: Harry on November 28, 2009, 09:03:05 AM
Uhuh, and still 9,99 in Europe, it did not change in four days, and I tell you what, be quick about it, otherwise its sold out, and the recording is fantastic..... ;D You would not want to miss out on this one. Its a gem to listeners with HIP hearts. ;)

Must... resist... putting Harry... on Ignore List.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on November 28, 2009, 09:10:09 AM
Remember the JPC shipping! Remember the JPC shipping!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 28, 2009, 09:11:45 AM
Quote from: Maciek on November 28, 2009, 09:10:09 AM
Remember the JPC shipping! Remember the JPC shipping!

That's the problem -- I know about that damned thing! ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 28, 2009, 09:16:27 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 28, 2009, 09:08:01 AM
Must... resist... putting Harry... on Ignore List.

That is really funny! I am still laughing. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 28, 2009, 09:26:35 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 28, 2009, 09:16:27 AM
That is really funny! I am still laughing. ;D

Well, my Saturday wasn't completely a waste after all. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 28, 2009, 09:50:19 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 28, 2009, 09:11:45 AM
That's the problem -- I know about that damned thing! ;D

When the cost of shipping is 400% of the CD's ...    :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Air on November 28, 2009, 06:46:38 PM
Not really a fan of Kissin's, but http://www.amazon.com/Evgeny-Kissin-Concert-Box-Set/dp/B0000D8G1S/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259466111&sr=1-8 (http://www.amazon.com/Evgeny-Kissin-Concert-Box-Set/dp/B0000D8G1S/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259466111&sr=1-8) is at a heart-stopping $6.50 if anyone wants to grab it.

There are better bargains, but I think I'll try to grab those first.   ;) ;D :-* 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 28, 2009, 06:56:07 PM
Quote from: RexRichter on November 28, 2009, 06:46:38 PM
Not really a fan of Kissin's, but http://www.amazon.com/Evgeny-Kissin-Concert-Box-Set/dp/B0000D8G1S/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259466111&sr=1-8 (http://www.amazon.com/Evgeny-Kissin-Concert-Box-Set/dp/B0000D8G1S/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259466111&sr=1-8) is at a heart-stopping $6.50 if anyone wants to grab it.

There are better bargains, but I think I'll try to grab those first.   ;) ;D :-*

Kissin has always been criticized as providing inconsistent performances throughout his career.  But at $5 a disc, there is not a whole lot to lose ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Air on November 28, 2009, 07:33:40 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 28, 2009, 06:56:07 PM
Kissin has always been criticized as providing inconsistent performances throughout his career.  But at $5 a disc, there is not a whole lot to lose ...

You mean $1.62 per disc?
:D :P

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 28, 2009, 07:38:59 PM
Quote from: RexRichter on November 28, 2009, 07:33:40 PM
You mean $1.62 per disc?
:D :P

I was referring to the price for the new set but you probably meant used.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 01, 2009, 05:41:13 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 27, 2009, 08:12:59 AM
If this isn't a bargain I don't know what is!
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4431.0;attach=22314;image)

Well, thanks to Harry's encouragement and the help and patience of the people at jpc, I finally managed to get myself registered correctly on their website, and I've just been notified that the box is now on its way to me. (It seems still to be available, too, at this crazy price.)

Thanks Harry.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 01, 2009, 07:10:09 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on December 01, 2009, 05:41:13 AM
Well, thanks to Harry's encouragement and the help and patience of the people at jpc, I finally managed to get myself registered correctly on their website, and I've just been notified that the box is now on its way to me. (It seems still to be available, too, at this crazy price.)

Thanks Harry.

You are very much welcome my friend.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 01, 2009, 07:44:09 AM
Cross-posting from Classical Download Thread:

LARGE NUMBERS OF FREE THINGS

Amazon is currently selling an MP3 download album called "I Love the '80s (1880s)". It contains Naxos recordings of the following:

Brahms Symphony No 3 (Alsop/LPO; half-decent performance which the Hurwitzer loved)
Mahler Symphony No 1 (Halasz; haven't heard this CD)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 (Wit/PNRSO; really solid playing if unspectacular)
Dvorak Symphony No 6 (Gunzenhauser/Slovak PO; one of the best recent recordings)
Borodin Symphony No 3 (Gunzenhauser; haven't heard this CD)
Saint-Saens Organ Symphony (unsure who's playing; ditto)
Bruckner Symphony No 9 (Tintner; celebrated recording)

This five-hour album is totally free. 500 megabytes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 01, 2009, 07:57:53 AM
I consider this a bargain too.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/DHM-Original-Christmas-Classics/hnum/1235886
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 02, 2009, 11:00:44 AM
This must be a badass bargain:

http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/53174/The_Best_of_Maxim_Vengerov.htm (http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/53174/The_Best_of_Maxim_Vengerov.htm)

(http://www.europadisc.co.uk/thumb/phpThumb.php?src=../images/products/1192876638_2564637802.jpg&w=190&h=190&zc=1)

11 discs for 22 £.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 02, 2009, 08:55:31 PM
Less than 20 at Presto, and add the relatively cheaper shipping for an 11-disc set. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Air on December 02, 2009, 09:16:09 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Klavierwerke-Germany/dp/B000AAP7EO/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259820276&sr=1-11 (http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Klavierwerke-Germany/dp/B000AAP7EO/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259820276&sr=1-11)

10 cds for 9 dollars used and 12 dollars new. 

Unfortunately, it's probably a very mediocre set, but it's a good introduction to Chopin, especially as it features recordings by different pianists, such as Rubinstein, Horowitz, Cortot, Arrau, Michelangeli, Gilels, Solomon, Backhaus, etc.  Another plus of this set, it covers the complete PCs, scherzi, ballades, waltzes, mazurkas, and etudes (op. 10, 25), which is often hard to find.

Doesn't really tempt me, but if you don't have any Chopin in your collection, i suggest you to take a glance this way...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 02, 2009, 11:00:30 PM
Quote from: RexRichter on December 02, 2009, 09:16:09 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Klavierwerke-Germany/dp/B000AAP7EO/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259820276&sr=1-11 (http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Klavierwerke-Germany/dp/B000AAP7EO/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259820276&sr=1-11)

10 cds for 9 dollars used and 12 dollars new. 

Unfortunately, it's probably a very mediocre set, but it's a good introduction to Chopin, especially as it features recordings by different pianists, such as Rubinstein, Horowitz, Cortot, Arrau, Michelangeli, Gilels, Solomon, Backhaus, etc.  Another plus of this set, it covers the complete PCs, scherzi, ballades, waltzes, mazurkas, and etudes (op. 10, 25), which is often hard to find.

Doesn't really tempt me, but if you don't have any Chopin in your collection, i suggest you to take a glance this way...

Also a good introduction to Chopin would be this set (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000026OW3/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259827028&sr=1-1&condition=new). Apart from the etudes, this contains, to my knowledge, every other solo work, and the piano concerti. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Air on December 03, 2009, 08:30:42 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 02, 2009, 11:00:30 PM
Also a good introduction to Chopin would be this set (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000026OW3/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1259827028&sr=1-1&condition=new). Apart from the etudes, this contains, to my knowledge, every other solo work, and the piano concerti. :)

There are a good many piano works missing from that set, actually.

The reason I mentioned the set above as a better reference/starter is because many people just won't warm to Rubinstein's "natural" Chopin and never will.  A more comprehensive set can give you a better feel of which pianists you enjoy and which you do not.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 04, 2009, 03:38:41 AM
Quote from: RexRichter on December 03, 2009, 08:30:42 PM
The reason I mentioned the set above as a better reference/starter is because many people just won't warm to Rubinstein's "natural" Chopin and never will.  A more comprehensive set can give you a better feel of which pianists you enjoy and which you do not.

I think it is wise to go for the piecemeal approach when it comes to Chopin, for I don't think any pianist plays all of Chopin's works well or perhaps better to say, to one's taste. Some are only great with the etudes, others excel with the Ballades but not with the Nocturnes and vice versa. Some, like Moravec, Rosenthal, Pachmann, to name a few, didn't record nearly all of Chopin's output anyway. Many of the great Chopin CDs are available at midprice (Ashkenazy's Decca Two-fers, Gavrilov's Etudes on Seraphim, Arrau's Nocturnes, etc) or lower, so it's possible to assemble a reasonably priced personalized box set of individual CDs.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 04, 2009, 04:19:24 AM
Quote from: George on December 04, 2009, 03:38:41 AM
I think it is wise to go for the piecemeal approach when it comes to Chopin, for I don't think any pianist plays all of Chopin's works well or perhaps better to say, to one's taste. Some are only great with the etudes, others excel with the Ballades but not with the Nocturnes and vice versa. Some, like Moravec, Rosenthal, Pachmann, to name a few, didn't record nearly all of Chopin's output anyway. Many of the great Chopin CDs are available at midprice (Ashkenazy's Decca Two-fers, Gavrilov's Etudes on Seraphim, Arrau's Nocturnes, etc) or lower, so it's possible to assemble a reasonably priced personalized box set of individual CDs.   

I expect to get the following Chopin set before the end of year as the set features some pianists I really like, such as Bella Davidovich, whose CD recordings are not easy to find.  This big box will complement the close to 100 CD's/LP's of Chopin works
I currently own - mostly singles.  I just love Chopin piano works ...    ;D

(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/brilliantclassics93202.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 04, 2009, 04:52:26 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 04, 2009, 04:19:24 AM
I just love Chopin piano works ...    ;D

Me too. As time goes on, I have become more and more fond of them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 04, 2009, 05:13:14 AM
Quote from: George on December 04, 2009, 04:52:26 AM
Me too. As time goes on, I have become more and more fond of them.

I am particularly fond of the Nocturnes.  Unfortunately, those singles by Cortot on Naxos Historical I bought last spring really do not cover the whole work.  Did Cortot ever record the complete Nocturnes, George?  Or are they only available on EMI, whose sound may not be quite as good as Naxos Historical?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 04, 2009, 05:21:52 AM
Quote from: George on December 04, 2009, 04:52:26 AM
Me too. As time goes on, I have become more and more fond of them.
Chopin has gone from being a nonentity in my listening ten years ago to being quite important currently. And that after 35 years in classical music!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 04, 2009, 07:15:33 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 04, 2009, 05:13:14 AM
I am particularly fond of the Nocturnes.  Unfortunately, those singles by Cortot on Naxos Historical I bought last spring really do not cover the whole work.  Did Cortot ever record the complete Nocturnes, George?  Or are they only available on EMI, whose sound may not be quite as good as Naxos Historical?

I don't think that he recorded them all, no.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Air on December 23, 2009, 04:02:39 PM
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Andromeda/ANDRCD5012 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Andromeda/ANDRCD5012)

Though it is often advised not to buy from such a label, one must be tempted at this bargain - 3 CDs of Cortot's finest Schumann recordings, remastered, and selling for 15 dollars.  Not on Pearl, Philips, Music and Arts, Biddulph, EMI, or even Naxos can you get these recordings at anywhere near that price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 26, 2009, 12:36:05 AM
Look at this bargain... :o

(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/emi9670632.jpg)

I just ordered it

http://www.amazon.de/Festival-Ballet-Ballett-exklusiv-Amazon/dp/B002P75FBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1261820065&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.de/Festival-Ballet-Ballett-exklusiv-Amazon/dp/B002P75FBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1261820065&sr=8-1)

Orpheus  ;)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 26, 2009, 01:18:22 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 26, 2009, 12:36:05 AM
Look at this bargain... :o

(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/emi9670632.jpg)

I just ordered it

http://www.amazon.de/Festival-Ballet-Ballett-exklusiv-Amazon/dp/B002P75FBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1261820065&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.de/Festival-Ballet-Ballett-exklusiv-Amazon/dp/B002P75FBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1261820065&sr=8-1)

Orpheus  ;)

Thanks my friend!
Ordered to
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on December 26, 2009, 05:08:04 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 26, 2009, 12:36:05 AM
Look at this bargain... :o

(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/emi9670632.jpg)

I just ordered it

http://www.amazon.de/Festival-Ballet-Ballett-exklusiv-Amazon/dp/B002P75FBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1261820065&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.de/Festival-Ballet-Ballett-exklusiv-Amazon/dp/B002P75FBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1261820065&sr=8-1)

Orpheus  ;)

If that doesn't qualify for this thread, at that price, I really don't know what should. :o

Elusive complete track listing here (http://www.allegro.pl/item845093751_a_festival_of_ballet_50cd.html)!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on December 26, 2009, 05:12:08 AM
And what's this? (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002UCDVAC/ref=pd_luc_sbs_01_03)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YfdmI06XL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 26, 2009, 05:30:54 AM
Quote from: Renfield on December 26, 2009, 05:12:08 AM
And what's this? (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002UCDVAC/ref=pd_luc_sbs_01_03)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YfdmI06XL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

Some big names in there, but none that I call my favorites for Chopin. Plus, they left out Cortot.  :-[
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on December 26, 2009, 05:42:39 AM
Quote from: George on December 26, 2009, 05:30:54 AM
Some big names in there, but none that I call my favorites for Chopin. Plus, they left out Cortot.  :-[

It generally seems to be a round-up of the Chopin recordings in their archive not currently in print, and of at least adequate quality.

Still, some of them might be worth hearing...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 26, 2009, 07:51:20 AM
Quote from: Renfield on December 26, 2009, 05:08:04 AM
If that doesn't qualify for this thread, at that price, I really don't know what should. :o

Elusive complete track listing here (http://www.allegro.pl/item845093751_a_festival_of_ballet_50cd.html)!
Some strange choices of works though:

CD 33: ELGAR - Enigma Variations; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Job
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 26, 2009, 07:56:58 AM
Hehe. Certainly a weird choice to include an obscure British composer for the German market, but for people with taste, Job is a masterwork ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 26, 2009, 08:00:21 AM
Quote from: Lethe on December 26, 2009, 07:56:58 AM
Hehe. Certainly a weird choice to include an obscure British composer for the German market, but for people with taste, Job is a masterwork ;)
I do know Job, but the Enigmas in a ballet box? I don't doubt that someone, somewhere, have danced to it, but still?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 26, 2009, 08:03:10 AM
Indeedie, I guess a matter of needing some filler, but not finding a ballet short enough.

Although based on EMI's recent quality control history, they probably have a student on work experience overseeing the whole project.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on December 26, 2009, 08:49:34 PM
Quote from: Lethe on December 26, 2009, 08:03:10 AM
Although based on EMI's recent quality control history, they probably have a student on work experience overseeing the whole project.

;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 26, 2009, 09:13:50 PM
Quote from: Lethe on December 26, 2009, 08:03:10 AM
Although based on EMI's recent quality control history, they probably have a student on work experience overseeing the whole project.

I would totally volunteer to be the student on work experience choosing box set program lineups!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 27, 2009, 07:11:44 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 26, 2009, 09:13:50 PM
I would totally volunteer to be the student on work experience choosing box set program lineups!!

Mr. EMI Big Box ...    ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:20:08 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 27, 2009, 07:11:44 PM
Mr. EMI Big Box ...    ;D

"Big's my middle name."

Would make for a good catch-phrase around the EMI offices, for the multiple-disc box set specialist.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 27, 2009, 07:23:22 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:20:08 PM
"Big's my middle name."

Would make for a good catch-phrase around the EMI offices, for the multiple-disc box set specialist.

Not to mention the fact that he'd have to beat off (perhaps not the best choice of words, but I am tired) the ladies with one of those ICON boxes.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 27, 2009, 07:25:19 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:20:08 PM
"Big's my middle name."

Would make for a good catch-phrase around the EMI offices, for the multiple-disc box set specialist.

Sony is late to the big box party when DG and EMI have been doing just that for the past two years.  No wonder Sony has been performing like crap the past ten years.  While Sony took the world by storm with its Walkman and Discman, it missed the MP3 boat big-time. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:36:37 PM
Quote from: George on December 27, 2009, 07:23:22 PM
Not to mention the fact that he'd have to beat off (perhaps not the best choice of words, but I am tired) the ladies with one of those ICON boxes.  ;D

Yes, his would be a hard life. :'( ;)


Quote from: Coopmv on December 27, 2009, 07:25:19 PM
Sony is late to the big box party when DG and EMI have been doing just that for the past two years.  No wonder Sony has been performing like crap the past ten years.  While Sony took the world by storm with its Walkman and Discman, it missed the MP3 boat big-time.

Indeed! Relevant to your comment, I owned one of their early attempts at a modern mp3 player, and it was a complete disaster of a machine, badly written software, unintuitive interface... Even the PS3 took them a couple of years to get right, in terms of presenting a cohesive vision of what they want people to do with one, and pricing it at the right level.

So I'm not surprised their classical division has also been having trouble keeping up with the times in the new world of high disc-to-price ratios and extensive archival reissues; let alone presenting innovation of their own.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 27, 2009, 07:38:24 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:36:37 PM
Yes, his would be a hard life. :'( ;)

A new release every few hours.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 27, 2009, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: Renfield on December 27, 2009, 07:36:37 PM
Yes, his would be a hard life. :'( ;)


Indeed! Relevant to your comment, I owned one of their early attempts at a modern mp3 player, and it was a complete disaster of a machine, badly written software, unintuitive interface... Even the PS3 took them a couple of years to get right, in terms of presenting a cohesive vision of what they want people to do with one, and pricing it at the right level.

So I'm not surprised their classical division has also been having trouble keeping up with the times in the new world of high disc-to-price ratios and extensive archival reissues; let alone presenting innovation of their own.

Whatever happened to Howard Stringer, the Welsh American and the first non-Japanese CEO that is supposed to right the ship named Sony?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stringer
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 27, 2009, 08:07:08 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 27, 2009, 07:11:44 PM
Mr. EMI Big Box ...    ;D

If I knew the ins and outs of the EMI vaults better, I'd be better placed to throw out an example of a cool box set waiting to be designed ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 27, 2009, 08:10:45 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 27, 2009, 08:07:08 PM
If I knew the ins and outs of the EMI vaults better, I'd be better placed to throw out an example of a cool box set waiting to be designed ...

How about a budget release of Celibidache's Bruckner set? 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 27, 2009, 08:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 27, 2009, 08:07:08 PM
If I knew the ins and outs of the EMI vaults better, I'd be better placed to throw out an example of a cool box set waiting to be designed ...

Or you would have hired Mark Obert-Thorn or Ward Marston to do better reconstruction/remastering work ...    ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 28, 2009, 12:30:46 PM
Box sets at http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/   reduced until Dec.31
I ordered a couple of the Capriccio sets that I've not seen locally (Busoni compilation and Krumbach's German Organ set)  good price and shipping 8 discs from overseas total is less than domestic rate for one disc (amazon, etc.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 29, 2009, 06:50:12 PM
Here are two super-duper bargains from an unlikely source: ArkivMusic!

Ten CDs of Johann Strauss jr. waltzes, polkas, marches and overtures (including most of the greatest hits and a selection of obscure pieces, like his Op. 1) - MP3 download for $10 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/albumpage/86377-E625-5)
The complete Haydn piano sonatas - MP3 download for $10 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/albumpage/207526-E625-5)


These are Naxos recordings, so Jeno Jando plays all the Haydn and the Strauss is by a host of Slovak orchestras plus the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sound samples are available.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 30, 2009, 07:34:58 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 29, 2009, 06:50:12 PM
The complete Haydn piano sonatas - MP3 download for $10 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/albumpage/207526-E625-5)[/b]
Downloading now - 1.3 GB downloaded, 200 megabytes left to go, probably the biggest download I've ever done! Still and all, for $10 to have the complete Haydn sonatas, well, I'm a little bit excited.  :)

Looks like the file transfer process will be complete pretty near the four-hour mark  :o

EDIT: Finished at 4 h 14 m. Pretty good given the length of the album is 10 h 57 m!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: OzRadio on December 31, 2009, 08:01:37 AM
Is anyone familiar with EMI's 50-disc Schubert Collector's Edition? I don't have any Schubert yet and was thinking of purchasing this. It's under $70 a couple places.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 31, 2009, 08:15:58 PM
Quote from: OzRadio on December 31, 2009, 08:01:37 AM
Is anyone familiar with EMI's 50-disc Schubert Collector's Edition? I don't have any Schubert yet and was thinking of purchasing this. It's under $70 a couple places.

Are you referring to this set?  While I like Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as a great lyric baritone, I am not too excited about its roster of conductors.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/611WuogoLTL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 31, 2009, 10:19:43 PM
It seems very hit and miss, like most of these boxes. The roster of lieder singers looks very strong, and there is the Hungarian Quartet in the SQs, but then there's Menuhin in the symphonies. Sawallisch is good in the choral works, but I don't know how much he features in.

Here's a scan of the back:

(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2116/backlq.jpg)

Overall it looks pretty strong, if not vital.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 01, 2010, 11:27:15 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 30, 2009, 07:34:58 PM
Downloading now - 1.3 GB downloaded, 200 megabytes left to go, probably the biggest download I've ever done! Still and all, for $10 to have the complete Haydn sonatas, well, I'm a little bit excited.  :)

Looks like the file transfer process will be complete pretty near the four-hour mark  :o

EDIT: Finished at 4 h 14 m. Pretty good given the length of the album is 10 h 57 m!

Brian,   Were you using a 1 TB external hard drive for this download?  I have seen prices for such drive for a little over $100 on sale ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 01, 2010, 12:13:14 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 01, 2010, 11:27:15 AM
Brian,   Were you using a 1 TB external hard drive for this download?  I have seen prices for such drive for a little over $100 on sale ...

Nope, my regular hard drive had room! I do need to invest in a 1 TB external, however; have seen them for as cheap as $90, and with my current external full, it's a pressing need.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 01, 2010, 12:20:23 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fMKuuzLRL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

Fazil Say
Mozart Concertos 12, 21, 23
Haydn Sonatas 10, 31, 35, 37, 43
Beethoven Waldstein, Appassionata and Tempest Sonatas

All for only $12.99 new
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 01, 2010, 12:30:00 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 01, 2010, 12:13:14 PM
Nope, my regular hard drive had room! I do need to invest in a 1 TB external, however; have seen them for as cheap as $90, and with my current external full, it's a pressing need.  :)

I tend to stick with Seagate and Western Digital because of their reputation, though the 1 TB externals made by these companies tend to be pricier.  I have seen 1 TB external by Fantom advertised for less than $100 but really am unsure about this brand's reliability ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 18, 2010, 10:54:00 AM
Holy mother of God give me a reason not to buy this. (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93525/5028421935256/Brilliant-Classics/Ludwig-van-Beethoven/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-26315.html)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 18, 2010, 10:56:10 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 18, 2010, 10:54:00 AM
Holy mother of God give me a reason not to buy this. (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93525/5028421935256/Brilliant-Classics/Ludwig-van-Beethoven/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-26315.html)

1. You might hurt your back lifting it.

2. It might contain a French spy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 18, 2010, 11:00:19 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 18, 2010, 10:54:00 AM
Holy mother of God give me a reason not to buy this. (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93525/5028421935256/Brilliant-Classics/Ludwig-van-Beethoven/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-26315.html)
The notes may be in Dutch?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 18, 2010, 11:04:46 AM
Quote from: Beethovenian on January 18, 2010, 10:56:10 AM
2. It might contain a French spy.

Hmm, good point. I don't much care for French spies, unless they look like this:

(http://blog.jinni.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/pinkpanther_petersellers.jpg)

erato, the site claims it comes with a 200 page book (although maybe my French is just bad!).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on January 18, 2010, 11:36:31 AM
The "book" is in French, it is in fact only 182 pages long (because some of the pages are empty ;D), and you can download a free pdf, so why bother getting all those heavy CDs?

(Oddly enough, it does not contain sung texts.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 18, 2010, 01:29:26 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 18, 2010, 10:54:00 AM
Holy mother of God give me a reason not to buy this. (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93525/5028421935256/Brilliant-Classics/Ludwig-van-Beethoven/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-26315.html)

You're short on shelf space and you hate Beethoven?  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on January 19, 2010, 12:09:04 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 18, 2010, 10:54:00 AM
Holy mother of God give me a reason not to buy this. (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93525/5028421935256/Brilliant-Classics/Ludwig-van-Beethoven/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-26315.html)

What's missing in this complete box?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 19, 2010, 02:54:50 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 18, 2010, 10:54:00 AM
Holy mother of God give me a reason not to buy this. (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93525/5028421935256/Brilliant-Classics/Ludwig-van-Beethoven/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-26315.html)

No way, Jose. If you are to resist the dark side, it must be done on your own.  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 19, 2010, 03:04:21 AM
Quote from: George on January 19, 2010, 02:54:50 AM
No way, Jose. If you are to resist the dark side, it must be done on your own.  :D
The Force is weak in him.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on January 19, 2010, 09:40:48 AM
Well worth looking through the rest of Abeille Musique's Brilliant Classics sale stock:

http://classique.abeillemusique.com/result.php?page=1&label=81&order=prix&sort_type=DESC (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/result.php?page=1&label=81&order=prix&sort_type=DESC)

eg

Haydn Edition Volume 1      - 50 euros
Russian Legends (100 CDs) - 30 euros
Brendel Early Recordings     - 23 euros
Scarlatti Complete Sonatas  - 22 euros
Rachmaninov Complete Edition - 20 euros

Delivery to the UK is 10 euros, the website is entirely in French with no option to translate (L'Académie française would be proud), so only proceed if your French is, er, bon. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 19, 2010, 09:46:18 AM
Quote from: ammar on January 19, 2010, 09:40:48 AM
Delivery to the UK is 10 euros, the website is entirely in French with no option to translate (L'Académie française would be proud), so only proceed if your French is, er, bon. :)

I assume it's a flat rate. And could you please tell me how much they charge to ship things to India -- if they ship to India at all? :) I'm sorry to trouble you, but my French is not the least bon. :)

*Fingers crossed, hoping it makes JPC and Amazon.de seem inexpensive*
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 19, 2010, 10:18:55 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 19, 2010, 09:46:18 AM
I assume it's a flat rate. And could you please tell me how much they charge to ship things to India -- if they ship to India at all? :) I'm sorry to trouble you, but my French is not the least bon. :)

Their international shipping rates depend on the items ordered and are calculated thus: 9,90 euros for 1-3 items, 18,30 euros for 4-7 items, 28,20 euros for 8-15 items and free shipping for ordering more than 15 items. Shipping charges are calculated automatically on the order page, so you'll be able to check them out before finalizing the order - and in your case they're also going to exclude the sales tax from the item's price (about 17% if I remember correctly).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 19, 2010, 10:22:56 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on January 19, 2010, 10:18:55 AM
Their international shipping rates depend on the items ordered and are calculated thus: 9,90 euros for 1-3 items, 18,30 euros for 4-7 items, 28,20 euros for 8-15 items and free shipping for ordering more than 15 items. Shipping charges are calculated automatically on the order page, so you'll be able to check them out before finalizing the order - and in your case they're also going to exclude the sales tax from the item's price (about 17% if I remember correctly).

That information is very much appreicated, Tasos. :)

(And like I feared, their rates seem to be rather reasonable.  :-\)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 19, 2010, 10:42:38 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 19, 2010, 10:22:56 AM
That information is very much appreicated, Tasos. :)

(And like I feared, their rates seem to be rather reasonable.  :-\)

I didn't manage to find any list of excluded countries (à la amazon marketplace) on their help pages, so these rates do apply internationally. If these bix Brilliant boxes are considered as singular items for the purpose of calculating the delivery charges,  it's a good deal. Now that I think of it, it will cost less to send an item to India (same p&p, but tax-free) than to send it to Greece!  :o  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 19, 2010, 10:47:16 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on January 19, 2010, 10:42:38 AM
I didn't manage to find any list of excluded countries (à la amazon marketplace) on their help pages, so these rates do apply internationally. If these bix Brilliant boxes are considered as singular items for the purpose of calculating the delivery charges,  it's a good deal. Now that I think of it, it will cost less to send an item to India (same p&p, but tax-free) than to send it to Greece!  :o  ;D

Those rates always will remain an enigma.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bhodges on January 19, 2010, 10:59:09 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 18, 2010, 10:54:00 AM
Holy mother of God give me a reason not to buy this. (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93525/5028421935256/Brilliant-Classics/Ludwig-van-Beethoven/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-26315.html)

Because you should be buying more Lachenmann?  >:D

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 19, 2010, 11:08:45 AM
Buchberger Haydn is 20 euros.

Man, I was planning not to buy any CDs this year and then they have to go and tempt me this way.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on January 19, 2010, 11:09:24 AM
Wanderer & Opus106,

I partially processed an order with my country flagged as India; Abeille's system seemed to accept it without any problems. Postage to India starts at 8.28 euros - I'm guessing it's cheaper than for the UK & Greece because the local sales tax is removed (also reflected in the reduced prices shown on the Abeille website for CDs when I changed my address). Of course, we don't then need to worry about any import taxes...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 19, 2010, 11:09:44 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 19, 2010, 11:08:45 AM
Buchberger Haydn is 20 euros.

Man, I was planning not to buy any CDs this year ...

Then why are you even reading this thread???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 19, 2010, 11:13:34 AM
Quote from: ammar on January 19, 2010, 11:09:24 AM
Wanderer & Opus106,

I partially processed an order with my country flagged as India; Abeille's system seemed to accept it without any problems. Postage to India starts at 8.28 euros - I'm guessing it's cheaper than for the UK & Greece because the local sales tax is removed (also reflected in the reduced prices shown on the Abeille website for CDs when I changed my address). Of course, we don't then need to worry about any import taxes...

Wow, thanks a lot, ammar. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on January 19, 2010, 04:16:24 PM
Well this is beginning to resemble a fire sale :

http://classique.abeillemusique.com/result.php?page=1&label=81&order=prix&sort_type=DESC (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/result.php?page=1&label=81&order=prix&sort_type=DESC)

Haydn Edition (150 CDs) now 40 euros! :o
Russian Legends & Beethoven Edition (both 100CDs) now 24 euros apiece! :o
Brendel Set & Scarlatti Sonatas (35 & 36 CDs) now 18 euros each! :o

If I'd held fire on the Haydn set, I could have saved another 10 euros today! (mind you, If I'd held fire on the Haydn set @ 50 euros, I would have been an idiot!)

Will there be a further reduction tomorrow, I wonder? (and is this a deliberate attempt by Abeille to pauperize GMGers?)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 19, 2010, 07:36:01 PM
Wow! I guess I'll wait a couple days - my cart [Beethoven, Rachmaninov, historical Russians edition] just went from US $107 to US $88! NOTE: You have to delete everything from your cart and re-add them to get the new price.

The Buchberger Haydn complete box set is now US $24.

EDIT: It must be a fire sale. Every Brilliant Classics item that's not listed is no longer available, even new releases (the Knushnevitsky box that came out last month is already out of print, they claim).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 19, 2010, 07:55:15 PM
Now, I'm going to be useful to everybody else and recommend y'all buy the 5CD Sviatoslav Richter set. It's 8 euros and it contains some of the most stupendous Schubert and Beethoven playing there is.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Air on January 19, 2010, 08:11:06 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 19, 2010, 07:55:15 PM
Now, I'm going to be useful to everybody else and recommend y'all buy the 5CD Sviatoslav Richter set. It's 8 euros and it contains some of the most stupendous Schubert and Beethoven playing there is.

I'm eyeing the Yudina and Sofronitsky sets too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 19, 2010, 10:44:53 PM
Quote from: Wanderer on January 19, 2010, 10:18:55 AM
Their international shipping rates depend on the items ordered and are calculated thus: 9,90 euros for 1-3 items, 18,30 euros for 4-7 items, 28,20 euros for 8-15 items and free shipping for ordering more than 15 items. Shipping charges are calculated automatically on the order page, so you'll be able to check them out before finalizing the order - and in your case they're also going to exclude the sales tax from the item's price (about 17% if I remember correctly).

After I gathered some nice bargains, I was unpleasantly reminded of Abeillemusique's idiotic "foreign" shipping rates. I had six items, so I would have to pay that €18,30!  :o  Thereby evaporating any discount advantage... While jpc, for instance, charges me a for any amount a flat rate of €5,-  ::). And I do not live on another continent. Well, they know where to stick it... :P

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 19, 2010, 10:45:02 PM
That French site has some ridiculously cheap stuff aside from Brilliant Classics. Many full-priced Chandos CDs are going for 6.40, including cool stuff like their D'Indy, Koechlin, the recent Bacewicz violin concertos disc, etc. If the shipping was flat-rate I would've bought a crate load.

This is one of the first times I've ever felt jealous of the French :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 20, 2010, 07:21:25 AM
Picked this new release up for $55 (56 discs). 

As if we need further proof of EMI's incompetence, there is no listing or hint of the existence of this set on EMI classics own web site (that I can find) although various amazon sites are selling it and one has already been shipped to me.  No track listing has been made available either, although I have a general idea of what Ciccolini recorded for EMI.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LIAPNQtlL._SS400_.jpg)

How can a company that can't even manage to maintain a list of the products it sells survive?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 20, 2010, 07:26:06 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on January 20, 2010, 07:21:25 AM
Picked this new release up for $55 (56 discs). 

As if we need further proof of EMI's incompetence, there is no listing or hint of the existence of this set on EMI classics own web site (that I can find) although various amazon sites are selling it and one has already been shipped to me.  No track listing has been made available either, although I have a general idea of what Ciccolini recorded for EMI.


How can a company that can't even manage to maintain a list of the products it sells survive?

http://www.emivirginclassics.fr/aldo-ciccolini-the-complete-emi-recordings/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 20, 2010, 07:40:21 AM
Quote from: Beethovenian on January 20, 2010, 07:26:06 AM
http://www.emivirginclassics.fr/aldo-ciccolini-the-complete-emi-recordings/

Good work, finding it on the French EMI site.  I was wondering if I missed it, but I still can't find it in the catalog or new release pages of the international site, www.emiclassics.com.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 20, 2010, 07:41:47 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on January 20, 2010, 07:40:21 AM
Good work, finding it on the French EMI site.  I was wondering if I missed it, but I still can't find it in the catalog or new release pages of the international site, www.emiclassics.com.

French EMI may have released it. I don't know how that works, but CD Universe states as much.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 20, 2010, 07:47:16 AM
French EMI seems to do a lot of stuff without telling the parent company. I think Yves Nat and other pianists have gotten similar treatment. You know what they say about the left hand knowing what the right hand is doing...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 20, 2010, 07:48:43 AM
French Sony released my box of Szell LvB symphonies. Shh...  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on January 20, 2010, 10:28:20 AM
Quote from: Beethovenian on January 20, 2010, 07:48:43 AM
French Sony released my box of Szell LvB symphonies. Shh...  8)

Explain to me please! I'd like to pick Szell/Beethoven box at a reasonable price...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 20, 2010, 10:32:54 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on January 20, 2010, 10:28:20 AM
Explain to me please! I'd like to pick Szell/Beethoven box at a reasonable price...

Sorry. This was a while back. I think it's oop by now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 20, 2010, 11:31:30 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on January 20, 2010, 10:28:20 AM
Explain to me please! I'd like to pick Szell/Beethoven box at a reasonable price...

I see those CDs (singly) in the used bins for $3.99 all the time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 20, 2010, 11:38:14 AM
Quote from: George on January 20, 2010, 11:31:30 AM
I see those CDs (singly) in the used bins for $3.99 all the time.

And almost all of them are available at AMP for the same price, new. Of course, you'd have to pay almost as much for shipping. And that would be the same as buying from Amazon while taking advantage of the free shipping if eligible. Not bad for OOP CDs that one very much wants, I'd say. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 20, 2010, 12:14:43 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 20, 2010, 11:38:14 AM
And almost all of them are available at AMP for the same price, new. Of course, you'd have to pay almost as much for shipping. And that would be the same as buying from Amazon while taking advantage of the free shipping if eligible. Not bad for OOP CDs that one very much wants, I'd say. :)

Not to mention some superb performances!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 20, 2010, 12:21:44 PM
Quote from: Beethovenian on January 20, 2010, 10:32:54 AM
Sorry. This was a while back. I think it's oop by now.

Wow, I wouldn't have believed it but the Szell/Beethoven cycle seems to be out of print at the moment!  Not that I want a copy, but you would think that something so standard would be perpetually available.  A new edition must be in the pipeline.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Air on January 20, 2010, 01:06:49 PM
Quote from: Lethe on January 19, 2010, 10:45:02 PM
That French site has some ridiculously cheap stuff aside from Brilliant Classics. Many full-priced Chandos CDs are going for 6.40, including cool stuff like their D'Indy, Koechlin, the recent Bacewicz violin concertos disc, etc. If the shipping was flat-rate I would've bought a crate load.

This is one of the first times I've ever felt jealous of the French :'(

How much is the shipping cost if I live in the US?

(The shipping cost is what I don't like about foreign "bargains.")
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on January 20, 2010, 04:29:32 PM
Quote from: RexRichter on January 20, 2010, 01:06:49 PM
How much is the shipping cost if I live in the US?

(The shipping cost is what I don't like about foreign "bargains.")

US is "international" in relation to France, so:

Quote from: Wanderer on January 19, 2010, 10:18:55 AM
Their international shipping rates depend on the items ordered and are calculated thus: 9,90 euros for 1-3 items, 18,30 euros for 4-7 items, 28,20 euros for 8-15 items and free shipping for ordering more than 15 items. Shipping charges are calculated automatically on the order page, so you'll be able to check them out before finalizing the order - and in your case they're also going to exclude the sales tax from the item's price (about 17% if I remember correctly).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 20, 2010, 07:12:39 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 19, 2010, 07:36:01 PM
Wow! I guess I'll wait a couple days - my cart [Beethoven, Rachmaninov, historical Russians edition] just went from US $107 to US $88! NOTE: You have to delete everything from your cart and re-add them to get the new price.

The Buchberger Haydn complete box set is now US $24.


Did you mean Buchbinder?  I have his Complete Haydn Piano Sonatas on WarnerClassics.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 20, 2010, 07:43:49 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 20, 2010, 07:12:39 PM
Did you mean Buchbinder?  I have his Complete Haydn Piano Sonatas on WarnerClassics.

Nope, the Buchberger String Quartet's complete Haydn quartets and Seven Last Words, for $25.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 20, 2010, 10:22:32 PM
You just made me order 251 CDs from this site for the grand total of 65 E including P&P. I included a Chandos disc (Rubbras masses) at at ridiculous price, unfortunately I already have the "D'Indy (2)  and Bacewicz violin concertos disc" mentioned by somebody, but which Koechlin disc did you think of?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 20, 2010, 10:41:08 PM
Quote from: erato on January 20, 2010, 10:22:32 PM
You just made me order 251 CDs from this site for the grand total of 65 E including P&P. I included a Chandos disc (Rubbras masses) at at ridiculous price, unfortunately I already have the "D'Indy (2)  and Bacewicz violin concertos disc" mentioned by somebody, but which Koechlin disc did you think of?
Charles Koechlin Intégrale des œuvres pour saxophone & piano (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CHAN9803/0095115980323/Chandos-Records/Charles-Koechlin/Integrale-des-oeuvres-pour-saxophone--piano/cleart-22191.html)

Currently now 6 euro rather than 6.40.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 20, 2010, 10:49:18 PM
Quote from: erato on January 20, 2010, 10:22:32 PM
You just made me order 251 CDs from this site for the grand total of 65 E including P&P. I included a Chandos disc (Rubbras masses) at at ridiculous price, unfortunately I already have the "D'Indy (2)  and Bacewicz violin concertos disc" mentioned by somebody, but which Koechlin disc did you think of?

Let me guess... the Haydn Box and the Russian Legends? For me, it comes to a whopping 53,18 €. That is ridiculous! (In a good way. ;D)

Edit: actually, 61.45. Still ridiculous, though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 21, 2010, 01:13:26 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 20, 2010, 10:49:18 PM
Let me guess... the Haydn Box and the Russian Legends? For me, it comes to a whopping 53,18 €. That is ridiculous! (In a good way. ;D)

Edit: actually, 61.45. Still ridiculous, though.
Righto. Wanted the barytone trios and the van Swieten Piano trios, the rest is pure bonus. And I have 30 CDs worth of the russian material, those will make great presents.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 21, 2010, 01:14:07 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 20, 2010, 10:41:08 PM
Charles Koechlin Intégrale des œuvres pour saxophone & piano (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CHAN9803/0095115980323/Chandos-Records/Charles-Koechlin/Integrale-des-oeuvres-pour-saxophone--piano/cleart-22191.html)

Currently now 6 euro rather than 6.40.
Thanks. There will be further orders from this etailer.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on January 21, 2010, 10:14:09 AM
Can anyone provide an 'idiots guide' instructions as to set up an account at Abeille Musique.  It's very hard being a Luddite and speaking only one language.

I get the bit about 'add to basket', then realize its saying something about 'not having an account'

:-[ No worries if you can't, I may try the English speaking telephone service...cheers

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 21, 2010, 10:22:59 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on January 21, 2010, 10:14:09 AM
Can anyone provide an 'idiots guide' instructions as to set up an account at Abeille Musique.  It's very hard being a Luddite and speaking only one language.

I get the bit about 'add to basket', then realize its saying something about 'not having an account'

:-[ No worries if you can't, I may try the English speaking telephone service...cheers

The first time I ordered from Abeille Musique, I used Google Translate to translate key phrases.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 21, 2010, 10:23:20 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on January 21, 2010, 10:14:09 AM
Can anyone provide an 'idiots guide' instructions as to set up an account at Abeille Musique.  It's very hard being a Luddite and speaking only one language.

I get the bit about 'add to basket', then realize its saying something about 'not having an account'

:-[ No worries if you can't, I may try the English speaking telephone service...cheers

You want to click where it says cliquez vite sur ce lien : Je m'inscris tout de suite.

I haven't managed to order anything yet, but this site can translate text from the web site well enough to figure out what they are asking.

http://translation2.paralink.com/

Just cut and paste text, then hit translate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 21, 2010, 10:25:30 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 21, 2010, 10:22:59 AM
The first time I ordered from Abeille Musique, I used Google Translate to translate key phrases.

Oooo, I didn't notice google had a translation site now.
:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 21, 2010, 10:25:52 AM
The registration form is here: http://www.abeillemusique.com/compte/inscription.php

It's fairly simple (with an add-on like BabelFish (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7004) ;)). I think it's fairly obvious what should typed in each field, mostly. E-mail, give yourself a password, and then re-type the thing. Name, First name, blah... blah.. blah. And that's it. After that it will give you a choice to modify the details if so required, otherwise you can just proceed to shop. At least that's what I did. :) BTW, I still haven't made a transaction with them. The farthest I have gone is to my basket.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 21, 2010, 10:27:06 AM
Just don't click the button that says: "Please Use My Credit Card As You Will".
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 21, 2010, 10:56:43 AM
Quote from: Beethovenian on January 21, 2010, 10:27:06 AM
Just don't click the button that says: "Please Use My Credit Card As You Will".

:o

One more reason to learn French.   ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on January 21, 2010, 11:04:48 AM
Thanks to All  ;D

Hopefully I will have the account set up, when I get home from work tonight.

I should have paid more attention in French class, some 25 years ago LOL
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 21, 2010, 02:04:55 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on January 21, 2010, 11:04:48 AM
I should have paid more attention in French class...

Me too.  :(

My cart is full of nice and cheap goodies, but I don't know how to buy with my credit card. Some help?

:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 21, 2010, 02:15:13 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 21, 2010, 02:04:55 PM
Me too.  :(

My cart is full of nice and cheap goodies, but I don't know how to buy with my credit card. Some help?

:)

Sure, just PM me the number.

;)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 21, 2010, 02:19:32 PM
Quote from: George on January 21, 2010, 02:15:13 PM
Sure, just PM me the number.

;)

;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 21, 2010, 02:25:02 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 21, 2010, 02:04:55 PM
Me too.  :(

My cart is full of nice and cheap goodies, but I don't know how to buy with my credit card. Some help?

:)

Near the bottom of the page are three options - choose "Je paie par CB" (CB = carte bancaire = credit card).

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 21, 2010, 02:25:16 PM
Quote from: George on January 21, 2010, 02:15:13 PM
Sure, just PM me the number.

;)

And include the standard French legal fine print:  Vous mai faites ce que vous voulez avec ma carte de crédit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 21, 2010, 02:33:03 PM
Quote from: Que on January 21, 2010, 02:25:02 PM
CB = carte bancaire = credit card

Thanks, Q! It was all what I needed.  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on January 21, 2010, 05:22:07 PM
Did a bit more snooping on the Abeille Musique site - some more 'cheap as chips' sets (coupled with the usual exorbitant shipping rates):

Brahms - Complete Chamber Music - Hyperion - 12CDs = 24 euros

http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CDS4433142/0034571143316/Hyperion/Johannes-Brahms/Musique-de-Chambre-Integrale/cleart-30432.html (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CDS4433142/0034571143316/Hyperion/Johannes-Brahms/Musique-de-Chambre-Integrale/cleart-30432.html)

Chopin - Complete Piano Music - Hyperion - 16CDs = 22 euros

http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CDS4435166/0034571143514/Hyperion/Frederic-Chopin/Integrale-des-OEuvres/cleart-30622.html (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CDS4435166/0034571143514/Hyperion/Frederic-Chopin/Integrale-des-OEuvres/cleart-30622.html)

Wagner - Ring Cycle - Rudolf Kempe - Testament = 35 euros

http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/SBT131426/0749677142629/Testament/Richard-Wagner/Der-Ring-des-Nibelungen-La-Tetralogie/cleart-30662.html (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/SBT131426/0749677142629/Testament/Richard-Wagner/Der-Ring-des-Nibelungen-La-Tetralogie/cleart-30662.html)

Langaard - Symphonies - Da Capo - 12 SACDs = 28 euros

http://classique.abeillemusique.com/SACD-Hybride/Classique/6200001/0747313300167/Da-Capo/Rued-Langgaard/Les-Symphonies/cleart-31520.html (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/SACD-Hybride/Classique/6200001/0747313300167/Da-Capo/Rued-Langgaard/Les-Symphonies/cleart-31520.html)

I think the new WTC recording by Angela Hewitt was on for 14 euros, all the hyperion 'full price' discs (as with the Chandos ones) are 6.80 euros a pop. Various special priced 3 CD sets (Gothic Voices, Veracini Sonatas) are also 6.80 euros. Most of the Hyperion/Gramophone Award Edition is going for 5 euros (Sauer/Scharwenka Piano Concertos, etc.).

As for other labels, I think I saw some Da Capo and Nimbus box sets highly reduced too.

Happy Shopping :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 21, 2010, 05:37:02 PM
Hmmm ... $150 buys me the complete works of Beethoven, Rachmaninov, and Grieg, the complete Haydn quartets, the Mravinsky edition, and the giant Russian Archives collection. 285 CDs, 53 cents per CD. All for the price of 10 dinners at the local Mexican restaurant. Every reason to buy it.

Except:

When will I listen to it all?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 21, 2010, 05:38:39 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 21, 2010, 05:37:02 PM
When will I listen to it all?

You listen to your CDs?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Bunny on January 21, 2010, 07:55:51 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 21, 2010, 05:37:02 PM
Hmmm ... $150 buys me the complete works of Beethoven, Rachmaninov, and Grieg, the complete Haydn quartets, the Mravinsky edition, and the giant Russian Archives collection. 285 CDs, 53 cents per CD. All for the price of 10 dinners at the local Mexican restaurant. Every reason to buy it.

Except:

When will I listen to it all?

And how good are the recordings? 

I just got the Dorati Haydn cycle for $51.  That's $1.50 per cd, but the quality is uniformly high.  I think that's a real bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 21, 2010, 09:59:36 PM
Quote from: ammar on January 21, 2010, 05:22:07 PM

Langaard - Symphonies - Da Capo - 12 SACDs = 28 euros

The Langgaard set isn't on 12 CDs. I think it's on 6. Great price anyway though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: otterhouse on January 21, 2010, 10:54:27 PM
I just bought Shotakovich 24 preludes by Muza Rubackyté.

Got a reasonable review too:

http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=11265

2CD's for one euro, even placemats are more expensive...

(http://docent.cmd.hro.nl/otter/kruidvat.jpg)


Rolf
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moldyoldie on January 22, 2010, 06:16:30 AM
[Pasted from "What Are You Listening To?"]
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51g09fxlpNL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)It seems to come in various packaging.
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Frank Shipway, cond.
RPO PLATINUM

Shipway/RPO's Mahler Fifth is schizoid to the max (in the now sullied sense of meaning thoroughly contrasting in mood, tempo and dynamics); yet comprehensible, committed, and thrillingly performed -- it's how I imagine Mahler imagined it! The brass soloists are spot-on in expression and overall ensemble is quite fine with this very inspired conducting. Also, the twelve-minute Adagietto isn't "beautiful", it's fine steel mesh being stretched and rent asunder. This is a Mahler Fifth that demands to be heard!

The recording is spacious, somewhat less than impeccably balanced; but mostly clean, unfussy and gimmick-free...and it's available dirt cheap online. You'll love it!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on January 22, 2010, 09:31:50 AM
Many thanks for the heads-up on that sale! Just nabbed the Haydn box, the 'historical' complete Beethoven box, and the Ohlsson Chopin (special thanks to ammar for this, as I would otherwise have missed it).

That's €95 including UK shipping.

I suppose there are worse ways to spend €95! ;) :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 23, 2010, 01:12:13 PM
Some highly recommended highlights from the Abeille sale (click on images):

(http://classique.abeillemusique.com/images/references/sacda67600.jpg) (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/SACD-Hybride/Classique/SACDA67600/0034571576008/Hyperion/Juan-de-Araujo/Fire-burning-in-snow-Musique-baroque-d-Amerique-Latine-volume-3/cleart-29213.html)

(http://classique.abeillemusique.com/images/references/sacda67524.jpg) (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/SACD-Hybride/Classique/SACDA67524/0034571575247/Hyperion/Moon-sun-and-all-things/Musique-baroque-d-Amerique-Latine-volume-2/cleart-13084.html)

(http://classique.abeillemusique.com/images/references/cdh55337.jpg) (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CDH55337/0034571153377/Hyperion/Helios/Nikolai-Medtner-Serge-Rachmaninov/Musique-pour-2-pianos/cleart-32518.html)

(http://classique.abeillemusique.com/images/references/bril8851.jpg) (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL8851/5029365885126/Brilliant-Classics/Nikolai-Medtner/Integrale-des-Sonates-pour-piano--OEuvres-pour-piano/cleart-29008.html)

(http://classique.abeillemusique.com/images/references/cda66765.jpg) (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CDA66765/0034571167657/Hyperion/Marc-Andre-Hamelin-piano/Live-at-Wigmore-Hall/cleart-2049.html)

(http://classique.abeillemusique.com/images/references/gaw21580.jpg) (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/GAW21580/0034571115801/Hyperion/Gramophone-Award-Winners/Nikolai-Medtner/The-Romantic-Piano-Concerto-volume-2/cleart-9001.html)

(http://classique.abeillemusique.com/images/references/cdh55304.jpg) (http://classique.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CDH55304/0034571153049/Hyperion/Helios/Piotr-Ilyitch-Tchaikovski-Alexandre-Scriabine/Concertos-pour-piano/cleart-28755.html)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 23, 2010, 01:38:12 PM
How are the points used when you make a purchase? I'm probably not looking in the right spot (or not understanding).

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 23, 2010, 02:41:04 PM
Quote from: ukrneal on January 23, 2010, 01:38:12 PM
How are the points used when you make a purchase? I'm probably not looking in the right spot (or not understanding).

You can't use them right away; you can cash them out when placing a subsequent order. The points you already have and the sum they amount to are calculated automatically on the ordering page.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 23, 2010, 11:10:56 PM
Quote from: Wanderer on January 23, 2010, 02:41:04 PM
You can't use them right away; you can cash them out when placing a subsequent order. The points you already have and the sum they amount to are calculated automatically on the ordering page.

How many points do you have to get before it makes a difference? I placed a 28 euro order there last year (Complete Brahms / Brilliant) and don't seem to have any points being applied to my total.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 23, 2010, 11:37:17 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 23, 2010, 11:10:56 PM
How many points do you have to get before it makes a difference? I placed a 28 euro order there last year (Complete Brahms / Brilliant) and don't seem to have any points being applied to my total.
The points appear in the confirming e-mail you receive. I seem to remember I got 8 points, whatever that's worth, for mye 60 Euro, 251 disc, purchase.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on January 24, 2010, 12:08:25 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 23, 2010, 11:10:56 PM
How many points do you have to get before it makes a difference? I placed a 28 euro order there last year (Complete Brahms / Brilliant) and don't seem to have any points being applied to my total.

You have to use them up within approx. half a year, after that they're gone.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 24, 2010, 12:38:32 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 23, 2010, 11:10:56 PM
How many points do you have to get before it makes a difference? I placed a 28 euro order there last year (Complete Brahms / Brilliant) and don't seem to have any points being applied to my total.

- You have to use them within the next 183 days.
- You can't use them for orders that amount to less than 23 euros (p&p excluded).
- Each point amounts to 0,2 euros (so, 8 points = 1,6 euros).

Viel Lärm um nichts!  ;D


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 24, 2010, 04:34:14 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 23, 2010, 11:10:56 PM
How many points do you have to get before it makes a difference? I placed a 28 euro order there last year (Complete Brahms / Brilliant) and don't seem to have any points being applied to my total.

Some brick-and-mortar store/e-tailer combo like J&R in NYC has the frequent buyer program as well ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 25, 2010, 02:48:42 AM
The sculptor is a genius - he's managed to make Brahms look Mongolian.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 25, 2010, 09:03:15 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 25, 2010, 02:48:42 AM
The sculptor is a genius - he's managed to make Brahms look Mongolian.

It's breath-takingly ugly...  :o

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 25, 2010, 12:31:43 PM
Quote from: Lethe on January 25, 2010, 02:48:42 AM
The sculptor is a genius - he's managed to make Brahms look Mongolian.

This reminds me of a local sculptor commissioned to provide a (what proved by general consensus to be a grossly dissimilar) bust of a famous Greek actress to be placed at a suburban Athenian square; it was withdrawn within a month (after much procrastination and one disapproving unknown "critic" replacing it one night on its pedestal with an ironing board:-).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 28, 2010, 08:32:51 AM
Like many, I've been tempted by some of the deals on the site at classique.abeillemusique.com, but in the end I resisted all of the enormous 100+ CD Brilliant Classics Boxes.   I just can't imagine listening to so much music.  The closest I came was the box of complete Brendel recordings on Vox. 

However, I did pick up two releases that I had been contemplating for a while, both on hyperion.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Afzmic4aL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

and

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31eDzbM9y6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

If I had gotten them for list price on Amazon I'd be out $260, it was less than 40 Euros, shipping included.  Now, the proof of a pudding is in the eating.  Let's see if they send them, or whether this site is actually an identity theft conspiracy directed at well heeled classical music fiends.

A reminder, if my wanderings on the site with Google translator are right, the sale ends on February 2.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 28, 2010, 09:35:41 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on January 28, 2010, 08:32:51 AM
Like many, I've been tempted by some of the deals on the site at classique.abeillemusique.com, but in the end I resisted all of the enormous 100+ CD Brilliant Classics Boxes.   I just can't imagine listening to so much music. 
I well understand that feeling. But I had been wanting the Haydn Baritone trios on Brilliant, as well as eyeing their Haydn Piano trios as a HIP alternative to my Beaux Art set. When I could get the whole 150 disc extravaganza for less than what the barytone set would cost me, I saw no reason to abstain, however much there is at least 60 discs in the set that doesn't interest me at all, and quite a bit more than that probably never will be played. Silly really, but such are the vagrancies of the marketplace.

Edit: I meant vagaries.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 28, 2010, 10:00:22 AM
I have a similar problem with the Haydn box. I'm buying the component parts of that box for much more than it would cost to get them in the integral - the symphonies, quartets, keyboard trios and barytone trios. Paying more for them seperately seems to make me value them better.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MN Dave on January 28, 2010, 10:07:05 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 28, 2010, 10:00:22 AM
Paying more for them seperately seems to make me value them better.

Heeheehee...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on January 28, 2010, 11:29:00 AM
That's great Lethe; I can sell you my Haydn box 1CD at a time, 100 euros per CD, how does that sound?  :D

Just to say, I placed two orders with Abeille on the 19th and 22nd January. From the blurb on the website, I believed that they would be sent before 3pm next working day (all items were in stock). On the 27th, I received two e-mails (at 2am!) saying that both orders had been dispatched. I figured that they had combined the orders, but my 1st order arrived separately this morning (28th) via DHL.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 28, 2010, 04:34:08 PM
Quote from: Lethe on January 28, 2010, 10:00:22 AM
I have a similar problem with the Haydn box. I'm buying the component parts of that box for much more than it would cost to get them in the integral - the symphonies, quartets, keyboard trios and barytone trios. Paying more for them seperately seems to make me value them better.

I chose the third way: I have the Haydn box, but also separately the piano sonatas, piano trios and a lot of string quartets on Brilliant.  :)   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on January 28, 2010, 05:08:19 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SZqp0FHAL._SS400_.jpg)

$16.34 over at amazon! 11 CD set.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000026OW3/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1264680517&sr=8-1&condition=new
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 29, 2010, 04:48:47 AM
My order was placed January 24 (Monday 1am, French time); as an American I don't expect to receive it for a while, but it hasn't shipped yet, either.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 29, 2010, 04:51:38 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 29, 2010, 04:48:47 AM
My order was placed January 24 (Monday 1am, French time); as an American I don't expect to receive it for a while, but it hasn't shipped yet, either.

To me neither, I am still waiting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 29, 2010, 05:43:05 AM
One of mine arrived today. The packaging was odd - it was sellotaped up with Naxos.com branded tape ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 29, 2010, 05:47:24 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 29, 2010, 05:43:05 AM
One of mine arrived today. The packaging was odd - it was sellotaped up with Naxos.com branded tape ???

But the content was right and undamaged right? Sarah
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 29, 2010, 05:56:53 AM
Quote from: Harry on January 29, 2010, 05:47:24 AM
But the content was right and undamaged right? Sarah
Yep, all the discs also had plastic wrapping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 29, 2010, 07:50:43 AM
Quote from: Lethe on January 29, 2010, 05:43:05 AM
One of mine arrived today. The packaging was odd - it was sellotaped up with Naxos.com branded tape ???

When Abeille Musique sent me the Complete Brahms, it came wrapped in Naxos tape, too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drasko on January 29, 2010, 08:27:46 AM
Could perhaps anyone planning to order from Abeille musique soon do me a big favor and pick one disc for me (unfortunately they won't ship my way)? I'd of course send the cash to him for the CD and for all shippings involved.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drasko on January 29, 2010, 10:36:09 AM
Quote from: Soapy Molloy on January 29, 2010, 09:26:59 AM
I will be placing an order on Sunday evening, and will gladly add to it any items that you want.  Just let me know if that is OK with you.

That's perfectly ok with me. Many thanks my saponaceous friend! It's just one item, which I couldn't find anywhere else, and it's discounted on top of that. Will pm you the details.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 03, 2010, 03:53:22 AM
Are the sales over?! Is it safe to come out again...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 03, 2010, 04:09:31 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on February 03, 2010, 03:53:22 AM
Are the sales over?! Is it safe to come out again...

Yes it is ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 03, 2010, 04:27:03 AM
Would anyone know where to get this for a reasonable price. It seems OOP.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on February 03, 2010, 04:57:10 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on February 03, 2010, 03:53:22 AM
Are the sales over?! Is it safe to come out again...

Nope, I'm afraid they've extended the abeillemusique sale by a couple days (till the 7th). Darn, I was looking forward to Wednesday as a temptation-free day too. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on February 03, 2010, 05:14:33 AM
Quote from: Maciek on February 03, 2010, 04:57:10 AM
Nope, I'm afraid they've extended the abeillemusique sale by a couple days (till the 7th). Darn, I was looking forward to Wednesday as a temptation-free day too. ;D

Oh, damn! Those sly Frenchmen know us very well.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 03, 2010, 05:31:26 AM
Quote from: Maciek on February 03, 2010, 04:57:10 AM
Nope, I'm afraid they've extended the abeillemusique sale by a couple days (till the 7th). Darn, I was looking forward to Wednesday as a temptation-free day too. ;D
Holy crap. I avoided noting that due to them advertising in french only (not so devious after all?), and here you are blowing the news.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 03, 2010, 08:45:44 AM
How long does it take those Frenchies to ship?  I ordered last week but no shipping notice yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 03, 2010, 08:49:58 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 03, 2010, 08:45:44 AM
How long does it take those Frenchies to ship?  I ordered last week but no shipping notice yet.

They shipped in two working days for me, via DHL. Maybe US orders are more tricky.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 03, 2010, 08:53:06 AM
I make this post with some trepidation. Is this a bargain?

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0782124024628.jpg)

Box set offered for sale, for 14.99 euros, at jpc here:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-21-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/6348294 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-21-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/6348294)

I wanted a non-HIP set of Mozart piano concertos so that I could make comparisons with my Sofronitzki fortepiano HIP set, and while I can't find much review information about this Annerose Schmidt/Kurt Masur set, I get the impression that it's not outstanding, but respectable. Anyway, for my present purposes it seemed like a bargain, so I'm posting this info here in case it's of use to anyone else.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 03, 2010, 09:02:47 AM
Quote from: Renfield on February 03, 2010, 08:49:58 AM
They shipped in two working days for me, via DHL. Maybe US orders are more tricky.

My order was in on Thursday.  Anti-American discrimination is what it is!!!  (Pass the freedom fries.)   >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 03, 2010, 09:06:10 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 03, 2010, 09:02:47 AM
My order was in on Thursday.  Anti-American discrimination is what it is!!!  (Pass the freedom fries.)   >:(

You should've thought of that before that independence business. 8)

Edit: Which obviously alienated the French, who've had nothing whatsoever to do with revolutions in their recent history.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 03, 2010, 09:08:17 AM
Quote from: Renfield on February 03, 2010, 09:06:10 AM
You should've thought of that before that independence business. 8)

Are you kidding, if it weren't for the revolution we'd still be under horrible tyranny (like Canada  ???).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 03, 2010, 09:10:15 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 03, 2010, 09:08:17 AM
Are you kidding, if it weren't for the revolution we'd still be under horrible tyranny (like Canada  ???).

But you'd get better shipping times from defeated enemies of the Empire. That is, intuitively, a greater perk than freedom.

Something the Canadians no doubt realised in time. Ray? Todd?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 03, 2010, 09:11:16 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on February 03, 2010, 08:53:06 AM
I make this post with some trepidation. Is this a bargain?

Box set offered for sale, for 14.99 euros, at jpc here:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-21-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/6348294 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-21-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/6348294)

I wanted a non-HIP set of Mozart piano concertos so that I could make comparisons with my Sofronitzki fortepiano HIP set, and while I can't find much review information about this Annerose Schmidt/Kurt Masur set, I get the impression that it's not outstanding, but respectable. Anyway, for my present purposes it seemed like a bargain, so I'm posting this info here in case it's of use to anyone else.

Here's another set for your consideration.
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-23-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/7547854

It's not quite complete, but it's certainly well known and received.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on February 03, 2010, 09:13:23 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 03, 2010, 09:11:16 AM
Here's another set for your consideration.
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-23-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/7547854

It's not quite complete, but it's certainly well known and received.

Marriner would put me off from it, but that's a very good price indeed. Hmm.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 03, 2010, 09:19:22 AM
Quote from: Renfield on February 03, 2010, 09:13:23 AM
Marriner would put me off from it, but that's a very good price indeed. Hmm.

If you can find it, this one can't be beat.  Both orchestra and piano handled with pluck.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SDJYBPG6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 03, 2010, 09:32:53 AM
Elgarian -

Maybe take the opportunity to buy seperate discs by various performers (with as little duplication as possible). Your worries about the Masur set are a good way to look at things - screw anything other than excellence in such widely-recorded repertoire, it's a waste of money no matter how much it costs.

Opus106 seems to have uncovered a gem. I was not aware the Brendel set was now so affordable. Brendel turns out gold in Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, and Marriner and his band tend to make good accompanists.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 03, 2010, 09:41:16 AM
Quote from: Lethe on February 03, 2010, 09:32:53 AM
Opus106 seems to have uncovered a gem. I was not aware the Brendel set was now so affordable. Brendel turns out gold in Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, and Marriner and his band tend to make good accompanists.

It has been available for some months now; it's one of those only-available-in-Germany sets that I don't like to talk too much about. Incidentally, all his Schubert recordings are also available in a similarly-priced 7-CD box. Also available only in Germany. ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on February 03, 2010, 09:44:50 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 03, 2010, 09:19:22 AM
If you can find it, this one can't be beat.  Both orchestra and piano handled with pluck.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SDJYBPG6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

Piano and orchestra both pizzicato?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 03, 2010, 10:25:40 AM
Quote from: listener on February 03, 2010, 09:44:50 AM
Piano and orchestra both pizzicato?

Smart ass!  Pluck in the figurative sense of the word, my friend.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 03, 2010, 12:24:16 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 03, 2010, 09:11:16 AM
Here's another set for your consideration.
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-23-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/7547854

It's not quite complete, but it's certainly well known and received.

I thought I'd thoroughly scoured jpc's special deals but I certainly missed that. (Am I the only one who finds the jpc search facility curiously unwieldy?) Thanks for this tip Navneeth. I must say, had I known about this, I'd have jumped at the chance of getting Brendel at such a price, and I'm now wondering whether to get one anyway. (This way madness lies, doesn't it?)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 03, 2010, 12:38:16 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on February 03, 2010, 12:24:16 PM
I thought I'd thoroughly scoured jpc's special deals but I certainly missed that. (Am I the only one who finds the jpc search facility curiously unwieldy?) Thanks for this tip Navneeth. I must say, had I known about this, I'd have jumped at the chance of getting Brendel at such a price, and I'm now wondering whether to get one anyway. (This way madness lies, doesn't it?)

It's 21.99 at Amazon.de.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 03, 2010, 12:41:19 PM
Quote from: Lethe on February 03, 2010, 09:32:53 AM
Your worries about the Masur set are a good way to look at things - screw anything other than excellence in such widely-recorded repertoire, it's a waste of money no matter how much it costs.

Yes ... that's normally the view I take myself, and yet ... although I couldn't find much in the way of reviews of the Schmidt/Masur box, I did find a lot of samples of varying lengths, and what I heard seemed pretty lovely (albeit to these inexperienced Mozartian ears): the piano is a bit too 'upfront', perhaps, but the performances seemed full of life and charm - I fancied I could hear Mozart chuckling in all the right places, full of delight in his discoveries. So I'll be surprised if I come actually to regret this purchase. There are times when exploring the byways has its own appeal, travelling regions where neither Gramophone nor Penguin Guide have trod (possibly a necessary corrective, too, because I think I'm generally too strongly influenced by them). The most revelatory purchase I've made in recent months was the bargain HIP set of Mozart violin sonatas by Kuijken and Devos on Accent (thanks to a tip-off by Harry), and I don't think I've ever  read a word about that, anywhere....

But yes, yes, I do take your point.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 04, 2010, 07:52:32 AM
Well, the Frenchie's finally sent my my acknowledgment.  I guess Hilary Clinton was putting the pressure on for delayed classical music shipments to the US.   8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on February 07, 2010, 11:35:44 AM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886975765027.jpg)

The classic Janowski rendition, repackaged and sold for pittance. 5.99 € at jpc.de. (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Erich-Wolfgang-Korngold-Violanta/hnum/1110566)



(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/88697446602.jpg)

Still the benchmark for this enthralling work. 9.25 £ at mdt.co.uk. (http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//88697446602.htm)

Samples here. (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Erich-Wolfgang-Korngold-Die-tote-Stadt/hnum/9187133)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: donaldopato on February 08, 2010, 04:41:40 AM
I didn't search all that far back in the thread, but Berkshire Records and other discount outlets seem to have a big supply of the Telarc Cleveland Quartet recordings of the Beethoven Quartets for around $20-25. I got mine from Daedalus books for $20, but it seems to be sold out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 24, 2010, 06:30:07 AM
Don't know if it is a pricing mistake or is just cheap, but Hansel and Gretel with Von Stade, Cotrubas, Soderstrom, Te Kanawa, etc is priced at 8.98 at Amazon (and half the download price). It is a very good version for someone looking to pick it up (and cheaper than most at this price).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DarkAngel on February 24, 2010, 12:22:20 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51px0eG57lL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517rmpXVhoL._SS500_.jpg)

Take your pick of mega ballet boxes:

35 CD Decca  $60 new Amazon seller Blowitoutahere
50 CD EMI  $60 new Amazon seller Blowitoutahere

I give slight edge in quality to EMI because I like Lanchbery's performances for EMI, plus price is cheaper per CD........I did buy the EMI box BTW, love my main man Blowitoutahere  ;)

Check this huge list of contents for EMI box:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=312634 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=312634)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 25, 2010, 12:28:35 AM
Quote from: DarkAngel on February 24, 2010, 12:22:20 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51px0eG57lL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517rmpXVhoL._SS500_.jpg)

Take your pick of mega ballet boxes:

35 CD Decca  $60 new Amazon seller Blowitoutahere
50 CD EMI  $60 new Amazon seller Blowitoutahere

I give slight edge in quality to EMI because I like Lanchbery's performances for EMI, plus price is cheaper per CD........I did buy the EMI box BTW, love my main man Blowitoutahere  ;)

Check this huge list of contents for EMI box:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=312634 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=312634)

On the Arkiv site, for many of the ballets, it says excerpts. If these are not the full ballets, it makes the EMI pretty uncompetitive (if you want the full ballets anyway). Have you gotten it yet to be able to determine this?

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 25, 2010, 12:31:12 AM
But another question, has the Decca set the complete ballets, for I remember vaguely that it is also a  excerpts release.

Ballet Masterpieces35 CDs
Erscheinungstermin: 15.9.2009
Verfügbarkeit: Artikel am Lager
DetailinformationenAdam: Giselle; Le Corsaire
+Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanz
+Chopin: Les Sylphides
+Luigini: Ballet egyptien
+Rossini / Respighi: La Boutique fantasque
+Rossini / Britten: Soirees musicales; Matinees musicales
+Delibes: Coppelia; Sylvia
+Delibes / Minkus: La Source
+Herold / Lanchbery: La Fille mal gardee
+Lecocq / Jacob: Mam'zelle Angot
+A. Khachaturian: Spartacus-Suite; Masquerade-Suite; Gayaneh
(Ausz.)
+Massenet / Lucas: Manon
+Offenbach / Rosenthal: Gaite parisienne
+Gounod: Ballettmusik aus Faust
+Prokofieff: Cincderella; Romeo & Julia
+Glasunow: Die Jahreszeiten
+Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe; Alborada del gracioso; La Valse
+J. Strauss II/Bayer: Aschenbrödel
+J. Strauss II: Ritter Pasman; An der schönen blauen Donau
+Strawinsky: Der Feuervogel; Petruschka; Le Sacre du
printemps
+Tschaikowsky: Dornröschen; Schwanensee; Der Nußknacker;
Ballettmusik aus "Eugen Onegin"
+Verdi: Ballettmusik aus "Otello"; La peregrina aus "Don
Carlos"; Marcia e ballabile aus "Aida"; Ballettmusik aus
"Macbeth"; Le quattro stationi aus "I Vespri Siciliani"
+Meyerbeer / Lambert: Les Patineurs
+kleine Ballettmusiken von Minkus, Pugni, Offenbach, Drigo,
Auber, D. Scarlatti, Thomas
Covent Garden Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra,
National PO, London SO, New Philharmonia Orchestra,
Montreal SO, Cleveland Orchestra, Royal PO, Orchestre de la
Suisse Romande, Detroit SO, Berlin PO, Richard Bonynge,
John Lanchbery, Stanley Black, Charles Dutoit, Vladimir
Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel, Ernest Ansermet, Antal Dorati,
Semyon Bychkov u. a.
Label: Dec , ADD/DDD, 1960-91
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 25, 2010, 12:58:04 AM
Quote from: Harry on February 25, 2010, 12:31:12 AM
But another question, has the Decca set the complete ballets, for I remember vaguely that it is also a  excerpts release.

I had the same question, but Amazon has this as download as well (so we can see all the tracks). I compared the Giselle and Delibes discs (all of which I have complete with the same artists) and they match. So the Deccas seems to have complete versions (not including the excerpts).



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 25, 2010, 01:11:17 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on February 25, 2010, 12:58:04 AM
I had the same question, but Amazon has this as download as well (so we can see all the tracks). I compared the Giselle and Delibes discs (all of which I have complete with the same artists) and they match. So the Deccas seems to have complete versions (not including the excerpts).

So that will be the box to go for, well lets see if Abeille has it cheap, for JPC sells it at 58 euro's, a little steep for some very old recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DarkAngel on February 25, 2010, 04:14:06 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on February 25, 2010, 12:28:35 AM
On the Arkiv site, for many of the ballets, it says excerpts. If these are not the full ballets, it makes the EMI pretty uncompetitive (if you want the full ballets anyway). Have you gotten it yet to be able to determine this?

EMI box are not complete ballet if noted as excerpts in track list.........but they are extended excerpts.
For instance Tchaikovsky 3 ballets suites can fit on 1 CD, but the extended excerpts require 2.5 Cds

I would have preferred EMI box expand to 70+ CDs and have all complete works, but looks like this is more of an extended survey and not complete collected works

Do not have the Decca box so cannot comment, buyer needs to do homework
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DarkAngel on February 25, 2010, 04:36:50 AM
Quote from: Harry on February 25, 2010, 01:11:17 AM
So that will be the box to go for, well lets see if Abeille has it cheap, for JPC sells it at 58 euro's, a little steep for some very old recordings.

It does appear that the Decca box has fewer but more complete works, the EMI box has more works but many are extended excerpts and not complete works......take your pick

BTW these are not some old mono recordings, they are stereo and sound very good, I have many of the complete sets now

Decca box
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=282752 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=282752)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 25, 2010, 04:53:35 AM
Could someone give a link in Europe the cheapest seller of this Decca box. I found it a s low as 52 euro's on a Dutch site.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DarkAngel on February 25, 2010, 05:44:32 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D47b6gPML._SL500_AA240_.jpg)  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51px0eG57lL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

For people who want to be more complete......

If you can find the Fete Du Ballet box of ballet rarities for good price there is little overlap with 35CD Decca box and you would have just about everything a ballet fan would need......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 25, 2010, 05:50:42 AM
Quote from: DarkAngel on February 25, 2010, 05:44:32 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D47b6gPML._SL500_AA240_.jpg)  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51px0eG57lL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

For people who want to be more complete......

If you can find the Fete Du Ballet box of ballet rarities for good price there is little overlap with 35CD Decca box and you would have just about everything a ballet fan would need......

That fete du ballet box is one of the best purchases I ever made. Much of the music is terribly rare and hard to find. And the performances are outstanding. I play this often and I just don't tire of it. It is one of the few sets I've ever bought where I would willingly buy it for retail price (if I had to replace it for example). It really is worth the time and effort. 

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 25, 2010, 06:18:20 AM
That box with 10 cd's is not to be had under 60 euro's :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 25, 2010, 06:24:16 AM
Quote from: Harry on February 25, 2010, 06:18:20 AM
That box with 10 cd's is not to be had under 60 euro's :P

At a discounted price of $55.64: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4685782 . :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 25, 2010, 07:44:49 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 25, 2010, 06:24:16 AM
At a discounted price of $55.64: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4685782 . :)

Thanks ordered that one, the other box is quite expensive there!
The 35 Decca box I ordered in Holland
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 26, 2010, 08:20:13 AM
On the ballet boxes, are they excerpts from the ballets or the full scores?

ETA: Saw the info on an earlier page - excerpts.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 26, 2010, 10:53:26 AM
Quote from: stingo on February 26, 2010, 08:20:13 AM
On the ballet boxes, are they excerpts from the ballets or the full scores?

ETA: Saw the info on an earlier page - excerpts.

Appears that the EMI is excerpts. The Decca MAsterpieces box appears to be mostly complete. Fete du Ballet is a mix (and is mostly rarer stuff).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on March 05, 2010, 01:22:48 AM
Before we all get bored with the anniversary year for Chopin.....

I thought this 6cd box from EMI was good value at £9.50 although maybe too much of a mixture of artists.   I decided instead to go for the 10cd set of Rubinstein for £28 from MDT.  Still pretty good value I think?

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on March 10, 2010, 05:57:01 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zjaopls8L._SL500_AA280_.jpg)



Not the best transfer, but for $7.99 (MP3 format) it's a good way to sample the composers performances of his own works.
Link (http://www.amazon.com/Rachmaninoff-plays-Piano-Concertos-Pieces/dp/B0030ME416/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1268271433&sr=301-1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on March 19, 2010, 03:00:57 PM
For this weekend, ArkivMusic is selling Stile Antico's new album (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=392195) for $14.99, the lowest price I've found.

(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/non-muze/full/392195.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 22, 2010, 08:22:09 AM
Got this one, 5 cds, for 6.73 pounds, plus 3 pounds shipping.  A few days ago got Gary Cooper's WTC on ASV for 3.99 pounds.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YZESEPQ6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

zoverstocks, a marketplace seller on amazon.co.uk has some very fine deals.  I have my fingers crossed regarding their shipping and customer service.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on March 22, 2010, 09:42:08 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on March 22, 2010, 08:22:09 AM
Got this one, 5 cds, for 6.73 pounds, plus 3 pounds shipping.  A few days ago got Gary Cooper's WTC on ASV for 3.99 pounds.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YZESEPQ6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

zoverstocks, a marketplace seller on amazon.co.uk has some very fine deals.  I have my fingers crossed regarding their shipping and customer service.

I am also keeping my eye on that very seller, for that very item.

Do let us know how it turns out; I'm a little worried by just how good an offer this is for a new copy, even from 'overstock'...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on March 22, 2010, 10:18:03 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on March 22, 2010, 08:22:09 AM

zoverstocks, a marketplace seller on amazon.co.uk has some very fine deals.  I have my fingers crossed regarding their shipping and customer service.

I've bought from this seller before - both used and new items - no problems. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 22, 2010, 10:23:32 AM
I too have bought over 20 items over the last year from ZOverstocks UK.  They have always delivered within 3 - 5 days from UK to UK addresses and their prices really are that good.  I've picked up many full price discs for £1.25 down to 25p!!!  ;D

My best buys from them were the RVW Symphonies, 7cd Naxos set for £4, I currently have some Schnittke and Bruckner's 8th on order at just over £1 each, the Bruckner a 2cd set off the beaten path version by D R Davies.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 22, 2010, 02:16:34 PM
Quote from: Renfield on March 22, 2010, 09:42:08 AM
I am also keeping my eye on that very seller, for that very item. [Elgar/Andrew Davis set]

Do let us know how it turns out; I'm a little worried by just how good an offer this is for a new copy, even from 'overstock'...
For what it's worth, I think there are some fine performances in that box, though it's perhaps a bit uneven. I listened to it for the first time in a little cottage tucked into the side of the Malvern Hills, and wasn't disappointed by anything that I heard. His Enigma and Cockaigne are particularly good, and although I seem to recall that Penguin Guide thought little of his 1st symphony, I find it very satisfying. Seeing this exposure of it here inclines me to blow the dust off it and spin the discs again.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on March 23, 2010, 07:52:25 AM
It's not Christmas' time, but this is perhaps a valuable offer

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yw1y5W7JL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/No%C3%ABl-Baroque-Compilation/dp/B002MPETW6/ref=tpi_image_33?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_p=94692307&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0Z3E6TDNQ7ZFWCTGNCSB&pf_rd_i=301174 (http://www.amazon.fr/No%C3%ABl-Baroque-Compilation/dp/B002MPETW6/ref=tpi_image_33?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_p=94692307&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0Z3E6TDNQ7ZFWCTGNCSB&pf_rd_i=301174)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 27, 2010, 11:52:28 AM
Three nice bargains, delivered yesterday.  The first two are at £1.06p each, the Schnittke at £1.24p each.

I'm still working on the Mozart 21st, but the 9th is really lovely playing.  Vibrant, bouncy and everything the Jeunehomme should be.  Loved it.

The Bruckner 8th with DRD won't be everyone's cup of tea, read the reviews to see about the changes to this edition.  A good stoic performance, not quite top 10...maybe top 20, still it was enjoyable, nonetheless.

Just couldn't turn Schnittke down, especially at this price, on the Profil label.  Looking forward to this later this evening, when all is quiet.

Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos 9 & 21 - Sony
Lawrence Foster (Conductor), North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Yu Kosuge (Piano)
Here: Mozart 9-21 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozart-Piano-Concertos-Nos-21/dp/B000FBH4D0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269718065&sr=1-1)

Bruckner - Symphony 8 in C Minor (Dennis Russell Davies - Bruckner Orch Linz)
Here: Bruckner 8 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Symphony-Minor-Davies-Bruckner-Orchester/dp/B0002GAAFM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1269718275&sr=1-1-spell)

Schnittke - Cello & Piano Works - Tatjana Geringas (Piano)
Here: Schnittke Cello (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schnittke-Cello-Piano-Works-Alfred/dp/B000TCWZVQ/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269718369&sr=1-10)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on March 27, 2010, 02:12:33 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on March 23, 2010, 07:52:25 AM
It's not Christmas' time, but this is perhaps a valuable offer

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yw1y5W7JL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/No%C3%ABl-Baroque-Compilation/dp/B002MPETW6/ref=tpi_image_33?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_p=94692307&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0Z3E6TDNQ7ZFWCTGNCSB&pf_rd_i=301174 (http://www.amazon.fr/No%C3%ABl-Baroque-Compilation/dp/B002MPETW6/ref=tpi_image_33?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_p=94692307&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0Z3E6TDNQ7ZFWCTGNCSB&pf_rd_i=301174)

Orpheus  ;)

Indeed, I have never bought a bad recording on DHM ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 27, 2010, 09:12:21 PM
Tony - thanks, I picked up the Schnittke. I'm used to marketplace sellers going that low at times, but with free shipping, it's even nicer when Amazon does it.

Edit: found some more, for those interested -

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41P8W11D7SL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clementi-Sonatas-Duets-Capriccios-Vol-11/dp/B000007T8H/ref=sr_1_3627?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269753944&sr=1-3627) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Qghoss%2B%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Piano-Sonatas-784-894/dp/B0000013XB/ref=sr_1_3644?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269753999&sr=1-3644) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61YSMR575KL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Brahms-Janos-Starker/dp/B000667FWY/ref=sr_1_3653?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269754078&sr=1-3653)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510gSKZgQ0L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jewry-God-Known-Joseph-Barnby/dp/B00005Y8MI/ref=sr_1_3662?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269754126&sr=1-3662) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zPnPN9ffL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/String-Quartets-New-Hungarian-Quartet/dp/B0000C9V60/ref=sr_1_3666?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269754126&sr=1-3666) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31avAhfBDgL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kantaten-Bwv-154-Js-Bach/dp/B000NY16AG/ref=sr_1_3669?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269754126&sr=1-3669)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31J2R9AEWML._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Die-Schopfung-Highlights-Joseph-Haydn/dp/B000GEIOJE/ref=sr_1_3674?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269754188&sr=1-3674)

It looks like the £1.24 bracket is a loss - only the Schnittke is in it, so no wins there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on March 29, 2010, 09:50:22 AM
Just ordered by amazon.fr for a incredible price!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Ckzz09R%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Orpheus  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 31, 2010, 07:49:20 AM
I don't know if this qualifies as "super-duper", but picked this one up, new for $33, on Amazon Marketplace.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516pw85rfpL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Used the proceeds from selling the Neumann/Czech, which was really dull.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 31, 2010, 08:20:13 AM
Considering the price that cycle used to cost, that is super! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 31, 2010, 02:05:31 PM
There's also this

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wxIiOwqNL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

for $15.  The question is how much would they have to pay me to listen to it.   >:D  If they had put out the Bruggens set instead in would have been more interesting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: snyprrr on May 22, 2010, 06:06:52 AM
Just to let you know the Bvhaast site is having a great sale. Many things are 5 EU and 2.50 EU. I got a few things that were over $40 on Amazon! Check it out!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 22, 2010, 03:57:56 PM
Quote from: snyprrr on May 22, 2010, 06:06:52 AM
Just to let you know the Bvhaast site is having a great sale. Many things are 5 EU and 2.50 EU. I got a few things that were over $40 on Amazon! Check it out!

And here is the link:

(http://www.xs4all.nl/~wbk/BVart.GIF) (http://www.xs4all.nl/~wbk/BV_cat_list.html)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 11, 2010, 02:16:35 PM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w183/front/0/4011222327666.jpg)

It's a full Bruckner cycle, with Te Deum, on 11 CDs, for 10 euros at JPC (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Anton-Bruckner-Symphonien-Nr-0-9/hnum/3267241). I don't know much about the recordings, but there are sound samples for every track.

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w183/front/0/5028421930077.jpg)

For 6 euros (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gabriel-Faure-S%E4mtliche-Klavierwerke/hnum/7615528), a GREAT deal. Piano lovers, buy!

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0724358599725.jpg)

Not as super-duper a bargain as the others at 20 euros (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Franz-Lehar-Operetten/hnum/1311356), but you get 7 Lehar operettas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on June 15, 2010, 03:15:00 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wNrNvETGL._SS500_.jpg)

A mere snip at only 19 euros per disc - http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00118YMAE/ (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00118YMAE/)  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 23, 2010, 05:08:09 AM
Just to point out that 6 months later, Naxos Direct UK's "new year" sale is still on. Sadly they only ship inside the UK, but for those fortunate (for once) enough to live here shipping is free, and there are some freakish bargains (DaCapo full price discs for £3, for eg):

http://www.naxosdirect.co.uk/page/new%20year%20sale
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on June 23, 2010, 05:01:07 PM
Quote from: ammar on June 15, 2010, 03:15:00 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wNrNvETGL._SS500_.jpg)

A mere snip at only 19 euros per disc - http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00118YMAE/ (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00118YMAE/)  ::)

No matter.  Karajan is still the god of classical music in Japan and the Japanese will buy these special editions with both hands ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on June 27, 2010, 04:36:06 AM
Some bargains to be had today, but you'll have to work for them...

One of Amazon.co.uk's major marketplace sellers, Zoverstocks, has a number of classical CDs reduced to £2.98. Now, I know they're all listed as used but, having had numerous dealings with them, I'd say that 80% of their used CDs are 'as new', and the remaining 20% show very minor signs of use. Through my great powers of deduction, I'm guessing that they resell stock returned from major UK retailers (a la Entertainment UK's old Amazon.co.uk presence, Directoffers - EUK was the distribution arm of the 'dearly departed' Woolworths store, FYI).

So...

Go here -  http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?node=125553011

Do a search for the label you're interested in, sort price from low to high, get to the £2.98 mark and hopefully there will be something of interest. Try Hyperion first and you'll see what I mean.

(Best bet is to stick to the independents; I've just ordered a bundle (what is the proper collective term for CDs?) of Hyperion, Bis and Coro CDs)

Happy hunting ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 27, 2010, 10:33:58 AM
Quote from: ammar on June 27, 2010, 04:36:06 AM
Some bargains to be had today, but you'll have to work for them...

One of Amazon.co.uk's major marketplace sellers, Zoverstocks, has a number of classical CDs reduced to £2.98. Now, I know they're all listed as used but, having had numerous dealings with them, I'd say that 80% of their used CDs are 'as new', and the remaining 20% show very minor signs of use. Through my great powers of deduction, I'm guessing that they resell stock returned from major UK retailers (a la Entertainment UK's old Amazon.co.uk presence, Directoffers - EUK was the distribution arm of the 'dearly departed' Woolworths store, FYI).

So...

Go here -  http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?node=125553011

Do a search for the label you're interested in, sort price from low to high, get to the £2.98 mark and hopefully there will be something of interest. Try Hyperion first and you'll see what I mean.

(Best bet is to stick to the independents; I've just ordered a bundle (what is the proper collective term for CDs?) of Hyperion, Bis and Coro CDs)

Happy hunting ;D

They have several volumes of Jeno Jando's Beethoven piano sonatas available for as low as £0.01! At that price, I find them hard to resist.

But...what will shipping to America cost?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on June 27, 2010, 12:20:00 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 27, 2010, 10:33:58 AM
They have several volumes of Jeno Jando's Beethoven piano sonatas available for as low as £0.01! At that price, I find them hard to resist.

But...what will shipping to America cost?

I'm guessing that the standard marketplace shipping rates apply - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=3149611 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=3149611)

All my (domestic) orders were dispatched individually, don't know if they would 'parcel up' overseas orders - I've fallen foul of that method in the past (domestic sales tax + import tax + courier's administrative charge :o) )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 27, 2010, 08:35:14 PM
Holy crap! I found 20 CDs adding up to 20 pounds' worth of goods, but the shipping charge is 58 quid - adding up to $123 US dollars for a bunch of overstocked old Naxos CDs! No way. If only I were in England :-/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 28, 2010, 05:44:44 AM
Carlos Kleiber's DG recordings have been boxed; 12 CDs for 35 Euro. (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003GRW6TM/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_i1?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1BBG7F90BKX0JBSZ5TGF&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463375173&pf_rd_i=301128)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V4T0mamtL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 28, 2010, 06:14:04 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 28, 2010, 05:44:44 AM
Carlos Kleiber's DG recordings have been boxed; 12 CDs for 35 Euro. (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003GRW6TM/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_i1?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1BBG7F90BKX0JBSZ5TGF&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463375173&pf_rd_i=301128)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V4T0mamtL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Sarge

Too bad I have all the orchestral works sans the Schubert 3rd, and I'm not interested in (the) opera(s) right now. DG have also released a 10-DVD set with live performances including two years of the of VPO New Year's Concert.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 28, 2010, 06:19:27 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 28, 2010, 06:14:04 AM
Too bad I have all the orchestral works sans the Schubert 3rd, and I'm not interested in [the] opera right now. DG have also released a 10-DVD set with live performances including two years of the of VPO New Year's Concert.

I already have everything, including the operas. I was considering the box, though, just to get the CD version of Freischütz (I've been making do with the LPs) but noticed the regular edition of the opera is only 18 Euro now. So...no box for me.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on June 28, 2010, 05:49:04 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on June 23, 2010, 05:01:07 PM
No matter.  Karajan is still the god of classical music in Japan and the Japanese will buy these special editions with both hands ...


Not they won't
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on June 28, 2010, 05:53:28 PM
Quote from: jo jo starbuck on June 28, 2010, 05:49:04 PM
Not they won't

If DG had done what EMI did, and package his entire discography in a very compact package, I probably would have bought it.  I have enough of his old CDs in their original CD editions, that I could probably have sold them to fanatics on ebay and raised enough money to offset the megaset.  But, it was not to be.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on June 30, 2010, 10:08:14 AM
There's a "Complete Bach" box coming from Brilliant next month (Presto news)
J.S. Bach: Complete Edition    (CD - 157 discs)  $159.49
157CD+2DVD+1DVD-ROM.
Complete works on CD
MANY NEW AND PERIOD-INSTRUMENT RECORDINGS
Includes Diapason award-winning recordings
NEW EDITION INCLUDES MARKUS-PASSION
DVDs of Matthäus Passion & Johannes-Passion
COMPLETE SCORES ON DVD-ROM
Sung texts and translations booklet notes & biographies
Brilliant Classics Complete Editions - 94050 

Scheduled for release on 9 August 2010.
That's all the info for now. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 30, 2010, 10:18:25 AM
Quote from: listener on June 30, 2010, 10:08:14 AM
There's a "Complete Bach" box coming from Brilliant next month (Presto news)
J.S. Bach: Complete Edition    (CD - 157 discs)  $159.49
157CD+2DVD+1DVD-ROM.
Complete works on CD
MANY NEW AND PERIOD-INSTRUMENT RECORDINGS
Includes Diapason award-winning recordings
NEW EDITION INCLUDES MARKUS-PASSION
DVDs of Matthäus Passion & Johannes-Passion
COMPLETE SCORES ON DVD-ROM
Sung texts and translations booklet notes & biographies
Brilliant Classics Complete Editions - 94050 

Scheduled for release on 9 August 2010.
That's all the info for now. 

Thanks. Some of the names involved in the performances:

Kussmaul, Hengelbrock, Schornsheim, Belder, Lubotsy, ter Linden,
Preston, Pinnock, Savall, Lindberg, Fagius, Zomer, Huggett,
Berben,Wuyts,Holton,Meel,Holland Boy Choir,Mathis,Wentz,
Belder,La Stravaganza,Kirkby,Hill,Agnew,Chance,Brandenburg
Consort,The Sixteen,Christophers,Netherlands Bach


I don't know if all of them were part of the earlier box. I wonder if the recording of 1080 included in the set is the one by Hill (for Hänssler).

JPC (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/lang/en/currency/EUR/hnum/7359286/art_hex/4a6f68616e6e2d53656261737469616e2d426163682d426163682d45646974696f6e2d4272696c6c69616e742d436c6173736963732d4e65756175666c6167652d32303130)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on June 30, 2010, 03:04:24 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 30, 2010, 10:18:25 AM
Thanks. Some of the names involved in the performances:

Kussmaul, Hengelbrock, Schornsheim, Belder, Lubotsy, ter Linden,
Preston, Pinnock, Savall, Lindberg, Fagius, Zomer, Huggett,
Berben,Wuyts,Holton,Meel,Holland Boy Choir,Mathis,Wentz,
Belder,La Stravaganza,Kirkby,Hill,Agnew,Chance,Brandenburg
Consort,The Sixteen,Christophers,Netherlands Bach


I don't know if all of them were part of the earlier box. I wonder if the recording of 1080 included in the set is the one by Hill (for Hänssler).


It must be Martyn Hill, the English tenor!
So no new names, as far as I am concerned.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on June 30, 2010, 04:54:18 PM
Quote from: premont on June 30, 2010, 03:04:24 PM
It must be Martyn Hill, the English tenor!
So no new names, as far as I am concerned.

I would say the same, no new material there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 30, 2010, 11:41:25 PM
Thanks for the clarification, gentlemen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: OzRadio on July 01, 2010, 06:20:05 AM
Quote from: listener on June 30, 2010, 10:08:14 AM
There's a "Complete Bach" box coming from Brilliant next month (Presto news)
J.S. Bach: Complete Edition    (CD - 157 discs)  $159.49

They already did one complete Bach box set, can't they do a big fat complete Handel? I'd jump on that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on July 01, 2010, 07:57:37 AM
What I'd like is the cheapest decent recording of the complete Bach Cantatas.  I think I will probably find most of it less than riveting, but I'd like to have it.  Brilliant has a set, but I seem to recall it being panned by most people.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on July 15, 2010, 12:19:08 AM
Just ordered for € 26... ;)

(https://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028947301523.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 15, 2010, 09:05:09 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on July 01, 2010, 07:57:37 AM
What I'd like is the cheapest decent recording of the complete Bach Cantatas.  I think I will probably find most of it less than riveting, but I'd like to have it.  Brilliant has a set, but I seem to recall it being panned by most people.

If you read this Harnoncourt/Leonhardt.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 15, 2010, 12:39:20 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XST9HX1ZL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

About 30-odd years ago I went through the anguish of deciding which Ring to buy, against a background of not having any money. The obvious best choice back then was the Decca/Solti recording, but it was simply out of reach, and I settled on the significantly cheaper but still highly regarded Bohm/Bayreuth version. Well, I played the grooves out of those LPs and thought it was a superb recording, but I always hankered after a Solti set.

The day came when I disposed of all my vinyl and therefore needed a Ring on CD. Again I was faced with a similar choice; and again I chose Bohm, because the Solti was twice the price. And Bohm is still all I have, apart from the 2CDs of Solti excerpts that I turn to whenever I read John Culshaw's book and want to taste the flavour of what I've missed all these years. Somehow, I just never could justify to myself spending over £100 for a recording that, however important it seemed to me 30 years ago, probably belonged more to my past than my future.

Today I was browsing through Amazon uk and saw the Solti Ring on offer for £51, postage free. That was less than half the price I normally associate with that set, and my order was in place before you could say 'Hojotoho! Hojotoho!'. Maybe the Solti Ring has dipped down to these sort of price levels before, and I just missed it? I don't know. But if anyone else out there wants a fifty quid Solti Ring, here's how to get one, here and now:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Richard/dp/B0000042H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279225056&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Richard/dp/B0000042H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279225056&sr=1-1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 16, 2010, 04:27:39 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on July 15, 2010, 12:19:08 AM
Just ordered for € 26... ;)

(https://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028947301523.jpg)
From whom, please?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 16, 2010, 04:29:25 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 16, 2010, 04:27:39 AM
From whom, please?
jpc.de had it for 20 € last I checked.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 16, 2010, 04:31:43 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 15, 2010, 12:39:20 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XST9HX1ZL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

But if anyone else out there wants a fifty quid Solti Ring, here's how to get one, here and now:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Richard/dp/B0000042H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279225056&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Richard/dp/B0000042H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279225056&sr=1-1)

Nice find, Alan, and thanks for sharing the source.  Solti's Ring deserves all the praise it's received over the years, making the best case I've heard for Wagner's epic.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 16, 2010, 04:32:59 AM
Quote from: erato on July 16, 2010, 04:29:25 AM
jpc.de had it for 20 € last I checked.
Wow...thanks!  I'll look into it!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 16, 2010, 06:32:04 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 16, 2010, 04:31:43 AM
Nice find, Alan, and thanks for sharing the source.  Solti's Ring deserves all the praise it's received over the years, making the best case I've heard for Wagner's epic.
Nice to see you back, Dave. All I want now is a cheap Goodall (English) Ring, and I'll be a happy Wagnerian. I was one of the privileged audience who attended English National Opera's Twilight of the Gods with Rita Hunter in Manchester, back in about 1974/5. We sweltered in the heat, hour after hour, while she transformed herself into an unforgettable Brunnhilde before our eyes. I remember the applause going on and on, afterwards, until our hands hurt and our arms ached.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: karlhenning on July 16, 2010, 06:42:46 AM
Hoy, a Dave sighting!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 16, 2010, 07:11:44 AM
Howdy, gents...it's always a pleasure to encounter you fellows!

BTW, the Brüggen box of Haydn symphonies is still available from jpc.  Even with the high cost of postage to the States, it's still quite a deal and I jumped on it.  Thanks, erato!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 18, 2010, 12:36:32 PM
Also at jpc: a Glossa Bonanza (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/home/search/-/label/Glossa?pd_orderby=preis)!
(single disc: €5, double €8, some issues of the Händel Italian cantatas series for €10)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on July 20, 2010, 05:51:09 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 27, 2010, 08:35:14 PM
Holy crap! I found 20 CDs adding up to 20 pounds' worth of goods, but the shipping charge is 58 quid - adding up to $123 US dollars for a bunch of overstocked old Naxos CDs! No way. If only I were in England :-/

Brian, Isn't this often the case - great prices on CD's but lousy shipping costs?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 20, 2010, 10:30:45 PM
There's a bunch of new EMI Icons on the way, Fischer, Fournier, Kempe, Larrocha and Wunderlich IIRC.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on July 21, 2010, 03:26:50 AM
Quote from: erato on July 20, 2010, 10:30:45 PM
There's a bunch of new EMI Icons on the way, Fischer, Fournier, Kempe, Larrocha and Wunderlich IIRC.

Edwin or Annie?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on July 21, 2010, 03:38:37 AM
Quote from: George on July 21, 2010, 03:26:50 AM
Edwin or Annie?

Edwin!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edwin-Fischer-Icon/dp/B003D0ZNKG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279712299&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edwin-Fischer-Icon/dp/B003D0ZNKG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279712299&sr=1-1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on July 21, 2010, 03:46:00 AM
thanks
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 21, 2010, 06:44:13 AM
Quote from: erato on July 20, 2010, 10:30:45 PMFournier,

But...but...the Bach and Dvorak are on DG!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 21, 2010, 07:02:43 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 21, 2010, 06:44:13 AM
But...but...the Bach and Dvorak are on DG!
Maybe they stole it and that's why it is cheap. Or you can take it up with DG and see the price skyroceket.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on July 21, 2010, 07:13:46 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 21, 2010, 06:44:13 AM
But...but...the Bach and Dvorak are on DG!

Dvorak is the first recording with Kubelik (18-19 Oct 1948 owned by EMI  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on July 21, 2010, 07:22:19 AM
But...Fournier, Fischer and Larrocha boxes contain complete Emi recordings by this artists? What's missing?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on July 26, 2010, 07:56:42 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 30, 2010, 10:18:25 AM
Thanks. Some of the names involved in the performances:

Kussmaul, Hengelbrock, Schornsheim, Belder, Lubotsy, ter Linden,
Preston, Pinnock, Savall, Lindberg, Fagius, Zomer, Huggett,
Berben,Wuyts,Holton,Meel,Holland Boy Choir,Mathis,Wentz,
Belder,La Stravaganza,Kirkby,Hill,Agnew,Chance,Brandenburg
Consort,The Sixteen,Christophers,Netherlands Bach


I don't know if all of them were part of the earlier box.

I have to correct my former statement about new recordings in the new Brilliant Bach box.

Leon Berben´s horrible WTC has been replaced by Pieter-Jan Belder´s WTC, - a great improvement.

The Violin concertos by Emmy Verhey have been replaced by recordings by Dimitri Sitkovetsky - not necessarily an improvement.

Stephen Preston´s Flute sonatas have been replaced by the Flute sonatas by Jan Wentz, and furthermore I suspect that Wentz´s Musicalsches Opfer also is included in the new release, - certainly a reduction in value IMO.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 09:22:43 AM
Quote from: premont on July 26, 2010, 07:56:42 AM
I have to correct my former statement about new recordings in the new Brilliant Bach box.

Leon Berben´s horrible WTC has been replaced by Pieter-Jan Belder´s WTC, - a great improvement.

The Violin concertos by Emmy Verhey have been replaced by recordings by Dimitri Sitkovetsky - not necessarily an improvement.

Stephen Preston´s Flute sonatas have been replaced by the Flute sonatas by Jan Wentz, and furthermore I suspect that Wentz´s Musicalsches Opfer also is included in the new release, - certainly a reduction in value IMO.

I understood your previous reply in the way that no "new recordings", i.e., released for first time on Brilliant Classics, were included in the new big box. But, obviously, during the last years Brilliant has replaced for own releases a considerable amount of material previously licensed from another labels. I would add to your list the following discs:

- Brandenburg Concertos: Originally, Consort of London, Robert Haydon Clark (excellent). Now: Musica Amphion/ Pieter-Jan Belder.

- Orchestral Suites: Originally, Consort of London, Robert Haydon Clark. Now: La Stravaganza Köln/ Andrew Manze (licensed from Denon).

- Concerti for 2, 3 & 4 harpsichords: Originally: Schornsheim, Heiller et. al. Now: Pieter-Jan Belder, Menno van Delft, Siebe Henstra et al/ Musica Amphion.

- Cello Suites: Originally, Robert Cohen (cello). Now: Jaap ter Linden.

IMO, the only real improvement is represented for the Cello Suites by ter Linden. The Orchestral Suites licensed from Denon are also excellent, but Robert Haydon Clark and his group were very good (although on modern instruments).

Finally, I agree with you, the replacement of the Flute Sonatas is a loss for future buyers. On the other hand, Belder for Berben will be a blessing.  :D


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 10:07:41 AM
Is the recording of the flute sonatas the two of you are referring to the same as the one available from CRD -- Pinnock, Preston and Savall?

I was, in fact, recently looking around the web for recordings of these works (seeing how much I love what Bach has done with the oboe and flute in his cantatas and such), but sadly, I could not find not many (HIPPI recordings).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 10:28:03 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 10:07:41 AM
Is the recording of the flute sonatas the two of you are referring to the same as the one available from CRD -- Pinnock, Preston and Savall?

I was, in fact, recently looking around the web for recordings of these works (seeing how much I love what Bach has done with the oboe and flute in his cantatas and such), but sadly, I could not find not many (HIPPI recordings).

That's right, Navneeth; those two excellent discs were licensed from CRD. Unfortunately, some of the best versions of the flute sonatas are really hard to find, I'm thinking in Barthold Kuijken (2 CD-set, DHM) and Masahiro Arita (2 CD-set, Denon). That said, Janet See (HM) is also a very good choice (great price, too!); the same with Barthold Kuijken on Accent (just one CD with the "authentic" sonatas). I would avoid the aforementioned Jed Wentz; he is a virtuoso, but his tempi and general style in these works are totally unjustified.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 10:30:13 AM
Thanks, Antoine.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 26, 2010, 10:59:57 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 10:28:03 AM
I would avoid the aforementioned Jed Wentz; he is a virtuoso, but his tempi and general style in these works are totally unjustified.  :)

I beg your pardon, but I do not agree with this rather hard statement. Where is it written that it should be played in a certain style and tempi.
We could hardly ask Bach now could we?
I think Jed Wentz is a excellent choice in these works. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 11:42:34 AM
Quote from: Harry on July 26, 2010, 10:59:57 AM
I beg your pardon, but I do not agree with this rather hard statement. Where is it written that it should be played in a certain style and tempi.
We could hardly ask Bach now could we?
I think Jed Wentz is a excellent choice in these works. :)


If you want your Bach played in gallant style, I don't have any problem at all, dear Harry... But any day I prefer Barthold Kuijken, Stephen Preston, Masahiro Arita, Marc Hantaï or Janet See -over Jed Wentz- in this repertoire. They are more consistent with the idea that many hours of listening –I know you are a dedicated listener- and some readings have left in me about how to interpret the music of Bach. Just as an exercise, tell me if the Andante of BWV 1030 really sounds like an "andante" (= walker, to walk) in your ears.

:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 11:48:48 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 10:30:13 AM
Thanks, Antoine.

You're welcome, Navneeth. For some reason, I forgot another of my favourite versions:


(http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/001/565/0000156535_350.jpg)


Really, an exceptional disc.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 11:53:31 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 11:48:48 AM
You're welcome, Navneeth. For some reason, I forgot another of my favourite versions:

(http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/001/565/0000156535_350.jpg)

Really, an exceptional disc.  :)

So, essentially, everything except the Wentz? ;D (I just sampled the first allegro from 1080 1079, and he is indeed fast. It's flowing nicely, but too rapidly for my tastes, given that I come from listening to CMW/Harnoncourt in this particular work.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 12:02:45 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 11:53:31 AM
So, essentially, everything except the Wentz? ;D

Not really. For example, I wouldn't either recommend Pahud/Pinnock or Nicolet/Richter, among the versions that I have.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 12:08:56 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 12:02:45 PM
Not really. For example, I wouldn't either recommend Pahud/Pinnock or Nicolet/Richter, among the versions that I have.

I was just kidding. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 12:16:17 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 12:08:56 PM
I was just kidding. :)

I know, I know, funny boy.  ;D I just wrote that "for the record".  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 12:24:34 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 11:53:31 AM
... I just sampled the first allegro from 1080..

:o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 12:29:43 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 12:24:34 PM
:o

If I remember correctly, the last time you posted one of these, it was meant to convey amazement, in a good sort of way. Does that hold now also? ;) :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 12:34:49 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 12:29:43 PM
If I remember correctly, the last time you posted one of these, it was meant to convey amazement, in a good sort of way. Does that hold now also? ;) :)

Oh, yes. The Art of Fugue on baroque flute will always be an event in itself.  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 12:37:03 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 12:34:49 PM
Oh, yes. The Art of Fugue on baroque flute will always be an event in itself.  :D

Oops! :-[
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 26, 2010, 01:48:44 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 11:42:34 AM
If you want your Bach played in gallant style, I don't have any problem at all, dear Harry... But any day I prefer Barthold Kuijken, Stephen Preston, Masahiro Arita, Marc Hantaï or Janet See -over Jed Wentz- in this repertoire. They are more consistent with the idea that many hours of listening –I know you are a dedicated listener- and some readings have left in me about how to interpret the music of Bach. Just as an exercise, tell me if the Andante of BWV 1030 really sounds like an "andante" (= walker, to walk) in your ears.

:)

That would be a discussion about tempi, thats very dangerous, remembering a dispute I had with a Beethoven addict about the interpretation of tempi Zinman is using in his Beethoven. Would you forgive me, if I dare not go into a discussion about tempi? Certainly not in the open. PM me about it if you please.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 26, 2010, 01:50:13 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 11:48:48 AM
You're welcome, Navneeth. For some reason, I forgot another of my favourite versions:


(http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/001/565/0000156535_350.jpg)


Really, an exceptional disc.  :)

I have that too, and agree about its excellence. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 26, 2010, 01:51:09 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 26, 2010, 11:53:31 AM
So, essentially, everything except the Wentz? ;D (I just sampled the first allegro from 1080 1079, and he is indeed fast. It's flowing nicely, but too rapidly for my tastes, given that I come from listening to CMW/Harnoncourt in this particular work.)

Well I rather like that. Fast and furious.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 02:06:08 PM
Quote from: Harry on July 26, 2010, 01:48:44 PM
That would be a discussion about tempi, thats very dangerous, remembering a dispute I had with a Beethoven addict about the interpretation of tempi Zinman is using in his Beethoven. Would you forgive me, if I dare not go into a discussion about tempi? Certainly not in the open. PM me about it if you please.

A rough dispute between us? It's not a realistic possibility, Harry. You know I appreciate and respect your opinions. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Guido on July 26, 2010, 03:46:01 PM
Martinu's 6 symphonies recorded on Chandos - 3 CDs, something like £8.50 on Amazon at the moment. A magnificent recent purchase - I can't recommend this enough, and also cant thank the person who recommended them to me enough!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 26, 2010, 03:58:08 PM
Quote from: Guido on July 26, 2010, 03:46:01 PM
Martinu's 6 symphonies recorded on Chandos - 3 CDs, something like £8.50 on Amazon at the moment. A magnificent recent purchase - I can't recommend this enough, and also cant thank the person who recommended them to me enough!

I grabbed that last week. An astonishing bargain. Was it a mistake by Amazon? It was odd: they had the Thomson Martinu box listed twice: for £40, and for £8 ...I decided to order the latter ;D  Now, if only they make the same mistake with Thomson's RVW cycle, I'll be a happy camper.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 27, 2010, 12:17:47 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 02:06:08 PM
A rough dispute between us? It's not a realistic possibility, Harry. You know I appreciate and respect your opinions. :)

Allright than, you know I want to keep peace amongst us all, but since you make me comfortable, I tell you this. I think the swift tempi applied by Jed Wentz very sensible. I do not take the tempo markings by Bach as fixed at all. There is place and space for such a interpretation, like there is for David Zinman's very swift tempi. Everyone fell over him because of it, but Beethoven's  own markings gave him the tools to apply it. Its all about hearing! If you can hear the inner tempi feel them, as Herbert von Karajan said, you know what the right tempi are, regardless of what is written down. When I listen to a piece I can hear if the tempi are wrong or right, it has to do with how the notes were written down.  If the tempi are not right in my ears the work is ruined for me. There is not much music around that can hold its own if you lower or speed the tempi too much. I am very inadequate in explaining this but there you go, its the best I can. I trashed so many recordings in the early days, that had to do with tempi, starting with Claudio Abbado's interpretation of the Brahms Symphonies on DGG, I broke the records in several pieces, and that was the start of a long career. I do it less now though. :) 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 27, 2010, 01:19:53 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 26, 2010, 03:58:08 PM
I grabbed that last week. An astonishing bargain. Was it a mistake by Amazon? It was odd: they had the Thomson Martinu box listed twice: for £40, and for £8 ...I decided to order the latter ;D  Now, if only they make the same mistake with Thomson's RVW cycle, I'll be a happy camper.

Sarge

I bought it at JPCde for 8,99 euro's so that fits. And I told all on GMG it was so, but to no avail, still wondering about that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on July 27, 2010, 01:44:09 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 26, 2010, 09:22:43 AM
I understood your previous reply in the way that no "new recordings", i.e., released for first time on Brilliant Classics, were included in the new big box. But, obviously, during the last years Brilliant has replaced for own releases a considerable amount of material previously licensed from another labels. I would add to your list the following discs:

- Brandenburg Concertos: Originally, Consort of London, Robert Haydon Clark (excellent). Now: Musica Amphion/ Pieter-Jan Belder.

- Orchestral Suites: Originally, Consort of London, Robert Haydon Clark. Now: La Stravaganza Köln/ Andrew Manze (licensed from Denon).

- Concerti for 2, 3 & 4 harpsichords: Originally: Schornsheim, Heiller et. al. Now: Pieter-Jan Belder, Menno van Delft, Siebe Henstra et al/ Musica Amphion.

- Cello Suites: Originally, Robert Cohen (cello). Now: Jaap ter Linden.

IMO, the only real improvement is represented for the Cello Suites by ter Linden. The Orchestral Suites licensed from Denon are also excellent, but Robert Haydon Clark and his group were very good (although on modern instruments).


All the changes you mention were included in the second version of the Bach box, so I thought they were well known and not relevant to the discussion of the third version of the box.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 27, 2010, 04:36:20 AM
Quote from: premont on July 27, 2010, 01:44:09 AM
All the changes you mention were included in the second version of the Bach box, so I thought they were well known and not relevant to the discussion of the third version of the box.

I don't exactly know the dates of the changes experimented for that box; I have the original edition and I have simply added the new discs. But, if you're right, it would mean that, f.i., the new Brandenburgs and the concerti for several harpsichords (Belder/ Musica Amphion) were released for the first time in the "second" big box and, just then, re-released individually in 2007. I believe it's possible because both of them were recorded at the same time in 2006 (may/june). Obviously, the case of the "new" flute sonatas and WTC would be rather different because they were individually released some time ago and now would be simply added to the box, which was the point of my original response to this issue.   :)

P.S.: the Cello Suites were also recorded in June 2006.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on July 27, 2010, 04:57:00 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 27, 2010, 04:36:20 AM
I don't exactly know the dates of the changes experimented for that box; I have the original edition and I have simply added the new discs. But, if you're right, it would mean that, f.i., the new Brandenburgs and the concerti for several harpsichords (Belder/ Musica Amphion) were released for the first time in the "second" big box and, just then, re-released individually in 2007. I believe it's possible because both of them were recorded at the same time in 2006 (may/june).
I think these are the facts.  At least I had never heard of these recordings of Belder(nor ter Linden´s second take of the Cello suites) until I acquired the second Bach box release.

Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 27, 2010, 04:36:20 AM
Obviously, the case of the "new" flute sonatas and WTC would be rather different because they were individually released some time ago and now would be simply added to the box, which was the point of my original response to this issue.   :)
P.S.: the Cello Suites were also recorded in June 2006.
Point taken. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on July 27, 2010, 05:06:02 AM
Quote from: Harry on July 27, 2010, 12:17:47 AM
Allright than, you know I want to keep peace amongst us all, but since you make me comfortable, I tell you this. I think the swift tempi applied by Jed Wentz very sensible. I do not take the tempo markings by Bach as fixed at all. There is place and space for such a interpretation, like there is for David Zinman's very swift tempi. Everyone fell over him because of it, but Beethoven's  own markings gave him the tools to apply it. Its all about hearing! If you can hear the inner tempi feel them, as Herbert von Karajan said, you know what the right tempi are, regardless of what is written down. When I listen to a piece I can hear if the tempi are wrong or right, it has to do with how the notes were written down.  If the tempi are not right in my ears the work is ruined for me. There is not much music around that can hold its own if you lower or speed the tempi too much. I am very inadequate in explaining this but there you go, its the best I can. I trashed so many recordings in the early days, that had to do with tempi, starting with Claudio Abbado's interpretation of the Brahms Symphonies on DGG, I broke the records in several pieces, and that was the start of a long career. I do it less now though. :) 

It's clear for me, Harry. You're a boy a lot wilder than I am.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 27, 2010, 05:32:58 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 27, 2010, 05:06:02 AM
It's clear for me, Harry. You're a boy a lot wilder than I am.  ;)

As I said I mended my ways and give the CD'S away. And regarding the tempi, well thats entirely a personal thing. Funny thing I had a phone call from a friend the other day, he lives in Australia now, and we got to talk about the days in which we listen to classical music together, and he remembered one thing that fits to the way I listen in the olden days. It was on a Sunday and he went down to the living room to get some malt, on his way back, he heard somebody swearing loud in a very angry tone, at first he thought someone came in and fought with me so he hurried up, but close at the door he heard me alone, cursing Kurt Masur, while listening to his absurd tempi notions concerning the Bruch Symphonies. He said he never heard me so angry and he waited until I broke the record, waited still a little after I put music from Corelli on and than came in. When he saw the broken pieces he did not mention them further but I knew he wanted to ask about it, but seeing that I calmed down he refrained from it. But I am a good boy now, although when I said that he laughed quite heartily and said he did not believe one word of it. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 27, 2010, 05:48:50 AM
Quote from: Harry on July 27, 2010, 12:17:47 AM
I trashed so many recordings in the early days, that had to do with tempi, starting with Claudio Abbado's interpretation of the Brahms Symphonies on DGG

Quote from: Harry on July 27, 2010, 05:32:58 AM
He said he never heard me so angry and he waited until I broke the record, waited still a little after I put music from Corelli

Ah, those must be the WoO from the catalogue (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13.msg199020.html#msg199020). Are they Harry? ;D ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 27, 2010, 07:06:33 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 27, 2010, 05:48:50 AM
Ah, those must be the WoO from the catalogue (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13.msg199020.html#msg199020). Are they Harry? ;D ;)

Yes it must be no doubt ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on July 30, 2010, 10:51:15 AM
It's been fairly cheap for a while, but the EMI 14CD Richter 'Icon' set is now down to £9.99 on Amazon.co.uk (free super saver delivery within the UK, direct from Amazon) :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qP6mP-SgL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Icon/dp/B001B1R1HC/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Icon/dp/B001B1R1HC/)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 30, 2010, 11:23:48 AM
Quote from: ammar on July 30, 2010, 11:07:44 AM
The resemblance is even more uncanny when you find out that they're both carrying a pink plastic lobster out of shot  :D

(and no, that isn't a euphemism, before anyone asks -  http://ahmedfernando.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/richters-pink-plastic-lobster/ )
;D  That's enough to piss off anyone! 

And I'm glad it's not a euphemism...for a moment I thought the mods would shunt this post over to Teresa's porn thread.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on July 30, 2010, 12:32:47 PM
Quote from: ammar on July 30, 2010, 10:51:15 AM
It's been fairly cheap for a while, but the EMI 14CD Richter 'Icon' set is now down to £9.99 on Amazon.co.uk (free super saver delivery within the UK, direct from Amazon) :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qP6mP-SgL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Icon/dp/B001B1R1HC/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Icon/dp/B001B1R1HC/)

Actually that's 9.99 pounds including VAT, 8.50 for US buyers, but you have to put up 3 pounds for shipping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on July 30, 2010, 07:33:47 PM
Quote from: ammar on July 30, 2010, 10:51:15 AM
It's been fairly cheap for a while, but the EMI 14CD Richter 'Icon' set is now down to £9.99 on Amazon.co.uk (free super saver delivery within the UK, direct from Amazon) :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qP6mP-SgL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Icon/dp/B001B1R1HC/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Icon/dp/B001B1R1HC/)

This was the second box set by Richter I bought.  The first one was the following Russian archive set ...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ATH78307L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on August 12, 2010, 12:38:57 AM
I don't do downloads, but Mahler complete symphonies, Gielen, for $18.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VRHWLU/ref=s9_simh_gw_p340_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=09V3W0TYCXQQ0D5Q6DSH&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 20, 2010, 05:17:04 AM
http://www.europadisc.co.uk/offer/686/Brilliant_Clearance_Sale.htm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Chaszz on August 23, 2010, 08:53:02 AM
Quote from: Lethe on August 20, 2010, 05:17:04 AM
http://www.europadisc.co.uk/offer/686/Brilliant_Clearance_Sale.htm

A non-working link, at least via my ISP. Also the home site seems to not be there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 23, 2010, 08:57:52 AM
It did work when I tried it right after it was posted, but not now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Chaszz on August 23, 2010, 09:14:02 AM
Please excuse me if these have already been discussed here, as I don't have time to go thru the whole thread. Getting more and more into lesser known late Romantics, I wonder if there are cheap sources for the complete or partial symphonies of Hubert Parry and Franz Schmidt, and the opera Gezeichneten (The Stigmatized) by Franz Shrecker. Any help would be appreciated.

Part II of the latter opera was broadcast by radio station WQXR in New York City last weekend as part of series on neglected operas. It knocked the socks off me. I never heard of this composer before. Anyone who likes late Romanticism where it merges into early Expressionism may be quite interested in this man's music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 23, 2010, 11:49:22 AM
Hmm - the sale is linked on the front page of the site, but it does go to the same URL that I posted.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on August 23, 2010, 12:19:14 PM
Quote from: Chaszz on August 23, 2010, 09:14:02 AM
Please excuse me if these have already been discussed here, as I don't have time to go thru the whole thread. Getting more and more into lesser known late Romantics, I wonder if there are cheap sources for the complete or partial symphonies of Hubert Parry and Franz Schmidt, and the opera Gezeichneten (The Stigmatized) by Franz Shrecker. Any help would be appreciated.

If you don't mind the download format :

http://www.emusic.com/album/Marcy-Chanteaux-SCHMIDT-Symphonies-complete-MP3-Download/11155674.html (http://www.emusic.com/album/Marcy-Chanteaux-SCHMIDT-Symphonies-complete-MP3-Download/11155674.html)

http://www.emusic.com/artist/Hubert-Parry-MP3-Download/11601584.html (http://www.emusic.com/artist/Hubert-Parry-MP3-Download/11601584.html)

http://www.emusic.com/album/William-Cochran-SCHREKER-Die-Gezeichneten-MP3-Download/10869881.html (http://www.emusic.com/album/William-Cochran-SCHREKER-Die-Gezeichneten-MP3-Download/10869881.html)


Probably some more in there....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 23, 2010, 12:27:09 PM
re the Schrecker
This DVD is less expensive compared to the OOP Opera Rara CD, and is listed at amazon, hbdirect and presto.    The tenor is not a dwarf hunchback transvestite, though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 23, 2010, 02:14:49 PM
Quote from: listener on August 23, 2010, 12:27:09 PM
re the Schrecker
This DVD is less expensive compared to the OOP Opera Rara CD, and is listed at amazon, hbdirect and presto.    The tenor is not a dwarf hunchback transvestite, though.
I was going to recommend this as well - superb production!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on August 23, 2010, 11:29:08 PM
Quote from: erato on August 23, 2010, 02:14:49 PM
I was going to recommend this as well - superb production!

I enthusiastically third this recommendation.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Chaszz on August 25, 2010, 06:17:39 AM
Quote from: papy on August 23, 2010, 12:19:14 PM
If you don't mind the download format :

http://www.emusic.com/album/Marcy-Chanteaux-SCHMIDT-Symphonies-complete-MP3-Download/11155674.html (http://www.emusic.com/album/Marcy-Chanteaux-SCHMIDT-Symphonies-complete-MP3-Download/11155674.html)

http://www.emusic.com/artist/Hubert-Parry-MP3-Download/11601584.html (http://www.emusic.com/artist/Hubert-Parry-MP3-Download/11601584.html)

http://www.emusic.com/album/William-Cochran-SCHREKER-Die-Gezeichneten-MP3-Download/10869881.html (http://www.emusic.com/album/William-Cochran-SCHREKER-Die-Gezeichneten-MP3-Download/10869881.html)


Probably some more in there....

Thank you all for your recommendations.
How does the emusic cost of "49c per song" translate into an opera or symphony?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 25, 2010, 07:02:03 AM
Quote from: Chaszz on August 25, 2010, 06:17:39 AM
Thank you all for your recommendations.
How does the emusic cost of "49c per song" translate into an opera or symphony?
I guess that depends upon whether it's a number opera or Wagner.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 06, 2010, 12:10:21 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XA381DV8L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Not sure how new this news is, but this Bohm/Bayreuth/Nilsson/Windgassen Tristan - one of the frontrunners in the Tristan Recordings Stakes - is currently available for an astonishing £12.99 at Amazon.uk, here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Tristan-Isolde-Richard/dp/B000001GXS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1283760441&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Tristan-Isolde-Richard/dp/B000001GXS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1283760441&sr=1-1)

Everywhere else, it costs about double that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 06, 2010, 07:06:12 AM
There is an Amazon Marketplace vendor selling this 10CD set, which has gotten very good mentions around here, for $29.  I'm waiting to see if they actually follow through on it.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41w1xayThGL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

The odd thing is that this set is listed twice on Amazon.com and the prices on the two listings vary widely.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on September 06, 2010, 07:58:56 AM
OK, finally taken the plunge on this box set that I've been considering for a little while.

£100 inc shipping from US to UK.

£1.60 per disc probably qualifies it for super-duper cheap



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 06, 2010, 08:21:16 AM
Quote from: nigeld on September 06, 2010, 07:58:56 AM
OK, finally taken the plunge on this box set that I've been considering for a little while.

£100 inc shipping from US to UK.

£1.60 per disc probably qualifies it for super-duper cheap

Could you give a link my friend.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 06, 2010, 08:54:55 AM
Quote from: Harry on September 06, 2010, 08:21:16 AM
Could you give a link my friend.

I found this...

(http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B003UCPEJ2/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1283792057&sr=8-1&condition=new)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 06, 2010, 09:50:59 AM
Quote from: Harry on September 06, 2010, 08:21:16 AM
Could you give a link my friend.
I was looking myself: http://www.amazon.com/Living-Stereo-60-Collection-Box/dp/B003UCPEJ2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1283795289&sr=1-1-fkmr0 (http://www.amazon.com/Living-Stereo-60-Collection-Box/dp/B003UCPEJ2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1283795289&sr=1-1-fkmr0)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 06, 2010, 04:30:05 PM
Quote from: ukrneal on September 06, 2010, 09:50:59 AM
I was looking myself: http://www.amazon.com/Living-Stereo-60-Collection-Box/dp/B003UCPEJ2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1283795289&sr=1-1-fkmr0 (http://www.amazon.com/Living-Stereo-60-Collection-Box/dp/B003UCPEJ2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1283795289&sr=1-1-fkmr0)

I knew I should have waited before I bought most of them.  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on September 07, 2010, 03:06:49 AM
Quote from: Harry on September 06, 2010, 08:21:16 AM
Could you give a link my friend.

looks like others have replied before me Harry.  I bought it through www.amazon.com, their US site.  postage was only £4 or so which I thought was remarkably cheap given the size of the package. 



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Chaszz on September 07, 2010, 08:33:08 AM
Quote from: papy on August 23, 2010, 12:19:14 PM
If you don't mind the download format :

http://www.emusic.com/album/Marcy-Chanteaux-SCHMIDT-Symphonies-complete-MP3-Download/11155674.html (http://www.emusic.com/album/Marcy-Chanteaux-SCHMIDT-Symphonies-complete-MP3-Download/11155674.html)

http://www.emusic.com/artist/Hubert-Parry-MP3-Download/11601584.html (http://www.emusic.com/artist/Hubert-Parry-MP3-Download/11601584.html)

http://www.emusic.com/album/William-Cochran-SCHREKER-Die-Gezeichneten-MP3-Download/10869881.html (http://www.emusic.com/album/William-Cochran-SCHREKER-Die-Gezeichneten-MP3-Download/10869881.html)


Probably some more in there....

I followed up this suggestion. Here is what happened, which experience I also posted today on another thread devoted specifically to emusic: The download process required some tweaking to work properly, the tech services dept. did not get around to my case for a week-and-a-half after I inquired, and in the meantime I was charged 33 song credits for an opera (Die Gezeichneten) I never was able to download. Today I called up (very difficult to find the phone number) to ask them to put the 33 credits back in my trial offer but they refused. They also refused to refund my $11.99 first month's charge, said they have a 'no refund ever' (actual quote) policy, but relented when I reacted rather strongly. I also read after searching the web for emusic complaints that they charge you $99 for a year at the 2nd month's renewal, even though they lead you to believe it is charged monthly.

Perhaps GMG members who joined emusic some time ago may not be experiencing such difficulties. With all due respect for their opinions and experiences, and no criticism intended or implied, I wish to suggest not recommending this company to GMG members who have not experienced it, without looking further into its current operations re new customers.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DarkAngel on September 07, 2010, 09:19:43 AM
(http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/400/38/7/4/455.jpg)

Look for this soon...........

Great release for this budget boxset series!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on September 07, 2010, 11:41:29 AM
Quote from: Chaszz on September 07, 2010, 08:33:08 AM
I followed up this suggestion. Here is what happened, which experience I also posted today on another thread devoted specifically to emusic: The download process required some tweaking to work properly, the tech services dept. did not get around to my case for a week-and-a-half after I inquired, and in the meantime I was charged 33 song credits for an opera (Die Gezeichneten) I never was able to download. Today I called up (very difficult to find the phone number) to ask them to put the 33 credits back in my trial offer but they refused. They also refused to refund my $11.99 first month's charge, said they have a 'no refund ever' (actual quote) policy, but relented when I reacted rather strongly. I also read after searching the web for emusic complaints that they charge you $99 for a year at the 2nd month's renewal, even though they lead you to believe it is charged monthly.

Perhaps GMG members who joined emusic some time ago may not be experiencing such difficulties. With all due respect for their opinions and experiences, and no criticism intended or implied, I wish to suggest not recommending this company to GMG members who have not experienced it, without looking further into its current operations re new customers.

Sorry to read about your bad experience with e-music on your side of the pond, Chaszz. I do not know about the tariff format or charges system in their US version, but I have personally never experienced such issues here in the UK since I joined (I have often put my monthly subscription on hold as and when wanted and never been charged incorrectly meanwhile). Such customer service and handling is a poor show indeed for what is, I found, a great source to discover lots of works at a minimal cost.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 08, 2010, 02:35:46 AM
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4779142 (http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4779142)

(http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/s300x300/4779142.jpg)

Too much I already have, and too much I don't want, to warrant purchase, just like in the first box. Marvellous sets for beginners, though!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 08, 2010, 03:30:57 AM
Quote from: erato on September 08, 2010, 02:35:46 AM
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4779142 (http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4779142)

(http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/s300x300/4779142.jpg)

Too much I already have, and too much I don't want, to warrant purchase, just like in the first box. Marvellous sets for beginners, though!
Shame some of the discs are so short though. No reason they couldn't put some additional works on here. They have several discs of about 45 minutes and one that is 38 minutes! I realize it is a set, but still...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 08, 2010, 03:36:39 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on September 08, 2010, 03:30:57 AM
Shame some of the discs are so short though. No reason they couldn't put some additional works on here. They have several discs of about 45 minutes and one that is 38 minutes! I realize it is a set, but still...
They have kept the original format from when these releases were on LP. I think that is a good idea and the whole point of a memorial issue like this, and as long as the price is little more than 1£ pr disc I see absolutely no problem with this, if this is the kind of thing you want musically speaking.

To have it on 30 discs at the same price would still be a wonderful bargain if you want the content, but the whole idea with original sleeves etc would be severely compromised. Quality does not always translate to numbers....so I do disagree strongly with your view. That I'm not a buyer is not related to this at all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on September 08, 2010, 04:42:18 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on September 08, 2010, 03:30:57 AM
Shame some of the discs are so short though. No reason they couldn't put some additional works on here. They have several discs of about 45 minutes and one that is 38 minutes! I realize it is a set, but still...

Yes, I notice the box isn't green.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 08:31:42 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on September 08, 2010, 03:30:57 AM
Shame some of the discs are so short though. No reason they couldn't put some additional works on here. They have several discs of about 45 minutes and one that is 38 minutes! I realize it is a set, but still...

Yes, I think it's a ghastly idea to stick it to the consumer like this. No reason at all - commemorative issue or not - not to fill up the discs to the fullest. Most folks buying this set won't have even SEEN the original LPs anyway so the nostalgia angle makes no sense.

To me packing the CDs to the fullest would be truly commemorative!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 08, 2010, 08:47:05 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 08:31:42 AM
Yes, I think it's a ghastly idea to stick it to the consumer like this. No reason at all - commemorative issue or not - not to fill up the discs to the fullest. Most folks buying this set won't have even SEEN the original LPs anyway so the nostalgia angle makes no sense.

To me packing the CDs to the fullest would be truly commemorative!

How is it "sticking it to the consumer" when the price is so low?  The cost of the disc itself is very small compared to the other costs associated with production, so if they had rearranged the material to fit on fewer discs the amount they would have had to charge to make the same profit would be only slightly less.

I don't plan on getting this series since I already have a lot of the material.  I did get two installments from the "Argerich Collection."  There they have retained the original LP programs (and cover art) on the individual CDs and I find it an enhancement worth paying a few extra dollars for.   Having the music arranged chronologically by LP release gives more perspective on the development of the performer.  I probably wouldn't have gotten the releases if not for the distinctive packaging and organization.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 09:06:58 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 08, 2010, 08:47:05 AM
How is it "sticking it to the consumer" when the price is so low?  The cost of the disc itself is very small compared to the other costs associated with production, so if they had rearranged the material to fit on fewer discs the amount they would have had to charge to make the same profit would be only slightly less.

?

If the cost of the discs isn't the issue then FILLING THEM UP should be priority number one!!



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 08, 2010, 09:31:50 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 09:06:58 AM
?

If the cost of the discs isn't the issue then FILLING THEM UP should be priority number one!!
No. This is a memorial issue celebrating DG 111 years, filling up the discs and charging the same price for 35 discs would simply mean that instead of copies of the glorious original covers, you would get some cheapo cardboard holders instead. Then you would be really screwed. Price and value is two distinctly different issues, as Oscar Wilde pointed out. Music is about sentiments and value, not price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 08, 2010, 09:38:33 AM
Quote from: erato on September 08, 2010, 09:31:50 AM
No. This is a memorial issue celebrating DG 111 years, filling up the discs and charging the same price for 35 discs would simply mean that instead of copies of the glorious original covers, you would get some cheapo cardboard holders instead. Then you would be really screwed. Price and value is two distinctly different issues, as Oscar Wilde pointed out. Music is about sentiments and value, not price.

Exactly, and the same applies to the Argerich Collection, in which the individual discs are packaged in sleeves that show the original LP cover art.  It may cost a bit more to package them this way, but in the case of the Argerich edition, for example, I think it is worth it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on September 08, 2010, 11:26:53 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 08, 2010, 09:38:33 AM
Exactly, and the same applies to the Argerich Collection, in which the individual discs are packaged in sleeves that show the original LP cover art.  It may cost a bit more to package them this way, but in the case of the Argerich edition, for example, I think it is worth it.

I thought it was a nice touch on the Argerich set, although the rear art is very hard to read on some, impossible in others.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 09:28:47 PM
Quote from: erato on September 08, 2010, 09:31:50 AM
No. This is a memorial issue celebrating DG 111 years, filling up the discs and charging the same price for 35 discs would simply mean that instead of copies of the glorious original covers, you would get some cheapo cardboard holders instead. Then you would be really screwed. Price and value is two distinctly different issues, as Oscar Wilde pointed out. Music is about sentiments and value, not price.

Well, what is this sentiment you are referring to? There isn't even a "DG" anymore!! It's all Universal. So you won't see me falling for THAT old trick! ;D

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 08, 2010, 09:30:21 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 09:28:47 PM
There isn't even a "DG" anymore!! It's all Universal.
That's what makes it so sentimental.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 09:37:44 PM
Quote from: erato on September 08, 2010, 09:30:21 PM
That's what makes it so sentimental.

I suppose. But with the Giant Conglomerate® having their marketing hand in it I'm still leery. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 08, 2010, 09:43:36 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 09:37:44 PM
I suppose. But with the Giant Conglomerate® having their marketing hand in it I'm still leery. :)

The giant conglomerate is making a wider variety of recordings available at a lower price that the original labels ever did, and with packaging that pays homage to the original releases.  What exactly are you complaining about?

(I know, they don't make many new recordings.  Why would they, with the size of back catalog they are sitting on?)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 09:56:25 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 08, 2010, 09:43:36 PM
What exactly are you complaining about?

It's pretty simple. Universal could've jettisoned the silly "sentiment" thing and commemorated DG's past passing by giving us something with modern relevance. Not empty space on CDs.

And anyway, 111??
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 08, 2010, 10:02:21 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 09:56:25 PM
It's pretty simple. Universal could've jettisoned the silly "sentiment" thing and commemorated DG's past passing by giving us something with modern relevance. Not empty space on CDs.

And anyway, 111??
Well.....you just been giving several reasons why that wasn't the point at all. So why do you keep harping on it? Just accept the fact that this release isn't meant for you. DG has given us tons of stuff with modern relevance over the years, like their 20/21 series. But those instead, I'm sure some of them are up to your 78 minute ideal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 10:10:39 PM
Quote from: erato on September 08, 2010, 10:02:21 PM
Well.....you just been giving several reasons why that wasn't the point at all. So why do you keep harping on it? Just accept the fact that this release isn't meant for you. DG has given us tons of stuff with modern relevance over the years, like their 20/21 series. But those instead, I'm sure some of them are up to your 78 minute ideal.

Who's harping? You and Scarpia gave YOUR two cents (and then some), I came along and gave mine, and here we are. What's the beef?

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 08, 2010, 10:36:52 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 08, 2010, 09:56:25 PM
It's pretty simple. Universal could've jettisoned the silly "sentiment" thing and commemorated DG's past passing by giving us something with modern relevance. Not empty space on CDs.

And anyway, 111??

What possible difference would it have made if they had squeezed that music onto a smaller number of CD and charged essentially the same price? 

You are like a person who goes into a fancy restaurant and orders fillet mignon, then upon being served, complains that there is empty space on the plate that could have been filled with more food.  What will the waiter do?   Come out with the same fillet mignon on a smaller plate.   :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 08, 2010, 10:58:02 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 08, 2010, 10:36:52 PM
What possible difference would it have made if they had squeezed that music onto a smaller number of CD and charged essentially the same price? 
Ah, but what if they had squeezed more music onto the same number of discs. You'd be getting a better bang for your buck (and more music to enjoy). You are right though - this release is not for us. I think we can all agree on that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 09, 2010, 12:11:14 AM
I did non resist

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51i8Yb9qthL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Look here:
http://www.amazon.fr/Bach-Int%C3%A9grale-oeuvres-1947-1952-Original/dp/B0000U1NH4/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1284019482&sr=8-10 (http://www.amazon.fr/Bach-Int%C3%A9grale-oeuvres-1947-1952-Original/dp/B0000U1NH4/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1284019482&sr=8-10)

It's my first Walcha experience... :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 09, 2010, 06:53:10 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 08, 2010, 10:36:52 PMYou are like a person who goes into a fancy restaurant and orders fillet mignon, then upon being served, complains that there is empty space on the plate that could have been filled with more food.  What will the waiter do?   Come out with the same fillet mignon on a smaller plate.   :P

Try telling that to a food critic!!!! :P :P

(But if you're still not clear about where I'm coming from simply read urkneal's last post. He gets the picture...)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 09, 2010, 07:47:17 AM
It's all very simple really. Buy the set, rip the contents to 35 CD-R's, put them all in plain brown wrappers in the box, and you've got the set you want at the price DG would have to charge for a similar packaging, since that would have far less customers. That way you get what you want, and DGs intended customers get what they want, and everybody's happy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 09, 2010, 08:18:53 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 09, 2010, 06:53:10 AM(But if you're still not clear about where I'm coming from simply read urkneal's last post. He gets the picture...)

Focusing on the discs being full doesn't make economic sense.  The valuable commodity is the audio recording, not space on the disc.   If they had squeezed the set down to 35 CDs instead of 55 that would save $10 of production cost.  They could lower the price from $100 to $90.    If they had filled that 55CDs with extra tracks, that would be 50% more music, the set would have cost $150 instead of $100.  But that would ruin the concept. 

I don't have much interest in the 111 set because I already have almost all of the interesting recordings already.  But as I mentioned above, they used the same concept in the Argerich Collection and having the original cover art and couplings was an important added value and a contributing reason I got the set.  If they had squeezed it down to fewer discs and dropped the original cover art concept I probably would not have gotten it, even if it was a few dollars cheaper.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 09, 2010, 04:29:45 PM
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!! ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 09, 2010, 04:39:27 PM
Not quite a super duper bargain, perhaps, but a pretty good value nonetheless.  A few Amazon.com marketplace sellers are listing Bertini's Mahler symphony cycle for under $35 --- about half of Amazon's price.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SxsRtQUgL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphonies-1-10-Lied-Erde/dp/B000BQ7BX2/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1284078910&sr=1-13
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 09, 2010, 06:19:10 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 09, 2010, 04:39:27 PM
Not quite a super duper bargain, perhaps, but a pretty good value nonetheless.  A few Amazon.com marketplace sellers are listing Bertini's Mahler symphony cycle for under $35 --- about half of Amazon's price.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SxsRtQUgL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphonies-1-10-Lied-Erde/dp/B000BQ7BX2/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1284078910&sr=1-13

Got mine from MDT for 18 pounds, plus shipping.  Quite a few of the EMI box sets can be had for astonishingly low prices if you are persistent.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 09, 2010, 09:49:55 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 09, 2010, 06:19:10 PM
Got mine from MDT for 18 pounds, plus shipping.  Quite a few of the EMI box sets can be had for astonishingly low prices if you are persistent.
You don't even need to be particularly persistent. EMI is flogging everything they got that can bring cash into their vaults, in endless repackagings, in every channel they can think of. It's on my list BTW, along with the box of Muti's Cherubini.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 10, 2010, 05:43:38 PM
Quote from: erato on September 09, 2010, 09:49:55 PM
You don't even need to be particularly persistent. EMI is flogging everything they got that can bring cash into their vaults, in endless repackagings, in every channel they can think of. It's on my list BTW, along with the box of Muti's Cherubini.

Has the current owner of EMI taken EMI into bankruptcy court?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 10, 2010, 05:47:50 PM
Not AFAIK. They still need cash though.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 10, 2010, 06:03:26 PM
Quote from: erato on September 10, 2010, 05:47:50 PM
Not AFAIK. They still need cash though.....

I certainly hope EMI can stave off bankruptcy.  The private equity firm that did the LBO on EMI knows little about running the music business ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on September 16, 2010, 02:32:32 PM
I think that this :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mNZUDYnHL._SS400_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001DCQJUO/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001DCQJUO/)

at a shade under £17 delivered (for UK residents, using free shipping option) now falls into the super-bargain category. That's a pretty good price for the 4 CDs of Messiaen playing his own organ music, never mind the rest of the set  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 16, 2010, 02:40:38 PM
Quote from: ammar on September 16, 2010, 02:32:32 PM
I think that this :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mNZUDYnHL._SS400_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001DCQJUO/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001DCQJUO/)

at a shade under £17 delivered (for UK residents, using free shipping option) now falls into the super-bargain category. That's a pretty good price for the 4 CDs of Messiaen playing his own organ music, never mind the rest of the set  :)

Enough to make me with I could tolerate Messiaen.   :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on September 18, 2010, 10:15:17 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uZQYz%2B36L._SS400_.jpg)

English Viol Music (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BSH0YO)

Not sure if it's a super duper cheap deal, but it was enough of a deal to make me pull the trigger. Very good music/performance for what, to me is an attractive price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 24, 2010, 08:39:16 AM
A great bargain!!!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51b6ihrQXoL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/Dvorak-quatuors-%C3%A0-cordes-Antonin/dp/B00002DEH4/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i (http://www.amazon.fr/Dvorak-quatuors-%C3%A0-cordes-Antonin/dp/B00002DEH4/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i)

Just ordered!  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Conor71 on September 24, 2010, 11:01:57 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on September 24, 2010, 08:39:16 AM
A great bargain!!!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51b6ihrQXoL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/Dvorak-quatuors-%C3%A0-cordes-Antonin/dp/B00002DEH4/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i (http://www.amazon.fr/Dvorak-quatuors-%C3%A0-cordes-Antonin/dp/B00002DEH4/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i)

Just ordered!  ;D
Woah! - Unfortunately only for domestic shipping :'(.
Awesome bargain though :).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 24, 2010, 12:07:13 PM
Quote from: Conor71 on September 24, 2010, 11:01:57 AM
Woah! - Unfortunately only for domestic shipping :'(.
Awesome bargain though :).

It's for international shipping too!!!  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Conor71 on September 24, 2010, 02:46:40 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on September 24, 2010, 12:07:13 PM
It's for international shipping too!!!  ;)
I gave it a try and my order was accepted! - cost $35 AUS. That set retails for +$100 at my local Classical B&M.
I have had my eye on that set for a while - thanks for the heads-up Orpheus! :D.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on September 24, 2010, 03:43:20 PM
Thanks for that, Orpheus, especially as it led me to this corker for 10 euros:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z0AxbyQ-L._SS500_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.fr/Schubert-Lieder-Fischer-Dieskau-Moore/dp/B000AYQCIK/ (http://www.amazon.fr/Schubert-Lieder-Fischer-Dieskau-Moore/dp/B000AYQCIK/)

Fingers crossed that both orders (along with the Walcha Bach from the top of the page) are honoured ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on September 24, 2010, 03:48:37 PM
...and no sooner had I placed my order and posted a link than the price is back up to 50 euros ::)

Sorry guys... :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 28, 2010, 01:15:36 AM
Look Here soon!!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B003MRN6PY/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B003MRN6PY/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

This box for nothing!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41bfpMBbCML._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 28, 2010, 01:25:59 AM
Wowzers!!
That's the same seller who was selling a Sibelius box set for £999. Must be moody.
(I didn't buy it.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 28, 2010, 02:48:17 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on September 28, 2010, 01:15:36 AM
Look Here soon!!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B003MRN6PY/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B003MRN6PY/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

This box for nothing!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41bfpMBbCML._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Orpheus  ;)

Too late!  ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on October 01, 2010, 07:39:27 AM
If you are interested in this box

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EwrUgM37L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

look here!

http://www.amazon.fr/Beethoven-Sonates-piano-Variations-Ero%C3%AFca/dp/B000ICM0YY/ref=pd_ts_m_37?ie=UTF8&s=music (http://www.amazon.fr/Beethoven-Sonates-piano-Variations-Ero%C3%AFca/dp/B000ICM0YY/ref=pd_ts_m_37?ie=UTF8&s=music)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 01, 2010, 07:51:28 AM
For that price I am certainly interested! Placed an order. Cost 7 Euros to ship to London, but that still totals to USD $23.

Thank you, Orpheus!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on October 04, 2010, 10:59:00 PM
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1228/61qyhvkgllsl500aa300.jpg)

EUR 15,95 at http://www.amazon.de/Original-Jacket-Collection-Pablo-Casals/dp/B003KHJJNE/ (http://www.amazon.de/Original-Jacket-Collection-Pablo-Casals/dp/B003KHJJNE/)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on October 05, 2010, 05:40:24 AM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on October 04, 2010, 10:59:00 PM
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1228/61qyhvkgllsl500aa300.jpg)

EUR 15,95 at http://www.amazon.de/Original-Jacket-Collection-Pablo-Casals/dp/B003KHJJNE/ (http://www.amazon.de/Original-Jacket-Collection-Pablo-Casals/dp/B003KHJJNE/)

I would prefer a Jacket collection with ALL Casals' Sony recording, not a selection... ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on October 05, 2010, 05:55:12 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on October 05, 2010, 05:40:24 AM
I would prefer a Jacket collection with ALL Casals' Sony recording, not a selection... ::)

Maybe so, but you ain't gonna get one for 16 Euros! Super-Duper Cheap Bargains, remember?   :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: karlhenning on October 05, 2010, 06:06:33 AM
Bring that hammer down, Gurn! : )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on October 05, 2010, 10:29:19 AM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0034571140414.jpg)

40 euros at jpc.de (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Sergej-Rachmaninoff-S%E4mtliche-Klavierwerke/hnum/6664776)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on October 09, 2010, 02:06:32 PM
For those that missed it first time round, Abeille Musique have the Brilliant Classics Brahms Edition reduced back down to 25 euros + shipping :

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/references/bril93554.jpg)

http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on October 15, 2010, 01:17:27 PM
If you are interested in this box

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41766CJRNVL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Look here!  ;)

http://www.amazon.fr/Mahler-Symphonies-Gustav/dp/B00000E58A/ref=pd_ts_m_21?ie=UTF8&s=music (http://www.amazon.fr/Mahler-Symphonies-Gustav/dp/B00000E58A/ref=pd_ts_m_21?ie=UTF8&s=music)

Orpheus  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: rubio on October 16, 2010, 03:33:56 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on October 15, 2010, 01:17:27 PM
If you are interested in this box

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41766CJRNVL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Look here!  ;)

http://www.amazon.fr/Mahler-Symphonies-Gustav/dp/B00000E58A/ref=pd_ts_m_21?ie=UTF8&s=music (http://www.amazon.fr/Mahler-Symphonies-Gustav/dp/B00000E58A/ref=pd_ts_m_21?ie=UTF8&s=music)

Orpheus  :D

So ordered :o. Thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 25, 2010, 01:13:24 PM
Warner Classics is 40% off at Presto. They have some potential sets of interest like Tchikovsky piano (with Postnikova),  Miaskovsky set (Svetlanov) and Beethoven Complete String Quartets (Endellion). Some of the prices seem pretty good, and others might be bettered elsewhere. It lasts through the end of the year.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Benji on October 26, 2010, 06:22:49 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Smv71eitL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Amazon UK £23.99 / $38 (8 Discs = £3 per disc) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bartok-Pierre-Boulez/dp/B002DZX958/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1288101952&sr=1-11)

Because I like to do your homework for you - cheapest new Amazon.com price = $48  ;D

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51on22ZxfmL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Amazon UK £14.99 / $23.70 (6 discs = £2.33 per disc) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boulez-conducts-Stravinsky-Pierre/dp/B002XDFOGM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1288102900&sr=1-1)

Cheapest new Amazon.com price = $34





Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 26, 2010, 07:41:22 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on October 05, 2010, 10:29:19 AM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0034571140414.jpg)

40 euros at jpc.de (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Sergej-Rachmaninoff-S%E4mtliche-Klavierwerke/hnum/6664776)

Thanks Tasos, in my ordering basket. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 26, 2010, 07:55:29 AM
Quote from: ammar on October 09, 2010, 02:06:32 PM
For those that missed it first time round, Abeille Musique have the Brilliant Classics Brahms Edition reduced back down to 25 euros + shipping :

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/references/bril93554.jpg)

http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html)

It is an incredible value.  I've just now finally gone through all the discs at least once, and several spins on multiple discs, especially on the chamber music.   :)  I still can't thank Brian enough for the heads up on this (about a year ago).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on October 31, 2010, 01:21:52 AM
Quote from: Harry on October 26, 2010, 07:41:22 AM
Thanks Tasos, in my ordering basket. :)

I'm sure you'll like it, Harry.  8)
Excellent performances; and the box usually costs double that amount.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on October 31, 2010, 10:15:41 AM
I guess that qualifies as a bargain compared to the cost of the previous versions :

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w183/front/0/0028948040032.jpg)

€ 26.99 at JPC

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-32/hnum/1240643 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-32/hnum/1240643)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on October 31, 2010, 10:23:37 AM
Quote from: papy on October 31, 2010, 10:15:41 AM
I guess that qualifies as a bargain compared to the cost of the previous versions :

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w183/front/0/0028948040032.jpg)

€ 26.99 at JPC

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-32/hnum/1240643 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-32/hnum/1240643)

And for no extra charge they add phony surround sound encoding, which you need to route through a dolby surround sound decoder.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on October 31, 2010, 10:39:14 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on October 31, 2010, 10:23:37 AM
And for no extra charge they add phony surround sound encoding, which you need to route through a dolby surround sound decoder.

I remember a similar comment was made about the sound when I posted about the sinopoli/mahler boxset in the same series a while back. I bought that set and personnally, I am happy with its sound... my ears and my setup obviously. YMMV  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 31, 2010, 10:49:08 AM
Quote from: papy on October 31, 2010, 10:39:14 AM
I remember a similar comment was made about the sound when I posted about the sinopoli/mahler boxset in the same series a while back. I bought that set and personnally, I am happy with its sound... my ears and my setup obviously. YMMV  :)
I have the Schiff Bach set and have no serious problems with the sound of that. But why Universal would do a damn silly thing like this, buggers the imagination.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on October 31, 2010, 11:01:31 AM
I had the Guarneri Beethoven SQ cycle with the surround sound processing and thought there was something odd about the way it sounded.  I replaced it with the Brilliant Classics version of the same recording and found it preferable.  I still have the Brendel Schubert cycle on the shelf from the same series but have never listened to it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on October 31, 2010, 12:30:42 PM
The problem with BRO is when a certain recording is out of stock, it can be out of stock for a very long time.  But I certainly do not have any qualm about its website security.  For the ultra steep discounts it offers on its CD's and the incredibly cheap shipping costs for domestic orders, there is no reason to complain ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 31, 2010, 01:02:07 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415Lp8oUvqL._SS400_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on October 31, 2010, 01:04:31 PM
Quote from: erato on October 31, 2010, 01:02:07 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415Lp8oUvqL._SS400_.jpg)

I am through the first 2 CD's from this set ...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H9ikmzBSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 31, 2010, 01:09:26 PM
Quote from: erato on October 31, 2010, 01:02:07 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415Lp8oUvqL._SS400_.jpg)

Erm... what's the link?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on October 31, 2010, 01:11:13 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 31, 2010, 01:09:26 PM
Erm... what's the link?

Brian, this set may be the same as the set I have ...  No?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 31, 2010, 01:15:34 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on October 31, 2010, 01:11:13 PM
Brian, this set may be the same as the set I have ...  No?

Yes, - at least I'm pretty sure they are the same. Same label, same orchestra...
Did yours come as a cardboard box or plastic cases with a "slipcover"?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 31, 2010, 01:18:47 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 31, 2010, 01:09:26 PM
Erm... what's the link?
the bargain price. 24 Euros.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 31, 2010, 01:23:01 PM
Quote from: erato on October 31, 2010, 01:18:47 PM
the bargain price. 24 Euros.

Actually, I meant where did you find it. But never mind: Amazon France has it for 19.53 euros!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 31, 2010, 01:37:23 PM
Looking around, most of the praise for Gunter Wand's Bruckner focuses on his cycle with the NDR Orchestra. But that box set features the WDR Orchestra. Is there really a quality trade-off? I'll cross-post this in the Bruckner's Abbey thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on October 31, 2010, 01:38:10 PM
Also this one :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Fy0T-D3uL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

€ 21.05 on Amazon FR - release 03/11
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 31, 2010, 01:43:59 PM
Quote from: papy on October 31, 2010, 01:38:10 PM
Also this one :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Fy0T-D3uL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

€ 21.05 on Amazon FR - release 03/11
Wow! About bloody time! For those in the US, that is November 2010.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on October 31, 2010, 02:00:33 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 31, 2010, 01:15:34 PM
Yes, - at least I'm pretty sure they are the same. Same label, same orchestra...
Did yours come as a cardboard box or plastic cases with a "slipcover"?

Plastic cases with the slipcover that says 9 CD's.  But in reality, there are only 8 CD's since Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 are combined.  George and I got a great price from an Amazon US MP vendor ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on October 31, 2010, 02:35:08 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on October 31, 2010, 02:00:33 PM
Plastic cases with the slipcover that says 9 CD's.  But in reality, there are only 8 CD's since Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 are combined.  George and I got a great price from an Amazon US MP vendor ...

Brian,

Need to make a correction.  There are indeed 9 CD's in 8 jewel cases.  Symphonies 8-9 are 2 CD's in one jewel case ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 01, 2010, 01:46:28 PM
5 CDs of Faure chamber music for less than 8 pounds (+VAT).  That qualifies as super duper.  (I'd get it, but most of the set seems to be from the Hyperion catalog and I have most of it).

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//92337.htm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 03, 2010, 11:14:05 PM
Hyperion's please buy me program is looking good.  I picked up a disc of obscure Janacek orchestral music, and Symanowski (that's the best I can spell right now) piano music. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 04, 2010, 08:01:01 AM
This may count as super-bargain.  Complete Piano music of Ravel and Debussy, Erato recordings of Monique Haas, 6CDs for a bit over 12 pounds, plus VAT or shipping.

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/2564699672.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 04, 2010, 08:04:05 AM
Quote from: papy on October 31, 2010, 01:38:10 PM
Also this one :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Fy0T-D3uL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

€ 21.05 on Amazon FR - release 03/11

That cat was great in Saturday Night Fever.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 04, 2010, 08:05:48 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on November 04, 2010, 08:01:01 AM
This may count as super-bargain.  Complete Piano music of Ravel and Debussy, Erato recordings of Monique Haas, 6CDs for a bit over 12 pounds, plus VAT or shipping.

Nice. IIRC, she plays on the Opus 49 Konzertmusik conducted by the composer himself.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on November 04, 2010, 08:12:44 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on November 04, 2010, 08:01:01 AM
This may count as super-bargain.  Complete Piano music of Ravel and Debussy, Erato recordings of Monique Haas, 6CDs for a bit over 12 pounds, plus VAT or shipping.

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/2564699672.jpg)

Where?

Oh, OK, I notice the address you took the pic from. MDT, then?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 04, 2010, 08:13:44 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 04, 2010, 08:05:48 AM
Nice. IIRC, she plays on the Opus 49 Konzertmusik conducted by the composer himself.

But the box contains no orchestral works...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 04, 2010, 08:19:28 AM
Quote from: Brian on November 04, 2010, 08:13:44 AM
But the box contains no orchestral works...

Ah, I was too elliptical.  There is a box of Hindemith conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker in his own works, including the Opus 49 Konzertmusik for piano, brass & harps. I believe Haas plays the concertante piano on that recording.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 04, 2010, 08:31:41 AM
Quote from: Maciek on November 04, 2010, 08:12:44 AM
Where?

Oh, OK, I notice the address you took the pic from. MDT, then?

Correct!


Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 04, 2010, 08:19:28 AM
Ah, I was too elliptical.  There is a box of Hindemith conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker in his own works, including the Opus 49 Konzertmusik for piano, brass & harps. I believe Haas plays the concertante piano on that recording.

Also correct.  Before recording for Erato she was a DG artist.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vvgBtKcfL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Not to be confused with Werner Haas, who also recorded a complete Ravel + Debussy solo piano cycle for Philips.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on November 04, 2010, 08:37:55 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 04, 2010, 08:19:28 AM
Ah, I was too elliptical.  There is a box of Hindemith conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker in his own works, including the Opus 49 Konzertmusik for piano, brass & harps. I believe Haas plays the concertante piano on that recording.

She has recorded the Ravel PCs though, for DG, and at least the G Major is a magnificent recording (I don't own the other one).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 06, 2010, 02:10:02 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4164bTS6R7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

11 euros on amazon.fr.

Lots of amazing bargains in this series; Bruckner/Wand, Beethoven/Budapest, Brahms/Rubinstein, van Cliburn concertoes, Mahler/Levine......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 15, 2010, 01:54:44 AM
For Vivaldi's fans

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519lmbcUDxL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Look here

http://www.amazon.co.uk/chefs-doeuvre-Vivaldi-Various-Artists/dp/B000NVL49C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289818420&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/chefs-doeuvre-Vivaldi-Various-Artists/dp/B000NVL49C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289818420&sr=1-1)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Grazioso on November 16, 2010, 04:41:57 AM
Quote from: erato on November 06, 2010, 02:10:02 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4164bTS6R7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

11 euros on amazon.fr.

Lots of amazing bargains in this series; Bruckner/Wand, Beethoven/Budapest, Brahms/Rubinstein, van Cliburn concertoes, Mahler/Levine......

Any link to a page listing the complete series? Thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on November 16, 2010, 04:55:19 AM
Quote from: Grazioso on November 16, 2010, 04:41:57 AM
Any link to a page listing the complete series? Thanks.

Seconded.

I can't even find the Reiner:

http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_fr_FR=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=RCA+Reiner+Strauss+Quixote
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 16, 2010, 05:01:04 AM
Quote from: George on November 16, 2010, 04:55:19 AM
Seconded.

I can't even find the Reiner:

http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_fr_FR=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=RCA+Reiner+Strauss+Quixote

Too many search terms. Just type in Reiner Strauss and it comes right up. Amazon is terrible at tagging things so I always search for the minimum terminology...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on November 16, 2010, 08:54:38 AM
Thanks, Brian!  :)

Quote from: Grazioso on November 16, 2010, 04:41:57 AM
Any link to a page listing the complete series? Thanks.

This yields quite a few: http://www.amazon.fr/Richard-Strauss-Oeuvres-orchestrales-Coffret/sim/B0042GNDT8/2/ref=pd_sxp_filt_m?ie=UTF8&pf=music
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Grazioso on November 17, 2010, 04:11:21 AM
Quote from: George on November 16, 2010, 08:54:38 AM
Thanks, Brian!  :)

This yields quite a few: http://www.amazon.fr/Richard-Strauss-Oeuvres-orchestrales-Coffret/sim/B0042GNDT8/2/ref=pd_sxp_filt_m?ie=UTF8&pf=music

Thank you, Sir! FWIW, there's also a Bylsma/Tafelmusik Boccherini set in the series.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 22, 2010, 01:01:41 PM
For Chopin's fans...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GInRCejjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)


...look here!
http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B003DQIQ7C/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1290462488&sr=1-5&condition=new (http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B003DQIQ7C/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1290462488&sr=1-5&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 22, 2010, 01:51:56 PM
WHOA. That will be a beast to pack back to the States since my suitcases were full coming over. But I've been eyeing the expensive individual releases in that series for a long time and just can't miss this. Thanks, Orpheus  8) 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 22, 2010, 11:39:28 PM
Good mornig Wagnerians...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IKbGFOQEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

look here!

http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B00151HZ3S/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1290500287&sr=1-29&condition=new (http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B00151HZ3S/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1290500287&sr=1-29&condition=new)


Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 23, 2010, 01:19:26 AM
I just pulled the trigger on this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00001X591/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1290507306&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00001X591/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1290507306&sr=1-1&condition=new) or http://www.amazon.co.uk/Albinoni-Concertos-Op-9-Tomaso-Giovanni/dp/B00001X591/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1290507245&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Albinoni-Concertos-Op-9-Tomaso-Giovanni/dp/B00001X591/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1290507245&sr=8-1). Seems pretty good to me...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 23, 2010, 01:41:48 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 22, 2010, 11:39:28 PM
Good mornig Wagnerians...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IKbGFOQEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Orpheus  ;)

Looks like it's finally time to acquire my 12th Ring  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 23, 2010, 02:06:21 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on November 23, 2010, 01:41:48 AM
Looks like it's finally time to acquire my 12th Ring  ;D

Sarge

Sorry, but there is no more super offer... it was around 8 euros... :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 23, 2010, 03:41:47 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 23, 2010, 02:06:21 AM
Sorry, but there is no more super offer... it was around 8 euros... :(

I received a confirmation email from Amazon listing the price as €8.59 We'll see if the marketplace seller (Spartaner) honors the price or not. His offer is no longer listed. Maybe I grabbed the last one? Hope springs eternal  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: karlhenning on November 23, 2010, 03:45:07 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on November 23, 2010, 01:41:48 AM
Looks like it's finally time to acquire my 12th Ring  ;D

Sarge, many thanks for the smile!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: canninator on November 23, 2010, 03:55:15 AM
Quote from: Brian on November 22, 2010, 01:51:56 PM
WHOA. That will be a beast to pack back to the States since my suitcases were full coming over. But I've been eyeing the expensive individual releases in that series for a long time and just can't miss this. Thanks, Orpheus  8) 8)

Yes, at that price for the set I purchased without thinking twice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 23, 2010, 07:29:57 PM
Quote from: Brian on November 22, 2010, 01:51:56 PM
WHOA. That will be a beast to pack back to the States since my suitcases were full coming over. But I've been eyeing the expensive individual releases in that series for a long time and just can't miss this. Thanks, Orpheus  8) 8)

Brian,   No problems.  You need to automate your one-click checkout on Amazon ...    ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 23, 2010, 10:27:22 PM
Quote from: Il Furioso on November 23, 2010, 03:55:15 AM
Yes, at that price for the set I purchased without thinking twice.
Is thinking twice an option? I didn't know that..........
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 24, 2010, 12:36:04 AM
Quote from: erato on November 23, 2010, 10:27:22 PM
Is thinking twice an option? I didn't know that..........

I thought twice.  :( I've decided to buy the box later, as a gift to myself for completing grad school applications.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 27, 2010, 07:11:39 AM
A steal?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DOR72J-2L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000J0ZPH4/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000J0ZPH4/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 27, 2010, 10:34:59 AM
Maybe this has been listed before, but after listen to some Faure today I couldn't resist it any longer.

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/92337.jpg)

Faure, complete chamber music, Brilliant classics, licensed recordings from labels such as Hyperion and Claves.  Fine artists, and excluding VAT less than £10 for 5 discs at www.mdt.co.uk.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 27, 2010, 11:11:25 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on November 27, 2010, 10:34:59 AM
Maybe this has been listed before, but after listen to some Faure today I couldn't resist it any longer.

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/92337.jpg)

Faure, complete chamber music, Brilliant classics, licensed recordings from labels such as Hyperion and Claves.  Fine artists, and excluding VAT less than £10 for 5 discs at www.mdt.co.uk (http://www.mdt.co.uk).

The very French equivalent from EMI, which is recommended in these parts, is available for more or less the same price at Presto (and perhaps at MDT as well -- their shipping policy may cancel the price advantage out).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 27, 2010, 05:38:17 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 27, 2010, 11:11:25 AM
The very French equivalent from EMI, which is recommended in these parts, is available for more or less the same price at Presto (and perhaps at MDT as well -- their shipping policy may cancel the price advantage out).

I have half of that EMI set (from the days when they were selling it as volume I and volume II).  It has that French authority thing going for it, but it also has EMI France engineering working against it, at times.  The Brilliant set is taken from recent recordings made by labels with stirling reputations for audio engineering (as well as good artists).  Probably we all need both sets.   8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Conor71 on November 27, 2010, 05:55:45 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on November 27, 2010, 10:34:59 AM
Maybe this has been listed before, but after listen to some Faure today I couldn't resist it any longer.

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/92337.jpg)

Faure, complete chamber music, Brilliant classics, licensed recordings from labels such as Hyperion and Claves.  Fine artists, and excluding VAT less than £10 for 5 discs at www.mdt.co.uk.
I have that set and really enjoy it! - happy listening :).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Grazioso on November 28, 2010, 04:01:52 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 27, 2010, 07:11:39 AM
A steal?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DOR72J-2L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000J0ZPH4/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000J0ZPH4/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE)

Orpheus  ;)

While this set contains good things, be aware that many of the recordings are from the 60's and leave something to be desired in the sound department. The Mozart set from that series is probably the better buy, imo.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on November 28, 2010, 11:18:01 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 27, 2010, 07:11:39 AM
A steal?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DOR72J-2L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000J0ZPH4/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000J0ZPH4/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE)

Yes 20 £ for all this is a steal.

Among others the Hungarian Quartet`s Quartet cycle, Eric Heidsieck`s Sonata cycle and Cluytens´ Symphony cycle and much more. SQ generally more than acceptable. I admit that neither of these recordings would be my first choice, but I rate them rather highly, among top ten.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on November 28, 2010, 12:39:42 PM
more complete description at the French site...
http://www.amazon.fr/Beethoven-Chefs-doeuvre-coffret-50-CD/dp/B000J0ZPH4/ref=sr_1_28?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1290980057&sr=1-28
I'm tempted too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: not edward on November 30, 2010, 08:02:27 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on November 27, 2010, 05:38:17 PM
Probably we all need both sets.   8)
QFT.

It's Fauré's chamber music, after all (I confess to remaining baffled as to why this superlative music isn't better known).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 30, 2010, 09:39:22 AM
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/nov05/Scarlatti_sonatas_2564620922.jpg)

Price on MDT (http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//2564620922.htm):$95.46/ $81.24 ex.VAT

:o :o :o





Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 30, 2010, 10:00:59 AM
Works out to nearly $100 if I include shipping. On the other hand, Presto is currently selling it at about couple of Dollars less, and if you add the $3 standard shipping, it comes to the ex. VAT price at MDT. Anyway, I don't think either really qualify as an SDCB, IMO. Bargains, yes... but not Super-duper cheap. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 30, 2010, 10:13:57 AM
Yeah, the original meaning of the thread was CDs for less than, say, $1, but I think it almost immediately came to include box sets totaling about $1/disc... but still, let's not complain. Otherwise, we could hire Henk to dictate the thread rules.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 30, 2010, 10:25:29 AM
Quote from: Brian on November 30, 2010, 10:13:57 AM
but still, let's not complain. Otherwise, we could hire Henk to dictate the thread rules.  ;D

But seeing a new post in this thread raises my hopes up, creates that fleeting moment of happiness in a life within this cruel, cruel world. :(  :-[

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 30, 2010, 10:31:48 AM
Quote from: nigeld on September 06, 2010, 07:58:56 AM
OK, finally taken the plunge on this box set that I've been considering for a little while.

£100 inc shipping from US to UK.

£1.60 per disc probably qualifies it for super-duper cheap

That's a fine series. I own almost all of them. My favorite of the series is still Reiner's Bartok recording, which really set a new standard for excellence not only in performance, but in audio quality as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 30, 2010, 10:46:16 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 30, 2010, 10:00:59 AM
... Anyway, I don't think either really qualify as an SDCB, IMO. Bargains, yes... but not Super-duper cheap. :)

Excuse me, dear Navneeth, but this kind of discussion is so boooooooooring...  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 30, 2010, 10:50:10 AM
Who's discussing? I was simply stating a fact, and that's that. End of discussion. >:(



;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on November 30, 2010, 11:02:28 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 30, 2010, 09:39:22 AM
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/nov05/Scarlatti_sonatas_2564620922.jpg)

Price on MDT (http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//2564620922.htm):$95.46/ $81.24 ex.VAT

:o :o :o

And £61.25/ €72.61 (incl. VAT) Which is indeed pretty cheap. I got it the introductory price on reissue - around €69, if I remember well.
This is the very first time I've seen it come back down that low, so that was a good decision. 8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 03, 2010, 06:48:39 AM
Another steal?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512xLmdhjnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/Beethoven-Sonates-piano-Artur-Schnabel/dp/B000002S29/ref=sr_1_837?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1291390989&sr=1-837 (http://www.amazon.fr/Beethoven-Sonates-piano-Artur-Schnabel/dp/B000002S29/ref=sr_1_837?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1291390989&sr=1-837)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: canninator on December 04, 2010, 05:00:52 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 03, 2010, 06:48:39 AM
Another steal?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512xLmdhjnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/Beethoven-Sonates-piano-Artur-Schnabel/dp/B000002S29/ref=sr_1_837?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1291390989&sr=1-837 (http://www.amazon.fr/Beethoven-Sonates-piano-Artur-Schnabel/dp/B000002S29/ref=sr_1_837?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1291390989&sr=1-837)

Sound is rubbish, better off with the Dante, Pearl, or Naxos transfers and paying a little extra.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 04, 2010, 05:34:15 AM
Quote from: Il Furioso on December 04, 2010, 05:00:52 AM
Sound is rubbish, better off with the Dante, Pearl, or Naxos transfers and paying a little extra.

Seconded, especially for the Naxos, which (of the three options) is luckily also the cheapest, best sounding and easiest way to get these performances.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 04, 2010, 08:02:19 AM
Quote from: George on December 04, 2010, 05:34:15 AM
Seconded, especially for the Naxos, which (of the three options) is luckily also the cheapest, best sounding and easiest way to get these performances.

I am all set with my Schnabel's Beethoven Piano Sonatas on Naxos Historical.  Thanks for your recommendation, George.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 04, 2010, 09:05:04 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 04, 2010, 08:02:19 AM
I am all set with my Schnabel's Beethoven Piano Sonatas on Naxos Historical.  Thanks for your recommendation, George.   :)

My pleasure, glad you enjoy them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 04, 2010, 09:09:37 AM
Quote from: George on December 04, 2010, 09:05:04 AM
My pleasure, glad you enjoy them.

I am now enjoying those Chopin CD's by Kemal Gekic you have also recommended, though they are nowhere close to being Super-Duper Cheap Bargains ...    :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 04, 2010, 09:29:54 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 04, 2010, 09:09:37 AM
I am now enjoying those Chopin CD's by Kemal Gekic you have also recommended, though they are nowhere close to being Super-Duper Cheap Bargains ...    :P

Still, they are worth every penny.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 04, 2010, 09:39:56 AM
Sometimes, you can find a Super-Duper Cheap Bargain with a little foresight.  I bought this Toscanini Wagner 2 years ago for $12.99 IIRC.  It is now OOP and the only one available on Amazon US has an asking price of almost $100 ...    :o

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 04, 2010, 09:41:23 AM
Quote from: George on December 04, 2010, 09:29:54 AM
Still, they are worth every penny.  8)

Absolutely.  Kemal Gekic is one piano virtuoso I have never heard of until a few months ago ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 04, 2010, 09:42:24 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 04, 2010, 09:39:56 AM
Sometimes, you can find a Super-Duper Cheap Bargain with a little foresight.  I bought this Toscanini Wagner 2 years ago for $12.99 IIRC.  It is now OOP and the only one available on Amazon US has an asking price of almost $100 ...    :o
Yes, if one buys everything this is bound to happen sooner or later......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 05, 2010, 07:29:45 AM
I think this could count as a super duper

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-Symphonien-Nr-1-104/hnum/3866386
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 05, 2010, 07:57:05 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 05, 2010, 07:29:45 AM
I think this could count as a super duper

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-Symphonien-Nr-1-104/hnum/3866386

Harry, I saw it at euros 9,99 some months ago...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 05, 2010, 08:05:22 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 05, 2010, 07:57:05 AM
Harry, I saw it at euros 9,99 some months ago...

The complete Haydn Symphonies for 9,99, darn I wish you would have told me, I would have bought it right away.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 05, 2010, 08:25:11 AM
Harry, if you are interested in Italian opera, try this...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419q93LOjRL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000ICM70Q/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1291569881&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000ICM70Q/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1291569881&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 05, 2010, 08:27:04 AM
You're a magician, Orpheus. How do you find all of these??
EDIT: You don't have to say, if you want to keep amazing all of us  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 05, 2010, 09:03:57 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 05, 2010, 08:25:11 AM
Harry, if you are interested in Italian opera, try this...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419q93LOjRL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000ICM70Q/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1291569881&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000ICM70Q/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1291569881&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus ;)

Alas, my friend, opera is not my thing, but there are countless others on GMG that are, so this link will come in handy, and if you ever see this box again for 9, 95 let me know. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 05, 2010, 10:39:20 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 05, 2010, 08:25:11 AM
Harry, if you are interested in Italian opera, try this...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419q93LOjRL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000ICM70Q/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1291569881&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000ICM70Q/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1291569881&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus ;)

When it comes to opera, Wagner is essentially the only game in town for me ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 05, 2010, 05:59:42 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 05, 2010, 07:57:05 AM
Harry, I saw it at euros 9,99 some months ago...

That's the one with applause after each piece.  For 10 Euros I'd pass it up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on December 08, 2010, 03:26:54 AM
Haydn - The Complete String Quartets (Aeolian Quartet) for £36.37 at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Haydn-Complete-String-Quartets-J/dp/B001QBXFTA/

Quote from: On An Overgrown PathListening to this wonderfully inventive and forward-looking music really shows how wrong we are to categorise Hayn as a 'safe' composer. Joseph Haydn may not be neglected today, but he is certainly misunderstood.

The Aeolian's Haydn Quartet cycle was recorded in analogue sound between 1973 and 1976. Back then vinyl was still the pre-eminent playback format, and the Compact Cassette (remember that?) was merely a low-fi option for sound on the move, rather like MP3 today. The sound from the CD transfers of the Haydn is truly astonishing; there is an immediacy and body to the string sound that is rarely heard in more recent recordings, even when SACD and other miraculous technology is invoked.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 08, 2010, 10:50:56 AM
The Naxos Mahler cycle (1-10), with the Polish Radio Orchestra and Warsaw Philharmonic conducted by Antoni Wit, Michael Halasz, and Robert Olson, is available for 320kbps MP3 download from ArkivMusic for $19.99. It's USA only, so I can't give you a link, but the advert is on their homepage.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: evanft on December 10, 2010, 08:17:32 PM
Hey everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster here.

I was browsing the last couple pages of this thread and was shocked to see no mention of the recent EMI box set blowout that ImportCDs had on their web site right before Thanksgiving. There were a few people over at the Steve Hoffman forum who heard about it in the classical thread, and I know a some of them post here.

Anywho, they had HUGE discounts on box sets from EMI. I'm talking like 90%+ off. Here's what I got:

$11.16   Alban Berg Quartet-Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets
$15.26   Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies by Jochum
$14.68   Maria Callas, The Complete Studio Recordings 1949-1969
$15.13   Aldo Ciccolini-Complete Emi Recordings 1950-1991
$13.93   Aldo Ciccolini-Satie: Piano Works (I found this on the site before the complete set, I'm gonna sell it)
$13.28   Composers In Person
$11.33   Elgar: The Collector's Edition
$10.96   Karajan-The Complete Emi Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral
$10.96   Karajan-The Complete Emi Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 2: Opera & Vocal
$8.33   David Oistrakh: The Complete Recordings
$15.28   Mstislav Rostropovich: Complete Emi Recordings
$10.53   Paul Tortelier -The Great Emi Recordings
$11.13   Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition

Yeah, it was insane. The sale lasted about 2 days. A lot of the sets I ordered were out of stock, but they have since honored the prices and shipped everything. I just got the Callas set today.

Just a heads up to everyone to keep an eye out on their web site.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 11, 2010, 02:15:54 AM
Quote from: evanft on December 10, 2010, 08:17:32 PM
Hey everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster here.

I was browsing the last couple pages of this thread and was shocked to see no mention of the recent EMI box set blowout that ImportCDs had on their web site right before Thanksgiving. There were a few people over at the Steve Hoffman forum who heard about it in the classical thread, and I know a some of them post here.

Anywho, they had HUGE discounts on box sets from EMI. I'm talking like 90%+ off. Here's what I got:

$11.16   Alban Berg Quartet-Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets
$15.26   Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies by Jochum
$14.68   Maria Callas, The Complete Studio Recordings 1949-1969
$15.13   Aldo Ciccolini-Complete Emi Recordings 1950-1991
$13.93   Aldo Ciccolini-Satie: Piano Works (I found this on the site before the complete set, I'm gonna sell it)
$13.28   Composers In Person
$11.33   Elgar: The Collector's Edition
$10.96   Karajan-The Complete Emi Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral
$10.96   Karajan-The Complete Emi Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 2: Opera & Vocal
$8.33   David Oistrakh: The Complete Recordings
$15.28   Mstislav Rostropovich: Complete Emi Recordings
$10.53   Paul Tortelier -The Great Emi Recordings
$11.13   Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition

Yeah, it was insane. The sale lasted about 2 days. A lot of the sets I ordered were out of stock, but they have since honored the prices and shipped everything. I just got the Callas set today.

Just a heads up to everyone to keep an eye out on their web site.
Welcome! Those are some unreal prices!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 11, 2010, 02:32:38 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on December 11, 2010, 02:15:54 AM
Welcome! Those are some unreal prices!

Yeah especially the orchestral Karajan, would be nice if there would have been a link, if its still available:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: evanft on December 11, 2010, 04:37:28 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 11, 2010, 02:32:38 AM
Yeah especially the orchestral Karajan, would be nice if there would have been a link, if its still available:)

The sale lasted about 2 days and has been over for about 2 weeks. The ImportCDs website is just www.importCDs.com (http://www.importcds.com)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 11, 2010, 09:42:51 AM
Quote from: evanft on December 11, 2010, 04:37:28 AM
The sale lasted about 2 days and has been over for about 2 weeks. The ImportCDs website is just www.importCDs.com (http://www.importcds.com)

I paid on average $1.50 per CD for the Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition set at Amazon US.  The ImportCD price would have been about $0.40 per CD.  I have not bought from ImportCD in months, its packaging is the worse among the Amazon MP vendors.  I have not received any orders from them without any busted CD jewel cases in a very long time ...    :-\

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 11, 2010, 09:45:24 AM
Quote from: evanft on December 11, 2010, 04:37:28 AM
The sale lasted about 2 days and has been over for about 2 weeks. The ImportCDs website is just www.importCDs.com (http://www.importcds.com)

It would have been helpful if you had posted that before the sale ended.   ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 11, 2010, 09:59:05 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on December 11, 2010, 09:45:24 AM
It would have been helpful if you had posted that before the sale ended.   ::)

The insane prices at which ImportCD was selling these CD sets might have something to do with the precarious financial condition of EMI, which is now doing all it can to maximize its cash flows.  Back in last spring, I read an article that the private equity group that did the LBO on EMI might have to let EMI go into bankruptcy since it was in danger of violating the debt covenant with Citigroup.  Perhaps ImportCD itself is in trouble as well ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 11, 2010, 10:20:49 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 11, 2010, 09:59:05 AM
The insane prices at which ImportCD was selling these CD sets might have something to do with the precarious financial condition of EMI, which is now doing all it can to maximize its cash flows.  Back in last spring, I read an article that the private equity group that did the LBO on EMI might have to let EMI go into bankruptcy since it was in danger of violating the debt covenant with Citigroup.  Perhaps ImportCD itself is in trouble as well ...

I suspect ImportCD needed to raise cash and get rid of some idle inventory.  EMI may or may not be near bankruptcy, but classical music is a small part of their business and their financial position presumably depends on their pop music business more than anything else.

It would be a shame if ImportCD disappeared.  Their prices are low, and tend to push everyone else's prices down, so you benefit from them even if you don't buy from them.  I've gotten a fair amount of stuff from ImportCD, but they ship from California so I normally prefer similar vendors that ship from the east coast.  The one time I had a problem with one of the products I got from them they were very efficient in issuing a refund.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 11, 2010, 10:26:49 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on December 11, 2010, 10:20:49 AM
I suspect ImportCD needed to raise cash and get rid of some idle inventory.  EMI may or may not be near bankruptcy, but classical music is a small part of their business and their financial position presumably depends on their pop music business more than anything else.

It would be a shame if ImportCD disappeared.  Their prices are low, and tend to push everyone else's prices down, so you benefit from them even if you don't buy from them.  I've gotten a fair amount of stuff from ImportCD, but they ship from California so I normally prefer similar vendors that ship from the east coast.  The one time I had a problem with one of the products I got from them they were very efficient in issuing a refund.

I agree with you that ImportCD has put lots of pricing pressure on other Amazon MP vendors.  As such, I do benefit from its pricing even though I no longer buy from it that often ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: 71 dB on December 12, 2010, 04:05:29 AM
Quote from: evanft on December 10, 2010, 08:17:32 PM
$11.33   Elgar: The Collector's Edition

What the hell? I have been waiting for this set to get cheap for ages but it is not happening. I already own about half of the box and that's why I am unwilling to pay much for it. $43.43 on Amazon.com and £33.35 on Amazon.co.uk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 12, 2010, 04:13:11 AM
Quote from: 71 dB on December 12, 2010, 04:05:29 AM
What the hell? I have been waiting for this set to get cheap for ages but it is not happening. I already own about half of the box and that's why I am unwilling to pay much for it. $43.43 on Amazon.com and £33.35 on Amazon.co.uk.

Yes, it would have been handy if the poster that knew about it, would have alerted us right away, it only lasted 2 days, but comes wandering in and proclaims what fine deals he had, but o, yeah, sorry guys the sale is over:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: canninator on December 14, 2010, 01:35:41 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 22, 2010, 01:01:41 PM
For Chopin's fans...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GInRCejjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)


...look here!
http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B003DQIQ7C/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1290462488&sr=1-5&condition=new (http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B003DQIQ7C/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1290462488&sr=1-5&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)

Too good to be true. I had been waiting on this for a while and the marketplace vendor just e-mailed me to say they cannot provide this and are refunding me.  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: George on December 14, 2010, 09:26:59 AM
http://www.bordersmedia.com/coup/50sa20101214.html?cmpid=SA_20101214

Half off any single item at Borders, for the next three days. If you don't already have one, the required Borders Rewards  membership is free and can be obtained in any store within a few minutes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: evanft on December 16, 2010, 02:36:21 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 12, 2010, 04:13:11 AM
Yes, it would have been handy if the poster that knew about it, would have alerted us right away, it only lasted 2 days, but comes wandering in and proclaims what fine deals he had, but o, yeah, sorry guys the sale is over:(

I only found out about the sale at the tail end. By the time I thought to come post about it, it was already over.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on December 17, 2010, 05:25:19 AM
Following up  a recommendation from another thread to buy a double cd from the Florestan Trio in Brahms, I went to the Hyperion website and saw it there for £23.  Ouch!

I then visited Amazon and found this box on for £33.  It contains the music I was looking for plus another 10discs.  Top notch ensembles as far as I can see.

Bargain time!

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MN Dave on December 17, 2010, 05:29:08 AM
Quote from: nigeld on December 17, 2010, 05:25:19 AM
Following up  a recommendation from another thread to buy a double cd from the Florestan Trio in Brahms, I went to the Hyperion website and saw it there for £23.  Ouch!

I then visited Amazon and found this box on for £33.  It contains the music I was looking for plus another 10discs.  Top notch ensembles as far as I can see.

Bargain time!

Well done. Thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 17, 2010, 05:46:23 AM
Quote from: nigeld on December 17, 2010, 05:25:19 AM
Following up  a recommendation from another thread to buy a double cd from the Florestan Trio in Brahms, I went to the Hyperion website and saw it there for £23.  Ouch!

I then visited Amazon and found this box on for £33.  It contains the music I was looking for plus another 10discs.  Top notch ensembles as far as I can see.

Bargain time!
I had picked it up for $14 at Berkshire (no longer available), but the box is a good way to get it as it has a number of not just good performances, but great performances.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 17, 2010, 06:56:17 AM
Quote from: nigeld on December 17, 2010, 05:25:19 AM
Following up  a recommendation from another thread to buy a double cd from the Florestan Trio in Brahms, I went to the Hyperion website and saw it there for £23.  Ouch!

I then visited Amazon and found this box on for £33.  It contains the music I was looking for plus another 10discs.  Top notch ensembles as far as I can see.

Bargain time!

You mean 80 pounds, for thats the price, on Hyperions website. Would love it for 23 pounds, so if you have a link:)
Better still could someone give me a link to the lowest price of this set ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 17, 2010, 07:00:10 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on December 17, 2010, 05:46:23 AM
I had picked it up for $14 at Berkshire (no longer available), but the box is a good way to get it as it has a number of not just good performances, but great performances.

Geez 14 dollars, Neal! Could you not have told me :( :( :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on December 17, 2010, 07:06:29 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 17, 2010, 06:56:17 AM
You mean 80 pounds, for thats the price, on Hyperions website. Would love it for 23 pounds, so if you have a link:)
Better still could someone give me a link to the lowest price of this set ;D ;D


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Hamelin-Lane-Power-Isserlis/dp/B001F4YGU0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1292601956&sr=8-1

there you go Harry
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 17, 2010, 07:08:45 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 17, 2010, 07:00:10 AM
Geez 14 dollars, Neal! Could you not have told me :( :( :(
This was much earlier this year and I had no idea it would be so good. But I am talking about the 2CD set, not the box (just to be clear), which I don't have. The box was much talked about earlier this year at that French site sale - at least I seem to remember people posting about a very low price for it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 17, 2010, 06:59:36 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zangCBgYL._SS400_.jpg)

AMAZON.DE EUR 11.97 (http://www.amazon.de/Die-Sinfonien-Bruno-Weil/dp/B001U0HB60/ref=sr_1_233?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1292644572&sr=1-233)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 17, 2010, 07:48:09 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ATGN0aMcL._SS400_.jpg)

6 CDs

AMAZON.DE EUR 19.14 (http://www.amazon.de/Sturm-Drang-Sinfonien-Joseph-Haydn/dp/B00004SA85/ref=pd_sim_m_3)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 06:34:20 AM
Scarlatti's fans, it's your lucky day...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HYwDS72EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

look here...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0009MWAVQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1292686348&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0009MWAVQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1292686348&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 18, 2010, 06:37:23 AM
Hey, Orpheus. I want to thank you for the tip about the 8 Euro Haitink Ring. The seller came through--took him three weeks, but he delivered as advertised.  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 06:41:38 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 18, 2010, 06:37:23 AM
Hey, Orpheus. I want to thank you for the tip about the 8 Euro Haitink Ring. The seller came through--took him three weeks, but he delivered as advertised.  8)

Sarge

My turn next time  ;)

I bought Haitink Ring too! I hope you enjoy the recording. It's my sencond Ring after Solti...

 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 18, 2010, 06:57:25 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 06:34:20 AM
Scarlatti's fans, it's your lucky day...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HYwDS72EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

look here...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0009MWAVQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1292686348&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0009MWAVQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1292686348&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)
Seems that though the seller is in the UK, he will not ship to Norway. Stupid ass.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 07:03:53 AM
Quote from: erato on December 18, 2010, 06:57:25 AM
Seems that though the seller is in the UK, he will not ship to Norway. Stupid ass.

I read "In stock. Dispatched from United Kingdom.
International & domestic delivery rates "
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 18, 2010, 07:06:54 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 06:41:38 AM
It's my second Ring after Solti...

It's my twelfth  :D  ...but hey, one can't have too many Rings.  :)

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 18, 2010, 07:07:52 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 07:03:53 AM
I read "In stock. Dispatched from United Kingdom.
International & domestic delivery rates "
Until you put it in the basket and the delivery adress is Norway, and the order is refused. These stupid bastards will ship to Roumania (as an EU country) but not to Norway. I can practically see their stupid little island across the North Sea from my window in Bergen!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 18, 2010, 07:13:33 AM
Hey, you get to keep all those delicious fishing stocks in exchange ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 07:15:01 AM
Quote from: erato on December 18, 2010, 07:07:52 AM
Until you put it in the basket and the delivery adress is Norway, and the order is refused. These stupid bastards will ship to Roumania (as an EU country) but not to Norway. I can practically see their stupid little island across the North Sea from my window in Bergen!

I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused to you  :-[
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 18, 2010, 07:18:57 AM
Quote from: erato on December 18, 2010, 07:07:52 AM
Until you put it in the basket and the delivery adress is Norway, and the order is refused. These stupid bastards will ship to Roumania (as an EU country) but not to Norway. I can practically see their stupid little island across the North Sea from my window in Bergen!

Then catch a ferry and go buy it in person! :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 18, 2010, 07:22:24 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 07:15:01 AM
I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused to you  :-[
Not your problem. Happens a lot of the times with amazon resellers that seem to think that Norway is far away in the wilderness since we're not part of the f....g EU.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: rubio on December 18, 2010, 07:48:49 AM
This set for $15.90 over at amazon! Already ordered :).

http://www.amazon.com/Bach-J-S-Complete-Organ-Works/dp/B001R3YJS8/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3LUCY0Y6LF6WW&colid=1L61W0MN46OUE

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-A%2BtKTCFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 18, 2010, 07:56:38 AM
Quote from: rubio on December 18, 2010, 07:48:49 AM
This set for $15.90 over at amazon! Already ordered :).

http://www.amazon.com/Bach-J-S-Complete-Organ-Works/dp/B001R3YJS8/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3LUCY0Y6LF6WW&colid=1L61W0MN46OUE

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-A%2BtKTCFL.jpg)

Wow... That's a great deal for what I consider a superb Bach organ set! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 18, 2010, 07:57:10 AM
Bought it too. Thanks rubio!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 18, 2010, 08:00:34 AM
Quote from: erato on December 18, 2010, 07:57:10 AM
Bought it too. Thanks rubio!

I thought I had a great deal when I got it for $50 earlier this year.   :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 08:03:05 AM
Quote from: rubio on December 18, 2010, 07:48:49 AM
This set for $15.90 over at amazon! Already ordered :).

http://www.amazon.com/Bach-J-S-Complete-Organ-Works/dp/B001R3YJS8/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3LUCY0Y6LF6WW&colid=1L61W0MN46OUE

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-A%2BtKTCFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Which is the total amount that I have to pay for charge import duties, taxes and fees to EU?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 18, 2010, 08:58:20 AM
Quote from: rubio on December 18, 2010, 07:48:49 AM
This set for $15.90 over at amazon! Already ordered :).

http://www.amazon.com/Bach-J-S-Complete-Organ-Works/dp/B001R3YJS8/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3LUCY0Y6LF6WW&colid=1L61W0MN46OUE

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-A%2BtKTCFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Thank you so much, Rubio. I have never had things shipped directly to me from Amazon due to their shipping charges, but even with that included this comes to a grand total of $24.88, which is half of what UK-based discounts offer. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on December 18, 2010, 09:42:06 AM
in case of interest for wagnerites :

Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Hans Knappertsbusch & The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
MP3 Download for £ 6.99

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Der-Ring-Des-Nibelungen/dp/B004CGQWL4/ref=sr_1_276?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1292697372&sr=1-276 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Der-Ring-Des-Nibelungen/dp/B004CGQWL4/ref=sr_1_276?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1292697372&sr=1-276)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maciek on December 18, 2010, 09:47:56 AM
Quote from: erato on December 18, 2010, 07:07:52 AM
These stupid bastards will ship to Roumania (as an EU country) but not to Norway.

I very much doubt they will. Amazon payments does not cover any of the "new" EU countries.

See this (taken from here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3149601)):

QuoteCountries Covered

So far, Marketplace items can only be purchased by buyers in these countries:
UK: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Europe: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
US: including US protectorates
Rest of World: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa

What makes it especially ridiculous, is that people living in countries such as Poland (or Lithuania, or Colombia, or China) can sell on amazon marketplace, they just can't buy anything. ???

See this (taken from here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200411750)):

QuoteCountries Accepted for Seller Registration


Please find below the list of the countries currently supported to sell on Amazon.co.uk. Please note that in order to be able to sell on Amazon.co.uk, you need to be resident in one of the following countries, have a local phone number and have an internationally chargeable credit card.
Argentina   Costa Rica   Hong Kong   Liechtenstein   Slovakia
Australia   Cyprus   Hungary   Lithuania   Slovenia
Austria   Czech Republic   Iceland   Luxembourg   Spain
Belgium   Denmark   India   Mexico   Sweden
Brazil   Estonia   Ireland   Netherlands   Switzerland
Bulgaria   Finland   Israel   New Zealand   Taiwan
Canada   France   Italy   Norway   Turkey
Chile   Germany   Japan   Poland   United Kingdom
China   Greece   Latvia   Portugal   United States
Colombia

(Sorry for the long post, but this is a pet peeve.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 18, 2010, 11:00:06 AM
Quote from: erato on December 18, 2010, 07:07:52 AM
Until you put it in the basket and the delivery adress is Norway, and the order is refused. These stupid bastards will ship to Roumania (as an EU country) but not to Norway. I can practically see their stupid little island across the North Sea from my window in Bergen!

Probably that's the problem! I mean some medieval bad memories.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 18, 2010, 11:14:01 AM
This set looks nice:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZGNVHB6KL.jpg)

£67.99 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/BBC-TV-Shakespeare-Collection-DVD/dp/B000B6F8V4/ref=pd_sim_m_h__31)

The BBC TV Shakespeare Collection [37 DVD]

This thirty-seven disc box set includes the following BBC Shakespeare Adaptations from the BBC series from 1978 to 1985:

1. Romeo And Juliet - Directed by Alvin Rakoff (1978)
2. Richard II - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)
3. As You Like It - Directed by Basil Coleman (1978)
4. Julius Caesar - Directed by Herbert Wise (1979)
5. Measure For Measure - Directed by Desmond Davis (1979)
6. Henry VIII - Directed Kevin Billington (1979)
7. Henry IV: Parts I & II - Directed by David Giles (1979)
8. Henry V: Parts I & II - Directed by David Giles (1979)
9. Twelfth Night - Directed by John Gorrie (1980)
10. The Tempest - Directed by John Gorrie (1980)
11. The Taming Of The Shrew - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1980)
12. The Merchant Of Venice - Directed by Jack Gold (1980)
13. All's Well That Ends Well - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1981)
14. The Winter's Tale - Directed by Jane Howell (1981)
15. Timon Of Athens - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)
16. Antony And Cleopatra - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)
17. Othello - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)
18. Troilus And Cressada - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)
19. The Merry Wives of Windsor - Directed by David Hugh Jones (1982)
20. Henry VI: Parts I, II & III - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)
21. The Tragedy Of Richard III - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)
22. Cymbeline - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1982)
23. The Comedy Of Errors - Directed by James Cellan Jones (1983)
24. Two Gentlemen Of Verona - Directed by Don Taylor (1983)
25. Coriolanus - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1984)
26. The Life And Death Of King John - Directed by David Giles (1984)
27. Pericles: Prince Of Tyre - Directed by David Hugh Jones (1984)
28. Much Ado About Nothing - Directed by Stuart Burge (1984)
29. Love's Labour's Lost - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1985)
30. Titus Andronicus - Directed by Jane Howell (1985)
31. Hamlet - Directed by Rodney Bennett (1980)
32. King Lear - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1982)
33. Macbeth - Directed by Jack Gold (1983)
34. A Midsummer Night's Dream - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1981)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 18, 2010, 11:18:50 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 06:34:20 AM
Scarlatti's fans, it's your lucky day...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HYwDS72EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

look here...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0009MWAVQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1292686348&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0009MWAVQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1292686348&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)

Orpheus, what was the price for that set on the AMP?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 18, 2010, 11:25:04 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on December 18, 2010, 11:14:01 AM
This set looks nice:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZGNVHB6KL.jpg)

£67.99 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/BBC-TV-Shakespeare-Collection-DVD/dp/B000B6F8V4/ref=pd_sim_m_h__31)

The BBC TV Shakespeare Collection [37 DVD]

This thirty-seven disc box set includes the following BBC Shakespeare Adaptations from the BBC series from 1978 to 1985:
I picked this up for £50 on Amazon a few months ago, and at this price it remains a bargain. Some of the productions are a little wooly, but they have great integrity.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 11:48:34 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on December 18, 2010, 11:18:50 AM
Orpheus, what was the price for that set on the AMP?

Too late Antoine...it was 24 pounds...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 18, 2010, 12:01:29 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 18, 2010, 11:48:34 AM
Too late Antoine...it was 24 pounds...

... ooops. Anyway, I can't buy on the AMP from Chile. Too bad!  >:(

P.S.: Well, I own that box set, so it is not a big disappointment.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 18, 2010, 02:20:56 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on December 18, 2010, 11:00:06 AM
Probably that's the problem! I mean some medieval bad memories.  ;D
I'll go fetch some chaps and ravage them again.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 18, 2010, 02:34:10 PM
Quote from: erato on December 18, 2010, 02:20:56 PM
I'll go fetch some chaps and ravage them again.

;D :D ;D

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5182679846_55e18fa9b8.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 19, 2010, 03:56:22 AM
I can't purchase this item for myself on AMP.de  :'(, so I suppose this advice will be useful to another GMGer:

http://www.amazon.de/Das-Orgelwerk-Lionel-Rogg/dp/B000027OAA/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1292763179&sr=8-17

Lionel Rogg
Organ Works (12 CDs)

EUR 29.99
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 19, 2010, 04:13:06 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on December 19, 2010, 03:56:22 AM
I can't purchase this item for myself on AMP.de  :'(, so I suppose this advice will be useful to another GMGer:

http://www.amazon.de/Das-Orgelwerk-Lionel-Rogg/dp/B000027OAA/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1292763179&sr=8-17

Lionel Rogg
Organ Works (12 CDs)

EUR 29.99

Not so good, the info says that CD 3 is missing from this box :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 19, 2010, 04:47:31 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 19, 2010, 04:13:06 AM
Not so good, the info says that CD 3 is missing from this box :(

You're right, Harry. It seemed very very good... But I didn't read the description of the seller. I am not an experienced AMP buyer... ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 20, 2010, 12:39:50 AM
Interested to this box?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61OhU-5ITjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

click here!

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/sr=8-1/qid=1292837548/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1292837548&sr=8-1&seller= (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/sr=8-1/qid=1292837548/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1292837548&sr=8-1&seller=)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 20, 2010, 12:51:03 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 20, 2010, 12:39:50 AM
Interested to this box?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61OhU-5ITjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

click here!

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/sr=8-1/qid=1292837548/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1292837548&sr=8-1&seller= (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/sr=8-1/qid=1292837548/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1292837548&sr=8-1&seller=)

Orpheus  ;)

Wow, that link was up for only ten minutes and the price is already 70 euros. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 20, 2010, 12:53:32 AM
What was the price?

Not that I'm interested, I already have the Kodaly and Buchberger complete cycles, all the Mosaiques discs as well as a few Festetics sets...... :D

BTW; the Koopman organ set on amazon.com already is back to $67.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 20, 2010, 02:35:26 AM
Amazon UK appears to be having a blowout sale! The massive, legendary (round these parts) Works of Igor Stravinsky 22CD box is tempting me at 18 quid (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Works-Igor-Stravinsky-22cd/dp/B000PTYUQG/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__text_c), the Alban Berg Quartet Beethoven cycle is similarly teasing at 17 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-String-Quartets-Ludwig-van/dp/B000026D4J/ref=pd_sim_m_h__23), and Emil Gilels' EMI Icon Box (9 CDs) is about the same price (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emil-Gilels-Icon/dp/B003D0ZNXS/ref=pd_sim_m_h__99), containing the Beethoven concerti with Szell/Cleveland, the Tchaikovsky concerti, and a couple other bits and bobs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 20, 2010, 02:50:18 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 20, 2010, 12:51:03 AM
Wow, that link was up for only ten minutes and the price is already 70 euros. :(

Brian, look now! ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 20, 2010, 02:59:08 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 20, 2010, 02:35:26 AM
Amazon UK appears to be having a blowout sale! The massive, legendary (round these parts) Works of Igor Stravinsky 22CD box is tempting me at 18 quid (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Works-Igor-Stravinsky-22cd/dp/B000PTYUQG/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__text_c), the Alban Berg Quartet Beethoven cycle is similarly teasing at 17 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-String-Quartets-Ludwig-van/dp/B000026D4J/ref=pd_sim_m_h__23), and Emil Gilels' EMI Icon Box (9 CDs) is about the same price (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emil-Gilels-Icon/dp/B003D0ZNXS/ref=pd_sim_m_h__99), containing the Beethoven concerti with Szell/Cleveland, the Tchaikovsky concerti, and a couple other bits and bobs.
Those prices have been regularly available om eg mdt.co.uk and others for a very long time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 20, 2010, 03:35:40 AM
If you are interested to this box...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JThVP8cDL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

...it's your lucky day!

look here!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00008RWR9/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1292848222&sr=1-196&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00008RWR9/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1292848222&sr=1-196&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 20, 2010, 05:03:05 AM
Barnes and Noble have a 25% off one item for today only (Dec 20). The discount code is on the home page. If you are a member, shipping is free. Otherwise, shipping is free with over $25 in purchases.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Grazioso on December 20, 2010, 05:41:40 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 20, 2010, 03:35:40 AM
If you are interested to this box...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JThVP8cDL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

...it's your lucky day!

look here!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00008RWR9/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1292848222&sr=1-196&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00008RWR9/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1292848222&sr=1-196&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)

FYI, I believe those same recordings are included in this bigger box set:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dH5xXNtSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 20, 2010, 06:26:53 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 20, 2010, 12:51:03 AM
Wow, that link was up for only ten minutes and the price is already 70 euros. :(

Yeah, Where is the beef?  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 20, 2010, 06:29:10 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 18, 2010, 08:58:20 AM
Thank you so much, Rubio. I have never had things shipped directly to me from Amazon due to their shipping charges, but even with that included this comes to a grand total of $24.88, which is half of what UK-based discounts offer. :)

Ironically, I bought this box set from the UK, either MDT or Presto at an excellent price ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 20, 2010, 10:37:40 AM
30 Euros:

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886974433125.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-Symphonien-Nr-1-104/hnum/3866386 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-Symphonien-Nr-1-104/hnum/3866386)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 20, 2010, 10:40:27 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 20, 2010, 06:29:10 AM
Ironically, I bought this box set from the UK, either MDT or Presto at an excellent price ...

Our definitions of "excellent price" are obviously not the same. 0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 20, 2010, 10:44:09 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 20, 2010, 10:40:27 AM
Our definitions of "excellent price" are obviously not the same. 0:)

Mostly likely not since you probably have to pay a bit more on shipping ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 20, 2010, 10:46:33 AM
Quote from: erato on December 20, 2010, 10:37:40 AM
30 Euros:

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886974433125.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-Symphonien-Nr-1-104/hnum/3866386 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-Symphonien-Nr-1-104/hnum/3866386)

Being a late comer to the big-box game, Sony is finally coming on strong ...   ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on December 20, 2010, 11:40:13 AM
Considering other offered prices for that boxset, that does look like a steal...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Kfq5FwngL._SS500_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B002P3J3BW/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96 (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B002P3J3BW/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 20, 2010, 02:54:29 PM
Quote from: papy on December 20, 2010, 11:40:13 AM
Considering other offered prices for that boxset, that does look like a steal...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Kfq5FwngL._SS500_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B002P3J3BW/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96 (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B002P3J3BW/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96)

It may not be a good deal for someone who has to pay a lot to get the box shipped ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 21, 2010, 05:13:58 AM
Quote from: erato on December 20, 2010, 12:53:32 AM
BTW; the Koopman organ set on amazon.com already is back to $67.

And now down to $29.31 (http://www.amazon.com/Bach-J-S-Complete-Organ-Works/dp/B001R3YJS8/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1292694741&sr=1-11). But they're still temporarily out of stock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 21, 2010, 06:01:45 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 21, 2010, 05:13:58 AM
And now down to $29.31 (http://www.amazon.com/Bach-J-S-Complete-Organ-Works/dp/B001R3YJS8/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1292694741&sr=1-11). But they're still temporarily out of stock.

and could remain OOS for a while.  I am still on CD2 but will catch up eventually.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 21, 2010, 08:05:31 AM
Every time I click on this thread my credit card cringes in anticipation of the pain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 21, 2010, 08:17:04 AM
Quote from: erato on December 21, 2010, 08:05:31 AM
Every time I click on this thread my credit card cringes in anticipation of the pain.

I have suffered this pain for over 35 years, so whats new? ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 21, 2010, 09:03:31 AM
My favorite cycle of Beethoven String Quartets.

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//2564613992.htm

less than 12 pounds, excluding VAT.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 22, 2010, 06:45:22 AM
For mahlerians only...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5132GqxMUOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mahler-Symphonies-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B0033QC0WY/ref=sr_1_19?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293032545&sr=1-19 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mahler-Symphonies-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B0033QC0WY/ref=sr_1_19?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293032545&sr=1-19)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on December 22, 2010, 07:01:25 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 22, 2010, 06:45:22 AM
For mahlerians only...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5132GqxMUOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
A reissue of Lenny's DGG cycle with NYPO, WP, & RCO, offered for    £15.99--a pittance, for one of the greatest cycles on record.  If you don't have it already, then get click-happy, pronto!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 07:04:45 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on December 22, 2010, 07:01:25 AM
A reissue of Lenny's DGG cycle with NYPO, WP, & RCO, offered for    £15.99--a pittance, for one of the greatest cycles on record.  If you don't have it already, then get click-happy, pronto!

I thought I had a bargain when I picked one up for $34 at "blowitoutahere" on Amazon marketplace.   :(   Well, with shipping almost the same price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on December 22, 2010, 07:09:17 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 07:04:45 AM
I thought I had a bargain when I picked one up for $34 at "blowitoutahere" on Amazon marketplace.   :(   Well, with shipping almost the same price.
You had a great bargain.  So did I, back when I paid about $80 for the set.  Contains several of my "go to" recordings of some of my favorite symphonies.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on December 22, 2010, 09:21:48 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 20, 2010, 12:39:50 AM
Interested to this box?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61OhU-5ITjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

click here!

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/sr=8-1/qid=1292837548/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1292837548&sr=8-1&seller= (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/sr=8-1/qid=1292837548/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1292837548&sr=8-1&seller=)

Orpheus  ;)

I was lucky enough to get to this deal in time. However, I have just been informed by Amazon France that the seller has cancelled my order.

C'est la vie.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 22, 2010, 09:26:37 AM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on December 22, 2010, 09:21:48 AM
I was lucky enough to get to this deal in time. However, I have just been informed by Amazon France that the seller has cancelled my order.

C'est la vie.

Same message to me! :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on December 22, 2010, 09:37:25 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 22, 2010, 09:26:37 AM
Same message to me! :-\

Never mind. I wonder if their American colleagues will pull a similar stunt on my $15.99 complete Bach organ works...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on December 22, 2010, 11:01:46 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 22, 2010, 06:45:22 AM
For mahlerians only...

Orpheus  ;)

thank you for the heads up Orpheus. t'is ordered.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on December 22, 2010, 12:25:24 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on December 20, 2010, 12:39:50 AM
Interested to this box?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61OhU-5ITjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

click here!

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/sr=8-1/qid=1292837548/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1292837548&sr=8-1&seller= (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/sr=8-1/qid=1292837548/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1292837548&sr=8-1&seller=)

Orpheus  ;)

It would be useful if you listed the price.  I have no way of knowing if the price shown when I follow the link is the price you were talking about.

I was intent on getting this set when it first came out, and I see from my records that I managed to snag a copy for $45 from an amazon.com seller.  That was from MovieMars.  Still, I now find myself with more Haydn than is justified by my love of the composer.  Perhaps I should wait for it to go tragically out of print and sell it off.   :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on December 22, 2010, 02:04:27 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5132GqxMUOL._SS500_.jpg)

Looks like Amazon.co.uk are price matching the British 'bricks & mortar' retailer HMV. There are some good bargains to be had, including the above. Amazon.co.uk have also price matched the Gieseking & Solomon EMI Icons box sets at £6.99 a pop. To see the full listings - Go to http://hmv.com/ (http://hmv.com/) , click on sale , click on 'CDs from £2.99' , then on Classical (all the way at the bottom left of the page) to peruse the goodies (and no, I don't know about their overseas delivery policy).

Along with the Bernstein Mahler set, the best bargain is probably :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z4Jd3YWEL._SS500_.jpg)

for £29.99 delivered (in the UK)   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on December 22, 2010, 03:18:11 PM
Browsing the Abeille Musique site, I came across this intriguing anthology of Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège performances, which also happily qualifies as a super-duper cheap bargain :

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/references/cyp7650.jpg)

http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CYP7650/5412217076504/Cypres/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege/50e-Anniversaire/cleart-36684.html (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CYP7650/5412217076504/Cypres/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege/50e-Anniversaire/cleart-36684.html)

For me, shipping worked out cheaper via Abeille's listing on Amazon.fr :

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B004DKDO1A/ (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B004DKDO1A/)



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 22, 2010, 03:41:57 PM
Quote from: ammar on December 22, 2010, 02:04:27 PM
Along with the Bernstein Mahler set, the best bargain is probably :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z4Jd3YWEL._SS500_.jpg)

for £29.99 delivered (in the UK)   :)

This was pretty much what I paid when I purchased this set from Amazon UK in the summer of 09, though I had to pay for the shipping to the US.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 23, 2010, 01:14:20 AM
Quote from: ammar on December 22, 2010, 03:18:11 PM
Browsing the Abeille Musique site, I came across this intriguing anthology of Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège performances, which also happily qualifies as a super-duper cheap bargain :

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/references/cyp7650.jpg)

http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CYP7650/5412217076504/Cypres/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege/50e-Anniversaire/cleart-36684.html (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CYP7650/5412217076504/Cypres/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege/50e-Anniversaire/cleart-36684.html)

For me, shipping worked out cheaper via Abeille's listing on Amazon.fr :

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B004DKDO1A/ (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B004DKDO1A/)

Hey LETHE/SARGE, there are at least two discs of Tournemire in there!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 23, 2010, 05:33:18 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 23, 2010, 01:14:20 AM
Hey LETHE/SARGE, there are at least two discs of Tournemire in there!
Haha indeed - I am also suitably impressed by the 3 discs of Lekeu and various other cool things - looks like I'm going to have to pick up this little treasure box. Thanks to you and Ammar!

Edit: Only €3.40 shipping from Amazon.fr - in total, 50 CDs for the price of 3 Hyperion discs - eek.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 23, 2010, 06:23:29 AM
I am not interested in this kind of compilation, but it can be interesting for someone:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AzrHXFrCL._SS500_.jpg)

Discothèque Idéale Classique 100 CD

EUR 49.99 at amazon.fr (http://www.amazon.fr/Discoth%C3%A8que-Id%C3%A9ale-Classique-100-CD/dp/B000OPOEKI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293117414&sr=8-1)

[JPC- EUR 130; amazon.de - EUR 138, etc.]

:)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on December 23, 2010, 07:47:19 AM
Quote from: ammar on December 22, 2010, 02:04:27 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z4Jd3YWEL._SS500_.jpg)

for £29.99 delivered (in the UK)   :)

Just ordered, thank you!  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: evanft on December 23, 2010, 11:06:00 AM
Shostakovich: The String Quartets by Fitz William Quartet 6CD brand new copy for $1.99+$3 shipping (http://cgi.ebay.com/Shostakovich-String-Quartets-Love-and-Sas-6-CDs-/310273728595?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item483dc16053)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on December 23, 2010, 05:31:39 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on December 22, 2010, 07:01:25 AM
A reissue of Lenny's DGG cycle with NYPO, WP, & RCO, offered for    £15.99--a pittance, for one of the greatest cycles on record.  If you don't have it already, then get click-happy, pronto!

I got it when it came out for about $45, IIRC. 
Be warned:  it does not contain DLvdE or the song cycles for single soloist.  And the symphonies are spread over discs and crammed together in no real order after the first three.  A compressed table of contents
CD 1 Sym. 1 complete  Sym. 2 Mvmt. 1
CD 3 Sym. 2 Mvmts 2-5
CD 3 Sym. 3 Mvmts 1-3
and then the fun begins
CD 4 Sym. 3 Mvmts. 4-6  Sym. 6 Mvmts. 1-2
CD 5 Sym. 6 Mvmts. 3-4  Sym. 9 Mvmt. 1
CD 6 Sym. 9 Mvmts 2-4
CD 7 Sym.  5--the only symphony in the box which is both complete on one disc and does not share space with part of another
CD 8 Sym. 7 Mvmts 1-4
CD 9 Sym. 7 Mvmt. 5 Sym. 4 complete
CD 10 Sym. 10 Adagio Sym. 8 Part I
CD 11 Sym. 8 Part II

of course, some of this was Bernstein, since six of his performances are too long to fit on one CD.

If cost is not a priority,  all of Bernstein's DG Mahler recordings, including DLvdE and the song cycle,  are available in a set of three boxes for a price (last time I looked, which was a while ago) of roughly $110.00 USD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on December 23, 2010, 05:51:13 PM
Quote from: evanft on December 23, 2010, 11:06:00 AM
Shostakovich: The String Quartets by Fitz William Quartet 6CD brand new copy for $1.99+$3 shipping (http://cgi.ebay.com/Shostakovich-String-Quartets-Love-and-Sas-6-CDs-/310273728595?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item483dc16053)

Pity I already have it, that's a bargain waiting for someone! :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 24, 2010, 12:09:10 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 17, 2010, 07:00:10 AM
Geez 14 dollars, Neal! Could you not have told me :( :( :(
It's back at Berkshire (the 2 disc set of Brahms trios) for $14. The full set was here as well, but at something like $60.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 24, 2010, 12:30:49 AM
Quote from: Lethe on December 23, 2010, 05:33:18 AM
Haha indeed - I am also suitably impressed by the 3 discs of Lekeu and various other cool things - looks like I'm going to have to pick up this little treasure box. Thanks to you and Ammar!

Edit: Only €3.40 shipping from Amazon.fr - in total, 50 CDs for the price of 3 Hyperion discs - eek.
shipping to Canada only €10.90   I think I get them at $1.14 per disc! Price shown is for ECU so shipping to North America knocks off 15? 18%     ordered from amazon.fr !!!!!  €31.53 + shipping ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 25, 2010, 03:06:23 AM
I guess these guys don't learn:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41v1egv4hPL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

£10.89

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B003DQIQ7C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293278520&sr=1-1

This time all the description is right: picture, title, number of discs, even ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number).

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 25, 2010, 05:02:27 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on December 25, 2010, 03:06:23 AM
I guess these guys don't learn:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41v1egv4hPL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

£10.89

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B003DQIQ7C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293278520&sr=1-1

This time all the description is right: picture, title, number of discs, even ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number).

8)

I'm really tempted to try again.  :)
But they probably won't deliver - I can already picture it: two or three messages that delivery has been postponed and in the end an anullment... ::) :P

Still... 8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 25, 2010, 05:22:23 AM
Quote from: Que on December 25, 2010, 05:02:27 AM
I'm really tempted to try again.  :)
But they probably won't deliver - I can already picture it: two or three messages that delivery has been postponed and in the end an anullment... ::) :P

Still... 8)

Well, my set was dispatched from Amazon France two weeks ago; but I didn't resist to try my fortune and today I ordered another one from Amazon UK. IMO they can't argue that this product is not in stock because it will be available on January 11. I think we have a strong case, Q.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on December 25, 2010, 09:03:17 AM
Compare (and discuss  :) ) :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B004EQAUZQ/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B004EQAUZQ/)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piesni-Songs-F-Chopin/dp/B00383YC1Y/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piesni-Songs-F-Chopin/dp/B00383YC1Y/)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B003DQIQ7C/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B003DQIQ7C/)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: evanft on December 25, 2010, 11:03:04 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on December 25, 2010, 03:06:23 AM
I guess these guys don't learn:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41v1egv4hPL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

£10.89

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B003DQIQ7C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293278520&sr=1-1

This time all the description is right: picture, title, number of discs, even ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number).

8)

The ASIN is B003DQIQ7C. That's the ASIN of Songs. The ASIN for the big box on Amazon UK and US is B004EQAUZQ.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on December 25, 2010, 11:36:05 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 11, 2010, 09:42:51 AM
I paid on average $1.50 per CD for the Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition set at Amazon US.  The ImportCD price would have been about $0.40 per CD.  I have not bought from ImportCD in months, its packaging is the worse among the Amazon MP vendors.  I have not received any orders from them without any busted CD jewel cases in a very long time ...    :-\

Right now this set is 27.99 GBP on Amazon UK (matching HMV's sale price). Is this the best price around at the moment? I don't want to put this down, bargain as it is, to discover it on sale for ten pounds somewhere tomorrow!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 25, 2010, 12:54:17 PM
Quote from: evanft on December 25, 2010, 11:03:04 AM
The ASIN is B003DQIQ7C. That's the ASIN of Songs. The ASIN for the big box on Amazon UK and US is B004EQAUZQ.

Amazon has made a lot of mistakes, so it is impossible to be completely sure; both Amazon USA and UK have confused the big box with a single disc of songs.

But AFAIK the only Amazon site currently delivering the big box is the Amazon France (I don't know the reason why, but Amazon France always has these things first). Amazon France has the box in stock, including a correct description: title, number of discs and even you can read a review about the box set. Well, the ASIN indicated there for the big box is B003DQIQ7C.

You can check out this link:

http://www.amazon.fr/Real-Chopin-Complete-Works/dp/B003DQIQ7C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293312338&sr=8-1

If it's not the big box, well... all the info and even the review would be incorrect and that would mean that I paid EUR 90 for a single disc on Amazon France.  :o 

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on December 25, 2010, 02:22:12 PM
For what it's worth, I ordered the set from a third party seller on Amazon.de for around EUR 10  (ASIN B003DQIQ7C) and received the single disc pisni / songs recording (Amazon.de themselves are selling ASIN B003DQIQ7C for EUR 107.99). An excellent performance all in, but not for EUR 90 - let us know how you get on Antoine.

scarlattiglenross - try under http://www.cdspot.co.uk/ (http://www.cdspot.co.uk/) . It's the least ad ridden and most comprehensive comparison site for UK releases that I know of. Just copy/paste the Amazon.co.uk title into the cdspot search and hey presto (though you'll need to remove any punctuation marks, as they seem to 'break' the search engine) - for example http://www.cdspot.co.uk/B00156ZWV0.html (http://www.cdspot.co.uk/B00156ZWV0.html)  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 25, 2010, 05:33:49 PM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on December 25, 2010, 11:36:05 AM
Right now this set is 27.99 GBP on Amazon UK (matching HMV's sale price). Is this the best price around at the moment? I don't want to put this down, bargain as it is, to discover it on sale for ten pounds somewhere tomorrow!

27.99 GBP is a rational price.  My sense is ImportCD sold the set at $11 USD at a loss and you are unlikely to see that insane price again ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on January 07, 2011, 05:50:27 AM
Here's a Super Duper Cheap Bargain!!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wcH%2BpyEFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Here's a Marvellous SACD/Hybrid of
Mozart's Wind Concerti (selected)


I suppose its mainly for UK only at £0.99p & £0.95 shipping = £1.94p is a steal, esp for music making of such wonderful high quality.  All the solists are accompanied by the elite strings of the Concertgebouw Orchestra...marvellous!! 

USA shipping appears to be £2.50p.  I have bought a few for Family & Friends.  Seller apparantly has 50 for sale, hence the price and has sold 28...so with 22 left there's time for anyone who fancies one to grab it.  I see GMG's very own, Scott Morrison reviewed this on USA Amazon and was very impressed at how good it is, and I can second that. 

Definately worth checking out....

Mozart SACD/Hybrid (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MOZART-CD-WIND-CONCERTOS-NEW-AND-SEALED-71-mins-/390271644730?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item5ade00b43a)

Current Amazon UK Prices : £14 New - £9.50 : Used plus standard shipping of £1.26p
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 07, 2011, 06:13:36 PM
Thanks Tony, I like the programming (collections of all four horn concertos I find to be a drag) so will give it a try.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on January 13, 2011, 10:12:57 AM
Britten's fans, look here

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51juuQHTkQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Benjamin-Britten-Collectors-Box-Set/dp/B001EOOC3W/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1294945912&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Benjamin-Britten-Collectors-Box-Set/dp/B001EOOC3W/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1294945912&sr=1-1)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 13, 2011, 10:46:28 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on January 13, 2011, 10:12:57 AM
Britten's fans, look here

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51juuQHTkQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Benjamin-Britten-Collectors-Box-Set/dp/B001EOOC3W/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1294945912&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Benjamin-Britten-Collectors-Box-Set/dp/B001EOOC3W/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1294945912&sr=1-1)

Orpheus  ;)
23.99 Pounds for those too lazy to click the link.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: karlhenning on January 13, 2011, 10:54:05 AM
Very nice!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: 71 dB on January 14, 2011, 06:44:25 AM
Quote from: ukrneal on January 13, 2011, 10:46:28 AM
23.99 Pounds for those too lazy to click the link.

Why Britten (37 CDs) and Vaughan-Williams (30 CDs) boxes are £23.99 but Elgar box (30 CDs) is £38.99? Very unfair to us ELGARIANS!  >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on January 14, 2011, 06:49:04 AM
Quote from: 71 dB on January 14, 2011, 06:44:25 AM
Why Britten (37 CDs) and Vaughan-Williams (30 CDs) boxes are £23.99 but Elgar box (30 CDs) is £38.99? Very unfair to us ELGARIANS!  >:(
Perhaps pricing is market driven? 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 14, 2011, 06:49:44 AM
Quote from: 71 dB on January 14, 2011, 06:44:25 AM
Why Britten (37 CDs) and Vaughan-Williams (30 CDs) boxes are £23.99 but Elgar box (30 CDs) is £38.99? Very unfair to us ELGARIANS!  >:(

Aren't you proud/overjoyed that Elgar is valued more? ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 14, 2011, 08:43:12 AM
I think it is to protect children.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on January 14, 2011, 10:30:22 AM
Quote from: erato on January 14, 2011, 08:43:12 AM
I think it is to protect children.

(http://www.ruralpini.it/images/Capuzzola/Lupo%20cattivo.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 14, 2011, 04:41:16 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on December 25, 2010, 03:06:23 AM
I guess these guys don't learn:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41v1egv4hPL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

£10.89

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-F/dp/B003DQIQ7C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293278520&sr=1-1

This time all the description is right: picture, title, number of discs, even ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number).

8)

Apparently my conclusions were not wrong. Now when this link above is clicked the price shown is £71.99 and the box set is announced for the next Monday... I ordered it for £9.08, VAT excl. Anyway, it will take some weeks to know the result of this bet.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minamazzini on January 15, 2011, 12:16:41 PM
This thread about the Chopin box has been really useful over the last week or so while I wondered what might arrive in the post next week...still wondering of course, but at least Amazon will take it back if it's wrong!
Only trouble is I rather hastily ordered from a seller on Amazon when one popped up as well , for £14 from the states...I did ask them whether it was a 21 cd box and they replied...'sorry, I don't know'...hmmm :o
The Britten box has to be a bargain though...mine is on it's way ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: 71 dB on January 16, 2011, 01:36:57 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 14, 2011, 06:49:04 AM
Perhaps pricing is market driven?

Classical music pricing is usually label driven and I don't think Elgar is that more popular on the market than Britten and Vaughan-Williams.

Quote from: Opus106 on January 14, 2011, 06:49:44 AM
Aren't you proud/overjoyed that Elgar is valued more? ;)

In a way yes, but being proud does not make anyone a millionaire. I already own about half of the Elgar box so I'd like to have it for a nice price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 16, 2011, 02:46:40 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 14, 2011, 04:41:16 PM
Apparently my conclusions were not wrong. Now when this link above is clicked the price shown is £71.99 and the box set is announced for the next Monday... I ordered it for £9.08, VAT excl. Anyway, it will take some weeks to know the result of this bet.  :)

After ordering and subsequently receiving the single disc with songs and the hassle of returning it, I got tired of the whole thing. But I should have reordered..... :-\

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: FideLeo on January 16, 2011, 04:24:07 AM
Quote from: Que on January 16, 2011, 02:46:40 AM
But I should have reordered..... :-\

Perhaps, considering that a cancellation note in email requires no return whatsoever.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 16, 2011, 04:32:49 AM
Quote from: masolino on January 16, 2011, 04:24:07 AM
Perhaps, considering that a cancellation note in email requires no return whatsoever.  ;)

Long time no see... :o Welcome back! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 16, 2011, 04:51:14 AM
I wanted to order the Britten box, but by Jove its already 50 pounds, so I simply have to wait for a new opportunity, simply saw this one a tad too late. >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: FideLeo on January 16, 2011, 10:25:17 PM
Quote from: Que on January 16, 2011, 04:32:49 AM
Long time no see... :o Welcome back! :)

Q

Hi Q

Thanks!  :)  Hope to visit again soon.

ps. It looks like the 'deal' has fooled quite a few over in France as well.
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.com/2011/01/coffret-real-chopin-21-cd-11.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on January 17, 2011, 03:04:57 AM
Quote from: rubio on December 18, 2010, 07:48:49 AM
This set for $15.90 over at amazon! Already ordered :).

http://www.amazon.com/Bach-J-S-Complete-Organ-Works/dp/B001R3YJS8/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3LUCY0Y6LF6WW&colid=1L61W0MN46OUE

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-A%2BtKTCFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Finally got a shipping notification for this... there is hope after all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 17, 2011, 03:10:54 AM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on January 17, 2011, 03:04:57 AM
Finally got a shipping notification for this... there is hope after all.
It's now down to $13.17!! Though out of stock...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on January 17, 2011, 03:22:20 AM
It was out of stock when I ordered in mid-December, and has remained so since (with price fluctuations). Still worth a shot, I'd say.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 18, 2011, 03:12:41 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 14, 2011, 06:49:44 AM
Aren't you proud/overjoyed that Elgar is valued more? ;)

Only Elgarian cares about if Elgar is more highly valued ...     ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: rubio on January 18, 2011, 09:34:19 PM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on January 17, 2011, 03:04:57 AM
Finally got a shipping notification for this... there is hope after all.

I received it yesterday 8).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 18, 2011, 09:42:33 PM
Quote from: rubio on January 18, 2011, 09:34:19 PM
I received it yesterday 8).

And I, on the 13th. :) The shipping notification, that is.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 19, 2011, 12:25:07 AM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on January 17, 2011, 03:04:57 AM
Finally got a shipping notification for this... there is hope after all.
I got my shipping confirmation the 28th December, and received it yesterday. As rubio, another Norwegian, did. A grand total of 140 NOK incl P&P, equal to around $24 or £15. The shipping was about half the cost.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on January 19, 2011, 02:51:06 AM
Quote from: erato on January 19, 2011, 12:25:07 AM
I got my shipping confirmation the 28th December, and received it yesterday. As rubio, another Norwegian, did. A grand total of 140 NOK incl P&P, equal to around $24 or £15. The shipping was about half the cost.

Don't NOK it 'til you've tried it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on January 19, 2011, 02:34:51 PM
Quote from: ukrneal on January 17, 2011, 03:10:54 AM
BACH ORGAN WORKS     KOOPMAN
It's now down to $13.17!! Though out of stock...
Gone up to $13.37!    Still not in stock  though.    1/7th the price of the Canadian souce.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 22, 2011, 12:39:45 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 14, 2011, 04:41:16 PM
Apparently my conclusions were not wrong. Now when this link above is clicked the price shown is £71.99 and the box set is announced for the next Monday... I ordered it for £9.08, VAT excl. Anyway, it will take some weeks to know the result of this bet.  :)

The story continues... Another policial story, better than the story of Vernet's set.  :)

Today I found this review on Amazon UK, regarding the "Real Chopin" set that I purchased for £9.08, VAT excl., and now tagged £71.99:

Quote1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware!, 19 Jan 2011
By
Baron Scarpia - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Real Chopin (Audio CD)
This is a warning to those tempted by the offer of a 21 disc boxed set of The Real Chopin. This is misadvertised by Amazon; the actual item is a single disc of the complete Chopin songs, still from the Chopin Institute (NIFC) but not the 21 disc boxed set. I hope/ trust that Amazon will revise their product information (and price!) accordingly.

One star is for Amazon's info, not the quality of the disc, btw.

You may believe what you want, but this review sounds very strange.

A guy who paid £71.99 for a single disc and even take some time to clarify: "One star is for Amazon's info, not the quality of the disc, btw". In fact when this guy wrote his "review" the set had been tagged £71.99 during several weeks.

Additionally, how this guy has this info if the set or disc has never been available since it was announced.

And the nickname of the reviewer! My God!  ;D ;D ;D


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: FideLeo on January 23, 2011, 08:15:15 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 22, 2011, 12:39:45 PM
The story continues...

Yes.  The price has been changed back to £12.99 (with VAT obviously) today.  No other change is made, but no more 'mispricing'.  Makes me wonder what they will eventually deliver to the hundreds of people who pre-ordered.  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 23, 2011, 10:18:45 PM
Quote from: masolino on January 23, 2011, 08:15:15 PM
Yes.  The price has been changed back to £12.99 (with VAT obviously) today.  No other change is made, but no more 'mispricing'.  Makes me wonder what they will eventually deliver to the hundreds of people who pre-ordered.  >:D

Interesting, maybe I have another go! ;D

With Amazon proper that is. I sent a email to a marketplace seller that offered at 40 pounds, asking if the offer was correct. Could have well been, for that price. But he replied that he would check, and subsequnetely withdrew his offer... ::)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: FideLeo on January 23, 2011, 10:23:32 PM
Quote from: Que on January 23, 2011, 10:18:45 PM
Interesting, maybe I have another go! ;D

With Amazon proper that is. I sent a email to a marketplace seller that offered at 40 pounds, asking if the offer was correct. Could have well been, for that price. But he replied that he would check, and subsequnetely withdrew his offer... ::)

Q

By all means.  The more the merrier.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minimal music on January 24, 2011, 04:03:11 PM
Besides the 12.97 Real Chopin box, the songs from this series are now offered as a single CD for 3.37

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piesni-Songs-Kurzak-Kwiecien-Goerner/dp/B00383YC1Y/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1295917231&sr=1-4
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 25, 2011, 06:59:45 AM
Well, this is not super-bargain, but another volume of the St. Petersburg Quartet Shostakovich cycle as appeared on Hyperion's "please buy me."  I think this is the forth volume of the series to appear there recently.

Also, two volumes of Angela Hewitt's Beethoven cycle are there.  There has to be something strange going on when discs containing the "Pathetique" and "Appasionata" sonatas are the worst selling discs in a record companies catalog.  (Makes me feel I need to have them.   :-[)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minamazzini on January 25, 2011, 12:23:13 PM
Hurrah!!! Chopin Box arrived and is as it said in the listing after all...21 cds, two played, both excellent and very happy-making.
Amazon kept to their price after all, and it's still there for £12.77 today...so tempting to buy another only I couldn't think of anyone to give it to :(
Jordi Savall box from Virgin on Amazon seems good value - 8 cds for £9.99 España Antigua...somehow it found it's way into my basket... ;D
Hope all who hoped to got their Chopin Box too today :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 25, 2011, 09:31:44 PM
Quote from: minamazzini on January 25, 2011, 12:23:13 PM
so tempting to buy another only I couldn't think of anyone to give it to :(

Hi! I believe we haven't met before... :)

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minamazzini on January 26, 2011, 03:31:21 AM
hello there :D
it's only my third post...I was getting anxious about the Real Chopin Box set and found this forum which set my mind at rest, well, nearly at rest! It's great having all these people discussing things I'm interested in... :) A very happy state of affairs. I'm sure there was a bit of the site to introduce myself and I must go back and find it...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: FideLeo on January 26, 2011, 04:17:04 AM
Quote from: minamazzini on January 26, 2011, 03:31:21 AM
...I was getting anxious about the Real Chopin Box set...

Anxiety is over: price back to £71.99 for that one, too, at Amazon uk.  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 26, 2011, 06:27:18 AM
My box arrived too - thanks for the heads up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on January 26, 2011, 07:51:07 AM
For the fan of the "baroque Opera Seria" only...here is a gem! :P

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sViGUXCNL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

look here

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B000MG1YGQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1296060330&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B000MG1YGQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1296060330&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MishaK on January 26, 2011, 08:04:23 AM
Now reissued in cardboard sans booklet, at $35 this magnificent reference cycle is a real bargain:

[asin]B0042U2HLY[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on January 26, 2011, 08:11:56 AM
Quote from: Mensch on January 26, 2011, 08:04:23 AM
Now reissued in cardboard sans booklet, at $35 this magnificent reference cycle is a real bargain:

[asin]B0042U2HLY[/asin]

Better at € 21,99... 8)

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B0042U2HLY/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296061859&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B0042U2HLY/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296061859&sr=1-1&condition=new)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 26, 2011, 08:21:50 AM
Quote from: Mensch on January 26, 2011, 08:04:23 AM
Now reissued in cardboard sans booklet, at $35 this magnificent reference cycle is a real bargain:

[asin]B0042U2HLY[/asin]

I actually prefer the older set where there are individual jewel cases with their own inserts. I only paid $30 for mine two years ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 26, 2011, 05:53:56 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 26, 2011, 08:21:50 AM
I actually prefer the older set where there are individual jewel cases with their own inserts. I only paid $30 for mine two years ago.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H9ikmzBSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

This set came with individual jewel cases with their own inserts.  The last 2 symphonies came in a twofer jewel case though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 26, 2011, 10:24:16 PM
Quote from: masolino on January 26, 2011, 04:17:04 AM
Anxiety is over: price back to £71.99 for that one, too, at Amazon uk.  :(

I must have re-ordered that "real Chopin" box just in time yesterday!  ;D And it seems that my chances of actually getting it after all, are increasing. 8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: canninator on January 27, 2011, 12:03:45 AM
Quote from: Que on January 26, 2011, 10:24:16 PM
I must have re-ordered that "real Chopin" box just in time yesterday!  ;D And it seems that my chances of actually getting it after all, are increasing. 8)

Q

I pre-ordered mine in Dec after an order with amazon.de fell through. Arrived yesterday, 21 CDs as advertised and I'm loving it, baby.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: FideLeo on January 27, 2011, 08:21:48 AM
Quote from: Que on January 26, 2011, 10:24:16 PM
And it seems that my chances of actually getting it after all, are increasing. 8)

They'd better be :).  I have gifts for several people all lined up waiting in that queue!  ;)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 27, 2011, 08:28:49 AM
Quote from: Que on January 26, 2011, 10:24:16 PM
I must have re-ordered that "real Chopin" box just in time yesterday!  ;D And it seems that my chances of actually getting it after all, are increasing. 8)

Apparently, you will have a debt of gratitude with me, Mr. Q.  8)

Anyway, I won´t accept any liability if you only receive a nice disc of songs.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on January 29, 2011, 07:25:11 AM
For Verdians only  ;)

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028948030460.jpg)

look here!

(http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giuseppe-Verdi-S%E4mtliche-Werke/hnum/9615695)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 29, 2011, 12:42:14 PM
At almost 1 Euro per CD, and presumably without a single dud (if the early works came from Philips' series), this set could be an amazing seal.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giuseppe-Verdi-S%E4mtliche-Werke/hnum/9615695

Thanks for pointing it out!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 29, 2011, 01:07:09 PM
Quote from: Lethe on January 29, 2011, 12:42:14 PM
this set could be an amazing seal.


(http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2009/03/japansealAP_450x480.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 29, 2011, 01:12:55 PM
For some reason he reminds me of Falstaff with a bad hangover.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 29, 2011, 01:38:40 PM
Quote from: Lethe on January 29, 2011, 12:42:14 PM
At almost 1 Euro per CD, and presumably without a single dud (if the early works came from Philips' series), this set could be an amazing seal.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giuseppe-Verdi-S%E4mtliche-Werke/hnum/9615695

Thanks for pointing it out!
It looks to me like a Dr J and Mr H type set. Some of the early works are fantastic and well recorded with Gardelli. But many (not all) of the most well known are not first choices. Some of them are on the old side too. But it may be that there are enough great works to still make this worth it (with a few to be complemented with other sets).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: FideLeo on January 29, 2011, 02:33:47 PM
Quote from: Lethe on January 29, 2011, 01:12:55 PM
For some reason he reminds me of Falstaff with a bad hangover.

In this case, sake-drinking (in bath) has just started!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 30, 2011, 09:09:47 AM
99 cds for £136 (excluding VAT) at mdt.  That's borderline super-bargain.

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/CDS44501-98.jpg)

But that is based on the assumption that every note Liszt wrote is worth listening to, I suppose.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on January 30, 2011, 11:30:49 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on January 30, 2011, 09:09:47 AM
99 cds for £136 (excluding VAT) at mdt.  That's borderline super-bargain.

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/CDS44501-98.jpg)

But that is based on the assumption that every note Liszt wrote is worth listening to, I suppose.

I'd like to find a better offer... ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 30, 2011, 11:33:27 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on January 30, 2011, 11:30:49 AM
I'd like to find a better offer... ::)
If you buy it from Hyperion's web site it is £260, so mdt is offering a steep discount.  However it is more Liszt than I will ever need to hear so I am not in the market unless there is a truly stunning discount.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 30, 2011, 12:06:04 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on January 30, 2011, 11:30:49 AM
I'd like to find a better offer... ::)

I just placed my last order with Presto Classical last week and that will be it for a while or until my past orders placed just a week before Christmas start to arrive.  I have no clue what those incompetent at the homeland security have been doing to all the trans-Atlantic packages from the UK.  Packages sent by the Royal Airmail used to take at most 10 days.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 30, 2011, 12:36:00 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 30, 2011, 12:06:04 PM
I just placed my last order with Presto Classical last week and that will be it for a while or until my past orders placed just a week before Christmas start to arrive.  I have no clue what those incompetent at the homeland security have been doing to all the trans-Atlantic packages from the UK.  Packages sent by the Royal Airmail used to take at most 10 days.
Well, on top of that there has been several feet of snow on the east coast - every few days another storm. Add holidays in and you have a general mess. On the other hand, I received an order that I'd made in mid-December just this past week, so yours will probably make it to you - eventually!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Bulldog on January 30, 2011, 12:49:59 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on January 30, 2011, 11:30:49 AM
I'd like to find a better offer... ::)

A better pianist than Howard wouldn't be a bad move either.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 30, 2011, 04:50:21 PM
Quote from: ukrneal on January 30, 2011, 12:36:00 PM
Well, on top of that there has been several feet of snow on the east coast - every few days another storm. Add holidays in and you have a general mess. On the other hand, I received an order that I'd made in mid-December just this past week, so yours will probably make it to you - eventually!

Weather alone cannot explain such delay - 4 weeks and counting.  How many days does it usually take for airmail to arrive from the UK?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 30, 2011, 10:53:23 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 30, 2011, 04:50:21 PM
Weather alone cannot explain such delay - 4 weeks and counting.  How many days does it usually take for airmail to arrive from the UK?
Well - I think the weather could have played a role. First there was the UK storm. If your order didn't get out ahead of this, I doubt it made it until at least after Christmas. THe following week there was a storm in the US, so the liklihood that your disc got out in December is close to nil. So then we are talking January 3 and it is likely still in the UK!!!! The eastern US was then hit by several storms over the next few weeks. SO service was still getting back to normal, when it was regularly hit by new delays. For example, the week of MLK holday, Monday was a day off and there were two storms that week. SO even if it got the US, if it was stuck in an eastern state (or southern state - they were hit really hard too at one point), it may been stalled even more. Anyway, I'm not trying to defend anyone (you want your discs gosh darnit!  >:D), but just show that the weather really could have played a big role.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PaulSC on January 30, 2011, 10:56:11 PM
Quote from: ukrneal on January 30, 2011, 10:53:23 PM
Well - I think the weather could have played a role. First there was the UK storm. If your order didn't get out ahead of this, I doubt it made it until at least after Christmas. THe following week there was a storm in the US, so the liklihood that your disc got out in December is close to nil. So then we are talking January 3 and it is likely still in the UK!!!! The eastern US was then hit by several storms over the next few weeks. SO service was still getting back to normal, when it was regularly hit by new delays. For example, the week of MLK holday, Monday was a day off and there were two storms that week. SO even if it got the US, if it was stuck in an eastern state (or southern state - they were hit really hard too at one point), it may been stalled even more. Anyway, I'm not trying to defend anyone (you want your discs gosh darnit!  >:D), but just show that the weather really could have played a big role.
Translation: Your CDs have been delayed by the flapping of a butterfly's wings.  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Leon on January 31, 2011, 11:32:07 AM
[asin]B001R3YJS8[/asin]

$14.95 for 16 discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on January 31, 2011, 11:37:27 AM
Quote from: Leon on January 31, 2011, 11:32:07 AM
[asin]B001R3YJS8[/asin]

$14.95 for 16 discs.

And I thought I had a great deal when I paid twice that some months ago.   :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 31, 2011, 01:45:04 PM
Abeille Musique Just thought I would mention that they have increased some of the discounts on SOME of the discs (Supraphon and Decapo, for example). In some cases the current price is only slight more (or just about) the same price I paid without VAT. I don't know how long the sale goes, but this may be of interest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 31, 2011, 11:09:30 PM
Quote from: ukrneal on January 31, 2011, 01:45:04 PM
Abeille Musique Just thought I would mention that they have increased some of the discounts on SOME of the discs (Supraphon and Decapo, for example). In some cases the current price is only slight more (or just about) the same price I paid without VAT. I don't know how long the sale goes, but this may be of interest.

Did the Supraphon, will look at Da Capo ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 08:17:08 AM
Back to this set.

[asin]B004G7FFF8[/asin]

For those that have this set on their radar, one more data point with respect to price.  www.abeillemusique.com has it for about 145 Euros, and shipping to the US is only 8 Euros or so, which makes the the best deal I've found so far. 

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 05, 2011, 08:29:30 AM
It's still all Liszt, though.  :(  If somebody donated me 145 euros, I'd probably get the Bernstein Symphony Edition* or buy as many ZigZag/Harmonia Mundi CDs as possible.

*which, if you see as a super-duper bargain, you should post forthwith please :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 08:31:28 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 05, 2011, 08:29:30 AM
It's still all Liszt, though.  :(  If somebody donated me 145 euros, I'd probably get the Bernstein Symphony Edition* or buy as many ZigZag/Harmonia Mundi CDs as possible.

*which, if you see as a super-duper bargain, you should post forthwith please :)

If someone gave me the Bernstein symphony edition I'd give it to my wife.  She uses discarded CDs to scare birds away from the tomato plants.   ;D

Seriously, if you buy 100 CDs of Liszt from the well known pianists you get at least 10 versions each of the same 10 CDs of music.  I'm curious to know what the rest of it is like.   I like to decide for myself what bits I like. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 05, 2011, 08:42:17 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 08:31:28 AM
If someone gave me the Bernstein symphony edition I'd give it to my wife.  She uses discarded CDs to scare birds away from the tomato plants.   ;D

Seriously, if you buy 100 CDs of Liszt from the well known pianists you get at least 10 versions each of the same 10 CDs of music.  I'm curious to know what the rest of it is like.   I like to decide for myself what bits I like.

Well tell you what, if somebody gives you the Bernstein and somebody gives me the Liszt, let's trade. ;)

At any rate your odds of a happy ending are better than mine: the BSE seems to already be vanishing completely from online shops. The Amazons are already at marketplace-only, ArkivMusic is clearing it out, and MDT, Presto, Europa, CD Universe, and JPC don't carry it or are permanently out of stock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 08:50:17 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 05, 2011, 08:42:17 AMAt any rate your odds of a happy ending are better than mine: the BSE seems to already be vanishing completely from online shops. The Amazons are already at marketplace-only, ArkivMusic is clearing it out, and MDT, Presto, Europa, CD Universe, and JPC don't carry it or are permanently out of stock.

Is that a Sony or DG edition?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 05, 2011, 08:51:25 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 05, 2011, 08:29:30 AM
Bernstein Symphony Edition*

*which, if you see as a super-duper bargain, you should post forthwith please :)

What's your limit on SD(C)B? :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 05, 2011, 08:58:40 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 05, 2011, 08:29:30 AM
It's still all Liszt, though.  :( 


It is sad but true.  99 CD's of Liszt music are a bit much for me ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 09:05:33 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on February 05, 2011, 08:58:40 AM
It is sad but true.  99 CD's of Liszt music are a bit much for me ...

Exactly, what you need is another 99 recordings of the Brandenburg Concertos...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 05, 2011, 09:12:42 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 09:05:33 AM
Exactly, what you need is another 99 recordings of the Brandenburg Concertos...
Slightly too much for me as well, even though I don't think I have more than 5-7 recordings of any given work - and that I tend towards buying recordings of music I don't know rather than another recording of music I know well. Some of Liszt's music is very impressive, but for every impressive work I've heard, I've heard at least one superficial, virtuosic potboiler, and I fear those will dominate the further one ventures into the unknown realms documented in this set.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 09:22:16 AM
Quote from: erato on February 05, 2011, 09:12:42 AM
Some of Liszt's music is very impressive, but for every impressive work I've heard, I've heard at least one superficial, virtuosic potboiler, and I fear those will dominate the further one ventures into the unknown realms documented in this set.....

That is an assumption.  How else can one find out?  My curiosity got the better of me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 05, 2011, 09:24:29 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 05, 2011, 08:51:25 AM
What's your limit on SD(C)B? :)

Well I thought I was going to wait until August and then pick up a copy when I went back to the USA to a PhD program. Bring it along to the apartment as a self-housewarming-present. But it's so rare already that if I wait until August I might have to pay $200.

So let's say <$100.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 05, 2011, 09:25:17 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 09:22:16 AM
That is an assumption.  How else can one find out?  My curiosity got the better of me.

Well at a minimum I will be curious about the results. Maybe start a thread, or post your findings in the Liszt's Lair or whatever it's called?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 05, 2011, 09:27:02 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 09:22:16 AM
That is an assumption.  How else can one find out?  My curiosity got the better of me.
Well yes, of course that's one of the attractions of buying classical music. But the satisfaction of curiosity in this case comes with a hefty pricetag - and (what's more important) the sacrifice of lots of time - there's lots of music I feel is a safer bet to explore. Eg the 60 disc BIS Sibelius edition, etc etc....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 05, 2011, 09:40:08 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 05, 2011, 09:24:29 AM
Well I thought I was going to wait until August and then pick up a copy when I went back to the USA to a PhD program. Bring it along to the apartment as a self-housewarming-present. But it's so rare already that if I wait until August I might have to pay $200.

So let's say <$100.

Only time will tell.  If the Euro collapses, then the dollar may enjoy some unexpected strength and thereby purchasing power ...   ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 09:48:14 AM
Quote from: erato on February 05, 2011, 09:27:02 AM
Well yes, of course that's one of the attractions of buying classical music. But the satisfaction of curiosity in this case comes with a hefty pricetag - and (what's more important) the sacrifice of lots of time - there's lots of music I feel is a safer bet to explore. Eg the 60 disc BIS Sibelius edition, etc etc....

That 60 cd BIS Sibelius edition would cost me $600, rather than $200 (street price in the US) and most of the stuff in there that I don't already have in in genres which I don't generally listen to, like choral music, voice and piano, violin and piano (I have a ton of Sibelius on the shelves).  I am tempted by the Chamber music volumes, though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on February 08, 2011, 10:04:22 AM
For Gilels fans...

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31AaOMzvE7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emil-Gilels-Icon/dp/B003D0ZNXS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297191333&sr=8-1 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emil-Gilels-Icon/dp/B003D0ZNXS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297191333&sr=8-1)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PaulSC on February 08, 2011, 10:21:39 AM
Quote from: erato on February 05, 2011, 09:12:42 AMSome of Liszt's music is very impressive, but for every impressive work I've heard, I've heard at least one superficial, virtuosic potboiler, and I fear those will dominate the further one ventures into the unknown realms documented in this set.....
Quote from: Scarpia on February 05, 2011, 09:22:16 AM
That is an assumption.  How else can one find out?

There is another way. (http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Liszt,_Franz)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 08, 2011, 10:28:04 AM
Quote from: PaulSC on February 08, 2011, 10:21:39 AM
There is another way. (http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Liszt,_Franz)

Besides listening to it?

I can't really think of any Liszt pieces that can be described by the typical criticism of empty pianistic pyrotechnics.  What are the examples of this sin?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PaulSC on February 08, 2011, 11:28:18 AM
Scarpia, sorry if that was obscure; I posted a link to the (nearly) complete scores online at IMSLP.  I've found it to be a great resource for exploring unfamiliar music without blind-buying recordings. There is, I admit, always the possibility that a great performance will turn you on to a seemingly unpromising piece, I admit...

Quote from: Scarpia on February 08, 2011, 10:28:04 AM
Besides listening to it?

I can't really think of any Liszt pieces that can be described by the typical criticism of empty pianistic pyrotechnics.  What are the examples of this sin?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 08, 2011, 11:48:08 AM
Quote from: PaulSC on February 08, 2011, 11:28:18 AM
Scarpia, sorry if that was obscure; I posted a link to the (nearly) complete scores online at IMSLP.  I've found it to be a great resource for exploring unfamiliar music without blind-buying recordings. There is, I admit, always the possibility that a great performance will turn you on to a seemingly unpromising piece, I admit...

Ok, maybe if I drop a random score of a piece by Liszt in front of you, you will be able to tell if those pages and pages of flowing arpeggios are just "pyrotechnics" or a work of genius like some of the movements in Annes de Pelerinage.   And how many hours of pouring over scores will it take to verify that each disc of that set, which costs me $2, is worth my time?   Isn't it more pleasant to simply listen to it?

The way I see it, for $2 a day, Liszt is a troubadour providing my evening entertainment.   And as has been mentioned above, there are lots of people who are wont to imply that Liszt produced a lot of trashy music without even naming an example.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 08, 2011, 01:05:52 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on February 08, 2011, 10:04:22 AM
For Gilels fans...

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31AaOMzvE7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emil-Gilels-Icon/dp/B003D0ZNXS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297191333&sr=8-1 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emil-Gilels-Icon/dp/B003D0ZNXS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297191333&sr=8-1)

Orpheus  ;)

Hmm, I don't need two (!) Beethoven concerto cycles, but I am a Gilels fan, and that's 9 discs for the price of 1...!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 08, 2011, 01:14:42 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 08, 2011, 01:05:52 PM
Hmm, I don't need two (!) Beethoven concerto cycles, but I am a Gilels fan, and that's 9 discs for the price of 1...!

That's odd, Cleveland/Szell on EMI.  Must have been some sort of deal with Columbia.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MishaK on February 08, 2011, 02:10:43 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 08, 2011, 01:14:42 PM
That's odd, Cleveland/Szell on EMI.  Must have been some sort of deal with Columbia.

He was all over the place. There is a Dvorak Cello Concerto with Fournier/Berlin Phil/Szell on DG.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 08, 2011, 02:12:36 PM
Quote from: Mensch on February 08, 2011, 02:10:43 PM
He was all over the place. There is a Dvorak Cello Concerto with Fournier/Berlin Phil/Szell on DG.

I have several non-Columbia Szell recordings, but I thought there was an exclusive contract for Szell/Cleveland
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PaulSC on February 08, 2011, 03:01:41 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 08, 2011, 11:48:08 AM
Ok, maybe if I drop a random score of a piece by Liszt in front of you, you will be able to tell if those pages and pages of flowing arpeggios are just "pyrotechnics" or a work of genius like some of the movements in Annes de Pelerinage.   And how many hours of pouring over scores will it take to verify that each disc of that set, which costs me $2, is worth my time?   Isn't it more pleasant to simply listen to it?

Both are equally pleasant and take equally long.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 08, 2011, 03:03:14 PM
Quote from: PaulSC on February 08, 2011, 03:01:41 PM
Both are equally pleasant and take equally long.

Squinting at my monitor trying to decipher piano scores does not give me as much pleasure as listening to music, but that's me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PaulSC on February 08, 2011, 03:13:27 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 08, 2011, 03:03:14 PM
Squinting at my monitor trying to decipher piano scores does not give me as much pleasure as listening to music, but that's me.
Indeed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 08, 2011, 06:18:36 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on February 08, 2011, 10:04:22 AM
For Gilels fans...

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31AaOMzvE7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emil-Gilels-Icon/dp/B003D0ZNXS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297191333&sr=8-1 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emil-Gilels-Icon/dp/B003D0ZNXS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297191333&sr=8-1)

Orpheus  ;)

A great price even for shipment to the US.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 09, 2011, 12:08:48 PM
This seems like a pretty good deal at EUR 17.99 (5 discs worth of her music): http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Hilary-Hahn-Collection-Sony-Recordings/hnum/7936944 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Hilary-Hahn-Collection-Sony-Recordings/hnum/7936944)
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886973060124.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MishaK on February 09, 2011, 12:48:16 PM
Quote from: ukrneal on February 09, 2011, 12:08:48 PM
This seems like a pretty good deal at EUR 17.99 (5 discs worth of her music): http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Hilary-Hahn-Collection-Sony-Recordings/hnum/7936944 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Hilary-Hahn-Collection-Sony-Recordings/hnum/7936944)
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886973060124.jpg)

Absolutely. An extremely worthwhile acquisition by any means even for multiples of that price. I own these in their individual incarnations. The Bach and Beethoven are absolutely superlative. Hahn is the queen of doublestops, and her Bach, recorded at age 16, is still a marvel of pure natural musicianship. Bach's polyphony just comes alive and hovers in the room. The Beethoven is just gorgeous, with possibly the most dance inducing finale on record. Benefits from Zinman's thoughtful accompaniment. Bernstein and Meyer lack any serious competition anyway. The Mendelssohn is a brisk, fleet, controlled sort of Sturm-und-Drang take on the familiar warhorse. The Shosty may be too controlled and analytical for some, but I think the work benefits from having the ideological and cultural baggage essentially thrown out the window. At least it's a valid alternative interpretation. The Brahms is gorgeous if not quite as magesterial as Milstein/Fistoulari, Ferras/Schuricht or Oistrakh/Klemp. The Stravinsky is wonderfully incisive and precise on Hahn's part, but Marriner/ASMIF aren't perhaps the ideal accompanists.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 09, 2011, 12:50:06 PM
Quote from: Mensch on February 09, 2011, 12:48:16 PM
Absolutely. An extremely worthwhile acquisition by any means even for multiples of that price. I own these in their individual incarnations. The Bach and Beethoven are absolutely superlative. Hahn is the queen of doublestops, and her Bach, recorded at age 16, is still a marvel of pure natural musicianship. Bach's polyphony just comes alive and hovers in the room. The Beethoven is just gorgeous, with possibly the most dance inducing finale on record. Benefits from Zinman's thoughtful accompaniment. Bernstein and Meyer lack any serious competition anyway. The Mendelssohn is a brisk, fleet, controlled sort of Sturm-und-Drang take on the familiar warhorse. The Shosty may be too controlled and analytical for some, but I think the work benefits from having the ideological and cultural baggage essentially thrown out the window. At least it's a valid alternative interpretation. The Brahms is gorgeous if not quite as magesterial as Milstein/Fistoulari, Ferras/Schuricht or Oistrakh/Klemp. The Stravinsky is wonderfully incisive and precise on Hahn's part, but Marriner/ASMIF aren't perhaps the ideal accompanists.

Marriner is a deal killer for me.  But the other discs sound interesting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MishaK on February 09, 2011, 01:06:03 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 09, 2011, 12:50:06 PM
Marriner is a deal killer for me.  But the other discs sound interesting.

I know what you mean. But I happened to have heard Hahn live with Marriner/ASMIF in the Stravinsky in Cologne around the time the disc came out. The orchestra sounded completely different when she was onstage. It was as if you had completely replaced the entire personnel. I have never seen such a schizophrenic performance in my life. The Stravinsky was so alive, vivacious, incisive and just a joy to listen to. Then ASMIF and Marriner phoned in a completely superfluous performance of Beethoven 2 in the second half. Go figure. Really, you should think of this disc as Hahn leading the ASMIF with Marriner in a purely decorative function for most of the time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on February 09, 2011, 01:12:03 PM
I'll second Mensch--a killer deal. It's all good, effortlessly gorgeous, and the only knock on the Bach is that it's not complete (partitas #2 & 3, sonata #3).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 09, 2011, 04:49:13 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on February 09, 2011, 01:12:03 PM
I'll second Mensch--a killer deal. It's all good, effortlessly gorgeous, and the only knock on the Bach is that it's not complete (partitas #2 & 3, sonata #3).

Well, not a killer deal in the US, in any case, jpc shipping on a single item ain't cheap.

Just got my shipping notice on this baby.
(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/references/cds4450198.jpg)
http://www.abeillemusique.com/

$209, including shipping to the US, for 99 CDs.  That's borderline super-bargain.  The price has been inching down on amazon.com, but still well above that.  I'm curious if I'll get hit with some mysterious import duty when it arrives.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 10, 2011, 03:34:07 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on February 09, 2011, 04:49:13 PMI'm curious if I'll get hit with some mysterious import duty when it arrives.

Well, last year when I lived in Texas and ordered the complete works of Brahms, Rachmaninov, and the 100 CD set of "Russian Legends" from Abeille, I didn't get hit with any duties...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on February 10, 2011, 11:05:19 AM
Just landed!!! 8)

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/references/cds4450198.jpg)

Orpheus felix  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on February 10, 2011, 11:11:34 AM
Congratulations, Orpheus - and thank you for all your tips in this thread, I've taken advantage of one or two :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 10, 2011, 05:16:34 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 10, 2011, 03:34:07 AM
Well, last year when I lived in Texas and ordered the complete works of Brahms, Rachmaninov, and the 100 CD set of "Russian Legends" from Abeille, I didn't get hit with any duties...

I wonder if $400 is the limit ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on February 11, 2011, 08:29:56 AM
Drop down!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lm5IfhB5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004G7FFF8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004G7FFF8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 11, 2011, 09:34:49 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on February 11, 2011, 08:29:56 AM
Drop down!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lm5IfhB5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004G7FFF8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004G7FFF8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)

Damn!  FabulousCD is the Amazon Marketplace alias of www.abeillemusique.com, the same place I ordered my set.  Would have saved about $25 if I had anticipated this one, but in the long run I've just as often missed a bargain as found one by holding out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 12, 2011, 12:17:03 PM
On looking at the Liszt set, I found this for $53.99 from the same vendor:

[asin]B000T2ONOI[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 12, 2011, 12:26:40 PM
Quote from: stingo on February 12, 2011, 12:17:03 PM
On looking at the Liszt set, I found this for $53.99 from the same vendor:

Yes, looking at the FabulousCD "storefront" you will find some other impressive deals, as well as a bunch of things listed at prices that are not a deal at all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 12, 2011, 12:29:22 PM
Quote from: stingo on February 12, 2011, 12:17:03 PM
On looking at the Liszt set, I found this for $53.99 from the same vendor:

[asin]B000T2ONOI[/asin]

50 cents a CD.  This is a helluva bargain ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 12, 2011, 12:37:01 PM
I bought that Russian Legends box for 30 euros and I have to say, no matter the price, it's the best CD purchase I made last year. A really astonishing trove of greatness: Richter's Beethoven and Schubert, something like 13 CDs of Gilels, Rostropovich's mesmerizing Weinberg concerto, my favorite Tchaikovsky violin concerto reading ever (Kogan), and untold riches I haven't even begun to listen to yet. It's a gold mine.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 12, 2011, 01:24:48 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 12, 2011, 12:37:01 PM
I bought that Russian Legends box for 30 euros and I have to say, no matter the price, it's the best CD purchase I made last year. A really astonishing trove of greatness: Richter's Beethoven and Schubert, something like 13 CDs of Gilels, Rostropovich's mesmerizing Weinberg concerto, my favorite Tchaikovsky violin concerto reading ever (Kogan), and untold riches I haven't even begun to listen to yet. It's a gold mine.

I have the Rostropovich set and love it, so I figured the rest of the series would be worth owning. Glad to know I wasn't mistaken.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 16, 2011, 07:34:50 AM
My order for the Brilliant set was cancelled as the items weren't in stock. Strange they don't handle them like Amazon, keeping orders until new stock arrives.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 16, 2011, 07:43:20 AM
Quote from: stingo on February 16, 2011, 07:34:50 AM
My order for the Brilliant set was cancelled as the items weren't in stock. Strange they don't handle them like Amazon, keeping orders until new stock arrives.

The super-duper cheap sale at Abeille usually comes with the fine print that the offer is available only until stocks last.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 16, 2011, 09:16:46 AM
Fair enough. I'll keep on the lookout for the set as a super duper bargain and until then delve into the Rostropovich set.

Purely out of curiosity, why isn't this thread in the Great Recordings subforum?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PaulSC on February 16, 2011, 09:24:15 AM
Quote from: stingo on February 16, 2011, 09:16:46 AM
Purely out of curiosity, why isn't this thread in the Great Recordings subforum?
Speculation: Because it's less about the intrinsic merit of individual recordings and more about reporting/discussing opportunities to buy a disc, or the offerings of a particular label, or the stock of a particular retailer, at a bargain price (?)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on February 21, 2011, 12:07:17 PM
Just picked up this fine box...

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028947781837.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johannes-Brahms-Johannes-Brahms-Complete-Edition-DGG/hnum/3537192

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 21, 2011, 12:52:16 PM
Abeille's running a deal on the Complete Brahms (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html) from Brilliant.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on February 21, 2011, 01:06:19 PM
Quote from: stingo on February 21, 2011, 12:52:16 PM
Abeille's running a deal on the Complete Brahms (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html) from Brilliant.

It has been that way for well over a year now.  It really is a steal, and if you really like Brahms' music and want the whole enchilada, then this is one way to go.  The set isn't perfect and has its flaws, but overall it is more than worth the price, even if you enjoyed only 10 discs!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 21, 2011, 01:19:50 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on February 21, 2011, 01:06:19 PM
It has been that way for well over a year now.  It really is a steal, and if you really like Brahms' music and want the whole enchilada, then this is one way to go.  The set isn't perfect and has its flaws, but overall it is more than worth the price, even if you enjoyed only 10 discs!

I already have the complete a capella choral music from the same label and it's outstanding, so looking forward to the rest of the set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on February 21, 2011, 01:23:00 PM
Quote from: stingo on February 21, 2011, 01:19:50 PM
I already have the complete a capella choral music from the same label and it's outstanding, so looking forward to the rest of the set.

I really love the a capella choir music also.  Absolutely gorgeous it is!  The chamber music recordings are also high quality.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 21, 2011, 02:13:57 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on February 21, 2011, 01:23:00 PMThe chamber music recordings are also high quality.

Indeed, surprisingly so. Piano Quintet + Nash Ensemble = great CD!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 21, 2011, 02:22:49 PM
This seems a bit random, but I got a new copy of this for 35 cents.   ???

[asin]B0000AUHSK[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 21, 2011, 03:33:57 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on February 21, 2011, 01:06:19 PM
It has been that way for well over a year now.  It really is a steal, and if you really like Brahms' music and want the whole enchilada, then this is one way to go.  The set isn't perfect and has its flaws, but overall it is more than worth the price, even if you enjoyed only 10 discs!

Ray,  Did you end up paying some pretty steep shipping charge for the BC Brahms set?  The price on the set is indeed very good ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 21, 2011, 03:36:44 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on February 21, 2011, 03:33:57 PM
Ray,  Did you end up paying some pretty steep shipping charge for the BC Brahms set?  The price on the set is indeed very good ...

I ordered it fully a year ago. The price I got was 20 euros, came out to US $37 with shipping. That's a $10 shipping charge, but $37 for 60 CDs is still an insane deal. This one is probably more like $45ish.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 21, 2011, 06:04:07 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 21, 2011, 03:36:44 PM
I ordered it fully a year ago. The price I got was 20 euros, came out to US $37 with shipping. That's a $10 shipping charge, but $37 for 60 CDs is still an insane deal. This one is probably more like $45ish.

I placed an order with them recently (the complete Liszt set) and shipping was about 9 Euros, as I recall.  Not cheap, but not totally absurd for shipping across the Atlantic and well worth it considering some of the deals available there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 25, 2011, 10:28:25 AM
I got the Russian Legends deal I mentioned earlier from Abeille/FabulousCD via Amazon:

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shipped for $56 and change. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on February 26, 2011, 03:01:16 AM
Bachian maniacs must look here!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WADTJY52L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0000041KD/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1298721415&sr=1-2&condition=used  :o

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on February 26, 2011, 10:09:50 AM
OK, I bit!  (First CD purchase of 2011--it'll be interesting to see if they send the advertised set!)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 26, 2011, 10:35:48 AM
Quote from: Sherman Peabody on February 26, 2011, 10:09:50 AM
OK, I bit!  (First CD purchase of 2011--it'll be interesting to see if they send the advertised set!)

What was there to bite? ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on February 26, 2011, 10:44:08 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 26, 2011, 10:35:48 AM
What was there to bite? ???

Yes, what was the price?  I had some interest in that set recently but it was recently OOP and used copies seemed to be stratospheric. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on February 26, 2011, 10:45:58 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 26, 2011, 10:35:48 AM
What was there to bite? ???

$ 4,99...

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on February 26, 2011, 10:48:11 AM
...second chance, look here ;)

http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B0000041KD/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298749627&sr=1-1&condition=used (http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B0000041KD/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298749627&sr=1-1&condition=used)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 26, 2011, 11:00:45 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on February 26, 2011, 03:01:16 AM
Bachian maniacs must look here!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WADTJY52L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0000041KD/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1298721415&sr=1-2&condition=used  :o

Orpheus  ;)

I have the complete works in 5 fatboy cases ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 04, 2011, 11:27:25 PM
Deep Discount (US) is having a 50% off selected items sale, which is about 1000 classical discs/sets and such. There are a few weird things like insanely high starting prices for some items, and a couple mis-matches between description and item. But there are also some pretty good deals to be had, especially on EMI (though Eloquence, Apex, and others appear). They had a number of Mahler sets (Bertini ($38?), EMI Mahler set (less than $30), etc), Haitink Ring (under $50), Elgar and Vaughan Williams Collector's Edition ($31-33), Britten CE (~$60ish), the Icon series, EMI operas, Haitink Vaughn Williams Symphonies (under $25), etc. They have a lot of crap to wade through as well, so patience is a virtue. Link is: http://www.deepdiscount.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.browse/_/Spring-Sale-Classical-CDs/categoryID/da789b9f-bd5f-4a62-8f56-24556b5fca6a/ (http://www.deepdiscount.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.browse/_/Spring-Sale-Classical-CDs/categoryID/da789b9f-bd5f-4a62-8f56-24556b5fca6a/)

They have free shipping in the US over $15 (I think that was the limit). Don't know what they charge to Europe.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MishaK on March 05, 2011, 08:45:02 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 04, 2011, 11:27:25 PM
Deep Discount (US) is having a 50% off selected items sale, which is about 1000 classical discs/sets and such. There are a few weird things like insanely high starting prices for some items, and a couple mis-matches between description and item. But there are also some pretty good deals to be had, especially on EMI (though Eloquence, Apex, and others appear). They had a number of Mahler sets (Bertini ($38?), EMI Mahler set (less than $30), etc), Haitink Ring (under $50), Elgar and Vaughan Williams Collector's Edition ($31-33), Britten CE (~$60ish), the Icon series, EMI operas, Haitink Vaughn Williams Symphonies (under $25), etc. They have a lot of crap to wade through as well, so patience is a virtue. Link is: http://www.deepdiscount.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.browse/_/Spring-Sale-Classical-CDs/categoryID/da789b9f-bd5f-4a62-8f56-24556b5fca6a/ (http://www.deepdiscount.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.browse/_/Spring-Sale-Classical-CDs/categoryID/da789b9f-bd5f-4a62-8f56-24556b5fca6a/)

They have free shipping in the US over $15 (I think that was the limit). Don't know what they charge to Europe.

Not bad. Also Jansons' complete Shosty for $35, Karajan's EMI Beethoven for $15, Klemp/Boimz Beethoven Syms and Concs for $30...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 05, 2011, 08:59:33 AM
Worth poking around in.  BTW, if you do a generic search it will return the sale items with a "Spring cleaning sale" banner to mark them, so you can search for things you are particularly interested in.  (You don't have to go through the entire list.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on March 06, 2011, 12:10:55 PM
Thanks for the info. Just picked up the VW EMI box - best price I've seen so far.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on March 08, 2011, 12:21:12 AM
Good price for this stunning Sokolov collection: 12.99 GBP from Amazon themselves.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grigory-Sokolov/dp/B0000CE7E6/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on March 14, 2011, 06:01:44 AM
The Maazel SIBELIUS Symphonies at €10.95 - 5 discs at amazon.fr  -  double that at the US site.
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shipping March 21
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Grazioso on March 14, 2011, 06:10:04 AM
Quote from: listener on March 14, 2011, 06:01:44 AM
The Maazel SIBELIUS Symphonies at €10.95 - 5 discs at amazon.fr  -  double that at the US site.
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How does that compare to his Vienna cycle?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 14, 2011, 06:35:15 AM
Quote from: listener on March 14, 2011, 06:01:44 AM
The Maazel SIBELIUS Symphonies at €10.95 - 5 discs at amazon.fr  -  double that at the US site.

shipping March 21

Given the shipping price at Europe Amazons, the sale at Presto (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Sony/88697808332) might be cheaper.

Quote from: Grazioso on March 14, 2011, 06:10:04 AM
How does that compare to his Vienna cycle?

The two were briefly compared at another thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,17920.msg494916.html#msg494916).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 15, 2011, 01:56:06 PM
Marvellous stuff from Manze, the Corelli sonatas 2cds, Vivaldi's Prince of Poland concert, Mozart's 3/4/5 concerti & a various works disc featuring Rebel.

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Manze - The Art of the Violin 5cd set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Manze-Art-Violin/dp/B002HNA94U/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300225691&sr=1-1) £7.49p

No nonesense in delivery/dispatch, as its from Harmonia Mundi's own page on Amazon, packed and fulfilled by HM.

Great music making all round.




Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 15, 2011, 02:33:41 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 15, 2011, 01:56:06 PM
Marvellous stuff from Manze, the Corelli sonatas 2cds, Vivaldi's Prince of Poland concert, Mozart's 3/4/5 concerti & a various works disc featuring Rebel.

[asin]B002HNA94U[/asin]

Manze - The Art of the Violin 5cd set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Manze-Art-Violin/dp/B002HNA94U/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300225691&sr=1-1) £7.49p

No nonesense in delivery/dispatch, as its from Harmonia Mundi's own page on Amazon, packed and fulfilled by HM.

Great music making all round.

The price has gone up:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 15, 2011, 02:38:54 PM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on March 15, 2011, 02:33:41 PM
The price has gone up:(

Click the UK link, then click Marketplace :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on March 15, 2011, 05:54:13 PM
My first post - many thanks for all the tips and pointers, some of which have led to very enjoyable purchases.

I came across a new box set, The Furtwangler Legacy - 107 CDs (much of it will be duplicated in collections already) - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legacy-107CD-Wilhelm-Furtwangler-Various/dp/B004JC16LC (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legacy-107CD-Wilhelm-Furtwangler-Various/dp/B004JC16LC) (priced at GBP166)

I found an eBay seller in Germany who has a supply of these, delivering them post free internationally.  List price is US$150, but my offer of $130 was accepted.  eBay listing has a very detailed description of the contents.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140523402988&ss#ht_33142wt_1141 (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140523402988&ss#ht_33142wt_1141)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on March 15, 2011, 07:36:27 PM
Quote from: KeithW on March 15, 2011, 05:54:13 PM
My first post - many thanks for all the tips and pointers, some of which have led to very enjoyable purchases.

Welcome to GMG, Keith!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 16, 2011, 12:34:24 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 15, 2011, 02:38:54 PM
Click the UK link, then click Marketplace :)

Thank you Brian, I have ordered it:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 16, 2011, 11:29:17 AM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on March 16, 2011, 12:34:24 AM
Thank you Brian, I have ordered it:)

A fine set Harry, nicely packaged with a very informative booklet.  The Rebel cd is interesting (especially if its new music, as it is/was, to me).

Cheers
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on March 18, 2011, 07:34:33 AM
Wow, the Levine/MET Wagner Ring from the late 80's is a super price on Amazon Canada.  $17.99  Doesn't include the libretto.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 18, 2011, 07:39:58 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 18, 2011, 07:34:33 AM
Wow, the Levine/MET Wagner Ring from the late 80's is a super price on Amazon Canada.  $17.99  Doesn't include the libretto.


The link that could fetch GMG some cash is the following: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GYI2U0/?tag=goodmusicguideco-20  The ASIN tag, by default, works only for Amazon US, unless I'm mistaken. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on March 18, 2011, 07:53:33 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 18, 2011, 07:34:33 AM
Wow, the Levine/MET Wagner Ring from the late 80's is a super price on Amazon Canada.  $17.99  Doesn't include the libretto.

[asin]B000GYI2U0[/asin]

  That price seems to be exclusively reserved for Canadians or those able to buy from Canada. I believe that very special price has to do with promoting the Ring Cycle in Canada.  Talk about preferential treatment, DG should be ashamed of themselves for not making this price more................ universal!

   (we are one world after all no??)

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on March 18, 2011, 02:00:41 PM
Quote from: stingo on February 12, 2011, 12:17:03 PM
On looking at the Liszt set, I found this for $53.99 from the same vendor:

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I can't believe it but I bought this - fantastic price!

I clicked on the yellow purchase from Amazon tag - will this return some funds to GMG? I hope so.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 18, 2011, 02:51:09 PM
Quote from: Holden on March 18, 2011, 02:00:41 PM
I can't believe it but I bought this - fantastic price!

I clicked on the yellow purchase from Amazon tag - will this return some funds to GMG? I hope so.

Yes it will indeed. Thank you very much. :)

8)

----------------
Now playing:
Academy of St. Cecilia Chorus & Orchestra / Myung-Whun Chung - Bia 538 Op 117 Incidental music to "King Stephan" pt 01 - Overture: Andante con moto - Presto
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on March 18, 2011, 05:27:31 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 14, 2011, 06:35:15 AM
Given the shipping price at Europe Amazons, the sale at Presto (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Sony/88697808332) might be cheaper.

The two were briefly compared at another thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,17920.msg494916.html#msg494916).

This set is on my shopping list.  It is about time to get some recordings by the PSO into my collection ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on March 18, 2011, 09:13:52 PM
Quote from: Holden on March 18, 2011, 02:00:41 PM
I can't believe it but I bought this - fantastic price!

I clicked on the yellow purchase from Amazon tag - will this return some funds to GMG? I hope so.

That's the function of the Amazon tag, yes? Sadly, I've only got to listen to the first CD in the set (which I thought was fantastic), as I'm to listen to all of the Brahms set I got from Abeille first. (Determining if any more than the 3 discs I've uncovered skip/are defective.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 19, 2011, 03:26:34 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 18, 2011, 07:39:58 AM

The link that could fetch GMG some cash is the following: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GYI2U0/?tag=goodmusicguideco-20  The ASIN tag, by default, works only for Amazon US, unless I'm mistaken. :)

I have ordered it and with shipping it comes to about £19. I expect there will be import tax and it looks like the postage and tax will exceed the cost of the set, but still be cheap.

Mike
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on March 19, 2011, 09:12:33 AM
Good news about this two boxes... :P

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fq108KZhL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002HNA94K/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1300553031&sr=1-2&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002HNA94K/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1300553031&sr=1-2&condition=new)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iggBtd99L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002HNA94U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1300554707&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002HNA94U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1300554707&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 20, 2011, 01:56:25 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on March 19, 2011, 09:12:33 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fq108KZhL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Just ordered the Lute set to go with the Manze set I bought last week.  Many thanks for the heads up, I don't know much on the Lute set, so will have much to discover.  The Manze Violin set was superb.  It cost me £8 last week and its halved this week.  Still at £8 it was a great bargain.

Now to the Canadian Wagner issue & Levine.  What a bargain this appears to be.  Its possible UK buyers may get hit with a £20 import bill but I know from experience that if the figure of the purchase is below £15 the Customs guys tend to let these through, at a £15 threshold.  Hope it works out well for all dabbling.  Seriously thinking about it myself!!

Cheers
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on March 21, 2011, 08:40:20 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 20, 2011, 01:56:25 PM
Just ordered the Lute set to go with the Manze set I bought last week.  Many thanks for the heads up, I don't know much on the Lute set, so will have much to discover.  The Manze Violin set was superb.  It cost me £8 last week and its halved this week.  Still at £8 it was a great bargain.

Cheers


D-ohhhh !!

missed it.  £23 now
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 21, 2011, 09:09:32 AM
6 cds for $17, borderline super-bargain.  It seems like a find collection to jump-start a Schumann piano music collection.  All of the important works in recordings by highly regarded pianists (and nearly Richter free, which is a plus for me, but not for most people, I suppose).  I was close to ordering it, but decided against it after checking carefully and finding that I have every piece there in at least one recording.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on March 21, 2011, 03:32:34 PM
Thanks for all the tips, everyone! :)

Found this whilst ordering my Levine Ring on amazon.ca:

(http://www.classictoulouse.com/images/CD/yves-nat.jpg)

I've only heard Nat's Schumann which I enjoy: very exciting, sometimes almost vertiginously so--I remember the second movement of the Fantasie dangerously threatening to fall apart. CDN$16 seems a very reasonable price to try out his Beethoven and whatever else is on here. Sound quality (from the separate Schumann set) was only adequate as I recall though.

http://www.amazon.ca/1930-1956-Comp-Recordings-Yves-Nat/dp/B000BS6Y74/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300749113&sr=1-1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 22, 2011, 04:01:17 AM
Quote from: nigeld on March 21, 2011, 08:40:20 AM

D-ohhhh !!

missed it.  £23 now

Make sure to keep checking, because both are now back to £3.99 & £3.49 respectively.

12 noon GMT

;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 22, 2011, 05:42:55 AM
Quote from: Novi on March 21, 2011, 03:32:34 PM
Thanks for all the tips, everyone! :)

Found this whilst ordering my Levine Ring on amazon.ca:

(http://www.classictoulouse.com/images/CD/yves-nat.jpg)

Saw that too.  I have his Beethoven cycle.  He is far enough in the deep dark past that audio quality becomes an issue for me, otherwise I would have sprung for it.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 22, 2011, 05:56:06 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 20, 2011, 01:56:25 PM
Just ordered the Lute set to go with the Manze set I bought last week.  Many thanks for the heads up, I don't know much on the Lute set, so will have much to discover.  The Manze Violin set was superb.  It cost me £8 last week and its halved this week.  Still at £8 it was a great bargain.

Now to the Canadian Wagner issue & Levine.  What a bargain this appears to be.  Its possible UK buyers may get hit with a £20 import bill but I know from experience that if the figure of the purchase is below £15 the Customs guys tend to let these through, at a £15 threshold.  Hope it works out well for all dabbling.  Seriously thinking about it myself!!

Cheers

Bought it for 3,99 English pounds ;D The Lute set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 22, 2011, 01:51:32 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 22, 2011, 04:01:17 AM
Make sure to keep checking, because both are now back to £3.99 & £3.49 respectively.

12 noon GMT

;D

Ordered both of them. With shipping, it came to exactly £10!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 22, 2011, 05:15:41 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 20, 2011, 01:56:25 PMNow to the Canadian Wagner issue & Levine.  What a bargain this appears to be.  Its possible UK buyers may get hit with a £20 import bill but I know from experience that if the figure of the purchase is below £15 the Customs guys tend to let these through, at a £15 threshold.  Hope it works out well for all dabbling.  Seriously thinking about it myself!!

Cheers

£20 tariff to import something from Canada to England?  Isn't Canada part of the UK, at some level?  Buying from the US, I've ordered stuff much more expensive than that from France, Germany and England and never paid a penny in import duty.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 22, 2011, 10:44:24 PM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on March 22, 2011, 05:15:41 PMIsn't Canada part of the UK, at some level?

That's a good one!  ;D ;D Maybe Canada should join the EU! :)

QuoteBuying from the US, I've ordered stuff much more expensive than that from France, Germany and England and never paid a penny in import duty.

US customs must be pretty slack - at least when duties are concerned! :o No such luck here - Dutch customs will wrinch every penny out of you, but small packages are fortunately exempted.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on March 23, 2011, 12:26:59 AM
I don't know if this classifies as a super-duper cheap bargain (this explanation is for you Opus  ;D), but I doubt the price of this set will be some day inferior to EUR 28:

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8711801102979.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-S%E4mtliche-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/4966121

EUR 27.99

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 23, 2011, 12:50:41 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on March 22, 2011, 05:15:41 PM
£20 tariff to import something from Canada to England?  Isn't Canada part of the UK, at some level?  Buying from the US, I've ordered stuff much more expensive than that from France, Germany and England and never paid a penny in import duty.

I have found out that with the UK you either get lucky or extremely unlucky with Customs Import Tax.  I have a good friend in Brazil who often sends cds over to me, if he fills his declaration in at £15 or under, they get through, unopened and cleared.  On the occation he makes an error and puts £20, £30 etc as the declared value of goods then they get opened, and passed to the Royal Mail lock up in Liverpool who then mail you a nice letter saying "we are holding this, that and the other for you, if you would like to collect them please pay £20 Customs fee to claim your items, if we do not hear from you within 20 days they will be returned to sender...we will deliver at your expense of an extra cost of £5.99 courier delivery".  £26, because my friend put the declared value of his sendings at over £15!! 

I wouldn't mind but many were from his collection and as gifts....

You can get away with Customs duty if you also tick the "Gift" box too...but of course businesses such as Amazon.wherever can't declare as gift.

Since our last debacle, we keep it under £15 even if the value is more, and always tick Gift.  That's to and from Brazil/England.

Or it could all be just random pickings, surely they don't pull everyone's buys?

:D

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 23, 2011, 12:53:20 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 23, 2011, 12:50:41 AM
I have found out that with the UK you either get lucky or extremely unlucky with Customs Import Tax.  I have a good friend in Brazil who often sends cds over to me, if he fills his declaration in at £15 or under, they get through, unopened and cleared.  On the occation he makes an error and puts £20, £30 etc as the declared value of goods then they get opened, and passed to the Royal Mail lock up in Liverpool who then mail you a nice letter saying "we are holding this, that and the other for you, if you would like to collect them please pay £20 Customs fee to claim your items, if we do not hear from you within 20 days they will be returned to sender...we will deliver at your expense of an extra cost of £5.99 courier delivery".  £26, because my friend put the declared value of his sendings at over £15!! 

I wouldn't mind but many were from his collection and as gifts....

You can get away with Customs duty if you also tick the "Gift" box too...but of course businesses such as Amazon.wherever can't declare as gift.

Since our last debacle, we keep it under £15 even if the value is more, and always tick Gift.  That's to and from Brazil/England.

Or it could all be just random pickings, surely they don't pull everyone's buys?

:D
I read somewhere that they may be changing this (n the UK) - and not for the better. But I cannot quite remember where I read it. Just a heads up...

EDIT: US seems to have totally different restrictions/rules and have a huge book for virtually any item. The customs site says: "Note: Most personal shipments worth up to $200, and gift packages worth up to $100, will pass duty-free as long as the recipient does not receive multiple packages in a single day whose cumulative value is more than these amounts."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on March 23, 2011, 02:02:52 AM
Hi folks,

As I bought most of these discs full price back in the day, this represents a super-duper cheap bargain to me in 2011:

http://www.amazon.de/Ligeti-Various-Artists/dp/B00303WQMO/ (currently €22.99 from Amazon themselves)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CcP1fJwtL._SS400_.jpg)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 23, 2011, 06:53:49 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 23, 2011, 12:26:59 AM
I don't know if this classifies as a super-duper cheap bargain (this explanation is for you Opus  ;D), but I doubt the price of this set will be some day inferior to EUR 28:

You say 28, I see it as 52. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 23, 2011, 06:58:33 AM
Quote from: Que on March 22, 2011, 10:44:24 PMThat's a good one!  ;D ;D Maybe Canada should join the EU! :)

All I know is the Queen of England's picture is on their money, either some association lingers or somebody at the mint has a fetish for old ladies.   :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on March 23, 2011, 07:01:11 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on March 23, 2011, 06:58:33 AM
All I know is the Queen of England picture is on their money, either some association lingers or somebody at the mint has a fetish for old ladies.   :-\

Yes, Canada is still part of the Commonwealth, unfortunately.  :(  If they ever had a nation wide referendum vote on it, which Canadians have been asking for, I'm pretty sure a high majority would vote to be removed from the Commonwealth.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on March 23, 2011, 08:43:09 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 22, 2011, 04:01:17 AM
Make sure to keep checking, because both are now back to £3.99 & £3.49 respectively.

12 noon GMT

;D


I could kiss you !! :D :D

£7.98 poorer, 6 new disks richer (4 already owned). 

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on March 23, 2011, 08:53:10 AM
Regarding the Ligeti edition - the best (and only) price from amazon.com is $83.60 from a marketplace seller. What does shipping from amazon.de to the US cost?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 23, 2011, 09:11:51 AM
Quote from: stingo on March 23, 2011, 08:53:10 AM
Regarding the Ligeti edition - the best (and only) price from amazon.com is $83.60 from a marketplace seller. What does shipping from amazon.de to the US cost?

A lot.  Just put it in your shopping cart and pretend to order and it will tell you.  If you have an amazon.com account you automatically have an amazon.de account.  Amazon.co.uk ships to the US very reasonably, though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 23, 2011, 09:19:13 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on March 23, 2011, 09:11:51 AM
A lot.  Just put it in your shopping cart and pretend to order and it will tell you.

The last time I saw, they had a chart with the necessary info.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 23, 2011, 10:15:20 AM
Quote from: knight66 on March 19, 2011, 03:26:34 AM
I have ordered it and with shipping it comes to about £19. I expect there will be import tax and it looks like the postage and tax will exceed the cost of the set, but still be cheap.

Mike

Ordeded on the 18th March, it arived today! No interference from Customs. 14 Cds for £19.

Mike

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on March 23, 2011, 12:29:25 PM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on March 23, 2011, 09:11:51 AM
A lot.  Just put it in your shopping cart and pretend to order and it will tell you.  If you have an amazon.com account you automatically have an amazon.de account.  Amazon.co.uk ships to the US very reasonably, though.

Thanks - it came out to just over $49 USD shipped.

But I have to say it's dangerous now knowing I can get deals from the international amazon sites too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 23, 2011, 12:32:55 PM
Quote from: stingo on March 23, 2011, 12:29:25 PM
Thanks - it came out to just over $49 USD shipped.

But I have to say it's dangerous now knowing I can get deals from the international amazon sites too.

From any site in Germany shipping is at least 10 Euros, but amazon.co.uk ships to the US for three pounds.  It is worth the effort to check amazon.co.uk before ordering anything major from amazon.com.  I got complete Richter on EMI (one of those icon boxes) for something like 6 pound plus shipping. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on March 23, 2011, 12:39:32 PM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on March 23, 2011, 12:32:55 PM
From any site in Germany shipping is at least 10 Euros, but amazon.co.uk ships to the US for three pounds.  It is worth the effort to check amazon.co.uk before ordering anything major from amazon.com.  I got complete Richter on EMI (one of those icon boxes) for something like 6 pound plus shipping.

Good to know. I picked up the O'Dette and Manze Art sets for a grand total of $23.09 USD. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on March 23, 2011, 12:50:35 PM
Just noticed Amazon UK has Handley's RVW symphony set for £12.99.  That's about $17.50 US without VAT.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vaughan-Williams-London-Philharmonic-Orchestra/dp/B00006J3LP/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300913314&sr=1-3
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 23, 2011, 01:12:42 PM
It is perhaps worth a mention that the symphonies (but not some of the other works) are included in the 30 disc "collector's edition" box. But Handley is by a hair my favourite RVW conductor, and the incarnation you link comes with most of his (non duplicate) RVW recordings excluding a Lark Ascending and piano concerto (both available on other EMI budget discs coupled with Delius) and I will continue to gently harass people into hearing these recordings :)

It's genial interpretation, and I suppose this disappoints some, but it's vital, and the numer of "bonuses" included is exceptionally generous.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on March 23, 2011, 01:30:31 PM
Thankfully I already have the Handley RVW symphony set, which I got at a nice price from amazon.com a bit ago. Now to find time to listen to all these CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on March 24, 2011, 03:31:28 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on March 23, 2011, 01:12:42 PM
It is perhaps worth a mention that the symphonies (but not some of the other works) are included in the 30 disc "collector's edition" box. But Handley is by a hair my favourite RVW conductor, and the incarnation you link comes with most of his (non duplicate) RVW recordings excluding a Lark Ascending and piano concerto (both available on other EMI budget discs coupled with Delius) and I will continue to gently harass people into hearing these recordings :)

It's genial interpretation, and I suppose this disappoints some, but it's vital, and the numer of "bonuses" included is exceptionally generous.



thanks Lethe and David, just bought the RVW box.

Is this the piano concerto disk you were recommending?  If so, only £3.49 at Amazon

[asin]B000089HB6[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 24, 2011, 09:25:43 AM
Quote from: nigeld on March 24, 2011, 03:31:28 AM
Is this the piano concerto disk you were recommending?

Indeed, it's great stuff. The Naxos disc will be similarly priced, but I feel that its extras aren't as strong - the Delius is a very fine concerto.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on March 24, 2011, 10:47:37 AM
Just received the Andrew Manze and Paul O'Dette sets from Harmonia Mundi, great stuff.  I also got the Russian Legends and Hilary Hahn sets mentioned in this thread recently.  Will take a while to get thro' the Russians box.  Thanks to all for the tips, what an expensive thread to watch.

I've had this in my Amazon Wish List for a while since seing it reviewed in IRR early in 2010.  It appeared for £1-49  yesterday so is now on the way.
'Antico/Moderno - Instrumental Versions of Renaissance Madrigals (Skip Sempe/Capriccio Stravagante)'
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on March 24, 2011, 11:07:41 AM
A note from H&B re Naxos:
"We wanted to let you know that wholesale increases will soon bump the price of Naxos CDs higher. But if you order now, you can beat the increase. Order by Noon EST on Monday April 4th and you'll just pay $6.99 for single CDs. After the 4th, our regular price for a single Naxos CD will likely rise to $9.99."
...probably will apply to other merchants as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 24, 2011, 11:11:25 AM
Quote from: listener on March 24, 2011, 11:07:41 AM
A note from H&B re Naxos:
"We wanted to let you know that wholesale increases will soon bump the price of Naxos CDs higher. But if you order now, you can beat the increase. Order by Noon EST on Monday April 4th and you'll just pay $6.99 for single CDs. After the 4th, our regular price for a single Naxos CD will likely rise to $9.99."
...probably will apply to other merchants as well.
I saw that too, but Arkiv are 5 for $30, so that is a better deal for most I would think and it lasts longer too (says the 18th).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on March 24, 2011, 11:15:23 AM
Quote from: listener on March 24, 2011, 11:07:41 AM
A note from H&B re Naxos:
"We wanted to let you know that wholesale increases will soon bump the price of Naxos CDs higher. But if you order now, you can beat the increase. Order by Noon EST on Monday April 4th and you'll just pay $6.99 for single CDs. After the 4th, our regular price for a single Naxos CD will likely rise to $9.99."
...probably will apply to other merchants as well.

It will be interesting to see what the other classical labels will do ...   ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on March 24, 2011, 01:25:48 PM
Quote from: gilfachphil on March 24, 2011, 10:47:37 AM
I also got the Russian Legends ......recently.  Will take a while to get thro' the Russians box. 

How long did it take from ordering to delivery? I ordered mine on the 18th and being standard shipping there is no tracking information. It does have to come to Australia.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 24, 2011, 04:35:47 PM
Quote from: Brian on March 22, 2011, 01:51:32 PM
Ordered both of them. With shipping, it came to exactly £10!

Wow, I placed my order on March 22 and the CDs arrived on March 24. Amazing  (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Themes/default/images/post/exclamation.gif)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on March 26, 2011, 07:40:18 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 24, 2011, 04:35:47 PM
Wow, I placed my order on March 22 and the CDs arrived on March 24. Amazing  (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Themes/default/images/post/exclamation.gif)

Speaking of Express Royal Post ...   ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 28, 2011, 07:31:47 AM
The Vivarte Box set. 80 USD on cduniverse....:

Contents are:

1 Bach The Works For Lute In Original Keys And Tunings -Lutz Kirchhof
2 Bach The Works For Lute In Original Keys And Tunings -Lutz Kirchhof
3 Bach 3 Gambensonaten / Sonate A-Dur -Anner Bylsma / Bob Van Asperen
4 The Harpsichord In The Netherlands -Bob Van Asperen
5 Bach Secular Cantatas Bwv 206 & 207A -Frieder Bernius
6 Mozart Missa Longa -Philipp Cieslewicz / Carsten Muller / Tolzer Knabenchor
7 Mozart Divertimento K.334 & K.247 -L'Archibudelli
8 Mozart Divertimento K.563 -L'Archibudelli
9 Schubert Stteichquintett D.956 - Vera Beth / Lisa Rautenberg / Steven Dann / Judy Gatwood / Anner Bylsma
10 Schubert Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 -Bruno Weil
11 Schuts Psalmen Davis Swv 22-47 -Frieder Bernius
12 Schuts Psalmen Davis Swv 22-47 -Frieder Bernius
13 Bach 6 Suites For Cello, Bwv 1007-1012 -Anner Bylsma
14 Bach 6 Suites For Cello, Bwv 1007-1012 -Anner Bylsma
15 Italia Mia -Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
16 The Flute In Dance And Dream -Lutz Kirchhof
17 Beethoven Sextets, Quintet, Duet -L'Archibudelli
18 Schubert Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 -Bruno Weil
19 Beethoven String Trios Op.9 Nos.1-3 -L'Archibudelli
20 Febus Avant! -Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
21 Gombert Music From The Court Of Charles V -Paul Van Nevel
22 Airs De Cour French Court Music From The 17th Century -Lutz Kirchhof
23 Vivaldi The Four Seasons / Sinfonia "Al Santo Sepolcro" Concerto Op.3 - Charlotte Nediger / Tafelmusik
24 Haydn Symponies Nos. 41-43 -Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik
25 Haydn Symponies Nos. 44, 51 & 52 -Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik
26 Weiss Lute Works Vol. 1 & 2 -Lutz Kirchhof
27 Weiss Lute Works Vol. 1 & 2 -Lutz Kirchhof
28 Vivaldi Sonatsa For Violoncello & Basso Continuo -Anner Bylsma
29 Beethoven Archduke & Ghost Trios -Anner Bylsma / Vera Beth / Jos Van Immerseel
30 Handel Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
31 Motets Of The 17th Century -Niederaltaicher Scholaren
32 Haydn The Last 4 Piano Trios -Anner Bylsma / Vera Beth / Robert Levin
33 Boccherini Cellokonzerte C-Dur Und D-Dur -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
34 Boccherini Cello Sonatas -Anner Bylsma / Kenneth Slowik / Bob Van Asperen
35 Mozart Clarinet Quintet; Clarinet Quartet; Kegelstatt Trio -L'Archibudelli
36 Northen German Organ Music -Gustave Leonhardt
37 C.P.E Bach Complete Fluet Sonatas -Barthold Kuijken / Bob Van Asperen
38 C.P.E Bach Complete Fluet Sonatas -Barthold Kuijken / Bob Van Asperen
39 Franchomme Chopin Grand Duo Concertant -Anner Bylsma / Lambert Orkis / Kenneth Slowik
40 Schbert Maesse 5 / Deutsche Messe -Bruno Weil
41 Organ Music In France And Southern Nertherlands -Gustave Leonhardt
42 Haydn Die Schopfung (Oratorium) (Gesamtaufnahme) -Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik / Toelzer Knabenchor
43-44 Agricola Ein Geheimes Labyrinth -Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
45 Beethoven Sonaten Fur Violoncello Und Klavier -Anner Bylsma / Jos Van Immerseel
46 Beethoven Sonaten Fur Violoncello Und Klavier -Anner Bylsma / Jos Van Immerseel
47 Mozart Requiem -Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik
48 Schubert Piano Trios 1 & 2 -Anner Bylsma / Vera Beth / Jos Van Immerseel
49 Vivaldi Eleven Concertos -Anner Bylsma / Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
50 Haydn Die Letzten Drei Streichquartette -L'Archibudelli
51 Handel Feuermusik -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
52 Telemann Paris Quartets 1-12 -Gustave Leonhardt
53 Telemann Paris Quartets 1-12 -Gustave Leonhardt
54 Telemann Paris Quartets 1-12 -Gustave Leonhardt
55 Utopia Triumphans (Musik Der Renaissance) -Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
56 Bach Vioinkonzerte -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
57 Bach Brandenburg Concertos -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
58 Bach Brandenburg Concertos -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
59 Brahms / Schumann Cello Sonatas. Op. 38 / Op. 99 5 Stucke Im Volkston, Op. 102 -Anner Bylsma / Lambert Orkis
60 Handel Wassermusik -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on March 28, 2011, 09:11:33 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 28, 2011, 07:31:47 AM
The Vivarte Box set. 80 USD on cduniverse....:

Just come across these boards and this brilliant thread in particular.

This box (I think it is the same one) can be had from jpc for €35

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Meisterwerke-des-Barock-60CD-Sonderedition/hnum/9383995

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 28, 2011, 09:24:32 AM
Link please
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 28, 2011, 09:28:30 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 28, 2011, 09:11:33 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 28, 2011, 07:31:47 AM
The Vivarte Box set. 80 USD on cduniverse....:

Just come across these boards and this brilliant thread in particular.

This box (I think it is the same one) can be had from jpc for €35

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Meisterwerke-des-Barock-60CD-Sonderedition/hnum/9383995

Can't be that one, it would be too much of a stretch even for Sony to call Beethoven a Baroque Master... :D

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on March 28, 2011, 09:39:35 AM
I don't see any mention of Beethoven in the list of contents.

Or is this what passes for humour on these boards?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on March 28, 2011, 09:49:50 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 28, 2011, 09:39:35 AM
I don't see any mention of Beethoven in the list of contents.

Or is this what passes for humour on these boards?
#s 17, 19, 29, 45, 46

Welcome to GMG, hafod!  Hope you'll take the time to introduce yourself on the Introductions board http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/board,2.0.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 10:07:44 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 28, 2011, 09:39:35 AM
I don't see any mention of Beethoven in the list of contents.

Or is this what passes for humour on these boards?

One picture speaks a thousand words:

(http://i.importcds.com/500/1/8/1/1810344.jpg)

You're talking about a different box set.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 10:14:54 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 28, 2011, 07:31:47 AM
The Vivarte Box set. 80 USD on cduniverse....:

It will be slightly cheaper on Amazon which is appealing because CD Universe charges for shipping and handling are extremely high these days (when you order from abroad):

http://www.amazon.com/Vivarte-Box-Set/dp/B004N6W1EK
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 28, 2011, 10:21:56 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 28, 2011, 09:39:35 AM
I don't see any mention of Beethoven in the list of contents.

Or is this what passes for humour on these boards?

No, all of my humor is genuine humor. :)

The list of disks posted by Erato contains a few disks by Beethoven, as well as Haydn, Mozart, Schubert etc.. Thus my seizure of the likelihood of his set and your set not being one. ;)

Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 10:07:44 AM
One picture speaks a thousand words:

(http://i.importcds.com/500/1/8/1/1810344.jpg)

You're talking about a different box set.  :)

Yeah, that's a beauty there. I have a bunch of those already, but the temptation to duplicate my holdings might just overcome... :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on March 28, 2011, 10:53:16 AM
Only for Bach addicted (like me!)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vLAJPH0JL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1301338324&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1301338324&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 10:58:24 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on March 28, 2011, 10:53:16 AM
Only for Bach addicted (like me!)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vLAJPH0JL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1301338324&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1301338324&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)

I would bet, it's an error. If not, it would be a historical bargain.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 10:59:56 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 10:58:24 AM
I would bet, it's an error. If not, it would be a historical bargain.  :)

I vote Scarpia.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 11:09:37 AM
It's available again for EUR 32. It's very weird.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: canninator on March 28, 2011, 11:36:48 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on March 19, 2011, 09:12:33 AM
Good news about this two boxes... :P

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fq108KZhL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002HNA94K/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1300553031&sr=1-2&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002HNA94K/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1300553031&sr=1-2&condition=new)



Orpheus  ;)

Thanks for the heads up on this box. I already had the Dowland and Bach but for that price it was worth duplicating for the other three CDs. I've listened to the Kapsberger so far. He can get a bad rap these days but it is sensitively played, a real treat.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on March 28, 2011, 12:36:40 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 11:09:37 AM
It's available again for EUR 32. It's very weird.

It is also available through UK Amazon from the same marketseller at a £ equivalent and almost free postage. I was tempted, but all those acidic altos and breathy boy sopranos....no.

Mike
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 28, 2011, 12:48:39 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 10:14:54 AM
It will be slightly cheaper on Amazon which is appealing because CD Universe charges for shipping and handling are extremely high these days (when you order from abroad):

http://www.amazon.com/Vivarte-Box-Set/dp/B004N6W1EK
7 USD for shipping to Norway (from cduniverse) for this box is not what I call excessive, and I think the box is listed at USD 105 at amazon.com. You work out what is the better deal.

Edit: I see amazon listing it at USD 76 - they obviously have had a change of heart. And no - it's not he same box as before, though a handful of discs are available in the Secret Labyrinth as well as the DHM 50 anniversary box.

Edit2: What is really weird is that amazon.com lists it as an import (påredumably from eurpe); yet amazon.de charges 120 Euro for it - around double the price at amazon.com.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 28, 2011, 01:18:58 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 11:09:37 AM
It's available again for EUR 32. It's very weird.

I looked, saw it listed as "new" and put it in my cart.  Then it disappeared from my cart.  I went back and saw it listed as "used" and put it in my cart again.  Then I figured it was too good to resist and ordered it.  By then, it had appeared again in new, even though my order had gone through.  At that point I had no faith that the seller had any idea what he or she was doing and canceled the order.  It seems to be gone now, so I guess someone else grabbed it up or was withdrawn again.  I have no regrets, I have no desire to deal with a questionable vendor from across an ocean.

In any case, even at 30 Euro, it was questionable for me, the though of those arias with juvenile sopranos makes me cringe.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 28, 2011, 01:23:23 PM
Yes, we across-the-ocean guys are very unreliable!

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 28, 2011, 01:34:01 PM
Quote from: The new erato on March 28, 2011, 01:23:23 PM
Yes, we across-the-ocean guys are very unreliable!

I have ordered from many overseas sites, but the antics of that particular seller did not inspire confidence.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 28, 2011, 01:37:31 PM
Couldn't resist pulling one on you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 02:01:23 PM
Quote from: The new erato on March 28, 2011, 12:48:39 PM
7 USD for shipping to Norway (from cduniverse) for this box is not what I call excessive, and I think the box is listed at USD 105 at amazon.com. You work out what is the better deal.

You're right about CD Universe. During a long time CD Universe was my favorite store in the USA, but then they began to charge some crazy sh. & h. costs and I opted for other stores. But now the airmail shipping to Chile is marked at $10.99 which is very good. I think I will order that set there. Thanks!   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 28, 2011, 03:43:17 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 11:09:37 AM
It's available again for EUR 32. It's very weird.

Now it's on Amazon.co.uk by the same vendor for 28 pounds.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sacred-Cantatas-Harnoncourt-Leonhardt-Set/dp/B000RZOR2U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1301355657&sr=8-2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sacred-Cantatas-Harnoncourt-Leonhardt-Set/dp/B000RZOR2U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1301355657&sr=8-2)

Something odd is going on.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 28, 2011, 03:58:13 PM
I believe that was because the big sellers use bots to match or undercut the prices of other retailers, so when one screws up it creates a domino effect.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 28, 2011, 03:59:57 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on March 28, 2011, 03:58:13 PM
I believe that was because the big sellers use bots to match or undercut the prices of other retailers, so when one screws up it creates a domino effect.

Seller name is the same on amazon.co.uk as it was on amazon.de.  A person or a bot is listing the item after it has already been sold, I presume.

...and now it has vanished from Amazon.co.uk as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: canninator on March 29, 2011, 04:11:56 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on March 28, 2011, 03:58:13 PM
I believe that was because the big sellers use bots to match or undercut the prices of other retailers, so when one screws up it creates a domino effect.

Really? What would stop me someone unscrupulous from

1. Register as a ghost vendor
2. Identify the item you want cheap
3. Advertise it under your ghost company at bargain price
4. Wait for a bot from a big company to lower the price
5. ? ? ?
6. Profit
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 29, 2011, 04:21:41 AM
Quote from: Il Furioso on March 29, 2011, 04:11:56 AM
Really? What would stop me someone unscrupulous from

1. Register as a ghost vendor
2. Identify the item you want cheap
3. Advertise it under your ghost company at bargain price
4. Wait for a bot from a big company to lower the price
5. ? ? ?
6. Profit
Seems like we have established a business model for cheap CD aquisitions!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 29, 2011, 08:50:10 AM
Great Super-Duper Bargain : £19 delivered. 

Great Heads up!!

[asin]B000GYI2U0[/asin]

The Canadian Amazon Ring Cyle  ;D

Ordered 23rd March, received yesterday 28th March.

And no whiff of Customs!!!!!

Cheers
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on March 29, 2011, 08:57:35 AM
Quote from: Il Furioso on March 29, 2011, 04:11:56 AM
Really? What would stop me someone unscrupulous from

1. Register as a ghost vendor
2. Identify the item you want cheap
3. Advertise it under your ghost company at bargain price
4. Wait for a bot from a big company to lower the price
5. ? ? ?
6. Profit

That works, except someone may order your non-existent copy and you will have to cancel and refund the order.  I suspect Amazon has surveillance systems in place that will detect this sort of scam and cancel your marketplace account before you get too far with it.   

In any case, I sell on marketplace and employ various strategies.  Sometimes someone keeps undercutting me by a penny.  So I lower the price dramatically and hope the other seller's copy sells for the absurdly low price, then raise mine back up.  Sometimes it backfires and my copy sells for an absurdly low price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on March 29, 2011, 12:08:07 PM
I notice the Beethoven 87-disc box, from Cascade,not from Brilliant, at $Cdn.26.99 which is about €18, roughly.  No annotations, etc. might be useful for filling gaps for the sake of completion rather than repeated listening...  at amazon.ca   
[asin]B000PC6GR4[/asin]
use the Canada link at the bottom of the page, the US price is a hefty $200 more!
Shipping cost is included to addresses in Canada too!
comparison of contents Cascade/Brilliant collections at http://www.mozartforum.com/VB_forum/archive/index.php?t-3450.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 29, 2011, 12:40:16 PM
Quote from: listener on March 29, 2011, 12:08:07 PM
I notice the Beethoven 87-disc box, from Cascade,not from Brilliant, at $Cdn.26.99 which is about €18, roughly.  No annotations, etc. might be useful for filling gaps for the sake of completion rather than repeated listening...  at amazon.ca   
[asin]B000PC6GR4[/asin]
use the Canada link at the bottom of the page, the US price is a hefty $200 more!
Shipping cost is included to addresses in Canada too!
comparison of contents Cascade/Brilliant collections at http://www.mozartforum.com/VB_forum/archive/index.php?t-3450.html

Interesting for those gap fillers.  I have the 60cd set of Masterworks BMG/Sony which is a good one to have.  That was a super duper bargain a few years ago at £14 delivered, sadly gone up manyfold in price since.

I notice the Canada Amazon site has the Lindsays 8cd Beethoven Quartets for cad $8.99.  Picture says 8cd set but info says 1cd.....hmmm ?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on March 29, 2011, 12:59:26 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 29, 2011, 12:40:16 PM

I notice the Canada Amazon site has the Lindsays 8cd Beethoven Quartets for cad $8.99.  Picture says 8cd set but info says 1cd.....hmmm ?
Reading the fine print.... Beethoven Quartets by Dvorak!   8 tracks listed, maybe some confusion in the mind of the data entry clerk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on March 29, 2011, 01:55:39 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 29, 2011, 08:50:10 AM
Great Super-Duper Bargain : £19 delivered. 

Great Heads up!!

[asin]B000GYI2U0[/asin]

The Canadian Amazon Ring Cyle  ;D

Ordered 23rd March, received yesterday 28th March.

And no whiff of Customs!!!!!

Cheers

Excellent set Antoine, I really love it.  Just keep in mind it doesn't come with a libretto, but there are several librettos viewable on-line for free.  Hope you enjoy it, the Prelude to Act I Die Walkure is so fist-pumpingly powerful. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 29, 2011, 02:45:52 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 29, 2011, 01:55:39 PM
Excellent set Antoine, I really love it.  Just keep in mind it doesn't come with a libretto, but there are several librettos viewable on-line for free.  Hope you enjoy it, the Prelude to Act I Die Walkure is so fist-pumpingly powerful.

Hope its worth every penny  ;D  This is my first Cycle on CD.  I do have all 4 libretti, printed them off a few years ago.  I've never heard the ring on cd, but have seen the Boulez and Barenboim DVD's.  Siegfried had me a little stretched at times, when I was first experiencing it, now after seeing it a couple of times you appreciate how beautiful the work is.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 29, 2011, 02:50:14 PM
Choral (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00014EIOE/ref=sr_1_152_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301437653&sr=1-152&condition=new)

[asin]B00014EIOE[/asin]

£1.82p

7cd box set, this old chestnut is still doing the rounds at under £2.  I notice that its $50 at some places in the USA  :o

Obviously not up there with the greats, but a worthy listen.  Beneficial to any newbie, perhaps.  I bought this for the Stainer Crucifixion (a work I had previously not heard).

Disc 1 St Matthew Passion BWV244 (1727) Part 1 (Jean-Sebastian Bach)
Disc 2 St Matthew Passion (Part I Cont. / Part II) (Jean-Sebastian Bach)
Disc 3 St Matthew Passion (Part II Cont.) (Jean-Sebastian Bach)

Disc 4 Messiah, HW56 (Part I) (Frederic George Handel) (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Disc 5 Messiah (Part II) (Frederic George Handel) (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

Disc 6 The Crucifixion (Sir John Stainer)

Disc 7 Requiem in D minor, K626 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir David Willcocks, Jane Glover, Stanley Vann
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on March 29, 2011, 05:15:21 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 29, 2011, 02:45:52 PM
Hope its worth every penny  ;D  This is my first Cycle on CD.  I do have all 4 libretti, printed them off a few years ago.  I've never heard the ring on cd, but have seen the Boulez and Barenboim DVD's.  Siegfried had me a little stretched at times, when I was first experiencing it, now after seeing it a couple of times you appreciate how beautiful the work is.

Siegfried had me enthralled when I first heard it.  So much so I listened to it twice the same day (Solti/WP).  The ominous Prelude to Act II frightened the beejesus out of me the first time I heard it, along with the battle between Siegfried and Fafner.  Tremendous stuff!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on March 30, 2011, 10:29:08 AM
For beethovenians addicted only...

(http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/414oJ9nvkML._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.ca/Complete-String-Quartets-Antonin-Dvorak/dp/B00013YN5O/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_1 (http://www.amazon.ca/Complete-String-Quartets-Antonin-Dvorak/dp/B00013YN5O/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_1)

Orpheus  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 30, 2011, 11:40:46 PM
For just 3 euro's this could be yours, at JPC de
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 31, 2011, 04:31:11 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 02:01:23 PM
You're right about CD Universe. During a long time CD Universe was my favorite store in the USA, but then they began to charge some crazy sh. & h. costs and I opted for other stores.

I stopped using CD Universe after I realised they were charging shipping on the individual CDs, rather than by package size or weight. So if you ordered a 30-CD box, you would be paying an individual charge on each disc, however compact the set.

Then they changed their search mechanism, so it's not even worth browsing now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on April 01, 2011, 04:27:20 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on March 28, 2011, 10:53:16 AM
Only for Bach addicted (like me!)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vLAJPH0JL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1301338324&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1301338324&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)


Ah, Orpheus  :-*

The above set arrived in the post earlier today - £34 including shipping (I pulled the trigger on the Amazon.de listing without even checking to see if there was an Amazon.co.uk equivalent).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 06:50:25 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 28, 2011, 10:07:44 AM
One picture speaks a thousand words:

(http://i.importcds.com/500/1/8/1/1810344.jpg)

You're talking about a different box set.  :)

Is there a contents listing anywhere to be found?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 07:01:48 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 06:50:25 AM
Is there a contents listing anywhere to be found?

Reply #1082 of this thread:

Quote from: The new erato on March 28, 2011, 07:31:47 AM
The Vivarte Box set...:

Contents are:

1 Bach The Works For Lute In Original Keys And Tunings -Lutz Kirchhof
2 Bach The Works For Lute In Original Keys And Tunings -Lutz Kirchhof
3 Bach 3 Gambensonaten / Sonate A-Dur -Anner Bylsma / Bob Van Asperen
4 The Harpsichord In The Netherlands -Bob Van Asperen
5 Bach Secular Cantatas Bwv 206 & 207A -Frieder Bernius
6 Mozart Missa Longa -Philipp Cieslewicz / Carsten Muller / Tolzer Knabenchor
7 Mozart Divertimento K.334 & K.247 -L'Archibudelli
8 Mozart Divertimento K.563 -L'Archibudelli
9 Schubert Stteichquintett D.956 - Vera Beth / Lisa Rautenberg / Steven Dann / Judy Gatwood / Anner Bylsma
10 Schubert Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 -Bruno Weil
11 Schuts Psalmen Davis Swv 22-47 -Frieder Bernius
12 Schuts Psalmen Davis Swv 22-47 -Frieder Bernius
13 Bach 6 Suites For Cello, Bwv 1007-1012 -Anner Bylsma
14 Bach 6 Suites For Cello, Bwv 1007-1012 -Anner Bylsma
15 Italia Mia -Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
16 The Flute In Dance And Dream -Lutz Kirchhof
17 Beethoven Sextets, Quintet, Duet -L'Archibudelli
18 Schubert Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 -Bruno Weil
19 Beethoven String Trios Op.9 Nos.1-3 -L'Archibudelli
20 Febus Avant! -Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
21 Gombert Music From The Court Of Charles V -Paul Van Nevel
22 Airs De Cour French Court Music From The 17th Century -Lutz Kirchhof
23 Vivaldi The Four Seasons / Sinfonia "Al Santo Sepolcro" Concerto Op.3 - Charlotte Nediger / Tafelmusik
24 Haydn Symponies Nos. 41-43 -Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik
25 Haydn Symponies Nos. 44, 51 & 52 -Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik
26 Weiss Lute Works Vol. 1 & 2 -Lutz Kirchhof
27 Weiss Lute Works Vol. 1 & 2 -Lutz Kirchhof
28 Vivaldi Sonatsa For Violoncello & Basso Continuo -Anner Bylsma
29 Beethoven Archduke & Ghost Trios -Anner Bylsma / Vera Beth / Jos Van Immerseel
30 Handel Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
31 Motets Of The 17th Century -Niederaltaicher Scholaren
32 Haydn The Last 4 Piano Trios -Anner Bylsma / Vera Beth / Robert Levin
33 Boccherini Cellokonzerte C-Dur Und D-Dur -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
34 Boccherini Cello Sonatas -Anner Bylsma / Kenneth Slowik / Bob Van Asperen
35 Mozart Clarinet Quintet; Clarinet Quartet; Kegelstatt Trio -L'Archibudelli
36 Northen German Organ Music -Gustave Leonhardt
37 C.P.E Bach Complete Fluet Sonatas -Barthold Kuijken / Bob Van Asperen
38 C.P.E Bach Complete Fluet Sonatas -Barthold Kuijken / Bob Van Asperen
39 Franchomme Chopin Grand Duo Concertant -Anner Bylsma / Lambert Orkis / Kenneth Slowik
40 Schbert Maesse 5 / Deutsche Messe -Bruno Weil
41 Organ Music In France And Southern Nertherlands -Gustave Leonhardt
42 Haydn Die Schopfung (Oratorium) (Gesamtaufnahme) -Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik / Toelzer Knabenchor
43-44 Agricola Ein Geheimes Labyrinth -Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
45 Beethoven Sonaten Fur Violoncello Und Klavier -Anner Bylsma / Jos Van Immerseel
46 Beethoven Sonaten Fur Violoncello Und Klavier -Anner Bylsma / Jos Van Immerseel
47 Mozart Requiem -Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik
48 Schubert Piano Trios 1 & 2 -Anner Bylsma / Vera Beth / Jos Van Immerseel
49 Vivaldi Eleven Concertos -Anner Bylsma / Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
50 Haydn Die Letzten Drei Streichquartette -L'Archibudelli
51 Handel Feuermusik -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
52 Telemann Paris Quartets 1-12 -Gustave Leonhardt
53 Telemann Paris Quartets 1-12 -Gustave Leonhardt
54 Telemann Paris Quartets 1-12 -Gustave Leonhardt
55 Utopia Triumphans (Musik Der Renaissance) -Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
56 Bach Vioinkonzerte -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
57 Bach Brandenburg Concertos -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
58 Bach Brandenburg Concertos -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
59 Brahms / Schumann Cello Sonatas. Op. 38 / Op. 99 5 Stucke Im Volkston, Op. 102 -Anner Bylsma / Lambert Orkis
60 Handel Wassermusik -Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on April 04, 2011, 07:50:39 AM
Thanks, Antoine, I see, that I already own almost all the items, which might have caught my interest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 08:43:03 AM
Quote from: premont on April 04, 2011, 07:50:39 AM
Thanks, Antoine, I see, that I already own almost all the items, which might have caught my interest.

I have thought to cancel my pre-order on Amazon. I just have about the 40% of those discs, but if I am totally honest, probably those Gamba Sonatas by Bylsma/Asperen would be the only item that I would order separately. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 08:45:30 AM
Quote from: premont on April 04, 2011, 07:50:39 AM
Thanks, Antoine, I see, that I already own almost all the items, which might have caught my interest.

Same here.  I already have what I would consider the gems of the collection.  I wonder who buys these scattershot collections (like this, or the DG 111, or the RCA Living Stereo sets).  Anyone who likes the stuff already has it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 08:49:07 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 08:45:30 AM
Same here.  I already have what I would consider the gems of the collection.  I wonder who buys these scattershot collections (like this, or the DG 111, or the RCA Living Stereo sets).  Anyone who likes the stuff already has it.

That's not impossible. For instance, I bought the Haydn big box on Brilliant when I already had 30 or so discs included there (the complete piano sonatas, the complete piano trios, several string quartets and so). 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 08:57:21 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 08:49:07 AM
That's not impossible. For instance, I bought the Haydn big box on Brilliant when I already had 30 or so discs included there (the complete piano sonatas, the complete piano trios, several string quartets and so).

The only big boxes I go for are "complete 'X' of composer 'Y'".  Maybe a collection of recordings from an artist (for instance, the Ansermet Stravinsky Edition, the Samson Francois edition, etc, some of those DG Original Masters editions).  I don't have the loyalty to a record label to want an anthology of their recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 09:07:45 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 08:57:21 AM
The only big boxes I go for are "complete 'X' of composer 'Y'".  Maybe a collection of recordings from an artist (for instance, the Ansermet Stravinsky Edition, the Samson Francois edition, etc, some of those DG Original Masters editions).  I don't have the loyalty to a record label to want an anthology of their recordings.

Now I understand better your point... I bought the anniversary boxes of DHM, HM & Chandos; I owned a fair amount of the recordings included in every of those boxes, but their attractive was stronger than me... CDCDCD...  ;D 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on April 04, 2011, 09:10:27 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 08:43:03 AM
I have thought to cancel my pre-order on Amazon. I just have about the 40% of those discs, but if I am totally honest, probably those Gamba Sonatas by Bylsma/Asperen would be the only item that I would order separately.

As to me it is 27%. There are no others I would order separately.

BTW that Bijlsma / van Asperen CD is special (with organ), even if Bijlsma plays a violoncello piccolo and not a gambe.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 04, 2011, 09:19:51 AM
Quote from: premont on April 04, 2011, 09:10:27 AM
As to me it is 27%. There are no others I would order separately.

BTW that Bijlsma / van Asperen CD is special (with organ), even if Bijlsma plays a violoncello piccolo and not a gambe.

A measly but happy 10% for me! :D Quite a few of those discs have been on my wish list for many months.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on April 04, 2011, 09:40:39 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 08:43:03 AM
I have thought to cancel my pre-order on Amazon. I just have about the 40% of those discs, but if I am totally honest, probably those Gamba Sonatas by Bylsma/Asperen would be the only item that I would order separately.

I have 28 out of 60. :-\

Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 08:45:30 AM
Same here.  I already have what I would consider the gems of the collection.  I wonder who buys these scattershot collections (like this, or the DG 111, or the RCA Living Stereo sets).  Anyone who likes the stuff already has it.


I have actually bought a couple of big boxes at a great price in order to get 2 or 3 disks that actually cost more than the big box if bought separately. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 09:42:22 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 04, 2011, 09:19:51 AM
A measly but happy 10% for me! :D Quite a few of those discs have been on my wish list for many months.

It's great box set, indeed. Just the discs with Bylsma among the personnel would pay the entire set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 09:44:16 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on April 04, 2011, 09:40:39 AMI have actually bought a couple of big boxes at a great price in order to get 2 or 3 disks that actually cost more than the big box if bought separately. :)

For the DG111 box I considered the idea of getting it, then selling off all of the individual discs, which probably would have more than covered the cost.  But do I have that much time on my hands?   I did get the Karajan Symphony Edition from DG and made back twice the cost by selling my rare single-disc editions of Karajan/Bruckner (available back in the 1980's).

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on April 04, 2011, 09:48:15 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 04, 2011, 09:19:51 AM
A measly but happy 10% for me! :D Quite a few of those discs have been on my wish list for many months.

Amazon.fr lists the box for 72 Euro´s. One individual Vivarte CD ordered separately costs from 10 -  12 Euro´s.  So you must be interested in at least 8 of the items in the box, if the aquisition of the box shall pay. Another reason to get the box may be, that some of the items you want from the box are difficult to get hold of at all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 04, 2011, 09:56:47 AM
Quote from: premont on April 04, 2011, 09:48:15 AM
Amazon.fr lists the box for 72 Euro´s. One individual Vivarte CD ordered separately costs from 10 -  12 Euro´s.

I don't plan on ordering anything from mainland Europe for the time being. I'll probably wait for Amazon US to "accidentally" drop its price to truly SDCB status. ;D

QuoteSo you must be interested in at least 8 of the items in the box, if the aquisition of the box shall pay. Another reason to get the box may be, that some of the items you want from the box are difficult to get hold of at all.

Eight sounds about right. Even if doesn't, I wouldn't mind getting the rest as the first (of possibly many) versions of many of the pieces listed there. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 10:04:56 AM
I still regret not buying the Horowitz box set (Jacket Collection), when JPC offered it for EUR 99.  :'( (I just have 20 of those discs)

To be clear, this baby:

(http://10pix.ru/img1/2787/3666725.jpg)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 04, 2011, 10:15:05 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 08:45:30 AM
Same here.  I already have what I would consider the gems of the collection.  I wonder who buys these scattershot collections (like this, or the DG 111, or the RCA Living Stereo sets).  Anyone who likes the stuff already has it.

As a mere 21-year-old whose "catalog" comprises tons of newish CDs and scattershot older recordings recommended by GMG, or owned by my parents, I would gladly purchase the Vivarte set (likely own 0%), the RCA Living Stereo set (about 10%), the Bernstein Symphony Edition (about 15%), or a purely hypothetical future RCA Ormandy Original Jacket Collection - if they were ever in my price range or if they were still commercially available when I landed a salaried job. Given that I won't be on salary 'til September, and that the Bernstein Symphony Edition released only 3 months ago is already Deep OOP, the odds aren't looking good. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on April 04, 2011, 10:16:26 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 10:04:56 AM
I still regret not buying the Horowitz box set (Jacket Collection), when JPC offered it for EUR 99.  :'( (I just have 20 of those discs)

Are you completely sure, that you would not have regretted it even more, if you actually had purchased that box? I on my part would neither have the space for storing it nor the time to listen to it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 10:23:37 AM
Quote from: premont on April 04, 2011, 10:16:26 AM
Are you completely sure, that you would not have regretted it even more, if you actually had purchased that box? I on my part would neither have the space for storing it nor the time to listen to it.

I have never regretted to own a disc. I am an optimist by nature, I hope a long old age to listen to music endlessly and to re-read some loved books.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 10:29:28 AM
BTW, to re-watch some stupid movies from the eighties is into the plan, too; exempli gratia: Can't Buy my Love, Back to the Future, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and so.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on April 04, 2011, 10:33:09 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 10:23:37 AM
I have never regretted to own a disc. I am an optimist by nature, I hope a long old age to listen to music endlessly and to re-read some loved books.

Also I am optimist by nature - and completist, but I have realised that even a completist can not own everything.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 04, 2011, 10:36:06 AM
Quote from: premont on April 04, 2011, 10:33:09 AM
Also I am optimist by nature - and completist, but I have realised that even a completist can not own everything.

So you are saying that your glass is almost full but that it will never be full? :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 10:37:17 AM
Quote from: premont on April 04, 2011, 10:33:09 AM
Also I am optimist by nature - and completist, but I have realised that even a completist can not own everything.

Or maybe you simply don't like Horowitz.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on April 04, 2011, 10:50:00 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 04, 2011, 10:36:06 AM
So you are saying that your glass is almost full but that it will never be full? :D

Yes, to fill my glass is an impossible task, in my country we use the allegory Danaidernes kar (kar means vessel).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on April 04, 2011, 10:54:39 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 10:37:17 AM
Or maybe you simply don't like Horowitz.  ;)

Yes I do like him, but one has got to set a limit somewhere.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 11:00:29 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 10:37:17 AM
Or maybe you simply don't like Horowitz.  ;)

I don't like him, I prefer the anti-Horowitz, Rubenstein.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Daverz on April 04, 2011, 11:23:18 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 11:00:29 AM
I don't like him, I prefer the anti-Horowitz, Rubenstein.

I love a good Rubenstein sandwich.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 04, 2011, 11:55:28 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 10:04:56 AM
I still regret not buying the Horowitz box set (Jacket Collection), when JPC offered it for EUR 99.  :'( (I just have 20 of those discs)

To be clear, this baby:

(http://10pix.ru/img1/2787/3666725.jpg)

Amazon Germany has this for €99

http://www.amazon.de/Vladimir-Horowitz-Complete-Original-Jacket-Collection/dp/B002P3J3BW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301946672&sr=1-1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 04, 2011, 02:24:49 PM
Not super-cheap, but the complete symphonies of Ives are available again on Hyperion "please buy me."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 04:02:20 PM
Quote from: hafod on April 04, 2011, 11:55:28 AM
Amazon Germany has this for €99

http://www.amazon.de/Vladimir-Horowitz-Complete-Original-Jacket-Collection/dp/B002P3J3BW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301946672&sr=1-1

Thanks, hafod; the same box costs $242 on Amazon USA.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 04:22:59 PM
Quote from: premont on April 04, 2011, 10:54:39 AM
Yes I do like him, but one has got to set a limit somewhere.

I agree, limits are personal, almost biographical. For instance, Horowitz is one of my favorite pianists since when I was 17 years old and I listened to "Horowitz in Moscow". It was an overwhelming experience and in the meantime I have purchased dozens of his discs (including 20 from the Original Jacket Collection) and probably for that reason I don't see anything particularly excessive in the idea of purchasing that 70-CD set.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on April 05, 2011, 03:16:49 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 04, 2011, 04:22:59 PM
I agree, limits are personal, almost biographical. For instance, Horowitz is one of my favorite pianists since when I was 17 years old and I listened to "Horowitz in Moscow". It was an overwhelming experience and in the meantime I have purchased dozens of his discs (including 20 from the Original Jacket Collection) and probably for that reason I don't see anything particularly excessive in the idea of purchasing that 70-CD set.

Yes you are right, limits are personal. If say a complete Leonhardt set suddenly appeared (containing all his recordings for Vanguard, Telefunken, DHM, Seon/Sony et.c.) I would probably get it even if I own >95 % of the recordings already.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 05, 2011, 11:52:20 AM
Quote from: premont on April 05, 2011, 03:16:49 AM
Yes you are right, limits are personal. If say a complete Leonhardt set suddenly appeared (containing all his recordings for Vanguard, Telefunken, DHM, Seon/Sony et.c.) I would probably get it even if I own >95 % of the recordings already.

Well, I suppose it will be not a surprise if I say: me, too. Regarding DHM this 20-CD set (released in Japan) was a nice illusion, but unfortunately it was OOP when I knew about it:

(http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/pictures/l/15/10/BVCD-38239.jpg)

(I know that you know all of this; but I still hope that, for instance, Q or another GMGer will appear and will say: Oh, that set! It is available on this small website and it just costs $50)  :P ;D 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 06, 2011, 03:12:44 AM
Super Bargain of the Week

UK £12.99 for 10 cds (Delivered)

[asin]B0041LXX2G[/asin]

Levine's Mahler
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mahler-Symphonies-10-James-Levine/dp/B0041LXX2G/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1302088094&sr=1-1)
No Brainer & UK Bargain of the Week  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 06, 2011, 01:18:04 PM

Bach: Great Sacred Works - Berlin Classics (10cd) - £6.67 from amazon UK.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Great-Sacred-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B0012DDD9Y/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_37
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on April 07, 2011, 05:03:23 AM

How about this?

Mozart Complete Forte Piano Concertos [CD, Box set]   Viviana Sofronitsky

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004M5BZR6/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&coliid=I25WYZ5BAQY2FL&me=&seller=&colid=1UWUZQBPI75AN

Bargain price from La Chaumiere, used like new, but the last item I had from them using this description was brand new, just over £18 delivered
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 07, 2011, 05:09:10 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on April 07, 2011, 05:03:23 AM
How about this?

Mozart Complete Forte Piano Concertos [CD, Box set]   Viviana Sofronitsky

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004M5BZR6/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&coliid=I25WYZ5BAQY2FL&me=&seller=&colid=1UWUZQBPI75AN

Bargain price from La Chaumiere, used like new, but the last item I had from them using this description was brand new, just over £18 delivered

These days JPC and Amazon.de offer this set for EUR 28.

http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-Konzerte-f%C3%BCr-Hammerklavier-Sofronitsky/dp/B004M5BZR6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1302181551&sr=8-1

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-S%E4mtliche-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/4966121
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on April 07, 2011, 08:15:29 AM
Mozart Complete Forte Piano Concertos [CD, Box set]   Viviana Sofronitsky


Just had email from Amazon that it is out of stock.  Ah well.  Not to be had quite that cheaply then.

Still at least the Levine Mahler should be on the way.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on April 14, 2011, 11:57:22 AM
Just ordered...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41-MiM6nuzL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B004MGMIA8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1302810994&sr=1-5&condition=new (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B004MGMIA8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1302810994&sr=1-5&condition=new)

Orpheus ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 14, 2011, 12:03:18 PM
That's a big box.  The sort of thing you order, then discover that "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" is included in its authentic, original version...for flute unaccompanied.   ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 14, 2011, 01:41:10 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on April 14, 2011, 11:57:22 AM
Just ordered...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41-MiM6nuzL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B004MGMIA8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1302810994&sr=1-5&condition=new (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B004MGMIA8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1302810994&sr=1-5&condition=new)

Orpheus ;)


Hah, another fellow that likes the Strauss family. I am not alone anymore. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 14, 2011, 03:15:11 PM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on April 14, 2011, 01:41:10 PM

Hah, another fellow that likes the Strauss family. I am not alone anymore. ;D

You're being unfair, Harry; you're forgetting Andre Rieu.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 14, 2011, 10:18:32 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 14, 2011, 03:15:11 PM
You're being unfair, Harry; you're forgetting Andre Rieu.  ;D

Rieu is not a musician, and he modifies Strauss's music all the time, A musical barbarian.
He doesn't count. >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 14, 2011, 10:32:25 PM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on April 14, 2011, 10:18:32 PM
Rieu is not a musician, and he modifies Strauss's music all the time, A musical barbarian.
He doesn't count. >:(

He tinkers with Strauss Waltzes, so he is not a musician?   It's still music, even if it is not entirely faithful to Strauss' scores, no?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 14, 2011, 10:52:51 PM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 14, 2011, 10:32:25 PM
He tinkers with Strauss Waltzes, so he is not a musician?   It's still music, even if it is not entirely faithful to Strauss' scores, no?

Its not a question of tinkering, he sometimes re writes them, substitutes his own notes, leaves whole pieces out, thinks he is the best musician in the world.
Maybe a musician, but for me of a questionable reputation. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on April 15, 2011, 10:53:20 AM
Perhaps this is a bit off-topic, but bear with me. Remember in January, various Amazon sites were selling this box set at a knockdown price :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51b0I6xoMbL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-Various/dp/B004EQAUZQ/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Chopin-Various/dp/B004EQAUZQ/)

Well I, like many others (by the looks of the negative feedback that was posted under the Amazon.co.uk product review section), was mistakenly sent the single disc collection of piesni / songs from this box set. I immediately returned the offending item for a refund. Imagine my surprise when this appeared in my inbox earlier today :

QuoteHello,

We are writing to let you know that we have recently listed the product The Real Chopin as being a 21 disc set. Due to a stock issue, some stock was correct, however, some stock wasn't.

If you wish to receive the correct version, we would be happy to place the order for you, at the price you originally paid. This offer is limited to one copy only.

Please use the link below to let us know if you would like us to place the order for you:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/contact-us/general-questions.html     


We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We hope to see you again soon at Amazon.co.uk.

Warmest regards,

Customer Service
Amazon.co.uk

Considering the list price is now £96.99 (compared with the original £12.97), I think I might just take them up on their offer  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 15, 2011, 11:05:28 AM
Quote from: ammar on April 15, 2011, 10:53:20 AMConsidering the list price is now £96.99 (compared with the original £12.97), I think I might just take them up on their offer  :)

Well, buy it and then sell it as new stock on Amazon Marketplace.   ;D   (I'm evil.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jared on April 15, 2011, 11:53:40 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 15, 2011, 11:05:28 AM
Well, buy it and then sell it as new stock on Amazon Marketplace.   ;D   (I'm evil.)

Now, that's what I call Chopin' around for a bargain...

(I'll get me coat...  :-[)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Grazioso on April 16, 2011, 04:56:26 AM
Quote from: Jared on April 15, 2011, 11:53:40 AM
Now, that's what I call Chopin' around for a bargain...

(I'll get me coat...  :-[)

Don't forget your shopping Liszt.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on April 16, 2011, 09:56:56 AM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on April 14, 2011, 10:52:51 PM
Its not a question of tinkering, he sometimes re writes them, substitutes his own notes, leaves whole pieces out, thinks he is the best musician in the world.
Maybe a musician, but for me of a questionable reputation. :)

I somehow think there is no question of his reputation with you, Harry.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 16, 2011, 10:02:39 AM
Quote from: stingo on April 16, 2011, 09:56:56 AM
I somehow think there is no question of his reputation with you, Harry.

Would you care to elaborate on that my friend?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on April 16, 2011, 10:05:58 AM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on April 16, 2011, 10:02:39 AM
Would you care to elaborate on that my friend?

A joke - playing on the word questionable as your opinion seemed quite certain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on April 16, 2011, 04:08:06 PM
Quote from: Grazioso on April 16, 2011, 04:56:26 AM
Don't forget your shopping Liszt.
Liszt prices are usually not super-bargains.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jared on April 17, 2011, 12:57:07 AM
I don't think you are going to getr much better then this... a very respectable performance of the Schubert Octet by the Gaudier Ensemble (Penguin Guide 3 Stars) on ASV:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000025RVT/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1303030486&sr=8-1&condition=used

just LOOK at the price!  :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on April 17, 2011, 03:51:23 AM
Quote from: stingo on April 16, 2011, 10:05:58 AM
A joke - playing on the word questionable as your opinion seemed quite certain.
:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 17, 2011, 06:27:04 AM
Quote from: Jared on April 17, 2011, 12:57:07 AM
I don't think you are going to getr much better then this... a very respectable performance of the Schubert Octet by the Gaudier Ensemble (Penguin Guide 3 Stars) on ASV:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000025RVT/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1303030486&sr=8-1&condition=used

just LOOK at the price!  :o

That's odd, US Amazon doesn't seem to list it, but there is also a recording of the Octet by the same ensemble on the hyperion label.

[asin]B000088E0R[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on April 17, 2011, 11:48:27 AM
Amazon UK this morning was showing the Chandos 19 disc 'Grainger Edition' for £32-99.  The cheapest I had seen it before was about £45 from MDT.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 17, 2011, 11:57:32 AM
Quote from: Jared on April 17, 2011, 12:57:07 AM
I don't think you are going to getr much better then this... a very respectable performance of the Schubert Octet by the Gaudier Ensemble (Penguin Guide 3 Stars) on ASV:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000025RVT/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1303030486&sr=8-1&condition=used

just LOOK at the price!  :o

I bought it from Berkshire Record Outlet a few years ago, it's my least favorite Schubert chamber work, but the performance is excellent.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jared on April 17, 2011, 12:08:40 PM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 17, 2011, 06:27:04 AM
That's odd, US Amazon doesn't seem to list it, but there is also a recording of the Octet by the same ensemble on the hyperion label.

[asin]B000088E0R[/asin]

I believe this is the same recording my friend... which got issued on Hyperion at a later date...  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jared on April 17, 2011, 12:11:55 PM
Quote from: haydnfan on April 17, 2011, 11:57:32 AM
I bought it from Berkshire Record Outlet a few years ago, it's my least favorite Schubert chamber work, but the performance is excellent.

yes, I've come across quite a few people who struggle with this work, then others adore it.  It's certainly not as immediate as either Quintet, that's for sure. I just read good things about this recording, which was going for what would be about 40c !!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 17, 2011, 12:18:11 PM
Quote from: Jared on April 17, 2011, 12:08:40 PM
I believe this is the same recording my friend... which got issued on Hyperion at a later date...  :)

If that's true, then I have that recording, although I have not listened to it yet.  I have a few other recordings of the piece, including the famous Vienna Octet version.  A sprawling work, which I find I enjoy most when listening to one movement at a time as an interlude between other works.   The Schubert chamber work I find myself most resistant to is the famous Trout Quintet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jared on April 17, 2011, 12:23:38 PM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 17, 2011, 12:18:11 PM
The Schubert chamber work I find myself most resistant to is the famous Trout Quintet.

well, you always were... different...  ;D

Yes, the Vienna Octet version, coupled with the Spohr is a must have disk for anyone...  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Conor71 on April 17, 2011, 11:31:25 PM
There is currently one copy of the Complete Works of Chopin featuring Garrick Ohlson for $70 US on Amazon :):

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519WmEzv8JL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001F4YGUA/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1303111684&sr=1-7&condition=new (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001F4YGUA/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1303111684&sr=1-7&condition=new)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 17, 2011, 11:45:50 PM
That Gaudier Octet is a different recording:

This is hard. The Gaudier Ensemble's first recording of the Schubert Octet on ASV was much praised when it first appeared, and over a decade later it still sounds like a front-runner. The poetry, refinement and superb sense of the long singing line are as impressive as ever – the sixth variation of the Andante has an almost timeless loveliness, while the dark, minor-key introduction of the finale is unusually gripping. But this new Hyperion version has its special qualities, too. I suppose it depends what you want from the Octet: whether you value the work as an important stage on what Schubert himself called the 'way to a grand symphony' or it remains pre-eminently a piece of large chamber music: Romantic, expansive, but intimate in its pleasures. If the former, then stick with the old ASV version; if the latter, then the new Gaudier is more likely to be the one for you. Here the playing – helped by the less glamorously spacious recording – draws the attention in towards details. The sense of purpose is still strong, but the effect is more quick-witted, with a finer sense of inner tension – the players responding minutely to each other. It can't just be the new personnel among the top three string parts; there also seems to have been a change in the other players' understanding of the piece. On the down side, the new version is never quite as breathtakingly beautiful as the old one; on the plus side, it's more consistently compelling, the beauty less generalised. Take your pick. If forced, I'd choose the Hyperion, but by the thinnest whisker.

- BBC Music Magazine
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 18, 2011, 10:31:42 PM
Again as a great bargain at JPC (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-S%E4mtliche-Sonaten-f%FCr-Violine-Klavier/hnum/4393193)! :) 10 euro! :o

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4015023200418.jpg)

Q

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 18, 2011, 11:04:47 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on April 17, 2011, 11:45:50 PM
That Gaudier Octet is a different recording:

This is hard. The Gaudier Ensemble's first recording of the Schubert Octet on ASV was much praised when it first appeared, and over a decade later it still sounds like a front-runner. The poetry, refinement and superb sense of the long singing line are as impressive as ever – the sixth variation of the Andante has an almost timeless loveliness, while the dark, minor-key introduction of the finale is unusually gripping. But this new Hyperion version has its special qualities, too. I suppose it depends what you want from the Octet: whether you value the work as an important stage on what Schubert himself called the 'way to a grand symphony' or it remains pre-eminently a piece of large chamber music: Romantic, expansive, but intimate in its pleasures. If the former, then stick with the old ASV version; if the latter, then the new Gaudier is more likely to be the one for you. Here the playing – helped by the less glamorously spacious recording – draws the attention in towards details. The sense of purpose is still strong, but the effect is more quick-witted, with a finer sense of inner tension – the players responding minutely to each other. It can't just be the new personnel among the top three string parts; there also seems to have been a change in the other players' understanding of the piece. On the down side, the new version is never quite as breathtakingly beautiful as the old one; on the plus side, it's more consistently compelling, the beauty less generalised. Take your pick. If forced, I'd choose the Hyperion, but by the thinnest whisker.

- BBC Music Magazine


Not surprising, and good news.  Hard to imagine why Hyperion would license a ASV recording, and I generally don't like the engineering on ASV.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 18, 2011, 11:18:59 PM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 14, 2011, 12:03:18 PM
That's a big box.  The sort of thing you order, then discover that "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" is included in its authentic, original version...for flute unaccompanied.   ;)

That's close! Its authentic, original version includes male choir. :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 18, 2011, 11:32:07 PM
Quote from: Brian on April 18, 2011, 11:18:59 PM
That's close! Its authentic, original version includes male choir. :D
The last disc of the Marco Polo series (reissued as a box on Naxos) has exactly that too. I find it refreshing and enjoyable. You know, in case someone is actually interested to hear it! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 18, 2011, 11:36:03 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on April 18, 2011, 11:32:07 PM
The last disc of the Marco Polo series (reissued as a box on Naxos) has exactly that too. I find it refreshing and enjoyable. You know, in case someone is actually interested to hear it! :)

Which I am, and will do. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jared on April 18, 2011, 11:56:15 PM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on April 18, 2011, 11:04:47 PM
Not surprising, and good news.  Hard to imagine why Hyperion would license a ASV recording, and I generally don't like the engineering on ASV.   :)

My apologies for the misinformation... still, at 30 pence, it makes for an outstanding bargain, which should by now have been snapped up by you guys..  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 18, 2011, 11:59:01 PM
Quote from: Jared on April 18, 2011, 11:56:15 PM
My apologies for the misinformation... still, at 30 pence, it makes for an outstanding bargain, which should by now have been snapped up by you guys..  8)

Well, I paid the princely sum of $6 for the Hyperion version, so I'll save my pennies and leave the ASV recording for another Schubert enthusiast.    :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 20, 2011, 07:58:59 AM
This new 3 CD set is available at amazon UK at 9 £

[asin]B004I6PW9G[/asin]

At amazon.com (and other amazons) it's substantially more.

Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004I6PW9G/worldtwitch09  (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004I6PW9G/worldtwitch09)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 20, 2011, 11:00:20 AM
This:

(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/39/61/3f8871a88da0d36d7087d110.L._AA300_.jpg)

Here: link (http://www.selections.com/AG762/english-violin-sonatas-2cds/?searchtext=bantock) for £1.99

I don't know what shipping is like with this site. This is a really wonderful set, I can scarcely commend it enough, really.

Edit: hmm more on this label for the same price including a Tippett one.

Edit2: seems to be a flat rate of £2.95 UK, £5.05 EU,  £6.85 USA & ROW. I picked up these for a tenner:

TIPPETT Orchestral Works 2CDs
PIAZZOLLA Le Grand Tango (ASV)
KODALY Hary Janos Suite (Budapest/Saccani)
Ronald STEVENSON Piano Concertos 1,2
Guillaume LEKEU Chamber Music (Brilliant)

Such a consumerist whore ;_:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on April 22, 2011, 05:42:27 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 28, 2011, 09:39:35 AM
I don't see any mention of Beethoven in the list of contents.

Or is this what passes for humour on these boards?

Stick around, we all have our own sense of humor here. Or if you prefer, humour.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on April 25, 2011, 08:55:51 AM
Found this gem available for $31.99 from our friends at FabulousCD/Abeille:

[asin]B0007IK4WE[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 26, 2011, 04:40:17 PM
 :'( :'( :'(

This (http://www.jr.com/product/classical/pc/_1362580/) would have been a super bargain (half the price of other sites) if the place shipped to my country :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on April 26, 2011, 06:51:06 PM
Landed for $0.99 on ebay. 

[asin]B000001GEN[/asin]

Just a reminder that it is useful to scan the ebay classical CD catagory now and then, you never know what you will find.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 26, 2011, 09:58:20 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on April 26, 2011, 04:40:17 PM
:'( :'( :'(

This (http://www.jr.com/product/classical/pc/_1362580/) would have been a super bargain (half the price of other sites) if the place shipped to my country :(
Abeille doesn't ship to England??????

OTH; I bought this for £10 on mdt some years ago when Capriccio were in deep shit financially.  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 26, 2011, 10:05:29 PM
Quote from: The new erato on April 26, 2011, 09:58:20 PM
Abeille doesn't ship to England??????

OTH; I bought this for £10 on mdt some years ago when Capriccio were in deep shit financially.  :D

Sorry, I was referring to a different disc (hyperlinked in "This"). I have that Haydn box, and very fine it is too :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on April 27, 2011, 11:30:38 AM
I got the Haydn/Schornsheim box for £18-63 delivered from la Chaumiere last week.  A true bargain and a lovely set of discs too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on April 28, 2011, 07:47:31 AM
Hot off the press:

[asin]B001CBX2RO[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 28, 2011, 07:50:31 AM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on April 28, 2011, 07:47:31 AM
Hot off the press:

[asin]B001CBX2RO[/asin]

At JPCde its for 34,95 euro
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on April 28, 2011, 05:51:47 PM
Antonio Vivaldi - Concertos & Sonatas, Opp.1-12

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AaDAcV14L._SS400_.jpg)

18 discs @ EUR 16,99 @ http://www.amazon.fr/Vivaldi-Concertos-Sonatas-Opp-Coffret/dp/B000OZ290A/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1304040801&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.fr/Vivaldi-Concertos-Sonatas-Opp-Coffret/dp/B000OZ290A/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1304040801&sr=1-1)

Claudio Scimone and his ensemble I Solisti Veneti* were among the first groups to heavily invest in the output of Vivaldi for purposes of recording. Warner Classics' Vivaldi: Concertos & Sonatas, Opp. 1-12, collects together all but one of I Solisti Veneti's recordings of Vivaldi's 12 published opera plus Chédeville's "Il pastor fido," once proffered as Vivaldi's "Op. 13," and the "Six Cellos Sonatas" once thought his "Op. 14" in a single, 18-CD box set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on April 28, 2011, 05:59:04 PM
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK  (1562-1621)
Choral Works Volumes 1 to 3

£13.07

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S-McEmZLL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Choral-Works-Volumes-Netherlands-Chamber/dp/B004M8F4CU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304041999&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Choral-Works-Volumes-Netherlands-Chamber/dp/B004M8F4CU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304041999&sr=8-1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 29, 2011, 12:14:28 AM
The 50CD box set 'Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege 50 Years' is available from fabulouscd/La Chaumière  in Amazonuk marketplace for £32.48 (and similar prices in the Amazon fr and de marketplaces).

http://www.amazon.de/50e-Anniversaire-Orchestre-Philarmonique-Liege/dp/B004DKDO1A/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1SUOP0FM0L8L3&colid=AT8AEARSVQPS
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on April 29, 2011, 01:41:04 AM
Some rarities... ;)


(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8713309970142.jpg)(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8713309970159.jpg)(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8713309970166.jpg)


Look here!
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/home/search/-/label/QDisc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/home/search/-/label/QDisc)

Orpheus  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on April 29, 2011, 11:26:57 PM
Sweelinck again!

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8713309921199.jpg)

look here!

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Jan-Pieterszoon-Sweelinck-S%E4mtliche-Werke-f%FCr-Tasteninstrumente/hnum/5650697 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Jan-Pieterszoon-Sweelinck-S%E4mtliche-Werke-f%FCr-Tasteninstrumente/hnum/5650697)

...and Hanson

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8770910.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Howard-Hanson-Symphonien-Nr-1-7/hnum/8770910 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Howard-Hanson-Symphonien-Nr-1-7/hnum/8770910)

Orpheus   ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 29, 2011, 11:37:24 PM
That Hanson discount is remarkable - great find!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 30, 2011, 12:37:28 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on April 29, 2011, 11:37:24 PM
That Hanson discount is remarkable - great find!

Agree, ordered it:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on April 30, 2011, 03:06:42 AM

Stunning reductions, Orpheus !

I see that the Concertgebouw radio sets have already been snapped up  :o

I also note that they are offering the Pettersson symphonies set for a very reasonable (but admittedly not super bargain) 49.99 euro - http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/Allan-Pettersson-S%E4mtliche-Symphonien/hnum/3512541



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 30, 2011, 03:14:02 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on April 29, 2011, 11:26:57 PM
Sweelinck again!

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8713309921199.jpg)

look here!

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Jan-Pieterszoon-Sweelinck-S%E4mtliche-Werke-f%FCr-Tasteninstrumente/hnum/5650697 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Jan-Pieterszoon-Sweelinck-S%E4mtliche-Werke-f%FCr-Tasteninstrumente/hnum/5650697)

...and Hanson

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8770910.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Howard-Hanson-Symphonien-Nr-1-7/hnum/8770910 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Howard-Hanson-Symphonien-Nr-1-7/hnum/8770910)

Orpheus   ;)

Sweelinck is a absolute stunner too, and a super bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: rubio on April 30, 2011, 06:57:07 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on April 29, 2011, 01:41:04 AM
Some rarities... ;)


(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8713309970142.jpg)
Orpheus  :D

Thanks a lot! I thought these rarities were long gone. Especially, the Haitink Live Radio Recordings I now ordered for Euro 20 :o. It's extemely expensive other places (minimum 10 times the price) if it even exists. It probably has not been sold out as it is difficult to find by a search on the jpc site
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 30, 2011, 07:00:36 AM
So, is this a legit label, or is it something like Documents?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on April 30, 2011, 07:05:52 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 30, 2011, 07:00:36 AM
So, is this a legit label, or is it something like Documents?

You seem to have a serious aversion to Documents.  I have a few and they are actually not bad.  It really does not bother me to have a few of Documents among my close to 10K recordings ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 30, 2011, 07:09:49 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on April 30, 2011, 07:05:52 AM
You seem to have a serious aversion to Documents.  I have a few and they are actually not bad.  It really does not bother me to have a few of Documents among my close to 10K recordings ...

Pray tell me, which part of my question implied that I have "a serious aversion to Documents"?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: rubio on April 30, 2011, 07:21:43 AM
E.g. I think the Mengelberg Qdisc set has the best-sounding Mengelberg 1939 Concertgebouw Mahler 4 on the market. And that's a very moving Mahler 4 with soprano Jo Vincent.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on April 30, 2011, 09:25:34 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 30, 2011, 07:00:36 AM
So, is this a legit label, or is it something like Documents?

Does your question imply that Documents is a pirate label, Naveneeth? Because I think it's a totally legit label.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 30, 2011, 09:52:04 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 30, 2011, 09:25:34 AM
Does your question imply that Documents is a pirate label, Naveneeth? Because I think it's a totally legit label.

I've come across comments to the effect that it isn't totally legit. I emphasise totally because, as I've stated before, I'm aware of at least one set of recordings which was licensed from some other label. Anyway, I think we're veering away from my question, so let me rephrase it: is that label (Q?) legit?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 30, 2011, 12:46:42 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 30, 2011, 09:52:04 AM
I've come across comments to the effect that it isn't totally legit. I emphasise totally because, as I've stated before, I'm aware of at least one set of recordings which was licensed from some other label. Anyway, I think we're veering away from my question, so let me rephrase it: is that label (Q?) legit?

Yes it is, and Documents is also a legit label. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 30, 2011, 10:22:45 PM
Thanks, Harry.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minimal music on May 01, 2011, 08:57:06 AM
Abeille offers the 60 CD Complete Brahms Brilliant box for EUR 24.99

Look for:
http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on May 01, 2011, 09:03:37 AM
Quote from: minimal music on May 01, 2011, 08:57:06 AM
Abeille offers the 60 CD Complete Brahms Brilliant box for EUR 24.99

Look for:
http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93554/5028421935546/Brilliant-Classics/Johannes-Brahms/Integrale-de-l-oeuvre/cleart-29328.html)

Plus a hefty rate of postal costs I might add.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 01, 2011, 09:19:37 AM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on May 01, 2011, 09:03:37 AM
Plus a hefty rate of postal costs I might add.
I think it is postage free if you add enough stuff to make it around 60 euros.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on May 01, 2011, 10:03:14 AM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on May 01, 2011, 09:03:37 AM
Plus a hefty rate of postal costs I might add.

Harry, I ordered this set from France, to ship to Canada, and the postage/shipping costs were minimal (I believe it was only 5 Euros).  Still a major steal of a deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 01, 2011, 10:31:25 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 01, 2011, 10:03:14 AM
Harry, I ordered this set from France, to ship to Canada, and the postage/shipping costs were minimal (I believe it was only 5 Euros).  Still a major steal of a deal.

Is Abeille an Amazon US MP seller?  I recall seeing a packing slip with its name for one order that unexpectedly arrived from Europe since the seller did not list itself as being in Europe ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on May 01, 2011, 10:38:43 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on May 01, 2011, 10:31:25 AM
Is Abeille an Amazon US MP seller?  I recall seeing a packing slip with its name for one order that unexpectedly arrived from Europe since the seller did not list itself as being in Europe ...

FabulousCD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 03, 2011, 07:18:57 PM
If anyone else is interested, the hyperion Brahms complete chamber works is available through FabulousCD/Abeille for $45:

[asin]B001F4YGU0[/asin]
http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CDS4433142/0034571143316/Hyperion/Johannes-Brahms/Musique-de-Chambre-Integrale/cleart-30432.html (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CDS4433142/0034571143316/Hyperion/Johannes-Brahms/Musique-de-Chambre-Integrale/cleart-30432.html)

That is how I bought mine, and they shipped and relisted so I assume they have more in stock. :)

Also the Harnoncourt/Beethoven symphony cycle is available on amazon mp3 for only $15:
[asin]B000095IUM[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on May 03, 2011, 10:15:59 PM
The Erato 12-disc Mravinsky - Leningrad Symphony set  €16.99  at
http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B000V07IVS/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0X8YJVFDQ399H93EP308&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463375513&pf_rd_i=405320
Shostakovich Sym.m 5,10, 12    Beethoven Sym. 1,3,5,7,6  Mozart Sym 33, 39
Tchaikowsky Sym 5, 6   Francesca...   Wagner selections, Glazunov Raymonda Suite, + Mussorgsky, Glinka
US price is $61.75
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 07, 2011, 01:03:39 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 30, 2011, 09:52:04 AM
I've come across comments to the effect that it isn't totally legit. I emphasise totally because, as I've stated before, I'm aware of at least one set of recordings which was licensed from some other label. Anyway, I think we're veering away from my question, so let me rephrase it: is that label (Q?) legit?

In the whole legit/ not legit discussion, one important factor was left unmentioned IMO: whether the label uses original sources.

Documents does seem often not to do so, and uses transfers from out-of-copyright LP's instead. Legit, but not always preferable from a sound quality perspective.

Q-disc is a reputable Dutch label that used for its Concertgebouw issues all original resources available - mostly tapes from Dutch radio.

I have that Mengelberg Mahler IV in a superb Netherlands-only issue in the "Dutch Masters" series, then still bearing the Philips brand name. Still, I'm inconsolable that the Mengelberg items are already gone... :'(

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 07, 2011, 01:24:01 AM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on May 07, 2011, 01:03:39 AM
In the whole legit/ not legit discussion, one important factor was left unmentioned IMO: whether the label uses original sources.

Documents does seem often not to do so, and uses transfers from out-of-copyright LP's instead. Legit, but not always preferable from a sound quality perspective.

Q-disc is a reputable Dutch label that used for its Concertgebouw issues all original resources available - mostly tapes from Dutch radio.

Q

Thank you for clarifying the issue further, Que. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on May 07, 2011, 02:16:45 AM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on May 07, 2011, 01:03:39 AM
In the whole legit/ not legit discussion, one important factor was left unmentioned IMO: whether the label uses original sources.

Documents does seem often not to do so, and uses transfers from out-of-copyright LP's instead. Legit, but not always preferable from a sound quality perspective.

Q-disc is a reputable Dutch label that used for its Concertgebouw issues all original resources available - mostly tapes from Dutch radio.

I have that Mengelberg Mahler IV in a superb Netherlands-only issue in the "Dutch Masters" series, then still bearing the Philips brand name. Still, I'm inconsolable that the Mengelberg items are already gone... :'(

Q

So far dear Que all documents recordings use the same masters as  the original, so in the question of sound there was no difference at all. And I have many Document releases. They are all legit, and walk within the boundaries.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 07, 2011, 02:37:09 AM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on May 07, 2011, 02:16:45 AM
So far dear Que all documents recordings use the same masters as  the original, so in the question of sound there was no difference at all. And I have many Document releases. They are all legit, and walk within the boundaries.

Certainly, it's all legit. But that major record companies would give Documents access to their original masters, seems improbable to me. If they would do so, considering the price of Documents issues they must receive hardly any payment for it. But perhaps you got inside information? :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on May 07, 2011, 03:17:54 AM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on May 07, 2011, 02:37:09 AM
Certainly, it's all legit. But that major record companies would give Documents access to their original masters, seems improbable to me. If they would do so, considering the price of Documents issues they must receive hardly any payment for it. But perhaps you got inside information? :)

Q

Rather than lying around they sell the release permit for a certain amount of pressings, "a one off", they get reasonably well paid for it. The selling figures show that there is profit for everybody involved. Its in the quantity Que.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 07, 2011, 03:27:04 AM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on May 07, 2011, 03:17:54 AM
Rather than lying around they sell the release permit for a certain amount of pressings, "a one off", they get reasonably well paid for it. The selling figures show that there is profit for everybody involved. Its in the quantity Que.

So, you did have inside information - thanks for the explanation! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on May 07, 2011, 07:20:06 AM
For Brendel's fans

(http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/41O908O8erL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.ca/Comp-Sons-Ctos-Ludwig-Beethoven/dp/B0043UOQ26/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b (http://www.amazon.ca/Comp-Sons-Ctos-Ludwig-Beethoven/dp/B0043UOQ26/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b)

(http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/41837Z3UbQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.ca/Pno-1822-1828-Franz-Peter-Schubert/dp/B0042LJTQO/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b (http://www.amazon.ca/Pno-1822-1828-Franz-Peter-Schubert/dp/B0042LJTQO/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on May 07, 2011, 11:31:21 AM
Quote from: Harry IIyich Tchaikovsky on May 07, 2011, 02:16:45 AM
So far dear Que all documents recordings use the same masters as  the original, so in the question of sound there was no difference at all.

I may be slow cerebrated, but it is a tad unclear to me what you consider the original in this context. What about old 78 RPM shellac recordings, and what about the Walcha Bach organ mono set. Did Documents get access to the original mastertapes or did they use the first LP releases as their source material, or did they maybe use DGs about five years old CD mastering as a source? Owning many of the original vinyl releases as well as DG´s CD release and the Documents release of course, my ears tell me, that Documents used the old vinyl releases, but maybe you can clear up the problem?

However a lot of Documents releases are licensed from Vox and Danish Classico and others, and this is always written on the cover of the CDs. The sound quality of some of these are better than the mother labels latest CD  release, but some are worse - especially the licensed Vox releases. But in the case of Walcha´s Bach set, nothing is wirtten on the cover about licensing, and this is for me another sign that Documents probably used vinyl releases as their source material. If this is the case it is of course legal too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Shrunk on May 08, 2011, 03:47:11 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on May 07, 2011, 07:20:06 AM
For Brendel's fans

(http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/41O908O8erL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.ca/Comp-Sons-Ctos-Ludwig-Beethoven/dp/B0043UOQ26/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b (http://www.amazon.ca/Comp-Sons-Ctos-Ludwig-Beethoven/dp/B0043UOQ26/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b)

(http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/41837Z3UbQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.ca/Pno-1822-1828-Franz-Peter-Schubert/dp/B0042LJTQO/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b (http://www.amazon.ca/Pno-1822-1828-Franz-Peter-Schubert/dp/B0042LJTQO/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b)

Orpheus  ;)

I was just about to post this, but you beat me to it.  Those prices are in the "Is that a misprint?" category, since they're about half of what they go for on the US site.  I picked up the Schubert, but since I already have Brendel/Beethoven III, I passed on the other.  Shelf space is becoming more valuable than money.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on May 08, 2011, 04:09:13 AM
That price is really enticing - just 14 GBP including shipping - but the international standard shipping estimate is "30 to 40 weeks"!! The estimated arrival date is March 2012.  ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 08, 2011, 04:32:25 AM
Brendel's recordings on the Philips are being reissued on brilliant classics, in particular Gulda is getting the boot in the Beethoven edition... so Decca's bargain priced rerelease of their own Brendel recordings seems timely.  Brendel fans will have plenty of bargain priced offerings to choose from. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 08, 2011, 06:29:39 AM
Quote from: haydnfan on May 08, 2011, 04:32:25 AM
Brendel's recordings on the Philips are being reissued on brilliant classics, in particular Gulda is getting the boot in the Beethoven edition... so Decca's bargain priced rerelease of their own Brendel recordings seems timely.  Brendel fans will have plenty of bargain priced offerings to choose from. :)

I think it's his Vox cycle that is being sold by Brilliant.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 08, 2011, 07:03:53 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 08, 2011, 06:29:39 AM
I think it's his Vox cycle that is being sold by Brilliant.

That is true, but I heard that the upcoming reissue of the Beethoven edition will have the Philips cycle though.  That could be wrong, Brilliant Classics seems to be pretty closed mouth about that set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 08, 2011, 07:11:00 AM
Quote from: haydnfan on May 08, 2011, 07:03:53 AM
Brilliant Classics seems to be pretty closed mouth about that set.

You tried to fool them by telling your name was Harry, didn't you? ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on May 08, 2011, 07:15:15 AM
Quote from: Shrunk on May 08, 2011, 03:47:11 AM
I was just about to post this, but you beat me to it.  Those prices are in the "Is that a misprint?" category, since they're about half of what they go for on the US site.

It's being offered on the US site for $22, vs $15 Canadian.  The contrast isn't that large, and from the US it is cheaper to order from US Amazon because the shipping from Canada to the US is expensive (more expansive than from England, which seems odd).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Shrunk on May 08, 2011, 07:28:38 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on May 08, 2011, 07:15:15 AM
It's being offered on the US site for $22, vs $15 Canadian.  The contrast isn't that large, and from the US it is cheaper to order from US Amazon because the shipping from Canada to the US is expensive (more expansive than from England, which seems odd).

Right now Amazon US has the Schubert set at US$31.18, while the Canadian site has it at CAN$14.49.  The prices on the Beethoven set are $47.48 and $19.49 respectively.

http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Complete-Piano-Sonatas-Concertos/dp/B0043UOQ26/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1304868277&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Schubert-Musicaux-Impromptus-Wanderer-Fantasia/dp/B0042LJTQO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1304868504&sr=1-1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on May 08, 2011, 07:38:25 AM
Quote from: Shrunk on May 08, 2011, 07:28:38 AM
Right now Amazon US has the Schubert set at US$31.18, while the Canadian site has it at CAN$14.49.

Amazon Marketplace sellers have offered new copies for $22.62 on Amazon.com, which makes it less expensive the Amazon.ca for shipment to the US.  The big mystery for me is why amazon.ca charges more to ship to the us than amazon.co.uk.  Maybe Amazon wants to discourage US customers from using the Canadian site.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: not edward on May 08, 2011, 09:03:58 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on May 08, 2011, 07:38:25 AM
Amazon Marketplace sellers have offered new copies for $22.62 on Amazon.com, which makes it less expensive the Amazon.ca for shipment to the US.  The big mystery for me is why amazon.ca charges more to ship to the us than amazon.co.uk.  Maybe Amazon wants to discourage US customers from using the Canadian site.
CanadaPost mail to the US may well be more expensive than UK mail to the US.

Oddly enough, something of the same is true in reverse: for people in Canada it's usually cheaper to buy from amazon.co.uk than amazon.com.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 08, 2011, 09:16:21 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 08, 2011, 07:11:00 AM
You tried to fool them by telling your name was Harry, didn't you? ;)

haha ;D  Wait that's what we need... Harry, help us out here... :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on May 08, 2011, 09:21:03 AM
Quote from: haydnfan on May 08, 2011, 09:16:21 AM
haha ;D  Wait that's what we need... Harry, help us out here... :)

Will dive into the matter, and report back when I find out:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 08, 2011, 09:24:33 AM
Thanks Harry! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on May 08, 2011, 09:47:21 AM
Quote from: edward on May 08, 2011, 09:03:58 AM
CanadaPost mail to the US may well be more expensive than UK mail to the US.

I've mailed things to Canada and it is not particularly expensive.  I suspect Amazon has some reason for wanting to keep the US and Canada markets relatively distinct.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 08, 2011, 10:30:21 AM
Quote from: edward on May 08, 2011, 09:03:58 AM
CanadaPost mail to the US may well be more expensive than UK mail to the US.

Oddly enough, something of the same is true in reverse: for people in Canada it's usually cheaper to buy from amazon.co.uk than amazon.com.

Is Amazon CA a relatively new Amazon website?  I thought I heard one of our Canadian members once said there was no Amazon Canadian website ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on May 08, 2011, 03:36:53 PM
Quote from: edward on May 08, 2011, 09:03:58 AM
CanadaPost mail to the US may well be more expensive than UK mail to the US.

Oddly enough, something of the same is true in reverse: for people in Canada it's usually cheaper to buy from amazon.co.uk than amazon.com.

So much for NAFTA, eh?  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: not edward on May 08, 2011, 04:01:39 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on May 08, 2011, 10:30:21 AM
Is Amazon CA a relatively new Amazon website?  I thought I heard one of our Canadian members once said there was no Amazon Canadian website ...
It opened in 2002.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on May 09, 2011, 10:41:22 AM
Two attractive sets on Amazon.fr:

http://www.amazon.fr/Vivaldi-Concertos-Sonatas-Opp-Coffret/dp/B000OZ290A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304966702&sr=8-1

[asin]B000OZ290A[/asin]
18-CD set
EUR 16.99


http://www.amazon.fr/Concertos-chambre-Int%C3%A9grale-Giardino-Armonico/dp/B000050G5M/ref=pd_sim_m_4

[asin]B000050G5M[/asin]
4-CD set
EUR 8.99

:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 14, 2011, 11:24:30 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 08, 2011, 03:36:53 PM
So much for NAFTA, eh?  ;D

That giant sucking sound from one country that should never have been included in NAFTA ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 14, 2011, 11:29:15 AM
Quote from: edward on May 08, 2011, 09:03:58 AM
CanadaPost mail to the US may well be more expensive than UK mail to the US.

A Canadian friend of mine is constantly raging over how expensive and unintuitive in terms of weight threshold pricing Canada's postal service is - at least half of the blame must lay with them rather than Amazon pricing policy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on May 14, 2011, 12:26:24 PM
I stumbled across a rather good ongoing offer from Hyperion.  I expect lots of others already know about it, but it's here anyway: http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1016 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1016)

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mgendron on May 14, 2011, 02:59:36 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on May 14, 2011, 11:29:15 AM
A Canadian friend of mine is constantly raging over how expensive and unintuitive in terms of weight threshold pricing Canada's postal service is - at least half of the blame must lay with them rather than Amazon pricing policy.

I'm from Québec and let me tell you that Canada post is unbeleivable. Sending something Canada-to-Canada is almost the same as to worldwide. I sent a lot of cd worldwide and everyone is complaining about cost until they see the real cost.  A lot of canadian go to USA for mailing boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on May 14, 2011, 03:29:32 PM
Quote from: mgendron on May 14, 2011, 02:59:36 PM
A lot of canadian go to USA for mailing boxes.

It's a very strange situation - my friend lives in BC, right on the border, and he uses a US mailbox as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on May 15, 2011, 12:33:11 PM
Quote from: DaveF on May 14, 2011, 12:26:24 PM
I stumbled across a rather good ongoing offer from Hyperion.  I expect lots of others already know about it, but it's here anyway: http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1016 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1016)

DF

Thanks Dave,

gave it a try.

Phil.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 15, 2011, 12:44:25 PM
Quote from: mgendron on May 14, 2011, 02:59:36 PM
I'm from Québec and let me tell you that Canada post is unbeleivable. Sending something Canada-to-Canada is almost the same as to worldwide. I sent a lot of cd worldwide and everyone is complaining about cost until they see the real cost.  A lot of canadian go to USA for mailing boxes.

What return addresses do they use?  I doubt USPO accepts any package with a Canadian return address ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on May 17, 2011, 12:08:26 AM
Brilliant Classics complete Bach for 70 quid: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Complete-157-DVD-Rom/dp/B003MRN6PY/

and Harnoncourt Cantatas box for 115 euros: http://www.amazon.fr/Sacred-Cantatas-Harnoncourt-Leonhardt-Set/dp/B000RZOR2U/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 17, 2011, 12:23:25 AM
A crossposting here.

This 5 CD set is available for £ 9.85 (8.21 VATfree) on mdt:

10 Years of Zig-Zag Territoires

CD 1 - Rebel - Sonatas for Violins and Bass - Amandine Beyer
CD 2 - Rameau - Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (1728) – Blandine Rannou
CD 3 - Mozart - Concertos - Jos van Immerseel & Anima Eterna
CD 4 - Bononcini - Serenata La Nemica d'Amore - Chiara Banchini & Ensemble 415
CD 5 - Monteverdi - Les Vêpres solennelles à St Jean-Baptiste - Francoise Lasserre & Akademia

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on May 17, 2011, 11:52:14 PM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on May 17, 2011, 12:08:26 AM
Brilliant Classics complete Bach for 70 quid: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Complete-157-DVD-Rom/dp/B003MRN6PY/

and Harnoncourt Cantatas box for 115 euros: http://www.amazon.fr/Sacred-Cantatas-Harnoncourt-Leonhardt-Set/dp/B000RZOR2U/

By clicking on the Harnoncourt link I spotted in the suggestions Murray Perahia Complete Mozart Piano Concertos which via Marketplace came to a little under £18 delivered.  A three disc set of Perahia playing the Bach Concertos is available for 9-99 Euros plus delivery as appropriate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on May 20, 2011, 04:48:52 AM
Good news

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EOGUFuq5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

look here

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000JR0DVU/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000JR0DVU/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 20, 2011, 11:07:35 AM
11 CDs for 6.77 Pounds (as of 20:07 GMT 20 May 2011) -- image only for reference, actual offer is at Amazon UK.

[asin]B0012NOT5Q[/asin]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0012NOT5Q/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0012NOT5Q/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on May 20, 2011, 12:17:56 PM
Borders have sent me a 50% off coupon, which I would love to use, but two problems:
1. I can't find many many sets I'd like to buy
2. I can't find any sets I'd like to buy AND they have in stock!

I wonder if I should try a backorder?!? Anyone ever have luck with that? What recent sets would people recommend?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: haydnguy on May 20, 2011, 01:09:03 PM
I know that this has been discussed before, but can someone tell me what the cutoff is in terms of how much you have to buy to make MDT worth the shipping to the states? Thanks. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on May 20, 2011, 01:12:56 PM
Quote from: haydnguy on May 20, 2011, 01:09:03 PM
I know that this has been discussed before, but can someone tell me what the cutoff is in terms of how much you have to buy to make MDT worth the shipping to the states? Thanks. :)
Depends what you are buying. Mdt charges per disc. If it is cheaper than other sites/stores, then it is worth it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: haydnguy on May 20, 2011, 02:13:35 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on May 20, 2011, 01:12:56 PM
Depends what you are buying. Mdt charges per disc. If it is cheaper than other sites/stores, then it is worth it.

Oh, ok. I was thinking that if you bought a certain amount then it made it worth it. Maybe I was thinking of some place else.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on May 20, 2011, 02:14:58 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on May 20, 2011, 12:17:56 PM

1. I can't find many many sets I'd like to buy


I wish I had similar problems. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 20, 2011, 03:46:01 PM
Quote from: haydnguy on May 20, 2011, 02:13:35 PM
Oh, ok. I was thinking that if you bought a certain amount then it made it worth it. Maybe I was thinking of some place else.

Yeah you were thinking of jpc.  I usually put in small orders with mdt and large orders with jpc*. :)

Edit:* the usual only applies to mdt since I've ordered from jpc only twice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on May 20, 2011, 03:49:14 PM
Quote from: haydnguy on May 20, 2011, 02:13:35 PM
Oh, ok. I was thinking that if you bought a certain amount then it made it worth it. Maybe I was thinking of some place else.

MDT shipping is close to linear with the number of discs, so the price advantage is not too sensitive to the number of discs.  But there are certain labels (like BIS) which are expensive in the US and may be cheaper to get from MDT.

JPC is a place with a steep initial shipping cost, which only makes sense with a big order.  There may be others.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 20, 2011, 05:58:17 PM
Quote from: haydnguy on May 20, 2011, 02:13:35 PM
Oh, ok. I was thinking that if you bought a certain amount then it made it worth it. Maybe I was thinking of some place else.

Presto Classical counts a box set as one item while MDT counts the box set according to the number of CD's in the set to some degree.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on May 20, 2011, 06:18:48 PM
Quote from: haydnfan on May 20, 2011, 03:46:01 PM
Yeah you were thinking of jpc.  I usually put in small orders with mdt and large orders with jpc*. :)

Edit:* the usual only applies to mdt since I've ordered from jpc only twice.

I clearly recall your first order from JPC, but I don't know if we were properly informed about the second one.  8)

You know we must be strict on CDCDCD matters.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 20, 2011, 06:20:20 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on May 20, 2011, 06:18:48 PM
I clearly recall your first order from JPC, but I don't know if we was properly informed about the second one.  8)

You know we must be strict on CDCDCD matters.  ;D

That's because a couple of weeks ago I remembered that I did order from them before!  The Bach edition, I waited a month for it to arrive since it was so big.  I ordered it from a store in Germany, and I think that was them. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on May 20, 2011, 06:46:03 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on May 20, 2011, 05:58:17 PM
Presto Classical counts a box set as one item while MDT counts the box set according to the number of CD's in the set to some degree.

Really? I have ordered 4 or 5 times from MDT. Each time they charged me a flat rate of £5.99 shipping. There were a mix of single disks and box sets each time, totaling <>8-10 disks each order. Never anything other than that though... :-\

8)

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 20, 2011, 06:58:44 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on May 20, 2011, 06:46:03 PM
Really? I have ordered 4 or 5 times from MDT. Each time they charged me a flat rate of £5.99 shipping. There were a mix of single disks and box sets each time, totaling <>8-10 disks each order. Never anything other than that though... :-\

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That has been my observation - a box set does not count as one item when it comes to shipping and I have ordered exactly 100 times from MDT since early 2009.  A good number of my orders had total shipping close to £10.  My average order size with MDT is 6 items where a box set is counted as one item.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on May 20, 2011, 08:14:36 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on May 20, 2011, 06:46:03 PM
Really? I have ordered 4 or 5 times from MDT. Each time they charged me a flat rate of £5.99 shipping. There were a mix of single disks and box sets each time, totaling <>8-10 disks each order. Never anything other than that though... :-\

No mystery to it.  The policy is spelled out.

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/cm/help-shipping.htm

for the US

Quoteadd £1.25 for the first CD, thereafter 75p
add £3.00 per book

The only complication is that multi-disc sets get charged according to equivalent weight, which is unpredictable.    My most recent order was a single BIS cd, £7.92 plus £1.25 shipping, or £9.17 total.  That's $14.88.   Amazon charges $2.99 to ship anything, so I'd have to find it for less than $11.90, which is hard to do for a typical BIS cd.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on May 21, 2011, 06:26:45 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on May 20, 2011, 12:17:56 PM
Borders have sent me a 50% off coupon, which I would love to use, but two problems:
1. I can't find many many sets I'd like to buy
2. I can't find any sets I'd like to buy AND they have in stock!

I wonder if I should try a backorder?!? Anyone ever have luck with that? What recent sets would people recommend?
Ok, So far I found two:
1. J Strauss complete Orchestral edition ($77.50 at half price + tax)
2. Bax symphonies Handley ($31+ tax)

The Bax has been on my wishlist longer, but the Strauss seems like a pretty amazing deal. A lot of Strauss even though I am interested. Meanwhile, still looking...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 21, 2011, 08:23:32 AM
Handley set is a little clinical/detailed rather than passionate, but still good.  And it includes an interview disc which you might enjoy. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 21, 2011, 08:25:45 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on May 21, 2011, 06:26:45 AM
Ok, So far I found two:
1. J Strauss complete Orchestral edition ($77.50 at half price + tax)
2. Bax symphonies Handley ($31+ tax)

The Bax has been on my wishlist longer, but the Strauss seems like a pretty amazing deal. A lot of Strauss even though I am interested. Meanwhile, still looking...

I got the Jochum complete Bruckner set on EMI (half price=$32 + tax)
The other contenders were the complete set of Mozart concertos with Julia Fischer which Pentatone released in January (which was previously available as individual CDs), and the Capucon/Braley Beethoven violin sonatas.;  after finding those three it was getting late, and I was tired of searching.

The Borders website doesn't make searching easy.  To find the Fischer, you can't query under her name or the conductors (Kreizberg), but have to search for Mozart violin concertos,  then look for a set released by Pentatone in January 2011,  without a cover image, or any artist's names,   and then presume that's the Fischer set. 

I had back orders from them last year; the system worked reasonably well, although some of the stuff that it was would be available in 2-4 weeks was not shipped until the end of week 4; on the other hand some of it was shipped within 2 weeks.  I didn't order anything that listed as being available only after a longer period, and this is my first order with them since they went into bankruptcy, so I have no idea of how well their back order system currently works.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on May 28, 2011, 10:05:31 AM
Found this for $42.30 USD shipped from amazon.co.uk. Not sure if it's a super deal, but it was good enough to make me pull the trigger.

[asin]B001DCQJUY[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on May 30, 2011, 11:24:19 AM
Quote from: Antonio Marchand on April 04, 2011, 07:01:48 AM
Reply #1082 of this thread:

End of this story on Amazon.

QuoteHello,

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  Vivarte Box Set "Vivarte Box Set"
  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004N6W1EK

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Please visit the product detail pages above to see if these items are available from other sellers.
   
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If we determine that you should still receive the offer, we'll reimburse you for the value of the promotional discount. (This will not apply if all items in the order were cancelled.)

Your credit card will NOT BE CHARGED for this item because you only pay for items when we ship them to you.

Your order is now closed.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 30, 2011, 11:33:25 AM
That's too bad, I wanted that box set. :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 30, 2011, 11:55:51 AM
Me too, got the same message, though it seems Sony (who else?) is the real culprit here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on June 05, 2011, 10:19:29 AM
Quite impressed with what I've recently discovered at Sainsbury's Entertainment - all Naxos singles for £3.99, double Deccas and EMI GROCs for £4.99 and other goodies such as Wigglesworth's Shostakovich 5, 6 & 10 for £21.99 (£51.95 on Amazon!).  All with free delivery.

2 days later... even more impressed now as the site says "Usually despatched within 11 working days" - my order arrived next working day.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on June 08, 2011, 11:13:39 PM
amazon.ca just advised me that the (obviously mis-priced) Beethoven 87 disc box I ordered in March is not available.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on June 08, 2011, 11:55:13 PM
  This post will be controversial and I doubt many people here will bother with it. I expect some backlash as well.  But if you are looking for the ultimate bargain then this is unbeatable:

  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51i9JXYffpL._SS500_.jpg)

  the Krauss Ring 1953 (Archipel) can be Downloaded, yes that's right Downloaded  :o for £7.98 from amazon.co.uk or for a little over $10!!!  You might argue that it is not CD quality, my response would be this is a historical mono recording, it is not made for audiophiles plus it is in DRM free mp3 format 256 kbps variable bit rate which is tolerable, in fact I find it more than acceptable but that's just me!

  Now why am I recommending it, well it has the perfect cast! Hans Hotter is at his best as Wotan/Wanderer far better than he was for Solti, Windgassen and Varnay are also in top form as Siegfried and Brunhilde. The performance is electrifying!! ....... And all this for £7.98 I tell you this is the best Ring bargain on the market!


  Finally you will need a device that can support gapless  playback, all current iPods fit the bill!

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 09, 2011, 02:14:19 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on June 08, 2011, 11:55:13 PM
  This post will be controversial and I doubt many people here will bother with it. I expect some backlash as well.  But if you are looking for the ultimate bargain then this is unbeatable:

  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51i9JXYffpL._SS500_.jpg)

  the Krauss Ring 1953 (Archipel) can be Downloaded, yes that's right Downloaded  :o for £7.98 from amazon.co.uk or for a little over $10!!!  You might argue that it is not CD quality, my response would be this is a historical mono recording, it is not made for audiophiles plus it is in DRM free mp3 format 256 kbps variable bit rate which is tolerable, in fact I find it more than acceptable but that's just me!

  Now why am I recommending it, well it has the perfect cast! Hans Hotter is at his best as Wotan/Wanderer far better than he was for Solti, Windgassen and Varnay are also in top form as Siegfried and Brunhilde. The performance is electrifying!! ....... And all this for £7.98 I tell you this is the best Ring bargain on the market!


  Finally you will need a device that can support gapless  playback, all current iPods fit the bill!

  marvin
There is nothing controversial with the Krauss Ring from '53. It is often regarded, arguably of course, as the best Ring ever recorded. The only controversy/question is if this is the right recording in terms of sonics. There are several versions of this out there. I have the Opera d'Oro release, which is pretty good considering the age (and seemed to be the best sounding at the time it came out). There was a more recent one - Orfeo? - but I have not heard that one (or any of the others).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on June 09, 2011, 05:13:43 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 09, 2011, 02:14:19 AM
There is nothing controversial with the Krauss Ring from '53. It is often regarded, arguably of course, as the best Ring ever recorded. The only controversy/question is if this is the right recording in terms of sonics. There are several versions of this out there. I have the Opera d'Oro release, which is pretty good considering the age (and seemed to be the best sounding at the time it came out). There was a more recent one - Orfeo? - but I have not heard that one (or any of the others).

  The Archipel remastering is the only one that I have heard as it was the super-duper cheap one of the lot in mp3 format. I can not comment on the other remasterings as I have not heard them. From what I have read the Archipel is one of the newer remasterings.  I find the sound crisp and the glorious voices of Hotter and Varnay come across very clearly. Granted the sound of the orchestra is quite recessed but I have learned to live with that.  Either way at the price of £7.98 for 14.1 hours of music this a winner!

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on June 09, 2011, 09:17:03 AM
The Krauss Ring is also available for download from amazon.com for $11.98.

[asin]B0047BA3JQ[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on June 09, 2011, 01:19:39 PM
Quote from: stingo on June 09, 2011, 09:17:03 AM
The Krauss Ring is also available for download from amazon.com for $11.98.

[asin]B0047BA3JQ[/asin]

Wow, that's better than getting a Lady Gaga album for $0.99.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 09, 2011, 04:32:30 PM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on June 09, 2011, 01:19:39 PM
Wow, that's better than getting a Lady Gaga album for $0.99.   :)

Well that's not my ultimate bargain find, this is!  And hey after almost two years it is still there for the same price! :)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MOiurimTL._SS500_.jpg)

$7 for a 4 cd set worth of mp3s.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on June 10, 2011, 09:20:11 AM
Hmm... any chance MP3 bargains could be a separate thread? No offense meant, but I have no interest in them whatsoever and this was proving to be such a useful source...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 10, 2011, 09:24:20 AM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on June 10, 2011, 09:20:11 AM
Hmm... any chance MP3 bargains could be a separate thread? No offense meant, but I have no interest in them whatsoever and this was proving to be such a useful source...

Nothing stops you from scrolling past them! :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 10, 2011, 10:22:45 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 10, 2011, 09:24:20 AM
Nothing stops you from scrolling past them! :D

But it's sort of a let-down to see this thread with a new post and then see links to MP3s. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on June 10, 2011, 10:26:48 AM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on June 10, 2011, 09:20:11 AM
Hmm... any chance MP3 bargains could be a separate thread? No offense meant, but I have no interest in them whatsoever and this was proving to be such a useful source...

You could start a "Super-Cheap Downloads" thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on June 10, 2011, 10:33:18 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on June 10, 2011, 10:26:48 AM
You could start a "Super-Cheap Downloads" thread.

What part of his "I-have-no-interest-in-them" is not clear?  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on June 10, 2011, 10:34:36 AM
Quote from: Antonio Marchand on June 10, 2011, 10:33:18 AM
What part of his "I-have-no-interest-in-them" is not clear?  ;)

Then they would be sequestered out of his view.   0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on June 10, 2011, 10:40:23 AM
Quote from: Il Barone Scarpia on June 10, 2011, 10:34:36 AM
Then they would be sequestered out of his view.   0:)

I see: a little effort in order to pursuit some future happiness. It would be a wise attitude.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on June 11, 2011, 09:22:57 AM
Done and done. Again, no ill will to any contributors (quite the opposite: have picked up a host of great deals from this thread), but one or more of you guessed correctly. The recurring let-down upon discovering that some prospective purchase or other was in fact a bunch of MP3s was too much to bear without comment or action.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on June 12, 2011, 08:30:38 AM
Amozon UK has offered a pre-release deal on a set of Mozart Operas conducted by John Eliot Gardiner for £33-99 which seems quite a lot less than other places at the moment.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on June 12, 2011, 12:42:33 PM
Any good deals at JPC?    ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 13, 2011, 07:29:32 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on June 12, 2011, 12:42:33 PM
Any good deals at JPC?    ;D

Bump.  After I added the Schiff set that Antonio linked I also added

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0094637285626.jpg)
and
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0608917250220.jpg)

Opinions on these recordings and opinions on other good sets available at jpc that I should consider? :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 13, 2011, 08:48:32 AM
GiftDVDs, a UK AMP seller, is offering (as of 16:48 GMT)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510xZoDEtQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

for a Pound and 34 pennies.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000BW9GTI/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1307983503&sr=1-7&condition=new

And here's the Amazon-GMG link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BW9GTI/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 13, 2011, 09:56:24 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 13, 2011, 08:48:32 AM
for a Pound and 34 pennies.

Thank you! Bought it in a heartbeat - very kind of you to point that out :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 13, 2011, 10:01:57 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on June 13, 2011, 09:56:24 AM
Thank you! Bought it in a heartbeat - very kind of you to point that out :)

My pleasure. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on June 13, 2011, 10:04:08 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on June 12, 2011, 12:42:33 PM
Any good deals at JPC?    ;D

Herewith the current deals at jpc by popularity (I came across this by chance). The first half dozen pages seem to contain most of the best and saves scrolling through the lot.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/offers/-/lang/en/currency/EUR/flush/1?page=1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on June 13, 2011, 10:06:01 AM
Quote from: hafod on June 13, 2011, 10:04:08 AM
Herewith the current deals at jpc by popularity (I came across this by chance). The first half dozen pages seem to contain most of the best and saves scrolling through the lot.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/offers/-/lang/en/currency/EUR/flush/1?page=1

That Hanson set is a great deal (already have the recordings).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on June 13, 2011, 02:12:00 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 13, 2011, 07:29:32 AM


(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0094637285626.jpg)
and
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0608917250220.jpg)

Opinions on these recordings and opinions on other good sets available at jpc that I should consider? :)

Got these two recently. Have not heard the Mass yet, but I am not that keen on the Koopman Sinfonia set. Fast playing is not necessarily synonymous with superficiality, but in this case I think Koopman surfs above most of the music, and the instrumentalists sound like a group of routiniers. Leusinks instrumentalists play with more engagement  And why we get the same recording of that Sinfonia which is a variant of the first movement of the first Brandenburg concerto twice on the first CD is beyond me. And the four page text in the booklet reads only in Dutch. So definitely a disappointment.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 13, 2011, 04:00:58 PM
Quote from: (: premont :) on June 13, 2011, 02:12:00 PM
Got these two recently. Have not heard the Mass yet, but I am not that keen on the Koopman Sinfonia set. Fast playing is not necessarily synonymous with superficiality, but in this case I think Koopman surfs above most of the music, and the instrumentalists sound like a group of routiniers. Leusinks instrumentalists play with more engagement  And why we get the same recording of that Sinfonia which is a variant of the first movement of the first Brandenburg concerto twice on the first CD is beyond me. And the four page text in the booklet reads only in Dutch. So definitely a disappointment.

Thanks for the feedback.  My cart is now overflowing so I'll just remove that Koopman set. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on June 13, 2011, 06:30:17 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 13, 2011, 07:29:32 AM
Bump.  After I added the Schiff set that Antonio linked I also added

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0094637285626.jpg)
and
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0608917250220.jpg)

Opinions on these recordings and opinions on other good sets available at jpc that I should consider? :)

I got the Virgin set from Presto Classical or MDT at a great price last year ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Marc on June 14, 2011, 01:26:59 PM
Quote from: (: premont :) on June 13, 2011, 02:12:00 PM
[....] I am not that keen on the Koopman Sinfonia set. Fast playing is not necessarily synonymous with superficiality, but in this case I think Koopman surfs above most of the music, and the instrumentalists sound like a group of routiniers. Leusinks instrumentalists play with more engagement  And why we get the same recording of that Sinfonia which is a variant of the first movement of the first Brandenburg concerto twice on the first CD is beyond me. And the four page text in the booklet reads only in Dutch. So definitely a disappointment.

If I'm not mistaken, this set was at first only available for the readers of the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. The selection was made by their music journalist Thiemo Wind, with Koopman's permission. After that, I guess the remaining stock lots were thrown into the 'whole wide world' (= www).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on June 16, 2011, 03:21:42 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on June 12, 2011, 08:30:38 AM
Amozon UK has offered a pre-release deal on a set of Mozart Operas conducted by John Eliot Gardiner for £33-99 which seems quite a lot less than other places at the moment.

Woops it has gone down to £30-47!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 16, 2011, 06:05:27 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on June 16, 2011, 03:21:42 AM
Woops it has gone down to £30-47!

29.47! I've been having my eyes on it daily for a few weeks now, and the fact that it's decreasing in price like this makes me wait even further. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 16, 2011, 06:44:52 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 16, 2011, 06:05:27 AM
29.47! I've been having my eyes on it daily for a few weeks now, and the fact that it's decreasing in my price like this makes me wait even further. ;D

I went to order it at the 29.47 price because the UK price is a significant difference from the pre release price on Amazon US ($64.14 US) and the price dropped while I was ordering it.  It's now 25.xx.  Now I need to go back and complete the order, if you'll excuse me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 16, 2011, 06:50:24 AM
Quote from: kishnevi on June 16, 2011, 06:44:52 AM
I went to order it at the 29.47 price because the UK price is a significant difference from the pre release price on Amazon US ($64.14 US) and the price dropped while I was ordering it.  It's now 25.xx.  Now I need to go back and complete the order, if you'll excuse me.

Did the price go up again -- it shows up as 29.47 for me?

Oh, and looking at the Market Place, I find it rather strange that someone would be buy the thing and then offer it as 'used' within 3 days of release for virtually the same price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 16, 2011, 06:57:22 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 16, 2011, 06:50:24 AM
Did the price go up again -- it shows up as 29.47 for me?

Oh, and looking at the Market Place, I find it rather strange that someone would be buy the thing and then offer it as 'used' within 3 days of release for virtually the same price.

They bought it to copy. Now they're dumping while the dumping is good. ::)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 16, 2011, 07:00:11 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on June 16, 2011, 06:57:22 AM
They bought it to copy. Now they're dumping while the dumping is good. ::)

8)

Oh, then I'd rather not complain about those socially responsible beings. 0:) >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 16, 2011, 07:10:35 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 16, 2011, 06:50:24 AM
Did the price go up again -- it shows up as 29.47 for me?


And now the server just lets me hang without letting me complete the purchase...will try with another browser, and will eventually report back.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on June 16, 2011, 08:05:49 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 13, 2011, 08:48:32 AM
GiftDVDs, a UK AMP seller, is offering (as of 16:48 GMT)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510xZoDEtQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

for a Pound and 34 pennies.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000BW9GTI/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1307983503&sr=1-7&condition=new

And here's the Amazon-GMG link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BW9GTI/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on June 13, 2011, 09:56:24 AM
Thank you! Bought it in a heartbeat - very kind of you to point that out :)

Giftdvds just canceled this one - booo! Even worse - I am almost considering buying it at a higher price... but not yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Shrunk on June 18, 2011, 03:43:25 AM
Arkiv has the Complete Haydn Keyboard Music set by Ronald Brautigam (BIS) on sale for $39.99 this weekend.  I'm glad I waited on this one.

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=204302

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on June 18, 2011, 12:58:01 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 13, 2011, 08:48:32 AM
GiftDVDs, a UK AMP seller, is offering (as of 16:48 GMT)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510xZoDEtQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

for a Pound and 34 pennies.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000BW9GTI/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1307983503&sr=1-7&condition=new

And here's the Amazon-GMG link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BW9GTI/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

Recommended. That's a good recording and for the asking price, unbeatable.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 21, 2011, 02:00:52 PM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on June 21, 2011, 11:11:59 AM
Here we go again! :o Be warned: their last sale sucked... :P

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/indiff/commun/promo/banniere-soldes-ete-2011.gif)
(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/indiff/commun/promo/titre-11.jpg)

Q

No sucking dear Que, good deals, but be also warned, never go there the first day, the chance you get in there is minimal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on June 21, 2011, 02:16:39 PM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on June 21, 2011, 11:11:59 AM
Here we go again! :o Be warned: their last sale sucked... :P

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/indiff/commun/promo/banniere-soldes-ete-2011.gif)
(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/indiff/commun/promo/titre-11.jpg)


Even Harry just bought two or three hundred CDs...  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 21, 2011, 11:46:02 PM
Well, this time the sale has some stuff I do want.
Unfortunately, it still has the same grotesque shipping charges. 18 euros to send 6 things to the UK?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 22, 2011, 12:23:24 AM
This time only 4 items, not worth the trouble, and like last year they will lower the prices again, so be aware of that. Also I found a lot of CD'S more expensive as last year, a higher price, with the same percentage off.
And as Brian said the shipping charges are grotesque. The first CD'S on any list start cheap, but start to get out of sale focus soon enough. Another silly thing is almost no images from Da Capo, and Hungaroton.
Like last year! I am afraid nothing for me this time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mgendron on June 22, 2011, 03:40:07 AM
Just want last night and got the B IG Liszt box for 139EUR + 8.28EUR for s/h (Canada). This is a real bargain, after watching this item on a lot of sites. Even JPC as it at 199EUR. So for those Lisztmaniacs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 22, 2011, 05:20:21 PM
Quote from: Soapy Molloy on June 22, 2011, 01:41:37 AM
Yes I had a prowl around it last night, and though I did find a few things I would quite like to have, nothing that I couldn't get elsewhere for a similar price and with substantially cheaper shipping.  Like Harry I thought the DaCapo and Hungaroton lists, from which in previous sales I have filled up, particularly disappointing this time.

I also had no access problems even though it was the first few minutes of the sale, which I suppose means others aren't bothering either.

I'll repeat an observation I posted yesterday in some thread or another--that Amazon Marketplace vendor FabulousCD is either the same as Abeille, or uses Abeille to fulfill orders placed through Marketplace.  Two recent purchases I made with FabulousCD were billed to my credit card and shipped by Abeille.   One was physically shipped from Kirchheim Germany, the other is still in transit to me so I don't yet know its actual point of origin.  And another GMGer has reported the same thing applied to purchases they made with FabulousCD.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 22, 2011, 05:24:12 PM
I can confirm that too, and the prices and shipping are both better through amazon mp!  btw Kishnevi is that your real name?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 22, 2011, 06:10:47 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 22, 2011, 05:24:12 PM
I can confirm that too, and the prices and shipping are both better through amazon mp!  btw Kishnevi is that your real name?

Yes it is (and noted in the name change thread).  Since I no longer blog, it's silly to keep using the name I blogged under.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minimal music on June 27, 2011, 11:38:43 PM
Amazon.de offers the 30 CD Brilliant box - The Ultimate Piano Concerto Collection - for EUR 21.97
Brendel (Artist), Bolet (Artist), Kissin (Artist), Tacchino (Artist), Freire (Artist), et al. Format: Audio CD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minimal music on June 27, 2011, 11:40:27 PM
Check: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B002JH8IS8/ref=pe_41901_25657081_pe_epc_d1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on June 29, 2011, 01:29:27 AM
I was outbid on the Rubinstein CD that I posted earlier in the Purchases Today thread - much to my surprise! However, the winning bidder has done me a huge favour and I have now purchased this, also via ebay,

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SZqp0FHAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

for $28 including shipping from Borders Australia. I already have the Nocturnes and the Ballades/Scherzos but strangely enough none of the rest and it also replaces my Impromptus CD that I bid on. This is all for less than double the price.

The interesting point for all of you looking for a bargain is that Borders Australia went belly up about a month ago and so I can possibly assume that they are selling things off at a very cheap price via the internet. I have yet to put Borders Australia into Google to see if there are other bargains but thought you might be interested. Maybe I should repost this in the 'super duper cheap bargains' thread
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 14, 2011, 12:07:04 AM
Here's a great little 4cd set of Handel arias for the female voice.  And its a Super Duper Bargain too at just over a Fiver.  Direct from Harmonia Mundi, those people who brought us the cheap Super Duper sets of Manze (violin) & O'Dette (Lute) a few months ago.

Handel: Arias for... Cuzzoni, Durastanti, Senesino, Montagnana - Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra / Nicholas McGegan [Box set]

[asin]B001CCHPNU[/asin]

Handel Arias 4cd Set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001CCHPNU/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1310630417&sr=1-7&condition=new)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on July 14, 2011, 12:30:25 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 14, 2011, 12:07:04 AM
Here's a great little 4cd set of Handel arias for the female voice.  And its a Super Duper Bargain too at just over a Fiver.  Direct from Harmonia Mundi, those people who brought us the cheap Super Duper sets of Manze (violin) & O'Dette (Lute) a few months ago.

Handel: Arias for... Cuzzoni, Durastanti, Senesino, Montagnana - Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra / Nicholas McGegan [Box set]

[asin]B001CCHPNU[/asin]

Handel Arias 4cd Set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001CCHPNU/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1310630417&sr=1-7&condition=new)

Not anymore alas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 14, 2011, 12:45:48 AM
Sterling are having a sale at HB Direct. The prices are not that great (at roughly $15 per disc), and the shipping may be prohibative, but these rarely go on sale, so thought I would mention it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 14, 2011, 01:16:20 AM
Quote from: Harry on July 14, 2011, 12:30:25 AM
Not anymore alas.

Harry,

Look under the "14 New" Tab.  Its £5.36p from Harmonia Mundi direct.  The £24.99 upwards are for other retailers and Amazon UK is almost £30  :)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001CCHPNU/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1310630417&sr=1-7&condition=new
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on July 14, 2011, 03:07:10 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 14, 2011, 01:16:20 AM
Harry,

Look under the "14 New" Tab.  Its £5.36p from Harmonia Mundi direct.  The £24.99 upwards are for other retailers and Amazon UK is almost £30  :)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001CCHPNU/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1310630417&sr=1-7&condition=new

Ordered, Tony, thank you my friend.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 14, 2011, 10:13:23 PM
Quote from: Harry on July 14, 2011, 12:30:25 AM
Not anymore alas.

It's available from the amazon.co.uk marketplace from HM for 14.16 shipped to the states.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on July 15, 2011, 07:16:16 AM
My local classical store, Fuga (Finland's primary source for the genre if anyone is planning a visit), currently has a clearance sale on. Many old and potentially OOP recordings on offer:

http://www.fuga.fi/clearance.html

Feast your eyes and unburden your wallets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 21, 2011, 06:31:44 PM
Arkivmusic is offering some Harmonia Mundi titles--34 in all--at 50% off or more. 
http://www.arkivmusic.com/listpage/2309&page_size=100-E847
I just ordered 8;  I will probably be going back and ordering at least 2 more, but I wanted to keep the order to under  $100.

I'd order more, if it weren't for the fact that I already have nine of them (all of them excellent IMO).

One note--two of the five CDs contained in the Manze set are the Vivaldi CD and  the Mozart violin concertos CD listed separately.  So if you order the set, don't order those two.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on July 23, 2011, 03:11:12 PM
This isn't new but I would like to point out that the 4CD Box of the Lindsay Quartet's Schubert recordings is still £9.83 on Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Late-String-Quartets-Quintet/dp/B0001Z2RSW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1311462495&sr=1-1). It's ever so good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 30, 2011, 08:59:57 AM
Haydn Harnoncourt 6cd Set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001D94LFW/sr=1-1717/qid=1311703875/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1311703875&sr=1-1717&seller=) - Amazon (UK)

[asin]B001D94LFW[/asin]

CD:01 & 02 - The Creation cpte
CD 03 & 04 - The Seasons cpte
CD:05 - English Canzonettas & Canzonettas - James Griffet
CD:06 - Recital - Teresa Berganza

£34.50 Amazon price  -  £6.76 Bookalley_Amazon Marketplace Seller

Love Harnoncourt? Love Haydn?

Seems a Super Bargain to me ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 31, 2011, 11:27:40 AM
Just looked up the Haydn but didn't see it - lowest price is £25.25.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on August 03, 2011, 02:41:33 AM
Quote from: stingo on July 31, 2011, 11:27:40 AM
Just looked up the Haydn but didn't see it - lowest price is £25.25.

I expect its those "Lurkers" we see on the forum, who read this thread for nabbing a bargain or two.  At the time of posting there were 4 copies left from the MP supplier.

Nobody from the forum's admitted to purchasing them  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on August 03, 2011, 03:50:08 PM
The first 12 Wigmore Hall Live CDs on sale at GBP3 each - post free from http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/live/cdsale

Not sure if that constitutes a bargain, but some very nice recordings in there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 03, 2011, 04:25:05 PM
Those are indeed super bargains, I picked up a couple - thanks. Free shipping too :) I really like what I've already heard from this label.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 03, 2011, 08:41:33 PM
10 disc set of Julian Bream records lute and guitar at presto $cdn 43.25
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/RCA/88697316212
Contents List:

1. The Art of Julian Bream

2. J.S Bach: Lute Suites Nos. 1 & 2

3. Romantic Guitar

4. The Woods So Wild

5. Julian Bream and Friends

6. 20th Century Guitar

7. Rodrigo, Vivaldi & Britten

8. Villa-Lobos: The 12 Etudes for Guitar & Suite Populaire Brésilienne

9. Julian Bream & John Williams 'Live'

10. Julian Bream plays Granados & Albeniz - The Poetic Nationalists


ah ...  45 rpm's!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on August 04, 2011, 02:29:31 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 14, 2011, 01:16:20 AM
Harry,

Look under the "14 New" Tab.  Its £5.36p from Harmonia Mundi direct.  The £24.99 upwards are for other retailers and Amazon UK is almost £30  :)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001CCHPNU/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1310630417&sr=1-7&condition=new


also ordered, thanks Tony
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on August 06, 2011, 07:06:55 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51g0BzzqoxL._SS400_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B001TEKI6C/

25 CD set for EUR 10,97 from Amazon DE themselves at time of writing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on August 06, 2011, 07:08:14 AM
Even cheaper on UK Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Julian-Bream-Album-Collection/dp/B001DD0HPG/

Quote from: listener on August 03, 2011, 08:41:33 PM
10 disc set of Julian Bream records lute and guitar at presto $cdn 43.25
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/RCA/88697316212
Contents List:

1. The Art of Julian Bream

2. J.S Bach: Lute Suites Nos. 1 & 2

3. Romantic Guitar

4. The Woods So Wild

5. Julian Bream and Friends

6. 20th Century Guitar

7. Rodrigo, Vivaldi & Britten

8. Villa-Lobos: The 12 Etudes for Guitar & Suite Populaire Brésilienne

9. Julian Bream & John Williams 'Live'

10. Julian Bream plays Granados & Albeniz - The Poetic Nationalists


ah ...  45 rpm's!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on August 11, 2011, 03:35:14 PM
I can buy the complete set of Mozart symphonies, an 11 disc set, The English Concert, with Trevor Pinnock from this guy in Winnipeg on Kijiji for $20 CDN.

Should I?  How are these performances?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 11, 2011, 04:47:35 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 11, 2011, 03:35:14 PM
How are these performances?

Fast! :D  If you are used to and enjoy period style performances then you should enjoy this set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on August 11, 2011, 04:51:01 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 11, 2011, 04:47:35 PM
Fast! :D  If you are used to and enjoy period style performances then you should enjoy this set.

I do enjoy some, David.  Some.  I'll go for it, regardless - at that price!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 11, 2011, 04:53:19 PM
Oh yes I wanted to post that on amazon mp3 there is a superbargain set, the Gewandhaus String Quartet cycle of Beethoven's SQs.  10 "cds" worth of music-- $18. :)

Woops the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-L-Van-Quartets-Gewandhaus/dp/B002XYQ1M2 (http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-L-Van-Quartets-Gewandhaus/dp/B002XYQ1M2)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on August 11, 2011, 04:59:24 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 11, 2011, 03:35:14 PM
I can buy the complete set of Mozart symphonies, an 11 disc set, The English Concert, with Trevor Pinnock from this guy in Winnipeg on Kijiji for $20 CDN.

Should I?  How are these performances?

I don't have a whole lot to offer but many years ago I did manage to hear a decent cross-section of Pinnock's early Mozart symphonies and I found the performances excellent: lively, nicely inflect, and just good fun. But I've never owned these recordings.

Unfortunately the opposite was true with the lone disc of Pinnock's late Mozart symphonies (syms 40 and 41) I once owned but recently sold off: limp, bland, and an overall impression that there was a high level of disinterest in even recording the works. Probably the worst recordings I've ever heard of these two great symphonies. In fact, this disc actually make me angry that I had wasted good money on it. If ever I felt I deserved a refund due to being so poorly served by a recording this was it. >:( ;D



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on August 11, 2011, 05:02:40 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on August 11, 2011, 04:59:24 PM
I don't have a whole lot to offer but many years ago I did manage to hear a decent cross-section of Pinnock's early Mozart symphonies and I found the performances excellent: lively, nicely inflect, and just good fun. But I've never owned these recordings.

Unfortunately the opposite was true with the lone disc of Pinnock's late Mozart symphonies (syms 40 and 41) I once owned but recently sold off: limp, bland, and an overall impression that there was a high level of disinterest in even recording the works. Probably the worst recordings I've ever heard of these two great symphonies. In fact, this disc actually make me angry that I had wasted good money on it. If ever I felt I deserved a refund due to being so poorly served by a recording this was it. >:( ;D

Thanks both for your feedback.  Fortunately, I already do have great recordings of Mozart's final 5 symphonies, so that won't be a problem.  I don't have symphonies 1-35, so that's why this set at the price just seems like a no-brainer.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on August 11, 2011, 05:05:53 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on August 11, 2011, 05:02:40 PM
Thanks both for your feedback.  Fortunately, I already do have great recordings of Mozart's final 5 symphonies, so that won't be a problem.  I don't have symphonies 1-35, so that's why this set at the price just seems like a no-brainer.

Yeah, this set might be worth it for the early and middle symphonies. Not hearing Pinnock in anything "middle" Mozart I can't really say but at that price it's a pretty good deal.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on August 12, 2011, 01:12:41 AM
QuoteThanks both for your feedback.  Fortunately, I already do have great recordings of Mozart's final 5 symphonies, so that won't be a problem.  I don't have symphonies 1-35, so that's why this set at the price just seems like a no-brainer.

I've had the Pinnock box set for a couple of years.  If you are happy with HIP it is highly recommended, and even more so at that price.  I'd agree with reservations about the late symphonies, but you have indicated that these are covered in your collection.

I recently bought the Gardiner version of the 39th and 41st on SDG - very enjoyable, although few super duper bargains around.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on August 12, 2011, 12:44:38 PM
While I love Pinnock's work, and would ordinarily jump at this set, I don't think I could quite leap over Mackerras' sparkling complete Telarc set, nor his incomplete Linn set to make it happen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on August 12, 2011, 01:53:35 PM
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/BBCL50022.jpg)

Michelangeli BBC 3-CD set for £12.65 at MDT

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//BBCL50022.htm (http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//BBCL50022.htm)

:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 13, 2011, 02:30:58 AM
(http://www.naxosdirect.com/templates/shared/images/titles/largest/747313257379__lang-en-uk.jpg)

A truly outstanding piano recital that's given me much pleasure - including a crisp, clean, but unabashedly hyper-virtuosic romp through Petrushka, a barnstorming La valse, and mercifully non-barnstorming Debussy images plus two well-articulated Scarlatti sonatas and a premiere by Daniel Mateos (1977-). If you live in the UK, it's three pounds from NaxosDirect (http://www.naxosdirect.co.uk/Baryshevskyi-Recital/title/8572573/), as are a whole lot of decent albums in their Summer Sale (like world premieres of newly discovered Martinu piano scores (http://www.naxosdirect.co.uk/Martinu-Piano-Music-Vol7/title/8572025/)).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 13, 2011, 08:17:25 AM
Their sale seems less absurd this time - Dacapo discs for £3 each last time were amazing, but now they're just half price (and oddly most of the sale items remain the same - did they really have THAT many of just these discs, and the rest are all in more normal quantities after a year of the overstock being on sale? Meh).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 13, 2011, 03:58:08 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on August 13, 2011, 08:17:25 AM
Their sale seems less absurd this time

Not to mention the time when we got to hoard gigantic box sets (plus the complete Poulenc chamber music) for $3 a pop.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: haziz on August 14, 2011, 07:19:44 AM
Pludermacher's set of Beethoven Sonatas is available as MP3s for download from Amazon (at least Amazon US) for US $15.98.

The same set is also available from Berkshire Record Outlet for $40 as CDs.

I hesitated which to get, then opted for the CDs since I tend to favor lossless compression for my music, though I am not sure the probably inaudible difference justifies the price difference.

Ironically I was at the physical location of Berkshire Record Outlet yesterday but did not pick up the discs (would have saved $10 in shipping and taxes) since I did not know they had them.



[asin]B000069DZV[/asin]

This links to the CD version BTW
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on August 14, 2011, 04:24:13 PM
Quote from: haziz on August 14, 2011, 07:19:44 AM
Pludermacher's set of Beethoven Sonatas is available as MPs for download from Amazon (at least Amazon US) for US $15.98.

The same set is also available from Berkshire Record Outlet for $40 as CDs.

I hesitated which to get, then opted for the CDs since I tend to favor lossless compression for my music, though I am not sure the probably inaudible difference justifies the price difference.

Ironically I was at the physical location of Berkshire Record Outlet yesterday but did not pick up the discs (would have saved $10 in shipping and taxes) since I did not know they had them.



[asin]B000069DZV[/asin]

This links to the CD version BTW

Just out of curiosity, where is B&M store of Berkshire Record Outlet located?
Somewhere in western MA, Pittsfield?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: haziz on August 14, 2011, 05:31:52 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on August 14, 2011, 04:24:13 PM
Just out of curiosity, where is B&M store of Berkshire Record Outlet located?
Somewhere in western MA, Pittsfield?

Actually Lee, MA. Two towns south of Pittsfield. They are mostly a warehouse but have a small retail area adjoining the warehouse. They have one copy of some of their discs (they don't have all on display) in a number of bins. You grab it then take it to the desk, and they promptly replace it in the bins. Fairly low tech and old fashioned actually. I was going home from a Tanglewood open rehearsal that morning. Tanglewood is in Lenox which sits between Pittsfield and Lee.

Sincerely,

Hany.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on August 14, 2011, 05:43:01 PM
Quote from: haziz on August 14, 2011, 05:31:52 PM
Actually Lee, MA. Two towns south of Pittsfield. They are mostly a warehouse but have a small retail area adjoining the warehouse. They have one copy of some of their discs (they don't have all on display) in a number of bins. You grab it then take it to the desk, and they promptly replace it in the bins. Fairly low tech and old fashioned actually. I was going home from a Tanglewood open rehearsal that morning. Tanglewood is in Lenox which sits between Pittsfield and Lee.

Sincerely,

Hany.

Thanks.  I am somewhat familiar with the general area and have been there a number of times - my sister and brother in-law used to have a ski condo in Jiminy Peak and my wife was hoping to buy a vacation home nearby until I stopped her - just before the housing crash - whew!

BRO is indeed incredibly low-tech.  You need to look no further than its website that shows no CD covers and while its search engine works, it is not exactly the most effective either ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 14, 2011, 11:30:37 PM
This set

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61fDbeMBaaL._SS400_.jpg)

is now at 11 Euros at

http://www.amazon.de/Legendary-Russian-Pianists-Kissin/dp/B001TEKI6C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313393199&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.de/Legendary-Russian-Pianists-Kissin/dp/B001TEKI6C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313393199&sr=1-1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on August 15, 2011, 01:56:28 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 14, 2011, 11:30:37 PM
This set

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61fDbeMBaaL._SS400_.jpg)

is now at 11 Euros at

http://www.amazon.de/Legendary-Russian-Pianists-Kissin/dp/B001TEKI6C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313393199&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.de/Legendary-Russian-Pianists-Kissin/dp/B001TEKI6C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313393199&sr=1-1)
While it looks very tempting I already have this

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zb23x6b-L._SS400_.jpg)

which already has Gilels, Richter, Kissin and Berman.

The set is only 25 CDs so am I going to be paying for material that I already have too much of?

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 15, 2011, 02:05:09 AM
Quote from: Holden on August 15, 2011, 01:56:28 AM
While it looks very tempting I already have this

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zb23x6b-L._SS400_.jpg)

which already has Gilels, Richter, Kissin and Berman.

The set is only 25 CDs so am I going to be paying for material that I already have too much of?

I believe it's one CD per pianist. I have the Russian Legends box set too (one of my best purchases ever) and also have the Igumnov Tchaikovsky, but some of those - Yudina, Nikolayeva, Feinberg, Ashkenazy, Demidenko, Gavrilov - are pretty tempting. Why is Postnikova listed twice? Are there really two of them?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on August 15, 2011, 12:06:45 PM
OK, can someone guide me through Amazon.de? I have an account at Amazon.com but don't think it's transferable to their German counterpart. I know that LOS means go and while I have a smattering of German I am struggling to complete an order. All I have done so far is added the box to my cart.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 15, 2011, 12:11:04 PM
The accounts should be transferable. I registered at one amazon and fund my password etc viable on all amazons. When you have the disc in the Einkaufswagen, you should press Zur Kasse Gehen and will be prompted for your logon password.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 15, 2011, 12:30:33 PM
Quote from: Holden on August 15, 2011, 12:06:45 PM
OK, can someone guide me through Amazon.de? I have an account at Amazon.com but don't think it's transferable to their German counterpart. I know that LOS means go and while I have a smattering of German I am struggling to complete an order. All I have done so far is added the box to my cart.

I've always found my account transferrable between all the amazon sites. Try this:

On the main page, click Einkaufswagen (shopping cart). On the left side of the next page, click the blue link called Heir anmelden (log in here). On the next page type in your email address and your password and click the yellow button called Weiter. That will take you to your "shopping cart." You should be able to use the 1 click option since you're now logged in. Click Jetzt mit 1 click kaufen. That will take you to a page that says Vielen Dank. Ihre 1-Click Bestellung wird bearbeitet. (Thank you, your 1 click order is being processed.) That's it. If your item isn't in your shopping cart after you log in, go find the item again and simply use the 1 click option.

Edit: Just saw Erato's post. That's easier than my convoluted way  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 15, 2011, 04:00:39 PM
The Vanska Sibelius set on amazon mp3 is a superbargain for 7 1/2 hours of music @ $7.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pM0XexLgL._SS500_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Sibelius-Complete-Symphonies-Lemmink%C3%A4inen-Concerto/dp/B004Z4ZN4A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313435674&sr=8-1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: haziz on August 15, 2011, 04:44:25 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 15, 2011, 04:00:39 PM
The Vanska Sibelius set on amazon mp3 is a superbargain for 7 1/2 hours of music @ $7.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pM0XexLgL._SS500_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Sibelius-Complete-Symphonies-Lemmink%C3%A4inen-Concerto/dp/B004Z4ZN4A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313435674&sr=8-1)

Thanks. Nabbed them. I usually prefer lossless compression or CDs, but it is very hard to resist at this price.

Sincerely,

Hany.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 15, 2011, 05:27:58 PM
Quote from: haziz on August 15, 2011, 04:44:25 PM
Thanks. Nabbed them. I usually prefer lossless compression or CDs, but it is very hard to resist at this price.

Sincerely,

Hany.

Yeah I checked the flacs at eclassical but there was no discount over there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on August 16, 2011, 01:00:24 PM
Always on the lookout for unusual reportoire, I have had my eye on the 10 cd set of Rheinberger piano music from Carus. I first saw it on jpc for 50 euros which, for me, is rather a lot to pay for a shot in the dark. Amazon UK then had it for a tad over £40 but astonishingly it is now listed for £16.39. I have taken the plunge. Should anyone else be interested here is the link:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Works-J-Rheinberger/dp/B005805ET4/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I315RY7TLK1JZ9&colid=AZFAVK42ANC5
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 16, 2011, 01:10:58 PM
That kind of thing is right up my alley, thanks for the pointer :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 16, 2011, 01:16:43 PM
Already ordered, thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 16, 2011, 01:18:38 PM
Quote from: hafod on August 16, 2011, 01:00:24 PM
Always on the lookout for unusual reportoire, I have had my eye on the 10 cd set of Rheinberger piano music from Carus. I first saw it on jpc for 50 euros which, for me, is rather a lot to pay for a shot in the dark. Amazon UK then had it for a tad over £40 but astonishingly it is now listed for £16.39. I have taken the plunge. Should anyone else be interested here is the link:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Works-J-Rheinberger/dp/B005805ET4/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I315RY7TLK1JZ9&colid=AZFAVK42ANC5
Yes thanks here too! I'm not sure how I will like 10 discs of his piano music (I liked some of a double disc of his orchestral music, recently purchased), which is quite a lot. But at that price, perhaps worth a shot! You can find excepts from jpc. It's here: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Rheinberger-1839-1901-Das-Klavierwerk/hnum/1155122 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Rheinberger-1839-1901-Das-Klavierwerk/hnum/1155122)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 16, 2011, 01:29:18 PM
Thanks    ordered   
must put the organ recods higher on the listening stack to make room for it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 16, 2011, 09:28:32 PM
the 5-disc set with Andrew Manze  $9.31Cdn  and some other Harmonia Mundi and Everest
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/promo.php?promo=289&blurb=289
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 17, 2011, 12:56:34 AM
Quote from: listener on August 16, 2011, 09:28:32 PM
the 5-disc set with Andrew Manze  $9.31Cdn  and some other Harmonia Mundi and Everest
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/promo.php?promo=289&blurb=289

Great bargain! Many thanks for pointing this out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 17, 2011, 10:47:50 PM
Maybe not super duper, but pretty darned good I thought (Spirit of England for $7.16 from MP seller, includes shipping in US):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000JLPNO8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1313649867&sr=1-6&condition=new (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000JLPNO8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1313649867&sr=1-6&condition=new)

Finding a Dutton at this price is unusual and I thought the disc quite good (though I have no experience with the seller, nor I am connected to him or her in any way :)).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on August 18, 2011, 08:40:42 AM

New 20cd William Steinberg EMI ICON is £15.83 at AmazonUK. The Icons for Mackerras and Handley - 5cds each - to be issued at the same time are the same price. How long before they realise?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/William-Steinberg-Disciplined-Master-Conductor/dp/B005AAVFG8/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2ODY8QK9SMR9R&colid=1SYJ8VEWLSIVJ
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on August 18, 2011, 11:36:47 AM
Quote from: hafod on August 18, 2011, 08:40:42 AM
New 20cd William Steinberg EMI ICON is £15.83 at AmazonUK. The Icons for Mackerras and Handley - 5cds each - to be issued at the same time are the same price. How long before they realise?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/William-Steinberg-Disciplined-Master-Conductor/dp/B005AAVFG8/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2ODY8QK9SMR9R&colid=1SYJ8VEWLSIVJ

The linked content shows 5CDs for the Steinberg set. Am I missing something?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 18, 2011, 11:38:44 AM
Quote from: stingo on August 18, 2011, 11:36:47 AM
The linked content shows 5CDs for the Steinberg set. Am I missing something?
CD covers says 20, while Amazon count shows 5.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 18, 2011, 11:40:05 AM
Quote from: stingo on August 18, 2011, 11:36:47 AM
The linked content shows 5CDs for the Steinberg set. Am I missing something?
Yes, the front cover picture that specifies 20 CDs. The text spec of 5 CDs is probably the cause of the mispricing. More important, is this good stuff?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 18, 2011, 11:49:39 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 18, 2011, 11:40:05 AM
Yes, the front cover picture that specifies 20 CDs. The text spec of 5 CDs is probably the cause of the mispricing. More important, is this good stuff?
Even the EMI site does not yet appear to show contents, so not clear what exactly is there. BUT, much of what he did was quite good. At that price, it isn't too bad a risk. The Amazon US price is ~$95, so getting your money back by selling it would seem likely. Though, they do sometimes change the price. Still, seems like a pretty good deal considering the prices of other Icon series sets (which are typically smaller).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 18, 2011, 12:36:18 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 18, 2011, 11:49:39 AM
Even the EMI site
Has that site ever had any relevant information on anything?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 18, 2011, 12:48:31 PM
Quote from: The new erato on August 18, 2011, 12:36:18 PM
Has that site ever had any relevant information on anything?
Well, they do show it being released in September. They just don't give any other additional information on it. You could search for the EMI releases on Amazon (or other site) to see what might possibly be there, or maybe someone here knows.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on August 18, 2011, 01:30:04 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 18, 2011, 12:48:31 PM
Well, they do show it being released in September. They just don't give any other additional information on it. You could search for the EMI releases on Amazon (or other site) to see what might possibly be there, or maybe someone here knows.

I have exactly three Steinberg recordings, all of them concertos, all of them excellent. I'm thus inclined to consider the set. :)

Edit: All of them violin concertos, in fact. The Tchaikovsky with Huberman (on Naxos; no further comment needed here), and the Beethoven and Brahms with Nathan Milstein on EMI Great Recordings of the Century.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 18, 2011, 05:09:59 PM
Quote from: hafod on August 18, 2011, 08:40:42 AM
New 20cd William Steinberg EMI ICON is £15.83 at AmazonUK. The Icons for Mackerras and Handley - 5cds each - to be issued at the same time are the same price. How long before they realise?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/William-Steinberg-Disciplined-Master-Conductor/dp/B005AAVFG8/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2ODY8QK9SMR9R&colid=1SYJ8VEWLSIVJ

I don't suppose you can link to the Handley set? I can't seem to find it. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 18, 2011, 09:20:45 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 18, 2011, 11:38:44 AM
CD covers says 20, while Amazon count shows 5.
presto says 20      http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Steinberg+icon
EMI Icons - 0264862
(CD - 20 discs)
C$78.50
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 18, 2011, 09:39:52 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on August 18, 2011, 05:09:59 PM
I don't suppose you can link to the Handley set? I can't seem to find it. :(
I found it easily by writing Handley icon in the amazon search field.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 18, 2011, 09:41:05 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on August 18, 2011, 05:09:59 PM
I don't suppose you can link to the Handley set? I can't seem to find it. :(

Search for EMI Icons and click on "Next 90 Days" under Availability (or whatever it's called) on the left-hand side menu.





Search for "EMI Germany" and look for the 10-CD set of Mozart's Masses conducted by Peter Neumann and his PI band.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 18, 2011, 10:50:38 PM
Thank you!

Wouldn't it be nice to know what will be in these Icon boxes 0:)  The EMI sites are useless.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 18, 2011, 10:56:34 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on August 18, 2011, 10:50:38 PM
Thank you!

Wouldn't it be nice to know what will be in these Icon boxes 0:)  The EMI sites are useless.
I found a link that lists the works: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/lang/en/currency/EUR/hnum/9709457/art/William-Steinberg-Icon-Series (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/lang/en/currency/EUR/hnum/9709457/art/William-Steinberg-Icon-Series)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on August 18, 2011, 10:59:22 PM
Contents and recording dates for the Steinberg box -

http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/98348/William_Steinberg:_Complete_EMI_Recordings.htm

It is just worth noting that there is some overlap with the Milstein Icon box namely the Beethoven, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Glazunov and Tchaikovsky concertos - about two-and-a-half cds - but at this price who cares?

Handley and Mackerras -

http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/98346/Vernon_Handley:_Champion_of_British_Music.htm

http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/98347/Charles_Mackerras:_Maestro.htm

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 18, 2011, 11:01:12 PM
Quote from: hafod on August 18, 2011, 10:59:22 PM
Contents and recording dates for the Steinberg box -

http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/98348/William_Steinberg:_Complete_EMI_Recordings.htm

It is just worth noting that there is some overlap with the Milstein Icon box namely the Beethoven, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Glazunov and Tchaikovsky concertos - about two-and-a-half cds - but at this price who cares?

Handley and Mackerras -

http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/98346/Vernon_Handley:_Champion_of_British_Music.htm

http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/98347/Charles_Mackerras:_Maestro.htm
Fabulous find! I always forget about europadisc!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on August 18, 2011, 11:07:06 PM

Excellent! Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on August 19, 2011, 05:11:26 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on August 18, 2011, 11:07:06 PM
Excellent! Thanks for the help.

Indeed. :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 19, 2011, 01:33:52 PM
Steinberg set re-priced now to $41.76 $cdn (export price with VAT removed)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on August 21, 2011, 01:41:39 AM
Having seen the posting about Harmonia Mundi bargains at Presto Classical I bought

Marco Dall'Aquila: Pieces for Lute (Paul O'Dette)

via Amazon direct from HM.  Very soon after I started playing it I recalled reading a review somewhere last year, which must have been about this disc, bewailing the recording quality.  It is recorded in a very reverberant acoustic.  Best avoided!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on August 21, 2011, 12:55:47 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 15, 2011, 04:00:39 PM
The Vanska Sibelius set on amazon mp3 is a superbargain for 7 1/2 hours of music @ $7.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pM0XexLgL._SS500_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Sibelius-Complete-Symphonies-Lemmink%C3%A4inen-Concerto/dp/B004Z4ZN4A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313435674&sr=8-1)

Those who took advantage of this deal (like me) might also be interested in

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/611%2BuxavcOL._SS500_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004OTY1EO/?tag=goodmusicguideco)

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies and Orchestral Works
Gothenburg SO
Neeme Jarvi

The six symphonies, Romeo and Juliet Overture, Capriccio Italien, Francesca di Rimini, Festive Overture on Danish National Anthem, The Voyevoda, Gyoza (The Storm), Dmitri the Pretender and Vassily Shuisky (excerpts),  Overture in F, Elegy in Memory of I. V. Savarin, The Voyevoda (excerpt), Serenade for Strings, Eugene Onegin (excerpts), The Snow Maiden Incidental Music for $7.99 mp3 download.

Modified the message - the ASIN option does not work for MP3
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 21, 2011, 04:28:57 PM
Thanks Stingo!  Purchased! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on August 22, 2011, 01:21:58 PM
More downloadable love for the Russians from Bis...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wwmuyN5aL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004UDGG0G/?tag=goodmusicguideco)

RACHMANINOFF Symphonies (1-3), Prince Rotislav Symphonic Poem, Symphonic Movement ("Youth Symphony"), Vocalise
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes
$5.99

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61-gwUXe3xL._SL500_AA280_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004RG2B1O/?tag=goodmusicguideco)

GLAZUNOV Symphonies (1-8), Mazurka in G major for Orchestra, Ballade in F major for Orchestra, Fantasy for Orchestra (Ot mraka ka svetu - From Darkness to Light)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka
$6.99
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on August 23, 2011, 03:14:25 AM
These two are of super value on UK Ebay - DAS ALTE WERK

JS Bach - 4 Orchestral Suites.  Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt NEW 2cd set £2.49 Buy it Now/FREE Delivery £2.49p

JS Bach - 4 Orch Suites (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CD-4-ORCHESTRAL-SUITES-Concentus-musicus-Wien-NEW-/110731816759?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item19c8216f37)

[asin]B001FQ72H2[/asin]

CPE Bach - Prussian Sonatas Wurttemberg Sonatas. NEW 3cd set £2.99 Buy it Now/FREE Delivery £2.99p

CPE Bach - Prussian Sonatas (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Prussian-Sonatas-Wurttemberg-Sonatas-BACH-NEW-3-CD-/130560370499?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item1e66012743)

[asin]B001FQ72FY[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on August 23, 2011, 07:54:07 AM

Bernstein Symphony Edition is now available again from Amazon Germany for 70.99 Euros. Is this a new pressing?

http://www.amazon.de/Bernstein-Symphony-Leonard/dp/B003Z9Q4WG/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2W229SV8FYX24&colid=AT8AEARSVQPS
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on August 23, 2011, 05:07:17 PM
Arkivmusic is having a summer clearance sale, with 700+ items listed, so there's a decent chance you might find something you want there.
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp?page_size=100&list_id=2333
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on August 24, 2011, 06:11:11 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on August 23, 2011, 05:07:17 PM
Arkivmusic is having a summer clearance sale, with 700+ items listed, so there's a decent chance you might find something you want there.
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp?page_size=100&list_id=2333
Having scrolled through the first page of 100, I'd say that's quite likely.  Thanks for the tip, Jeffrey!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on August 24, 2011, 07:03:52 AM
Quote from: hafod on August 23, 2011, 07:54:07 AM
Bernstein Symphony Edition is now available again from Amazon Germany for 70.99 Euros. Is this a new pressing?

http://www.amazon.de/Bernstein-Symphony-Leonard/dp/B003Z9Q4WG/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2W229SV8FYX24&colid=AT8AEARSVQPS

Great news; thanks for that! :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 26, 2011, 08:45:26 AM
Quote from: hafod on August 16, 2011, 01:00:24 PM
Always on the lookout for unusual reportoire, I have had my eye on the 10 cd set of Rheinberger piano music from Carus. I first saw it on jpc for 50 euros which, for me, is rather a lot to pay for a shot in the dark. Amazon UK then had it for a tad over £40 but astonishingly it is now listed for £16.39. I have taken the plunge. Should anyone else be interested here is the link:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Works-J-Rheinberger/dp/B005805ET4/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I315RY7TLK1JZ9&colid=AZFAVK42ANC5

It's gone back up to £46.22 now - glad that you caught the error so early for us, thanks again :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 26, 2011, 10:39:43 AM
For a short while it was very cheap on mdt's prerelease list, now it's up there as well, so it seems it was a mistake by the label. Anyway, I got my confirmation at the low price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 26, 2011, 10:59:26 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 26, 2011, 10:39:43 AM
it seems it was a mistake by the label.

Or probably the only way they were going to sell some boxes. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 26, 2011, 11:24:50 AM
message from amazon (uk) re the Rheiberger piaano set:
"Unfortunately, the release date for the item(s) listed below was changed by the supplier, and we need to provide you with a new estimated delivery date based on the new release date:

  J. Rheinberger "Klavierwerke"
    Estimated arrival date: September 26 2011 - September 30 2011"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on August 26, 2011, 11:57:12 AM
Just as long as they don't change the price, I won't have to raise hell. They didn't with the (correct) Chopin box entry, so I am optimistic.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 26, 2011, 01:35:45 PM
I  just checked the status of my order. it's still there at the bargain price.
Perhaps this ...
Pre-order Price Guarantee. Learn more.
   can be taken seriously
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 29, 2011, 12:17:18 AM
a 10-disc set of choral music by VICTORIA at amazon (uk) at  de Victoria: Sacred Works
Ensemble Plus Ultra (Audio CD)
5.0 out of 5 stars   (1)£30.97  (export price, would come to about $5.00  a disc)   
[asin]B0050F6JQE[/asin]
link takes you to the US store where it is a lot more expensive.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 29, 2011, 12:26:28 AM
£ 26.58 at mdt export price.

Edit: Though admittedly mdt often has more expensive P&P-
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 30, 2011, 09:31:10 AM
ALERT ALERT ALERT

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/references/bril93980.jpg)

62 euros (a euro per CD) at Abeille Musique (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93980/5028421939803/Brilliant-Classics/Piotr-Ilyitch-Tchaikovski/edition-Tchaikovski/cleart-54708.html), who also have the complete track and artist listing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 30, 2011, 09:46:26 AM
Only $18 on amazon mp3:
[asin]B001F1YBOY[/asin]

Only $3.56 on amazon mp3:
[asin]B000FMH9OS[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on August 30, 2011, 11:23:20 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 30, 2011, 09:31:10 AM
ALERT ALERT ALERT

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/references/bril93980.jpg)

62 euros (a euro per CD) at Abeille Musique (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93980/5028421939803/Brilliant-Classics/Piotr-Ilyitch-Tchaikovski/edition-Tchaikovski/cleart-54708.html), who also have the complete track and artist listing.

Hm! This is pretty good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on August 30, 2011, 02:15:51 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 30, 2011, 09:31:10 AM
ALERT ALERT ALERT

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/references/bril93980.jpg)

62 euros (a euro per CD) at Abeille Musique (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL93980/5028421939803/Brilliant-Classics/Piotr-Ilyitch-Tchaikovski/edition-Tchaikovski/cleart-54708.html), who also have the complete track and artist listing.

Not quite at the same bargain basement level as the Brahms cube was, but nevertheless still an incredible deal!  It is making me salivate!   :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on August 30, 2011, 02:20:34 PM
I have found pricing at the various etailers - US vs. European to be quite baffling.  For many box sets from UniversalMusic, the US based etailers (mostly the Amazon MarketPlace vendors) actually have better prices than MDT, Presto Classical or jpc.  MDT and Presto tend to have better prices on the smaller European labels.  At any rate, I tend to buy those hard-to-find recordings from the European etailers since prices for those recordings tend to be a whole lot higher stateside.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on August 31, 2011, 06:36:19 PM
I might wait to see at what price fabulouscd will list the Tchaikovsky cube.

An in other news I'm enjoying the Sibelius orchestral works purchased on a recently posted deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 31, 2011, 10:21:00 PM
If just somebody could provide a track list:

[asin]B005D51II0[/asin]

No info on any of the sites that lists this as a future release, and the label's own site, as usual, is totally devoid of useful information and filled with the usual crap and bullshit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on August 31, 2011, 10:41:45 PM
Here's the tracklist. (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4782826)

Amazon UK lists it for a fairly decent £71.88, if the slightly-all-over-the-place contents appeal. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 31, 2011, 10:45:06 PM
I should have suspected that prestoclassical would get it right. They are marvellous with early release information.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on August 31, 2011, 10:52:32 PM
Indeed. Their attention to detail makes me vaguely sad I've never actually bought anything from them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 31, 2011, 11:07:23 PM
Quote from: Renfield on August 31, 2011, 10:41:45 PM
Here's the tracklist. (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4782826)

Amazon UK lists it for a fairly decent £71.88, if the slightly-all-over-the-place contents appeal. :)
Deep discount in the US has it on sale for $125 or so. Don't know what shipping is abroad though (free in US).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 31, 2011, 11:11:21 PM
Quote from: Renfield on August 31, 2011, 10:52:32 PM
Indeed. Their attention to detail makes me vaguely sad I've never actually bought anything from them.
So you are the proverbial "free rider"? One of my 4 go-tos (along with mdt, europadisc and amazon, all in the UK). Of course I use sites in Canada, US, the Czech republic, Russia, Germany, Italy, France and even Spain, but one of those 4 sites usually come up with the best combination of price, freight and availability.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 01, 2011, 12:37:18 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 31, 2011, 11:11:21 PM
So you are the proverbial "free rider"? One of my 4 go-tos (along with mdt, europadisc and amazon, all in the UK). Of course I use sites in Canada, US, the Czech republic, Russia, Germany, Italy, France and even Spain, but one of those 4 sites usually come up with the best combination of price, freight and availability.

I suppose I've never had occasion to use them. :D

My e-tailer - as Stuart would say - of choice is Amazon UK, inc. marketplace sellers, followed by Amazon DE and, less often, FR. For the now-rare (given my finances) bulk non-box-set order, I use MDT; I've also used JPC once or twice.

Oh, and Abeille Musique, that one time they had the epic box set sale. 250 CDs for €100! 8)


Since we're discussing them, though, what labels do Europadisc tend to have good prices on?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 01, 2011, 01:20:38 AM
Quote from: Renfield on September 01, 2011, 12:37:18 AM
I suppose I've never had occasion to use them. :D

My e-tailer - as Stuart would say - of choice is Amazon UK, inc. marketplace sellers, followed by Amazon DE and, less often, FR. For the now-rare (given my finances) bulk non-box-set order, I use MDT; I've also used JPC once or twice.

Oh, and Abeille Musique, that one time they had the epic box set sale. 250 CDs for €100! 8)


Since we're discussing them, though, what labels do Europadisc tend to have good prices on?
Much the same as mdt, but fewer. But they tend to be not in sync, so if I cannot find a label on offer at one of them; I sometimes find it on the other.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on September 01, 2011, 03:56:16 PM
Hanssler Classics have released a box of Bach's sacred and secular cantatas - 71 discs for around $78 on Amazon.com - possibly cheaper elsewhere.
[asin]B004K583KA[/asin]

I have these in the bigger Hanssler Bach box - not my favourite choice, but a good price for a full set when you consider the prices for other sets, such as those by Harnoncourt, Koopman, the Gardiner discs and the (in progress) Suzuki edition.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 01, 2011, 05:54:51 PM
"Geistliche & weltliche" = spiritual and worldy? Wow.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 01, 2011, 09:42:35 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on September 01, 2011, 05:54:51 PM
"Geistliche & weltliche" = spiritual and worldy? Wow.

There isn't a more worldlier addiction than coffee, is there?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on September 02, 2011, 05:19:53 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 01, 2011, 09:42:35 PM
There isn't a more worldlier addiction than coffee, is there?

Thumbs up!   :)  Where would I be without my coffee?  In big trouble, and in a very surly mood.  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 02, 2011, 06:15:51 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 01, 2011, 09:42:35 PM
There isn't a more worldlier addiction than coffee, is there?
How about "addiction" to wealth, fame, power, knowledge, sexual conquest and possession, flattery, and praise?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 02, 2011, 06:21:10 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 02, 2011, 06:15:51 AM
How about "addiction" to wealth, fame, power, knowledge, sexual conquest and possession, flattery, and praise?

You're going to get none of that if you aren't wide awake and virile. :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 02, 2011, 07:16:24 AM
It's a lucky day for vivaldians...

(http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/519lmbcUDxL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.ca/Vivaldi-Masterworks-Antonio/dp/B000NVL49C/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_1 (http://www.amazon.ca/Vivaldi-Masterworks-Antonio/dp/B000NVL49C/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_1)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 02, 2011, 07:19:12 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on September 02, 2011, 07:16:24 AM
It's a lucky day for vivaldians...

(http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/519lmbcUDxL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.ca/Vivaldi-Masterworks-Antonio/dp/B000NVL49C/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_1 (http://www.amazon.ca/Vivaldi-Masterworks-Antonio/dp/B000NVL49C/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_1)

Orpheus  ;)
Ships in 3-7 months! Though, it is currently $1000+ on Amazon through MP, so maybe worth a chance if it could fund your purchases for a while...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on September 05, 2011, 10:11:19 AM
Not sure if this was posted before, but here it is again, if it was...

[asin]B000YCLR6K[/asin]

Puccini Great Operas Collection (15 CDs) for $33.31 + S&H in the Amazon Marketplace
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 05, 2011, 10:47:13 AM
I had this sent from amazon.uk 4 days ago....slightly more expensive, but then it is free shipping to Norway.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 05, 2011, 11:30:58 AM
Quote from: stingo on September 05, 2011, 10:11:19 AM
Not sure if this was posted before, but here it is again, if it was...

[asin]B000YCLR6K[/asin]

Puccini Great Operas Collection (15 CDs) for $33.31 + S&H in the Amazon Marketplace

Look here... ;)

http://www.amazon.it/Puccini-Great-Opera-Collection-Giacomo/dp/B000YCLR6K/ref=sr_1_48?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1315251006&sr=1-48 (http://www.amazon.it/Puccini-Great-Opera-Collection-Giacomo/dp/B000YCLR6K/ref=sr_1_48?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1315251006&sr=1-48)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 05, 2011, 11:55:14 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on September 05, 2011, 11:30:58 AM
Look here... ;)

http://www.amazon.it/Puccini-Great-Opera-Collection-Giacomo/dp/B000YCLR6K/ref=sr_1_48?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1315251006&sr=1-48 (http://www.amazon.it/Puccini-Great-Opera-Collection-Giacomo/dp/B000YCLR6K/ref=sr_1_48?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1315251006&sr=1-48)
I knew that, but the free shipping wasn't available from Italy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on September 05, 2011, 12:20:07 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on September 05, 2011, 11:30:58 AM
Look here... ;)

http://www.amazon.it/Puccini-Great-Opera-Collection-Giacomo/dp/B000YCLR6K/ref=sr_1_48?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1315251006&sr=1-48 (http://www.amazon.it/Puccini-Great-Opera-Collection-Giacomo/dp/B000YCLR6K/ref=sr_1_48?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1315251006&sr=1-48)

From what I can see shipping to the US brings the total to 30,24 euros or about 42.60 USD. I paid $36.29.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 08, 2011, 07:42:45 AM
Böhm's Ring Cycle for 16 Pounds (ex. VAT): http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003Y3MYYU/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21 (that's the GMG link)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 08, 2011, 11:18:49 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 08, 2011, 07:42:45 AM
Böhm's Ring Cycle for 16 Pounds (ex. VAT): http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003Y3MYYU/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21 (that's the GMG link)

I ordered it.   The total order came to $87.xx because of course I couldn't just stop with that.

They had the Bohm Tristan and Isolde for 8.33GBP excluding VAT, which also probably qualifies for super duper cheapness.

And I also ordered two Knappertsbusch recordings--Meistersinger with the VPO, which I think is the recording I had on LP many years ago, and the Naxos release of the Parsifal performance which reopened Bayreuth--the price for those was probably not super duper cheap but certainly erred on the side of being inexpensive.

BTW, for anyone else who orders, Amazon gives a shipment date of 10 to 13 days.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 08, 2011, 01:19:21 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 08, 2011, 07:42:45 AM
Böhm's Ring Cycle for 16 Pounds (ex. VAT): http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003Y3MYYU/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21 (that's the GMG link)

I've been saying to Ringless friends for some time now that there will never be a better opportunity to get the Bohm set - one of the great Ring recordings - for next to nothing on Amazon. And now, here is that unlikely better opportunity!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 08, 2011, 01:47:41 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 08, 2011, 11:18:49 AM
I ordered it.   The total order came to $87.xx because of course I couldn't just stop with that.

They had the Bohm Tristan and Isolde for 8.33GBP excluding VAT, which also probably qualifies for super duper cheapness.

And I also ordered two Knappertsbusch recordings--Meistersinger with the VPO, which I think is the recording I had on LP many years ago, and the Naxos release of the Parsifal performance which reopened Bayreuth--the price for those was probably not super duper cheap but certainly erred on the side of being inexpensive.

BTW, for anyone else who orders, Amazon gives a shipment date of 10 to 13 days.

I got mine a few years ago when it was still released under the Philips label.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 08, 2011, 08:49:43 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 08, 2011, 11:18:49 AM
They had the Bohm Tristan and Isolde for 8.33GBP excluding VAT, which also probably qualifies for super duper cheapness.

Saw that too, but it didn't qualify as per my criteria for SDCB status. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 14, 2011, 07:46:19 AM
Frescobaldians, it's your lucky day...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41r7z-vAqfL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0041IH4ME/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1316015077&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0041IH4ME/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1316015077&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on September 14, 2011, 08:38:58 AM
How does that set compare to :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nsPkpC%2B9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frescobaldi-Complete-CD-ROM-Various-Artists/dp/B005910DMA/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frescobaldi-Complete-CD-ROM-Various-Artists/dp/B005910DMA/)  ?

At first I assumed that the Brilliant Classics set was a straight reissue of the Tactus edition, but the Brilliant one also features orchestral/choral works, and I don't see any mention of Tasini or Vartolo on the rear of the box. The number of discs doesn't quite seem to match-up either...  ???

Oh, and many thanks Orpheus, that's a great spot, regardless  :)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on September 14, 2011, 11:18:14 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on September 14, 2011, 07:46:19 AM
Frescobaldians, it's your lucky day...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41r7z-vAqfL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0041IH4ME/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1316015077&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0041IH4ME/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1316015077&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus ;)

Superb SDCB.  Just ordered mine.  £9.46p delivered to the UK.  I don't think I own a work by Frescobaldi, so I'll be enjoying this huge set of keyboard works!!

Cheers for the heads up!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 14, 2011, 11:20:08 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on September 14, 2011, 07:46:19 AM
Frescobaldians, it's your lucky day...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41r7z-vAqfL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0041IH4ME/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1316015077&sr=1-1&condition=new (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0041IH4ME/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1316015077&sr=1-1&condition=new)

Orpheus ;)
Thank you - sort of.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 14, 2011, 11:30:33 AM
I don't think India was on the list of destinations serviced by Amazon.com MP before; but now it is. This is not good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on September 14, 2011, 04:20:42 PM
Nice find on the Frescobaldi - thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on September 14, 2011, 04:41:54 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 14, 2011, 11:30:33 AM
I don't think India was on the list of destinations serviced by Amazon.com MP before; but now it is. This is not good.

:D  Trouble looms, Navneeth, we'll make room in the boat for you. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 14, 2011, 05:53:24 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 14, 2011, 11:30:33 AM
I don't think India was on the list of destinations serviced by Amazon.com MP before; but now it is. This is not good.

Why not?  This is progress!  How about a new website Amazon.co.in?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 15, 2011, 01:20:21 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on September 14, 2011, 04:41:54 PM
:D  Trouble looms, Navneeth, we'll make room in the boat for you. :)

8)

Um...no, thanks. At least not until a vaccine is identified for CDCDCD.

Quote from: Coopmv on September 14, 2011, 05:53:24 PM
Why not?  This is progress! 

Stewart, my wallet doesn't agree with you.

Quote
How about a new website Amazon.co.in?

Maybe, if they have a good stock. There are a couple of online bookstores that carry western classical music CDs also, but it's the same old fare of limited labels with limited repertoire and a ridiculous pricing policy especially with boxes. However, there is one site that looks so much like Amazon, that it makes me think if they were not owned by them (Amazon) or something, they would have faced a lawsuit. (http://www.infibeam.com (http://www.infibeam.com))
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 15, 2011, 05:39:19 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 15, 2011, 01:20:21 AM
However, there is one site that looks so much like Amazon, that it makes me think if they were not owned by them (Amazon) or something, they would have faced a lawsuit. (http://www.infibeam.com (http://www.infibeam.com))

Wow, the resemblance is hilarious! Actually, since Amazon's recent redesign, I think infibeam is prettier.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on September 16, 2011, 03:57:23 AM
Naxos at 25% off at Europadisc but just for this weekend.

They are also offering (some of?) the 10 disc box sets of Harmonia Mundi Gold at £18-95.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 16, 2011, 09:33:00 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 15, 2011, 01:20:21 AM
Um...no, thanks. At least not until a vaccine is identified for CDCDCD.

Stewart, my wallet doesn't agree with you.

Maybe, if they have a good stock. There are a couple of online bookstores that carry western classical music CDs also, but it's the same old fare of limited labels with limited repertoire and a ridiculous pricing policy especially with boxes. However, there is one site that looks so much like Amazon, that it makes me think if they were not owned by them (Amazon) or something, they would have faced a lawsuit. (http://www.infibeam.com (http://www.infibeam.com))

This really looks like an Amazon Indian subsidiary or at least an affiliate.  LOL
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 16, 2011, 10:53:10 AM
Quote from: James on September 16, 2011, 10:13:58 AM
VERY tempting .. thanks for posting this.

Yes, yes yes!!  I will scream for wanting it, but I shouldn't buy it!!  arg!!! too tempting... must resist...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on September 16, 2011, 11:23:10 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 15, 2011, 01:20:21 AM
However, there is one site that looks so much like Amazon, that it makes me think if they were not owned by them (Amazon) or something, they would have faced a lawsuit. (http://www.infibeam.com (http://www.infibeam.com))

Look... me and the McDonald's people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're McDonald's... I'm McDowell's. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds.

Do you recognize this quote?  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 16, 2011, 11:28:17 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on September 16, 2011, 11:23:10 AM
Look... me and the McDonald's people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're McDonald's... I'm McDowell's. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds.

Do you recognize this quote?  :)

Nope.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on September 16, 2011, 11:32:55 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 16, 2011, 11:28:17 AM
Nope.

You're too young for these movies from the eighties.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 16, 2011, 11:36:22 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on September 16, 2011, 11:32:55 AM
You're too young for these movies from the eighties.  :)

I'm not really into films anyway.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on September 17, 2011, 11:02:32 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on September 16, 2011, 11:23:10 AM
Look... me and the McDonald's people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're McDonald's... I'm McDowell's. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds.

Do you recognize this quote?  :)

Kind of ironic considering what happened between Buchwald and Paramount. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 19, 2011, 09:19:43 AM
Will someone please buy the Delius violin sonatas disc from Amazon UK? (Sara, where are you when a disc needs you? ;D ) For many weeks, it was 2.99, and now it has come down to 1.99 -- two Pounds cheaper than MP3 downloads!!! I'm beginning to feel empathy for an inanimate object.  :'(

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00292BYPW/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00292BYPW/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 19, 2011, 10:35:02 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 19, 2011, 09:19:43 AM
Will someone please buy the Delius violin sonatas disc from Amazon UK? (Sara, where are you when a disc needs you? ;D ) For many weeks, it was 2.99, and now it has come down to 1.99 -- two Pounds cheaper than MP3 downloads!!! I'm beginning to feel empathy for an inanimate object.  :'(

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00292BYPW/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00292BYPW/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21)

Navneeth, you're a gem!

I read this, and thought ... surely not? Clicked on the link. Gosh. Tasmin Little? Piers Lane? For £1.99? But hang on, I've never been much of a Delius fan, so even with these folks, and even at £1.99, do I really ... ? No, wait, let's not be silly and miss such an opportunity through sheer prejudice. Better play the samples.

So I did.

And then I paid up.

Thank you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on September 19, 2011, 10:54:52 AM
Hehe! Kind of you to think of me, Nav, but I already own this one. It is an excellent bargain. The performances are wonderful and the music offers a marked evolution in language with each piece, but still with Delius's intriguing blending of distinct movements into an arc. I'd encourage anyone with an interest to try them: those who find themselves lost in Delius's orchestral music may find something to hold onto in his chamber works.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Conor71 on September 19, 2011, 11:54:14 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 19, 2011, 09:19:43 AM
Will someone please buy the Delius violin sonatas disc from Amazon UK? (Sara, where are you when a disc needs you? ;D ) For many weeks, it was 2.99, and now it has come down to 1.99 -- two Pounds cheaper than MP3 downloads!!! I'm beginning to feel empathy for an inanimate object.  :'(

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00292BYPW/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00292BYPW/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21)


Great bargain! - thanks, I bought a copy too :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on September 19, 2011, 03:07:05 PM
From the Amazon Marketplace - $0.69 + S&H new...

[asin]B000AMJDKG[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 19, 2011, 09:30:50 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 19, 2011, 10:35:02 AM
Navneeth, you're a gem!

I read this, and thought ... surely not? Clicked on the link. Gosh. Tasmin Little? Piers Lane? For £1.99? But hang on, I've never been much of a Delius fan, so even with these folks, and even at £1.99, do I really ... ? No, wait, let's not be silly and miss such an opportunity through sheer prejudice. Better play the samples.

So I did.

And then I paid up.

Thank you!

Quote from: Conor71 on September 19, 2011, 11:54:14 AM

Great bargain! - thanks, I bought a copy too :)

No, no. The disc thanks you! ;)

Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Pettersson on September 19, 2011, 10:54:52 AM
Hehe! Kind of you to think of me, Nav, but I already own this one.

I should have known better! ;D

QuoteIt is an excellent bargain. The performances are wonderful and the music offers a marked evolution in language with each piece, but still with Delius's intriguing blending of distinct movements into an arc. I'd encourage anyone with an interest to try them: those who find themselves lost in Delius's orchestral music may find something to hold onto in his chamber works.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 21, 2011, 11:14:31 PM
amazon co.uk still hs this at 15 GBP.

[asin]B0057JWVKQ[/asin]

Worth a punt?


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-String-Quartets-Op-74/dp/B0057JWVKQ/ref=pd_sim_m_h_1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-String-Quartets-Op-74/dp/B0057JWVKQ/ref=pd_sim_m_h_1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 22, 2011, 06:07:15 AM
Quote from: The new erato on September 21, 2011, 11:14:31 PM
amazon co.uk still hs this at 15 GBP.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-String-Quartets-Op-74/dp/B0057JWVKQ/ref=pd_sim_m_h_1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-String-Quartets-Op-74/dp/B0057JWVKQ/ref=pd_sim_m_h_1)

Hah, Amazon USA has it at $105!

Why does it say "Complete String Quartets Plus Op. 74"? Amazon error?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 22, 2011, 06:59:07 AM
I guess so. Its been there for days and is clearly noted as a 7 disc set so i assume it is a valid price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 22, 2011, 07:35:23 AM
Quote from: The new erato on September 21, 2011, 11:14:31 PM
amazon co.uk still hs this at 15 GBP.

[asin]B0057JWVKQ[/asin]

Worth a punt?


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-String-Quartets-Op-74/dp/B0057JWVKQ/ref=pd_sim_m_h_1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-String-Quartets-Op-74/dp/B0057JWVKQ/ref=pd_sim_m_h_1)

I have the series as individual issues.  It's definitely worth getting, although the AmazonUS price is a little steep :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 22, 2011, 07:40:23 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 22, 2011, 07:35:23 AM
I have the series as individual issues.  It's definitely worth getting, although the AmazonUS price is a little steep :)

How would you characterize the quartet's style? I have the Vermeer - warmly romantic with a burnished sound - and the Endellions - very rough'n'ready classicizers - would enjoy having a third set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 22, 2011, 08:06:04 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 22, 2011, 07:40:23 AM
How would you characterize the quartet's style? I have the Vermeer - warmly romantic with a burnished sound - and the Endellions - very rough'n'ready classicizers - would enjoy having a third set.

Hmmm..not sure what I would call their style.  Rough'n'ready romantic possibly--I'm not sure at all, because when I listen to these works,  I'm not really listening for an overall style.  The music of these quartets involves me no matter who is playing it, and I don't pay attention to things like that

Let's see.  I have complete sets of Quartetto Italiano, Alban Berg Quartet (the later cycle, I think), and Guarnieri, plus various installments by the Emersons, Yale SQ, Tokyo SQ and Takacs SQ--but not the two you have, unfortunately.  I suppose of these all Artemis is closest to Takacs.

One thing about the individual CDs--as issued, they did not follow a chronological order, but mixed late and early and middle all together.  No idea if the box set follows this or falls back on bog standard chronological order.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 22, 2011, 08:14:34 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 22, 2011, 08:06:04 AM
[W]hen I listen to these works,  I'm not really listening for an overall style.  The music of these quartets involves me no matter who is playing it, and I don't pay attention to things like that

Interesting. Then why have so many versions, if I may ask? :)

Quote
Let's see.  I have complete sets of Quartetto Italiano, Alban Berg Quartet (the later cycle, I think), and Guarnieri, plus various installments by the Emersons, Yale SQ, Tokyo SQ and Takacs SQ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 22, 2011, 12:30:33 PM
MDT give a listing of every track on the Artemis set, here:

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/NR_October11_Classical/0708582.htm (http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/NR_October11_Classical/0708582.htm)

And Presto Classical give some blurb about it here:

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Virgin/0708582 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Virgin/0708582)

(If you search on their site for the individual recordings, you get more.)

At £16 I can't resist this, and my 'Buy No More CDs And Listen More To The Ones You Have' resolution hits the dust. Thanks, erato, for the tip-off.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 22, 2011, 04:39:38 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 22, 2011, 08:14:34 AM
Interesting. Then why have so many versions, if I may ask? :)

Navneeth, you're forgetting where you are.  I only have four complete cycles.  In GMG terms, that's a small amount  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 22, 2011, 07:09:00 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 22, 2011, 04:39:38 PM
Navneeth, you're forgetting where you are.  I only have four complete cycles.  In GMG terms, that's a small amount  >:D

Same here and I did not even like string quartets a few years ago and did not get my very first Beethoven String Quartets until two years ago ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 22, 2011, 09:16:13 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 22, 2011, 04:39:38 PM
Navneeth, you're forgetting where you are.  I only have four complete cycles.  In GMG terms, that's a small amount  >:D

::)

I just get a kick out of asking such apparently naive questions. :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 22, 2011, 11:20:40 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 22, 2011, 09:16:13 PM
::)

I just get a kick out of asking such apparently naive questions. :P
We are here to feed the beast, not to indulge in soul-searching.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 07:53:25 AM
Quote from: The new erato on September 22, 2011, 11:20:40 PM
We are here to feed the beast, not to indulge in soul-searching.

Amen. This is the bargain thread, after all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on September 23, 2011, 07:56:51 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 22, 2011, 04:39:38 PM
I only have four complete cycles.  In GMG terms, that's a small amount  >:D

Afraid you are right. I own 28 cycles :o, and of course I have preordered the Artemis cycle 8).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 23, 2011, 07:58:26 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on September 23, 2011, 07:56:51 AM
Afraid you are right. I own 28 cycles
Which do you listen to most often?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 23, 2011, 09:14:34 AM
Placed my order for the Artemis. Once I draw my first new paycheck I'll follow suit with the Celibidache box sets and, if it's still that cheap, the Delius violin sonatas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 23, 2011, 09:23:27 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 23, 2011, 09:14:34 AM
Placed my order for the Artemis. Once I draw my first new paycheck I'll follow suit with the Celibidache box sets and, if it's still that cheap, the Delius violin sonatas.

Oh did you find a job?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on September 23, 2011, 03:15:13 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 23, 2011, 07:58:26 AM
Which do you listen to most often?

Since my purchase of these sets took place within the last two years, I have not yet got through the pile (there is too much else I want to listen to). This means that I listen to a new recording every time. My faves until now are Vegh II and the Alexander Qt. (the Arte Nova release). I also very much like the clear unaffected style of the Alban Berg Qt. and the Suske Qt.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Renfield on September 23, 2011, 03:46:30 PM
The Beethoven SQs have proven surprisingly resilient to 'mass-purchasing, mass-consumption' for me as well. I had the Takács when I bought the Budapest, and then the Vegh II, Lindsays I and Talich cycles. Now I just listen to Vegh II over and over. ::)

But I don't regret 'hoarding' the others, in so far as this may give me something to transfer to, when I eventually want something new (at which point I'll obviously buy the Busch set :P). 'Eventually' takes a lot longer for this repertory than I thought, though!


(Just to be clear, comedic effect notwithstanding: I have put on discs from the various sets. I just always return to Vegh II.)


And here I sit, bemoaning my contentment with just one cycle.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on September 29, 2011, 12:13:33 AM
For me these are super bargains from DHM, and Documents. No images yet so I'll give you the link.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Italian-Baroque-Music-Edition-DHM/hnum/9906783

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Andreas-Staier-DHM-Edition/hnum/9906773

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Canto-Gregoriano/hnum/9921199
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 29, 2011, 12:29:54 AM
Quote from: Harry on September 29, 2011, 12:13:33 AM
For me these are super bargains from DHM, and Documents. No images yet so I'll give you the link.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Italian-Baroque-Music-Edition-DHM/hnum/9906783

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Andreas-Staier-DHM-Edition/hnum/9906773

Thanks much, Harry; it's good to be rewarded when one waits a long time for a box to appear. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 29, 2011, 01:10:29 AM
Aaargghhhh! The thread I fear is alive again!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on September 29, 2011, 08:58:20 AM
Quote from: Harry on September 29, 2011, 12:13:33 AM
For me these are super bargains from DHM, and Documents. No images yet so I'll give you the link.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Italian-Baroque-Music-Edition-DHM/hnum/9906783

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Andreas-Staier-DHM-Edition/hnum/9906773

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Canto-Gregoriano/hnum/9921199

It is rather a good week for bargains from JPC as they also have around 80 CPO cds for €2.99 a piece - great if you particularly like seeking out rare repertoire as I do.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/search?ctxlabel=cpo&rubric=classic&pd_orderby=preis&advancedsearch=1&page=1



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bumtz on October 10, 2011, 10:50:05 PM
Quote from: Harry on September 29, 2011, 12:13:33 AM
For me these are super bargains from DHM, and Documents. No images yet so I'll give you the link.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Italian-Baroque-Music-Edition-DHM/hnum/9906783

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Andreas-Staier-DHM-Edition/hnum/9906773

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Canto-Gregoriano/hnum/9921199

Looks excellent, thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 11, 2011, 02:16:00 AM
Thanks, I guess, for the links to jpc.  On a whim I clicked and bought 5 cpo discs.  I thought I might bê spared, but clicked on the English button and had unfortunately no problem registering or placing the order.  The 2.99 euros  come in at 2.51 exported.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 15, 2011, 11:41:19 PM
For those who were looking for the Brahms Lieder set on Brilliant with DFD and co, but didn't want to pay the price for the EMI version, it is now at Berkshire for $24. I think they are the same anyway - here is what they look like:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51j5msw69jL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618BW3JRYWL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 17, 2011, 02:58:51 AM
Barnes and Noble are having a sale on Naxos. Discs are $5.99 each (though it looks like most (perhaps all) multiple disc sets are not on sale. Still, if you are in the US with no shipping, this could be a good deal (though you may have tax).

EDIT: Some are even 5.49.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Rinaldo on October 18, 2011, 09:15:04 PM
Presto Classical has the Vermeer Beethoven SQ cycle for €18 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Warner%2BClassics/2564613992) :o (snatched one right away as I had my sights on this set for a while)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on October 19, 2011, 05:20:37 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61mNgcrjQ%2BL._SL500_AA280_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Debussy-Music-for-Piano/dp/B004NA08MI/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319073246&sr=301-1/?tag=goodmusicguideco)

Another in BIS' line of downloadable bargains. Good stuff. $7.99.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bumtz on October 22, 2011, 01:58:52 AM
Quote from: Harry on September 29, 2011, 12:13:33 AM
For me these are super bargains from DHM, and Documents. No images yet so I'll give you the link.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Italian-Baroque-Music-Edition-DHM/hnum/9906783

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Andreas-Staier-DHM-Edition/hnum/9906773

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Canto-Gregoriano/hnum/9921199

These are now available even cheaper (€18 per et) at amazon.de:

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005L12SE4

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005L12SI0
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 22, 2011, 02:16:23 AM
There are at this moment 14 sets of the HAYDN edition on Brilliant - 150 discs, at amazon.de for EURO. 64.97,
there's a second listing for the same at EUR 194,99 
The bargain price knocks off about EUR 20 for export out of the ECU, I think shipping was EUR 16 or thereabouts to Canada
MP sellers have it for  EUR 51,98, but I don't get the tax deduction from them.
ps. I just ordered it and got it confirmed at the low price.
[asin]B001I4YWGA[/asin]

It includes all the symphonies, string quartets, lost count --- 22 discs of songs and folksonge, 19 of baryton trios and octets, but no wind divertimenti or cantatas, several opera are missing so it is not a "complete" edition, but it'a a big one, suitable for a younger person with a lifetime able to accommodate it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on October 22, 2011, 02:39:56 AM
Quote from: bumtz on October 22, 2011, 01:58:52 AM
These are now available even cheaper (€18 per et) at amazon.de:

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005L12SE4

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005L12SI0

Thank you very much, will order them with amazon de. 7 euro's less a box, marvelous.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on October 22, 2011, 02:44:16 AM
Quote from: listener on October 22, 2011, 02:16:23 AM
There are at this moment 14 sets of the HAYDN edition on Brilliant - 150 discs, at amazon.de for EURO. 64.97,
there's a second listing for the same at EUR 194,99 
The bargain price knocks off about EUR 20 for export out of the ECU, I think shipping was EUR 16 or thereabouts to Canada
MP sellers have it for  EUR 51,98, but I don't get the tax deduction from them.
ps. I just ordered it and got it confirmed at the low price.
[asin]B001I4YWGA[/asin]

It includes all the symphonies, string quartets, lost count --- 22 discs of songs and folksonge, 19 of baryton trios and octets, but no wind divertimenti or cantatas, several opera are missing so it is not a "complete" edition, but it'a a big one, suitable for a younger person with a lifetime able to accommodate it.

Most of it, I have already, but apart from that, this is a marvelous bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 25, 2011, 12:40:45 PM
Barnes and Noble have a sale on all sorts of stuff at 40% off. Of course, some of their prices are too high to start with, but if you are searching for something, perhaps worth a look.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 26, 2011, 01:57:54 AM
The complete MOZART opera on 33 DVD's - Salzburg festival   EUR 59.99 = about $90 US? - take off 15% VAT add EUR 10 for export orders.   51 hours worth...
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang%20Amadeus%20Mozart%20%20Mozart%2022%20-%20S-%A4mtliche%20Opern%20Salzburger%20Festspiele%202006/hnum/3078997
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on October 26, 2011, 10:19:28 AM
You have got to be kidding me? I felt surely they cannot be the same DVDs DG has released over the past few years - perhaps some cheap audio-track versions.

But no, apparently they are the full DVDs at an astonishing price? Looks like it's time for me to get my bank card out...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on October 27, 2011, 04:27:46 AM
The box issued by Hyperion, with the complete piano works from Liszt, has gone down in price to 130,87  euro's, at Abeille.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 27, 2011, 06:59:15 AM
Thanks for the tip Harry. Very good price, but need to reflect on it......I'm already deluged.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 27, 2011, 07:24:42 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 27, 2011, 06:59:15 AM
Thanks for the tip Harry. Very good price, but need to reflect on it......I'm already deluged.

Ha ha! What happened to feeding the beast? :D Do you also want me to point out that the Frescobaldi box is around $40 and the Angela Hewitt Bach edition has a 50% discount on it?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on October 27, 2011, 07:27:28 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 27, 2011, 07:24:42 AM
Ha ha! What happened to feeding the beast? :D Do you also want me to point out that the Frescobaldi box is around $40 and the Angela Hewitt Bach edition has a 50% discount on it?

Well 99 cd's is a bit daunting you know ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 27, 2011, 07:28:45 AM
Quote from: Harry on October 27, 2011, 07:27:28 AM
Well 99 cd's is a bit daunting you know ;D

You disappoint me, Harry. :( (Or did you mean that for Erato?)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 27, 2011, 07:29:08 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 27, 2011, 07:24:42 AM
Ha ha! What happened to feeding the beast? :D Do you also want me to point out that the Frescobaldi box is around $40 and the Angela Hewitt Bach edition has a 50% discount on it?

I have that set, Nav.  Absolutely one of my favorite 'box sets'.  At a 50% discount, do not hesitate!  Unless of course you don't believe in Bach being played on a piano.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on October 27, 2011, 07:31:29 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 27, 2011, 07:28:45 AM
You disappoint me, Harry. :( (Or did you mean that for Erato?)

Yes I meant Erato, he is already buried in piles of CD'S, much more as me, so............. :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 27, 2011, 08:30:36 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 27, 2011, 07:24:42 AM
Ha ha! What happened to feeding the beast? :D Do you also want me to point out that the Frescobaldi box is around $40 and the Angela Hewitt Bach edition has a 50% discount on it?
My beast is well fed, thank you. I have the Tactus Frescobaldi edition as well as a couple of the Brilliant doubles, as well as about a third of Hewitt's Bach as single discs - more or less what I want. And 32 unplayed discs in DGs Liszt Edition.  ;D.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on October 27, 2011, 11:20:09 PM
I consider this a extremely good deal if you wanted a mix of some things played by them.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/SESSIONID/3aeb7edd68ccfd1521cd20900cbdb3ff/classic/detail/-/art/Bach%20%20Beyond/hnum/2260201
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 27, 2011, 11:51:27 PM
Quote from: Harry on October 27, 2011, 11:20:09 PM
I consider this a extremely good deal if you wanted a mix of some things played by them.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/SESSIONID/3aeb7edd68ccfd1521cd20900cbdb3ff/classic/detail/-/art/Bach%20%20Beyond/hnum/2260201
That looks really interesting. I don't have much of that and very good performers there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 28, 2011, 06:37:37 AM
EMI boxes at Amazon UK tend to be cheap in general, but for now this one takes the cake: 14 CDs of Tennstedt for 9.99 Pounds (ex. VAT).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004OUFSOA/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on October 28, 2011, 11:46:42 AM
Quote from: stingo on October 19, 2011, 05:20:37 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61mNgcrjQ%2BL._SL500_AA280_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Debussy-Music-for-Piano/dp/B004NA08MI/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319073246&sr=301-1/?tag=goodmusicguideco)

Another in BIS' line of downloadable bargains. Good stuff. $7.99.

Not that anyone experessed interest, but... apparently the set above (released Feb 2011) contains the first four volumes in Ms. Ogawa's traversal of Debussy's piano music. There's a fifth volume not included, released in June 2011.

[asin]B00520357I[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 29, 2011, 12:40:08 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51k3Pxpr5UL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Please note that this excellent and brand new recording is now £10 (less VAT it's even cheaper if you are outside the EU) on amazon.co.uk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 29, 2011, 01:13:21 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 29, 2011, 12:40:08 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51k3Pxpr5UL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Please note that this excellent and brand new recording is now £10 (less VAT it's even cheaper if you are outside the EU) on amazon.co.uk.

Thanks very much Erato. I'd never have bought this under normal circumstances (Lorraine Hunt Lieberson fulfils all my most urgent Ariodante needs, and from the extracts I've heard, I don't think Joyce DiDonato will compare too well), but at this price, for an alternative take - surely worth a shot. The button is clicked.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 29, 2011, 01:37:52 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 29, 2011, 01:13:21 AM
Thanks very much Erato. I'd never have bought this under normal circumstances (Lorraine Hunt Lieberson fulfils all my most urgent Ariodante needs, and from the extracts I've heard, I don't think Joyce DiDonato will compare too well), but at this price, for an alternative take - surely worth a shot. The button is clicked.
Yep - I love the McGegan but think works of this stature fully deserves alternative versions on the shelves. I have both.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on October 29, 2011, 08:50:24 AM
De Victoria's day!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51l7HV%2Bn0GL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victoria-Sacred-Ensemble-Plus-Ultra/dp/B0050F6JQE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1319906140&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victoria-Sacred-Ensemble-Plus-Ultra/dp/B0050F6JQE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1319906140&sr=1-1)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on October 29, 2011, 09:05:13 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on October 29, 2011, 08:50:24 AM
De Victoria's day!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51l7HV%2Bn0GL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victoria-Sacred-Ensemble-Plus-Ultra/dp/B0050F6JQE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1319906140&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victoria-Sacred-Ensemble-Plus-Ultra/dp/B0050F6JQE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1319906140&sr=1-1)

Orpheus  ;)

Excellent its ordered, thankee
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on October 29, 2011, 09:12:05 AM
It is really amazing to see how many bargains can be found on the amazon "used and new" section.
Not so long ago I found Solti's Wagner Ring Cycle on the used section, in 'perfect condition', for only £9.99". As soon as I saw this I got very excited and put it straight in the basket. By the time I got to the checkout around 10 seconds later, someone else had already purchased it...  :'(
Not often you get such massive bargains as that I suppose, considering the normal price here is not far off £100, but am hoping to find some good bargains through this thread!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on October 29, 2011, 01:19:20 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 29, 2011, 01:13:21 AM
Thanks very much Erato. I'd never have bought this under normal circumstances (Lorraine Hunt Lieberson fulfils all my most urgent Ariodante needs, and from the extracts I've heard, I don't think Joyce DiDonato will compare too well), but at this price, for an alternative take - surely worth a shot. The button is clicked.

I may pull the trigger on this set, but it would be mainly for Alan Curtis since I have owned almost every Handel Opera by him ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 29, 2011, 07:17:36 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 29, 2011, 01:13:21 AM
Thanks very much Erato. I'd never have bought this under normal circumstances (Lorraine Hunt Lieberson fulfils all my most urgent Ariodante needs, and from the extracts I've heard, I don't think Joyce DiDonato will compare too well), but at this price, for an alternative take - surely worth a shot. The button is clicked.

No need to fret.  DiDonato is not as good as Lieberson--but that's more a statement of how good Lieberson was, and not one actually critical of DiDonato.  Had Lieberson not recorded this role, people would probably be a good deal more enthused about this performance. 

Beyond that, I think the rest of the cast is better in Curtis than in McGegan, which threw Lieberson's performance into higher relief, and which now makes DiDonato into someone surrounded by her equals, so she stands out a little less.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 30, 2011, 12:30:10 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 29, 2011, 07:17:36 PM
No need to fret.  DiDonato is not as good as Lieberson--but that's more a statement of how good Lieberson was, and not one actually critical of DiDonato.  Had Lieberson not recorded this role, people would probably be a good deal more enthused about this performance. 

Beyond that, I think the rest of the cast is better in Curtis than in McGegan, which threw Lieberson's performance into higher relief, and which now makes DiDonato into someone surrounded by her equals, so she stands out a little less.

Thanks for this reassurance Jeffrey. Where Ariodante is concerned the situation is slightly more complicated than I described it, because I have two other touchstones, as well as Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. The first is Magdalena Kozena, who on a single disc collection of arias turns in what are by far the finest performances of 'Dopo Notte' and 'Scherza Infida' that I know. Of course two arias do not an opera make, but even so, these for me set the ultimate standard for those particular arias. Then, similarly, there are Janet Baker's performances in Raymond Leppard's recording. They are emphatically non-HIP if course, and I'm not enthusiastic about the recording as a whole, but Baker is phenomenal.

So even though the playing field isn't level (because I'm not comparing like with like, and I take your points completely, about the whole) DiDonato is starting with a sort of unfair psychological disadvantage of expectation on my part which I can't quite remove.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 30, 2011, 07:16:32 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 30, 2011, 12:30:10 AM
Thanks for this reassurance Jeffrey. Where Ariodante is concerned the situation is slightly more complicated than I described it, because I have two other touchstones, as well as Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. The first is Magdalena Kozena, who on a single disc collection of arias turns in what are by far the finest performances of 'Dopo Notte' and 'Scherza Infida' that I know. Of course two arias do not an opera make, but even so, these for me set the ultimate standard for those particular arias. Then, similarly, there are Janet Baker's performances in Raymond Leppard's recording. They are emphatically non-HIP if course, and I'm not enthusiastic about the recording as a whole, but Baker is phenomenal.

So even though the playing field isn't level (because I'm not comparing like with like, and I take your points completely, about the whole) DiDonato is starting with a sort of unfair psychological disadvantage of expectation on my part which I can't quite remove.

Do you have this one?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51flTcs%2B-uL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
There's a difference in her performance of those two arias on that CD from her performance in the Curtis--more intense and frantic (and a sense of more virtuousity) on the CD--presumably Curtis's input explains it.  At the very least,  I find the recital CD performance to be the best I've heard of those arias (which does not include Kozena or Baker,however).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on October 30, 2011, 07:29:34 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 30, 2011, 12:30:10 AM
Then, similarly, there are Janet Baker's performances in Raymond Leppard's recording. They are emphatically non-HIP if course, and I'm not enthusiastic about the recording as a whole, but Baker is phenomenal.


My first Ariodante set was the Philips LP set by Raymond Leppard and Janet Baker and I have the remastered CD set as well.  The LP set was also the very first Handel opera I purchased many years ago.  I have the Lorraine Hunt's version as well and expect to get the Alan Curtis' version shortly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 30, 2011, 09:42:57 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 30, 2011, 07:16:32 AM
Do you have this one?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51flTcs%2B-uL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
There's a difference in her performance of those two arias on that CD from her performance in the Curtis--more intense and frantic (and a sense of more virtuousity) on the CD--presumably Curtis's input explains it.  At the very least,  I find the recital CD performance to be the best I've heard of those arias (which does not include Kozena or Baker,however).

Yes I have that. Oddly, it's the chief cause of my reservations (apart from the brief samples of the Curtis opera) about the bargain set I'm awaiting in the post. We'd neither of us be interested in deciding on a 'best' from this collection of magnificent recordings, I think, but I can try to explain what I perceive as the differences, for what they're worth.

Talking then about 'Scherza Infida' ('Dopo Notte' isn't among this particular DiDonato collection of arias - perhaps you have another collection which includes it?). DiDonato sings it almost faultlessly (insofar as I can tell). It seems to be a technical performance of great virtuosity, as you say, but to my ears it lacks drama. You'll think that's absurd - how could it? And taken on its own, with nothing to compare it with, I'd agree. This is a tremendous vocal performance, and no mistake. But at no stage does she convince me that she's close to despair. If we consider what she's singing ('Am I still living?'; 'faithless woman, in your lover's arms'; 'I find myself betrayed, approaching death'), then DiDonato (to me) sounds noble and tragic but not broken. I'm in no danger of weeping.

Now Kozena's approach is quite different. Her voice bleeds a curious mixture of anger and despair - not by a torrent of over-the-top extravagance, but in the most subtle of ways. I could readily believe (though I don't actually know) that this isn't justified in strict terms of period performance. But hell, this is a great story, and I'm involved with these characters, and Kozena sends shivers up my spine again and again because she exposes to me her/his (Ariodante's) pain.

Lorraine Hunt is ... well, Lorraine Hunt. She defines the role in her own special way, and at a faster pace, quite different to both these performances, with the most subtle inflections to indicate pain and anguish. It's helpful that we have her in common to establish some sort of baseline that we both deeply admire.

Janet Baker is different again, and harder to compare as a whole because of the extravagant orchestral setting that Leppard provides, so I'll stop there, at least for now - and also because I don't have the disc to hand to remind myself about it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drasko on October 31, 2011, 11:38:22 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 29, 2011, 12:40:08 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51k3Pxpr5UL.jpg)

Please note that this excellent and brand new recording is now £10 (less VAT it's even cheaper if you are outside the EU) on amazon.co.uk.

Thanks for the heads up, have just ordered it! It seems my first Ariodante won't be the one I was intending, but this was just too good to pass.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bumtz on November 01, 2011, 12:37:29 PM
This is a wonderful blog that lists classical music bargains: http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.com/ 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 01, 2011, 03:04:50 PM
The Artemis Quartet Beethoven box arrived today and my family are seriously impressed at my shopping savvy. So: thank you, shopping savvy!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 01, 2011, 11:51:51 PM
Quote from: bumtz on November 01, 2011, 12:37:29 PM
This is a wonderful blog that lists classical music bargains: http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.com/ 

Thank you.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 05, 2011, 02:19:19 AM
The Haydn Fischer symphony set from Brilliant is available at a pretty good price of $59 or so at importcds. I've not seen it lower than this in USD, but with the holidays one never knows. Still, a pretty good price. Factoring in shipping, it will be roughly $63-65 depending on what else you buy (to the US).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 05, 2011, 08:39:11 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 05, 2011, 02:19:19 AM
The Haydn Fischer symphony set from Brilliant is available at a pretty good price of $59 or so at importcds. I've not seen it lower than this in USD, but with the holidays one never knows. Still, a pretty good price. Factoring in shipping, it will be roughly $63-65 depending on what else you buy (to the US).

I probably paid at least twice this price for the entire set and I had to get the different volumes at different time.  My sets are all original issues on Nimbus.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on November 05, 2011, 12:40:21 PM
Found this for only £4.99 on amazon.co.uk! Does anyone know/recommend these performances? I am looking for another set of the Schumann symphonies to compliment my excellent Sawallisch, Zinman and Karajan sets, and the Gardiner looks rather expensive... ;)
Let me know! :) Thank you!

[asin]B0050F6JOQ[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 05, 2011, 05:20:27 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on November 05, 2011, 12:40:21 PM
Found this for only £4.99 on amazon.co.uk! Does anyone know/recommend these performances? I am looking for another set of the Schumann symphonies to compliment my excellent Sawallisch, Zinman and Karajan sets, and the Gardiner looks rather expensive... ;)
Let me know! :) Thank you!

[asin]B0050F6JOQ[/asin]

They are extremely good, and will be a nice contrast to Zinman's way with them. For a somewhat weighty take I find them preferable to Bernstein, FWIW. I prefer Karajan and Kubelik's more moderate concepts of the works overall, though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 05, 2011, 05:35:10 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on November 05, 2011, 12:40:21 PM
Found this for only £4.99 on amazon.co.uk! Does anyone know/recommend these performances? I am looking for another set of the Schumann symphonies to compliment my excellent Sawallisch, Zinman and Karajan sets, and the Gardiner looks rather expensive... ;)
Let me know! :) Thank you!

[asin]B0050F6JOQ[/asin]

My Gardiner's Schumann Symphonies came by way of this set I bought over two years ago ...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K0bqHMdaL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on November 06, 2011, 04:19:53 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 05, 2011, 05:20:27 PM
They are extremely good, and will be a nice contrast to Zinman's way with them. For a somewhat weighty take I find them preferable to Bernstein, FWIW. I prefer Karajan and Kubelik's more moderate concepts of the works overall, though.

Thank you for your feedback. With your enthusiasm for the Sinopoli, I shall purchase this set. :)

Quote from: Coopmv on November 05, 2011, 05:35:10 PM
My Gardiner's Schumann Symphonies came by way of this set I bought over two years ago ...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K0bqHMdaL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Well, that looks great! *looks at price on amazon*:  :o
Can only find a used copy for £80! How much was yours?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 06, 2011, 05:34:20 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on November 06, 2011, 04:19:53 AM
Well, that looks great! *looks at price on amazon*:  :o
Can only find a used copy for £80! How much was yours?

Yeah, that one went OOP surprisingly quickly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 06, 2011, 05:57:34 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on November 06, 2011, 04:19:53 AM
Thank you for your feedback. With your enthusiasm for the Sinopoli, I shall purchase this set. :)

Well, that looks great! *looks at price on amazon*:  :o
Can only find a used copy for £80! How much was yours?
Arkiv seems to have it in stock for $94.99.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 06, 2011, 06:04:43 AM
Maybe this is a alternative?

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Robert-Schumann-Robert-Schumann-Masterworks-Edition/hnum/6137694
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 06, 2011, 06:07:56 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 06, 2011, 06:04:43 AM
Maybe this is a alternative?

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Robert-Schumann-Robert-Schumann-Masterworks-Edition/hnum/6137694

For a 'complete' edition, perhaps; but Daniel is looking for Gardiner's version of the symphonies. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 06, 2011, 06:08:14 AM
This is a bargain too.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dclassical&field-keywords=de+Victoria&x=0&y=0

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb79/walboi/0028947797470.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 06, 2011, 06:08:51 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 06, 2011, 06:07:56 AM
For a complete edition, yes; but Daniel is looking for Gardiner's version of the symphonies. :)

Right.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 06, 2011, 06:10:45 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 06, 2011, 06:04:43 AM
Maybe this is a alternative?

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Robert-Schumann-Robert-Schumann-Masterworks-Edition/hnum/6137694

Here is better ;)

http://www.amazon.de/Schumann-Masterworks-Die-Meisterwerke-Limited/dp/B003B30GSY/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1320592027&sr=1-2

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 06, 2011, 06:21:48 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 06, 2011, 06:10:45 AM
Here is better ;)

http://www.amazon.de/Schumann-Masterworks-Die-Meisterwerke-Limited/dp/B003B30GSY/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1320592027&sr=1-2

Yes perfect, even better than JPC, what should we do without you my friend. Thanks again for the Victoria tip off. Have the box and I am so happy with it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 06, 2011, 06:33:39 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 06, 2011, 06:21:48 AM
Yes perfect, even better than JPC, what should we do without you my friend. Thanks again for the Victoria tip off. Have the box and I am so happy with it.

I'm happy for you ;) My copy has not arrived yet...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 06, 2011, 08:08:30 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 06, 2011, 06:07:56 AM
For a 'complete' edition, perhaps; but Daniel is looking for Gardiner's version of the symphonies. :)
That's a good choice, maybe supplanting Mackerras.  I've heard the Gardiner recordings at least once each--good enough for me to buy the set but not compelling enough that I can't wait for a reduced-price box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 06, 2011, 08:16:36 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on November 06, 2011, 08:08:30 AM
That's a good choice, maybe supplanting Mackerras.  I've heard the Gardiner recordings at least once each--good enough for me to buy the set but not compelling enough that I can't wait for a reduced-price box.

Did Mackerras record Schumann? Or are you talking about Brahms symphonies, perchance? :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 06, 2011, 08:24:37 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 06, 2011, 08:16:36 AM
Did Mackerras record Schumann? Or are you talking about Brahms symphonies, perchance? :)
Ach!  My bad!  Excuse me while I wipe the egg off my face.... 8) 

Has Gardiner recorded Schumann? If so, does he make them interesting and not just tolerable?  [Ducks and runs for cover.]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 06, 2011, 08:41:02 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on November 06, 2011, 08:24:37 AM
Has Gardiner recorded Schumann? If so, does he make them interesting and not just tolerable?  [Ducks and runs for cover.]

Yes, he has, but I've not heard them. Although the typical favourable comment goes something like, "He dispels the myth that Schumann was a bad orchestrator."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on November 06, 2011, 09:08:11 AM
Thank you for all the responses and help! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 06, 2011, 10:04:29 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 06, 2011, 08:41:02 AM
Yes, he has, but I've not heard them. Although the typical favourable comment goes something like, "He dispels the myth that Schumann was a bad orchestrator."

That's what everyone says about every Schumann cycle--suggesting, perhaps, that such a persistent "myth" may have considerable substance after all. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on November 06, 2011, 10:15:40 AM
Thanks again everyone for your help on the Schumann matter.

Now:
[asin]B0000AOWXV[/asin]

This would certainly be an interesting purchase... and it is only around £3 I think....
Anyone know it? It certainly has extremely mixed reviews on amazon.co.uk! There are 5 reviews there; 1 for 5 star, 1 for 4 star, 1 for 3 star, 1 for 2 star and 1 for 1 star!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 06, 2011, 10:50:11 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on November 06, 2011, 04:19:53 AM
Thank you for your feedback. With your enthusiasm for the Sinopoli, I shall purchase this set. :)

Well, that looks great! *looks at price on amazon*:  :o
Can only find a used copy for £80! How much was yours?

It was definitely a bit under $50 USD.  I bought the set over 2 years ago ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 06, 2011, 11:17:30 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on November 06, 2011, 10:15:40 AM
Thanks again everyone for your help on the Schumann matter.

Now:
[asin]B0000AOWXV[/asin]

This would certainly be an interesting purchase... and it is only around £3 I think....
Anyone know it? It certainly has extremely mixed reviews on amazon.co.uk! There are 5 reviews there; 1 for 5 star, 1 for 4 star, 1 for 3 star, 1 for 2 star and 1 for 1 star!
It's a bit ragged at times, and the sound is as expected, but always interesting to the hear the composer conduct his (her) own pieces.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bumtz on November 06, 2011, 02:11:07 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 06, 2011, 11:17:30 AM
It's [...] always interesting to the hear the composer conduct his (her) own pieces.

For this you might want to consider another bargain EMI boxset: Composers in Person (22CDs) - €35 at amazot.it - http://www.amazon.it/Composers-Persons-Edizione-Francia-Compilation/dp/B001EX5CH8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320620718&sr=8-1

(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Nov08/composers_in_person_2175752.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 06, 2011, 03:06:07 PM
Well, I guess no comments are needed:

[asin]B0041KU1OK[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Sinfonie-Complete-Hogwood/dp/B0041KU1OK/ref=pd_sim_m_3

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 06, 2011, 03:12:02 PM
above from Amazon Italy for €26 & change  http://www.amazon.it/Sinfonie-Complete-Hogwood/dp/B0041KU1OK/ref=pd_sim_m_3
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 06, 2011, 03:32:41 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on November 06, 2011, 03:12:02 PM
above from Amazon Italy for €26 & change  http://www.amazon.it/Sinfonie-Complete-Hogwood/dp/B0041KU1OK/ref=pd_sim_m_3

Apparently I was wrong: a comment was needed.  :D 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 06, 2011, 08:23:34 PM
I'm not sure if I ordered it or not--Amazon came up with a page in Italian that my opera-based Italian isn't up to translating. 
It does turn out that shipping charges to the US are given as 14 euros, so it's not quite so super duper...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 06, 2011, 08:30:16 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 06, 2011, 03:32:41 PM
Apparently I was wrong: a comment was needed.  :D 8)
Yes, since the ASIN link didn't work.  I see you added the website URL.  That should help.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 07, 2011, 12:23:05 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 06, 2011, 03:06:07 PM
Well, I guess no comments are needed:

[asin]B0041KU1OK[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Sinfonie-Complete-Hogwood/dp/B0041KU1OK/ref=pd_sim_m_3

8)

I will wait till it gets available through amazon UK, for 13 euros postal costs are a little to steep for me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 07, 2011, 12:31:13 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 07, 2011, 12:23:05 AM
I will wait till it gets available through amazon UK, for 13 euros postal costs are a little to steep for me.
Well, you may want to check for Netherlands. USA is EUR 14. But Europe looks to be about EUR 6 shipping to most places (though I cannot find Netherlands in Italian), which might imply on EUR 32 total with shipping included. You might have to get to the checkout page to know for sure.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 07, 2011, 12:37:27 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 07, 2011, 12:31:13 AM
Well, you may want to check for Netherlands. USA is EUR 14. But Europe looks to be about EUR 6 shipping to most places (though I cannot find Netherlands in Italian), which might imply on EUR 32 total with shipping included. You might have to get to the checkout page to know for sure.

7,14 euro's, that rather much, so I better wait, until a better offer comes around, but its definitively on my list.
Soon it will be released closer to home, with less shipping cost.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 07, 2011, 12:43:05 AM
Well after the release of Mozart's symphonies, the Haydn box should come soon too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 07, 2011, 02:08:15 AM
7 euros i P&P doesn't seem excessive for a big set like this. Postal workers needs income to.

Bottom line:

Q: Did I particularly need it? A: No!
Q: Did I buy it? A: Yes!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 07, 2011, 02:21:53 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 07, 2011, 02:08:15 AM
7 euros i P&P doesn't seem excessive for a big set like this. Postal workers needs income to.

Bottom line:

Q: Did I particularly need it? A: No!
Q: Did I buy it? A: Yes!

Sure, but I have to watch what I spend these days my friend.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 07, 2011, 02:28:43 AM
That of course is understandable. For the time being I have lost some inhibitions.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 07, 2011, 03:23:27 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 07, 2011, 12:31:13 AM
But Europe looks to be about EUR 6 shipping to most places (though I cannot find Netherlands in Italian), which might imply on EUR 32 total with shipping included.

Paesi Bassi = 2-3 giorni; EUR 6,00;   EUR 6,00 + EUR 0,50 per kg.

In Spanish we sometimes call "Países Bajos" to the Netherlands.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 07, 2011, 03:25:18 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 07, 2011, 03:23:27 AM
Paesi Bassi = 2-3 giorni; EUR 6,00;   EUR 6,00 + EUR 0,50 per kg.

In Spanish we sometimes call "Países Bajos" to The Netherlands.

At the end of my order, it said 7,14 euro's which is rather steep, considering the purchase price, of about 26 euro's.
So i'll wait a little
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 07, 2011, 03:26:43 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 07, 2011, 02:21:53 AM
Sure, but I have to watch what I spend these days my friend.

Like that Aesop fable: slow & steady keeps the Steamroller rolling! : )

Good morning, gents!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 07, 2011, 03:27:49 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 07, 2011, 03:26:43 AM
Like that Aesop fable: slow & steady keeps the Steamroller rolling! : )

Good morning, gents!

Good morning Karl  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 07, 2011, 03:33:11 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 07, 2011, 03:25:18 AM
At the end of my order, it said 7,14 euro's which is rather steep, considering the purchase price, of about 26 euro's.
So i'll wait a little

Yes, you are right generally speaking, but -as Erato pointed out- in this particular case the cost is quite fair regarding a 19-CD set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 07, 2011, 03:36:57 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 07, 2011, 03:33:11 AM
Yes, you are right generally speaking, but -as Erato pointed out- in this particular case the cost is quite fair regarding a 19-CD set.

True but coming from JPC would be free of postal costs, and amazon UK would not ask that much money for shipping, although I ask myself how long it will take for this set to appear in my area. Well maybe I will order it after all. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on November 07, 2011, 03:41:15 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 07, 2011, 03:36:57 AM
True but coming from JPC would be free of postal costs, and amazon UK would not ask that much money for shipping, although I ask myself how long it will take for this set to appear in my area. Well maybe I will order it after all. ;D

It's quite weird. The only place in the world where this set seems available it's the Italian Amazon. Additionally, the new name given to the collection (Le Sinfonie Complete) also seems a bit strange.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 07, 2011, 03:42:41 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 07, 2011, 03:41:15 AM
It's quite weird. The only place in the world where this set seems available it's the Italian Amazon. Additionally, the new name given to the collection (Le Sinfonie Complete) also seems a bit strange.


Yes I thought so to, but its really the 19 disc box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 07, 2011, 03:57:07 AM
Here it is in the US:
[asin]B000004CYS[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 07, 2011, 04:01:29 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on November 07, 2011, 03:57:07 AM
Here it is in the US:
[asin]B000004CYS[/asin]

The Italian one has a different look David. The one you show we can find on all amazons, but the Italian one only in Italy, with this price tag.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 07, 2011, 04:04:46 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 07, 2011, 03:41:15 AM
It's quite weird. The only place in the world where this set seems available it's the Italian Amazon. Additionally, the new name given to the collection (Le Sinfonie Complete) also seems a bit strange.
The best additional info I could find was this, which implies it is an Italian release with possibly notes in Italian only: http://www.daringtodo.com/lang/it/2010/01/19/the-academy-of-ancient-music-esegue-le-sinfonie-di-mozart/ (http://www.daringtodo.com/lang/it/2010/01/19/the-academy-of-ancient-music-esegue-le-sinfonie-di-mozart/). Perhaps someone who actually understands Italian will get more out of it than I do! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on November 07, 2011, 04:08:42 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 07, 2011, 04:04:46 AM
The best additional info I could find was this, which implies it is an Italian release with possibly notes in Italian only: http://www.daringtodo.com/lang/it/2010/01/19/the-academy-of-ancient-music-esegue-le-sinfonie-di-mozart/ (http://www.daringtodo.com/lang/it/2010/01/19/the-academy-of-ancient-music-esegue-le-sinfonie-di-mozart/). Perhaps someone who actually understands Italian will get more out of it than I do! :)

I read it, and you are right, only notes in Italian, the entire booklet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 07, 2011, 06:22:56 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on November 07, 2011, 03:41:15 AM
It's quite weird. The only place in the world where this set seems available it's the Italian Amazon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Y9EHQ8sg7BY#t=288s
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on November 07, 2011, 07:50:37 AM
Quote from: bumtz on November 06, 2011, 02:11:07 PM
For this you might want to consider another bargain EMI boxset: Composers in Person (22CDs) - €35 at amazot.it - http://www.amazon.it/Composers-Persons-Edizione-Francia-Compilation/dp/B001EX5CH8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320620718&sr=8-1

(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Nov08/composers_in_person_2175752.jpg)

Thank you for letting me know of this set, looks great! Shall certainly consider it! :) I really do love listening to the composer conducting!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on November 07, 2011, 09:28:54 AM

'Composers in Person' is currently available for £25 at HMV

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch.do?searchUID=&pGroupID=music&adultFlag=false&simpleSearchString=2175752&primaryID=music&btnSubmitSearch.x=48&btnSubmitSearch.y=29
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 07, 2011, 06:42:30 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 07, 2011, 04:04:46 AM
The best additional info I could find was this, which implies it is an Italian release with possibly notes in Italian only: http://www.daringtodo.com/lang/it/2010/01/19/the-academy-of-ancient-music-esegue-le-sinfonie-di-mozart/ (http://www.daringtodo.com/lang/it/2010/01/19/the-academy-of-ancient-music-esegue-le-sinfonie-di-mozart/). Perhaps someone who actually understands Italian will get more out of it than I do! :)

It turns out my order did go through, and Amazon.it has already shipped it, so I'll be able to report firsthand in due course.  Even with the shipping charge and the credit card transaction fee,  it will still be under $60 (depending on whatever the exchange rate turns out to be)--not much more than what the DG budget box of the Pinnock set is going for.  VAT exemption knocked about 5 Euros off the price.

And I guess I'll now have an opportunity to improve my Italian.

BTW, has anyone besides Erato and I ordered it yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 07, 2011, 06:51:23 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 06, 2011, 08:23:34 PM
I'm not sure if I ordered it or not--Amazon came up with a page in Italian that my opera-based Italian isn't up to translating. 
It does turn out that shipping charges to the US are given as 14 euros, so it's not quite so super duper...

At 40 Euro, it is hardly any bargain compared with what I paid stateside last year.  I prefer the set to be an English version ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 07, 2011, 07:49:43 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 07, 2011, 06:51:23 PM
At 40 Euro, it is hardly any bargain compared with what I paid stateside last year.  I prefer the set to be an English version ...

35.75 Euros shipped to the US, to be precise. Current exchange rate for the Euro is 1.37 USD.  Tack on the Visa foreign charge, and it comes out almost exactly to $50.00.     Cheapest price for a new set on AmazonUS/Amazon MP is $86.99 US.  May not be a bargain compared to when you got it, but compared to current prices, it's certainly cheaper.

And since I generally consult liner notes only for dates and names,  the fact that this version will be in Italian won't be that much of a bother.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 07, 2011, 10:52:19 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 07, 2011, 06:42:30 PM
It turns out my order did go through, and Amazon.it has already shipped it, so I'll be able to report firsthand in due course.  Even with the shipping charge and the credit card transaction fee,  it will still be under $60 (depending on whatever the exchange rate turns out to be)--not much more than what the DG budget box of the Pinnock set is going for.  VAT exemption knocked about 5 Euros off the price.

And I guess I'll now have an opportunity to improve my Italian.

BTW, has anyone besides Erato and I ordered it yet.
Came to 29 euros packed and shipped to Norway, certainly qualifies as a bargain. My brother (a very infrequent visitor to these pages) has ordered it too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 10, 2011, 11:39:04 AM
Wake up Haydnians!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Sjwim9uOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7E6/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7E6/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LpFQi-GUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7DW/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7DW/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QgzCHI2bL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001NZA0GK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001NZA0GK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 10, 2011, 11:49:16 AM
Thanks - can't wait for this to be canceled before it's sent to me ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 10, 2011, 11:55:32 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 10, 2011, 11:39:04 AM
Wake up Haydnians!

[snipped for shortness]

Orpheus  ;)
I'm up! I'm up!  :-*

Holly Gargonzola! That's a steal!!!!!!!!  :o :o :o

Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 10, 2011, 11:49:16 AM
Thanks - can't wait for this to be canceled before it's sent to me ;D
:'( :'( :'( :'(

Hope burns eternal!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: adriatikfan on November 10, 2011, 12:44:14 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 10, 2011, 11:39:04 AM
Wake up Haydnians!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Sjwim9uOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7E6/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7E6/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LpFQi-GUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7DW/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7DW/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QgzCHI2bL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001NZA0GK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001NZA0GK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)

Thank you for these links - all 3 sets duly ordered. Let's see if they arrive!

Best Wishes
David
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 10, 2011, 01:19:06 PM
An assortment of Naxos discs are now on sale at MDT for 3 pounds each.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 10, 2011, 02:58:03 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 10, 2011, 11:55:32 AM
I'm up! I'm up!  :-*

Holly Gargonzola! That's a steal!!!!!!!!  :o :o :o
:'( :'( :'( :'(

Hope burns eternal!

That must have been fast, I can't find any super bargains there!  :( And I wanted those, too...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 10, 2011, 05:03:18 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 10, 2011, 01:19:06 PM
An assortment of Naxos discs are now on sale at MDT for 3 pounds each.

I can recommend the Abe Symphony, the Copland/Aldridge concertos, the Buffalo Philharmonic Copland, the witty Dorman concertos, Kalomiris' Khachaturianesque "Triptych", Khachaturian's Cello Concerto, Otte if you like minimalist piano.

Excited Martinu's Piano Concertos 1, 2, and 4 are on the list - I wanted those - but sad they aren't offering the other half of the set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 10, 2011, 07:52:01 PM
What were the prices? (I don't see anything below the mid-50s right now.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 10, 2011, 08:54:13 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 10, 2011, 07:52:01 PM
What were the prices? (I don't see anything below the mid-50s right now.)
£3
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 10, 2011, 09:13:47 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on November 10, 2011, 08:54:13 PM
£3

WTH?! (Assuming you're referring to (what was) the Amazon price, and not those of singles at MDT.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 10, 2011, 09:25:20 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 10, 2011, 09:13:47 PM
WTH?! (Assuming you're referring to (what was) the Amazon price, and not those of singles at MDT.)

Yip, a marketplace seller had them priced at that. The fact that they were limited quantity makes me a little more hopeful that they might fulfil the orders as it's not like they're throwing away hundreds of them - perhaps wishful thinking, as I rarely see these mispriced boxes fulfiled.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 11, 2011, 06:09:56 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 10, 2011, 09:25:20 PM
Yip, a marketplace seller had them priced at that. The fact that they were limited quantity makes me a little more hopeful that they might fulfil the orders as it's not like they're throwing away hundreds of them - perhaps wishful thinking, as I rarely see these mispriced boxes fulfiled.
I almost bit simply because of the price--but then I realized that I already have plenty of recordings of these works that I like very much and saw no point in buy more that would likely just languish unheard on the shelf. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 11, 2011, 02:58:00 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on November 10, 2011, 08:54:13 PM
£3

GAH

I need to start logging on to GMG at work.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 11, 2011, 03:22:27 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on November 11, 2011, 06:09:56 AM
I almost bit simply because of the price--but then I realized that I already have plenty of recordings of these works that I like very much and saw no point in buy more that would likely just languish unheard on the shelf.

That will certainly happen for the concertos box, but I'm greedy :'( Very intrigued by what I've heard of their symphonies cycle though :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 12, 2011, 04:36:22 AM
Not sure what the versions might be like.... but at £ 7.90 for 10 CDs....  release next month :

[asin]B005DCMVOI[/asin]

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511HuqHTsyL._SS400_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on November 13, 2011, 12:31:11 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 12, 2011, 04:36:22 AM
Not sure what the versions might be like.... but at £ 7.90 for 10 CDs....  release next month :

[asin]B005DCMVOI[/asin]

Live recordings from the '50s - on the face of it that could be very good indeed.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 14, 2011, 01:38:40 AM
I recently mentioned getting the complete Haydn Fischer SYmphony set (about $65 I think). Well, I just noticed that for a few more dollars, you can get the Brilliant "Complete Symphonies" set from an Amazon MP for $76.50 (Fabulous CD). 100 CDs. Includes Haydn and whole lot more. Not a bad deal...
[asin]B000RI00JG[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on November 14, 2011, 03:24:50 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 10, 2011, 11:39:04 AM
Wake up Haydnians!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Sjwim9uOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7E6/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7E6/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LpFQi-GUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7DW/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001GVA7DW/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QgzCHI2bL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001NZA0GK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001NZA0GK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

Orpheus  ;)

I ordered the symphonies and string quartets and have just received an email to say that both have been despatched. A total of just £8.68 (which includes delivery) for the pair. Grateful thanks Orpheus for the tip off.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 14, 2011, 05:35:58 AM
Quote from: hafod on November 14, 2011, 03:24:50 AM
I ordered the symphonies and string quartets and have just received an email to say that both have been despatched. A total of just £8.68 (which includes delivery) for the pair. Grateful thanks Orpheus for the tip off.

They emailed me too! :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 14, 2011, 05:46:17 AM
Quote from: hafod on November 14, 2011, 03:24:50 AM
I ordered the symphonies and string quartets and have just received an email to say that both have been despatched. A total of just £8.68 (which includes delivery) for the pair. Grateful thanks Orpheus for the tip off.

I second this - you're a champ, as always, Orpheus! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: adriatikfan on November 14, 2011, 10:52:12 AM
I have also received notification today of all 3 sets shipping - for the grand total of £13.02, including shipping. Thank you so much for the tip-off. I can't wait to get these sets.

Best Wishes
David
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 14, 2011, 08:18:32 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 14, 2011, 01:38:40 AM
I recently mentioned getting the complete Haydn Fischer SYmphony set (about $65 I think). Well, I just noticed that for a few more dollars, you can get the Brilliant "Complete Symphonies" set from an Amazon MP for $76.50 (Fabulous CD). 100 CDs. Includes Haydn and whole lot more. Not a bad deal...
[asin]B000RI00JG[/asin]

Nicked it, thank you very much.  For me the deciding factor was that the Shostakovich cycle is Barshai's, which I was preparing to order for about $31.  Now I get that and all the rest.
And actually, out of all those 100 CDs, there only seems to be one CD I already have (Neumann/Leipzig Mahler 5).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 17, 2011, 06:10:03 AM
The Haydn arrived today, so I can comfirm gzoop (Amazon UK) as a great seller - they even packaged it in bubblewrap and boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on November 17, 2011, 06:12:05 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 17, 2011, 06:10:03 AM
The Haydn arrived today, so I can comfirm gzoop (Amazon UK) as a great seller - they even packaged it in bubblewrap and boxes.
Where's the Like button?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 17, 2011, 06:28:10 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 17, 2011, 06:10:03 AM
The Haydn arrived today, so I can comfirm gzoop (Amazon UK) as a great seller - they even packaged it in bubblewrap and boxes.

Nice. :) Do you have a link for the seller's store-front? Gzoop isn't listed in the MP vendors list for any of those three boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 17, 2011, 06:32:34 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 17, 2011, 06:28:10 AM
Nice. :) Do you have a link for the seller's store-front? Gzoop isn't listed in the MP vendors list for any of those three boxes.
Ha! That's because they sold out of them in like 2 minutes when they were 3 pounds each (after they were posted here). I wonder whether it was an error or if they just needed to get rid of inventory for some reason (maybe those had sat a long time)?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 17, 2011, 07:52:03 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 17, 2011, 06:28:10 AM
Nice. :) Do you have a link for the seller's store-front? Gzoop isn't listed in the MP vendors list for any of those three boxes.

Oh, sorry, I forgot how hard Amazon was to search for these vendors:

Link. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&sellerID=A1J73UFKTK1WCY)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 17, 2011, 07:59:10 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 17, 2011, 07:52:03 AM
Oh, sorry, I forgot how hard Amazon was to search for these vendors:

Link. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&sellerID=A1J73UFKTK1WCY)

Well, at least now I have noted down a possible format with which to search: http://www.amazon.co.uk/shops/<storename>. Thanks. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 17, 2011, 10:38:08 AM
I don't know how much classical inventory that seller has, but maybe it was a loss leader to get people to look at their store? Still, nice catch and carry by those lucky individuals fortunate enough to get in before the price adjustment.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 23, 2011, 01:48:16 PM
MDT have just added 21 discs from the Hyperion Schubert edition for sale. If you were collecting them individually or just want to sample them, this is a good way.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: adriatikfan on November 24, 2011, 08:09:06 AM
Quote from: stingo on November 17, 2011, 10:38:08 AM
I don't know how much classical inventory that seller has, but maybe it was a loss leader to get people to look at their store? Still, nice catch and carry by those lucky individuals fortunate enough to get in before the price adjustment.

I'm just slightly concerned that my sets haven't arrived yet, despite being notified of them being shipped on the 14th.

Does everyone else have theirs or is anyone else still waiting?

Best Wishes
Dabid
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on November 24, 2011, 10:24:57 AM
Quote from: adriatikfan on November 24, 2011, 08:09:06 AM
I'm just slightly concerned that my sets haven't arrived yet, despite being notified of them being shipped on the 14th.

Does everyone else have theirs or is anyone else still waiting?

Best Wishes
Dabid

Yes - I am in the same position. However, the 'window' for delivery still has a few days to run. My experience (in the UK) is that if an item does not arrive within 4/5 days of notification of despatch then it does not arrive at all. I am therefore not optimistic - quite the reverse in fact.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 24, 2011, 07:33:00 PM
For me, the SQ and syms boxes have arrived but the concertos one hasn't.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Klaze on November 25, 2011, 11:54:55 AM
Frescobaldi - Complete Published Works for Keyboard, now for $12.22 (12 CDs)

[asin]B0041IH4ME[/asin]

I think it wasn't that expensive to begin with, but if anyone was hesitating...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 25, 2011, 03:53:50 PM
Quote from: Klaze on November 25, 2011, 11:54:55 AM
Frescobaldi - Complete Published Works for Keyboard, now for $12.22 (12 CDs)

[asin]B0041IH4ME[/asin]

I think it wasn't that expensive to begin with, but if anyone was hesitating...

Just be warned that AmazonUS may not be very quick to ship it.  I ordered it on 11/1, with a shipping date stated to be 9-12 days;  it was finally mailed out the middle of this week, and I'm told I'll get it on Monday 11/28 (the Thanksgiving holiday presumably making it a little longer yet).

When I ordered it (and at least one other here on GMG), the price was under $10US, btw.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Klaze on November 26, 2011, 05:18:39 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 25, 2011, 03:53:50 PM
Just be warned that AmazonUS may not be very quick to ship it.  I ordered it on 11/1, with a shipping date stated to be 9-12 days;  it was finally mailed out the middle of this week, and I'm told I'll get it on Monday 11/28 (the Thanksgiving holiday presumably making it a little longer yet).

When I ordered it (and at least one other here on GMG), the price was under $10US, btw.

Nice. Yea, when I ordered it, it said: estimated to be despatched between 1 and 3 weeks even, but then I immediately got an e-mail saying that they could ship it much earlier, and that the estimated delivery date is 30 November ?! (I live in the Netherlands...) Oh well, we'll see...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 26, 2011, 06:43:08 AM
I ordered my Frescobaldi set the first time of asking on this thread.  It arrived within 5 days from the USA (to UK)....amazing.

Interesting set, all new to me.  Enjoyable, relaxing, contemplating music...got quite lost in it really  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 26, 2011, 07:18:04 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 25, 2011, 03:53:50 PM
Just be warned that AmazonUS may not be very quick to ship it.  I ordered it on 11/1, with a shipping date stated to be 9-12 days;  it was finally mailed out the middle of this week, and I'm told I'll get it on Monday 11/28 (the Thanksgiving holiday presumably making it a little longer yet).

When I ordered it (and at least one other here on GMG), the price was under $10US, btw.

Great price.  I wonder if parts of this BC set were licensed from Tactus since Roberto Loreggian was the harpsichordist for both sets ...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41yEUHwVT%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 26, 2011, 05:11:37 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on November 26, 2011, 07:18:04 AM
Great price.  I wonder if parts of this BC set were licensed from Tactus since Roberto Loreggian was the harpsichordist for both sets ...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41yEUHwVT%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

As I understand it,  there are no duplications of recordings between the two sets (Lorreggian was not the only performer on the Tactus).

BTW, if someone wants the Brilliant set, it might be a good idea to check MDT now.  A word to the wise...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 26, 2011, 09:59:29 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 26, 2011, 05:11:37 PM
BTW, if someone wants the Brilliant set, it might be a good idea to check MDT now.  A word to the wise...

Speaking for myself, it's rarely, if ever, a good idea to purchase boxes from them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 27, 2011, 06:19:05 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 26, 2011, 09:59:29 PM
Speaking for myself, it's rarely, if ever, a good idea to purchase boxes from them.

:(

And last thing I did last night was order that set from them....
Can I ask why? 
Actually, my other order from them included some box sets and they arrived fine. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 27, 2011, 06:23:39 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 26, 2011, 09:59:29 PM
Speaking for myself, it's rarely, if ever, a good idea to purchase boxes from them.

Is it because of the shipping cost MDT charges?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 27, 2011, 06:33:17 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 27, 2011, 06:19:05 AM
Can I ask why? 

Quote from: Coopmv on November 27, 2011, 06:23:39 AM
Is it because of the shipping cost MDT charges?

Indeed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 27, 2011, 06:59:34 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 27, 2011, 06:33:17 AM
Indeed.

Between MDT and Presto, my experience has always been Presto is cheaper when it comes to shipping to the US.  Presto charges $3.15 (IIRC) shipping for the first item and that first item can be a 20-CD box set.  All I know is that the same 20-CD box set will cost me more in shipping if I order it from MDT since the latter seems to pro-rate the number of CD's in the box. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on November 27, 2011, 12:24:18 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 26, 2011, 05:11:37 PM
As I understand it,  there are no duplications of recordings between the two sets (Lorreggian was not the only performer on the Tactus).

To be completely explicit:

Loreggian´s only contribution to the Tactus set is the eleven Canzoni alla Francese from 1645 (lasting a little more than half an hour all in all).

Being the only keyboard artist on the Brilliant set, Lorregian plays these Canzoni on the Brilliant set too, but it is a different (and later) recording.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 27, 2011, 03:18:55 PM
Quote from: (: premont :) on November 27, 2011, 12:24:18 PM
To be completely explicit:

Loreggian´s only contribution to the Tactus set is the eleven Canzoni alla Francese from 1645 (lasting a little more than half an hour all in all).

Being the only keyboard artist on the Brilliant set, Lorregian plays these Canzoni on the Brilliant set too, but it is a different (and later) recording.

On the box, I even noticed the line "With the patronage of PROVINCIA DI PADOVA" suggesting the set was actually an original recording and not licensed materials from some previously released recordings of other labels ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: adriatikfan on November 28, 2011, 03:44:06 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevna Pettersson on November 24, 2011, 07:33:00 PM
For me, the SQ and syms boxes have arrived but the concertos one hasn't.

Did your order show up? None of my boxes have arrived (I ordered all 3). I've emailed the seller but to date have had no respobse.

Best Wishes
David
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on November 28, 2011, 05:12:32 AM
Nope, the concertos box hasn't shown. I'm not going to be so cheeky as to ask for a refund given that I got two of them, so I can't report the response time (or lack of it) to emails.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: adriatikfan on November 29, 2011, 10:46:39 AM
With regard to the Haydn box sets, I've literally just received an email from Amazon informing me of the cancellation of my order. This is part of the message:

Dear Customer,

Greetings from Amazon.co.uk.

We are writing to confirm that we are processing your refund in the amount of £13.02 for your Order 203-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx from gzoop.

This amount has been credited to your payment method and will appear when your bank has processed it.

This refund is for the following item(s):

   Item: Haydn: Complete String Quartets
   Quantity: 1
   ASIN: B001GVA7DW
   Reason for refund: Order cancelled

   The following is the breakdown of your refund for this item:

       Item Refund: £3.08
       Shipping Refund: £1.26


This is particularly annoying, as I had actually received emails informing me that the item had shipped. So, was the shipping email just an automated response? Why wait till now to inform me that the order is cancelled?     ???

Best Wishes
David
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 29, 2011, 11:00:19 AM
The e-mail advising you that it had shipped might be a gaffe on the part of the third-party seller. Annoying, to be sure.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 29, 2011, 01:05:47 PM
I received the same refund e-mail earlier today (after having been informed that the boxes had shipped earlier in the month >:( )

I sometimes sell through Amazon.co.uk  - you can't transfer the proceeds of a sale into your bank account until you've sent a dispatch notification to the buyer. I'm noticing a worrying trend of unscrupulous sellers 'dispatching' orders as soon as they're made simply to bank the funds as soon as possible, regardless of whether the item has been sent or not.

I suppose we should be happy that at least one GMGer received the bargain boxes (and any onlookers who felt that they may have missed out can be consoled that they might not have got the sets anyway  :)).

As with any of these Amazon Marketplace 'mispricings', if you don't place the order then you will never profit from the sellers ignorance of classical music discover if the 'bargain' is genuine or not :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on November 30, 2011, 10:30:29 AM
Not a bargain as such, but a useful tool to compare prices across different Amazon sites.  The service detects your country and factors in shipping costs (this can be changed manually).  The cheapest price for each of Amazon, MP New and MP Used is displayed.  It works well with the ASIN as a search term. 

http://pricenoia.com/ (http://pricenoia.com/)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on November 30, 2011, 11:21:27 AM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0041IH4ME.01.L.jpg)

I am still boggling at this.

I placed the order at Amazon US on 26th November. £8 English money, plus £4 postage. They said it might take a week or two to get one. I expected that at least they'd send it surface mail. No. They emailed me to say they were shipping it sooner than they thought. It arrived at home this morning in the UK, 30th November. £12 altogether, including postage (with tracking), for a box of 12 CDs, taking a mere 4 days from start to finish, for an order placed at Amazon US for delivery to the UK.

And they express wonder that neutrinos might be able to travel faster than light?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on November 30, 2011, 11:38:21 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 30, 2011, 11:21:27 AM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0041IH4ME.01.L.jpg)

I am still boggling at this.


I bought this one as well - listening to it just now - great find.

I mentioned Pricenoia earlier - it shows that this set (for purchase/shipping to the US) ranges in price from $10.45 from Amazon to $114.01 from Amazon in Germany. 
http://pricenoia.com/complete-published-keyboard-works (http://pricenoia.com/complete-published-keyboard-works)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 30, 2011, 09:00:52 PM
Quote from: KeithW on November 30, 2011, 10:30:29 AM
Not a bargain as such, but a useful tool to compare prices across different Amazon sites.  The service detects your country and factors in shipping costs (this can be changed manually).  The cheapest price for each of Amazon, MP New and MP Used is displayed.  It works well with the ASIN as a search term. 

http://pricenoia.com/ (http://pricenoia.com/)


Thanks. I've been looking for something like this for a while. It would be great if someone would customise it for classical music bargain hunters by including all the usual suspects. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 30, 2011, 09:19:16 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 30, 2011, 09:00:52 PM
Thanks. I've been looking for something like this for a while. It would be great if someone would customise it for classical music bargain hunters by including all the usual suspects. :)
Well then - here's another one. I use it mostly for the UPC code, but you can use it for pricing as well: http://www.getcdprices.com/ (http://www.getcdprices.com/)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 30, 2011, 09:32:37 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 30, 2011, 09:19:16 PM
Well then - here's another one. I use it mostly for the UPC code, but you can use it for pricing as well: http://www.getcdprices.com/ (http://www.getcdprices.com/)

Great, thanks. But again, one still looks for Presto, JPC, MDT, fnac, Abeille etc. in the list of available stores. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 01, 2011, 03:40:59 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 30, 2011, 11:21:27 AM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0041IH4ME.01.L.jpg)

I am still boggling at this.

I placed the order at Amazon US on 26th November. £8 English money, plus £4 postage. They said it might take a week or two to get one. I expected that at least they'd send it surface mail. No. They emailed me to say they were shipping it sooner than they thought. It arrived at home this morning in the UK, 30th November. £12 altogether, including postage (with tracking), for a box of 12 CDs, taking a mere 4 days from start to finish, for an order placed at Amazon US for delivery to the UK.

And they express wonder that neutrinos might be able to travel faster than light?

... and now to enjoy this difficult, erudite, hypnotic, but totally enjoyable music. I have an unusual recommendation for you: the "Messa della Madonna" (part of the Fiori Musicali), especially the wonderful "Recercare con obligo di cantare la quinta parte senza tocarla"... 

:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 01, 2011, 04:58:37 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on November 30, 2011, 11:21:27 AM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0041IH4ME.01.L.jpg)

I am still boggling at this.

I placed the order at Amazon US on 26th November. £8 English money, plus £4 postage. They said it might take a week or two to get one. I expected that at least they'd send it surface mail. No. They emailed me to say they were shipping it sooner than they thought. It arrived at home this morning in the UK, 30th November. £12 altogether, including postage (with tracking), for a box of 12 CDs, taking a mere 4 days from start to finish, for an order placed at Amazon US for delivery to the UK.

And they express wonder that neutrinos might be able to travel faster than light?

My set arrived equally fast.  The price was a $12.06 with free shipping.  I already have the set on BC ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 02, 2011, 12:37:36 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on December 01, 2011, 03:40:59 AM
... and now to enjoy this difficult, erudite, hypnotic, but totally enjoyable music. I have an unusual recommendation for you: the "Messa della Madonna" (part of the Fiori Musicali), especially the wonderful "Recercare con obligo di cantare la quinta parte senza tocarla"... 

Thanks Antoine - noted. I shall start there. (I haven't had time to do more than admire the box and booklet so far.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 02, 2011, 01:15:20 AM
I have this box as well but haven't opened it. Combined with the recently aquired Complete Scarlatti by Scott Ross (there was a good price on amazon.es) it seems like there will be a lot of harpsichord tinkling in my cellar (the first Scott disc was simply wonderful though).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 02, 2011, 02:32:37 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on December 02, 2011, 12:37:36 AM
Thanks Antoine - noted. I shall start there. (I haven't had time to do more than admire the box and booklet so far.)

You're welcome. I have and have listened to almost all those discs. I don't say all of them because I bought them separately, but just the discs by Sergio Vartolo.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on December 02, 2011, 02:35:51 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 02, 2011, 01:15:20 AM
I have this box as well but hhaven't opened it. Combined with the recently aquired Complete Scarlatti by Scott Ross (there was a good price on amazon.es) it seems like there will be a lot of harpsichord tinkling in my cellar (the first Scott disc was simply wonderful though).

Unfortunately, I bought some discs (among them the big Bach boxes of Janssen and Hewitt) on Amazon.es more than a month ago, but I am still waiting for them.  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on December 02, 2011, 09:16:09 AM
Has anyone been noticing higher prices on some items at Amazon? The Elgar collection on EMI is up to 42.78 from 36.10 for example. Holiday pricing?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 02, 2011, 09:30:30 AM
Quote from: stingo on December 02, 2011, 09:16:09 AM
Has anyone been noticing higher prices on some items at Amazon? The Elgar collection on EMI is up to 42.78 from 36.10 for example. Holiday pricing?

UK prices started going up in some cases a couple of weeks ago. But something tells me that the prices of items that one doesn't notice (but ought to) would have gone down. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 02, 2011, 10:43:09 AM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0041IH4ME.01.L.jpg)

And mine arrived as well. I'm so happy!  8)

We can make the listening a group effort - comparing notes! ;D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 03, 2011, 03:54:50 AM
This one is really a bargain, 5,99 at JPCde, on historic instruments, and well reviewed. 2 CD'S.

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb79/walboi/0761203727322.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 03, 2011, 09:06:51 AM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on December 02, 2011, 10:43:09 AM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0041IH4ME.01.L.jpg)

And mine arrived as well. I'm so happy!  8)

We can make the listening a group effort - comparing notes! ;D

Q

Has this set become the most popular set on the forum - that everyone and his cousin now have a set ...    ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on December 04, 2011, 02:57:57 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 03, 2011, 09:06:51 AM
Has this set become the most popular set on the forum - that everyone and his cousin now have a set ...    ;D

I see what you are saying! It seems that wherever I go on GMG, I always seem to find this cd being discussed.... Maybe it's time for me to buy it as well.... ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 04, 2011, 07:17:59 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on December 04, 2011, 02:57:57 AM
I see what you are saying! It seems that wherever I go on GMG, I always seem to find this cd being discussed....

Not one CD. It's actually a set of 12 being sold for the price of one (three-fourths even!), which is the reason it's so popular.

QuoteMaybe it's time for me to buy it as well.... ;)

You can't fool us. :P ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on December 04, 2011, 09:55:09 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 04, 2011, 07:17:59 AM
Not one CD. It's actually a set of 12 being sold for the price of one (three-fourths even!), which is the reason it's so popular.

You can't fool us. :P ;)

Ah, I see. Well, that certainly sounds like a good offer.

;D Well, it will at least go to my amazon wishlist, which has at least 400 other cds in it.... :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 04, 2011, 02:16:11 PM

Euro 10.50 for Segerstams Sibelius cycle here (less VAT for us outside the EU):

http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Symphonies-Violin-Leif-Segerstam/dp/B000CQNVSU/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_9 (http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Symphonies-Violin-Leif-Segerstam/dp/B000CQNVSU/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_9)

[asin]B000CQNVSU[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 04, 2011, 02:18:24 PM
And the complete Villa-Lobos quartets at E 16.50 (deduct Vat) at the same place

[asin]B0027ZD0NK[/asin]

http://www.amazon.es/Complete-String-Quartets-Heitor-Villa-Lobos/dp/B0027ZD0NK/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_15 (http://www.amazon.es/Complete-String-Quartets-Heitor-Villa-Lobos/dp/B0027ZD0NK/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_15)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 04, 2011, 05:24:40 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on December 04, 2011, 09:55:09 AM
Ah, I see. Well, that certainly sounds like a good offer.

;D Well, it will at least go to my amazon wishlist, which has at least 400 other cds in it.... :)

It is never easy to prioritize CD's on the wishlist. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on December 05, 2011, 08:04:21 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 04, 2011, 05:24:40 PM
It is never easy to prioritize CD's on the wishlist.

Completely agree..... so difficult!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 05, 2011, 03:04:00 PM
Brilliant R.STRAUSS Edition (36 discs)  EUR 45.75 at amazon.fr, EUR 56.00 at amazon.de
[asin]B006546EPA[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 06, 2011, 01:02:25 AM
Quote from: listener on December 05, 2011, 03:04:00 PM
Brilliant R.STRAUSS Edition (36 discs)  EUR 45.75 at amazon.fr, EUR 56.00 at amazon.de
[asin]B006546EPA[/asin]
44.99 at JPC. But I imagine this will get better in price, though it could be a wait.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on December 06, 2011, 05:56:47 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on December 03, 2011, 09:06:51 AM
Has this set become the most popular set on the forum - that everyone and his cousin now have a set ...    ;D

I'm new to the forum, but even I have it as of this afternoon!  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on December 07, 2011, 08:00:28 AM
Quote from: cws on December 06, 2011, 05:56:47 PM
I'm new to the forum, but even I have it as of this afternoon!  ;D

Welcome! Make sure to make a post in the 'introductions' thread! :)
*Sigh*, maybe everyone does have it, just not me....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 07, 2011, 08:25:45 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on December 07, 2011, 08:00:28 AM
*Sigh*, maybe everyone does have it, just not me....

You have me for company, Daniel. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 07, 2011, 08:29:57 AM
Me, too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 07, 2011, 08:34:58 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 07, 2011, 08:29:57 AM
Me, too!

Yes, we could probably make you an honorary ihavethebox-yetillpretendotherwise member of the group.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 07, 2011, 08:44:13 AM
Oh, sorry . . . that's the Frescobaldi? I've got it, and I love it.

Somehow I thought the Strauss box was being disavowed
: )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on December 07, 2011, 10:31:14 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 07, 2011, 08:25:45 AM
You have me for company, Daniel. ;)

Thank you Navneeth! :D

Quote from: karlhenning on December 07, 2011, 08:44:13 AM
Oh, sorry . . . that's the Frescobaldi? I've got it, and I love it.

Somehow I thought the Strauss box was being disavowed
: )
Hopefully you'll join us next time Karl! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 07, 2011, 11:26:42 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 07, 2011, 08:44:13 AM
Oh, sorry . . . that's the Frescobaldi? I've got it, and I love it.


Been listening to it the last couple of days. Not, it must be said, in the most positive of moods, but even allowing for that, I do find it difficult. Well no, wait, stop. In one sense it's not difficult at all, so what do I mean by that statement? Consider the harpsichord discs. I've had them tinkling away very nicely in the background, and very pleasant they are (which in itself is a bonus, as I'm not noted for my enjoyment of harpsichords - or organs for that matter). But I don't know how to listen to it. I can hear it, and say 'how nice' and carry on reading my book; but I can no more follow the musical plot than fly. Indeed, I can't even find a musical plot to follow, so lost am I. I suppose that matters ... does it? Would Frescobaldi be happy enough to have provided me with a pleasant soundscape to read in? Or would he have thrown his hands up in horror and called in the music police?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 07, 2011, 11:37:09 AM
It took me some re-tuning, Alan. In ways in which (as a musician) I have been frankly surprised, the music operates in ways very different to (say) Bach, Scarlatti or Couperin.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 07, 2011, 11:42:18 AM
Decided to take this here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13637.msg583207.html#msg583207), gents.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 08, 2011, 02:35:40 PM
Quote from: cws on December 06, 2011, 05:56:47 PM
I'm new to the forum, but even I have it as of this afternoon!  ;D

How can anyone pass up $1 per CD for a nice box set?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on December 12, 2011, 12:27:49 AM
Those Amazon Marketplace sellers at "harmonia_mundi" have dropped this fine set in price (if you are in for yet another Beethoven Symphonic Cycle).  These are the guys who brought us Andrew Manze and his lush Violin set, Paul O'Dette and his amazing Lute & a couple of Handel and Haydn sets to boot.

6 Super Audio/Hybrid disc set - £9.99 + £1.26 = £11.25p delivered

Under the "9 new from £9.99" section

Haitink's Beethoven LSO Live SACD
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Symphonies-London-Symphony-Orchestra/dp/B000GUJYRE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323681529&sr=1-1)
[asin]B000GUJYRE[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: adriatikfan on December 12, 2011, 10:41:24 AM
Rachmaninov's Etudes Tableaux  3 CD set  on Brilliant Classics for £1.99 + £1.26 delivery from Regis Records Amazon reseller

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00006919Y/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1323718668&sr=8-60&condition=new

Best Wishes
David
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on December 12, 2011, 11:06:18 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 04, 2011, 02:18:24 PM
And the complete Villa-Lobos quartets at E 16.50 (deduct Vat) at the same place

[asin]B0027ZD0NK[/asin]

http://www.amazon.es/Complete-String-Quartets-Heitor-Villa-Lobos/dp/B0027ZD0NK/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_15 (http://www.amazon.es/Complete-String-Quartets-Heitor-Villa-Lobos/dp/B0027ZD0NK/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_15)
This has been on my wish list for a while: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0027ZD0NK/?tag=goodmusicguideco
14.99 is less than 16.50 ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 12, 2011, 11:19:18 AM
Quote from: adriatikfan on December 12, 2011, 10:41:24 AM
Rachmaninov's Etudes Tableaux  3 CD set  on Brilliant Classics for £1.99 + £1.26 delivery from Regis Records Amazon reseller

Thanks for this one - it looks like a nice little collection.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 12, 2011, 02:58:11 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on December 12, 2011, 12:27:49 AM
Those Amazon Marketplace sellers at "harmonia_mundi" have dropped this fine set in price (if you are in for yet another Beethoven Symphonic Cycle).  These are the guys who brought us Andrew Manze and his lush Violin set, Paul O'Dette and his amazing Lute & a couple of Handel and Haydn sets to boot.

6 Super Audio/Hybrid disc set - £9.99 + £1.26 = £11.25p delivered

Under the "9 new from £9.99" section

Haitink's Beethoven LSO Live SACD
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Symphonies-London-Symphony-Orchestra/dp/B000GUJYRE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323681529&sr=1-1)
[asin]B000GUJYRE[/asin]

Oh, wow!

The MP3 price is even cheaper. Does anyone know if these SACDs are hybrids?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on December 12, 2011, 04:51:32 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 12, 2011, 02:58:11 PM
Oh, wow!

The MP3 price is even cheaper. Does anyone know if these SACDs are hybrids?

Yes, they are.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on December 13, 2011, 12:37:34 AM
Stumbled across this by chance this morning and ordered one instantly:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4137F5H28EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

£7.99 post free (2cd set) at Amazon uk (normally costs about double that):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gluck-Orfeo-Euridice-Bernarda-Fink/dp/B00005O7Z4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323768827&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gluck-Orfeo-Euridice-Bernarda-Fink/dp/B00005O7Z4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323768827&sr=1-1)



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drasko on December 13, 2011, 01:43:36 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on December 13, 2011, 12:37:34 AM
Stumbled across this by chance this morning and ordered one instantly:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4137F5H28EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

£7.99 post free (2cd set) at Amazon uk (normally costs about double that):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gluck-Orfeo-Euridice-Bernarda-Fink/dp/B00005O7Z4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323768827&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gluck-Orfeo-Euridice-Bernarda-Fink/dp/B00005O7Z4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323768827&sr=1-1)

Excellent choice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on December 13, 2011, 09:13:07 PM
Does amazon.es have a currency converter like amazon.co.uk? I'm wondering how much their (amazon.es) offerings are shipped to the states. Any ideas?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 13, 2011, 09:28:47 PM
Quote from: stingo on December 13, 2011, 09:13:07 PM
I'm wondering how much their (amazon.es) offerings are shipped to the states. Any ideas?

All European Amazons seems to have a standard rate of 14 Euros (although I'm unsure if it's per-shipment or per-item(!!)).

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.es%2Fgp%2Fhelp%2Fcustomer%2Fdisplay.html%3FnodeId%3D200507630%23opcionesenvio&act=url
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 14, 2011, 02:02:37 AM
I've received shipments in Canada from amazon uk, france, us and de (Germany).
For currency conversion I use http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 19, 2011, 10:24:25 PM
This will be released in 2012. Very interesting I think!


Gustav Leonhardt - The Organ in Renaissance and Baroque
5 CDs, 22,00 euros at JPC de



Works from,  Ammerbach, Blitheman, Kerll, Merula, Newman, Pachelbel,
Pasquini, Taylor, Zachow, Eberlin, Fischer, Froberger, Fux, Kerll,
Krebs, Muffat, Storace, Böhm, Lorentz, Morhardt, Reincken, Ritter,
Scheidemann, Schildt, Strungk, Weckmann, Erbach, Fischer,
Froberger, Hassler, Poglietti, Speth, Boynin, Chaumont, Guilain,
Krieger, Luython, van den Kerckhoven, Anonymus
Künstler: Gustav Leonhardt / Orgeln in Hamburg, Norden, Roskilde, Falaise, Leuven
Label: Sony , DDD, 1992-1994
Release date 20.2.2012
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 20, 2011, 12:28:29 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 19, 2011, 10:24:25 PM
This will be released in 2012. Very interesting I think!


Gustav Leonhardt - The Organ in Renaissance and Baroque
5 CDs, 22,00 euros at JPC de



Works from,  Ammerbach, Blitheman, Kerll, Merula, Newman, Pachelbel,
Pasquini, Taylor, Zachow, Eberlin, Fischer, Froberger, Fux, Kerll,
Krebs, Muffat, Storace, Böhm, Lorentz, Morhardt, Reincken, Ritter,
Scheidemann, Schildt, Strungk, Weckmann, Erbach, Fischer,
Froberger, Hassler, Poglietti, Speth, Boynin, Chaumont, Guilain,
Krieger, Luython, van den Kerckhoven, Anonymus
Künstler: Gustav Leonhardt / Orgeln in Hamburg, Norden, Roskilde, Falaise, Leuven
Label: Sony , DDD, 1992-1994
Release date 20.2.2012

A whole host of boxes from the HIP stable(s) of Sony has been announced, Harry; although this is the first time I'm seeing a price tag on any one of them. :)
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,17920.msg581960.html#msg581960
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 20, 2011, 12:33:04 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 20, 2011, 12:28:29 AM
A whole host of boxes from the HIP stable(s) of Sony has been announced, Harry; although this is the first time I'm seeing a price tag on any one of them. :)
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,17920.msg581960.html#msg581960

Yes I know, and there will be even more, I will get some inside info, what will be released the coming year, and it will be a lot. A lot of goodies that were for a long time OOP. I guess the prices on Amazon will be lower, at first JPC is always high in the tree regarding the price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 20, 2011, 10:21:24 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 20, 2011, 12:28:29 AM
A whole host of boxes from the HIP stable(s) of Sony has been announced, Harry; although this is the first time I'm seeing a price tag on any one of them. :)
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,17920.msg581960.html#msg581960

Amazon must have some price mix-up (again): Amazon.fr lists this set for €10,98 while Amazon.co.uk lists it for £31,09. ??? ;D I agree with harry: JPC has always good deals on sets like these.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 25, 2011, 05:34:49 AM
Well, to those of you interested in HIP Mozart and who can have it shipped to one of those lucky EU nations (damn you, Fulfilled by Amazon!), this 4-CD set of Mozart played on basset clarinets is available for 4.99 Pounds from a MarketPlace seller: www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004S1MD/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 25, 2011, 06:06:26 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 25, 2011, 05:34:49 AM
Well, to those of you interested in HIP Mozart and who can have it shipped to one of those lucky EU nations (damn you, Fulfilled by Amazon!), this 4-CD set of Mozart played on basset clarinets is available for 4.99 Pounds from a MarketPlace seller: www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004S1MD/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

Well more like 80 pounds, thats a bit too steep :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 25, 2011, 06:17:27 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 25, 2011, 06:06:26 AM
Well more like 80 pounds, thats a bit too steep :o

Someone must have bought the last copy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 25, 2011, 06:34:18 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 25, 2011, 06:17:27 AM
Someone must have bought the last copy.

A pity, I really wanted that set. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 25, 2011, 06:38:36 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 25, 2011, 06:34:18 AM
A pity, I really wanted that set. :(

I see. I'll make sure to let you know first if I see it again at that price point (assuming I can't have it shipped to me, that is ;)).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 25, 2011, 07:08:32 AM
Is that set OOP already? It used to be available for a decent price. Let's hope it will be reissued.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 25, 2011, 08:18:57 AM
I confess it was me, sorry :( Mozart is a bit of a blind-spot for me, and of the chamber music I only know the SQs, VSs and PQs. Danke muchly for the pointer, Nav.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 25, 2011, 08:31:28 AM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on December 25, 2011, 08:18:57 AM
I confess it was me, sorry :( Mozart is a bit of a blind-spot for me, and of the chamber music I only know the SQs, VSs and PQs. Danke muchly for the pointer, Nav.

Sarah how could you... :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 25, 2011, 02:47:03 PM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on December 25, 2011, 08:18:57 AM
I confess it was me, sorry :( Mozart is a bit of a blind-spot for me, and of the chamber music I only know the SQs, VSs and PQs. Danke muchly for the pointer, Nav.

You'll be delighted with that set, promise! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 25, 2011, 02:55:04 PM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on December 25, 2011, 02:47:03 PM
You'll be delighted with that set, promise! :)

Q

And no word of comfort for me, nah, not at all........ :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on December 25, 2011, 03:00:47 PM
;___;
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 28, 2011, 01:32:13 AM
For those of you into MP3 you can get the whole Vanska series of Sibelius symphonies, Lemminkainen + Violin converto (as well as assorted other bargains) for USD 5 here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Z4ZN4A/ref=pe_58730_22234690_pe_vfe_dp1 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Z4ZN4A/ref=pe_58730_22234690_pe_vfe_dp1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on December 28, 2011, 02:08:21 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 28, 2011, 01:32:13 AM
For those of you into MP3 you can get the whole Vanska series of Sibelius symphonies, Lemminkainen + Violin converto (as well as assorted other bargains) for USD 5 here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Z4ZN4A/ref=pe_58730_22234690_pe_vfe_dp1 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Z4ZN4A/ref=pe_58730_22234690_pe_vfe_dp1)

Already posted by DavidW in Reply 1378 to this thread, but a reminder's always good. Similar deals can be had for the Tchaikovsky and Glazunov symphonies and most of the Debussy piano music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on December 31, 2011, 12:32:20 PM
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Box sets like

[asin]B005L12SI0[/asin]

for about $20-$25 shipped from amazon.com
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on January 06, 2012, 05:08:19 AM
a quick "bump" for this recommendation which I believe has appeared on this thread before.

£15 for 8 discs of really sparkling music making.



[asin]B004SD6784[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 07, 2012, 07:15:53 AM
I don't know about you guys, but I'm already getting slightly feverish in hopes that Abeille Musique's winter clearance will be back on top form this year...

Quote from: nigeld on January 06, 2012, 05:08:19 AM
a quick "bump" for this recommendation which I believe has appeared on this thread before.

£15 for 8 discs of really sparkling music making.

[asin]B004SD6784[/asin]

$21 at the USA marketplace.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 07, 2012, 07:18:47 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 07, 2012, 07:15:53 AM
I don't know about you guys, but I'm already getting slightly feverish in hopes that Abeille Musique's winter clearance will be back on top form this year...

$21 at the USA marketplace.

Does Abeille Musique's also go by Fabulous CD at Amazon MarketPlace?  If so, I have bought a few times from them ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 07, 2012, 08:15:21 AM
Quote from: Soapy Molloy on January 07, 2012, 07:30:09 AM
Snap.  Barely 30 minutes ago I was sniffing around their site looking for a mention of when it would start.  (Nothing yet, that I could see.)

Did a quick GMG search; the 2010 sale began on 6 January and ended at the beginning of February. Hey, what's the delay!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 07, 2012, 08:37:55 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 07, 2012, 08:15:21 AM
Did a quick GMG search; the 2010 sale began on 6 January and ended at the beginning of February. Hey, what's the delay!

Hi Brian,

Abeille Musique is a French company so I assume they have the follow the sale period which is defined year on year by law. It's the same all across France with some exceptions for a few counties. Looks like this year it starts on Jan 11th.

http://www.date-soldes.fr/date-soldes-hiver-france (http://www.date-soldes.fr/date-soldes-hiver-france) 

Just an assumption - might be different for internet based business ?

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on January 07, 2012, 01:54:56 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 07, 2012, 07:18:47 AM
Does Abeille Musique's also go by Fabulous CD at Amazon MarketPlace?  If so, I have bought a few times from them ...

From what I can gather, yes. I've gotten some of Brilliant's Russian Archives releases at really good prices from them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 07, 2012, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 07, 2012, 08:37:55 AM
Hi Brian,

Abeille Musique is a French company so I assume they have the follow the sale period which is defined year on year by law. It's the same all across France with some exceptions for a few counties. Looks like this year it starts on Jan 11th.

http://www.date-soldes.fr/date-soldes-hiver-france (http://www.date-soldes.fr/date-soldes-hiver-france) 

Just an assumption - might be different for internet based business ?

Sacre blue! The government gets to tell French businesses when they can have a clearance sale?

Well, that's a nice thing to remember to throw back at the next Republican who tells me the Democrats are trying to turn the US into a European country.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 07, 2012, 10:52:51 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 07, 2012, 07:10:34 PM
Sacre blue! The government gets to tell French businesses when they can have a clearance sale?



Not any more, those days are over, when government is telling them when to hold clearance sales. Its a european law now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 08, 2012, 06:29:28 AM
Quote from: Harry on January 07, 2012, 10:52:51 PM
Not any more, those days are over, when government is telling them when to hold clearance sales. Its a european law now.

All of Europe!? Wow.

Thanks for finding the link, Olivier, I guess we can all wait until the 11th to begin planning our raids!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 08, 2012, 08:34:25 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 07, 2012, 07:10:34 PM
Sacre blue! The government gets to tell French businesses when they can have a clearance sale?

Well, that's a nice thing to remember to throw back at the next Republican who tells me the Democrats are trying to turn the US into a European country.

Amazing, I never knew of this restriction. It seems bad enough that they will only register birth names that appear on their list of acceptable French first names for the newborn.

Mike
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 08, 2012, 08:45:44 AM
Official data from the website of the French Ministry of Finance :

http://www.economie.gouv.fr/dgccrf/consommation/Pratiques-commerciales/Soldes (http://www.economie.gouv.fr/dgccrf/consommation/Pratiques-commerciales/Soldes)

The Winter sales last for a period of 5 weeks and starts at 8am on the 2nd wednesday of January, except if this falls after the 12th of Month, in which case it will start on the 1st wednesday.
Defined by Article D. 310-15-2 of the Trade Code

These dates also apply to distance selling, including Internet-based business, wherever county the company is registered in

 


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 08, 2012, 09:56:52 AM
Especially in the midst of a recession it seems quite odd that retailers would be expected to struggle rather than off-load dated stock to help cashflow. I imagine there are ways around this restriction.

Mike
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 08, 2012, 10:53:44 AM
It seems the traders are entitled, upon application, to 1 x 2 weeks or 2 x 1 week Additional Sales period over the year, as long as these don't finish less than 30 days from the beginning of either the summer or winter official sale period.

simples.

;D

back on topic :  there are some super duper bargains in France... just work it out when....  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on January 08, 2012, 08:29:14 PM
I see the 18-disc set of VIVALDI (Scimone, I Solisti Veneti, originally on Erato LPs) opp.1-12 at amazon.uk - 13 new from £19.99, france has it for EUR 37.99 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on January 09, 2012, 05:12:01 PM
and at jpc 100 discs of operettas for EUR 49.99.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 10, 2012, 11:07:40 AM
Sale starts tomorrow at the Abeille!  Let's hope it is better than last year.
http://www.abeillemusique.com/promo/soldes12.php (http://www.abeillemusique.com/promo/soldes12.php)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 10, 2012, 11:24:59 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 10, 2012, 11:07:40 AM
Sale starts tomorrow at the Abeille!  Let's hope it is better than last year.
http://www.abeillemusique.com/promo/soldes12.php (http://www.abeillemusique.com/promo/soldes12.php)

Do not frustrate yourself, and go there the first day, you hardly get anything go. And yes lets hope it is better as last year.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 10, 2012, 12:25:18 PM
Quote from: Harry on January 10, 2012, 11:24:59 AM
Do not frustrate yourself, and go there the first day, you hardly get anything go. And yes lets hope it is better as last year.

Does anyone remember how many items you have to order to get free shipping? :)

(Which is the only way to make any order sense....considering their outrageous shipping costs  ::))

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 10, 2012, 01:30:05 PM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on January 10, 2012, 12:25:18 PM
Does anyone remember how many items you have to order to get free shipping? :)

(Which is the only way to make any order sense....considering their outrageous shipping costs  ::))

Q

If you spend more than 50 euros I think
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 10, 2012, 01:56:27 PM
The 55 euros carriage paid seems to apply for France only.

For other countries, it seems to be based on number of articles :

Quotepour 1 à 3 articles : 9,90 Euros (64,94 FF)
pour 4 à 7 articles : 18,30 Euros (120,04 FF)
pour 8 à 15 articles : 28,20 Euros (184,98 FF)
au-delà de 15 articles : port offert par Abeille Musique.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 10, 2012, 02:42:57 PM
Confirmed: Abeille Musique thinks customers are a crowd of stupids.  >:D

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 10, 2012, 11:07:10 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 10, 2012, 02:42:57 PM
Confirmed: Abeille Musique thinks customers are a crowd of stupids.  >:D

And apart from that, I browsed through the catalogue, especially Chandos, Hyperion, Hungaraton, and Supraphon. The prices are far higher as 2 years ago, when there real sales. Too expensive now! Will go there further in their sale, they tend to lower the prices after 4 or 5 days. Nothing for me now I am afraid. If I have missed incredible bargains, please let me know. ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 11, 2012, 12:00:29 AM
Quote from: Harry on January 10, 2012, 11:07:10 PM
And apart from that, I browsed through the catalogue, especially Chandos, Hyperion, Hungaraton, and Supraphon. The price are far higher as 2 years ago, when there real sales. Too expensive now! Will go there further in their sale, they tend to lower the prices after 4 or 5 days. Nothing for me now I am afraid. If I have missed incredible bargains, please let me know. ::)
I would tend to agree. There are some decent deals here, but many could be found elsewhere at similar prices (via sale). Though, I did notice the Liszt box would be roughly $150 for a US buyer who pays no shipping. That is pretty decent. Opera Rara isn't too bad at about $14-15 per disc, and are usually $20-30 retail. But there is not a whole lot that screams out 'I need it at that price' type thing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 11, 2012, 12:13:13 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 11, 2012, 12:00:29 AM
I would tend to agree. There are some decent deals here, but many could be found elsewhere at similar prices (via sale). Though, I did notice the Liszt box would be roughly $150 for a US buyer who pays no shipping. That is pretty decent. Opera Rara isn't too bad at about $14-15 per disc, and are usually $20-30 retail. But there is not a whole lot that screams out 'I need it at that price' type thing.

Agreed! And what a disappointment! I was always looking forward to the Abeille Sale, and it made me high, when there, and ordering all those fantastic bargains, but these times are over me thinks. Well there must be enough people that even buy at these prices. :o

(http://images.ubercomments.com/6/21117.jpg) (http://www.ubercomments.com/image/24769)
tons of Art bulletin board graphics (http://www.ubercomments.com/graphics/251/p/1/Art)

Abeille pushing their sales to the top
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on January 14, 2012, 06:55:08 AM
From Jpc this delicious box

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/3487549901901.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Orgelwerke-Ges-Aufn/hnum/9069255 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Orgelwerke-Ges-Aufn/hnum/9069255)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 14, 2012, 07:23:42 AM
Perhaps we should add this offering from Ligia as well which Antoine recommends: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Girolamo-Frescobaldi-1583-1643-Cembalowerke/hnum/4982537

Frescobaldi - Harpsichord works - Jean-Marc Aymes - 3 CDs - 8.99 Euros
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 14, 2012, 08:08:04 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on January 14, 2012, 06:55:08 AM
From Jpc this delicious box

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/3487549901901.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Orgelwerke-Ges-Aufn/hnum/9069255 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Orgelwerke-Ges-Aufn/hnum/9069255)

Orpheus  ;)

Well, if some endorsement is needed, this is a one-time-in-life opportunity. Magnificent instruments, great playing, outstanding sound quality.  :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 14, 2012, 08:10:30 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 14, 2012, 07:23:42 AM
Perhaps we should add this offering from Ligia as well which Antoine recommends: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Girolamo-Frescobaldi-1583-1643-Cembalowerke/hnum/4982537

Frescobaldi - Harpsichord woks - Jean-Marc Aymes - 3 CDs - 8.99 Euros

Please, copy and paste my previous post right here.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 14, 2012, 07:12:10 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 14, 2012, 08:08:04 AM
Well, if some endorsement is needed, this is a one-time-in-life opportunity. Magnificent instruments, great playing, outstanding sound quality.  :)

8)

Looking around JPC for other things to add to that--by itself, the shipping charges would be almost as much as the set--I see some things described as "Artikel am Lager" and my German isn't up to the challenge.  Does that mean 'on back order'?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 14, 2012, 09:08:04 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 14, 2012, 07:12:10 PM
Looking around JPC for other things to add to that--by itself, the shipping charges would be almost as much as the set--I see some things described as "Artikel am Lager" and my German isn't up to the challenge.  Does that mean 'on back order'?

"In stock", rather. BTW, Jeffrey, they also have a semi-English site which you can visit by clicking on 'English' in the grey bar at the top of the page.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 15, 2012, 01:48:18 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 14, 2012, 07:12:10 PM
Looking around JPC for other things to add to that--by itself, the shipping charges would be almost as much as the set--I see some things described as "Artikel am Lager" and my German isn't up to the challenge.  Does that mean 'on back order'?
They have among the better prices for the Reicha Quintet set on CPO and the Raff symphony set on Tudor (once VAT is removed). There is the Loewe Lieder set, not found cheaper anywhere I've seen (if you like that sort of thing). There is the Haydn Complete Trios (1790 group, but not sure if prices are better elsewhere), which has been popular on the Haydn thread.

And just a few ideas:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Franz-Liszt-1811-1886-Klavierkonzerte-Nr-1-2/hnum/1399738 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Franz-Liszt-1811-1886-Klavierkonzerte-Nr-1-2/hnum/1399738)
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/Louise-Farrenc-1804-1875-Symphonie-Nr-2/hnum/3935008 v  (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/Louise-Farrenc-1804-1875-Symphonie-Nr-2/hnum/3935008%20v) (lots of other Farrenc at good prices, and Ries)
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Nikolai-Rimsky-Korssakoff-1844-1908-Orchesterwerke/hnum/7902441 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Nikolai-Rimsky-Korssakoff-1844-1908-Orchesterwerke/hnum/7902441) (recommended by Harry)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nesf on January 15, 2012, 03:23:50 AM
Is this any good as a deal? http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-1770-1827-Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Complete-Works-limitiert/hnum/2861650

I don't really need another set of his symphonies at this stage but is Brilliant any good as a label? I've never bought any of their recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 15, 2012, 03:44:04 AM
Quote from: nesf on January 15, 2012, 03:23:50 AM
Is this any good as a deal? http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-1770-1827-Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Complete-Works-limitiert/hnum/2861650

I don't really need another set of his symphonies at this stage but is Brilliant any good as a label? I've never bought any of their recordings.
Brilliant, as a label, is generally quite good. In many cases they use recordings from other houses, which are licensed for their use. They have a number of good sets as well as single discs, and as labels go - pretty good. They don't always get the 'best' or the most recent sounding, but they tend be better than average on the whole. Some of the operas they have released, for example, are gems!  Anyway, the label is solid (and I have many of their releases).

As to this set, it has much to recommend it. I've been considering the songs that come on this set (as a separate set) and this price alone makes me consider getting this box, because it is cheaper! The Blomstedt symphonies are good, the Brendel sonatas are his first effort on Vox (not his best, nor the best sounding, but still Brendel), and the chamber music most solid (though some of it is in older sound).  Could you find better performance for each one - probably, but you will spend a heck of a lot more money doing so. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nesf on January 15, 2012, 03:47:29 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 15, 2012, 03:44:04 AM
As to this set, it has much to recommend it. I've been considering the songs that come on this set (as a separate set) and this price alone makes me consider getting this box, because it is cheaper! The Blomstedt symphonies are good, the Brendel sonatas are his first effort on Vox (not his best, nor the best sounding, but still Brendel), and the chamber music most solid (though some of it is in older sound).  Could you find better performance for each one - probably, but you will spend a heck of a lot more money doing so.

The latter was exactly what I was thinking. If I fall in love with a piece from the set I can always spend some time and money trying to find the best recording of it but to try and do that for every work would be insane given my budget!

Thanks for the advice, it's much appreciated.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nesf on January 15, 2012, 03:49:31 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 07, 2012, 07:10:34 PM
Sacre blue! The government gets to tell French businesses when they can have a clearance sale?

Well, that's a nice thing to remember to throw back at the next Republican who tells me the Democrats are trying to turn the US into a European country.

One thing they do a lot in France to get around this is private member sales. So they're limited in how many public sales they can do but they can offer sales to a private member list pretty much whenever they want (if I recall correctly). My wife is signed up for several for French clothing websites.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 15, 2012, 03:55:22 AM
Quote from: nesf on January 15, 2012, 03:47:29 AM
The latter was exactly what I was thinking. If I fall in love with a piece from the set I can always spend some time and money trying to find the best recording of it but to try and do that for every work would be insane given my budget!

Thanks for the advice, it's much appreciated.
Sure. Glad to help. If you are looking for a complete and detailed listing, here is a good one (in French, but most is clear anyway): http://www.abeillemusique.com/documents/divers/ProjeteditoBRIL94052Beethoven85cd.pdf (http://www.abeillemusique.com/documents/divers/ProjeteditoBRIL94052Beethoven85cd.pdf)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nesf on January 15, 2012, 03:59:57 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 15, 2012, 03:55:22 AM
Sure. Glad to help. If you are looking for a complete and detailed listing, here is a good one (in French, but most is clear anyway): http://www.abeillemusique.com/documents/divers/ProjeteditoBRIL94052Beethoven85cd.pdf (http://www.abeillemusique.com/documents/divers/ProjeteditoBRIL94052Beethoven85cd.pdf)

My French is abysmal but fortunately I married a woman who did a degree in the language and who spent a year and a half living there. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 15, 2012, 04:02:07 AM
Quote from: nesf on January 15, 2012, 03:59:57 AM
My French is abysmal but fortunately I married a woman who did a degree in the language and who spent a year and a half living there. :)
Sweet! The titles of the pieces are mostly clear without much language skill I think, but nice to have the backup!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nesf on January 15, 2012, 04:16:06 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 15, 2012, 04:02:07 AM
Sweet! The titles of the pieces are mostly clear without much language skill I think, but nice to have the backup!

It's nice when you're dropping a not insignificant amount of money on a box set especially! Well, I'd consider anything over €50 to be not insignificant, I don't know about the rest of ye!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nesf on January 15, 2012, 08:50:12 AM
Actually, are there any other labels I should be looking at for decent quality cheaper box sets of composers?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 15, 2012, 09:46:02 AM
Quote from: nesf on January 15, 2012, 08:50:12 AM
Actually, are there any other labels I should be looking at for decent quality cheaper box sets of composers?

EMI. They're boxing up pretty much everything now-a-days, but a lot of it are performer-oriented. These are especially cheap at Amazon UK. There's also the recent (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,17920) Sony Classical Masters series (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/s/Classical%2BMasters). But these should give you a nice cross-section of <booming voice>'The Classical Canon'</booming voice>.

Labels such as Decca, DG, EMI and Sony release (quasi-) Complete Editions of some composers' works during certain anniversary years (check out Mahler's from the past two, for example) but it's not very often that you get an anniversary where the composer is famous enough and the label has a large number of recorded works.

Some from the last few years off the top of my head:

EMI: Elgar, RVW, Britten, Mahler, Chopin, and I think, Delius.

DG: Chopin, Mahler (The Complete Edition and the People's Edition), Liszt and Schumann
Decca: Delius

Sony: Chopin, Liszt

Warner: many boxes of Haydn, Handel, Purcell and Mendelssohn, although none of them are complete by any means.

There have been others as well for Beethoven (DG) and Mozart (Philips), but as a set they are not easily available.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nesf on January 15, 2012, 11:55:54 AM
Thanks very much!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 15, 2012, 01:21:19 PM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8718247710010.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Karl-M%FCnchinger-Great-Choral-Works/hnum/7159264

EUR 17.99
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 16, 2012, 08:34:09 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 14, 2012, 07:12:10 PM
Looking around JPC for other things to add to that--by itself, the shipping charges would be almost as much as the set--I see some things described as "Artikel am Lager" and my German isn't up to the challenge.  Does that mean 'on back order'?

Update--place the order, along with some CPO CDs on their 5.99 and 7.99 Euro pages, and two box sets I've been considering for a while (Andreas Staier playing sundry and various on DHM and Bart van Oort playing Haydn non-sonata stuff on Brilliant).   And then found out the shipping charge was less than I thought it was--it's actually 12.99 Euros, not the 18.99 I had stuck in my head.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nesf on January 17, 2012, 12:01:07 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 16, 2012, 08:34:09 PM
Update--place the order, along with some CPO CDs on their 5.99 and 7.99 Euro pages, and two box sets I've been considering for a while (Andreas Staier playing sundry and various on DHM and Bart van Oort playing Haydn non-sonata stuff on Brilliant).   And then found out the shipping charge was less than I thought it was--it's actually 12.99 Euros, not the 18.99 I had stuck in my head.

Their shipping is absurdly good within Europe, I've paid more shipping for parcels within Ireland than what I paid for getting a bunch of CDs from Germany with them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 17, 2012, 12:25:21 AM
Quote from: nesf on January 17, 2012, 12:01:07 AM
Their shipping is absurdly good within Europe, I've paid more shipping for parcels within Ireland than what I paid for getting a bunch of CDs from Germany with them.
Ironically, it's pretty bad to the US unless you get enough volume. At EUR 13, I usually feel I need to order 20+ items to make it worth it. I think my last oder with them had 30 items.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 17, 2012, 12:26:59 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 17, 2012, 12:25:21 AM
Ironically, it's pretty bad to the US unless you get enough volume. At EUR 13, I usually feel I need to order 20+ items to make it worth it. I think my last oder with them had 30 items.

The best solution would be to move to say the Netherlands, then you even get free shipping every 4 weeks. :P ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 17, 2012, 12:36:19 AM
Quote from: Harry on January 17, 2012, 12:26:59 AM
The best solution would be to move to say the Netherlands, then you even get free shipping every 4 weeks. :P ;D
:) The only thing is, by sending to the US, I get VAT off, so if I have enough items, I actually can get even better prices. So if I buy EUR 50, in US this is EUR 55.50 (no VAT + Shipping), while you pay EUR 50 (with free shipping). But if I get EUR 200, then I pay EUR183 and you pay EUR200 (with free shipping). So the best way is making fewer purchases, but big 'uns! So while I cry about the shipping, it is simply because it makes me wait for my discs (though they do sometimes go OOP, which has happened to me on a few occassions)!!!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 17, 2012, 12:40:19 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 17, 2012, 12:36:19 AM
:) The only thing is, by sending to the US, I get VAT off, so if I have enough items, I actually can get even better prices. So if I buy EUR 50, in US this is EUR 55.50 (no VAT + Shipping), while you pay EUR 50 (with free shipping). But if I get EUR 200, then I pay EUR183 and you pay EUR200 (with free shipping). So the best way is making fewer purchases, but big 'uns! So while I cry about the shipping, it is simply because it makes me wait for my discs (though they do sometimes go OOP, which has happened to me on a few occassions)!!!!!

Yes that's the risk, leaving them to long waiting until you have enough to order, sometimes they are OOP. Like this beautiful Verlet's Bach box.
Not my thing really, but if you want it, you have to order it right away.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nesf on January 17, 2012, 01:07:49 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 17, 2012, 12:25:21 AMI think my last oder with them had 30 items.

Ok, you're making me feel much better about an Amazon purchase I made last night with a voucher I had. (wacky Irish tax system, you can have a modest tax free Christmas bonus so long as it's in voucher form which would make sense if it had to be for a local Irish shop but it doesn't)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 17, 2012, 06:40:56 AM
Another Ligia Digital beauty:

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/3487549902045.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Marin-Marais-1656-1728-Pieces-de-Viole-Buch-2-1701/hnum/6136327

2-CD set

EUR 6.99

Unfortunately it's the only item of this series for this price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 17, 2012, 07:56:27 AM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 17, 2012, 06:40:56 AM
Another Ligia Digital beauty:

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/3487549902045.jpg)

I somehow missed that one. Hopefully it's still there at my next round.
It probably will - it's not like the hordes are at the gates, demanding to listen to Marin Marais... ::) 0:)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 17, 2012, 08:12:56 AM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on January 17, 2012, 07:56:27 AM
I somehow missed that one. Hopefully it's still there at my next round.
It probably will - it's not like the hordes are at the gates, demanding to listen to Marin Marais... ::) 0:)

Q

Well I for one, ordered it, and I send my friends there too. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 17, 2012, 06:22:01 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 17, 2012, 12:25:21 AM
Ironically, it's pretty bad to the US unless you get enough volume. At EUR 13, I usually feel I need to order 20+ items to make it worth it. I think my last oder with them had 30 items.

well, split over 7 items, it comes to about $2.50 US per item--not much more than, say, Presto or Arkivmusic--and after the VAT is taken off, I still ended up paying about the same or even less than I would on Amazon MP.  Of course, most of them were part of their CPO on sale list.   

And to make it even sweeter, they've already emailed me to say they've shipped it--that would be the fastest turnaround time for any vendor except possibly Arkvimusic, and once (and only once) Barnes and Noble, and a couple of Amazon Marketplace sellers. Much faster than MDT or Presto, with whom I can wait a week before an order ships. Plus they dropped in some sort of free sampler CD from Sony--I have no idea of what's on it until it arrives.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 17, 2012, 06:26:45 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 17, 2012, 12:25:21 AM
Ironically, it's pretty bad to the US unless you get enough volume. At EUR 13, I usually feel I need to order 20+ items to make it worth it. I think my last oder with them had 30 items.

The only problem is when your order exceeds certain dollar amount, the mailman is instructed that he must get a signature before the package can be dropped off, i.e. you may need to make a trip to your local post office to pick up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nesf on January 18, 2012, 12:59:56 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 17, 2012, 06:26:45 PM
The only problem is when your order exceeds certain dollar amount, the mailman is instructed that he must get a signature before the package can be dropped off, i.e. you may need to make a trip to your local post office to pick up.

Over here that's the default for everything that isn't a simple letter. Being a stay-at-home dad has its benefits sometimes. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 18, 2012, 01:12:55 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 17, 2012, 06:26:45 PM
The only problem is when your order exceeds certain dollar amount, the mailman is instructed that he must get a signature before the package can be dropped off, i.e. you may need to make a trip to your local post office to pick up.
Yes - that's true and it is a pain, and one must factor that in (unless one is lucky enough to be home). But thankfully the local PO is not far (and I don't think it was on any list to close) and on the way to all sorts of useful places. But it is a pain. Still, the CPO stuff was so cheap - under $10/disc (sometimes well under) compared to the $13-18 at any other site (usually 1/3 the price or so of what I could get at Amazon or Amazon MP).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 18, 2012, 08:37:07 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on January 14, 2012, 06:55:08 AM
From Jpc this delicious box

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/3487549901901.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Orgelwerke-Ges-Aufn/hnum/9069255 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Orgelwerke-Ges-Aufn/hnum/9069255)

Orpheus  ;)

I wonder why they want to sell this box so badly -- is it that bad/unpopular? ;) it now's going for 1 hundredth of a Euro (1 Euro cent, if I'm using the terminology correctly).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 18, 2012, 08:39:24 AM
Hehe, cheeky site. I wonder whether they will honour it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 18, 2012, 11:36:27 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 18, 2012, 08:37:07 AM
I wonder why they want to sell this box so badly -- is it that bad/unpopular? ;) it now's going for 1 hundredth of a Euro (1 Euro cent, if I'm using the terminology correctly).

The price went up to 69,99! :o 

I'm soooo glad I ordered my copy right away - I just picked it up from the post office.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 18, 2012, 08:19:22 PM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on January 18, 2012, 11:36:27 AM
The price went up to 69,99! :o 

I'm soooo glad I ordered my copy right away - I just picked it up from the post office.

Q

I ordered mine just in time, it seems! 
presumably the little rush of orders from GMGers made them think the set is more popular than they thought.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 18, 2012, 09:47:47 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 18, 2012, 08:19:22 PM
I ordered mine just in time, it seems! 
presumably the little rush of orders from GMGers made them think the set is more popular than they thought.

We give them pretty good business - I'm sure Harry tells them about that. :)

Perhaps Rob should close a sponoring/link deal for GMG with jpc as well?

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 18, 2012, 10:47:22 PM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on January 18, 2012, 09:47:47 PM
We give them pretty good business - I'm sure Harry tells them about that. :)

Perhaps Rob should close a sponoring/link deal for GMG with jpc as well?

Q

Yes as a matter of fact I do! ;D
And it would be a excellent idea to fix a sponsoring deal with JPC.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 18, 2012, 11:28:09 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 18, 2012, 08:37:07 AM
I wonder why they want to sell this box so badly -- is it that bad/unpopular? ;) it now's going for 1 hundredth of a Euro (1 Euro cent, if I'm using the terminology correctly).

And now it's gone!

Do you think I should have gone for it when it was Euro 0.01? It would probably have been the only time I could have justified paying for JPC's shipping. :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 19, 2012, 05:46:49 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 18, 2012, 11:28:09 PM
And now it's gone!

Do you think I should have gone for it when it was Euro 0.01? It would probably have been the only time I could have justified paying for JPC's shipping. :D

I was tempted but really, I have no need for yet more cycles of his organ music - glad to think that somebody who would actually listen to it might have got the copy I passed on.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on January 19, 2012, 11:52:06 AM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on January 19, 2012, 05:46:49 AM
I was tempted but really, I have no need for yet more cycles of his organ music - glad to think that somebody who would actually listen to it might have got the copy I passed on.

Same here - I've got the SACD edition from BIS and have yet to do it justice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 19, 2012, 01:17:49 PM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on January 19, 2012, 05:46:49 AM
I was tempted but really, I have no need for yet more cycles of his organ music - glad to think that somebody who would actually listen to it might have got the copy I passed on.
Yes, one cent for something you don't want makes it a bad purchase. Somethings that's all to easily forgotten. I've got Walcha and Koopman and isn't even particularly interested in the organ repertoire. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 19, 2012, 09:46:07 PM
Quote from: Lethevich Dmitriyevna Pettersonova on January 19, 2012, 05:46:49 AM
I was tempted but really, I have no need for yet more cycles of his organ music - glad to think that somebody who would actually listen to it might have got the copy I passed on.

It's only my 2nd complete cycle! :o And I am particularly interested in Bach's organ music. But I am not interested however, in either Marie Claire Alain or Helmut Walcha - and that comes a long way in terms of keeping the number down. 0:) I even managed to steer away from buying the - at times - comatose cycle by Weinberger - despite the HIP approach and the beautiful historical organs. ::)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 19, 2012, 10:44:29 PM
I have 3 cycles so far, and thought that enough too, although I am very interested in the Organ, to go again through 19 CD'S was a bit much for me, considering the pile that is waiting for my ears to give them attention. Still a excellent bargain!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on January 20, 2012, 01:52:11 AM
I see this Mercury Living Presence box is coming up for sale shortly.

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I bought and thoroughly enjoyed the RCA Living Stereo big box a while ago.  Can anyone comment (compare and contrast) this set against the RCA one?

Also does anyone know if this Mercury Living Presence box containes the SACD remasters or lower res cd version?

thanks

Nigel
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on January 20, 2012, 10:12:29 AM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on January 19, 2012, 09:46:07 PM
It's only my 2nd complete cycle! :o And I am particularly interested in Bach's organ music. But I am not interested however, in either Marie Claire Alain or Helmut Walcha - and that comes a long way in terms of keeping the number down. 0:) I even managed to steer away from buying the - at times - comatose cycle by Weinberger - despite the HIP approach and the beautiful historical organs. ::)

Walcha (Archiv) is currently my go-to *dives for cover* Those amazing, metallic, horror-movie sounding organs are amazing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Henk on January 20, 2012, 12:01:24 PM
Mahler box set. Thinking about getting this one.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on January 20, 2012, 12:08:48 PM
Quote from: Henk on January 20, 2012, 12:01:24 PM
Mahler box set. Thinking about getting this one.

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Do!!! Many great performances in this set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 20, 2012, 06:29:30 PM
Quote from: Henk on January 20, 2012, 12:01:24 PM
Mahler box set. Thinking about getting this one.

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I prefer the DG box.  The EMI set is good because it emphasizes the historical recordings, but most if not all of those are available in one re-issued form or another (Great Recordings/Great Artists Of the Century, etc.), and much of the modern performances are provided by Rattle, and for some odd reason they picked out of some of his weaker performances (especially the 3rd).  The DG set is more focused on modern recordings--I think the oldest performance is Haitink from the 1960s--and spreads the conducting duties around (which means it misses out on some of the obvious picks) so you get a wider interpretive spread.

And btw (this being the Cheap Bargains thread) Arkivmusic has put the "People's Mahler" set on clearance for about $36US plus s/h--which may be of no use to you in Europe but might be of interest to those on this side of the pond.  Of course, that set is limited to the symphonies and has a whole bunch of recordings already found in the Complete DG box or otherwise readily available.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 21, 2012, 12:24:11 AM
Prices seem to have come done in the second round at the Abeille sale. There are some deals to be had I think, depending on what you are looking for. Haydn Buchberger set is just EUR 16.77 for the set (EUR 14 without VAT). May be worth a second look.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 21, 2012, 01:52:44 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 21, 2012, 12:24:11 AM
Prices seem to have come done in the second round at the Abeille sale. There are some deals to be had I think, depending on what you are looking for. Haydn Buchberger set is just EUR 16.77 for the set (EUR 14 without VAT). May be worth a second look.

It's the crazy shipping costs that are the problem, a burden that is only lifted when ordering 15 items or more...

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 21, 2012, 02:27:21 AM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on January 21, 2012, 01:52:44 AM
It's the crazy shipping costs that are the problem, a burden that is only lifted when ordering 15 items or more...

Q
Too true, but perhaps someone can take advantage anyway.

By the way, the Mahler Project Set (MTT) is on sale for 92 Euros to the US (ex VAT) if someone is able to find enough discs to make the shipping acceptable.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 21, 2012, 05:06:10 AM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on January 21, 2012, 01:52:44 AM
It's the crazy shipping costs that are the problem, a burden that is only lifted when ordering 15 items or more...

Q

Its lifted for me, ordered enough in the second go to be free of that shipping costs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 21, 2012, 06:55:07 AM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on January 18, 2012, 11:36:27 AM
The price went up to 69,99! :o 

I'm soooo glad I ordered my copy right away - I just picked it up from the post office.

Q

You snooze, you lose.  I sat on this bookmark for a few days and the offer is gone as I did not have the time to search for other bargains at jpc that can help justify that shipping.  But 19.99 Euro for the set was a steal.  Unfortunately, the teaser may not come around again ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cascade on January 21, 2012, 07:05:44 AM
Quote from: Henk on January 20, 2012, 12:01:24 PM
Mahler box set. Thinking about getting this one.

[asin]B003D0ZNWY[/asin]

Mine arrived today, ordered from JPC.de (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Mahler-1860-1911-S%E4mtliche-Werke-The-Complete-Works-EMI/hnum/6737970). Nice looking box-set. Only listened to a few pieces so far. I'm just getting to know the works of Mahler, so I figured for € 1,70 p/cd I could hardly go wrong.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 21, 2012, 07:28:37 AM
13 Euro for this set om amazon.es now:

[asin]B0027ZD0NK[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on February 01, 2012, 08:20:19 PM
Charles Munch - Late Romantic Masterpieces (RCA - 7CD)

This seven disc set is available at present on Amazon for $12.57.

[asin]B0056K4UV4[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on February 04, 2012, 02:04:22 AM
There are copies available on the marketplace from $16:

[asin]B00002MXXK[/asin]

In my opinion eleven discs of Bach for under $20 qualifies as a bargain if you're a harpsichord fan.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 04, 2012, 02:36:02 AM
Quote from: Geo Dude on February 04, 2012, 02:04:22 AM
There are copies available on the marketplace from $16:

[asin]B00002MXXK[/asin]

In my opinion eleven discs of Bach for under $20 qualifies as a bargain if you're a harpsichord fan.

Worth your while on account of Belder's Partitas alone IMO! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mariawrites on February 04, 2012, 06:30:14 AM
Fantastic concept, been considering exactly the same
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Klaze on February 05, 2012, 04:48:40 AM
Quote from: James on February 04, 2012, 02:25:42 PM


Samstag aus Licht (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00000E409/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used), 4 disc set for 14.98.

Quote from: SellerThe discs look very nice they just have some weirdness to the top of the discs that doesn't affect play.

Stockhausen with extra weirdness on top, no, that's too much for me...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on February 05, 2012, 04:53:10 AM
Quote from: ~ Que ~ on February 04, 2012, 02:36:02 AM
Worth your while on account of Belder's Partitas alone IMO! :)

Q

All the clavier-übungs for harpsichord are played by Belder there and all of them are excellent, indeed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 06, 2012, 07:28:57 PM
Quote from: cws on February 01, 2012, 08:20:19 PM
Charles Munch - Late Romantic Masterpieces (RCA - 7CD)

This seven disc set is available at present on Amazon for $12.57.

[asin]B0056K4UV4[/asin]

Now down to an amazing $11.95. And this:

[asin]B0056K4VZO[/asin]

is a mere $9.78!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 08, 2012, 04:00:34 PM
There is also

[asin]B0042GNDTI[/asin]

from the Amazon marketplace from $13.02 + S&H
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 10, 2012, 03:25:32 PM
The highlight of MDT's new clearance offer must be the Guarneri Trio Prague's recording, on the Praga label, of all Beethoven's piano trios across 5 CDs - for a mere £12.65 (US $19.95) including VAT. US $16.65 without VAT.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 10, 2012, 09:44:59 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 10, 2012, 03:25:32 PM
The highlight of MDT's new clearance offer must be the Guarneri Trio Prague's recording, on the Praga label, of all Beethoven's piano trios across 5 CDs - for a mere £12.65 (US $19.95) including VAT. US $16.65 without VAT.
They're that good?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 11, 2012, 05:25:39 AM
Quote from: The new erato on February 10, 2012, 09:44:59 PM
They're that good?

At any rate, I have their Dvorak piano trios and absolutely love them. I guess I haven't seen the Beethoven reviewed, but I'm assuming it's good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on February 11, 2012, 08:27:29 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 11, 2012, 05:25:39 AM
At any rate, I have their Dvorak piano trios and absolutely love them. I guess I haven't seen the Beethoven reviewed, but I'm assuming it's good.

Many thanks for this tip-off, Brian. I wasn't able to find any reviews either, but did manage to hear a few samples at JPC. I liked what I heard enough to persuade me to order a box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on February 14, 2012, 12:43:57 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 10, 2012, 03:25:32 PM
The highlight of MDT's new clearance offer...

Also, this one (http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//MIR059.htm). Not really a super-duper kind of bargain, as per thread's suggestion, but a significant reduction from initial price; and the recital - both repertoire- and performance-wise -  is highly recommended.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 14, 2012, 01:48:38 PM
How does it compare to the Brilliant set?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 16, 2012, 07:27:34 PM
Rostropovich on Decca, $12.69 for 5 discs from Amazon US preorder. Releases March 13th.

[asin]B00690LYWS[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on February 17, 2012, 12:26:37 AM
Quote from: stingo on February 14, 2012, 01:48:38 PM
How does it compare to the Brilliant set?

The programs for the most part don't coincide; in the pieces that do (Skazki), Berezovsky gives more energetic readings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on February 17, 2012, 09:34:01 AM
Quote from: stingo on February 16, 2012, 07:27:34 PM
Rostropovich on Decca, $12.69 for 5 discs from Amazon US preorder. Releases March 13th.

jpc give the titles ( their price EUR 27.99):
Schubert: Arpeggione-Sonate D. 821
+Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston op. 102
+Haydn: Cellokonzert C-Dur H7b: 1
+Britten: Suiten Nr. 1 & 2 für Cello;Symphonie op. 68 für
Cello & Orchester
+Debussy: Cellosonate d-moll
+Beethoven: Cellosonaten Nr. 1-5
+Bridge: Cellosonate
Schubert: Arpeggione-Sonate D. 821
+Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston op. 102
+Haydn: Cellokonzert C-Dur H7b: 1
+Britten: Suiten Nr. 1 & 2 für Cello;Symphonie op. 68 für
Cello & Orchester
+Debussy: Cellosonate d-moll
+Beethoven: Cellosonaten Nr. 1-5
+Bridge: Cellosonate
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 17, 2012, 07:41:37 PM
What are the latest bargains for this weekend?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on February 28, 2012, 02:17:03 AM
I still haven't played through the Levine Ring set, and am faced with the Janowski at $23.11 for 14 discs at amazon.ca
(use the link at the bottom of the site to transfer to the Canadian one)
[asin]B006XOBFJC[/asin]
and the Perahia Mozart piano concertos at $18.65 seems not a bad deal.  If I order both sets, amazon pays the postage.
[asin]B006XOBFB0[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 28, 2012, 04:38:30 AM
Quote from: listener on February 28, 2012, 02:17:03 AM
I still haven't played through the Levine Ring set, and am faced with the Janowski at $23.11 for 14 discs at amazon.ca
(use the link at the bottom of the site to transfer to the Canadian one)

Or you could directly link to Amazon CA's product page with http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/<asin goes here>/?tag=goodmusicguideco-20 (without an image, of course).

More link formats listed here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,18053.msg493811.html#msg493811).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on March 03, 2012, 06:16:43 AM
Amazon is offering the Brilliant Brahms Chamber Music box for $16.60.  If and when they get it back in stock this will be one hell of a deal!

[asin]B00008GQ6Z[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nico1616 on March 03, 2012, 08:06:47 AM
Quote from: listener on February 28, 2012, 02:17:03 AM
and the Perahia Mozart piano concertos at $18.65 seems not a bad deal.  If I order both sets, amazon pays the postage.
[asin]B006XOBFB0[/asin]

Perahia made a lot of my favorite versions of Mozart piano concertos: n°15, 19, 23 & 25 are the first that come to mind. But I love them all, and paid 18 euros for each cd when they came out.
Now you can have all for the price of one  :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 04, 2012, 02:19:12 AM
This one, 8 discs,  £ 19:

[asin]B0077DDWEE[/asin]

Any good?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 04, 2012, 02:36:31 AM
Neat, finally it has been liberated from those nasty double-thick CD cased volumes :) This is my favourite Dvořák symphony cycle, with the caveat that it will not, nor does it try to "excite" the listener - it is a genial, immaculately crafted approach that works superbly well. I wonder why they did not include Neumann's Slavonic Dances, however.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 04, 2012, 04:10:14 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 04, 2012, 02:19:12 AM
This one, 8 discs,  £ 19:

[asin]B0077DDWEE[/asin]

Any good?

Link doesn't work
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 04, 2012, 02:05:04 PM
Quote from: Harry on March 04, 2012, 04:10:14 AM
Link doesn't work
It works if you change the .com to .co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0077DDWEE/?tag=goodmusicguideco
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 04, 2012, 05:38:27 PM
Quote from: Geo Dude on March 03, 2012, 06:16:43 AMAmazon is offering the Brilliant Brahms Chamber Music box for $16.60.

Price is currently $49.99 :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 23, 2012, 03:09:35 AM
This is now available for 18 Euros at amazon.de:

[asin]B00186JBT6[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 23, 2012, 03:31:36 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 23, 2012, 03:09:35 AM
This is now available for 18 Euros at amazon.de:

[asin]B00186JBT6[/asin]

In my opinion, a bargain, if you consider the value of the music and interpretations. I would like to see this bigger box with Leonhardt, which Coop is presently playing, would be a bit cheaper. Any one that spots a good price, let me know. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on March 23, 2012, 01:29:10 PM
Quote from: Harry on March 23, 2012, 03:31:36 AM
In my opinion, a bargain, if you consider the value of the music and interpretations. I would like to see this bigger box with Leonhardt, which Coop is presently playing, would be a bit cheaper. Any one that spots a good price, let me know. :)

Do you mean the Leonhardt Edition on Teldec, Harry?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 23, 2012, 01:36:27 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on March 23, 2012, 01:29:10 PM
Do you mean the Leonhardt Edition on Teldec, Harry?

No, this one Antoine.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Leonhardt-Edition/hnum/7573798
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Antoine Marchand on March 23, 2012, 01:59:35 PM
Quote from: Harry on March 23, 2012, 01:36:27 PM
No, this one Antoine.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Leonhardt-Edition/hnum/7573798

Oh, yes, Harry, that's the Teldec Edition (Teldec das Alte Werk). I have the original release of this set (jewel boxes and complete booklets, although really their booklets never were too much exhaustive  :)).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 25, 2012, 12:11:03 PM
This:

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B002KS2HD8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bpclass-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1642&creative=19458&creativeASIN=B002KS2HD8 (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B002KS2HD8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bpclass-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1642&creative=19458&creativeASIN=B002KS2HD8)

[asin]B002KS2HD8[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 29, 2012, 12:42:55 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W%2B9RcNAkL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DE3GbNpqL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

This 16 CD set is available at a ridiculous price on amazon.it. Any comments on the recordings?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 29, 2012, 04:51:48 PM
Post the link? Those contents are unreadable.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 29, 2012, 05:09:41 PM
Quote from: The new erato on March 29, 2012, 12:42:55 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W%2B9RcNAkL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DE3GbNpqL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)

This 16 CD set is available at a ridiculous price on amazon.it. Any comments on the recordings?

No comment on the recordings, but my sense of the absurd likes the fact that the front was printed in English, and the back in Italian, and all from a German label.

Eyeresist--if you squint a little, you can make out most of it.
Beethoven Symphony ? (5, I think)
Brahms German Requiem
Bruckner Symphony 4 and Symphony ? (7, I'm pretty sure, but it's just fuzzy enough I could be wrong)
Elgar Enigma Variations Serenade for Strings In the South
Maderna: Quadrivium and two other works I could probably be sure of if I were more familiar with Maderna's work
Mahler Symphony ? (either 5 or 9, I think)
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4
Mussourgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Night on Bare Mountain
Resphigi Pines of Rome Fountains of Rome Roman Festivals
Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht Pelleas and Melisande
Schubert Symphonies 8 and 9
Schumann Symphony 2
Sinopoli--Suites 1 and 2 with an overall title I can't make out
Strauss--Also sprach Zarathustra Don Juan Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome

Why the titles of In the South and both Schoenberg works were not translated into Italian and everything else was, I have no idea.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on March 29, 2012, 05:16:03 PM
My squinting makes me think it's Beet's 9th and Bruckner's 7th.

His Bruckner is amazing, they should box all dat. As M isn't here to do it, I will say that anything by Sinopoli is super awesome and worth a go :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: zmic on March 30, 2012, 02:06:27 AM
18 euro on amazon.de, 20 on amazon.fr

[asin]B005L12SI0[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 30, 2012, 02:13:35 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 29, 2012, 05:09:41 PM
No comment on the recordings, but my sense of the absurd likes the fact that the front was printed in English, and the back in Italian, and all from a German label.

Eyeresist--if you squint a little, you can make out most of it.
Beethoven Symphony ? (5, I think)
Brahms German Requiem
Bruckner Symphony 4 and Symphony ? (7, I'm pretty sure, but it's just fuzzy enough I could be wrong)
Elgar Enigma Variations Serenade for Strings In the South
Maderna: Quadrivium and two other works I could probably be sure of if I were more familiar with Maderna's work
Mahler Symphony ? (either 5 or 9, I think)
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4
Mussourgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Night on Bare Mountain
Resphigi Pines of Rome Fountains of Rome Roman Festivals
Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht Pelleas and Melisande
Schubert Symphonies 8 and 9
Schumann Symphony 2
Sinopoli--Suites 1 and 2 with an overall title I can't make out
Strauss--Also sprach Zarathustra Don Juan Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome

Why the titles of In the South and both Schoenberg works were not translated into Italian and everything else was, I have no idea.

If you go to amazon.it, you can click on the back cover and zoom in. It will show:
Beethoven 9
Bruckner 4 & 7
Mahler 5
Tchaikovsky 6
et al...

No squinting needed!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 30, 2012, 02:47:32 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 30, 2012, 02:13:35 AM
If you go to amazon.it, you can click on the back cover and zoom in. It will show:
Beethoven 9
Bruckner 4 & 7
Mahler 5
Tchaikovsky 6
et al...

No squinting needed!
Yep. There is no info on this except the backcover picture, otherwise I would have linked or pasted it. The zoom function works however for anybody actually having the initiative to seek it out on amazon.it. The enlarged backcover couldn't be posted as an image either.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 30, 2012, 06:54:48 AM
TA-DA!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W%2B9RcNAkL._SS550_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 30, 2012, 07:11:13 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 30, 2012, 06:54:48 AM
TA-DA!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W%2B9RcNAkL._SS550_.jpg)
Ho! You rock!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 31, 2012, 01:57:55 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 30, 2012, 02:47:32 AMThe zoom function works however for anybody actually having the initiative to seek it out on amazon.it.

Or for anyone willing to go to the trouble. Which I wasn't.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 31, 2012, 02:05:13 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on March 31, 2012, 01:57:55 AM
Or for anyone willing to go to the trouble. Which I wasn't.

Quote from: eyeresist on March 29, 2012, 04:51:48 PM
Post the link? Those contents are unreadable.

If it's so little interest to you, then why complain? Typing amazon.it, then sinopoli in the search field would have taken you less time than these two posts.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 31, 2012, 02:38:57 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 31, 2012, 02:05:13 AM
If it's so little interest to you, then why complain? Typing amazon.it, then sinopoli in the search field would have taken you less time than these two posts.

There would have been more to it than that, though, wouldn't there? If you're asking for an opinion on a record, the most polite thing would be to provide the information need to make the judgement, rather than expecting people to hunt around a foreign-language site for your convenience.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 31, 2012, 02:45:56 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on March 31, 2012, 02:38:57 AM
There would have been more to it than that, though, wouldn't there? If you're asking for an opinion on a record, the most polite thing would be to provide the information need to make the judgement, rather than expecting people to hunt around a foreign-language site for your convenience.
Well, I thought this thread was about giving other members hints about potential interesting purchases, and in return getting their feedback in case they had something to contribute. I would have given info on the content if I had them. If you have nothing to contribute on Sinopoli it's OK by me. Making a case of me not listing what isn't available certainly isn't helpful or a positive contribution to what this thread is about.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on March 31, 2012, 03:02:18 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 31, 2012, 02:45:56 AMWell, I thought this thread was about giving other members hints about potential interesting purchases, and in return getting their feedback in case they had something to contribute. I would have given info on the content if I had them. If you have nothing to contribute on Sinopoli it's OK by me. Making a case of me not listing what isn't available certainly isn't helpful or a positive contribution to what this thread is about.

See Opus106's post above. Why didn't you post that image? Or type a list of the contents in your post? Or at the very least include a link to the relevant page? Why not do any of these basic things for the people whose assistance you are asking for?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 31, 2012, 03:20:53 AM
Let's stop the bickering! $:)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 31, 2012, 04:15:48 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on March 31, 2012, 03:02:18 AM
See Opus106's post above. Why didn't you post that image?
I don't know how he did that. I did try it several times. I guess in the future I will keep the good bargains I find to myself. Simple as that. People like you don't deserve any assistance in picking up good bargains. If I wanted help on it I would have posted it in another thread (eg the "considering" thread). This will be my last post in this thread, rest assured!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on March 31, 2012, 04:52:46 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 29, 2012, 12:42:55 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W%2B9RcNAkL._AA240_.jpg)
This 16 CD set is available at a ridiculous price on amazon.it. Any comments on the recordings?

A great and very individual Zarathustra that M and I both love. Superb Bruckner. Sinopoli's Elgar is among my favorites. I have about two-thirds of the contents of this box but I may get it anyway for the long out of print Lou Salomé. I've been looking for a inexpensive used copy but have had no luck. Thanks for pointing this out.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 31, 2012, 04:59:42 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 31, 2012, 04:15:48 AM
I guess in the future I will keep the good bargains I find to myself. Simple as that. People like you don't deserve any assistance in picking up good bargains. If I wanted help on it I would have posted it in another thread (eg the "considering" thread). This will be my last post in this thread, rest assured!

One can often be put off by just one unappreciative and ill-considered response - but perhaps I could balance that by clearly stating, for the record, that my own library of CDs owes a great deal to your tips, bargain-spottings and general recommendations, erato - for which I'm very grateful. I'm sure others feel the same; and I'd personally be very sorry if you stopped doing it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 31, 2012, 05:18:45 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 31, 2012, 04:59:42 AM
One can often be put off by just one unappreciative and ill-considered response - but perhaps I could balance that by clearly stating, for the record, that my own library of CDs owes a great deal to your tips, bargain-spottings and general recommendations, erato - for which I'm very grateful. I'm sure others feel the same; and I'd personally be very sorry if you stopped doing it.

Agreed heartily!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 31, 2012, 05:35:39 AM
Let this tempest in a teapot pass then. But serioulsy, life would be simpler if the record companies could be bothered to supply listings of the contents of their offerings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 31, 2012, 05:51:25 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 31, 2012, 04:59:42 AM
One can often be put off by just one unappreciative and ill-considered response - but perhaps I could balance that by clearly stating, for the record, that my own library of CDs owes a great deal to your tips, bargain-spottings and general recommendations, erato - for which I'm very grateful. I'm sure others feel the same; and I'd personally be very sorry if you stopped doing it.
Me too. A lot of the discs posted here go to my wishlist. Many of them are still there, but many have also found their way to a good home, where they are well looked after. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 31, 2012, 06:47:53 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on March 31, 2012, 03:02:18 AM
See Opus106's post above. Why didn't you post that image?

It will not be apparent from casual browsing; the link to the image is buried within the page's source code. You should be happy that erato was good enough to share the information -- a sufficient amount to locate the item easily, I should add -- with the rest of us. If I was interested, I'd go to the store and purchase it. It's as simple as that.

And as already stated, this is just a thread for pointing out good bargains to fellow members. If opinion is what is required, it usually goes into the 'Recordings you're considering' or the composer/performer/genre-specific threads, unless mentioned otherwise.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 31, 2012, 09:03:22 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 31, 2012, 06:47:53 AM
And as already stated, this is just a thread for pointing out good bargains to fellow members. If opinion is what is required, it usually goes into the 'Recordings you're considering' or the composer/performer/genre-specific threads, unless mentioned otherwise.

True. And I like to point out that nobody "owes" anything to anybody here - so we take each other's contributions how they are, or leave them.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 02, 2012, 11:43:31 PM
The complete Karajan on DG (excluding opera), 82 CDs and 200 page booklet:

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/4790055.jpg)

Also there's an 117 CD Karajan collection on Membran (last seen on amazon.it) containing all his pre 1960 recordings.

Haven't seen content lists on any of these.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on April 03, 2012, 12:26:06 AM
Quote from: The new erato on April 02, 2012, 11:43:31 PM
The complete Karajan on DG (excluding opera), 82 CDs and 200 page booklet:

Haven't seen content lists on any of these.
I found the contents list on jpc
953 Karajan listings at http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Karajan-1960s-Complete-DG-Recordings-1959-1970/hnum/2351664
so to save you scrollling through uncounted pages.
Detailinformationen
Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte Nr. 1-6;Orchestersuiten
Nr. 2 & 3;Violinkonzerte BW 1041-1043
+Beethoven: Symphonien Nr. 1-9;Violinkonzert;Klavierkonzert
Nr. 1;Missa solemnis;Leonore-Ouvertüren;Fidelio-Ouvertüre;
Geschöpfe des Prometheus-Ouvertüre;König Stephan-Ouvertüre;
Ruinen von Athen-Ouvertüe;Egmont-Bühnenmusik;Coriolan-Ouvertüre;Zur Namensfeier;Weihe des Hauses;Musik zu einem Ritterballett;Gratulations-Menuett;Wellingtons Sieg;Große Fuge
op. 133;Militärmärsche
+Bartok: Konzert für Orchester;Musik für Saiteninstrumente,
Schlagzeug, Celesta
+Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
+Boccherini: Quintett "La musica notturna"
+Brahms: Symphonien Nr. 1-4;Klavierkonzert Nr. 2;Violinkonzert;
Ein deutsches Requiem;Ungarische Tänze
+Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 9
+Chopin / Douglas: Les Sylphides
+Debussy: La mer;Prelude
+Delibes: Coppelia
+Dvorak: Symphonie Nr. 9;Slawische Tänze;Cellokonzert
+Haydn: Die Schöpfung
+Händel: Concerti grossi op. 6 Nr. 1-12
+Honegger: Symphonien Nr. 2 & 3
+Liszt: Les Preludes;Mazeppa;Ungarische Rhapsodien Nr. 2, 4,5;
Ungarische Fantasie für Klavier & Orchester
+Mozart: Symphonien Nr. 29 & 33;Serenaden Nr. 8 & 13;Requiem;
Divertimenti KV 136-138 247, 251, 287, 334;Hornkonzerte Nr. 1-4;
Adagio & Fuge KV 546
+Mussorgsky / Ravel: Bilder einer Ausstellung
+Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue
+Prokofieff: Symphonie Nr. 5
+Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe-Suite Nr. 2
+Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie-Suite Nr. 3
+Rossini: Streichersonaten Nr. 1-3, 6
+Schostakowitsch: Symphonie Nr. 10
+Schubert: Symphonien Nr. 8 & 9
+Sibelius: Symphonien Nr. 4-7;Der Schwan von Tuonela;Tapiola;
Valse triste;1812-Ouvertüre;Slawischer Marsch;Romeo & Julia;
Streicherserenade;Nußknacker-Suite;Violinkonzert
+Smetana: Die Moldau
+Strauss: Ein Heldenleben;Don Quixote;Metamorphosen;
Oboenkonzert;Hornkonzert Nr. 2
+J. Strauss II: Walzer, Polkas, Märsche
+Strawinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps;Apollon musagete;
Symphonie in C;Concerto in D;Circus Polka
+Suppe: Ouvertüren zu Leichte Kavallerie;Ein Morgen, ein
Mittag, ein Abend;Pique Dame;Schöne Galathee;Dichter & Bauer
+Tschaikowsky: Symphonien Nr. 4-6;Klavierkonzert Nr. 1;
Violinkonzert;Capriccio italien;Rokoko-Variationen
+Rimsky-Korssakoff: Scheherazade Künstler:
Label: DGG , ADD, 1959-1970
Bestellnummer: 2351664
Erscheinungstermin: 18.5.2012

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Opernintermezzi von Verdi,Mascagni,Puccini,Schmidt u.a.
Svjatoslav Richter,Fritz Wunderlich,Mstislav Rostropovich,
Berlin PO,Herbert von Karajan
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on April 03, 2012, 02:59:43 AM
Quote from: The new erato on April 02, 2012, 11:43:31 PM
The complete Karajan on DG (excluding opera), 82 CDs and 200 page booklet:

(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/4790055.jpg)

Also there's an 117 CD Karajan collection on Membran (last seen on amazon.it) containing all his pre 1960 recordings.

Haven't seen content lists on any of these.

I suspect this is another version of the box issued last year in South Korea. 

[asin]B004Z9YE7C[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 03, 2012, 03:07:37 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wNrNvETGL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Not to mention this 240 CD box from Japan. Probably not a bargain, I've just seen it referred to elsewhere.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 03, 2012, 04:39:03 AM
The Hyperion label, at their website, is having a sale on everything Schubert. If you buy enough to get te 25% discount, some not bad prices. The complete Song set can be had for just under 95 pounds.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 03, 2012, 05:54:55 AM
Karajan 1960s - Complete DG Recordings 1959-1970

Cheaper at MDT - £139.75

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/NR_May12_Classical/4790055.htm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on April 08, 2012, 08:50:01 PM
On Amazon.com right now EMI's Ralph Vaughan Williams 30cd box set is available for $35:


(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00156ZWV0.01.L.jpg)

I've been waiting to find an opportunity to explore RVW. It looks like this is it.

For those wanting a review of these works, see: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Nov10/RVW_collector_2066362.htm (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Nov10/RVW_collector_2066362.htm)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on April 08, 2012, 08:52:03 PM
Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00156ZWV0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER  :-[
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 08, 2012, 08:57:08 PM
A great choice! At that price I would urge the curious to try. A few of the performances are not in state of the art sound, but all of the music is wonderful and there are many discoveries to be made.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on April 09, 2012, 06:15:43 AM
This may not be the best deal around, but Presto has just launched a 20% off Naxos, bringing standard single CDs down to $6.80.  Whilst better prices can be had at Amazon MP, when postage is added in I still find Presto's shipping to the US to be the best deal.

Keith
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on April 09, 2012, 06:33:03 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on April 08, 2012, 08:57:08 PM
A great choice! At that price I would urge the curious to try. A few of the performances are not in state of the art sound, but all of the music is wonderful and there are many discoveries to be made.

Sprung for this set a year or so back - it doesn't disappoint!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on April 11, 2012, 09:01:57 AM
For Schubert aficionados only   ;)


[asin]B0010B5BMU[/asin]

look here...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Complete-Secular-Choral-Works/dp/B0010B5BMU/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1334163583&sr=1-2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Complete-Secular-Choral-Works/dp/B0010B5BMU/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1334163583&sr=1-2)

Orpheus  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 11, 2012, 09:11:34 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on April 11, 2012, 09:01:57 AM
For Schubert aficionados only   ;)

[asin]B0010B5BMU[/asin]

Not necessarily . . . looks good to me, too . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 11, 2012, 09:31:54 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on April 11, 2012, 09:01:57 AM
For Schubert aficionados only   ;)


[asin]B0010B5BMU[/asin]

look here...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Complete-Secular-Choral-Works/dp/B0010B5BMU/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1334163583&sr=1-2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Complete-Secular-Choral-Works/dp/B0010B5BMU/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1334163583&sr=1-2)

Orpheus  8)
I have it. I like it. The performances are excellent. (and that is a great deal - 8 pounds).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on April 14, 2012, 01:35:14 PM
Quote from: cws on April 08, 2012, 08:50:01 PM
On Amazon.com right now EMI's Ralph Vaughan Williams 30cd box set is available for $35:


(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00156ZWV0.01.L.jpg)

I've been waiting to find an opportunity to explore RVW. It looks like this is it.

For those wanting a review of these works, see: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Nov10/RVW_collector_2066362.htm (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Nov10/RVW_collector_2066362.htm)

I have listened through 4 or 5 CD's so far but have owned the set for quite a few months ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 14, 2012, 05:33:20 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on April 14, 2012, 01:35:14 PM
I have listened through 4 or 5 CD's so far but have owned the set for quite a few months ...

I can say even worse than that of more than a few of my purchases--as in, not listened to any of the music in them yet!

Meanwhile, in related news,  when I ordered the RVW box, Amazon promised shipping in about a week and a half.  Today I got an email saying it's been shipped--for once actually a couple of days ahead of schedule.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on April 14, 2012, 06:25:37 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 14, 2012, 05:33:20 PM
I can say even worse than that of more than a few of my purchases--as in, not listened to any of the music in them yet!

Meanwhile, in related news,  when I ordered the RVW box, Amazon promised shipping in about a week and a half.  Today I got an email saying it's been shipped--for once actually a couple of days ahead of schedule.

You are not alone.  This Shosty set I bought almost a year ago is still in its cellophane, as is the third JS Bach Organ Works cycle by Marie Claire Alain and quite a few others ...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HEaZ0gaEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

I also have a few mega boxes each with at least 30 CD's that I have rarely scratched the surface .  3 Wagner Ring Cycles (2 CD and 1 DVD sets) are still awaiting me to open them ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 14, 2012, 07:39:26 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on April 14, 2012, 06:25:37 PM
You are not alone.  This Shosty set I bought almost a year ago is still in its cellophane, as is the third JS Bach Organ Works cycle by Marie Claire Alain and quite a few others ...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HEaZ0gaEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

I also have a few mega boxes each with at least 30 CD's that I have rarely scratched the surface .  3 Wagner Ring Cycles (2 CD and 1 DVD sets) are still awaiting me to open them ...

Well,  I take off the cellophane as soon as I get them.  But otherwise--and don't talk about DVDs.  I have DVDS of Tristan and Lohengrin still unwatched which I bought close to two years ago, and of the Levine/MET DVD set I bought about a year ago, I've only played Rheingold.  It's simply much harder for me to sit down and watch  a DVD, even one act at a time, than it is to simply listen to a CD.

I'm on vacation this coming week, and I've  made myself a promise to cut down on the backlog to some degree.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on April 15, 2012, 08:40:50 AM
A very good deal on the EMI Oistrakh 17cd boxset: $31.49 at Amazon.com

Snap it up.

[asin]B001ASVXSE[/asin]


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on April 15, 2012, 12:15:44 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 14, 2012, 07:39:26 PM
Well,  I take off the cellophane as soon as I get them.  But otherwise--and don't talk about DVDs.  I have DVDS of Tristan and Lohengrin still unwatched which I bought close to two years ago, and of the Levine/MET DVD set I bought about a year ago, I've only played Rheingold.  It's simply much harder for me to sit down and watch  a DVD, even one act at a time, than it is to simply listen to a CD.

I'm on vacation this coming week, and I've  made myself a promise to cut down on the backlog to some degree.

Then another 20 new CD's arrive ...    ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 16, 2012, 06:16:12 AM
Currently 'out of stock', but 15.5 Pounds (ex. VAT) for 17 CDs. I guess Amazon wants to clear its old stock, to make way for the new print of the same box.

[asin]B000V9P4YM[/asin]

Amazon UK Link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000V9P4YM/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 16, 2012, 10:22:25 AM
http://www.amazon.it/String-Quartets-Les-Quatuors-Cordes-Die-Streichquartette/dp/B0000042HV/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_14 (http://www.amazon.it/String-Quartets-Les-Quatuors-Cordes-Die-Streichquartette/dp/B0000042HV/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_14)

[asin]B0000042HV[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 16, 2012, 10:51:34 AM
Amazon Italy has also been running a 3-for-2 offer for a few days (weeks?) [you will not be charged for the cheapest item, if I read the online translation correctly]. Probably not the greatest of selections, but you might find a thing or two (three!) to beef up the order in case you're planning to order a batch of the bargains.

Link to il musica classica section of the offer (http://www.amazon.it/s/ref=amb_link_163255607_9?ie=UTF8&bbn=1647526031&rh=n%3A412600031%2Cn%3A!518398031%2Cn%3A!518400031%2Cn%3A1647526031%2Cn%3A435475031&page=1&pf_rd_m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_s=left-1&pf_rd_r=1PK4AGGRPG95WS3RPG52&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=286371407&pf_rd_i=1647524031)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on April 17, 2012, 08:22:32 AM
Thinking this may be a pricing mistake @ £19.49

[asin]B007OYFCVC[/asin]

Most other places its $90 to $100

-- not familiar with the artist at all

- can feel the CDCDCD kicking in "must try & resist"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on April 17, 2012, 08:29:39 AM
Sweelinck - Complete Psalms, Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam

[asin]B007IJKKV0[/asin]

The CDCDCD is far to strong or I'm to weak - what the hell  :o :o :o :o

for $23.81 for 12 discs, I almost feel like offering to come & pick up at the door !!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 17, 2012, 08:30:35 AM
Quote from: spooky on April 17, 2012, 08:29:39 AM
Sweelinck - Complete Psalms, Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam

[asin]B007IJKKV0[/asin]

The CDCDCD is to strong far to strong or I'm to weak - what the hell  :o :o :o :o

for $23.81 for 12 discs, I almost feel like offering to come & pick up at the door !!!!

Great deal!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on April 17, 2012, 08:45:24 AM
Quote from: spooky on April 17, 2012, 08:22:32 AM-- not familiar with the artist [HJ Lim] at all


The first volume of her LvB cycle was not particularly inspiring, at least for me. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,20171.msg610624.html#msg610624)

It's kind of odd to see a complete cycle issued already given that the first volume was just released.  Now I face a conundrum: To buy the complete cycle or not.  Oh, who am I kidding?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on April 17, 2012, 08:53:59 AM
Quote from: Todd on April 17, 2012, 08:45:24 AM

The first volume of her LvB cycle was not particularly inspiring, at least for me. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,20171.msg610624.html#msg610624)

It's kind of odd to see a complete cycle issued already given that the first volume was just released.  Now I face a conundrum: To buy the complete cycle or not.  Oh, who am I kidding?

Todd is the official Guinea Pig of GMG.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on April 17, 2012, 08:57:13 AM
(http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.198956873.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 17, 2012, 10:54:18 AM
Quote from: spooky on April 17, 2012, 08:22:32 AM
Thinking this may be a pricing mistake @ £19.49

[asin]B007OYFCVC[/asin]

That's an insane price for a new release. Surely it's a mistake. But I'm going to order it just in case Amazon honors the price.

Quote from: Todd on April 17, 2012, 08:45:24 AM
The first volume of her LvB cycle was not particularly inspiring, at least for me.[/url]

I remember reading your review. Since I love oddball interpretations of overly familiar music this purchase is a no-brainer (at the quoted price at Amazon UK). Her Moonlight (heard in clips) is nuttier than Gould's  :D

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 17, 2012, 10:57:59 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 17, 2012, 10:54:18 AM
That's an insane price for a new release. Surely it's a mistake.

Nah, that's just the UK store's method of making sure that those EMI boxes are sold (at least most of them, at any rate). :D Remember the initial price of that complete SQs set (Artemis?)?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 17, 2012, 11:01:32 AM
Quote from: Todd on April 17, 2012, 08:57:13 AM
(http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.198956873.jpg)
More like:
(http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/guinea-pig-music.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on April 17, 2012, 11:05:28 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on April 17, 2012, 10:54:18 AMBut I'm going to order it just in case Amazon honors the price.



I already ordered my copy.  If Amazon honors the price, I'm out about $30 for the cycle, shipping included.  That's one of the cheapest ever for me.  I think I've picked up only Dino Ciani's and Anne Oland's for less.  Hey, wait, Ciani's is the worst sounding possible and mediocre performance-wise, and Oland's is the worst of the worst performance-wise.  Surely the third (cheap) time's a charm . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on April 17, 2012, 12:40:25 PM
Quote from: spooky on April 17, 2012, 08:29:39 AM
Sweelinck - Complete Psalms, Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam

[asin]B007IJKKV0[/asin]

The CDCDCD is far to strong or I'm to weak - what the hell  :o :o :o :o

for $23.81 for 12 discs, I almost feel like offering to come & pick up at the door !!!!

This is a great set - one of three Sweelinck boxes. I was happy to get a 'bargain' price of $65 - even more so after listening to thd first three CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on April 17, 2012, 12:46:52 PM
the Sweelinck box is now "temporarily out of stock" - I've ordered anyways, will wait to see if they deliver.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 17, 2012, 05:40:18 PM
Amazon download.

All the Schubert string quartets.

$7.99

http://www.amazon.com/Die-Streichquartette/dp/B003RE70DQ/ref=tmm_msc_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1334713086&sr=1-23
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 18, 2012, 03:51:39 AM
Mmm, nice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 18, 2012, 03:52:53 AM
Yes, I need to find time to download as it was too late last night when I discovered it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on April 18, 2012, 07:14:07 AM
Quote from: spooky on April 17, 2012, 08:29:39 AM
Sweelinck - Complete Psalms, Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam

[asin]B007IJKKV0[/asin]

The CDCDCD is far to strong or I'm to weak - what the hell  :o :o :o :o

for $23.81 for 12 discs, I almost feel like offering to come & pick up at the door !!!!

From what I can see amazon has it listed as 1 CD not 12?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on April 18, 2012, 07:54:05 AM
Change the link
from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007IJKKV0/?tag=goodmusicguideco
to    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007IJKKV0/?tag=goodmusicguideco

and you will see amazon.com error - complete psalms encompass 12 discs the price is over 80 pound sterling
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on April 18, 2012, 02:56:24 PM
I'm hoping they regard it as 1 unit for shipping - p&p x 12 will be prohibitive.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on April 18, 2012, 07:21:26 PM
Quote from: spooky on April 18, 2012, 07:54:05 AM
Change the link
from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007IJKKV0/?tag=goodmusicguideco
to    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007IJKKV0/?tag=goodmusicguideco

and you will see amazon.com error - complete psalms encompass 12 discs the price is over 80 pound sterling

Here's what I see...

From the Amazon.com site - listed at 23.81

Product Details
Audio CD (March 13, 2012)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Glossa
ASIN: B007IJKKV0

From Amazon.co.uk site - listed at 83.45 pounds

Product details
Audio CD (13 Mar 2012)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Glossa (Spa)
ASIN: B007IJKKV0

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 18, 2012, 07:35:56 PM
Quote from: stingo on April 18, 2012, 07:21:26 PM
Here's what I see...

From the Amazon.com site - listed at 23.81

Product Details
Audio CD (March 13, 2012)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Glossa
ASIN: B007IJKKV0

From Amazon.co.uk site - listed at 83.45 pounds

Product details
Audio CD (13 Mar 2012)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Glossa (Spa)
ASIN: B007IJKKV0

just as a basis of comparison--Arkiv has Glossa on sale at the moment, and therefore is offering this set at $69.99 US
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 19, 2012, 04:43:43 AM
Quote from: Ataraxia on April 18, 2012, 03:52:53 AM
Yes, I need to find time to download as it was too late last night when I discovered it.

Meantime, there's the Cloud . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 19, 2012, 04:45:46 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 19, 2012, 04:43:43 AM
Meantime, there's the Cloud . . . .

Downloaded it last night, sir. It's in mono, but judging by only one track, it's very good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 19, 2012, 04:47:54 AM
Quote from: Ataraxia on April 19, 2012, 04:45:46 AM
Downloaded it last night, sir. It's in mono, but judging by only one track, it's very good.

My first LvB quartet cycle was mono, and excellent.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on April 19, 2012, 04:48:20 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 19, 2012, 04:47:54 AM
My first LvB quartet cycle was mono, and excellent.

I don't mind mono at all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 19, 2012, 04:50:53 AM
Nor me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on April 19, 2012, 05:03:07 AM
Next Supraphon Dvorak box set (symphonic works) at Amazon for $7.99 - 8 CDs

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 19, 2012, 06:35:48 AM
Quote from: KeithW on April 19, 2012, 05:03:07 AM
Next Supraphon Dvorak box set (symphonic works) at Amazon for $7.99 - 8 CDs

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This thread is not good for my checking account, you know.
Ordered it, with a couple of Vivaldi entries off my Amazon wishlist to get the free shipping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lethevich on April 19, 2012, 06:38:23 AM
I was tempted but it won't confirm how much the shipping will be :c
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 19, 2012, 06:48:30 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on April 19, 2012, 06:38:23 AM
I was tempted but it won't confirm how much the shipping will be :c

I'm in the US, so I simply needed to add things to the order I was going to get at some point anyway to get the free shipping.

Did you check AmazonUK?  If you're lucky,  they made the same mistake.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 19, 2012, 07:04:37 AM
>:D Tempted, very much so. This might very well make me break my year-long vow not to purchase CDs (unless it's ridculously SDC). 0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 19, 2012, 07:53:11 AM
Quote from: Lethevich on April 19, 2012, 06:38:23 AM
I was tempted but it won't confirm how much the shipping will be :c
I just ordered it at Amazon US - at checkout I was given three options for shipping speed, and chose the cheapest (£4) - the total still being only about half the price of ordering it from Amazon uk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on April 19, 2012, 07:53:35 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 19, 2012, 06:48:30 AM

Did you check AmazonUK?  If you're lucky,  they made the same mistake.

They are listing at at GBP18.99

Presto quoting US$36.50
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 19, 2012, 07:55:52 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 19, 2012, 07:53:11 AM
I just ordered it at Amazon US - at checkout I was given three options for shipping speed, and chose the cheapest (£4) - the total still being only about half the price of ordering it from Amazon uk.

Sweet!

I followed Jeffrey's lead: supplemented that incredible bargain with enough to qualify for the free shipping.  Turns out I've been thinking of a book (the sort, like Her Fearful Symmetry, which doesn't work well on the Nook).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on April 19, 2012, 08:44:10 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 18, 2012, 07:35:56 PM
just as a basis of comparison--Arkiv has Glossa on sale at the moment, and therefore is offering this set at $69.99 US

I did the same - checked Archiv and then ordered.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 20, 2012, 05:30:38 AM
Roughly 10 Pounds sans VAT.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005BC18JO/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 20, 2012, 09:27:24 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 20, 2012, 05:30:38 AM
Roughly 10 Pounds sans VAT.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005BC18JO/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

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Even with VAT: done! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 20, 2012, 10:31:42 AM
Quote from: Que on April 20, 2012, 09:27:24 AM
Even with VAT: done! :)

Q

I hope you're aware that they offer free shipping to the Netherlands for orders over 25. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 20, 2012, 03:12:45 PM
Quote from: KeithW on April 19, 2012, 05:03:07 AM
Next Supraphon Dvorak box set (symphonic works) at Amazon for $7.99 - 8 CDs

Rats! Someone said it was a "super bargain" at Amazon UK, I ordered it for US $30 including shipping, and now this happens. Argh.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on April 20, 2012, 05:45:28 PM
Quote from: Brian on April 20, 2012, 03:12:45 PM
Rats! Someone said it was a "super bargain" at Amazon UK, I ordered it for US $30 including shipping, and now this happens. Argh.

It's not yet released in the UK - you can probably cancel your pre-order and move to Amazon.com
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 20, 2012, 06:06:09 PM
Quote from: KeithW on April 20, 2012, 05:45:28 PM
It's not yet released in the UK - you can probably cancel your pre-order and move to Amazon.com

Done! Thanks - you saved me $19 and a week or two of waiting for the shipment to cross the pond. $11 Dvorak cycle = amazing deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 20, 2012, 06:21:33 PM
Sweet!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on April 20, 2012, 06:32:45 PM
Quote from: Brian on April 20, 2012, 06:06:09 PM
Done! Thanks - you saved me $19 and a week or two of waiting for the shipment to cross the pond. $11 Dvorak cycle = amazing deal.

Great - let's hope they deliver all of our orders   :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on April 21, 2012, 06:42:14 AM
Quote from: KeithW on April 19, 2012, 05:03:07 AM
Next Supraphon Dvorak box set (symphonic works) at Amazon for $7.99 - 8 CDs

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I bought the set 20 years ago but obviously at much higher price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 21, 2012, 07:23:03 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on April 21, 2012, 06:42:14 AM
I bought the set 20 years ago but obviously at much higher price.

Stuart,
These recordings of the 9 symphonies have never been released on CD before. They are an analogue set from the 1970s, not the digital ones which Supraphon previously issued on disc. Check this post's info (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,11592.msg616279.html#msg616279) to see if that really is the set you bought before. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on April 21, 2012, 12:22:20 PM
Quote from: Brian on April 21, 2012, 07:23:03 AM
Stuart,
These recordings of the 9 symphonies have never been released on CD before. They are an analogue set from the 1970s, not the digital ones which Supraphon previously issued on disc. Check this post's info (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,11592.msg616279.html#msg616279) to see if that really is the set you bought before. :)

Brian,   Thanks for the info.  I have not had the chance to check yet - the set is shelved in my upstairs music room.  I trust you that the set I have is probably the digital set, not the analog set that was remastered and will be released shortly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on April 23, 2012, 05:22:12 PM
Quote from: stingo on April 18, 2012, 07:14:07 AM
From what I can see amazon has it listed as 1 CD not 12?

Amazon just shipped via UPS - should have in my hands by tomorrow afternoon
-- will post details ASAP - if it matches the expected 12 disc set
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on April 23, 2012, 05:25:06 PM
Just noticed this set @ JPC  :o :o :o

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0782124026820.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-1770-1827-Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Unbekannte-Meisterwerke/hnum/9938520

Is anyone familiar with this set - contains some real oddballs
but at EUR 12.99 can ya really go wrong ???

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 23, 2012, 06:27:42 PM
Parry: Symphonies on Chandos. Every time I see these under $30, they seem to be out of stock. Sees like this is no different, but figured I'd mention the big price drop ($27.99 or nearly 50% off)...
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on April 24, 2012, 03:16:50 AM
What is the cheapest source thou Super-Duper Cheap Bargain hunters have located for this?

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on April 24, 2012, 07:32:48 AM
Complete-Psalms-Sweelinck
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just arrived this AM - and is the full 12 disc set from Amazon.ca for $21 - now they have increased to $74.02
But Amazon.com has for $22.37 still, grab it while you can - incredible bargain !!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Psalms-Sweelinck/dp/B007IJKKV0/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1335281445&sr=1-2
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on April 25, 2012, 06:34:29 AM
Temporary out of stock but....I ordered it  :P

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NmpU-6GEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.it/The-Complete-Emi-Recordings-Compilation/dp/B001EX5CHI/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1335364244&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.it/The-Complete-Emi-Recordings-Compilation/dp/B001EX5CHI/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1335364244&sr=1-1)

Orpheus  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 26, 2012, 12:52:09 PM
1) Hyperion is having a small clearance sale, with a number of CDs for 4GBP. 
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1036
This is in addition to their normal Please Buy Me page.
And, for those that have not ordered from Hyperion before,  they have bulk discounts of 10 percent or more, and shipping is included in the price (don't know about VAT for people who live in VAT applicable countries).

2)Just wondering if Amazon has notified anyone yet that they've actually shipped that Dvorak set.  My order, including the non Dvorak items, is still sitting under the rubric of "not yet shipped".
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 26, 2012, 01:12:40 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 26, 2012, 12:52:09 PM
Just wondering if Amazon has notified anyone yet that they've actually shipped that Dvorak set.  My order, including the non Dvorak items, is still sitting under the rubric of "not yet shipped".

Jeffrey, I've had an email telling me that the expected delivery date has been put back a couple of weeks. So I don't think there's cause for concern.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on April 26, 2012, 01:15:07 PM
The delivery estimate for the Dvorak for me in the States is May 7-9.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on April 26, 2012, 08:14:58 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 26, 2012, 01:12:40 PM
Jeffrey, I've had an email telling me that the expected delivery date has been put back a couple of weeks. So I don't think there's cause for concern.

Same here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 26, 2012, 08:46:22 PM
I've received no emails, and the "delivery estimate" remains what it was when I ordered it:  4/30 to 5/4.  So I was wondering (especially as the Dvorak is not the only item on the order.)   The item page now tells prospective buyers that it "usually ships in 9 to 11 days".

Thanks for the responses.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on April 26, 2012, 10:32:47 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 26, 2012, 12:52:09 PM
1) Hyperion is having a small clearance sale, with a number of CDs for 4GBP. 
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1036
This is in addition to their normal Please Buy Me page.
And, for those that have not ordered from Hyperion before,  they have bulk discounts of 10 percent or more, and shipping is included in the price (don't know about VAT for people who live in VAT applicable countries).

Demidenko's Medtner (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=GAW21580) for £4! A steal if I ever saw one.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drasko on April 28, 2012, 01:22:01 AM
Amazon has now Neumann Dvorak set reduced in price to $6.39! I'm cheated for $1.6  :o ;D (of course if anything comes of this in the first place)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 28, 2012, 04:22:20 AM
Quote from: Drasko on April 28, 2012, 01:22:01 AM
Amazon has now Neumann Dvorak set reduced in price to $6.39! I'm cheated for $1.6  :o ;D (of course if anything comes of this in the first place)


I'm waiting for it to come down further. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 28, 2012, 05:39:21 AM
The Suk-Paneka LvB violin sonatas set is now going for under $9. (But this one too can't ship be shipped immediately.)

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Oh, and there's a not-so-flattering review of Neumann cycle -- its recorded sound, to be more specific -- at Amazon now.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on April 28, 2012, 06:02:58 AM
Quote from: Drasko on April 28, 2012, 01:22:01 AM
Amazon has now Neumann Dvorak set reduced in price to $6.39! I'm cheated for $1.6  :o ;D (of course if anything comes of this in the first place)
Let's see if the pre-order price guarantee works.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 28, 2012, 06:09:50 AM
Quote from: KeithW on April 28, 2012, 06:02:58 AM
Let's see if the pre-order price guarantee works.

Would it? This recent price drop occurred after the release date, no? The Guarantee offers the item at the lowest price it reached before that date.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 30, 2012, 04:27:14 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 28, 2012, 05:39:21 AM

Oh, and there's a not-so-flattering review of Neumann cycle -- its recorded sound, to be more specific -- at Amazon now.

There is a very flattering review of the Neumann cycle by David Hurwitz (http://www.classicstoday.com/review/finally-neumanns-first-dvorak-cycle/), including a very well-chosen sound clip from the Seventh, a few astute comparisons to other cycles (including Neumann digital), and, of course, a catty sideswipe at the HIP movement.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 01, 2012, 01:18:40 AM
Quote from: Brian on April 30, 2012, 04:27:14 PM
There is a very flattering review of the Neumann cycle by David Hurwitz (http://www.classicstoday.com/review/finally-neumanns-first-dvorak-cycle/), including a very well-chosen sound clip from the Seventh, a few astute comparisons to other cycles (including Neumann digital), and, of course, a catty sideswipe at the HIP movement.

Thanks, Brian. I've mostly given up on CT after the recent 'upgrade' of their website -- the search facility is downright bad.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 01, 2012, 02:11:13 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 01, 2012, 01:18:40 AM
Thanks, Brian. I've mostly given up on CT after the recent 'upgrade' of their website -- the search facility is downright bad.
Was it ever any good?

Anyways; if you look at it once weekly you get to see what you need.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 01, 2012, 03:12:54 AM
Quote from: The new erato on May 01, 2012, 02:11:13 AM
Was it ever any good?

Setting the quality of the reviews aside, it was at least returning results relevant to the search parameters provided. These days, when I give the composer's name, conductor and soloist names (notwithstanding the two or three alternatives spellings it suggests to me for some European names), it simply returns 500 reviews, starting from the latest!

Quote
Anyways; if you look at it once weekly you get to see what you need.

I'm not a regular visitor as such, and rarely interested in reviews of the latest recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on May 03, 2012, 07:03:11 AM
A very fine 6cd set of Requiem music.  The stalewarts are there along with many others I do not know.  Du Carroy, Liotti, Krafft, Alain & Cavalli all new works to me.

I spotted this whilst surfin' at the price of £0.59p "Fifty Nine English Pennies" for 6 cds sold by Mediamops of Germany (via most Amazon's).  Amazon have it for £38.21p.

Requiem 6cd Set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000034CC2/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00)

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Johannes Ockeghem : Requiem (Missa pro Defunctis), for 3-4 voices (introit, Kyrie, gradual, offertory)
Eustache du Caurroy : Requiem Aeternam
Antonio Lotti : Missa Pro Defunctis
François-Joseph Krafft : Missa di Requiem     
Giuseppe Verdi : Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
Jehan Alain : Messe de Requiem, for chorus & organ, JA 125 (AWV 112)
Heinrich Schütz : Nacket bin ich vom Mutterleibe kommen, for double chorus & continuo
Francesco Cavalli : Requiem (Missa pro defunctis), for 8 voices & continuo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626
Franz Liszt : Confutatis & Lacrymosa aus dem Requiem K. 626 von Mozart, transcription for piano, S. 550
Charles Gounod : Requiem for soloists, chorus & piano or organ in C major (arranged & edited by H. Busser)
Gabriel Fauré : Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48

Album : Requiem for a Millennium
Release Date : 1999
Label : Arion [610004]
Time : 402:11
6cd Set
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 03, 2012, 07:18:00 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on May 03, 2012, 07:03:11 AM
The stalewarts are there...

Yuck!

;-)

Do let us know how it went, if you indeed have bought it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on May 03, 2012, 08:25:14 AM
The cheap downloads thread doesn't really seem to get used, so I'll put this here:

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Current £1.38 for the whole album on amazon.co.uk, or 69p for each concerto.  I was looking for the Valen; don't know the Nordheim, but can't argue at that price.

DF

Edit: Not sure why I'm getting "Image unavailable"; the disc is Violin concertos by Nordheim and Valen, played by Arve Tellefsen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 03, 2012, 08:43:51 AM
Quote from: DaveF on May 03, 2012, 08:25:14 AM
Edit: Not sure why I'm getting "Image unavailable"; the disc is Violin concertos by Nordheim and Valen, played by Arve Tellefsen.

It doesn't work with MP3 album ASIN.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on May 03, 2012, 10:18:04 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 03, 2012, 08:43:51 AM
It doesn't work with MP3 album ASIN.

Ah, thank you - simple but obvious.  And anyone searching for this download shouldn't enter too many search terms, since Amazon's spelling is shocking - "Arene Nordheim" and "Conserto", for example.

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on May 03, 2012, 11:24:36 AM
There's also this Lohengrin (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005G3LI9I/?tag=goodmusicco) for download for $2.97. Apparently each of the acts = 1 track.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on May 03, 2012, 08:43:27 PM
Hmm, 6 CDs for $15?

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: not edward on May 04, 2012, 04:46:35 AM
Quote from: Brian on May 03, 2012, 08:43:27 PM
Hmm, 6 CDs for $15?

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I have the original releases of the CD of the violin works (the two sonatas, plus the two late solo violin pieces) and the wind quintet + chamber miscellany disc. Both of them I can give an enthusiastic two thumbs up to.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 04, 2012, 04:56:38 AM
Quote from: edward on May 04, 2012, 04:46:35 AM
I have the original releases of the CD of the violin works (the two sonatas, plus the two late solo violin pieces) and the wind quintet + chamber miscellany disc. Both of them I can give an enthusiastic two thumbs up to.

Quote from: Brian on May 03, 2012, 08:43:27 PM
Hmm, 6 CDs for $15?

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And, yes:  When I first chucked this box into my Amazon cart, the price was $28.82, which I thought fair. But the pre-order price guarantee is particularly sweet in this case! Didn't believe my eyes at first.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on May 07, 2012, 01:53:20 PM
Quote from: KeithW on April 19, 2012, 05:03:07 AM
Next Supraphon Dvorak box set (symphonic works) at Amazon for $7.99 - 8 CDs

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Got the email that my copy shipped.  But at almost $11 for eight CDs, I'm not sure I got a good bargain, especially in light of the price drop.

If memory serves, I did get the Suitner Dvorak cycle for less.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on May 07, 2012, 02:26:21 PM
Quote from: Todd on May 07, 2012, 01:53:20 PM

Got the email that my copy shipped.  But at almost $11 for eight CDs, I'm not sure I got a good bargain, especially in light of the price drop.

If memory serves, I did get the Suitner Dvorak cycle for less.

It is interesting to see how the price has evolved http://pricenoia.com/dvorak-symphonic-works (http://pricenoia.com/dvorak-symphonic-works)

I tend to count an average of $1 per disc as the bargain threshold, although that is very utilitarian and assumes a standard disc price, ceteris paribus, and doesn't take account of variables such as quality of notes, scarcity, quality of recording and so on.  What about others?  Do you have a rule of thumb or judge each on its merits?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on May 07, 2012, 02:53:38 PM
Quote from: KeithW on May 07, 2012, 02:26:21 PMWhat about others?


Bargain threshold per disc:

New recording: $12
Reissue: $7
Box-set: $4

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 07, 2012, 09:12:25 PM
Quote from: KeithW on May 07, 2012, 02:26:21 PM
It is interesting to see how the price has evolved http://pricenoia.com/dvorak-symphonic-works (http://pricenoia.com/dvorak-symphonic-works)

That site is one better than Camel.... Thanks for the link. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 16, 2012, 08:52:49 AM
More DHM boxes from Amazon and Blowitoutahere -- Al Ayre Espanol, Leonhard Plays Bach, Petite Band. All 10 discs about $20
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: sleightofhandmusic on May 16, 2012, 09:39:01 AM
The Frescobaldi Complete Published Works for Keyboard box set is on sale again at Amazon!  $25 delivered with free shipping (also international) for all 12 discs in this collection (usually costs $70 or more on all Amazon sites).

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Published-Keyboard-Roberto-Loreggian/dp/B0041IH4ME/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 16, 2012, 09:48:09 AM
Quote from: sleightofhandmusic on May 16, 2012, 09:39:01 AM
The Frescobaldi Complete Published Works for Keyboard box set is on sale again at Amazon!  $25 delivered with free shipping (also international) for all 12 discs in this collection (usually costs $70 or more on all Amazon sites).

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Published-Keyboard-Roberto-Loreggian/dp/B0041IH4ME/

I listen to some of that box every week, practically.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 16, 2012, 09:50:42 AM
Quote from: sleightofhandmusic on May 16, 2012, 09:39:01 AM
...$25 delivered with free shipping (also international) for all 12 discs in this collection (usually costs $70 or more on all Amazon sites).

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Published-Keyboard-Roberto-Loreggian/dp/B0041IH4ME/

Not quite as you put it there. :) The sellers with the four lowest prices ship only within the States (and maybe to its off-shore territories as well), but not to any place outside. Still, $42 is cheaper than most other places, but not quite like the $8, was it, a few months ago. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 16, 2012, 10:52:18 AM
Thumbs down on the Requiem 6 cd box from Arion. Would have been good by 1965 standards as far as the performance goes, but with so much high quality early music these days it's not up to snuff.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on May 16, 2012, 04:27:13 PM
A nice selection of Tippett with Andrew Davis and the BBC SO for 99c +S/H

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on May 16, 2012, 04:36:35 PM
Quote from: KeithW on May 16, 2012, 04:27:13 PM
A nice selection of Tippett with Andrew Davis and the BBC SO for 99c +S/H

[asin]B000000SN4[/asin]

I found the performances to be pretty good but nowhere near as good as Marriner or Hickox, but for 99c, it would be hard to argue with that. 8) I own the Apex reissue of this recording. I think I paid about $3 for it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on May 17, 2012, 01:58:54 PM
Quote from: spooky on April 24, 2012, 07:32:48 AM
Complete-Psalms-Sweelinck

just arrived this AM - and is the full 12 disc set from Amazon.ca for $21 - now they have increased to $74.02
But Amazon.com has for $22.37 still, grab it while you can - incredible bargain !!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Psalms-Sweelinck/dp/B007IJKKV0/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1335281445&sr=1-2
not any longer:
  "Due to a lack of availability, we will not be able to obtain the following item(s)
from your order:
  Sweelinck, et al "Complete Psalms"
We've canceled the item(s) and apologize for the inconvenience..."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 17, 2012, 09:47:57 PM
Quote from: listener on May 17, 2012, 01:58:54 PM
not any longer:
  "Due to a lack of availability, we will not be able to obtain the following item(s)
from your order:
  Sweelinck, et al "Complete Psalms"
We've canceled the item(s) and apologize for the inconvenience..."

I got that message too!  :o I'm furious!! :( :( 

Of course it is available - *&^%$# :P

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on May 17, 2012, 11:35:01 PM
Quote from: Que on May 17, 2012, 09:47:57 PM
I got that message too!  :o I'm furious!! :( :( 

Of course it is available - *&^%$# :P

Q

Same here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on May 17, 2012, 11:43:27 PM
Quote from: Que on May 17, 2012, 09:47:57 PM
I got that message too!  :o I'm furious!! :( :( 

Of course it is available - *&^%$# :P

Q

I am so sorry to heard this.  Well honestly! ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 17, 2012, 11:46:20 PM
Quote from: Harry on May 17, 2012, 11:43:27 PM
I am so sorry to heard this.  Well honestly! ::)


I guess it was too good to be true...

Well, now I might consider the Dutch de luxe edition after all!  8)

Also, I noticed that jpc is offering the complete psalms set for €60, which is not bad at all.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on May 17, 2012, 11:48:20 PM
Quote from: Que on May 17, 2012, 11:46:20 PM
Well, I might consider the Dutch de luxe edition after all! ;D

Also, I noticed that jpc is offer the complete psalms set for €60, which is not bad at all.

Q

Yes true, I saw that too, but these books in the Luxe version are such a enrichment on the CD'S that I could not for the life of me resist. But they cost a bundle, that's undeniable.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 18, 2012, 03:31:32 PM
Quote from: Que on May 17, 2012, 09:47:57 PM
I got that message too!  :o I'm furious!! :( :( 

Of course it is available - *&^%$# :P

Q

Add me to that list - I am just furious with Amazon.  After all these weeks of waiting, all we get is disappointment. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on May 18, 2012, 03:36:51 PM
Quote from: Que on May 17, 2012, 11:46:20 PM

I guess it was too good to be true...

Well, now I might consider the Dutch de luxe edition after all!  8)

Also, I noticed that jpc is offering the complete psalms set for €60, which is not bad at all.

Q

I am considering jpc as well but I need to pick up something else to make the shipping cost to the US worthwhile.  Wonder if there are other bargain boxes worth buying?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 23, 2012, 06:43:34 AM
New Historical Organs by Leonhardt from Sony cheap at Amazon. One CD overlpas the Leonhardt Jubilee box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on May 23, 2012, 07:29:12 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 23, 2012, 06:43:34 AM
New Historical Organs by Leonhardt from Sony cheap at Amazon. One CD overlpas the Leonhardt Jubilee box.

A link would be useful!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on May 23, 2012, 12:21:53 PM
Quote from: Harry on May 23, 2012, 07:29:12 AM
A link would be useful!

There's this one, released a week ago but currently out of stock:

[asin]B007AR7QQC[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 23, 2012, 05:54:26 PM
I've noticed that Amazon seems to be "temporarily out of stock" on a lot of new releases--either they're getting their allotments later than other vendors, or they wait to order,  even when they know they have x number of pre-release orders.   

At any rate,  the real reason for this post is to let y'all know that the HarmoniaMundi online store (at least in the US) is offering a 20 percent discount on orders through May 29.  Use the coupon code "Memorial".  It's not really super duper cheap, but I don't know of a better thread to post this in.   If you use it,  you'll need to look around and do price comparisons.  But you can order Hyperion, Channel Classics, LSO Live,  the San Francisco Orchestra's own label, and some other smaller labels (plus jazz, world and other non classical stuff).  The price differential may be fairly small, even with the extra percent off--I probably saved only a dollar ordering the new Hamelin Haydn double CD, and only when you calculate in shipping costs,  sales tax or lack thereof, and lack of foreign transaction fees. (I was going to order it from Prestoclassical.)   Apparently shipping in the US via regular USPS is free (the option I chose, of course), or you can choose UPS, but that would probably wipe out the savings.   And unlike Barnes and Noble and Arkivmusic,  I didn't have to pay Florida sales tax.  But depending on what you want,  it might be worthwhile.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hemmesjo on May 23, 2012, 06:26:18 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 23, 2012, 05:54:26 PM
I've noticed that Amazon seems to be "temporarily out of stock" on a lot of new releases--either they're getting their allotments later than other vendors, or they wait to order,  even when they know they have x number of pre-release orders. 

I ran into this with Aho's new chamber music BIS CD.  amazon listed the release date as 15 May at which time it was unknown when it would be in stock.  I emailed BIS, got a response from von Bahr and almost immediately more responses from Qualiton.  Turns out Qualiton releases ALL of their new inventory the last Tuesday of the month.  amazon screwed up and Qualiton sold it to me for a better price.  But amazon does seem to have problems keeping BIS on hand most of the time.  And Alba, if you want it you better get it when you see it.

Dan
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 23, 2012, 06:35:53 PM
Quote from: hemmesjo on May 23, 2012, 06:26:18 PM
I ran into this with Aho's new chamber music BIS CD.  amazon listed the release date as 15 May at which time it was unknown when it would be in stock.  I emailed BIS, got a response from von Bahr and almost immediately more responses from Qualiton.  Turns out Qualiton releases ALL of their new inventory the last Tuesday of the month.  amazon screwed up and Qualiton sold it to me for a better price.  But amazon does seem to have problems keeping BIS on hand most of the time.  And Alba, if you want it you better get it when you see it.

Dan

My most recent waiting-for-Amazon was a Naive recording (the latest in their Vivaldi series), and of course the Dvorak set that some of us are still waiting for, it seems.  And waiting.  And waiting.  (See AnthonyAthletic's post.)   I've already decided that any new releases I order from Arkivmusic or Prestoclassical--in terms of combining reliability of shipment and price, they seem to be much better than Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 24, 2012, 07:20:45 AM
Well, thanks to Discobole (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.in/2012/05/les-promotions-du-moment-sur-amazones.html) (or Discophage, as he goes by in his blog), we now know that the prices of a lot of boxes have been slashed at Amazon ES. Warner/Erato, EMI, and those German Decca boxes are something to look out for. For instance: you can get the latter two of Alain's Bach organ sets together for about $45.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on May 24, 2012, 08:30:08 AM
Many thanks for that info!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 30, 2012, 10:13:06 AM
I ordered the Al Ayre Espanol box from an amazon vendor, and not THAT got cancelled too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 01, 2012, 11:56:04 PM
Deep Discount (free shipping in US) is having a nice sale on some labels in their 25% off sale for summer. Labels include Simax, Audite, CPO, Tudor, Chandos, Naxos, Profil, Brilliant, and others. For those who are looking for the Raff Symphonies box (below), it is the cheapest I have ever seen it in two years of searching ($54).
[asin]B002QV20VS[/asin]

And because it is hard to find, here is the link: http://www.deepdiscount.com/cd/Symphonies-812973016007 (http://www.deepdiscount.com/cd/Symphonies-812973016007)

A few other examples:
Strauss II box Naxos ($80)
Haydn Scottish and Welsh Songs ($45)
Mahler Bernstein DG ($35)
Contemporaries of Mozart Box, 5CD ($20)
Elgar Caractacus Hickox ($20 - never seen this one so low)

EdIt:
Beethoven Takacs ($56)
Haydn Complete Masses Naxos ($28, about as low as it ever gets)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 02, 2012, 06:30:50 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 23, 2012, 06:35:53 PM
My most recent waiting-for-Amazon was a Naive recording (the latest in their Vivaldi series), and of course the Dvorak set that some of us are still waiting for, it seems.  And waiting.  And waiting.  (See AnthonyAthletic's post.)   I've already decided that any new releases I order from Arkivmusic or Prestoclassical--in terms of combining reliability of shipment and price, they seem to be much better than Amazon.
I'm waiting, too. They keep asking if I want to cancel. Yet I see they still have it listed on their site for a ridiculously low price.

Amazon is usually hard to beat for availability, price, and shipping speed. I'm a prime member and get most things in one to two days. But a quality 8 disc box set for less than $1 per disc is an unusual offer so I'm not surprised by problems with it. Presto has it for $46 and Arkiv for $54 -- still decent prices, but not the sort of "steal" we usually cackle over on this thread. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 02, 2012, 06:40:16 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 02, 2012, 06:30:50 AM
Presto has it for $46 and Arkiv for $54 -- still decent prices, but not the sort of "steal" we usually cackle over on this thread. ;)

About $30, shipping incl. at Amazon UK.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 02, 2012, 11:20:30 AM
Importcds.com has the lowest price on the BIG Rubinstein box, and a ten percent discount to boot, which brings it to a little over $200. That is dirt cheap for 142 CDs, 2 DVDs and a hardback book. I just got mine in the mail. Amazing!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 04, 2012, 02:39:21 AM
Gunter Wand's symphonic statements (29 CDs 28 CDs and 1 DVD) on Sony for ~ 40 Euros, anyone?

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0069EOZT8/

You may have to beef up you cart to justify the nearly 20-Euros they ask for shipping. As mentioned earlier, there are a few other bargains to get as well. There's also the Bernstein Edition, for around 70.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on June 05, 2012, 01:03:37 AM
another amazon delay for the Dvorak box,
We're still trying to obtain the following item  you ordered on April 24, 2012...           
  Dvorak, et al "Dvorak: Symphonic Works"
Still want it? We'll keep on trying. To keep your order for this item open, please
click the link below. Otherwise, we'll cancel your order on July 05, 2012, if we
haven't located it by then.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 05, 2012, 04:52:14 AM
For those that wanted the Hogwood Symphony box for a low price, JPC de has it for 40 euro's.


http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-S%E4mtliche-Symphonien/hnum/2310676
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 05, 2012, 06:48:16 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 04, 2012, 02:39:21 AM
Gunter Wand's symphonic statements (29 CDs) on Sony for ~ 40 Euros, anyone?

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0069EOZT8/

You may have to beef up you cart to justify the nearly 20-Euros they ask for shipping. As mentioned earlier, there are a few other bargains to get as well. There's also the Bernstein Edition, for around 70.

Add this:

[asin]B002NZOLFA[/asin]

http://www.amazon.es/Broadway-Musicals-Porter-Berlin-Various/dp/B002NZOLFA/ref=pd_sim_m_52 (http://www.amazon.es/Broadway-Musicals-Porter-Berlin-Various/dp/B002NZOLFA/ref=pd_sim_m_52)

13 wonderful discs for 22 Euros!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 05, 2012, 08:53:52 AM
That McGlinn on Broadway set is fabulous -- I am listening to it at the moment in fact.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 05, 2012, 11:02:56 AM
Quote from: The new erato on June 05, 2012, 06:48:16 AM
13 wonderful discs for 22 Euros!

Thanks erato (and not for the first time). I've just ordered one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 05, 2012, 11:06:39 AM
I have them all as originally issued; they are all plain awesome.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 05, 2012, 05:47:06 PM
Received an email today from ImportCDs which may be of use to folks here, although it doesn't really count as a bargain.

Now through 24 June, you can save an extra 10% on anything you buy from their website (but not from their Amazon Marketplace store) by using the coupon code SAVE10  when you order.  There are apparently no restrictions on what this applies to, no restrictions on the amount of the order,   and it can be used more than once.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: johnsmith21997 on June 06, 2012, 11:51:10 AM
I don't necessarily agree with the practice of finding "super-duper cheap bargains" as I believe the best bargain is when you find the recording of a particular work and not have to buy more than one recording of the same work. For example all of the English HIP works -- I am thinking of Pinnock, Marriner, and Gardiner in particular -- could be burned without any one in their right mind caring.

I know this is off topic, but who else here would love it if they started packaging CDs the same as LPs. In the cardboard sleaves. I am just so sick of how much space the plastic CDs take up and at how superfluous some of the plastic is. The worst, however, is when you get a plastic case that doesn't carry the "CD-Rom" logo, as they are the equivalent of what Mega-Bloks is to lego.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 06, 2012, 12:05:16 PM
Quote from: johnsmith21997 on June 06, 2012, 11:51:10 AM
I believe the best bargain is when you find the recording of a particular work and not have to buy more than one recording of the same work.

I suspect you're just trying to stir us up, but I'll choose to take the comment seriously.

How, among all the ravishing and varied recordings of Der Ring that exist (for example), are you going to determine 'the one'? Put a gun to my head, and I might say alright then, take them all except Solti. But not to hear Jones's or Hunter's Brunnhilde again? Oh no, no, no. Please no. And opera isn't a special case: I recently discovered there are at least four recordings of Scheherazade where each is outstanding in its own way, and none of which I'd part with without a serious fight. I could go on and on like this. The wonderful thing about 'bargains' is that they permit us to pursue the search for musical treasure at little cost. Indeed, I could argue, if pressed, that the journey is as important as the arriving. It's one of the ways we grow.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on June 06, 2012, 12:10:06 PM
Quote from: johnsmith21997 on June 06, 2012, 11:51:10 AM
I don't necessarily agree with the practice of finding "super-duper cheap bargains" as I believe the best bargain is when you find the recording of a particular work and not have to buy more than one recording of the same work. For example all of the English HIP works -- I am thinking of Pinnock, Marriner, and Gardiner in particular -- could be burned without any one in their right mind caring.

As the definite recording of any musical work doesn´t exist - and will never be made, it is necessary to listen to different recordings. Anything else would be wearing aural blinders.

BTW, since when has Sir Marriner been considered part of the HIP movement?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 06, 2012, 09:51:00 PM
Quote from: johnsmith21997 on June 06, 2012, 11:51:10 AM
I don't necessarily agree with the practice of finding "super-duper cheap bargains" as I believe the best bargain is when you find the recording of a particular work and not have to buy more than one recording of the same work.

Absurd.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 06, 2012, 10:28:54 PM
Quote from: johnsmith21997 on June 06, 2012, 11:51:10 AMI don't necessarily agree with the practice of finding "super-duper cheap bargains" as I believe the best bargain is when you find the recording of a particular work and not have to buy more than one recording of the same work. For example all of the English HIP works -- I am thinking of Pinnock, Marriner, and Gardiner in particular -- could be burned without any one in their right mind caring.

1. It can indeed be a saving to find a "benchmark" recording, so that one feels no need to look further. OTOH, this is meaningless for works which one feels compelled to discover via many versions.

2. Way to slip in a completely unrelated, unsupported sneer at the efforts of the HIPsters (specifically the British ones, for some reason). You'll go far.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on June 07, 2012, 12:37:49 AM
Quote from: listener on May 17, 2012, 01:58:54 PM
not any longer:
  "Due to a lack of availability, we will not be able to obtain the following item(s)
from your order:
  Sweelinck, et al "Complete Psalms"
We've canceled the item(s) and apologize for the inconvenience..."

Ah, same here. Only now I see we're all in the same boat.  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 07, 2012, 05:35:18 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on June 06, 2012, 10:28:54 PM
1. It can indeed be a saving to find a "benchmark" recording, so that one feels no need to look further. OTOH, this is meaningless for works which one feels compelled to discover via many versions.

Also, many super-duper bargains are for works where no "benchmark" exists. For instance, if you buy a box of the complete Haydn baryton trios, you can't possibly be thinking "but I'm missing out by not having the classic Beaux Arts Trio readings."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on June 07, 2012, 09:46:13 AM
Quote from: listener on June 05, 2012, 01:03:37 AM
another amazon delay for the Dvorak box,
We're still trying to obtain the following item  you ordered on April 24, 2012...           
  Dvorak, et al "Dvorak: Symphonic Works"
Still want it? We'll keep on trying. To keep your order for this item open, please
click the link below. Otherwise, we'll cancel your order on July 05, 2012, if we
haven't located it by then.

Patience is indeed a virtue, apparently. I ordered the Dvorak set on April 21; lo and behold, it is now in transit and will be with me tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 07, 2012, 10:25:36 AM
Quote from: Will Sheard on June 07, 2012, 09:46:13 AM
Patience is indeed a virtue, apparently. I ordered the Dvorak set on April 21; lo and behold, it is now in transit and will be with me tomorrow.

Now hold on! I ordered mine April 20.  :( :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 07, 2012, 11:50:55 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 07, 2012, 10:25:36 AM
Now hold on! I ordered mine April 20.  :( :(

Bad luck Brian. Just a day too soon ....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 07, 2012, 11:52:13 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 07, 2012, 11:50:55 AM
Bad luck Brian. Just a day too soon ....
Never mind - just got the shipment email. Hooray!!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 07, 2012, 11:52:45 AM
Huzzah!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 07, 2012, 12:02:44 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 07, 2012, 11:52:13 AM
Never mind - just got the shipment email. Hooray!!!!

Hoorah! So it was neither a day too soon, nor a day too late, but exactly the right day after all!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 07, 2012, 12:18:01 PM
Just that very day!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 07, 2012, 12:20:14 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 07, 2012, 12:18:01 PM
Just that very day!

Perhaps that very minute!

Truly, the Universe unfolds in mysterious ways.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 07, 2012, 12:24:51 PM
It's all in the Shed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hemmesjo on June 07, 2012, 01:07:39 PM
Quote from: Will Sheard on June 07, 2012, 09:46:13 AM
Patience is indeed a virtue, apparently. I ordered the Dvorak set on April 21; lo and behold, it is now in transit and will be with me tomorrow.

This is good news.  I got mine a while ago.  But I ordered a set on 24 April and another on 5 May for friends.  They have to be getting close.

Dan
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 07, 2012, 04:39:09 PM
While looking up the images for a post in the Purchases Today thread, I noticed that the Neumann Dvorak box has suffered a  huge price increase.  It's now listed for $12.21 US.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 08, 2012, 05:47:30 AM
Quote from: The new erato on June 05, 2012, 06:48:16 AM

[asin]B002NZOLFA[/asin]

http://www.amazon.es/Broadway-Musicals-Porter-Berlin-Various/dp/B002NZOLFA/ref=pd_sim_m_52 (http://www.amazon.es/Broadway-Musicals-Porter-Berlin-Various/dp/B002NZOLFA/ref=pd_sim_m_52)

13 wonderful discs for 22 Euros!

Erato, mine arrived today and I started listening to Showboat, and I couldn't get past track 10 ('Can't help lovin' dat man').  I just put the track on repeat and played it over and over, thrilling to its sheer generosity of musical spirit.  The performance gives, and gives again, and then tops that. Teresa Stratas, Frederica von Stade et al, pouring out this abundance of melody with voices so lovely and expressive as to bring tears: unbelievable. Thank you very much indeed for recommending this box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 08, 2012, 05:49:11 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 07, 2012, 04:39:09 PM
While looking up the images for a post in the Purchases Today thread, I noticed that the Neumann Dvorak box has suffered a  huge price increase.  It's now listed for $12.21 US.

Looks like blatant opportunism to me, Jeffrey.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on June 08, 2012, 09:02:47 AM
I didn't realize how variable prices at amazon were until I found a site that tracks their blu-ray/dvds. I wish something like that was available for CDs too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 08, 2012, 09:05:08 AM
Quote from: stingo on June 08, 2012, 09:02:47 AM
I didn't realize how variable prices at amazon were until I found a site that tracks their blu-ray/dvds. I wish something like that was available for CDs too.

A couple I came across thanks to this forum:

http://camelcamelcamel.com
-- Email and Twitter alerts, based on your price preference
-- Firefox add-on

http://pricenoia.com/
-- A single display of numbers and graphs of prices from all the Amazon stores
-- common currency
-- calculates shipping, but does not deduct for VAT (yet... I've suggested the feature in their feedback form)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on June 08, 2012, 09:19:58 AM
Many thanks - I knew about pricenoia but about camelcamelcamel.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 08, 2012, 01:40:20 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 08, 2012, 05:47:30 AM
Erato, mine arrived today and I started listening to Showboat, and I couldn't get past track 10 ('Can't help lovin' dat man').  I just put the track on repeat and played it over and over, thrilling to its sheer generosity of musical spirit.  The performance gives, and gives again, and then tops that. Teresa Stratas, Frederica von Stade et al, pouring out this abundance of melody with voices so lovely and expressive as to bring tears: unbelievable. Thank you very much indeed for recommending this box.
I do love a fair amount of US music; Pistons symphonies, Schumans violin concerto, Barbers sonata, Rochberg, Porters string quartets, Bernstein theatre works, Gershwins and Rodgers stuff, Joplin rags etc etc; but I firmly believe that Showboat is the best - and most important - thoroughcomposed music ever written by an American composer, and McGlinns recording is absolutely brilliant (I have it in three different incarnations, including on LP). If there were even one disc in this set I didn't own, I would buy this set and feel I got a good deal. But I own them all since a long time ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 09, 2012, 01:09:45 AM
Quote from: The new erato on June 08, 2012, 01:40:20 PM
I do love a fair amount of US music; Pistons symphonies, Schumans violin concerto, Barbers sonata, Rochberg, Porters string quartets, Bernstein theatre works, Gershwins and Rodgers stuff, Joplin rags etc etc; but I firmly believe that Showboat is the best - and most important - thoroughcomposed music ever written by an American composer, and McGlinns recording is absolutely brilliant (I have it in three different incarnations, including on LP). If there were even one disc in this set I didn't own, I would buy this set and feel I got a good deal. But I own them all since a long time ago.

The sad thing I have to admit is that I'd always dismissed this kind of stuff as 'boring old musicals' from my parents' generation, and paid no attention to it. You've lifted the lid, here, for me, on something huge! I am still playing 'Can't help lovin' dat man' on repeat!

Does the booklet for the original 3-CD set of Showboat have the full texts, erato? If it does, I'm inclined to get one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 09, 2012, 01:28:41 AM
The current GROC issue doesn't unfortunately. Luckily I have the glorious LP set....:-)

And what a series; Make Believe, Ole Man River + Can't help Lovin that man as track 8, 9 & 10.

You should fastforward to Bill to one of the funniest and most touching lyrics ever (by PG Woodehouse)..., but "fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly; I'm gonna love that man till I die" - Hammerstein could write lyrics too (as he also did gloriously for Rodgers).

Both Kern and Richard Rodgers (both with Hammerstein and Hart) are a treasure trove. Bryn Terfel has a wonderful Rodgers compilation on DG. This stuff isn't staid at all, and at its best just as timeless as Mozarts operas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 09, 2012, 02:03:37 AM
The lyrics to Bill:

I used to dream that I would discover
The perfect lover someday,
I knew I'd recognize him if ever
He came 'round my way.
I always used to fancy then
He'd be one of the God-like kind of men
With a giant brain and a noble head
Like the heroes bold
In the books I've read.

But along came Bill
Who's quite the opposite of all
The men in storybooks
In grace and looks
I know that Apollo
Would beat him
All hollow

And I can't explain,
It's surely not his brain
That makes me thrill --
I love him because he's wonderful,
Because he's just my Bill.

He can't play golf or tennis or polo,
Or sing a solo, or row.
He isn't half as handsome
As dozens of men that I know.
He isn't tall or straight or slim
And he dresses far worse than Ted or Jim.
And I can't explain why he should be
Just the one, one man in the world for me.

He's just my Bill, an ordinary man,
He hasn't got a thing that I can brag about.
And yet to be
Upon his knee
So comfy and roomy
Seems natural to me.
Oh, I can't explain,
It's surely not his brain
That makes me thrill --
I love him because he's -- I don't know...
Because he's just my Bill.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 09, 2012, 02:51:30 AM
We need a separate thread for musicals. ::)

;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 09, 2012, 08:57:35 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 09, 2012, 02:51:30 AM
We need a separate thread for musicals. ::)
You're right; the bargain thread isn't the place for carrying on this interesting discussion. I'll start one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on June 09, 2012, 10:06:08 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 07, 2012, 04:39:09 PM
While looking up the images for a post in the Purchases Today thread, I noticed that the Neumann Dvorak box has suffered a  huge price increase.  It's now listed for $12.21 US.

It's up to $60.62 now...

[asin]B0077DDWEE[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on June 09, 2012, 01:30:30 PM
Amazon doesn't even have it any more.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hemmesjo on June 09, 2012, 05:34:01 PM
Re:Neumann Dvořák Box

The saga continues.  Yesterday it was up to $60.00 and available in 7-12 days.  Today it's gone completely from in house availability.  I still have two orders outstanding and they are still in the 'we will email you' status.  I thought when orders placed the 21 Apr started shipping that I was going to get mine soon.  Any thoughts?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on June 09, 2012, 07:14:54 PM
Quote from: hemmesjo on June 09, 2012, 05:34:01 PM
Re:Neumann Dvořák Box

The saga continues.  Yesterday it was up to $60.00 and available in 7-12 days.  Today it's gone completely from in house availability.  I still have two orders outstanding and they are still in the 'we will email you' status.  I thought when orders placed the 21 Apr started shipping that I was going to get mine soon.  Any thoughts?

You will most likely get an "order cancelation" email at some point.  This story has been repeated many times ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 10, 2012, 12:22:52 AM
Quote from: jo jo starbuck on June 09, 2012, 01:30:30 PM
Amazon doesn't even have it any more.

Amazon UK still has the Neumann Dvorak box, and although not at the give away prices we saw at Amazon US, at £18 it's still a heck of a bargain. And it's still 'in stock'. See here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dvorak-Symphonic-Czech-Philharmonic-Orchestra/dp/B0077DDWEE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1339316405&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dvorak-Symphonic-Czech-Philharmonic-Orchestra/dp/B0077DDWEE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1339316405&sr=1-1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drasko on June 10, 2012, 02:17:55 AM
Quote from: hemmesjo on June 09, 2012, 05:34:01 PM
  Any thoughts?

Don't think about it. If it comes through, it comes; if not, not.

That silly price was on for at least two weeks, who knows how many orders were placed: hundreds? thousands? Box reached number one in sales of classical music and something like top 20 in all music. Even if amazon decides to honor all orders (it seems they have so far) who knows at what rate can Supraphon supply that kind of numbers. I'm sure they haven't planned these kind of sales.

So, best thing if you have an open order just leave it standing, and think about something else. If it comes it comes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on June 10, 2012, 06:58:11 AM
What are the odds of a super-budget reissue of the Philips complete Mozart (1991)? Can anyone made an informed guess?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on June 10, 2012, 07:32:20 AM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on June 10, 2012, 06:58:11 AM
What are the odds of a super-budget reissue of the Philips complete Mozart (1991)? Can anyone made an informed guess?
Bits of it have come out as bargain-ish boxes - the operas, for example, have been re-issued as a set and I am certain they are the same as the Phillips edition:

[asin]B001TH28EY[/asin]

and the piano concertos have come out as:

[asin]B004I4HCTG[/asin]

But for some of the other stuff, the only option is to hunt down the 2000 reissue - the compact edition - in which the 1991 boxes were combined into a smaller number of larger sets.  Wikipedia has a page which matches the two:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Mozart_Edition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Mozart_Edition)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 10, 2012, 07:38:23 AM
And then there are these, if you're wondering...

[asin]B005FB82WC[/asin]

[asin]B005J6Q8E2[/asin] [asin]B005X1P0W4[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on June 10, 2012, 08:52:37 AM
Quote from: Drasko on June 10, 2012, 02:17:55 AM
Don't think about it. If it comes through, it comes; if not, not.

That silly price was on for at least two weeks, who knows how many orders were placed: hundreds? thousands? Box reached number one in sales of classical music and something like top 20 in all music. Even if amazon decides to honor all orders (it seems they have so far) who knows at what rate can Supraphon supply that kind of numbers. I'm sure they haven't planned these kind of sales.

So, best thing if you have an open order just leave it standing, and think about something else. If it comes it comes.

Indeed, given the state of the Hungarian economy, Supraphon would want to maximize its cash flows by releasing these big boxes.  Will Hungaroton be far behind?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 10, 2012, 11:45:43 AM
Quote from: Drasko on June 10, 2012, 02:17:55 AM
Don't think about it. If it comes through, it comes; if not, not.

That silly price was on for at least two weeks, who knows how many orders were placed: hundreds? thousands? Box reached number one in sales of classical music and something like top 20 in all music. Even if amazon decides to honor all orders (it seems they have so far) who knows at what rate can Supraphon supply that kind of numbers. I'm sure they haven't planned these kind of sales.

So, best thing if you have an open order just leave it standing, and think about something else. If it comes it comes.
And in the meantime, the Neumann set saga finally prompted me to say, "The hell with it!" and pull the trigger on Rowicki's set, which is proving to be as good as Sarge has long claimed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 10, 2012, 12:01:45 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 10, 2012, 11:45:43 AM
And in the meantime, the Neumann set saga finally prompted me to say, "The hell with it!" and pull the trigger on Rowicki's set, which is proving to be as good as Sarge has long claimed.

Excellent  8)   I do like Neumann, too, but Rowicki is still my main man for the first five. And no one has done the overtures better.

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 10, 2012, 06:33:30 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on June 10, 2012, 08:52:37 AM
Indeed, given the state of the Hungarian economy, Supraphon would want to maximize its cash flows by releasing these big boxes.  Will Hungaroton be far behind?

Supraphon is Czech.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on June 10, 2012, 11:31:04 PM
My Neumann Dvorak box has apparently just been dispatched, one of the $7-99 ones, so they are still sending some out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 10, 2012, 11:47:27 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 10, 2012, 06:33:30 PM
Supraphon is Czech.
Such things happen when one doesn't czech.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 11, 2012, 12:24:24 AM
Quote from: The new erato on June 10, 2012, 11:47:27 PM
Such things happen when one doesn't czech.
Oh boy. Terrible play on words.  :'(  I love it!  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 11, 2012, 12:42:14 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 11, 2012, 12:24:24 AM
Oh boy. Terrible play on words.  :'(  I love it!  ;D

Does that make you hungary for more?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 11, 2012, 12:47:31 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 11, 2012, 12:42:14 AM
Does that make you hungary for more?
Indeed. The worse it is, the more I like it. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 11, 2012, 02:49:12 AM
I was going to continue my reading, but the way this thread is going, I should give my book a rest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hemmesjo on June 11, 2012, 04:43:03 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on June 10, 2012, 11:31:04 PM
My Neumann Dvorak box has apparently just been dispatched, one of the $7-99 ones, so they are still sending some out.

What was your order date.  The last one filled before yours was 21 April.  I still have two coming from 24 Apr and 5 May.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on June 11, 2012, 11:27:03 PM
It was April 20th.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on June 12, 2012, 07:44:26 AM
There are two important lessons to take away from the Neumann Dvorak episode: 1.) If a crazy bargain pops up, buy immediately; 2.) Buy more than one copy.

I did the first, but not the second.  Had I bought an additional, say, five copies, I could now sell them for a profit.  Wait a few more months, and it would be more profitable yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 12, 2012, 11:54:08 AM
My Dvorak, ordered late April, shipped. My second, ordered early May, has been delayed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on June 12, 2012, 05:40:28 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 10, 2012, 06:33:30 PM
Supraphon is Czech.

How is the Czech economy doing?  I think Poland and Austria may be the only central/eastern European countries that are still doing okay for now ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on June 12, 2012, 05:51:03 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on June 12, 2012, 05:40:28 PMHow is the Czech economy doing?



Not so hot. (http://news.yahoo.com/czech-economy-remains-recession-075925513--finance.html)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nico1616 on June 13, 2012, 03:31:37 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 10, 2012, 12:01:45 PM
Excellent  8)   I do like Neumann, too, but Rowicki is still my main man for the first five. And no one has done the overtures better.

Sarge

You make me very curious  :D
I love Dvorak's symphonies 6 to 9, and I would like to explore the earlier ones...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on June 13, 2012, 08:20:13 AM
A gorgeus box for a gorgeus price...  8)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uG1PidJnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B005BZBY1I/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Orpheus ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 13, 2012, 08:57:50 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on June 13, 2012, 08:20:13 AM
A gorgeus box for a gorgeus price...  8)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uG1PidJnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B005BZBY1I/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Orpheus ;)

Wow just ordered it, have some of them, but not all, and its a amazing price. Thanks my friend!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 13, 2012, 09:07:29 AM
Quote from: Harry on June 13, 2012, 08:57:50 AM
Wow just ordered it, have some of them, but not all, and its a amazing price. Thanks my friend!

I have none of them, and as tempting as the offer may be, getting part CDs/sets is not something I want to do. :( Nevertheless, thanks to Orfeo for pointing it out to us. :) You know never know, I might just give in. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on June 13, 2012, 09:09:47 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on June 13, 2012, 08:20:13 AM
A gorgeus box for a gorgeus price...  8)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uG1PidJnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B005BZBY1I/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Orpheus ;)
Thanks, an awesome deal if there ever was one  :o (although my wallet is feeling more than a bit queasy  >:()
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on June 13, 2012, 01:43:12 PM
Great find! I've been looking at that box for a while now, and finally bit the bullet. Also got one for a friend too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on June 13, 2012, 04:37:07 PM

Thank you for yet another 'sterling' find, Orpheus  :-*

By way of a humble contribution of my own, this (for 56 euros via Amazon.es) is now as cheap as I've seen it for some time :

(http://pricenoia.com/i/B/0/0/0/Z/B/karajan-the-complete-emi-recordings-vol-2-compare.jpg)

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000ZBPQEE/ (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000ZBPQEE/)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on June 13, 2012, 06:45:06 PM
re: "That" Dvorak set
message in this evening... "We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on April 24, 2012 (Order#
002-7970353-6164229):

  Dvorak, et al "Dvorak: Symphonic Works"
    Estimated arrival date: June 27, 2012..."      I will update.  Pauline may get off the tracks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on June 14, 2012, 02:28:29 AM
Quote from: ammar on June 13, 2012, 04:37:07 PM
Thank you for yet another 'sterling' find, Orpheus  :-*

By way of a humble contribution of my own, this (for 56 euros via Amazon.es) is now as cheap as I've seen it for some time :

(http://pricenoia.com/i/B/0/0/0/Z/B/karajan-the-complete-emi-recordings-vol-2-compare.jpg)

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000ZBPQEE/ (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000ZBPQEE/)

All gone now :(  That didnt last long.
Can recommend the Lumieres box above, paid 30 quid and thought I had a good deal!  Harmonia Mundi also ship promptly and pack well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on June 14, 2012, 02:38:38 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on June 13, 2012, 08:20:13 AM
A gorgeus box for a gorgeus price...  8)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uG1PidJnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B005BZBY1I/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Orpheus ;)

What an amazing deal, many thanks for posting this!!  I have mine on order £16.25p delivered for 30 cds, great value and a wide assortment of works.  The only one I have from this box is CD 26 in its original format, Paul Lewis doing the 'great' Beethoven sonatas, I have the complete Lewis/Beethoven so its great there's only 1 disc here  ;D.  The rest is treasure indeed.  50p a disc....an outstanding heads up!!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 14, 2012, 02:41:11 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on June 14, 2012, 02:38:38 AM
What an amazing deal, many thanks for posting this!!  I have mine on order £16.25p delivered for 30 cds, great value and a wide assortment of works.  The only one I have from this box is CD 26 in its original format, Paul Lewis doing the 'great' Beethoven sonatas, I have the complete Lewis/Beethoven so its great there's only 1 disc here  ;D.  The rest is treasure indeed.  50p a disc....an outstanding heads up!!!!


YAY, agreed! ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on June 14, 2012, 02:50:23 AM
Quote from: Harry on June 14, 2012, 02:41:11 AM

YAY, agreed! ;D

I notice they have over 30 left, so it may be time later to do as Todd suggested and buy another one and tuck it away.  Might be able to sell it on eBay or private sale to our highstreet private classical companies who buy second hand/new stock from private sellers. (worth a thought).

Harry, what's happening or happened to the Netherlands National Side?  Should have won the World Cup but seem to have gone further backward than England in this years Euro.  Although losing 2 games, I think a 2 - 0 win v Portugal will put Holland through, providing the Germans beat Denmark (which they will), so its very much in your own hands.  I put £20 on Holland to win it for a bit of interest, and £10 on Gomez for the Golden Boot....come on Holland!!!  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 14, 2012, 02:57:05 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on June 14, 2012, 02:50:23 AM

Harry, what's happening or happened to the Netherlands National Side?  Should have won the World Cup but seem to have gone further backward than England in this years Euro.  Although losing 2 games, I think a 2 - 0 win v Portugal will put Holland through, providing the Germans beat Denmark (which they will), so its very much in your own hands.  I put £20 on Holland to win it for a bit of interest, and £10 on Gomez for the Golden Boot....come on Holland!!!  ;D

After the disaster with Denmark, they lost heart. They could not believe they lost this what they thought would be a easy game. There was a lot of pep talk after this when the game with Germany was imminent, but to no avail. Coordination and motivation was gone.  These days the Dutch are easily intimidated by failure, and my thinking on this is, that they will be kicked out of the game, and they deserve that, for their tactical schedule is disastrous.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 14, 2012, 03:17:56 AM
Lesson: You shouldn't take any game for granted
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on June 14, 2012, 04:10:21 AM
I personally think Holland are still in with a good punchers chance.  Portugal don't have any bottle, and are prone to failure.

No doubt the Dutch will come again and rebuild.  Loved those great teams of the past :  Cruijff, Neeskens, Rep, Haan, Krol, Jansen, Rensenbrink, the Van der Kerkhof brothers.  And the late 80's with Koeman, Rijkaard, Gullitt & Van Basten, then the Bergkamp, Overmars & Kluivert era.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 14, 2012, 04:28:27 AM
Take encouragement from the Red Sox, Harry!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 14, 2012, 07:22:58 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 14, 2012, 04:28:27 AM
Take encouragement from the Red Sox, Harry!

My sox today are blue Karl, thank you for the asking ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on June 14, 2012, 07:32:31 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 14, 2012, 04:28:27 AM
Take encouragement from the Red Sox, Harry!

Or from the KINGS!


wait... we weren't any good for most of the 43 years.

Better advise to Harry, who was never a football fan -- stick with music, even if the music is Dittersdorf!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 14, 2012, 07:34:40 AM
Quote from: springrite on June 14, 2012, 07:32:31 AM
Or from the KINGS!


wait... we weren't any good for most of the 43 years.

Better advise to Harry, who was never a football fan -- stick with music, even if the music is Dittersdorf!

Thank you Paul, sound advice. I am more into ballet and figure skating as a matter of fact! :o ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 14, 2012, 07:38:32 AM
Quote from: Harry on June 14, 2012, 07:34:40 AM
I am more into ballet and figure skating as a matter of fact! :o ;D

(http://i48.tinypic.com/69eu4o.gif)



;D ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on June 14, 2012, 10:33:56 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on June 13, 2012, 08:20:13 AM
A gorgeus box for a gorgeus price...  8)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uG1PidJnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)


Amazing bargain - just bought mine, and many thanks for alerting us.

And to continue the footy thread... anyone who thinks their club has fallen on hard times should try supporting Coventry City :(
(The only consolation being that, now we're a little club, the inevitable exit from the League Cup at the hands of a little club (Dagenham & Redbridge in this case) won't be quite so painful...)

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 14, 2012, 11:38:58 AM
Quote from: DaveF on June 14, 2012, 10:33:56 AM
And to continue the footy thread... anyone who thinks their club has fallen on hard times should try supporting Coventry City :(

Che Guevara - Coventry City last won the FA Cup in what year?

(http://www.cardinalfang.net/episodes/season_two/images/world_forum_che.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 14, 2012, 11:53:11 AM
No, I'm not surprised you didn't get this, it was in fact a trick question . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on June 14, 2012, 12:18:28 PM
Which shows that the timeless Python has dated in one respect, since Coventry have actually won the cup since that sketch was made.  The fair city is doubly celebrating this year - 50 years of the cathedral and 25 since the cup win (although whether 25 years since winning anything is a matter for celebration is another question).

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on June 14, 2012, 02:27:36 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on June 13, 2012, 08:20:13 AM
A gorgeus box for a gorgeus price...  8)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uG1PidJnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B005BZBY1I/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Orpheus ;)

Great deal. Ordered. Thanks for the heads up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 14, 2012, 06:33:23 PM
Quote from: Will Sheard on June 14, 2012, 02:27:36 PM
Great deal. Ordered. Thanks for the heads up.

I held off because I thought I already had much of it, but examination reveals that I have less than I thought--about ten CDs worth, all told out of the 29 music CDs, and want at least two items included there whole (the Handel oratorio and the Gluck opera).   But this price is less than what I paid for the Jacob Nozze di Figaro which is included and which all by itself makes this set worthwhile if you don't already have it.

So I just pulled the trigger.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on June 14, 2012, 08:38:37 PM
Quote from: Will Sheard on June 14, 2012, 02:27:36 PM
Great deal. Ordered. Thanks for the heads up.
ibidem.  - decided not to wait for the new billing cycle, ordered today.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on June 15, 2012, 10:57:03 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 14, 2012, 06:33:23 PM
I held off because I thought I already had much of it, but examination reveals that I have less than I thought--about ten CDs worth, all told out of the 29 music CDs, and want at least two items included there whole (the Handel oratorio and the Gluck opera).   But this price is less than what I paid for the Jacob Nozze di Figaro which is included and which all by itself makes this set worthwhile if you don't already have it.

So I just pulled the trigger.

Yeah, I was swayed by the opera argument, too. I have Jacobs' Così, which is very good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 17, 2012, 01:05:37 PM
From amazon.com, re. the Neumann set ordered in April:

QuoteHello,

Due to a lack of availability, we will not be able to obtain the following item(s) from your order:

  Antonin Dvorak, et al "Dvorak: Symphonic Works"

We've canceled the item(s) and apologize for the inconvenience. We must also apologize for the length of time it has taken us to reach this conclusion.

I had the Rowicki set for $19 in my cart when this one popped up for $6. Seemed a no-brainer to order this one instead. After a month of waiting, I ordered Rowicki, then up to $24. The Rowicki seems likely to become my favorite set, v Kubelik & Kertesz. Can't compare it with Newmann's set, though.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 17, 2012, 01:51:11 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 17, 2012, 01:05:37 PM
Can't compare it with Newmann's set, though.  ;)
Our dear Rob started a conducting career? Seems like a wise move. Pity about the research though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 17, 2012, 02:58:55 PM
Quote from: The new erato on June 17, 2012, 01:51:11 PM
Our dear Rob started a conducting career? Seems like a wise move. Pity about the research though.
;D Bells of mourning must be ringing across Europe.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on June 18, 2012, 06:01:18 AM
Breaking News.....Amazon cancel Neumann  >:(

Due to a lack of availability, we will not be able to obtain the following item(s) from your order:

Antonin Dvorak, et al "Dvorak: Symphonic Works"

We've canceled the item(s) and apologize for the inconvenience. We must also apologize for the length of time it has taken us to reach this conclusion.

Would have been a great bargain!!  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 18, 2012, 06:43:02 AM
Demand outstripped supply!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on June 18, 2012, 06:48:57 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on June 18, 2012, 06:01:18 AM
Breaking News.....Amazon cancel Neumann  >:(

Due to a lack of availability, we will not be able to obtain the following item(s) from your order:

Antonin Dvorak, et al "Dvorak: Symphonic Works"

We've canceled the item(s) and apologize for the inconvenience. We must also apologize for the length of time it has taken us to reach this conclusion.

Would have been a great bargain!!  ;D

I got that notice, too. But there is that offer of the complete somphonies from Tim on GMG which is almost as good. I think it is still available. Check it out!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on June 18, 2012, 11:07:03 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on June 13, 2012, 08:20:13 AM
A gorgeus box for a gorgeus price...  8)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uG1PidJnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)


Having just received mine (postage cost Harmonia Mundi £5.50 - they certainly know how to lose money) I'm now even more impressed - beautifully produced, well-filled CDs (several over 80' - the first one, for example, French Harpsichord Music runs to 81'16), nice box (although a bit too big for its contents, requiring a 3cm cardboard filler to stop things rattling about), and the booklet...  There's a review on Amazon from someone called lucas "jump in the river" which is highly critical of this, complaining of the small fonts and shiny paper, so I'd expected something like in the "Works of Stravinsky" box, little more than a list of contents, but no - it's a big, heavy job, with a complete track- and performer-listings and (in English) 70 pages of notes.  Perhaps lucas had paid more than £15 for his (although he mentions the low price in his review), but I wouldn't want to let him put anyone off.  As far as the music goes, so far I've only heard Couperin's 25th Ordre, which Rousset plays beautifully.  Looking forward to lots more.

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on June 18, 2012, 02:34:07 PM
The Scarlatti/Ross cube at one of its lowest price. £53.35 inc VAT on amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009MWAVQ/ref=ox_ya_os_product (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009MWAVQ/ref=ox_ya_os_product)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HYwDS72EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hemmesjo on June 18, 2012, 04:01:53 PM
Re:Dvorak Symphonic Works box set saga.

Yesterday I also received the cancelation notification.

Today, the set is on hand at amazon for $61.50.

Talk about deceptive practises.  Everyone that had an order should send them an email demanding that their order be honored and filled.

Dan
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 18, 2012, 04:10:52 PM
My Dvorak box shipped last Friday. I should have it tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on June 18, 2012, 04:11:41 PM
Quote from: bigshot on June 18, 2012, 04:10:52 PM
My Dvorak box shipped last Friday. I should have it tomorrow next year.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 18, 2012, 08:34:10 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on June 18, 2012, 02:34:07 PM
The Scarlatti/Ross cube at one of its lowest price. £53.35 inc VAT on amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009MWAVQ/ref=ox_ya_os_product (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009MWAVQ/ref=ox_ya_os_product)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HYwDS72EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
buy  buy  buy  buy buy  BUY   !!!!!!

Bought mine at around 60 Euros at amazon.es last year. A fabulous bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 18, 2012, 09:26:12 PM
Quote from: DaveF on June 18, 2012, 11:07:03 AM
postage cost Harmonia Mundi £5.50

And I had to pay only 3.58? ??? Or is it with UK VAT added to the shipping? (Incidentally, I received shipment notification yesterday.)

Anyway, thanks for the description of the box. This is the second time in two years I'm ripping HM off. ;D :-[ Last year, it was the Manze and O'Dette sets, for which I paid something like $12-$13 each. I love the sturdy box (comparatively speaking) and the thick booklet with complete notes for all the CDs in each box and full-page (as small as that might be) recreations of paintings and such.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on June 18, 2012, 10:17:03 PM
Quote from: The new erato on June 18, 2012, 08:34:10 PM
buy  buy  buy  buy buy  BUY   !!!!!!

Bought mine at around 60 Euros at amazon.es last year. A fabulous bargain.

I bought mine at £67 in January. i was already happy then but at £53, that' an absolute steal indeed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 18, 2012, 10:18:43 PM
Quote from: hemmesjo on June 18, 2012, 04:01:53 PM
Re:Dvorak Symphonic Works box set saga.

Yesterday I also received the cancelation notification.

Today, the set is on hand at amazon for $61.50.

Talk about deceptive practises.  Everyone that had an order should send them an email demanding that their order be honored and filled.

Dan
I never understand these sorts of comments. It is clear the low price was a mistake. Nevertheless, they have honored many of the orders (far more than I would have expected). They could have cancelled all of them, but didn't do that. Most here who bought one knew the price was wrong and said nothing (or pehaps they will claim ignorance, which is no defense). When they ran out of product, they cancelled the order (something every company on earth does). A deceptive practice would be showing one price on the product page and then somehow showing anther price at checkout. There was nothing deceptive here (especially as everyone knew it was out of stock when purchased and that there was a chance it wouldn't arrive).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 19, 2012, 11:41:36 AM
On the Dvorak. I ordered one in April, and it arrived. I also ordered one in May and it got cancelled. So they clearly filled them FCFS.

I got the HM Lumieres box (my second) from HM via Amazon.uk in days. Amazing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 19, 2012, 11:46:32 AM
My Dvorak and Enlightenment boxes arrived today too. I also got the complete Callas studio recordings box that I found for $45 new with an Amazon third party seller. Lots of great music to listen to!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 19, 2012, 11:55:25 AM
Quote from: hemmesjo on June 18, 2012, 04:01:53 PM
Re:Dvorak Symphonic Works box set saga.

Yesterday I also received the cancelation notification.

Today, the set is on hand at amazon for $61.50.

Talk about deceptive practises.  Everyone that had an order should send them an email demanding that their order be honored and filled.

Dan
I just checked. That box set is shown as available from marketplace sellers for a variety of prices, but not from Amazon. Perhaps you were looking at the older edition instead of the one in question?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 19, 2012, 11:58:53 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 19, 2012, 11:55:25 AM
I just checked. That box set is shown as available from marketplace sellers for a variety of prices, but not from Amazon. Perhaps you were looking at the older edition instead of the one in question?

Good catch, Dave!  Some years ago I wish-listed that older edition, when it hovered at about that price.  Over time, I decided I was not quite interested to explore the set to the degree of that expense.

. . . which is why I leapt at the improbably low April price . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 19, 2012, 12:13:45 PM
The booklet to the Dvorak set pictures three more boxes... String Quartets, Chamber Works and Piano Works. Have those been released yet?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 19, 2012, 12:14:55 PM
Quote from: bigshot on June 19, 2012, 12:13:45 PM
The booklet to the Dvorak set pictures three more boxes... String Quartets, Chamber Works and Piano Works. Have those been released yet?

Indeed they have. And they are also excellent. Strongly recommended. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 19, 2012, 12:29:55 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on June 19, 2012, 12:14:55 PM
Indeed they have. And they are also excellent. Strongly recommended. :)

8)

+1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on June 20, 2012, 07:49:56 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on June 18, 2012, 02:34:07 PM
The Scarlatti/Ross cube at one of its lowest price. £53.35 inc VAT on amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009MWAVQ/ref=ox_ya_os_product (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009MWAVQ/ref=ox_ya_os_product)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HYwDS72EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Another very tempting offer - thank you.  Perhaps not meriting quite such serious consideration is the "collectible" copy, also on Amazon UK, for a mere £2022.20 - plus £1.26 delivery, which when you think about it is quite a reasonable rate for teleporting this set from Jupiter, or whichever planet the seller is on.

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 20, 2012, 08:54:04 AM
£53.35 for the Ross set is very nice, indeed.  I paid a bit more than that (nor do I begrudge it) for a Used - Like New copy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on June 20, 2012, 12:52:51 PM
I'd jump at the Ross Scarlatti but I already have the Brilliant Belder set which I've yet to listen all the way through.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on June 21, 2012, 06:40:31 AM
Got the Scarlatti, thanks. Have been after it for a few years - the only nagging doubt comes from the fact that it was available (according to Pricenoia) for €20 less on Amazon.es a few days back...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on June 21, 2012, 08:03:09 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 18, 2012, 09:26:12 PM
And I had to pay only 3.58? ??? Or is it with UK VAT added to the shipping? (Incidentally, I received shipment notification yesterday.)


My box just arrived.  Postage from London to NYC was GBP15.98.  I paid GBP3.08 for postage. Quite a deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on June 21, 2012, 08:17:31 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 17, 2012, 01:05:37 PM
From amazon.com, re. the Neumann set ordered in April:

I had the Rowicki set for $19 in my cart when this one popped up for $6. Seemed a no-brainer to order this one instead. After a month of waiting, I ordered Rowicki, then up to $24. The Rowicki seems likely to become my favorite set, v Kubelik & Kertesz. Can't compare it with Newmann's set, though.  ;)

I have every set except the Rowicki and Suitner.  I even have the digital Neumann and now the analog Neumann.  Neumann's strength is in how he brings the inner voices to each of the symphonies, each section having something special to say.  Anyway, hard to say what is best, but I really like individual performances of these symphonies and no set does justice to all of them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on June 22, 2012, 12:12:21 AM
All we need now is someone to invent the 36 hour day to listen to all of the wonderful CD bargains around.  The Neumann Dvorak arrived safely and is as yet un-opened, The Scott Ross Scarlatti is ordered (have been thinking about buying that for so long), the Lumieres box came days ago and some have been played.  It makes me wonder why anyone would bother with downloads when it seems complicated, may well perform at a lower quality level than CD unless you are always watching out for what the computer is doing, is almost bound to go wrong with the likelihood of losing a chunk of your collection at some time.  Obviously CDs will eventually stop being made but we'll all have so many by then that we should always be able to find something suitable to listen to.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 22, 2012, 02:57:14 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on June 22, 2012, 12:12:21 AM
It makes me wonder why anyone would bother with downloads when it seems complicated, may well perform at a lower quality level than CD unless you are always watching out for what the computer is doing, is almost bound to go wrong with the likelihood of losing a chunk of your collection at some time.  Obviously CDs will eventually stop being made but we'll all have so many by then that we should always be able to find something suitable to listen to.
My feelings exactly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 22, 2012, 05:25:30 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on June 22, 2012, 12:12:21 AMIt makes me wonder why anyone would bother with downloads when it seems complicated, may well perform at a lower quality level than CD unless you are always watching out for what the computer is doing, is almost bound to go wrong with the likelihood of losing a chunk of your collection at some time.

For me with downloads, the issues are when
(a) the downloading website malfunctions (several of my albums have missing tracks)
(b) my computer's hard drive dies (but I have a backup)

For me with CDs, the issue is that I'm very poor, I live in a single room, and I have already resorted to putting overflow CDs into my dresser. I simply have no place for them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on June 22, 2012, 11:22:23 AM
Quick update - the cheaper price for Scott Ross's Scarlatti reappeared on amazon.es. Currently €48,66 plus postage.

Was able to cancel and re-order just in time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 22, 2012, 11:29:07 AM
Sweet!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on June 25, 2012, 02:45:02 PM
Super Bargain !!! @ Import cds

Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy [CD] Rudolf Buchbinder
10% Off With Promo Code SAVE10
$13.09 for a 9 disc set

(http://javascript:showimagepopup())

http://www.importcds.com/Music/1925606/Rudolf-Buchbinder-Beethoven-The-Sonata-Legacy-CD

I'm thinking this is another pricing blunder like the Sweelinck - they may as well give it away for free
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on June 25, 2012, 02:59:02 PM
Quote from: spooky on June 25, 2012, 02:45:02 PM
Super Bargain !!! @ Import cds

Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy [CD] Rudolf Buchbinder
10% Off With Promo Code SAVE10
$13.09 for a 9 disc set
I'm thinking this is another pricing blunder like the Sweelinck - they may as well give it away for free
Wow. I like Buchbinder's cycle--it's pretty straightforward and very well played. Considering all the folks who jumped on Lim's cycle, I would expect a mad rush for this one! (Although Buchbinder falls a bit short of Ms Lim in the pulchritude dept.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 25, 2012, 04:54:59 PM
Quote from: spooky on June 25, 2012, 02:45:02 PM
Super Bargain !!! @ Import cds

Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy [CD] Rudolf Buchbinder
10% Off With Promo Code SAVE10
$13.09 for a 9 disc set

(http://javascript:showimagepopup())

http://www.importcds.com/Music/1925606/Rudolf-Buchbinder-Beethoven-The-Sonata-Legacy-CD

I'm thinking this is another pricing blunder like the Sweelinck - they may as well give it away for free

1) At the moment at least, it won't let me order it,  only sign up to get an email when it's in stock.
2) And it's not in stock because it's described as having a release date this coming August.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on June 25, 2012, 07:00:21 PM
available via amazon.uk now, higher price but still, for 9 discs, inexpensive.  And I've found shipping from uk sources usually rated at single disc rate even for sets
21 new from £23.73
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 27, 2012, 01:21:23 AM
For those interested, the Mackerras Beethoven Symphony cycle is available for just under $25 at Berkshire.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 27, 2012, 01:50:50 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 27, 2012, 01:21:23 AM
For those interested, the Mackerras Beethoven Symphony cycle is available for just under $25 at Berkshire.

Which one?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 27, 2012, 02:08:29 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 27, 2012, 01:50:50 AM
Which one?
Oops! Sorry. The one on Hyperion (Scottish Chamber Orchestra for 1-8 and Philharmonia for 9, all live I think).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 27, 2012, 02:24:05 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 27, 2012, 02:08:29 AM
Oops! Sorry. The one on Hyperion (Scottish Chamber Orchestra for 1-8 and Philharmonia for 9, all live I think).

Thanks. In that case, it's a bargain indeed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on June 27, 2012, 05:55:48 AM
The Scarlatti arrived. On first hearing alone, I'd be willing to say that it's a bargain even at full price. If anyone is on the fence, don't be!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 27, 2012, 09:05:22 AM
Ross is MUCH better than Belder. I think he plays a lot better but Belder has some strangely woolly sound on some of the discs too, especially on the piano-forte. For those who don't need that much Scarlatti, Staier is fabulous.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on June 27, 2012, 11:24:29 AM
Lorin Maazel edition (30 CD) - € 37.29 on amazon Italy

http://www.amazon.it/LORIN-MAAZEL-EDITION-Edizione-Germania/dp/B0056K4V04/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1340824802&sr=1-10 (http://www.amazon.it/LORIN-MAAZEL-EDITION-Edizione-Germania/dp/B0056K4V04/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1340824802&sr=1-10)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 27, 2012, 11:27:01 AM
Sarge will go overboard!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 27, 2012, 11:57:02 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 27, 2012, 09:05:22 AM
Ross is MUCH better than Belder. I think he plays a lot better but Belder has some strangely woolly sound on some of the discs too, especially on the piano-forte. For those who don't need that much Scarlatti, Staier is fabulous.

I have 3 (IIRC) of Staier's Scarlatti, wish he had done more. My favorites of <>10 different players.

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on June 27, 2012, 12:06:42 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on June 27, 2012, 11:24:29 AM
Lorin Maazel edition (30 CD) - € 37.29 on amazon Italy

http://www.amazon.it/LORIN-MAAZEL-EDITION-Edizione-Germania/dp/B0056K4V04/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1340824802&sr=1-10 (http://www.amazon.it/LORIN-MAAZEL-EDITION-Edizione-Germania/dp/B0056K4V04/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1340824802&sr=1-10)

A few euros cheaper at Amazon Germany at 34.97.

http://www.amazon.de/LORIN-MAAZEL-EDITION-Edizione-Germania/dp/B0056K4V04/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1340824802&sr=1-10

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 27, 2012, 05:28:07 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on June 27, 2012, 12:06:42 PM
A few euros cheaper at Amazon Germany at 34.97.

http://www.amazon.de/LORIN-MAAZEL-EDITION-Edizione-Germania/dp/B0056K4V04/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1340824802&sr=1-10

AmazonDE has the contents.

CD 1-5: Beethoven: Complete Symphonies - Cleveland Orchestra
CD 6: Beethoven: Symphonic Battle Scenes , Capriccio Italien, 1812, Wellingtons Sieg - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
CD 7: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Cleveland Orchestra
CD 8: Debussy: La Mer, Jeux, Nocturnes - Wiener Philharmoniker, Arnold Schönberg Chor
CD 9: Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 10: Holst: The Planets - L'Orchestre National de France
CD 11: Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - L'Orchestre National de France
CD 12: Ravel: Bolero - Wiener Philharmoniker
CD 13: Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 14: Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Phaéton, Danse macabre, Danse bacchanale - Pittsburgh Symhony Orchestra
CD 15-18: Sibelius: Complete Symphonies - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 19: Strauss: Ein Heldenleben - Cleveland Orchestra
CD 20-23: Strauss: Symphonische Dichtungen - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
CD 24: Stravinsky: Petrouchka, Le Chant du Rossignol,Feu d'artifice (Feuerwerk) - Wiener Philharmoniker
CD 25: Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements, The soldier's tale, Symphony Of Psalms - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
CD 26-28: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4-6 - Cleveland Orchestra
CD 29-30: Wagner: Orchestral Pieces Vol. 1&2, Berliner Philharmoniker


ETA:  An AmazonDE marketplace vendor has it for a little less (~33 Euros including shipping) but apparently doesn't ship to the US, because the system won't let me order it from him.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on June 27, 2012, 05:33:31 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 27, 2012, 05:28:07 PMAmazonDE has the contents.

CD 10: Holst: The Planets - L'Orchestre National de France

Wow, another one for the Planets thread!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on June 27, 2012, 08:07:22 PM
DVORAK Symphonies set arrived today from anazon (ordered April 24) at the stated price and shipping costed at one disc, a bargain worth waiting for..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: betty on July 02, 2012, 10:00:49 PM
Hi Folks,

Looks like a great new bargain here:

http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Masterworks-Various-Artists/dp/B008BP1OEW/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1341294984&sr=1-2&keywords=classical+masterworks

30 CDs from Sony for only US$37.51.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 03, 2012, 06:04:05 AM
Quote from: betty on July 02, 2012, 10:00:49 PM
Hi Folks,

Looks like a great new bargain here:

http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Masterworks-Various-Artists/dp/B008BP1OEW/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1341294984&sr=1-2&keywords=classical+masterworks

30 CDs from Sony for only US$37.51.

Well, at least if you are a beginner and don't have any CD's in your collection, it could be a nice way to start. Most people have a good performance of all those works (that they are interested in) after their first year in the hobby. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 03, 2012, 06:39:17 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on July 03, 2012, 06:04:05 AM
Well, at least if you are a beginner and don't have any CD's in your collection, it could be a nice way to start. Most people have a good performance of all those works (that they are interested in) after their first year in the hobby. :)

8)
I had the same reaction to the Lumieres disc that was posted here recently. Granted, it had a more narrow range, but still had a lot of popular works, and a lot of people here bought that one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 03, 2012, 06:51:03 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 03, 2012, 06:39:17 AM
I had the same reaction to the Lumieres disc that was posted here recently. Granted, it had a more narrow range, but still had a lot of popular works, and a lot of people here bought that one.

Yes, but it was much more specialized, as you say. A lot of that music was rarely recorded. This box (not even available until August, BTW) is pretty much commonly recorded items, no rarities. It appears to me to be a 'greatest hits' compilation. :)

8)

PS - Anyway, I would be surprised if "Betty" was anything but a shill for Sony. Just sayin'.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 03, 2012, 06:56:04 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 03, 2012, 06:39:17 AM
I had the same reaction to the Lumieres disc that was posted here recently. Granted, it had a more narrow range, but still had a lot of popular works, and a lot of people here bought that one.

Exactly! The narrow range and a greater 'resolution'. Between Bach and Beethoven, there were more, much more than just Mozart and Haydn. Gurn's correct in that the set to which Betty linked is likely to appeal more to someone unfamiliar with even most of the popular works.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 03, 2012, 06:58:05 AM
Quote from: The new erato on June 27, 2012, 11:27:01 AM
Sarge will go overboard!

Unfortunately (or fortunately, I can't decide) I have most of the contents already, and most everything I want.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 03, 2012, 07:00:19 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on June 27, 2012, 05:33:31 PM
Wow, another one for the Planets thread!

Maazel's Planets is worth hearing for the orchestra alone (like hearing a HIP performance is basically how M forever described it).

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 04, 2012, 06:20:55 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 03, 2012, 07:00:19 AMMaazel's Planets is worth hearing for the orchestra alone (like hearing a HIP performance is basically how M forever described it).

As opposed to the Norrington recording? ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 04, 2012, 06:23:30 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 04, 2012, 06:20:55 PM
As opposed to the Norrington recording? ???
I remember really liking the SWR Norrington Planets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: betty on July 04, 2012, 08:25:40 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on July 03, 2012, 06:04:05 AM
Well, at least if you are a beginner and don't have any CD's in your collection, it could be a nice way to start. Most people have a good performance of all those works (that they are interested in) after their first year in the hobby. :)

8)

Actually, I have around a thousand CDs, but I'm a sucker for a good box set, and at that price it's hard to go wrong.

And Gurnatron5500, a shill for Sony? No... but if Altia Vox offered to flick a few discs my way for a mention or two, I'd have BIG trouble saying no to Jordi...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 05, 2012, 07:10:47 AM
Hi,
Does anyone have a track listing of this one?

P.S. for us europeans its cheap <25 euro plus postage at amazon.de

http://www.amazon.de/Classical-Masterworks-Various-Artists/dp/B008BP1OEW/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1341294984&sr=1-2&keywords=classical+masterworks

Thanks
Jut
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 05, 2012, 07:28:26 AM
Quote from: betty on July 04, 2012, 08:25:40 PM
Actually, I have around a thousand CDs, but I'm a sucker for a good box set, and at that price it's hard to go wrong.

And Gurnatron5500, a shill for Sony? No... but if Altia Vox offered to flick a few discs my way for a mention or two, I'd have BIG trouble saying no to Jordi...

Well, if you are/were, you certainly wouldn't be the first. It's a pity that you can't get them to tell us what's on it.... :-\

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 06, 2012, 12:53:16 PM
Maybe not super cheap, but a pretty good bargain in my opinion... 9 discs for approx $25 from Amazon marketplace US.

[asin]B000W4E3OS[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 06, 2012, 05:26:07 PM
Quote from: stingo on July 06, 2012, 12:53:16 PM
Maybe not super cheap, but a pretty good bargain in my opinion... 9 discs for approx $25 from Amazon marketplace US.

[asin]B000W4E3OS[/asin]

Thank you, I just ordered it.  I've been thinking of getting that set, and $25 including s/h is good enough for me. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bumtz on July 07, 2012, 11:58:52 PM
Quote from: stingo on July 06, 2012, 12:53:16 PM
Maybe not super cheap, but a pretty good bargain in my opinion... 9 discs for approx $25 from Amazon marketplace US.

[asin]B000W4E3OS[/asin]

I got this one recently, and was very disappointed by it. Colorless playing and pretty muddy recording quality. I listened it back to back with Sofronitsky - no comparison.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 10, 2012, 05:41:05 AM
I like Lettberg myself.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 10, 2012, 06:52:45 AM
Quote from: Ken B on July 10, 2012, 05:41:05 AM
I like Lettberg myself.

+ 1 . . . like her playing very well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on July 10, 2012, 08:38:49 AM
Hi all,

Yesterday I came across a couple of box bargains from the French retailer fnac.com.  www.fnac.fr (http://www.fnac.fr)  The Brilliant Rachmaninoff Edition is selling for 18 euros (60% off).  They are also selling a 50-CD EMI box of operatic highlights, "Les Chefs d'Oeuvre de l'Opéra",  for only 12,90 euros (80% off).  I was able to get both of them for $55, including shipping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 11, 2012, 09:24:27 AM
Fnac has wised up :( They want 17 E shipping for just the Opera to the US, and the Rach is no longer at that price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 11, 2012, 09:42:54 AM
Presto www.prestoclassical.co.uk is having a clearance on DVD, mostly opera, while supplies last.
I have found Presto excellent in all ways. Shipping to the US is cheap and usually quick.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on July 11, 2012, 10:50:29 AM
Quote from: Ken B on July 11, 2012, 09:24:27 AM
Fnac has wised up :( They want 17 E shipping for just the Opera to the US, and the Rach is no longer at that price.

Ah, the fickleness of bargains.  Just looked at the fnac site - they had the Rachmaninoff box on sale as late as last night.  As for the shipping, they charged me total shipping of 19 euros -  17 euros for the EMI box but only 2 euros for the Brilliant box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 12, 2012, 08:16:14 AM
I jumped on the Rach box for ~$40 shipped to the states. Still much lower than any price I could find. Thanks op.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 12, 2012, 12:51:46 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 11, 2012, 09:42:54 AM
Presto www.prestoclassical.co.uk is having a clearance on DVD, mostly opera, while supplies last.
I have found Presto excellent in all ways. Shipping to the US is cheap and usually quick.

Many thanks for alerting us to this. Some great prices for some very interesting DVDs, and I helped myself to a nice bundle of four very affordable items. (Placed the order last night, and Presto responded with their usual efficiency and dispatched them first thing this morning.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 12, 2012, 01:21:01 PM
Quote from: stingo on July 12, 2012, 08:16:14 AM
I jumped on the Rach box for ~$40 shipped to the states. Still much lower than any price I could find. Thanks op.

Much to my astonishment, it was sitting on my front porch today awaiting my return home.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 12, 2012, 02:31:51 PM
The Rach Pack!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 12, 2012, 02:32:24 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 12, 2012, 12:51:46 PM
Many thanks for alerting us to this. Some great prices for some very interesting DVDs, and I helped myself to a nice bundle of four very affordable items. (Placed the order last night, and Presto responded with their usual efficiency and dispatched them first thing this morning.)

By inflatable dinghy!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 12, 2012, 04:45:05 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 12, 2012, 02:31:51 PM
The Rach Pack!

Well played, sir. Well played.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on July 12, 2012, 06:41:44 PM
Quote from: stingo on July 12, 2012, 01:21:01 PM
Much to my astonishment, it was sitting on my front porch today awaiting my return home.

I placed my order on Monday, and it arrived Thursday morning.  Not bad for a shipment from Paris!  You may want to check CD6 - the track containing the Isle of the Dead.  On the French Amazon site several reviewers mentioned that there was a problem with that particular track - some kind of buzzing sonic garbage.  I checked my copy and there is a problem with that particular track.  I checked other CDs in that set and I did not come across any other problems.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 12, 2012, 10:53:47 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 12, 2012, 02:32:24 PM
By inflatable dinghy!

Very likely, Karl. Although Presto and I both inhabit the same island, there's been so much rain here that the dinghies are in continual use inland.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 13, 2012, 04:59:30 AM
Quote from: MyronM on July 12, 2012, 06:41:44 PM
I placed my order on Monday, and it arrived Thursday morning.  Not bad for a shipment from Paris!  You may want to check CD6 - the track containing the Isle of the Dead.  On the French Amazon site several reviewers mentioned that there was a problem with that particular track - some kind of buzzing sonic garbage.  I checked my copy and there is a problem with that particular track.  I checked other CDs in that set and I did not come across any other problems.

Thanks for the heads up. I think I have Isle of the Dead already with Ashkenazy playing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 15, 2012, 12:30:33 PM
EMI, being a record label run by idiots, has redesigned its "Masters" series and left stores holding yards and yards of obsolete "Masters" reissues. It has managed to do so within a year of the series' inauguration! So Presto is currently running a half-off sale while supplies last (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/promo.php?promo=352&blurb=352) on CDs like these:

(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi9187372.jpg) (http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi6317702.jpg) (http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi9659322.jpg)
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi9187252.jpg) (http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi9187262.jpg) (http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi6318092.jpg)

...and MANY more. About US $4.50 for a single CD and $8 for a twofer.

I appreciate any and all recommendations, by the way. For instance, is the Ciccolini Satie a good one to have? Are there any back-catalogue surprises I should snap up?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 15, 2012, 07:51:57 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 15, 2012, 12:30:33 PM
EMI, being a record label run by idiots, has redesigned its "Masters" series and left stores holding yards and yards of obsolete "Masters" reissues. It has managed to do so within a year of the series' inauguration! So Presto is currently running a half-off sale while supplies last (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/promo.php?promo=352&blurb=352) on CDs like these:

(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi9187372.jpg) (http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi6317702.jpg) (http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi9659322.jpg)
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi9187252.jpg) (http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi9187262.jpg) (http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi6318092.jpg)

...and MANY more. About US $4.50 for a single CD and $8 for a twofer.

I appreciate any and all recommendations, by the way. For instance, is the Ciccolini Satie a good one to have? Are there any back-catalogue surprises I should snap up?

Well, considering that most of these issues were issued earlier as part of GROC or other reissue series, sometimes mulitple times, or form part of box sets,  you'd better check to see which performances you already have.  I would suggest staying away from the Muti Vivaldi, which I think has bad sonics, and get the full set of Ciccolini's Satie.  Kovacevich's Beethoven is worth it, but there is (or was) a budget 3 CD issue that had everything in this Masters issue plus some more.  I'd say the Barbirolli Mahler and English String Music CDs, and the DuPre are must haves;  Pahud playing Mozart is actually a good one, and so is the Martinon Saint Saens.  The Richter/Borodin is probably a good one, but I don't have it, and am tempted now.    And there are some EMI Masters issues not listed here--Rattle performing Beethoven 9 and Mahler 5.

But again, they're almost all available in other issues (I have the Martinon in a brand new Brillaint release, for instance), so pick and choose in the knowledge that while they may be more expensive, you can get another issue if need be.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 16, 2012, 01:36:05 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 15, 2012, 07:51:57 PM
Well, considering that most of these issues were issued earlier as part of GROC or other reissue series, sometimes mulitple times, or form part of box sets,  you'd better check to see which performances you already have.  I would suggest staying away from the Muti Vivaldi, which I think has bad sonics, and get the full set of Ciccolini's Satie.  Kovacevich's Beethoven is worth it, but there is (or was) a budget 3 CD issue that had everything in this Masters issue plus some more.  I'd say the Barbirolli Mahler and English String Music CDs, and the DuPre are must haves;  Pahud playing Mozart is actually a good one, and so is the Martinon Saint Saens.  The Richter/Borodin is probably a good one, but I don't have it, and am tempted now.    And there are some EMI Masters issues not listed here--Rattle performing Beethoven 9 and Mahler 5.

But again, they're almost all available in other issues (I have the Martinon in a brand new Brillaint release, for instance), so pick and choose in the knowledge that while they may be more expensive, you can get another issue if need be.

Thanks for that feedback! By the way, the Richter/Borodin is in the 14CD Richter EMI box, so I do have it - just haven't heard it.

I suppose I'm obliged to get the Du Pre/Baker Elgar and Barbirolli String Music, since I don't have them; Martinon S-S ($6) is an easy choice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 16, 2012, 03:38:02 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 16, 2012, 01:36:05 PM
I suppose I'm obliged to get the Du Pre/Baker Elgar and Barbirolli String Music, since I don't have them;
All of the Barbirolli discs are must haves. I already own them in earlier incarnations but am tempted to buy them again at this price!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 12:58:46 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 16, 2012, 03:38:02 PM
All of the Barbirolli discs are must haves. I already own them in earlier incarnations but am tempted to buy them again at this price!

Always worth doing Dave, because then you can listen to them twice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 17, 2012, 01:25:17 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 12:58:46 AM
Always worth doing Dave, because then you can listen to them twice.

:D Dave's high on GMG.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 17, 2012, 07:43:05 AM
Apart from the ones spotted at Amazon ES a few weeks ago, here are some new (to me) bargains.

Heinrich Schutz Edition 19 (CDs) - Brilliant - 27 (Euros, to the nearest integer... more or less equal to the USD when you deduct VAT) (http://www.amazon.es/Heinrich-Schtz-Edition-Sch%C3%BCtz/dp/B007762J4K/ref=zg_bsnr_661544031_44)

A Secret Labyrinth 15 - Sony - 21 (http://www.amazon.es/Secret-Labyrinth-Huelgas-Ensemble-Nevel/dp/B00205RKMO/ref=zg_bs_661544031_76)

Complete Scarlatti Sonatas 34 - Warner - 48 (http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Keyboard-Sonatatas-Scott-Ross/dp/B0009MWAVQ/ref=pd_sim_m_43)

F. Couperin Keyboard Works 10 - Warner - 18 (http://www.amazon.es/Integrale-Des-Livres-Pieces-Clavec/dp/B000OCZ7WK/ref=pd_sim_m_12)

Documents of the Munich Years (James Levine) 12 - Oehms - 23 (http://www.amazon.es/Documents-Munich-Years-Ben-Heppner/dp/B0006SKUXS/ref=zg_bs_661544031_72)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 17, 2012, 08:01:29 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 12:58:46 AM
Always worth doing Dave, because then you can listen to them twice.
Great idea, Alan!

Quote from: Opus106 on July 17, 2012, 01:25:17 AM
:D Dave's high on GMG.
;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 17, 2012, 08:54:17 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 12:58:46 AM
Always worth doing Dave, because then you can listen to them twice.
(http://www.wnff.net/Smileys/wnff/lmao.gif)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on July 17, 2012, 11:35:18 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 17, 2012, 07:43:05 AM
Apart from the ones spotted at Amazon ES a few weeks ago, here are some new (to me) bargains.

A Secret Labyrinth 15 - Sony - 21 (http://www.amazon.es/Secret-Labyrinth-Huelgas-Ensemble-Nevel/dp/B00205RKMO/ref=zg_bs_661544031_76)


Thank you for the heads-up, Nav, particulary this one !!  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 12:05:41 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 17, 2012, 08:54:17 AM
(http://www.wnff.net/Smileys/wnff/lmao.gif)

I suppose this is a man listening to his CDs twice - one playing from a speaker above him, and the other from his left?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 17, 2012, 01:06:48 PM
I plan on ordering that Secret Labyrinth box--it's only been on my wishlist for over a year now
But poking around I found these two that seem good deals, and I will probably be throwing them into the cart to help justify the shipping charge.
http://www.amazon.es/Sämtliche-Sinfonien-1-10-GA-Orchesterlieder/dp/B003LQSHBO/ref=pd_sim_m_1
Sinopoli's Mahler for  19.99 Euros
http://www.amazon.es/Gustav-Leonhardt-The-Edition-CdS/dp/B00186JBT6/ref=pd_cp_m_1
The 15 CD Leonhardt Edition for 18.90 Euros
From what I remember these two items are listed there for considerably less than on Amazon US/MP.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on July 17, 2012, 01:17:45 PM
The Glenn Gould Beethoven sonata partial cycle (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0085MK2O4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE) (6CD) out in September has dropped from £20 to £11.82 today.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on July 17, 2012, 04:21:55 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 17, 2012, 01:06:48 PM
http://www.amazon.es/Sämtliche-Sinfonien-1-10-GA-Orchesterlieder/dp/B003LQSHBO/ref=pd_sim_m_1
Sinopoli's Mahler for  19.99 Euros
Run, don't walk! I forked over a C-note and have never regretted it. One of the best integral sets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 17, 2012, 06:39:08 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on July 17, 2012, 04:21:55 PM
Run, don't walk! I forked over a C-note and have never regretted it. One of the best integral sets.

Don't worry,  I ordered it almost immediately afterwards.  Results in the Purchases thread.

Meanwhile, on another front,  Arkivmusic is now offering (through 8/5 or so) the 3-CD Herreweghe/Bach set which Harmonia Mundi issued last year, for $11.99 each, or $9.99 each if you order at least three.  So I'll put the four I didn't get last year for about twice that price in my cart there.
That's basically each one for the price of 1 CD or less, so even though I'll be duplicating some previous purchases--I have some of the individual CDs in their original or HMGold incarnations, which is why I didn't get two of the four last year--it's a steal to get these now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on July 19, 2012, 11:33:14 AM
Maazel/VPO Mahler cycle at € 19.01 on Amazon Spain. (http://www.amazon.es/Syms-1-10-Kinde-Gustav-Mahler/dp/B00006J45S/ref=zg_bs_661544031_22)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 20, 2012, 03:12:08 AM
The Toscanini box set is just under £75 from a number of market place sellers on Amazon UK.  Some complaints about 1 of the disks, but Sony are doing a disk replacement programme apparently. 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B006VKKAWQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B006VKKAWQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on July 20, 2012, 03:17:12 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on July 19, 2012, 11:33:14 AM
Maazel/VPO Mahler cycle at € 19.01 on Amazon Spain. (http://www.amazon.es/Syms-1-10-Kinde-Gustav-Mahler/dp/B00006J45S/ref=zg_bs_661544031_22)

8)

Sadly, there will be few takers  :'(

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 20, 2012, 03:39:54 AM
Is that the set thay cannot give away, Sarge?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on July 20, 2012, 06:50:42 AM
With amazon.com pricing this does not seem like super-duper cheap, but I got it for 16 pounds (without VAT) on amazon.co.uk.  All 6 discs of Franck Bridge as recorded by Hickox. 

[asin]B0085AXSE2[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 20, 2012, 08:50:41 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 15, 2012, 07:51:57 PM
.....and get the full set of Ciccolini's Satie. 

There's a 5 CD box of these on the new issues list for August. Cheap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 20, 2012, 08:55:52 AM
Quote from: The new erato on July 20, 2012, 08:50:41 AM
There's a 5 CD box of these on the new issues list for August. Cheap.

A "welcome back" is in order, I think. :)

It's the fourth time that collection is being released, with the last one coming out not very long ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 20, 2012, 09:03:56 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 20, 2012, 08:55:52 AM
A "welcome back" is in order, I think. :)

It's the fourth time that collection is being released, with the last one coming out not very long ago.

Searching NML, I find...

(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/others/0724356899452.gif)(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/others/0724356726055.gif)(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/others/5099963180954.gif)
(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/others/5099990723650.gif)(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/others/5099967815357.gif)(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/others/5099908262851.gif)

Plus searching Presto, I find...

(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi6318092.jpg)(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi6483612.jpg)(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi5856022.jpg)
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi5745342.jpg)(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi6858242.jpg)


And the new release:

(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi7044732.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 20, 2012, 09:06:56 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 20, 2012, 09:03:56 AM
Searching NML, I find...

I meant the set of 5 CDs, of course.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 20, 2012, 09:15:50 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 20, 2012, 09:06:56 AM
I meant the set of 5 CDs, of course.

Of course. I thought this a particularly absurd example of EMI's constant recycling of recordings, so I threw in all the other issues too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 20, 2012, 09:50:33 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 20, 2012, 09:03:56 AM
Searching NML, I find...

(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/others/0724356899452.gif)

is the one I have.  I was going to simply say "the one with the top hat", but realized that there's more than one that can be described this way.   Unless you call it "the top hat in your face cover".
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drasko on July 20, 2012, 10:09:55 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 20, 2012, 09:15:50 AM
Of course. I thought this a particularly absurd example of EMI's constant recycling of recordings, so I threw in all the other issues too.

In this particular case problem is multiplied because Ciccolini recorded complete Satie for EMI twice: analogue late 60s and digital mid 80s set.

(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/others/0724356899452.gif)(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi5745342.jpg)

These are analogue 60s

(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi6483612.jpg)(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/others/0724356726055.gif)(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/others/5099963180954.gif)

Not sure about these, different sites give different dates

(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi5856022.jpg)(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi6318092.jpg)

These should be digital
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 20, 2012, 11:11:42 AM
Attention! Calling Que! Que, do you read me?

Gustav Leonhardt Edition Warner Classics - 36 Euros at Amazon ES (http://www.amazon.es/Gustav-Leonhardt-Edition/dp/B00181GGTY/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_5)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 20, 2012, 02:22:17 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 20, 2012, 11:11:42 AM
Attention! Calling Que! Que, do you read me?

Gustav Leonhardt Edition Warner Classics - 36 Euros at Amazon ES (http://www.amazon.es/Gustav-Leonhardt-Edition/dp/B00181GGTY/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_5)

Absolutely! :o :D Would you believe I had already planned to look for that particular box set?

Seems that Amazon.es is doing some effective persuasion to get our business! :)

THANKS! :) :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on July 20, 2012, 05:57:08 PM
Quote from: Que on July 20, 2012, 02:22:17 PM
Absolutely! :o :D Would you believe I had already planned to look for that particular box set?

Seems that Amazon.es is doing some effective persuasion to get our business! :)

THANKS! :) :)

Q

I got this set over a year ago at some great price before the price went way up ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 21, 2012, 12:42:51 AM
Quote from: Que on July 20, 2012, 02:22:17 PM
Would you believe I had already planned to look for that particular box set?

Q

It's not a coincidence (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,9.msg632941.html#msg632941). ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 21, 2012, 06:31:59 AM
Que, I hope you already ordered it, because the price is now back up over 60 Euros.
On the other hand, the smaller Sony 15 CD set I ordered is still at 18.90 Euros
http://www.amazon.es/Gustav-Leonhardt-The-Edition-CdS/dp/B00186JBT6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 21, 2012, 06:36:48 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 21, 2012, 06:31:59 AM
Que, I hope you already ordered it, because the price is now back up over 60 Euros.

:'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 07:29:45 AM
Quote from: Que on July 21, 2012, 06:36:48 AM
:'( :'( :'(

Yeah, I hear you.  The same happened to me with that Bach Organ Works set by Olivier Vernet ...   >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 21, 2012, 07:40:07 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 07:29:45 AM
The same happened to me with that Bach Organ Works set by Olivier Vernet ...   >:(

That was one-of-a-kind. It came down to a hundredth of a Euro. And it would have still been a bargain with JPC's atrocious shipping rate slapped on.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 21, 2012, 08:00:03 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 07:29:45 AM
Yeah, I hear you.  The same happened to me with that Bach Organ Works set by Olivier Vernet ...   >:(

Perhaps I get another shot at the Leonhardt set some time in the future. :) Sory for waisting the opportunity, Navneeth!  :-\

I was still busy deciding on stuff to go with - I guess someone was less fussy... ;D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 21, 2012, 08:08:28 AM
Quote from: Que on July 21, 2012, 08:00:03 AM
Sory for waisting the opportunity, Navneeth!  :-\

???

No problemo, Que. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 08:56:47 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 21, 2012, 07:40:07 AM
That was one-of-a-kind. It came down to a hundredth of a Euro. And it would have still been a bargain with JPC's atrocious shipping rate slapped on.

I have never placed a real big order with JPC (usually under 100 Euro) and if that one-price shipping of 13 Euro applies, then its shipping rate is not that atrocious compared with MDT where I routinely pay over £10 (with no cap) in shipping to the States ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 08:57:53 AM
Quote from: Que on July 21, 2012, 08:00:03 AM
Perhaps I get another shot at the Leonhardt set some time in the future. :) Sory for waisting the opportunity, Navneeth!  :-\

I was still busy deciding on stuff to go with - I guess someone was less fussy... ;D

Q

It all comes down to timing and nobody can catch every great sale ...     :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 21, 2012, 09:16:50 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 08:56:47 AM
I have never placed a real big order with JPC (usually under 100 Euro) and if that one-price shipping of 13 Euro applies, then its shipping rate is not that atrocious compared with MDT where I routinely pay over £10 (with no cap) in shipping to the States ...

24.99 to my neck of the woods.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 09:29:36 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 21, 2012, 09:16:50 AM
24.99 to my neck of the woods.

Is this among the highest shipping rates for JPC?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 21, 2012, 10:00:10 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on July 21, 2012, 09:29:36 AM
Is this among the highest shipping rates for JPC?

Possibly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 09:43:26 AM
BARGAIN ALERT!

The whole Rise of the Masters series is on sale for $1.99 a pop. The world's best music with the world's worst covers at the world's best price. Some name performers in there. Definitely worth the risk.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=100+supreme+classical+masterpieces+rise+of+the+masters&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A100+supreme+classical+masterpieces+rise+of+the+masters
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 10:03:27 AM
Yeah, I've seen those around. Pretty good, eh?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 24, 2012, 10:13:23 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 24, 2012, 10:03:27 AM
Yeah, I've seen those around. Pretty good, eh?

Hmm.

Obviously, I could not speak generally with any authority, so take this as a single data point.  But years ago, I picked up the Chopin waltzes played by Tomsic, and found that CD to be an eminently forgettable musical experience.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 10:20:41 AM
Hmm.

http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Nocturnes-Peter-Schmalfuss/dp/B000002X8F
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 10:21:43 AM
The Tchaikovsky collection includes performances by Neeme Jarvi, Paavo Bergland and Leif Segerstam. The Debussy has Noriko Ogawa. There's some very good stuff in there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 24, 2012, 10:25:50 AM
Oh-ho! Dig ye this (http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-The-14-Waltzes-Frederic/product-reviews/B000002XBE/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1):

QuoteDubravka Tomsic never recorded the 14 waltzes!
In a recent conversation with Miss Tomsic, she stated that she has never recorded Chopin's 14 waltzes. The German company which produced this CD is using her great name erroneously. Whoever the artist is, he or she is competent at best, but definitely not Dubravka Tomsic.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 24, 2012, 10:26:51 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 10:21:43 AM
The Tchaikovsky collection includes performances by Neeme Jarvi, Paavo Bergland and Leif Segerstam. The Debussy has Noriko Ogawa. There's some very good stuff in there.

And some dodgy stuff . . . music-piracy-laundering? . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 10:26:56 AM
Yikes.

But, heck, what do you want for 2 smackers?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 10:29:52 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 24, 2012, 10:26:51 AM
And some dodgy stuff . . . music-piracy-laundering? . . .

Welcome to the Internet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 24, 2012, 10:31:48 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 24, 2012, 10:26:56 AM
Yikes.

But, heck, what do you want for 2 smackers?

I see your point, mate.

And indeed, it was with a thought no great distance from that that I was thinking, Hm, 100 Chopin tracks for $2, eh?

And I saw the "Tomsic" (which now we know is not Tomsic), and I saw recordings which you can't give away . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on July 24, 2012, 10:34:19 AM
What's the point of advertising pirated garbage here?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on July 24, 2012, 10:35:53 AM
Quote from: Fafner on July 24, 2012, 10:34:19 AM
What's the point of advertising pirated garbage here?

Must be the price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 10:36:52 AM
Quote from: Fafner on July 24, 2012, 10:34:19 AM
What's the point of advertising pirated garbage here?

I doubt the OP knew it was "pirated garbage."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 11:25:26 AM
I still don't think it's pirated garbage, regardless of what one unverified anecdotal story says. There are some very good recordings in these collections and the price is a real bargain. These sets have been on sale since November of last year on the largest music retail site on the planet. That's more than enough time and visibility for lawyers to get involved if it was pirated. That isn't my business. If I had to verify the copyright on every record I bought, I'd have no time to listen to music. I'll leave that to the rights holders. If they don't care, neither do I.

The music business has changed. The price is no longer a determiner of quality or legitimacy. If a recording exists, and it isn't by Herbert von Karajan or one of the other instantly recognizable names, it is pretty much unsalable at any price on CD. Heck, even HvK, Leonard Bernstein, Reiner, Munch and Toscanini are selling for a little over a dollar a CD. What do you do with otherwise fine Tchaikovsky recordings by Neeme Jaarvi or Leif Segerstam?

Sets like this serve some very good purposes... They offer an easy entry into classical music for newbies; they allow seasoned collectors to explore composers, works and performers they might not otherwise be aware of with at no risk; and they provide an outlet for performers to be heard that can't get signed to a big label because of the downturn of the market for classical CDs.

Go ahead and judge music by its price. That's fine if classical music is a status symbol to you. But some of us just like music and appreciate the opportunity to sample a wide swath of it for a couple of bucks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 11:30:25 AM
A while back I downloaded The 99 Essential Handel Masterpieces and still haven't had a chance to listen to the whole thing! I don't remember how much it cost but it was cheap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 11:35:26 AM
Is this one Tomsic?

http://www.amazon.com/Scarlatti-Keyboard-Sonatas-Domenico/dp/B000002X81/ref=sr_1_36?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1343158177&sr=1-36

Same label. Same series. Good reviews.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 24, 2012, 11:38:08 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 24, 2012, 11:30:25 AM
A while back I downloaded The 99 Essential Handel Masterpieces and still haven't had a chance to listen to the whole thing! I don't remember how much it cost but it was cheap.

You're certainly taken for a ride. Handel never wrote so many masterpieces.


*Checks for any rabid Handel fans, before attempting to run away...*
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 11:40:54 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 24, 2012, 11:38:08 AM
You're certainly taken for a ride. Handel never wrote so many masterpieces.


*Checks for any rabid Handel fans, before attempting to run away...*

How many did he write?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 24, 2012, 11:44:58 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 24, 2012, 11:40:54 AM
How many did he write?

He wasn't able to handle many. The Halleuljah chorus, the one with water and the other with fireworks. So four.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 11:45:52 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 24, 2012, 11:44:58 AM
He wasn't able to handle many. The Halleuljah chorus, the one with water and the other with fireworks. So four.

That'll sure cut back on my listening time. Thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 24, 2012, 11:47:07 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 11:35:26 AM
Is this one Tomsic?

http://www.amazon.com/Scarlatti-Keyboard-Sonatas-Domenico/dp/B000002X81/ref=sr_1_36?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1343158177&sr=1-36

Same label. Same series. Good reviews.
I'm interested in this one too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 24, 2012, 11:51:28 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 24, 2012, 11:45:52 AM
That'll sure cut back on my listening time. Thanks!

That of course is utterly bogus. Op106 needs an ear-rootering.


Quote from: Opus106 on July 24, 2012, 11:38:08 AM
*Checks for any rabid Handel fans, before attempting to run away...*

Too late...


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 11:54:48 AM
Dang.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 11:58:07 AM
If you click on Tomsic's name at Amazon, you'll find that apparently the only recordings she has in print are on that German label. If some are legally released, which I can't imagine not being the case when there's dozens of collections listed, why would she point to just one? Could she be trying to distance herself from a recording she made on an off day?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 24, 2012, 12:11:40 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 11:58:07 AM
If you click on Tomsic's name at Amazon, you'll find that apparently the only recordings she has in print are on that German label. If some are legally released, which I can't imagine not being the case when there's dozens of collections listed, why would she point to just one? Could she be trying to distance herself from a recording she made on an off day?

No. A lot of those obscure 80s German labels used fake artists or falsely attributed recordings to real artists. e.g. the PILZ label has tons of recordings by the "South German Philharmonic" and "London Festival Orchestra" which were really a pickup band of musicians cobbled together in a studio by a businessman looking to con the record labels. Some of the artists on those labels (like Alberto Lizzio (http://www.abruckner.com/Data/articles/articlesenglish/berkyjohnpseudonym/pseudonyms.pdf)) were entirely fictitious; others, like Hans Swarowsky, saw their names plastered on CDs they never recorded at all.

Tomsic's webpage (http://www.dispeker.com/page/tomsic.html) confirms she recorded the Scarlatti.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 12:30:47 PM
Well, there's one more... Mendelssohn.
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Mendelssohn-Masterpieces-Amazon-Exclusive/dp/B003O3RJ40/

At these prices, I can afford to find out. I'm in the process of downloading all of the Rise of the Masters series and I'll see.


Mozart
http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005VZR2I2/

Grieg
http://www.amazon.com/Grieg-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005VZOZJ6/

Beethoven
http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005W26W12/

Chopin
http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005W28SQO/

Schubert
http://www.amazon.com/Schubert-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005W23THC/

Bach
http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005WW94ZS/

Debussy
http://www.amazon.com/Debussy-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005VZN1HI/

Tchaikovsky
http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005W29340/

Schumann
http://www.amazon.com/Schumann-Masters-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces/dp/B006ABZY7C/

Vivaldi
http://www.amazon.com/Vivaldi-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005W3GI88/

Handel
http://www.amazon.com/Handel-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005VZMNYA/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 24, 2012, 02:53:50 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 24, 2012, 11:54:48 AM
Dang.

;D



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: pbarach on July 24, 2012, 04:58:22 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 11:35:26 AM
Is this one Tomsic?

http://www.amazon.com/Scarlatti-Keyboard-Sonatas-Domenico/dp/B000002X81/ref=sr_1_36?s=music&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1343158177&amp;sr=1-36

Same label. Same series. Good reviews.
Yes, it's Tomsic. Well recorded, beautifully played. It's one of my favorite Scarlatti discs, along with Babayan.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on July 24, 2012, 05:24:33 PM
2 ten-disc sets from Sony next month of chamber music,   EUR 17.99 each (less if exported)at amazon.de
[asin]B00896P6F6[/asin]set 2 :CD 1 | Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D. 956 (Juilliard String Quartet, Bernard Greenhouse)
CD 2 | Verdi: String Quartet | Sibelius: String Quartet "Voces intimae" (Juilliard String Quartet)
CD 3 | Mozart: Divertimentos K. 136-138, 12 German Dances (Ensemble Wien)
CD 4 | Strauss, Britten: Sonatas for Cello & Piano (Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax)
CD 5 | Schubert: Piano Quintet "Trout" | Mozart: Clarinet Quintet "Stadler" (Rudolf Serkin, Jaime Laredo, Harold Wright, Leslie Parnas u.a.)
CD 6 | Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15 | Gubaidulina: Rejoice! (Gidon Kremer, Yo-Yo Ma, Kim Kashkashian, Daniel Phillips)
CD 7 | Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Music for Four Hands (Tal & Groethuysen)
CD 8 | Haydn: London Trios Nos. 1-4, Divertimentos Nos. 2 & 6 (Jean-Pierre Rampal, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich)
CD 9 | Webern, Gielen: String Quartets (Artis Quartett)
CD 10 | Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Sonatas for Cello & Piano (Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax)
set 1: CD 1 | Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (Juilliard String Quartet)
CD 2 | Carter: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4, Duo for Violin & Piano (Juilliard String Quartet, Christopher Oldfather)
CD 3 | Schumann: Sonatas and Romances for Clarinet & Piano (Charles Neidich, Leonard Hokanson)
CD 4 | Brahms: Piano Quartets, Op. 25 & Op. 60 (Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma)
CD 5 | Brahms: Piano Quartet, Op. 26 (Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma)
CD 6 | Mozart: Divertimento K. 334, Quintet K. 577, Adagio & Rondo K. 617 (Jean-Pierre Rampal, Pierre Pierlot, Trio Pasquier u.a.)
CD 7 | Mozart: Haydn Quartets K. 387 & K. 421 (417b) (Artis Quartett)
CD 8 | Mozart: Haydn Quartets K. 428 (421b) & K. 458 ("The Hunt") (Artis Quartett)
CD 9 | Mozart: Haydn Quartets K. 464 & K. 465 ("Dissonance") (Artis Quartett)
CD 10 | Nielsen, Taffanel: Wind Quintets (Ensemble Wien-Berlin)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 05:57:59 PM
Still downloading. Noting some of what I hear as I bounce through what I've downloaded so far...

Schubert: Rosamunde Slovak Philharmonic Orch/Warchal - Spirited performance, great sound

Schubert: Winterreise Matti Tavela/Ralf Gothoni - Not the best Tavela I've heard, but very touching and well recorded

Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu in C Sharp Major Freddy Kempf - Holy cow! No lack of technique here! It's not Rubinstein, but it's darn go

Beethoven: Symphony No 6 Pastoral - Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra/Kakhidze - I didn't have much hope for this but it was quite respectable. Fine sound.

Schubert: Symphony No 8 Unfinished - RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra/Nanut - Excellent performance! Sound is reasonably good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 24, 2012, 11:46:47 PM
20 Euros (less VAT if you're outside EU) at amazon.es:

[asin]B006O51CSY[/asin]

http://www.amazon.es/La-Obra-Orquestal-Orq-Lyon-Markl/dp/B006O51CSY/ref=lh_ni_t (http://www.amazon.es/La-Obra-Orquestal-Orq-Lyon-Markl/dp/B006O51CSY/ref=lh_ni_t)

9 discs and tons of rarities and orchestrations.

2 are listed as in stock, but I just bought one of them.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 25, 2012, 04:46:19 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 05:57:59 PM
Beethoven: Symphony No 6 Pastoral - Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra/Kakhidze - I didn't have much hope for this but it was quite respectable. Fine sound.

They're your ears, and you are at liberty to use them as you please . . . but with all the outstanding Beethoven available, personally I haven't the time for the merely quite respectable.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 25, 2012, 10:24:17 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 20, 2012, 11:11:42 AM
Gustav Leonhardt Edition Warner Classics - 36 Euros at Amazon ES (http://www.amazon.es/Gustav-Leonhardt-Edition/dp/B00181GGTY/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_5)

Now, it's the turn of Amazon UK.

About 29 Pounds, without VAT (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00181GGTY/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21)

Not quite at the same price-point, but considering that you have to pay postage on a per-item basis (or not at all, if you can have it shipped for free), it's a better deal methinks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 11:19:59 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 25, 2012, 04:46:19 AM
They're your ears, and you are at liberty to use them as you please . . . but with all the outstanding Beethoven available, personally I haven't the time for the merely quite respectable.

You totally miss the point of these sets. It isn't to get the "best" version available. It's to get a large chunk of music to sample that you aren't as familiar with. I started out sampling things I was familiar with to get a feeling for performance quality. So far, I've only found one piece, Schubert's Octet, that isn't worth the time to listen to. Everything else has been very good. Several have been truly outstanding. I suppose it's like Naxos. You aren't getting the internationally famous names, but that doesn't mean it isn't good.

If you already have all of this music and aren't interested in hearing different performers and recordings of it, this set isn't for you. But if you think these aren't worth listening to, you're sorely mistaken.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 25, 2012, 11:26:01 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 11:19:59 AM
So far, I've only found one piece, Schubert's Octet, that isn't worth the time to listen to.
?????

Glorious music so I sincerely hope its the performance/recording?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 25, 2012, 11:33:21 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 11:19:59 AM
You totally miss the point of these sets. It isn't to get the "best" version available. It's to get a large chunk of music to sample that you aren't as familiar with. I started out sampling things I was familiar with to get a feeling for performance quality. So far, I've only found one piece, Schubert's Octet, that isn't worth the time to listen to. Everything else has been very good. Several have been truly outstanding. I suppose it's like Naxos. You aren't getting the internationally famous names, but that doesn't mean it isn't good.

If you already have all of this music and aren't interested in hearing different performers and recordings of it, this set isn't for you. But if you think these aren't worth listening to, you're sorely mistaken.

No, I don't miss the point of the sets at all, which is to bundle a passel of mediocre-to-passable performances which ordinarily would not sell, at so low a price point that they will.

I think you are missing my points, which I repeat:

1. Some of the recordings there included, which I already know, are Dull with a capital D.
1a. We've since learnt that provenance is an issue with some of the recordings being recycled in these budget sets.
2. I do already have much of the lit represented in the budget sets, so of course I have no interest in spending even a pittance on a bundle of recordings, most of which I should not consider worth the time to listen to.
3. In principle, sure, I like to listen to alternative recordings/performances of music I already know.  But quite respectable is a disappointingly low threshold for, if not the majority, a large minority of the readership here at GMG.
4. All told, the primary driver for these sets is, it only costs $2. But selling a burger for $1 doesn't make it more nutritious, doesn't make it anything more than a burger.


Quote from: The new erato on July 25, 2012, 11:26:01 AM
?????

Glorious music so I sincerely hope its the performance/recording?

Well, in that cheap set, maybe it's so dishwatery a performance, that he can be forgiven for thinking that the fault lies in the piece itself ; )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on July 25, 2012, 12:04:27 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 11:25:26 AM


Sets like this serve some very good purposes... They offer an easy entry into classical music for newbies; they allow seasoned collectors to explore composers, works and performers they might not otherwise be aware of with at no risk;

I disagree about the value of those sets to seasoned collectors.  With little exception, the veteran collector already knows all this music and possesses multiple versions of superb quality.  So these sets would just be a waste of time and space.

What I don't understand is why you are so hot-to-trot about the referenced sets.  Perhaps they have value for newbies, but that's about it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 12:05:55 PM
Quote from: The new erato on July 25, 2012, 11:26:01 AM
????? Glorious music so I sincerely hope its the performance/recording?

Re: Schubert's Octet

It's by the Schweitzer Octet. It sounds like an underrehearsed playthrough- professional, but they don't have the spark.

The Rosamunde is fantastic. It's the best I've heard, and the Unfinished Symphony is excellent. I don't know much about Nanut and RTV Slovenia, but they definitely deserve more attention. I have a CD by Warchal and the Slovak on Naxos I believe. The name sounds familiar.

There are a lot of orchestras in Eastern Europe that are very accomplished, but we don't hear about them much in the US. This is very interesting to get to hear what the other side of the world hears.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 12:13:12 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 25, 2012, 11:33:21 AM
No, I don't miss the point of the sets at all, which is to bundle a passel of mediocre-to-passable performances which ordinarily would not sell, at so low a price point that they will.

I think you are missing my points, which I repeat:

1. Some of the recordings there included, which I already know, are Dull with a capital D.
1a. We've since learnt that provenance is an issue with some of the recordings being recycled in these budget sets.
2. I do already have much of the lit represented in the budget sets, so of course I have no interest in spending even a pittance on a bundle of recordings, most of which I should not consider worth the time to listen to.
3. In principle, sure, I like to listen to alternative recordings/performances of music I already know.  But quite respectable is a disappointingly low threshold for, if not the majority, a large minority of the readership here at GMG.
4. All told, the primary driver for these sets is, it only costs $2. But selling a burger for $1 doesn't make it more nutritious, doesn't make it anything more than a burger.


Well, in that cheap set, maybe it's so dishwatery a performance, that he can be forgiven for thinking that the fault lies in the piece itself ; )

I looked at the Mozart set.  A fair fraction of it appear to be (based on labeling) BIS recordings by highly rated artists like Martin Frost, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Tapiola Sinfonietta, etc.  But since several recordings distributed by this label have been found to be of dubious provenance, it seems quite possible that these recordings are not what they are represented to be (perhaps someone who has them would be interested to confirm them), or are being used without the permission of the original publisher. 

It seems odd to me that BIS would license this outfit to sell the contents of 10 of its full price CDs for a total of $2.  That makes me uncomfortable.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on July 25, 2012, 12:14:33 PM
The Belder/Scarlatti set is at €36 on Amazon Spain here (http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Keyboard-Sonatas-Pieter-Jan-Belder/dp/B000V7UN68/ref=zg_bs_661544031_11)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 12:18:22 PM
Quote from: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 12:13:12 PMIt seems odd to me that BIS would license this outfit to sell the contents of 10 of its full price CDs for a total of $2.  That makes me uncomfortable.

Could BIS have licensed the recordings from some other publisher with an exclusive only for CD sales? It seems to me that if it wasn't properly licensed, one phone call to Amazon would get it pulled.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 12:32:26 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 12:18:22 PM
Could BIS have licensed the recordings from some other publisher with an exclusive only for CD sales? It seems to me that if it wasn't properly licensed, one phone call to Amazon would get it pulled.

As far as I am aware, BIS uses its own production team for all recordings.  I have a lot of BIS recordings and do not know of any instance where they distributed recordings that they did not make in-house.  Some of the recordings included in the set are high profile enough that BIS released them on SACD. 

Labels like BIS can be small operations, and I doubt they have people scouring the internet looking for bootleg copies of their recordings.  In any case, I just sent an e-mail to the address BIS displays on their web site with link to the Amazon offer, asking if these are legitimately licensed.  Maybe they are.  That would be bad, because it would indicate a disturbing level of desperation at BIS.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 12:47:59 PM
Send them a donation!

I bet you get upset every time you see a Brilliant Classics box set too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 12:57:10 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 12:47:59 PM
Send them a donation!

I bet you get upset every time you see a Brilliant Classics box set too!

I have no problem with Brilliant Classics since they sell recordings they have produced themselves, or recordings they have legitimately licensed from other companies.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 01:17:17 PM
How do you know that? How do you know that these MP3s aren't licensed?

I'm betting that there is a publishing company in Czechoslovakia or Russia or somewhere that is sitting on tons of recordings by regional orchestras produced before the fall of the Berlin wall. They probably didn't pay much for the recordings so they're willing to license them to just about anyone with a dollar in their hand. Since they aren't EMI or DGG, they don't catalog their stuff well and occasionally ship off masters with misspelled and incorrect names. None of this is illegal or immoral. And just because we in the West don't recognize the names, it doesn't mean that the music is inferior. For every Melodiya and Supraphon that exported to the West, there are probably a dozen labels that didn't.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 01:33:49 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 01:17:17 PM
How do you know that? How do you know that these MP3s aren't licensed?

I'm betting that there is a publishing company in Czechoslovakia or Russia or somewhere that is sitting on tons of recordings by regional orchestras produced before the fall of the Berlin wall. They probably didn't pay much for the recordings so they're willing to license them to just about anyone with a dollar in their hand. Since they aren't EMI or DGG, they don't catalog their stuff well and occasionally ship off masters with misspelled and incorrect names. None of this is illegal or immoral. And just because we in the West don't recognize the names, it doesn't mean that the music is inferior. For every Melodiya and Supraphon that exported to the West, there are probably a dozen labels that didn't.

I did not say I knew for a fact that the MP3's were not licensed.  But what you wrote above is simply nonsense.  I am not referring to recordings from sketchy labels from former communist states.  The recordings I mentioned are from an audiophile Swedish record label made with presigious ensembles.

Looking at the Mozart release

http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005VZR2I2/

The serenade matches this release
B000KI8OQE -  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51k13LasmjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

The piano sonatas match this release
[asin]B0000016P2[/asin]

The Gran Partita matches this release
[asin]B00005TNB4[/asin]

The Clarinet Concerto and quintet matches this release
[asin]B0000CEOLQ[/asin]

Piano Concertos match this
[asin]B000027F0G[/asin]

Those are the ones I recognized just looking down the list by eye.   Others in the set seem to be recordings by obscure ensembles, and it could be that they were plucked from the back catalogs of bankrupt record labels.  But it seems implausible that BIS would licence these recordings to be sold for 2 cents per track.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 25, 2012, 01:47:22 PM
Surely it is Amazons decision on how much to sell them for, they buy a licence to sell not a licence to maintain a labels preferred pricing structure?

The UK amazon site is charging full wack :( well relatively 6.49 for 100 tracks :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 01:51:07 PM
Even RCA, EMI and DGG are selling the jewels in their crown for a dollar a CD or less in big collections. The market for Western European classical recordings may not be any better than that of Eastern European ones. And just because it's a Swedish performer and not a Ukranian or Czech one, it doesn't mean that the ensembles aren't prestigious in their own land.

Also, when a label goes bankrupt, the rights to their catalog might be sold off for pennies on the dollar to someone intending to sell $9 MP3 megaboxes. There is nothing dishonest or sketchy about that.

These sets are top sellers in the classical department of the largest music retailer in the world. It's not like buying a wrist watch from a guy in a trenchcoat. The classical music market isn't what it was in the 80s. What might have been true then isn't necessarily true now. It's a buyers' market, and it's silly to base assumptions about quality on the price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 01:59:57 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on July 25, 2012, 01:47:22 PM
Surely it is Amazons decision on how much to sell them for, they buy a licence to sell not a licence to maintain a labels preferred pricing structure?

The UK amazon site is charging full wack :( well relatively 6.49 for 100 tracks :)

That's complicated.  Sometimes publishers explicitly forbid vendors like Amazon from offering too steep a discount.  This is a major issue with Kindle Editions of books.  But in any case, the publisher would presumably demand a certain price per track, which would practically prevent Amazon or anyone else for selling for less than that amount.  BIS sells these recordings for $0.99 per track.  Would they license the same tracks to X5 music group so cheaply that they could be sold for $0.02?  Maybe they would. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 25, 2012, 02:09:43 PM
Quote from: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 01:59:57 PMBIS sells these recordings for $0.99 per track.

That's an assumption. They may be $0.99 on Amazon, but prices are variable on Classicsonline, and they're especially variable on BIS's preferred MP3 download site, eClassical, where prices are tied to track length. As you can see (http://www.eclassical.com/performers/ullen-fredrik/liszt-messiaen-piano-music.html), some tracks are $0.22 and some are $1.82.

For the record, put me on the side of those who believe BIS is NOT involved in this effort. I believe this because BIS has their own line of ultra-cheap MP3 download sets at Amazon, which are marketed under the BIS label as actual BIS products. For example, this one. (http://www.amazon.com/Glazunov-The-Complete-Symphonies/dp/B004RG2B1O/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1343254146&sr=301-2)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 02:33:27 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 25, 2012, 02:09:43 PM
That's an assumption. They may be $0.99 on Amazon, but prices are variable on Classicsonline, and they're especially variable on BIS's preferred MP3 download site, eClassical, where prices are tied to track length. As you can see (http://www.eclassical.com/performers/ullen-fredrik/liszt-messiaen-piano-music.html), some tracks are $0.22 and some are $1.82.

For the record, put me on the side of those who believe BIS is NOT involved in this effort. I believe this because BIS has their own line of ultra-cheap MP3 download sets at Amazon, which are marketed under the BIS label as actual BIS products. For example, this one. (http://www.amazon.com/Glazunov-The-Complete-Symphonies/dp/B004RG2B1O/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1343254146&sr=301-2)

Who knows, maybe this "X5 music group" is licensed to distribute these MP3 files for 2 cents each. 

For what it's worth, I sent an e-mail off to info@bis.se

QuoteTo whom it may concern,

While browsing Amazon.com, I found a set of 100 MP3 tracks offered by "X5 music group" for only $1.99.  The set contains numerous tracks that (based on their labeling) appear to be premium BIS recordings (Martin Frost, Peter Oudijian, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Ronald Brautigam).  I was wondering if these recordings have been legitimately licensed for this release.

http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Supreme-Classical-Masterpieces-Masters/dp/B005VZR2I2/

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 25, 2012, 03:13:15 PM
Well I do hope they reply. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 25, 2012, 03:41:35 PM
Seems X5 is a Swedish company and a poster on another forum was speculating about Bis' being an investor.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 25, 2012, 04:24:33 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 25, 2012, 10:24:17 AM
Now, it's the turn of Amazon UK.

About 29 Pounds, without VAT (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00181GGTY/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21)

Not quite at the same price-point, but considering that you have to pay postage on a per-item basis (or not at all, if you can have it shipped for free), it's a better deal methinks.

Yikes! :o I missed it again... Aaarggghh  >:(

But I'm not giving up. 8)


EDIT: ooohhh - without VAT. You got me there, Navneeth! :)

I was already onto this one, which would be €44,14 all in for me. I'm still considering...

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 04:28:17 PM
Another excellent recording on the Grieg set... Symphonic Dances by Ole Kristian Ruud and the Bergen Philharmonic. Spectacular sound and a lovely, sunny performance.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 04:37:13 PM
According to Forbes magazine X5 Music Group is licensing stagnant back catalog and packaging it into collections that are rivalling the major labels.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisbarth/2011/10/25/how-tiny-x5-music-group-is-slaying-label-goliaths-on-the-billboard-charts/

The boss of X5 helped launch Amazon MP3 and set up over 10,000 digital licensing deals for them.

At emusic.com X5 and BIS are listed together as one company.
https://www.emusic.com/label/MP3-Download/416656.html

This stuff is legit and a stone cold bargain. Welcome to the digital age.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 25, 2012, 04:52:18 PM
Quote from: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 12:32:26 PM
As far as I am aware, BIS uses its own production team for all recordings.  I have a lot of BIS recordings and do not know of any instance where they distributed recordings that they did not make in-house.  Some of the recordings included in the set are high profile enough that BIS released them on SACD. 

Labels like BIS can be small operations, and I doubt they have people scouring the internet looking for bootleg copies of their recordings.  In any case, I just sent an e-mail to the address BIS displays on their web site with link to the Amazon offer, asking if these are legitimately licensed.  Maybe they are.  That would be bad, because it would indicate a disturbing level of desperation at BIS.

A number of recordings by the Haydn Sinfonietta Wien which have been released by BIS are actually re-releases of recordings first issued by the Koch/Schwann label.  But BIS has remastered them as they have been re-issued, and explicitly notes what was issued by Koch/Schwann, with full recording details, in the liner notes for each recording.  So there's no question of which performance was recording by which label. I think the same applies to a few of the performances in BIS' Essential Sibelius and Complete Sibelius boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 25, 2012, 04:54:45 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 04:37:13 PM
According to Forbes magazine X5 Music Group is licensing stagnant back catalog and packaging it into collections that are rivalling the major labels.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisbarth/2011/10/25/how-tiny-x5-music-group-is-slaying-label-goliaths-on-the-billboard-charts/

The boss of X5 helped launch Amazon MP3 and set up over 10,000 digital licensing deals for them.

This stuff is legit and a stone cold bargain. Welcome to the digital age.

Brautigam's Mozart is 'stagnant back catalog'?

Legit and stone cold, yes, but I have to think there's more than meets the eye here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 04:57:43 PM
In today's market *all* Mozart recordings are stagnant back catalog. We may not like it, but you have to be realistic. Those BIS CDs linked above rank.from 35,000 to below 900,000 in sales at Amazon. The Beethoven Rise of the Masters ranks 297. That represents a lot of two bucks.

No one is buying classical music. How do you develop new customers for it? Loss leaders.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 25, 2012, 05:01:42 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 25, 2012, 04:54:45 PM
Brautigam's Mozart is 'stagnant back catalog'?
Same for Frost's Mozart, which I just bought new on SACD for $12.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 05:12:48 PM
Frost's Mozart SACD ranks 165,000 in sales of music at Amazon... Except in the Rise of the Masters collection where it ranks 225 for music overall and #6 in mp3 downloads.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 05:52:17 PM

The license of BIS recordings by X5 music group may turn out to be legit (I saw the Forbes article as well).  I also saw some complaints that the X5 music group mp3 files are very low bit rate, significantly lower resolution than the default Amazon download.  I suppose it could be part of a strategy which in which those casual downloads lead to sales of real classical releases.  The rational may be that such things do no harm.  There is an infusion of cash from people who make an impulse purchase of recordings they will probably never listen to, and those people would never have bought a classical recording in their lives anyway.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 06:19:14 PM
I've downloaded several of the X5 sets and the bitrate is the same 256 VBR as all the other Amazon downloads. I played Grieg's Symphonic Dances though my main stereo system today and it blew me away. I'm enjoying the recordings I've listened to so far tremendously.

A friend of mine is 25 and has never explored classcal music before. I recommended these sets to him and he's filled his iPod with them. He's freaking out over the wonderful things he's discovering and wants to watch the Greenberg music appreciation DVDs I just got.

It's amazing how far one can go to not appreciate something that's really wonderful. Pull two measley bucks out and you'll find out too. The teeth of the gift horse are perfectly straight and shiny white.

If only classical music became mainstream again! Things like this help.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 25, 2012, 06:23:52 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 06:19:14 PM
A friend of mine is 25 and has never explored classcal music before. I recommended these sets to him and he's filled his iPod with them. He's freaking out over the wonderful things he's discovering and wants to watch the Greenberg music appreciation DVDs I just got.

You did a good thing there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 06:43:52 PM
If we don't pass it along, and if we make appreciating classical music look like some titanic hurdle, the whole thing will die. Popular isn't a bad thing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 25, 2012, 06:45:17 PM
Agreed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 25, 2012, 06:49:59 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 06:43:52 PM
... if we make appreciating classical music look like some titanic hurdle....

Strawman du jour
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 25, 2012, 06:52:52 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 24, 2012, 05:57:59 PMSchubert: Rosamunde Slovak Philharmonic Orch/Warchal - Spirited performance, great sound

Yes, I have a couple of Warchal recordings of Baroque sinfonias and concertos, released on bargain label Point Classics - excellent stuff. I assume they were originally on an obscure boutique label that went out of business.


Quote from: Sammy on July 25, 2012, 12:04:27 PMWhat I don't understand is why you are so hot-to-trot about the referenced sets.  Perhaps they have value for newbies, but that's about it.

The point is that obscure, inexpensive performances can be just as good as big name major label performances. God know the latter have been responsible for plenty of junk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 25, 2012, 07:10:52 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 25, 2012, 06:52:52 PM
Yes, I have a couple of Warchal recordings of Baroque sinfonias and concertos, released on bargain label Point Classics - excellent stuff. I assume they were originally on an obscure boutique label that went out of business.


The point is that obscure, inexpensive performances can be just as good as big name major label performances. God know the latter have been responsible for plenty of junk.

I have/had a couple of CD released under that label name.  Always musicians I've never heard of, from Central/East European countries--in other words, they fit the description of "pirate labels" mentioned earlier today in this thread.  But I don't actually know that.  They may have beeb legit.   The performances themselves were generally not that memorable, which is why I'm not sure if I actually still have them.  May have given them away to the public library.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 25, 2012, 07:16:35 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 25, 2012, 07:10:52 PMI have/had a couple of CD released under that label name.  Always musicians I've never heard of, from Central/East European countries--in other words, they fit the description of "pirate labels" mentioned earlier today in this thread.  But I don't actually know that.  They may have been legit.   The performances themselves were generally not that memorable, which is why I'm not sure if I actually still have them.  May have given them away to the public library.

I believe the ones credited to conductors Anton Nanut and Milan Horvat are legit. Nanut's Mahler 1 and 5, and Horvat's Bruckner 4 and Dvorak 8, are good and worth hearing.

I believe Horvat's greatest claim to fame is conducting the Rach concerto for the soundtrack of the film Shine.  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 07:35:01 PM
Which set is Horvat on? I'm afaid that there's so much music here, I'm just getting a grip on it, embarassment of riches,
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 25, 2012, 07:45:16 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 07:35:01 PMWhich set is Horvat on?

No idea, I only have the CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 25, 2012, 08:06:10 PM
I think we're confusing two tangents of this conversation.  Eyeresist and I were talking about a label called Point Classic which specialized in cheap recordings by very low profile European musicans.  They have nothing to do with the sets Bigshot is now listening to.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 26, 2012, 04:14:51 AM
Just picked up the 100CD Membran Masterconcerts box for €28.99 plus €6 postage to the UK from amazon Germany

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B001G8P3KM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

then noticed its 28.99 on amazon.co.uk as well!  I've stuck with my German order as its 50p cheaper  ;D

Tracklist:
http://www.membran-online.de/product_info.php?products_id=818

I recognise some of the recordings, e.g. the Dorati 1812 which was on the Mercury Living Prescence label and recent box set

On amazon.com this is $352 USD and last week on amazon.co.uk this was an eye watering £400+ !!
Think last nights 56 Euro price is probably nearer the mark!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 26, 2012, 04:24:14 AM
Strangely enough the Membran CD only list contents for 94 CDs. Are there 6 CDs of documentation?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 26, 2012, 04:28:13 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 12:47:59 PM
I bet you get upset every time you see a Brilliant Classics box set too!

Curious remarks like these undercut your part in the discussion, you know.  Just saying.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 26, 2012, 06:01:34 AM
This is a time when I wish Que (or whichever mod was responsible) hadn't merged the threads. ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 06:11:40 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 26, 2012, 06:01:34 AM
This is a time when I wish Que (or whichever mod was responsible) hadn't merged the threads. ::)

My money is on Que the Merger.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on July 26, 2012, 06:54:12 AM
I would have not believed it, but this is the response I got to my inquiry with BIS.

Dear Fafner,

I find it totally sweet of you to react on our behalf.

This time there is no sweat.  While I am shocked over the price and may talk to them, this is legitimate.  We do have a deal with the X5 Group and derive quite a healthy income from them.

But this price....I didn't know that.

Thanks ever so much for your kindness!

Best - Robert (von Bahr, CEO, BIS)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 26, 2012, 07:06:35 AM
Bravo BIS for customer service, at least!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 26, 2012, 07:10:35 AM
Quote from: Fafner on July 26, 2012, 06:54:12 AM
I would have not believed it, but this is the response I got to my inquiry with BIS.

Dear Fafner,

I find it totally sweet of you to react on our behalf.

This time there is no sweat.  While I am shocked over the price and may talk to them, this is legitimate.  We do have a deal with the X5 Group and derive quite a healthy income from them.

But this price....I didn't know that.

Thanks ever so much for your kindness!

Best - Robert (von Bahr, CEO, BIS)

I mean, why wouldn't he reply? It's not everyday that a mythological beast from The Ring sends you an email. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 07:10:47 AM
Maybe I'll plug "X5" into Amazon's advanced search option under "Label" and see what I come up with.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 26, 2012, 07:21:04 AM
By the way, could someone enlighten me as to just why this series is called Rise of the Masters?  TIA
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 26, 2012, 07:22:55 AM
And: who is responsible for the hideous artwork?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QgGH693xL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 07:24:09 AM
2 bucks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 26, 2012, 07:26:50 AM
Dude, do you buy every $5 tie you see on the sidewalks of Times Square? ; )

(Sure, we've all seen guys who dress as if . . . .)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 26, 2012, 07:28:55 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 26, 2012, 07:10:47 AM
Maybe I'll plug "X5" into Amazon's advanced search option under "Label" and see what I come up with.

http://www.riseofthemasters.com/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 07:33:07 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 26, 2012, 07:26:50 AM
Dude, do you buy every $5 tie you see on the sidewalks of Times Square? ; )

(Sure, we've all seen guys who dress as if . . . .)

I can wipe my ass with two bucks or buy some music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 07:33:45 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 26, 2012, 07:28:55 AM
http://www.riseofthemasters.com/

And so much more...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 26, 2012, 07:41:55 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 26, 2012, 07:22:55 AM
And: who is responsible for the hideous artwork?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QgGH693xL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)

If you dig deep enough into the "Worst CD Cover Art" thread, you will find these offerings there.  I believe the overall effect got compared to a group portrait of the Corleone family.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 26, 2012, 07:42:38 AM
Hah!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 26, 2012, 07:47:50 AM
And of course, dubious artwork and its gangsterly provenance is a theme of Mickey Blue Eyes
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 26, 2012, 08:14:41 AM
I bet BIS derives more than just a healthy income from X5. I bet they see a lot of money from it. There is very little cost in selling MP3s, and Amazon is selling a boatload of these sets. You can bet the major labels have their eye on this business model and will probably follow suit. Most likely at the Apple store.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 08:16:30 AM
Doesn't Apple already have these? I'll check later...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 26, 2012, 09:59:06 AM
As the market turns away from the CD format to direct digital downloads, the major labels are going to start shifting from 50 CD megaboxes of back catalog to these virtual MP3 megaboxes. Apple has the edge on sound quality with their AAC files. I can see big labels setting up exclusives with them that aren't marketed with the broad indiscriminating brush that these X5 sets are.

The next step would be an all you can eat streaming subscription service.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 10:29:34 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 26, 2012, 09:59:06 AM
The next step would be an all you can eat streaming subscription service.

Like Spotify, which I subscribe to.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 26, 2012, 10:34:55 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 26, 2012, 09:59:06 AM
The next step would be an all you can eat streaming subscription service.
Or the advert-free but DG/Decca/Sony-free Naxos Music Library.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 26, 2012, 10:45:02 AM
So all the importance is the efficiency of the delivery channel, and quality of the content matters nothing.

Yes, I knew this was where this was going, all this time
; )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 26, 2012, 10:55:33 AM
The quality of the MP3s and the quality of the performances in the sets I've sampled so far is very high.

I just checked Amazon's top 100 classical downloads and these guys are wiping the floor with the major labels.

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-MP3-Downloads-Classical/zgbs/dmusic/195264011/ref=zg_bs_nav_dmusic_2_digital-music-album

I clicked down a few pages and it was one of the X5 sets after another... all aimed at different audiences... Classical Music for Readers, Chill Out Classics, Classical Music for Babies, etc. They're selling the same music in a dozen different ways and they're selling TONS of it. These guys are marketing geniuses. I bet a lot of people are being introduced to classical music for the first time by these sets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 26, 2012, 11:11:20 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 26, 2012, 07:33:07 AM
I can wipe my ass with two bucks or buy some music.

True - the question then is which provides the most pleasure.

Thread duty: Well I was/am pretty annoyed to see Noriko Ogawa's Debussy solo piano set in the RotM Debussy set. I got the Debussy piano works download for 7.99. All that said, it seems that at least two CDs aren't present in either, and one of those is only in the boxed set from BIS.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 26, 2012, 11:12:11 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 25, 2012, 04:54:45 PM
Brautigam's Mozart is 'stagnant back catalog'?

Quote from: bigshot on July 25, 2012, 04:57:43 PM
In today's market *all* Mozart recordings are stagnant back catalog. We may not like it, but you have to be realistic.

And there it is: the big clue that for this member, quality of content means nothing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 26, 2012, 11:26:26 AM
Oh, give it a break, Karl. So he likes "cheap" recordings. So what?

This thread has gone long enough with nary a SDCB sighting!  $:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 11:27:45 AM
YEAH, bring on the SDCB!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 26, 2012, 11:34:06 AM
Presto's having a clearance sale on Naxos. A lot of CDs for US $5.50 and downloads for $6.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on July 26, 2012, 11:45:38 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 26, 2012, 09:59:06 AM
As the market turns away from the CD format to direct digital downloads, the major labels are going to start shifting from 50 CD megaboxes of back catalog to these virtual MP3 megaboxes.

Being one of the older members here, I sure hope and expect that CDs will keep a high profile until I croak.  As for megaboxes of either  the real or virtual type, I have no interest in them.

However, the future belongs to the youngsters on the board; I trust they will end up highly satisfied with no physical products.  Maybe we'll reach a point where virtual spouses become the norm; at least they won't bitch at you (although the sex could be problematic).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 26, 2012, 11:46:38 AM
What about this?

[asin]B007QZ0LMO[/asin]

11 discs for approx $25 from the Amazon US marketplace.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ataraxia on July 26, 2012, 11:48:48 AM
Quote from: stingo on July 26, 2012, 11:46:38 AM
What about this?

11 discs for approx $25 from the Amazon US marketplace.

Oh, that looks interesting!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 26, 2012, 11:51:00 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 26, 2012, 11:48:48 AM
Oh, that looks interesting!

I thought so too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 26, 2012, 11:59:37 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 26, 2012, 11:26:26 AM
Oh, give it a break, Karl. So he likes "cheap" recordings. So what?

His part of the conversation is (partly) a matter of making no distinction among recordings based on quality of performance.  Esteemed Nav, you'll forgive me if I do not see how your deliberately flat-lining my objections, to a matter of his liking cheap recordings, advances the conversation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 26, 2012, 02:21:37 PM
Quote from: Sammy on July 26, 2012, 11:45:38 AM
Being one of the older members here, I sure hope and expect that CDs will keep a high profile until I croak.

I'm no spring chicken! I remember saying exactly the same thing about LPs in the early 80s.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 26, 2012, 02:27:54 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 26, 2012, 11:59:37 AMHis part of the conversation is (partly) a matter of making no distinction among recordings based on quality of performance.

And I don't understand how it's a good performance when it's full price on BIS, and a poor one when it costs pennies in one of these sets...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on July 26, 2012, 04:13:11 PM
Quote from: stingo on July 26, 2012, 11:46:38 AM
What about this?

[asin]B007QZ0LMO[/asin]

11 discs for approx $25 from the Amazon US marketplace.

I picked this up when it came out - haven't given it a proper listen yet, but a sample suggested good quality recordings. Great artists as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 26, 2012, 05:51:27 PM
Quote from: stingo on July 26, 2012, 11:11:20 AM
True - the question then is which provides the most pleasure.

Thread duty: Well I was/am pretty annoyed to see Noriko Ogawa's Debussy solo piano set in the RotM Debussy set. I got the Debussy piano works download for 7.99. All that said, it seems that at least two CDs aren't present in either, and one of those is only in the boxed set from BIS.

Which makes me feel much better, since I have the box set. 

About the Electrola One Act Opera set--check Prestoclassical before you order from Amazon MP, or you may be very upset.  A word to the wise....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on July 26, 2012, 05:58:07 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 26, 2012, 11:12:11 AMAnd there it is: the big clue that for this member, quality of content means nothing.

Karl, we get it. You think cheap music = bad music. Enough already.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 26, 2012, 06:09:50 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 26, 2012, 05:51:27 PM
Which makes me feel much better, since I have the box set. 

About the Electrola One Act Opera set--check Prestoclassical before you order from Amazon MP, or you may be very upset.  A word to the wise....

From what I can see they're roughly the same - around 24 or 25 USD shipped. Presto = 25.12, and Amazon MP = 24.72.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 26, 2012, 08:35:51 PM
The music is better from Presto.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on July 26, 2012, 08:42:43 PM
FWIW:  the original LP's were SQ (4-track), but I never saw or heard a system that could play that.   The discs had some notes and a synopsis, but no text / translation so I doubt there would be any with the CD sets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 26, 2012, 09:58:02 PM
Quote from: stingo on July 26, 2012, 06:09:50 PM
From what I can see they're roughly the same - around 24 or 25 USD shipped. Presto = 25.12, and Amazon MP = 24.72.
While I agree they are around the same price if you only buy this, Presto will be cheaper if you buy at least one more item. Instead of 25.02 (not 25.12), it will be 24 or so. If you buy 4 other items (which is my usual average with them), it will be 23.30 or so. True, it's only aout $1.4 difference, but I take every dollar I can get.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on July 26, 2012, 11:37:42 PM
http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B005NNMM6Y/ref=ox_ya_os_product

The complete Shostakovich symphonies, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Roman Kofman, 37 euros for the 11 SACD boxed set seems a good deal.  I have a couple of the individual discs and have much enjoyed them.

Amazon Spain send to the UK for 6-99 euros for however many discs you order it seems so some very good deals to be had.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 27, 2012, 09:39:14 AM
I like the cover with Dmitri gazing fondly at a swarm of logos!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 27, 2012, 11:54:15 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 26, 2012, 09:58:02 PM
While I agree they are around the same price if you only buy this, Presto will be cheaper if you buy at least one more item. Instead of 25.02 (not 25.12), it will be 24 or so. If you buy 4 other items (which is my usual average with them), it will be 23.30 or so. True, it's only aout $1.4 difference, but I take every dollar I can get.

Very true, but my budget at this time only permits the purchase of the opera set. I will keep them in mind though because they have some really good prices for their sales.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Rinaldo on July 27, 2012, 02:55:01 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on July 19, 2012, 11:33:14 AM
Maazel/VPO Mahler cycle at € 19.01 on Amazon Spain. (http://www.amazon.es/Syms-1-10-Kinde-Gustav-Mahler/dp/B00006J45S/ref=zg_bs_661544031_22)

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 20, 2012, 03:17:12 AM
Sadly, there will be few takers  :'(

Sarge

Couldn't let you down, sir. (http://aaraaf.net/temp/mahler.jpg)

(and couldn't resist the price tag either.. even though I was told NOT to start with this set)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on July 28, 2012, 12:38:06 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 20, 2012, 11:11:42 AM
Attention! Calling Que! Que, do you read me?

Gustav Leonhardt Edition Warner Classics - 36 Euros at Amazon ES (http://www.amazon.es/Gustav-Leonhardt-Edition/dp/B00181GGTY/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_5)

Not back down to 36 Euros as yet , but down to 51 euros today.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 28, 2012, 01:53:12 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on July 28, 2012, 12:38:06 AM
Not back down to 36 Euros as yet , but down to 51 euros today.

For that set, I'm keeping my eye firmly on Pricenoia (https://pricenoia.com/gustav-leonhardt-edition-daw-50) right now! :D

But I very much appreciate you all watching out for me. :) :-*

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Conor71 on July 28, 2012, 04:01:23 AM
I was able to get a used copy of this 6 Disc set for 2 pounds today - I thought it was a one-off but it looks like there are a couple more copies at this price if anyone is interested :)
Note: The Sleeping Beauty in this set has been cut to fit on 2 Discs afaik the other Ballets are complete.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000026D4M/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000026D4M/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used)


(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HIbPKc3ZL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 28, 2012, 07:10:49 PM
Previn is an nderrated conductor. His Schehehrezade is my absolute favorite version.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Conor71 on July 28, 2012, 10:05:07 PM


Quote from: bigshot on Today at 11:10:49 AM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=4431.msg647718#msg647718)
Previn is an nderrated conductor. His Schehehrezade is my absolute favorite version.

Yes, I like his work with the LSO - I am expecting to enjoy the Ballet set :)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 29, 2012, 01:17:28 AM
His Grieg piano concerto with soloist Mr Eric Morecambe is unsurpassed
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on July 29, 2012, 08:33:02 AM
Quote from: Conor71 on July 28, 2012, 04:01:23 AM
I was able to get a used copy of this 6 Disc set for 2 pounds today - I thought it was a one-off but it looks like there are a couple more copies at this price if anyone is interested :)
Note: The Sleeping Beauty in this set has been cut to fit on 2 Discs afaik the other Ballets are complete.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000026D4M/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000026D4M/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used)


(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HIbPKc3ZL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Couldn't let this pass - what a bargain! It has gone up by around 20p by the time I get to it, but still can't resist! ;) Purchasing now. Thank you for telling us of this, Conor!

I agree - Previn is an amazing conductor, one of my favourites! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Conor71 on July 29, 2012, 08:54:57 AM


Quote from: madaboutmahler on Today at 12:33:02 AM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=4431.msg647796#msg647796)
Couldn't let this pass - what a bargain! It has gone up by around 20p by the time I get to it, but still can't resist! ;) Purchasing now. Thank you for telling us of this, Conor!

I agree - Previn is an amazing conductor, one of my favourites! :)

Awesome! - no worries Daniel, hope you enjoy the set!  :D
Edit: My copy just shipped today so looks like they are honouring the price :)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on July 29, 2012, 09:00:08 AM
Quote from: Conor71 on July 29, 2012, 08:54:57 AM

Quote from: madaboutmahler on Today at 12:33:02 AM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=4431.msg647796#msg647796)
Couldn't let this pass - what a bargain! It has gone up by around 20p by the time I get to it, but still can't resist! ;) Purchasing now. Thank you for telling us of this, Conor!

I agree - Previn is an amazing conductor, one of my favourites! :)

Awesome! - no worries Daniel, hope you enjoy the set!  :D
Edit: My copy just shipped today so looks like they are honouring the price :)


That's great! Hope the seller I purchased it off will too! ;) Thank you, hope you enjoy it too, Conor! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on July 29, 2012, 02:36:42 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on July 29, 2012, 08:33:02 AM
Couldn't let this pass - what a bargain! It has gone up by around 20p by the time I get to it, but still can't resist! ;) Purchasing now. Thank you for telling us of this, Conor!

I agree - Previn is an amazing conductor, one of my favourites! :)

Previn is a bit underrated IMO as a conductor.  Perhaps because of his background as a jazz pianist since mainstream classical musicians generally are not involved in other genre ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on July 29, 2012, 02:43:50 PM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on July 29, 2012, 08:33:02 AM
Couldn't let this pass - what a bargain! It has gone up by around 20p by the time I get to it, but still can't resist! ;) Purchasing now. Thank you for telling us of this, Conor!

I agree - Previn is an amazing conductor, one of my favourites! :)

You have good company.  I bought this set a few weeks ago but have yet to find the time to listen to the first CD ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on July 30, 2012, 02:15:46 PM

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511DwaxwifL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

This 100CD Membran grab-bag of 'out of copyright' concerto recordings is now £28.99 on Amazon.co.uk via a marketplace seller. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001G8P3KM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001G8P3KM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00)

I think it's also available from the same seller through Amazon.de , Amazon.fr , etc. (4 copies remaining as I type ;) )

Full contents - http://www.membran-online.de/product_info.php?products_id=818 (http://www.membran-online.de/product_info.php?products_id=818)

Amongst the usual suspects there are some slightly more esoteric offerings eg. Bernstein's Facsimilie & Age of Anxiety , various Hindemith and Furtwangler concertos , etc.

'Fulfilled by Amazon', so free Super Saver delivery to boot  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 30, 2012, 02:22:02 PM
Yep, I posted it back on page 114 :D but good to see offer still on.  My german copy is in the post.  :)  There was a question about the contents as the membran site only describes 94 cds, I'll report back when it arrives wuth the details of the other 6.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on July 30, 2012, 02:49:21 PM
Ah...  :( I see that your original post was lost in the acrimonious flurry that followed the Rise of the Masters 'discussion'   >:(

The price of the set had risen since then, but fell back to £28.99/euros this evening - as with any super bargain, be quick if you're interested.

Given that the seller is Grosser+Stein GmbH, I suspect that all copies will be dispatched from Germany regardless of which Amazon site the set is purchased (this despite the marketplace listing showing 'Music-Shop' as the seller ::) )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 31, 2012, 11:37:07 AM
Well my copy of the 100CD Meister Konzerte box turned up today from amazon Germany, ye gods... the box is enormous...

Earlier there was a question about the last 6 CDs as the official site only lists the first 94.  I can confirm they are not documentation but more recordings.

CD 95
Berg Violin Concerto
Schonberg piano concerto
Webern - variations for piano

CD96
Louis Spohr - Violin concerto
Johann Christoph Vogel - Premiere Symphonie Concertante

CD97
Delius - piano concerto
Elgar - Introduction and Allegro Op. 47
Britten - four interludes from Peter Grimes

CD98
Fritz Kriesler - Violin concerto
Beethoven - 2 Variations on Bei Mannern..from Die Zauberflote (mozart)
Mozart - Serenade number 13

CD99
Bizet / Franz Waxman - Carmen Fantasy
Dukas - Sorcerors apprentice
Berlioz- Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, Le Corsaire
Hungarian march from the damnation of faust

CD100
Glasunow- violin concerto
Borodin -steppes of central asia, polovetzian dances from prince igor
Mussorgsky - night on bare mountain
Gliere - Sailors dance from the red poppy
Khatchaturian - sabre dance

So plenty of non standard stuff in those extra 6 CDs.  Some of them are vague on the dates which I thought may be why Membran didnt list them on their site, e.g. CD 100 Mussorgsky says Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Igor Markevitch, 1957? and CD98 the Beethoven says Pablo Casals, Rudolf Serkin, 1953?  But flicking through the booklet there are other CDs with question marks against the dates so my guess is the transscriber just lost the will to live :)

The booklet is pretty good, no essays but two useful indexes of artists and composers followed by CD by CD listings as per the website.

Looks like the price has gone back up again €53 on amazon.de and £100 on amazon.co.uk :( hope some of you managed to grab a copy
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on August 01, 2012, 03:59:50 AM
Quote from: Conor71 on July 29, 2012, 08:54:57 AM
Quote from: Conor71 on July 28, 2012, 04:01:23 AM

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HIbPKc3ZL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Awesome! - no worries Daniel, hope you enjoy the set!  :D
Edit: My copy just shipped today so looks like they are honouring the price :)

My copy has arrived too now, that was quick! And the box set is in superb condition, very impressed! :D Will probably listen to this set closer to the end of the year, towards winter.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Kastchei on August 01, 2012, 06:45:46 AM
10 CDs. Mahler Symphonies. € 8,94 at Amazon Spain

http://www.amazon.es/Mahler-Symphonies-Gustav/dp/B004J73WZ0/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41acezTAtEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 01, 2012, 10:31:25 AM
possibly a repeat : MAHLER MP3 downloads, 13 hours worth, $.99  (Bach Guild, Vanguard)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518tnIR5L8L._SS500_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008J7G5LO/?tag=goodmusicguideco)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Conor71 on August 01, 2012, 10:47:44 AM


Quote from: madaboutmahler on August 01, 2012, 07:59:50 PM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=4431.msg648633#msg648633)
Awesome! - no worries Daniel, hope you enjoy the set!  :D
Edit: My copy just shipped today so looks like they are honouring the price :)


My copy has arrived too now, that was quick! And the box set is in superb condition, very impressed! :D Will probably listen to this set closer to the end of the year, towards winter.

Wow, you have recieved your copy already! - good stuff :) Shipping to Australia usually takes a couple of weeks so I wont get my copy for a while  :'(  I will probably put my set on the back-burner too as I seem to be passing out of my recent Tchaikovsky phase now - no worries, the music will still be there for the next time I am in the mood!  :D


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on August 01, 2012, 10:54:40 AM
Quote from: Conor71 on August 01, 2012, 10:47:44 AM
Wow, you have recieved your copy already! - good stuff :) Shipping to Australia usually takes a couple of weeks so I wont get my copy for a while  :'(  I will probably put my set on the back-burner too as I seem to be passing out of my recent Tchaikovsky phase now - no worries, the music will still be there for the next time I am in the mood!  :D

Hope you get it soon! I'm just going to save it for Christmas time, which I suppose is the most suitable time for works such as 'The Nutcracker'. :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jwinter on August 01, 2012, 10:58:57 AM
 Quote from: listener on Today at 02:31:25 PM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=4431.msg648762#msg648762)
possibly a repeat : MAHLER MP3 downloads, 13 hours worth, $.99  (Bach Guild, Vanguard)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B008J7G5LO.01.L.jpg)
 
Abravanel's Mahler cycle is quite respectable, certainly worth 99 cents if you want an introduction to Mahler.  I can't speak to the quality of the downloads -- I had this on CD years ago.  Not a top choice, but definitely a decent set and a good bargain at that price...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Conor71 on August 01, 2012, 11:13:13 AM


Quote from: madaboutmahler on Today at 02:54:40 AM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=4431.msg648770#msg648770)
Hope you get it soon! I'm just going to save it for Christmas time, which I suppose is the most suitable time for works such as 'The Nutcracker'. :D

Thanks! Yes good idea - I may have to play the Nutcracker then too! :)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 01, 2012, 11:29:03 AM
Quote from: jwinter on August 01, 2012, 10:58:57 AMAbravanel's Mahler cycle is quite respectable, certainly worth 99 cents if you want an introduction to Mahler.  I can't speak to the quality of the downloads -- I had this on CD years ago.  Not a top choice, but definitely a decent set and a good bargain at that price...

I was listening to this last weekend. The sound quality is excellent. I was pleasantly surprised with the performances too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 02, 2012, 10:50:43 AM
Those who hasn't got the Miaskovsky complete symphonies set, now can get it for 25 Euros on amazon.es:

http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Symphonies-State-Symphony-Orchestra/dp/B000XCTD5S/ref=pd_sim_m_74 (http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Symphonies-State-Symphony-Orchestra/dp/B000XCTD5S/ref=pd_sim_m_74)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: otare on August 03, 2012, 11:03:26 PM
More bargains in amazon.es:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Or-P1FjbL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) €23,97

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0054QPNG6/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

and

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BQkrYgU8L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) € 12,46

http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Piano-Works-Viktoria-Postnikova/dp/B0015FWFN4/ref=pd_sim_m_2
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 04, 2012, 12:11:40 AM
Quote from: otare on August 03, 2012, 11:03:26 PM
More bargains in amazon.es:

Pretty much the entire Warner/Teldec/(Otare <- ;)) catalogue has been heavily slashed in price. And I noticed yesterday a few of the boxes at relatively low prices at the UK store as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 04, 2012, 01:10:26 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on August 04, 2012, 12:11:40 AM
(Otare <- ;)
That's not me, but my favorite stalker.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 04, 2012, 01:13:14 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 04, 2012, 01:10:26 AM
That's not me, but my favorite stalker.

Oh no, I wasn't implying that he was you (although I did have my doubts, initially :D). I was just playing with words, that's all. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 04, 2012, 01:14:09 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on August 04, 2012, 01:13:14 AM
Oh no, I wasn't implying that he was you (although I did have my doubts, initially :D). I was just playing with words, that's all. :)
It's my brother, afflicted by the same disease.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 04, 2012, 01:14:54 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 04, 2012, 01:14:09 AM
It's my brother, afflicted by the same disease.

I suspected as much. :)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 04, 2012, 03:46:48 PM
The complete Furtwängler recordings occupy 107 discs. It cost me 87$, shipping included. I have no idea about the quality of the  transfers, but the box is nice to look at ;D. I hope it's not a scam and that the thing will materialise on my doorstep with a loud thump.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on August 04, 2012, 06:50:27 PM
Quote from: André on August 04, 2012, 03:46:48 PM
The complete Furtwängler recordings occupy 107 discs. It cost me 87$, shipping included. I have no idea about the quality of the  transfers, but the box is nice to look at ;D. I hope it's not a scam and that the thing will materialise on my doorstep with a loud thump.

What's the record label?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on August 04, 2012, 06:56:21 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on August 04, 2012, 12:11:40 AM
Pretty much the entire Warner/Teldec/(Otare <- ;)) catalogue has been heavily slashed in price. And I noticed yesterday a few of the boxes at relatively low prices at the UK store as well.

They have some good deals - everyone's favourite Scarlatti sonatas for around €48

[asin]B0009MWAVQ[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on August 04, 2012, 06:57:37 PM
Quote from: Sammy on August 04, 2012, 06:50:27 PM
What's the record label?

Membran

[asin]B004JC16LC[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on August 04, 2012, 09:14:54 PM
Quote from: KeithW on August 04, 2012, 06:57:37 PM
Membran

[asin]B004JC16LC[/asin]

Thanks much.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 04, 2012, 11:31:49 PM
Quote from: KeithW on August 04, 2012, 06:56:21 PM
They have some good deals - everyone's favourite Scarlatti sonatas for around €48

[asin]B0009MWAVQ[/asin]

A steal! :o I got this reissue at an introductory price of around €70, if I remember correctly.

It then went up considerably....

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on August 05, 2012, 06:43:50 AM
Quote from: Que on August 04, 2012, 11:31:49 PM
A steal! :o I got this reissue at an introductory price of around €70, if I remember correctly.

It then went up considerably....

Q

Quite - I paid £62 (without VAT) from amazon UK around 18 months ago.  Still feels like a bargain given the quality.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 06, 2012, 11:49:50 AM
This set:

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w220/front/0/4003913121615.jpg)

is now reduced from 64E to 25 E on jpc.de.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Rheinberger-1839-1901-S%E4mtliche-Kammermusik/hnum/6823721 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Rheinberger-1839-1901-S%E4mtliche-Kammermusik/hnum/6823721)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on August 06, 2012, 11:51:19 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 06, 2012, 11:49:50 AM
This set:

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w220/front/0/4003913121615.jpg)

is now reduced from 64E to 25 E on jpc.de.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Rheinberger-1839-1901-S%E4mtliche-Kammermusik/hnum/6823721 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Rheinberger-1839-1901-S%E4mtliche-Kammermusik/hnum/6823721)

Correction 30 euro's. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 06, 2012, 12:02:55 PM
Yepp, but not for me; I'm in a VAT free zone.  ;D

Good morning Harry; the house progressing nicely?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on August 06, 2012, 12:17:06 PM
Quote from: The new erato on August 06, 2012, 12:02:55 PM
Yepp, but not for me; I'm in a VAT free zone.  ;D

Good morning Harry; the house progressing nicely?

O, well yes I think so, but still a lot of work to do, and I feel my poor bones all the time.  I figure that by October I will be able to set up my system and start listening again.  :o
Thank you for the asking!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 06, 2012, 12:18:53 PM
Quote from: Harry on August 06, 2012, 12:17:06 PM
O, well yes I think so, but still a lot of work to do, and I feel my poor bones all the time.  I figure that by October I will be able to set up my system and start listening again.  :o
Thank you for the asking!
I need company in the Purchases thread!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 06, 2012, 12:20:33 PM
Quote from: Harry on August 06, 2012, 12:17:06 PM
O, well yes I think so, but still a lot of work to do, and I feel my poor bones all the time.  I figure that by October I will be able to set up my system and start listening again.  :o
Thank you for the asking!
October?!?! Well, that really is a hardship indeed!! And to think we were discussing how hard it would be to go cold turkey on buying discs until October! You've got us all beat! But hopefully, you'll have a wonderful room to enjoy it when it is finally done!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on August 07, 2012, 09:18:57 AM
If you missed it in late July, the Membran Meisterkonzerte box set is again available on Amazon .uk, .it, .de, .fr for 28.99.  Just ordered a copy for myself.

Quote from: ammar on July 30, 2012, 02:15:46 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511DwaxwifL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

This 100CD Membran grab-bag of 'out of copyright' concerto recordings is now £28.99 on Amazon.co.uk via a marketplace seller. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001G8P3KM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001G8P3KM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00)



Full contents - http://www.membran-online.de/product_info.php?products_id=818 (http://www.membran-online.de/product_info.php?products_id=818)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 12, 2012, 09:17:04 AM
A unique opportunity to get the actual complete Weil Haydn masses recordings on a Benelux/Dutch-only issue, which has five discs instead of the four of the regular issue that excludes some smaller works. I thought it had vanished...but there it is.

And... only €8! :o

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421925462.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Messen-Nr-27910-14/hnum/4558963

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 12, 2012, 09:20:17 AM
Another super-duper bargain at jpc...€10.

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421927947.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Die-45-Klaviertrios/hnum/9150885

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on August 12, 2012, 11:27:59 AM
Quote from: Que on August 12, 2012, 09:20:17 AM
Another supper-duper bargain at jpc...€10.

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421927947.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Die-45-Klaviertrios/hnum/9150885

Q

At least the set is not priced in $ ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 13, 2012, 12:47:11 PM
I must confess I hadn't previously heard of JPC, so thanks to all on this thread for alerting me.  Another fine bargain there is the 10-disc set of the old Decca recordings of the masses and oratorios for €22.99: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Die-gro%DFen-geistlichen-Werke/hnum/3537193

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 13, 2012, 01:00:06 PM
Quote from: DaveF on August 13, 2012, 12:47:11 PM
I must confess I hadn't previously heard of JPC, so thanks to all on this thread for alerting me. 

GMG is a dangerous place....... >:D ;D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 13, 2012, 01:09:06 PM
Quote from: Que on August 13, 2012, 01:00:06 PM
GMG is a dangerous place....... >:D ;D

You're telling me... with sterling where it is, the Haydn Trios could be mine, including delivery, for GBP12.56.  How can I not?

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 13, 2012, 01:27:42 PM
Quote from: MyronM on August 07, 2012, 09:18:57 AM
If you missed it in late July, the Membran Meisterkonzerte box set is again available on Amazon .uk, .it, .de, .fr for 28.99.  Just ordered a copy for myself.

I'm all over that like white on rice. Vaclav Talich!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on August 13, 2012, 08:18:13 PM
Quote from: Que on August 12, 2012, 09:17:04 AM
A unique opportunity to get the actual complete Weil Haydn masses recordings on a Benelux/Dutch-only issue, which has five discs instead of the four of the regular issue that excludes some smaller works. I thought it had vanished...but there it is.

And... only €8! :o

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421925462.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Messen-Nr-27910-14/hnum/4558963

Q

This advice should be seriously considered, guys. This is a one time in life opportunity. That's a wonderful set, previously -to my knowledge- just available in The Netherlands. 

BTW, Que, I have known for a long time this box set offered on JPC:

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028948018987.jpg)

[asin]B0000042DO[/asin]

... but I thought that it only included modern instrument versions of the oratorios and masses. That's the reason why I was never interested. But after I purchased the box of the complete masses on Decca, I was aware that this box includes all the masses recorded by Simon Preston and the AAM; so it's a real bargain, even including several discs on modern instruments.  :)   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on August 13, 2012, 11:13:50 PM
Quote from: Que on August 12, 2012, 09:20:17 AM
Another super-duper bargain at jpc...€10.

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421927947.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Die-45-Klaviertrios/hnum/9150885

Q

  Wow! Thank you Que for alerting me to this bargain. I just ordered it!   £12 including shipping to the UK for 10 CDs was too good to pass up! I really have been enjoying Haydns' symphonies off the Brilliant label (Fischer) and would like to explore more of his works.

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on August 13, 2012, 11:17:20 PM
Quote from: DaveF on August 13, 2012, 01:09:06 PM
You're telling me... with sterling where it is, the Haydn Trios could be mine, including delivery, for GBP12.56.  How can I not?

DF

  Indeed!  :)

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 14, 2012, 12:54:12 AM
Fortunately they were included in the 150 CD Haydn box which I bought at around 30 Euros at a sale at abeillemusic. Now THAT is what I call a bargain!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 14, 2012, 03:22:48 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 14, 2012, 12:54:12 AM
Fortunately they were included in the 150 CD Haydn box which I bought at around 30 Euros at a sale at abeillemusic. Now THAT is what I call a bargain!

Zowie!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 14, 2012, 04:55:07 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 14, 2012, 12:54:12 AM
... the 150 CD Haydn box which I bought at around 30 Euros at a sale at abeillemusic. Now THAT is what I call a bargain!

Right: we had to get up in t'morning at 9.30 at night, go down to t'local CD shop, buy the collected works of everyone for tuppence ha'penny, and when we got home our Dad would beat us to death with a 1,500 CD box of the complete masses of Palestrina.

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 14, 2012, 05:09:08 AM
Quote from: DaveF on August 14, 2012, 04:55:07 AM
with a 1,500 CD box of the complete masses of Palestrina.
There's only 104 of them (according to Gustave Reese) and I've always longed for a complete edition.  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 14, 2012, 11:24:35 AM
10 CD Monteverdi assortment for $15 at amazon http://www.amazon.com/Claudio-Monteverdi-The-Innovator-Cadelo/dp/B007XT7X0Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344971831&sr=8-1&keywords=monteverdi+innovator

Reissues of Tactus digital recordings from Italy

Anyone know anything about the Newton box of Gesualdo madrigals? 1965 recordings, which is worrying.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 14, 2012, 11:34:17 AM
Grigorian is a Canadian site. They also have two brick&mortar. Sometimes really good deals. http://grigorian.com/webstore/main.php
Good place to get Canada-only issues, which are sometimes bargain boxes.
Nice stores too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on August 14, 2012, 11:44:21 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 14, 2012, 11:24:35 AM
10 CD Monteverdi assortment for $15 at amazon http://www.amazon.com/Claudio-Monteverdi-The-Innovator-Cadelo/dp/B007XT7X0Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344971831&sr=8-1&keywords=monteverdi+innovator

Reissues of Tactus digital recordings from Italy

Anyone know anything about the Newton box of Gesualdo madrigals? 1965 recordings, which is worrying.

On JPC Germany this set of 10 CD'S will set you back for as little as 10 euro's. I have listen through the samples, and its a question of hit and run really. Some thing sound good, some not, but considering the price a good deal anyway.

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb79/walboi/Temporary%20files/0885150335512.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 14, 2012, 12:10:13 PM
Quote from: The new erato on August 14, 2012, 05:09:08 AM
There's only 104 of them (according to Gustave Reese) and I've always longed for a complete edition.  :D

I'm not sure it would be a project upon which any accountant would look kindly, although I agree it would be good to have some recordings of the early ones, to explore Palestrina's debt to Morales, Josquin et al, rather than just more Papae Marcellis.

Quote from: The new erato on August 14, 2012, 12:54:12 AM
... the 150 CD Haydn box which I bought at around 30 Euros at a sale at abeillemusic. Now THAT is what I call a bargain!

Aargh, the usual problem when considering bargains - the worry that an even better one will come along later.

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 14, 2012, 01:32:52 PM
Quote from: DaveF on August 14, 2012, 12:10:13 PM
I'm not sure it would be a project upon which any accountant would look kindly, although I agree it would be good to have some recordings of the early ones, to explore Palestrina's debt to Morales, Josquin et al, rather than just more Papae Marcellis.

+1. But damn the accountants.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 14, 2012, 01:40:36 PM
I've never seen this box before... Stereo Stoki Columbia. 10 CDs / $20 third party seller
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083D9MXM/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 14, 2012, 01:45:20 PM
Quote from: bigshot on August 14, 2012, 01:40:36 PM
I've never seen this box before... Stereo Stoki Columbia. 10 CDs / $20 third party seller
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083D9MXM/
It's been purchased already - in the purchases thread:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13.29560.html (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,13.29560.html)

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 14, 2012, 03:48:46 PM
Complete Furtwängler records - 107 discs: 79.99$, 86.88$ delivered. From Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 15, 2012, 10:17:47 AM
This is one of the odder sites I've noticed recently: http://www.selections.com/ (http://www.selections.com/).  Looks like garden furniture at first sight, but the 3rd tab along the top, Music, has lots of reasonably priced stuff - seems to be especially good for single/double Regis and Brilliant discs.  Very cheap shipping rates, too.

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jwinter on August 15, 2012, 11:04:56 AM
Quote from: André on August 14, 2012, 03:48:46 PM
Complete Furtwängler records - 107 discs: 79.99$, 86.88$ delivered. From Amazon.

Does it actually seem to be complete?  For example, does it have all umpteen recorded versions of each Beethoven symphony?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 15, 2012, 11:10:47 AM
Quote from: jwinter on August 15, 2012, 11:04:56 AM
Does it actually seem to be complete?  For example, does it have all umpteen recorded versions of each Beethoven symphony?
Read the first review for a list of the disc details: http://www.amazon.com/Wilhelm-Furtw%C3%A4ngler-Legacy-Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau/product-reviews/B004JC16LC/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#R15TTCEZZ26AXD (http://www.amazon.com/Wilhelm-Furtw%C3%A4ngler-Legacy-Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau/product-reviews/B004JC16LC/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#R15TTCEZZ26AXD)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jwinter on August 15, 2012, 11:19:48 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 15, 2012, 11:10:47 AM
Read the first review for a list of the disc details: http://www.amazon.com/Wilhelm-Furtw%C3%A4ngler-Legacy-Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau/product-reviews/B004JC16LC/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#R15TTCEZZ26AXD (http://www.amazon.com/Wilhelm-Furtw%C3%A4ngler-Legacy-Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau/product-reviews/B004JC16LC/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#R15TTCEZZ26AXD)

Thanks for the link!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 15, 2012, 12:58:43 PM
Quote from: Soapy Molloy on August 15, 2012, 11:17:17 AM
Only thing I will say is that I've found the shipping [from www.selections.com] to be very slow.  I mean weeks.  But it always gets here eventually.  :)

I notice that some items claim to be "in stock" while others say "available in 14-28 days" - I wonder whether your orders all came from the latter category?

Best current bargain I can see on there, BTW, is Messiaen's complete organ (Tanke) and piano music (Hill), plus songs (Kappelle/Austbø) - 17 discs for £19.99.

Also what I said previously about cheap shipping is not necessarily true - I was reading the overseas surcharge rates (oops).

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 15, 2012, 05:55:38 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 15, 2012, 11:10:47 AM
Read the first review for a list of the disc details: http://www.amazon.com/Wilhelm-Furtw%C3%A4ngler-Legacy-Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau/product-reviews/B004JC16LC/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#R15TTCEZZ26AXD (http://www.amazon.com/Wilhelm-Furtw%C3%A4ngler-Legacy-Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau/product-reviews/B004JC16LC/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0#R15TTCEZZ26AXD)

Thanks, you beat me to it :D. I haven't opened it yet. Will survey contents this weekend.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on August 15, 2012, 08:02:54 PM
Quote from: stingo on July 26, 2012, 11:46:38 AM
What about this?

[asin]B007QZ0LMO[/asin]

11 discs for approx $25 from the Amazon US marketplace.

Currently 12.53 Euros on Amazon Spain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 16, 2012, 10:41:06 AM
Has selections.com been hacked? I get taken to a site 'Elite' that is unrelated.  >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 16, 2012, 10:55:53 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 16, 2012, 10:41:06 AM
Has selections.com been hacked? I get taken to a site 'Elite' that is unrelated.  >:(

I hope that YOU haven't been hacked!  Try this link;

http://www.selections.com/music/classical/

Works for me, anyway.

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on August 16, 2012, 01:10:21 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on August 16, 2012, 10:55:53 AM
I hope that YOU haven't been hacked!  Try this link;

http://www.selections.com/music/classical/

Works for me, anyway.

8)

Works fine for me too, sounds like a browser hijack...  >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on August 16, 2012, 01:13:05 PM
MP3 only on Amazon.co.uk

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0035AG2Z4/ref=s9_aas_bw_g340_ir02?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1J64E0PRVCJA5YY1ZVGH&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=290631167&pf_rd_i=77977031

30th Anniversary Les Arts Florissants Compilation £4.49 for 175 tracks. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on August 21, 2012, 06:33:55 AM
MDT is having an EMI clearance sale - some astonishing reductions.
http://www.mdt.co.uk/special-offers/emi-clearance-sale.html?dir=desc&order=price
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on August 21, 2012, 10:11:11 AM
Thanks for that picked up the Rattle Mahler and Beethoven sets. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Matoupaschat on August 21, 2012, 11:32:42 AM
Hello, this is my first message. I apologize for my english. I would draw your attention on a very good boys solist's version of Bach's St-Matheuw
http://www.amazon.de/Matth%C3%A4us-Passion-BWV-244-Limitierte-Sonderauflage/dp/B008NVR6DM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345580636&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.de/Matth%C3%A4us-Passion-BWV-244-Limitierte-Sonderauflage/dp/B008NVR6DM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345580636&sr=8-1)
disponible at Amazon.de . :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lilas Pastia on August 21, 2012, 04:59:13 PM
Thanks for this, Matou. It does look quite interesting. The Thomanerchor is a great ensemble and so of course is the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester. And at the price  :o one could do much worse.

Merci beaucoup pour cette très intéressante suggestion! ;)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on August 21, 2012, 05:55:49 PM
Quote from: hafod on August 21, 2012, 06:33:55 AM
MDT is having an EMI clearance sale - some astonishing reductions.
http://www.mdt.co.uk/special-offers/emi-clearance-sale.html?dir=desc&order=price

Quite astonishing and tempting.  Until I saw the shipping charges (to the US at least), when they became far less astonishing and tempting.....For instance, the complete Ciccolini EMI box seems a steal at just under 30 GBP (36 if you need to pay VAT).  But the shipping charge is just under 20 GBP; add in bank fees and it's about 80 USD.  Not sure what the going price is on other sites, but my interest in Aldo is not strong enough to get me to spend 80 USD....

Presto has the two Rattle boxes I'm interested in, and although their listed price is higher,  the shipping charges make it more or less even to MDT.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 22, 2012, 12:59:40 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on August 21, 2012, 05:55:49 PM
Quite astonishing and tempting.  Until I saw the shipping charges (to the US at least), when they became far less astonishing and tempting.....For instance, the complete Ciccolini EMI box seems a steal at just under 30 GBP (36 if you need to pay VAT).  But the shipping charge is just under 20 GBP; add in bank fees and it's about 80 USD.  Not sure what the going price is on other sites, but my interest in Aldo is not strong enough to get me to spend 80 USD....

Presto has the two Rattle boxes I'm interested in, and although their listed price is higher,  the shipping charges make it more or less even to MDT.
mdt har more or less lost me as a regular customer due to their shipping charges, though less exorbitant to Norway than to the US. In this case a few offers was so tempting that the low price made the shipping seem worthwhile, I will report in the Purchases thread when stuff is actually confirmed sent.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on August 22, 2012, 08:22:20 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on August 21, 2012, 05:55:49 PM
Quite astonishing and tempting.  Until I saw the shipping charges (to the US at least), when they became far less astonishing and tempting.....For instance, the complete Ciccolini EMI box seems a steal at just under 30 GBP (36 if you need to pay VAT).  But the shipping charge is just under 20 GBP; add in bank fees and it's about 80 USD.  Not sure what the going price is on other sites, but my interest in Aldo is not strong enough to get me to spend 80 USD....

Presto has the two Rattle boxes I'm interested in, and although their listed price is higher,  the shipping charges make it more or less even to MDT.

I hear you.  Those trans-Atlantic shipping charges are often deal breakers ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 22, 2012, 08:27:41 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on August 22, 2012, 08:22:20 AM
I hear you.  Those trans-Atlantic shipping charges are often deal breakers ...
Yes, mdt has to be cheaper on a per disc price to be worth it (and often are for some brands, like Opera Rara when on sale).

For those in the US and have a Saks credit card, I heard that Capital One bought them (or is now the bank behind the card), which would mean the Saks card would probably not charge a foreign transaction fee. Worth checking out if you already have a card...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on August 22, 2012, 08:29:53 AM
I have only shopped at jpc twice so far due to its shipping charge (13 Euro to the US) and I generally cannot find enough good prices to make paying that one-price shipping worthwhile.  On balance, Presto has the best shipping charge.  The MDT's shipping charge calculation is not that straightforward to figure out, as I have on a few occasions paid well over £10 shipping for my orders ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on August 22, 2012, 08:34:37 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 22, 2012, 08:27:41 AM
Yes, mdt has to be cheaper on a per disc price to be worth it (and often are for some brands, like Opera Rara).

For those in the US and have a Saks credit card, I heard that Capital One bought them (or is now the bank behind the card), which would mean the Saks card would probably not charge a foreign transaction fee. Worth checking out if you already have a card...

I generally use my Citbank credit card, which charges a hefty foreign transaction fee when compared to my credit uninon CC.  Sometimes, dealing with a big bank with enormous foreign presence does have an advantage when you get into some dispute with a non-US merchant.  But thankfully, MDT has been excellent and always very responsive to my email inquiry since I have given them thousands of dollars worth of business over the past few years ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on August 23, 2012, 12:16:35 AM
Ozawa's Prokofiev Symphonies & Kijé  for 7.97 € (naturally just couple days after I bought it for 12 €, which is a steal, too)
http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B00004SA89/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 23, 2012, 06:58:56 AM
Shipping costs is why I like Amazon UK vendors or Presto when ordering from the UK. In the US both the classical music superstore and blowitoutahere are cheap and fast, usually with good prices.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on August 23, 2012, 07:26:28 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 23, 2012, 06:58:56 AM
Shipping costs is why I like Amazon UK vendors or Presto when ordering from the UK. In the US both the classical music superstore and blowitoutahere are cheap and fast, usually with good prices.

Presto does have better shipping charge than most foreign e-tailers ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 24, 2012, 01:07:49 PM
Quote from: Soapy Molloy on August 15, 2012, 11:17:17 AM
Only thing I will say is that I've found the shipping [from www.selections.com] to be very slow.  I mean weeks.  But it always gets here eventually.  :)

My Messiaen box

[asin]B0017HFREY[/asin]
arrived today - 4 working days after ordering.  So looks like items that are marked as "in stock" arrive fairly quickly.  And looking at their newly-revamped website, I can no longer see items marked "14-28" days; everything now seems to be either "in stock" or "out of stock".  So who knows?

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 25, 2012, 03:53:27 PM
My Membran Meister Konzerte box arrived today. The mono recordings are in that split frequency stereo thing where the low end is on the left and the high end on the right. But they sound great if you flatten them out to mono as you rip.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 27, 2012, 10:08:16 PM
Brilliant Classics Vivaldi and Telemann 40 CD boxes for 23 euro at Amazon.de

http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=amb_link_170629527_3?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A255882%2Cp_83%3AP1EA109PNTTY6MZE7P&pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=right-3&pf_rd_r=04PQ1CP9QV9JEZ18HS63&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=317355347&pf_rd_i=255966

Also Dvorak complete String Quartets StamItz 15 euro
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 28, 2012, 10:12:18 AM
Another pair worth considering at Amazon.de...

Golden Age of the Romantic Piano Concerto (Brilliant Classics) 32 Euro

This set assembles a lot of very interesting material from the Vox Candide and Turnabout labels in the 70s. Little heard concertos by Balakirev, Berwald, Czerny, Glasunov, Goetz, Hummel, Lalo, Medtner, Reinecke, Roussel, Weber, etc.
Track list: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=526410

Ultimate Piano Concerto Collection 30 CD (Brilliant Classics) 23 Euro

Massive collection of piano stuff.
Track list: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=653498

40 CD collections of Handel, Liszt and Mendelssohn for 23 euro too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on August 28, 2012, 10:43:17 AM
Quote from: North Star on August 23, 2012, 12:16:35 AM
Ozawa's Prokofiev Symphonies & Kijé  for 7.97 € (naturally just couple days after I bought it for 12 €, which is a steal, too)
http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B00004SA89/
Nice set and a steal, indeed!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 30, 2012, 02:39:34 AM
Quote from: Soapy Molloy on August 25, 2012, 02:42:36 AM
[www.selections.com] Sounds good.  Might have a bit of a browse there later.  (Some of their gardening stuff looks interesting... ;))

From the look of the link they sent me to review my purchase - http://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.selections.com (http://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.selections.com) - not everyone is as happy with them as I am.  But, as you say, that Fallen Fruits Ceramic Toad House has my finger trembling over the Add To Basket button...

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on September 01, 2012, 02:10:47 PM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0794881984220.jpg)

A steal for €6 at jpc: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johannes-Brahms-1833-1897-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-2/hnum/4979417

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on September 01, 2012, 02:52:27 PM
Simon Rattle's Mahler symphony cycle (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/search.php?searchString=EMI-5007212) - for under $23.35 shipped to the US from Presto Classical.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on September 01, 2012, 02:59:32 PM
Quote from: stingo on September 01, 2012, 02:52:27 PM
Simon Rattle's Mahler symphony cycle (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/search.php?searchString=EMI-5007212) - for under $23.35 shipped to the US from Presto Classical.
I keep getting tempted just because the price is so appealing--but whenever I'm about to pull the trigger, I think of some single issue I don't have yet that would be money better spent. But for those who don't have all the symphonies yet, this is a great, economical way to make their acquaintance!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 01, 2012, 03:09:25 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 01, 2012, 02:59:32 PM
I keep getting tempted just because the price is so appealing--but whenever I'm about to pull the trigger, I think of some single issue I don't have yet that would be money better spent. But for those who don't have all the symphonies yet, this is a great, economical way to make their acquaintance!
I have 4 complete cycles and literally tons of single Mahler discs, and I don't even listen much to Mahler.....yet I still feel tempted, until rationality kicks in and I think like you. Thankfully I'm not completely insane.....

That said, there have been many fine cycles for little money over the years, I got both Bernsteins DG  and Gielens Hanssler cycles at around $30, Haitinks Philips cycle at 10 $ (!) on amazon.fr, and theTennstedt cycle seems to be hovering around 30 $ if you hunt around......, so I'm not sure I would go for Rattle even at that price. But with a choice of Rattle or nothing, that certainly is a good investment as you say.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 01, 2012, 04:47:43 PM
Quote from: Que on September 01, 2012, 02:10:47 PM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0794881984220.jpg)

A steal for €6 at jpc: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johannes-Brahms-1833-1897-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-2/hnum/4979417

Q

With the Euro having dropped a good amount against the Dollar since the beginning of the year, I have yet to notice any super duper deals on CD's priced in Euro ...     ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 01, 2012, 04:51:13 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 01, 2012, 02:59:32 PM
I keep getting tempted just because the price is so appealing--but whenever I'm about to pull the trigger, I think of some single issue I don't have yet that would be money better spent. But for those who don't have all the symphonies yet, this is a great, economical way to make their acquaintance!

The question isn't how much I'd be willing to pay to here Rattle's Mahler, but how much you'd have to pay me to listen to it. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 01, 2012, 06:09:25 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 01, 2012, 04:51:13 PM
The question isn't how much I'd be willing to pay to here Rattle's Mahler, but how much you'd have to pay me to listen to it.

It's not quite that bad--but Rattle would be far down my list on sets to suggest. 
I have, from what you might call the "official" cycle, his Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth.  Only the Tenth seems superior to me. 

His Third is the worst recording of that symphony I've encountered--dull, slow, bloated. 

The others are fine, but nothing outstanding and in fact entirely missable.

I have his most recent recordings of the Second and Ninth,  which are good, especially the Ninth, but if I understand it correctly, those two are not in the boxset.

If I got the boxset it would only be for the sake of having a complete set instead of a partial cycle, and I'm not moved that much to do so.

At the moment, the set I'd suggest to someone looking for their first and possibly only complete Mahler cycle is Inbal, which is available from Brilliant but probably not at a price that qualifies it for this thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 01, 2012, 07:33:14 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 01, 2012, 06:09:25 PM
It's not quite that bad--but Rattle would be far down my list on sets to suggest. 
I have, from what you might call the "official" cycle, his Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth.  Only the Tenth seems superior to me. 

His Third is the worst recording of that symphony I've encountered--dull, slow, bloated. 

The others are fine, but nothing outstanding and in fact entirely missable.

I have his most recent recordings of the Second and Ninth,  which are good, especially the Ninth, but if I understand it correctly, those two are not in the boxset.

If I got the boxset it would only be for the sake of having a complete set instead of a partial cycle, and I'm not moved that much to do so.

At the moment, the set I'd suggest to someone looking for their first and possibly only complete Mahler cycle is Inbal, which is available from Brilliant but probably not at a price that qualifies it for this thread.

I really do not have many recordings by Rattle and fewer than 3 dozens by Abbado.  Truth is, after Furtwangler and Karajan, are there any principal conductors of the BPO that can fill their shoes ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: eyeresist on September 01, 2012, 11:51:13 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 01, 2012, 06:09:25 PMIt's not quite that bad--but Rattle would be far down my list on sets to suggest. 
I have, from what you might call the "official" cycle, his Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth.  Only the Tenth seems superior to me. 

His Third is the worst recording of that symphony I've encountered--dull, slow, bloated.

I agree that the 10th is the only essential recording from that set. I don't mind that 3rd (it's certainly not dull, slow, bloated next to Bertini ;) ), but as so often with Rattle the finicky micro-management wears on repeated hearings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on September 02, 2012, 08:05:27 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 01, 2012, 06:09:25 PM
It's not quite that bad--but Rattle would be far down my list on sets to suggest. 
I have, from what you might call the "official" cycle, his Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth.  Only the Tenth seems superior to me. 

His Third is the worst recording of that symphony I've encountered--dull, slow, bloated. 

The others are fine, but nothing outstanding and in fact entirely missable.

I have his most recent recordings of the Second and Ninth,  which are good, especially the Ninth, but if I understand it correctly, those two are not in the boxset.

If I got the boxset it would only be for the sake of having a complete set instead of a partial cycle, and I'm not moved that much to do so.

At the moment, the set I'd suggest to someone looking for their first and possibly only complete Mahler cycle is Inbal, which is available from Brilliant but probably not at a price that qualifies it for this thread.

I don't mean to imply that Rattle is incompetent.  Certainly he has the skill to manage the performance of a complex musical score.  I don't think he has a particularly distinctive musical personality.  If I already have a recording of a well known piece, I can still find myself wondering, "what would Harnoncourt do with that?"  Or Karajan, Solti, Barbirolli, Maazel, Mackerrras, Vanska.  I don't find myself at all curious what Rattle would do with any particular score. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 02, 2012, 10:02:39 AM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w220/front/0/5028421927947.jpg)

10 Euros at jpc.de

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Die-45-Klaviertrios/hnum/9150885 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Die-45-Klaviertrios/hnum/9150885)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 02, 2012, 03:58:55 PM
The Beethoven symphonies under Barenboim with his East West Divan orchestra can be had for less than 25$. Brand new recordings, not a reissue. I bought it today out of curiosity. I didn't like Barenboim's previous Beethoven recordings from Berlin. Too rounded and lacking vitality. Hopefully this will be better
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 02, 2012, 04:43:17 PM
Quote from: The new erato on September 02, 2012, 10:02:39 AM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w220/front/0/5028421927947.jpg)

10 Euros at jpc.de

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Die-45-Klaviertrios/hnum/9150885 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Die-45-Klaviertrios/hnum/9150885)

Sweet!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 04, 2012, 11:04:20 AM
HYPERION's 'Please Buy Me'  offers are back at http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1016&vw=dc
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 07, 2012, 12:53:29 AM
A little off topic, but Arrested Development, a series some of you talk about, is on sale for one day only at $27 at Amazon (I'll post this in the Diner as well):
[asin]B000JJ3Y78[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 12, 2012, 09:55:06 AM
This, I think, would qualify as border-line super bargain.

And just as the Edition is about to be released: the set of Shostakovich symphonies conducted by Barshai is going for ~ 13 Pounds (ex. VAT) at Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005UW2B/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21). (Not implying causation or anything, of course... simply noting the facts.)

And while you're at it, you may also like to consider Bernstein's NY Mahler (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005SJIP1E/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21) for a similar price from the MP.  [That's my best impression of Amazon algorithms. 0:)]


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 14, 2012, 11:47:39 AM
Quote from: Que on September 14, 2012, 11:42:50 AM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028945227924.jpg)

€25

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Die-Werke-f%FCr-Klavier-solo/hnum/7848287

Presumably the same performances as
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517m-UK3YUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
which is 20.51 Euros at Amazon Spain (before shipping and handling, and I think JCP is higher for s/h, at least to the US)
http://www.amazon.es/S%C3%84MTLICHE-GROSSEN-WERKE-KLAVIER-SOLO/dp/B001DTA8QS/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1347651846&sr=1-1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 14, 2012, 11:53:23 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 14, 2012, 11:47:39 AM
Presumably the same performances as
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517m-UK3YUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
which is 20.51 Euros at Amazon Spain (before shipping and handling, and I think JCP is higher for s/h, at least to the US)
http://www.amazon.es/S%C3%84MTLICHE-GROSSEN-WERKE-KLAVIER-SOLO/dp/B001DTA8QS/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1347651846&sr=1-1

Much cheaper (including postage) from Amazon UK.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 14, 2012, 12:01:36 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 14, 2012, 11:53:23 AM
Much cheaper (including postage) from Amazon UK.

Now you tell me!  (I got it from Amazon Spain.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 14, 2012, 12:10:56 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 14, 2012, 12:01:36 PM
Now you tell me!  (I got it from Amazon Spain.)

Oops.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on September 14, 2012, 12:22:44 PM
Samson Francois - Complete Recordings: 36cd £29.29
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ledition-Integrale-box-Samson-Francois/dp/B004258ATM/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3GXI8BUN316F2&coliid=I302PPDU766WKY
Contents list:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=541311

Arthur Rubinstein - Complete Album Collection: 142cd €129.99
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Arthur-Rubinstein-Complete-Album-Collection/hnum/9706662?SESSIONID=42ba805c415dff156cf075336c161f8d
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 14, 2012, 12:28:34 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 14, 2012, 12:10:56 PM
Oops.
Ha!  It's not cheaper on Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Das-Wohltemperierte-J-S-Bach/dp/B001DTA8QS/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1347654322&sr=1-2
26.xx GBP plus s/h.
Amazon UK may work out cheaper for those who can get free shipping, but here to the US that's not the case. 
ETA--Amazon UK would be about 4 GBP for shipping,  Amazon Spain  12 Euros.  That's a difference but not enough to make up the price differential on the set itself.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 14, 2012, 02:48:14 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 14, 2012, 11:47:39 AM
Presumably the same performances as
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517m-UK3YUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
which is 20.51 Euros at Amazon Spain (before shipping and handling, and I think JCP is higher for s/h, at least to the US)
http://www.amazon.es/S%C3%84MTLICHE-GROSSEN-WERKE-KLAVIER-SOLO/dp/B001DTA8QS/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1347651846&sr=1-1

Not anymore since the stupid Fed has announced the QE3.  Have you noticed the Dollar has dropped into the toilet even against the once sickly Euro?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 14, 2012, 04:26:44 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on September 14, 2012, 02:48:14 PM
Not anymore since the stupid Fed has announced the QE3.  Have you noticed the Dollar has dropped into the toilet even against the once sickly Euro?

just checked.  1 USD equals approximately 1.3 Euros (1.31 to be precise) and approximately 1.6 GBP (1.62 to be precise).  It's been close enough to those figures for all the time I've been ordering from overseas for me to use that as a default approximation whenever I place an order in Euros or Pounds.

Ordering from Amazon Spain, I'd be paying about $42US.  Ordering from AmazonUK, I'd be paying about $48US.

And even without bringing in US currency,  33 Euros is less than 30 Pounds.

If I did the math correctly, ordering from Amazon Spain in GBP but shipping to the US would come out to 26.5 GBP--that is, almost the same price as Amazon UK before shipping is added in.

BTW, am I the only person whose mind reverts to Cunard liners when hearing about QE2 and QE3?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 14, 2012, 04:35:52 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 14, 2012, 04:26:44 PM
just checked.  1 USD equals approximately 1.3 Euros (1.31 to be precise) and approximately 1.6 GBP (1.62 to be precise).  It's been close enough to those figures for all the time I've been ordering from overseas for me to use that as a default approximation whenever I place an order in Euros or Pounds.

Ordering from Amazon Spain, I'd be paying about $42US.  Ordering from AmazonUK, I'd be paying about $48US.

And even without bringing in US currency,  33 Euros is less than 30 Pounds.

If I did the math correctly, ordering from Amazon Spain in GBP but shipping to the US would come out to 26.5 GBP--that is, almost the same price as Amazon UK before shipping is added in.

BTW, am I the only person whose mind reverts to Cunard liners when hearing about QE2 and QE3?

Bottomline, the deals are not as good as they used to be.  The average Pound/Dollar exchange rate I have been used to was £1 = $1.56
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on September 14, 2012, 05:52:14 PM
Whether or not it's a deal depends on the difference in cost shipped between Amazon us and the euro Amazons, not necessarily the exchange rate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 14, 2012, 06:14:56 PM
Quote from: bigshot on September 14, 2012, 05:52:14 PM
Whether or not it's a deal depends on the difference in cost shipped between Amazon us and the euro Amazons, not necessarily the exchange rate.

(I'm being a little obsessive tonight.)

In this particular case, AmazonUS does not have it in stock;  AmazonUS Marketplace sellers have it for 45.36USD, which means with the 2.98 s/h it would be almost exactly the same as AmazonUK  and therefore more than Amazon Spain.  I'm not obsessive enough to check out AmazonItaly or AmazonGermany.

ETA: Of course, your comment is, as a general observation, completely accurate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: not edward on September 14, 2012, 07:35:49 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on September 14, 2012, 04:35:52 PM
Bottomline, the deals are not as good as they used to be.  The average Pound/Dollar exchange rate I have been used to was £1 = $1.56
Value of £1 directly before QE3 was announced: $1.612. Value of £1 now: $1.621.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 14, 2012, 07:38:38 PM
Quote from: edward on September 14, 2012, 07:35:49 PM
Value of £1 directly before QE3 was announced: $1.612. Value of £1 now: $1.621.

Before QE3 was announced, it was $1.56 early last week.  Obviously, the exchange rate becomes a more important factor when you ara a big buyer ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lilas Pastia on September 14, 2012, 07:50:21 PM
As a financial planner I often get stupid questions like 'Is it the right time to buy USD ? Or Euros? Should I convert now?

Hah! The only thing that's riskier to forecast than interest rates is currency rates. I always tell my clients 'if you need it now then buy it now'. Over the long run it will make no difference as you'll be lucky - and congratulate yourself 50% of the time and blame your banker for the other 50% where you were wrong ;).

Follow you heart's desire and the current availability of what you covet vs the trend that tends to make the latter obsolete faster than a speeding bullet. If you like it, who cares how much you paid for it?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: not edward on September 14, 2012, 08:52:13 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on September 14, 2012, 07:38:38 PM
Before QE3 was announced, it was $1.56 early last week.  Obviously, the exchange rate becomes a more important factor when you ara a big buyer ...
If by last week you mean mid-August, then you are correct.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 15, 2012, 04:28:56 AM
A set of 13 CDs of Schumann's piano music played by Eric Le Sage, from Alpha: 25 Euros at Amazon France.

http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.in/2012/09/schumann-integrale-piano-eric-le-sage.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 15, 2012, 07:26:20 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 15, 2012, 07:09:19 AM
At about US $33, with so much music I've never heard, and knowing how nice Alpha dresses up their recordings, I am sorely tempted.

The good news: you didn't discount for VAT. The bad news: shipping is about 12 Euros. So better add that 16-CD box of Ohlsson playing Chopin too, for 30 Euros, to balance things a bit. Or perhaps the 12-CD box of Mravinksy for 20? ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 15, 2012, 07:53:45 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 15, 2012, 07:26:20 AM
The good news: you didn't discount for VAT. The bad news: shipping is about 12 Euros. So better add that 16-CD box of Ohlsson playing Chopin too, for 30 Euros, to balance things a bit. Or perhaps the 12-CD box of Mravinksy for 20? ;)
Mravinsky, of those: I have the Ohlsson (and love it!).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 15, 2012, 01:30:59 PM
Quote from: André on September 14, 2012, 07:50:21 PM
As a financial planner I often get stupid questions like 'Is it the right time to buy USD ? Or Euros? Should I convert now?

Hah! The only thing that's riskier to forecast than interest rates is currency rates. I always tell my clients 'if you need it now then buy it now'. Over the long run it will make no difference as you'll be lucky - and congratulate yourself 50% of the time and blame your banker for the other 50% where you were wrong ;).

Follow you heart's desire and the current availability of what you covet vs the trend that tends to make the latter obsolete faster than a speeding bullet. If you like it, who cares how much you paid for it?

I work in the derivatives trading area of one of the largest banks in the US, I can see all the frenzies first-hand - QE1, QE2 and QE3 and the EU debt crisis.  The mother of all crashes could be coming in a few months.  In the meantime, I will take some profits and add to my CD purchasing power ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: 71 dB on September 16, 2012, 12:00:58 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on September 15, 2012, 01:30:59 PMThe mother of all crashes could be coming in a few months. 

Well, what will cause this crash if it comes?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 16, 2012, 05:46:04 AM
Quote from: 71 dB on September 16, 2012, 12:00:58 AM
Well, what will cause this crash if it comes?

Both the US and the EU are printing money 24/7 to pay off their mountains of debt - but what is backing those new monies?  Stock markets in Europe and in the US have been rallying big-time.  But that terrible hangover will come one day.  The Nordic countries (except Iceland) all have sound money policy, very fiscally responsible and the Finns (also the Dutch) have been vehemently against any bailout of southern Europe, especially Spain and Greece but they are too small a factor within the EU to get their voices heard ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on September 18, 2012, 10:33:10 AM
Amazon UK have a 99p MP3 offer on using the code CLOUD99P - Just used it to get 99 Beethoven tracks - 1p each :P
Go to this page to get a heads up -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=amb_link_170847667_4?ie=UTF8&node=2019816031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-banner&pf_rd_r=1JCJA5S8DKGMRMFWS7HS&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=323543927&pf_rd_i=77197031 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=amb_link_170847667_4?ie=UTF8&node=2019816031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-banner&pf_rd_r=1JCJA5S8DKGMRMFWS7HS&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=323543927&pf_rd_i=77197031)

Then browse the classical albums, (link on left hand side) - when you find one - on the right hand side under 1 Click in tiny blue font you can see Redeem a gift card or promotion code & view balance ... enter the code CLOUD99P and £3 is credited to your account.

The download is then 99p, cant be bad.
Code can only be used once but can be used across the store not just on classical.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: sleightofhandmusic on September 18, 2012, 10:35:34 AM
Really good price on the Bernstein Symphony Edition 60 CD box at Amazon.com in the United States!  It's $85.00 with free shipping for an excellent box set.  This is the lowest price I have ever seen, and it is now out of print around the world at the other Amazon sites.  If you haven't seen the set, it's an incredible bargain and beautiful presentation.

http://www.amazon.com/Leonard-Bernstein-The-Symphony-Edition/dp/B003Z9Q4WG/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: sleightofhandmusic on September 18, 2012, 10:43:06 AM
This may not qualify as a super-duper bargain, but Amazon has the *original* 94 CD Rubinstein Collection box set now on sale for under $1000 with free shipping.  For those of you in the know, this set was originally $1600 and has been out of print for 20 years.  This is the lowest price I have ever seen.  It is an amazing collection and presentation in a custom cloth box, with collector's book, all volumes in individual cases, weighing about 50 pounds, etc.  The reviews on the listing speak for themselves.  Something that might interest the CD collectors out there...

http://www.amazon.com/Rubinstein-Collection-Limited-Box-Set/dp/B00001O2XZ/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 18, 2012, 10:52:23 AM
Quote from: sleightofhandmusic on September 18, 2012, 10:43:06 AM
This may not qualify as a super-duper bargain, but Amazon has the *original* 94 CD Rubinstein Collection box set now on sale for under $1000 with free shipping.  For those of you in the know, this set was originally $1600 and has been out of print for 20 years.  This is the lowest price I have ever seen.  It is an amazing collection and presentation in a custom cloth box, with collector's book, all volumes in individual cases, weighing about 50 pounds, etc.  The reviews on the listing speak for themselves.  Something that might interest the CD collectors out there...

http://www.amazon.com/Rubinstein-Collection-Limited-Box-Set/dp/B00001O2XZ/

But it doesn't contain those 50 extra CDs :o from the newer space-saving set, which goes for about a fourth of the price :o.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B006KAWI2C/?tag=goodmusicguideco
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 18, 2012, 10:58:50 AM
Arfully done, Nav!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 18, 2012, 11:04:23 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 18, 2012, 10:58:50 AM
Arfully done, Nav!

Hm... artfully or awfully? :-\

;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 18, 2012, 11:07:36 AM
Another misspelling, woof!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 18, 2012, 12:05:20 PM
Rheinberger complete chamber music at a good price at jpc: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/lang/en/currency/EUR/hnum/6823721/art/Joseph-Rheinberger-1839-1901-S%E4mtliche-Kammermusik?SESSIONID=cc31c3ef8de4ea6c85f10b44ad48d435 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/lang/en/currency/EUR/hnum/6823721/art/Joseph-Rheinberger-1839-1901-S%E4mtliche-Kammermusik?SESSIONID=cc31c3ef8de4ea6c85f10b44ad48d435)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 18, 2012, 12:26:58 PM
I've got that RHEINBERGER set, noted on the same page the orchestral works at EUR 10.99 for a 2-disc set.
If you like Brahms, this would be quite satisfying.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on September 18, 2012, 12:30:31 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 18, 2012, 10:52:23 AM
But it doesn't contain those 50 extra CDs :o from the newer space-saving set, which goes for about a fourth of the price :o.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B006KAWI2C/?tag=goodmusicguideco

Ahem! Much cheaper - #2441 refers.
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Arthur-Rubinstein-Complete-Album-Collection/hnum/9706662
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 18, 2012, 12:36:36 PM
Quote from: hafod on September 18, 2012, 12:30:31 PM
Ahem! Much cheaper - #2441 refers.
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Arthur-Rubinstein-Complete-Album-Collection/hnum/9706662

Thanks. I usually don't consider JPC for anything, apart from extended track samples.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: edalc on September 25, 2012, 07:31:33 PM
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B002IC10Y8/ref=pe_115161_32063091_pe_epc_lm1

Yo-Yo Ma: 30 Years Outside The Box

EUR 111,32



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 30, 2012, 01:04:45 AM
The 51 CS Dmitri collection is preannounced at 60 Euro (less Vat outside the EU) here:

http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL9245/5029365924528/Brilliant-Classics/Dimitri-Chostakovitch/edition-Chostakovitch/cleart-65057.html (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL9245/5029365924528/Brilliant-Classics/Dimitri-Chostakovitch/edition-Chostakovitch/cleart-65057.html)

(http://www.abeillemusique.com/images/references/bril9245.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 30, 2012, 01:30:48 AM
The big Cortot...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V1EOthaWL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

...for a pizza and an ice-cream

http://www.amazon.it/Anniversary-Edizione-Francia-Alfred-Cortot/dp/B008V1IR4Q/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1348996465&sr=1-2

Orpheus

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 30, 2012, 02:21:29 AM
Quote from: The new erato on September 30, 2012, 01:04:45 AM
The 51 CS Dmitri collection is preannounced at 60 Euro (less Vat outside the EU) here:

http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL9245/5029365924528/Brilliant-Classics/Dimitri-Chostakovitch/edition-Chostakovitch/cleart-65057.html (http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/BRIL9245/5029365924528/Brilliant-Classics/Dimitri-Chostakovitch/edition-Chostakovitch/cleart-65057.html)

Thanks, but I'll wait until February. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 30, 2012, 02:24:50 AM
Well, the last abeille sale was a great disappointment........
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on September 30, 2012, 07:33:16 AM
Anyone know offhand if the Shostakovich above is a repackaging of their (Brilliant's) red box edition, or are there additional recordings included?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 30, 2012, 07:51:37 AM
Quote from: The new erato on September 30, 2012, 02:24:50 AM
Well, the last abeille sale was a great disappointment........

It's been my biggest CD haul, so far. 50 discs in all!

Quote from: stingo on September 30, 2012, 07:33:16 AM
Anyone know offhand if the Shostakovich above is a repackaging of their (Brilliant's) red box edition, or are there additional recordings included?

27 discs earlier to 51 now. Much of the content is still a mystery, with regard to performers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on September 30, 2012, 10:34:22 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 30, 2012, 07:51:37 AM

27 discs earlier to 51 now. Much of the content is still a mystery, with regard to performers.

There's a track listing - but no performer information - at http://www.brilliantclassics.com/release.aspx?id=FM00424463 (http://www.brilliantclassics.com/release.aspx?id=FM00424463)

The reference to a number of historical recordings suggests that there will be a bit of duplication with the Historical Russian Archives series.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on September 30, 2012, 01:39:34 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 30, 2012, 02:21:29 AM
Thanks, but I'll wait until February. ;)

Do you expect a sharp appreciation of the Rupee against the Euro in the New Year?     ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 30, 2012, 10:51:05 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on September 30, 2012, 01:39:34 PM
Do you expect a sharp appreciation of the Rupee against the Euro in the New Year?     ;D

Ha! If I'd such accurate, far-seeing vision on the states of currencies, I'd actually be rich enough that appreciation by a few percent wouldn't matter. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on October 01, 2012, 06:15:46 AM

12 discs for as low as $20, apparently the new 2008 remaster that is reported to be far superior to the previous editions.

[asin]B005SJIP1E[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 01, 2012, 06:18:24 AM
Quote from: stingo on September 30, 2012, 07:33:16 AM
Anyone know offhand if the Shostakovich above is a repackaging of their (Brilliant's) red box edition, or are there additional recordings included?

Complete track listing, including timings (missing in CD 49, though) and performers' names, courtesy Abeille Musique. (http://www.abeillemusique.com/documents/livrets/9245ShostakovichEdition-TrackList.pdf)

The link was likely sitting there, near the bottom of the page, all along.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 03, 2012, 09:28:22 AM
Gustav Leonhard Plays Bach - $12.78 at i-Deals Store (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B007AR7QQC/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new). Even with international postage added, this is a very good deal.

[asin]B007AR7QQC[/asin]

Slightly costlier at Amazon UK marketplace, but postage is slightly cheaper. So it balances out, more or less.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 03, 2012, 10:23:20 AM
Ugghgh! Why does that deal have to be on right as I'm moving?? My giant harmonia mundi order from last week is already set to arrive at my old address after I've left it. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 03, 2012, 10:24:54 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 03, 2012, 10:23:20 AM
Ugghgh! Why does that deal have to be on right as I'm moving??

Why bother, when you're not going to buy any more at least until next summer? 0:) ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 03, 2012, 10:41:56 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 03, 2012, 09:28:22 AM
Gustav Leonhard Plays Bach - $12.78 at i-Deals Store (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B007AR7QQC/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new). Even with international postage added, this is a very good deal.

[asin]B007AR7QQC[/asin]

Sweet; many thanks, Nav! Even allowing for two of the discs being duplicates from another box, this is an astounding deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 03, 2012, 10:45:08 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 03, 2012, 10:41:56 AM
Sweet; many thanks, Nav! Even allowing for two of the discs being duplicates from another box, this is an astounding deal.

You're welcome, Karl. Yes, it duplicates the Goldbergs and the disc of organ music from the Jubilee set, but the AoF!, dWTK! and the sonatas with Kuijken! are more than enough to seal the deal for someone without those recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 03, 2012, 10:46:35 AM
Besides, I can give my brother the redundant CDs : )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 03, 2012, 10:49:28 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 03, 2012, 10:46:35 AM
Besides, I can give my brother the redundant CDs : )

Lucky brother.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 03, 2012, 11:40:19 AM
Well, I'm visiting him in November. So maybe nae so lucky ....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 03, 2012, 06:36:24 PM
Ordered it.  The Goldbergs and the organ works are part of the 15 CD set I already have (and as usual have not yet heard a note of), so I wouldn't given them away even if I had a brother.  But I don't. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: edalc on October 03, 2012, 08:31:58 PM
Quote from: edalc on September 25, 2012, 07:31:33 PM
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B002IC10Y8/ref=pe_115161_32063091_pe_epc_lm1

Yo-Yo Ma: 30 Years Outside The Box

EUR 111,32

Update: My box has now arrived and seems to be identical to the one sold on amazon.com for a much heftier fee. The box is heavy, but this is mainly because of the weight of the accompanying book, which reproduces in readable print on glossy paper all the original album notes, it would appear.  Amazon.it did not charge me for postage at all, and also stripped off the VAT, though the Swiss Post charged me for that. In all this purchase came out at under 100 Euros. Reviews on UK, US and IT amazon sites all very positive. amazon.de also has a low price. TC.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 04, 2012, 08:02:27 AM
Impressive looking 50 CD Archiv box for $126, less from vendors  http://www.amazon.com/All-Baroque-Box-Monteverdi-Bach/dp/B008BP1LS6/ref=sr_1_52?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1349366408&sr=1-52&keywords=box+set
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 04, 2012, 08:08:04 AM
Wagner Ring, Levine, DG, $44 Canadian at Grigorian http://grigorian.com/webstore/view.php?iid=89332
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 04, 2012, 08:12:25 AM
Monteverdi Madrigals, Rooley & Consort of Musicke on Virgin, 7 cd, $22 Canadian at Grigorian. Few left. Does not include books 4 and 5. http://grigorian.com/webstore/view.php?iid=1101533
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 04, 2012, 08:15:21 AM
Amazon.ca has good prices on Sony boxes. Especially this one, 7cd Tafelmusik plays haydn symphonies, $20 Canadian http://www.amazon.ca/Haydn-Symphonies-41-47-50-52-64-65/dp/B005TLWOH2/ref=pd_sim_m_13
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on October 09, 2012, 07:22:42 PM
On Amazon.es, the Philips 111 55 CD Original Jackets Box Edition is going for 17.59 Euros!  Just snapped up a copy.

[asin]B0091HVMVO[/asin]

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0091HVMVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bonsplanscl05-21&linkCode=as2&camp=3626&creative=24822&creativeASIN=B0091HVMVO
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on October 09, 2012, 08:24:48 PM
Quote from: MyronM on October 09, 2012, 07:22:42 PM
On Amazon.es, the Philips 111 55 CD Original Jackets Box Edition is going for 17.59 Euros!  Just snapped up a copy.

[asin]B0091HVMVO[/asin]

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0091HVMVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bonsplanscl05-21&linkCode=as2&camp=3626&creative=24822&creativeASIN=B0091HVMVO

Makes me wish I wanted the set (if it is Philips and I like it I probably already have it).  Presumably it's a pricing error, and it will be interesting to see how long before they fix it, and whether they honor orders already placed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 09, 2012, 08:35:26 PM
Yow! I already had it on preorder from Amazon.it, but I couldn't pass that up. If it comes through, it would make a mighty fine Christmas gift for someone on my list.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 09, 2012, 09:08:04 PM
Thanks, I've just 1-click ordered it, will wait to see what happens.
The price is most likely a mis-type with a digit missing - EUR 107.-- or 117.--  more likely correct.
Probably will be reported as not yet available for 13 weeks hoping these orders will be cancelled.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 09, 2012, 10:16:17 PM
Quote from: MyronM on October 09, 2012, 07:22:42 PM
On Amazon.es, the Philips 111 55 CD Original Jackets Box Edition is going for 17.59 Euros!  Just snapped up a copy.

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0091HVMVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bonsplanscl05-21&linkCode=as2&camp=3626&creative=24822&creativeASIN=B0091HVMVO

That's too good to pass up, thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 10, 2012, 01:25:35 AM
Missed it :(  it was showing as 85 euro on the product page but 17 in the charts where it was number 1 unsuprisingly, now 85 everywhere.


have it on pre order in the uk as well gutted..

Good luck to those who got an order in as a pre order I think they will honour it
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: trung224 on October 10, 2012, 04:51:34 AM
Quote from: MyronM on October 09, 2012, 07:22:42 PM
On Amazon.es, the Philips 111 55 CD Original Jackets Box Edition is going for 17.59 Euros!  Just snapped up a copy.

[asin]B0091HVMVO[/asin]

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0091HVMVO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bonsplanscl05-21&linkCode=as2&camp=3626&creative=24822&creativeASIN=B0091HVMVO
Thank you, MyronM. I have only three  from 55CDs and at this price, I can't pass up
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 10, 2012, 05:15:45 AM
Quote from: trung224 on October 10, 2012, 04:51:34 AM

Thank you, MyronM. I have only three  from 55CDs and at this price, I can't pass up
The price has gone way up already, though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: trung224 on October 10, 2012, 05:33:42 AM
Quote from: North Star on October 10, 2012, 05:15:45 AM
The price has gone way up already, though.
Actually, I  have pre-ordered on today morning, when  price still was 17 Euro. My previous comment is only to credit MyronM
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 10, 2012, 05:38:14 AM
Quote from: trung224 on October 10, 2012, 05:33:42 AM
   Actually, I  have pre-ordered on today morning, when  price still was 17 Euro. My previous comment is only to credit MyronM
Good. The present tense fooled me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 11, 2012, 04:33:41 AM
QuoteDear customer: we get in touch with you to inform you of the price of the product ' Philips 111 - Ed.Ltda. Box Set (55 Cd)' (ASIN: B0091HVMVO) was wrong at the time of placing your order on Amazon.es. The sale of this product at the incorrect price would have been a sale low cost, which is not allowed by law, so we have been forced to cancel your order. Have the peace of mind that we have not uploaded the amount on your credit or debit card. If you still want to buy this product, please make a new order online. Once your order is ready for shipment we will charge you the correct amount in payment method and we will send to you it. Please excuse any inconvenience this situation may have caused. We assure you that we will continue putting all our efforts to ensure that the prices of the products on our website are correct and that our customers always receive a treatment of unimpaired quality.

Illegal... yeah, right.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on October 11, 2012, 06:13:55 AM
Quote from: North Star on October 11, 2012, 04:33:41 AM
Dear customer: we get in touch with you to inform you of the price of the product ' Philips 111 - Ed.Ltda. Box Set (55 Cd)' (ASIN: B0091HVMVO) was wrong at the time of placing your order on Amazon.es. The sale of this product at the incorrect price would have been a sale low cost, which is not allowed by law, so we have been forced to cancel your order. Have the peace of mind that we have not uploaded the amount on your credit or debit card. If you still want to buy this product, please make a new order online. Once your order is ready for shipment we will charge you the correct amount in payment method and we will send to you it. Please excuse any inconvenience this situation may have caused. We assure you that we will continue putting all our efforts to ensure that the prices of the products on our website are correct and that our customers always receive a treatment of unimpaired quality.

Illegal... yeah, right.

I got the same message today.  Oh well.  I guess the Amazon low price guarantee (which for this item was prominently displayed on the web page) for ordered products is a sham.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on October 11, 2012, 06:44:47 AM
Quote from: MyronM on October 11, 2012, 06:13:55 AM
I got the same message today.  Oh well.  I guess the Amazon low price guarantee (which for this item was prominently displayed on the web page) for ordered products is a sham.

Amazon's low price guarantee states that they will not charge you a price which is higher than the lowest price they offered on the item between your order and you shipment.  They did not charge you anything, so they did not violate this guarantee.

According to US law, if you order something and it is not available, the vendor is required to notify you within a specified time window and give you the option of canceling the order.   The vendor cannot charge you more than you agreed to pay, but they are allowed to inform you that the order cannot be filled.

I once got the complete Levine Ring on DVD for the price of Rhinegold alone, due to a pricing error.  They shipped to me, probably because their computer decided they would loose more money by pissing me off than by filling the order.  But that was generosity on their part.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 11, 2012, 06:45:33 AM
Maybe that's under some kind of Spanish law? Amazon US (and Naxos Direct) have honored massive pricing errors for me before. Naxos sent me an order of 6 box sets, each containing 25 CDs, when they mispriced them as $3.00 instead of $75. I was even mistakenly forwarded a panicky email saying "oh god we posted the wrong price."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 11, 2012, 06:59:37 AM
Quote from: MyronM on October 11, 2012, 06:13:55 AM
I got the same message today.  Oh well.  I guess the Amazon low price guarantee (which for this item was prominently displayed on the web page) for ordered products is a sham.
Unless we know what the relevent law says, your statement may not be accurate. Some European countries have restrictions on when sales are allowed. Violating them can result in fines and such.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on October 11, 2012, 07:39:05 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on October 11, 2012, 06:59:37 AM
Unless we know what the relevent law says, your statement may not be accurate. Some European countries have restrictions on when sales are allowed. Violating them can result in fines and such.

Tha way I read his letter, they are saying that they cannot, by law, sell something below cost. I'm sure that the rationale is that this practice would be anti-competitive or something like that. It's EU, not US. Actually, that sounds fair to me. AN error was made and they are trying to rectify it. I'm sure they don't want to piss you off, but also sure they don't want to piss off the law dogs either!    $:)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on October 11, 2012, 07:40:33 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on October 11, 2012, 06:44:47 AM
Amazon's low price guarantee states that they will not charge you a price which is higher than the lowest price they offered on the item between your order and you shipment.  They did not charge you anything, so they did not violate this guarantee.

By cancelling the order they also did not violate the guarantee as well.  Whats happened has happened - it was worth a try.

Anyway, I found out about this price on a French blog: http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.com/,
and they are also discussing the order cancellations for this item as well.  Thank goodness for Google Translate!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on October 11, 2012, 07:42:50 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on October 11, 2012, 07:39:05 AM
Tha way I read his letter, they are saying that they cannot, by law, sell something below cost. I'm sure that the rationale is that this practice would be anti-competitive or something like that. It's EU, not US. Actually, that sounds fair to me. AN error was made and they are trying to rectify it. I'm sure they don't want to piss you off, but also sure they don't want to piss off the law dogs either!    $:)

8)

Given that it is an international transaction, it might be considered "dumping."  The US has imposed tariffs on Chinese-made solar panels because it is claimed they are being sold below cost, which could be interpreted as an attempt to put US solar panel manufacturers out of business and eliminate competition.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on October 11, 2012, 07:47:46 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on October 11, 2012, 07:39:05 AM
Tha way I read his letter, they are saying that they cannot, by law, sell something below cost. I'm sure that the rationale is that this practice would be anti-competitive or something like that. It's EU, not US. Actually, that sounds fair to me. AN error was made and they are trying to rectify it. I'm sure they don't want to piss you off, but also sure they don't want to piss off the law dogs either!    $:)

8)

Agreed. 

Ultimately, the moral of the story is that retailers, be it brick and mortar or electronic, need to correctly price their products from the outset.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 13, 2012, 06:56:46 AM
Mozart 111 for 17.59 euro!!
http://www.amazon.es/111-Obras-Maestras-Ed-Ltda-Various/dp/B008U5RVUY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1350140120&sr=1-1

probably get cancelled but got to be worth a punt! dont be greedy and order multiples and we might have a chance!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: edalc on October 13, 2012, 09:04:20 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on October 13, 2012, 06:56:46 AM
Mozart 111 for 17.59 euro!!
http://www.amazon.es/111-Obras-Maestras-Ed-Ltda-Various/dp/B008U5RVUY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1350140120&sr=1-1

probably get cancelled but got to be worth a punt! dont be greedy and order multiples and we might have a chance!

They have run out of stock but are still accepting orders. Thanks for this tip.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 14, 2012, 09:26:21 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 13, 2012, 07:58:31 AM
Not sure if any of you were aware of this but a huge Amazon MP seller had incorrectly listed most of their inventory last night and, needless to say, I took full advantage. All recordings were going for $1 and $2 including box sets. :o Did anyone else besides myself and Greg (GSMoeller) catch this?

Ironically, a set which is dirt-cheap at actual market price: the Kuchar Nielsen symphonies set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 14, 2012, 09:33:28 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 14, 2012, 09:26:21 AM
Ironically, a set which is dirt-cheap at actual market price: the Kuchar Nielsen symphonies set.

I already own it, Karl. :) Thanks for the mention of the set. I personally don't much care for it. I like Schonwandt, Chung, and Bernstein in Nielsen the most.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 14, 2012, 10:12:47 AM
This probably doesn't apply to i deals, but it does the Philips and Mozart 111 boxes. Suppose they're jacking the best sellers list. They put a ridiculous price on an expensive box set, get a million orders, then cancel them all. Until Amazon's system recognizes all the cancellations, the box is prominently displayed at the top of the best sellers list on the classical cd page on Amazon. Perhaps cancellations don't even register in the best seller system. I remember the Supraphon Dvorak box was showing up as a best seller weeks after its price had quadrupled.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 14, 2012, 10:27:38 AM
Quote from: bigshot on October 14, 2012, 10:12:47 AM
This probably doesn't apply to i deals, but it does the Philips and Mozart 111 boxes. Suppose they're jacking the best sellers list. They put a ridiculous price on an expensive box set, get a million orders, then cancel them all. Until Amazon's system recognizes all the cancellations, the box is prominently displayed at the top of the best sellers list on the classical cd page on Amazon. Perhaps cancellations don't even register in the best seller system. I remember the Supraphon Dvorak box was showing up as a best seller weeks after its price had quadrupled.

We're not talking about Amazon directly, we're talking about an individual seller, which thrive on customer feedback. If a customer had a lot of negative feedback, then they won't be doing much business. It's really that simple. Do you eat at a restaurant that has consistently bad health food scores? Probably not since here in the US they would shut them down in a heartbeat. Amazon has pulled the chain from large MP sellers before and they can do it again.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 14, 2012, 10:39:06 AM
A couple of good deals at Amazon Spain

Complete Haydn String Quartets- Aeolian 26 euro 22 CDs
http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B001QBXFTA

Muti conducts Cherubini 8 euro 7 CDs
http://www.amazon.es/Riccardo-Muti-Edition-Cherubini-Box/dp/B003TRKQNW
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 14, 2012, 10:44:28 AM
Quote from: bigshot on October 14, 2012, 10:39:06 AM
A couple of good deals at Amazon Spain

Complete Haydn String Quartets- Aeolian 26 euro 22 CDs
http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B001QBXFTA

This occasionally comes down to the mid-20s (Pounds) at Amazon UK. Better deal if you wish to avoid Spain's delivery charges.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on October 14, 2012, 10:58:59 AM
Best price I've seen on the Aeolian Quartet Haydn set on amazon.es right now. 26 EUR and change.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 14, 2012, 11:07:37 AM
Quote from: bigshot on October 14, 2012, 10:12:47 AM
This probably doesn't apply to i deals, but it does the Philips and Mozart 111 boxes. Suppose they're jacking the best sellers list. They put a ridiculous price on an expensive box set, get a million orders, then cancel them all. Until Amazon's system recognizes all the cancellations, the box is prominently displayed at the top of the best sellers list on the classical cd page on Amazon. Perhaps cancellations don't even register in the best seller system. I remember the Supraphon Dvorak box was showing up as a best seller weeks after its price had quadrupled.

Not sure how that would work though, its Amazon that has reduced the price rather than Decca & DG.  Whats in it for Amazon? Lots of refund processing and a few customers who will moan if its not honoured, a probable loss if it is honoured.  If we assume Decca / DG have done a deal the Philips box would have been honoured.

Decca and DG must love it though, like you say its free publicity.  My Philips box should arrived tomorrow from Amazon.uk at full whack, so hoping thats good karma for some i-deals.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 15, 2012, 12:08:16 AM
Well, amazon.es; after annuling the Philips box due to a mistake in the pricing, now informs me that the same has happened with the Mozart 111 box......

Interesting goings-on in the CD world - or just plain stupidity?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gold Knight on October 15, 2012, 11:08:28 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 14, 2012, 09:26:21 AM (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=4431.msg667255#msg667255)
Ironically, a set which is dirt-cheap at actual market price: the
Kuchar Nielsen symphonies set.

I just pulled the trigger on this one earlier today, for 15 dollars. Guess I was too late for the giveaways which were apparently going on!  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 15, 2012, 11:24:32 AM
Quote from: Gold Knight on October 15, 2012, 11:08:28 AM
Quote from: karlhenningIronically, a set which is dirt-cheap at actual market price: the Kuchar Nielsen symphonies set.

I just pulled the trigger on this one earlier today, for 15 dollars. Guess I was too late for the giveaways which were apparently going on!  :(

Mine was just dumb luck;  I was unaware at the time of The Great Kerfuffle.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gold Knight on October 15, 2012, 01:21:08 PM
@karlhenning,  I'm glad for you; what did you pay for it, a buck?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 15, 2012, 06:03:21 PM
 Some good deals on DVDs at Berkshire Record Outlet. Stuttgart Ring cycle, and live broadcasts of Gunther Wand's Bruckner


1.    COWAND1-TDK
   Bruckner, Symphony #5. (N.German Radio Orchestra/ Gunter ...
   Format: DV, Qty: 1, Price: $5.99 ($5.99 ea.)
   Code: 138154

2.    COWAND2-TDK
   Haydn, Symphony  #76. Bruckner, Symphony #6. (N.German Ra...
   Format: DV, Qty: 1, Price: $5.99 ($5.99 ea.)
   Code: 138155

3.    COWAND3-TDK
   Bruckner, Symphony #8. (N.German Radio Orchestra/ Gunter ...
   Format: DV, Qty: 1, Price: $5.99 ($5.99 ea.)
   Code: 138156

4.    COWAND4-TDK
   Schubert, Symphony #8. Bruckner, Symphony #9. (N.German R...
   Format: DV, Qty: 1, Price: $5.99 ($5.99 ea.)
   Code: 138157

5.    DVUSOPRDNW-TDK
   Wagner, Die Walkure. (Robert Gambill, Attila Jun, Jan-Hen...
   Format: DV, Qty: 1, Price: $7.98 ($7.98 ea.)
   Code: 138163

6.    OPRDNG-TDK
   Wagner, Gotterdammerung. (Albert Bonnema, Hernan Iturrald...
   Format: DV, Qty: 1, Price: $7.98 ($7.98 ea.)
   Code: 134634

7.    DVUSOPRDNS-TDK
   Wagner, Siegfried. (Jon Fredric West, Heinz Gohrig, Wolfg...
   Format: DV, Qty: 1, Price: $7.98 ($7.98 ea.)
   Code: 136716

8.    OPRDNR-TDK
   Wagner, Das Rheingold. (Wolfgang Probst, Motti Kaston, Be...
   Format: DV, Qty: 1, Price: $5.99 ($5.99 ea.)
   Code: 134633
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 15, 2012, 07:05:53 PM
"Everyday Totalitarianism: Reflections on the Stuttgart Ring," from The Opera Quarterly Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 131– 148
Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

http://www.princeton.edu/~amoravcs/library/totalitarianism.pdf (http://www.princeton.edu/~amoravcs/library/totalitarianism.pdf)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 15, 2012, 08:14:32 PM
I love reviews of operas that never once mention the quality of the singers or orchestra.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 16, 2012, 04:34:03 AM
I love theatrical reviews that delve into a production and offer more insight than "the tenor sweats a lot but the soprano has a creamy sweet voice and the orchestra hit most of the right notes." (What was it Hitchcock said? Actors are cattle?)

I especially love reviews as witty and pithy as this:
QuoteThis ersatz world is inhabited exclusively by dysfunctional families drawn from burlesque, cinema, and television stereotypes. Valhalla houses a gangster clan. Wotan is a henpecked husband who fusses with garden gnomes in his backyard. Siegmund and Sieglinde are an alienated couple in the kitchen. Gunther and Gutrune are deluded bourgeois surrounded by beer-drinking, white-collar workers. The Valkyries are trashy tarts strutting their stuff on the sidewalk. Siegfried is a greasy teenager who escapes his masturbating stepdad in order to slay a criminal kingpin cum dragon and then encounters Brünnhilde in a bourgeois boudoir. Even the most heroic characters become sordid, with Wotan uniformly treated as a vicious tyrant. Whatever their role in the drama, Gods, dwarves, and men sport shiny suits, track clothes, leather jackets, cheap dresses, and grimy T-shirts. Only the odor of stale cigarettes is missing.

This remarkable consistency of vision should put us on our guard.

Of course the article in question is no more a review than Moby Dick is a story about a whale.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 16, 2012, 07:05:53 AM
Mahler 3, CSO Haitink - 4 left from the one seller, prices from £1.41p to a max of £1.45p

2 Like New, 1 Very Good, 1 Good all from the same seller "Bargainbookstores" of 'Merica

Mahler 3rd Haitink (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mahler-Symphony-No-Chicago-Orchestra/dp/B000P2A24M/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1350399378&sr=1-1)

Wouldn't pay the UK price of £35.02p (how shocking is that for a 2cd issue)!!!, the USA price of £2.71p is much nicer  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 19, 2012, 11:21:56 AM
this weeks amazon.es price cock up is barenboim's beethoven music for all deluxe edition for 17.59 euro... same price as the philips and mozart 111 which were both cancelled.  So a very low chance it will ever ship but thought I would share for those willing to try.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 19, 2012, 11:29:33 AM
Perhaps slightly more believable deals:

Segerstam's Sibelius ~12
8 CDs of Sinoploi conducting music from the Second Viennese School ~16
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on October 19, 2012, 11:47:18 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 19, 2012, 11:29:33 AM
Perhaps slightly more believable deals:

Segerstam's Sibelius ~12
8 CDs of Sinoploi conducting music from the Second Viennese School ~16

Where?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 19, 2012, 11:56:56 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on October 19, 2012, 11:47:18 AM
Where?

Amazon Spain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Lilas Pastia on October 19, 2012, 04:26:48 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 16, 2012, 07:05:53 AM
Mahler 3, CSO Haitink - 4 left from the one seller, prices from £1.41p to a max of £1.45p

2 Like New, 1 Very Good, 1 Good all from the same seller "Bargainbookstores" of 'Merica

Mahler 3rd Haitink (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mahler-Symphony-No-Chicago-Orchestra/dp/B000P2A24M/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1350399378&sr=1-1)

Wouldn't pay the UK price of £35.02p (how shocking is that for a 2cd issue)!!!, the USA price of £2.71p is much nicer  ;)

I ordered it for 2$. Ended up paying almost 7$ in s&h, so I consider I bought it for 9$. Still a good deal, but not a steal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 19, 2012, 11:56:17 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on October 19, 2012, 11:21:56 AM
this weeks amazon.es price cock up is barenboim's beethoven music for all deluxe edition for 17.59 euro... same price as the philips and mozart 111 which were both cancelled.  So a very low chance it will ever ship but thought I would share for those willing to try.
I've had too many cancellations from them. I've given up on them until they get their ship in order.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 22, 2012, 05:54:52 PM
Barenboim's Ring Cycle from Bayreuth. Remastered from the original hidef masters that have never been released in the US. 5:1 sound. $48 presale sale at importcds.com

http://www.importcds.com/Movies/2436959
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 23, 2012, 02:12:04 PM
5 DVD Bernstein Anniversary Set $20
DVD of Zefferelli's Carmen Domingo/Kleiber $10

Both at Berkshire
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on October 25, 2012, 01:09:24 PM
Indian classical music - 10 discs for approx $25 from US Amazon marketplace.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on October 26, 2012, 08:03:13 AM
Zinman Mahler box at an outstanding...  :P

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ytPoahBOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0045TN2MK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0045TN2MK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 26, 2012, 10:05:29 AM
Thank you.  The same seller has reduced some other boxes such Thielemanns Beethoven, the Secret Labyrinth box and others all at the same 14.50 price. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 26, 2012, 10:08:07 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on October 26, 2012, 10:05:29 AM
Thank you.  The same seller has reduced some other boxes such Thielemanns Beethoven, the Secret Labyrinth box and others all at the same 14.50 price. 

That was short-lived. Perhaps they pulled an ideals.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on October 26, 2012, 10:15:49 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 26, 2012, 10:08:07 AM
That was short-lived. Perhaps they pulled an ideals.

The same item was listed by the same seller for a comparable price on amazon.com.  But it said only 3 available.

Hard to resist because of the steep discount, but do I really need it?   I put it in my shopping cart and decided to order it later.  The strategy worked.  By the time I looked again it was gone.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 26, 2012, 10:49:18 AM
I really need your self control.  ;D  I noticed a few things disappearing while I ummed and ahhed which spurred me to click. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on October 26, 2012, 12:51:41 PM
Quote from: stingo on October 25, 2012, 01:09:24 PM
Indian classical music - 10 discs for approx $25 from US Amazon marketplace.

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or £15.31 on amazon.co.uk - pity it has to include Shankar's 2 sitar concertos, although still enough "real" Indian classical music to make it seriously tempting, thank you.  Now a 10CD Vilayat Khan edition at that price would be really worth having...

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 31, 2012, 12:44:08 AM
New at bargainbookstores-

9 cents
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33 cents
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 03, 2012, 12:17:07 PM
Here is a potentially good bargain. The Massenet Edition is 59.99 at Barnes and Noble. BUT, if you have the coupon they sent you by email (perhaps only for members), you can get 20-50% more off. EVen 20% brings it to 47.99, which is a better price by far than I have seen elsewhere. This excludes shipping (free over $25 I think) and taxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 07, 2012, 10:00:49 AM
Brilliant Classics' new Boccherini Edition 35 CDs
Wagner's Vision 50 CDs of historical Bayreuth recordings

Around $30 each at Amazon.es
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on November 07, 2012, 11:57:47 AM
thanks for that bigshot, had a look round and spotted the paul lewis beethoven sonatas for 27 euro, so picked one up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 09, 2012, 05:24:02 PM
Another mega box bargain coming down the pike at the end of the month. This time it's EMI and it looks like a doozy.

1000 Classical Masterpieces (61 CDs)
http://www.amazon.it/Classical-Masterpieces-Limited-Various-Classics/dp/B009I6PF2A/

90 Euro shipped to the US from Amazon.it

No track listings yet, but the performers include...  Alban Berg Quartet, Maria Callas, Elly Ameling, Lucia Popp, Luciano Pavorotti, Placido Domingo, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Paul Tortelier, many more Kathleen Battle (Performer), Leonard Bernstein, Simon Rattle, many more Sir Thomas Beecham (Conductor)

The breakdown of disks is like this...

Cd 1-3: Johann Sebastian Bach
Cd 4-6: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cd 7-9: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Cd 10-12: Renaissance & Baroque
Cd 13-14: Baroque
Cd 15: Classic & Romantic
Cd 16-19: Romantic & 20th Century
Cd 20-24: 20th Century
Cd 25-30: Opera
Cd 31-33: Choruses
Cd 34-35: Overtures
Cd 36-37: Operetta
Cd 38-43: Sacred Music
Cd 44-45: Piano
Cd 46-47: Violin
Cd 48-49: Cello
Cd 50: Guitar
Cd 51-52: Piano Concertos
Cd 53: Violin Concertos
Cd 54: Various Concertos
Cd 55-56: Waltzes
Cd 57: Polkas
Cd 58-60: Ballet
Cd 61: Tango
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 09, 2012, 06:49:23 PM
Quote from: bigshot on November 09, 2012, 05:24:02 PM
Another mega box bargain coming down the pike at the end of the month. This time it's EMI and it looks like a doozy.

1000 Classical Masterpieces (61 CDs)
http://www.amazon.it/Classical-Masterpieces-Limited-Various-Classics/dp/B009I6PF2A/

90 Euro shipped to the US from Amazon.it

No track listings yet, but the performers include...  Alban Berg Quartet, Maria Callas, Elly Ameling, Lucia Popp, Luciano Pavorotti, Placido Domingo, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Paul Tortelier, many more Kathleen Battle (Performer), Leonard Bernstein, Simon Rattle, many more Sir Thomas Beecham (Conductor)

The breakdown of disks is like this...

Cd 1-3: Johann Sebastian Bach
Cd 4-6: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cd 7-9: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Cd 10-12: Renaissance & Baroque
Cd 13-14: Baroque
Cd 15: Classic & Romantic
Cd 16-19: Romantic & 20th Century
Cd 20-24: 20th Century
Cd 25-30: Opera
Cd 31-33: Choruses
Cd 34-35: Overtures
Cd 36-37: Operetta
Cd 38-43: Sacred Music
Cd 44-45: Piano
Cd 46-47: Violin
Cd 48-49: Cello
Cd 50: Guitar
Cd 51-52: Piano Concertos
Cd 53: Violin Concertos
Cd 54: Various Concertos
Cd 55-56: Waltzes
Cd 57: Polkas
Cd 58-60: Ballet
Cd 61: Tango

This should be a good set for some folks who want to be marginally involved in classical music but will do nothing for me since my collection is many times more superb than what this set has to offer ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 09, 2012, 06:53:32 PM
I stand in awe of your superbness!

I can't really tell what's in it yet. But EMI has one of the best classical music libraries to draw upon in the world.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 09, 2012, 07:07:48 PM
Quote from: bigshot on November 09, 2012, 06:53:32 PM
I stand in awe of your superbness!

I can't really tell what's in it yet. But EMI has one of the best classical music libraries to draw upon in the world.

Yes, but you'd never know that looking at what they re-issue.  They don't take advantage of that gigantic back catalogue.  They re-issue the same performances ten times over, instead of issuing new ones or re-issuing less well known performances and performers. Odds are, once we see the actual performances involved, that at least half the people here have half that box already, and the reason they don't have the other half is because the works involved don't particularly thrill them.   I'd rather have a smaller box filled with re-issues of lesser known artists.

Coop is right: it's a great set for someone who's only slightly into classical music,  but nothing more.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 09, 2012, 08:31:25 PM
Everyone used to complain that these big boxes were full of lesser known artists. Now they complain that they're full of top name artists...

I probably have close to 10,000 classical 78s, LPs and CDs. I've bought the Living Stereo, Mercury Living Presence, Philips and Decca Sound boxes. Every one of them have been well worth the price. And every one was packed with great performances I've never heard before. Classical music is such a broad field, I can't imagine someone saying, "I already have that stuff." Maybe you have a Beethoven's 9th, but do you have Furtwangler's, Walter's Kletzki's, Abbado's, Szell's and Reiner's? How many different great performances are too many?

Back catalog is going for pennies on the dollar right now. You can turn up your nose now, but wait till the majors stop releasing CDs unless the demand justifies a big pressing run. You'll be stuck with streaming services and iTunes downloads. The handwriting is on the wall for CDs. We're seeing the last blowout sale on them right now. A dollar twenty a 65 minute CD packed to the gills with major recordings? I say, "yes, thank you".
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 10, 2012, 05:59:40 AM
Quote from: bigshot on November 09, 2012, 08:31:25 PM
Everyone used to complain that these big boxes were full of lesser known artists. Now they complain that they're full of top name artists...

I probably have close to 10,000 classical 78s, LPs and CDs. I've bought the Living Stereo, Mercury Living Presence, Philips and Decca Sound boxes. Every one of them have been well worth the price. And every one was packed with great performances I've never heard before. Classical music is such a broad field, I can't imagine someone saying, "I already have that stuff." Maybe you have a Beethoven's 9th, but do you have Furtwangler's, Walter's Kletzki's, Abbado's, Szell's and Reiner's? How many different great performances are too many?

Back catalog is going for pennies on the dollar right now. You can turn up your nose now, but wait till the majors stop releasing CDs unless the demand justifies a big pressing run. You'll be stuck with streaming services and iTunes downloads. The handwriting is on the wall for CDs. We're seeing the last blowout sale on them right now. A dollar twenty a 65 minute CD packed to the gills with major recordings? I say, "yes, thank you".

I agree with most of your points.  My collection is somewhat like yours - close to 10,000 recordings spread across LP's, CD's, open-reels and cassettes but no 78's and thankfully, I also have functional playback devices I can use for the respective physical media.  I am not a download guy and that is why I have stepped up my CD purchases over the past few years and probably bought over 1000 CD's in a single year two years ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 10, 2012, 09:30:24 AM
Quote from: bigshot on November 09, 2012, 08:31:25 PM
Everyone used to complain that these big boxes were full of lesser known artists. Now they complain that they're full of top name artists...

I probably have close to 10,000 classical 78s, LPs and CDs. I've bought the Living Stereo, Mercury Living Presence, Philips and Decca Sound boxes. Every one of them have been well worth the price. And every one was packed with great performances I've never heard before. Classical music is such a broad field, I can't imagine someone saying, "I already have that stuff." Maybe you have a Beethoven's 9th, but do you have Furtwangler's, Walter's Kletzki's, Abbado's, Szell's and Reiner's? How many different great performances are too many?

Back catalog is going for pennies on the dollar right now. You can turn up your nose now, but wait till the majors stop releasing CDs unless the demand justifies a big pressing run. You'll be stuck with streaming services and iTunes downloads. The handwriting is on the wall for CDs. We're seeing the last blowout sale on them right now. A dollar twenty a 65 minute CD packed to the gills with major recordings? I say, "yes, thank you".

I'm not actually arguing with you.  Your prognostications are probably correct.  At the moment, I have at least 2500 recordings on CD (no LPs or tapes or older media), and the number will presumably go higher; but when the CD printings stop,  I'll have more, and more than enough for my needs.  And if I've caught up to the technology,  I'll download.  Also I'm not nearly as interested in older recordings as many other people here.  I've got about twenty five recordings of the Beethoven 9, but only five* of them don't involve relatively contemporary conductors and orchestras --Furtwangler (Bayreuth), Toscanini (NBC Symphony), Karajan (DG I), Clutyens, and Blomstedt/Dresden.   And half of my B9s are part of larger cycles (in fact, of the ones I listed, only the Furtwangler was not part of a larger set).   I won't say I'm not interested in Reiner/Szell/Walter/etc. recordings of the Ninth.  But they are far enough down the list of priorities that if I never get them, I shall not weep.   The Mercury box is on my wishlist,  and the only reason I'm not more interested in the others you mention is the fact that, unlike the Mercury box, I've already got a sizeable number of the recordings in those boxes as individual CDs.

My criticism is this--that EMI keeps re-issuing the same things over and over again, and very often while the earlier re-issue is still in print.  Callas is listed as among the performers.  Is there an EMI recording of Callas that is not currently in print?  This (I'm extrapolating from EMI's usual practices) will simply be a big box of highlights of EMI's in-print catalogue.      A box of truly historical performances would pique my interest, but this doesn't seem to be anything like that.

*ETA: make that six.  I forgot I had Ormandy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Scarpia on November 10, 2012, 09:39:39 AM
Quote from: bigshot on November 09, 2012, 05:24:02 PM
Another mega box bargain coming down the pike at the end of the month. This time it's EMI and it looks like a doozy.

1000 Classical Masterpieces (61 CDs)
http://www.amazon.it/Classical-Masterpieces-Limited-Various-Classics/dp/B009I6PF2A/

90 Euro shipped to the US from Amazon.it

No track listings yet, but the performers include...  Alban Berg Quartet, Maria Callas, Elly Ameling, Lucia Popp, Luciano Pavorotti, Placido Domingo, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Paul Tortelier, many more Kathleen Battle (Performer), Leonard Bernstein, Simon Rattle, many more Sir Thomas Beecham (Conductor)

The breakdown of disks is like this...

Cd 1-3: Johann Sebastian Bach
Cd 4-6: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cd 7-9: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Cd 10-12: Renaissance & Baroque
Cd 13-14: Baroque
Cd 15: Classic & Romantic
Cd 16-19: Romantic & 20th Century
Cd 20-24: 20th Century
Cd 25-30: Opera
Cd 31-33: Choruses
Cd 34-35: Overtures
Cd 36-37: Operetta
Cd 38-43: Sacred Music
Cd 44-45: Piano
Cd 46-47: Violin
Cd 48-49: Cello
Cd 50: Guitar
Cd 51-52: Piano Concertos
Cd 53: Violin Concertos
Cd 54: Various Concertos
Cd 55-56: Waltzes
Cd 57: Polkas
Cd 58-60: Ballet
Cd 61: Tango

I find myself somewhat mystified as the the market being targeted by that thing, but presumably the people who decide to issue these sets are guided by the sales numbers and experience. 

I find myself with a lot of big boxes, but I am attracted to the ones that are focused on something I am interested in.  (Artist boxes like the complete Karajan and Ciccolini Boxes from EMI, for example, or complete composer editions like the Bach set from Teldec and Liszt set from Hyperion.)   These big scatter-shot boxes don't attract me, because there is a lot there I'm not interested in and I suspect that whatever is in the box that I am interested in, I probably already have.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 10, 2012, 09:43:25 AM
Such a set might come in handy in schools or perhaps other places whether the teach the history of and intro. to western classical music to the lay public.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 10, 2012, 10:14:22 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on November 10, 2012, 09:39:39 AMI find myself with a lot of big boxes, but I am attracted to the ones that are focused on something I am interested in.  (Artist boxes like the complete Karajan and Ciccolini Boxes from EMI, for example, or complete composer editions like the Bach set from Teldec and Liszt set from Hyperion.)

I have the Hannsler Bach and the Hyperion Liszt, but those serve a different purpose to me. They're about having a collection of *something specific*. That's fine, but the boxes with wider ranges give me clues about things I don't know more than what I already know. I've discovered amazing things in all of the big boxes with "assorted candies", in particular the Membran Meister Konzerte box that was spectacularly curated and the Decca Sound box which included many wonderful recordings I hadn't heard because I already had versions of particular works and wasn't on the lookout for them. I enjoy the "grab bag" approach because it holds surprises I don't expect, which give me avenues for further exploration.

I could easily say, "I've already got three Rite of Spring CDs, why do I need any more?" But the truth is, great works invite more than three different interpretations. These boxes have replaced my "old standby" recordings with better alternatives in many cases.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 10, 2012, 10:15:50 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 10, 2012, 09:43:25 AM
Such a set might come in handy in schools or perhaps other places whether the teach the history of and intro. to western classical music to the lay public.

Classical music is probably dying in the US.  There are fewer and fewer listeners with every new generation ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 10, 2012, 10:17:13 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 10, 2012, 09:30:24 AMA box of truly historical performances would pique my interest, but this doesn't seem to be anything like that.

That's the Meister Konzerte set. You can pick that up at Amazon.es for a song.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 10, 2012, 10:20:56 AM
Quote from: bigshot on November 10, 2012, 10:14:22 AM
I could easily say, "I've already got three Rite of Spring CDs, why do I need any more?" But the truth is, great works invite more than three different interpretations. These boxes have replaced my "old standby" recordings with better alternatives in many cases.

Then this, my friend, is just for you:

(http://i.prs.to/t_200/decca4783729.jpg)

All 38 recordings from Universal's catalogues. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 10, 2012, 10:41:46 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 10, 2012, 10:20:56 AM
Then this, my friend, is just for you:

(http://i.prs.to/t_200/decca4783729.jpg)

All 38 recordings from Universal's catalogues. ;D

I think I probably have only one version of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and on LP, not on CD.  I have never developed much love for this work.  Unlike some other baroque and classical masterpieces where 20+ to 30+ versions are the norm ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 10, 2012, 11:09:16 AM
I want a 100 CD box of that!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 10, 2012, 11:16:05 AM
Quote from: bigshot on November 10, 2012, 11:09:16 AM
I want a 100 CD box of that!

You'll have to be patient. One crazy, desperate old label at a time.

;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on November 10, 2012, 12:51:49 PM
Quote from: bigshot on November 10, 2012, 10:17:13 AM
That's the Meister Konzerte set. You can pick that up at Amazon.es for a song.

Amazon.es is far more expensive at present - try Am.de, it or uk for example.
https://pricenoia.com/meisterwerke-the-masters-of-music
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 19, 2012, 10:49:59 AM
MDT is having a big sale, including clearance on some Brilliant boxes, and Naxos. mdt.co.uk
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 19, 2012, 08:06:11 PM
Brilliant's Beethoven Edition is available for just under $70 (for 85 CDs) shipped from Amazon US marketplace.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 20, 2012, 05:49:44 AM
In about three hours the BC Bach Box will be up for grabs at Amazon UK's Black Friday Deals. And in about ten, the Sony Toscanini box at Amazon US.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 20, 2012, 09:38:25 AM
Got the Bach set. Thanks for the heads up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 20, 2012, 09:41:49 AM
Nav and his legendary helping hand! : )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 20, 2012, 09:49:29 AM
Quote from: stingo on November 20, 2012, 09:38:25 AM
Got the Bach set. Thanks for the heads up.

You're welcome.

Quote from: karlhenning on November 20, 2012, 09:41:49 AM
Nav and his legendary helping hand! : )

;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on November 20, 2012, 04:36:43 PM
Glad I came here.  Got the Toscanini set just before it was out of my reach.  And I was wondering why it wasn't selling for $91 when that would have been a great deal anyway.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: adriatikfan on November 21, 2012, 10:52:27 AM
The Brilliant Classics Beethoven 85CD set is now only £47.00 at Amazon UK.

Best Wishes
David
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on November 21, 2012, 12:36:32 PM
The Sony "Barock" masterpieces box is at its lowest price ever I'm sure..  £33.23 at Amazon uk

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baroque-Masterpieces-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=pd_sim_m_h__36 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baroque-Masterpieces-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=pd_sim_m_h__36)

It says temporarily out of stock but I am sure they have been getting this back in, so you might have a wait, but if Bach's your thing... 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: adriatikfan on November 22, 2012, 01:08:09 AM
Thanks for the heads-up but the Sony box is now listed as 'temporarily out of stock'

Best Wishes
David'
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on November 22, 2012, 02:01:50 AM
Hi David,
still usually worth putting an order through, they will honour it at that price if they get more stock in.  I'm sure it comes in and out of stock
I got the Orchestre de Liege set cheap in the same way couple of weeks back
J
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 22, 2012, 02:29:37 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on November 22, 2012, 02:01:50 AM
Hi David,
still usually worth putting an order through, they will honour it at that price if they get more stock in.  I'm sure it comes in and out of stock
I got the Orchestre de Liege set cheap in the same way couple of weeks back
J
Yep. Temporarily means temporarily and not permanently. Smartass remark I know, but this is not difficult.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: adriatikfan on November 22, 2012, 05:44:39 AM
Okay - you've persuaded me - let's see what happens.

Best Wishes
David
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 22, 2012, 07:06:45 AM
Good luck! : )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on November 22, 2012, 12:51:46 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on November 21, 2012, 12:36:32 PM
The Sony "Barock" masterpieces box is at its lowest price ever I'm sure..  £33.23 at Amazon uk

[asin]B001CBX2RO[/asin]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baroque-Masterpieces-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=pd_sim_m_h__36 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baroque-Masterpieces-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=pd_sim_m_h__36)

I bought this box almost 2 years ago but still have a good number of CD's yet to be listened to.  I paid a little over $70 for it and bought the set from an Amazon US vendor, a bit more than £33.23.  The question really is if Amazon UK really can get the goods ...


It says temporarily out of stock but I am sure they have been getting this back in, so you might have a wait, but if Bach's your thing...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 22, 2012, 01:03:51 PM
$10

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$81 from $149

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on November 22, 2012, 02:26:16 PM
Thanks for the tip off on the Nielsen set, I've gone for that.  For those interested in the Bernstein set it is one of the best presented box sets I've seen.  The music isnt bad either!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 26, 2012, 08:42:59 PM
Ordered the Brilliant Mozart Complete Set from FabulousCD in the Amazon marketplace. $123 shipped for 170 CDs. I think our European contingent can acquire this set even cheaper from Amazon.es. I tried, but the shipping killed the deal.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 27, 2012, 09:28:49 AM
For those who missed the Black Friday week Bach complete on Brilliant, amazon.com has it for $112.57 + S&H (and $111.44 in the marketplace).

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 27, 2012, 03:33:28 PM
That Bernstein box is fantastic.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on November 27, 2012, 06:08:43 PM
Tennstedt MAHLER 1-9 at amazon.es under EUR 20. (18.75actually), with deals in their other national stores that might be as good when you add exchange and get free shipping
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or http://www.amazon.es/dp/B004OGDW4M/ref=pe_143391_33169371_pe_vfe_dt1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on November 27, 2012, 06:10:50 PM
Quote from: listener on November 27, 2012, 06:08:43 PM
Tennstedt MAHLER 1-9 at amazon.es under EUR 20,
[asin]B004OGDW4M[/asin]

Thumbs up!  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 28, 2012, 06:06:14 AM
Today's classical selections at Amazon DE for Cyber Monday Week: A box of Harnoncourt and Maazel's Mahler.

Over at Amazon US: a CD of Andre Rieu and one of Bocelli.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on November 28, 2012, 09:28:09 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 28, 2012, 06:06:14 AM
Today's classical selections at Amazon DE for Cyber Monday Week: A box of Harnoncourt and Maazel's Mahler.

Over at Amazon US: a CD of Andre Rieu and one of Bocelli.
That Harnoncourt looks tempting!
There's also Brilliant's Tchaikovsky box at Amazon de.
But really, isn't this the material of the chat thread or diner - Harnoncourt & Maazel vs Rieu & Boccelli  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on November 28, 2012, 09:49:42 AM
Quote from: North Star on November 28, 2012, 09:28:09 AM
That Harnoncourt looks tempting!
There's also Brilliant's Tchaikovsky box at Amazon de.

The Tchaikovsy already came up a couple of times at UK. Regardless the DE site generally tends to have low prices on many items of interest (mine at least).

Quote
But really, isn't this the material of the chat thread or diner - Harnoncourt & Maazel vs Rieu & Boccelli  ;D

Who said anything about "versus"? I was just letting you know what's out there. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on November 28, 2012, 10:14:44 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 28, 2012, 09:49:42 AM
The Tchaikovsy already came up a couple of times at UK. Regardless the DE site generally tends to have low prices on many items of interest (mine at least).

Who said anything about "versus"? I was just letting you know what's out there. ;)
Amazon Spain has been even better for me - and they're deliveries arrive faster than Am. UK or DE, which should be a bit strange.

QuoteWho said anything about "versus"? I was just letting you know what's out there. ;)
Cool. Did you also PM the Rieu and Boccelli fans on the forum, in case they don't check this topic?  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 28, 2012, 10:52:28 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on November 28, 2012, 06:06:14 AM
Today's classical selections at Amazon DE for Cyber Monday Week: A box of Harnoncourt and Maazel's Mahler.

Over at Amazon US: a CD of Andre Rieu and one of Bocelli.

Well played. I thought the UK was getting much better classical deals from Amazon, but it looks like that's true of the EU.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: trung224 on November 29, 2012, 01:51:51 AM
 EMI's Baroque collection (10 CDs) in like-new condition:   only 5 USD + shipping   ;D
[asin]B008ROH090[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on November 29, 2012, 01:40:36 PM
For UK purchasers only, lots of good things on Sainsbury's Entertainment: VW Collector's Edition £28.99, EMI's Mahler Complete Works £17.99, the Borodin's complete Shostakovich £17.99, etc.  Free postage on everything.

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: radi on December 02, 2012, 09:10:12 AM
I hope it's okay to mention digital downloads on this topic. From December 1st to 24th www.eclassical.com (http://www.eclassical.com) has two albums a day -50% off (click the "classical advent calendar" banner on the front page). One from BIS and one from PentaTone, around five bucks for an album. It's a christmas thing, they did it last year too and there were some really great records for sale back then. In addition to that they still have their "daily super bargains", -50% off one album every day (mostly older BIS releases).

edit: Around five bucks for a 16bit version I mean. 24bit versions cost a bit more.

-r
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on December 03, 2012, 03:59:56 AM
Barenboim Beethoven for all deluxe set, i.e. the symphonies and piano sonatas <40 euro plus shipping at amazon spain
http://www.amazon.es/Beetoven-Para-Todos-D-Barenboim-Box/dp/B008U2J3EO/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1354539347&sr=1-3

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 06, 2012, 01:03:18 AM
6 euro's for this set at JPC, that is a real bargain.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Christine-Schornsheim-Cembalo-Klavierkonzerte/hnum/6535757
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 06, 2012, 01:05:38 AM
And another one, also a bargain in my eyes.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Cappella-Coloniensis/hnum/2726777
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 06, 2012, 01:07:03 AM
Also this one.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-1809-1847-S%E4mtliche-Solokonzerte/hnum/8160733

and this one too!

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-1809-1847-Streichersymphonien-Nr-1-12/hnum/8252715

Only SACD mind.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 08, 2012, 01:20:25 AM
Some bargains at JPC de

Brilliant releases.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Complete-Sacred-Cantatas-Brilliant-Classics/hnum/1896932

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-S%E4mtliche-Symphonien/hnum/9906896

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/A-Bach-Christmas/hnum/4983310

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Christoph-Eschenbach-The-Early-Recordings/hnum/7159710

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/The-Classical-Guitar-Collection/hnum/3869941


Enjoy!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on December 09, 2012, 01:01:16 PM
Brilliant's 51-disc Shostakovich Edition for 36 € at German Amazon (nah, I'm not going to buy it - although it's pretty sweet, considering Delos's song recordings are apparently included in the box)


(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/811Y9Z9robL._AA1500_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B008GAXUYE/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF%5B/url)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 09, 2012, 01:34:07 PM
The Aeolian Quartet's complete Haydn just resurfaced on amazon.es at 27 Euros. Less Vat I just paid 29 Euros including P&P.

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on December 09, 2012, 06:53:18 PM
Quote from: The new erato on December 09, 2012, 01:34:07 PM
The Aeolian Quartet's complete Haydn just resurfaced on amazon.es at 27 Euros. Less Vat I just paid 29 Euros including P&P.

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B001QBXFTA/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00)

You know, all these super duper cheap bargains are sending me to bankruptcy....

Ordering that one, plus the Muti Cherubini Anniversary box from EMI and the Menuhin 10 CD Concertos box, each listed for approximately 10 Euros and 12 Euros before VAT is taken off and shipping added on.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jV91R3dfL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517h5HyRW-L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 09, 2012, 09:49:19 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 09, 2012, 06:53:18 PM
You know, all these super duper cheap bargains are sending me to bankruptcy....

Aren't we all going down the slippery slope? Me, I fear that physical media will go the way of the dinosaurs....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on December 10, 2012, 09:29:40 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 09, 2012, 09:49:19 PM
Aren't we all going down the slippery slope? Me, I fear that physical media will go the way of the dinosaurs....

Unfortunately downloads still coat money too. Lack of liner notes/artwork is why I've not committed to them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 10, 2012, 11:45:32 AM
Complete Lester Scarlatti from Nimbus for $32 in mp3 format http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Sonatas-Mp3-Edition-Scarlatti/dp/B0091EF2YK/ref=pd_sim_m_5

I bought the Haydn symphonies and the Bach organ MP3 boxes and they were fine. Your player needs to play MP3 though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 10, 2012, 11:49:22 AM
Avoid the Aeolian Haydn. Dreadful sound, some wayward playing. Awful. The Angeles has been re-released in a cheap box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 10, 2012, 11:52:59 AM
6 disc Minkowski collection on Naive from an excellent Amazon vendor for $18 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008XKWAXE/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on December 10, 2012, 05:30:24 PM
Quote from: Ken B on December 10, 2012, 11:49:22 AM
Avoid the Aeolian Haydn. Dreadful sound, some wayward playing. Awful. The Angeles has been re-released in a cheap box.

I've heard similar criticism of the Angeles cycle.  And while the new incarnation is cheaper than the older incarnation, it's not what I call cheap.  Merely less expensive.  Certainly not as cheap as the Aeolian--which, if you read the thread, I ordered yesterday..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on December 10, 2012, 08:33:43 PM
I got the Aeolian set a couple of months ago at Amazon.es. I don't have any complaints about it at all. Great stuff.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 10, 2012, 11:52:36 PM
This set for a giveaway price of 7 euro's at JPC.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Chopinseine-Zeitgenossen-seine-Instrumente/hnum/5518734

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb79/walboi/New%20albums%202012/5028421940489.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 12, 2012, 10:20:03 PM
Anyone else get a 20% off coupon for JPC (through Sunday)?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 12, 2012, 10:34:44 PM
Quote from: Harry on December 10, 2012, 11:52:36 PM
This set for a giveaway price of 7 euro's at JPC.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Chopinseine-Zeitgenossen-seine-Instrumente/hnum/5518734

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb79/walboi/New%20albums%202012/5028421940489.jpg)

A superb set - particularly of interest for the non-Chopin items. Strongly recommended! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 12, 2012, 11:46:11 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on December 12, 2012, 10:20:03 PM
Anyone else get a 20% off coupon for JPC (through Sunday)?
Yes, good for a maximum of two items, so choose carefully.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on December 13, 2012, 01:22:42 AM
Quote from: listener on December 12, 2012, 11:46:11 PM
Yes, good for a maximum of two items, so choose carefully.

I have just tried with three items in my basket and it has taken 20% off each one.  I think the limit may be that you can buy two of each item as a maximum but am very willing to stand corrected.

Phil.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 13, 2012, 01:43:04 AM
I think you're right.  THe fine print on the coupon reads
"With discount vouchers an order of a maximum of 2 pieces per item is possible"
so I'll get back to them if I can get the nerve to add to my credit card bill.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on December 13, 2012, 03:16:21 AM
I've just ordered nine items 20% off all so it does work.

Phil.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 13, 2012, 05:46:09 AM
What, so everyone except me gets a discount? >:( :(


(I'm almost certain that I registered there. But haven't bought anything from them till date.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 13, 2012, 05:49:15 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 13, 2012, 05:46:09 AM
What, so everyone except me gets a discount? >:( :(


(I'm almost certain that I registered there. But haven't bought anything from them till date.)
I didn't neither, and I've bought from them this year. Not much, but probably around $150.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 13, 2012, 06:35:46 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 13, 2012, 05:46:09 AM
What, so everyone except me gets a discount? >:( :(

No discount for me either...and there have been years where I've single-handedly kept them in business  >:(

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 13, 2012, 06:38:29 AM
 >:(
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 13, 2012, 06:35:46 AM
No discount for me either...and there have been years where I've single-handedly kept them in business  >:(

Sarge

Me neither, although I bought quite a lot. >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 13, 2012, 06:42:03 AM
It shouldn't, but all this makes me feel better.


;)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 13, 2012, 06:44:48 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 13, 2012, 06:42:03 AM
It shouldn't, but all this makes me feel better.


;)

I will contact them, for after all I have invested in this firm, and ask them why this is.
I expect an answer.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 13, 2012, 06:45:48 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 13, 2012, 06:44:48 AM
I will contact them, for after all I have invested in this firm, and ask them why this is.
I expect an answer.

Make sure to attach you avatar with the e-mail. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 13, 2012, 06:49:25 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 13, 2012, 06:45:48 AM
Make sure to attach you avatar with the e-mail. ;D

Very good idea! I get back on this before Christmas I hope.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on December 13, 2012, 07:36:06 AM
Sorry Guys, they are obviously trying to woo back people who don't shop with them as often as some:-

'Some time has passed since you have placed your last order.

We would be very delighted if you were to order your CDs, LPs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and books from our extensive range also in the future.

Today we have another fantastic piece of news for you: We are giving you a

20 % voucher*'


Phil.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on December 13, 2012, 07:40:02 AM
are the vouchers user specific? i.e. is it a code like 20OFF or something that is generic or one of these horrible ABC1-XYZ2-YADA-YADA-YADA codes?

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 13, 2012, 09:20:27 AM
Under 20 Pounds sans VAT.

[asin]B0033KR5XY[/asin]

GMG-Amazon UK link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0033KR5XY/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 13, 2012, 09:21:59 AM
Nice, Nav!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on December 13, 2012, 06:15:59 PM
I've received two emails from JPC--one was for my birthday, and the other was "haven't ordered from us in a while, so here's a coupon to use".  As of tonight, I haven't gotten anything from JPC, perhaps because I have ordered in the last few months from them.

IIRC, the coupon codes were user specific, but unlike this one didn't expire for several months after the date of the email.

I did get a 30 percent off coupon from Barnes and Noble to use instore this weekend (not online) so tomorrow I expect to go do some damage there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on December 13, 2012, 06:31:13 PM
I would've liked a discount code for my recent order, but truth be told it was still a fine price for what I got. Only issue I have with jpc is the shipping which gives incentive for big orders. lol
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 13, 2012, 10:38:48 PM
Another Stella release with the complete organ works by Bohm. 4 CD'S for 15 euro's. YAY

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Georg-B%F6hm-1661-1733-S%E4mtliche-Werke-f%FCr-Cembalo-Orgel/hnum/1896922
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on December 13, 2012, 11:44:12 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 13, 2012, 09:20:27 AM
Under 20 Pounds sans VAT.

[asin]B0033KR5XY[/asin]

GMG-Amazon UK link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0033KR5XY/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

Thanks for this.  One of the M C Alain complete Bach sets is available from the same source for about the same price.
Phil.

PS I think the jpc voucher was probably customer specific and one time use
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 14, 2012, 03:14:54 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on December 13, 2012, 06:15:59 PM
I've received two emails from JPC--one was for my birthday, and the other was "haven't ordered from us in a while, so here's a coupon to use".  As of tonight, I haven't gotten anything from JPC, perhaps because I have ordered in the last few months from them.

IIRC, the coupon codes were user specific, but unlike this one didn't expire for several months after the date of the email.

I did get a 30 percent off coupon from Barnes and Noble to use instore this weekend (not online) so tomorrow I expect to go do some damage there.

I also received a 20% discount coupon from jpc.  But I already have 2 orders from MDT and Presto Classical on their way ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on December 15, 2012, 07:07:35 AM
Quote from: kscotthandley on December 15, 2012, 04:55:13 AM
That is a fine deal, and I am still enjoying big chunks of that Brilliant Bach box very, very much; but for those in N. America, it might possibly pay to wait until DeepDiscount's next big bi-annual (?) sale, which if it's like it was last year (~May-June)---featuring large discounts on Naxos, Brilliant, Naive, CPO labels---might yield an ~US$85 price for the Bach complete box; same for the Haydn megabox, fwiw.  Of course, such a sale might not happen, or include those labels, or the editions might vanish....alas
I'm hoping I get another shot at those labels next spring....

Good point. For me, if the Brilliant boxes are near or under $1 per disc that's a really good deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 18, 2012, 09:30:47 PM
The original set of Mozart symphonies from Hogwood and Band, for 30 Euros (incl. VAT, and I suppose notes in English too :D).

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000004CYS/?tag=goodmusicgu0a-21

And Karajan's 'Ring' for 50.

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000009CMV/?tag=goodmusicgu0a-21
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on December 19, 2012, 06:07:45 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 18, 2012, 09:30:47 PM
The original set of Mozart symphonies from Hogwood and Band, for 30 Euros (incl. VAT, and I suppose notes in English too :D).

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000004CYS/?tag=goodmusicgu0a-21

And Karajan's 'Ring' for 50.

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000009CMV/?tag=goodmusicgu0a-21

Nav, once I again thank you even if my checkbook does not.
Ordered the Karajan Ring (I am one of those people with the Italian liner notes).  Sans VAT, avec livraison transatlantique: USD $69.21, about 30 percent below its current listing on Amazon US.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 19, 2012, 09:29:07 PM
Please convey to your chequebook, on my behalf, my apology. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on December 21, 2012, 04:43:40 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 18, 2012, 09:30:47 PM
The original set of Mozart symphonies from Hogwood and Band, for 30 Euros (incl. VAT, and I suppose notes in English too :D).

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000004CYS/?tag=goodmusicgu0a-21

And Karajan's 'Ring' for 50.

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000009CMV/?tag=goodmusicgu0a-21

I have both sets and paid a much better price for the Hogwood's Mozart set but paid a bit more for the Karajan's Wagner Ring, around $95 IIRC ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on December 22, 2012, 07:01:52 AM
Just take a look at this. First they let you buy all the different sets and then this!

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Vivarte-Collection/hnum/2487942
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on December 22, 2012, 07:13:36 AM
Yep, been out a while that one, but that looks like a re-release next May at a cheaper price, so one to watch out for...  For the current pressing Amazon.fr are charging the not inconsiderable sum of over 380 euro!!  :o

Spotted this on a blog today, a cheap pre-order:

http://www.amazon.es/Van-Cliburn-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B009EJSUBY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356191132&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.es/Van-Cliburn-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B009EJSUBY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356191132&sr=8-1)

The Van Cliburn box set out in January <30 euro plus shipping.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on December 22, 2012, 07:43:45 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 22, 2012, 07:01:52 AM
Just take a look at this. First they let you buy all the different sets and then this!

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Vivarte-Collection/hnum/2487942

Brilliant follows the same game plan I think.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 23, 2012, 01:21:14 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 22, 2012, 07:01:52 AM
Just take a look at this. First they let you buy all the different sets and then this!

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Vivarte-Collection/hnum/2487942

Actually, first they gave us a false lead (this box was listed in 2011 for a short while). Then they brought out all the smaller boxes, and now back to this.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 23, 2012, 01:37:09 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on December 23, 2012, 01:21:14 AM
Actually, first they gave us a false lead (this box was listed in 2011 for a short while). Then they brought out all the smaller boxes, and now back to this.
That's what happened (I originally put in an order for it, and when I understood it would only be released later, I cancelled and decided to go for the smaller boxes - which are anyway much more comprehensive - instead). I've succeeded in getting much of what I want in the smaller boxes (and there's probably more of those to come). As a game plan it's not particularly brilliant, and the big box will probably appeal more to the occasional buyer than to the seriously obsessed.

And of course I ordered the van Cliburn box, does anybody know what's actually on it (except for the magical complete word)?  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on December 23, 2012, 02:20:48 AM
BTW, many DHM single and double discs going for 2, 3 and 4 Euros at Amazon Spain, just in case you want to 'spread the charge'.

For instance, this for 2.20:

[asin]B008FIED1G[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on December 23, 2012, 02:21:55 AM
Erato, amazon.de has the listing:

http://www.amazon.de/Van-Cliburn-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B009EJSUBY (http://www.amazon.de/Van-Cliburn-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B009EJSUBY)

CD 1  Tchaikovsky - Concerto No. 1- RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - Kondrashin     
CD 2  Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 3 - Symphony of the Air - Kondrashin
CD 3  Schumann - Concerto- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner
CD 4  Prokofiev  -  Concerto No. 3 – Mac Dowell -  Concerto No. 2 - Chicago S.O. - Hendl
CD 5  Beethoven - Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner
CD 6  My Favorite Chopin
CD 7  Brahms - Concerto No. 2- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner
CD 8  Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 2- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner
CD 9  Beethoven - Concerto No. 4- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner
Cd 10  Brahms - Concerto No. 1- Boston Symphony Orchestra - Reiner
CD 11 Beethoven - Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux" - Mozart - Sonata K. 330
CD 12  Chopin - Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
CD 13  Grieg - Concerto  -  Liszt -  Concerto No. 1- The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy
CD 14  Chopin - Concerto No. 1- The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy
CD 15  My Favorite Encores
CD 16  Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Liszt - Concerto No. 2- The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy
CD 17  Prokofiev - Sonata No. 6 - Barber - Sonata
CD 18  Beethoven - Concerto No. 3- The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy
CD 19  My Favorite Brahms
CD 20  Beethoven  -  Sonatas No. 14 "Moonlight" - No. 8 "Pathétique" - No. 23 "Appassionata"
CD 21  Chopin's Greatest Hits
CD 22  My Favorite Debussy
CD 23 The World's Favorite Music
CD 24  Rachmaninoff
CD 25  A Romantic Collection
CD 26  Van Cliburn plays Liszt
CD 27  Van Cliburn plays Brahms
CD 28  Van Cliburn in Moscow - Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra - Kondrashin
DVD Van Cliburn - Concert Pianist - A Film by Peter Rosen
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 23, 2012, 02:34:25 AM
Thanks a lot; I really searched for this!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 23, 2012, 06:58:00 AM
Quote from: Harry on December 22, 2012, 07:01:52 AM
Just take a look at this. First they let you buy all the different sets and then this!

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Vivarte-Collection/hnum/2487942

Harry, that one's a sampler! For instance, I bought the Vivarte box of Haydn symphonies with Bruno Weil, which included 21 different symphonies. This "Vivarte Collection" only includes 6 of the 21. Likewise, this collection has only 2 of Weil's Schubert masses, but you can also buy the complete box with all of them.

I have my own questions about that Vivarte Collection. For example, what order are the CDs in? There are Schubert symphonies on CD 10 and CD 18, but not on 11-17. And how does CD 49 contain 11 Vivaldi concerti unless each concerto is only 7 minutes long?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on December 23, 2012, 08:12:57 AM
If (like me) you have the 7CD box 'Van Cliburn plays Great Piano Concertos'
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/RCA/88697742852

then purchasing the 'Complete Album Collection' will duplicate 13 of the discs contained in the 'Complete Collection' as the latter slavishly follows each individual LP content i.e. the discs are generally very short measure.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidA on December 26, 2012, 08:46:46 AM
I note Amazon UK has an offer on boxed sets of Mozart operas. Incredible bargain - Karajan's Zauberflote, Eric Kleiber's Figaro, one of Bohm's Cosi and Szell's Seraglio.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on December 26, 2012, 10:26:04 AM
Looks like 5 disks of overlap between the Van Cliburn and RCA Living Stereo boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on December 26, 2012, 12:14:26 PM
Quote from: bigshot on December 26, 2012, 10:26:04 AM
Looks like 5 disks of overlap between the Van Cliburn and RCA Living Stereo boxes.

Hmmm... will have to try and get the running times on the new Van Cliburn box, CDs 1 and 8 are on a single disc in the Living Stereo box, as are discs 3 and 5.  Would be a bit off if each CD is half an hour long or something. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on December 26, 2012, 04:12:29 PM
Quote from: DavidA on December 26, 2012, 08:46:46 AM
I note Amazon UK has an offer on boxed sets of Mozart operas. Incredible bargain - Karajan's Zauberflote, Eric Kleiber's Figaro, one of Bohm's Cosi and Szell's Seraglio.

Thanks for that heads-up.  For lovers of Mozart's operas (I am a new enthusiast myself), if you like Mackerras' approach, you might want to know about that 11cd Telarc box with his Scottish Chamber Orch recordings of MAGIC FLUTE, DON GIOVANNI, COSI FAN TUTTI, and FIGARO, for $22 at B.R.O.  Librettos available online, but still not a bad deal; even cheaper than the bargain editions of each individual release that are floating around, though I think some of those are more attractively packaged, with gratuitous cleavage cover art etc.

Even better, an Amazon Marketplace seller is offering new hardback copies of poet J.D. McClatchy's SEVEN MOZART LIBRETTOS for US$3.25 + shipping.  I got one, and it's a lovely 1100+ page verse translation in a beautifully large font, perfect for aging eyes.  Now I can buy "bargain", libretto-free Mozart operas without rage!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393066096/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller= (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393066096/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=)

(http://images.betterworldbooks.com/039/Seven-Mozart-Librettos-McClatchy-J-D-9780393066098.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 28, 2012, 06:10:10 PM
Thanks for Mozart librettist tip, ordered.

Anyone know anything about new DHM Mozart Edition. Posted pretty cheap and called a box set.

Lester Scarlatti on MP3 is quite satisfactory so far.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on December 28, 2012, 07:11:10 PM
Quote from: Octave on December 26, 2012, 04:12:29 PM
Thanks for that heads-up.  For lovers of Mozart's operas (I am a new enthusiast myself), if you like Mackerras' approach, you might want to know about that 11cd Telarc box with his Scottish Chamber Orch recordings of MAGIC FLUTE, DON GIOVANNI, COSI FAN TUTTI, and FIGARO, for $22 at B.R.O.  Librettos available online, but still not a bad deal; even cheaper than the bargain editions of each individual release that are floating around, though I think some of those are more attractively packaged, with gratuitous cleavage cover art etc.

Even better, an Amazon Marketplace seller is offering new hardback copies of poet J.D. McClatchy's SEVEN MOZART LIBRETTOS for US$3.25 + shipping.  I got one, and it's a lovely 1100+ page verse translation in a beautifully large font, perfect for aging eyes.  Now I can buy "bargain", libretto-free Mozart operas without rage!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393066096/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller= (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393066096/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=)

(http://images.betterworldbooks.com/039/Seven-Mozart-Librettos-McClatchy-J-D-9780393066098.jpg)

I have that book too, and heartily second your rec. It is a pleasure to read the librettos in actually intelligible English. A far cry from what one usually gets. And they work in 'listen-along' mode too. A bargain by any standard!  :)

8)

PS - Cleavage is never gratuitous. :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on December 28, 2012, 07:56:05 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on December 28, 2012, 07:11:10 PM

PS - Cleavage is never gratuitous. :D

De gustibus!

(http://trekweb.com/images/stories/50c96c70b1bbc-1.jpg)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on December 29, 2012, 06:26:45 AM
Quote from: Octave on December 28, 2012, 07:56:05 PM
De gustibus!

(http://trekweb.com/images/stories/50c96c70b1bbc-1.jpg)

:-[  I stand corrected. :-\

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 03, 2013, 07:59:08 AM
Tokyo quartet complete Beethoven from an Amazon vendor $16 http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Complete-Quartets-Tokyo-Quartet/dp/B008BOWG7C/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1357232182&sr=1-11&keywords=box+set
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 03, 2013, 11:42:32 PM
19.97 Euros (incl. VAT) at ES

[asin]B0092YHIAA[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 04, 2013, 12:09:13 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 03, 2013, 11:42:32 PM
19.97 Euros (incl. VAT) at ES

[asin]B0092YHIAA[/asin]
Thats slightly cheaper than I've seen other places (around £20 on presto IIRC). What I dearly would like to see however, is a similar offer for the chamber music set on Alpha.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 04, 2013, 12:22:45 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 04, 2013, 12:09:13 AM
Thats slightly cheaper than I've seen other places (around £20 on presto IIRC).

To bargain hunters, even the difference of 11 or 12 Dollars matter. ;) But then, this set is not all that expensive to begin with. Even Alpha is selling it for 30 Euros (and I suppose that too includes VAT) with free shipping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 04, 2013, 12:23:58 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 04, 2013, 12:22:45 AM
To bargain hunters, even the difference of 11 or 12 Dollars matter. ;) But then, this set is not all that expensive to begin with. Even Alpha is selling it for 30 Euros (and I suppose that too includes VAT) with free shipping.

But apart from how cheap it is, is it any good?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 04, 2013, 12:33:43 AM
Quote from: Harry on January 04, 2013, 12:23:58 AM
But apart from how cheap it is, is it any good?

I'm not sure if anyone's (anyone in GMG, that is) even bought it yet. I remember some mixed reactions to some of it (from Antoine Shumway, I think) when it was featured in these pages before.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 04, 2013, 02:21:23 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 04, 2013, 12:33:43 AM
I'm not sure if anyone's (anyone in GMG, that is) even bought it yet. I remember some mixed reactions to some of it (from Antoine Shumway, I think) when it was featured in these pages before.
I have it, mostly to fill in some gaps in my Schumann collection (of course I've got multiple versions of the biggies). As to actually listening to it, however....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 04, 2013, 02:30:53 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 04, 2013, 02:21:23 AM
I have it, mostly to fill in some gaps in my Schumann collection (of course I've got multiple versions of the biggies). As to actually listening to it, however....

Oh, okay.

And BTW, Harry and I would like to talk to you about what you may want to do next week. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 04, 2013, 03:21:33 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 04, 2013, 02:30:53 AM
Oh, okay.

And BTW, Harry and I would like to talk to you about what you may want to do next week. ;D
So would my wife, I'm afraid....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 04, 2013, 04:53:03 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 04, 2013, 03:21:33 AM
So would my wife, I'm afraid....

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 04, 2013, 10:39:47 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 04, 2013, 02:21:23 AM
I have it, mostly to fill in some gaps in my Schumann collection (of course I've got multiple versions of the biggies). As to actually listening to it, however....

I have this one
[asin]B004D3BPHW[/asin]
which I'm currently going through.
In the well known works, there's always a better performance available elsewhere, but for the lesser known works, it's good to have.

ETA: the listing on the cover of participating pianists is solely alphabetical;  Wurtz is the one whose recordings contributed most to this set.  Brautigam and the others mostly have one CD each.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on January 04, 2013, 11:12:50 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 04, 2013, 12:33:43 AM
I'm not sure if anyone's (anyone in GMG, that is) even bought it yet. I remember some mixed reactions to some of it (from Antoine Shumway, I think) when it was featured in these pages before.

Yes, I purchased all the separate volumes (including the chamber music), but I invariably felt Le Sage's interpretations as a bit Cartesian and over-conscious... IMO, Schumann should be played as if the performer hadn't totally understood what the composer is saying; slightly in bewilderment. It's weird, but that's what I think/feel.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on January 04, 2013, 11:22:44 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 04, 2013, 10:39:47 AM
I have this one
[asin]B004D3BPHW[/asin]
which I'm currently going through.
In the well known works, there's always a better performance available elsewhere, but for the lesser known works, it's good to have.

ETA: the listing on the cover of participating pianists is solely alphabetical;  Wurtz is the one whose recordings contributed most to this set.  Brautigam and the others mostly have one CD each.

As it has been said several times on this board, this set is mandatory too:

[asin]B000W99IPM[/asin]

(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/3d/7d/9a91e03ae7a01a96f5f0b110.L.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 04, 2013, 12:21:11 PM
Quote from: Gordon Shumway on January 04, 2013, 11:22:44 AM
As it has been said several times on this board, this set is mandatory too:

[asin]B000W99IPM[/asin]

(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/3d/7d/9a91e03ae7a01a96f5f0b110.L.jpg)

Yes the Jorg Demus box is mandatory, without any doubt.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 04, 2013, 02:17:00 PM
A reminder that this 5CD set is still availble for €8 at jpc....

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421925462.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Messen-Nr-27910-14/hnum/4558963

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on January 04, 2013, 02:56:53 PM
Quote from: Gordon Shumway on January 04, 2013, 11:22:44 AM
As it has been said several times on this board, this set is mandatory too:

[asin]B000W99IPM[/asin]

(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/3d/7d/9a91e03ae7a01a96f5f0b110.L.jpg)

I'm a little less enthusiastic.  Although I do consider the performances close to top-flight, the sound bothers me some.  It's a boxed-in sound where the top notes don't ring out and bass notes/chords are rather murky.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on January 04, 2013, 03:09:11 PM
Quote from: Sammy on January 04, 2013, 02:56:53 PM
I'm a little less enthusiastic.  Although I do consider the performances close to top-flight, the sound bothers me some.  It's a boxed-in sound where the top notes don't ring out and bass notes/chords are rather murky.

Apparently, I've grown used to this sound quality; last times, I've hardly noticed it.

BTW, Don, do you have some general opinion on Vorraber? You have been some of the very few music critics on the web reviewing some disc by him.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 05, 2013, 06:40:38 AM
The sound on Demus bothered me too. Useful as a second or third set I think. Ashkenazy is great as usual and I got it cheap.

I like the Weil Haydn.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 05, 2013, 06:45:54 AM
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.in/2013/01/curzon-complete-recordings-24-cd-18.html

I'm trying to figure out their weird postage rates.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 05, 2013, 07:10:03 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 05, 2013, 06:45:54 AM
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.in/2013/01/curzon-complete-recordings-24-cd-18.html

I'm trying to figure out their weird postage rates.
If you get any wiser, tell.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 05, 2013, 07:14:19 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 05, 2013, 07:10:03 AM
If you get any wiser, tell.

It's weird in the sense that it's unconventional. The more the products cost, regardless of the number of items, the more you pay. At the check-out page I saw a grand total of 20 Euros and 7 cents.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 05, 2013, 07:19:20 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 05, 2013, 07:14:19 AM
It's weird in the sense that it's unconventional. The more the products cost, regardless of the number of items, the more you pay. At the check-out page I saw a grand total of 20 Euros and 7 cents.

I have the exact same grand total. That's US $26.23. I have never, ever heard a single Clifford Curzon recording of anything, but that sounds worthwhile?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 05, 2013, 07:43:43 AM
Curzon is very worthwhile. His Mozart concerti with Kertesz and Britten are reference.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 05, 2013, 08:13:06 AM
Looks like the European and rest of the World carriage charges are just based on the total value of the order :

Frais de Port International Europe
Montant Commande TTC -
Tarif TTC
0€00 à 20€00 - 3.90 €
plus de 20€00 à 60€00 - 5.90 €
plus de 60€00 à 120€00 - 8.50 €
plus de 120€00 à 180€00 - 10.90 €
plus de 180€00 à 280€00 - 12.29 €
plus de 280€00 - 20.00 €
Europe : Allemagne, Autriche, Belgique, Bulgarie, Chypre, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Italie, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Malte, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, République Tchèque, Cité du Vatican

Frais de Port International Monde (Rest of the World)
Montant Commande TTC - Tarif HT
0€00 à 20€00 - 5.50 €
plus de 20€00 à 60€00 - 7.20 €
plus de 60€00 à 120€00 - 10.50 €
plus de 120€00 à 180€00 - 14.00 €
plus de 180€00 à 280€00 - 16.50 €
plus de 280€00 - 27.00 €


http://www.clicmusique.com/conditions.php (http://www.clicmusique.com/conditions.php)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on January 05, 2013, 09:37:24 AM
Quote from: Gordon Shumway on January 04, 2013, 03:09:11 PM
Apparently, I've grown used to this sound quality; last times, I've hardly noticed it.

BTW, Don, do you have some general opinion on Vorraber? You have been some of the very few music critics on the web reviewing some disc by him.

I'm only familiar with Vorraber's Schumann recordings.  I think he's interesting, rather stark and unpredictable.  Although that works well with Schumann, I wouldn't put Vorraber among the best Schumann pianists.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on January 05, 2013, 09:52:53 AM
Quote from: Gordon Shumway on January 04, 2013, 03:09:11 PM
Apparently, I've grown used to this sound quality; last times, I've hardly noticed it.

The reason that the sound for Demus sticks in my mind is based on some recording surveys I did of a few Schumann piano works a few years ago.  Included in the surveys were recordings by folks like Horowitz, Giesking and Cortot.  I'd be listening to Demus and thinking that his sound wasn't a major improvement over those historical recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on January 05, 2013, 11:12:38 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 05, 2013, 07:43:43 AM
Curzon is very worthwhile. His Mozart concerti with Kertesz and Britten are reference.

Agreed - I bought the four (I think) smaller boxes a few years ago - the Mozart superb.  Sounds is generally v good for the era.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 05, 2013, 11:45:34 AM
Ordered! I think it's worth breaking my general New Year's Resolution to stop buying CDs, to buy 24 in some cases reference-quality CDs for $26.

Especially when Amazon's price is $81:

[asin]B008F5FWJ6[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on January 06, 2013, 11:16:39 AM
tried ordering this last night and didnt get any email acknowledgement and now cant login to the site.  Have requested a new p/w with no joy.  Anyone else have any issues or get an acknowledgement which would set my mind at rest it isnt some scam please.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 06, 2013, 01:53:30 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on January 06, 2013, 11:16:39 AM
tried ordering this last night and didnt get any email acknowledgement and now cant login to the site.  Have requested a new p/w with no joy.  Anyone else have any issues or get an acknowledgement which would set my mind at rest it isnt some scam please.

Uh-oh! I did not get any email acknowledgment either, and my credit card has been billed US $2.60, which is about one-tenth of the actual cost of the box set. I was able to successfully log in to Clic Musique, but it says I haven't placed any orders on the website.  :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 06, 2013, 02:08:32 PM
I've logged in, and my order is registered as registered. This is a legit site, relax, not all sites send e-mails.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 06, 2013, 02:11:09 PM
Quote from: The new erato on January 06, 2013, 02:08:32 PM
I've logged in, and my order is registered as registered. This is a legit site, relax, not all sites send e-mails.
This just worries me more that it tells me "You have not made any purchases." but they've billed me $2.60. Not that $2.60 is anything like the real cost.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 06, 2013, 02:17:14 PM
Maybe we should get Mark to rename the thread "The Super-Duper Expensive Bargains Thread"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 06, 2013, 02:19:09 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 05, 2013, 07:14:19 AM
It's weird in the sense that it's unconventional. The more the products cost, regardless of the number of items, the more you pay. At the check-out page I saw a grand total of 20 Euros and 7 cents.
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Could this be the insurance cost?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 06, 2013, 02:21:32 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 06, 2013, 02:11:09 PM
This just worries me more that it tells me "You have not made any purchases." but they've billed me $2.60. Not that $2.60 is anything like the real cost.
Maybe it has been sent and they simply say you have no outstanding orders? I don't know about your French; I wuldn't automatically assume they send e-mails. My order is regsitered, I didn't get any email on ordering.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 06, 2013, 09:05:23 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 06, 2013, 02:19:09 PM
Could this be the insurance cost?

No. Simply cost - VAT + postage.

Never mind. I misunderstood your question. I don't have an answer.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 07, 2013, 12:03:14 AM
I received my email confirmation this morning.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 07, 2013, 12:22:14 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 07, 2013, 12:03:14 AM
I received my email confirmation this morning.

And I've just received a mail for registering with them... on Saturday! :D Perhaps their mail server was on the fritz.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 07, 2013, 12:42:50 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 07, 2013, 12:22:14 AM
And I've just received a mail for registering with them... on Saturday! :D Perhaps their mail server was on the fritz.
Everybody knows the Froggies are drinking and making love on weekends.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 07, 2013, 03:04:40 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 07, 2013, 12:42:50 AM
Everybody knows the Froggies are drinking and making love on weekends.

If so, they've well got entirely the right idea, perhaps.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: otare on January 07, 2013, 03:07:17 AM
I just got an e-mail from them where they are cancelling the order because the price was an error.
For the frenchspeaking audience:

"Nous sommes au regret de devoir annuler votre commande et de fait la transaction bancaire correspondante. En effet, le prix de cette référence est erroné suite à une erreur de référencement fournisseur.

Nous vous prions de nous excuser de la gêne occasionnée et vous remercions de votre compréhension.
Bien cordialement,
Le Service clientèle DistrArt Musique"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 07, 2013, 03:10:48 AM
No such mail here, yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on January 07, 2013, 03:34:02 AM
Just one thought: Thanks God, MI didn't order this Curzon.   :P ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 07, 2013, 04:05:23 AM
Quote from: Gordon Shumway on January 07, 2013, 03:34:02 AM
Just one thought: Thanks God, MI didn't order this Curzon.   :P ;D
Thank God for small mercies. Though I would suppose he don't know how to complain in French. Mine got annulled too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 07, 2013, 04:07:24 AM
Nom d'un nom d'un nom!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on January 07, 2013, 04:27:53 AM
Yep, mines gone too, in short order I received, thanks for registering   :D, thanks for your order  ;D, here's your new password  ;), here's the cancellation  >:D.
The Les bons plans...  blog is reporting cancelled orders too.

Ah well.  Will have to check the bank statements to make sure nothing has been taken out. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 07, 2013, 04:34:21 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 07, 2013, 12:42:50 AM
Everybody knows the Froggies are drinking and making love on weekends.

and obvioulsy retreating/backtracking on weekdays.... some habits die hard... ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 07, 2013, 04:36:25 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 07, 2013, 12:22:14 AM
And I've just received a mail for registering with them... on Saturday! :D Perhaps their mail server was on the fritz.

In light of what's going on here, I'm going to have to check back with my bank in a few days. If that $2.60 charge is still there I will challenge it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 07, 2013, 06:01:31 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 07, 2013, 04:36:25 AM
In light of what's going on here, I'm going to have to check back with my bank in a few days. If that $2.60 charge is still there I will challenge it.
And quite righly so. So will I. I'm pretty fed up with suppliers not having a quality check on their pricing, I had two orders cancelled by amazon.es for the same reason.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 07, 2013, 07:24:41 AM
Tangentially, I've been ordering from I-Deal through Amazon MP, and they seem to be operating normally.
Most recent order is now in the mail to me; that Beethoven/Tokyo String Quartet budget box that was posted on this thread a few days ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 07, 2013, 07:31:58 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 07, 2013, 07:24:41 AM
. . . that Beethoven/Tokyo String Quartet budget box that was posted on this thread a few days ago.

A genuine temptation, Jeffrey . . . but I resisted.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 07, 2013, 07:40:33 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 07, 2013, 07:31:58 AM
A genuine temptation, Jeffrey . . . but I resisted.

You're a better man than I, Gunga Din.

(That also of course applies to the Arkivmusic sale.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 09, 2013, 07:57:17 AM
Anybody find anything good in the Abeille Musique Soldes? So far the only really noteworthy bargain I've uncovered is Marco Polo CDs for roughly US $8.60.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on January 09, 2013, 08:11:31 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 09, 2013, 07:57:17 AM
Anybody find anything good in the Abeille Musique Soldes? So far the only really noteworthy bargain I've uncovered is Marco Polo CDs for roughly US $8.60.

NO!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 09, 2013, 11:01:30 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 09, 2013, 07:57:17 AM
Anybody find anything good in the Abeille Musique Soldes? So far the only really noteworthy bargain I've uncovered is Marco Polo CDs for roughly US $8.60.

No, a total bust.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 12, 2013, 04:05:03 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 07, 2013, 07:24:41 AM
Tangentially, I've been ordering from I-Deal through Amazon MP, and they seem to be operating normally.
Most recent order is now in the mail to me; that Beethoven/Tokyo String Quartet budget box that was posted on this thread a few days ago.

Didn't one of our members order a massive number of orders at $1 each?        ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 13, 2013, 07:23:13 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 12, 2013, 04:05:03 PM
Didn't one of our members order a massive number of orders at $1 each?        ;D

When I lived in England, a UK third-party seller did a sale of tons and tons of Naxos CDs for, I think, 0.01 each. But they weren't new, they were used, and paying shipping for each individual CD made them all cost about $3 each in reality.

Naxos themselves once mispriced items in their Naxos Direct store; I was able to buy six 25-CD box sets for $2.99 each.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on January 13, 2013, 08:07:01 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 12, 2013, 04:05:03 PM
Didn't one of our members order a massive number of orders at $1 each?        ;D

More than one member did this and while some received their orders, other orders were canceled.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on January 15, 2013, 09:12:17 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 07, 2013, 12:42:50 AM
Everybody knows the Froggies are drinking and making love on weekends.
With their faces....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 16, 2013, 10:30:13 AM
Just a heads-up: you may want to check Abeille's sale again; I noticed a few further deductions (e.g. Hyperion, from 55% to 65%).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 17, 2013, 05:15:07 AM
Looks like the Mahler/Chailly set dropped in price at both UK and ES. It's still available for 20 Pounds at UK.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 17, 2013, 05:22:19 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 16, 2013, 10:30:13 AM
Just a heads-up: you may want to check Abeille's sale again; I noticed a few further deductions (e.g. Hyperion, from 55% to 65%).
There is some improvement. I was actually considering a purchase if I can find enough.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 17, 2013, 12:03:09 PM
Dutton is having their January clearance sale (http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/products.asp?cat=368), a lot of stuff for around $5-6. Any hot tips? I've heard pretty much nothing Dutton has ever recorded, but two viola (http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=CDLX7204&cat=368) recitals (http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=CDLX7231&cat=368) and Goossens conducts Antill (http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=CDBP9779&cat=368) have my vague interest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on January 17, 2013, 09:25:04 PM
Re: Dutton, I don't know if you already know these items:
1. Beethoven/Busch late string quartets (and Razumovskies) (4 vols.) sounds really good to me, all things considered; I love those performances. 
2. I just recently got a Mozart MAGIC FLUTE conducted by Beecham, which I really liked a lot on first spin, and the mono sound is terrific.  (This last one is fetching insane prices via Amazon MP, no idea how I got it so cheap; I wonder if Dutton still sells it?) 
3. Also liked two Mahlers by Bruno Walter, the ~1937 (?) LIED and the famous ~1938 #9 in Vienna; both sounded terrific.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 18, 2013, 07:23:19 AM
Sara (Lethe) turned me on to this one
(http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/prodimages/2011.gif)
It doesn't seem to actually be part of the clearance sale, but it's a 2 CD set (it's a Naxos type box set, btw--originaly jewel cases and covers in a cardboard sleeve) but the current quote is $12.80 US, which isn't very much out of the prince range you mentioned per CD.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 19, 2013, 07:08:08 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 16, 2013, 10:30:13 AM
Just a heads-up: you may want to check Abeille's sale again; I noticed a few further deductions (e.g. Hyperion, from 55% to 65%).

Isn't FabulousCD on Amazon the same seller as Abeille?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on January 19, 2013, 11:38:43 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on January 19, 2013, 07:08:08 AM
Isn't FabulousCD on Amazon the same seller as Abeille?


Yes.  The only time I looked at Abeille sale and started compiling an order the postage charge (to the UK) was way out of proportion.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 20, 2013, 06:02:33 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on January 19, 2013, 11:38:43 PM
The only time I looked at Abeille sale and started compiling an order the postage charge (to the UK) was way out of proportion.

No postage for 16 items or more. I managed to put up a list of 16 items last year; but a couple of days after placing the order I was informed that they wouldn't be able to send one of the boxes as they had no stock left, yet the offer of free postage was honoured.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 20, 2013, 11:09:38 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 20, 2013, 06:02:33 AM
No postage for 16 items or more. I managed to put up a list of 16 items last year; but a couple of days after placing the order I was informed that they wouldn't be able to send one of the boxes as they had no stock left, yet the offer of free postage was honoured.

Being able to sell you 15 items is better than being able to sell you nothing if they push the envelope too far in insisting on charging you postage on 15 items ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on January 22, 2013, 08:12:23 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 17, 2013, 12:03:09 PM
Dutton is having their January clearance sale (http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/products.asp?cat=368), a lot of stuff for around $5-6. Any hot tips?
Barbirolli, Mahler 1 (definitely), Sibelius quasi-cycle
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on January 23, 2013, 11:24:35 PM
In case someone is interested in the Helmut Rilling cycle of Bach's cantatas (modern instruments), Amazon MP/US has a couple MP sellers with copies ~US$54 including free shipping, ~$0.76/disc.  I'm not sure this is exactly a super deal, but it's at least $20 cheaper than the best price I'd seen a year ago or so.  This cycle seems to receive less love than some of the other series/cycles, but such fine singing!  I listen to about one disc a week, and I have found lots to love in it.

[asin]B004K583KA[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on January 24, 2013, 07:34:52 AM
Anything from £4.50 to £7 delivered for one of the discs, then Symphonies 1, 2 and the Payne realization for 3 appears a nice little bargain for such marvellous interpretations. 

£2.99 & £1.26 shipping from Naxos Direct.  All three Symphonies, jeweled in the commemorative slipcase.  £1.50 per disc delivered ain't bad.

Three superb recordings, Hurst and Downes especially.  Very high up in interpretation at any price, let alone budget price.

Naxos Direct Elgar Symphonic Box Set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elgar-Complete-Symphonies-Edward/dp/B000Q6ZUV2/ref=sr_1_9?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1359044488&sr=1-9) - under the 10 new tab

I got mine many years ago when they came out and probably divvied out £15 or so.  Makes you sick when you see them reduced in price!!  ;D  I remember paying £50 for the Abbado Mahler Chicago set, then it sky rocketed to £89 and stayed that price for years.  The very same Abbado Mahler set is going on Amazon now for £29 or so...which is an amazing bargain...dang it.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 24, 2013, 11:24:35 AM
FabulousCD is Abeille, but sometimes the selection or prices vary. I have found some very good deals from them on Amazon, and excellent service (immediate replacement) when one delivery never arrived.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 24, 2013, 06:24:30 PM
Quote from: Ken B on January 24, 2013, 11:24:35 AM
FabulousCD is Abeille, but sometimes the selection or prices vary. I have found some very good deals from them on Amazon, and excellent service (immediate replacement) when one delivery never arrived.

Then I have definitely bought from Abeille a number of time unknowingly since my Amazon MP seller was FabuoousCD ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on January 25, 2013, 09:33:12 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on January 24, 2013, 07:34:52 AM
Anything from £4.50 to £7 delivered for one of the discs, then Symphonies 1, 2 and the Payne realization for 3 appears a nice little bargain for such marvellous interpretations. 

£2.99 & £1.26 shipping from Naxos Direct.  All three Symphonies, jeweled in the commemorative slipcase.  £1.50 per disc delivered ain't bad.

Three superb recordings, Hurst and Downes especially.  Very high up in interpretation at any price, let alone budget price.

Naxos Direct Elgar Symphonic Box Set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elgar-Complete-Symphonies-Edward/dp/B000Q6ZUV2/ref=sr_1_9?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1359044488&sr=1-9) - under the 10 new tab

I got mine many years ago when they came out and probably divvied out £15 or so.  Makes you sick when you see them reduced in price!!  ;D  I remember paying £50 for the Abbado Mahler Chicago set, then it sky rocketed to £89 and stayed that price for years.  The very same Abbado Mahler set is going on Amazon now for £29 or so...which is an amazing bargain...dang it.

Thanks for this I've ordered a copy, also ordered the accentus North disc mentioned in the purchases thread recently.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on January 25, 2013, 11:15:04 AM
Harmonia mundi are selling some of their catalogue cheap on amazon
the lumieres box is 15 plus shipping - GET THIS!!! GET THIS!!!
Isabelle Faust 2fer 4 plus shipping
Baroque HM Gold box 14 plus shipping
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 25, 2013, 11:22:14 AM
There's plenty of amazons you know.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on January 25, 2013, 11:56:33 AM
Sorry amazon UK but probably the same sort of discount at the others
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on January 25, 2013, 12:05:47 PM
jpc.de

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0782124841720.jpg)
Orgelwerke auf Silbermann-Orgeln
15 CDs
EUR 17.99

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886977814396.jpg)
Das Beethoven-Projekt (Symphonien & Dokumentation)
4 DVDs
EUR 19.99

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on January 25, 2013, 12:27:25 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on January 25, 2013, 11:56:33 AM
Sorry amazon UK but probably the same sort of discount at the others

No, at Amazon US "Lumiere" is still $85.... (although as low as $62 in the AMP)  :-\

[asin]B005BZBY1I[/asin]

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on January 25, 2013, 02:26:12 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on January 25, 2013, 11:15:04 AM
Harmonia mundi are selling some of their catalogue cheap on amazon
the lumieres box is 15 plus shipping - GET THIS!!! GET THIS!!!
Isabelle Faust 2fer 4 plus shipping
Baroque HM Gold box 14 plus shipping

Definitely Amazon UK - HM occasionally sell surplus stock at very reduced prices on the UK AMP.  I've bought a few things form them over the past couple of years (the Manze box for example).  I already have the Lumieres - paid much more than GBP15 but it was worth it.  A bargain at this price.  I suspect most who would be interested in the Faust will have these recordings in their original releases.  If not, this would be a bargain for the Beethoven alone.  Note that it is the earlier of her two recordings of the work.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on January 25, 2013, 07:49:43 PM
Amazon.de has Sony's Vivarte 60 CD collection on preorder for 75 euro. Lots of amazing HIP performances in that box.

http://www.amazon.de/Vivarte-Collection-Various/dp/B00AOTZ156/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1359175929

http://www.amazon.com/Vivarte-Collection/dp/B004FTOU6W
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 25, 2013, 08:10:41 PM
There is a Wagner sale at Presto. The complete Karajan Ring can be had for $53. Haitink is quite cheap too at $20. Of course, for $57, you can get SOlti's Ring PLUS 6 more operas. Not bad prices if you are looking for one of these well known sets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 25, 2013, 08:31:36 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 25, 2013, 08:10:41 PM
There is a Wagner sale at Presto. The complete Karajan Ring can be had for $53. Haitink is quite cheap too at $20. Of course, for $57, you can get SOlti's Ring PLUS 6 more operas. Not bad prices if you are looking for one of these well known sets.

And I thought I was getting a great deal on the Karajan when I got it for under $70!


Off to investigate the Solti, which doubtless I will get and let it sit on my shelf for several months.  Ironic, given the response I gave you in the Mahler thread.

--and I see they have a Britten sale and a Verdi sale too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on January 25, 2013, 08:35:54 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 25, 2013, 08:10:41 PM
There is a Wagner sale at Presto. The complete Karajan Ring can be had for $53. Haitink is quite cheap too at $20. Of course, for $57, you can get SOlti's Ring PLUS 6 more operas. Not bad prices if you are looking for one of these well known sets.

No!  No!  No!  This is madness!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 26, 2013, 12:49:15 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 25, 2013, 08:10:41 PM
There is a Wagner sale at Presto. The complete Karajan Ring can be had for $53. Haitink is quite cheap too at $20. Of course, for $57, you can get SOlti's Ring PLUS 6 more operas. Not bad prices if you are looking for one of these well known sets.

Thank you for this great heads-up, Neal. I have ordered the Solti boxset to discover Wagner. what a bargain !!  :D ;D :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on January 26, 2013, 03:53:07 AM
This has just arrived:-

The Musical Treasure of Leufsta Bruk

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000FA55S2/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00

£4-99 + postage from Naxos Direct on MP

It could add to your total tally of composers.  In my collection it has certainly added Christoph Schaffrath and Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch.  It also sounds rather splendid.

Phil.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 26, 2013, 11:45:10 AM
Quote from: bigshot on January 25, 2013, 07:49:43 PM
Amazon.de has Sony's Vivarte 60 CD collection on preorder for 75 euro. Lots of amazing HIP performances in that box.

http://www.amazon.de/Vivarte-Collection-Various/dp/B00AOTZ156/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1359175929

http://www.amazon.com/Vivarte-Collection/dp/B004FTOU6W

I probably already have half of the recordings in that box in my collection ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 26, 2013, 11:47:58 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 25, 2013, 08:10:41 PM
There is a Wagner sale at Presto. The complete Karajan Ring can be had for $53. Haitink is quite cheap too at $20. Of course, for $57, you can get SOlti's Ring PLUS 6 more operas. Not bad prices if you are looking for one of these well known sets.

I wonder if the Karajan Ring has been repackaged to be sold at this price point.  I paid just under $100 two years ago but that was the best price I could find at the time. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on January 27, 2013, 01:03:53 AM
Those of you with itchy trigger-fingers for purchasing are probably the ones who can gloat today, as it looks for the moment like those totally amazing Wagner bargains at Presto were a mistake.  The Karajan RING is back to ~US$89, the Solti collected operas is back to ~$US96.  *sigh*  Helas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 27, 2013, 04:32:51 AM
Quote from: Octave on January 27, 2013, 01:03:53 AM
Those of you with itchy trigger-fingers for purchasing are probably the ones who can gloat today, as it looks for the moment like those totally amazing Wagner bargains at Presto were a mistake.  The Karajan RING is back to ~US$89, the Solti collected operas is back to ~$US96.  *sigh*  Helas.
Well, look at it this way, it saved you money! It looks like they accidentally changed the price to the sales prices, so that the sales price was doubly good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 27, 2013, 05:51:15 AM
Have to wait and see if they fulfill the orders at that lower price...  :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 27, 2013, 01:57:38 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 27, 2013, 04:32:51 AM
Well, look at it this way, it saved you money! It looks like they accidentally changed the price to the sales prices, so that the sales price was doubly good.

The Karajan Ring Cycle for $53 had to be a major error ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 27, 2013, 02:04:08 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 27, 2013, 05:51:15 AM
Have to wait and see if they fulfill the orders at that lower price...  :-\

Presto Classical charges your credit card pretty quickly - as soon as the order is placed.  That is somewhat unusual because most etailers do not charge your credit card until the order is about to be shipped.  It takes Presto 4-5 days before it ships an order based on my experience ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 27, 2013, 06:06:29 PM
Quote from: Octave on January 27, 2013, 01:03:53 AM
Those of you with itchy trigger-fingers for purchasing are probably the ones who can gloat today, as it looks for the moment like those totally amazing Wagner bargains at Presto were a mistake.  The Karajan RING is back to ~US$89, the Solti collected operas is back to ~$US96.  *sigh*  Helas.

96USD is still $15-20 less than the Amazon US/Amazon MP price (last time I checked), so I'll probably still order it.  I held off because I have a pending order with them right now, and decided to wait until I received notice that one was shipped.......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on January 27, 2013, 06:15:10 PM
Oh yeah, having only heard Solti's RING, full price is probably still a "bargain" for the music.  Likewise the Krajan RING, I'm sure.  It does make me wish I'd splurged a bit less earlier in the week, though.  It's hard for me to be mad at Presto with them having such a nice site and helpful customer service.  We could perhaps send them an outraged petition?  "We, the niche, demand rock-bottom prices!"

And yes, MCU is right; my mistake did "save me money"!  That made me chuckle.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on January 28, 2013, 12:50:40 AM
Quote from: Octave on January 27, 2013, 06:15:10 PM
It's hard for me to be mad at Presto with them having such a nice site and helpful customer service.

I have always had the most excellent service from Presto.  They are always swift to respond to emails, and I have found their packaging to be the best around.  I have seen them - of their own decision - apply the reverse of this situation - I have ordered a couple of items which then went on special offer.  They have charged me the offer price, and refunded the difference to my card.  Without me asking.    :)

Their website is great, and I often use it for reference purposes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 28, 2013, 02:03:10 AM
Presto is quite simply one of the best. Mdt is first class as well, but unfortunately too expensive for p&p for me to use them much.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 28, 2013, 02:40:15 AM
This Solti/Wagner boxset is actually my first order with Presto. Reading the above comments is reassuring :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 28, 2013, 11:05:10 AM
I'm repeating, but Lester's complete Scarlatti for under $35, in MP# http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Sonatas-Mp3-Scarlatti/dp/B0091EF2YK/ref=sr_1_102?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1359403441&sr=1-102&keywords=box+set

It's excellent.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 28, 2013, 05:33:32 PM
Quote from: Ken B on January 28, 2013, 11:05:10 AM
I'm repeating, but Lester's complete Scarlatti for under $35, in MP# http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Sonatas-Mp3-Scarlatti/dp/B0091EF2YK/ref=sr_1_102?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1359403441&sr=1-102&keywords=box+set

It's excellent.

But this is an MP3 edition ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 30, 2013, 08:09:15 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 27, 2013, 05:51:15 AM
Have to wait and see if they fulfill the orders at that lower price...  :-\

Well, Presto have fulfilled my order of the Solti boxset. Got £43 charged on my card on saturday and the package has shipped today.  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 30, 2013, 08:49:55 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 30, 2013, 08:09:15 AM
Well, Presto have fulfilled my order of the Solti boxset. Got £43 charged on my card on saturday and the package has shipped today.  :D

Good for them and excellent for you.   

Meanwhile I'm still waiting for them to ship the order I placed last week (which they gave a ship date of sometime before tomorrow, so I shouldn't really be complaining....)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on January 31, 2013, 03:22:27 AM
Harmonia Mundi : Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 and 6 'Pathetique' (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Gatti) [Box set]
Seller - "oxfamcrouchend" - 6 left in stock @ £5.50p each + shipping.

3cd set is in a deluxe slip case 'double flip over' with a libretto size handbook full of info & pics

Tchaikovsky/Gatti/RPO (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tchaikovsky-Symphonies-Pathetique-Philharmonic-Orchestra/dp/B003QLY5HE/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1359632850&sr=1-5)

[asin]B003QLY5HE[/asin]

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BBC Legends - Stokowski (Various/ 3 Cd Box Set)
Seller - Naxos Direct UK - Looks like 30+ sets in stock

[asin]B005DV41CO[/asin]
BBC Legends Stokowski (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stokowski-Various-Cd-Box-Set/dp/B005DV41CO/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1359632813&sr=1-4)

The ABOVE Stoki has all of the BELOW Stoki as 3 Full Price
issue original Jewel caser's in an outer slip case

£10 to £12 each?  Nah, all three for £6.49p & shipping

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[asin]B00018D59O[/asin] Mahler: - Symphony No 2

[asin]B00076ONM8[/asin]Shostakovich: - Symphony No 5
Vaughan Williams: - Symphony No 8

[asin]B000MQCA1E[/asin]Brahms:: Symphony 4
Vaughan Williams:: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Klemperer:: Merry Waltz
& Ravel & Novacek

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 31, 2013, 03:55:19 AM
Ordered the Gatti/Tchaikovsky from this seller on 26 Jan and it arrived on 30 Jan. It is a wonderful listen and at this price don't hesitate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on January 31, 2013, 04:06:22 AM
Quote from: hafod on January 31, 2013, 03:55:19 AM
Ordered the Gatti/Tchaikovsky from this seller on 26 Jan and it arrived on 30 Jan. It is a wonderful listen and at this price don't hesitate.

Hafod,

oxfamcrouchend do come up with the odd bargain every month or so.  They had a batch of Haitink's LSO Live SACD, Bruckner 4th just in before Christmas @ £3 or so.  All are new and sealed which makes me beg the question as to "Where is/are a Charity Shop getting new and sealed top music from to sell for charity"?  Overstocks? surely not....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 31, 2013, 05:25:33 AM
Plenty of boxes in my wish-list had their prices slashed today, sometimes by a significant amount. Even then most may not qualify SDCB status, but perhaps something is in the air that's making it happen. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on January 31, 2013, 05:35:35 AM
Definately something in the Air.

Tafelmusik, Musica Antiqua Köln / Goebel set in my wish list down from £9.99 to £6.92...just happened overnight.  Not a super bargain but super enough for me to purchase now as I can't see it going any lower.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 31, 2013, 05:38:50 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 31, 2013, 05:25:33 AM
Plenty of boxes in my wish-list had their prices slashed today, sometimes by a significant amount. Even then most may not qualify SDCB status, but perhaps something is in the air that's making it happen. ;D

Are these all at Amazon UK like the Tafelmusik? US $10 for that set is pretty impressive, I'm thinking I need to crosscheck my wishlist...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 31, 2013, 05:43:28 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 31, 2013, 05:38:50 AM
Are these all at Amazon UK like the Tafelmusik? US $10 for that set is pretty impressive, I'm thinking I need to crosscheck my wishlist...

Yes. Do you ever visit Amazon Spain? I suggest you don't if you want your savings to be more or less intact. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on January 31, 2013, 06:04:27 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 30, 2013, 08:09:15 AM
Well, Presto have fulfilled my order of the Solti boxset. Got £43 charged on my card on saturday and the package has shipped today.  :D

The only way to tell - once Presto hit your CC, it is obligated to send you the box ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 31, 2013, 07:18:56 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on January 31, 2013, 05:43:28 AM
Yes. Do you ever visit Amazon Spain? I suggest you don't if you want your savings to be more or less intact. ;D
Gaahhh!!

Wishlist of classical/jazz box sets, Amazon USA: $346
Wishlist of classical/jazz box sets, Amazon.es: 187 euros (is that with VAT included? if so it's really about 150 euros)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 31, 2013, 07:32:08 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 31, 2013, 07:18:56 AM
Gaahhh!!

Wishlist of classical/jazz box sets, Amazon USA: $346
Wishlist of classical/jazz box sets, Amazon.es: 187 euros (is that with VAT included? if so it's really about 150 euros)
Yes. It is deducted when you go through the buying sequence, the price without VAT + P&P is displayed before you push the final (I neary wrote funeral) "pedido" button.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 31, 2013, 07:41:27 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 31, 2013, 07:32:08 AM
Yes. It is deducted when you go through the buying sequence, the price without VAT + P&P is displayed before you push the final (I neary wrote funeral) "pedido" button.

Wow, the difference between VAT and P&P is less than one euro. So for $276 I can have box sets totaling exactly 100 CDs*. Gaaahhh somebody stop me!!

NAVNEETH YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS TREACHERY**

*inc. DG Debussy edition, Rousset's Bach on Naive, Vivarte Schubert, Sabine Meyer collection, Horowitz/DG, Kertesz Brahms on Eloquence, and the complete Columbia Miles Davis
**um actually if you will then I'll just go ahead and order  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 31, 2013, 07:45:41 AM
I will not stop you. amazon.es has been my main pusher for larger sets for some time now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 31, 2013, 07:52:44 AM
I bought this from Presto Classical for $56 (incl. shipping):

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5099921752629.jpg)

An excellent deal if you ask me unless someone knows where I could have gotten it cheaper? Amazon had it for $97 whereas their MP sellers had it for $70 and up. Arkivmusic has it listed for $120. ??? Ebay had several sets listed from $68 up to $94.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on January 31, 2013, 08:02:54 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 31, 2013, 07:41:27 AM
Wow, the difference between VAT and P&P is less than one euro. So for $276 I can have box sets totaling exactly 100 CDs*. Gaaahhh somebody stop me!!

NAVNEETH YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS TREACHERY**

*inc. DG Debussy edition, Rousset's Bach on Naive, Vivarte Schubert, Sabine Meyer collection, Horowitz/DG, Kertesz Brahms on Eloquence, and the complete Columbia Miles Davis
**um actually if you will then I'll just go ahead and order  ;D

:D My work is done -- for today.

Quote from: The new erato on January 31, 2013, 07:45:41 AM
I will not stop you. amazon.es has been my main pusher for larger sets for some time now.

I think it's high-time that Rob gets an Amazon-GMG link for ES as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 31, 2013, 08:15:21 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 31, 2013, 07:52:44 AM
I bought this from Presto Classical for $56 (incl. shipping):

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5099921752629.jpg)

An excellent deal if you ask me unless someone knows where I could have gotten it cheaper? Amazon had it for $97 whereas their MP sellers had it for $70 and up. Arkivmusic has it listed for $120. ??? Ebay had several sets listed from $68 up to $94.
38 euros less VAT on amazon.es which I guess equals around 31 Euros. P&P to the US I have no idea, but you may have ended up around Euro 40 which is a tad less than USD 56.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 31, 2013, 08:22:52 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 31, 2013, 08:15:21 AM
38 euros less VAT on amazon.es which I guess equals around 31 Euros. P&P to the US I have no idea, but you may have ended up around Euro 40 which is a tad less than USD 56.

Yes, I would have paid a little less...

31 Euros to US dollar = $42
40 Euros to US dollar = $54

This was the first time I bought from Presto Classical. I've heard good things about their customer service and reliability. If I'm pleased with them, I'll definitely use them again as they got some great deals on the larger box sets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 31, 2013, 08:27:46 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 31, 2013, 08:22:52 AM
Yes, I would have paid a little less...

31 Euros to US dollar = $42
40 Euros to US dollar = $54

This was the first time I bought from Presto Classical. I've heard good things about their customer service and reliability. If I'm pleased with them, I'll definitely use them again as they got some great deals on the larger box sets.
They are great. A definite recommendation from me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 31, 2013, 08:29:13 AM
Celibidache French and Russian Music, 11 CDs for under 14 euros at Amazon Spain. (http://www.amazon.es/Celibidache-Volume-French-Russian-Music/dp/B005HYNCTA/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_cp_7_Q9YZ)

Quote from: Mirror Image on January 31, 2013, 08:22:52 AM
This was the first time I bought from Presto Classical. I've heard good things about their customer service and reliability. If I'm pleased with them, I'll definitely use them again as they got some great deals on the larger box sets.

My favorite classical retailer online, period.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 31, 2013, 08:31:40 AM
This is good to hear Erato and Brian.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on January 31, 2013, 08:40:34 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 31, 2013, 08:29:13 AM
Celibidache French and Russian Music, 11 CDs for under 14 euros at Amazon Spain. (http://www.amazon.es/Celibidache-Volume-French-Russian-Music/dp/B005HYNCTA/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_cp_7_Q9YZ)

My favorite classical retailer online, period.

Mine too, by far, but not my bank account's.  :-X
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 31, 2013, 10:05:45 AM
Scott Ross / Scarlatti Cube at 60 euros on Amazon ES as well....  :o

http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Keyboard-Sonatatas-Scott-Ross/dp/B0009MWAVQ/ref=pd_sim_m_48 (http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Keyboard-Sonatatas-Scott-Ross/dp/B0009MWAVQ/ref=pd_sim_m_48)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on January 31, 2013, 10:10:50 AM
I was pretty disappointed with the Scott Ross Scarlatti. The music and performance are great, but it's miked WAY too close. The sound has low frequency thumps and is extremely loud and dry.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 31, 2013, 12:21:26 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on January 31, 2013, 05:35:35 AM
Definately something in the Air.

Tafelmusik, Musica Antiqua Köln / Goebel set in my wish list down from £9.99 to £6.92...just happened overnight.  Not a super bargain but super enough for me to purchase now as I can't see it going any lower.

There is also the Pletnev Rachmaninov box from the same source for under £7.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rachmaninov-Symphonies-Russian-National-Orchestra/dp/B004I7MCI4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1359664080&sr=1-1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 31, 2013, 12:41:39 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 31, 2013, 08:29:13 AM
Celibidache French and Russian Music, 11 CDs for under 14 euros at Amazon Spain. (http://www.amazon.es/Celibidache-Volume-French-Russian-Music/dp/B005HYNCTA/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_cp_7_Q9YZ)

Virtually the same price (£12.18) at AmazonUK so no delivery charge if UK based.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on January 31, 2013, 02:13:20 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gustav-Mahler-Complete-Works-Anniversary/dp/B003D0ZNWY/ref=zg_bs_229817_75

18.61 on amazon uk - thats a good deal, normally hovers around the 25 quid mark.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Old Listener on January 31, 2013, 09:45:20 PM
Quote from: Octave on December 28, 2012, 07:56:05 PM
De gustibus!

(http://trekweb.com/images/stories/50c96c70b1bbc-1.jpg)

A lot of Corinthian leather!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on January 31, 2013, 10:22:50 PM
Quote from: Old Listener on January 31, 2013, 09:45:20 PM
A lot of Corinthian leather!

Haha, thanks for that chuckle!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on February 01, 2013, 06:55:28 AM
The Britten Collector's Edition has dropped from £43 to £33.47 on Amazon UK.

2 of them left.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EOOC3W/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EOOC3W/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on February 01, 2013, 07:06:14 AM
Look out for the DG Debussy Edition and Decca Ravel Edition on Amazon UK too: cheapest I've ever seen them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on February 01, 2013, 07:19:58 AM
Quote from: hafod on January 31, 2013, 12:41:39 PM
Virtually the same price (£12.18) at AmazonUK so no delivery charge if UK based.

Just ordered both Celibidache sets.

(£12.18) delivered for the French & Russian Music Set
&
(£11.88) delivered for the Sacred Music & Opera Set

I got his Bruckner set for Christmas and will more likely than not get the Symphony set to complete, after I have heard the above two.

Good link, cheers.
Tony
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 07:24:45 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 01, 2013, 06:55:28 AM
The Britten Collector's Edition has dropped from £43 to £33.47 on Amazon UK.

2 of them left.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EOOC3W/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EOOC3W/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE)

That's still only a few dollars less than I paid. I paid $56 and this was the final cost with shipping. What does Amazon UK charge for shipping? I can't remember.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on February 01, 2013, 12:30:45 PM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on February 01, 2013, 07:06:14 AM
Look out for the DG Debussy Edition and Decca Ravel Edition on Amazon UK too: cheapest I've ever seen them.

Svetlanov Miaskovsky complete symphonies £20.86 at Amazon UK.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miaskovsky-Complete-Symphonies-Nos-27/dp/B000XCTD5S/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=208CM9SM8LZ32&coliid=I1C35GO7IOP4OP

EMI Delius box - £24.23.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delius-Box-Anniversary-Various-Artists/dp/B005RXKKQO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=208CM9SM8LZ32&coliid=I19UEWCGRK0NSF

Cortot 40cd EMI Anniversary Edition - £37.08
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Anniversary-Edition-Alfred-Cortot/dp/B008V1IR4Q/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=208CM9SM8LZ32&coliid=I1R7TIXSCBYFA0

...and many more.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on February 01, 2013, 12:41:09 PM
book and 6 cd/sacd Jordi Savall Alia Vox set:
Music from the time of Erasmus   EUR 20.65
http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B009NEP3E2/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A1AT7YVPFBWXBL&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1FS34TR9XCKQQE9BYCB4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=312235527&pf_rd_i=602357031
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 01, 2013, 10:11:55 PM
Quote from: listener on February 01, 2013, 12:41:09 PM
book and 6 cd/sacd Jordi Savall Alia Vox set:
Music from the time of Erasmus   EUR 20.65

It was 10 or 11 a few days ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on February 02, 2013, 08:01:48 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 07:24:45 AM
That's still only a few dollars less than I paid. I paid $56 and this was the final cost with shipping. What does Amazon UK charge for shipping? I can't remember.

AmazonUK charges a lot to ship to the US. Not as much as AmazonDe but still enough to offset any topical savings.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 03, 2013, 04:51:38 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 01, 2013, 10:11:55 PM
It was 10 or 11 a few days ago.

If my admittedly limited Spanish is correct, Amazon Spain says this version requires a SACD player.

Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on February 02, 2013, 08:01:48 PM
AmazonUK charges a lot to ship to the US. Not as much as AmazonDe but still enough to offset any topical savings

From the shipping confirmation on my order of the Decca Ravel Complete Edition
Item Subtotal:     £28.45
Delivery & Handling:     £3.08
Promotion Applied:     -£0.00
Total before VAT:     £31.53
Total:    £31.53
      USD 51.97
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 03, 2013, 05:16:49 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 03, 2013, 04:51:38 PM
If my admittedly limited Spanish is correct, Amazon Spain says this version requires a SACD player.

From the shipping confirmation on my order of the Decca Ravel Complete Edition
Item Subtotal:     £28.45
Delivery & Handling:     £3.08
Promotion Applied:     -£0.00
Total before VAT:     £31.53
Total:    £31.53
      USD 51.97


Quite often, a somewhat better CD price from across the pond is offset by the much higher shipping cost.  It makes sense to decide where to buy based on the total cost - price of the CD, shipping cost plus sale tax if applicable.  The argument that sale tax helps protect the B&M stores just does not wash anymore, just look at how many B&M CD stores can you find in your neck of the wood.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on February 03, 2013, 07:38:03 PM
The cost to sent an international letter out of Canada is about £1.2, so a charge of  £3. or more for a package which will weigh at least double the letter seems quite reasonable.   Prices do rise, I remember when LifeSavers were 5 cents and in a particularly well-off suburb where a couple would split a package at the theatre there was a great to-do when the price rose to 6 cents.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on February 03, 2013, 09:36:05 PM
A little redundant chatter about shipping costs. 
Shipping is what's prevented me from using Amazon Spain, at least for the items I've checked; but I'm not sure I agree with a recent comment about Amazon UK's shipping being especially high for delivery to the United States: a recent order of five items, not terribly expensive overall, yielded exactly US$2.20 per item, for box sets.  (A little advance shopping indicated significant savings even after factoring the shipping in.)  I've found that my Presto orders end up averaging a bit less per item (~$1.00-1.30) for medium-sized orders.  Importcds is a USA-domestic option I've used many times with good results and reasonably good deals, but shipping for box sets is almost always $3.50 per item, plus a one-time $1.50 surcharge per order (of any size). Berkshire Record Outlet (also USA-domestic) seems to usually end up being ~$0.60-$1.00/per item for medium-to-large orders, depending on how many individual discs are ordered.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on February 03, 2013, 09:50:38 PM
Quote from: Octave on February 03, 2013, 09:36:05 PM......but I'm not sure I agree with a recent comment about Amazon UK's shipping being especially high for delivery to the United States: a recent order of five items, not terribly expensive overall, yielded exactly US$2.20 per item, for box sets.  (A little advance shopping indicated significant savings even after factoring the shipping in.)

I wish I my luck were as good as yours, Octave. My latest AmazonUK purchase - from the UKMarketplace - netted me a tidy $5 shipping charge. And I only ordered a single CD. :(


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 03, 2013, 10:01:29 PM
Marketplace vendors are significantly more expensive than amazon itself. It usually prevents me from buying from them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on February 03, 2013, 10:36:22 PM
Quote from: The new erato on February 03, 2013, 10:01:29 PM
Marketplace vendors are significantly more expensive than amazon itself. It usually prevents me from buying from them.

It's such a surprise to hear this.  For Amazon USA, I always compare the price of Amazon direct (free shipping, albeit a bit of tax, where I live) to the MP price, and I routinely save a chunk of change.  A recent 5-item order from Amazon MP saved me over $30, not even considering Amazon tax.  But maybe you mean Amazon Europe MP vendors delivering to the USA?  I definitely have not used those due to the expense, aside from that excellent LUMIERES box deal via Amazon UK (Harmonia Mundi).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 03, 2013, 11:11:02 PM
There's no amazon.no, so all my amazon aquisitions are cross border. US MP vendor routinely charge around 10 USD for sending single discs to Norway, and often multiply that by number of discs..... If I can find a UK vendor it's better than that, but still expensive. In 90% of cases it is better to take the higher amazon price.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 03, 2013, 11:26:18 PM
Quote from: The new erato on February 03, 2013, 11:11:02 PM
There's no amazon.no, so all my amazon aquisitions are cross border. US MP vendor routinely charge around 10 USD for sending single discs to Norway, and often multiply that by number of discs..... If I can find a UK vendor it's better than that, but still expensive. In 90% of cases it is better to take the higher amazon price.


$10!!!! Wow!!! That's insane! No wonder you said that! At the least the UK and other EU countries are nearby so that you can have them delivered to a hotel or something?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 04, 2013, 04:58:29 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 03, 2013, 04:51:38 PM
If my admittedly limited Spanish is correct, Amazon Spain says this version requires a SACD player.

It's a set of 6 Hybrid SACDs, notice the logo at bottom right of the cover and at bottom left on the reverse.

Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 03, 2013, 11:26:18 PM
$10!!!! Wow!!! That's insane! No wonder you said that! At the least the UK and other EU countries are nearby so that you can have them delivered to a hotel or something?

Don't pity him: he gets free shipping (over 25 Pounds) at Amazon UK, and 7 Euros flat from both Amazon ES (and perhaps other Eurozone stores as well)  and JPC. :P ;D


Thread duty: Walcha's second set for under 15 Pounds at Amazon UK. Should I? Should I?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004SAAX/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 04, 2013, 05:24:08 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 04, 2013, 04:58:29 AM
Don't pity him: he gets free shipping (over 25 Pounds) at Amazon UK, and 7 Euros flat from both Amazon ES (and perhaps other Eurozone stores as well)  and JPC. :P ;D

Yes, that's why even cheap MP vend offerings usually cannot compete. But of course for orders over Euro 27 Norwegian VAT tax kicks in heavily, so I keep orders small.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on February 04, 2013, 05:48:59 AM
Quote from: The new erato on February 03, 2013, 10:01:29 PM
Marketplace vendors are significantly more expensive than amazon itself. It usually prevents me from buying from them.

I think its worth noting a broad element here: Amazon MP vendors often charge higher shipping than Amazon itself.  But VAT is only deducted from orders placed with Amazon directly, in my experience, and not with MP vendors (I am not sure of the rationale here for new items from the MP - of course, no VAT can be levied on used items).  So, in many cases, the best deals for overseas orders will be those placed with Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 04, 2013, 06:44:00 AM
Quote from: KeithW on February 04, 2013, 05:48:59 AM
VAT is only deducted from orders placed with Amazon directly, in my experience, and not with MP vendors (I am not sure of the rationale here for new items from the MP - of course, no VAT can be levied on used items).

What do the rules say about a merchant from the US selling through a UK-based portal?

Fun (okay, not really) exercise: Link (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+%282.15+%2B+2.1*x%29%2C+%281.97+%2B+1.57*x%29%2C+%280.95+%2B+2.34*x%29%2C+%281.00+%2B+3.99*x%29%2C+27.15%2C+9%2C+33.9)

In the order of appearance on the side: Presto, MDT, Amazons UK, US, US and DE

Not making the cut is JPC, which would have appeared slightly higher than the blue horizontal at 33.9.

Values in US Dollars, conversion rates as of the last hour. Shipping to India, of course. Most of it is valid for buying single CDs; but beyond a point ES and DE start charging per extra kilo and therefore will not be flat. MDT, of course, will not be a straight line when you consider boxes of various guises.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on February 04, 2013, 09:15:42 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on February 04, 2013, 06:44:00 AM
What do the rules say about a merchant from the US selling through a UK-based portal?

From the UK perspective, the issue would be whether the merchant had a VAT registration number.  If they don't then they cannot collect VAT and pass it on to the taxman.  If they do have a VAT registration, then items being shipped outside the EU may have VAT deducted from the list price.  There are some quirks incidentally - digital music is zero-rated (according to Hyperion) and therefore no-one pays VAT.

Do bear in mind that some countries will tax goods on the way in - and there is growing pressure from B&M retailers in some countries such as Australia to reduce the threshold to deter international online shopping.

Quote from: Opus106 on February 04, 2013, 06:44:00 AM
Fun (okay, not really) exercise: Link (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+%282.15+%2B+2.1*x%29%2C+%281.97+%2B+1.57*x%29%2C+%280.95+%2B+2.34*x%29%2C+%281.00+%2B+3.99*x%29%2C+27.15%2C+9%2C+33.9)

In the order of appearance on the side: Presto, MDT, Amazons UK, US, US and DE

Not making the cut is JPC, which would have appeared slightly higher than the blue horizontal at 33.9.

Values in US Dollars, conversion rates as of the last hour. Shipping to India, of course. Most of it is valid for buying single CDs; but beyond a point ES and DE start charging per extra kilo and therefore will not be flat. MDT, of course, will not be a straight line when you consider boxes of various guises.

Thanks - neat tool which I will play with.  I guess another element to be factored in, depending on your arrangements, are bank charges.  Most suppliers these days offer payment options in the customer's local currency, but that tends to be limited to a handful of major ones.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 04, 2013, 09:36:40 AM
Quote from: KeithW on February 04, 2013, 09:15:42 AM

Thanks - neat tool which I will play with.  I guess another element to be factored in, depending on your arrangements, are bank charges.  Most suppliers these days offer payment options in the customer's local currency, but that tends to be limited to a handful of major ones.

Even then,  banks may impose charges if the purchase is from an overseas vendor.  I've had to pay bank charges on orders from MDT and Presto, even though the order was denominated in dollars.  That's the major reason I got a Capital One card, because they don't have foreign transaction fees. 

The only overseas vendors with which I can place an order in US dollars and not escape bank fees (if not using the Capital One card) are Amazon UK and Amazon France,  if I use their "currency converter" tool.  Amazon Spain, Amazon Italy and Amazon DE don't seem to have it, although Spain is the only one I've used in recent weeks, so it's possible the others now have that tool.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 04, 2013, 09:53:24 AM
Quote from: KeithW on February 04, 2013, 09:15:42 AM
From the UK perspective, the issue would be whether the merchant had a VAT registration number.  If they don't then they cannot collect VAT and pass it on to the taxman.  If they do have a VAT registration, then items being shipped outside the EU may have VAT deducted from the list price.  There are some quirks incidentally - digital music is zero-rated (according to Hyperion) and therefore no-one pays VAT.

Do bear in mind that some countries will tax goods on the way in - and there is growing pressure from B&M retailers in some countries such as Australia to reduce the threshold to deter international online shopping.

Thanks, Keith. As for import taxes, I guess I'm a bit fortunate in the regard, as I haven't been asked to pay any, so far, when I received packages from ordered at Presto, Amazon etc. Maybe I've always managed to keep it under the limit without my knowing it. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 04, 2013, 06:00:37 PM
Quote from: Octave on February 03, 2013, 09:36:05 PM
A little redundant chatter about shipping costs. 
Shipping is what's prevented me from using Amazon Spain, at least for the items I've checked; but I'm not sure I agree with a recent comment about Amazon UK's shipping being especially high for delivery to the United States: a recent order of five items, not terribly expensive overall, yielded exactly US$2.20 per item, for box sets.  (A little advance shopping indicated significant savings even after factoring the shipping in.)  I've found that my Presto orders end up averaging a bit less per item (~$1.00-1.30) for medium-sized orders.  Importcds is a USA-domestic option I've used many times with good results and reasonably good deals, but shipping for box sets is almost always $3.50 per item, plus a one-time $1.50 surcharge per order (of any size). Berkshire Record Outlet (also USA-domestic) seems to usually end up being ~$0.60-$1.00/per item for medium-to-large orders, depending on how many individual discs are ordered.

I made two large orders at BRO and the shipping costs were indeed pretty low ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on February 04, 2013, 08:06:37 PM
Sorry, Erato...I had a U.S.-Imperial moment and forgot you lived in Norway.  Indeed, I see what you mean about Marketplace!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on February 06, 2013, 10:05:03 AM
< £20 at amazon.uk

[asin]B007GP1CC2[/asin]

track listing from presto:
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/0919342 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/0919342)

The blurb says its been done with the latest abbey road remasters.
Bound to be some duplication (another copy of Elgar!) but an excellent price for so many good performances.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 06, 2013, 11:47:11 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on February 06, 2013, 10:05:03 AM
< £20 at amazon.uk

[asin]B007GP1CC2[/asin]

track listing from presto:
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/0919342 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/0919342)

The blurb says its been done with the latest abbey road remasters.
Bound to be some duplication (another copy of Elgar!) but an excellent price for so many good performances.

Oh, EMI, because 2007 was waaay too long ago for you to have released this:

[asin]B000V9P4YM[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on February 06, 2013, 11:48:20 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on February 06, 2013, 10:05:03 AM
< £20 at amazon.uk

[asin]B007GP1CC2[/asin]

track listing from presto:
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/0919342 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/0919342)

The blurb says its been done with the latest abbey road remasters.
Bound to be some duplication (another copy of Elgar!) but an excellent price for so many good performances.

Already own it, but the slightly older set which Brian pictured.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on February 06, 2013, 12:36:38 PM
That was odds on with the number of CDs you buy  ;D  (I'm opening myself up here!)

Apparently the only difference in content is one extra track from the 1962 recital,  J.S.Bach Adagio & Allegro from Sonata in D for Cello & Harpsichord, BWV 1028 (4:35) with Ronald Kinloch Anderson playing harpsichord.

I'm hoping the remasters are noticeably better than previous versions.  There was a version of the Elgar released in 2012 (details here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elgar-Concerto-Pictures-Farewell-Signature/dp/B0079J26XO/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1360186140&sr=8-8 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elgar-Concerto-Pictures-Farewell-Signature/dp/B0079J26XO/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1360186140&sr=8-8) for SACD which gets some good reviews, reading the blurb it should be the same remastered versions.



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on February 07, 2013, 02:38:27 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 06, 2013, 11:47:11 AM
Oh, EMI, because 2007 was waaay too long ago for you to have released this:

At least it went OOP as the new cover was coming in. It wasn't a case of same recordings existing side-by-side. And the recordings in newer set was recently remastered, I think.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on February 07, 2013, 11:42:21 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 31, 2013, 10:05:45 AM
Scott Ross / Scarlatti Cube at 60 euros on Amazon ES as well....  :o

http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Keyboard-Sonatatas-Scott-Ross/dp/B0009MWAVQ/ref=pd_sim_m_48 (http://www.amazon.es/Complete-Keyboard-Sonatatas-Scott-Ross/dp/B0009MWAVQ/ref=pd_sim_m_48)

Down to 46 euros now...  :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on February 07, 2013, 10:13:14 PM
For those in N. America, the best deal I've seen on this, which has been utterly essential Schubert for me:

[asin]B002CRJWVC[/asin]

A bit over US$10 for a 2cd set, including domestic-USA shipping.  This seems to happen with Amazon MP seller i-Deals quite a bit: a temporary dip in prices for DG/Philips/Decca etc discs.  Not a 'steal' exactly, but still roughly half what I paid for it.  Please notice that not everyone loves this recording.  I think Schreier is great (and 'lives up to his name', as it were); I think the audience coughing is great (it's a winter journey, is it not?); I think the slow tempos are great.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 09, 2013, 12:30:23 PM
Quote from: Octave on February 07, 2013, 10:13:14 PM
For those in N. America, the best deal I've seen on this, which has been utterly essential Schubert for me:

[asin]B002CRJWVC[/asin]

A bit over US$10 for a 2cd set, including domestic-USA shipping.  This seems to happen with Amazon MP seller i-Deals quite a bit: a temporary dip in prices for DG/Philips/Decca etc discs.  Not a 'steal' exactly, but still roughly half what I paid for it.  Please notice that not everyone loves this recording.  I think Schreier is great (and 'lives up to his name', as it were); I think the audience coughing is great (it's a winter journey, is it not?); I think the slow tempos are great.

Thanks for the heads up, as I ordered the last twofer i-Deals had this morning ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 09, 2013, 12:32:11 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 07, 2013, 11:42:21 AM
Down to 46 euros now...  :o

This will have to wait until Presto has sales since its shipping and handling to the US is the least costly ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 10, 2013, 04:39:44 AM
Probably been mentioned but the Rilling set of Bach Cantatas is down to roughly $1 per disc now on amazon.  If you want period instruments, obviously steer clear, but at that price I'm curious and will be giving it a try.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on February 10, 2013, 04:52:29 AM
There are a few good deals to be had in the EMI clearance at MDT right now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 10, 2013, 07:26:43 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 10, 2013, 04:39:44 AM
Probably been mentioned but the Rilling set of Bach Cantatas is down to roughly $1 per disc now on amazon.  If you want period instruments, obviously steer clear, but at that price I'm curious and will be giving it a try.

MarketPlace seller CMS has even a better deal.  Rilling's Bach Cantatas usually have excellent soloists and that alone may be worth the money ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 14, 2013, 07:32:45 PM
Just released this week,  and currently $9.99 on Amazon US.  (That's Amazon itself, not Amazon MP, so if you can find something else for at least $15.01, you can get the free shipping if you're inside the US.)
[asin]B009YKMAKU[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on February 16, 2013, 01:14:44 PM
I just received the Van Cliburn box. What a beautiful job of packaging! I can't get enough of these Living Stereo recordings. Everything about them is great.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 16, 2013, 01:24:50 PM
Quote from: bigshot on February 16, 2013, 01:14:44 PM
I just received the Van Cliburn box. What a beautiful job of packaging! I can't get enough of these Living Stereo recordings. Everything about them is great.

Did van Cliburn ever record for any label(s) other than RCA?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on February 21, 2013, 01:06:03 AM
I think this counts as a super bargain!

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Alexander-Glasunow-1865-1936-S%E4mtliche-Symphonien-Konzerte/hnum/1944841
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on February 21, 2013, 09:43:18 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on February 16, 2013, 01:24:50 PM
Did van Cliburn ever record for any label(s) other than RCA?

I don't think so.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on February 23, 2013, 10:48:37 AM
Quote from: bigshot on February 21, 2013, 09:43:18 AM
I don't think so.

I will skip the box since van Cliburn is really not my favorite pianist ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: otare on February 24, 2013, 10:14:26 AM
I just played the Tchaikovsky 1st concerto, and in that one he (Van Cliburn) is superb.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on February 26, 2013, 05:22:28 AM
Hope this is not "false alarm" territory, but for those in N. America, Amazon US-MP dealer i-Deals seems to be having on of those drops in price for lots of DG releases, Originals and otherwise.  I don't think it's a "sale" but I just nabbed the Fricsay/Anda Bartok piano ctos for ~$5.50 and the Richard Strauss DAPHNE by Bohm et al for ~$10, including shipping.  Just in case you have releases from this label hanging around in your wishlist.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 26, 2013, 05:29:33 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 14, 2013, 07:32:45 PM
Just released this week,  and currently $9.99 on Amazon US.  (That's Amazon itself, not Amazon MP, so if you can find something else for at least $15.01, you can get the free shipping if you're inside the US.)
[asin]B009YKMAKU[/asin]

Thanks, I just purchased.

Following up on the Rilling set, both the performances and sound quality are quite variable.  It seems that Rilling started traditional and ended sounding closer to the PI competition.  The vocalists sing quite a bit with distracting vibrato, but bring so much heart to their performances that they really blow away the competing big boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on February 26, 2013, 10:31:42 PM
Only a Super Duper Bargain if you missed it the first time around....

(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/non-muze2/large/206933.jpg)

For those who would like a very nice slice of Alfred Cortot, the apparently OOP and usually rather expensive ICON box is part of Arkiv's current 24-hour sale (through midnight EST Wed.), for $24 not including shipping.
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=206933 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=206933)
Of course, I think all these recordings are in the mammoth 40cd anniversary box, but I don't think everyone would want to shuck out $80+ for so much music with overlaps, arguably poorer/later performances included, etc.  I'm still thinking about doing so, of course.  Anyway,  FYI!

Here is the general page for the sale; only like 35 items, and nothing I need (afaik):
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp?list_id=3090&page_size=100&page_type=4&site_id=E1089 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp?list_id=3090&page_size=100&page_type=4&site_id=E1089)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 01, 2013, 09:44:08 AM
PRESTO CLEARANCE

Presto has a clearance sale on now, a grab bag of stuff including some Rattle boxes and some assorted British composer boxes, and quite a few DVDs
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 01, 2013, 09:56:05 AM
It's been up for some time and I've done my bit to clear them out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 07, 2013, 01:16:38 AM
Haydn: The Creation (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Haydn-The-Creation-Barbara-Hendricks/dp/B00865P3C6/ref=aag_m_pw_dp?ie=UTF8&m=AJ5FR0YLUUZSE) 2cd set, Helicon Label

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81fwvP5ys8L._AA1500_.jpg)

Barbara Hendricks, Chris Merritt , Jose Van Dam : Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta

UK's - Oxfamcrouchend (new & sealed) : £3.99 + £1.26 UK delivery

2 Left
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 07, 2013, 01:37:43 AM
Mozart: Mozart Symphonies (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00000632I/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) 2cd set, Virgin Classics

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51n%2BdZV77kL._SL500_.jpg)

CD:01 (32, 35 'Haffner' & 36 'Linz')
CD:02 (39 & 41 'Jupiter')

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Two UK sellers 'Amazin Deals' [4 left in stock] & 'giftdvds' [5 left in stock] are selling this set for £0.58p & £0.59p respectively.  Amazon's bloated price is apparantly £14.95  ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on March 07, 2013, 03:26:20 AM
Good spot :) thank you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 08, 2013, 12:46:12 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 01, 2013, 09:44:08 AM
Presto has a clearance sale on now, a grab bag of stuff including some Rattle boxes and some assorted British composer boxes, and quite a few DVDs

Thanks for that - the Capuçon/Braley Beethoven sonatas are on their way to me for £6.41.  (If anyone has watched the accompanying video, any ideas where they may be recording? - looks like a brewer's warehouse stacked with kegs of beer.  Something to do with acoustics?)

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 08, 2013, 12:53:55 AM
Quote from: DaveF on March 08, 2013, 12:46:12 AM
Thanks for that - the Capuçon/Braley Beethoven sonatas are on their way to me for £6.41.  (If anyone has watched the accompanying video, any ideas where they may be recording? - looks like a brewer's warehouse stacked with kegs of beer.  Something to do with acoustics?)

DF

L’heure bleue in the Salle de musique at La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland; a hall renowned for its marvellous acoustics.

Read more: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/DEC10/Beethoven_vlnsons_6420010.htm#ixzz2MwNMguaU


Oh, wait -- that's not the place shown in the video, I think. (Duh!)



[Hey, neat feature at MusicWeb: the 'read more: link' thing was generated automatically and stored in the clipboard!]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 08, 2013, 02:16:18 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 08, 2013, 12:53:55 AM

Oh, wait -- that's not the place shown in the video, I think. (Duh!)


Phew! - I thought my Lenten alcohol-fast was causing barrels of beer to float before my eyes...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 08, 2013, 10:46:53 PM
A sale of Chandos at JPC DE.

Eat your heart out.

Starts at 8 euro's.


http://www.jpc.de/s/Chandos?searchtype=label
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on March 09, 2013, 01:29:28 PM
The Haydn/Hogwood boxset has dropped to 49.90 Euros on Amazon IT.

http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B009LNI0T0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B009LNI0T0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 11, 2013, 08:03:04 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51q%2BFri9U8L._SL500_.jpg)

Brahms Piano Con No.2
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Piano-Concerto-No-2/dp/B0000W40EA/ref=sr_1_44?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1363016933&sr=1-44)Francois F. Guy, London PO/Paavo. Berglund

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CvivRPf1L._SL500_.jpg)

Mozart Mass in C (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozart-Messe-en-ut-mineur/dp/B000BOIWVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363017640&sr=8-1) : Accentus/Emmanuel Krivine

Under the New Tab, I ordered mine from Naxos Direct UK.  £1.99p each
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 14, 2013, 09:39:51 AM
Not an outright SDCB per se, but you can make one out of it. Buy 3 items for the price of the two costlier ones. Many boxes, especially those limited Italian editions, are part of the offer and might help off-set the cost of the shipping.

http://www.amazon.it/s/ref=sr_pg_1?rh=n%3A412600031%2Cn%3A!518398031%2Cn%3A!518400031%2Cn%3A2549547031%2Cn%3A435475031&bbn=2549547031&ie=UTF8&qid=1363282393
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 14, 2013, 04:37:56 PM
Nav or whoever else might know: do you see an expiry date for that 3-for-2 sale at Amazon.it?  I looked around a bit, but I can't see a date listed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 14, 2013, 09:15:07 PM
Quote from: Octave on March 14, 2013, 04:37:56 PM
Nav or whoever else might know: do you see an expiry date for that 3-for-2 sale at Amazon.it?  I looked around a bit, but I can't see a date listed.

Scopri l'offerta valida fino al 17 marzo 2013.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 14, 2013, 09:19:01 PM
Thanks, Nav!

For those who might have missed it, the Presto "early music" sale offers some good deals, maybe not exactly steals, on a load of things.  Looks like virtually everything from Alia Vox is on sale, which I am happy about since I was disorganized and missed Presto last (recent) sale on that label.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 15, 2013, 04:40:59 AM
Quote from: Octave on March 14, 2013, 09:19:01 PM
Thanks, Nav!

For those who might have missed it, the Presto "early music" sale offers some good deals, maybe not exactly steals, on a load of things.  Looks like virtually everything from Alia Vox is on sale, which I am happy about since I was disorganized and missed Presto last (recent) sale on that label.

That "early music" sale is enormous and also includes a lot of Mozart and even some Beethoven.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 16, 2013, 10:40:58 PM
I'm sorry there only seems to be one copy left, but an Amazon US-MP seller is shucking a new copy of Jochum's Bruckner Berlin/Bavarian/DG cycle for $22+shipping.  This box has generally come down in price over the past year, it seems; but this is the lowest price I've seen.  Not everybody's favorite, but a great cycle, methinks, especially early on.  Anyway, FYI!

[asin]B00006YXOX[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 21, 2013, 11:57:34 AM
The Vivarte 60 cd box is available from some merchants on Amazon USA for under $90.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 22, 2013, 03:44:05 AM
Through our SDCB-scouting friend Discophage comes that news of the complete (as in "all 9 CDs boxed up") set of Schubert sonatas by Badura-Skoda.

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BWUXJ1O/?tag=goodmusicgu0a-21

Pre-order price of €25.22
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 22, 2013, 03:51:05 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 22, 2013, 03:44:05 AM
Through our SDCB-scouting friend Discophage comes that news of the complete (as in "all 9 CDs boxed up") set of Schubert sonatas by Badura-Skoda.

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BWUXJ1O/?tag=goodmusicgu0a-21

Pre-order price of €25.22

Oh man!  And it's pretty cheap.  This is wonderful news.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 22, 2013, 03:54:37 AM
Quote from: Octave on March 22, 2013, 03:51:05 AM
And it's pretty cheap.

Uh, correction: it's Super-Duper Cheap! (Well, not counting the 14.90 for postage. :()

Oh, and I though I'd add that it's the Arcana set, just in case someone's wondering.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on March 22, 2013, 07:27:05 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 22, 2013, 03:54:37 AM
Uh, correction: it's Super-Duper Cheap! (Well, not counting the 14.90 for postage. :()

Oh, and I though I'd add that it's the Arcana set, just in case someone's wondering.

It's a wonderful set which included superb liner notes written by Badura-Skoda himself in the original release. I hope these notes will be included in this re-release (it has been, at least, the practice of Arcana so far).

BTW, this is my second favorite complete set, just slightly after Malcolm Bilson.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 22, 2013, 10:46:28 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kpLk3VDfL.jpg)

Arkiv sale: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=206638 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=206638)

Handel: SAUL + MESSIAH (Harmonia Mundi, 4cd).......Arkiv: $10!  beats the ~$30 price from Amazon US-MP and even the $20 price from BRO.
ASIN: B001CCHPNK

Arkiv's "deal of the day" (it was also the deal of yesterday, so maybe they just randomize a postlight things that are on sale indefinitely) actually looks pretty good, almost making me wish I had not purchased the silvered "Illuminati / Kurosawa-nuclear-apocalypse-de-Jean" edition of Jacobs' MESSIAH.....which I really like, a great deal, btw.  OVPP (afaik) + Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, how could one go wrong?  His SAUL I don't know, but I'm thinking of making the purchase just for that.
Of course, with that Dunedin Consort MESSIAH supposedly taking the cake, there is more competition for the HIP-MESSIAH spot on yr disc rack, but c'mon: can those of you who live in civilized places get even lunch for $10?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 22, 2013, 07:42:23 PM
Quote from: Octave on March 22, 2013, 10:46:28 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kpLk3VDfL.jpg)

Arkiv sale: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=206638 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=206638)

Handel: SAUL + MESSIAH (Harmonia Mundi, 4cd).......Arkiv: $10!  beats the ~$30 price from Amazon US-MP and even the $20 price from BRO.
ASIN: B001CCHPNK

Arkiv's "deal of the day" (it was also the deal of yesterday, so maybe they just randomize a postlight things that are on sale indefinitely) actually looks pretty good, almost making me wish I had not purchased the silvered "Illuminati / Kurosawa-nuclear-apocalypse-de-Jean" edition of Jacobs' MESSIAH.....which I really like, a great deal, btw.  OVPP (afaik) + Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, how could one go wrong?  His SAUL I don't know, but I'm thinking of making the purchase just for that.
Of course, with that Dunedin Consort MESSIAH supposedly taking the cake, there is more competition for the HIP-MESSIAH spot on yr disc rack, but c'mon: can those of you who live in civilized places get even lunch for $10?

But it's that cover that is the icing on the cake.  Canaletto's views of Greenwich (or whatever is the actual source of that cover) just doesn't match.
[asin]B000GUJYKQ[/asin]
BTW, I"m fairly sure it's not a OVPP recording.
Speaking of the Dunedin recording,  it's available on Amazon MP for roughly $16 including shipping, so I'm ordering it.  The seller is Zoverstocks, so hopefully I'll have it in time for Christmas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Coopmv on March 23, 2013, 09:56:07 AM
Quote from: Octave on March 16, 2013, 10:40:58 PM
I'm sorry there only seems to be one copy left, but an Amazon US-MP seller is shucking a new copy of Jochum's Bruckner Berlin/Bavarian/DG cycle for $22+shipping.  This box has generally come down in price over the past year, it seems; but this is the lowest price I've seen.  Not everybody's favorite, but a great cycle, methinks, especially early on.  Anyway, FYI!

[asin]B00006YXOX[/asin]

$22 has to the best price ever seen for that box ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 26, 2013, 12:44:59 AM
Toccatta has a sale on JPC de, for 9 euro's a piece. I ordered a few, you can see them on my blog.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 26, 2013, 12:47:00 AM
I've got you on my favorites list Harry, even though I have not registered yet. Too many things to do!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 26, 2013, 12:47:48 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 26, 2013, 12:47:00 AM
I've got you on my favorites list Harry, even though I have not registered yet. Too many things to do!

Thank you, that means a lot to me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on March 26, 2013, 04:03:28 AM
Tchaikovsky brilliant edition <£15 plus shipping at amazon uk!!

[asin]B005DL9O5S[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 26, 2013, 04:28:21 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on March 26, 2013, 04:03:28 AM
Tchaikovsky brilliant edition <£15 plus shipping at amazon uk!!

[asin]B005DL9O5S[/asin]
No shipping to Norway. Do I need this?????
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on March 26, 2013, 04:29:20 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 26, 2013, 04:28:21 AM
No shipping to Norway. Do I need this?????


No!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on March 26, 2013, 05:45:43 AM
list of works, performers etc :

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Brilliant%2BClassics/93980
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 05:51:23 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 22, 2013, 03:44:05 AM
Through our SDCB-scouting friend Discophage comes that news of the complete (as in "all 9 CDs boxed up") set of Schubert sonatas by Badura-Skoda.

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BWUXJ1O/?tag=goodmusicgu0a-21

Pre-order price of €25.22

Man, I want that! I have it as downloads, always wanted the physical media. I suppose the odds of it being released in the States is somewhere between slim and none, and slim just left town. Or it'll be $200 instead of €26...  :-\

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 06:06:01 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 05:51:23 AM
Man, I want that! I have it as downloads, always wanted the physical media. I suppose the odds of it being released in the States is somewhere between slim and none, and slim just left town. Or it'll be $200 instead of €26...  :-\

8)

Let's see... where (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21577.0.html) can we find someone who could get the box for you at French rates? ;D ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 06:11:47 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 06:06:01 AM
Let's see... where (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21577.0.html) can we find someone who could get the box for you at French rates? ;D ;)

:D  Then it would cost me €100 to get it here from Norway.   :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 06:17:29 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 06:11:47 AM
:D  Then it would cost me €100 to get it here from Norway.   :)

8)

Huh? ??? Or is "Norway" a euphemism for the snow-hit east coast? ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 06:28:45 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 06:17:29 AM
Huh? ??? Or is "Norway" a euphemism for the snow-hit east coast? ;D

That could well be, but the post you linked me to was from Erato, who I thought was a denizen of Norway. Well, Norway, Massachusetts; tough to tell them apart these days. :D

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on March 26, 2013, 06:31:23 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 05:51:23 AM
Man, I want that! I have it as downloads, always wanted the physical media. I suppose the odds of it being released in the States is somewhere between slim and none, and slim just left town. Or it'll be $200 instead of €26... :-\

8)

I don't think so. I guess Allegro Music will distribute this set in USA, as they usually do with the Arcana catalogue.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 06:39:45 AM
Quote from: Gordon Shumway on March 26, 2013, 06:31:23 AM
I don't think so. I guess Allegro Music will distribute this set in USA, as they usually do with the Arcana catalogue.  :)

Yes, I would think so too. Sometimes I've had good luck with that, other times I just had to go to MDT or one of the other Brits for it. When something gets labeled an "Import" over here, the price immediately skyrockets. >:(

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 06:40:50 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 06:28:45 AM
That could well be, but the post you linked me to was from Erato...

8)

Hm... that's weird. It's supposed to go to that the top of the 'Paris' thread, and it works fine for me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 06:42:06 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 06:40:50 AM
Hm... that's weird. It's supposed to go to that the top of the 'Paris' thread, and it works fine for me.

I read my posts backwards (newest first) and so sometimes those links have unintended results. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 06:44:19 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 06:42:06 AM
I read my posts backwards (newest first) and so sometimes those links have unintended results. :)

8)

Oh. Will keep that in mind. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 06:55:15 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 06:44:19 AM
Oh. Will keep that in mind. :)

Don't know what you can do different. It's a software glitch, IMO. Maybe if you link to just a specific post it will find it anyway. ???

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 26, 2013, 08:19:21 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on March 26, 2013, 04:03:28 AM
Tchaikovsky brilliant edition <£15 plus shipping at amazon uk!!

[asin]B005DL9O5S[/asin]

>£15 delivered free with super saver delivery...WOW what a spot!!

Hope its not too good to be true...it is Amazon so shouldn't be a pricing glitch....just a 'Clear out'  ;)

Had to order one, you never know...there may be a "GMG Lets listen to Tchaikovsky Month" on the cards?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on March 26, 2013, 09:36:42 AM
its in their top 20 box sets now.. so they must have sold a fair few, but still marked as in stock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 26, 2013, 09:42:39 AM
I ordered it. Mostly for the operas I admit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on March 26, 2013, 09:44:40 AM
Order confirmed, and shipping cost to Canada of EUR 3.08 is covered almost by the removal of VAT.  And I still haven't opened the Haydn box bought last year!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 26, 2013, 01:34:29 PM
Not in the same league as the Tchaikovsky bargain, but if you're a Scheherazade enthusiast, this box contains a dazzling performance of that work, and is unmissable at Amazon UK - £4 for 5 CDs:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lOUOosoQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rimsky-Korsakov-Sheherazade-Symphonies-Oeuvres-Orchestrales/dp/B000PFT1Y6/ref=zg_bs_382534011_43 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rimsky-Korsakov-Sheherazade-Symphonies-Oeuvres-Orchestrales/dp/B000PFT1Y6/ref=zg_bs_382534011_43)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on March 26, 2013, 01:39:10 PM
Was listening to Rimsky's 2nd symphony for the first time the other day and looked up recordings and saw that very box for just £4 and ordered it within seconds! What a bargain, looking forward to it! :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 26, 2013, 03:48:13 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 26, 2013, 01:34:29 PM
Not in the same league as the Tchaikovsky bargain, but if you're a Scheherazade enthusiast, this box contains a dazzling performance of that work, and is unmissable at Amazon UK - £4 for 5 CDs:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lOUOosoQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rimsky-Korsakov-Sheherazade-Symphonies-Oeuvres-Orchestrales/dp/B000PFT1Y6/ref=zg_bs_382534011_43 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rimsky-Korsakov-Sheherazade-Symphonies-Oeuvres-Orchestrales/dp/B000PFT1Y6/ref=zg_bs_382534011_43)

Another fine bargain, ordered one.  Upto 4 weeks delivery.

Report back whomever gets theirs first  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 26, 2013, 05:53:24 PM
I hope no one minds an OT jazz digression, but this is a crazy good deal, assuming the discs sound good (Brian should know, as he owns this):

[asin]B005ELZNH0[/asin]

20 Miles Davis albums on 22 discs for £5.07 via Amazon UK.  Looks like there is already an order backlog.
I'm not a huge jazz fan anymore, but a lot of these albums are unique, key records that probably don't require a big personal investment in "jazz" as such to enjoy.  Also a wide array of remarkably disparate styles, potentially disconcerting.*  (Listen to SKETCHES OF SPAIN then ON THE CORNER, back to back.)






* I think it's bad-ass.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 10:09:41 PM
Something's afoot at Amazon UK. They seem to be teasing us with these offers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 27, 2013, 01:37:24 AM
Sadly, I see the Svetlanov/Rimsky box has climbed up to £22 now. It's worth every penny of that, but of course there's no need to rush any longer.

Thanks to Octave for the Miles Davis box tip-off - I placed an order immediately, but Amazon no longer have stock at the moment, so I'll have to wait and see whether it'll materialise.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on March 27, 2013, 03:23:49 AM
Quote from: Octave on March 26, 2013, 05:53:24 PM
I hope no one minds an OT jazz digression, but this is a crazy good deal, assuming the discs sound good (Brian should know, as he owns this):
[asin]B005ELZNH0[/asin]

Alas, not any more.  :(
The Tchaikovsky bargain is now gone as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 27, 2013, 03:31:54 AM
I put the Miles Davis set in my basket about 2 hours ago, just after it went up in price I checked the basket and it still said £5.07p delivered.  So I went through with it and bought it, it cleared for the five pounds although Amazon said £20+.  Its either gone through or I'll get the "so sorry...its a mistake" email later.

My Tchaikovsky set is in dispatch mode, the Rimsky set is 'to be dispatched'.

Expecting both these to be cancelled  :( ......but one never knows :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 27, 2013, 06:32:28 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 27, 2013, 03:31:54 AM
I put the Miles Davis set in my basket about 2 hours ago, just after it went up in price I checked the basket and it still said £5.07p delivered.  So I went through with it and bought it, it cleared for the five pounds although Amazon said £20+.  Its either gone through or I'll get the "so sorry...its a mistake" email later.

My Tchaikovsky set is in dispatch mode, the Rimsky set is 'to be dispatched'.

Expecting both these to be cancelled  :( ......but one never knows :)
My Svetlanov's Rimsky set order from Amazon UK says:
Order placed 24 Mar 2013
Dispatched; Delivery Estimate: Tuesday 2 April 2013
I'm pretty sure they're not lying, so I can't imagine that Rimsky order being canceled.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on March 27, 2013, 08:51:38 AM
I was able to get the Tchaikovsky Brilliant and the Svetlanov Rimsky box at the sale prices.  So far the orders are still valid on Amazon.co.uk.  Crossing my fingers.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 27, 2013, 10:09:22 AM
A couple more inexpensive Warner boxes:

Haydn - Wind Divertimenti - Consortium Classicum (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001HU91TI/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21) 4 CDs - £6.70
Charpentier - ?you know... stuff? - Christie/LAF (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002ZBSGS/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21) 4CDs - £4.92
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on March 27, 2013, 10:25:51 AM
My rimsky has been dispatched, so no pricing error.   ;D 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 27, 2013, 02:23:00 PM
And my Tchaikovsky box has been dispatched now, too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 27, 2013, 03:54:23 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 27, 2013, 02:23:00 PM
And my Tchaikovsky box has been dispatched now, too.

Huzzah!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 27, 2013, 04:24:43 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 27, 2013, 02:23:00 PM
And my Tchaikovsky box has been dispatched now, too.
I just realized that this box has the ballet suites conducted by Mravinsky. Those are great!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 27, 2013, 08:54:35 PM
Very non-urgent semi-deal notice:
For those in N. America (others probably wouldn't get a good deal) not on the Arkiv Music mailing teat, they are having a "one day sale" (on a double-clutch of items, not everything) ending Thurs at midnight (EST?).  I don't see much to get excited about, though they did mark down that still-apparently-prereleased Wagner/Krauss box to $40.  Good to decent prices on other things, only about a page of items:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp?list_id=3118&page_size=100&page_type=4&site_id=E1099 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp?list_id=3118&page_size=100&page_type=4&site_id=E1099)

</shill>
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 27, 2013, 09:06:46 PM
I usually pay more attention to Arkivmusic's 'Deal of the Day' sales. The other day they had a $100 Zubin Mehta 12-CD set on the Helicon label on sale for $19 so I jumped on it. I believe they still have this particular set for same price. Yesterday they had the Boulez Ravel/Debussy DG set on sale for a great price, if I didn't already own those recordings, I would have definitely took advantage of that deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 27, 2013, 09:36:57 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 27, 2013, 09:06:46 PM
I usually pay more attention to Arkivmusic's 'Deal of the Day' sales. The other day they had a $100 Zubin Mehta 12-CD set on the Helicon label on sale for $19 so I jumped on it. I believe they still have this particular set for same price. Yesterday they had the Boulez Ravel/Debussy DG set on sale for a great price, if I didn't already own those recordings, I would have definitely took advantage of that deal.

Indeed!  Bartok/Solti box for $20!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 28, 2013, 12:54:50 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 27, 2013, 04:24:43 PM
I just realized that this box has the ballet suites conducted by Mravinsky. Those are great!

Oh good! Another reason to be pleased with the package.

Call me Speedy, but I just understood for the first time why Amazon do this sort of thing. Those three boxes (Tchaikovsky, Svetlanov, and Miles Davis) are now in the top ten list of best selling box sets on Amazon - but now that the price has gone back to normal, there's no evidence that they got there because they were being almost given away for a day or two. So anyone who consults the best sellers list now will think 'Ooh, these must be good', and becomes that much more likely to assist Amazon in clearing surplus boxes at the normal price. Fiendish, eh.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 28, 2013, 02:00:05 AM
Nice one gentlemen  :)

My Tchaikovsy has just been dispatched.  Still keeping an eye out for the Rimsky and Miles  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on March 28, 2013, 03:39:27 AM
mine hasnt yet :( did you choose free super saver delivery?  wishing I had paid for delivery now, in theory it should make no difference stock should be reserved in the order of the orders, not the delivery mechanism.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 28, 2013, 05:15:32 AM
It looks like I'm getting my Rimsky-Korsakov, but not my Tchaikovsky:
QuoteWe're writing to let you know that the price for the following item(s) was displayed incorrectly when you placed your order:

'Tchaikovsky Edition (60 CD + CD Rom Box Set)' (ASIN: B005DL9O5S)

Despite our best efforts, with the millions of items available on our website, pricing errors can occasionally occur.

In our Conditions of Use and Sale, we state that where an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, cancel the order and notify you of that cancellation.

Your order has now been cancelled.  [...]

Alas, I bet if I'd ordered a day earlier, things might have panned out.  Exciting while it lasted!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 28, 2013, 05:20:34 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on March 28, 2013, 03:39:27 AM
mine hasnt yet :( did you choose free super saver delivery?  wishing I had paid for delivery now, in theory it should make no difference stock should be reserved in the order of the orders, not the delivery mechanism.

Tchaikovsky: Yes I did chose super saver delivery and its dispatched. 

Not yet on the Svetlanov, but it's waiting to be dispatched.

The Miles Davis just vanished from my orders! Wiped off by Amazon.  ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 28, 2013, 05:35:59 AM
Anyone who wants a still-great deal on the Brilliant Tchaikovsky Edition can find a Marketplace seller at Amazon Canada seller with the item for ~$32 Canadian; but apparently they don't ship to the USA (I tried).  I estimated the thing might come to ~US$36 or so.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on March 28, 2013, 06:01:01 AM
My Miles box cancelled too. Happy Easter!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 28, 2013, 06:27:35 AM
I won't be getting a Miles box either. Just that little too late!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 28, 2013, 06:29:18 AM
Close, but Miles away.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 28, 2013, 06:30:45 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 28, 2013, 06:27:35 AM
I won't be getting a Miles box either. Just that little too late!

Quote from: Opus106 on March 28, 2013, 06:29:18 AM
Close, but Miles away.

You guys are killing me!   :P
Teo!  Teeeeeeoohhhh!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on March 28, 2013, 07:02:41 AM
I guess I won't be getting the Tchaikovsky Box.  My order is no longer showing up on the Amazon UK website.  Have not gotten a message from Amazon cancelling the order.  Oh well....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on March 28, 2013, 07:02:58 AM
While I didn't get my Tchaikovsky box at such a nice price, I feel the need to delve into it again based on the recent interest in it on this thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on March 28, 2013, 10:34:58 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 28, 2013, 12:54:50 AM
Call me Speedy, but I just understood for the first time why Amazon do this sort of thing. Those three boxes (Tchaikovsky, Svetlanov, and Miles Davis) are now in the top ten list of best selling box sets on Amazon - but now that the price has gone back to normal, there's no evidence that they got there because they were being almost given away for a day or two. So anyone who consults the best sellers list now will think 'Ooh, these must be good', and becomes that much more likely to assist Amazon in clearing surplus boxes at the normal price. Fiendish, eh.

And what better PR than CD-hungry GMGers with multiple hookups to Amazon? :D



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 28, 2013, 12:25:52 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on March 28, 2013, 10:34:58 AM
And what better PR than CD-hungry GMGers with multiple hookups to Amazon? :D

Yup. They pull the bumper bargain strings and we dance to their tunes (Swan Lake in my case).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 28, 2013, 01:43:28 PM
Can someone help me with the Arkiv "deal of the day"?  I wonder if sometimes it is not listed on the "splash-down" page of Arkiv's website?  I was surprised that John-MI mentioned that Boulez Debussy/Ravel from a couple days ago, because that is a set I've been wanting, and I didn't remember seeing it.  Now I am wondering if sometimes the DoD doesn't display on that first page.  As of ~4:30pm CST Thurs, I see no deal on their page, and and no special listing under their sale tab.  When I do see it, it's pictured in the right-hand column of that page.

Just curious!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 28, 2013, 06:20:15 PM
Octave, the 'Deal of the Day' isn't displayed on their website right now for some reason. I can't even find it. ??? Have they stopped doing this? I'll keep my eye on their site. I don't know what's going on with them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 28, 2013, 07:05:34 PM
I don't actually recall seeing "Deal of the Day" on Arkiv's site....

BTW, although this is rather late notice,  Arkiv is having a one day sale today (meaning it ends at midnight, 58 minutes from now).  I ordered Callas's Lucia and Roussel's Padmavati, along with some of the stuff already in my shopping cart there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on March 29, 2013, 06:55:41 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 28, 2013, 06:20:15 PM
Octave, the 'Deal of the Day' isn't displayed on their website right now for some reason. I can't even find it. ??? Have they stopped doing this? I'll keep my eye on their site. I don't know what's going on with them.

Just clicked there on Arkiv Music site and I do see it now, on the right hand side.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 29, 2013, 07:01:02 AM
This is the first I'd ever heard of their Deal of the Day. Oops!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 29, 2013, 05:10:21 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 29, 2013, 06:55:41 AM
Just clicked there on Arkiv Music site and I do see it now, on the right hand side.

Me too. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on March 30, 2013, 10:37:08 AM
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern - Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli [8 CD] at Amazon UK for £3.66.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001HAWUKA/sr=1-1/qid=1364668271/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1364668271&seller=&sr=1-1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 30, 2013, 10:50:54 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 30, 2013, 10:37:08 AM
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern - Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli [8 CD] at Amazon UK for £3.66.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001HAWUKA/sr=1-1/qid=1364668271/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1364668271&seller=&sr=1-1

Nice find and thanks, I may get that. It helps to keep an eye on Warner releases. I checked a few others (after the fact) from the label had also fallen to similar prices in the last week.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on March 30, 2013, 03:05:59 PM
Quote from: hafod on March 30, 2013, 10:37:08 AM
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern - Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli [8 CD] at Amazon UK for £3.66.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001HAWUKA/sr=1-1/qid=1364668271/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1364668271&seller=&sr=1-1

Thanks, ordered. It got to the point where it's hard to tell if some of these are pricing errors or not..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on March 31, 2013, 01:28:39 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 30, 2013, 10:37:08 AM
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern - Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli [8 CD] at Amazon UK for £3.66.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001HAWUKA/sr=1-1/qid=1364668271/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1364668271&seller=&sr=1-1

Thank you for this heads-up, hafod, ordered it as well. I struggle with those works/composers so not a huge gamble cost-wise to spend some time on them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on March 31, 2013, 01:59:40 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on March 31, 2013, 01:28:39 AM
..........I struggle with those works/composers so not a huge gamble cost-wise to spend some time on them.

I ordered this box for exactly the same reasons.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on March 31, 2013, 05:21:33 AM
My Svetlanov RK arrived yesterday, just in time for me to listen to the Russian Easter Overture today! :D I see it's back to it's normal price on amazon now, so happy I got this bargain, and looking forward to listening to the rest!! Hope everyone else gets their ones OK too! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 31, 2013, 07:45:19 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on March 31, 2013, 05:21:33 AM
My Svetlanov RK arrived yesterday, just in time for me to listen to the Russian Easter Overture today! :D I see it's back to it's normal price on amazon now, so happy I got this bargain, and looking forward to listening to the rest!! Hope everyone else gets their ones OK too! :)

Good to hear, Daniel. I think you're bound to enjoy it, and even if you don't you've hardly lost anything. My Tchaikovsky box has arrived too. 60 CDs for £14. Absurd. I've never been particularly drawn to Tchaikovsky, but this new box provides a great stimulus to give him another go.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: madaboutmahler on March 31, 2013, 07:49:05 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 31, 2013, 07:45:19 AM
Good to hear, Daniel. I think you're bound to enjoy it, and even if you don't you've hardly lost anything. My Tchaikovsky box has arrived too. 60 CDs for £14. Absurd. I've never been particularly drawn to Tchaikovsky, but this new box provides a great stimulus to give him another go.

Thanks, Alan! I'm sure I will!

That really is a massive bargain - hope you enjoy all of those!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 31, 2013, 08:03:43 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 30, 2013, 10:37:08 AM
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern - Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli [8 CD] at Amazon UK for £3.66.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001HAWUKA/sr=1-1/qid=1364668271/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1364668271&seller=&sr=1-1

Another exceedingly good spot Hafod.

Duly ordered.

My thanks...Tony
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 31, 2013, 08:08:10 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 31, 2013, 01:59:40 AM
I ordered this box for exactly the same reasons.

Similar reasons too.  I've only heard Boulez and Dohnanyi doing combined works by these composers.

Really looking forward to the set.  How can anyone complain at £3.66p delivered for 8 CDs?  45 pennies each  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on March 31, 2013, 09:06:25 AM
After posting the Tchaikovsky deal I received a mail saying it was a mis price and my order was cancelled, you can imagine my disappointment when others ordered after me were dispatched.   :(

I duly rang Amazon and pointed out if it was a mis price how come some orders made after mine were honoured after mine was ordered first?  They relented and honoured the price.  I then pointed out I had waited a fair while already and had been messed around a bit so got first class post chucked in..  I also had made use of an NUS discount and so got another 5% off  :laugh:

So good on Amazon on honouring their initial price, but the fact they claimed this was a mis price when some orders were honoured seems fishy.  I think the lesson is if we see a good deal like the Schoenberg, Berg, Webern box go for a quick delivery to get the best chance of it being dispatched.

I've gone for this and ignored my own advice  ::) I don't get this music and have bought this as it is stupid cheap, but wont be that fussed if it isn't honoured.  With my good luck on the Tchaikovsky box, I'm not going to push it!


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 31, 2013, 09:12:19 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on March 31, 2013, 09:06:25 AM
After posting the Tchaikovsky deal I received a mail saying it was a mis price and my order was cancelled, you can imagine my disappointment when others ordered after me were dispatched.   :(

I duly rang Amazon and pointed out if it was a mis price how come some orders made after mine were honoured after mine was ordered first?  They relented and honoured the price.  I then pointed out I had waited a fair while already and had been messed around a bit so got first class post chucked in..  I also had made use of an NUS discount and so got another 5% off  :laugh:

So good on Amazon on honouring their initial price, but the fact they claimed this was a mis price when some orders were honoured seems fishy.  I think the lesson is if we see a good deal like the Schoenberg, Berg, Webern box go for a quick delivery to get the best chance of it being dispatched.

I've gone for this and ignored my own advice  ::) I don't get this music and have bought this as it is stupid cheap, but wont be that fussed if it isn't honoured.  With my good luck on the Tchaikovsky box, I'm not going to push it!
Mine were cancelled too, claiming it was a mispricing, which distinctly seem fishy considering many sets were shipped at the price. So the price definitely were real, and not a mispricing. Had they said they had only a limited number of sets at the discount price, I wouldn't have thought any of it, but this seems really fishy. Since it's only Tchaikovsky, I didn't bother to mak a fuss about it  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on March 31, 2013, 09:24:49 AM
That's exactly it, if they honoured them in order received, no one would bat an eyelid, but obviously their stock control / ordering isn't as as slick as I thought it was.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 31, 2013, 11:23:40 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 31, 2013, 08:08:10 AM
Similar reasons too.  I've only heard Boulez and Dohnanyi doing combined works by these composers.

Really looking forward to the set.  How can anyone complain at £3.66p delivered for 8 CDs?  45 pennies each  :laugh:

Just ordered this too, on almost exactly the same logic.  However, being late to the thread (had a long day's work last night) it had already gone to "delivery in 6 to 9 days", so I'm probably on the bubble of "may or may not actually get this one".  And Monday is a holiday in the UK, isn't it?  Which adds one day. 
However, for less than ten dollars,  I can't complain.  The shipping to the US was actually a tad more than the price of the item itself (3.05 GBP for the price after VAT was deducted;  3.08 GBP for the shipping).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on March 31, 2013, 11:29:36 AM

To 'compare and contrast', I ordered both the Rimsky-Korsakov/Svetlanov and Tchaikovsky sets when the deals were initially posted here (both were listed as being 'in stock' on Amazon.co.uk at the time) and chose the super-saver delivery method during check-out. After a few days, both went directly from showing 'not yet dispatched' to 'dispatched' on the 'my account' page (having skipped the usual intermediate 'too late to cancel' stage) and duly arrived yesterday.

I've also ordered the Second Viennese School/Sinopoli set, but I'm not holding out much hope that Amazon will honour the deal - in my experience, any of these ultra-deals that aren't in stock at the moment of purchase are usually cancelled at some later, arbitrary date >:( - although I still have the Sony Baroque Masters 60CD on back order/in limbo with Amazon from last October  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 31, 2013, 11:32:14 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on March 31, 2013, 07:45:19 AM
. . . My Tchaikovsky box has arrived too. 60 CDs for £14. Absurd. I've never been particularly drawn to Tchaikovsky, but this new box provides a great stimulus to give him another go.

Wonderful! And, Alan, at the very least I think you will become agreeably infatuated with Pikovaya Dama &amp; Yevgeny Onegin.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on March 31, 2013, 12:05:49 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 31, 2013, 11:32:14 AM
Wonderful! And, Alan, at the very least I think you will become agreeably infatuated with Pikovaya Dama &amp; Yevgeny Onegin.

I'm all in favour of agreeable infatuations, Karl.

Generally it seems that these bargains are likely to continue to be dispatched while the stock lasts, but then are likely to collapse when stock is all gone and the need to reorder arises - if it's a mistake, I suppose it's only noticed then?

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 31, 2013, 11:32:15 PM
It's the height of ridiculousness: if I understand the translated French correctly, DG is about to release its entire catalogue (or at least most of it) in a single box!

http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.in/2013/04/dg-complete-edition-en-precommande-70.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 31, 2013, 11:33:35 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 31, 2013, 11:32:15 PM
It's the height of ridiculousness: if I understand the translated French correctly, DG is about to release its entire catalogue (or at least most of it) in a single box!

http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.in/2013/04/dg-complete-edition-en-precommande-70.html
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 31, 2013, 11:34:53 PM
Quote from: The new erato on March 31, 2013, 11:33:35 PM
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Nothing to see here; move on.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 31, 2013, 11:41:29 PM
Oh dear that was funny.  For a veeeery brief moment my heart started skipping in my chest.  </sick></dumb>

I didn't realize Discophage had a blog!  He seems like a very nice guy; at least, he's been rather helpful to me in the comments to several of his Amazon review/discographies.  Actually, not very helpful at all, because his method of helping is pretty overwhelming (recordings and recommendations always come in batches)....but in friendship, you take the good with the bad.   8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on March 31, 2013, 11:44:53 PM
Quote from: Octave on March 31, 2013, 11:41:29 PM
I didn't realize Discophage had a blog!  He seems like a very nice guy; at least, he's been rather helpful to me in the comments to several of his Amazon review/discographies.  Actually, not very helpful at all, because his method of helping is pretty overwhelming (recordings and recommendations always come in batches)....but in friendship, you take the good with the bad.   8)

He was very briefly a member here too, and the one who started (revived?) the 'blind listening' threads.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 31, 2013, 11:45:56 PM
He is very helpful in emptying one's bank account.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 01, 2013, 12:15:25 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 31, 2013, 11:44:53 PM
He was very briefly a member here too, and the one who started (revived?) the 'blind listening' threads.

A great pity he left!  :-\ (Another new member (who soon left after that as well) said something bad about the French...)

Hopefully he will return some day...to empty out our pockets... ;D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on April 01, 2013, 12:32:31 AM
If you guys don't know him better than I do, or have not kept in touch, I might message him via a comment at Amazon and encourage him to visit GMG again if he has not.  I like his taste and find that I am drawn to some things because of some shared points of reference.  (I've asked him about the Schubert String Quintet, but I see his most recent review is a Kagel/Widmer disc!)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 01, 2013, 12:33:30 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 31, 2013, 11:32:15 PM
It's the height of ridiculousness: if I understand the translated French correctly, DG is about to release its entire catalogue (or at least most of it) in a single box!

http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.in/2013/04/dg-complete-edition-en-precommande-70.html

Hilarious   ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 01, 2013, 12:34:58 AM
Free shipping from amazon I guess.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 01, 2013, 12:38:05 AM
Quote from: The new erato on April 01, 2013, 12:34:58 AM
Free shipping from amazon I guess.

Free Amazon Prime, valid from today until April 1, next year.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 01, 2013, 12:47:24 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 31, 2013, 11:32:15 PM
It's the height of ridiculousness: if I understand the translated French correctly, DG is about to release its entire catalogue (or at least most of it) in a single box!

http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.in/2013/04/dg-complete-edition-en-precommande-70.html

I'm wondering if it's possible to get this without all the Tchaikovsky?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 01, 2013, 12:53:37 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 01, 2013, 12:47:24 AM
I'm wondering if it's possible to get this without all the Tchaikovsky?
I'm sensing "the one without the Robin" here.

http://mzonline.com/bin/view/Python/BookshopSketch/ (http://mzonline.com/bin/view/Python/BookshopSketch/)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 01, 2013, 02:35:37 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 31, 2013, 11:32:15 PM
It's the height of ridiculousness: if I understand the translated French correctly, DG is about to release its entire catalogue (or at least most of it) in a single box!

http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.in/2013/04/dg-complete-edition-en-precommande-70.html

Do they do April Fool jokes in France?  (And btw did any UK listeners hear the piece on the Today programme this morning about railway locomotives with giant barcodes so that trainspotters can scan them with their smartphones?  I'm suspicious...)

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 01, 2013, 04:00:01 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 30, 2013, 10:37:08 AM
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern - Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli [8 CD] at Amazon UK for £3.66.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001HAWUKA/sr=1-1/qid=1364668271/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1364668271&seller=&sr=1-1

Thanks for this! Even allowing for the fact that I have got a Sinopoli/Webern disc already . . . <$10 for this set is Super Duper Cheap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 01, 2013, 04:40:44 AM
If they'd said it was EMI releasing a complete edition box set, I would've actually believed it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 01, 2013, 07:00:10 AM
60 cd Tchaikovsky set delivered today, yep today....Easter Monday by Courier.  Could hardly believe it myself!  No postal service on bank hols, Amazon used a courier for a free service, its gratifying.

Not had confirmation of the Svetlanov, the Sinopoli set is on order....fingers crossed, would really love the Berg, Schoenberg, Webern set....contents seem knock out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 01, 2013, 07:00:45 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on April 01, 2013, 07:00:10 AM
60 cd Tchaikovsky set delivered today, yep today....Easter Monday by Courier.  Could hardly believe it myself!  No postal service on bank hols, Amazon used a courier for a free service is gratifying.

Sweet!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 01, 2013, 07:13:26 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 01, 2013, 07:00:45 AM
Sweet!

Knowing where to start, I'll probably be a boring old fart and do the violin concerto or the Pathetique!

Remember those other sets, Brahms box on Brilliant £14 took me a year to listen, the BMG Beethoven set another £14 took almost a year to do, just after doing those I won this about a year ago in a BBC Music Magazine competition, IIRC the answer was Salzburg, so how hard was the question?  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[asin]B0042KWLLA[/asin]
170 CDs, haven't even opened this behemoth yet ???

Got that much to listen to, set wise, I'm slow turning into Kwoon (he of the new and sealed) variety....but that's an old joke our young uns won't understand.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on April 01, 2013, 07:49:20 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 01, 2013, 04:00:01 AM
Thanks for this! Even allowing for the fact that I have got a Sinopoli/Webern disc already . . . <$10 for this set is Super Duper Cheap.

I have half of the contents of that box (superb, without exception) and have decided to spring for it.   Since it seems to be listed on back-order it is not clear that I will get it, but one can hope.

I also spent years deciding whether it is worth ~$100 to get the 19 disc Hogwood Mozart Symphony cycle, but the Italian version turned up on amazon.it for 22.85 Euros (no VAT).  That one did ship. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 02, 2013, 12:41:59 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on March 27, 2013, 10:09:22 AM
Haydn - Wind Divertimenti - Consortium Classicum (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001HU91TI/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21) 4 CDs - £6.70

After having gone up for a while, it's back down -- further down (3.96).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on April 02, 2013, 12:51:54 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 02, 2013, 12:41:59 AM
After having gone up for a while, it's back down -- further down (3.96).

Bought it, I still had a gift certicate, so I paid only 2 pounds ;D
Thanks Nav!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 02, 2013, 01:45:24 AM
Quote from: Harry on April 02, 2013, 12:51:54 AM
Bought it, I still had a gift certicate, so I paid only 2 pounds ;D
Thanks Nav!

You're wecome, Harry. My copy is still waiting to shipped along with the elusive Svetlanov. I think I'll save a couple of quids by cancelling part of the previous order and getting this along with the Sinopoli box. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 02, 2013, 09:51:16 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 02, 2013, 12:41:59 AM
After having gone up for a while, it's back down -- further down (3.96).

Many thanks for this Nav,

I don't own much Haydn bar the symphonies, choral religious works & his cello concerti.  These works do sound rather interesting.

I've had no confirmation yet but I can't see me getting a Svetlanov.  I now see the Sinopoli has risen to full price so this could be an indication of another no.  The Haydn, from browsing at the drop down menu still appears to have 30+ sets in stock, which doesn't mean they may let the thirty go for £4...I'll just wait for the magic word...Dispatched  ;D

Cheers again.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on April 02, 2013, 11:13:34 AM
The Sinopoli actually dropped a penny more at one point before going back up so if amazon claim a mis price they mispriced twice!

My Tchaikovsky box arrived today along with the Svetlanov Rimski set, these deals really are a lottery.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 03, 2013, 10:07:02 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on April 02, 2013, 09:51:16 AM
I've had no confirmation yet but I can't see me getting a Svetlanov.  I now see the Sinopoli has risen to full price so this could be an indication of another no. 

I ordered the Rimsky/Svetlanov at £ 4.03 on the 25/03 for delivery between 11th and 26th April. Just got an email tonight that the delivery date will despatch sooner than expected for delivery between 9th and 11th April... there's hope, Tony, hang in there  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 03, 2013, 10:24:33 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 03, 2013, 10:07:02 AM
I ordered the Rimsky/Svetlanov at £ 4.03 on the 25/03 for delivery between 11th and 26th April. Just got an email tonight that the delivery date will despatch sooner than expected for delivery between 9th and 11th April... there's hope, Tony, hang in there  ;D

I ordered mine the day after yours, the 26th it was £4.26p at the time.  Super saver still not dispatched. I just added the £1.26p postage to see what happens for a laugh LOL. It's now at £5.52p...you never know, it's worth a shot.  Added postage payment on the Sinopoli and Haydn too  :laugh:

Fingers crossed Oli
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 03, 2013, 10:32:38 AM
Just got the same message for the Sinopoli one as well  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 03, 2013, 10:33:15 AM
either that or Amazon UK is a cruel devilish bastard...  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 03, 2013, 10:35:04 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 03, 2013, 10:33:15 AM
either that or Amazon UK is a cruel devilish bastard...  >:D

Unlikely.

But rule nothing out
; )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 03, 2013, 10:50:14 AM
I originally ordered two, one for a mate at work. Got this email now.  Looks like they cancel one but will send me one as a goodwill gesture.  Sinopoli could yet be a goer!  :laugh:

Hello,

We're writing to inform you that the price for

'Berg, Schoenberg, Webern - Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli [8 CD]'
(Asin: B001HAWUKA)

was displayed incorrectly at the time you placed the above referenced

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 03, 2013, 10:53:12 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 03, 2013, 10:07:02 AM
I ordered the Rimsky/Svetlanov at £ 4.03 on the 25/03 for delivery between 11th and 26th April. Just got an email tonight that the delivery date will despatch sooner than expected for delivery between 9th and 11th April... there's hope, Tony, hang in there  ;D

I ordered it on the same day, give or take a few hours, and even the dispatch estimate was post-8/4, with delivery possibly in late April or early May. Now that I check my account, not having received any mail, the dispatch has changed to the 5th and delivery to the 15th ("by 9:00 PM"... where? I don't know).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 03, 2013, 07:05:24 PM
Just checked my Amazon UK account and it showed this for the Sinopoli

Dispatch Estimate Monday 8 April 2013 - Thursday 11 April 2013
Delivery Estimate: Monday 15 April 2013 - Tuesday 23 April 2013 by 9:00 pm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 04, 2013, 06:38:49 AM
Just got the advice that my Sinopoli has dispatched  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 08, 2013, 06:52:47 AM
£5.06 (ex. VAT)

9 CDs - Contents (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4784271) - UK Link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008CYV02I/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21)

[asin]B008CYV02I[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on April 08, 2013, 10:49:47 AM
Thanks for posting Nav, that's a great deal  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 08, 2013, 11:16:59 AM
I received the Vivarte box last week. It's fabulous. Less adventurous than the DHM box of a few years ago, but all the recordings are HIP and digital. Only one disc overlap with the DHM box, 2 discs overlap with the Haydn Symphonies by Tafelmusik, and 4 discs overlap with the Huelgas Labyrinth box, 2 discs overlap with Leonhardt's historic organs box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 08, 2013, 11:22:26 AM
Complete Abravanel Mahler for downlod 99 cents http://www.amazon.com/Big-Mahler-Box-Bach-Guild/dp/B008J7G5LO/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1365448868&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=box+set+jc+bach
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on April 08, 2013, 11:43:48 AM
Quote from: Ken B on April 08, 2013, 11:16:59 AM
I received the Vivarte box last week. It's fabulous. Less adventurous than the DHM box of a few years ago, but all the recordings are HIP and digital. Only one disc overlap with the DHM box, 2 discs overlap with the Haydn Symphonies by Tafelmusik, and 4 discs overlap with the Huelgas Labyrinth box, 2 discs overlap with Leonhardt's historic organs box.

Thanks for mentioning those overlaps.  Depending on one's appetite for these recordings, there are other overlaps among the many little Vivarte/etc/Sony boxes that have been issued over the past few years or so.  Schubert chamber (trios/quintet); Schubert masses; Schütz by Bernius; all the Mozart iirc; all the Handel (in that Lamon/Tafelmusik box); all the Beethoven; etc.  The big box is an excellent deal disc-for-disc, though....better than buying all those flimsy little boxes, if "missing" recordings and/or eventual overlap isn't a problem; and probably a nicer box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: CPK on April 08, 2013, 10:15:14 PM
Mozart ordered. Thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 09, 2013, 02:06:02 AM
Thanks for the tip - duly ordered.
Price gone up now I see.

Just received an email from Am.uk to say this has been dispatched.  ;D

Thanks again.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 09, 2013, 12:24:05 PM
Someone on eBay UK is auctioning 5 volumes of the Philips complete Mozart set - but because they're so vaguely described I guess people are not finding them, so no bids so far with a day-and-a-bit left.  Searching on "box set of mozart cds" (in quotes) will find them all.  Of course, if lots of us want them, they'll cease to be SDCBs.

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on April 10, 2013, 07:02:14 AM
It seems the Mozart box was now dispatched.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on April 10, 2013, 12:23:20 PM
Mine too - amazing!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 11, 2013, 12:59:17 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 03, 2013, 10:07:02 AM
I ordered the Rimsky/Svetlanov at £ 4.03 on the 25/03 for delivery between 11th and 26th April. Just got an email tonight that the delivery date will despatch sooner than expected for delivery between 9th and 11th April... there's hope, Tony, hang in there  ;D

Well, I got the confirmation of despatch this morning on the Rimsky-Korsakov. I am a jammy barsteward I guess...  0:) :-[
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 11, 2013, 01:06:20 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 11, 2013, 12:59:17 AM
Well, I got the confirmation of despatch this morning on the Rimsky-Korsakov. I am a jammy barsteward I guess...  0:) :-[

Thanks for letting us know. I can now badger them if I don't get a dispatch alert in the next day or two. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on April 11, 2013, 01:59:28 AM
My Sinopoli and Mozart boxes got dispatch notices yesterday, seems they were waiting on them both being in stock to send out together and save postage. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 11, 2013, 07:06:04 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 11, 2013, 12:59:17 AM
Well, I got the confirmation of despatch this morning on the Rimsky-Korsakov. I am a jammy barsteward I guess...  0:) :-[

Quote from: Opus106 on April 11, 2013, 01:06:20 AM
Thanks for letting us know. I can now badger them if I don't get a dispatch alert in the next day or two. ;D

Well, my card has been charged and the status has changed to "Dispatching Soon" (still with a dispatch estimate of 5th :D)!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 14, 2013, 03:09:49 AM
My Rimsky set has a delayed dispatch date until early May due to "delivery problems". At least they haven't cancelles as they did the Tchaikovsky (and I want the Rimsky far more).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on April 16, 2013, 09:31:40 AM
Got the Mozart today and very nice it is too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 16, 2013, 09:43:31 AM
Quote from: The new erato on April 14, 2013, 03:09:49 AM
My Rimsky set has a delayed dispatch date until early May due to "delivery problems". At least they haven't cancelled as they did the Tchaikovsky (and I want the Rimsky far more).

And you'll have Майская ночь to listen to, to celebrate!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 16, 2013, 09:56:49 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 16, 2013, 09:43:31 AM
And you'll have Майская ночь to listen to, to celebrate!
That will be fitting. May (!) pull out the Gergiev set in April.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 18, 2013, 05:46:53 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 03, 2013, 07:05:24 PM
Just checked my Amazon UK account and it showed this for the Sinopoli

Dispatch Estimate Monday 8 April 2013 - Thursday 11 April 2013
Delivery Estimate: Monday 15 April 2013 - Tuesday 23 April 2013 by 9:00 pm


This finally moved into the "dispatched" column today.  Delivery estimate is given (over optimistically?) for Thursday 25 April.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: niknala on April 18, 2013, 05:59:38 PM
Berkshire Record Outlet has the 30 CD Harmonia Mundi set 'Lumieres: The Unprecedented Expansion of Music in the Age of Enlightenment' for $44.70  -- http://www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com/search.php?row=0&brocode=153608&stocknum=&text=&filter=all&submit=Search
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 19, 2013, 04:48:28 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 18, 2013, 05:46:53 PM
This finally moved into the "dispatched" column today.  Delivery estimate is given (over optimistically?) for Thursday 25 April.

Jeffrey,

I'd hopefully expect the Sinopoli soon if I were you.  Mine was on order for ages, since the original poster posted it on the forum.  Yesterday morning mine went to "Dispatching Soon" at 8am, then "Dispatched" at 2pm.  So its finally on the way and worth the wait.

I can't complain as I got the Tchaikovsky set, The Haydn Divertimenti set and now the Sinopoli set. 

The Svetlanov/Rimsky set is still in "Waiting Dispatch" mode on my Amazon; but does have an estimated date of delivery of 24th April.

Hope it comes through for you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 19, 2013, 06:16:53 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 11, 2013, 07:06:04 AM
Well, my card has been charged and the status has changed to "Dispatching Soon" (still with a dispatch estimate of 5th :D)!

Got the NRK-Svetlanov box today! Dispatched on the 12th and received one business day before the estimated date. Not bad at all (despite the fact that it might have been sent a day earlier, as my card was charged then).

5 CDs in a large plastic casing. I shudder to imagine the size of the Myaskovsky set (unless of course he wrote very short symphonies).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 19, 2013, 10:51:32 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on April 19, 2013, 04:48:28 AM
Jeffrey,

I'd hopefully expect the Sinopoli soon if I were you.  Mine was on order for ages, since the original poster posted it on the forum.  Yesterday morning mine went to "Dispatching Soon" at 8am, then "Dispatched" at 2pm.  So its finally on the way and worth the wait.

I can't complain as I got the Tchaikovsky set, The Haydn Divertimenti set and now the Sinopoli set. 

The Svetlanov/Rimsky set is still in "Waiting Dispatch" mode on my Amazon; but does have an estimated date of delivery of 24th April.

Hope it comes through for you!

I'm sure it's on the way.  I'm just cautious about the delivery date:  one week is unusually swift in my experience for transatlantic mail.   I only remember that speed twice, once from Amazon France and once from an Amazon MP vendor located in Austria.  Ten days to two weeks is more normal, and in some cases up to a full month.   Amazon UK seems to fall into the two weeks category; Prestoclassical into the ten days....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on April 19, 2013, 11:15:37 AM
My Sinopoli set is also reported shipped from Amazon.co.uk!  That's ~3 pounds, or a total of ~6 pounds including shipping.  I guess I've ordered enough stuff from them that they don't want to put me off by canceling.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 21, 2013, 12:32:51 PM
Mahler - Bertini - £10 (ex. VAT)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BQ7BX2/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

And with that I say unto you:

http://www.youtube.com/v/1KVROqGETwE
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: CPK on April 23, 2013, 11:33:47 AM
I'm too late. It's already gone up to £25... :(

The classic Python made up for it though!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 23, 2013, 11:45:31 AM
Quote from: CPK on April 23, 2013, 11:33:47 AM
I'm too late. It's already gone up to £25... :(

The classic Python made up for it though!
You're certainly not too late. Look underneath the big price tag: "24 new from £12.13"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 23, 2013, 08:59:30 PM
Quote from: CPK on April 23, 2013, 11:33:47 AM
I'm too late. It's already gone up to £25... :(

The classic Python made up for it though!

Quote from: Brian on April 23, 2013, 11:45:31 AM
You're certainly not too late. Look underneath the big price tag: "24 new from £12.13"

Well, I must say, having checked Amazon just now, that the bargain has ceased to be. It's an ex-bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 23, 2013, 11:56:52 PM
This looks rather tempting for £13.95:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002MXN29E/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller= (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002MXN29E/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=)

It's slightly puzzling that in this set Webern's Opp.1-31 take up 3 discs, while Boulez's complete Webern edition needs 6 - do the WoOs really need 3 discs to themselves, or is there some other corner-cutting involved?  (I know that Déserts is done minus the electronics, but you surely can't leave out any comparable chunks of a Webern piece.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 24, 2013, 03:40:30 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 04, 2013, 06:38:49 AM
Just got the advice that my Sinopoli has dispatched  :)

Word just came in for mine! Huzzah!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on April 24, 2013, 08:54:30 AM
Quote from: DaveF on April 23, 2013, 11:56:52 PM
This looks rather tempting for £13.95:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002MXN29E/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller= (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002MXN29E/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=)

It's slightly puzzling that in this set Webern's Opp.1-31 take up 3 discs, while Boulez's complete Webern edition needs 6 - do the WoOs really need 3 discs to themselves, or is there some other corner-cutting involved?  (I know that Déserts is done minus the electronics, but you surely can't leave out any comparable chunks of a Webern piece.)
Discs 4-5-6 are Carter, Berio and Varese.  found a way to hold the page...
Disc 5: VARESE: ionisation – Amériques – Density 21.5 – Offrandes – Arcana – Octandre- Intégrales // Déserts – Hyperprism – Ecuatorial  (on disc 4 with CARTER: a Symphony of Three Orchestras
Disc 6: BERIO: Ritorno degli snovidenia – Chemins II & IV – Corale – Points on the Curve to find...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on April 24, 2013, 09:11:19 AM
Quote from: DaveF on April 23, 2013, 11:56:52 PM
This looks rather tempting for £13.95:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002MXN29E/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller= (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002MXN29E/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=)

It's slightly puzzling that in this set Webern's Opp.1-31 take up 3 discs, while Boulez's complete Webern edition needs 6 - do the WoOs really need 3 discs to themselves, or is there some other corner-cutting involved?  (I know that Déserts is done minus the electronics, but you surely can't leave out any comparable chunks of a Webern piece.)

The webern part of that set is the same as this

http://www.amazon.com/Anton-Webern-Complete-Works-Opp/dp/B000002707/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1366823139&sr=8-2&keywords=boulez+webern

where you can see the track list in the mp3 section.  There really are 3 discs of WoO Webern.  That includes Im Somerwind.  I got the Boulez/Webern set from Sony rather than DG, because I like the audio better on the Sony recordings and I think Boulez was in his prime in the days when he was recording for Columbia/Sony.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 24, 2013, 12:13:36 PM
Thanks to both for Webern information.  I could have found it out myself, but it's usually quicker to GMG it than Google it.  It's on its way, not via Amazon but from the same Marketplace seller's eBay outlet, so I could use my currently large PayPal balance.  Looking forward to having alternative Varèse recordings too - I shall probably edit the electronic sections from the Chailly into the offending Déserts.

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 26, 2013, 05:32:32 AM
My Rimsky set fraom amazon UK finally dispatched!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 26, 2013, 06:17:01 AM
Quote from: The new erato on April 26, 2013, 05:32:32 AM
My Rimsky set fraom amazon UK finally dispatched!

Good news, glad you got it  ;)

I got this news about an hour ago in my Amazonian Inbox.

Hello,

We regret to inform you that your order will take longer to fulfill than
originally estimated. Our supplier has notified us that there is a delay
obtaining stock for the following items you ordered on March 27 2013.

Evgeny Svetlanov "Rimsky-Korsakov : Sheherazade, Symphonies, Oeuvres
Orchestrales"

We are awaiting a revised estimate from our supplier, and will email you as soon
as we receive this information.


At least they said Hello.....  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: niknala on April 26, 2013, 11:22:12 AM
I'm sad that I didn't see this in time to get it for a good price, but I'm kind of glad I won't have to stare at the CD cover.  It seems a little creepy to me with the giant conductor attacking the little ones.   Not exactly a 1950s Atlas Comics monster splash page, but still...

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lOUOosoQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 26, 2013, 06:42:00 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 18, 2013, 05:46:53 PM
This finally moved into the "dispatched" column today.  Delivery estimate is given (over optimistically?) for Thursday 25 April.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 19, 2013, 10:51:32 AM
I'm sure it's on the way.  I'm just cautious about the delivery date:  one week is unusually swift in my experience for transatlantic mail.   I only remember that speed twice, once from Amazon France and once from an Amazon MP vendor located in Austria.  Ten days to two weeks is more normal, and in some cases up to a full month.   Amazon UK seems to fall into the two weeks category; Prestoclassical into the ten days....

I didn't need to be so cautious.  The Sinopoli box arrived today,  only one day past Amazon UK's delivery estimate and a full week or so before I expected it.
Side note to Karl: it does contain that Watanabe recording of the Berg VC.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 26, 2013, 07:09:03 PM
!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on April 26, 2013, 08:59:09 PM
Quote from: niknala on April 26, 2013, 11:22:12 AM
I'm sad that I didn't see this in time to get it for a good price, but I'm kind of glad I won't have to stare at the CD cover.  It seems a little creepy to me with the giant conductor attacking the little ones.   Not exactly a 1950s Atlas Comics monster splash page, but still...

Thanks for that chuckle!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 26, 2013, 11:24:22 PM
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/cpo7778182.jpg)'

I ordered this, jpc has an absurd price for it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 27, 2013, 12:56:45 AM
The 19cd Hogwood Mozart symphony set can be had from Am.uk for £27.97. The ASIN is B0041KU1OK. Maybe not quite 'super-duper' but, as far as I am aware, considerably cheaper than hitherto.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 27, 2013, 01:04:47 AM
Quote from: hafod on April 27, 2013, 12:56:45 AM
The 19cd Hogwood Mozart symphony set can be had from Am.uk for £27.97. The ASIN is B0041KU1OK. Maybe not quite 'super-duper' but, as far as I am aware, considerably cheaper than hitherto.

I meant to check its price when the Haydn fell by about £12, a few days ago. Looks like it happened more or less at the same time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on April 27, 2013, 10:07:34 AM
Quote from: hafod on April 27, 2013, 12:56:45 AM
The 19cd Hogwood Mozart symphony set can be had from Am.uk for £27.97. The ASIN is B0041KU1OK. Maybe not quite 'super-duper' but, as far as I am aware, considerably cheaper than hitherto.

Actually the price has gone up quite a bit.  I got it for 22 Euro from amazon.it a few weeks ago.  It's probably worth patrolling the various amazon sites to take advantage of price fluctuations.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on April 27, 2013, 10:03:24 PM
For those in N. America, hidden amidst a huge restock of familiar Hyperion titles at BRO is this:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CizKnPg3L.jpg)
Byrd complete keyboard music by Davitt Moroney (Hyperion, 7cd)

for ~$28 before shipping.  This is ~$11 less than I paid for it and the cheapest I've seen it; a better deal than even BRO's usual really good Hyperion prices.

A diverse array of period instruments; exceptionally well recorded; and extensive, substantial notes from Moroney. 
</shill>
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 28, 2013, 06:21:15 AM
Quote from: Octave on April 27, 2013, 10:03:24 PM
For those in N. America, hidden amidst a huge restock of familiar Hyperion titles at BRO is this:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CizKnPg3L.jpg)
Byrd complete keyboard music by Davitt Moroney (Hyperion, 7cd)

for ~$28 before shipping.  This is ~$11 less than I paid for it and the cheapest I've seen it; a better deal than even BRO's usual really good Hyperion prices.

A diverse array of period instruments; exceptionally well recorded; and extensive, substantial notes from Moroney. 
</shill>
They had a number of other good sets - Bantock, Schubert song set, and Brahms Chamber works. But the Byrd has been recommended many times here, so I think you will enjoy it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 30, 2013, 04:30:19 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 21, 2013, 12:32:51 PM
Mahler - Bertini - £10 (ex. VAT)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BQ7BX2/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

By the time I spotted this, they were out of stock but hadn't yet put the price up. So I ordered one just in case ... and glory be, it arrived today. Thanks Nav.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 30, 2013, 04:35:53 AM
Well done, Alan & Nav!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on April 30, 2013, 06:08:44 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 30, 2013, 04:30:19 AM
By the time I spotted this, they were out of stock but hadn't yet put the price up. So I ordered one just in case ... and glory be, it arrived today. Thanks Nav.

You're welcome, Alan. How do you and Gustav get along? :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 30, 2013, 11:39:37 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on April 30, 2013, 06:08:44 AM
You're welcome, Alan. How do you and Gustav get along? :)

Well I've never spent very much time with Gustav, actually; and this box (by all accounts a cracker) seemed like a very painless way of getting to know him better. This sort of experiment usually turns out well, I've found.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidRoss on April 30, 2013, 11:58:18 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 30, 2013, 11:39:37 AM
Well I've never spent very much time with Gustav, actually; and this box (by all accounts a cracker) seemed like a very painless way of getting to know him better. This sort of experiment usually turns out well, I've found.
A genuine super-duper cheap bargain and a fine all-around set, good enough to get you hooked on Gus!

(Psssst. Buddy ... lookin' for something to help you get well?)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on May 01, 2013, 10:18:32 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on April 30, 2013, 04:30:19 AM
By the time I spotted this, they were out of stock but hadn't yet put the price up. So I ordered one just in case ... and glory be, it arrived today. Thanks Nav.

That is a very good set. Bertini was an underrated conductor.

Mike
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 02, 2013, 12:03:55 AM
Quote from: knight66 on May 01, 2013, 10:18:32 PM
That is a very good set. Bertini was an underrated conductor.

I looked it up in Gramophone, after the fact - not to grant them the final say, but just to see. They give it their maximum three-disc rating: 'there's no better Mahler deal on the planet', they conclude (at its normal price, presumably). That's a good start, anyway.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on May 03, 2013, 06:25:42 AM
For those okay with MP3 downloads, the Naxos 9-disc box set of every Prokofiev symphony and concerto is now US $23.99 (http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=1007232).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on May 03, 2013, 04:17:55 PM
Discotheque Ideale Dhm
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81peMbzfpAL._AA1500_.jpg)

FOR    CDN$ 39.90 x 25 cd's + free super saver shipping --- holy you know what --- pre-ordered before they catch their mistake

http://www.amazon.ca/Discotheque-Ideale-Dhm/dp/B00CA6Y7RO/ref=sr_1_205?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1367626052&sr=1-205

Anyone found a track list yet ???

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on May 03, 2013, 05:58:01 PM
Quote from: spooky on May 03, 2013, 04:17:55 PM
Discotheque Ideale Dhm
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81peMbzfpAL._AA1500_.jpg)

FOR    CDN$ 39.90 x 25 cd's + free super saver shipping --- holy you know what --- pre-ordered before they catch their mistake

http://www.amazon.ca/Discotheque-Ideale-Dhm/dp/B00CA6Y7RO/ref=sr_1_205?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1367626052&sr=1-205

Anyone found a track list yet ???

It's curious because it looks exactly as the old DHM 50th Anniversary box, released in 2008 and currently OOP.

But the 2008 release was a 50-CD set and this new set indicates 25 CDs:

http://www.amazon.com/Deutsche-Harmonia-Mundi-50th-Anniversary/dp/B0014RIULO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367632413&sr=8-1&keywords=dhm+50th+anniversary+box
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on May 03, 2013, 08:39:20 PM
How marvelous if there is little or no overlap with the DHM/Sony boxes reissued thus far!  (Which iic have contained a number of discs previously included in that big DHM 50-disc set.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on May 03, 2013, 10:52:39 PM
Amazon Germany has a track list.  Looks like the price is correct.

No idea on overlaps sorry.

http://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00CA6Y7RO/ref=mw_dp_mpd?pd=1 (http://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00CA6Y7RO/ref=mw_dp_mpd?pd=1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on May 04, 2013, 03:17:55 AM
Here's the list of the discs (from Amazon Germany's page (http://www.amazon.de/Deutsche-harmonia-mundi-25-Edition/dp/B00CA6Y7RO/))

QuoteCD 1: Bach: Goldberg-Variationen BWV 988 - Gustav Leonhardt
CD 2: Bach: Motetten BWV 225-229 - Cantus Cölln
CD 3/4: Bach: Suiten für Violoncello solo BWV 1007-1012 - Hidemi Suzuki
CD 5: Biber: Requiem á 15 /Steffani: Stabat Mater - Barokorkest van de Nederlandse, Gustav Leonhardt
CD 6: Boccherini: Cellokonzert Nr. 7 / Sinfonias - Anner Bylsma , Tafelmusik, Jean Lamon
CD 7: Caccini: La nuove musiiche - Jordi Savall, Montserrat Figueras, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
CD 8: Couperin: La sultane - Skip Sempé
CD 9: Frescobaldi: Messa della domenica - Lorenzo Ghilemi, Canticum
CD 10: Frescobaldi: Messa della Madonna - Lorenzo Ghilemi, Canticum
CD 11: Purcell: Dioclesian suite /Handel: Concerto grosso, Il duello Amoroso - Freiburger Barockorchester
CD 12: Lassus: Requiem à 5 Magnificat - Pro Cantione Antiqua
CD 13: Lully: Divertissements - Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempé
CD 14: Marais: Fantaisie Champestre, Pieces en trio - Ensemble Rebel
CD 15/16: Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine - Cantus Cölln
CD 17: Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona - Maddalena Bonifaccio, Siegmund Nimsgern, Collegium Aureum
CD 18: Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie - La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
CD 19: Sainte Colombe: Pièces pour viole de gambe - Hille Perl
CD 20: Scarlatti: Johannes Passion - René Jacobs, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
CD 21: Telemann: Bläserkonzerte - Camerata Köln
CD 22: Frescobaldi, Gabrielli, Jacchini, Antonii: Das Violoncello im 17. Jahrhundert - Anner Bylsma, Lidewy Scheifes, Bob Van Asperen
CD 23: Vivaldi: Avanti l'Opera - L'Arte dell'Arco, Christopher Hogwood
CD 24: Vivaldi: Die vier Jahreszeiten - Freiburger Barockorchester, The Harp Consort
CD 25: Zelenka: Missa Dei Filii, Litaniae Lauretanae – Tafelmusik
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on May 04, 2013, 03:43:05 AM
QuoteCD 2: Bach: Motetten BWV 225-229 - Cantus Cölln

Yeeeeeeah boyeeeee
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 04, 2013, 01:08:57 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 04, 2013, 03:17:55 AM
Here's the list of the discs (from Amazon Germany's page (http://www.amazon.de/Deutsche-harmonia-mundi-25-Edition/dp/B00CA6Y7RO/))

the Leonhardt GVs are available a couple of times over in other sets; the Purcell is part of the Freiburger Barockorchester Edition; the Telemann is part of the Telemann Edition. and I think the Boccherini is part of a Sony/Vivarte box, and the Rameau part of DHM's Petite Bande Edition,  but I don't have those so I can't verify it.  Which leads me to suspect at least a couple of others are also part of DHM boxes.

I also have the last two CDs as individual issues, and since I purchased them within the last year,  that would imply those two at least are not OOP. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on May 04, 2013, 09:56:10 PM
Quote from: spooky on May 03, 2013, 04:17:55 PM
Discotheque Ideale Dhm
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81peMbzfpAL._AA1500_.jpg)

FOR    CDN$ 39.90 x 25 cd's + free super saver shipping --- holy you know what --- pre-ordered before they catch their mistake
pre-ordered as well.  looks like a special DHM set, different from the Harmonia Mundi one which could be a French one?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on May 05, 2013, 11:17:22 AM
further to my previous post: The 30 disc set for Harmonia Mundi's 50th is quite different, operas are Atys (Lully) and Croesus (Kaiser), a couple Alfred Deller, a pair of historic organs, and a Bach St. Matthew Passion by Herreweghe among the selections so this does not duplicate that box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on May 05, 2013, 01:36:08 PM
Two different companies entirely, so naturally no overlap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on May 05, 2013, 01:57:33 PM
Just to avoid further equivocations:

The new DHM box (25 CDs) is simply a reduced version of the 2008 DHM 50th Anniversary box (50 CDs):
http://www.amazon.com/Deutsche-Harmonia-Mundi-50th-Anniversary/dp/B0014RIULO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367632413&sr=8-1&keywords=dhm+50th+anniversary+box

That 2008 box set shouldn't be confussed with this totally different 50th Anniversary box (30 CDs), released by HM France in 2007:
http://www.amazon.com/Harmonia-Mundi-50th-Anniversary-Boxed/dp/B000VIFM1S/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1367790521&sr=8-7&keywords=harmonia+mundi+collection

P.S.: I misread the previous posts of listener & scarlattiglennross.



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 07, 2013, 10:54:52 AM
If that 25 disc listing it is completely included in the DHM 50 CD set from a few years ago. If you do not have the 50 cd box, buy this. This is all absolutley top drawer stuff.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 12, 2013, 09:50:58 AM
New, from seller AbundaTrade(! - exclamation mark included in the US name)

[asin]B000026D52[/asin]

$1.72 at Amazon US (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000026D52/?tag=goodmusicguideco) | £2.46 at Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000026D52/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21)

Oh, and the volumes containing parts of Ein Choralbuch can also be had for very little.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: nigeld on May 15, 2013, 03:32:04 AM
Not sure if this info has been posted here already, but Hyperion records offer free monthly download samplers of their latest album releases.  All available in hi-res lossless form

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/ym.asp?ym=2013_05&vw=dc




Nigel
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on May 16, 2013, 12:50:27 PM
One of the upcoming EMI boxes - 19 CDs for $17.69
[asin]B00C68FJ0K[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on May 17, 2013, 11:13:54 AM
Quote from: MyronM on May 16, 2013, 12:50:27 PM
One of the upcoming EMI boxes - 19 CDs for $17.69
[asin]B00C68FJ0K[/asin]

Well, that was a quick party....the price for this box set is now $82.68.  Fortunately, I ordered it at the lower price. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 17, 2013, 11:40:06 AM
That became un-super-dupered!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on May 17, 2013, 11:52:31 AM
Quote from: MyronM on May 17, 2013, 11:13:54 AM
Well, that was a quick party....the price for this box set is now $82.68.  Fortunately, I ordered it at the lower price.

I saw it but decided it wasn't for me, even at the erroneous price.  I noticed that another Boult Box (From Bach to Wagner, or something along those lines) was also very cheap, something like $18 for 11 discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on May 20, 2013, 06:16:45 AM
Sort of SDCB. And only for UK shipping.

The all-new (as in released today) box of Czech String Quartets; 15 CDs for £19.99, from seller Regis Records.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BX2JFTQ/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21


Just so non-UK buyers don't feel left out, AbudaTrade is selling Pinnock's recording of the Partitas for under £4.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004S3CP/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

$1.23 at the US store (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004S3CP/?tag=goodmusicguideco).


I can't help it if you aren't a Bach fan either. ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 22, 2013, 07:21:37 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 20, 2013, 06:16:45 AM
The all-new (as in released today) box of Czech String Quartets; 15 CDs for £19.99, from seller Regis Records.

$8.99 for the digital version. Not to be resisted . . . .

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91rDU05xF8L._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 22, 2013, 08:14:24 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on May 22, 2013, 07:36:41 AM
That's how I bought it, but, the tagging is not very good and I ended up having to redo the tracks.

I can endure it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on May 23, 2013, 02:00:42 AM
In case a price drop makes any difference, a box of several of Mackerras' digital [?] Mozart operas on Telarc is now being sold by a few AMazon US-MP dealers for $10+shipping.  11cd set w/four big hits:

[asin]B001KK6RBK[/asin]

Even cheaper than the copy I bought from BRO.  No libretti.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on May 23, 2013, 05:09:57 AM
Yes, that McClatchy volume is my vade mecum when I get in the Mozart-opera groove.  I have seen very cheap hardback cut-out copies of that offered by Amazon US-MP, frequently; so keep and eye out for one of those.  I got mine 'new' several months back for ~$7 including shipping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on May 25, 2013, 12:19:38 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on May 20, 2013, 06:16:45 AM
Sort of SDCB. And only for UK shipping.

The all-new (as in released today) box of Czech String Quartets; 15 CDs for £19.99, from seller Regis Records.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BX2JFTQ/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

I bought one of these, Nav - very many thanks for the tip-off. See here:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,75.msg718974.html#msg718974 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,75.msg718974.html#msg718974)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on May 27, 2013, 01:50:45 PM
Today at Amazon... Murray Perrahia 73 CD box set for $74.
http://www.amazon.com/Murray-Perahia-The-First-Years/dp/B008NBEY3C/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on May 28, 2013, 09:25:33 AM
At Am.es, Pinnock's 6cd Handel box for €3.81
http://www.amazon.es/Orchestral-Works-T-Pinnock-Friedrich-H%C3%A4ndel/dp/B00002DEGY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=37MQKAATNXKD2&coliid=I2PEQTL4DNUWZW

Also at Am.es, the EMI 17cd 19th Century Masterpieces box for €15.91.
http://www.amazon.es/19th-Century-Masterpieces-Various/dp/B002MCTUAU/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=37MQKAATNXKD2&coliid=I1VB9L7IHRBLS
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on May 28, 2013, 12:39:57 PM
Quote from: bigshot on May 27, 2013, 01:50:45 PM
Today at Amazon... Murray Perrahia 73 CD box set for $74.
http://www.amazon.com/Murray-Perahia-The-First-Years/dp/B008NBEY3C/

Okay, apparently I landed one before the price went back up and the set went out-of-stock. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on May 31, 2013, 03:09:26 AM
The bi-annual DeepDiscount 25% off sale is afoot through 14 June.  I have not done much browsing yet, but it does look like the CPO catalog is part of the sale, Brilliant Naxos as well; I don't see Naive or Brilliant items on sale this time, though I remember labels were added through the first days of the sale last year.
Probably no steal-deals, but some nice small breaks.

EDIT: looks like Orfeo label is also included.  Also Criterion Collections DVDs etc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on June 07, 2013, 12:00:25 AM
I have been alerted via the Bon Plans blog to bargains at Diverdi.com.  Spanish site but it does work in English.  60% off lots of stuff on the BIS label, and other labels discounted.  I ordered six items including a box set of 15 discs, all came to about 48euros plus 10 for delivery to the UK.  Prices when I completed the order were less than shown on the offer page. 
Phil.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 07, 2013, 12:07:41 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on June 07, 2013, 12:00:25 AM
I have been alerted via the Bon Plans blog to bargains at Diverdi.com.  Spanish site but it does work in English.  60% off lots of stuff on the BIS label, and other labels discounted.  I ordered six items including a box set of 15 discs, all came to about 48euros plus 10 for delivery to the UK.  Prices when I completed the order were less than shown on the offer page. 
Phil.

I saw it just now. Site seems to be a little buggy... when I clicked on a normal link it made Firefox ask me whether I wanted it to remember the password, and this when I hadn't even thought about registering an account.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on June 07, 2013, 01:13:54 AM
It did funny things with my basket value as I added things to it but seemed to work out fine in the end.  Payment via Paypal so they definitely will have my details.  I use Internet explorer.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 07, 2013, 01:20:32 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on June 07, 2013, 01:13:54 AM
It did funny things with my basket value as I added things to it but seemed to work out fine in the end.

Oh, and I must add that my basket showed 10.77 Euros worth of something when I visited the site for the first time. One should remain wary, if one's to store private information on their servers.

QuotePayment via Paypal so they definitely will have my details.

Only paypal? :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: londonrich on June 07, 2013, 03:02:14 AM
The RCA Living Stereo 60CD box (http://wms.assoc-amazon.co.uk/20070822/GB/js/link-enhancer-common.js?tag=foucorboo-21) is a best-I've-seen-it price of £54.82 at Amazon UK today.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 07, 2013, 09:47:04 AM
A permanent SDCB?

If you didn't know, Arcana was recently acquired by the Out-here Music conglomerate, which also distributes labels like Alpha, Aeon and ZZT, to name a few. Paul Badura-Skoda's Schubert cycle, which is available for €26 from Amazon France (+hefty postage) and £28 at Amazon UK, can be had for €19 (postage included) directly from Out-here music. I just found out that the 9-CD boxed set also comes with a 200+ page booklet, which includes instrument details with photographs and multi-page notes (:o) on every sonata written by the pianist himself. (Oh, and if you're interested only in the notes, they can be accessed via a nifty online viewer or downloaded as a PDF file.)

http://www.outhere-music.com/en/albums/the-complete-piano-sonatas-played-on-period-instruments-a-364

It really makes me wonder whether this is a mis-pricing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 07, 2013, 10:06:26 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 07, 2013, 09:47:04 AM
A permanent SDCB?

If you didn't know, Arcana was recently acquired by the Out-here Music conglomerate, which also distributes labels like Alpha, Aeon and ZZT, to name a few. Paul Badura-Skoda's Schubert cycle, which is available for €26 from Amazon France (+hefty postage) and £28 at Amazon UK, can be had for €19 (postage included) directly from Out-here music. I just found out that the 9-CD boxed set also comes with a 200+ page booklet, which includes instrument details with photographs and multi-page notes (:o) on every sonata written by the pianist himself. (Oh, and if you're interested only in the notes, they can be accessed via a nifty online viewer or downloaded as a PDF file.)

http://www.outhere-music.com/en/albums/the-complete-piano-sonatas-played-on-period-instruments-a-364

It really makes me wonder whether this is a mis-pricing.
Free shipping worldwide??

I suppose I have US $25 to spare...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on June 07, 2013, 12:00:06 PM
[quote
Only paypal? :(
[/quote]

No, credit cards as well.

I only mentioned Paypal as it seemed to me that by paying this way I could be sure they knew who I was, if by any chance there was any confusion, tho' since the site worked in English it should be fine.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 07, 2013, 12:08:15 PM
Quote from: gilfachphil on June 07, 2013, 12:00:06 PM
No, credit cards as well.

I only mentioned Paypal as it seemed to me that by paying this way I could be sure they knew who I was, if by any chance there was any confusion, tho' since the site worked in English it should be fine.

Thanks. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 07, 2013, 11:40:38 PM
Haydn, J. - Hogwood - The Symphonies £34 (ex. VAT)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B009LNI0T0/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: david johnson on June 08, 2013, 02:11:29 AM
I bought the Haydn Big Box for CHEAP ($1.99 or such) at Amazon for download.  It's great fun.  I've always liked the Mogens Wöldike performances and now I have them  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 08, 2013, 02:53:04 AM
Great! I love those Amazon.com cheap MP3 albums. It's a great way to expand your collection or discover new pieces without breaking the bank.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on June 08, 2013, 03:37:26 AM
Quote from: david johnson on June 08, 2013, 02:11:29 AM
I've always liked the Mogens Wöldike performances and now I have them  :)

Nice. Wöldike's 100, 101, 103 and 104 were my first Haydn purchases (circa 1971). They were on the Vanguard Everyman label.


Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on June 08, 2013, 03:39:23 AM
Thanks a lot for that heads-up, David.  This is my first ever mp3 purchase!   8)

It was ~$1 when I bought mine just now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 08, 2013, 03:41:51 AM
Crikey, a dollar and nine red cents, eh? Ka-ching!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on June 08, 2013, 03:59:54 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 07, 2013, 11:40:38 PM
Haydn, J. - Hogwood - The Symphonies £34 (ex. VAT)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B009LNI0T0/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

Thanks, Opus106. I've wanted this for years, but buying OOP discs always made it too expensive. I just paid $59.91 for it. Woo-hoo.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 08, 2013, 07:02:12 AM
Quote from: Jay F on June 08, 2013, 03:59:54 AM
Thanks, Opus106. I've wanted this for years, but buying OOP discs always made it too expensive. I just paid $59.91 for it. Woo-hoo.

Enjoy! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on June 08, 2013, 09:37:03 AM
Quote from: Octave on June 08, 2013, 03:39:23 AM
Thanks a lot for that heads-up, David.  This is my first ever mp3 purchase!   8)

It was ~$1 when I bought mine just now.

Only $1, huh?  I guess David should have waited for the bargain... ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on June 08, 2013, 02:42:38 PM
It's crazy: after the deduction of a "promotion" (I'm guessing these are the points or whatever that my Amazon-direct purchases promise me, and that I've always ignored, thinking I'd never bother downloading mp3s from them) and after tax, I paid $0.10 for the Big Haydn Box.  It seems wrong.

I'm also thrilled to see that the "Autorip" business is retroactive.  I wasn't paying attention to that conversation, but I have dozens of legal albums (that I purchased on disc over the past year or so) floating in my cloud....that is pretty neat.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 08, 2013, 04:23:05 PM
Well, I'm sorry, Octave, but I beat even you! I apparently had accrued $2.00 worth of credits (not sure how?) so my total for the entire package was $0.00. It isn't the sort of thing I would normally buy, but what the hell, for free, it's pretty hard to beat!! It was worth it to hear The Grillers having a go at some of the quartets. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 08, 2013, 06:19:23 PM
You mean, hearing the Grillers is worth... nothing?

Sérieusement, nice to know that this morceau was a tentation even pour le Gurnatron 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 08, 2013, 06:32:40 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 08, 2013, 02:42:38 PMI'm also thrilled to see that the "Autorip" business is retroactive.  I wasn't paying attention to that conversation, but I have dozens of legal albums (that I purchased on disc over the past year or so) floating in my cloud....that is pretty neat.

I never noticed that.  Apparently I have 32 albums and more than 800 tracks in my cloud.  Among it some Bach and some Billy Holiday.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on June 08, 2013, 10:39:08 PM
Are any of these other Bach Guild "boxes" worth getting?  The "value" isn't the issue, of course, but the use of time listening to it all...that might be a concern.  A couple acquaintances have recommended the Abravanel/Utah Mahler symphonies to me, for example, which are apparently offered in the Mahler set.  (I've not seen the same enthusiasm for those recordings at GMG.)  I am trying to remember if I heard some good things about some of the Handel set contents. 

In the words of John Fahey: too many records, my brain doesn't work well.

I thought we had a mp3/download recommendations and/or bargains thread, but I cannot find it for the life of me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 08, 2013, 10:46:12 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 08, 2013, 10:39:08 PM
I thought we had a mp3/download recommendations and/or bargains thread, but I cannot find it for the life of me.

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,18740.0.html :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: londonrich on June 11, 2013, 07:27:33 AM
When I click on that link I get an error message - am I doing something wrong?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 11, 2013, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: londonrich on June 11, 2013, 07:27:33 AM
When I click on that link I get an error message - am I doing something wrong?

Doesn't seem like it. Looks like the Good Music Gremlins may have taken it down ;), given that it had not gone farther than two posts in two years, and then decided to merge that Haydn box thread with the present one. But if I remember correctly, the downloads bargain thread was started at the request of a few members (including yours truly), so that CD buyers weren't disappointed to find MP3 deals when they saw a new post here. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on June 11, 2013, 08:24:22 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 11, 2013, 07:41:06 AM
[...] the downloads bargain thread was started at the request of a few members (including yours truly), so that CD buyers weren't disappointed to find MP3 deals when they saw a new post here. ;D

I'm sure they'll survive the shock... ;)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 11, 2013, 08:44:37 AM
Quote from: Que on June 11, 2013, 08:24:22 AM
I'm sure they'll survive the shock... ;)

Q

They are in shock right now, as they arrive here to find us discussing relevance of threads, instead of, say, the Aeolian Quartet's box of Haydn quartets going for a little over £22 at Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001QBXFTA/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on June 11, 2013, 09:36:15 AM
Well if MP3s are allowed. ...

http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download-Album/4-/32319634/0/Sibelius/ListingDetails.html?searchstring=essential+sibelius&searchsource=0&searchtype=allproducts&urlrefer=search (http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download-Album/4-/32319634/0/Sibelius/ListingDetails.html?searchstring=essential+sibelius&searchsource=0&searchtype=allproducts&urlrefer=search)

The BIS essential Sibelius box for £7.99
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Monty Cello on June 13, 2013, 12:21:12 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on June 11, 2013, 09:36:15 AM
Well if MP3s are allowed. ...

http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download-Album/4-/32319634/0/Sibelius/ListingDetails.html?searchstring=essential+sibelius&searchsource=0&searchtype=allproducts&urlrefer=search (http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download-Album/4-/32319634/0/Sibelius/ListingDetails.html?searchstring=essential+sibelius&searchsource=0&searchtype=allproducts&urlrefer=search)

The BIS essential Sibelius box for £7.99

Having seen a report elsewhere (the Radio 3 Forum) of a problem with successfully downloading the zip from play.com, can anyone here advise of a successful download? Thanks in anticipation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on June 13, 2013, 06:34:34 PM
I really don't want downloads here.  There's a place for them elsewhere on this forum
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 13, 2013, 06:59:38 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on June 13, 2013, 06:34:34 PM
I really don't want downloads here.  There's a place for them elsewhere on this forum

According to the above the downloads thread was abolished.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on June 13, 2013, 07:25:07 PM
Abolished or unstuck as a sticky?  Either way, downloads don't belong here, IMO.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 13, 2013, 08:03:11 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on June 13, 2013, 07:25:07 PM
Abolished or unstuck as a sticky?  Either way, downloads don't belong here, IMO.

See reply 3083.  Thread was presumably deleted and merged with some other thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on June 14, 2013, 06:32:22 AM
Just purchased this delivered from UK Amazon (Super Saver) for £5.33; bought it especially for Israel in Egypt and The Ways of Zion do Mourn.  Usually around the £24 mark.  Definately an overstock from Amazon as there are 30+ left, nice bargain for a Friday (if you like a bit of Handel)  :)

Handel Gardiner 6cd Set
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handel-Vol-Orchestral-Choral-Works/dp/B000VPKRQG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1371219679&sr=1-1&keywords=handel+gardiner+box+set)
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John Eliot Gardiner - Handel (CD - 6 discs)

CD01 : Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350
CD02 : Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317
CD03 & 04 : Israel in Egypt, HWV54 & The Ways of Zion do mourn, HWV 264
CD05 & 06 : Semele


Semele : Norma Burrowes (Semele), Della Jones (Juno), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Jupiter), Timothy Penrose (Athamas), Robert Lloyd (Cadmus), Maldwyn Davies (Apollo), Patrizia Kwella (Iris), Catherine Denley (Ino), David Thomas (Somnus), Elisabeth Priday (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Orchestra & Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Warner/Erato Classics - 2564698385
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Beorn on June 14, 2013, 06:45:55 AM
Quote from: Que on June 11, 2013, 08:24:22 AM
I'm sure they'll survive the shock... ;)

Q

Yes, just mark your thread "download" if necessary. No big deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 14, 2013, 07:42:33 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on June 14, 2013, 06:32:22 AM
Just purchased this delivered from UK Amazon (Super Saver) for £5.33; bought it especially for Israel in Egypt and The Ways of Zion do Mourn.  Usually around the £24 mark.  Definately an overstock from Amazon as there are 30+ left, nice bargain for a Friday (if you like a bit of Handel)  :)

Much appreciated.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: rickardg on June 15, 2013, 11:56:07 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 07, 2013, 09:47:04 AM
I just found out that the 9-CD boxed set also comes with a 200+ page booklet, which includes instrument details with photographs and multi-page notes (:o) on every sonata written by the pianist himself.

It does? My copy just arrived with a tiny booklet with track listings and images of the instruments (no notes on the works), not that I complain, given the price a 200 p booklet would be too good to be true. BTW it's still €19, so it's probably not a mispricing .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 16, 2013, 01:31:25 AM
Quote from: rickardg on June 15, 2013, 11:56:07 PM
It does? My copy just arrived with a tiny booklet with track listings and images of the instruments (no notes on the works), not that I complain, given the price a 200 p booklet would be too good to be true. BTW it's still €19, so it's probably not a mispricing .

Okay, it's my fault for assuming that a physical booklet came with each box. But then, then notes are still available for viewing and downloading from the website to which I linked. And with that assumption in mind, I suspected that it may have been a mis-pricing. Thanks for telling us.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 18, 2013, 04:56:05 AM
I picked up the Haydn Symphonies by Hogwood at Amazon UK. Because I am in the US the price was reduced by the VAT, and only 3 pounds shipping. Total 37 pounds, about $58. They have some left.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 18, 2013, 12:07:40 PM
Gesualdo madrigals books 5 and 6, Naxos,  from Amazon vendor $5 + $4 shipping http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BX8TZKO/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on June 22, 2013, 10:59:13 AM
a couple of prices that seem more than decent compared to Amazon :

Kondrashin / Mahler - € 39.99 at JPC

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Mahler-1860-1911-Sinfonien-13-79/hnum/7249635 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Mahler-1860-1911-Sinfonien-13-79/hnum/7249635)

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w220/front/0/4600317008148.jpg)


**********

Zinman / Mahler - also € 49.99 at JPC

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Mahler-1860-1911-Symphonien-Nr-1-10/hnum/4942921 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Mahler-1860-1911-Symphonien-Nr-1-10/hnum/4942921)

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w220/front/0/0886977272325.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on June 24, 2013, 01:11:49 PM
jpc has a Tahra sale for €7 a disc (click picture).

(http://www.jpc.de/cmsimage/id/1233412) (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/browse/-/collection/1228447_51487)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 25, 2013, 09:43:13 PM
Anyone looking for the Shostakovich edition (Brilliant, 51 cds), it can be found at Berkshire for $76.
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 25, 2013, 10:04:05 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 25, 2013, 09:43:13 PM
Anyone looking for the Shostakovich edition (Brilliant, 51 cds), it can be found at Berkshire for $76.

$70 including shipping at AM-UK MP.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 25, 2013, 11:20:07 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 25, 2013, 10:04:05 PM
$70 including shipping at AM-UK MP.
Unfortunately, neither of the first two sellers in the list will ship to the US.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 25, 2013, 11:38:44 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 25, 2013, 11:20:07 PM
Unfortunately, neither of the first two sellers in the list will ship to the US.

Oops, sorry. The first seller doesn't (but Selections Ltd. is offering some very good deals on Big Brilliant Boxes to UK customers). The second in line ships internationally, and costs about $10 more. (I think they're Abeille Musique's Amazon store-front.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 25, 2013, 11:42:04 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 25, 2013, 11:38:44 PM
Oops, sorry. The first seller doesn't (but Selections Ltd. is offering some very good deals on Big Brilliant Boxes to UK customers). The second in line ships internationally, and costs about $10 more. (I think they're Abeille Musique's Amazon store-front.)
Strangely, the second wouldn't ship to my US address either (and I thought they had in the past). I wonder if that is because they have a separate entity for the US or something like that? In any case, Amazon rejected them too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on June 26, 2013, 05:11:31 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 25, 2013, 09:43:13 PM
Anyone looking for the Shostakovich edition (Brilliant, 51 cds), it can be found at Berkshire for $76.
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  Yes! I noticed this on amazon.co.uk, from Selections Ltd. 51 CDs for £42 delivered sounds like an absolute bargain! It went straight into my shopping basket. Too good to be true!  Rostropovich's Lady Macbeth is excellent (I have it), The Barshai Symphonies are highly recommended (I have Jansons).  Only trouble is that I have a backlog of 230 CDs that I still have to listen to. Another 51 CDs would overload me....I wonder if I should wait? How long do you guys think this deal is going to last?

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 26, 2013, 07:03:55 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on June 26, 2013, 05:11:31 AM
How long do you guys think this deal is going to last?

  marvin

This...

Quote from: Opus106 on May 20, 2013, 06:16:45 AM
Sort of SDCB. And only for UK shipping.

The all-new (as in released today) box of Czech String Quartets; 15 CDs for £19.99, from seller Regis Records.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BX2JFTQ/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

...has been going strong for over a month. I'm pretty sure that Regis Records changed their name to Selections Ltd.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 26, 2013, 09:09:51 AM
Extra Abeille sale is on my friends.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 26, 2013, 09:10:54 AM
Quote from: Harry on June 26, 2013, 09:09:51 AM
Extra Abeille sale is on my friends.

Looks like someone is back!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 26, 2013, 09:12:50 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on June 26, 2013, 09:10:54 AM
Looks like someone is back!

I am sorry to disappoint you my friend, I was merely alerting those who are interested in the Abeille sale, and have no intention to start posting again. I have my own blog now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on June 26, 2013, 09:14:31 AM
Quote from: Harry on June 26, 2013, 09:12:50 AM
I am sorry to disappoint you my friend, I was merely alerting those who are interested in the Abeille sale, and have no intention to start posting again. I have my own blog now.

Good to see you nevertheless, my friend, as I can't open your blog from China.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 26, 2013, 09:15:59 AM
Quote from: springrite on June 26, 2013, 09:14:31 AM
Good to see you nevertheless, my friend, as I can't open your blog from China.

I am really sorry to hear that Paul, I would have loved seeing your there. And Kimi too of course.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on June 26, 2013, 09:21:51 AM
Quote from: Harry on June 26, 2013, 09:09:51 AM
Extra Abeille sale is on my friends.

Very kind of you to alert us, Harry.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on June 26, 2013, 09:23:18 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 26, 2013, 09:21:51 AM
Very kind of you to alert us, Harry.

You're most welcome Nav.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on June 26, 2013, 11:43:42 AM
Quote from: Harry on June 26, 2013, 09:12:50 AM
I am sorry to disappoint you my friend, I was merely alerting those who are interested in the Abeille sale, and have no intention to start posting again. I have my own blog now.

Where is Harry's blog?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 26, 2013, 11:45:35 AM
Quote from: Jay F on June 26, 2013, 11:43:42 AM
Where is Harry's blog?

In his signature.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on June 26, 2013, 12:47:45 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on June 26, 2013, 07:03:55 AM
This...

...has been going strong for over a month. I'm pretty sure that Regis Records changed their name to Selections Ltd.

  Thank you Opus106 :)! I'll keep a close eye on this boxset.

  marvin

 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on June 26, 2013, 02:06:10 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on June 26, 2013, 11:45:35 AM
In his signature.

Thanks, Scarpia. I have those turned off.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on June 26, 2013, 02:25:03 PM
Quote from: Que on June 24, 2013, 01:11:49 PM
jpc has a Tahra sale for €7 a disc (click picture).

(http://www.jpc.de/cmsimage/id/1233412) (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/browse/-/collection/1228447_51487)

Q

Thanks, Que, for drawing attention to this sale. I have already ordered a handful.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on June 30, 2013, 10:39:47 AM
Amazon UK is listing an "alternative" MP3 version to the LvB sonatas Mono Kempff DG Set. 

The DG MP3 is £27.99 but this one is only £3.99. Samples are the same. Timings are the same bar a few additional seconds on the last movement of each sonata.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jJemBWAML._SL500_AA280_.jpg)

link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Sonatas-Collection-Remastered/dp/B0098VH8NO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2GZG85SZZYRQ6&coliid=I27MQVJCJ4L5BR)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: A1_DAN on June 30, 2013, 12:54:08 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on June 30, 2013, 10:39:47 AM
Amazon UK is listing an "alternative" MP3 version to the LvB sonatas Mono Kempff DG Set. 

The DG MP3 is £27.99 but this one is only £3.99. Samples are the same. Timings are the same bar a few additional seconds on the last movement of each sonata.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jJemBWAML._SL500_AA280_.jpg)

link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Sonatas-Collection-Remastered/dp/B0098VH8NO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2GZG85SZZYRQ6&coliid=I27MQVJCJ4L5BR)

Thank you for that, Was looking at the Regis Box Set of these recordings today but was put off by reviews about the sound quality. At the price quoted above I can definitely take a chance on these.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: FrankMaine on July 01, 2013, 01:55:01 PM
Wow...I just discovered this thread, and already it has put a dent in my wallet.  Though I have to admit some of the deals are so good I barely noticed ($2.99 for the Big Mahler Box MP3).  Also thought the Harmonia Mundi Lumieres and Perfect Deutsche deals were too good to pass up, as was the 19 euro complete sonatas offer from outhere music.

Thanks!  I think....

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 01, 2013, 02:07:39 PM
Oh, it can be a dangerous place, to be sure . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: FrankMaine on July 02, 2013, 10:00:53 AM
Not sure if anyone posted this yet (if so, I missed it...sorry).  Seems like an interesting set and a good deal for someone looking to explore a little. 

Berkshire Record Outlet - 10 CDs - $14.90

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Label: MEMBRAN INTERNATIONAL   Format:
Stock #: 233088   Bro Code: 147669
Bentzon [1919-2000], Symphony #8; Symphonic Variations {Gothenburg-Aarhus Philharmonic/ Bostock}. Ligeti, Chamber Concerto for 13 Instruments. Webern, Concerto, Op.24. Varese, Octandre. Lutoslawski, Chain I. Takemitsu, Rain Coming. Birtwistle, Ritual Fragment {Aarhus S... Discs in set: 10
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on July 08, 2013, 01:04:43 AM
the 15-disc Yves NAT set for $Cdn16.63    at amazon.ca
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on July 08, 2013, 07:34:37 AM
Quote from: listener on July 08, 2013, 01:04:43 AM
the 15-disc Yves NAT set for $Cdn16.63    at amazon.ca

Thanks - hope I'm not too late to get one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 08, 2013, 11:09:13 AM
Some MP3 super duper (nee mega) bargains from amazon uk

Hannsler Bach complete orchestral works:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Complete-Orchestral-Works/dp/B00CBI9IPW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2F2E4ETGUZSLM&coliid=IKD6ISS3JMPLB

11 cds worth for £7.49

The recent brilliant classics Czech string quartet box:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Czech-String-Quartets/dp/B00CMUYQAG/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk

15 CDs worth for 7.49

Wagner ring by Thielemann on Opus Arte (hat tip to the radio 3 forum for that one)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Nibelungen-Recorded-Bayreuth-Festival/dp/B003EOV3XM/ref=sr_1_2_digr?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1373312580&sr=1-2

£4.49 (!) - link added...

Max reger collection
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reger-Collection/dp/B00CD4BYVA/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk
£7.49

BIS Mendelssohn Solo Concertos collection:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mendelssohn-Solo-Concertos-Complete-Reissue/dp/B002WN0XMS/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_a_4
£7.49

Shosty symphonies on brilliant classics...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shostakovich-Symphonies/dp/B00D1VZUQ4/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_a_1
£7.49

enjoy :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 08, 2013, 11:28:50 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on July 08, 2013, 11:09:13 AM
Max reger collection
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reger-Collection/dp/B00CD4BYVA/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk
£7.49

Very tempting, indeed . . . the US link (http://www.amazon.com/Reger-Collection/dp/B00CD97JL4/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on July 08, 2013, 11:36:19 AM
I just bought the Shostakovich Symphonies by Barshai. $8.99 in the USA. Here's a link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shostakovich-Symphonies/dp/B00D1VZUQ4/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_a_1

[asin]B00D1VZUQ4[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 08, 2013, 12:16:24 PM
one more...
for those who weren't happy with play.com's offering of the essential Sibelius box set, amazon have price matched:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sibelius-Essential-Love-Derwinger/dp/B0041GRVRY/ref=sr_1_69_digr?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1373314415&sr=1-69

£7.49

or in the US
http://www.amazon.com/Sibelius-The-Essential/dp/B0041J64OM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1373314544&sr=8-3&keywords=essential+Sibelius

$9.49
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 09, 2013, 07:42:18 AM
The Superest-Duperest Cheapest Bargain possible!

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FREE Download from The Sixteen and CORO

At The Sixteen we are looking forward to a great summer of music with concerts across the UK and new releases on our record label, CORO. We have two forthcoming albums of music by J.S. Bach so we thought we would whet your appetite by offering you a FREE download of one of our most popular albums - a baroque double-delight featuring Bach's Magnificat and Vivaldi's Gloria.

Click here (http://thesixteen.com/page/3439) to redeem the FREE download!

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 10, 2013, 12:14:50 PM
Walter Kraft Bach, from Vox, mp3, 99 cents http://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/purchase/thankYou/ref=dm_ty_buy_df?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00CVHEIVW&inPlaceOK=0&orderID=D01-8595672-2124101&a2z=8KBvmjZMXMerVvF3XT6m21QK0b8XGAbIuMu294TqUjTTF53llsSNRyZglrzKtOtj3MI0mp0IIiUqYnhWqpuR%2FSmJpbQlylbOF8V2zCU7E4PWqrL1zkmaRJ6X5HgH%2Bonx
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on July 10, 2013, 09:26:21 PM
Great.  This thread has become what it shouldn't have become, a thread about MP3 and download info.  Superbudget should mean cds
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 10, 2013, 11:11:01 PM
By all means post some then.  I posted the mp3s not because I was going to buy them but because I thought others might benefit.
Is it really such a big deal? 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 10, 2013, 11:16:26 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on July 10, 2013, 11:11:01 PM
By all means post some then.  I posted the mp3s not because I was going to buy them but because I thought others might benefit.
Is it really such a big deal? 

Yes. ;) At least for those of us who have no use for MP3 deals, especially from Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on July 10, 2013, 11:39:24 PM
I totally agree - would  prefer this to be about physical products only, which is why I started the mp3 bargain thread a couple years back. Guess it fell out of use.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on July 11, 2013, 12:02:21 AM
How about starting a new thread with Super Duper and CDs in the title and we can use that one, leaving MP3s behind here?  Hope SACDs will be allowed tho'!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 11, 2013, 12:20:36 AM
Quote from: gilfachphil on July 11, 2013, 12:02:21 AM
How about starting a new thread with Super Duper and CDs in the title and we can use that one, leaving MP3s behind here?  Hope SACDs will be allowed tho'!

There were two threads already, but their posts were merged together (here) and the original deleted as it didn't see much activity. I don't understand why that happened, given that there are so many pointless threads, some with only a few views and no replies, floating around and taking up space. And if indeed a new thread is created and, importantly, allowed to stay, I'd suggest that that be the one for MP3s.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on July 11, 2013, 03:15:06 AM
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/The-Service-of-Venus-and-Mars-1340-1440/hnum/9740156

A bargain for 2,99, get it while you can.


The Lumieres box for just 19,99, a super bargain.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/La-Lumieres-Die-Musik-der-Aufkl%E4rung/hnum/9846410

Be quick about it, prices can change overnight with JPC, found that out to my dismay the last few days.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 11, 2013, 09:01:16 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on July 10, 2013, 11:11:01 PM
By all means post some then.  I posted the mp3s not because I was going to buy them but because I thought others might benefit.
Is it really such a big deal? 

Nothing at all wrong about posting mp3s on this thread. Why in the world would we make distinctions on a thread entitled...well, we know its title.

So keep 'em coming... :)



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on July 11, 2013, 09:04:32 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on July 11, 2013, 09:01:16 AM
Nothing at all wrong about posting mp3s on this thread. Why in the world would we make distinctions on a thread entitled...well, we know its title.

So keep 'em coming... :)

If I hadn't found Barshai's Shostakovich Symphonies for $8.99 on this thread, I would not be listening to any of Shostakovich's Symphonies.

http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Symphonies/dp/B00D1SFV5W/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1373562212&sr=1-2
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 11, 2013, 09:08:42 AM
Quote from: Jay F on July 11, 2013, 09:04:32 AM
If I hadn't found Barshai's Shostakovich Symphonies for $8.99 on this thread, I would not be listening to any of Shostakovich's Symphonies.

Do you have anything against a thread titled "Download bargains" or some such thing? ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 11, 2013, 09:09:32 AM
Quote from: Jay F on July 11, 2013, 09:04:32 AM
If I hadn't found Barshai's Shostakovich Symphonies for $8.99 on this thread, I would not be listening to any of Shostakovich's Symphonies.

http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Symphonies/dp/B00D1SFV5W/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1373562212&sr=1-2

That definitely qualifies as Super-Duper!


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 11, 2013, 09:10:54 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 11, 2013, 09:08:42 AM
Do you have anything against a thread titled "Download bargains" or some such thing? ::)

Before you start trumpeting why don't you explain to us just why we need to make a distinction?


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 11, 2013, 09:13:54 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on July 11, 2013, 09:12:28 AM
I totally oppose splitting this thread.  What is wrong with you guys who can't ignore the mp3 posts?  It would be far more inconvenient to have to look in two places for those folks who are not insulted by mp3 bargains.

:)

+1


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on July 11, 2013, 09:14:08 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 11, 2013, 09:08:42 AM
Do you have anything against a thread titled "Download bargains" or some such thing? ::)

I doubt I would have opened such a thread. I haven't before thought of downloads as something I'm interested in. This one happened to be just the right confluence of "Something I Really Wanted" and "Price I Can't Pass Up," but I wouldn't have gone looking for it in a "Download Bargains" thread.

Why is it so distressing to you to have downloads in this thread?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on July 11, 2013, 10:06:30 AM
Here's what is wrong with me. I get email updates when this thread is updated in an attempt to be quick on the draw when something really special turns up. Since I have no interest in mp3s, the more of those posted here, the more time I waste checking in for no reason.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on July 11, 2013, 01:19:34 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 11, 2013, 09:08:42 AM
Do you have anything against a thread titled "Download bargains" or some such thing? ::)

Other members have complained about thread titles/content.  If a member has a problem with this subject, why not just start your own thread?  If you want a thread done your way, you're the only one who can insure the desired result.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on July 11, 2013, 01:35:10 PM
As has been stated already, this has been tried once or twice already without success.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on July 11, 2013, 01:37:38 PM
Quote from: Sammy on July 11, 2013, 01:19:34 PM
Other members have complained about thread titles/content.  If a member has a problem with this subject, why not just start your own thread?  If you want a thread done your way, you're the only one who can insure the desired result.

The problem, as I understand it, is that someone did start a separate thread for downloads and a moderator merged it with the original thread without consultation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on July 11, 2013, 02:20:14 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on July 11, 2013, 01:37:38 PM
The problem, as I understand it, is that someone did start a separate thread for downloads and a moderator merged it with the original thread without consultation.

In that case, there are only three alternatives that come to mind:

1.  Become a moderator.
2.  Start your own board.
3.  Live with it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 11, 2013, 06:48:10 PM
I am only interested in 78 rpm bargains... and I will become righteously indignant at any hint of vinyl. Don't get me started on those awful CDs!

Oh... I almost forgot. Only Edison hill and dale recordings please.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 11, 2013, 08:36:38 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 11, 2013, 06:48:10 PM
I am only interested in 78 rpm bargains... and I will become righteously indignant at any hint of vinyl. Don't get me started on those awful CDs!

Oh... I almost forgot. Only Edison hill and dale recordings please.

:D ;D


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 11, 2013, 10:59:32 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on July 11, 2013, 01:37:38 PM
The problem, as I understand it, is that someone did start a separate thread for downloads and a moderator merged it with the original thread without consultation.

OK guys, lets' have a quick reality check before this discussion is hijacked by solely focussing on the issue of moderating (and those who like to do so): the now much lamented separate download bargains thread actually contained only a few posts and was not in use. Download bargains were already being posted on this thread, though maybe not as much as recently.

I don't mind reinstating it, but what is the point if it will not be used?  :-\ Whatever is more convenient - separating CD and download bargains or have them in the same thread, seems to depend on personal preferences. For those who purchase downloads, which seems to be a growing minority here, a separate thread serves no purpose. Those who stick to CDs, are obviously not interested in download bargains. But that could apply, for that matter, to any particular bargain that is posted....couldn't it? So, considering the purchase of downloads is upcoming in this day and age I saw no serious abjection of promoting the use of the bargains thread for both formats. Just like the purchases thread is not off limits for posting download-only items either... And who knows, maybe some members might consider taking the jump after seeing those download bargains? :)

That having said, I'm quite open for suggestions. In the end it is about what is most convenient for most here and works.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 12, 2013, 04:36:09 AM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on July 11, 2013, 10:06:30 AM
Here's what is wrong with me. I get email updates when this thread is updated in an attempt to be quick on the draw when something really special turns up. Since I have no interest in mp3s, the more of those posted here, the more time I waste checking in for no reason.
I don't get those email notifications, but I do read every post of this thread whenever I log in and a new post has been made. But what you say about mp3s is true across the board - I have no interest in most of what gets posted here. It may not be clogging my email box, but perhaps for that reason, I feel no need to complain when somebody posts (say) a complete Scarlatti sonatas box set if I don't want to buy Scarlatti.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 12, 2013, 04:47:09 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 11, 2013, 06:48:10 PM
I am only interested in 78 rpm bargains... and I will become righteously indignant at any hint of vinyl. Don't get me started on those awful CDs!

Oh... I almost forgot. Only Edison hill and dale recordings please.

Those are the ones with the shellac chipmunks on the label, are they not?  Cool!  :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on July 12, 2013, 06:32:04 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 12, 2013, 04:36:09 AM
I don't get those email notifications, but I do read every post of this thread whenever I log in and a new post has been made. But what you say about mp3s is true across the board - I have no interest in most of what gets posted here. It may not be clogging my email box, but perhaps for that reason, I feel no need to complain when somebody posts (say) a complete Scarlatti sonatas box set if I don't want to buy Scarlatti.

Many threads get created in which little interest is shown, and the automatic ordering of threads makes them sink to where no one sees them.  That doesn't cause confusion.  Maybe it causes disappointment for the person who created the thread.  Someone created an MP3 bargains thread with the hope that it would become popular.  It would either become popular or it would effectively disappear.  I don't see how it helps to cancel that experiment by preemptively deleting the thread with its contents copied into another existing thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 12, 2013, 07:18:49 AM
I can see where people like to hit this thread for physical cds, that's the probable attraction.

I would 99% surely, never buy an mp3 but don't mind reading about them within this thread (its still interesting).  The only mp3 I thought of purchasing was that Big Mahler Box with all the Abravanel Symphonies for £6 or so in the UK.  IIRC the USA had this as a superb deal at 99c for the lot!!

With regards to mp3, I got an email from Amazon telling me yesterday about Autorip.  Wherever you see this sign, or whenever you buy a cd which is linked to Autorip, then you will automatically get the mp3 version uploaded free to your Amazon Cloudplayer.  (Something I haven't checked out yet).  The email stated that my last 30 purchases via Amazon are all ready ripped to mp3 for me and are waiting to be picked up for shoving on the old IPad etc.

Not bad really as some of my buys have been Marketplace used cds for anything from 1p to £2 (all ripped ready).  Whereas to buy the cds as valid mp3's would cost £6.99 or whatever they charge.

So buy a cheap used cd for pennies & get free autorip or buy mp3 for 6 times as much and have nothing to hold LOL. 

The main reason for myself in the UK for buying physical rather than mp3 is that many, many times the mp3 costs more; or not that much cheaper (and I feel as though I don't get nothing by buying a virtual download)

Each to you're own...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 12, 2013, 07:35:05 AM
Autorip doesnt work through marketplace sellers, it has to be amazon uk.  Real shame that otherwise I would have thousands!

One tip is that the cloud player will scan your hard drive and assumes your files are all legit and then puts a copy up in the cloud at 256k quality.  So if you had some rubbishy 128k rips (yuck) you would get a free improved copy.

I am trying to work out how to claim autorip mp3s from other amazon stores, in theory I should have a number of mp3s from .com, .de and .es but no idea how I get them!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 12, 2013, 07:46:53 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on July 12, 2013, 07:35:05 AM
Autorip doesnt work through marketplace sellers, it has to be amazon uk.  Real shame that otherwise I would have thousands!

One tip is that the cloud player will scan your hard drive and assumes your files are all legit and then puts a copy up in the cloud at 256k quality.  So if you had some rubbishy 128k rips (yuck) you would get a free improved copy.

I am trying to work out how to claim autorip mp3s from other amazon stores, in theory I should have a number of mp3s from .com, .de and .es but no idea how I get them!

Ahhh right, I assumed you'd get MP sellers but just looking at my Autorip all of the Petrenko DSCH cycle so far is up there.  And the last buys I did.  A "click click click" Beecham Scheherazade which I had to send back is autoripped for me.  So I will be nabbing that one, must've escaped them that I bought it and returned it.

Good point about the 'foreign' Amazon sites.  I too have bought quite a few from France, Germany & loads from the USA.
Title: Re:The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread (Suggestion)
Post by: kishnevi on July 12, 2013, 08:35:18 AM
May I make a suggestion to help the resolve the question of posting MP3s

If you're posting an MP3 bargain, add (MP3) at the end of the subject line.
If you're posting a CD bargain add (CD) at the end of the subject line.

The result will appear similar to how I added (Suggestion) to the subject line of this post.   
That way,  the posts can easily sort themselves out, and those of us who don't want MP3s will know which posts to skip over.  Those who are purely interested in MP3 will similarly know which posts to skip over. 

I suppose the time to start a distinct thread for download bargains will come, and we'll know it's the right time when MP3 downloaders start to complain about all the posts regarding CD bargains which are cluttering up this thread  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on July 12, 2013, 09:18:00 AM
I like Jeffrey's idea, though I wish people would also post FLAC bargains once in a while. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread (suggestion)
Post by: Karl Henning on July 12, 2013, 09:18:46 AM
Quote from: Geo Dude on July 12, 2013, 09:18:00 AM
I like Jeffrey's idea, though I wish people would also post FLAC bargains once in a while. ;)

Good suggestion!  0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread (mp3)
Post by: Karl Henning on July 12, 2013, 09:22:52 AM
Probably you need to be a Schoenberg enthusiast to appreciate this, but $17.98 for an mp3 edition of the 5-CD set of the complete string quartets, plus (http://www.amazon.com/Schoenberg-Chamber-Music/dp/B001190KRM/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1373649566&sr=1-2-catcorr) is nigh unto a steal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 12, 2013, 10:07:26 AM
Quote from: Geo Dude on July 12, 2013, 09:18:00 AM
I like Jeffrey's idea, though I wish people would also post FLAC bargains once in a while. ;)

And I wish people would actually read my posts once in a while.

Quote from: Opus106 on July 09, 2013, 07:42:18 AM
The Superest-Duperest Cheapest Bargain possible!

Quote
FREE Download from The Sixteen and CORO

At The Sixteen we are looking forward to a great summer of music with concerts across the UK and new releases on our record label, CORO. We have two forthcoming albums of music by J.S. Bach so we thought we would whet your appetite by offering you a FREE download of one of our most popular albums - a baroque double-delight featuring Bach's Magnificat and Vivaldi's Gloria.

Click here (http://thesixteen.com/page/3439) to redeem the FREE download!


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on July 12, 2013, 10:19:33 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 12, 2013, 10:07:26 AM
And I wish people would actually read my posts once in a while.

The above isn't your first post on the board?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 12, 2013, 10:25:56 AM
Quote from: Sammy on July 12, 2013, 10:19:33 AM
The above isn't your first post on the board?

Hi there!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on July 12, 2013, 10:48:44 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 12, 2013, 10:07:26 AM
And I wish people would actually read my posts once in a while.

I assume that's partly a joke but FTR, I read that post and downloaded it. I also bought Badura-Skoda's Schubert set you posted a little while back. Thank you for those posts!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 12, 2013, 10:59:48 AM
Quote from: Pat B on July 12, 2013, 10:48:44 AM
I assume that's partly a joke...

Of course, of course.

Quote
but FTR, I read that post and downloaded it. I also bought Badura-Skoda's Schubert set you posted a little while back. Thank you for those posts!

You're welcome. Enjoy the music! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 12, 2013, 11:03:11 AM
And I also just downloaded it (I hope it's in the format I need).  Interestingly, when you originally posted it,  the link skipped the instruction page, leaving me flummoxed about how to get the "free" part.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 12, 2013, 11:04:48 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 12, 2013, 11:03:11 AM
Interestingly, when you originally posted it,  the link skipped the instruction page, leaving me flummoxed about how to get the "free" part.

I noticed my mistake only today and corrected it at both places immediately.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 12, 2013, 11:13:58 AM
Thanks for amending Nav, I couldn't get it work so I assumed the freebie had finished.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread (mp3)
Post by: Jay F on July 12, 2013, 11:42:04 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 12, 2013, 09:22:52 AM
Probably you need to be a Schoenberg enthusiast to appreciate this, but $17.98 for an mp3 edition of the 5-CD set of the complete string quartets, plus (http://www.amazon.com/Schoenberg-Chamber-Music/dp/B001190KRM/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1373649566&sr=1-2-catcorr) is nigh unto a steal.

You're doing this on purpose, Karl.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread (mp3)
Post by: North Star on July 12, 2013, 12:05:21 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 12, 2013, 09:22:52 AM
Probably you need to be a Schoenberg enthusiast to appreciate this, but $17.98 for an mp3 edition of the 5-CD set of the complete string quartets, plus (http://www.amazon.com/Schoenberg-Chamber-Music/dp/B001190KRM/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1373649566&sr=1-2-catcorr) is nigh unto a steal.
The United States suddenly feels so much more attractive.  >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on July 12, 2013, 12:48:12 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 12, 2013, 11:03:11 AM
And I also just downloaded it (I hope it's in the format I need).  Interestingly, when you originally posted it,  the link skipped the instruction page, leaving me flummoxed about how to get the "free" part.

The same happened to me.  Glad to see that it's been corrected now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 13, 2013, 12:17:11 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 12, 2013, 11:04:48 AM
I noticed my mistake only today and corrected it at both places immediately.

And see how many people you pleased by doing so. I too had assumed the offer had expired, but have now taken advantage of it. Thanks Nav. Could you now please find us a Superestissimus-Duperestissimus Bargain which offers to pay us for downloading it?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 13, 2013, 12:49:42 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 13, 2013, 12:17:11 AM
Could you now please find us a Superestissimus-Duperestissimus Bargain which offers to pay us for downloading it?

You can find those at your nearest parallel universe.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 13, 2013, 03:43:09 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 12, 2013, 11:04:48 AM
I noticed my mistake only today and corrected it at both places immediately.

Thanks, O Nav! You remain Da Man!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 13, 2013, 07:53:31 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 12, 2013, 11:04:48 AM
I noticed my mistake only today and corrected it at both places immediately.

Many thanks for this Nav.

I downloaded the music as FLAC, ripped to cd and listening now.

Brilliant, uplifting music!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on July 13, 2013, 09:04:22 AM
Split the thread.  Make this one about physical disks.  I have no need for MP3s and don't download.
Title: Re:The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread (Suggestion)
Post by: flyingdutchman on July 13, 2013, 09:06:33 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 12, 2013, 08:35:18 AM
May I make a suggestion to help the resolve the question of posting MP3s

If you're posting an MP3 bargain, add (MP3) at the end of the subject line.
If you're posting a CD bargain add (CD) at the end of the subject line.

The result will appear similar to how I added (Suggestion) to the subject line of this post.   
That way,  the posts can easily sort themselves out, and those of us who don't want MP3s will know which posts to skip over.  Those who are purely interested in MP3 will similarly know which posts to skip over. 

I suppose the time to start a distinct thread for download bargains will come, and we'll know it's the right time when MP3 downloaders start to complain about all the posts regarding CD bargains which are cluttering up this thread  :P

This thread was hijacked by downloaders unfortunately.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 13, 2013, 09:50:08 AM
Bargains are bargains. We who download have not "hijacked" the thread, thank you very much.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on July 13, 2013, 10:27:14 AM
This thread was started and for most of the pages was about physical discs.  Pages and pages about physical discs.  Only until recently has it devolved into being about MP3s.  It has been hijacked and that's unfortunate because when I come here I want to know what physical discs are on sale, not some cheap, low-rez version of a recording.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 13, 2013, 10:38:39 AM
It was started in 2007 when downloads weren't much of an issue, but there has never been specification by the OP of media, so all talk of hiijacking is an gross overreaction. I am not interested in downloads, but have never found their mention here to be much of a nuisance.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 13, 2013, 11:36:45 AM
As someone who is format agnostic, my experience with classical music is that there are far more bargains in the cd realm than there are in the downloads realm.  This naturally implies that most of the posts on this thread will be about cds... and they are.

I'm not interested in some of the bargains that people go gaga, like random asian I haven't heard of plays Beethoven for a nickel.  But I don't throw a fit if someone posts.  What is so hard about ignoring posts regarding bargains you don't care for?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 13, 2013, 11:40:26 AM
Not that this wasn't a bargain to begin with, but with the recent Chandos offers going on at the UK stores, this has truly reached SDCB status.

Lydia Mordkovitch and Gerhard Oppitz play the violin sonatas of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms (no F-A-E), Fauré and Prokofiev.

Depending on where you want it to be shipped, it might be cheaper to get it through either MDT or Europdisc, or the latter's MP store.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006ANZT/?tag=goodmusicguideco-21

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 13, 2013, 11:44:12 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 13, 2013, 11:36:45 AM
I'm not interested in some of the bargains that people go gaga, like random asian I haven't heard of plays Beethoven for a nickel.

Actually, it should be of interest, considering that it's a performer you haven't heard (and therefore, don't wish to spend a lot of money on) and it's inexpensive. Makes good sense, don't you think?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 13, 2013, 11:47:43 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 13, 2013, 11:36:45 AMI don't throw a fit if someone posts.  What is so hard about ignoring posts regarding bargains you don't care for?

Exactly. This. I'm not much interested in Bach bargains, so should I complain when people post those? The purpose of this thread is not to make every bargain posted exactly suited to your personal tastes. It's to post all the cheapest bargains we can find, so that if you want to buy them you can, and if you don't, you don't.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 13, 2013, 12:39:04 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 13, 2013, 12:49:42 AM
You can find those at your nearest parallel universe.

I tried that, but they charge you to use the entry portal - so it ends up costing more than Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 13, 2013, 02:14:38 PM
I don't find anything about this thread unfortunate at all.

Well, maybe that I cannot (or, should not) buy all the bargains which are suggested....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on July 13, 2013, 05:26:28 PM
Personally, I find it an inconvenience that MP3 and CD bargains are now mixed together because in most cases there is nothing to distinguish between the two until you follow the link and wait for Amazon to load the bargain in question.  It takes some amount of time find out whether a CD or MP3 is involved.  I've found myself not paying attention to the thread because it isn't worth the time it takes up, given that most of the bargains now turn out to be irrelevant to me.  (Actually, the last three pages seems to mainly be concerned with whether MP3 bargains should have their own thread.)

Having a thread for each media type seems sensible to me, since the relevant one would pop to the top of the listen whenever the corresponding bargain was posted.  However, that doesn't seem to be an option, since in the past MP3 bargain threads have been merged into the existing bargains thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 13, 2013, 11:00:40 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on July 13, 2013, 05:26:28 PM
Personally, I find it an inconvenience that MP3 and CD bargains are now mixed together because in most cases there is nothing to distinguish between the two until you follow the link and wait for Amazon to load the bargain in question.  It takes some amount of time find out whether a CD or MP3 is involved.  I've found myself not paying attention to the thread because it isn't worth the time it takes up, given that most of the bargains now turn out to be irrelevant to me.  (Actually, the last three pages seems to mainly be concerned with whether MP3 bargains should have their own thread.) Having a thread for each media type seems sensible to me, since the relevant one would pop to the top of the listen whenever the corresponding bargain was posted.

Finally, we're discussing the real issue at hand. And you've been able to come up with the first argument in favour of separate threads that actually makes sense.
(Full disclosure: I personally don't use downloads as a format.)

QuoteHowever, that doesn't seem to be an option, since in the past MP3 bargain threads have been merged into the existing bargains thread.

Oops, we're back to square one again.... I do not see the point of your persistent insinuations about the moderating. Please stick to what you know instead of making biased assumptions.

FYI there was only the one, small, defunct, MP3 bargains thread. There has never been a policy the eliminate such threads - it's rather the mirror image: the general thread was never restricted to CDs, so any posts on MP3s were not eliminated. It is only when someone pointed the small defunct thread out as the appropriate thread to post MP3 bargains and thereby declaring this thread off limits, that IMO a confusing situation arose about the fact whether MP3 posts were allowed or not, hence the merger. To maintain the status quo, I might ad.

But I'll take the argument of recognizability into consideration, if others members feel the same. It could mean that this thread would have to be policed to move posts about MP3s.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 14, 2013, 12:34:44 AM
Quote from: Que on July 13, 2013, 11:00:40 PM
Finally, we're discussing the real issue at hand. And you've been able to come up with the first argument in favour of separate threads that actually makes sense.

Q

Ahem...
Quote
Quote from: Opus106 on June 11, 2013, 07:41:06 AM
But if I remember correctly, the downloads bargain thread was started at the request of a few members (including yours truly), so that CD buyers weren't disappointed to find MP3 deals when they saw a new post here. ;D

Quote from: Que on June 11, 2013, 08:24:22 AM
I'm sure they'll survive the shock... ;)

Q

I framed it in a different way, that's all.



Quote from: Que on July 13, 2013, 11:00:40 PM
It is only when someone pointed the small defunct thread out as the appropriate thread to post MP3 bargains and thereby declaring this thread off limits, that IMO a confusing situation arose about the fact whether MP3 posts were allowed or not, hence the merger.
Q

Please go back to read my original post (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,4431.msg721692.html#msg721692), Que -- I didn't declare, explicitly or otherwise, this thread "off limits" to MP3 bargains when I posted the link to the other thread. Another member wanted to know where that thread was.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 14, 2013, 12:54:24 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 14, 2013, 12:34:44 AM
Please go back to read my original post (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,4431.msg721692.html#msg721692), Que -- I didn't declare, explicitly or otherwise, this thread "off limits" to MP3 bargains when I posted the link to the other thread. Another member wanted to know where that thread was.

I obviously remembered incorrectly, point taken, my bad. :)


I have reversed the merger and reinstate the oh so desired separate thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,18740.0.html), as an experiment - to quote Scarpia. May it prosper...


Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread [mp3]
Post by: Karl Henning on July 14, 2013, 09:51:11 AM
At $5.99 (http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Piano-Music-VoxBox-Edition/dp/B00CC9JWM4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1UC85UFAEU07C&coliid=ITB7NV8N4BWAU), one could argue there's no risk . . . but does anyone have an opinion on the Vox Box Chopin?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread [mp3]
Post by: Todd on July 14, 2013, 09:57:02 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 14, 2013, 09:51:11 AMAt $5.99 (http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Piano-Music-VoxBox-Edition/dp/B00CC9JWM4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1UC85UFAEU07C&coliid=ITB7NV8N4BWAU), one could argue there's no risk . . . but does anyone have an opinion on the Vox Box Chopin?



The Simon solo stuff (I haven't heard the concertos) and Moravec selections are top-shelf Chopin to my ears.  Klien strikes me more as a Germanic rep type of guy, but I can't imagine anything he recorded being poorly played.  At $6 for these artists, it's hard to see a downside.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 14, 2013, 10:01:26 AM
Thank you, sieur!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on July 15, 2013, 03:40:31 AM
Returning to my post of 7th June:-

'I have been alerted via the Bon Plans blog to bargains at Diverdi.com.  Spanish site but it does work in English.  60% off lots of stuff on the BIS label, and other labels discounted.  I ordered six items including a box set of 15 discs, all came to about 48euros plus 10 for delivery to the UK.  Prices when I completed the order were less than shown on the offer page. '

I have today eventually received a parcel from Diverdi containing 4 of the 6 items ordered.  I raised a dispute with Paypal last week as I had had no response to an email I sent Diverdi asking why I had heard nothing from them.  They replied that my order was about to be sent out, minus two discs that were sold out.  I have now replied, via Paypal requesting a refund for those two items.

Did anyone else order from them?  What happened?

Apologies if I have got anyone else into awkwardness.

Phil.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 15, 2013, 10:46:11 AM
selections ltd (regis records) have reduced some stuff on amazon, and probably on their own web site..

[asin]B0017HFRFI[/asin]
4.99 plus p&p

[asin]B004W5MNR2[/asin]
6.99 plus p&p
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 16, 2013, 12:18:21 AM
Another great spot Nav, just a quick thank you  ;D   

[asin]B00006ANZT[/asin]
Ordered it just after you posted it up, I'm expecting it to be here this evenining when I get home.

Jut  ;) Stenhammar's works are really great, I only discovered these myself about 4 months ago.  Very enjoyable set.  Listeing pile duly replenished  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 16, 2013, 01:17:20 AM
Must also thank Nav the #1 deal finder :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on July 16, 2013, 05:41:09 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 16, 2013, 12:18:21 AM
Another great spot Nav, just a quick thank you  ;D   

[asin]B00006ANZT[/asin]
Ordered it just after you posted it up, I'm expecting it to be here this evenining when I get home.

Jut  ;) Stenhammar's works are really great, I only discovered these myself about 4 months ago.  Very enjoyable set.  Listeing pile duly replenished  8)

Mordkovich has a miraculously silky tone.  She has numerous other recordings not collected in that set which are well worth the price, even if they are not super-bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 16, 2013, 05:43:05 AM
Our Alan has, e.g., spoken most highly of her recording of the Elgar Op.82, and with justifiable confidence.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 16, 2013, 05:46:14 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 16, 2013, 12:18:21 AM
Another great spot Nav, just a quick thank you  ;D   

[asin]B00006ANZT[/asin]
Ordered it just after you posted it up, I'm expecting it to be here this evenining when I get home.

Not at all a deal-breaker, but I could not help a slight pang of regret that the second CD is so short, especially as there is more Prokofiev for vn/pf (or vn solo).

All the same, a wonderful four-CD program.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 16, 2013, 05:55:15 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 16, 2013, 05:46:14 AM
Not at all a deal-breaker, but I could not help a slight pang of regret that the second CD is so short, especially as there is more Prokofiev for vn/pf (or vn solo).

All the same, a wonderful four-CD program.


Such a decent bargain me thinks.  Main reason for me buying it is the Prokofiev as its been years since I last heard these works with Milstein on vinyl, warped vinyl at that.  One of those where the needle surfs on the record!!

Then my amp with the phono stage konked out and my Denon, Sony & long gone Technics (remember them)...well they came without a phono stage.  I guess I could get it on cd, but with this set its buy one get three free  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 16, 2013, 07:01:19 AM
Decent, and more than decent, Tony!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 16, 2013, 07:25:00 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 16, 2013, 12:18:21 AM
Another great spot Nav, just a quick thank you  ;D   

[asin]B00006ANZT[/asin]

Quote from: jut1972 on July 16, 2013, 01:17:20 AM
Must also thank Nav the #1 deal finder :)

You're welcome.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread [mp3]
Post by: Karl Henning on July 18, 2013, 07:49:45 AM
Thanks in part to Gordon's post here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21760.msg728038.html#msg728038), I learnt that Bart van Oort's survey of the Mozart piano sonatas can be had for nine smackers (http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Complete-Piano-Sonatas/dp/B00BYTMPDG/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374159004&sr=301-2).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 18, 2013, 11:05:29 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on July 18, 2013, 08:42:41 AM
But isn't that a download?

;)

But we can't do much about Karl's retaliatory posts. :P


(And even if the title of the post is changed, the edit won't show when one's looking at the list of unread threads.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 18, 2013, 12:06:02 PM
What a cool idea!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread [mp3]
Post by: stingo on July 18, 2013, 12:45:30 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 18, 2013, 07:49:45 AM
Thanks in part to Gordon's post here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21760.msg728038.html#msg728038), I learnt that Bart van Oort's survey of the Mozart piano sonatas can be had for nine smackers (http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Complete-Piano-Sonatas/dp/B00BYTMPDG/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374159004&sr=301-2).

Thanks in part to Mr. Henning's post, I learned that the Reger collection is available for $8.99 (MP3) at Amazon.

Thead duty: It's also available at $36.81 for 11 CDs

[asin]B00BI8SF7S[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 18, 2013, 12:57:04 PM
Quote from: sanantonio on July 18, 2013, 11:36:35 AM
it could have been changed to Karl's Big Adventure for all I knew.

I'd vote for that manifesto.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on July 18, 2013, 01:01:51 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on July 18, 2013, 12:57:04 PM
I'd vote for that manifesto.

I would propose a slight change: Karl's Excellent Adventure.

A tribute to that classic titled Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.  8)
Title: Re: Karl's unexpected adventure
Post by: North Star on July 18, 2013, 02:18:23 PM
There it is, and there's nothing you can do about it...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 18, 2013, 03:27:43 PM
You guys are the best party in the world :)
Title: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 18, 2013, 06:21:28 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/19/adanered.jpg)

Not only at bargain price, but could be in your mailbox in less than 650 years.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 18, 2013, 09:09:46 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 18, 2013, 06:21:28 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/19/adanered.jpg)

Not only at bargain price, but could be in your mailbox in less than 650 years.

This is hilarious. :) I needed a good laugh today. Kudos, Greg. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on July 19, 2013, 01:09:02 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 18, 2013, 06:21:28 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/19/adanered.jpg)

Not only at bargain price, but could be in your mailbox in less than 650 years.
But that's business days, so could take over 900 years  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on July 19, 2013, 05:20:08 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 18, 2013, 06:21:28 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/19/adanered.jpg)

Not only at bargain price, but could be in your mailbox in less than 650 years.

This is the only box that has the eighth symphony, right?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 19, 2013, 05:28:46 AM
Wicked!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 19, 2013, 10:09:01 AM
And it's listed as "used-good".  Imagine what the price would be if it was brand new!*




*Actually,  $11.49.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 19, 2013, 11:14:23 AM
That's that silly software gone wild crap. Volume 3 of the Schuppanzigh's Haydn quartets has the same price, same delivery time. Shipping from Arizona USA though. These sellers can't be bothered to actually price stuff themselves, they prefer to rely on buggy software to do it for them. Thus they don't sell it. As I understand, the issue cascades when one pricer sees another one screw up, it is programed to prove that it is even more wonky than the first.  ::)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 19, 2013, 11:24:40 AM
Even the big sellers screw up Gurn.  I had a zoverstocks CD go from £2 to £800...
I took it out of my basket in case I clicked checkout by mistake  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 19, 2013, 12:17:32 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on July 19, 2013, 11:24:40 AM
Even the big sellers screw up Gurn.  I had a zoverstocks CD go from £2 to £800...
I took it out of my basket in case I clicked checkout by mistake  :P
A wise precaution!

But that one is positively a steal compared to this one: http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Piano-Concerto-No-1/dp/B000003R1X/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1374264888&sr=1-1&keywords=tchaikovsky (http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Piano-Concerto-No-1/dp/B000003R1X/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1374264888&sr=1-1&keywords=tchaikovsky): $12,182.11 new and 18,077.36 used. For that price, you don't even get a cd cover!  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 19, 2013, 12:45:48 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 19, 2013, 12:17:32 PM
A wise precaution!

But that one is positively a steal compared to this one: http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Piano-Concerto-No-1/dp/B000003R1X/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1374264888&sr=1-1&keywords=tchaikovsky (http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Piano-Concerto-No-1/dp/B000003R1X/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1374264888&sr=1-1&keywords=tchaikovsky): $12,182.11 new and 18,077.36 used. For that price, you don't even get a cd cover!  :laugh:

And the $18k used disc is only "gently used" so it's a steal no doubt.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on July 19, 2013, 02:53:32 PM
but the "artists" (performers?)...
Tchaikovsky (Artist), Beethoven (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 19, 2013, 06:45:43 PM
Quote from: listener on July 19, 2013, 02:53:32 PM
but the "artists" (performers?)...
Tchaikovsky (Artist), Beethoven (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Speculation--Beethoven is the pianist, and Tchaikovsky conducted.  Orchestra is whomever you prefer.  This would at least justify the price for a one of a kind recording.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 20, 2013, 10:30:06 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 19, 2013, 06:45:43 PM
Speculation--Beethoven is the pianist, and Tchaikovsky conducted.  Orchestra is whomever you prefer.  This would at least justify the price for a one of a kind recording.
Ha!

I speculate that it is a version of this one:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-8hHwBsaL._SY300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: 71 dB on July 20, 2013, 02:18:32 PM
Zoverstocks sells these "used - very good" for £2.08 (Amazon.co.uk Marketplace)   ???
They had "only 12 copies left" when I ordered mine.

[asin]B000EHPY1E[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 22, 2013, 06:53:48 AM
Browsing Amazon late last night, found out by chance that Naxos Direct UK are having a sale/cull of quite a few interesting Marco Polo & Da Capo recordings.

If interested click on the link, this is one of ten I've ordered.  Anyway, all the Naxos Direct UK 'sale bargains' on the above two labels are for £1 each. 

Possibly the best way to search is via Amazon Classical, type in the word Marco Polo then sort by Price: Low to High...all the recordings are there for £1 which are available.  Do the same search with Da Capo then sort by Price: Low to High...there's many a composer whom I haven't heard (yet) and its great window shopping.

[asin]B000024OCP[/asin]
Danish composers Karl Aage Rasmussen and Bent Sorenson, quartets played by the Arditti Qtet.
Example Link : Arditti Quartet 2cd set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/String-Quartets-Arditti-Quartet-Rasmussen/dp/B000024OCP/ref=sr_1_44?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1374503280&sr=1-44&keywords=da+capo)

There's probably over 40 cds at £1 so it would have taken an age to link them all up.

Here's what I bought first time round.

Bentzon, Symphonies 3 & 4
Gade, Symphonies 3 & 5
Gliere, Symphony 3, Ilya Murometz
JPE Hartmann, Symphonies
Koppel, Moses
Rasmussen, The Ballad of Game and Dream
Rasmussen/Sorensen String Quartets, Arditti
Sternefeld, Mater Dolorosa
Stanchinsky, Piano Works
Tansman, Symphony 5


Hope you find something of interest, there are many modern/avante works there and much unknowns (certainly many unknowns to myself)....might be worth another dip later.   8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 22, 2013, 08:08:15 AM
Quote from: 71 dB on July 20, 2013, 02:18:32 PM
Zoverstocks sells these "used - very good" for £2.08 (Amazon.co.uk Marketplace)   ???
They had "only 12 copies left" when I ordered mine.

[asin]B000EHPY1E[/asin]
This is a superb disc(s) (isn't it a double?); I have it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 23, 2013, 01:28:12 AM
Quote from: 71 dB on July 20, 2013, 02:18:32 PM
Zoverstocks sells these "used - very good" for £2.08 (Amazon.co.uk Marketplace)   ???
They had "only 12 copies left" when I ordered mine.

[asin]B000EHPY1E[/asin]

I ordered mine just the other day, prior to your post.  They only had 1 copy left after my order.  (2 Super Audio set)

Great 'heads up'
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: 71 dB on July 23, 2013, 01:39:06 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 23, 2013, 01:28:12 AM
I ordered mine just the other day, prior to your post.  They only had 1 copy left after my order.  (2 Super Audio set)

Great 'heads up'

I posted here immediately after I had purchased my copy, so about 10 copies have been sold in minutes.  ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 26, 2013, 06:47:55 AM
Arrived today from zoverstocks, described Used - Very Good (they use this terminology for everything),
when in fact, the 2 sacd set is in "As New/Mint" condition...great heads up for £2.

I see the price is now something rediculous at £600 new, £485 used  ???

[asin]B000EHPY1E[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: 71 dB on July 26, 2013, 07:28:32 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 26, 2013, 06:47:55 AM
Arrived today from zoverstocks, described Used - Very Good (they use this terminology for everything),
when in fact, the 2 sacd set is in "As New/Mint" condition...great heads up for £2.

Good to hear this. My copy hasn't arrived yet...

Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 26, 2013, 06:47:55 AMI see the price is now something ridiculous at £600 new, £485 used  ???

[asin]B000EHPY1E[/asin]

Holy cow, you are right about that! From £2.08 to £485.50 in a week! Pretty insane!  ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 26, 2013, 08:28:42 AM
Discophages blog is reporting the Brilliant Classics Haydn Edition is 73 euro from Amazon Germany.   They also have the Mozart and Bach editions for the same price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 26, 2013, 11:21:22 AM
This superb disc is still available at Hyperions Pleae buy me sale for a fiver (£), but probably not for long:

(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/034571175874.png)

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67587            &vw=dc (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67587 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20&vw=dc)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 27, 2013, 07:32:57 AM
What does Hyperion charge for shipping to the US? I couldn't find it on their site.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 27, 2013, 07:34:48 AM
Just go through the motions of ordering and you will see. If you don't like what you see, don't finalize the order. To Norway shipping is free.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on July 27, 2013, 07:42:57 AM
Quote from: stingo on July 27, 2013, 07:32:57 AM
What does Hyperion charge for shipping to the US? I couldn't find it on their site.

Nothing, for a total of £6 or more. If it's less than that, they'll add how much ever is required to bring the total to six, and label that amount as P&P. (Oh, and I'm pretty sure that this is their policy regardless of destination.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 27, 2013, 09:55:31 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on July 27, 2013, 07:42:57 AM
Nothing, for a total of £6 or more. If it's less than that, they'll add how much ever is required to bring the total to six, and label that amount as P&P. (Oh, and I'm pretty sure that this is their policy regardless of destination.)

Interesting. I think Hyperion's going to be seeing more orders from me in the future. (I did order the Rubbra/Walton CD.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 29, 2013, 10:48:01 AM
George Szell twofer on Andante

Szell-Andante 2cd set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/George-Szell-conducts-Beethoven-Bruckner/dp/B000AY2JS2/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1375122854&sr=1-11&keywords=Szell)

[asin]B000AY2JS2[/asin]
Under the used tab, bargainbookstores. £1.66 used, they are new and sealed.  Described As New.

Sound is good for the time, just don't expect Sacd  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on July 30, 2013, 12:40:50 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 29, 2013, 10:48:01 AM
George Szell twofer on Andante

Szell-Andante 2cd set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/George-Szell-conducts-Beethoven-Bruckner/dp/B000AY2JS2/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1375122854&sr=1-11&keywords=Szell)

[asin]B000AY2JS2[/asin]
Under the used tab, bargainbookstores. £1.66 used, they are new and sealed.  Described As New.

Sound is good for the time, just don't expect Sacd  ;)

It's just $0.01 from the same seller at Amazon.com!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000AY2JS2/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 30, 2013, 04:24:49 AM
Dinnerstein - Bach & Schubert (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Something-Almost-Being-Said-Schubert/dp/B0062EKXJ6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1375186665&sr=8-4&keywords=dinnerstein)

[asin]B0062EKXJ6[/asin]
This for six/seven pennies new, interesting punt....nothing lost.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 30, 2013, 04:28:13 AM
Quote from: hafod on July 30, 2013, 12:40:50 AM
It's just $0.01 from the same seller at Amazon.com!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000AY2JS2/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

For me in the UK it was £2.92 delivered.  Or via USA = $4.00.  Is that about the same? Can't complain either way  8)

Great deal if you get it Stateside for a cent  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 30, 2013, 07:26:26 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 30, 2013, 04:24:49 AM
Dinnerstein - Bach & Schubert (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Something-Almost-Being-Said-Schubert/dp/B0062EKXJ6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1375186665&sr=8-4&keywords=dinnerstein)

[asin]B0062EKXJ6[/asin]
This for six/seven pennies new, interesting punt....nothing lost.

Actually, much gained.  I bought it when it had just come out.  Not one of the greatest recordings of either Schubert or Bach, but certainly not a bad investment even at (more or less) full price. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 31, 2013, 12:48:44 PM
In line with the notes on Hyperion, they've expanded the selection of their "Please, Someone Buy Me" as their Summer Sale (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1016&vw=dc).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 02, 2013, 04:58:06 AM
Lots of good things for UK purchasers from selections.com (http://selections.com) (who also sell via Amazon UK marketplace, so perhaps will deliver elsewhere through that route) including:

http://www.selections.com/violinists-great-artists-10cds.html (http://www.selections.com/violinists-great-artists-10cds.html)

which gets a very thorough review here:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/June11/Violinists_9201.htm (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/June11/Violinists_9201.htm)

and the (to me) unmissable http://www.selections.com/venetian-vespers-5cds.html (http://www.selections.com/venetian-vespers-5cds.html)

Also Tallis complete works for £14.99, Shostakovich and Richard Strauss Editions for £42.  Etc.

DF

Edit: Don't know where I got the idea that they don't deliver internationally.  They do.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 02, 2013, 05:19:47 AM
Quote from: DaveF on August 02, 2013, 04:58:06 AM
Edit: Don't know where I got the idea that they don't deliver internationally.  They do.

Might have had something to do with I said sometime back: their Marketplace store-front ships to only UK addresses. :)

Thanks for the alert, anyway. They seem to have good international postage rates (not sure if it applies on a 'per CD' or 'per item' basis) (Confused surcharge for postage). UPDATE: The P&P is quite reasonable, actually.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 02, 2013, 12:26:19 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on August 02, 2013, 05:19:47 AM
Might have had something to do with I said sometime back: their Marketplace store-front ships to only UK addresses. :)

Yeah, your fault, no doubt.

Does that mean you bought something?

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 02, 2013, 12:36:26 PM
Quote from: DaveF on August 02, 2013, 12:26:19 PM
Does that mean you bought something?

DF

Not yet. I simply had to select a country name at their pre-check-out page, and even without filling in the other mandatory fields, the postage was generated automatically.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on August 03, 2013, 12:34:34 PM
Two Bach Bargains:  Some Amazon sellers seems to have gotten into a reverse bidding war (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000037DS/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&colid=4O8DLLEU7LOW&coliid=I3R44N8VR9C9V9&me=&seller=) over Bowyer's first volume in his integral of Bach's organ works, the end result being that there are copies (new and used) going for around $2 + shipping.

Meanwhile, ClassicalMusicSuperstore has copies of the Brilliant Bach Edition (http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Complete-Edition-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B0040T7CFS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375561777&sr=8-1&keywords=bach+brilliant) back in stock and they're selling them for $114 each with free super saver shipping.  It's not the cheapest I've ever seen the set, but it's pretty damn good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on August 04, 2013, 05:03:56 PM
Harmonia Mundi's 'Luxurious Limited Edition Box Set'  ::) of Baroque opera is available for pre-order on Amazon.co.uk for the somewhat arbitrary sum of £46.73 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DHCJLWG/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DHCJLWG/)

The only other place I can find it is Amazon.de for €82.99 - no idea the actual RRP. Contents are given on the Harmonia Mundi website - http://asp.zone-secure.net/v2/index.jsp?id=1393/1778/5744&lng=en (http://asp.zone-secure.net/v2/index.jsp?id=1393/1778/5744&lng=en) (link takes you to the HM autumn catalogue, click through to page 19 for details)

That's 17 complete operas across 39 CDs, 3 DVDs and 1 CD-ROM - expect numerous duplication of the operas included in other Baroque Harmonia Mundi box sets, another repackaging of Jacob's Giulio Cesare and a couple of OOP rarities, all sans proper libretti  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 04, 2013, 10:03:53 PM
Quote from: ammar on August 04, 2013, 05:03:56 PM
Harmonia Mundi's 'Luxurious Limited Edition Box Set'  ::) of Baroque opera is available for pre-order on Amazon.co.uk for the somewhat arbitrary sum of £46.73 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DHCJLWG/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DHCJLWG/)

The only other place I can find it is Amazon.de for €82.99 - no idea the actual RRP. Contents are given on the Harmonia Mundi website - http://asp.zone-secure.net/v2/index.jsp?id=1393/1778/5744&lng=en (http://asp.zone-secure.net/v2/index.jsp?id=1393/1778/5744&lng=en) (link takes you to the HM autumn catalogue, click through to page 19 for details)

That's 17 complete operas across 39 CDs, 3 DVDs and 1 CD-ROM - expect numerous duplication of the operas included in other Baroque Harmonia Mundi box sets, another repackaging of Jacob's Giulio Cesare and a couple of OOP rarities, all sans proper libretti  :)


It even includes a CD-ROM, presumably with all the libretti? :o Well, if that is the case, even I might seriously consider this one.... :D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on August 04, 2013, 10:23:13 PM
RRP is 69.99 GBP.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 04, 2013, 10:58:31 PM
I don't have Campra's Idomenee, neither do I have the the supplementary CD or the Giulio Cesare DVD, but that's about it.....I'll pass.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on August 04, 2013, 11:56:35 PM
Quote from: Que on August 04, 2013, 10:03:53 PM

It even includes a CD-ROM, presumably with all the libretti? :o Well, if that is the case, even I might seriously consider this one.... :D

Q

The 'Lumieres' box includes the libretti of the three operas from the set in a CD-ROM. As for I've seen, HM (along with Hyperion, perhaps) delivers the goods, even when they're just repackaging old material in a new box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 04, 2013, 11:59:11 PM
The Decca opera reissues ("the opera company" series) includes very good downloadable libretti I've discovered. I've just downloaded Boris Godunov and "Kitezh" libretti, and they're very readable.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on August 05, 2013, 03:00:46 AM

Quote from: Que on August 04, 2013, 10:03:53 PM

It even includes a CD-ROM, presumably with all the libretti? :o Well, if that is the case, even I might seriously consider this one.... :D

Q

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I consider eLibretti 'improper'.

Quote from: The new erato on August 04, 2013, 11:59:11 PM
The Decca opera reissues ("the opera company" series) includes very good downloadable libretti I've discovered. I've just downloaded Boris Godunov and "Kitezh" libretti, and they're very readable.

Perhaps for any future CD super-bargains with a downloadable element we could have a third SDCB thread, allowing for deals that mix the corporeal/incorporeal :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 05, 2013, 10:50:37 PM
Quote from: The new erato on August 04, 2013, 10:58:31 PM
I don't have Campra's Idomenee, neither do I have the the supplementary CD or the Giulio Cesare DVD, but that's about it.....I'll pass.

I guess in this case I'm lucky to leg behind  ;D : I have already Telemann's Orpheus (no big deal BTW), Lully's Atys, and Jacob's Giulio Cesare, but that is here on DVD

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 08, 2013, 08:54:32 AM
I ordered the Baroque Opera box from Amazon UK to the USA. With shipping it came to 42 pounds, about $67. USA customers get a break on the VAT so it comes out less thatn the posted price for UK customers.

FYI Harmonia Mundi puts the libretti on a CD rom. A bit of a pain but better than paying a lot for the paper.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 08, 2013, 08:57:34 AM
Presto has a contents listing for the Baroque Opera box http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Harmonia%2BMundi/HMX2908658%252F99
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 08, 2013, 09:08:47 AM
Anda Mozart concerti for as low as $35 http://www.amazon.com/Piano-Concertos-W-A-Mozart/dp/B00004YZ36/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_12

and on fortepian Sofronitsky for about $40  http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Fortepiano-Concerto-Viviana-Sofronitsky/dp/B004M5BZR6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1375981678&sr=1-1&keywords=sofronitsky+mozart

both splendid and very diferent!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 08, 2013, 10:42:45 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 08, 2013, 09:08:47 AM
and on fortepian Sofronitsky for about $40  http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Fortepiano-Concerto-Viviana-Sofronitsky/dp/B004M5BZR6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1375981678&sr=1-1&keywords=sofronitsky+mozart

Now that really is a bargain. I paid what seemed at the time like a fortune for my set on its initial release, but even so it was worth every penny. I loved her whole approach from the outset - but the set has polarised opinion. Much as I wanted to love Immerseel's set of PCs (I admire the man's Beethoven symphonies so much), I just found them too polite. But Viviana rocks; and if you want an in-your-face HIP interpretation that bristles with life, and if listening to some samples doesn't turn you off, she ought to be worth a try at this price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 08, 2013, 06:35:43 PM
Gunter Wand: The Great Recordings (28 CDs) $45 through a 3rd party Amazon seller
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Recordings-Gunter-Wand/dp/B0069EOZT8/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 10, 2013, 09:45:54 AM
Happily I paid 20 something for Sofronitsky. I think it's a terrific set, but I like Joss too. I grew up on some of the Anda. In Canada the Ashkenazy set is around for about 30 to 40 if you look.

Grigorian has a page of Canada only sets http://grigorian.ca/webstore/portlet_dynamic.php?portlet_id=903
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 11, 2013, 10:47:10 AM
Lumieres box going for $33 at an Amazon vendor http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005BZBY1I/ref=sr_1_9_np_1_main_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1376246719&sr=1-9&condition=new
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 11, 2013, 10:56:30 AM
Dowland box from Naxos, $2 http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000UTOLEM/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on August 11, 2013, 11:12:55 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 11, 2013, 10:56:30 AM
Dowland box from Naxos, $2 http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000UTOLEM/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
You have your choice of getting it new for $1.99, or get it used for $76.76!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on August 11, 2013, 11:15:07 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 11, 2013, 10:56:30 AM
Dowland box from Naxos, $2 http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000UTOLEM/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Shouldn't this be in the download bargains thread?  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 11, 2013, 11:38:25 AM
Telemann edition $47 http://www.amazon.com/Telemann-Edition-Georg-Philipp/dp/B004D3BPH2/ref=pd_sim_m_3  it's good not great

Anyone know the Boccherini box?

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 11, 2013, 05:25:55 PM
I have the Boccherini box and I like it, but I don't have a lot of other versions in my collection to compare it to.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 13, 2013, 01:04:52 PM
Vol 2 & 4 of this excellent series is now available on Hyperion Records summer sale:
(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/034571176727.png)

Not to mention very fine Walton and Prokofiev discs.....

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1016&vw=dc (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1016&vw=dc)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on August 15, 2013, 08:28:52 AM
Richard Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Swarowsky. AmazonUK £17.41.
(Released 2nd September)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Wagner-Nibelungen-Hans-Swarowsky/dp/B00DIW72QW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1376557380&sr=1-1&keywords=wagner+swarowsky
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 16, 2013, 07:25:22 AM
Angeles Quartet complete Haydn going for good prices http://www.amazon.com/Collector-Edition-Complete-String-Quartets/dp/B007CW2FGG/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1376666431&sr=8-11&keywords=haydn+quartets+box An excellent set. Avoid the Aeolian.

Arrau's Beethoven sonatas for about $40 http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Complete-Sonatas-Collectors-Edition/dp/B007CW2FCA/ref=pd_sim_m_6

Brendel's magnificent Schubert set for about $20. http://www.amazon.com/Schubert-Musicaux-Impromptus-Wanderer-Fantasia/dp/B0042LJTQO/ref=pd_sim_m_5 You want this even if you have Kempff.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on August 16, 2013, 07:31:32 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 16, 2013, 07:25:22 AM
Angeles Quartet complete Haydn going for good prices http://www.amazon.com/Collector-Edition-Complete-String-Quartets/dp/B007CW2FGG/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1376666431&sr=8-11&keywords=haydn+quartets+box An excellent set. Avoid the Aeolian.

Arrau's Beethoven sonatas for about $40 http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Complete-Sonatas-Collectors-Edition/dp/B007CW2FCA/ref=pd_sim_m_6

Brendel's magnificent Schubert set for about $20. http://www.amazon.com/Schubert-Musicaux-Impromptus-Wanderer-Fantasia/dp/B0042LJTQO/ref=pd_sim_m_5 You want this even if you have Kempff.

I fully agree with the highlighted comments.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 16, 2013, 08:42:58 AM
I liked the Aeolian Beethoven when I had it but I sold their Haydn at a loss just to get rid of it. The sound is poor, the ensemble is often a bit rough, and the lead violin is often quite wayward. Most over at Amazon like it, but we're pickier here!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 23, 2013, 05:22:04 AM
At $9.49 for the download, I consider this super-duper cheap for “Papa's” complete Piano Sonatas:

[asin]B00BHEG6CO[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on September 02, 2013, 05:04:07 AM
This:

[asin]B000GFKUEK[/asin]

Six discs, nine dollars (from a marketplace seller).  It's on the Membrane label, which is sometimes described as dicey, but the samples seem to indicate vivid performances in good sound. 

I wish I could find Pachelbel's organ works for an attractive price.  Some volumes of the Dorian set are cheap, others are out of print and very expensive.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 02, 2013, 05:51:39 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 02, 2013, 05:04:07 AM
This:

[asin]B000GFKUEK[/asin]

Six discs, nine dollars (from a marketplace seller).  It's on the Membrane label, which is sometimes described as dicey, but the samples seem to indicate vivid performances in good sound. 

Nine!!! :o Got my copy for six, a few years ago. ;D It's licensed, BTW, from Classico Records.

QuoteI wish I could find Pachelbel's organ works for an attractive price.  Some volumes of the Dorian set are cheap, others are out of print and very expensive.

CPO has released a 5-CD box -- and that's just the first volume. Haven't heard it, though. Perhaps something to include in the next JPC order? ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on September 02, 2013, 06:14:28 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 02, 2013, 05:51:39 AMCPO has released a 5-CD box -- and that's just the first volume. Haven't heard it, though. Perhaps something to include in the next JPC order? ;)

That looks interesting.  I saw "volume 1" on an Amazon search and assumed it was a single disc.  The Dorian cycle is 11 discs in total, so it seems like they could be done with it in two volumes of this size. 

My only qualm is that the list of contents seems to suggest this volume is mainly liturgical music, and what I am interested in are preludes and fugues.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on September 02, 2013, 10:11:02 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on September 02, 2013, 05:04:07 AM
This:

[asin]B000GFKUEK[/asin]

the samples seem to indicate vivid performances in good sound


Amd they certainly are.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Willoughby earl of Itacarius on September 02, 2013, 10:17:37 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on September 02, 2013, 10:11:02 AM
Amd they certainly are.

Seconded.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on September 05, 2013, 05:04:35 AM
Quote from: listener on July 08, 2013, 01:04:43 AM
the 15-disc Yves NAT set for $Cdn16.63    at amazon.ca

Arrived today. So great - thank you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 09, 2013, 01:27:37 PM
I picked up the Spangg Hansen Buxtehude years ago for $6. The sound is excellent. The performances are a bit free and sometimes seem a bit odd. But you won't regret it for $9!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on September 13, 2013, 01:31:50 AM
Not quite a super bargain, but...

[asin]B001HBX8QO[/asin]
J.S. Bach: COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS [Gerhard Weinberger] (CPO, 22cd)

at Amazon U.S. direct for the odd price of $68.64.  From JPC direct to the USA, I think I comes to ~$74 ex-VAT including shipping.  Still cheaper than everywhere else I have seen.
I have been listening to samples of this for quite a while and I think I might finally take the plunge.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 13, 2013, 01:36:09 AM
Can't see anything for less than $103.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on September 13, 2013, 01:36:38 AM
Quote from: Octave on September 13, 2013, 01:31:50 AM
Not quite a super bargain, but...

[asin]B001HBX8QO[/asin]
J.S. Bach: COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS [Gerhard Weinberger] (CPO, 22cd)

at Amazon U.S. direct for the odd price of $68.64.  From JPC direct to the USA, I think I comes to ~$74 ex-VAT including shipping.  Still cheaper than everywhere else I have seen.
I have been listening to samples of this for quite a while and I think I might finally take the plunge.
Looks like a great choice! (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=638.615)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on September 13, 2013, 01:42:08 AM
Damn, I placed my order minutes ago; I saw several copies still available....Amazoo police must have noticed the discrepancy.  I hack things with my mind.   >:D
I didn't mean to gloat, sorry guys.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 13, 2013, 02:09:47 AM
Quote from: Octave on September 13, 2013, 01:42:08 AM
Damn, I placed my order minutes ago; I saw several copies still available....Amazoo police must have noticed the discrepancy.  I hack things with my mind.   >:D
I didn't mean to gloat, sorry guys.

At least someone got it. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 13, 2013, 09:04:34 AM
Thoughts of JPC bargains reminded me of this set, which several of us got at a super duper cheap price, and now I see (at least on Amazon) it's definitely not cheap.
[asin]B002ZXZJ92[/asin]

A pupil of MC Alain.  The extra CDs represent earlier recordings outside the actual cycle, and a CD of concertos for multiple keyboards played on chamber organs instead of harpsichords; one of Vernet's partners on that CD is Alain herself.
[asin]B00004TRRS[/asin]

Which is actually priced almost as much as the full set!  But at least you can get the single CD used for $20.

At any rate, if you ever see the Vernet at a rational price,  grab it.

ETA: the cover image.  IIRC, that's Frederick of Prussia chasing Augustus of Saxony.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71DqJNw%2B0SL._SL500_SX300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on September 13, 2013, 09:08:28 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 13, 2013, 09:04:34 AM
Thoughts of JPC bargains reminded me of this set, which several of us got at a super duper cheap price, and now I see (at least on Amazon) it's definitely not cheap.
[asin]B002ZXZJ92[/asin]

No need to taunt me in return!   :)
Yes, that Vernet was super enticing, but not at that price.  I will have it someday.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 13, 2013, 10:28:45 AM
It would be cruel of me to say what I paid for the Vernet set. But with shipping it was under $25 ... new.
Anyway, the Leonhardt 15 CD box is going for about 25 on Amazon US at the moment, and the DG complete Debussy is down to about 45.
And this http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Stoltzman-Clarinet-Concertos-Sonatas/dp/B008CG1HRE/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1379096891&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=stolzman+box is going for about $17!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 13, 2013, 10:59:37 AM
Membran has a 10 cd digital box of British symphonic music going for $12
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VRXEXI/sr=1-9/qid=1379098430/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1379098430&seller=&sr=1-9
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 13, 2013, 11:08:15 AM
Quote from: Ken B on September 13, 2013, 10:59:37 AM
Membran has a 10 cd digital box of British symphonic music going for $12
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VRXEXI/sr=1-9/qid=1379098430/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1379098430&seller=&sr=1-9

That is, by the way, the set I was referring to in this post:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22200.msg740211
Quote
Let me take a stab at this; and I'll try to limit myself, with one exception, to composers active in the 20th-21th centuries.

Alan Bush: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
H. Villa-Lobos:  Choros.   Any and all of them.
N. Gade: Symphony No. 4 (that's the exception)
E. Meyer: Quintet for two violins, viola, 'cello, and double bass
Penderecki: Sextet

The Bush I have as part of a set from Membran,  "The British Music Collection".The only recording of the Meyer which I know of is on DG, with Emerson SQ and the composer performing; it's paired with the Emersons playing a quartet by Rorem.
Penderecki I have on a Naxos CD of his (wind oriented) chamber music, but I'm sure there's at least one other recording available.
The Villa Lobos is available as a box set from BIS, and the Gade I have as part of another BIS set.

I would have in fact made an entry for Atterberg's symphonies (another case of any and all of them, as far as I'm concerned) but obviously he's got advocates already on this thread.

ETA:  This being GMG,  Bush is of course a known quantity, with his own thread and all,  starting here:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,10535.msg261350.html#msg261350

The Elgar CD is, IMO, mediocre, and the Delius CD is tedious (there's a melodrama with a really annoying speaker), but the rest ranges from good to outstandingly excellent (the Bush symphony), and at this price, it's worth getting for the Bush symphony alone.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 13, 2013, 11:16:10 AM
Archiv's terrific Baroque Box is available new for under $90 http://www.amazon.com/The-All-Baroque-Box-Monteverdi/dp/B008BP1LS6/ref=pd_cp_m_1 It's superb, but standard rep mostly.

Finally Sony is releasing a complete Fritz Reiner set, 63 discs, but I haven't seen any good prices yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on September 13, 2013, 11:24:17 AM
Quote from: Ken B on September 13, 2013, 11:16:10 AM
Archiv's terrific Baroque Box is available new for under $90 http://www.amazon.com/The-All-Baroque-Box-Monteverdi/dp/B008BP1LS6/ref=pd_cp_m_1 It's superb, but standard rep mostly.

Finally Sony is releasing a complete Fritz Reiner set, 63 discs, but I haven't seen any good prices yet.

Good grief!!! :o :o I missed about that one - there is a real deluge of box sets these days.... ::)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 18, 2013, 08:48:43 AM
Maybe not a super bargain but a good one, 4 cd LaSalle Quartet New Viennese for $11 http://www.amazon.com/Schoenberg-Berg-Webern-String-Quartets/dp/B001MUJSXW/ref=sr_1_94?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1379522833&sr=1-94&keywords=brilliant+classics+box+sets
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 18, 2013, 10:45:48 AM
Thanks Ken I ordered that along with their Zemlinsky set. 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on September 19, 2013, 12:14:58 AM
For those in North America, you might find a good deal at Barnes and Noble.  They seem to be having a wideranging "40% off classical music" sale (I cannot see when it ends), to which you can add this coupon taking off an additional 15% (off one item only), which expires Sept 22 (no idea what time).  I think you can get the coupon at the BN site; a link was sent to me by email...I am not sure if it's a unique coupon code or not.

Even after sales tax, I can get a significantly cheaper deal on a couple things I want.  The new Britten/Decca COMPLETE WORKS looks like it would come to ~$221 all-in, which is cheaper than anywhere I have seen, including several Euro Amazons.

BN has been sending out these little 15% coupons every week or two for some time now.  I think I get them because I subscribed to their sales/coupons newsletter.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 19, 2013, 12:45:36 AM
Quote from: Octave on September 19, 2013, 12:14:58 AM
For those in North America, you might find a good deal at Barnes and Noble.  They seem to be having a wideranging "40% off classical music" sale (I cannot see when it ends), to which you can add this coupon taking off an additional 15% (off one item only), which expires Sept 22 (no idea what time).  I think you can get the coupon at the BN site; a link was sent to me by email...I am not sure if it's a unique coupon code or not.

Even after sales tax, I can get a significantly cheaper deal on a couple things I want.  The new Britten/Decca COMPLETE WORKS looks like it would come to ~$221 all-in, which is cheaper than anywhere I have seen, including several Euro Amazons.

BN has been sending out these little 15% coupons every week or two for some time now.  I think I get them because I subscribed to their sales/coupons newsletter.
These can be a good deal - for example the Haydn/Angeles box, Raff/Symphonies, Haydn/Dorati Operas, etc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 19, 2013, 12:15:55 PM
Quote from: Octave on September 19, 2013, 12:14:58 AM
For those in North America, you might find a good deal at Barnes and Noble.  They seem to be having a wideranging "40% off classical music" sale (I cannot see when it ends), to which you can add this coupon taking off an additional 15% (off one item only), which expires Sept 22 (no idea what time).  I think you can get the coupon at the BN site; a link was sent to me by email...I am not sure if it's a unique coupon code or not.

Even after sales tax, I can get a significantly cheaper deal on a couple things I want.  The new Britten/Decca COMPLETE WORKS looks like it would come to ~$221 all-in, which is cheaper than anywhere I have seen, including several Euro Amazons.

BN has been sending out these little 15% coupons every week or two for some time now.  I think I get them because I subscribed to their sales/coupons newsletter.

And if you belong to the BN member program, you get a coupon in the email for 20 percent off instead of 15.  (The prime attraction is free shipping when ordering from BN.com and 10 percent off purchases from their brick and mortar sight.)  They do not apparently work for pre-ordering upcoming releases. 
Usually they arrive in my email box on Thursday  and are good for in store purchases up to the close of business on Sunday/on line orders through 3 AM (New York time, so that would be midnight California time) Monday morning.  They come most weeks, but not always.  The code is a unique, one time use.

I clicked mine into the email trash bin a few minutes ago, but I didn't know about that 40 percent off sale....I wanted to avoid temptation--several big bills coming up next month.  Of course, that didn't keep me from making another order at Presto day before yesterday.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 25, 2013, 07:34:07 PM
Three of the 14-disc Concertgebouw anthologies at
at http://www.amazon.de/Anthology-Vol-4-Haitink-Harnoncourt-Kondrashin/dp/B000MV93V4/ref=sr_1_533?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1380165471&sr=1-533&keywords=concertgebouw+orchestra
13.51 and 19.62 EUROS ¸each
Look  in presto for the complete listings
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/RCO%2BLive/RCO12004
and amazon.de have confirmed the order, deducting the VAT (or its German equivalent) which will cover about half the postage cost to Canada.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 25, 2013, 09:38:34 PM
Quote from: listener on September 25, 2013, 07:34:07 PMamazon.de have confirmed the order, deducting the VAT (or its German equivalent) which will cover about half the postage cost to Canada.

Have they simply acknowledged the order or confirmed shipping, too? I ask, because it's been in that 1-3/2-4 weeks away state for almost ten days, and I haven't received any mails regarding shipping since then.

Oh, and I also managed to order Vol. 4 for £14 (shipping included) from UK, but it was listed as 'Temporarily out of stock' then, and now not listed at all. I don't have much hope for that one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 25, 2013, 10:13:20 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 25, 2013, 09:38:34 PM
Have they simply acknowledged the order or confirmed shipping, too? I ask, because it's been in that 1-3/2-4 weeks away state for almost ten days, and I haven't received any mails regarding shipping since then.
Mein Deutsch ist her wenig, aber es ist genug für Tpuristen sein - seems adequate when trying to help tourists here, I did get a shipping date
Lieferung voraussichtlich:
Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2013 -
Donnerstag, 14. November 2013

which shows some potential or delivery in time for Christmas.  I navigate the German site rather blindly and if I get a confirmation feel relieved.    3 of each set are still available at this time
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 25, 2013, 10:30:00 PM
Quote from: listener on September 25, 2013, 10:13:20 PM
Mein Deutsch ist her wenig, aber es ist genug für Tpuristen sein - seems adequate when trying to help tourists here, I did get a shipping date
Lieferung voraussichtlich:
Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2013 -
Donnerstag, 14. November 2013

which shows some potential or delivery in time for Christmas.  I navigate the German site rather blindly and if I get a confirmation feel relieved.    3 of each set are still available at this time

Okay, thanks. :) Except for the dates, that's pretty much what I have received so far.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: niknala on September 26, 2013, 06:46:58 PM
Quote from: listener on September 25, 2013, 07:34:07 PM
Three of the 14-disc Concertgebouw anthologies at
at http://www.amazon.de/Anthology-Vol-4-Haitink-Harnoncourt-Kondrashin/dp/B000MV93V4/ref=sr_1_533?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1380165471&sr=1-533&keywords=concertgebouw+orchestra
13.51 and 19.62 EUROS ¸each
Look  in presto for the complete listings
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/RCO%2BLive/RCO12004
and amazon.de have confirmed the order, deducting the VAT (or its German equivalent) which will cover about half the postage cost to Canada.

Looks like around three sets are in print now.  What do people think of these sets?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on September 29, 2013, 08:02:16 AM

  Heads up: the Krauss Ring can be had for £11.99 on amazon.co.uk........ To hear Hans Hotter, in his prime for that price is an absolute STEAL!!!!!

  [asin]B0000X6G46[/asin]

  And that's for the CDs NOT mp3!!!!!


  Grab it and run.........


  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on September 29, 2013, 08:09:18 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on September 29, 2013, 08:02:16 AM
  Heads up: the Krauss Ring can be had for £11.99 on amazon.co.uk........ To hear Hans Hotter, in his prime for that price is an absolute STEAL!!!!!

  [asin]B0000X6G46[/asin]

  And that's for the CDs NOT mp3!!!!!


  Grab it and run.........


  marvin
Where?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on September 29, 2013, 08:11:01 AM
Quote from: springrite on September 29, 2013, 08:09:18 AM
Where?

  Here Sprinrite: http://www.amazon.co.uk/RING-NIBELUNGEN-Varney/dp/B0000X6G46/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1380470703&sr=1-1&keywords=krauss+ring (http://www.amazon.co.uk/RING-NIBELUNGEN-Varney/dp/B0000X6G46/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1380470703&sr=1-1&keywords=krauss+ring)

  good luck

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on September 29, 2013, 08:13:00 AM
Danke!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on September 29, 2013, 11:32:59 AM
Quote from: niknala on September 26, 2013, 06:46:58 PM
Looks like around three sets are in print now.  What do people think of these sets?

I think they are great - I have sets 2 through 6 - and have just ordered #7 from amazon.de

The recordings are of fine quality, and there is a blend of standard repertoire with great artists, and some less frequently performed pieces.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on September 30, 2013, 10:39:43 AM
Quote from: listener on September 25, 2013, 07:34:07 PM
Three of the 14-disc Concertgebouw anthologies at
at http://www.amazon.de/Anthology-Vol-4-Haitink-Harnoncourt-Kondrashin/dp/B000MV93V4/ref=sr_1_533?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1380165471&sr=1-533&keywords=concertgebouw+orchestra
13.51 and 19.62 EUROS ¸each
Look  in presto for the complete listings
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/RCO%2BLive/RCO12004
and amazon.de have confirmed the order, deducting the VAT (or its German equivalent) which will cover about half the postage cost to Canada.

Ordered Vol. 7 to complete my set.  They originally sent a confirmation with a delivery date of October 29, but today I received an e-mail from them with a new delivery date of October 9.  Made my day....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on September 30, 2013, 10:53:41 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZWDOOrdeL._SY300_.jpg)



$101, shipping included in the US, for the 144 CD Rubinstein Edition when ordered directly from ImportCDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 30, 2013, 11:00:21 AM
Quote from: MyronM on September 30, 2013, 10:39:43 AM
Ordered Vol. 7 to complete my set.  They originally sent a confirmation with a delivery date of October 29, but today I received an e-mail from them with a new delivery date of October 9.  Made my day....

All three boxes have been shipped today and are expected to be delivered on the 8th. For some reason, they split it 2-1. :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 30, 2013, 11:51:29 AM
Quote from: Todd on September 30, 2013, 10:53:41 AM
$101, shipping included in the US, for the 144 CD Rubinstein Edition when ordered directly from ImportCDs.

Link por favor? Their website's search is not revealing it.

Dennis Russell Davies' Haydn symphony box is on ImportCDs (http://www.importcds.com/music/1682581/dennis-russell-davies-joseph-haydn-the-complete-symphonies) for a whopping $20.

(http://i.sdcd.us/a/500/3/9/9/8/1548993.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on September 30, 2013, 12:03:00 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 30, 2013, 11:51:29 AM
Link por favor? Their website's search is not revealing it.

http://www.importcds.com/music/2358603/arthur-rubinstein-the-complete-album-collection
("Rubinstein"->Filter items between $50 and $100)

Quote from: Brian on September 30, 2013, 11:51:29 AM
Dennis Russell Davies' Haydn symphony box is on ImportCDs (http://www.importcds.com/music/1682581/dennis-russell-davies-joseph-haydn-the-complete-symphonies) for a whopping $20.

It's interesting that their list price is $29.97, when a few weeks ago we, or at least I thought that was a super bargain to be had from Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on September 30, 2013, 12:12:02 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 30, 2013, 11:51:29 AMDennis Russell Davies' Haydn symphony box is on ImportCDs (http://www.importcds.com/music/1682581/dennis-russell-davies-joseph-haydn-the-complete-symphonies) for a whopping $20.

(http://i.sdcd.us/a/500/3/9/9/8/1548993.jpg)




I'm half-tempted to buy 3-4 copies to hold and resell later.  That price is obscenely low.  I remember when I bought mine for around $75; I thought that was a good price for 37 new CDs.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on September 30, 2013, 12:19:20 PM
Quote from: Todd on September 30, 2013, 12:12:02 PMI'm half-tempted to buy 3-4 copies to hold and resell later.  That price is obscenely low.  I remember when I bought mine for around $75; I thought that was a good price for 37 new CDs.

Looking up my old order, I paid $67, and felt very smug.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: trung224 on September 30, 2013, 12:42:55 PM
Quote from: listener on September 25, 2013, 07:34:07 PM
Three of the 14-disc Concertgebouw anthologies at
at http://www.amazon.de/Anthology-Vol-4-Haitink-Harnoncourt-Kondrashin/dp/B000MV93V4/ref=sr_1_533?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1380165471&sr=1-533&keywords=concertgebouw+orchestra
13.51 and 19.62 EUROS ¸each
Look  in presto for the complete listings
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/RCO%2BLive/RCO12004
and amazon.de have confirmed the order, deducting the VAT (or its German equivalent) which will cover about half the postage cost to Canada.
Look like I will be the first one to receive these set when they come on 04 October. :D

Thank again ,listener, for your wonderful post here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on September 30, 2013, 12:50:29 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 30, 2013, 12:03:00 PM
http://www.importcds.com/music/2358603/arthur-rubinstein-the-complete-album-collection
("Rubinstein"->Filter items between $50 and $100)

It's interesting that their list price is $29.97, when a few weeks ago we, or at least I thought that was a super bargain to be had from Amazon.

All your music are offering this <20 from amazon uk so the $30 price may be right
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 02, 2013, 07:56:09 AM
Has anyone heard the DRD Haydn? I read about engineering problems. But I'd trust reviews here more.

. I have the Fischer Haydn, which is excellent, and the Hogwood, which is the best orchestral Haydn I have ever heard, plus Weill, and various stray bits in HIP. I got Hogwood cheap at Amazon UK recently and Fischer is dirt cheap im MP3. Hard to justify a third set even at $20 ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on October 02, 2013, 08:03:53 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 02, 2013, 07:56:09 AM
Has anyone heard the DRD Haydn? I read about engineering problems. But I'd trust reviews here more.

. I have the Fischer Haydn, which is excellent, and the Hogwood, which is the best orchestral Haydn I have ever heard, plus Weill, and various stray bits in HIP. I got Hogwood cheap at Amazon UK recently and Fischer is dirt cheap im MP3. Hard to justify a third set even at $20 ...

I know what you mean.  When the price dropped that low, I finally caved and bought the thing.  Here is an extensive review of the Davies set by Antony Hodgson, which Gurn shared with me:
http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_features.php?id=7862 (http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_features.php?id=7862)
It gets rather technical but is temperate and complimentary of some symphonies.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on October 02, 2013, 08:56:43 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 02, 2013, 07:56:09 AM
Has anyone heard the DRD Haydn? I read about engineering problems. But I'd trust reviews here more.

I can't imagine what the "engineering problems" are.  I'd say it is above-average sound quality.

The applause is the only gripe I have.  The fact that they seem to be real live recordings gives them a sense of occasion, rather than the polish of a studio recording where multiple takes are made of every passage to get it "perfect."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 02, 2013, 09:02:05 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on October 02, 2013, 08:56:43 AMI can't imagine what the "engineering problems" are.  I'd say it is above-average sound quality.


I've seen critiques about some bad edits, which I can't recall, and I believe some phase issues, which I did not hear.  Overall, for a big box of live recordings, the sound is superb, and generally better than the Adam Fischer set, especially in the London Symphonies. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 02, 2013, 09:13:38 AM
DHM Schutz 10 cd box for $14 plus shipping. http://www.amazon.com/Heinrich-Schutz-Edition-Various-Artists/dp/B00CTBHSNU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1380733971&sr=8-2&keywords=schutz+edition
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 02, 2013, 09:30:04 AM
Tempting to get the DRD Haydn as a gift. But then I need to figure out who for?
Here is a link to a single movement. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5SzEKbe-uk Well played but a bit slow, and the harpsichord is pretty forward.
I suspect I am gonna pass, which makes me think they'll never sell it as I buy everything. Well, except for Darmstadt stuff!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 02, 2013, 10:48:12 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 02, 2013, 07:56:09 AM
Has anyone heard the DRD Haydn? I read about engineering problems. But I'd trust reviews here more.

I've heard several recordings from Naxos, the Fischer, and the Hogwood and consider the Davies to offer the best sound quality.  I just wish they didn't have applause at the end of each work.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on October 02, 2013, 10:49:41 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on October 02, 2013, 08:56:43 AM
I can't imagine what the "engineering problems" are.  I'd say it is above-average sound quality.

The applause is the only gripe I have.  The fact that they seem to be real live recordings gives them a sense of occasion, rather than the polish of a studio recording where multiple takes are made of every passage to get it "perfect."

Yes I hate the applause.  I can't seem to get used to it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on October 02, 2013, 12:11:37 PM
Quote from: DavidW on October 02, 2013, 10:49:41 AM
Yes I hate the applause.  I can't seem to get used to it.

If you transfer the to computer it's relatively easy to clip off the applause. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 02, 2013, 06:46:20 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 02, 2013, 07:57:08 PM
Quote from: DavidW on October 02, 2013, 10:49:41 AM
Yes I hate the applause.  I can't seem to get used to it.

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

BTW,  Import CDs tacks on a shipping charge of $5 (for US delivery, at least), so it's really $25.05
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 02, 2013, 08:48:03 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 02, 2013, 07:57:08 PM
I don't mind applause, so I ordered it.   

You ordered the applause?

**Snicker...just kidding**

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 02, 2013, 08:55:16 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on October 02, 2013, 08:48:03 PM
You ordered the applause?

**Snicker...just kidding**
Well, for many of us that is the only way to get any.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 02, 2013, 09:07:03 PM
Quote from: The new erato on October 02, 2013, 08:55:16 PM
Well, for many of us that is the only way to get any.

:D Sad but true.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 02, 2013, 11:59:02 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 02, 2013, 06:46:20 PM
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!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 03, 2013, 12:01:39 AM
Quote from: listener on October 02, 2013, 11:59:02 PM
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  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on October 03, 2013, 04:15:54 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: cjvinthechair on October 03, 2013, 04:34:56 AM
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 !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 03, 2013, 05:09:46 AM
Quote from: listener on October 02, 2013, 11:59:02 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 03, 2013, 06:26:38 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 02, 2013, 07:57:08 PMI 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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 03, 2013, 06:44:42 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 03, 2013, 06:54:19 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 03, 2013, 06:44:42 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 03, 2013, 06:59:07 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 03, 2013, 06:54:19 AM
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
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 03, 2013, 07:07:08 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 03, 2013, 06:59:07 AM
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. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 03, 2013, 07:17:17 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 03, 2013, 07:07:08 AM
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. ;D

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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on October 03, 2013, 07:17:41 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 03, 2013, 07:07:08 AM
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. ;D

He fell asleep?  That's my typical reaction to Maestro Abbado's performances.  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 03, 2013, 07:21:32 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on October 03, 2013, 07:17:41 AM
He fell asleep?  That's my typical reaction to Maestro Abbado's performances.  :(
Pistols or swords?  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on October 03, 2013, 07:37:45 AM
Quote from: North Star on October 03, 2013, 07:21:32 AM
Pistols or swords?  ;)

Thrown compact discs at thirty paces. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 03, 2013, 07:51:45 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on October 03, 2013, 07:07:08 AM
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
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 03, 2013, 07:55:48 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on October 03, 2013, 07:37:45 AM
Thrown compact discs at thirty paces.
Damn, it would have been useful to have moved to downloads on HDD's.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 03, 2013, 08:55:11 AM
That's why I like live recordings of Webern. No applause.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 03, 2013, 09:25:01 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 03, 2013, 08:55:11 AM
That's why I like live recordings of Webern. No applause.

Nyuk nyuk
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on October 03, 2013, 09:49:39 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 03, 2013, 07:51:45 AM
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).

I read that Alan Gilbert had to use a related technique at Avery Fisher Hall in a performance of M9.  Right hand to conduct the orchestra, left hand to make an obscene gesture at an audience member whose cell phone had gone off.  Eventually he had to stop and start over.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on October 03, 2013, 11:43:14 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 03, 2013, 07:51:45 AM
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.

Haitink's signal to audience: "Ya'll need psychiatric help." (http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/11/bernard-haitink-lashes-out-again-at-the-mahler-cult.html)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 03, 2013, 11:52:32 AM
Quote from: Octave on October 03, 2013, 11:43:14 AM
Haitink's signal to audience: "Ya'll need psychiatric help." (http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/11/bernard-haitink-lashes-out-again-at-the-mahler-cult.html)

Whoa whoa whoa, did you notice acclaimed Schubert and Mozart pianist Michael Endres, near-winner of our Gaspard blind listening game, showing up in the comments section?

I'm unsurprised that Endres' comment is so wise:
"Repertoire preferences come in waves,and now we have a Mahler boom,so what ? His music obviously speaks to many people in our present time,no doubt,and I am delighted about that. I do not worry that Bach and Mozart will ever be forgotten ,they are some of the truly timeless giants of music,like Shakespeare and Kafka in literature. Rubinstein once said that in the end he always crawled back to Mozart. I personally always crawl back to a good Bordeaux, though I often divert to Australia and Chile....."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on October 03, 2013, 10:02:26 PM
I'm glad you mentioned that; I didn't make it to the comments.  I feel like I should probably apologize for hotlinking to Lebrechtblog, cf. GMG obscenity policy etc.  </punk-ass>
I wonder if Haitink felt like he had a lot to answer for, with his conducting and face prominently displayed in that gonzo Ken Russell MAHLER cult film?  (The one, I am assuming, referenced in Sarge's sig.)  I mean, Haitink's face is the last thing we see in that movie.  Stretching here.

I have posted this before, sorry to be a shill, but lately, repeatedly off and on, some Amazon MP-US sellers have been selling the Jochum/Berlin/Bayerischen/DG Bruckner symphonies set for $26+ship.  That is not rockbottom but seems to be a lot better than the usual prices.  Why am I looking at things I already own?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 06, 2013, 11:55:40 PM
not quite earth-shattering, but the ATTERBERG Symphonies, a 5-disc set, for EUR 11.99 from amazon.de may be of interest.

ps. The Concertgebouw boxes we found attractive last week are now 108.99 or thereabouts each, it would appear that someone noticed a digit missing in the earlier pricing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 07, 2013, 01:16:27 AM
Quote from: listener on October 06, 2013, 11:55:40 PM
not quite earth-shattering, but the ATTERBERG Symphonies, a 5-disc set, for EUR 11.99 from amazon.de may be of interest.

Many thanks for this!  I've just ordered a set from Amz Germany.  It came to £14.05p delivered, Amz UK was priced at >£38  ???

I have had my eye on this set for a few months but £38 was a little too dear, £14.05p is right in the ball park.

Monday Morning Happiness...I can now start the day off with a coffee, work and super duper bargain.

Cheers  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Opus106 on October 07, 2013, 03:01:54 AM
The remaining boxes of the RCO Anthology arrived today (Vols. 5 and 7), again ahead of schedule. No. 5 wasn't shrik-wrapped but seems, on the surface, undamaged. :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on October 08, 2013, 09:44:32 PM
Maybe not quite an S-D bargain, but for those in N. America, HB Direct is having a 3-for-$20 sale on Apex label titles through Fri 11 Oct (ending midnight Fri-Sat).
Due to the slightly cumbersome shopping cart layout, I am not yet sure how double discs are affected.

There was a short thread of Apex recommendations that continues to be useful to me:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21755.0.html (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21755.0.html)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on October 09, 2013, 12:40:53 PM
Liszt; Master and Magician (26CDs). In stock from AmazonUK for £10.70

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Franz-Liszt-Master-Magician-Various/dp/B004TVVZI2?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVGTH525N57WM2NQ&tag=galenicom-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B004TVVZI2
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 10, 2013, 07:08:04 AM
Another great spot Hafod, it will be nice to give Liszt
a decent run.....Kudos  :D

[asin]B004TVVZI2[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 10, 2013, 07:55:54 AM
Zowie, thank you both!  26 discs of Liszt for US$23?  ¡Caramba!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on October 10, 2013, 08:55:58 AM
Thanks for the heads up on the Liszt set. Ordered mine. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread (MP3 only)
Post by: jut1972 on October 10, 2013, 11:22:01 AM
Anyone with any mp3 credit at amazon uk could do worse than this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chopin-Polonaises/dp/B00F52A3NM/ref=pd_ts_zgc_dmusic_118617031_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&pf_rd_p=279037167&pf_rd_s=right-5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=77977031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0Z3CZ03F8XF602HWGCXE (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chopin-Polonaises/dp/B00F52A3NM/ref=pd_ts_zgc_dmusic_118617031_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&pf_rd_p=279037167&pf_rd_s=right-5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=77977031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0Z3CZ03F8XF602HWGCXE)

Chopin: Polonaises
Rafal Blechacz | Format: MP3 Download

£1.19

Saw this at the radio 3 forum, so hat tips to them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on October 11, 2013, 06:46:00 AM
Looks like the Liszt is a no-go for me... :(

Good afternoon,

Please accept my apologies, Unfortunately we have discovered an issue with your order. Although you have received a despatch email we have stopped this item being sent due to a barcode error.

It appears there is a barcode error on Amazon regarding The item you ordered "Franz Liszt" and a DVD "Joe Cocker Live"

Somehow Franz Liszt is listed with the barcode for the Joe Cocker Live, so although you have ordered Franz Liszt from Amazon it has registered on our systems as the Joe Cocker Live DVD

I am unfortunately unable to obtain a copy of Franz Liszt so your order has been cancelled and your account has been refunded.

I have passed this information onto our technical department to correct this error,

I am very sorry for the inconvenience caused,

Kind regards

George Jasper
Customer service Advisor
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 11, 2013, 06:56:15 AM
Exactly the same message received here! Ah, well . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on October 11, 2013, 07:07:46 AM
Somewhere, on another message board:

"I ordered that awesome Joe Cocker set and you won't believe the load of crap the sent me!"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 11, 2013, 07:09:53 AM
(* chortle *)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 11, 2013, 07:10:45 AM
Just checked my email, same message here too....

YouWantIt-WeGotIt = YouWantIt-WeGotJoeCocker  :laugh:

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 11, 2013, 07:18:30 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on October 11, 2013, 07:07:46 AM
Somewhere, on another message board:

"I ordered that awesome Joe Cocker set and you won't believe the load of crap the sent me!"

LOL

And Somewhere, on yet another message board

"Yay, my cd came through...Cocker plays Années de pèlerinage"

I'm gutted, started off the week with the wonderful Atterberg SDCB buy, a lovely coffee and up for the week!  Now tired and deflated after the long slog; Joe Cocker did not lift us up where we belong....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 11, 2013, 07:36:17 AM
You'll get by with a little help from your friends
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 11, 2013, 07:39:20 AM
You are so beautiful . . . to me . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 11, 2013, 07:40:25 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 11, 2013, 07:39:20 AM
You are so beautiful . . . to me . . . .

Always thought Joe Cocker could use a throat lozenge.  A Fishermen's Friend, perhaps?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 11, 2013, 08:04:10 AM
That very last squeak in the song always cracks us up!  Whenever the song comes on the radio, we listen through to the end just for that . . . tender squeak!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on October 11, 2013, 09:46:25 AM
Quote from: stingo on October 11, 2013, 06:46:00 AM
Looks like the Liszt is a no-go for me... :(

Good afternoon,

Please accept my apologies, Unfortunately we have discovered an issue with your order. Although you have received a despatch email we have stopped this item being sent due to a barcode error.

It appears there is a barcode error on Amazon regarding The item you ordered "Franz Liszt" and a DVD "Joe Cocker Live"

Somehow Franz Liszt is listed with the barcode for the Joe Cocker Live, so although you have ordered Franz Liszt from Amazon it has registered on our systems as the Joe Cocker Live DVD

I am unfortunately unable to obtain a copy of Franz Liszt so your order has been cancelled and your account has been refunded.

I have passed this information onto our technical department to correct this error,

I am very sorry for the inconvenience caused,

Kind regards

George Jasper
Customer service Advisor

What a bummer!

I don't buy this explanation. I have this box and the barcode on it when put into the Amazon search box brings up the Liszt box, not Joe Cocker Live! The Liszt set is currently no 6 in the Amazon.uk classical bestseller list (and now falling) so clearly many have been piling in and presumably the computer has picked this up and flagged it to management who have come up with the above garbage to welch on the deal.

To say that they have been unable to obtain a copy of the Liszt is questionable as most of the other Amazon sites have it in stock. Moreover, why is it still listed at the time of posting at £10.70 and in stock? Perhaps there is one person in the technical department and they have left for the weekend?

As a consolation prize, Amazon.de has a 9cd box of Mozart violin and wind concertos from Decca for €8.23 (£10.26 delivered). Which barcode will they claim this is confused with - Cliff Richard 'Summer Holiday'?

http://www.amazon.de/Violin-Bl%C3%A4...dp/B008CYV02I/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 11, 2013, 12:39:45 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 11, 2013, 06:56:15 AM
Exactly the same message received here! Ah, well . . . .

And I as well, the exact same message.  Note this is an Amazon MP dealer;  perhaps it's the vendor's inventory control that's messed up.   

Well,  it was an impulse buy for something I didn't really need, so I won't cry too much over it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on October 11, 2013, 01:14:44 PM
Finally  8)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eQnq3MntL.jpg)

http://www.amazon.it/Cantate-Richter/dp/B00EYPQ4SY/ (http://www.amazon.it/Cantate-Richter/dp/B00EYPQ4SY/)

I call this a SDCB given the current Amazon MP rate for the original set  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 12, 2013, 03:42:24 AM
The Wergo album of John Cage: Concert For Piano & Orchestra / Atlas Eclipticalis is just $1.98 for the mp3 download!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: not edward on October 12, 2013, 06:38:56 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on October 11, 2013, 07:07:46 AM
Somewhere, on another message board:

"I ordered that awesome Joe Cocker set and you won't believe the load of crap the sent me!"
Sounds like a cock(er) and bull story to me!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: A1_DAN on October 16, 2013, 01:14:01 PM
John Eliot Gardiner DG box set is currently being sold on the Amazon.it site for 23.66 euros plus shipping
http://www.amazon.it/John-Eliot-Gardiner-Collection/dp/B00B1952R0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1381957236&sr=1-1&keywords=John+eliot+gardiner

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 18, 2013, 12:58:40 PM
for those who must have as much as possible, the Membran 100-disc set of operettas at amazon.de
marketplace  for EUR. 19.97.     They appear to ship internationally.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 21, 2013, 03:46:42 PM
listener have you received your RCO Anthology sets yet?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 21, 2013, 04:14:22 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 21, 2013, 03:46:42 PM
listener have you received your RCO Anthology sets yet?
arrived today!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 21, 2013, 04:19:52 PM
Quote from: listener on October 21, 2013, 04:14:22 PM
arrived today!

Excellent! Mine arrived Saturday! Loads of good stuff in these sets and they sound fantastic (what little I sampled so far).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on October 31, 2013, 11:20:43 PM
For those in N. America, I notice that Importcds.com's price on the huge Rubinstein box (144 discs including a couple DVDs) is even lower than when I recently purchased it, now US$90.  If things go as usual, there will also probably be a storewide 10% off sale for a couple weeks, sometimes soon, maybe this month.  ~$85 including shipping seems like a pretty crazy price if you want this much Rubinstein.  </shillery>
http://www.importcds.com/music/2358603/arthur-rubinstein-the-complete-album-collection (http://www.importcds.com/music/2358603/arthur-rubinstein-the-complete-album-collection)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 01, 2013, 12:08:04 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 21, 2013, 04:19:52 PM
Excellent! Mine arrived Saturday! Loads of good stuff in these sets and they sound fantastic (what little I sampled so far).
There's a new 152 CD set that contains the whole sheenanigan. Guess that's why thy were so eager to get rid of the old sets at that silly price. Pretty expensive though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on November 01, 2013, 05:37:16 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 01, 2013, 12:08:04 AM
There's a new 152 CD set that contains the whole sheenanigan. Guess that's why thy were so eager to get rid of the old sets at that silly price. Pretty expensive though.

I saw that yesterday.  Apparently, the box set contains the seven volumes of radio recordings plus the contents of the q Disc Mengelberg, Van Beinum, Haitink and Chailly boxes that were previously released.  They have also added six CDs worth of new material conducted by Jansons.  A deluxe book is included as well.  Presto is currently offering it for $763.25.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on November 01, 2013, 04:00:22 PM
For those who appreciate René Jacobs as a singer, this can be had for 18 euros at jpc:

(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886979180123.jpg)

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/The-Rene-Jacobs-Edition-Sacred-Music/hnum/9753554

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 01, 2013, 06:47:16 PM
Quote from: The new erato on November 01, 2013, 12:08:04 AM
There's a new 152 CD set that contains the whole sheenanigan. Guess that's why they were so eager to get rid of the old sets at that silly price. Pretty expensive though.

Well, I definitely won't be buying the that massive box set. I'm happy with just Volumes 5-7. There's enough music here to keep anyone busy for quite some time. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 02, 2013, 02:43:11 AM
(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/034571175737.png)

Now on Hyperions "Please Buy Me" sale:

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67573            &vw=dc (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67573 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20&vw=dc)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 02, 2013, 05:28:19 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 02, 2013, 02:43:11 AM
(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/034571175737.png)

Now on Hyperions "Please Buy Me" sale:

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67573            &vw=dc (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67573 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20&vw=dc)

Ordered. Thank you my friend. Somehow I did not see it, when I looked last.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on November 02, 2013, 07:34:52 AM
Murray Perahia 40 Years boxset at Amazon US for $68.89.

[asin]B008NBEY3C[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on November 02, 2013, 07:39:28 AM
Quote from: Will Sheard on November 02, 2013, 07:34:52 AM
Murray Perahia 40 Years boxset at Amazon US for $68.89.

[asin]B008NBEY3C[/asin]

This probably ranks as one of the greatest super-duper cheap bargains of all times.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on November 02, 2013, 08:48:13 AM
Gordo: Yep. I've had my eye on it for a while. It was a nice surprise to discover on a lazy Saturday morning. It's a steal at that price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 02, 2013, 08:59:56 AM
It's $62.53 over at ImportCDs (http://www.importcds.com/music/2493672/murray-perahia-the-first-40-years-includes-bonus-dvds), though the shipping charges will be different. I have Amazon Prime, so I think the price is about the same between them.

I did make a promise not to buy anything for the rest of 2013 unless there was a super bargain that I would be stupid not to buy, so any comments on quality are very welcome.

Full contents of the box listed here (http://jacketsclassical.blogspot.com/2013/05/murray-perahia-first-40-years.html)

EDIT: The only CD I have even heard is #28, Beethoven concertos with Haitink.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: KeithW on November 02, 2013, 01:29:20 PM
I got this set when it came out (much more expensive than this true bargain).  I had quite a number of the discs (bought my first Perahia vinyl in 1980!) - truly wonderful.  His more recent discs - esp Bach and Brahms - are utterly top notch.  Higlhy recommended at this price.  The presentation of the box and discs is first rate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 02, 2013, 01:45:15 PM
Quote from: Brian on November 02, 2013, 08:59:56 AM
It's $62.53 over at ImportCDs (http://www.importcds.com/music/2493672/murray-perahia-the-first-40-years-includes-bonus-dvds), though the shipping charges will be different. I have Amazon Prime, so I think the price is about the same between them.

I did make a promise not to buy anything for the rest of 2013 unless there was a super bargain that I would be stupid not to buy, so any comments on quality are very welcome.

Full contents of the box listed here (http://jacketsclassical.blogspot.com/2013/05/murray-perahia-first-40-years.html)

EDIT: The only CD I have even heard is #28, Beethoven concertos with Haitink.

Let me put it this way:  I have large chunks of what's in there,  including the Mozart and Beethoven concerto cycles and all the Bach, and some of the Schumann and Chopin and Brahms,  and I'm still mighty tempted to get it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on November 02, 2013, 02:00:59 PM
Quote from: Brian on November 02, 2013, 08:59:56 AM
It's $62.53 over at ImportCDs (http://www.importcds.com/music/2493672/murray-perahia-the-first-40-years-includes-bonus-dvds), though the shipping charges will be different. I have Amazon Prime, so I think the price is about the same between them.

I did make a promise not to buy anything for the rest of 2013 unless there was a super bargain that I would be stupid not to buy, so any comments on quality are very welcome.

Full contents of the box listed here (http://jacketsclassical.blogspot.com/2013/05/murray-perahia-first-40-years.html)

EDIT: The only CD I have even heard is #28, Beethoven concertos with Haitink.

I bought this set for $150-160, sh. & h. included, what I considered and I still consider as a bargain. It's a superb set, full of great interpretations, plus a luxury presentation and visual material added. Its 275-pages "booklet" is actually a top quality book, exactly like the book included in your Rubinstein's big box, although in a format quite easier to manage. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 02, 2013, 03:09:17 PM
Quote from: Brian on November 02, 2013, 08:59:56 AM
It's $62.53 over at ImportCDs (http://www.importcds.com/music/2493672/murray-perahia-the-first-40-years-includes-bonus-dvds), though the shipping charges will be different. I have Amazon Prime, so I think the price is about the same between them.

I did make a promise not to buy anything for the rest of 2013 unless there was a super bargain that I would be stupid not to buy, so any comments on quality are very welcome.

Full contents of the box listed here (http://jacketsclassical.blogspot.com/2013/05/murray-perahia-first-40-years.html)

EDIT: The only CD I have even heard is #28, Beethoven concertos with Haitink.
I love the Mozart. I have several of those discs - all are good. The Beethoven is outstanding (I have Concertos 4 and 5). The Bach is wonderful. The Chopin etudes are phenomenal. If the content interests, then you will generally be getting supurb recordings for the most part. At that price, it's a good deal even if only a dozen discs or so are of interest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2013, 07:58:01 AM
Quote from: Gordo Shumway on November 02, 2013, 02:00:59 PM
I bought this set for $150-160, sh. & h. included, what I considered and I still consider as a bargain. It's a superb set, full of great interpretations, plus a luxury presentation and visual material added. Its 275-pages "booklet" is actually a top quality book, exactly like the book included in your Rubinstein's big box, although in a format quite easier to manage.

  I agree with this. I bought it for $165 or so, but certainly don't fee cheated.


    The price of this keeps coming down, too.  It's a 90 CD set with beautiful packaging and very nice all color book. It's still $142, but that's less than $1.50 per disc.  The range is breathtaking, from the bach solo cello stuff to jazz, folk, ballads, soundtracks, and almost all of the cello repertoire in classical.
http://www.amazon.com/Yo-Yo-Ma-Years-Outside-Box/dp/B002IC10Y8/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1383497486&sr=1-1&keywords=yo+yo+ma+outside+the+box (http://www.amazon.com/Yo-Yo-Ma-Years-Outside-Box/dp/B002IC10Y8/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1383497486&sr=1-1&keywords=yo+yo+ma+outside+the+box)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VN4NALUbL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on November 03, 2013, 08:12:29 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on November 03, 2013, 07:58:01 AM
  I agree with this. I bought it for $165 or so, but certainly don't fee cheated.


    The price of this keeps coming down, too.  It's a 90 CD set with beautiful packaging and very nice all color book. It's still $142, but that's less than $1.50 per disc.  The range is breathtaking, from the bach solo cello stuff to jazz, folk, ballads, soundtracks, and almost all of the cello repertoire in classical.
http://www.amazon.com/Yo-Yo-Ma-Years-Outside-Box/dp/B002IC10Y8/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1383497486&sr=1-1&keywords=yo+yo+ma+outside+the+box (http://www.amazon.com/Yo-Yo-Ma-Years-Outside-Box/dp/B002IC10Y8/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1383497486&sr=1-1&keywords=yo+yo+ma+outside+the+box)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VN4NALUbL.jpg)

It's also a Sony box (like Perahia and Rubinstein), so maybe it wouldn't be unreasonable to wait a little bit.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on November 03, 2013, 12:18:58 PM
That is one damned ugly boxed set!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2013, 03:48:39 PM
Quote from: Gordo Shumway on November 03, 2013, 08:12:29 AM
It's also a Sony box (like Perahia and Rubinstein), so maybe it wouldn't be unreasonable to wait a little bit.

  I think it was originally about $500 in 2009, and on ebay, new and used it is still really expensive.  Maybe the price will keep falling, but the cheapness of the Amazon price now might be "final clearance"...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on November 03, 2013, 03:59:44 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on November 03, 2013, 03:48:39 PM
  I think it was originally about $500 in 2009, and on ebay, new and used it is still really expensive.  Maybe the price will keep falling, but the cheapness of the Amazon price now might be "final clearance"...

Yes, you're right, it's a bet. You never know.

I recall 4 or 6 months ago, its price was around $350 on Amazon.

Decisions, decisions.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 04, 2013, 10:16:10 AM
Looks like the Yo-Yo Ma box is sold out at Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 04, 2013, 10:18:58 AM
Perahia, too, and the price went up. I'll order it at ImportCDs if I decide to buy it...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 04, 2013, 05:16:32 PM
Quote from: Brian on November 04, 2013, 10:18:58 AM
Perahia, too, and the price went up. I'll order it at ImportCDs if I decide to buy it...

I decided to pick up the Yo-Yo Ma set from ImportCDs as a Christmas gift for a friend, figuring an extra $10 wouldn't break me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 08, 2013, 06:30:42 AM
Me thinks this is a super bargain!



https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Geistliche-Barockmusik/hnum/3628446
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on November 08, 2013, 01:58:22 PM
Britten - The Performer (27 CDs) currently 14.35 Euros at Amazon Germany (might not last long):

http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=B00E5Q9STO (http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=B00E5Q9STO)

[asin]B00E5Q9STO[/asin]



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on November 09, 2013, 10:44:26 AM
You're right it didn't!  40 € now....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on November 09, 2013, 11:30:29 AM
I'm not sure my post even reached the board before the price returned to normal (due to forum moderation).

This does seem to be a title subject to significant Amazon price volatilty....
https://pricenoia.com/britten-the-performer (https://pricenoia.com/britten-the-performer)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 09, 2013, 11:47:18 AM
Quote from: NLK1971 on November 09, 2013, 11:30:29 AM
I'm not sure my post even reached the board before the price returned to normal (due to forum moderation).

This does seem to be a title subject to significant Amazon price volatilty....
https://pricenoia.com/britten-the-performer (https://pricenoia.com/britten-the-performer)
There is no pre moderation of posts here; they post immediately.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on November 09, 2013, 12:12:17 PM
Quote from: The new erato on November 09, 2013, 11:47:18 AM
There is no pre moderation of posts here; they post immediately.

I think there may be an exception if it is a newly-registered user's first post.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 09, 2013, 12:13:28 PM
Quote from: NLK1971 on November 09, 2013, 12:12:17 PM
I think there may be an exception if it is a newly-registered user's first post.

Yeah, I think that is definitely possible. But knowing the people we have on GMG, it's also possible that the first person to read your post went and bought the last copy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on November 09, 2013, 12:33:31 PM
Quote from: The new erato on November 09, 2013, 11:47:18 AM
There is no pre moderation of posts here; they post immediately.

No, I think that's not right. Actually, the first post of a new member is revised by a moderator and just then it appears on the board.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on November 09, 2013, 01:01:25 PM
For those who bought the recent RCO Anthology boxes, I guess this is why they were reduced, but based on the pre-order price you'll be glad you did...

[asin]B00G6N4GLO[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 13, 2013, 06:54:35 PM
Quote from: Gordo on November 03, 2013, 03:59:44 PM
Yes, you're right, it's a bet. You never know.

I recall 4 or 6 months ago, its price was around $350 on Amazon.

Decisions, decisions.  :)

  My Yo Yo Ma box just arrived in the mail.  According to my "number", only about half of the 7K of this (original?)pressing has been sold, so the price may very well come down even further.
    Two comments.
       In my opinion, it is an extremely solid and well made (and attractive, although unfortunately big) box. It even comes with it's own custom designed 3-ply box and foam "protective insert".  The included book is large, heavy and all color (on glossy paper). It would be a $40 book on its own (not that it would be of any value divorced from the set).
        Second, for people living outside of the US, importCD is an insanely good company. This box must weigh 20 pounds, and it was shipped to me via DHL for just a few dollars.  I think they must be doing something like Amazon sometimes does, shipping at a loss in order to build their customer base. (Amazon, BTW, charges over $40 to ship the same box, and they are usually cheaper than others).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 14, 2013, 04:05:20 AM
My friend received her Yo-Yo Ma box last week and she loved it. After choosing three discs at random to play, she set it out for display on her mantel. I think her certificate was numbered in the upper 4k area.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 14, 2013, 03:35:58 PM
Maybe not a Super Duper Cheap Bargain, but ImportCDs is having a 10% off site-wide sale through the Nov 26th.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 14, 2013, 07:59:40 PM
Quote from: stingo on November 14, 2013, 04:05:20 AM
My friend received her Yo-Yo Ma box last week and she loved it. After choosing three discs at random to play, she set it out for display on her mantel. I think her certificate was numbered in the upper 4k area.

Yeah, mines 4041 out of 7K. Considering the set came out 4 years ago, that is not very impressive sales--unless it's flying off the shelves now, I'd expect the price to fall to under $100.  The more I listen, the more impressed I am.  Terrific breadth and top notch recordings, and unlike so many boxes, there are virtually no repeats. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on November 15, 2013, 05:36:53 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on November 13, 2013, 06:54:35 PM
  My Yo Yo Ma box just arrived in the mail.  According to my "number", only about half of the 7K of this (original?)pressing has been sold, so the price may very well come down even further.
    Two comments.
       In my opinion, it is an extremely solid and well made (and attractive, although unfortunately big) box. It even comes with it's own custom designed 3-ply box and foam "protective insert".  The included book is large, heavy and all color (on glossy paper). It would be a $40 book on its own (not that it would be of any value divorced from the set).
        Second, for people living outside of the US, importCD is an insanely good company. This box must weigh 20 pounds, and it was shipped to me via DHL for just a few dollars.  I think they must be doing something like Amazon sometimes does, shipping at a loss in order to build their customer base. (Amazon, BTW, charges over $40 to ship the same box, and they are usually cheaper than others).

Thanks, Baklavaboy! Very interesting information.

I will maybe try importCD this time.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on November 21, 2013, 12:26:17 PM
Just a few of many things currently available from Selections that caught my eye:

http://www.selections.com/richard-strauss-edition-35cds.html (http://www.selections.com/richard-strauss-edition-35cds.html)
http://www.selections.com/vivaldi-edition-40cds.html (http://www.selections.com/vivaldi-edition-40cds.html)
http://www.selections.com/rodrigo-edition-21cds.html (http://www.selections.com/rodrigo-edition-21cds.html)
http://www.selections.com/venetian-vespers-5cds.html (http://www.selections.com/venetian-vespers-5cds.html)
(or, if you feel that one's just too ridiculously cheap, then
http://www.selections.com/venetian-vespers-5cds-11413.html (http://www.selections.com/venetian-vespers-5cds-11413.html))

...and many more.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 25, 2013, 04:57:42 AM
Cross-posting this in this thread and the non-classical thread...

Amazon Lightning Deal - US $20 for another half-hour or so, at best!

[asin]B007Y2W4BA[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on November 26, 2013, 04:19:11 PM
It looks like the Yo-Yo Ma box is selling for around $120 + S&H at importcds. It's also the last day for their 10% off storewide sale.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on November 27, 2013, 04:52:28 PM
At EUR 12.99*, this 10-disc set of organ music looks interesting, several machines I've never encountered before and some duos on an organ in Madrid
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Famous-Organ-Music-from-Europe/hnum/2829815
*10.92 without VAT
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 28, 2013, 03:36:01 AM
Deep Discount have 15% off site-wide. THis on top of the sale they have on some items may lead to some good prices on items already on sale (but not everything, so double check).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on November 28, 2013, 11:28:46 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 28, 2013, 03:36:01 AM
Deep Discount have 15% off site-wide. THis on top of the sale they have on some items may lead to some good prices on items already on sale (but not everything, so double check).

Is the extra 15% 'built in' to the 'Black Friday' sale prices?  I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a coupon for that extra 15% off.  I've done some trawling but not found any exceptional deals. 
I had the same problem with their most recent (this month) '25% off', which did not seem near as generous as previous such sales.  Inconsistent discounts on CPO and Brilliant, for example. 
I think maybe DD and Importcds (and Moviemars?) are owned by the same company, but I cannot remember where I read this....a response to an email, perhaps.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on November 28, 2013, 11:52:02 PM
Actually, just to save others some of the time I have wasted, slightly good deals can be found at Deepdiscount for:
Bach organ works, Marie-Claire Alain II (Warner): (http://www.deepdiscount.com/cd/BACHJS-COMPLETE-WORKS-ORGAN) $27.63
Serebrier's Glazunov orchestral box (Warner)  $27.46
Maria Lettberg's solo Scriabin box: (http://www.deepdiscount.com/cd/SCRIABINA-SOLO-PIANO-WORKS-COMPLETE-RECORDING) $20
'Choral Works of Krysyztof Penderecki' (Naxos rush box)  $17.65

These almost at random!  I finally became exhausted, checking things I didn't own but wanted, and gave up.  I need to just skip these 'sales'....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Fafner on December 09, 2013, 02:06:07 PM
(http://icaclassics.com/img/logo-1.jpg?1375372653) 12 Days of Christmas!  (http://hecta-mail.co.uk/GT0-218FI-31DT4CCA2D/cr.aspx) at ICA Classics

(12 Selected titles with 50% off.)

I know I will be getting that Furtwängler.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on December 13, 2013, 03:36:04 PM
The Yo-Yo Ma big box is being sold for $100 during Arkiv Music's (USA) weekend sale, through Sunday midnight.  I think that price is the lowest I've seen.
I'm really thinking about it, though there were quite a few discs that did not sound interesting to me, and I am already drowning in megaboxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on December 13, 2013, 04:08:11 PM
ImportCDs seems to be having a sale (http://www.importcds.com/pg/4931) on Warner classical boxed sets.

Edited to add: Also Hyperion CDs (http://www.importcds.com/pg/4932) and Classical blu-ray audio (http://www.importcds.com/pg/4933).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 14, 2013, 12:33:45 PM
cpe bach 30 cd brilliant box from amazon merchant fabulous cd, paris, 71

i sugggested a cpe bach box to them a year ago, maybe they listen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 14, 2013, 12:41:15 PM
faure complete music 19 cd, amazon usa, zoverstocks $50

glazunov symphonies,fedoseyev, $11, amazon us merchant

miaskovsky symphonies, $50, I love this set, ok sound great music
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minimal music on December 14, 2013, 01:38:47 PM
Unfortunately they charge US$ 77 for shipping to the Netherlands >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 14, 2013, 10:50:10 PM
Quote from: minimal music on December 14, 2013, 01:38:47 PM
Unfortunately they charge US$ 77 for shipping to the Netherlands >:(

Welcome to the forum, van harte welkom!  :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on December 16, 2013, 01:02:46 PM
This is at a good price at the moment:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brahms-Complete-Edition-Box-Set-Limited-Edition-46-CDS-/281224713146?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item417a4c93ba (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brahms-Complete-Edition-Box-Set-Limited-Edition-46-CDS-/281224713146?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item417a4c93ba)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 19, 2013, 06:25:00 PM
The 150-disc Brilliant set of "The Complete Haydn" has come back down in price to EUR 69,99 at amazon.de. and EUR 64,99 from one of the merchant sites   
 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 21, 2013, 03:23:21 AM
(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/034571177717.png)

This one is on sale on Hyperion's Please buy me offer.

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67771/2          &vw=dc (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67771/2 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20&vw=dc)

Strongly, strongly recommended to those into early opera.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on December 22, 2013, 08:44:29 AM
http://www.amazon.ca/Pierre-Hantai-Complete-Recordings-Hantaï/dp/B00EO7XQ2E/ref=sr_1_1 (http://www.amazon.ca/Pierre-Hantai-Complete-Recordings-Hanta%C3%AF/dp/B00EO7XQ2E/ref=sr_1_1)

[asin]B00EO7XQ2E[/asin]

From Amazon Canada.  Even with postage added, still cheap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 22, 2013, 08:57:55 AM
Quote from: NLK1971 on December 22, 2013, 08:44:29 AM
From Amazon Canada.  Even with postage added, still cheap.

You're right, I placed an order right away! :) Though it will probably take a while before it reaches the Low Lands.

Thanks! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 24, 2013, 06:44:03 PM
Jochum's Dresden Bruckner under 25 Amazon US http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Symphonies-A-Bruckner/dp/B00D56ADAS/ref=sr_1_128?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387941868&sr=1-128&keywords=Box+set

Vaughn Williams Haitink 20 http://www.amazon.com/Vaughan-Williams-The-Complete-Symphonies/dp/B00D56AD8K/ref=sr_1_147?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387942080&sr=1-147&keywords=Box+set

Gesualdo, books 5, 6 recent http://www.amazon.com/Madrigals-Books-5-C-Gesualdo/dp/B00BX8TZKO/ref=sr_1_259?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387942338&sr=1-259&keywords=Box+set

Schubert on fortepiano, all of it, 36, Badura skoda http://www.amazon.com/Schubert-Complete-Sonatas-Played-Instruments/dp/B00BWUXJ1O/ref=sr_1_219?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387942466&sr=1-219&keywords=Box+set but consider Brendel's amazing box on modern piano

Naxos 10 cd assorted chamber, Amazon, under 35 http://www.amazon.com/Great-Chamber-Music-Various/dp/B00BGA1DHM/ref=sr_1_314?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387942669&sr=1-314&keywords=Box+set

Ten Holt, complete solo piano, 21 http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Holt-Piano-Music-Vols/dp/B00AQQJOIM/ref=sr_1_354?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387942829&sr=1-354&keywords=Box+set

Merry Christmas
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 24, 2013, 06:50:23 PM
Brendel's Scubert box is 29 Canadian from grigorian.com.

http://www.grigorian.com/webstore/view.php?iid=748653

You want this almost as much as you want Brautigam's Haydn http://www.amazon.com/Haydn-Complete-Music-Solo-Piano/dp/B001ERJ73Y/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387943356&sr=1-4&keywords=Box+set+haydn+bis
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on December 30, 2013, 01:18:45 PM
This year's reissue box of Colin Davis' LSO Berlioz orchestral/sacred music (13cd) is at Amazon UK for £25.19.
ASIN: B00DMUOKGK  (does not seem to work at Amazon US, nor could find another listing)

This is the cheapest I've seen it so far.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LGyPZZMSL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 08, 2014, 12:19:15 AM

Not exactly idiomatic but (allegedly) complete and a great price (€43).
http://musique.fnac.com/a3444285/Johann-Strauss-II-Oeuvres-orchestrales-Integrale-CD-album?ectrans=1&Origin=zanox1440681
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 08, 2014, 07:31:12 AM
(http://i.sdcd.us/b/200/6/8/8/8/2368886.jpg)

  17 discs for $24 and change from import CDs. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on January 08, 2014, 09:12:34 PM
I also notice that Importcds has the lowest price I've seen for that Christian Gerhaher ART OF SONG 13cd set: $27.21 + ship.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on January 08, 2014, 11:23:34 PM
The advance price for the Haitink SYMPHONY EDITION (36cd) dropped to £50.54 at Amazon UK.

[asin]B00GMVBL7W[/asin]

I'm beginning to feel like a shill for this set, ironically at the point where <teeth clenched> I have resolved to just not buy the thing.  I'm inundated and something's gotta give. 
But a deal's a deal!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 09, 2014, 03:13:40 AM
Quote from: Octave on January 08, 2014, 11:23:34 PM
The advance price for the Haitink SYMPHONY EDITION (36cd) dropped to £50.54 at Amazon UK.

[asin]B00GMVBL7W[/asin]

I'm beginning to feel like a shill for this set, ironically at the point where <teeth clenched> I have resolved to just not buy the thing.  I'm inundated and something's gotta give. 
But a deal's a deal!

  Octave, you really sound like someone who is about to buy a new box of CDs!!
    Strange, that price is about half what it is at US Amazon.  Once these sets get down to $2 a disc, they really are hard to resist, aren't they?.  Except... if someone already has the Walter, Abbado, Giulini, and Bernstein, is there really any reason to get this? Haitink is very good, but is there anywhere he is "the best"? I have his LvB concertos with Perahia, and his Bruckner, which are awesome--but maybe those are the real standouts already?  I really think I can give this a pass with a clear conscience...

This, however, is $20 at importCD:
(http://i.sdcd.us/b/200/4/7/9/0/1360974.jpg)
   
  $1.25 a disc? That's pretty "super-duper" cheap.  I was unable to resist...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: niknala on January 09, 2014, 08:30:35 AM
The Living Stereo 60 CD set is $54.73 plus shipping at importcds.com.

http://www.importcds.com/music/2512259/living-stereo-60-cd-collection

(http://i.sdcd.us/b/200/6/0/0/2/2062006.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on January 09, 2014, 10:16:10 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on January 09, 2014, 03:13:40 AM
  Octave, you really sound like someone who is about to buy a new box of CDs!!

Jeje, it's nice to know there is at least one other categorical Box Freak on the premises.  I know I will need Haitink's Mahler #9, but fortunately I can purchase that separately.  Otherwise, your reasoning is mine, with no deprecation meant towards the maestro.
Late thanks btw for your generous description of the huge DG/Sony Giulini set over in the Purchases thread.  That is useful!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 10, 2014, 02:59:05 AM
Quote from: Octave on January 09, 2014, 10:16:10 PM
Jeje, it's nice to know there is at least one other categorical Box Freak on the premises.  I know I will need Haitink's Mahler #9, but fortunately I can purchase that separately.  Otherwise, your reasoning is mine, with no deprecation meant towards the maestro.
Late thanks btw for your generous description of the huge DG/Sony Giulini set over in the Purchases thread.  That is useful!

   What a relief, to know I am not alone in my box-buying mania...a freak no more ;D

  And about the box info, it was my pleasure. I've read so much useful information in these forums, its nice to be able to give back a little something. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 10, 2014, 03:45:12 AM
Gergiev's Mahler cycle (10 hybrid SACDs) with the LSO on LSO Live, can be had for £20 from AmazonUk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 13, 2014, 03:31:48 PM
"Box buying freak"
You realize we're all just enablers of each other.

I swear off boxes for a while, I have well over a hundred unheard discs in my new acquistions pile. And then ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 13, 2014, 08:07:53 PM
Quote from: Ken B on January 13, 2014, 03:31:48 PM

I swear off boxes for a while, I have well over a hundred unheard discs in my new acquistions pile. And then ...

I swear off boxes all the time...but so far I haven't been able to lay off for more than a week or two.  But you are right, it's the responsible thing to do.
  BTW,
     Have you seen the new Westminster Legacy Box? It's beautiful....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: betty on January 14, 2014, 05:24:54 PM
Volume 2 of the Living Stereo box set has been announced:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Stereo-Collection-Volume-2/dp/B00GP8YHAU/ref=pd_sim_m_h__2

Not up on the US site yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 14, 2014, 07:08:32 PM
An Amazon US vendor has the emi Poulenc box, 20 cds, for under $50

Even better, for those who missed the DHM 50 box, half of it, 25 cd, at Amazon Canada for $30
http://www.amazon.ca/Perfect-Deutsche-Harmonia-Mundi/dp/B00CA6Y7RO/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389758748&sr=8-1-fkmr2&keywords=Dhm+box+discotheque
If you dont have the bigger box get this!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 14, 2014, 08:03:43 PM
Quote from: betty on January 14, 2014, 05:24:54 PM
Volume 2 of the Living Stereo box set has been announced:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Stereo-Collection-Volume-2/dp/B00GP8YHAU/ref=pd_sim_m_h__2

Not up on the US site yet.

Disc by disc listing here: http://www.goodwinshighend.com/music/classical/Living%20Stereo%2060%20CD%20Box%20Set/Living%20Stereo%20Vol2%2060%20CD%20Box%20Set.htm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: betty on January 15, 2014, 04:40:23 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on January 13, 2014, 08:07:53 PM
BTW,
     Have you seen the new Westminster Legacy Box? It's beautiful....

This seems to be a remake of some sort - I bought the Westminster Chamber set last year, which I think came from Universal Korea, but found the sound too thin and returned it. An Orchestral box was also available. This new release is from Deutsche Grammophon, with revised packaging. I wonder about the relationship between these sets, and if the sound has been improved. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on January 15, 2014, 05:13:10 PM
32cd box of Ansermet's recordings of French music.  Currently around £45 at Amazon UK.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Music-Ansermet/dp/B00DT2322E/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Music-Ansermet/dp/B00DT2322E/)

[asin]B00DT2322E[/asin]

Amazon crush my resistance yet again... しょうがない。
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 16, 2014, 02:48:21 AM
Quote from: betty on January 15, 2014, 04:40:23 PM
This seems to be a remake of some sort - I bought the Westminster Chamber set last year, which I think came from Universal Korea, but found the sound too thin and returned it. An Orchestral box was also available. This new release is from Deutsche Grammophon, with revised packaging. I wonder about the relationship between these sets, and if the sound has been improved.

  Betty, the original Korean version of the orechestral box had 65 cds, and the new version through DG has only 40. I know a lot of them are the same, but didn't do a disc by disc comparison. 
  I have the Universal Korea Westminster chamber box as well. It was almost all recorded in the 1950s, some in 1949, so the sound isn't as good as more recent recordings.  There is background hiss in some discs, so could see why you might not be satisfied with the sound, although for that era it's considered pretty good (compare it to the Furtwangler and Toscanini stuff out there, for example, and it sounds pretty awesome, recording-wise!).  The packaging and book are NOT as good as the Korean version, unfortunately.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 16, 2014, 11:12:29 PM
At JPC de, there is a big sale of Hyperion discs, for 5,99 euro's. Go to their page, click Neuheiten ( New) and 190 of them appear.  top of the page on the right.
Enjoy. Bought a ton of them already.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on January 19, 2014, 07:18:04 AM
Amazon uk have a series of deutsche harmonia mundi collections released next week, 10 discs each at £12.99

http://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Baroque-Music-Various/dp/B00GK7MQ7C/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1390147781&sr=1-3 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Baroque-Music-Various/dp/B00GK7MQ7C/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1390147781&sr=1-3)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/C-P-E-Bach-Edition-Various/dp/B00GK7MQCW/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_h__2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/C-P-E-Bach-Edition-Various/dp/B00GK7MQCW/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_h__2)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antonio-Vivaldi-Edition-Various/dp/B00GK7MR30/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_h__3 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antonio-Vivaldi-Edition-Various/dp/B00GK7MR30/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_h__3)

and this one at 12.70 released already
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Court-Music-Various-Artists/dp/B00CTBHUTW/ref=sr_1_9?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1390148002&sr=1-9&keywords=deutsche+harmonia+mundi (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Court-Music-Various-Artists/dp/B00CTBHUTW/ref=sr_1_9?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1390148002&sr=1-9&keywords=deutsche+harmonia+mundi)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: betty on January 19, 2014, 04:23:19 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on January 16, 2014, 02:48:21 AM
  Betty, the original Korean version of the orechestral box had 65 cds, and the new version through DG has only 40. I know a lot of them are the same, but didn't do a disc by disc comparison. 
  I have the Universal Korea Westminster chamber box as well. It was almost all recorded in the 1950s, some in 1949, so the sound isn't as good as more recent recordings.  There is background hiss in some discs, so could see why you might not be satisfied with the sound, although for that era it's considered pretty good (compare it to the Furtwangler and Toscanini stuff out there, for example, and it sounds pretty awesome, recording-wise!).  The packaging and book are NOT as good as the Korean version, unfortunately.

Thanks Baklavaboy. I should have mentioned that part of my thinking about the thin sound was with regard to HIP - I much prefer the more recent HIP/original instruments style of playing, and these Westminster recordings, which are not HIP, sounded 'thin' in that regard also. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 23, 2014, 04:54:38 AM
The original Living Stereo 60 CD box is $61 at import CDs.  They loaded up the discs with lots of extras (often a whole other album), and they are name performers, too. (Lots of Reiner, Heiffetz, Rubinstein, Munch, etc).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on January 23, 2014, 06:51:48 AM
The rubinstein, Perahia and Vivarte boxes are all cheap too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 25, 2014, 04:29:17 PM
Ah dammit Baklavaboy, I didn't have that box. So now I do. At that price it would insulting not to buy it!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on January 25, 2014, 04:49:00 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on January 23, 2014, 04:54:38 AM
The original Living Stereo 60 CD box is $61 at import CDs.  They loaded up the discs with lots of extras (often a whole other album), and they are name performers, too. (Lots of Reiner, Heiffetz, Rubinstein, Munch, etc).

Mine's backordered - order placed on Jan 16.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 26, 2014, 06:49:07 AM
Quote from: stingo on January 25, 2014, 04:49:00 PM
Mine's backordered - order placed on Jan 16.
They can be really slow! I have two things I ordered a month ago that haven't even been shipped yet.

Quote from: Ken B on January 25, 2014, 04:29:17 PM
Ah dammit Baklavaboy, I didn't have that box. So now I do. At that price it would insulting not to buy it!
$1 a disc, for stuff at this quality level, it's silly to not get it.  And they even add bonus tracks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 27, 2014, 12:17:32 AM
The 152cd RCO Radio Legacy set is available for £84.98 new from a marketplace seller on Amazon.uk. The ASIN is B00G6N4GLO. Four copies at time of posting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on January 27, 2014, 12:53:27 AM
Hi Hafod,
I saw your post on the r3 forum for this one so thanks for highlighting it  ;D. 
Have you had a shipping notice yet?

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 27, 2014, 02:02:27 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on January 27, 2014, 12:53:27 AM
Hi Hafod,
I saw your post on the r3 forum for this one so thanks for highlighting it  ;D. 
Have you had a shipping notice yet?

You had to be quick - there are now none left

No shipping notice yet but it is early days.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on January 27, 2014, 08:46:33 PM
Quote from: hafod on January 27, 2014, 02:02:27 AM
You had to be quick - there are now none left

No shipping notice yet but it is early days.

It seems the seller added more. I just ordered successfully. I wonder how this will work out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 27, 2014, 09:47:14 PM
Quote from: Drosera on January 27, 2014, 08:46:33 PM
It seems the seller added more. I just ordered successfully. I wonder how this will work out.

Me too - what an amazing bargain. As a Dutch Classical music lover and RCO-fan, how could I resist?  ??? :D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 27, 2014, 11:14:04 PM
Quote from: Drosera on January 27, 2014, 08:46:33 PM
I just ordered successfully.
Me too. Now I've got one of the "decade" boxes to get rid of. It wasn't expensive.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 28, 2014, 01:14:53 AM
Are you guys in Britain? I've been checking repeatedly, with tears in my eyes, and the best price I've seen is 505 pounds ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 28, 2014, 01:42:33 AM
Deepdiscount have an extra 15% off today only - enter WINTER in promos. Not the greatest discount, but they also have some boxes on sale, and in conjunction with that, some pretty good prices can be had.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 28, 2014, 03:56:24 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on January 28, 2014, 01:14:53 AM
Are you guys in Britain? I've been checking repeatedly, with tears in my eyes, and the best price I've seen is 505 pounds ???
Back to 505 but I managed to get a confirmation at 85 GBP. I recommend you check regularly. There were 9 available when I ordered, 30 mins later there were none. This will now officially be my largest set, beating out the Haydn Edition at 152 to 150.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 28, 2014, 02:15:55 PM
DIBS! Hands of my RCO Radio box Baklavaboy!

;)

My guess is its a glitch and you all get cancellations.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 28, 2014, 02:19:32 PM
Quote from: Ken B on January 28, 2014, 02:15:55 PM

My guess is its a glitch and you all get cancellations.
My current amazon status is "Preparing for dispatch".
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 28, 2014, 04:51:17 PM
Quote from: Ken B on January 28, 2014, 02:15:55 PM
DIBS! Hands of my RCO Radio box Baklavaboy!

;)

My guess is its a glitch and you all get cancellations.

  If I do get my hands on that set, nothing will get them off again!

  However, I'm with you on the cancellations.  Price drops happen, but this price seems suspiciously close to the single decade price, and dropping to about 1/6 of the regular price on a 1000 box limited edition seems rather too good to be true.  If I don't get it, it will be a blessing, really. I've got about 1200 discs I haven't heard yet. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 29, 2014, 01:19:40 AM
Surprise surprise! I have just heard that the Large RCO Legacy box I ordered at £85 has been cancelled because 'the price wasn't set by the seller correctly'. They listed batches of this set on FOUR separate occasions at this price (give or take a few pence), so what was going on.....incompetence, disgruntled employee...?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 29, 2014, 01:33:45 AM
Quote from: hafod on January 29, 2014, 01:19:40 AM
Surprise surprise! I have just heard that the Large RCO Legacy box I ordered at £85 has been cancelled because 'the price wasn't set by the seller correctly'. They listed batches of this set on FOUR separate occasions at this price (give or take a few pence), so what was going on.....incompetence, disgruntled employee...?

Bummer, I'll have to check my mail too. (Did you also order at M&L UK?) Anyway, can they do that?  ::)
I guess UK law applies here, but under Dutch law a deal is a deal unless it was an obvious mistake, which I think was not the case here.
It would have been an obvious mistake at £08.50 or £0.85 but although £85 is a bargain, it is not improbable...

Q

EDIT: cancelled! :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 29, 2014, 01:43:43 AM
No such mail to me. And as it was set on several occasions, and as it wasn't a decimal point wrong or something like that so there was not an obvious mistake (and under Norwegian law they would then have been obliged to honor the price too).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 29, 2014, 01:52:10 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 29, 2014, 01:43:43 AM
No such mail to me. And as it was set on several occasions, and as it wasn't a decimal point wrong or something like that so there was not an obvious mistake (and under Norwegian law they would then have been obliged to honor the price too).
Actually, it seems to me it was a mistake by a decimal point. It is normally 500 pounds, and the price goes up to 1200. 850 would be the third most expensive instead of undercutting the lowest price by 80%+.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 29, 2014, 02:50:11 AM
There my went as well. Explanation : "This item was uploaded and listed with a wrong product code."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 29, 2014, 03:02:45 AM
Quote from: The new erato on January 29, 2014, 02:50:11 AM
There my went as well. Explanation : "This item was uploaded and listed with a wrong product code."

Mine too - "pricing error"....  >:(

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 29, 2014, 05:52:22 AM
Hey Q, remember a week or so back I said I had played Handel's Rodalinda and was surprised at how enjoyable it was, and you said something like "Be careful"...well it turns out you knew of what you spoke. I found myself ordering this today:

[asin]B00DHCJLWG[/asin]

42 discs and 3 DVDs for about 110USD.  A Super-Duper cheap bargain...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 29, 2014, 07:35:53 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on January 29, 2014, 05:52:22 AM
Hey Q, remember a week or so back I said I had played Handel's Rodalinda and was surprised at how enjoyable it was, and you said something like "Be careful"...well it turns out you knew of what you spoke. I found myself ordering this today:

42 discs and 3 DVDs for about 110USD.  A Super-Duper cheap bargain...

Well, the Baroque era is a fascinating and amazingly rich period in musical history.  I'll be curious of your findings. :)

That particular set has actually been high on my own wish list, with superb performances conducted by René Jacobs and William Christie - and it doesn't get any better than that.

Seems amazing value for money to me!  :o

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on January 29, 2014, 08:31:05 AM
Quote from: Que on January 29, 2014, 07:35:53 AM
Well, the Baroque era is a fascinating and amazingly rich period in musical history.  I'll be curious of your findings. :)

That particular set has actually been high on my own wish list, with superb performances conducted by René Jacobs and William Christie - and it doesn't get any better than that.

Seems amazing value for money to me!  :o

Q
+1, a temptation for sure.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 29, 2014, 10:18:45 AM
Quote from: hafod on January 29, 2014, 01:19:40 AM
Surprise surprise! I have just heard that the Large RCO Legacy box I ordered at £85 has been cancelled because 'the price wasn't set by the seller correctly'. They listed batches of this set on FOUR separate occasions at this price (give or take a few pence), so what was going on.....incompetence, disgruntled employee...?

Quote from: Que on January 29, 2014, 03:02:45 AM
Mine too - "pricing error"....  >:(
Q

Ditto.

Oh well. Let's order something else instead  :)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on January 29, 2014, 11:49:53 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 29, 2014, 10:18:45 AM
Ditto.

Oh well. Let's order something else instead  :)


Mine has shipped!!








Just kidding...  :P (Canceled, although the reservation on my credit card is still there.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 29, 2014, 02:29:58 PM
Quote from: Drosera on January 29, 2014, 11:49:53 AM
Just kidding...  :P (Canceled, although the reservation on my credit card is still there.)

It sucks... I complained (I don't know why, I guess I was so irritated that I had to do something), telling them that they had no right to unilaterally breaking the deal.

Response was that they were very sorry but had informed Amazon (so? ::)) and they didn't want to deliver me an "incorrect item" Huh?  ::) Oh, they mean the correct item, but for the price they want for it now! :laugh:

But thanks anyway.  :) Next time we'll be more successful, so it goes in the CDCDCD (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,15426.msg378935.html#msg378935) business... 8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 29, 2014, 06:43:36 PM
As a consolation, Strauss lieder, 6 cd, DFD, under 20 from an Amazon vendor.

This is top notch of course but I will NOT buy any more DFD!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 29, 2014, 07:32:50 PM
Brilliant on sale at Presto. Some good bargains including the new CPE Bach 30 disc set for $70 usd.

They don't cancel either.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on January 29, 2014, 08:41:44 PM
Quote from: Que on January 29, 2014, 02:29:58 PM
It sucks... I complained (I don't know why, I guess I was so irritated that I had to do something), telling them that they had no right to unilaterally breaking the deal.

Response was that they were very sorry but had informed Amazon (so? ::)) and they didn't want to deliver me an "incorrect item" Huh?  ::) Oh, they mean the correct item, but for the price they want for it now! :laugh:

But thanks anyway.  :) Next time we'll be more successful, so it goes in the CDCDCD (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,15426.msg378935.html#msg378935) business... 8)

Q

The main reason why it annoys me is actually that this price was much closer to a fair price for this box set than the regular price is. It's just a (rather flimsy) repackaging of already released content.

(Thanks for pointing me to the CDCDCD thread. Now I finally know what to tell my psychiatrist.  :) )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on January 30, 2014, 10:58:29 AM
Quote from: Que on January 29, 2014, 02:29:58 PM
It sucks... I complained (I don't know why, I guess I was so irritated that I had to do something), telling them that they had no right to unilaterally breaking the deal.

Response was that they were very sorry but had informed Amazon (so? ::)) and they didn't want to deliver me an "incorrect item" Huh?  ::) Oh, they mean the correct item, but for the price they want for it now! :laugh:

But thanks anyway.  :) Next time we'll be more successful, so it goes in the CDCDCD (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,15426.msg378935.html#msg378935) business... 8)

Q

A deal is a deal and it became one when the vendor accepted your money. If they stuffed up then really, if they want to be considered reputable dealers, they should wear it like other outlets do. My principle is to not do business with vendors who don't honour their contracts.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 30, 2014, 11:22:50 AM
Quote from: Holden on January 30, 2014, 10:58:29 AM
A deal is a deal and it became one when the vendor accepted your money. If they stuffed up then really, if they want to be considered reputable dealers, they should wear it like other outlets do. My principle is to not do business with vendors who don't honour their contracts.

Another interesting thing that has annoyed me to no end - at Amazon you can't leave seller feedback if an order is cancelled.... ???

How ridiculous is that?  >:(

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 30, 2014, 12:22:55 PM
Quote from: Que on January 30, 2014, 11:22:50 AM
Another interesting thing that has annoyed me to no end - at Amazon you can't leave seller feedback if an order is cancelled.... ???

How ridiculous is that?  >:(

Q

That is not the case for me. Go to 'Your Account' then click on 'Leave Seller Feedback' and up it comes. Well, it does on my computer. Click on 'Orders' however, and there is no sign of it - not surprising as the order has been cancelled.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on January 30, 2014, 01:08:59 PM
Quote from: Que on January 30, 2014, 11:22:50 AM
Another interesting thing that has annoyed me to no end - at Amazon you can't leave seller feedback if an order is cancelled.... ???

How ridiculous is that?  >:(

Q
Quote from: hafod on January 30, 2014, 12:22:55 PM
That is not the case for me. Go to 'Your Account' then click on 'Leave Seller Feedback' and up it comes. Well, it does on my computer. Click on 'Orders' however, and there is no sign of it - not surprising as the order has been cancelled.

Yes, correct. I have left some scathing seller feedbacks for that reason, since it is a pet peeve. They always act so distressed about it, I don't mind. I'm usually too nice anyway.   0:)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 30, 2014, 02:12:17 PM
Quote from: Que on January 30, 2014, 11:22:50 AM
Another interesting thing that has annoyed me to no end - at Amazon you can't leave seller feedback if an order is cancelled.... ???

How ridiculous is that?  >:(

Q

Yes, you actually can. When go to leave another seller feedback, the cancelled order from that seller will be on list of sellers awaiting feedback.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 30, 2014, 10:19:37 PM
Quote from: hafod on January 30, 2014, 12:22:55 PM
That is not the case for me. Go to 'Your Account' then click on 'Leave Seller Feedback' and up it comes. Well, it does on my computer. Click on 'Orders' however, and there is no sign of it - not surprising as the order has been cancelled.

Quote from: Gurn Blanston on January 30, 2014, 01:08:59 PM
Yes, correct. I have left some scathing seller feedbacks for that reason, since it is a pet peeve. They always act so distressed about it, I don't mind. I'm usually too nice anyway.   0:)

8)

Quote from: Mirror Image on January 30, 2014, 02:12:17 PM
Yes, you actually can. When go to leave another seller feedback, the cancelled order from that seller will be on list of sellers awaiting feedback.

OK, guys thanks.  :) When I checked it wasn't there, but I guess it takes a day or two to appear because now it is there. I'll give them hell. >:D  ;D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 30, 2014, 11:50:00 PM

This has to be a steal (well, I thought so and bought it) - a 33cd box from Decca of Sviatoslav Richter solo recordings for £44.74 at AmazonUk. The ASIN is B00GYHSYW4.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 31, 2014, 04:19:16 AM
Quote from: hafod on January 30, 2014, 11:50:00 PM
This has to be a steal (well, I thought so and bought it) - a 33cd box from Decca of Sviatoslav Richter solo recordings for £44.74 at AmazonUk. The ASIN is B00GYHSYW4.

  It's actually a bit cheaper from out of Britain, no VAT. I know I shouldn't have--but it's Chinese New Years here in Asia and my in-laws pumped me full of excellent scotch. I saw, I clicked, I ordered.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on January 31, 2014, 04:24:02 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on January 31, 2014, 04:19:16 AM
  It's actually a bit cheaper from out of Britain, no VAT. I know I shouldn't have--but it's Chinese New Years here in Asia and my in-laws pumped me full of excellent scotch. I saw, I clicked, I ordered.
It should be outside EU too, though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 31, 2014, 04:32:29 AM
Quote from: North Star on January 31, 2014, 04:24:02 AM
It should be outside EU too, though.

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sure you are right. I'm in Taiwan and know very little about the system there.  Anyway, it's a super-duper cheap bargain by any rational standard, with or without the tax.  thanks Amazon UK!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on January 31, 2014, 10:05:55 AM
From JPC:

Twilight of the Gods, Luisi, DG, €7.99
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/deta...n/hnum/2986422

The Real Chopin 21 cds €19.99
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/deta...n/hnum/4301135
Details at Presto:
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/adv...ll&label=&cat=

Richard Strauss, Complete Lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore, 6cds, €12.99 - Warner
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/deta...r/hnum/1751929

The Art of Franz Konwitschny Vol.2 11cds, Edel, €19.99
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/deta...2/hnum/3959983

Haydn: Complete Symphonies, Adam Fischer, Brilliant Classics, 33cd, €29.99.
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/deta...4/hnum/4897680
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 01, 2014, 02:57:26 PM
Quote from: stingo on January 25, 2014, 04:49:00 PM
Mine's backordered - order placed on Jan 16.

My RCA Living Stereo box set shipped today.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 02, 2014, 07:18:24 PM
Quote from: hafod on January 31, 2014, 10:05:55 AM
From JPC:

The Real Chopin 21 cds €19.99
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/deta...n/hnum/4301135
Details at Presto:
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/adv...ll&label=&cat=


How did you find that on JPC's site?   The link you supplied is coming up "Error", and JPC's search engine is showing a good many of the single CDs in that for 16.99 and 19.99 Euros each (although not necessarily in stock) but no sign of the 21 CD set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on February 02, 2014, 08:42:30 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 02, 2014, 07:18:24 PM
How did you find that on JPC's site?   The link you supplied is coming up "Error", and JPC's search engine is showing a good many of the single CDs in that for 16.99 and 19.99 Euros each (although not necessarily in stock) but no sign of the 21 CD set.

Perhaps it sold out? Wouldn't be surprised at that price. A few days ago the link worked fine.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 02, 2014, 09:01:09 PM
Quote from: Drosera on February 02, 2014, 08:42:30 PM
Perhaps it sold out? Wouldn't be surprised at that price. A few days ago the link worked fine.
Never worked for me either (and I checked within a few hours of your posting it - actually none of them worked for me). But I did find it on the site, and it does appear to have been removed since then (probably due to high demand as you said).

EDIT: Thanks in any case for highlighting it! Still much appreciated.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on February 02, 2014, 11:26:59 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 02, 2014, 09:01:09 PM
Never worked for me either (and I checked within a few hours of your posting it - actually none of them worked for me). But I did find it on the site, and it does appear to have been removed since then (probably due to high demand as you said).

EDIT: Thanks in any case for highlighting it! Still much appreciated.

The page is now marked 'unavailable for purchase'.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on February 03, 2014, 05:56:26 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on January 23, 2014, 04:54:38 AM
The original Living Stereo 60 CD box is $61 at import CDs.  They loaded up the discs with lots of extras (often a whole other album), and they are name performers, too. (Lots of Reiner, Heiffetz, Rubinstein, Munch, etc).

Great heads up, was thinking about this for a week.  Pushed the button today.  Further price drop to $56, got mine delivered to the UK for £39.90.  60cds @ 70p per disc is amazing.

[asin]B009J3K4MI[/asin]
I have about twenty of the recordings on Sacd/Cd, but what a great addition.  Quality, Performance & Price, a real SDCB
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 03, 2014, 06:06:06 AM
Quote from: hafod on February 02, 2014, 11:26:59 PM
The page is now marked 'unavailable for purchase'.
Who would want to purchase the page?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on February 03, 2014, 06:35:51 AM
Anthony that is a deal a steal etc etc
The second volume is out in march £54 at Amazon uk
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 03, 2014, 04:11:46 PM
Importcds has the 18 disc Clementi pianoforte sonatas for $39 and the Gesualdo madrigal box on Naxos for 27. Also the real Chopin box for 70.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 04, 2014, 11:22:34 PM
JPC has a sale of the Label K617, 70 to 82% off, some beautiful titles.
LOOK UNDER NEUHEITEN!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 05, 2014, 03:01:23 AM
I don't know anything about the quality of this, but it's definitely a SDCB (117 discs for $99)
[asin]B007AX229C[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on February 05, 2014, 03:53:15 AM
Mixed reviews on the sound quality.   A lot of discs / performances but with so so sound at best by all accounts.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 05, 2014, 04:16:27 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 05, 2014, 03:01:23 AM
I don't know anything about the quality of this, but it's definitely a SDCB (117 discs for $99)
[asin]B007AX229C[/asin]
I wanted to figure out which Tchaikovsky 5 was here, and found a complete listing here:http://blog.livedoor.jp/wolfgang1968/archives/55551405.html (http://blog.livedoor.jp/wolfgang1968/archives/55551405.html)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 05, 2014, 04:32:04 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 05, 2014, 04:16:27 AM
I wanted to figure out which Tchaikovsky 5 was here, and found a complete listing here:http://blog.livedoor.jp/wolfgang1968/archives/55551405.html (http://blog.livedoor.jp/wolfgang1968/archives/55551405.html)

That was a easy read ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 05, 2014, 06:45:14 AM
Quote from: Chen Tao on February 05, 2014, 04:32:04 AM
That was a easy read ;D
What, you finished already?!?! I am still on disc 62! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 05, 2014, 03:04:16 PM
Miaskovsky symphonies $43 amazon http://www.amazon.com/Miaskovsky-Symphonies-complete-Nikolai/dp/B000XCTD5S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1391644981&sr=1-1&keywords=Miaskovsky+box
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 05, 2014, 05:39:47 PM
Do not buy this.
Rilling's complete Bach cantatas for $70 http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Complete-Cantatas-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B004K583KA/ref=sr_1_7?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1391654066&sr=1-7&keywords=Bis+box+set

Think of this as a test. It's a SDCB. It's the greatest body of music ever written. It comes in a nice box.
Resist. I had his passions and B-. Resist.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 05, 2014, 05:58:30 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 05, 2014, 05:39:47 PM
Do not buy this.
Rilling's complete Bach cantatas for $70 http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Complete-Cantatas-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B004K583KA/ref=sr_1_7?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1391654066&sr=1-7&keywords=Bis+box+set

Think of this as a test. It's a SDCB. It's the greatest body of music ever written. It comes in a nice box.
Resist. I had his passions and B-. Resist.

I can resist very easily.  Since I have the whole shebang in the form of the Hanssler Complete Bach box.  >:D

Actually, I have two whole shebangs, since I also have the Teldec box. (the plain vanilla CD version of Karl's Bach on a Flash).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 05, 2014, 07:10:21 PM
Here's an odd one that perhaps only applies to me (for now). Two local shops (I live in Taiwan) have this set for about $156.  That is actually close to $4 a disc.  Is that even an SDCB? Actually, I like my discs around $2, but I really do like Gould a lot, and I love original jacket stuff... The owner of one shop insists it just came out, although it seems to have been around for a while in the States (But is much higher at Amazon, only available through 3rd party sellers).

[asin]B0086WQNZ0[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 05, 2014, 07:20:24 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 05, 2014, 07:10:21 PM
Here's an odd one that perhaps only applies to me (for now). Two local shops (I live in Taiwan) have this set for about $156.  That is actually close to $4 a disc.  Is that even an SDCB? Actually, I like my discs around $2, but I really do like Gould a lot, and I love original jacket stuff... The owner of one shop insists it just came out, although it seems to have been around for a while in the States (But is much higher at Amazon, only available through 3rd party sellers).

[asin]B0086WQNZ0[/asin]

I think it came out last year,  selling then for about $100US.  I wouldn't be surprised to find it OOP now.  I have most of the recordings it contains,  so I let it pass.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 05, 2014, 07:53:38 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 05, 2014, 07:20:24 PM
I think it came out last year,  selling then for about $100US.  I wouldn't be surprised to find it OOP now.  I have most of the recordings it contains,  so I let it pass.

Wow, $100! And here I thought you guys would be jealous :P
  Well, thanks. You just cured me of my urge to get it :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 05, 2014, 07:57:33 PM
Baklavaboy resists. "You just cured me of my urge to get it ."

I, a Canadian, have mixed feelings about GG. If you have Scott Ross's Scarlatti read his remarks on Gould. If you don't have it make it a top priority.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 08, 2014, 03:08:10 AM
Ken, I'll keep the Scarlatti in mind :)

  Just pulled the trigger on this, as it's British price is so ridiculously cheap:
[asin]B00GWE4NQU[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 08, 2014, 10:40:47 AM
The Brilliant CPE Bach box is 56 Canadian at Amazon.ca and a marketplace there too. http://www.amazon.ca/C-P-E-Bach-Edition-Rundfunkchor-Berlin/dp/B00FP45RV8/ref=pd_sim_m_2
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 08, 2014, 10:49:45 AM
Dammit Baklavaboy, now I had to order the Colin Davis. To the USA it was L44, about $75. They have a Giulini box cheap too. I'm seeing some good prices today at amazon.ca
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 08, 2014, 10:56:30 AM
Tokyo quartet Beethoven cycle $21 at Amazon us
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 08, 2014, 02:33:39 PM
Complete Faure on Brilliant, Amazon.ca 40
http://www.amazon.ca/Complete-Edition-G-Faure/dp/B00EZCVEPY/ref=pd_sim_m_3

Seriously underrated composer, aside from the requiem of course

They also have the 9 disc box of Heifetz sonatas $20
http://www.amazon.ca/Jascha-Heifetz-plays-Sonatas-Violin/dp/B00AK3X3Z6/ref=pd_sim_m_21
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vandermolen on February 09, 2014, 12:51:26 AM
No 1 choice for Vaughan Williams Symphony No 9 according to Radio 3 (UK) is the version by Vernon Handley on the budget CFP label (or you can get a box set of the whole cycle + other works for c£20) which is an amazing bargain.
[asin]B0000647HR[/asin]
[asin]B00006J3LP[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on February 09, 2014, 07:15:41 AM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00000DUE7/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1J3888MHYEW14BVYR9SD&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

Vivaldi - The Complete Sacred Works [Box set]

This was offered by Abeille a couple of days back at a bargain price but today Amazon UK has beaten them with £26 or so on offer.

Phil.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 09, 2014, 12:57:57 PM
Amazon and importcds both have Preston's complete Bach organ music for under 45. I succumbed to temptation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 09, 2014, 06:03:53 PM
Quote from: gilfachphil on February 09, 2014, 07:15:41 AM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00000DUE7/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1J3888MHYEW14BVYR9SD&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

Vivaldi - The Complete Sacred Works [Box set]

This was offered by Abeille a couple of days back at a bargain price but today Amazon UK has beaten them with £26 or so on offer.

Phil.

Ordered it, although it's now listed as "shipping in 7-11 business days", so I'll have to keep my fingers crossed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on February 09, 2014, 06:54:43 PM
Vivaldi box ordered here as well, the VAT elimination= postage for me
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 10, 2014, 12:05:51 PM
Kempe's Richard Strauss, 9 cd, Amazon.ca $21
http://www.amazon.ca/Strauss-Orchestral-Works-Rudolf-Kempe/dp/B00FJZQRR6/ref=pd_sim_m_1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 11, 2014, 10:36:59 PM
For some wacky reason they have the new box even cheaper (if you are out of VAT range) than the give-away old one. I love you UK Amazon!
[asin] B00GP8YHAU[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on February 12, 2014, 07:23:09 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 11, 2014, 10:36:59 PM
For some wacky reason they have the new box even cheaper (if you are out of VAT range) than the give-away old one. I love you UK Amazon!
[asin] B00GP8YHAU[/asin]

I love the UK Amazon price too.  Tell me, if I put it on order now "Pre Order, for March 3rd" will Amazon honour the £48.69p at today's date?  I know if it goes down further you get the lower price, but if it goes up from the £48.69p then do you not get today's price guarantee?

I've got Vol 1 on the way from the USA, should be here soon.  Great heads up again Baklavaboy  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 12, 2014, 07:30:43 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on February 12, 2014, 07:23:09 AM
I love the UK Amazon price too.  Tell me, if I put it on order now "Pre Order, for March 3rd" will Amazon honour the £48.69p at today's date?  I know if it goes down further you get the lower price, but if it goes up from the £48.69p then do you not get today's price guarantee?

I've got Vol 1 on the way from the USA, shou ld be here soon.  Great heads up again Baklavaboy  8)
No matter what happens to the price, you are guarenteed the price today or any lower price between now and the date of actual release. SO if the price goes up, it will not affect you. You can also cancel at any time (until they ship).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 12, 2014, 07:33:43 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on February 12, 2014, 07:23:09 AM
I love the UK Amazon price too.  Tell me, if I put it on order now "Pre Order, for March 3rd" will Amazon honour the £48.69p at today's date?  I know if it goes down further you get the lower price, but if it goes up from the £48.69p then do you not get today's price guarantee?

I've got Vol 1 on the way from the USA, should be here soon.  Great heads up again Baklavaboy  8)

About the price, I just bought it. I think if you just put it in your cart but don't pay for it, then the price doesn't lock in. However, if you buy it now (is that what you mean by preorder?) then I don't see how they could tell you to cough up more later.  I wouldn't expect it to get any cheaper! If it does, however, you can cancel and then reorder (I did that with the Rubinstein box--worked very smoothly. Usually you can cancel very easily if they haven't shipped).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on February 12, 2014, 07:35:58 AM
This delicious 4-discer is available as an mp3 download for $15.98:

[asin]B00506PH9S[/asin]

You're welcome 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on February 12, 2014, 08:02:02 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 12, 2014, 07:30:43 AM
No matter what happens to the price, you are guarenteed the price today or any lower price between now and the date of actual release. SO if the price goes up, it will not affect you. You can also cancel at any time (until they ship).

Cheers Sir!!

& Kudos to Bala!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 12, 2014, 08:09:58 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on February 12, 2014, 07:23:09 AM
I love the UK Amazon price too.  Tell me, if I put it on order now "Pre Order, for March 3rd" will Amazon honour the £48.69p at today's date?  I know if it goes down further you get the lower price, but if it goes up from the £48.69p then do you not get today's price guarantee?

I've got Vol 1 on the way from the USA, should be here soon.  Great heads up again Baklavaboy  8)

Saw it to0 late, price is up again, Darn! almost 65 pounds
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on February 12, 2014, 08:33:07 AM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00GP8YHAU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1392226295&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165

still showing cheap for me?  Sure you're not looking at volume 1?  (Import cos is the cheapest for that).



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 12, 2014, 08:44:29 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on February 12, 2014, 08:33:07 AM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00GP8YHAU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1392226295&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165

still showing cheap for me?  Sure you're not looking at volume 1?  (Import cos is the cheapest for that).

Got it, thank you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on February 12, 2014, 09:13:33 AM
All over that Living Stereo deal like white on rice!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on February 12, 2014, 11:22:47 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 12, 2014, 07:30:43 AM
No matter what happens to the price, you are guarenteed the price today or any lower price between now and the date of actual release. SO if the price goes up, it will not affect you. You can also cancel at any time (until they ship).

As long as the item is eligible and shows the mention "Pre-order Price Guarantee".

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/promotions/details/popup/AZ9P2SJV7UBYB (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/promotions/details/popup/AZ9P2SJV7UBYB)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 12, 2014, 11:28:24 AM
Amazon will generally these prices that are low but not absurd. I even got the complete Beethoven on Brilliant for $29 (free shipping)

I'm passing on Living Stereo 2. I'm really liking box 1, but too much standard rep I have multiple recordings of to get box 2.

Or at least at this moment. Who knows what happens after a beer or two.

They have a Toscanini Puccini box going cheap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 12, 2014, 07:01:08 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 09, 2014, 06:03:53 PM
Ordered it, although it's now listed as "shipping in 7-11 business days", so I'll have to keep my fingers crossed.

[Re: Hyperion Vivaldi Sacred Music box]

Received email confirmation that it was shipped today, in considerably less than the initial promise;  scheduled arrival is next Friday, the 21st. 

In general, I've found AmazonUK to be better in all aspects of shipping and customer service than AmazonUS.

But I'm not going for the Living Stereo box:  I have too much already, and most of what I don't have is stuff I don't really want.  Would like to see a Living Stereo jazz/blues/pop set issued though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on February 13, 2014, 11:21:14 AM
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000NA2PD2

Amazon . Com EMI Mozart 50 Cd box < 30 USD


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 13, 2014, 03:23:37 PM
I snarfed a Mozart. Xmas shopping!

Amazon has a 10 cd Horowitz sonatas box for 20 from several sellers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 13, 2014, 05:14:19 PM
Some fairly good deals I saw today, mostly from Mp not Amazon proper.

Gardiner Purcell http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-9-Symphonies-L-V/dp/B0040UEI8G/ref=sr_1_44?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1392343569&sr=1-44&keywords=Box+set


Tirimo Schubert http://www.amazon.com/Schubert-Complete-Sonatas-Martino-Tirimo/dp/B00D56AD4E/ref=sr_1_16?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1392343286&sr=1-16&keywords=Box+set

Sabine Meyer http://www.amazon.com/Sabine-Meyer-Harmonie-Musik-Blaserensemble/dp/B00E6F12B6/ref=sr_1_26?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1392343472&sr=1-26&keywords=Box+set

Cluytens Beethoven http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-9-Symphonies-L-V/dp/B0040UEI8G/ref=sr_1_44?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1392343569&sr=1-44&keywords=Box+set

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 13, 2014, 05:55:14 PM
Celibadache 2,Bruckner $25 from zoverstocks on Amazon. I succumbed. Everyone needs 6 Bruckner cycles, right?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 13, 2014, 08:59:41 PM
Ross Scarlatti is 94 at an Amazon vendor. And the Nimbus mp3 set is excellent and under 30 in several places.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: zmic on February 14, 2014, 02:04:15 AM
Hindemith Kammermusik used for £2.56 on amazon.co.uk

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00000E4YR/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

Standard disclaimer: zoverstock, random distribution between "still in shrinkwrap" and "footprints on the CD"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on February 14, 2014, 02:04:19 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on February 13, 2014, 11:21:14 AM
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000NA2PD2

Amazon . Com EMI Mozart 50 Cd box < 30 USD

Hard to resist, couldn't resist.....Ordered  ;)

Great spot! Appreciated heads up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 14, 2014, 02:36:08 PM
Solti, Wagner box, 36 discs under 100 at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Operas-Various-Artists/dp/B008H29YVY/ref=sr_1_9?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1392420725&sr=1-9&keywords=strauss+complete+operas
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on February 14, 2014, 11:22:43 PM
Great Symphonies: The Zurich Years 1995-2014 David Zinman/Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich - 50 cds, £50.31.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Symphonies-Zurich-1995-2014-Limited/dp/B00I0IL3FA/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=AZFAVK42ANC5&coliid=I16OUYCWPGD3SC

Cheapest I have seen it. I have most of it so am passing this one up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 15, 2014, 02:13:53 PM
Warner EMI Chopin complete $27 at an Amazon MP http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Chopin-Edition-Edition-200th/dp/B002UCDVAC/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1392505865&sr=8-3-fkmr1&keywords=Real+chopin+box

Buy it before I do, please!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 15, 2014, 07:02:32 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 15, 2014, 02:13:53 PM
Warner EMI Chopin complete $27 at an Amazon MP http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Chopin-Edition-Edition-200th/dp/B002UCDVAC/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1392505865&sr=8-3-fkmr1&keywords=Real+chopin+box

Buy it before I do, please!

Mission accomplished.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 15, 2014, 11:41:53 PM
Verdi The Great Operas on EMI
35 discs $48 zoverstock
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on February 17, 2014, 12:38:13 AM
I think this is a new low (pricewise)  The Murray Parahia box at $69.99
at http://www.hbdirect.com/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 17, 2014, 12:51:47 AM
Quote from: listener on February 17, 2014, 12:38:13 AM
I think this is a new low (pricewise)  The Murray Parahia box at $69.99
at http://www.hbdirect.com/

Your link gives as a price 109 dollars
Plus the post and custom cost, that will add up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on February 17, 2014, 01:12:14 AM
Quote from: Harry's on February 17, 2014, 12:51:47 AM
Your link gives as a price 109 dollars
Plus the post and custom cost, that will add up.
click on box 3 in the marquee at the top, and again on the picture and price I posted should show up
still shows
List Price: $102.99    Sale Price: $69.99
The 55 minute playing time for the set is surely an error.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 17, 2014, 01:46:32 AM
Quote from: listener on February 17, 2014, 01:12:14 AM
click on box 3 in the marquee at the top, and again on the picture and price I posted should show up
still shows
List Price: $102.99    Sale Price: $69.99
The 55 minute playing time for the set is surely an error.

Right I will try again, and see what it will cost to ship it to Europe. I saw at Amazon that the price is about 80 pounds.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 17, 2014, 04:55:31 AM
ImportCDs has it for $64 (http://www.importcds.com/music/2493672/murray-perahia-the-first-40-years-includes-bonus-dvds); that's where I got my copy!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 19, 2014, 01:44:02 PM
Membran mini boxlet of 10 cds of more recent music. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004VRXEWY/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&m=A1G3DENTB2WYYN
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 19, 2014, 01:49:16 PM
Yes I alerted GMG of this box in 2013, apart from a few misses in it its pretty awesome.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 20, 2014, 05:06:24 PM
Gould Beethoven sonatas box, under 11from zoverstocks at amazon, 15 importcds
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0085MK2O4/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&m=A9G4IDK5ZNW30
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 20, 2014, 05:22:15 PM
Scott Ross Scarlatti $70 Amazon vendor

Yoohoo, Baklavaboy
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 20, 2014, 05:45:50 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 20, 2014, 05:22:15 PM
Scott Ross Scarlatti $70 Amazon vendor

Yoohoo, Baklavaboy

:blank: <- this represents my lack of interest.  However, there are a couple of real beauts that should tempt everyone [edit: these are from amazon.co.uk, so won't work from US Amazon, where they aren't offered yet]:

[asin]B00HEYF4BA[/asin]
  I bought the giant Korean Sony box, so should have all this already. Even so, I'm rather tempted (I don't know if the link will take you there, but his should be for the English Amazon, where it is 27.5 pounds. 

   This is 81 pounds for 60 Cds.  I don't know anything about Bernstein on DG (I have the Sony from NY, and it is wonderful, and with great sound. Did they do weird miking and mixing at DG during this era, late late 70s and 80s Karajan?)

[asin]B00HRJVNVW[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 20, 2014, 06:00:07 PM
Here's a mystery set, Decca 100 symphonies 56 discs

No other details! But the price is good. I'm tempted tp pre order due to the price guarantee, and maybe cancel later should it not appeal.  If I remember

http://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Great-Symphonies-Various-Artists/dp/B00IDRVY6G/ref=pd_sim_m_h__5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1DK5676ZHBY65SG30VRD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 20, 2014, 08:16:55 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 20, 2014, 06:00:07 PM
Here's a mystery set, Decca 100 symphonies 56 discs

No other details! But the price is good. I'm tempted tp pre order due to the price guarantee, and maybe cancel later should it not appeal.  If I remember

http://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Great-Symphonies-Various-Artists/dp/B00IDRVY6G/ref=pd_sim_m_h__5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1DK5676ZHBY65SG30VRD

  DG has those two big symphony boxes for good prices, too.  (The Centenary Edition and...the weiner philharmoniker symphony edition?) I tend to find those resistible as they tend to be warhorse symphonies that I already have several copies of.  I'll be curious to see the details on this one.

  By the way, at Amazon de, the Teldec, Erato, and Das Altewerk boxes are all under 100 euros.  I love my Teldec box.  Loads of gems, and nice variety and recording quality.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 21, 2014, 11:03:24 AM
Alas I think I am giving up on ImportCDs. They took my money 3 weeks ago, did not ship, and have not responded to 3 emails.
I am lodging a claim with PayPal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 21, 2014, 11:08:27 AM
Quote from: Ken B on February 21, 2014, 11:03:24 AM
Alas I think I am giving up on ImportCDs. They took my money 3 weeks ago, did not ship, and have not responded to 3 emails.
I am lodging a claim with PayPal.

I use a regular credit card.  The Percussions de Strasbourg box I ordered on the fifth of this month was shipped today; when I ordered it was listed as being shipped in 4-7 days, so obviously their shipping estimates are not always reliable.    When were you promised shipment?  (But yes,  if they have your money and have not responded to emails,  I would be contacting PayPal too.  Not had to communicate with them, so I don't know what their usual email response time is.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 21, 2014, 11:49:05 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 21, 2014, 11:08:27 AM
I use a regular credit card.  The Percussions de Strasbourg box I ordered on the fifth of this month was shipped today; when I ordered it was listed as being shipped in 4-7 days, so obviously their shipping estimates are not always reliable.    When were you promised shipment?  (But yes,  if they have your money and have not responded to emails,  I would be contacting PayPal too.  Not had to communicate with them, so I don't know what their usual email response time is.)
I was promised shipment by 4 Feb when I ordered. Item shows as in stock and shipping within 24 hrs, and has every time I checked it. I've used them many times, and I don't like having to complain through PayPal, so I'm not happy about it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 21, 2014, 03:33:36 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 21, 2014, 11:03:24 AM
Alas I think I am giving up on ImportCDs. They took my money 3 weeks ago, did not ship, and have not responded to 3 emails.
I am lodging a claim with PayPal.

  I ordered 3 items on Dec. 23. They said 2 would ship in 5-10 days.  Those two haven't shipped even now, and like you, I've had no responses to emails.  Really irritating.  Their shipping fees are awesome (a fraction of Amazon's US to Taiwan rate), and they are often the cheapest, but this is ridiculously bad service.  I don't even check their site any more.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 21, 2014, 04:00:10 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 21, 2014, 03:33:36 PM
  I ordered 3 items on Dec. 23. They said 2 would ship in 5-10 days.  Those two haven't shipped even now, and like you, I've had no responses to emails.  Really irritating.  Their shipping fees are awesome (a fraction of Amazon's US to Taiwan rate), and they are often the cheapest, but this is ridiculously bad service.  I don't even check their site any more.
This is why I like paypal and Amazon. If the vendor ignores you they rarely ignore the 600 pound gorilla. I've never had to get Paypal to adjudicate; just a complaint routed through them has always produced quick responses. So that's what I did today. I report on what happens.

Did you see this Baklavaboy?

http://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Greatest-Jazz-Collection-Encyclopedia/dp/B001G8P3KW/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1393024995&sr=1-3&keywords=Membran+swing+time
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 21, 2014, 04:00:37 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 21, 2014, 03:33:36 PM
  I ordered 3 items on Dec. 23. They said 2 would ship in 5-10 days.  Those two haven't shipped even now, and like you, I've had no responses to emails.  Really irritating.  Their shipping fees are awesome (a fraction of Amazon's US to Taiwan rate), and they are often the cheapest, but this is ridiculously bad service.  I don't even check their site any more.
5-10 days for them is like four weeks at mdt or some other unknown quantity of time. They are reliable IF they are in stock. I would not buy from any of them if backordered, not in stock, and not available. Since I started ordering in stock only, I have had nearly no problems.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 21, 2014, 04:03:47 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 21, 2014, 04:00:37 PM
5-10 days for them is like four weeks at mdt or some other unknown quantity of time. They are reliable IF they are in stock. I would not buy from any of them if backordered, not in stock, and not available. Since I started ordering in stock only, I have had nearly no problems.
Mine was and is in stock. Big Clementi box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 21, 2014, 11:17:57 PM
Presto is having a clearance. Not much that I saw but these are limited supply of course, first come ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 21, 2014, 11:20:39 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 21, 2014, 04:00:10 PM
Did you see this Baklavaboy?
http://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Greatest-Jazz-Collection-Encyclopedia/dp/B001G8P3KW/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1393024995&sr=1-3&keywords=Membran+swing+time

  Yes! I have the final 3 volumes.  The second one was super expensive (oop for a while, but now back). I'm a bit leery as the audio quality for the Bebop box is pretty poor.  Also, I bought them just as I was getting into classical. I've probably played 5% of the discs...   For those who like "straight ahead" 50s jazz, the Modern Jazz box is awesome.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 22, 2014, 12:12:05 AM
The EMI France Beethoven a la francaise 50 cd box is $65 at an Amazon us vendor.
Very high quality performances, but the only remastering I've heard is the Cluytens, which is excellent.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on February 22, 2014, 01:19:38 AM
RCA Living Stereo Vol I is the only order I've done with Import CDs.  Delivered to the UK on Day 8 from the order.  So, in stock and very quick.  Postage rates as cheap as UK to UK for such a weighty monster of a box.

I don't think I've ever waited for more than 10 days from order to delivery from anything USA to UK.  Amazon or Specialist Distributor Stateside.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on February 22, 2014, 01:22:06 AM
Belcea Quartet complete cycle of Beethoven quartets found on Amazon UK yesterday for about £22 pre-order.  This is very competitive compared to the two 'half-cycle' volmes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on February 22, 2014, 01:46:24 AM

Verdi - The Great Operas: 38cds from EMI now £10.99 at AmUK. The ASIN is B00A4AI17A
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on February 22, 2014, 02:20:10 AM
Quote from: hafod on February 22, 2014, 01:46:24 AM
Verdi - The Great Operas: 38cds from EMI now £10.99 at AmUK. The ASIN is B00A4AI17A

Hafod,

That's a corker of a spot and SDCB !

I've ordered one, 11 in stock AMZ UK.  Probably get cancelled but they usually don't when from Amazon Direct.  Last biggie was the £15 Tchaikovsky 55cd Brill Box, now £120+, that was a year ago and that came through for many of us.

Hope this is a goer!!  Will let you all now if I get the dreaded "Sorry, cancelled email blah di blah"...

Cheers!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 22, 2014, 02:40:45 AM
Yeah, I couldn't resist either. Let's see if we all have bargain basement Verdi collections soon:)   There is also yet another very cheap Giulini box "Giulini in Vienna" available for pre-order (no details yet, not even a picture). I'm quite a fan, so am curious about it....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on February 22, 2014, 02:42:05 AM

Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on February 22, 2014, 02:20:10 AM
Hafod,

That's a corker of a spot and SDCB !

I've ordered one, 11 in stock AMZ UK.  Probably get cancelled but they usually don't when from Amazon Direct.  Last biggie was the £15 Tchaikovsky 55cd Brill Box, now £120+, that was a year ago and that came through for many of us.

Hope this is a goer!!  Will let you all now if I get the dreaded "Sorry, cancelled email blah di blah"...

Cheers!

I first saw it yesterday morning and ordered. I had an email this morning to say it had been despatched so I decided it was safe for me to spread the word. As soon as something like this is posted obviously many orders go in quickly. The algorithm monitoring sales picks it up, recognises unusual activity, and either raises the price or withdraws the availability. 

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on February 22, 2014, 02:48:10 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 22, 2014, 02:40:45 AM
Yeah, I couldn't resist either. Let's see if we all have bargain basement Verdi collections soon:)   There is also yet another very cheap Giulini box "Giulini in Vienna" available for pre-order (no details yet, not even a picture). I'm quite a fan, so am curious about it....

I ordered this a couple of days ago - Giulini is a great favourite of mine. Contents from Presto below - worth it for the Bruckner and a cracking Rigoletto alone. Some of the discs (especially the Beethoven) look like they may be short measure.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/futurereleases.php?composer=&work=+Giulini+In+Vienna+&performer=&medium=all&label=&cat=
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on February 22, 2014, 03:15:27 AM
Quote from: hafod on February 22, 2014, 02:42:05 AM
I first saw it yesterday morning and ordered. I had an email this morning to say it had been despatched so I decided it was safe for me to spread the word. As soon as something like this is posted obviously many orders go in quickly. The algorithm monitoring sales picks it up, recognises unusual activity, and either raises the price or withdraws the availability.

Thanks again for spreading the word.  I think I have only 8 or so Verdi operas, heard only around 14 (dvd/radio) etc.  I never realised he wrote this many, never really added them up before  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on February 22, 2014, 04:56:49 AM
Quote from: hafod on February 22, 2014, 02:42:05 AM
I first saw it yesterday morning and ordered. I had an email this morning to say it had been despatched so I decided it was safe for me to spread the word. As soon as something like this is posted obviously many orders go in quickly. The algorithm monitoring sales picks it up, recognises unusual activity, and either raises the price or withdraws the availability.

Well, it's now the #1 bestseller in classical opera. That probably classifies as 'unusual activity'.  :)

Ordered anyway. We'll see. Thanks for the heads-up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 22, 2014, 06:00:21 AM
Quote from: Drosera on February 22, 2014, 04:56:49 AM
Well, it's now the #1 bestseller in classical opera. That probably classifies as 'unusual activity'.  :)

Ordered anyway. We'll see. Thanks for the heads-up!
Holy cow. I thought I got a great price on that already at under 50. It worked out to 22. So I bought (just) one spare. Planning for an OOP resale.
Will we get cancelled?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 22, 2014, 06:07:59 AM
Quote from: Ken B on February 22, 2014, 06:00:21 AM
Will we get cancelled?

  I dont' think so. 3 Verdi boxes came out about almost simultaneously, and maybe this one just wasn't moving? Supposedly it's very flimsy packaging, and the recordings are all very good, but somewhat venerable. Probably isn't an expensive box to produce.  I watched a video of falstaff. that's my only experience with Verdi.  This will  be nice ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 22, 2014, 06:29:12 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 22, 2014, 06:07:59 AM
  I dont' think so. 3 Verdi boxes came out about almost simultaneously, and maybe this one just wasn't moving? Supposedly it's very flimsy packaging, and the recordings are all very good, but somewhat venerable. Probably isn't an expensive box to produce.  I watched a video of falstaff. that's my only experience with Verdi.  This will  be nice ;D
I hope you are right. To me it looked like the best box even at a sane price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 22, 2014, 06:48:04 AM
Hogwood Vivaldi recordings at Amazon UK for L 30 That is $48 delivered to the USA
I succumbed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 22, 2014, 07:02:16 AM
Here's a doozy: Karajan 88 disc EMI orchestral box for 80 Euros from Amazon.de

   Actually, I will probably pass, but ridiculous price.  I don't understand how he can have 200 discs for each EMI and DG at the same time...does anyone know which performances/recordings are supposed to be better?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on February 22, 2014, 07:18:56 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 22, 2014, 07:02:16 AM
Here's a doozy: Karajan 88 disc EMI orchestral box for 80 Euros from Amazon.de

   Actually, I will probably pass, but ridiculous price.  I don't understand how he can have 200 discs for each EMI and DG at the same time...does anyone know which performances/recordings are supposed to be better?

I've got the emi box and the karajan 60s / 70s boxes.  The DG boxes win for me but the EMI box is a bargain.   The DG ones are very pricey but immaculately presented.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 22, 2014, 07:23:00 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 22, 2014, 07:02:16 AM
Here's a doozy: Karajan 88 disc EMI orchestral box for 80 Euros from Amazon.de

   Actually, I will probably pass, but ridiculous price.  I don't understand how he can have 200 discs for each EMI and DG at the same time...does anyone know which performances/recordings are supposed to be better?
Karajan tends to be a sore point with fanatics (thats us).
They are all good. IMO his best performances were mid fifties to late 60s. Most of that is DG.
If it's close in price I'm for DG.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 22, 2014, 07:33:57 AM
Quote from: hafod on February 22, 2014, 01:46:24 AM
Verdi - The Great Operas: 38cds from EMI now £10.99 at AmUK. The ASIN is B00A4AI17A
I have the 80 CD Decca box and a 15 CD Domingo Verdi collection and haven't played a single disc from any of them.....Easy pass.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 22, 2014, 04:24:52 PM
Actually, I've always been prejudiced against Karajan, but mostly for non-musical reasons (well, and the criticism of his "slick" sound, too).  Furtwangler hated his guts, and F seemed like the good guy (I have a lot of F, but have a hard time getting past the sound).  I hate how they show K conducting in a beam of light, with his hair all done up, and his eyes closed, looking like he's spoozing in the drawers of his tux.  Something about him screams "it's all me!!". Just turns me off.  I did play his Eroica 3 from '62 or '63 and admit it was smoking.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 22, 2014, 05:17:11 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 22, 2014, 04:24:52 PM
Actually, I've always been prejudiced against Karajan, but mostly for non-musical reasons (well, and the criticism of his "slick" sound, too).  Furtwangler hated his guts, and F seemed like the good guy (I have a lot of F, but have a hard time getting past the sound).  I hate how they show K conducting in a beam of light, with his hair all done up, and his eyes closed, looking like he's spoozing in the drawers of his tux.  Something about him screams "it's all me!!". Just turns me off.  I did play his Eroica 3 from '62 or '63 and admit it was smoking.
Oh for sure a lot of hype. On the other hand he really was a superb musician.
I was in radio the tail end of the Karianne hegemony, and built-up a little bit of resentment and resistance. I would by choice program other conductors in repertoire if I had the option. It helped of course that emi and London head cheap reissues with different conductors such as Klemperer. But I had knowledgeable tasteful friends who swore by the man.

People don't realize how many records he sold. I saw the earnings numbers for musicians from recording income in the 1960s. For several years up until about 1967 he made as much as a Beatle. I read that 90% of DG's profit came from his recordings in some years.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 22, 2014, 10:50:33 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 22, 2014, 04:24:52 PM
Actually, I've always been prejudiced against Karajan, but mostly for non-musical reasons (well, and the criticism of his "slick" sound, too).  Furtwangler hated his guts, and F seemed like the good guy (I have a lot of F, but have a hard time getting past the sound).  I hate how they show K conducting in a beam of light, with his hair all done up, and his eyes closed, looking like he's spoozing in the drawers of his tux.  Something about him screams "it's all me!!". Just turns me off.  I did play his Eroica 3 from '62 or '63 and admit it was smoking.
I'm exactly the same. The feeling that the music is simply the medium to promote the musician. I can never get past it, but I have a few of his discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 23, 2014, 07:54:40 AM
Quote from: Ken B on February 22, 2014, 06:48:04 AM
Hogwood Vivaldi recordings at Amazon UK for L 30 That is $48 delivered to the USA
I succumbed.

Thanks for this, I've ordered it too.  What a bargain!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on February 24, 2014, 03:12:15 AM
Quote from: hafod on February 22, 2014, 01:46:24 AM
Verdi - The Great Operas: 38cds from EMI now £10.99 at AmUK. The ASIN is B00A4AI17A

Arrived this morning - £10.99 on the nail.
Now listed at £31.97 - 'usually dispatched within 6 to 12 days'.
I hope others who ordered are just as fortunate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on February 24, 2014, 07:30:26 AM
Quote from: hafod on February 24, 2014, 03:12:15 AM
Arrived this morning - £10.99 on the nail.
Now listed at £31.97 - 'usually dispatched within 6 to 12 days'.
I hope others who ordered are just as fortunate.

I've just noticed that price hike too.  Got my order in yesterday - although not before the price had gone up one whole penny to £11.  Strange.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: xaduci on February 25, 2014, 03:43:55 AM
Quote from: DaveF on February 24, 2014, 07:30:26 AM
I've just noticed that price hike too.  Got my order in yesterday - although not before the price had gone up one whole penny to £11.  Strange.

It has now gone up further to £42.28. I ordered mine on Sunday for £11. Seems that there will be some delay at least, but let's hope they'll be able to deliver it in the end.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 25, 2014, 05:33:49 PM
ImportCDs did not respond to me or to PayPal, so I got a refund through PP. Even so importcds is annoying. They want me to ship back the box I got for a full refund rather than what I asked for, complete the order or issue a partial refund.

Not sure I'm ever going to use them again.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on February 25, 2014, 06:16:13 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 25, 2014, 05:33:49 PM
ImportCDs did not respond to me or to PayPal, so I got a refund through PP. Even so importcds is annoying. They want me to ship back the box I got for a full refund rather than what I asked for, complete the order or issue a partial refund.

Not sure I'm ever going to use them again.

Every problem I have had with ImportCDs, whether it be a CD jewel case that arrived that's completely crushed to pieces due to their consistently lousy packaging or if I never even received an item in the mail, seems like it's always the buyer's fault that they're incompetent and can't accept the blame for that incompetence. Instead what I get is a lot of lip service about how I'm going to have to do this or do that. Screw them! I use them, but I use them through the umbrella of Amazon. That way if I ever encounter a problem that they're refusing to accept and make right, I'm not left holding the bag.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 26, 2014, 06:19:50 AM
Quote from: hafod on February 22, 2014, 01:46:24 AM
Verdi - The Great Operas: 38cds from EMI now £10.99 at AmUK. The ASIN is B00A4AI17A

Shipped today - thanks for the heads up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on February 26, 2014, 06:24:09 AM
Quote from: stingo on February 26, 2014, 06:19:50 AM
Shipped today - thanks for the heads up!
Same here!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 26, 2014, 06:39:26 AM
Quote from: Ken B on February 22, 2014, 06:48:04 AM
Hogwood Vivaldi recordings at Amazon UK for L 30 That is $48 delivered to the USA
I succumbed.

So did I. Thanks again for the heads up, even if my wallet doesn't feel the same way.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 26, 2014, 06:43:01 AM
Quote from: stingo on February 26, 2014, 06:39:26 AM
So did I. Thanks again for the heads up, even if my wallet doesn't feel the same way.
My wallet sends a note of commiseration to your wallet.
I'm still cold turkey ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on February 26, 2014, 06:44:37 AM
Quote from: stingo on February 26, 2014, 06:39:26 AM
So did I. Thanks again for the heads up, even if my wallet doesn't feel the same way.

Your wallet is not as cultured as you are.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on February 26, 2014, 08:44:16 AM
Barenboim Beethoven piano sonatas on EMI / Warner for £9.16 at Amazon UK.
If ordering from the UK you'll need to add something to make it over £10 to get free delivery.

[asin]B008DK3QBY[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on February 26, 2014, 08:50:06 AM
Quote from: stingo on February 26, 2014, 06:39:26 AM
So did I. Thanks again for the heads up, even if my wallet doesn't feel the same way.

I paid more for it (but not as much as amazon US prices). I think I got a bargain -- you got a super-duper bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 26, 2014, 09:15:34 AM
Quote from: Pat B on February 26, 2014, 08:50:06 AM
I paid more for it (but not as much as amazon US prices). I think I got a bargain -- you got a super-duper bargain.
Name of the game!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 27, 2014, 04:21:59 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 25, 2014, 05:33:49 PM
ImportCDs did not respond to me or to PayPal, so I got a refund through PP. Even so importcds is annoying. They want me to ship back the box I got for a full refund rather than what I asked for, complete the order or issue a partial refund.

Not sure I'm ever going to use them again.

I finally got a response from ImportCDs. They said that all orders are cancelled if not shipped in 21 days.  I wonder if that's true? And why they keep it secret? And why the orders stay in your "open orders" file?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 27, 2014, 04:37:13 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on February 27, 2014, 04:21:59 PM
I finally got a response from ImportCDs. They said that all orders are cancelled if not shipped in 21 days.  I wonder if that's true? And why they keep it secret? And why the orders stay in your "open orders" file?
I just got the same note. No refund. And they list the item as in stock.

Two weeks ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on February 27, 2014, 04:47:21 PM
ImportCDs told me the same thing - that after a certain amount of time the order gets cancelled. They had me reorder what I wanted (Complete Choros and Bachianas Brasileiras) and said they'd refund the difference because the item was on sale when I'd originally ordered it. It took a while but they eventually got around to it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 27, 2014, 05:04:29 PM
AMazon MP seller Harmonia Mundi has reduced their Lumieres set of 30 discs to 14.99. This has been mentioned before, but some good stuff there if the content is of interest. Check first Amazon review for contents: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005BZBY1I/ref=ox_sfl_cart_mbc_s8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&serverToken=Obidos (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005BZBY1I/ref=ox_sfl_cart_mbc_s8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&serverToken=Obidos)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 27, 2014, 10:26:00 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 27, 2014, 05:04:29 PM
AMazon MP seller Harmonia Mundi has reduced their Lumieres set of 30 discs to 14.99. This has been mentioned before, but some good stuff there if the content is of interest. Check first Amazon review for contents: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005BZBY1I/ref=ox_sfl_cart_mbc_s8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&serverToken=Obidos (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005BZBY1I/ref=ox_sfl_cart_mbc_s8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&serverToken=Obidos)

Thanks! :) Though I hate the concept of a box set with all kinds of stuff thrown in together.

(I know there is supposed to be an idea behind mixing random Rameau with random Beethoven and random Haydn, but I don't quite get it..)

Nevertheless, I might succumb to the great-recordings-at-bargain-price idea ... ::)  8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: otare on February 27, 2014, 10:46:33 PM
I quite like it. Quite often I feel the urge to listen to some music, but not quite knowing what I like to play. The solution is quite often to take one of these sets and play the next CD, whatever that may contain. The downside is that it is usually a well-known work that you have heard many times, but quite often it is a long time since your last listen. I am playing through the Leon Fleisher box now, and just now I'm listening to Ravel's Valses nbles et sentimentals - a work I have heard many times, but it has been a while...

And the Lumières set can be quite educational, as it is supposed to trace a development of musical styles through a specified time period.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on February 27, 2014, 11:05:44 PM
I don't think too much about the randomness of the Lumières box - I'm much too satisfied listening to Herreweghe's Beethoven 9th, Midori Seiler & AFAMB's Vivaldi 4S, Bill Christie's Rameau Castor & Pollux, Jacobs' Glück Orfeo & Euridice, Mozart Le nozze or Symphony no. 41 & Haydn's No. 92, or Müllejans & Freiburgers' Haydn, Staier's Mozart, or Jerusalem & Tokyo SQ's Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven - all that and more for the price of one of the operas/oratorios included in the set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 28, 2014, 03:29:28 AM
I just bought that box for about $55 10 days ago or so. I considered it a terrific bargain.  Still do. $15?! Insane. 
  EDIT: 14.99 pounds...a bit different! Still a good price, of course.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 28, 2014, 07:04:20 AM
Well, my no-purchases-in-2014 moratorium included a clause of "...unless it's a bargain so good I'd be stupid not to." Since I don't own a single one of the included discs, the Lumieres offer qualifies. Purchased and shipped for USD $31 (a little surprised they didn't take out VAT?!).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 28, 2014, 07:08:43 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 28, 2014, 07:04:20 AM
Well, my no-purchases-in-2014 moratorium included a clause of "...unless it's a bargain so good I'd be stupid not to." The Lumieres offer qualifies. Purchased and shipped for USD $31 (a little surprised they didn't take out VAT?!).
It does. I got it for under 30 last year. Great box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 28, 2014, 07:25:14 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 28, 2014, 07:04:20 AM
Well, my no-purchases-in-2014 moratorium included a clause of "...unless it's a bargain so good I'd be stupid not to." Since I don't own a single one of the included discs, the Lumieres offer qualifies. Purchased and shipped for USD $31 (a little surprised they didn't take out VAT?!).
They don't take out VAT from MP sellers on Amazon UK.

Sorry I was not clear it was UK and price in pounds. Still, a pretty good deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 28, 2014, 07:41:27 AM
Wow, I already got notification that it shipped  :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on February 28, 2014, 07:46:57 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 28, 2014, 07:04:20 AM
Well, my no-purchases-in-2014 moratorium included a clause of "...unless it's a bargain so good I'd be stupid not to." Since I don't own a single one of the included discs, the Lumieres offer qualifies. Purchased and shipped for USD $31...

This used to be on my wishlist (the only one I already have is Herreweghe's Beethoven 9), then I decided I could do without it, but I did want some of its constituents, so at this price I couldn't resist.

Jacobs' Figaro by itself is going for $42.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 28, 2014, 08:21:51 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 28, 2014, 07:41:27 AM
Wow, I already got notification that it shipped  :o
Some sellers do that so you don't have time to think, wow did I ever overpay maybe I should cancel. Probably the case here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 28, 2014, 09:30:42 AM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886970750820.jpg)

The Sony 61 CD Beethiven edition at 40 Euros minus VAT:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-1770-1827-Beethoven-Alle-Meisterwerke-60CD-Limited-Edition/hnum/1028313 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-1770-1827-Beethoven-Alle-Meisterwerke-60CD-Limited-Edition/hnum/1028313)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on February 28, 2014, 12:32:27 PM
Arrived today, Grandi Verdi  :D

[asin]B00A4AI17A[/asin]
Great heads up, hope you all got yours
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on February 28, 2014, 01:54:31 PM
I have the Brilliant Classics Beethoven box, but I couldn't pass up that Sony one. A lot of recordings on there by Zinman that I've been wanting to hear.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: xaduci on February 28, 2014, 09:04:26 PM
Damn, I've been trying to save money for a new monitor, but following this thread makes it very difficult.   :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on February 28, 2014, 10:27:44 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on February 28, 2014, 12:32:27 PM
Arrived today, Grandi Verdi  :D
Great heads up, hope you all got yours

I'm still waiting for mine. The status has been "Preparing for Dispatch" for four or five days now. This set needs a lot of preparation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 01, 2014, 09:49:54 AM
I have been reading these threads for a while now, but finally decided to join. This thread will be my demise as my living room is filling up with boxes.  Towering.....piles...

It .....is ....soooo...hard to......resist.....    ???

Thanks for that Verdi deal! 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on March 01, 2014, 10:34:00 AM
Quote from: xaduci on February 28, 2014, 09:04:26 PM
Damn, I've been trying to save money for a new monitor, but following this thread makes it very difficult.   :laugh:

Quite the enablers here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 01, 2014, 10:37:41 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 01, 2014, 09:49:54 AM
I have been reading these threads for a while now, but finally decided to join. This thread will be my demise as my living room is filling up with boxes.  Towering.....piles...

It .....is ....soooo...hard to......resist.....    ???

Thanks for that Verdi deal!

Welcome to the club!  :) And ......good luck...... ;)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 01, 2014, 10:59:57 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 01, 2014, 09:49:54 AM
I have been reading these threads for a while now, but finally decided to join. This thread will be my demise as my living room is filling up with boxes.  Towering.....piles...

It .....is ....soooo...hard to......resist.....    ???

Thanks for that Verdi deal!
I'll look for you over on the CDCDCD thread ... :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bhodges on March 01, 2014, 12:20:20 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 01, 2014, 09:49:54 AM
I have been reading these threads for a while now, but finally decided to join. This thread will be my demise as my living room is filling up with boxes.  Towering.....piles...

It .....is ....soooo...hard to......resist.....    ???

Thanks for that Verdi deal!

Hi Moonfish! Welcome! If you like, tell us something more about your listening in the "Introductions" section - what composers and pieces you like. (I assume Verdi is one of them.) And you will find many ears here sympathetic to your collecting dilemma.  8)  ;D

--Bruce
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 01, 2014, 02:06:14 PM
Thanks for the warm welcome!  :)
I will do my best to be as addicted to classical music as the rest of the crowd..

What do you guys think about this "mystery" box due out on March 28 from Sony? I haven't found any other info at this point in time.
It is going for 75 Euros (-VAT).

http://www.amazon.de/50-Great-Recordings-Glenn-Gould/dp/B00I595C6U/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=16D4NF68QR3V6MYNNNEA (http://www.amazon.de/50-Great-Recordings-Glenn-Gould/dp/B00I595C6U/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=16D4NF68QR3V6MYNNNEA)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91aRCWcbCbL._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 01, 2014, 02:10:15 PM
Living Stereo II, $94 at Presto

I'm giving it a pass but anyone not hip deep already might find it interesting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 01, 2014, 02:15:03 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 01, 2014, 02:10:15 PM
Living Stereo II, $94 at Presto

I'm giving it a pass but anyone not hip deep already might find it interesting.

54 GBP (-VAT) at Amazon.UK.  Cannot resist such a price....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on March 01, 2014, 08:27:53 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 01, 2014, 02:15:03 PM
54 GBP (-VAT) at Amazon.UK.  Cannot resist such a price....

Another good price can be found at MDT: £46.29 w/o VAT. Shipping to Michigan is £19.25, slightly cheaper than Amazon.co.uk's £22.58 shipping charge.

http://www.mdt.co.uk/living-stereo-collection-volume-2-set-rca-red-seal-60cds.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 01, 2014, 08:35:09 PM
Quote from: Manos on March 01, 2014, 08:27:53 PM
Another good price can be found at MDT: £46.29 w/o VAT. Shipping to Michigan is £19.25, slightly cheaper than Amazon.co.uk's £22.58 shipping charge.

http://www.mdt.co.uk/living-stereo-collection-volume-2-set-rca-red-seal-60cds.html
What shipping you choosing? I live 20 miles from you and can get it for L48 including shipping from amazon uk. Thats $84 all in.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 01, 2014, 10:41:59 PM
Agree about the Annie Fischer Icon set. 8 discs is a nice size, though $38 seems high both for the Icon series and the SDCB thread.

jpc lists the contents of the "50 Great Recordings" set here (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/50-Great-Recordings/hnum/4107646). I can resist this -- I think I already have most of what I want from it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 01, 2014, 11:01:17 PM
Quote from: Pat B on March 01, 2014, 10:41:59 PM
Agree about the Annie Fischer Icon set. 8 discs is a nice size, though $38 seems high both for the Icon series and the SDCB thread.

jpc lists the contents of the "50 Great Recordings" set here (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/50-Great-Recordings/hnum/4107646). I can resist this -- I think I already have most of what I want from it.

Thanks for the jpc link! That was very helpful!   :)   Those recordings are definitely all over the place, but it is a "top 50" box so no wonder it is scattered.

[I removed the Fischer post since it was already posted by Todd in the New Releases thread]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 02, 2014, 06:29:26 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 01, 2014, 11:01:17 PM
Thanks for the jpc link! That was very helpful!   :)   Those recordings are definitely all over the place, but it is a "top 50" box so no wonder it is scattered.

[I removed the Fischer post since it was already posted by Todd in the New Releases thread]
It looks excellent indeed, but I have a lot of those recordings.
What a great time to be new to classical music though.

Someone needs to convince Sony to issue 50 Great Renaissance Masses We Didn't Put In Other Boxes
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 02, 2014, 06:30:47 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 02, 2014, 06:29:26 AM
Someone needs to convince Sony to issue 50 Great Renaissance Masses We Didn't Put In Other Boxes
:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on March 02, 2014, 05:51:31 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 01, 2014, 08:35:09 PM
What shipping you choosing? I live 20 miles from you and can get it for L48 including shipping from amazon uk. Thats $84 all in.

Thanks for pointing that out, Ken. I didn't notice the shipping selector buttons below the delivery address. The selector defaults to AmazonGlobal Priority for £22.58. Changing to Standard lowers the shipping charge to £3.08!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 02, 2014, 10:44:08 PM
Apparently these are from the 1950s and in Mono. Still, about $1 per disc for Callas...
[asin]B004JC16LM[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 02, 2014, 11:43:27 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 02, 2014, 10:44:08 PM
Apparently these are from the 1950s and in Mono. Still, about $1 per disc for Callas...
[asin]B004JC16LM[/asin]

I thought you already had that box, Baklavaboy? You are falling behind....  >:D >:D >:D
Moonfish <--------- Adores Callas   :P
The Callas 52 is very similar to the red box (and it is an annoying huge square box (a la Bernstein/Wand) but with cute tiny boxes ones inside). The 52 one has Callas' live Aida performance in Mexico City. That one alone is worth the price for the whole box (for me at least). Ok.. I have CDCDCD. I cannot help it!!!!
Don't forget to buy:
[asin] B002PP10BG[/asin] [asin] B000TIO4Z0[/asin]
[asin] B000URDEAQ[/asin]  [asin] B007LNJ3ZW[/asin]
[asin] B00F2V01NS[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 02, 2014, 11:59:28 PM
Great Voices of the Opera II (40 cds) for 19 Euros and III (40 cds) for 22 Euros. Can't beat the price.
They are quite a bit of fun if you like opera voices from the 1920-1950 and accept the quality. I think they are a gold mine!    8)

http://www.amazon.de/Great-Voices-Opera-Maria-Callas/dp/B00005826N/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1393836962&sr=1-1&keywords=B00005826N (http://www.amazon.de/Great-Voices-Opera-Maria-Callas/dp/B00005826N/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1393836962&sr=1-1&keywords=B00005826N)

http://www.amazon.de/Great-Voices-Opera-3-Various/dp/B00005B470/ref=pd_bxgy_m_text_y (http://www.amazon.de/Great-Voices-Opera-3-Various/dp/B00005B470/ref=pd_bxgy_m_text_y)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Zc1gllDCL._SX355_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 12:07:55 AM
Is this Karajan box just a cheap combination of the two large EMI boxes from the past? It is certainly affordable for a Karajan fan.... (117 cds for $100)!!!

[asin] B008VT20TQ[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 03, 2014, 12:39:00 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 12:07:55 AM
Is this Karajan box just a cheap combination of the two large EMI boxes from the past? It is certainly affordable for a Karajan fan.... (117 cds for $100)!!!

[asin] B008VT20TQ[/asin]

You're behind on this one. These are mostly from before the EMI and DG boxes begin.  e.g. back when everything sounded pretty bad. According to some other folks (I actually posted this a couple of pages back) the sound is pretty hit or miss.

And thanks for the Callas info.  I'll see what I can come up with.

Ah, and now I recognize you. I read your review of the Strauss box at Amazon :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 08:29:51 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 03, 2014, 12:39:00 AM
You're behind on this one. These are mostly from before the EMI and DG boxes begin.  e.g. back when everything sounded pretty bad. According to some other folks (I actually posted this a couple of pages back) the sound is pretty hit or miss.

And thanks for the Callas info.  I'll see what I can come up with.

Ah, and now I recognize you. I read your review of the Strauss box at Amazon :)

Yep, that's me. I tend to get tired of Amazon not listing contents, but they updated that listing after my review. Ummm, I know that Membran can be pretty much hit and miss, but I have been impressed with the sound quality of their releases over the last five years (stuff back in 2000-2004 or so was awful). This box must at least contain 50% of the recordings from the EMI boxes plus stuff from the 1940s?  Has anybody here enjoyed this huge Karajan box? It seems a bit superfluous after the two EMI boxes, and the DG 60s and 70s boxes. Why would a company make such a release when the market is saturated with Karajan. I cannot believe that Warner (EMI) are releasing further smaller boxes with Karajan recordings this year.  Amazing!

I think my shelves are saturated with Karajan....... but the membran box is so affordable....    ::)   Perhaps I won't hear the hiss if I play them all while cooking with the fan on high?

I want Solti and Bohm!!!!!

In terms of recognition I think I note a resemblance between you and Mookalafalas, eh?   >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on March 03, 2014, 08:44:57 AM
The emi boxes are later performances.   I'd skip this one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 03, 2014, 02:38:14 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 08:29:51 AM

In terms of recognition I think I note a resemblance between you and Mookalafalas, eh?   >:D

  Why yes, that's right! I signed up here under that handle as well, but there was some glitch and not only could I not open the account again, I also couldn't use the name again to make a  new account.  I panicked a little and was just using random stuff to try to sign on, and when the dust cleared I was stuck with this silly moniker. (Not that Mookalafalas actually means anything, either). 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 03, 2014, 02:58:49 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 03, 2014, 02:38:14 PM
  Why yes, that's right! I signed up here under that handle as well, but there was some glitch and not only could I not open the account again, I also couldn't use the name again to make a  new account.  I panicked a little and was just using random stuff to try to sign on, and when the dust cleared I was stuck with this silly moniker. (Not that Mookalafalas actually means anything, either).
Think of how Jeffery Smith feels. After he signed on here he eventually gave up and changed his real name by deed poll.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 03:18:29 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 03, 2014, 02:38:14 PM
  Why yes, that's right! I signed up here under that handle as well, but there was some glitch and not only could I not open the account again, I also couldn't use the name again to make a  new account.  I panicked a little and was just using random stuff to try to sign on, and when the dust cleared I was stuck with this silly moniker. (Not that Mookalafalas actually means anything, either).

The name Baklavaboy goes well with your avatar!!   8)

Hmm, I am pondering the Haitink Symphony Edition....  (@70 Euros at Amazon.de http://www.amazon.de/Haitink-The-Symphony-Edition-Limited/dp/B00GMVBL7W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393891892&sr=8-1&keywords=haitink (http://www.amazon.de/Haitink-The-Symphony-Edition-Limited/dp/B00GMVBL7W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393891892&sr=8-1&keywords=haitink)

I read the previous posts on it in one of these threads. Any further thoughts on that box or on Haitink in general? Did you buy it? How many Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Schumann and Tchaikovsky cycles will one end up with at the end of time at this rate? However, I am discovering that the recordings that are the "ones to own" do not always resonate with me. Lately I have become very fond of Solti and ponder if it is worthwhile to try a dosage of Haitink. Listening to different conductors is like trying on clothes....

(http://image2.imusic.co.kr/cover/classic/0647/C0647322.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 03, 2014, 03:26:48 PM
No Shostakovich?  Seems like a glaring omission.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 03, 2014, 04:19:34 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 03, 2014, 03:26:48 PM
No Shostakovich?  Seems like a glaring omission.
Yes because Haitink's Shosty is very good. Will there be a 20th C box to follow?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 03, 2014, 04:30:01 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 03:18:29 PM
Any further thoughts on that box or on Haitink in general? Did you buy it? How many Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Schumann and Tchaikovsky cycles will one end up with at the end of time at this rate?

   How many? That is getting to be the real question.  The problem for me is that these are all so good.  I've been playing Reiner's stuff, and the overall quality of the conducting, playing, and recording is just unbelievably high--but the same can be said of several others. However...I personally don't have a full Bruckner or Tchaikovsky, so Haitink is at the top of my list when my no-buy period is over.  Still, I am getting embarrassed about all the unheard duplicates I have.  We are like the billionaires with 50 cars in their garage, 48 collecting dust.  Of course our Lamborghinis and Pierce-Arrows are $2 apiece. This may be what finally gets me off the merry-go round: just knowing that the new boxes aren't as good as what I already have. I can't buy them for comparison purposes until I have really come to deeply know what I have now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 04:33:02 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 03, 2014, 04:30:01 PM
   I can't buy them for comparison purposes until I have really come to deeply know what I have now.

There is only one way to find out!   >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 04:34:06 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 03, 2014, 04:19:34 PM
Yes because Haitink's Shosty is very good. Will there be a 20th C box to follow?

Never heard Haitink's Shosty......    *deprived*
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 03, 2014, 05:45:45 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 03, 2014, 04:19:34 PM
Yes because Haitink's Shosty is very good. Will there be a 20th C box to follow?

  I'll bet you are right. Or maybe just a Shosty box, like spinning Colin Davis's Berlioz into it's own box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 03, 2014, 05:53:17 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 03, 2014, 05:45:45 PM
  I'll bet you are right. Or maybe just a Shosty box, like spinning Colin Davis's Berlioz into it's own box.

No need to wait.
There is a Shosty box--issued for DSCH's centennial year (one of several boxes, including the Emerson SQ cycle,  issued then,  and covering the major part of his output other than the film scores and ballets).
[asin]B000F3T7RO[/asin]
Although I suppose the pricing doesn't qualify it for this thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 03, 2014, 06:12:36 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 03, 2014, 04:19:34 PM
Yes because Haitink's Shosty is very good. Will there be a 20th C box to follow?

That would be awesome!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 03, 2014, 06:13:44 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 03, 2014, 05:53:17 PM
No need to wait.
There is a Shosty box--issued for DSCH's centennial year (one of several boxes, including the Emerson SQ cycle,  issued then,  and covering the major part of his output other than the film scores and ballets).
[asin]B000F3T7RO[/asin]
Although I suppose the pricing doesn't qualify it for this thread.
My eyes! My eyes! I'm a denizen of SDCBT. I can't handle numbers like that!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on March 03, 2014, 09:05:09 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 03, 2014, 03:26:48 PM
No Shostakovich?  Seems like a glaring omission.

Only complete cycles (so no Dvorak, for example) and only cycles that were recorded with the Concertgebouw orchestra were included. So that means no Shostakovich, because half of that was with the LPO. (I agree that it's one of the best things Haitink has ever done.) And it's basically a repackaging of an earlier release of this collection.

Quote from: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 03:18:29 PM
I read the previous posts on it in one of these threads. Any further thoughts on that box or on Haitink in general? Did you buy it? How many Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Schumann and Tchaikovsky cycles will one end up with at the end of time at this rate? However, I am discovering that the recordings that are the "ones to own" do not always resonate with me. Lately I have become very fond of Solti and ponder if it is worthwhile to try a dosage of Haitink. Listening to different conductors is like trying on clothes....

Well, Haitink's no Solti, that's for sure.  :) I would say it's definitely worth owning if you're a Haitink admirer. Otherwise, I'm not really sure. Haitink's interpretation will never bowl you over with excitement. What you will get are deeply thought through interpretations (with a glorious orchestra) and a really firm grip on the architecture and tempo relations throughout a symphony. The Brahms and Bruckner are self-recommending, those are simply some of the best versions you can get. I was pleasantly surprised by the Beethoven. I'm glad Haitink waited with recording those until later in his career (recordings are from the 80s), very satisfying interpretations with plenty of new things to say. Tchaikovsky seems a really odd match for Haitink's temperament, but what you get is the answer to the question: "What if Tchaikovsky had been a late 19th century Viennese symphonist?" Russia is a long way away.
Haitink is a conductor in a similar vein to Sawallisch or Blomstedt (for example). Rather devoid of spectacle, but if you pay attention you'll notice that few other conductors have managed to penetrate deeper into the heart of the music.

Caveat: I am a bit of a Haitink fan (and not very fond of Solti).  ;)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 09:55:20 PM
Quote from: Drosera on March 03, 2014, 09:05:09 PM
Well, Haitink's no Solti, that's for sure.  :) I would say it's definitely worth owning if you're a Haitink admirer. Otherwise, I'm not really sure. Haitink's interpretation will never bowl you over with excitement. What you will get are deeply thought through interpretations (with a glorious orchestra) and a really firm grip on the architecture and tempo relations throughout a symphony. The Brahms and Bruckner are self-recommending, those are simply some of the best versions you can get. I was pleasantly surprised by the Beethoven. I'm glad Haitink waited with recording those until later in his career (recordings are from the 80s), very satisfying interpretations with plenty of new things to say. Tchaikovsky seems a really odd match for Haitink's temperament, but what you get is the answer to the question: "What if Tchaikovsky had been a late 19th century Viennese symphonist?" Russia is a long way away.
Haitink is a conductor in a similar vein to Sawallisch or Blomstedt (for example). Rather devoid of spectacle, but if you pay attention you'll notice that few other conductors have managed to penetrate deeper into the heart of the music.

Caveat: I am a bit of a Haitink fan (and not very fond of Solti).  ;)

Thanks Drosera! Interesting thoughts about Haitink. True - one does not exactly associate Haitink with Tchaikovsky. However, I was quite surprised as I listened to Celibidache's renditions of some of the war horses (e.g. I very much enjoyed Bach's B-minor). How different it came across with the shift of the tempo. I guess I am always interested in how different conductors envision music in unison with their orchestras. Your impressions of Haitink are well worth considering and they actually make me prone to take the jump (after all - I suffer from CDCDCD)............
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 03, 2014, 10:01:17 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 03, 2014, 09:55:20 PM
Thanks Drosera! Interesting thoughts about Haitink. True - one does not exactly associate Haitink with Tchaikovsky. However, I was quite surprised as I listened to Celibidache's renditions of some of the war horses (e.g. I very much enjoyed Bach's B-minor). How different it came across with the shift of the tempo. I guess I am always interested in how different conductors envision music in unison with their orchestras. Your impressions of Haitink are well worth considering and they actually make me prone to take the jump (after all - I suffer from CDCDCD)............

X2
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 04, 2014, 02:32:15 PM
Lotsa Mahler, under $20 at a marketplace

[asin]B0041LXX2G[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on March 04, 2014, 05:06:39 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 04, 2014, 02:32:15 PM
Lotsa Mahler, under $20 at a marketplace

[asin]B0041LXX2G[/asin]

What happened to 2 and 8?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 04, 2014, 05:14:01 PM
Quote from: stingo on March 04, 2014, 05:06:39 PM
What happened to 2 and 8?
As a punishment the music gods zapped 2. As a reward they zapped 8.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on March 04, 2014, 05:15:00 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 04, 2014, 02:32:15 PM
Lotsa Mahler, under $20 at a marketplace

[asin]B0041LXX2G[/asin]

I am now enjoying Levine's M4. When I consider I paid $12-16 for my first copy (HVK), it's a no-brainer to buy this box set for $20 and get all the rest. Levine's M3 and M7 are among my favorites.

Quote from: stingo on March 04, 2014, 05:06:39 PM
What happened to 2 and 8?

They're more expensive to produce because of the chorus required. Most conductors leave M8 for last. Not so for M2, but it's much more popular.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 04, 2014, 05:17:09 PM
Quote from: stingo on March 04, 2014, 05:06:39 PM
What happened to 2 and 8?

He never recorded them for RCA, or at least they were never released (rather like Kondrashin). 
You can find two recordings in which he conducts the Second, one from Salzburg on the Orfeo label, which I found underwhelming and sonically not great,  and one with the Israel Philharmonic on the Helicon label, which I've never heard, but Amazon reviews seem to consider it also sonically sub-par, whatever the merits of the performance itself.

At this price, it's worth it if only for the recordings of the Fourth and Fifth (which I like, and  one of which was one of my first Mahler CDs),  but it does not have what I think is his best Mahler recording--the Ninth with the Munich Philharmonic--which is on Oehms.

ETA--I just realized I'm starting to sound like one of those people who can tell you every recording a conductor has done of a work, and which one is best, and why, at great length.  Sigh.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 04, 2014, 06:04:05 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 04, 2014, 05:17:09 PM
He never recorded them for RCA, or at least they were never released (rather like Kondrashin). 
You can find two recordings in which he conducts the Second, one from Salzburg on the Orfeo label, which I found underwhelming and sonically not great,  and one with the Israel Philharmonic on the Helicon label, which I've never heard, but Amazon reviews seem to consider it also sonically sub-par, whatever the merits of the performance itself.

At this price, it's worth it if only for the recordings of the Fourth and Fifth (which I like, and  one of which was one of my first Mahler CDs),  but it does not have what I think is his best Mahler recording--the Ninth with the Munich Philharmonic--which is on Oehms.

ETA--I just realized I'm starting to sound like one of those people who can tell you every recording a conductor has done of a work, and which one is best, and why, at great length.  Sigh.
The force is strong in this one! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 04, 2014, 06:10:57 PM
Quote from: Jay F on March 04, 2014, 05:15:00 PM
I am now enjoying Levine's M4. When I consider I paid $12-16 for my first copy (HVK), it's a no-brainer to buy this box set for $20 and get all the rest. Levine's M3 and M7 are among my favorites.

They're more expensive to produce because of the chorus required. Most conductors leave M8 for last. Not so for M2, but it's much more popular.

I posted it but I'm not buying it.
1 i have a cold turkey pact
2 i see some interesting boxes coming where I don't have the music
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 05, 2014, 07:28:03 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 04, 2014, 05:17:09 PM
He never recorded them for RCA, or at least they were never released (rather like Kondrashin). 
You can find two recordings in which he conducts the Second, one from Salzburg on the Orfeo label, which I found underwhelming and sonically not great,  and one with the Israel Philharmonic on the Helicon label, which I've never heard, but Amazon reviews seem to consider it also sonically sub-par, whatever the merits of the performance itself.

At this price, it's worth it if only for the recordings of the Fourth and Fifth (which I like, and  one of which was one of my first Mahler CDs),  but it does not have what I think is his best Mahler recording--the Ninth with the Munich Philharmonic--which is on Oehms.

ETA--I just realized I'm starting to sound like one of those people who can tell you every recording a conductor has done of a work, and which one is best, and why, at great length.  Sigh.

(* munches popcorn *)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 05, 2014, 01:11:37 PM
This recent discussion on the Mahler box sans 8 reminds me of the crunchy frog skit from Monty Python. Would you like that with or without lark's vomit?  >:D ;) :o :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 06, 2014, 02:03:47 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 05, 2014, 01:11:37 PM
This recent discussion on the Mahler box sans 8 reminds me of the crunchy frog skit from Monty Python. Would you like that with or without lark's vomit?  >:D ;) :o :o

;D

  OK, here's a weird 'un. This one went oop a long time ago. I actually bought one of these for about $270 and then sold it (unopened) on Ebay for about double that (minus various fees).  Anyway, apparently it wasn't a "limited edition" cuz it's back. I wonder if the price will later dip waaaay down like the Rubinstein?
[asin]B00467EKKO[/asin]

(seems the graphic won't come through--it's the 103 disc Jascha Heiffetz box)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 06, 2014, 02:10:20 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 06, 2014, 02:03:47 AM
;D

  OK, here's a weird 'un. This one went oop a long time ago. I actually bought one of these for about $270 and then sold it (unopened) on Ebay for about double that (minus various fees).  Anyway, apparently it wasn't a "limited edition" cuz it's back. I wonder if the price will later dip waaaay down like the Rubinstein?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eZB3ZczZL.jpg)

Wow - I did not even notice that! Perhaps the Rubinstein was a success or too many people complained about the Heifetz box being OOP so they finally got their act together.  Sony/RCA should make a Monteux box instead....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 06, 2014, 03:08:29 AM
The Rubenstein is weird. It went down below $100 and now it is up to $275.  Weird stuff going on over there...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on March 06, 2014, 03:52:44 AM
JPC has the Heifetz 'monster' box for €200 with a 'release' date of 21st February 2014.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Jascha-Heifetz-The-Complete-Album-Collection/hnum/1140039
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on March 06, 2014, 05:30:28 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 06, 2014, 03:52:44 AM
JPC has the Heifetz 'monster' box for €200 with a 'release' date of 21st February 2014.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Jascha-Heifetz-The-Complete-Album-Collection/hnum/1140039

Same price on Amazon.de: http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Album-Collection-Jascha-Heifetz/dp/B00467EKKO (http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Album-Collection-Jascha-Heifetz/dp/B00467EKKO)

Now if they would just rerelease the Horowitz box as well....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: A1_DAN on March 06, 2014, 06:10:41 AM
The Living Stereo Collection Vol 2 which was available for preorder at under £50stg is now unavailable on Amazon.co.uk
Has anyone who preordered been advised of any delays.
Sorry I can't link to t at the moment.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2014, 06:16:22 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 06, 2014, 03:08:29 AM
The Rubenstein is weird. It went down below $100 and now it is up to $275.  Weird stuff going on over there...
I'd have bought had I seen it under 100. But at the current price it has no appeal.
I bought Perahia when he fell to a silly price, and really like.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 06, 2014, 06:42:34 AM
Anyone in the UK confirm that Amazon have currently taken the RCA Living Stereo Vol II off their sales?

Has the release date been delayed?  Its up on the JPC site for this Month End, but all we have on UK Amazon is "Sign up to be notified when this is to be released" etc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 06, 2014, 06:43:59 AM
Quote from: A1_DAN on March 06, 2014, 06:10:41 AM
The Living Stereo Collection Vol 2 which was available for preorder at under £50stg is now unavailable on Amazon.co.uk
Has anyone who preordered been advised of any delays.
Sorry I can't link to t at the moment.

:D Didn't see your post A1...same question from myself.

I can't find the pre order page for Vol II
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2014, 06:47:01 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 06, 2014, 06:43:59 AM
:D Didn't see your post A1...same question from myself.

I can't find the pre order page for Vol II
Mr Reliable, Prestoclassical.co.uk , has it for under $100 delivered to the USA.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 06, 2014, 06:49:31 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2014, 06:16:22 AM
I bought Perahia when he fell to a silly price
This week in out-of-context quotes!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2014, 07:08:03 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 06, 2014, 06:49:31 AM
This week in out-of-context quotes!
Not only does he play while I dine, but he makes a mean Beef Wellington, and does the vacuuming. Everybody should own one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on March 06, 2014, 07:14:20 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 06, 2014, 06:42:34 AM
Anyone in the UK confirm that Amazon have currently taken the RCA Living Stereo Vol II off their sales?

Has the release date been delayed?  Its up on the JPC site for this Month End, but all we have on UK Amazon is "Sign up to be notified when this is to be released" etc.

I have had this on pre-order since 10 February, and have had an email this morning saying that the release date has been put back by the supplier and delivery estimate now 3-5 April. No question of the order being rescinded.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 06, 2014, 07:19:06 AM
Yeah, the living stereo has been delayed twice--they say by the supplier.  Be waiting another month, I guess.  I'd cancel it if it weren't so darned cheap :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 06, 2014, 07:57:16 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 06, 2014, 07:19:06 AM
I'd cancel it if it weren't so darned cheap :-\
Because you have nothing to listen to in the meantime?!?!?! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 06, 2014, 07:58:54 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 06, 2014, 07:14:20 AM
I have had this on pre-order since 10 February, and have had an email this morning saying that the release date has been put back by the supplier and delivery estimate now 3-5 April. No question of the order being rescinded.

Was it appx £44?  I didn't order it then (mistake) and it jumped up to £53, went down on Tuesday to £48 and got its unavailable till later pull yesterday.

I knew I should have dropped in at the £44 stage  ???

Just bought two sets; the Maazel Strauss and the mixed 7cd orchestral Strauss issue both recently issued on Sony Masters....good deal, from a Canada MP Seller whom I've used before.  Got the Reiner Strauss off them too.  Beaches Music Canada.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on March 06, 2014, 08:00:13 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 06, 2014, 07:19:06 AMI'd cancel it if it weren't so darned cheap :-\

'Face' and 'nose' springs to mind if you do that. Anyway, think of it as an opportunity to make a small inroad into clearing a litle of the backlog of yet to be listened to purchases.   ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 06, 2014, 08:06:09 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 06, 2014, 08:00:13 AM
'Face' and 'nose' springs to mind if you do that. Anyway, think of it as an opportunity to make a small inroad into clearing a litle of the backlog of yet to be listened to purchases.   ;D

...and also the backlog-to-be of things that he hasn't purchased yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on March 06, 2014, 08:06:59 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 06, 2014, 07:58:54 AM
Was it appx £44?  I didn't order it then (mistake) and it jumped up to £53, went down on Tuesday to £48 and got its unavailable till later pull yesterday.

I knew I should have dropped in at the £44 stage  ???

Just bought two sets; the Maazel Strauss and the mixed 7cd orchestral Strauss issue both recently issued on Sony Masters....good deal, from a Canada MP Seller whom I've used before.  Got the Reiner Strauss off them too.  Beaches Music Canada.

£48 on 10 February - I was unaware that it dropped to £44 subsequently. The Amazon price guarantee should mean (I think), that I get charged the lowest price since ordering.

I agree about Beaches Music - all my transactions with them have been very positive.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on March 06, 2014, 08:20:35 AM

Here's one if a door-stop is needed:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Zauber-der-Operette-100CD-Box/hnum/1841767

On the other hand if operetta floats your boat, then the 100cds for €50 may be of interest, in which case further info below:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=777843
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on March 06, 2014, 09:03:36 AM
Quote from: hafod on March 06, 2014, 08:06:59 AM
£48 on 10 February - I was unaware that it dropped to £44 subsequently. The Amazon price guarantee should mean (I think), that I get charged the lowest price since ordering.

I agree about Beaches Music - all my transactions with them have been very positive.

I don't think it's ever been £44?  I pre ordered 11th Dec and it's showing £48.62 for me.  Delivery estimate at 3rd to 5th April.  Hopefully I'm wrong!
If there is a price drop it can take up to 48 hours to show on a pre order.



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 06, 2014, 09:23:21 AM
You must have missed it, it was priced at £43.86 before the £48.62 mark.

Then it went up into the £53 bracket and back down to £48 before being hiked off.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2014, 05:41:23 PM
Has Naxos bought Sony?

Something akin to what happened to the second living stereo box is just happened to nearly every Sony box on Amazon. And while the labeling on the box says Sony if you look in the listing it says Naxos of America.
Ordered couple of boxes sometime ago, and I looked in my order list in Amazon. It shows boxes that were delivered months ago as being pre-ordered and scheduled for release on 25 March.

This would be very bad of course vastly reducing the amount of competition.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2014, 05:47:39 PM
That Levine Mahler box for instance, in stock yesterday and available from MP vendors is shown as available on 25 March, and no longer available from any MP.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 06, 2014, 05:50:47 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2014, 06:16:22 AM
I'd have bought had I seen it under 100. But at the current price it has no appeal.
I bought Perahia when he fell to a silly price, and really like.

Artur and Murray both fell to silly prices at the same time,  which is why Brian and I (and others?) got them both.  But unlike Murray, the silly price was available only from your favorite vendor (NOT!) so maybe that's why you didn't see it.  (Although at that time they were not yet your favorite vendor.)

That was the order which I had chase after the UPS truck because it just drove past my house, and apparently had no intention of stopping to check for the house number....good thing I knew it was due for delivery that day and was home instead of at work!

Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2014, 05:41:23 PM
Has Naxos bought Sony?

Something akin to what happened to the second living stereo box is just happened to nearly every Sony box on Amazon. And while the labeling on the box says Sony if you look in the listing it says Naxos of America.
Ordered couple of boxes sometime ago, and I looked in my order list in Amazon. It shows boxes that were delivered months ago as being pre-ordered and scheduled for release on 25 March.

This would be very bad of course vastly reducing the amount of competition.

I don't think Naxos is big enough to actually buy Sony;  perhaps they took over distribution?
[ETA: Or perhaps bought their classical catalogue, again not necessarily a bad thing]

Although I'm not sure Naxos taking over Sony and using Sony's resources to produce its current range of offerings is a bad thing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on March 06, 2014, 06:10:30 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 06, 2014, 02:03:47 AMOK, here's a weird 'un. This one went oop a long time ago. I actually bought one of these for about $270 and then sold it (unopened) on Ebay for about double that (minus various fees).  Anyway, apparently it wasn't a "limited edition" cuz it's back. I wonder if the price will later dip waaaay down like the Rubinstein? (seems the graphic won't come through--it's the 103 disc Jascha Heiffetz box)

The $300ish Heifetz boxes are being made in China. They're like the Beatles Stereo Box, most of them you see are bootlegs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 06, 2014, 06:39:09 PM
Naxos might distribute Sony, but they don't own it. Naive CDs are also labeled Naxos of America, on Amazon, increasingly.

A fun site to poke around, BTW, is Naxos Licensing (http://www.naxoslicensing.com/). You can see which Naxos-distributed albums and labels have been on things like Breaking Bad, House of Cards, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The Walking Dead.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2014, 07:07:48 PM
Quote from: Brian on March 06, 2014, 06:39:09 PM
Naxos might distribute Sony, but they don't own it. Naive CDs are also labeled Naxos of America, on Amazon, increasingly.

A fun site to poke around, BTW, is Naxos Licensing (http://www.naxoslicensing.com/). You can see which Naxos-distributed albums and labels have been on things like Breaking Bad, House of Cards, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The Walking Dead.
Well it has trashed hundreds of listings on Amazon, maybe more. I wrote them. They are listing stuff I received as pre ordered! And no-one can buy that stuff right now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 06, 2014, 07:12:28 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2014, 07:07:48 PM
Well it has trashed hundreds of listings on Amazon, maybe more. I wrote them. They are listing stuff I received as pre ordered! And no-one can buy that stuff right now.

Perhaps something is screwed up on Amazon?  Won't be the first time, although probably not on such a scale.

I checked one CD I'm interested it--Andsnes's second CD of Beethoven concertos, which is due out next week.  Amazon's listing still shows it as being released on 11 March, and the label is given as Sony.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on March 06, 2014, 07:29:02 PM
My Amazon.co.uk email was mistakenly labeled spam:

Various "Living Stereo Collection - Volume 2"
Estimated arrival date: April 07 2014 - April 11 2014
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 07, 2014, 12:44:05 AM
Quote from: bigshot on March 06, 2014, 06:10:30 PM
The $300ish Heifetz boxes are being made in China. They're like the Beatles Stereo Box, most of them you see are bootlegs.

You could be right, but I'm doubtful because it is being sold at Amazon.de   I don't think Amazon would piss off a top client by selling knockoffs (unlike, say, a Hong Kong vender selling on Ebay).  If the box isn't labeled "limited edition" (which most are), there is no reason why the producer couldn't run another batch (such as Mercury seems to have done with their first box--unless that, too, is a Chinese knockoff that some Amazon outlets don't mind selling...).

  And I just unwrapped the Verdi box--finally arrived!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 07, 2014, 01:04:30 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 07, 2014, 12:44:05 AM
You could be right, but I'm doubtful because it is being sold at Amazon.de   I don't think Amazon would piss off a top client by selling knockoffs (unlike, say, a Hong Kong vender selling on Ebay).  If the box isn't labeled "limited edition" (which most are), there is no reason why the producer couldn't run another batch (such as Mercury seems to have done with their first box--unless that, too, is a Chinese knockoff that some Amazon outlets don't mind selling...).

  And I just unwrapped the Verdi box--finally arrived!

Verdi!   How do you make room for all your boxes? Perhaps there is a parallel universe of shelves around our sound systems that could expand our shelving capacity?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 07, 2014, 01:28:21 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 07, 2014, 01:04:30 AM
Verdi!   How do you make room for all your boxes? Perhaps there is a parallel universe of shelves around our sound systems that could expand our shelving capacity?

LOL

I was thinking just the same, maybe Baklava should take some photos and pop them up on this thread so we can see his wall of goodies!!

We used to have a thread something similar years ago about 'Your listening room', quite a few persons posted their delights.  IIRC Harry had wall to wall cd storage packed with dreamable stuff!!  Sarge had a listening room with everything filed his way  :D, all ready, and all at hand. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 07, 2014, 03:18:04 AM
*Bait for Baklavaboy*

(https://archive.thedarkcave.org/foolfuuka/boards/int/thumb/1392/39/1392394612177s.jpg)

Sony is re-releasing the box of Baroque Masterworks that initially came out back in 2008 or so.  It is a great deal for 60 very good recordings (emphasis on Kuijken, Bruggen, Leoonhardt etc). I have personally enjoyed this collection quite a bit over the last six years.

It is currently available for pre-order at Amazon.de for about 50 Euros and due out on March 21.    8) >:D :)
Strange to see these "limited editions" coming back again. It seems like Sony is revisiting a number of their older megaboxes for a new release cycle?

http://www.amazon.de/Meisterwerke-Barock-Limited-Edition-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=pd_sim_m_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0PDBMFVKJNKFX4JD47DK (http://www.amazon.de/Meisterwerke-Barock-Limited-Edition-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=pd_sim_m_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0PDBMFVKJNKFX4JD47DK)

[asin] B001CBX2RO[/asin]

Contents:
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
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 07, 2014, 03:47:49 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 07, 2014, 01:28:21 AM
LOL

I was thinking just the same, maybe Baklava should take some photos and pop them up on this thread so we can see his wall of goodies!!
Nothing impressive, I'm afraid. I have my cds in card catalogue style, so they don't take up much room.  This is a very wide angle lens, so it actually make look larger than it is. (you can "recalibrate" by remembering these are all CDs, not LPs!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eBy2FiW1zUk/UxnBOGPEdoI/AAAAAAAADng/EXXuqCzxHL0/w1230-h853-no/20140307-DC2C7530-1.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CMTizj7qkAY/Uxm-ynz6W6I/AAAAAAAADmw/OHNAjtvok_s/w600-h339-no/20140307-DC2C7531-1-2.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-spcvXdEsXnM/UxnEWkF7CBI/AAAAAAAADo0/fYs05M22E6A/w608-h368-no/20140307-DC2C7527-1.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-iPSaAr_1yj0/Uxm-yWm92DI/AAAAAAAADms/oq1Y0Dx9L3U/w600-h406-no/20140307-DC2C7529-1-2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 07, 2014, 04:26:21 AM
I wondered who bought that Yo-Yo Ma box. Now we know who.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 07, 2014, 04:32:42 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 07, 2014, 04:26:21 AM
I wondered who bought that Yo-Yo Ma box. Now we know who.
I got that puppy for $120.  Tons of Ax, Isaac Stern,etc., and wonderful chamber stuff.  For the original $500...no way, but for $1.30 a disc--a steal!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on March 07, 2014, 04:54:51 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 07, 2014, 04:26:21 AM
I wondered who bought that Yo-Yo Ma box. Now we know who.

I actually bought it too (for a little more than Baklavaboy paid) for a friend of mine who absolutely loved it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 07, 2014, 04:55:27 AM
I spy the Lumieres, RCA Volume I and what looks like a good old Archiv box on the top right of piccy one  8)

Those chairs look ace for musical meditation  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 07, 2014, 05:19:21 AM
Just received this from the USA for £22 delivered.

[asin]B000NA2PD2[/asin]
When it got to the UK....

It came with a Customs & Excise bill for £6 & a Royal Mail handling charge for £8

Got stung for the £14 import duty!!!

Can't complain as its £50 here in the UK.  Overall it cost me £36, but nearly nabbed it for £22  :laugh:

Been collared only twice for Import Duty in the last 10 years, so I have had a good run.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 07, 2014, 05:35:05 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 07, 2014, 03:47:49 AM
Nothing impressive, I'm afraid. I have my cds in card catalogue style, so they don't take up much room.  This is a very wide angle lens, so it actually make look larger than it is. (you can "recalibrate" by remembering these are all CDs, not LPs!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eBy2FiW1zUk/UxnBOGPEdoI/AAAAAAAADng/EXXuqCzxHL0/w1230-h853-no/20140307-DC2C7530-1.jpg)



Your lucky, I have to store as many as over 20.000 CD'S. luckily I have a dedicated room for this, and they are in plastic sleeves.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on March 07, 2014, 05:40:47 AM
Quote from: Harry's on March 07, 2014, 05:35:05 AM
I have to store as many as over 20.000 CD'S. luckily I have a dedicated room for this, and they are in plastic sleeves.
My idol.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 07, 2014, 05:49:41 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 07, 2014, 04:55:27 AM
I spy the Lumieres, RCA Volume I and what looks like a good old Archiv box on the top right of piccy one

  Actually, all the boxes up top are empty! I find if the discs are the boxes, they never get played--too much of a pain to dig them out. 

   20K CDs in plastic sleeves. Wow!  One a day for a life span...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 07, 2014, 05:52:10 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 07, 2014, 05:49:41 AM
 
   20K CDs in plastic sleeves. Wow!  One a day for a life span...

Yes that is a great worry to me, not enough years to listen to them again
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 07, 2014, 05:54:19 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 07, 2014, 05:49:41 AM
 
   20K CDs in plastic sleeves. Wow!  One a day for a life span...
And people wonder why oil prices are up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 07, 2014, 06:01:23 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 07, 2014, 05:54:19 AM
And people wonder why oil prices are up!

I bought those sleeves (Jazzloft) in 2011 8) No crisis was caused by it, and the oil prices were stable.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 07, 2014, 06:24:20 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 07, 2014, 03:47:49 AM
Nothing impressive, I'm afraid. I have my cds in card catalogue style, so they don't take up much room.  This is a very wide angle lens, so it actually make look larger than it is. (you can "recalibrate" by remembering these are all CDs, not LPs!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eBy2FiW1zUk/UxnBOGPEdoI/AAAAAAAADng/EXXuqCzxHL0/w1230-h853-no/20140307-DC2C7530-1.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CMTizj7qkAY/Uxm-ynz6W6I/AAAAAAAADmw/OHNAjtvok_s/w600-h339-no/20140307-DC2C7531-1-2.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-spcvXdEsXnM/UxnEWkF7CBI/AAAAAAAADo0/fYs05M22E6A/w608-h368-no/20140307-DC2C7527-1.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-iPSaAr_1yj0/Uxm-yWm92DI/AAAAAAAADms/oq1Y0Dx9L3U/w600-h406-no/20140307-DC2C7529-1-2.jpg)
First of all - too neat. Far too neat. Which leads me to...

Second of all - not enough cds! Jeepers, the way you have been moaning and groaning, i was expecting cds to be overflowing, but you barely have any at all!!  :P :D ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 07, 2014, 06:32:14 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 07, 2014, 06:24:20 AM
First of all - too neat. Far too neat. Which leads me to...

  Actually, I cleaned up quite a bit (and even vacuumed!) before I took the picture because it was kind of a pit before...

Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 07, 2014, 06:24:20 AMSecond of all - not enough cds! Jeepers, the way you have been moaning and groaning, i was expecting cds to be overflowing, but you barely have any at all!!  :P :D ;)

   :-[ :-[ :-[I know. And I'm sorry. I'll try to shop more, and hopefully redeem myself :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 07, 2014, 07:52:40 AM
Nobody is asking the important question here... you hired a professional photographer to take a gallery of wide angle shots of your CD collection?!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 07, 2014, 07:59:22 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 07, 2014, 07:52:40 AM
Nobody is asking the important question here... you hired a professional photographer to take a gallery of wide angle shots of your CD collection?!
Yeah, this guy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookalafalas-pixgalore/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookalafalas-pixgalore/)   He's cheap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 07, 2014, 08:01:34 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 07, 2014, 07:52:40 AM
Nobody is asking the important question here... you hired a professional photographer to take a gallery of wide angle shots of your CD collection?!
BakBoy collects wide angle lenses. He has CDWALCD.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 07, 2014, 09:55:58 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 07, 2014, 07:59:22 AM
Yeah, this guy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookalafalas-pixgalore/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookalafalas-pixgalore/)   He's cheap.

Oh cool!  ;D Gonna browse your photostream for a while...

Now I'm amused that you watermark your own house pictures.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 07, 2014, 12:20:44 PM
This seems to qualify

[asin]B001CW7LT8[/asin]

$70

Word of warning about the sound though. The Beethoven has a few really bad patches. So not a starter set, but some fine pianism.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 07, 2014, 03:34:40 PM
Quote from: Brian on March 07, 2014, 09:55:58 AM
Now I'm amused that you watermark your own house pictures.  ;)

  Ah, now I see what you were getting at! I forgot all about that. The watermark is applied automatically whenever I convert to JPEG. I don't even notice it.

  And I'm with Ken on the Brendel set.  A terrific bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on March 07, 2014, 07:05:53 PM
I caught myself before committing to the Sony (looks like Brilliant) Beethoven box from Presto, it has only 50 discs compared to Brilliant's 85.  There is no claim for 'completeness' but I might be able to live without another version of the secular cantatas and English folksongs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 07, 2014, 07:16:40 PM
Quote from: listener on March 07, 2014, 07:05:53 PM
I caught myself before committing to the Sony (looks like Brilliant) Beethoven box from Presto, it has only 50 discs compared to Brilliant's 85.  There is no claim for 'completeness' but I might be able to live without another version of the secular cantatas and English folksongs.

If you're looking for 50 CDs of Beethoven, there's the EMI France set still apparently running around in the wild--symphonies, concertos, almost all the works for solo piano, the violin sonatas, cello sonatas, piano quartets, string quartets, string trios, masses, Christ on the Mount of Olives, Fidelio, a few sundry chamber music works and a CD of concert arias and lieder, drawn from the strongest part of EMI France's mid 20th century archive. (I'm twenty two CDs into it now, about to begin the chamber music).  (But not, to my knowledge, a SDCB.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 07, 2014, 07:28:16 PM
Quote from: listener on March 07, 2014, 07:05:53 PM
I caught myself before committing to the Sony (looks like Brilliant) Beethoven box from Presto, it has only 50 discs compared to Brilliant's 85.  There is no claim for 'completeness' but I might be able to live without another version of the secular cantatas and English folksongs.
The Brilliant box is quite good, but having heard ever darned one of them I can say with confidence Beethoven wrote a lot of music not worth recording. A whole lot.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 07, 2014, 08:26:19 PM
1 cent

[asin]B000059LW6[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 07, 2014, 09:26:32 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 07, 2014, 07:16:40 PM
If you're looking for 50 CDs of Beethoven, there's the EMI France set still apparently running around in the wild--symphonies, concertos, almost all the works for solo piano, the violin sonatas, cello sonatas, piano quartets, string quartets, string trios, masses, Christ on the Mount of Olives, Fidelio, a few sundry chamber music works and a CD of concert arias and lieder, drawn from the strongest part of EMI France's mid 20th century archive. (I'm twenty two CDs into it now, about to begin the chamber music).  (But not, to my knowledge, a SDCB.)

$68 (like new) for the EMI Beethoven is a SDCB in my mind!   :)     I would agree with that being a great Beethoven foundation.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000J0ZPH4/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000J0ZPH4/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

[asin] B000J0ZPH4[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 07, 2014, 09:35:42 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 07, 2014, 08:26:19 PM
1 cent

[asin]B000059LW6[/asin]

Definitely a SDCB - but I am not sure if I can handle the outlay this early in the month.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on March 07, 2014, 10:03:53 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 07, 2014, 12:20:44 PM
This seems to qualify

[asin]B001CW7LT8[/asin]

$70

Word of warning about the sound though. The Beethoven has a few really bad patches. So not a starter set, but some fine pianism.

Zweitausendeins is still selling this set for 29.99 Euro. http://www.zweitausendeins.de/alfred-brendel-the-complete-vox-turnabout-vanguard-solo-recordings.html (http://www.zweitausendeins.de/alfred-brendel-the-complete-vox-turnabout-vanguard-solo-recordings.html) Although I don't know about their shipping costs for non-European destinations.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 07, 2014, 10:15:07 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 07, 2014, 09:26:32 PM
$68 (like new) for the EMI Beethoven is a SDCB in my mind!   :)     I would agree with that being a great Beethoven foundation.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000J0ZPH4/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000J0ZPH4/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

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FWIW, I saw this set re-listed at BRO for ~$50. 

Also, though it probably does not quite beat the deal quoted by Drosera above, I noticed BRO listed that Brendel VOX/TURNABOUT box (Brilliant) for ~$50 or so.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 07, 2014, 11:47:36 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 07, 2014, 03:34:40 PM
  Ah, now I see what you were getting at! I forgot all about that. The watermark is applied automatically whenever I convert to JPEG. I don't even notice it.

  And I'm with Ken on the Brendel set.  A terrific bargain.
I don't really see why people bother watermarking, unless it's done in such a way that it's really hard to 'shop it out - that is, a big text across the picture. And that would be a rather large hindrance to appreciating the photo.
...I also don't understand why some friends who don't really own anything valuable bother locking their doors...  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 08, 2014, 04:54:38 PM
Quote from: Drosera on March 07, 2014, 10:03:53 PM
Zweitausendeins is still selling this set for 29.99 Euro. http://www.zweitausendeins.de/alfred-brendel-the-complete-vox-turnabout-vanguard-solo-recordings.html (http://www.zweitausendeins.de/alfred-brendel-the-complete-vox-turnabout-vanguard-solo-recordings.html) Although I don't know about their shipping costs for non-European destinations.
That's a wonderful set (if one is a piano maniac). Somehow I enjoy early Brendel more than his later performances even though the sound is not as good. Does anybody else feel that way? I sense more flux, motion and dance in his playing compared to later years.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 08, 2014, 05:03:16 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 08, 2014, 04:54:38 PM
That's a wonderful set (if one is a piano maniac). Somehow I enjoy early Brendel more than his later performances even though the sound is not as good. Does anybody else feel that way? I sense more flux, motion and dance in his playing compared to later years.

Not just you. Brendel's '50s CD containing Mussorgsky's Pictures, Stravinsky's Petrushka, and Balakirev's Islamey, is wild and exuberant and fantastical enough to destroy every "academic" Brendel stereotype.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on March 08, 2014, 11:42:10 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 08, 2014, 04:54:38 PM
That's a wonderful set (if one is a piano maniac). Somehow I enjoy early Brendel more than his later performances even though the sound is not as good. Does anybody else feel that way? I sense more flux, motion and dance in his playing compared to later years.

Absolutely. Later Brendel regularly puts me to sleep. There's so much more fun in the earlier recordings. And I really enjoy the things he never attempted again, like the stuff Brian mentioned and the Hungarian Rhapsodies, or even the Chopin.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 10:32:49 AM
The Perahia box seems to be on its way down in price once again. Definitely a SDCB at about $1/disc if one has not acquired it yet.....
I am quite surprised by the prices on this one. Sony must have printed quite a pile of these!

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 10:35:31 AM
Quote from: Drosera on March 08, 2014, 11:42:10 PM
Absolutely. Later Brendel regularly puts me to sleep. There's so much more fun in the earlier recordings. And I really enjoy the things he never attempted again, like the stuff Brian mentioned and the Hungarian Rhapsodies, or even the Chopin.

So true - there is such a sense of formality and technique in the latter recordings. Excellent for sure, but not as engaging. Glad I am not alone in feeling this way. The Vox box is a goldmine!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 09, 2014, 10:46:49 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 10:32:49 AM
The Perahia box seems to be on its way down in price once again. Definitely a SDCB at about $1/disc if one has not acquired it yet.....
I am quite surprised by the prices on this one. Sony must have printed quite a pile of these!

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I think they misjudged the market for elaborate shelf busting packaging. Who buys 70 disc sets, grandma with her empty rack or collectors with a gazillion discs already?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 11:09:20 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 09, 2014, 10:46:49 AM
I think they misjudged the market for elaborate shelf busting packaging. Who buys 70 disc sets, grandma with her empty rack or collectors with a gazillion discs already?

We should buy a bunch and give them away to potential classical music fans!!! I wonder what Sony will be up to next....?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 09, 2014, 11:38:25 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 11:09:20 AM
We should buy a bunch and give them away to potential classical music fans!!! I wonder what Sony will be up to next....?
Well if you are looking for a good cause I know this guy .... Ben K ... You could send him  a box or two. Ben K, yeahhh, that's the ticket
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 11:49:59 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 09, 2014, 11:38:25 AM
Well if you are looking for a good cause I know this guy .... Ben K ... You could send him  a box or two. Ben K, yeahhh, that's the ticket
I have a feeling of that Ben K is well immersed in the maelstrom of classical music - at the point of no return as a matter of fact....

(http://the10mostknown.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/maelstrom-whirlpool-ocean-phenomena.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 09, 2014, 11:54:54 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 11:49:59 AM
I have a feeling of that Ben K is well immersed in the maelstrom of classical music - at the point of no return as a matter of fact....

(http://the10mostknown.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/maelstrom-whirlpool-ocean-phenomena.jpg)
Curses, foiled again!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on March 09, 2014, 12:41:17 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 10:32:49 AM
The Perahia box seems to be on its way down in price once again. Definitely a SDCB at about $1/disc if one has not acquired it yet.....
I am quite surprised by the prices on this one. Sony must have printed quite a pile of these!

I'm very happy that, for once, I didn't already own most of these. And at $56.28, it was an absolute steal. At its current price it's still a SDCB. I've been enjoying this box enormously. More than the Rubinstein box, in fact.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 09, 2014, 04:21:55 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 11:09:20 AM
We should buy a bunch and give them away to potential classical music fans!!! I wonder what Sony will be up to next....?

  I did! Bought one for my brother and his wife, even though I know it will just collect dust over there.
   This Ben K fellow sounds deserving however. I wonder when his birthday is? As long as it's not too soon, or on an unlucky numbered day, I'd be delighted to get him a box ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 09, 2014, 05:21:21 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 09, 2014, 04:21:55 PM
  I did! Bought one for my brother and his wife, even though I know it will just collect dust over there.
   This Ben K fellow sounds deserving however. I wonder when his birthday is? As long as it's not too soon, or on an unlucky numbered day, I'd be delighted to get him a box ;)
Oddly enough his is on March 31 ...
;D

I bought the Mozart 50 box for my sister who liked a chamber concert she went to.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 11:30:35 PM
You may already have these, but Amazon.de have been selling Schiff's solo Bach recordings (12 cds) for years now [limited edition?!?!?]. I listen to these recordings very often. A great deal for 25 Euros if one is into either Schiff or Bach....
I am not sure about the hat though!  :D

http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-grossen-Werke-Klavier-Eloquence/dp/B001DTA8QS/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1394436346&sr=1-5&keywords=andras+schiff (http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-grossen-Werke-Klavier-Eloquence/dp/B001DTA8QS/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1394436346&sr=1-5&keywords=andras+schiff)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517m-UK3YUL._SY355_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 11:34:20 PM
Quote from: Drosera on March 09, 2014, 12:41:17 PM
I'm very happy that, for once, I didn't already own most of these. And at $56.28, it was an absolute steal. At its current price it's still a SDCB. I've been enjoying this box enormously. More than the Rubinstein box, in fact.
Yes, it is delightful and full of great music (the Mozart in particular). So you simply prefer Perahia's playing over Rubinstein's or is it a matter of sound/orchestras?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 11:42:54 PM
Sabine Meyer's Clarinet Concertos (5 cd set) going for $5.50 in the market place....      ::)
Good clarinet exposure kit!!

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on March 10, 2014, 12:36:50 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 11:34:20 PM
Yes, it is delightful and full of great music (the Mozart in particular). So you simply prefer Perahia's playing over Rubinstein's or is it a matter of sound/orchestras?

Actually, Mozart is on of the few things in which I don't like Perahia that much. A bit too bland. I prefer early Barenboim and especially Zacharias.

Perhaps I stilll have to discover what's supposed to make Rubinstein so great. Very few of the performances I've heard so far strike me as more than 'okay'. And I regularly feel like saying: "Quit thumping the keyboard like that!" Still, the later chamber music recordings are especially interesting. That's the main reason I bought the set.

Quote from: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 11:30:35 PM
You may already have these, but Amazon.de have been selling Schiff's solo Bach recordings (12 cds) for years now [limited edition?!?!?]. I listen to these recordings very often. A great deal for 25 Euros if one is into either Schiff or Bach....
I am not sure about the hat though!  :D

http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-grossen-Werke-Klavier-Eloquence/dp/B001DTA8QS/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1394436346&sr=1-5&keywords=andras+schiff (http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-grossen-Werke-Klavier-Eloquence/dp/B001DTA8QS/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1394436346&sr=1-5&keywords=andras+schiff)

Beware of the AMSI process though. It may or may not succeed in making it sound better on a $50 set. But the few recordings I have that are AMSI processed sound universally awful. Muddy and with weird distortions of the sound stage. Perhaps (hopefully) less of a problem with solo piano recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 10, 2014, 04:06:41 AM
That Schiff set is selling for roughly $30 usd in Amazon US, no need to look at DE if you live in the states.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 10, 2014, 02:30:58 PM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421941981.jpg) (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-S%E4mtliche-Werke-f%FCr-Klavier/hnum/2272745)

(12 euros at jpc... ??? ??? :o :o click picture for link! :))

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 10, 2014, 02:43:01 PM
Quote from: Que on March 10, 2014, 02:30:58 PM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421941981.jpg) (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-S%E4mtliche-Werke-f%FCr-Klavier/hnum/2272745)

(12 euros at jpc... ??? ??? :o :o click picture for link! :))

Q
Is it good? I don't recall being blown away by his Haydn.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 10, 2014, 02:55:11 PM
Quote from: Que on March 10, 2014, 02:30:58 PM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421941981.jpg) (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-S%E4mtliche-Werke-f%FCr-Klavier/hnum/2272745)

(12 euros at jpc... ??? ??? :o :o click picture for link! :))

Q

Are these mostly present in the Brilliant Classics Megabox Mozart compilation?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 10, 2014, 06:11:01 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 10, 2014, 02:43:01 PM
Is it good? I don't recall being blown away by his Haydn.

I have this set,  Gould's  (obviously in a world category of its own,  Uchida, and Lili Kraus.  Of the four,  van Oort is my favorite, and enough of a favorite that I don't feel the need to go looking for any more performances of these works.  It's also a very complete set, including one CD of little Wolfie's doodlings as a kid in London.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 10, 2014, 06:36:10 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 10, 2014, 06:11:01 PM
I have this set,  Gould's  (obviously in a world category of its own,  Uchida, and Lili Kraus.  Of the four,  van Oort is my favorite, and enough of a favorite that I don't feel the need to go looking for any more performances of these works.  It's also a very complete set, including one CD of little Wolfie's doodlings as a kid in London.
Good enough for me! I only have Uchida, but she's very good.
Self Bday present.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 10, 2014, 06:44:12 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 10, 2014, 02:55:11 PM
Are these mostly present in the Brilliant Classics Megabox Mozart compilation?

I thought that was Klara Wurtz in the Mozart set, and van Oort in the Haydn set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 10, 2014, 10:03:09 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 10, 2014, 06:44:12 PM
I thought that was Klara Wurtz in the Mozart set, and van Oort in the Haydn set.

Hmm, you are right. Wurtz does most of the sonatas. However, Oort does some of the piano variations. I get confused with the mega compilations....   ???

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 11, 2014, 08:09:51 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 10, 2014, 10:03:09 PM
Hmm, you are right. Wurtz does most of the sonatas. However, Oort does some of the piano variations. I get confused with the mega compilations....   ???
You just need to spend more time in a cold ill-lit room letting the discs run through your fingers, and chortling.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 11, 2014, 08:38:07 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 10, 2014, 06:44:12 PM
I thought that was Klara Wurtz in the Mozart set, and van Oort in the Haydn set.

Actually, they are two (no, three) different sets. Wurtz was the first Brilliant Mozart. Then Oort and Dütschler (for the 4 hands stuff) did a 10 or 11 disk set that went into the first Big Box. Then, Oort came out wit the 14 disk set that had not only some of the lesser stuff which he missed the first time around, but also 2 or 3 world premieres of stuff, like the ballet suite from Ascanio in Alba, IIRC. So the 14 is the way to go. I didn't know there was a newer version. If I had a choice I would take it with the notes on CD-R, because you can't count on the other one having any notes at all. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 11, 2014, 08:49:50 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 11, 2014, 08:09:51 AM
You just need to spend more time in a cold ill-lit room letting the discs run through your fingers, and chortling.
You did it GMG way
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 12, 2014, 12:17:48 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 11, 2014, 08:09:51 AM
You just need to spend more time in a cold ill-lit room letting the discs run through your fingers, and chortling.

Like this...? The GMG way....?

(http://thumb1.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/639301/169671200/stock-photo-distorted-portrait-of-a-s-disc-jockey-clown-spinning-a-nightclub-turntable-in-a-hallucinogenic-169671200.jpg)

Brilliant Classics Mozart cds after being transformed........

(http://artwithmschiddo.weebly.com/uploads/4/4/7/6/4476144/5951040_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Justin on March 13, 2014, 08:39:15 AM
Currently quite a bargain on Hyperion's "Please, someone buy me" offering:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61OldwLHYvL.jpg)

Nice stuff!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 13, 2014, 09:02:57 AM
Quote from: Justin on March 13, 2014, 08:39:15 AM
Currently quite a bargain on Hyperion's "Please, someone buy me" offering:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61OldwLHYvL.jpg)

Nice stuff!

Tis a pity, that the same stuff is posted over and over again, like the piano works by liszt, or Pitts, or, or... and they are charging absurd postal cost also, no fun for me anymore.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 13, 2014, 11:28:41 AM
Quote from: Harry's on March 13, 2014, 09:02:57 AM
Tis a pity, that the same stuff is posted over and over again, like the piano works by liszt, or Pitts, or, or... and they are charging absurd postal cost also, no fun for me anymore.
At least they have many Liszt discs to choose from and I haven't noted that they are repeating the same discs all the time. Also, with the release of the collected set it is to be expected that many of the single discs turn up in the least bought pile. Their postage rate to Norway is about par to the course to other sellers in my experience.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 13, 2014, 12:07:22 PM
Quote from: The new erato on March 13, 2014, 11:28:41 AM
At least they have many Liszt discs to choose from and I haven't noted that they are repeating the same discs all the time. Also, with the release of the collected set it is to be expected that many of the single discs turn up in the least bought pile. Their postage rate to Norway is about par to the course to other sellers in my experience.

My friend, I know you are a great fan of the please buy me site of Hyperion, I was too. But when I say that they repeat the same discs over and over again, its based on the fact that I look in regularly every time when they change the stock, so the fact that you did not see this doesn't mean that it is untrue. And about the postage rate, maybe you remember that buying 2 discs from this site meant no postage, and the more you bought meant a decrease in the price. I took advantage of this last year, when I bought a pile of Helios discs. Not so anymore, so its not worth my while anymore to go there. Sure they lowered their prices, but at this rate I can buy them cheaper on Amazon or JPC even.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 13, 2014, 12:19:32 PM
Well most of their rarelys bought discs that I want I seem to already have often I've bought their larger sets so all the single discs that turn up I already have), so though I go there regularly, it is some time since I bought there. And though they indeed sem to have increased their P&P, most UK sources charge £2 for a single disc to Norway  to their 2.87.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 13, 2014, 12:23:46 PM
Quote from: The new erato on March 13, 2014, 12:19:32 PM
Well most of their rarelys bought discs that I want I seem to already have often I've bought their larger sets so all the single discs that turn up I already have), so though I go there regularly, it is some time since I bought there. And though they indeed sem to have increased their P&P, most UK sources charge £2 for a single disc to Norway  to their 2.87.

Before Hyperion charged 60 p a disc!!!, but if you bought 2 or more, no postage at all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 13, 2014, 12:28:22 PM
Quote from: Harry's on March 13, 2014, 12:23:46 PM
Before Hyperion charged 60 p a disc!!!, but if you bought 2 or more, no postage at all.
Yes, I wondered how they could afford it......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 14, 2014, 01:56:34 PM
The relatively new re-release of the Richter Bach Cantatas set (26 cd) is currently quite affordable at Amazon.de

http://www.amazon.de/Bach-Kantaten-Karl-Richter/dp/B00EYPQ4SY/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1394834002&sr=1-2&keywords=richter+bach (http://www.amazon.de/Bach-Kantaten-Karl-Richter/dp/B00EYPQ4SY/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1394834002&sr=1-2&keywords=richter+bach)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Y%2BzuKhS5L._SY355_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on March 14, 2014, 11:42:16 PM
Quote from: Justin on March 13, 2014, 08:39:15 AM
Currently quite a bargain on Hyperion's "Please, someone buy me" offering:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61OldwLHYvL.jpg)

Nice stuff!

Indeed, and since I didn't have this last volume of Shelley's excellent Clementi sonatas survey, I snatched it up.

By the way, among the current batch of their discounted items, the Liszt vol.10 (Howard playing Hexaméron & Symphonie fantastique, a great highlight of Hyperion's Liszt edition), Monteverdi and Latin American baroque discs are all very highly recommended.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 15, 2014, 07:28:23 AM
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 15, 2014, 12:46:52 PM
There is a sale at MDT!!!!      8)
Good deals!
I see corresponding reductions in the Amazon market place....

http://www.mdt.co.uk/special-offers/collectors-edition-boxsets.html?p=1 (http://www.mdt.co.uk/special-offers/collectors-edition-boxsets.html?p=1)

(http://i.poweredtemplates.com/i/br/02/687/sale_template_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 15, 2014, 06:06:13 PM
Dvořák: Complete String Quartets (10 cd) with the Stamitz Quartet for 15 Euros at Amazon.de

http://www.amazon.de/Dvorak-String-Quartets-Stamitz-Quartet/dp/B00007B9P2/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0JZTA21MWASXFSAK5PX3 (http://www.amazon.de/Dvorak-String-Quartets-Stamitz-Quartet/dp/B00007B9P2/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0JZTA21MWASXFSAK5PX3)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/sep2012/dvoraksqstamitz.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 15, 2014, 06:24:07 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 15, 2014, 06:06:13 PM
Dvořák: Complete String Quartets (10 cd) with the Stamitz Quartet for 15 Euros at Amazon.de

http://www.amazon.de/Dvorak-String-Quartets-Stamitz-Quartet/dp/B00007B9P2/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0JZTA21MWASXFSAK5PX3 (http://www.amazon.de/Dvorak-String-Quartets-Stamitz-Quartet/dp/B00007B9P2/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0JZTA21MWASXFSAK5PX3)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/sep2012/dvoraksqstamitz.jpg)
A very good set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 15, 2014, 07:01:21 PM
Nielsen dacapo chamber box 6 cd, $16

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 16, 2014, 12:14:50 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 15, 2014, 07:01:21 PM
Nielsen dacapo chamber box 6 cd, $16

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Hmm, that IS a great deal. Have you heard these performances? Recommended?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 16, 2014, 12:36:15 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 16, 2014, 12:14:50 PM
Hmm, that IS a great deal. Have you heard these performances? Recommended?
Yes and yes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 16, 2014, 01:49:14 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 15, 2014, 07:01:21 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 17, 2014, 01:37:40 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 15, 2014, 12:46:52 PM
There is a sale at MDT!!!!      8)
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.

Quote from: Mirror Image on March 16, 2014, 01:49:14 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: amw on March 17, 2014, 02:02:21 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 17, 2014, 04:49:57 AM
Quote from: DaveF on March 17, 2014, 01:37:40 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 17, 2014, 07:57:25 PM
$6.63 on Amazon...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81rnT44mqQL._SL1427_.jpg)

Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2WVD7U/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2WVD7U/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 18, 2014, 11:05:09 PM
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 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001HAWUP0/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

[asin] B001HAWUP0[/asin]

"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"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 18, 2014, 11:24:11 PM
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...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 18, 2014, 11:28:51 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 18, 2014, 11:24:11 PM
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......

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 18, 2014, 11:32:31 PM
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 ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 18, 2014, 11:38:48 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 18, 2014, 11:32:31 PM
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.....  >:D

Edit: Cancelled the order after reading Brian's post. Yikes! My son will be disappointed. ....  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 19, 2014, 02:30:51 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 18, 2014, 11:38:48 PM
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.....  >:D

  Yeah, me too. $30 including shipping for 40 cds? Definitely worth a little gamble.  Thanks for the tip ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 19, 2014, 04:36:05 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 19, 2014, 05:03:58 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 18, 2014, 11:24:11 PM
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 (https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Budget_recordings_of_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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 19, 2014, 05:05:09 AM
Thanks for that, Brian.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 19, 2014, 05:17:21 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 19, 2014, 05:03:58 AM

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!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 19, 2014, 05:22:21 AM
There must already be a percussion piece with two bedpans smashing together . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 19, 2014, 05:29:56 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 18, 2014, 11:32:31 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 19, 2014, 07:40:48 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 19, 2014, 05:03:58 AM
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 (https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Budget_recordings_of_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.

That is a sad reflection of the bargain box industry!   :'(
Thanks for all that information Brian!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 19, 2014, 04:08:07 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 19, 2014, 07:40:48 AM
That is a sad reflection of the bargain box industry!   :'(
Thanks for all that information Brian!!

  Well, on the obscure (Russian?) label bargain boxes, anyway. 
 
   And +1 on the thanks, Brian.  You are impressively well informed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 20, 2014, 08:54:05 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 19, 2014, 04:08:07 PM
  Well, on the obscure (Russian?) label bargain boxes, anyway. 
 
   And +1 on the thanks, Brian.  You are impressively well informed.

Right, this doesn't generalize to legitimate labels, budget or not.

+2 thanks to Brian. I hadn't heard about this guy. I have a couple Pilz CDs but they are apparently legitimate (Bach by Jaccottet).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 20, 2014, 10:47:40 AM
Quote from: Pat B on March 20, 2014, 08:54:05 AM
+2 thanks to Brian. I hadn't heard about this guy. I have a couple Pilz CDs but they are apparently legitimate (Bach by Jaccottet).

That's how I found out about it. In the '80s my dad bought a bunch of Pilz CDs, and a few years ago I got curious and started googling. Some of them were real artists, some of them were fake, and one of them didn't even say who the artists were (I think Bach concertos where the orchestra was listed but not the soloists).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on March 20, 2014, 11:11:52 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 18, 2014, 11:05:09 PM
CD 23
Rodion Schtschedrin
Echo Sonata
Fourteen pieces from the Polyphonic Exercise Book
Ulf Hoelscher, PIano
Rodion Schtschedrin, Piano



Ulf Hoelscher is a violinist.  A few of the other names are familiar Alfredo Perl (fine Chilean pianist who recorded a nice LvB sonata cycle), Zdenek Kossler (sic), Ondrej Lenard, and the Moyzes Quartet.  I think $30 is probably too high a price.  I'd say wait until it is a Vox style download.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: not edward on March 20, 2014, 01:28:18 PM
Quote from: DavidW on March 17, 2014, 04:49:57 AM
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.
I think much of this reflects the fact that much of the chamber music comes from earlier in his career.

The only major chamber music works from the post-3rd symphony period are the 2nd violin sonata and wind quintet, both of which are IMO fine pieces. Obviously there's a few major works for solo instrument as well (the solo violin pieces, Commotio, the Lucifer suite and the late Three Piano Pieces), but again I think these are, with the possible exception of the the violin pieces, strong works.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on March 20, 2014, 01:43:43 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 07, 2014, 08:26:19 PM
1 cent

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I ended up getting this as I'm getting more and more into chamber music. I'm enjoying this record. Thanks for the heads up, Ken!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 21, 2014, 02:58:32 AM
Maybe not quite Super Duper, but the newest sale at Presto is on a bunch of box sets (Warner-etc, Univ-etc) and there are some reasonably good deals to be found, sometimes ~$10+ less than the best prices I've usually seen for certain items.  Mozart piano concerto cycles by Anda and Bilson, the 8cd Alban Berg "Collection" (which was pretty cheap via Amazon Marketplace USA last time I saw it), the Goebel Bach 'Orchestral/Chamber' 8cd, Poulenc/Rogé piano-chamber 5cd, etc etc

EDIT: following a funny little compulsion of mine, I've checked some items against Amazon USA-MP prices, and in several cases the MP price is as good or slightly better...caveat emptor
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 21, 2014, 07:15:55 PM
The 144 disc complete Rubinstein is under 200 at an Amazon MP right now.

Remember the ad link below if you are buying this one!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 21, 2014, 10:33:32 PM
Just $2 + S&H for Koopman's Bach Cantatas Vol 1 (3 cds)     ???

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 22, 2014, 12:11:40 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 21, 2014, 07:15:55 PM
The 144 disc complete Rubinstein is under 200 at an Amazon MP right now.

Remember the ad link below if you are buying this one!

  Certainly a fantastic bargain at this price, but I bought it for $120 about 6 months ago, and it went down to $88 at importCDs.  Probably never see those prices again though.  I think this box may have started me on the road to CDCDCD....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 22, 2014, 01:04:11 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 22, 2014, 12:11:40 AM
  Certainly a fantastic bargain at this price, but I bought it for $120 about 6 months ago, and it went down to $88 at importCDs.  Probably never see those prices again though.  I think this box may have started me on the road to CDCDCD....

You could have done much worse! Awesome set I would have gotten it if I would start with a clean slate.... ::)

The advantage of starting a fresh: no expensive cycles gathered bit by bit, no giant space consuming plastic boxes.....

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 22, 2014, 06:08:56 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 22, 2014, 12:11:40 AM
  Certainly a fantastic bargain at this price, but I bought it for $120 about 6 months ago, and it went down to $88 at importCDs.  Probably never see those prices again though.  I think this box may have started me on the road to CDCDCD....
I saw this and thought of you

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: HIPster on March 22, 2014, 07:43:46 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 21, 2014, 10:33:32 PM
Just $2 + S&H for Koopman's Bach Cantatas Vol 1 (3 cds)     ???

[asin]B000005EEI[/asin]

;)

A big ol' hat tip to Moonfish!

Thank you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 22, 2014, 08:27:21 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 22, 2014, 06:08:56 AM
I saw this and thought of you

  I have one! My brother in law got one for me for xmas a couple of years ago:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on March 22, 2014, 12:10:57 PM
Haydn / Hogwood down to €45.00 on Amazon ITA.

http://www.amazon.it/The-Symphonies-J-Haydn/dp/B009LNI0T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395518882&sr=8-1&keywords=B009LNI0T0 (http://www.amazon.it/The-Symphonies-J-Haydn/dp/B009LNI0T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395518882&sr=8-1&keywords=B009LNI0T0)


[asin]B009LNI0T0[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 22, 2014, 12:21:50 PM
Living Stereo 2 is for pre order at azon uk. L49 works out to L43 delivered to USA.
Under $75 I think.
I might cancel but preordered as the price is sensational.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 22, 2014, 12:51:48 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on March 22, 2014, 12:10:57 PM
Haydn / Hogwood down to €45.00 on Amazon ITA.

http://www.amazon.it/The-Symphonies-J-Haydn/dp/B009LNI0T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395518882&sr=8-1&keywords=B009LNI0T0 (http://www.amazon.it/The-Symphonies-J-Haydn/dp/B009LNI0T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395518882&sr=8-1&keywords=B009LNI0T0)


[asin]B009LNI0T0[/asin]

Thank you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on March 22, 2014, 06:43:55 PM
The Sony Beethoven "masterpieces" box arrived from JPC today. Really barebones packaging. Big floppy box with a little block of CDs in paper sleeves inside. But the sleeves have track listings and the CDs are well packed with good recordings. Lots of Zinman.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 23, 2014, 12:37:58 AM
Sony's Wagner set (40 cds) is currently going for 30 Euros (-VAT + S&H) at Amazon.de
(in case you really really really need more Wagner  >:D) - It includes the Janowski cycle (w/ Staatskapelle Dresden).

http://www.amazon.de/Richard-Wagner-Recordings-Waltraud-Meier/dp/B00A2JTEHY/ref=pd_sim_m_78?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ERWX1T5445JTFBPRBNC (http://www.amazon.de/Richard-Wagner-Recordings-Waltraud-Meier/dp/B00A2JTEHY/ref=pd_sim_m_78?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ERWX1T5445JTFBPRBNC)

[asin] B00A2JTEHY[/asin]

CD 1-2: Der fliegende Holländer: Morris, Voigt, Heppner, Rootering, Groves, Svendén - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
CD 3-5: Lohengrin: Kónya, Amara, Gorr, Dooley, Hines, Marsh - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
CD 6-9 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Wiener, Thomas, Watson, Hotter, Kusche - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Joseph Keilberth
CD 10-23: Der Ring des Nibelungen: Altmeyer, Norman, Studer, Adam, Jerusalem, Kollo, Schreier, Staatskapelle Dresden, Marek Janowski
CD 24-27: Parsifal: Uhl, Höngen, Ludwig, Berry, Hotter, Waechter, Franc - Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Herbert von Karajan
Opernausschnitte und Arien-CDs:
CD 28: Die Walküre: Akt 1: Hofmann, Marton, Talvela - New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta
CD 29: Peter Hofmann: Arien aus Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Rienzi, Siegfried, Tannhäuser, Die Walküre
CD 30: Gösta Winbergh: Arien aus Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal, Rienzi
CD 31: Kirsten Flagstad & Lauritz Melchior: Arien und Duette aus Götterdämmerung, Lohengrin, Parsifal,Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre
CD 32-33: Lauritz Melchior & Helen Traubel: Arien und Duette aus Lohengrin, Rienzi, Tristan und Isolde
CD 35: Waltraud Meier: Arien aus Der fliegende Holländer, Götterdämmerung, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre
Orchestermusik und Transkriptionen:
CD 36: George Szell: Orchestermusik aus Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Tristan und Isolde - Cleveland Orchestra
CD 37: Leopold Stokowski: Ouvertüren und Orchestermusik aus Das Rheingold, Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre - Symphony of the Air
CD 38: Lorin Maazel: Siegfried-Idyll, Vorspiele und Ouvertüren - Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 39: Lorin Maazel: Tannhäuser ohne Worte - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 40: Tal & Groethuysen: Klaviertranskriptionen für Vier Hände
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 23, 2014, 04:34:09 AM
Curses, Moonfish.  I don't have one actual Wagner CD (except for highlights type).  How could I let this go (even if I really don't care much for Wagner, despite occasionally getting worked up watching the Ring on DVD)? Oh well, it truly is a SDCB.  It's worth having it on the shelf.

While checking out I saw this, also for 30 Euros:
[asin]B00B5DNDD2[/asin]
  I didn't want Siegfried et al to be lonely on there long journey...

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 23, 2014, 05:20:08 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 23, 2014, 04:34:09 AM
Curses, Moonfish.  I don't have one actual Wagner CD (except for highlights type).  How could I let this go (even if I really don't care much for Wagner, despite occasionally getting worked up watching the Ring on DVD)? Oh well, it truly is a SDCB.  It's worth having it on the shelf.

While checking out I saw this, also for 30 Euros:
[asin]B00B5DNDD2[/asin]
  I didn't want Siegfried et al to be lonely on there long journey...

CD 1/2: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della beata vergine (Marienvesper), Kammerchor Stuttgart, Musica Fiata Köln, Frieder Bernius
CD 3: Johann Joseph Fux: Kaiserrequiem, La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson
CD 4: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Missa Dei Filii / Litaniae Lauretanae, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Tafelmusik, Frieder Bernius
CD 5/6: George Frideric Handel: Messiah (Messiah) HWV 56, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
CD 7: Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets (Motetten) BWV 225-229, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
CD 8/9: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor (h-Moll Messe) BWV 232, Balthasar Neumann-Chor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock
CD 10/11: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium) BWV 248, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
CD 12/13: Joseph Haydn: The Creation (Die Schöpfung) Hob. XXI:2, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock
CD 14: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass in C minor (Große c-Moll Messe) K 427 (K. 417a), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
CD 15: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem K 626, Tölzer Knabenchor, Tafelmusik, Kurt Weil
CD 16/17: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis op. 123, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis
CD 18: Gioacchino Rossini: Petite messe solennelle, Die Münchener Vokalsolisten, Wolfgang Sawallisch
CD 19: Hector Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) op. 5, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
CD 20/21: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elijah op. 70, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Karl-Friedrich Beringer
CD 22/23: Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis
CD 24: Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem, To Words of the Holy Scriptures (Ein deutsches Requiem) op. 45, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
CD 25: Johannes Brahms: Songs and chants (Lieder und Gesänge) op. 17, 42, 62, 93a, 104, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
CD 26: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem op. 48 / Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchener Kammerorchester, Peter Dijkstra
CD 27/28: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Schweizer Kammerchor, WDR Rundfunkchor, Züricher Sängerknaben, Kinderchor Kaltbrunn, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, David Zinman
CD 29: Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Francis Poulenc: Gloria / Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, English Bach Festival Chorus, Westminster Choir, Camerata Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
CD 30: Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater / Symphony No. 3 / Cantique des degres, RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Kristjan Järvi

It is nice list of recordings... ::)  8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 23, 2014, 05:24:00 AM
Re: the Wagner
1) No Tristan or Tannhauser? Are they T-phobic?
2) Arkivmusic has it on sale now, for what I think is a comparable price (I don't have the listing in front of me.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 23, 2014, 05:48:23 AM
Quote from: Que on March 23, 2014, 05:20:08 AM
CD 1/2: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della beata vergine (Marienvesper), Kammerchor Stuttgart, Musica Fiata Köln, Frieder Bernius
CD 3: Johann Joseph Fux: Kaiserrequiem, La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson
CD 4: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Missa Dei Filii / Litaniae Lauretanae, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Tafelmusik, Frieder Bernius
CD 5/6: George Frideric Handel: Messiah (Messiah) HWV 56, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
CD 7: Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets (Motetten) BWV 225-229, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
CD 8/9: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor (h-Moll Messe) BWV 232, Balthasar Neumann-Chor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock
CD 10/11: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium) BWV 248, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
CD 12/13: Joseph Haydn: The Creation (Die Schöpfung) Hob. XXI:2, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock
CD 14: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass in C minor (Große c-Moll Messe) K 427 (K. 417a), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
CD 15: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem K 626, Tölzer Knabenchor, Tafelmusik, Kurt Weil
CD 16/17: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis op. 123, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis
CD 18: Gioacchino Rossini: Petite messe solennelle, Die Münchener Vokalsolisten, Wolfgang Sawallisch
CD 19: Hector Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) op. 5, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
CD 20/21: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elijah op. 70, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Karl-Friedrich Beringer
CD 22/23: Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis
CD 24: Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem, To Words of the Holy Scriptures (Ein deutsches Requiem) op. 45, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
CD 25: Johannes Brahms: Songs and chants (Lieder und Gesänge) op. 17, 42, 62, 93a, 104, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
CD 26: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem op. 48 / Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchener Kammerorchester, Peter Dijkstra
CD 27/28: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Schweizer Kammerchor, WDR Rundfunkchor, Züricher Sängerknaben, Kinderchor Kaltbrunn, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, David Zinman
CD 29: Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Francis Poulenc: Gloria / Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, English Bach Festival Chorus, Westminster Choir, Camerata Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
CD 30: Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater / Symphony No. 3 / Cantique des degres, RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Kristjan Järvi

It is nice list of recordings... ::)  8)

Q
Thanks Q! I think I have way too much of this alas. But it looks like a hell of a box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 23, 2014, 05:54:20 AM
The question these days with these megaboxes is not whether one has the works (I only miss the Pært), but whether one has the same recordings....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 23, 2014, 05:57:57 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 23, 2014, 05:54:20 AM
The question these days with these megaboxes is not whether one has the works (I only miss the Pært), but whether one has the same recordings....
Exactly. I see a couple I lack the performance but to me the great stuff there is in the first half, and I have most of those recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 23, 2014, 06:03:40 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 23, 2014, 05:24:00 AM
Re: the Wagner
1) No Tristan or Tannhauser? Are they T-phobic?
2) Arkivmusic has it on sale now, for what I think is a comparable price (I don't have the listing in front of me.)

I am not a Wagnerian but that box looks a pale shadow of the DG box, or the Decca Bayreuth box which I have. I am content with one each for Wagner, except the Ring.  The negative Azon review looked convincing to me too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 23, 2014, 07:17:16 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 23, 2014, 06:03:40 AM
I am not a Wagnerian but that box looks a pale shadow of the DG box, or the Decca Bayreuth box which I have. I am content with one each for Wagner, except the Ring.  The negative Azon review looked convincing to me too.

  Yeah, that was an impulse buy on my part.  Went back and cancelled both.  I really have plenty of Wagner on my hard drive (but not on CD), which I try to listen to from time to time.  I keep almost becoming a fan, but...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 23, 2014, 07:19:27 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 23, 2014, 07:17:16 AM
  Yeah, that was an impulse buy on my part.  Went back and cancelled both.  I really have plenty of Wagner on my hard drive (but not on CD), which I try to listen to from time to time.  I keep almost becoming a fan, but...
Well the choral music box is super ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 23, 2014, 07:43:46 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 23, 2014, 07:19:27 AM
Well the choral music box is super ...

  Definitely. But I actually already have 2/3 of it, in different but good versions that I haven't absorbed yet.  Also, the shipping for one item fro Amazon.de is pretty steep .  No, time to put on the brakes ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 23, 2014, 12:41:47 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 23, 2014, 06:03:40 AM
I am not a Wagnerian but that box looks a pale shadow of the DG box, or the Decca Bayreuth box which I have. I am content with one each for Wagner, except the Ring.  The negative Azon review looked convincing to me too.

Yes, the DG and EMI (Warner) Wagner boxes definitely have better renditions and selections of the Wagner operas, but it always fun to hear other performances....  ; -)   Besides, the Janowski cycle is not a bad one if one wants a starting point to move into the Nibelungen realm (good to very good with excellent sound).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 23, 2014, 12:47:19 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 23, 2014, 12:41:47 PM
Yes, the DG and EMI (Warner) Wagner boxes definitely have better renditions and selections of the Wagner operas, but it always fun to hear other performances....  ; -)   Besides, the Janowski cycle is not a bad one if one wants a starting point to move into the Nibelungen realm (good to very good with excellent sound).
The Janowski Ring is quite good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 23, 2014, 01:04:09 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 23, 2014, 07:43:46 AM
  Definitely. But I actually already have 2/3 of it, in different but good versions that I haven't absorbed yet.  Also, the shipping for one item fro Amazon.de is pretty steep .  No, time to put on the brakes ???

But it is a great deal Baklavaboy.....

(http://www.escaping-mediocrity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Devil-And-Angel-cartoon.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 23, 2014, 02:51:55 PM
Quote from: Que on March 23, 2014, 05:20:08 AM
CD 18: Gioacchino Rossini: Petite messe solennelle, Die Münchener Vokalsolisten, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Is this recording (included in the choral music box) the same as the OOP one featuring Fassbaender, Schreier, Fischer-Dieskau, and Lovas? 

Also, off-topic, those of you who have ordered from Amazon.de for delivery to the USA: what does shipping end up coming to, roughly, per item?  I got some good deals from them before, but sometimes noticed a remarkable discrepancy between the currency-converted total and what they charged me.  I could never find out re: surcharges etc, and it was offputting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 23, 2014, 05:27:05 PM
Quote from: Octave on March 23, 2014, 02:51:55 PM
Is this recording (included in the choral music box) the same as the OOP one featuring Fassbaender, Schreier, Fischer-Dieskau, and Lovas? 

Also, off-topic, those of you who have ordered from Amazon.de for delivery to the USA: what does shipping end up coming to, roughly, per item?  I got some good deals from them before, but sometimes noticed a remarkable discrepancy between the currency-converted total and what they charged me.  I could never find out re: surcharges etc, and it was offputting.

They subtract the VAT but seem to have a sliding scale on shipping the items depending on weight in contrast to Amazon.uk.   Large/bulky items such as a megabox cost more etc etc. Overall, I am pleased with Amazon.de. Items arrive very quickly to the US (often less than a week) and the S&H are acceptable. At least that is my experience.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 23, 2014, 05:47:37 PM
Quote from: Octave on March 23, 2014, 02:51:55 PM
Is this recording (included in the choral music box) the same as the OOP one featuring Fassbaender, Schreier, Fischer-Dieskau, and Lovas? 

Also, off-topic, those of you who have ordered from Amazon.de for delivery to the USA: what does shipping end up coming to, roughly, per item?  I got some good deals from them before, but sometimes noticed a remarkable discrepancy between the currency-converted total and what they charged me.  I could never find out re: surcharges etc, and it was offputting.
Generally L2 or L3 per item shipping, but it might vary a bit. Boxes always end up less shipped that the sticker price due to VAT elimination.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on March 23, 2014, 09:32:46 PM
Quote from: Octave on March 23, 2014, 02:51:55 PM
Is this recording (included in the choral music box) the same as the OOP one featuring Fassbaender, Schreier, Fischer-Dieskau, and Lovas?

This is basically the only reason that box intrigues me as well. As far as I know it is the same recording. Check the other release of this performance, which also lists the Munchener Vokalsolisten:

[asin]B000024AXC[/asin]

The only thing that annoys is me that it seems that a small part was cut from the performance in order to fit it on one cd (based on comments from Amazon reviewers). That still seems to be the case here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 23, 2014, 09:57:58 PM
Thanks guys for shipping info, and Drosera for the Sawallisch footwork.  I am disappointed to hear about those cuts.  The only Rossini MESSE I know is also a single disc (King/Hyperion), but it pushes up against the limits of its container (79+ min).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on March 25, 2014, 03:43:21 AM
Interesting Mammoth  ;)

Look here! ====> http://www.amazon.it/Jascha-Heifetz/dp/B00467EKKO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395746871&sr=8-1&keywords=heifetz
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 25, 2014, 11:13:38 PM
From AMazon UK about $56 shipped. 

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 26, 2014, 05:12:54 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 25, 2014, 11:13:38 PM
From AMazon UK about $56 shipped. 

[asin]B008YKRRJU[/asin]
Did you indulge?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 26, 2014, 06:15:12 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 26, 2014, 05:12:54 AM
Did you indulge?

Yep.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 26, 2014, 07:04:55 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 26, 2014, 06:15:12 AM
Yep.

Ahh, there are so many different versions of the Ring Cycle, Baklavaboy! And, sooooo muuuuuch to explore!!!!!    >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 26, 2014, 07:50:05 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 26, 2014, 07:04:55 AM
Ahh, there are so many different versions of the Ring Cycle, Baklavaboy! And, sooooo muuuuuch to explore!!!!!    >:D

   I have the Barenboim on Blu Ray, and the Boulez on DVD. I've downloaded about 5 others, but haven't played any of them, except parts of the Goode. I have Furtwangler's as part of the big box.  For the most part, though, I find it heavy and joyless, plus Wagner's German just doesn't sound that attractive a lot of the time.  But, I'll give it another shot.... ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 26, 2014, 08:22:18 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 26, 2014, 07:50:05 AM
   I have the Barenboim on Blu Ray, and the Boulez on DVD. I've downloaded about 5 others, but haven't played any of them, except parts of the Goode. I have Furtwangler's as part of the big box.  For the most part, though, I find it heavy and joyless, plus Wagner's German just doesn't sound that attractive a lot of the time.  But, I'll give it another shot.... ::)
There's the problem! You don't have the right ones ...  ;)

I got to like it through Bohm, but Levine is my current favorite. Janowski is good. I'd avoid the "historic" ones. Sound. Derryck Cooke's lectures on 2 discs on the music are very good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 26, 2014, 05:40:47 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 26, 2014, 07:50:05 AM
I have Furtwangler's as part of the big box. 

Which Furtwangler is in the big box?  (I know I've read the details before,  but that was long enough ago for me to forget even where I read the details, much less what the details were.)

I havd the RAI cycle and had the Siegfried of the La Scala cycle. 
RAI cycle--sound is slightly dated,  musicians sometimes off, but not enough to bother me.  (Perhaps if I was a Wagnermaniac,  this would bother me more.)
La Scala Siegfried:  perhaps it was simply the mastering of the version I had, but the sound was awful. Worst sound I've ever heard,  including some recordings made in the late 1920s.  Mikes seemed to be in the middle of the horns, with the result that the singers could not be heard unless I put my ears next to the speakers (I am speaking literally here), and even then I could not always be sure I was hearing their voices.  I'm not sure if I gave it away eventually or if it's still sitting in some pile of CDs.  It would be at the bottom of the pile, I am sure.....

That RAI cycle was the first Ring I heard all the way through;  and Furtwangler's EMI recording of Tristan was likewise the first recording of that opera I heard all the way through (as opposed to watching TV broadcasts during which I fell asleep by the end of the first act)--it was Furtwangler who showed me the real beauties of Wagner's music making.

Confession time: in Mount Not Yet Listened To, and indeed forming a notable peak,  are three complete Ring cycles (Solti, Karajan, and  a historical hotchpotch of Furtwangler and Keilberth) plus Zagrosek's Gotterdammerung on Naxos,  mostly because I have never been able to make the time to listen to them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 26, 2014, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 26, 2014, 05:40:47 PM
Which Furtwangler is in the big box?  (I know I've read the details before,  but that was long enough ago for me to forget even where I read the details, much less what the details were.)

I havd the RAI cycle and had the Siegfried of the La Scala cycle. 
RAI cycle--sound is slightly dated,  musicians sometimes off, but not enough to bother me.  (Perhaps if I was a Wagnermaniac,  this would bother me more.)
La Scala Siegfried:  perhaps it was simply the mastering of the version I had, but the sound was awful. Worst sound I've ever heard,  including some recordings made in the late 1920s.  Mikes seemed to be in the middle of the horns, with the result that the singers could not be heard unless I put my ears next to the speakers (I am speaking literally here), and even then I could not always be sure I was hearing their voices.  I'm not sure if I gave it away eventually or if it's still sitting in some pile of CDs.  It would be at the bottom of the pile, I am sure.....

That RAI cycle was the first Ring I heard all the way through;  and Furtwangler's EMI recording of Tristan was likewise the first recording of that opera I heard all the way through (as opposed to watching TV broadcasts during which I fell asleep by the end of the first act)--it was Furtwangler who showed me the real beauties of Wagner's music making.

Confession time: in Mount Not Yet Listened To, and indeed forming a notable peak,  are three complete Ring cycles (Solti, Karajan, and  a historical hotchpotch of Furtwangler and Keilberth) plus Zagrosek's Gotterdammerung on Naxos,  mostly because I have never been able to make the time to listen to them.

  The big box has the RAI.  I put it on once and was surprised at how good the sound was---for something out of that box.  Tons of it just sounds really crappy, even a lot of the 50s stuff is distractingly rough. 
   I think the biggest problem with the Ring (for me) is it's just too big.  Generally after you play something a time or two it grows on you and you learn better how to appreciate it.  But when that something is 14 hours long, putting it on seems like a major commitment. 

   By the way, the Barenboim Blu-Rays sound awesome. I actually like that--as long as I don't look at it.  The Sets and acting are, IMO, really ridiculous.  And it probably belongs in this thread because as a 4 Blu-Ray disc set containing the entire Ring at about $55, it's much cheaper than any other version you can buy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 26, 2014, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 26, 2014, 06:38:13 PM
   
   I think the biggest problem with the Ring (for me) is it's just too big.  Generally after you play something a time or two it grows on you and you learn better how to appreciate it.  But when that something is 14 hours long, putting it on seems like a major commitment. 
Exactly my problem too.  Even one "night" of the Ring at a time is usually more than I can handle.  On a work day,  I usually have time to listen to no more than three CDs total.  On a day off, I usually end up with listening to even less because of all the errands, etc.  When I do next tackle the Ring, it will probably be one act at a time.
Quote

   By the way, the Barenboim Blu-Rays sound awesome. I actually like that--as long as I don't look at it.  The Sets and acting are, IMO, really ridiculous.  And it probably belongs in this thread because as a 4 Blu-Ray disc set containing the entire Ring at about $55, it's much cheaper than any other version you can buy.

not for me,  since I would first need to buy the Blu ray player.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 28, 2014, 01:19:40 AM
A Claudio Arrau Liszt set (5 cd) is available in the UK for about 12 GBP.  I have no idea what is on it as the listing is in a different language (Korean?). Recording dates from 1969-1982.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Works-Arrau-Liszt/dp/B00HQS2LR4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_h__10?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JVQKWSDDFH67EBPPS16 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Works-Arrau-Liszt/dp/B00HQS2LR4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_h__10?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JVQKWSDDFH67EBPPS16)

Btw - interesting cover.... I cannot remember the last time I saw a kitty on the cover of a set!  (It looks like it has an arrow in its head).
It is a new trend for Decca. No more violin or piano babes! It is all about pets!!!
*meeeoowwww*

[asin] B00HQS2LR4[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 28, 2014, 01:36:22 AM
I am all for the kittycat covers, sucker that I am.
Moonfish, here is the one I have, which is £1 more expensive and has 6 discs compared to Kitty Edition's five.   I don't have time just now to compare contents.

[asin]B004OUFSU4[/asin]
Liszt Plays Arrau (Decca/Eloquence, avec AMSI, 6cd)

I am not sure about the concertos, but the solo stuff seems rockin good to me.  This set includes a very famous set of his "12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante" which I see referenced a lot.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 28, 2014, 02:32:39 AM
Quote from: Octave on March 28, 2014, 01:36:22 AM
I am all for the kittycat covers, sucker that I am.
Moonfish, here is the one I have, which is £1 more expensive and has 6 discs compared to Kitty Edition's five.   I don't have time just now to compare contents.

[asin]B004OUFSU4[/asin]
Liszt Plays Arrau (Decca/Eloquence, avec AMSI, 6cd)

I am not sure about the concertos, but the solo stuff seems rockin good to me.  This set includes a very famous set of his "12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante" which I see referenced a lot.
I have this one, which I enjoy a lot:
[asin]B005OSUKZ8[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on March 28, 2014, 02:49:56 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 28, 2014, 01:19:40 AM
A Claudio Arrau Liszt set (5 cd) is available in the UK for about 12 GBP.  I have no idea what is on it as the listing is in a different language (Korean?). Recording dates from 1969-1982.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Works-Arrau-Liszt/dp/B00HQS2LR4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_h__10?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JVQKWSDDFH67EBPPS16 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Works-Arrau-Liszt/dp/B00HQS2LR4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_h__10?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JVQKWSDDFH67EBPPS16)


It would be nice if this would be the first of several box sets so that we'd have a re-release of all his Universal recordings. I'd love to see a Schumann box for a decent price. His Liszt is excellent, by the way.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 28, 2014, 06:39:17 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 28, 2014, 02:32:39 AM
I have this one, which I enjoy a lot:

I want that collection...I've been hoping for comprehensive collected editions of both Brendel and Arrau.  There's a lot of both men's playing that I have not heard, or love but don't own.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513DgOYvRrL.jpg)

I notice that the Claudio Abbado SYMPHONY EDITION has dropped in price by several dollars even just since I bought it----now ~$63 before shipping at Importcds.  With shipping in the USA, this comes to ~$1.66/disc, not bad.

I know a number of you have had some issues with Importcds, esp. with their service.  (I've been lucky, but still I can relate....they have not been responsive when I have had small problems or questions.)  I had to wait for this one to backorder, but it only took about two extra weeks.

At a glance, you get all the music that will soon be released in the series of Abbado 'composer' boxes from DG/Universal, except ~5 discs of Mozart concertos not included in this big box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 30, 2014, 05:19:44 PM
 A friend just asked me for classical recommendations.
  I found that at importCD both the Giant Perahia box and the Vivarte are $58.  We have ripped on ImportCD, but I think the consensus is they are only un-dependable on items that are listed as not in stock (but will ship in X days). If it's in stock, they are fine.  Neither of these boxes are new, and have been mentioned before, but both are insane bargains. I would enthusiastically recommend either at 3, even 4 times these prices.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 30, 2014, 05:25:41 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 30, 2014, 05:19:44 PM
A friend just asked me for classical recommendations.
  I found that at importCD both the Giant Perahia box and the Vivarte are $58.  We have ripped on ImportCD, but I think the consensus is they are only un-dependable on items that are listed as not in stock (but will ship in X days). If it's in stock, they are fine.  Neither of these boxes are new, and have been mentioned before, but both are insane bargains. I would enthusiastically recommend either at 3, even 4 times these prices.
Indeed. Can you get those prices via Amazon so you have protection?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 30, 2014, 06:02:55 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 30, 2014, 05:25:41 PM
Indeed. Can you get those prices via Amazon so you have protection?
I think Amazon is supposed to match any price, so it might be possible.  "protection" seems like a strong word, though.  Have they actually ripped anyone off? I bought the Perahia box for my Brother and his wife through importCD a while ago and it went very smoothly (as have my orders of "in stock" items from them), and now I just ordered one for a friend's daughter.  For $58.65 and $5 shipping, short of them stealing my identity, not much can go wrong.  It is a "surprise" gift, so if it is late, no one will know but me :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 30, 2014, 06:25:27 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 30, 2014, 06:02:55 PM
I think Amazon is supposed to match any price, so it might be possible.  "protection" seems like a strong word, though.  Have they actually ripped anyone off? I bought the Perahia box for my Brother and his wife through importCD a while ago and it went very smoothly (as have my orders of "in stock" items from them), and now I just ordered one for a friend's daughter.  For $58.65 and $5 shipping, short of them stealing my identity, not much can go wrong.  It is a "surprise" gift, so if it is late, no one will know but me :)
Protection is too strong a word but a lot of us have had hassles.

They got any good boxes I don't own going cheap?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 30, 2014, 07:05:39 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 30, 2014, 06:25:27 PM
They got any good boxes I don't own going cheap?

  Ah, that's always the question.  They are selling some of those magnificent little 10cd HM boxes for around $16. Are you missing any?
  I'm listening to the Schubert from the Abbado box Octave mentions a couple of posts above.  Really fresh and delightful Italian-ate presentations, "just right" between the typical German "big" sound and the slightly over-souped Bruno Weill type "hip" approach, IMO. But probably you are tired of collecting new cycles...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 30, 2014, 07:14:37 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 30, 2014, 07:05:39 PM
  Ah, that's always the question.  They are selling some of those magnificent little 10cd HM boxes for around $16. Are you missing any?
  I'm listening to the Schubert from the Abbado box Octave mentions a couple of posts above.  Really fresh and delightful Italian-ate presentations, "just right" between the typical German "big" sound and the slightly over-souped Bruno Weill type "hip" approach, IMO. But probably you are tired of collecting new cycles...

Yes, those HM boxes have been a continuous temptation the last few months. One thing that bothers me about them is that there is a certain overlap between them, which really was unnecessary.  Especially considering us maniacs.....
And you didn't ask me - but I am a bit saturated on cycles and is moving towards different repertoires and music I just have not heard before ( I cannot believe I wrote that and just bought another copy of the "Four Seasons" this afternoon  >:D It was Jansen's fault).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 30, 2014, 07:30:20 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 30, 2014, 07:05:39 PM
  Ah, that's always the question.  They are selling some of those magnificent little 10cd HM boxes for around $16. Are you missing any?
  I'm listening to the Schubert from the Abbado box Octave mentions a couple of posts above.  Really fresh and delightful Italian-ate presentations, "just right" between the typical German "big" sound and the slightly over-souped Bruno Weill type "hip" approach, IMO. But probably you are tired of collecting new cycles...
Yes, i was missing the Telemann. A couple others I don't want but snarfed that one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on March 30, 2014, 08:21:50 PM
I just received the Baroque box from Amazon.de. It's a second release, but it's half the price this time around. Great bargain.

Abbado's Mendelssohn is conducted like he's reading the telephone book. I've got dozens of better versions. That Abbado symphonies box was a great disappointment to me. But thankfully, the Bernstein, Walter and Wand boxes all more than made up for one bum box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 30, 2014, 08:40:49 PM
Quote from: bigshot on March 30, 2014, 08:21:50 PM
I just received the Baroque box from Amazon.de. It's a second release, but it's half the price this time around. Great bargain.

Abbado's Mendelssohn is conducted like he's reading the telephone book. I've got dozens of better versions. That Abbado symphonies box was a great disappointment to me. But thankfully, the Bernstein, Walter and Wand boxes all more than made up for one bum box.

  I'm sorry to hear you say that.  I bought the Abbado when it came out (for a very good price) but hadn't played anything in it for months until the Schubert today, but mostly because I've bought a lot of similar boxes since then.  I remember playing the Mendelssohn and not being impressed, but as I DON't have much else, I figured Mendelssohn's symphonic stuff was just dull.  I figured I wasn't playing it because I had too much other good stuff rather than it was particularly bad... Anyway, I really enjoyed that Schubert, and his Eroica [but then, I always like the Eroica], and supposedly his Brahms cycle is excellent.  The Mozart and Haydn are OK, but as there is so much that is superb, that isn't much recommendation, I guess. 
  By the way, which Wand box do you have? There is a really interesting box at my local shop that is almost all live stuff with lots of repeats.  I hear variously that Wand is A. an unsung hero,  B. A fine middle of the road guy and C. [from the Brits] that it is a complete mystery that anyone thinks he is worth listening to.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 30, 2014, 10:44:22 PM
Quote from: bigshot on March 30, 2014, 08:21:50 PM
I just received the Baroque box from Amazon.de. It's a second release, but it's half the price this time around. Great bargain.

Which box is this, Bigshot?  I glanced back over the last several pages of this thread, but if there was mention of it, I am missing it.

Opinion on Abbado seems to be wildly split, piquing my interest in him.  I've heard so many dismissals and so much praise for various of his performances---both from people whose taste I value, sometimes both from the same people---I finally decided to just risk the acquisition.  You are of course not alone in your distaste for his Mendelssohn; but even with those recordings, I read a glowing appreciation of at least one of them from a GMGer whose opinions I tend to follow, jsut recently.  I mean, I've also heard both Wand and Walter described as boring or outmoded or merely-adequate as well, and it turns out I'm happy not to have heeded that advice....'taste' is just an account.  To paraphrase Prince: if U can't trust connoisseurs, who can U trust?

I will grant you that I already have Dohnanyi's and Karajan's Mendelssohn for backup!   I am not diving w/o parachute.  8) 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 30, 2014, 10:57:38 PM
Quote from: Octave on March 30, 2014, 10:44:22 PM

To paraphrase Prince: if U can't trust connoisseurs, who can U trust?

I will grant you that I already have Dohnanyi's and Karajan's Mendelssohn for backup!   I am not diving w/o parachute.  8)

I consider Dohnanyi as the best performance on the market, but Karajan has also very interesting things to say about them.
I am waiting on a good HIP release, this would certainly tempt me to augment my collection.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 30, 2014, 10:59:15 PM
Quote from: Octave on March 30, 2014, 10:44:22 PM
Which box is this, Bigshot?  I glanced back over the last several pages of this thread, but if there was mention of it, I am missing it.

Opinion on Abbado seems to be wildly split, piquing my interest in him.  I've heard so many dismissals and so much praise for various of his performances---both from people whose taste I value, sometimes both from the same people---I finally decided to just risk the acquisition.  You are of course not alone in your distaste for his Mendelssohn; but even with those recordings, I read a glowing appreciation of at least one of them from a GMGer whose opinions I tend to follow, jsut recently.  I mean, I've also heard both Wand and Walter described as boring or outmoded or merely-adequate as well, and it turns out I'm happy not to have heeded that advice....'taste' is just an account.  To paraphrase Prince: if U can't trust connoisseurs, who can U trust?

I will grant you that I already have Dohnanyi's and Karajan's Mendelssohn for backup!   I am not diving w/o parachute.  8)

Octave!
I think it is this set:
http://www.amazon.de/Meisterwerke-Barock-Limited-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1396249084&sr=1-2&keywords=barock (http://www.amazon.de/Meisterwerke-Barock-Limited-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1396249084&sr=1-2&keywords=barock)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N1Fe07jWL._SY355_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 30, 2014, 11:27:31 PM
Quote from: Harry's on March 30, 2014, 10:57:38 PM
I consider Dohnanyi as the best performance on the market[...]

One spin and it was just overflowing with energy and joy.  I remember similar qualities in Dohnanyi's Beethoven series w/Clevelanders.  I am so glad to have both of those!
I too am keen on finding some HIP Mendelssohn symphonies....I'm surprised that there are not a surplus of them.  I thought he was season-subscriber-staple material.

Thanks for the Baroque Box link, Moonfish.  It looks great but unfortunately I already own so much of it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 31, 2014, 12:05:59 AM
Quote from: Octave on March 30, 2014, 11:27:31 PM
One spin and it was just overflowing with energy and joy.  I remember similar qualities in Dohnanyi's Beethoven series w/Clevelanders.  I am so glad to have both of those!
I too am keen on finding some HIP Mendelssohn symphonies....I'm surprised that there are not a surplus of them.  I thought he was season-subscriber-staple material.

Thanks for the Baroque Box link, Moonfish.  It looks great but unfortunately I already own so much of it.
I bet this is nice:
[asin]B0029WUB5Q[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on March 31, 2014, 12:22:25 AM
Thanks for that.  Based on Herreweghe's mostly-choral Mendelssohn recordings I've heard, I wonder if he would be great for at least some of the symphonies.  I only know his several HM discs including that wonderful MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S disc reissued by HM Gold.  (I got it in a small box with ELIJAH and PAULUS.)  Herreweghe's and also Maag's old famous disc with #3 are both reliable anti-depressants.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 31, 2014, 12:43:57 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 18, 2014, 11:05:09 PM
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 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001HAWUP0/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

[asin] B001HAWUP0[/asin]

  Before Brian put up his info that this was a shady outfit, I had already made the plunge. Just came in today.  Pretty flimsy box and packaging (no surprise for such a cheap  set). 
  I'm just a few CDs in, but must confess I'm really lovin' it.  They may be evil fraudsters, but perhaps by distributing this kind of inexpensive aural joy they are atoning for their sins.  Actually, the website Brian linked to uses a lot of qualfiers "possibly fraudulent", etc.  Shazam just confirmed that Henry Adolph is the conductor, so if he is a fake, at least he's a productive one :).  And I know that "The London Festival Orchestra" was more than a 1950s Decca house band cuz they play on 1967's "Days of Future Passed".  (The Moody Blues).   
   Anyway, even if it compromises my musical soul, I expect to be digging this Russian sound for a while.  >:D :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 31, 2014, 12:46:33 AM
Henry Adolph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Henry_Adolph,_Count_of_Lippe-Detmold) certainly was a real person :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 31, 2014, 12:56:22 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 31, 2014, 12:43:57 AM
  Before Brian put up his info that this was a shady outfit, I had already made the plunge. Just came in today.  Pretty flimsy box and packaging (no surprise for such a cheap  set). 
  I'm just a few CDs in, but must confess I'm really lovin' it.  They may be evil fraudsters, but perhaps by distributing this kind of inexpensive aural joy they are atoning for their sins.  Actually, the website Brian linked to uses a lot of qualfiers "possibly fraudulent", etc.  Shazam just confirmed that Henry Adolph is the conductor, so if he is a fake, at least he's a productive one :).  And I know that "The London Festival Orchestra" was more than a 1950s Decca house band cuz they play on 1967's "Days of Future Passed".  (The Moody Blues).   
   Anyway, even if it compromises my musical soul, I expect to be digging this Russian sound for a while.  >:D :D

That is cool! It is true that it is always an opportunity to explore - one can always move on to "better officially approved" versions whenever one feels like it. There is a lot of Russian music I am unfamiliar with. It would be great to hear more impressions of these recordings as you dig deeper into the set!   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 31, 2014, 07:14:51 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 31, 2014, 12:43:57 AM
And I know that "The London Festival Orchestra" was more than a 1950s Decca house band cuz they play on 1967's "Days of Future Passed".  (The Moody Blues).

I'd guess that the group that played on "Days of Future Passed" was a pickup group. Deram was a subsidiary of Decca, so it made sense to bill them as Decca's old house orchestra (which may not have had any permanent membership even in the '50s).

Since 1980 the same name has been used by the orchestra led by Ross Pople. (I have no idea if they're any good.)

None of which are likely to be related to any Scholz production, from what I've read.

Enjoy the recordings but I'd say take the performer billings with a huge grain of salt.

ETA: sorry for the digression. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 31, 2014, 07:30:51 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 30, 2014, 08:40:49 PM
  I'm sorry to hear you say that.  I bought the Abbado when it came out (for a very good price) but hadn't played anything in it for months until the Schubert today, but mostly because I've bought a lot of similar boxes since then.  I remember playing the Mendelssohn and not being impressed, but as I DON't have much else, I figured Mendelssohn's symphonic stuff was just dull.  I figured I wasn't playing it because I had too much other good stuff rather than it was particularly bad... Anyway, I really enjoyed that Schubert, and his Eroica [but then, I always like the Eroica], and supposedly his Brahms cycle is excellent.  The Mozart and Haydn are OK, but as there is so much that is superb, that isn't much recommendation, I guess. 
  By the way, which Wand box do you have? There is a really interesting box at my local shop that is almost all live stuff with lots of repeats.  I hear variously that Wand is A. an unsung hero,  B. A fine middle of the road guy and C. [from the Brits] that it is a complete mystery that anyone thinks he is worth listening to.

Wand:  B.............(KenB)..C

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 31, 2014, 07:34:26 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 31, 2014, 12:43:57 AM
  Before Brian put up his info that this was a shady outfit, I had already made the plunge. Just came in today.  Pretty flimsy box and packaging (no surprise for such a cheap  set). 
  I'm just a few CDs in, but must confess I'm really lovin' it.  They may be evil fraudsters, but perhaps by distributing this kind of inexpensive aural joy they are atoning for their sins.  Actually, the website Brian linked to uses a lot of qualfiers "possibly fraudulent", etc.  Shazam just confirmed that Henry Adolph is the conductor, so if he is a fake, at least he's a productive one :).  And I know that "The London Festival Orchestra" was more than a 1950s Decca house band cuz they play on 1967's "Days of Future Passed".  (The Moody Blues).   
   Anyway, even if it compromises my musical soul, I expect to be digging this Russian sound for a while.  >:D :D
I felt the need, at $19 shipping included, to investigate this myself.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on March 31, 2014, 09:41:27 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 30, 2014, 08:40:49 PMBy the way, which Wand box do you have? There is a really interesting box at my local shop that is almost all live stuff with lots of repeats.  I hear variously that Wand is A. an unsung hero,  B. A fine middle of the road guy and C. [from the Brits] that it is a complete mystery that anyone thinks he is worth listening to.

I put Wand in the same category as Bohm. His Bruckner is fantastic, and his Schubert and Mendelssohn are perfect. For Beethoven, he's OK, but there's too much competition in that market for him to really stand out. I have the studio recordings box set, but I'd bet that live box is great.  I have a complete live Bruckner cycle with Wand on DVD and it is wonderful. Of all of the box sets I've gotten in the past year, the Wand was the most pleasant surprise. I definitely think he is underrated.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 31, 2014, 09:46:02 AM
Quote from: bigshot on March 31, 2014, 09:41:27 AM
I put Wand in the same category as Bohm. His Bruckner is fantastic, and his Schubert and Mendelssohn are perfect. For Beethoven, he's OK, but there's too much competition in that market for him to really stand out. I have the studio recordings box set, but I'd bet that live box is great.  I have a complete live Bruckner cycle with Wand on DVD and it is wonderful. Of all of the box sets I've gotten in the past year, the Wand was the most pleasant surprise. I definitely think he is underrated.

+1 Wand is my favorite Brucknerian. I, too, have those Bruckner DVD box sets (on TDK) and they're all first-rate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on March 31, 2014, 09:51:52 AM
Quote from: Octave on March 30, 2014, 10:44:22 PM
Which box is this, Bigshot?  I glanced back over the last several pages of this thread, but if there was mention of it, I am missing it.

Here is the Baroque box. It comes out shipped to the US at $72
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B001CBX2RO/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Abbado is a decent conductor, it's just that he is the modern "appropriate" style. There isn't a lot of individuality or charm. Walter and Wand have a Viennese flair that brings out the beauty and fun in Mendelssohn and Schubert, and makes the overall architecture of Bruckner more clear. Mendelssohn and Schubert are among my very favorite composers, so I'm a little picky about how they're performed.

The Mozart symphonies on the Abbado box is the best thing on it, probably because they are live recordings. Anything that adds a bit of  spark is a help.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 31, 2014, 05:05:13 PM
Quote from: bigshot on March 31, 2014, 09:51:52 AM
Here is the Baroque box. It comes out shipped to the US at $72
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B001CBX2RO/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

curses, Bigshot! You made me do it again.  Order in. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on March 31, 2014, 07:30:56 PM
Well, for $20 shipped from MovieMars, I had to get the Russian box too. I've seen these orchestras and conductors in some of those Amazon 99 cent MP3 box sets. Not bad at all, and I would think this repertoire would be perfect for them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on April 01, 2014, 06:53:38 AM
For CPE Bach addicted only!

http://www.amazon.it/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Complete/dp/B00IGJP0Q6/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1396363801&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=bach+hannssler (http://www.amazon.it/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Complete/dp/B00IGJP0Q6/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1396363801&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=bach+hannssler)

Orpheus  ;)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 01, 2014, 08:02:06 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on April 01, 2014, 06:53:38 AM
For CPE Bach addicted only!

http://www.amazon.it/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Complete/dp/B00IGJP0Q6/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1396363801&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=bach+hannssler (http://www.amazon.it/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Complete/dp/B00IGJP0Q6/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1396363801&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=bach+hannssler)

Orpheus  ;)
Wow. Costs more to ship but still came out under $33 to the USA.
GRAZIE Orpheo, grazie.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 01, 2014, 08:25:40 AM
Yes, thanks. I've already ordered.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 01, 2014, 09:04:08 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on April 01, 2014, 06:53:38 AM
For CPE Bach addicted only!

http://www.amazon.it/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Complete/dp/B00IGJP0Q6/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1396363801&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=bach+hannssler (http://www.amazon.it/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Complete/dp/B00IGJP0Q6/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1396363801&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=bach+hannssler)

Orpheus  ;)

Thanks for this - a great spot.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bwv 1080 on April 01, 2014, 09:24:25 AM
The real bargains are in MP3 land.  Brilliant has put alot of material up on the US Amazon MP3 site

for about $8 one can download:
Brilliant's 11CD Reger set

Naxos Jeno Jando's complete Beethoven sonatas for $7.99

Trio Elagiaque's Beethoven's complete piano trios

or for a buck more you can get the Suske Quartet's complete Beethoven SQs
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 01, 2014, 11:09:42 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on March 31, 2014, 05:05:13 PM
curses, Bigshot! You made me do it again.  Order in.
You and I must meet over at CDCDCD and cry in our beers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 01, 2014, 12:28:26 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on April 01, 2014, 06:53:38 AM
For CPE Bach addicted only!

http://www.amazon.it/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Complete/dp/B00IGJP0Q6/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1396363801&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=bach+hannssler (http://www.amazon.it/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Complete/dp/B00IGJP0Q6/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1396363801&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=bach+hannssler)

Orpheus  ;)

Thanks Orpheus! What a deal!  I combined it with the new Ansermet (Russian Music) as the shipping was the same for either box. Somebody must have placed a decimal in the wrong spot!    >:D

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 01, 2014, 03:16:21 PM
Quote from: Ken B on April 01, 2014, 11:09:42 AM
You and I must meet over at CDCDCD and cry in our beers.
Especially if I also get that CPE Bach set :'( I hardly need more in that field, but I think Moonfish is right, as it's about 1/10 of the US price...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on April 01, 2014, 03:57:11 PM
Despite slight misgivings, I combined the inevitable CPE Bach purchase with this (it dropped below 50 euros at Amazon.It):

[asin]B00GMVBL7W[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mn dave on April 01, 2014, 04:06:04 PM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on April 01, 2014, 09:24:25 AM
The real bargains are in MP3 land.  Brilliant has put alot of material up on the US Amazon MP3 site

for about $8 one can download:
Brilliant's 11CD Reger set

Naxos Jeno Jando's complete Beethoven sonatas for $7.99

Trio Elagiaque's Beethoven's complete piano trios

or for a buck more you can get the Suske Quartet's complete Beethoven SQs

Nice!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 01, 2014, 11:52:20 PM
That CPE Bach set is now 99 euros! So, definitely a mistake.  I ordered it, and then cancelled it as the shipping was twice the price of the discs.  Then I went back and decided if I got the Hogwood Vivaldi and Haydn sets to go with it, the price would be great and the shipping reasonable...but too late :'( :'(
  Actually, I'm as relieved as saddened. Even if I liked the music, I am pretty certain in my whole life I will never get through 26 discs of CPE Bach solo piano music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 02, 2014, 12:39:12 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on April 01, 2014, 11:52:20 PM
That CPE Bach set is now 99 euros! So, definitely a mistake.  I ordered it, and then cancelled it as the shipping was twice the price of the discs.  Then I went back and decided if I got the Hogwood Vivaldi and Haydn sets to go with it, the price would be great and the shipping reasonable...but too late :'( :'(
  Actually, I'm as relieved as saddened. Even if I liked the music, I am pretty certain in my whole life I will never get through 26 discs of CPE Bach solo piano music.

Yes, the box probably became a bestseller today! LOL!  It was about $130 here in the US earlier. Hopefully it is a wonderful musical journey!  So you can get through 40 cds of Russian Music but not 26 of CPE Bach?    ???   Get a case of wine, bread and cheese, lock the door, turn off the phone and turn on the stereo!!!!    >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 02, 2014, 04:39:02 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on April 01, 2014, 11:52:20 PM
That CPE Bach set is now 99 euros! So, definitely a mistake.  I ordered it, and then cancelled it as the shipping was twice the price of the discs.  Then I went back and decided if I got the Hogwood Vivaldi and Haydn sets to go with it, the price would be great and the shipping reasonable...but too late :'( :'(
  Actually, I'm as relieved as saddened. Even if I liked the music, I am pretty certain in my whole life I will never get through 26 discs of CPE Bach solo piano music.
CPEB is one of the guys I am most interested in these days, so I am tickled pink. I hope they don't cancel. It came out that shipping was more than the discs but still cheap overall.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 02, 2014, 04:48:45 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 02, 2014, 12:39:12 AM
Yes, the box probably became a bestseller today! LOL!  It was about $130 here in the US earlier. Hopefully it is a wonderful musical journey!  So you can get through 40 cds of Russian Music but not 26 of CPE Bach?    ???   Get a case of wine, bread and cheese, lock the door, turn off the phone and turn on the stereo!!!!    >:D

  Dude, no comparison! The Bach is all solo piano music, which I love, but can you sit and listen (and distinguish?) 26 different albums by the same post-baroque/pre-classical composer? The Russian discs have wonderful variety from orchestral to chamber and piano, with Romantic and modern flavors.  One of the early discs is modern guitar. As I type I'm listening to "Flight of the Bumblebee". See what I mean?   I sort of regret letting the CPE Bach go, but...I do have 2K other as-yet-unheard discs to keep me company :)

Ken, you've been talking about CPE B for a while. A great break for you! Congrats ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 02, 2014, 04:51:44 AM
If the C. P. E. Bach set was on period instruments, I would have already bought a set (or two).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bwv 1080 on April 02, 2014, 06:23:27 AM
$1.99 on Amazon US
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FDNe5804L._SL500_AA280_.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XH-Q9myfL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kMyNsCU9L._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 02, 2014, 11:44:01 AM
The Zinman Mahler cycle is only $30 on arkiv.  It includes the Charpenter edition of the 10th symphony and the Blumide movement in the 1st symphony.  At that price it is worth it for me at least.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 02, 2014, 12:44:31 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on April 02, 2014, 04:48:45 AM
..I do have 2K other as-yet-unheard discs to keep me company :)

I know the feeling.....  We need more hours in a day!!! 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 02, 2014, 12:46:53 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 02, 2014, 12:44:31 PM
I know the feeling.....  We need more hours in a day!!!
I can donate some of mine, just send the discs here.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 02, 2014, 01:03:13 PM
Quote from: North Star on April 02, 2014, 12:46:53 PM
I can donate some of mine, just send the discs here.  :)

You are most kind....       :D :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 02, 2014, 02:14:12 PM
www.base.com (http://www.base.com) is a new name to me, but have just ordered the Berg Collection for £16.59 plus free UK postage, and saw a number of other good bargains while attempting to navigate the site - this, for example: http://www.base.com/buy/product/shostakovich-orchestral-works/dgc-4757431.htm (http://www.base.com/buy/product/shostakovich-orchestral-works/dgc-4757431.htm), although details are non-existent.  It's all a bit chaotic, in fact; selecting Classical from the Music tab gives you the chance to see a list of composers, but they're not all there (no sign of Berg, for example), and those that are quite often appear twice with names either way round.  I shall wait and see whether my order arrives in the promised 4-6 days.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on April 02, 2014, 04:46:24 PM
Quote from: DavidW on April 02, 2014, 11:44:01 AM
The Zinman Mahler cycle is only $30 on arkiv.  It includes the Charpenter edition of the 10th symphony and the Blumide movement in the 1st symphony.  At that price it is worth it for me at least.

Thanks, David. I think I'll get that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 02, 2014, 04:51:37 PM
Quote from: DavidW on April 02, 2014, 11:44:01 AM
The Zinman Mahler cycle is only $30 on arkiv.  It includes the Charpenter edition of the 10th symphony and the Blumide movement in the 1st symphony.  At that price it is worth it for me at least.

I won't say you made the wrong decision--I particularly like the Third and Fourth in that cycle, and the Ninth is perhaps my favorite Ninth of all--but be prepared for the fact that the Tenth is the most obvious reason not to get Zinman's cycle.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 02, 2014, 05:31:08 PM
Quote from: Jay F on April 02, 2014, 04:46:24 PM
Thanks, David. I think I'll get that.

It may be worth to consider the recent Zinman collection (more bang for the buck so to say) which includes a Mahler cycle..
60 GBP in the UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Symphonies-Zurich-1995-2014-Limited/dp/B00I0IL3FA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396488556&sr=8-1&keywords=zinman (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Symphonies-Zurich-1995-2014-Limited/dp/B00I0IL3FA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396488556&sr=8-1&keywords=zinman)

[asin] B00I0IL3FA[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 02, 2014, 07:27:53 PM
I don't think I like Zinman quite that much! ;D  Maybe Jay will bite.  Zinman's Schumann is pretty swell as I recall.  What I find attractive about the Zinman Mahler cycle is that it had been previously priced astronomically high, and now it's a super bargain.  I don't expect it to hold it's own against the other cycles in my collection, but now I can finally hear it (out of curiosity).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 03, 2014, 12:32:36 PM
The Lumieres set [Music of the Enlightenment] (30 cd) is still on sale in the amazon.uk MP for GBP 14.99 + S&H by Harmonia Mundi.
I picked up two sets for my kids to allow them to begin to explore classical music on their own. Figured that it is a good starting point (and accompanied by a great booklet).  Indoctrination begins!!!!    >:D

http://www.amazon.co.uk/La-Musique-Lumi%C3%A8res-Music-Enlightenment/dp/B005BZBY1I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396556920&sr=8-1&keywords=lumieres (http://www.amazon.co.uk/La-Musique-Lumi%C3%A8res-Music-Enlightenment/dp/B005BZBY1I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396556920&sr=8-1&keywords=lumieres)

[asin] B005BZBY1I[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 03, 2014, 03:53:36 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 03, 2014, 12:32:36 PM
The Lumieres set [Music of the Enlightenment] (30 cd) is still on sale in the amazon.uk MP for GBP 14.99 + S&H by Harmonia Mundi.
I picked up two sets for my kids to allow them to begin to explore classical music on their own. Figured that it is a good starting point (and accompanied by a great booklet).  Indoctrination begins!!!!    >:D

http://www.amazon.co.uk/La-Musique-Lumi%C3%A8res-Music-Enlightenment/dp/B005BZBY1I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396556920&sr=8-1&keywords=lumieres (http://www.amazon.co.uk/La-Musique-Lumi%C3%A8res-Music-Enlightenment/dp/B005BZBY1I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396556920&sr=8-1&keywords=lumieres)

[asin] B005BZBY1I[/asin]

  Good choice. That box is pure gold. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 03, 2014, 04:00:17 PM
Quote from: DavidW on April 02, 2014, 11:44:01 AM
The Zinman Mahler cycle is only $30 on arkiv.  It includes the Charpenter edition of the 10th symphony and the Blumide movement in the 1st symphony.  At that price it is worth it for me at least.

Cheers for the heads up David, I put a set on order as it's great value at £28 delivered.  I have his 10th and pretty much enjoyed it.  This really is a decent bargain!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on April 04, 2014, 06:28:51 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81A5ReMz9VL._SL1500_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.de/The-Complete-Album-Collection-DVDs/dp/B00BCCEBRI (http://www.amazon.de/The-Complete-Album-Collection-DVDs/dp/B00BCCEBRI)

At 62 euros, the cheapest this has been in quite a while...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 04, 2014, 06:33:56 PM
Quote from: ammar on April 04, 2014, 06:28:51 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81A5ReMz9VL._SL1500_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.de/The-Complete-Album-Collection-DVDs/dp/B00BCCEBRI (http://www.amazon.de/The-Complete-Album-Collection-DVDs/dp/B00BCCEBRI)

At 62 euros, the cheapest this has been in quite a while...

Definitely a SDCB!!!  It is a great set (as long as one is a Guitar fan!). I have been enjoying my set for a while, but at this price it is a no-brainer!   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 05, 2014, 09:28:55 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 04, 2014, 06:33:56 PM
Definitely a SDCB!!!  It is a great set (as long as one is a Guitar fan!). I have been enjoying my set for a while, but at this price it is a no-brainer!   :)
At $90 to the US, not bad there either.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 05, 2014, 02:04:24 PM
Pretty good deal for Marriner's the Argo Years here in the US - $49.99

[asin] B00IERAFUQ[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 05, 2014, 02:09:00 PM
Bargains in Germany at Amazon.de

The new Abbado box is going for 58 Euros
http://www.amazon.de/Claudio-Abbado--Sony-Album-Collection/dp/B00J1XNMDO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396735099&sr=8-1&keywords=abbado+rca (http://www.amazon.de/Claudio-Abbado--Sony-Album-Collection/dp/B00J1XNMDO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396735099&sr=8-1&keywords=abbado+rca)

[asin] B00J1XNMDO[/asin]


The upcoming Ross Scarlatti box is going for 53 Euros
Definitely a LOT cheaper than the previous compilation!
http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-Sonaten-Ga-Scott-Ross/dp/B00IUPNBW6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FPGPJFR6DMK073NVS80 (http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-Sonaten-Ga-Scott-Ross/dp/B00IUPNBW6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FPGPJFR6DMK073NVS80)

[asin] B00IUPNBW6[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 05, 2014, 11:31:31 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 05, 2014, 02:09:00 PM
The upcoming Ross Scarlatti box is going for 53 Euros
Definitely a LOT cheaper than the previous compilation!
http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-Sonaten-Ga-Scott-Ross/dp/B00IUPNBW6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FPGPJFR6DMK073NVS80 (http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-Sonaten-Ga-Scott-Ross/dp/B00IUPNBW6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FPGPJFR6DMK073NVS80)

[asin] B00IUPNBW6[/asin]

Fortunately I paid almost the same ("introductory price") when the previous incarnation came out. It never, ever reached that price level again...... ::)

So, harpsichord enthusiasts shouldn't hesitate IMO! :o :)

Oh, and please don't forget to take it nice slow and easy with this set. Too much of a dose of Ross' "fast and furious" Scarlatti at once, can be hard to digest for the less experienced. :)

Q

PS What bothers me is the fact that Ross' recordings on the tiny French label STIL refuse to resurface... :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 06, 2014, 12:21:27 AM
Giustini
A SDCB - Less than $3 on the Amazon MP

[asin] B003AO1KZ2[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 06, 2014, 12:25:22 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 06, 2014, 12:21:27 AM
Giustini
A SDCB - Less than $3 on the Amazon MP

[asin] B003AO1KZ2[/asin]

Superb choice! An amazing set IMO. :)


Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 06, 2014, 12:34:48 AM
Quote from: Que on April 06, 2014, 12:25:22 AM
Superb choice! An amazing set IMO. :)
Q
Well, Coen came with your endorsement so it was a straightforward choice combined with samples (and the price). Thanks for sharing your harpsichord/pianoforte experiences!   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 07, 2014, 02:34:06 AM
Noticed that the EMI Eminence collection is going for 48 Euros (plus S&H) at Amazon Italy

http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00APPSH9G/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d5_i1?pf_rd_m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1ZQP6FNNSX3TXB9R32M3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=451014987&pf_rd_i=426865031 (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00APPSH9G/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d5_i1?pf_rd_m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1ZQP6FNNSX3TXB9R32M3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=451014987&pf_rd_i=426865031)

[asin] B00APPSH9G[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mgendron on April 10, 2014, 02:16:04 AM
For those living in EU. Have fun.

http://musique.fnac.com/n218333/Soldes-musique-jusqu-a-80/Soldes-Musique-Classique?ectrans=1&Origin=zanox1440681
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on April 10, 2014, 11:30:46 AM
I ordered the EMI Eminance box. Interested in hearing more Mackerras.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 10, 2014, 05:35:15 PM
Baklavaboy

Your opinion is sought. [asin]B00A723R4C[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on April 10, 2014, 05:52:18 PM
I use that case. I have four of them for my DVD collection. They are good, but it isn't easy to browse and the sleeves come off the rails sometimes. But it's a cheap solution. I got mine at Monoprice.

By the way, they aren't aluminum. They are silver colored impact resistant plastic over a metal frame. Rugged.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 10, 2014, 06:04:15 PM
Quote from: bigshot on April 10, 2014, 05:52:18 PM
I use that case. I have four of them for my DVD collection. They are good, but it isn't easy to browse and the sleeves come off the rails sometimes. But it's a cheap solution. I got mine at Monoprice.

By the way, they aren't aluminum. They are silver colored impact resistant plastic over a metal frame. Rugged.
Thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 10, 2014, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: Ken B on April 10, 2014, 05:35:15 PM
Baklavaboy

Your opinion is sought. [asin]B00A723R4C[/asin]

I thought you were in the market for the 10,000 case, Ken?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 10, 2014, 08:33:33 PM
It doesn't look very attractive to me...  Like  you guys, I have tons of CDs. I find that if there is anything that makes a CD other than immediately accessible (I have to lift up a 1/2 oz. cardboard lid to see it) then it doesn't get played.  I used to have a lot of cds in LP sized CD books.  But it became clear I would never go and unzip one and start turning the pages to find something when I have other cds more readily available in my "file card" system where I can just reach out and riffle through them.  My system is pretty hideous, however.  I would LOVE to buy (or have made) a drawer system, like they used to use for the card filing system in libraries...pull out a narrow two foot deep drawer that is all Mozart or whatever and just start flipping around.  Actually, I just realized I never play my older boxes because, although the stuff is easy to get to, it is several steps away from my CD player (whereas others are right next to it)...I need to start a rotation system.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 10, 2014, 08:56:32 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on April 10, 2014, 08:33:33 PM
It doesn't look very attractive to me...  Like  you guys, I have tons of CDs. I find that if there is anything that makes a CD other than immediately accessible (I have to lift up a 1/2 oz. cardboard lid to see it) then it doesn't get played.  I used to have a lot of cds in LP sized CD books.  But it became clear I would never go and unzip one and start turning the pages to find something when I have other cds more readily available in my "file card" system where I can just reach out and riffle through them.  My system is pretty hideous, however.  I would LOVE to buy (or have made) a drawer system, like they used to use for the card filing system in libraries...pull out a narrow two foot deep drawer that is all Mozart or whatever and just start flipping around.  Actually, I just realized I never play my older boxes because, although the stuff is easy to get to, it is several steps away from my CD player (whereas others are right next to it)...I need to start a rotation system.
Yes, good thoughts. I am not sure a case won't just be where CDs go to die.
Most of my discs are upstairs. I need to do some rotating too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 10, 2014, 09:06:21 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on April 10, 2014, 08:33:33 PM
It doesn't look very attractive to me...  Like  you guys, I have tons of CDs. I find that if there is anything that makes a CD other than immediately accessible (I have to lift up a 1/2 oz. cardboard lid to see it) then it doesn't get played.  I used to have a lot of cds in LP sized CD books.  But it became clear I would never go and unzip one and start turning the pages to find something when I have other cds more readily available in my "file card" system where I can just reach out and riffle through them.  My system is pretty hideous, however.  I would LOVE to buy (or have made) a drawer system, like they used to use for the card filing system in libraries...pull out a narrow two foot deep drawer that is all Mozart or whatever and just start flipping around.  Actually, I just realized I never play my older boxes because, although the stuff is easy to get to, it is several steps away from my CD player (whereas others are right next to it)...I need to start a rotation system.

I guess my old fashioned "library" system, with everything on bookshelves ordered on musical period and composer or instrument is the most space consuming but probably provides optimal accessibility.. :)

Apart from the amount of physical pace it takes, there is another drawback however: it does not work with those mega multi box sets you guys have been getting lately... Or only if you would take them apart and file the individual discs separately.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 10, 2014, 09:11:55 PM
Quote from: Que on April 10, 2014, 09:06:21 PM
only if you would take them apart and file the individual discs separately.

  That's what I do. I put all the little boxes in some big boxes and put them in storage. I don't have any jewelboxes at all, either.  I took out the cd and "cover" and put them in little cheap plastic cd sleeve/liners.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 10, 2014, 09:20:49 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on April 10, 2014, 09:11:55 PM
  That's what I do. I put all the little boxes in some big boxes and put them in storage. I don't have any jewelboxes at all, either.  I took out the cd and "cover" and put them in little cheap plastic cd sleeve/liners.

Then I think filing cabinets with narrow drawers where you can order rows of discs (in their original packing or little envelopes) in a library system would be a better option than folders etc.

More easy to browse and to shift stuff. :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 10, 2014, 10:35:27 PM
I have them in plastic sleeves ordered in the states some time ago, it reduced the space I needed with 70%, and they work. Accessibility is excellent.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 10, 2014, 11:43:55 PM

Jochum - Beethoven, Buckner and Bahms cycles in a single box for less than £21 - a steal although for most it will mean at least some duplication and in my case the duplication would be total. The Brahms set is mono but wonderful and right at the top of my many sets.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IK5I0TU/ref=s9_simh_se_p15_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=auto-no-results-center-1&pf_rd_r=1J7MSYD0XHYKA50T7PXY&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=240112507&pf_rd_i=B00A723R4C (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IK5I0TU/ref=s9_simh_se_p15_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=auto-no-results-center-1&pf_rd_r=1J7MSYD0XHYKA50T7PXY&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=240112507&pf_rd_i=B00A723R4C)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 10, 2014, 11:58:16 PM
Quote from: hafod on April 10, 2014, 11:43:55 PM
Jochum - Beethoven, Buckner and Bahms cycles in a single box for less than £21 - a steal although for most it will mean at least some duplication and in my case the duplication would be total. The Brahms set is mono but wonderful and right at the top of my many sets.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IK5I0TU/ref=s9_simh_se_p15_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=auto-no-results-center-1&pf_rd_r=1J7MSYD0XHYKA50T7PXY&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=240112507&pf_rd_i=B00A723R4C (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IK5I0TU/ref=s9_simh_se_p15_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=auto-no-results-center-1&pf_rd_r=1J7MSYD0XHYKA50T7PXY&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=240112507&pf_rd_i=B00A723R4C)
That is a great bargain indeed - click the picture to get to the right address.
(I think I'll have to pass on this for fiscal reasons)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81IL8Xr5T5L._SL1229_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IK5I0TU/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0GAH0MNS8FY6MW9DYQCJ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 11, 2014, 12:14:50 AM

"That is a great bargain indeed - click the picture to get to the right address".

There is nothing wrong with the link I posted.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 11, 2014, 12:29:21 AM
The link worked for me too, and thanks for the tip!

I ordered, this is a set that will rapidly increase in price I guess.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 11, 2014, 12:36:48 AM
Quote from: hafod on April 10, 2014, 11:43:55 PM
Jochum - Beethoven, Buckner and Bahms cycles in a single box for less than £21 - a steal although for most it will mean at least some duplication and in my case the duplication would be total. The Brahms set is mono but wonderful and right at the top of my many sets.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IK5I0TU/ref=s9_simh_se_p15_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=auto-no-results-center-1&pf_rd_r=1J7MSYD0XHYKA50T7PXY&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=240112507&pf_rd_i=B00A723R4C (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IK5I0TU/ref=s9_simh_se_p15_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=auto-no-results-center-1&pf_rd_r=1J7MSYD0XHYKA50T7PXY&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=240112507&pf_rd_i=B00A723R4C)

Thanks for posting that SDCB  Hafod!  :)  That is indeed an excellent bargain for the three cycles.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 11, 2014, 12:38:47 AM
Quote from: hafod on April 11, 2014, 12:14:50 AM
There is nothing wrong with the link I posted.
Hmm, now that I click it, it does work, I wonder how I ended up seeing Amazon.com giftcards the first time ?? ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: amw on April 11, 2014, 12:40:40 AM
How does Jochum's BPO Brahms cycle compare to his LPO one? I have the latter (minus 4, which I don't think he recorded with that group anyway) and consider it a reference.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on April 11, 2014, 01:22:46 AM
Quote from: amw on April 11, 2014, 12:40:40 AM
How does Jochum's BPO Brahms cycle compare to his LPO one? I have the latter (minus 4, which I don't think he recorded with that group anyway) and consider it a reference.

I think he did do a LPO #4, which can be had in the gi-normous EMI ICON set or in a 2cd with Tennstedt's SCHICKSALSLIED/REQUIEM (ASIN: B000002SEV) or probably in several other EMI reincarnations.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 11, 2014, 01:42:56 AM
Quote from: amw on April 11, 2014, 12:40:40 AM
How does Jochum's BPO Brahms cycle compare to his LPO one? I have the latter (minus 4, which I don't think he recorded with that group anyway) and consider it a reference.

That question has been asked here before - didn't get very far though.
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=4648.0

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 11, 2014, 01:53:13 AM

Amazon Italy has the EMI 56cd Aldo Ciccolini box for €36.63. The ASIN is B002SV3KOM and there is a contents list in one of the 'reviews' on Am.Uk (link below).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aldo-Ciccolini-The-Recording-1950-1991/dp/B002SV3KOM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397209577&sr=8-1&keywords=B002SV3KOM
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 11, 2014, 05:24:52 AM
Quote from: Que on April 10, 2014, 09:20:49 PM
Then I think filing cabinets with narrow drawers where you can order rows of discs (in their original packing or little envelopes) in a library system would be a better option than folders etc.

More easy to browse and to shift stuff. :)

Q
Yes that seems right.
Still just mulling options ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 16, 2014, 02:59:49 AM
Just in case there still exists a GMG member without this box,
it's available for £14.99 + shipping from HM's Amz UK mp
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71SB8UECa8L._SL1152_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Musique-Lumi%C3%A8res-Music-Enlightenment-Limited/dp/B005BZBY1I/)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 16, 2014, 04:11:56 AM
CPE Bach time. 

[asin]B00H87JXYM[/asin]  I think this just came out.  Just under $40 for 13 discs, I think.

This has been out for a bit.  Notice that "other sellers" have the price for about $25
[asin]B00GK7MQCW[/asin]

  I just picked up the second one of these.  I'm not sure, as they may be using different titles, but it seems like there is little overlap between the two boxes.  DHM is always awesome, so I got it, but the names in the Warner set are also beyond reproach.  I got the cheaper box as part of my new CDCDCD treatement :)

Ken B, whaddaya think about these? I got this as one of the first in this series as you are frequently touting CPE...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 16, 2014, 04:24:04 AM
That Staier disc is brilliant, if it's the same as on the Staier box. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 16, 2014, 05:15:04 AM
Quote from: North Star on April 16, 2014, 04:24:04 AM
That Staier disc is brilliant, if it's the same as on the Staier box. :)

  It is! Unfortunately, I was a bit upset to see it--I just got the Staier box on Saturday.  I have surprisingly few dupes...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bwv 1080 on April 16, 2014, 07:23:16 AM
The MP3s are $2.99 on Amazon and they are top-class recordings of some great pieces

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zHsDiVLhL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61jD7kOdl9L._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 16, 2014, 02:47:32 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on April 16, 2014, 04:11:56 AM
CPE Bach time. 

[asin]B00H87JXYM[/asin]  I think this just came out.  Just under $40 for 13 discs, I think.

This has been out for a bit.  Notice that "other sellers" have the price for about $25
[asin]B00GK7MQCW[/asin]

  I just picked up the second one of these.  I'm not sure, as they may be using different titles, but it seems like there is little overlap between the two boxes.  DHM is always awesome, so I got it, but the names in the Warner set are also beyond reproach.  I got the cheaper box as part of my new CDCDCD treatement :)

Ken B, whaddaya think about these? I got this as one of the first in this series as you are frequently touting CPE...
I actualy have not bought these. Partly due to dupes, of which I have many, all of them excellent. I'd grab the DHM box except I have half of it! I will watch the other one. I think I am up to about 70 CPE discs, so can wait patiently. But it looks good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 16, 2014, 03:41:04 PM
Beecham doing the mainstream Romantics, starting at under $15US on AmazonMP for a new, and under $12 for a used copy (I'm including s/h in that.). 
[asin]B004H1AXRI[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on April 17, 2014, 10:27:38 AM
A marketplace seller has currently got these at bargain prices at Amazon UK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0065HDLDK/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Krips-conducts-Mozart-Great-Symphonies/dp/B000OPPSXK/

[asin]B0065HDLDK[/asin]
[asin]B000OPPSXK[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on April 17, 2014, 05:28:08 PM
Also, this box is currently going for £1.76:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00002DEH2/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00002DEH2/)
[asin]B00002DEH2[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 17, 2014, 05:48:37 PM
Quote from: NLK1971 on April 17, 2014, 05:28:08 PM
Also, this box is currently going for £1.76:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00002DEH2/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00002DEH2/)
[asin]B00002DEH2[/asin]

with shipping it works out to not quite $9.  doesn't sound quite so good in dollars as in pounds, but still more than good enough.  If from this you infer that I ordered it,  you will infer correctly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 17, 2014, 08:13:50 PM
Quote from: NLK1971 on April 17, 2014, 05:28:08 PM
Also, this box is currently going for £1.76:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00002DEH2/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00002DEH2/)
[asin]B00002DEH2[/asin]
Thanks! $8.50 shipped to the USA.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 17, 2014, 08:42:16 PM
Looks like they fixed it. 19 pounds now.  :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 17, 2014, 09:24:43 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on April 17, 2014, 08:42:16 PM
Looks like they fixed it. 19 pounds now.  :'(

That was fast. I ordered just over an hour ago. The special thing about this box is it's rarity. It is the only box I  own that Baklavaboy does not!  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 17, 2014, 09:56:16 PM
Quote from: NLK1971 on April 17, 2014, 10:27:38 AM
A marketplace seller has currently got these at bargain prices at Amazon UK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0065HDLDK/

[asin]B0065HDLDK[/asin]

Thank you for the heads-up, NLK. I have ordered the LvB.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 17, 2014, 10:26:06 PM
Amazon Italy has a 20% off offer on selected items (Promozione 20% di sconto se compri 2 titoli ), but the discount seems to apply on the whole basket as long as one applicable item is in it.

http://www.amazon.it/s/ref=s9_dnav_bw_ir05_s?__mk_it_IT=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&node=412600031,!518398031,!518400031,4341282031,435475031&search-alias=popular&bbn=4341282031&pf_rd_m=A2VX19DFO3KCLO&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&pf_rd_r=0K00R993W85GVX810ZTQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=472079447&pf_rd_i=4341282031 (http://www.amazon.it/s/ref=s9_dnav_bw_ir05_s?__mk_it_IT=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&node=412600031,!518398031,!518400031,4341282031,435475031&search-alias=popular&bbn=4341282031&pf_rd_m=A2VX19DFO3KCLO&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&pf_rd_r=0K00R993W85GVX810ZTQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=472079447&pf_rd_i=4341282031)

Edit : that only works in combinations of 2 titles (one from the 20% offer, one without). If you add another such pair to the basket, it only takes the 20% off the entitled 3rd item but not off the 4th item. hope that makes sense !!  :blank:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 18, 2014, 05:13:04 AM
Quote from: Ken B on April 17, 2014, 09:24:43 PM
That was fast. I ordered just over an hour ago. The special thing about this box is it's rarity. It is the only box I  own that Baklavaboy does not!  :laugh:
;D ;D You exaggerate, my friend. I don't have the Archiv Baroque box, to name just one of many you have and I don't.  In a few months this might be true, though ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 18, 2014, 07:18:12 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 17, 2014, 10:26:06 PM
Amazon Italy has a 20% off offer on selected items (Promozione 20% di sconto se compri 2 titoli ), but the discount seems to apply on the whole basket as long as one applicable item is in it.

http://www.amazon.it/s/ref=s9_dnav_bw_ir05_s?__mk_it_IT=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&node=412600031,!518398031,!518400031,4341282031,435475031&search-alias=popular&bbn=4341282031&pf_rd_m=A2VX19DFO3KCLO&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&pf_rd_r=0K00R993W85GVX810ZTQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=472079447&pf_rd_i=4341282031 (http://www.amazon.it/s/ref=s9_dnav_bw_ir05_s?__mk_it_IT=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&node=412600031,!518398031,!518400031,4341282031,435475031&search-alias=popular&bbn=4341282031&pf_rd_m=A2VX19DFO3KCLO&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&pf_rd_r=0K00R993W85GVX810ZTQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=472079447&pf_rd_i=4341282031)

Edit : that only works in combinations of 2 titles (one from the 20% offer, one without). If you add another such pair to the basket, it only takes the 20% off the entitled 3rd item but not off the 4th item. hope that makes sense !!  :blank:

" Scegliere 2 album tra CD e Vinili ti fa risparmiare il 20%
Seleziona due titoli a scelta tra quelli validi per la promozione. Dopo averli inseriti nel carrello, il totale del prezzo verrà scontato automaticamente del 20%."

Translated by google into:

Choose between 2 album CD and Vinyl saves you 20%
Select two titles chosen from those valid for the promotion. After being placed in the cart, the total price will be automatically discounted by 20%.


So as I understand it: buy two from the list and you get 20% off (on each)? :)

Q

PS It doesn't seem to work like that, weird... :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 18, 2014, 07:53:59 AM
Quote from: Que on April 18, 2014, 07:18:12 AM
PS It doesn't seem to work like that, weird... :(

I know, that's confusing...

this morning, I put in the basket :  the Arrau chopin that was in the 20% list + the Arrau Beethoven that wasn't and got the 20% off the lot (on slightly lower prices than the displayed ones as well).

so i added a couple more not on the the list (Sokolov set and Schiff Schubert) and still only got the 20 % on the 2 Arrau's.

then just to check, I tried a double pair : Arrau Chopin (list) + Arrau LvB (not list) + Sinopoli set (list) + sokolov set (not list)...and ended up with 20% off on the first three only...

;D ??? :blank: :laugh: :-\

just to add to the confusion..if I keep only the chopin (on the 20% list) and the Sokolov (not on the list), I don't get the discount at all....

i'm gonna go back to sleep....  :laugh:

maybe that will make sense for Snyppps....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on April 19, 2014, 02:46:09 AM
Yo Yo Ma 30 years box has appeared on a UK Amazon MP seller for around £76!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on April 19, 2014, 08:34:37 PM
If correct price, may qualify as top: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargain
from Import cd's

(http://i.sdcd.us/c/200/9/3/4/1/2041439.jpg)

$4.66
List Price: $53.99
You Save: $49.33 (91%)
Inventory: Not Yet Released, Available Soon
http://www.importcds.com/music/2496984/eternal-maurice-andre
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 19, 2014, 09:26:17 PM
Quote from: spooky on April 19, 2014, 08:34:37 PM
If correct price, may qualify as top: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargain
from Import cd's

(http://i.sdcd.us/c/200/9/3/4/1/2041439.jpg)

$4.66
List Price: $53.99
You Save: $49.33 (91%)
Inventory: Not Yet Released, Available Soon
http://www.importcds.com/music/2496984/eternal-maurice-andre
I've seen this sort of stuff from importcds before. Notice you cannot place an order. By the time you can that won't be the price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 20, 2014, 07:05:41 PM
Just orderered from ImportCDs Amazon storefront the Jarvi Gothenburg Nielsen cycle for $5.96 including s/h.  There is at least one other copy at the same price from a vendor I have never heard of.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513SesOxIHL._SY300_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 21, 2014, 10:45:01 PM
If you are into Mengelberg Amazon.UK currently has a good price on the relatively recent Decca-Italy collection:
GBP 21 (15 cds). It goes for USD 100 on Amazon in the US ($74 in the Amazon MP).
The sound is a bit "crispy" at times, but it great music-making.

Note - Brahms: Symphony No 1 is also included in this set (Decca forgot to list it on the back of the box).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Concertgebouw-Recordings-Willem-Mengelberg/dp/B00CW1MDL4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398148723&sr=8-1&keywords=mengelberg (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Concertgebouw-Recordings-Willem-Mengelberg/dp/B00CW1MDL4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398148723&sr=8-1&keywords=mengelberg)

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 01, 2014, 01:59:24 AM
Sony's Wagner set (40 cds) for $24 (+S&H) on the Amazon MP

The box includes the Janowski Ring cycle with the Staatskapelle Dresden, which is very good rendition plus a bunch of other recordings. The set received mixed reviews, but the Janowski Ring plus a Keilberth Meistersinger, a Leinsdorf Lohengrin and a Karajan Parsifal is a great deal in my eyes. The Levine Dutchman has received poor reviews. Still, lots of bang for the bucks and definitely a great starter set for Wagner.....

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The Janowski Ring is also available separately in another good deal (which includes the librettos) on the Amazon MP
$23 + S&H

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: otare on May 01, 2014, 04:00:17 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 21, 2014, 10:45:01 PM
If you are into Mengelberg Amazon.UK currently has a good price on the relatively recent Decca-Italy collection:
GBP 21 (15 cds). It goes for USD 100 on Amazon in the US ($74 in the Amazon MP).
The sound is a bit "crispy" at times, but it great music-making.

Note - Brahms: Symphony No 1 is also included in this set (Decca forgot to list it on the back of the box).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Concertgebouw-Recordings-Willem-Mengelberg/dp/B00CW1MDL4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398148723&sr=8-1&keywords=mengelberg (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Concertgebouw-Recordings-Willem-Mengelberg/dp/B00CW1MDL4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398148723&sr=8-1&keywords=mengelberg)

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The sound is actually quite good - after all these are live recordings from 1939 and 1940. Among other things there is a fabulous recording of Mahler's 4th in there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 01, 2014, 09:33:00 PM
Quote from: otare on May 01, 2014, 04:00:17 AM
The sound is actually quite good - after all these are live recordings from 1939 and 1940. Among other things there is a fabulous recording of Mahler's 4th in there.

I agree completely. I listened to Beethoven's 3rd and 4th recently and very much enjoyed the music. The sound is definitely late 30s, but I view it as a privilege to actually hear the recording. I guess one gets used to the sound of the era. So far the sound has been very acceptable from my perspective, but this is clearly subjective so potential buyers need to watch out. This is definitely not digital sound.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 02, 2014, 06:52:38 PM
MP3 download, complete Vox recordings of Mozart solo piano by Walter Klien, 99 cents
[asin]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JGEYCJG/ref=dm_ty_trk%3C/a%3E[/asin]

One of the treasures of the Vox catalogue, as are all the Klien solo surveys
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 02, 2014, 09:21:29 PM
The Westminster Legacy Collection just dropped to GBP 63 at Amazon UK      >:D

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Westminster-Legacy-Various-Artists/dp/B00GBJVK0S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1399094378&sr=1-1&keywords=westminster+legacy (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Westminster-Legacy-Various-Artists/dp/B00GBJVK0S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1399094378&sr=1-1&keywords=westminster+legacy)

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 03, 2014, 03:14:03 AM
This is a wonderful box. Top drawer performers.  26 CDs for $24 from some of the Amazon sellers (including Import CD)

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 07:07:06 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 03, 2014, 03:14:03 AM
This is a wonderful box. Top drawer performers.  26 CDs for $24 from some of the Amazon sellers (including Import CD)

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SOLD

I don't need it but crikey at that price ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 07:14:54 AM
Some good prices at Presto including Prokofiev, 6 operas on DG, 14 discs, $50

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4782315 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4782315)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 07:42:32 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 03, 2014, 03:14:03 AM
This is a wonderful box. Top drawer performers.  26 CDs for $24 from some of the Amazon sellers (including Import CD)

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You fiend. There goes my last bit of shelf space. I need to sell, compact, or store a bunch of stuff now  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 03, 2014, 08:39:04 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 07:42:32 AM
You fiend. There goes my last bit of shelf space. I need to sell, compact, or store a bunch of stuff now  :(

  I'm doing you a favor. You just have to put your DIY hat on.  Make yourself some nice long narrow boxes and think "card files"! :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 03, 2014, 10:58:59 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 07:42:32 AM
You fiend. There goes my last bit of shelf space. I need to sell, compact, or store a bunch of stuff now  :(

Expand your shelves upwards silly and buy a ladder!!!  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 03, 2014, 11:34:36 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 03, 2014, 10:58:59 AM
Expand your shelves upwards silly and buy a ladder!!!  :P


Though you would do well to remember what happened to the house of one of our esteemed members after the last big box purchase:
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 03, 2014, 11:51:12 AM
Quote from: The new erato on May 03, 2014, 11:34:36 AM

Though you would do well to remember what happened to the house of one of our esteemed members after the last big box purchase:
(http://strawstickstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tilty-house.jpg)

Yeah, he should never had placed his HIP recordings in the right part of the house. How thoughtless...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 02:38:19 PM
$10 from some MP

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And $16

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 03, 2014, 05:32:39 PM
I'm curious about the Cluytens.  That French Beethoven box used to go for a song, but the price jumped quite a bit. If I get it, I will (of course) go for the whole shebang.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 05:55:44 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 03, 2014, 05:32:39 PM
I'm curious about the Cluytens.  That French Beethoven box used to go for a song, but the price jumped quite a bit. If I get it, I will (of course) go for the whole shebang.
One of the best Beethoven cycles. Big big BIG Beethoven, Beethoven storms heaven.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on May 04, 2014, 12:14:45 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 03, 2014, 05:55:44 PM
One of the best Beethoven cycles. Big big BIG Beethoven, Beethoven storms heaven.

My first ever LvB set (on LP) and still one of the best that I own. For that price it  is well worth getting just for the performance of the Pastoral - sublime!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 06, 2014, 05:10:00 PM
$9 from CMS at Amazon

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At that price even Bak should be tempted, and the Moonfish should be biting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on May 06, 2014, 06:03:25 PM
I can confirm that Bach set is great.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on May 06, 2014, 06:21:06 PM
I successfully convinced myself that I didn't have room for the five disks of Beethoven, but surrendered to the jumbo Liszt box. I guess to me, size matters.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 06, 2014, 07:06:47 PM
Quote from: bigshot on May 06, 2014, 06:21:06 PM
I successfully convinced myself that I didn't have room for the five disks of Beethoven, but surrendered to the jumbo Liszt box. I guess to me, size matters.
They don't call you Littleshot.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 06, 2014, 09:02:39 PM
Some of the Anner Bylsma boxes are cheap right now. This one has only a little overlap with the big Vivarte. Some have more

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Onslow has been mentioned in these parts, as has the Mendelssohn octet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 06, 2014, 09:06:54 PM
Quote from: DavidW on May 06, 2014, 06:03:25 PM
I can confirm that Bach set is great.

I can confirm that 3/5 of it is great, because that's how much of it I already have in other boxes.  The Musical Offering is perhaps my favorite piece of music, and that version is the best I own...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 06, 2014, 09:32:35 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 06, 2014, 05:10:00 PM
$9 from CMS at Amazon

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At that price even Bak should be tempted, and the Moonfish should be biting.

Got it a month ago!  >:D    There is always room for more in the Bach room....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 06, 2014, 09:35:51 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 06, 2014, 09:06:54 PM
I can confirm that 3/5 of it is great, because that's how much of it I already have in other boxes.  The Musical Offering is perhaps my favorite piece of music, and that version is the best I own...
Holy Jehosaphat. That is like the ONLY piece by Bach I don't really like. I even prefer La Mer :) ;) ( :P Nate )
I am quite serious, I just cannot get myself to like TMO. Maybe it's the King's nasty little theme.

Have you read evening in the palace of reason? It's a book about Bach writing TMO. fanciful but reasonably interesting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 06, 2014, 09:56:16 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 06, 2014, 09:35:51 PM
Holy Jehosaphat. That is like the ONLY piece by Bach I don't really like. I even prefer La Mer :) ;) ( :P Nate )
I am quite serious, I just cannot get myself to like TMO. Maybe it's the King's nasty little theme.

Have you read evening in the palace of reason? It's a book about Bach writing TMO. fanciful but reasonably interesting.

  I first started listening to it about 15 years ago after reading a description of it in a science book "Goedel, Escher, Bach..." which I never finished.  Still, I went out and got the Bach and have loved it ever since.  It is an odd, graceless little theme, but I guess that's why what he does with it is so hypnotic...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 06, 2014, 11:31:31 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 06, 2014, 09:56:16 PM
  I first started listening to it about 15 years ago after reading a description of it in a science book "Goedel, Escher, Bach..." which I never finished. 
That was one heavy book! I never finished it either.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 07, 2014, 05:09:05 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 06, 2014, 09:35:51 PM
Have you read evening in the palace of reason? It's a book about Bach writing TMO. fanciful but reasonably interesting.

I have read it, I enjoyed it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 09:26:05 AM
Maybe not a perfect SDCB, but the Kubelik box just dropped almost 50% to about GBP 37 on Amazon UK...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Symphony-Edition-Rafael-Kubelik/dp/B00IZ11XA2/ref=pd_sim_m_h__15?ie=UTF8&refRID=1DC4QEET0T9PSF2XN4RM (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Symphony-Edition-Rafael-Kubelik/dp/B00IZ11XA2/ref=pd_sim_m_h__15?ie=UTF8&refRID=1DC4QEET0T9PSF2XN4RM)

[asin] B00IZ11XA2[/asin]

"Contents:
BEETHOVEN CD 1 – 5

Complete Symphonies
Amazingly, each symphony is recorded with a different orchestra – London Symphony, Concertgebouw, Berliner Philharmoniker, Israel Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Wiener Philharmoniker, The Cleveland Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra – culminating a Ninth with Kubelik's "own" orchestra. Now issued as an integral set for the first time.
SCHUMANN CD 6 – 7

Complete Symphonies
Berliner Philharmoniker; 1963 – 1964
"Rafael Kubelik's Schumann Symphonies with the Berlin Philharmonic from 1963 – 64 are lucid, unaffected and full of life . . . This is still one of the most rewarding Schumann cycles . . . notable for its rhythmic energy and warmly sympathetic playing." – Nigel Simeone (International Record Review)
DVORAK CD 8 – 13

Complete Symphonies
Berliner Philharmoniker; first released between 1966 and 1973
"A complete cycle that dominates the catalogue, crowned by a Seventh full of angst, a giddily intoxicating Eighth, and 'New World' of rare density. " - (Le Monde de la Musique, Paris)
MAHLER CD 14 – 23

Complete Symphonies
Symphonieo rchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) recorded between 1967 and 1971
The first Mahler cycle to be performed and recorded by a German orchestra. "It has taken us all the wars and suffering to understand Mahler ... Nobody else has dared to put so many human problems into their music, or tried to work out those problems in terms of music... I know of no composer, except Beethoven, who expressed such a love of mankind." – Rafael Kubelik"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 07, 2014, 09:31:55 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 09:26:05 AM
Maybe not a perfect SDCB, but the Kubelik box just dropped almost 50% to about GBP 37 on Amazon UK...
I preordered it for £20 (and got a VAT deduction in addition) from amazon UK a few weeks ago and already have it on my shelves.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 09:35:09 AM
Quote from: The new erato on May 07, 2014, 09:31:55 AM
I preordered it for £20 (and got a VAT deduction in addition) from amazon UK a few weeks ago and already have it on my shelves.

Really? You are kidding me!! I never saw it that low.    :'( :'( :'(
The same box? Camelcamel did not pick that price up for some reason.... Weird.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 07, 2014, 09:39:25 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 09:35:09 AM
Really? You are kidding me!! I never saw it that low.    :'( :'( :'(
The same box? Camelcamel did not pick that price up for some reason.... Weird.
What's camelcamel?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 07, 2014, 09:45:38 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 09:35:09 AM
Really? You are kidding me!! I never saw it that low.    :'( :'( :'(
The same box? Camelcamel did not pick that price up for some reason.... Weird.
I just checked. Orderd April 11th at £17.22, dispatched April 17th. I think I was alerted to it by somebody here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 09:50:12 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 07, 2014, 09:39:25 AM
What's camelcamel?

An Amazon price tracker..
http://camelcamelcamel.com/ (http://camelcamelcamel.com/)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 09:51:06 AM
Quote from: The new erato on May 07, 2014, 09:45:38 AM
I just checked. Orderd April 11th at £17.22, dispatched April 17th. I think I was alerted to it by somebody here.

That was indeed a great deal. Wonder why I never noticed that SDCB (as I am always reading this thread)......?    :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 07, 2014, 11:52:31 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 09:51:06 AM
That was indeed a great deal. Wonder why I never noticed that SDCB (as I am always reading this thread)......?    :'(
You blinked.
Seriously, that Markovina we snagged was gone in less than 30 minutes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 07, 2014, 11:55:22 AM
It was me that blinked; I'm mixing up Kubeik and Jochum here. Sorry all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 01:47:20 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 07, 2014, 11:52:31 AM
You blinked.
Seriously, that Markovina we snagged was gone in less than 30 minutes.


True and that was indeed a wonderful set. I am not sure if I would have explored it at the full price (until it one day (hopefully) went to die in a bargain bin). One cannot blink! Have * to * keep * my * eyes * open........

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 01:48:48 PM
Quote from: The new erato on May 07, 2014, 11:55:22 AM
It was me that blinked; I'm mixing up Kubeik and Jochum here. Sorry all.

Ahh, that explains it.  Phew....    :)
That Jochum set was a great deal as well! Definitely an SDCB!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 07, 2014, 01:59:19 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 07, 2014, 01:48:48 PM
Ahh, that explains it.  Phew....    :)
That Jochum set was a great deal as well! Definitely an SDCB!
Yes, it's a great bargain for anyone looking for an excellent Bruckner cycle.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 07, 2014, 04:20:59 PM
This pops up now and again. It's $9 now

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I got it for $6 afew years ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on May 13, 2014, 08:29:24 AM

The 172 disc Complete Works of JS Bach from Haenssler, is currently just over £101 on AmUk. The price has been slowly rising from £95 (when I bought it) over the past few days. The ASIN is B003LR4QPE.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 16, 2014, 03:10:44 AM
The 82 disc Karajan box is now down to 89 pounds (I think) when the VAT is removed. $163 shipped to Taiwan (where I live).  Pretty reasonable...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on May 16, 2014, 03:18:12 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 16, 2014, 03:10:44 AM
The 82 disc Karajan box is now down to 89 pounds (I think) when the VAT is removed. $163 shipped to Taiwan (where I live).  Pretty reasonable...

Go for it or your CDCDCD membership may be invoked!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 16, 2014, 03:22:26 AM
Quote from: springrite on May 16, 2014, 03:18:12 AM
Go for it or your CDCDCD membership may be invoked!

Yes, it made me cry...   

(http://spotonlists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kitty-crying.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 16, 2014, 05:41:44 AM
Heads up
Amazon in Europe has made a mess of things with The Real Chopin. They have mismatched the product and the ASIN on some listings, so what looks like a bargain is actually a high price on a single disc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 16, 2014, 06:11:05 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 16, 2014, 03:22:26 AM
Yes, it made me cry...   

(http://spotonlists.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kitty-crying.jpg)

It's true I've only bought 4 boxes in the last three weeks, if we don't count the L'oiseau Lyre, which hasn't even shipped yet.  I guess I've become too cautious and economical for this thread ::) [hey, wait a minute, this isn't even the CDCDCD thread :o]
   The thing is, I already have the Karajan 262 disc complete DG on my hard drive. If I bought it, it would just be for the sleeve pics...
    I'm listening to him now.  It's a weird sound.   It's powerful, yet muffled---like listening through earphones with a serious head-cold.  Anybody old enough to remember Thomas Dolby? He had a line (in his one known album) "Like an iron fist, in a glove full of vaseline".  Is that the Karajan sound?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 16, 2014, 06:21:28 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 16, 2014, 06:11:05 AM
It's true I've only bought 4 boxes in the last three weeks, if we don't count the L'oiseau Lyre, which hasn't even shipped yet.  I guess I've become too cautious and economical for this thread ::) [hey, wait a minute, this isn't even the CDCDCD thread :o]
   The thing is, I already have the Karajan 262 disc complete DG on my hard drive. If I bought it, it would just be for the sleeve pics...
    I'm listening to him now.  It's a weird sound.   It's powerful, yet muffled---like listening through earphones with a serious head-cold.  Anybody old enough to remember Thomas Dolby? He had a line (in his one known album) "Like an iron fist, in a glove full of vaseline".  Is that the Karajan sound?
It's the hard drive MP3 sound perhaps.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 16, 2014, 06:30:18 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 16, 2014, 06:21:28 AM
It's the hard drive MP3 sound perhaps.

  I don't think so...it's lossless, and a good system. Muffled is the wrong word.  The violin section sounds like one GIANT violin, and the horns sound like one GIANT mutant horn.  It sounds good, but everything is weirdly polished smooth.  It's like Jordi Savall's nightmare.
  It's very good, really, but it's kind of like what HIPsters were born to work against.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 16, 2014, 06:47:21 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 16, 2014, 06:30:18 AM
  I don't think so...it's lossless, and a good system. Muffled is the wrong word.  The violin section sounds like one GIANT violin, and the horns sound like one GIANT mutant horn.  It sounds good, but everything is weirdly polished smooth.  It's like Jordi Savall's nightmare.
  It's very good, really, but it's kind of like what HIPsters were born to work against.

Which piece are you listening to?   I think the sound is slightly variable in the 60s pack, but overall is very good for the time. The HvK sound has more to do with certain - errr ---  "liberties" is perhaps the proper word (?) - by which Karajan brings some extra umphh to the composition. I am sure there is an HvK thread here that expands on that aspect greatly. Personally, I really enjoy HvK, but would certainly never restrict myself to his renditions (which I doubt any of us do here in GMG).  Personally I enjoy dipping into the vast number of recordings that HvK put forward and the 60s set is definitely one of the better ( I own both the EMI and the 70s as well). But your own ears clearly is the key - not sure if your MP3s give the set justice or not..? 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on May 16, 2014, 07:00:16 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 16, 2014, 06:30:18 AM
It's like Jordi Savall's nightmare.

Lol.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on May 16, 2014, 12:33:22 PM
The difference between sections bowing together and free bowing can make a huge difference to the string texture.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 16, 2014, 03:20:58 PM
Quote from: bigshot on May 16, 2014, 12:33:22 PM
The difference between sections bowing together and free bowing can make a huge difference to the string texture.

   That's interesting.  Reminds me of something I read a long time ago about the trouble Bernstein had conducting HvK trained orchestra. Something to the effect that he had to get them to go back to playing in a way that allowed a more heterogeneous sound.

   Anyway, it is a very nice sound. I'd like to get the box, but on the way to check the price at the local music shop, I stopped at a camera store and ended up ordering a lens that is almost exactly the same price as the HvK box ??? I'll have to think a little harder now... 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on May 16, 2014, 03:48:44 PM
I just picked up Karajan 60s used at Amazon for $115. Light scratches on 3 disks and some small tears and shelf wear to the box, but that is a pretty darn good price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 16, 2014, 04:23:03 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 16, 2014, 03:20:58 PM
   That's interesting.  Reminds me of something I read a long time ago about the trouble Bernstein had conducting HvK trained orchestra. Something to the effect that he had to get them to go back to playing in a way that allowed a more heterogeneous sound.

   Anyway, it is a very nice sound. I'd like to get the box, but on the way to check the price at the local music shop, I stopped at a camera store and ended up ordering a lens that is almost exactly the same price as the HvK box ??? I'll have to think a little harder now...
"Please cancel my lens order."

Glad I could help.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on May 17, 2014, 12:23:36 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 16, 2014, 03:20:58 PM
   That's interesting.  Reminds me of something I read a long time ago about the trouble Bernstein had conducting HvK trained orchestra. Something to the effect that he had to get them to go back to playing in a way that allowed a more heterogeneous sound.

   Anyway, it is a very nice sound. I'd like to get the box, but on the way to check the price at the local music shop, I stopped at a camera store and ended up ordering a lens that is almost exactly the same price as the HvK box ??? I'll have to think a little harder now...
Quote from: Ken B on May 16, 2014, 04:23:03 PM
"Please cancel my lens order."

Glad I could help.
Whatever you do, don't listen to him, Al! Which lens did you order? (let's continue in the appropriate thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,23022.220.html)..)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 17, 2014, 12:33:23 AM
Wow, you guys really do put on the pressure :'(

  I went ahead and ordered the HvK from England  $163 total. 
  Will still get the lens (A sigma 60mm F2.8 for M4/3 for an amazing price!)
      Will have to spend all weekend proofreading theses to pay for everything...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on May 17, 2014, 12:45:08 AM
That's some excellent team work, Ken - we managed to make him get both  :laugh:

Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 17, 2014, 12:33:23 AM
  Will still get the lens (A sigma 60mm F2.8 for M4/3 for an amazing price!)
Cool!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 17, 2014, 09:31:18 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 17, 2014, 12:33:23 AM
Wow, you guys really do put on the pressure :'(

  I went ahead and ordered the HvK from England  $163 total. 
  Will still get the lens (A sigma 60mm F2.8 for M4/3 for an amazing price!)
      Will have to spend all weekend proofreading theses to pay for everything...

8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 17, 2014, 09:41:28 PM
Not sure if this qualifies as a SDCB...?
LvB  SQs for 10 GBP
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-The-String-Quartets/dp/B00GS7H4O4/ref=pd_sim_m_h__25?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZYPFXQKMPPKV4WDR8N6 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-The-String-Quartets/dp/B00GS7H4O4/ref=pd_sim_m_h__25?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZYPFXQKMPPKV4WDR8N6)

[asin]B00GS7H4O4[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 17, 2014, 10:40:34 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 17, 2014, 12:45:08 AM
That's some excellent team work, Ken - we managed to make him get both  :laugh:

Shhhhhhhh! He's supposed to believe he's in charge.

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 17, 2014, 11:43:12 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 17, 2014, 09:41:28 PM
Not sure if this qualifies as a SDCB...?
LvB  SQs for 10 GBP
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-The-String-Quartets/dp/B00GS7H4O4/ref=pd_sim_m_h__25?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZYPFXQKMPPKV4WDR8N6 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-The-String-Quartets/dp/B00GS7H4O4/ref=pd_sim_m_h__25?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZYPFXQKMPPKV4WDR8N6)

[asin]B00GS7H4O4[/asin]

Price wise , perhaps not. But it is certainly on my wish list. :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 17, 2014, 11:51:20 PM
Quote from: Que on May 17, 2014, 11:43:12 PM
Price wise , perhaps not. But it is certainly on my wish list. :)

Q

Only $19 shipped from the UK. I went ahead and ordered it on impulse ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on May 18, 2014, 12:19:11 AM
I am really psyched about that Beethoven/Hungarian set from Regis, thanks for mentioning it.  I have their stereo cycle as part of that EMI French Beethoven box that has been discussed before (with Cluytens, Heidsieck, etc) and it is killin'.  I've received a couple of opinions that the mono set is at least as good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on May 18, 2014, 09:34:46 AM
Quote from: Octave on May 18, 2014, 12:19:11 AM
I am really psyched about that Beethoven/Hungarian set from Regis, thanks for mentioning it.  I have their stereo cycle as part of that EMI French Beethoven box that has been discussed before (with Cluytens, Heidsieck, etc) and it is killin'.  I've received a couple of opinions that the mono set is at least as good.

The problem with Regis is variable quality transfers. Has anybody heard or read anything about Regis' sound quality on this set?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on May 18, 2014, 11:53:47 AM
Quote from: hafod on May 18, 2014, 09:34:46 AM
The problem with Regis is variable quality transfers. Has anybody heard or read anything about Regis' sound quality on this set?

I own the set, but haven´t listened to it yet. At the moment I am lidstening intensively to Matthias Weckmann.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on May 18, 2014, 11:56:25 AM
Quote from: hafod on May 18, 2014, 09:34:46 AM
The problem with Regis is variable quality transfers. Has anybody heard or read anything about Regis' sound quality on this set?

It's okay, but it does sound a bit airless (even for mono) and overfiltered. But I do not have an alternative transfer to compare it with.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 18, 2014, 10:51:13 PM
Quote from: Drosera on May 18, 2014, 11:56:25 AM
It's okay, but it does sound a bit airless (even for mono) and overfiltered. But I do not have an alternative transfer to compare it with.

Based on line sampling of the Regis set the sound is as described in Jed Distler's description below of the EMI issue.

QuoteThe Hungarian String Quartet's 1953 Beethoven cycle stands the test of time very well, even after a half century of excellent competition and sonic advances, to say nothing of the group's own 1960s stereo remake. I've never made up my mind which of the two Hungarian Quartet Beethoven cycles I prefer, since each is quite different from the other. 1953's distant and slightly opaque ambience contrasts to the stereo version's closer, more vibrant and detailed pickup. These sonic characteristics reinforce my general impressions of 1953's smoother, more uniform ensemble blend versus the later one's more individual, contradictory approach to phrasing and vibrato and tonal astringency. As a result, first violinist Zoltan Szekely's intense vibrato makes more of a stinging impact in stereo.

For the most part 1953's tempos are faster, apparently in order to honor the composer's often optimistic metronome markings, yet they never sound pushed or stressful. Cogent examples of what I mean include Op. 59 No. 2's Presto finale, where the dotted rhythm accompaniment is tightly, perhaps rigidly articulated in stereo, but organically flows and even presses ahead in mono. The earlier Op. 18 No. 5 variation movement benefits from swifter, more unified tempos than in the relatively disjointed remake, while Op. 131's Presto boasts a sense of lightness and balance that eludes the stereo version, which, however, is superior in terms of intonation. Yet the emotional fragility and polyphonic distinction that glue your ear to Op. 132's Molto adagio in stereo prove less gripping and more matter-of-fact in mono. It all boils down to apples and oranges, although both traversals share one big scrappy lemon: the Grosse Fuge!

--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 21, 2014, 05:34:37 PM
Amazon.de has the 30 disc CPE Bach set, shipped to the USA for $56

Moonfish is ineligible!  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 21, 2014, 05:46:32 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 21, 2014, 05:34:37 PM
Amazon.de has the 30 disc CPE Bach set, shipped to the USA for $56

Moonfish is ineligible!  8)

:'(
Wait - the Brilliant set?

It is ok. I already have it.  Pffftt!    >:D >:D >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 22, 2014, 01:19:13 AM
Hmmm... an SDCB ...   André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741 – 1813)
André-Modeste Grétry: Portrait musical ( 5 cd set)   for $13 
($12 until 5/25 at Arkiv http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=1171117 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=1171117))

Review at MusicWeb: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/May14/Gretry_portrait_MEW1371.htm (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/May14/Gretry_portrait_MEW1371.htm)

[asin] B00HNHM3FI[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on May 23, 2014, 01:25:20 PM
5 CDs of Rachmaninov for US $11

(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/AMG/covers/large/236/2361645.jpg)

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=810425
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on May 23, 2014, 07:40:00 PM
The Murray Perahia 40th Anniversary set is only $55.49 on Amazon...

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 23, 2014, 08:54:02 PM
From the Purchases today thread
Quote from: Octave on May 23, 2014, 03:34:57 PM
I'm lemminging.

[asin]B008NBEY3C[/asin]
Murray Perahia: THE FIRST 40 YEARS (Sony)

Been shillyshallying over this for many months, but even adjusting for duplications etc, it's a good deal.
The price via Amazon US direct fell to $55.50 just recently, which is a bit cheaper than I have ever seen it.
Thanks for that update Octave & Myron. That is an amazing deal for Perahia's recordings. Too bad I am not as patient as you were..     :'(

Seems like several of the Sony Classical boxes dropped over night:

Yo Yo Ma for $112
[asin] B002IC10Y8[/asin]

and the Bream box for $89
[asin] B00BCCEBRI[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 24, 2014, 12:24:11 AM
I've bought 3 of those Perahia boxes already, and have the Ma as well, or I would be all over those.  If I didn't have two boxes in transit to my door right now, I wouldn't be able resist the Bream either, even though I strongly doubt I will ever need 40 discs of guitar and lute...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 24, 2014, 11:32:12 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on May 24, 2014, 12:24:11 AM
I've bought 3 of those Perahia boxes already, and have the Ma as well, or I would be all over those.  If I didn't have two boxes in transit to my door right now, I wouldn't be able resist the Bream either, even though I strongly doubt I will ever need 40 discs of guitar and lute...
Yes, I am considering a second Perahia as a gift. Hmmm.
One you will be a lute fan....    >:D  >:D
Perhaps taking outstanding photos of lutes as well...   :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 24, 2014, 03:02:33 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 24, 2014, 11:32:12 AM
Yes, I am considering a second Perahia as a gift. Hmmm.
One you will be a lute fan....    >:D  >:D
Perhaps taking outstanding photos of lutes as well...   :D

Yes, it bears thinking about as a gift. The Bream has negative appeal. The Ma box has so much dross in it the price has to come way down to tempt me.

A 50 disc lute box on real lutes would appeal very strongly, but guitar -- I have 2 discs of guitar, which is a surfeit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 24, 2014, 05:35:06 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 24, 2014, 03:02:33 PM
A 50 disc lute box on real lutes would appeal very strongly

Oooooo!   ::) ::) ::) :P    Like an everlasting Weiss box!!! 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on May 25, 2014, 02:35:58 AM
I could imagine becoming a Weiss guy
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 25, 2014, 02:44:53 AM
Quote from: North Star on May 25, 2014, 02:35:58 AM
I could imagine becoming a Weiss guy

Not as long as you drink Abso lut!    ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 25, 2014, 06:56:28 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 25, 2014, 02:44:53 AM
Not as long as you drink Abso lut!    ::)
Right now lute boxes are completely absinthe from the catalog.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 25, 2014, 11:41:18 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 25, 2014, 06:56:28 AM
Right now lute boxes are completely absinthe from the catalog.
Stop harping about it!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 25, 2014, 11:57:01 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 25, 2014, 11:41:18 AM
Stop harping about it!
I'd be a lyre if I said otherwise.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on May 25, 2014, 12:19:33 PM
How long can you string this along?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 25, 2014, 12:26:30 PM
Bigshot! Stop beating his drum!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 25, 2014, 12:27:49 PM
He is all keyed up about this.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: not edward on May 25, 2014, 12:51:33 PM
But once you let the air out of him, he'll B flat.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 25, 2014, 01:02:12 PM
You guys are wandering off the lute theme ...

[asin]B0084HGZKK[/asin]

$26 at CMS on Azon. Ripe for the plucking.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 26, 2014, 03:22:08 AM
Dvorák: Complete Published Orchestral Works (17 cd set ) / Naxos
At Amazon MP  (CMS) for $ 33

Review at:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=937687 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=937687)

[asin] B00BZC0AGQ[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 28, 2014, 09:25:40 AM
Interesting compilation from Harmonia Mundi
"Romantic - harmonia mundi Gold Edition 10 CD set "

Available for 11 GBP in the Amazon.uk  MP
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Romantic-harmonia-mundi-Gold-Edition/dp/B005BZBY0Y/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__text_z (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Romantic-harmonia-mundi-Gold-Edition/dp/B005BZBY0Y/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__text_z)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410wkz5XjgL.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iVgQBLhfL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 01, 2014, 01:49:43 AM
DG's Wagner collection dropped to 47 GBP today....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Complete-Operas-Various-Artists/dp/B00980IA3M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401615989&sr=8-1&keywords=wagner+opera (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Complete-Operas-Various-Artists/dp/B00980IA3M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401615989&sr=8-1&keywords=wagner+opera)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/716TrTCp0%2BL._SL1500_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81c5LDM9cgL._SL1140_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 01, 2014, 12:12:07 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 26, 2014, 03:22:08 AM
Dvorák: Complete Published Orchestral Works (17 cd set ) / Naxos
At Amazon MP  (CMS) for $ 33

I didn't care much for the conductor of the Symphonies on Naxos. I got those early on in collecting and replaced them quickly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 01, 2014, 12:30:53 PM
Quote from: bigshot on June 01, 2014, 12:12:07 PM
I didn't care much for the conductor of the Symphonies on Naxos. I got those early on in collecting and replaced them quickly.

He conducts 2, 3, 4, and 6 well, but the orchestra and sound are never especially good, and his 7 and 8 rank among the worst recordings available anywhere.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on June 04, 2014, 11:43:55 PM

The 39CD RCA Abbado box (ASIN B00J1XNMDO) due on 16 June, has just been substantially reduced at Am.UK to £34.58.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on June 05, 2014, 12:36:41 PM
Quote from: bigshot on June 01, 2014, 12:12:07 PM
I didn't care much for the conductor of the Symphonies on Naxos. I got those early on in collecting and replaced them quickly.

Yup.  I won't waste my money on that set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 09, 2014, 11:13:35 AM
The Handley Icon set is selling for <$6 at the Amazon MP

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 09, 2014, 11:38:02 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 09, 2014, 11:13:35 AM
The Handley Icon set is selling for <$6 at the Amazon MP

[asin]B005AAVFHC[/asin]

Hmm.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 10, 2014, 10:06:09 AM
Günter Wand's "The Great Recordings" set from Sony dropped to $35 (+ S&H) today on the Amazon MP
(24 GBP in the UK  http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Great-Recordings-G%C3%BCnter-Wand/dp/B0069EOZT8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402422732&sr=8-1&keywords=gunter+wand (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Great-Recordings-G%C3%BCnter-Wand/dp/B0069EOZT8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402422732&sr=8-1&keywords=gunter+wand))

Content: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Sony/88691911552 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Sony/88691911552)

[asin] B0069EOZT8[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 10, 2014, 02:56:35 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 10, 2014, 10:06:09 AM
Günter Wand's "The Great Recordings" set from Sony dropped to $35 (+ S&H) today on the Amazon MP
(24 GBP in the UK  http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Great-Recordings-G%C3%BCnter-Wand/dp/B0069EOZT8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402422732&sr=8-1&keywords=gunter+wand (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Great-Recordings-G%C3%BCnter-Wand/dp/B0069EOZT8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402422732&sr=8-1&keywords=gunter+wand))

Content: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Sony/88691911552 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Sony/88691911552)

This qualifies under my rules, and it's something I've coveted for a long time. Purchased.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on June 11, 2014, 05:15:13 AM
Quote from: MyronM on May 23, 2014, 07:40:00 PM
The Murray Perahia 40th Anniversary set is only $55.49 on Amazon

Rec'd it yesterday. A stunning set in every way. The book is fabulous. Started off listening to MPs nine Bach disks. At $55.49 shipped, I can live with the truncated opening of LvB Sonata 11 on Disk 16.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on June 12, 2014, 08:38:45 AM
re: The Handley Icon set is selling for $6 at the Amazon MP

Just bought it there for $3.64 new.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 12, 2014, 08:50:30 AM
Quote from: jserraglio on June 12, 2014, 08:38:45 AM
re: The Handley Icon set is selling for $6 at the Amazon MP

Just bought it there for $3.64 new.

That seller, SpeedyHen, has a ton of the EMI Icon boxes on deep discount. The Fournier is $8 including shipping; the Melos Ensemble is $12.50 including shipping. I would buy a bunch, but I can listen to all these on Naxos Music Library.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 12, 2014, 06:51:58 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 10, 2014, 10:06:09 AM
Günter Wand's "The Great Recordings" set from Sony dropped to $35 (+ S&H) today on the Amazon MP
(24 GBP in the UK  http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Great-Recordings-G%C3%BCnter-Wand/dp/B0069EOZT8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402422732&sr=8-1&keywords=gunter+wand (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Great-Recordings-G%C3%BCnter-Wand/dp/B0069EOZT8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402422732&sr=8-1&keywords=gunter+wand))

Content: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Sony/88691911552 (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Sony/88691911552)

[asin] B0069EOZT8[/asin]

Couldn't resist this one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 12, 2014, 07:01:51 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on June 12, 2014, 06:51:58 PM
Couldn't resist this one.

>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 12, 2014, 07:30:37 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on June 12, 2014, 06:51:58 PM
Couldn't resist this one.
Ha! As if you tried!  :D

Thread duty, $84 shipped to the states from Amazon UK. Use the link in the banner to support GMG.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on June 12, 2014, 08:54:15 PM
.[asin]B000Y1BRKW[/asin]
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81ZkWliiJvL._SL1112_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Y1BRKW/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Y1BRKW/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
COURS ET CATHÉDRALES aka Courts & Cathedrals: Music in Medieval France [Ensemble Gilles Binchois dir. Dominique Vellard] (Cantus, 7cd)

For £16.99 from Amazon UK.  It was $30 shipped to the USA.

Three of these discs are what Brilliant released as its little Machaut box, albeit with a CDROM of the notes.  This Cantus original apparently contains copious notes for all discs in paper/glue form.  I have not received mine yet.
IIRC, Que recommended the Machaut and a couple of the other discs very highly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on June 12, 2014, 09:20:59 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 12, 2014, 08:54:15 PM
.[asin]B000Y1BRKW[/asin]

COURS ET CATHÉDRALES aka Courts & Cathedrals: Music in Medieval France [Ensemble Gilles Binchois dir. Dominique Vellard] (Cantus, 7cd)

For £16.99 from Amazon UK.  It was $30 shipped to the USA.

Three of these discs are what Brilliant released as its little Machaut box, albeit with a CDROM of the notes.  This Cantus original apparently contains copious notes for all discs in paper/glue form.  I have not received mine yet.
IIRC, Que recommended the Machaut and a couple of the other discs very highly.

WOW!!  :) Now, that is a good catch! :o  :D You won't regret it. Of course the 3CD set reissue by Brilliant of the Machaut items is a good budget option. But the other items are as desireable and the original presentation and documentation is a very nice bonus.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on June 12, 2014, 09:31:06 PM
Quote from: Que on June 12, 2014, 09:20:59 PM
WOW!!  :) Now, that is a good catch! :o  :D You won't regret it. Of course the 3CD set reissue by Brilliant of the Machaut items is a good budget option. But the other items are as desireable and the original presentation and documentation is a very nice bonus.

Q

It's totally crazy that I've dragged feet on the Machaut for so long, you are not the only one to appreciate Vellard/EGB's excellence.  I actually find CDROM notes to potentially be more useful as I approach transition to 'pad' reading for some things, but....a deal's a deal.   8)
Cantus has quite a few other items that look interesting to me too.  'Giordano Bruno' (or someone else?) was once bonkers for a Handel duetti disc of theirs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on June 12, 2014, 09:38:43 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 12, 2014, 09:31:06 PM
It's totally crazy that I've dragged feet on the Machaut for so long, you are not the only one to appreciate Vellard/EGB's excellence.  I actually find CDROM notes to potentially be more useful as I approach transition to 'pad' reading for some things, but....a deal's a deal.   8)

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I recall Cantus provides downloads of the documentation on their website?

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 12, 2014, 10:30:22 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 12, 2014, 08:54:15 PM
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For £16.99 from Amazon UK.  It was $30 shipped to the USA.

Three of these discs are what Brilliant released as its little Machaut box, albeit with a CDROM of the notes.  This Cantus original apparently contains copious notes for all discs in paper/glue form.  I have not received mine yet.
IIRC, Que recommended the Machaut and a couple of the other discs very highly.

Irresistible! Thanks Octave!    :)   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 13, 2014, 12:15:01 AM
out of stock now ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 14, 2014, 12:37:28 PM
Richter on the Regis label (6 cds) for <11 GBP at Amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Art-Sviatoslav-Richter/dp/B00J49H3VM/ref=pd_sim_m_h__29?ie=UTF8&refRID=1BS6GN0JF7CNY9KZQA41 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Art-Sviatoslav-Richter/dp/B00J49H3VM/ref=pd_sim_m_h__29?ie=UTF8&refRID=1BS6GN0JF7CNY9KZQA41)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71IaqO8FqNL._SL1444_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on June 14, 2014, 01:02:54 PM
Quote from: king ubu on June 13, 2014, 12:15:01 AM
out of stock now ...

Didn't stop me from ordering a back-ordered copy in hopes of locking in that price. :)  Now I just hope they get more copies... :P  (Not that it didn't annoy me...)

Seriously, an obscure item like that?  They were probably shocked to see three copies sell in a day--that was also probably about half of the total quantity they keep on hand at any given time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 03:16:37 PM
The Horowitz Carnegie Hall set (42 cds) recently dropped to about ~$61 on the Amazon MP (~40 GBP at the UK MP site).

[asin] B00BT70J6S[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 15, 2014, 03:42:30 PM
$20 from several sellers

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 03:52:43 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 15, 2014, 03:42:30 PM
$20 from several sellers

[asin]B0092AKDQK[/asin]

Nice! Thanks Ken!  :)
Are those in the "big" Heifetz box as well?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 03:54:44 PM
The excellent Vivarte Collection for $49 at Amazon MP
Hmm, are they clearing their shelves or something??  ???

[asin] B00AOTZ156[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on June 15, 2014, 04:36:47 PM
.[asin]B00CUPQHT6[/asin]
MASTERWORKS HERITAGE COLLECTION (Sony, 28cd)

Getting close to $29+shipping from Amazon US-MP.  A bit cheaper than I've ever seen it.
This time I am posting before order rather than after.  I will probably regret it!

My overlap neurosis gets a workout from sets like this, and I am not even a veteran collector.  Loads of great stuff, but I imagine that I'll be re-purchasing a chunk of it in other sets (Szell edition, maybe a fantasy Ormandy box, etc). 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 05:21:24 PM
Quote from: Octave on June 15, 2014, 04:36:47 PM
.[asin]B00CUPQHT6[/asin]
MASTERWORKS HERITAGE COLLECTION (Sony, 28cd)

Getting close to $29+shipping from Amazon US-MP.  A bit cheaper than I've ever seen it.
This time I am posting before order rather than after.  I will probably regret it!

My overlap neurosis gets a workout from sets like this, and I am not even a veteran collector.  Loads of great stuff, but I imagine that I'll be re-purchasing a chunk of it in other sets (Szell edition, maybe a fantasy Ormandy box, etc).

That is an incredible deal, Octave!  Makes me think that I should wait with jumping on these sets.  :'(   It is just hard to know which ones that will sell out or be OOP. Seemingly some of these return (e.g. the re-release of the RCA Heifetz and Rubinstein boxes) while others are just gone gone gone (e.g. the Gould set).  The MHC is definitely highly recommended as far as I am concerned.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 15, 2014, 05:48:09 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 03:52:43 PM
Nice! Thanks Ken!  :)
Are those in the "big" Heifetz box as well?
I don't know, as I only have a small Heifetz boxes. One disc is in the Living Stereo.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 15, 2014, 05:53:46 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 05:21:24 PM
That is an incredible deal, Octave!  Makes me think that I should wait with jumping on these sets.  :'(   It is just hard to know which ones that will sell out or be OOP. Seemingly some of these return (e.g. the re-release of the RCA Heifetz and Rubinstein boxes) while others are just gone gone gone (e.g. the Gould set).  The MHC is definitely highly recommended as far as I am concerned.
Some go up, some go down.  :-\
The BIG Ma box is down to $112 now.
I keep waiting on the Erato 50 box to go down. No sign of it yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 15, 2014, 07:11:25 PM
The Vivarte box looks like a crazy good bargain now, but I'm just too poor and it's not in my budget.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 15, 2014, 07:21:14 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 15, 2014, 07:11:25 PM
The Vivarte box looks like a crazy good bargain now, but I'm just too poor and it's not in my budget.

It passes the so good it would be silly not to buy it though ...  It's $49!!!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 15, 2014, 07:26:28 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 15, 2014, 07:21:14 PM
It passes the so good it would be silly not to buy it though ...  It's $49!!!!!
Actually, all in, it's $53. It also comes from the UK, and the sellers selling it usually take about 4-6 weeks in my experience (range from two weeks (once) to 2.5 months (once).

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 15, 2014, 07:41:02 PM
And how much of it is in those Sony/Vivarte small budget sets I already have?
ETA: counted the listing in an Amazon review.  26, and while some of the ones I don't have do interest me, a large number don't have me panting in lust.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 08:38:17 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 15, 2014, 07:26:28 PM
Actually, all in, it's $53. It also comes from the UK, and the sellers selling it usually take about 4-6 weeks in my experience (range from two weeks (once) to 2.5 months (once).
My experience is about 2-3 weeks (with an occasional 4 weeks) and I buy a fair amount from the UK MP sellers.  Sometimes I get a 4 week deal from a US MP seller.   >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 08:39:52 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 15, 2014, 07:41:02 PM
And how much of it is in those Sony/Vivarte small budget sets I already have?
ETA: counted the listing in an Amazon review.  26, and while some of the ones I don't have do interest me, a large number don't have me panting in lust.

True! No point in purchasing if one already have the bulk of the recordings. Errr... makes a great gift though!!   >:D   Christmas is only six months away!!!!! 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 15, 2014, 08:40:01 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 05:21:24 PM
That is an incredible deal, Octave!  Makes me think that I should wait with jumping on these sets.  :'(   It is just hard to know which ones that will sell out or be OOP. Seemingly some of these return (e.g. the re-release of the RCA Heifetz and Rubinstein boxes) while others are just gone gone gone (e.g. the Gould set).  The MHC is definitely highly recommended as far as I am concerned.
The big Gould Bach set is listed as a reissue sometime in July/august on the jpc.de site.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 08:45:11 PM
Quote from: The new erato on June 15, 2014, 08:40:01 PM
The big Gould Bach set is listed as a reissue sometime in July/august on the jpc.de site.
Do you have a link to that set?
I presume you are referring to the Complete Bach Collection?  June 26 and for only 89 Euros!!!! Nice!
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Glenn-Gould-Bach-Edition/hnum/2750965 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Glenn-Gould-Bach-Edition/hnum/2750965)
I was thinking about the big Gould box from some years ago. Is that one being released as well?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 15, 2014, 08:53:49 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 08:45:11 PM
Do you have a link to that set?
I presume you are referring to the Complete Bach Collection?  June 26 and for only 89 Euros!!!! Nice!
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Glenn-Gould-Bach-Edition/hnum/2750965 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Glenn-Gould-Bach-Edition/hnum/2750965)
I was thinking about the big Gould box from some years ago. Is that one being released as well?
I don't know about the BIG set, I was referring o the Bach box that was OOP a year ago, and which I missed. Anyway, that is the Gould set I'm interested in, so I was very excited to see it reissued. It will be ordered when I'm back from my Spain vacation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 15, 2014, 09:54:00 PM
Quote from: The new erato on June 15, 2014, 08:53:49 PM
I don't know about the BIG set, I was referring o the Bach box that was OOP a year ago, and which I missed. Anyway, that is the Gould set I'm interested in, so I was very excited to see it reissued. It will be ordered when I'm back from my Spain vacation.
Yes, I am glad they are reissuing the Gould Bach set! Thanks for letting us all know!   :) :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 12:13:16 AM
Got the Vivarte and Masterworks boxes for similarly good prices (I think around 40 and 20 €, respectively) .... wasn't at all sure whether or not to get the Vivarte, less because of overlap (mostly what's duplicated between it and the Van Nevel box - which alas isn't quite complete as far as Huelgas/Van Nevel on Vivarte goes), but because there's some stuff in it that just isn't really all that attractive to me. But what I've heard so far was mostly pretty good, some of effin' great. And there's lots of music in there that I might not have encountered at all or only many years down the road, if not for that box!

The Masterworks Heritage was more of a no-brainer. Duplication was limited to the (great!) Francescatti double set and the Dvorák symphonies of Szell's, as well as the Fleisher Brahms concertos, but I wanted the Beethoven quartets and some other things in the box and it was so cheap.

Happily, both come with good booklets - english notes only, whilst the original releases would have had translations, but that's more than okay, of course. Some of the notes in the Vivarte set are indeed very good, I found, as often with musicians indulging in this old stuff, they're almost scientific/historical, and I like that!

Another deal I just stumbled over, seems almost too good to be true:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81R4uPhCOtL._SL1500_.jpg)

Leonard Bernstein - The Symphony Edition - € 53.90 @ amazon.it (http://www.amazon.it/Vari-Bernstein-Symphony-Edition-Leonard/dp/B003Z9Q4WG/)

I guess I'll have to go for that ... any opinions? Don't think I've read much about it anywhere, but this is most tempting!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 16, 2014, 12:17:00 AM
Except for the stupid format that is a fine set which in addition to the standard repertoire contains lots of works that are not exactly overrepresented in the catalogue, many in reference performances.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 12:30:20 AM
Stupid format? It's the same as the other LP-sized boxes, isn't it? That, for me, isn't a stupid format at all, I have many sets that size (and some LPs, too, never yet tried to fold them into CD shelves  ;)). I've got the Walter box and find it quite wonderful - also, opposed to others (Toscanini, Rubinstein) it also comes with a substantial essay. And frankly I think the Rubinstein is the dumbest in format - also in respect of the huge, wonderful book consisting mostly of half-empty pages presenting contents, instead of boosting some real content itself. (Still, I love the Rubinstein - it might be my top favourite of those huge boxes, actually.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 16, 2014, 12:59:03 AM
Well; if you store it vertically, lots of the disc slides to the bottom and fall out if you open it without regard to that. And if you store it lying down it is extremely hard to locate the discs you want and put them back in proper order. And it doesn't fit shelving made for CDs either. It doesn't come stupider than that in my world. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 01:04:25 AM
Quote from: The new erato on June 16, 2014, 12:59:03 AM
Well; if you store it vertically, lots of the disc slides to the bottom and fall out if you open it without regard to that. And if you store it lying down it is extremely hard to locate the discs you want and put them back in proper order. And it doesn't fit shelving made for CDs either. It doesn't come stupider than that in my world.

Okay, that is true of course ... the Walter is stored lying on my desk these days though, so I didn't think about that! I've got no proper CD shelves though, so shelving isn't an issue here (it's never ideal anyways) and I have many LP-sized CD boxes (of Jazz recordings) - but no space left anywhere  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 16, 2014, 02:13:03 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 01:04:25 AM
Okay, that is true of course ... the Walter is stored lying on my desk these days though, so I didn't think about that! I've got no proper CD shelves though, so shelving isn't an issue here (it's never ideal anyways) and I have many LP-sized CD boxes (of Jazz recordings) - but no space left anywhere  :(

I dream about more space....     ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 02:28:57 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 16, 2014, 02:13:03 AM
I dream about more space....     ::)
At least dreaming won't cost you anything much (unless you do it while driving ... or some such)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 16, 2014, 03:10:48 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 16, 2014, 02:13:03 AM
I dream about more space....     ::)
Sometimes I do, but mostly I am happy that lack of space puts a lid on my purchasing of discs I will never manage to listen to. It makes me do some prioritizing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 16, 2014, 04:33:25 AM
Are you saying the Vivarte box comes with a physical booklet that includes all the original notes from the original releases??
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 16, 2014, 06:58:48 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 16, 2014, 04:33:25 AM
Are you saying the Vivarte box comes with a physical booklet that includes all the original notes from the original releases??
Don't know if they are original, not having bought the originals. But a booklet with notes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 16, 2014, 07:10:25 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 16, 2014, 06:58:48 AM
Don't know if they are original, not having bought the originals. But a booklet with notes.
Awesome. This morning my boss told me I got a four-figure pay raise...  8) 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on June 16, 2014, 07:16:36 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 16, 2014, 07:10:25 AM
Awesome. This morning my boss told me I got a four-figure pay raise...  8) 8)

Per month?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 16, 2014, 07:20:42 AM
Quote from: springrite on June 16, 2014, 07:16:36 AM
Per month?
Ha no.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 16, 2014, 07:33:07 AM
Congrats.  Just make sure all four figures are to the left of the decimal place.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 16, 2014, 07:39:03 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 16, 2014, 07:33:07 AM
Congrats.  Just make sure all four figures are to the left of the decimal place.  ;D
And left over once I finish buying all the Super-Duper Cheap Bargains?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on June 16, 2014, 07:43:36 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 12:13:16 AM
Another deal I just stumbled over, seems almost too good to be true:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81R4uPhCOtL._SL1500_.jpg)

Leonard Bernstein - The Symphony Edition - € 53.90 @ amazon.it (http://www.amazon.it/Vari-Bernstein-Symphony-Edition-Leonard/dp/B003Z9Q4WG/)

I guess I'll have to go for that ... any opinions? Don't think I've read much about it anywhere, but this is most tempting!
listing at [asin]B003Z9Q4WG[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 16, 2014, 07:51:36 AM
The Bernstein Symphony Edition is one of my favorite Giant Boxes. Here are my previous comments on it. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,23076.msg792107.html#msg792107)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: EigenUser on June 16, 2014, 09:40:15 AM
For bargains, I love this. The MP3 download is $3.99 and the performances seem fine to me, though I'm not acquainted with various performances to judge accurately.
[asin]B002S9USPI[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 10:12:34 AM
Quote from: listener on June 16, 2014, 07:43:36 AM
listing at [asin]B003Z9Q4WG[/asin]
I saw that, thanks!

Quote from: Brian on June 16, 2014, 07:51:36 AM
The Bernstein Symphony Edition is one of my favorite Giant Boxes. Here are my previous comments on it. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,23076.msg792107.html#msg792107)
Thanks again!

I couldn't hold back and already ordered it a few hours after I'd spotted the price (purely by accident, really - I was following the link to the Cantus Cölln edition someone posted in another thread and the Lenny popped up in the associated hit below).

As for the Vivarte booklet, yes, I assume it has the original notes, they usually add a date at the end ... it's more than 240 pages!

Same for the Sony Masterworks booklet - original notes included, but the booklet didn't get that fat since there's many less discs included and several of them are double disc sets.

Here's one more, courtesy of amazon.it:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91F7S9QS8%2BL._SL1500_.jpg)

Living Stereo Collection - € 54.94 (http://www.amazon.it/dp/B009J3K4MI/)

Very tempting at this price, for the Munch, Reiner, Monteux discs ... hmm ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 16, 2014, 10:14:54 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 10:12:34 AM
I saw that, thanks!
Thanks again!

I couldn't hold back and already ordered it a few hours after I'd spotted the price (purely by accident, really - I was following the link to the Cantus Cölln edition someone posted in another thread and the Lenny popped up in the associated hits below).

As for the Vivarte booklet, yes, I assume it has the original notes, they usually add a date at the end ... it's more than 240 pages!

Same for the Sony Masterworks booklet - original notes included, but the booklet didn't get that fat since there's many less discs included and several of them are double disc sets.

Here's one more, courtesy of amazon.it:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91F7S9QS8%2BL._SL1500_.jpg)

Living Stereo Collection - € 54.94 (http://www.amazon.it/dp/B009J3K4MI/)

Very tempting at this price, for the Munch, Reiner, Monteux discs ... hmm ...
Do not hesitate Ubu, lest it disappear!

Great box
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 11:08:13 AM
Damn, the Wand and Lenny Sony boxes and the two Pires boxes all within a few days ... and now Living Stereo, too?

Here's one I already have - and love very much:

The All-Baroque Box

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81R%2B9tssjSL._SL1158_.jpg)

current price: € 62
link: http://www.amazon.it/The-All-Baroque-Various-Artists/dp/B008BP1LS6/
details: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/gpp/index/4790441-baroque-box

Definitely amongst my very favourite jumbo boxes - lots of amazing music in there, but I guess more seasoned collectors will already have plenty of it ... for me, it was truly a box of miracles! (And I paid at least twice as much - and never even remotely regretted that.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 16, 2014, 11:19:07 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 11:08:13 AM
Damn, the Wand and Lenny Sony boxes and the two Pires boxes all within a few days ... and now Living Stereo, too?

Here's one I already have - and love very much:

The All-Baroque Box

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81R%2B9tssjSL._SL1158_.jpg)

current price: € 62
link: http://www.amazon.it/The-All-Baroque-Various-Artists/dp/B008BP1LS6/
details: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/gpp/index/4790441-baroque-box

Definitely amongst my very favourite jumbo boxes - lots of amazing music in there, but I guess more seasoned collectors will already have plenty of it ... for me, it was truly a box of miracles! (And I paid at least twice as much - and never even remotely regretted that.)

Moonfish and I had to tag-team browbeat Baklavaboy into buying that! It's fabulous.

Alas the shipping from Italy to the USA is very expensive or I'd have snarfed the Bernstein. The DG 100 Symphonies is cheap in Europe too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 16, 2014, 11:58:39 AM
I'm a happy camper ... no amazon.ch, so on orders from 20 or 25€ on, I get free shipping from .de, .fr and .it - pretty great, since prices fluctuate wildly (on smaller boxes, amazon.fr often ist best, pre-orders are often different as well, no free shipping, but nonetheless .co.uk sometimes is best there). But yeah, I've suffered from amazon.com's crazy shipping rates for transatlantic orders, too, so I guess I can imagine ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 16, 2014, 07:26:48 PM
I am having a nice time reading this thread.  I do not have everything in those boxes, but I have so much that they would need to go to half the current price to make it worthwhile to get them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 20, 2014, 08:53:01 PM
$18 with Prime from Amazon, cheaper from some MP

[asin]B003S9GOWS[/asin]

$16 from MP, equivalent from some in UK

[asin]B00EC0VWEM[/asin]

I posted the Brahms box earlier.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on June 23, 2014, 04:59:12 AM
Excluding big boxes which are probably the best bargains nowadays I want to mention some good recordings that can be encountered on rather obscure Labels, often in Bargain bins and with minimal presentation. Some of these have been around for 20 years and for some there are also incarnations on "serious" labels, but to my knowledge the recordings are identical

- Most harpsichord works by Bach (WTC I + II, three sets of suites, inventions, sinfonias, toccatas and also a bunch of little preludes etc.) played by Christine Jaccottet on PILZ, Vienna Classics etc. (they originally were Intercord I believe)
- Haydn's quartets op.64 played by a "Caspar da Salo" Quartett (probably a pseudonym) also on PILZ and others. Very beautiful recordings
-  A bunch of Mozart symphonies with Ernest Bour/SWF Orchestra: straightforward, no nonsense interpretations in decent sound, usually found as "Quadro" 4-disc-set
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on June 23, 2014, 05:20:09 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on June 23, 2014, 04:59:12 AM
- Most harpsichord works by Bach (WTC I + II, three sets of suites, inventions, sinfonias, toccatas and also a bunch of little preludes etc.) played by Christine Jaccottet on PILZ, Vienna Classics etc. (they originally were Intercord I believe)
- Haydn's quartets op.64 played by a "Caspar da Salo" Quartett (probably a pseudonym) also on PILZ and others. Very beautiful recordings
-  A bunch of Mozart symphonies with Ernest Bour/SWF Orchestra: straightforward, no nonsense interpretations in decent sound, usually found as "Quadro" 4-disc-set

Another great PILZ recording is Helena Spitkova playing a beautiful Mendelssohn violin concerto, along with the Bruch.

Cheap doesn't mean inferior  :laugh:

Welcome
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on June 23, 2014, 05:23:30 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on June 23, 2014, 04:59:12 AM
Excluding big boxes which are probably the best bargains nowadays I want to mention some good recordings that can be encountered on rather obscure Labels, often in Bargain bins and with minimal presentation. Some of these have been around for 20 years and for some there are also incarnations on "serious" labels, but to my knowledge the recordings are identical

- Most harpsichord works by Bach (WTC I + II, three sets of suites, inventions, sinfonias, toccatas and also a bunch of little preludes etc.) played by Christine Jaccottet on PILZ, Vienna Classics etc. (they originally were Intercord I believe)
- Haydn's quartets op.64 played by a "Caspar da Salo" Quartett (probably a pseudonym) also on PILZ and others. Very beautiful recordings
-  A bunch of Mozart symphonies with Ernest Bour/SWF Orchestra: straightforward, no nonsense interpretations in decent sound, usually found as "Quadro" 4-disc-set

Welcome to GMG, Jo!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on June 23, 2014, 07:04:33 AM
Perhaps not an uber-uber-uber deal, but at less than $130 shipped from the MP it comes out to under $3 a disc, and has me drooling:

[asin]B00IRQS24A[/asin]

Now they just need to release the classical era sequel.  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 23, 2014, 07:09:37 AM
To be found for as little as 70€ something here (http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00IRQS24A/) ... and I just studied its contents again this morning - not too much overlap with what I've got, but due to the custom n*zis and their friends at the post offce, I'll keep waiting, hoping for the price to go down some more eventually - in light of the currenty prices to be found at amazon.it, I hope this isn't waiting in vain. The box does look great, but those 20€ or so of fees that get added to orders of a value or around 50€ or more they do get disproportionate and they do hurt if you have to pay them all the time, so I am patient. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2014, 07:38:17 AM
Quote from: Geo Dude on June 23, 2014, 07:04:33 AM
Perhaps not an uber-uber-uber deal, but at less than $130 shipped from the MP it comes out to under $3 a disc, and has me drooling:

[asin]B00IRQS24A[/asin]

Now they just need to release the classical era sequel.  >:D

No lie! The Classic Era sequel, as you say, would be a peach! Even with overlap. I don't see a contents list in that Baroque one, there might even be enough there to stir my wallet. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 23, 2014, 07:59:03 AM
Look here:
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4786753
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2014, 08:16:29 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 23, 2014, 07:59:03 AM
Look here:
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4786753

Thanks, King. Very interesting. If I were un Barochisti, I would be all over that! Interesting to see the Bach Sohnen listed as Baroque... :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 23, 2014, 08:30:10 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 23, 2014, 07:09:37 AM
To be found for as little as 70€ something here (http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00IRQS24A/) ... and I just studied its contents again this morning - not too much overlap with what I've got, but due to the custom n*zis and their friends at the post offce, I'll keep waiting, hoping for the price to go down some more eventually - in light of the currenty prices to be found at amazon.it, I hope this isn't waiting in vain. The box does look great, but those 20€ or so of fees that get added to orders of a value or around 50€ or more they do get disproportionate and they do hurt if you have to pay them all the time, so I am patient. :)
I got it at half the current price by pre ordering. You never know what will happen to these things. I've bought early and got burned sometimes too. It's a lovely box fwiw ... But you knew that!  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on June 23, 2014, 02:37:10 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2014, 07:38:17 AM
No lie! The Classic Era sequel, as you say, would be a peach! Even with overlap. I don't see a contents list in that Baroque one, there might even be enough there to stir my wallet. :)

8)

A baroque box causing Gurn's wallet to stir?  Truly, 'tis the end of times! ;D

And having just done a quick check I can confirm that the Hogwood Haydn and Mozart symphonies alone would make up a 50 disc box set if they wanted to engage their classical-era material.  If they wanted to be a bit more thorough, Decca could easily head into Brilliant Classics mega-box territory.  Oh, to dream... :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2014, 04:09:08 PM
Quote from: Geo Dude on June 23, 2014, 02:37:10 PM
A baroque box causing Gurn's wallet to stir?  Truly, 'tis the end of times! ;D

And having just done a quick check I can confirm that the Hogwood Haydn and Mozart symphonies alone would make up a 50 disc box set if they wanted to engage their classical-era material.  If they wanted to be a bit more thorough, Decca could easily head into Brilliant Classics mega-box territory.  Oh, to dream... :D

Well, in the event it stayed in my pocket, but still... :)

There are a whole lot of Mozart disks on L'Oiseau Lyre, there are easily 50. I think. Wait, let me go count... :D  Anyway, a Complete Mozart box from them would be a big winner. They have operas too, you know. Even though I have most of it already, I would buy it as a box and sell off my many singles, as long as I kept the liner notes.  :o

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 23, 2014, 04:19:44 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2014, 04:09:08 PM
Well, in the event it stayed in my pocket, but still... :)

There are a whole lot of Mozart disks on L'Oiseau Lyre, there are easily 50. I think. Wait, let me go count... :D  Anyway, a Complete Mozart box from them would be a big winner. They have operas too, you know. Even though I have most of it already, I would buy it as a box and sell off my many singles, as long as I kept the liner notes.  :o

8)

They are supposed to issue a "Classical" as well as an "Early Music/Renaissance" box as sequels to the "Baroque" box, but there was no time table in the announcement I read.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 23, 2014, 04:21:17 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 23, 2014, 08:30:10 AM
I got it at half the current price by pre ordering. You never know what will happen to these things. I've bought early and got burned sometimes too. It's a lovely box fwiw ... But you knew that!  >:D

Yes, I am so glad I pre-ordered that one (at 57 GBP), but I have noticed that the price has fluctuated quite a bit over the last month!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2014, 04:22:15 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 23, 2014, 04:19:44 PM
They are supposed to issue a "Classical" as well as an "Early Music/Renaissance" box as sequels to the "Baroque" box, but there was no time table in the announcement I read.

Ah, good news. It will be interesting to see what they choose. Now that they've stuck JC & CPE Bach in the Baroque, who's left other than Haydn and Mozart? I mean, there are plenty left, of course, but not recorded on L'Oiseau Lyre! :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Geo Dude on June 23, 2014, 07:35:19 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on June 23, 2014, 04:22:15 PM
Ah, good news. It will be interesting to see what they choose. Now that they've stuck JC & CPE Bach in the Baroque, who's left other than Haydn and Mozart? I mean, there are plenty left, of course, but not recorded on L'Oiseau Lyre! :)

8)

Even if they just dumped the symphonies in they'd have a huge box, without ignoring Mozart's choral works and other stuff they recorded. :P  I'm sure they can pull together a big box from Haydn and Mozart, with a bit of Beethoven for flavor.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 23, 2014, 07:47:39 PM
Just ordered it from AmazonItaly.  Total in USD $114 including shipping and no VAT.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 23, 2014, 10:42:24 PM
Quote from: Geo Dude on June 23, 2014, 07:35:19 PM
Even if they just dumped the symphonies in they'd have a huge box, without ignoring Mozart's choral works and other stuff they recorded. :P  I'm sure they can pull together a big box from Haydn and Mozart, with a bit of Beethoven for flavor.

Guess it would, but just as much it would be a pity to have the Mozart without the great booklet! Does the Haydn (or Hogwood's Vivaldi box) come with similarly exhaustive comment?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 24, 2014, 08:03:49 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 23, 2014, 10:42:24 PM
Guess it would, but just as much it would be a pity to have the Mozart without the great booklet! Does the Haydn (or Hogwood's Vivaldi box) come with similarly exhaustive comment?
No, just track listings and a short essay.
But these are wonderful boxes especially Hoggy Haydn.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 24, 2014, 02:56:31 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 24, 2014, 08:03:49 AM
No, just track listings and a short essay.
But these are wonderful boxes especially Hoggy Haydn.
I see ... I think I've got about enough Haydn and Vivaldi for the time being, but one never knows, does one!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on June 24, 2014, 05:05:19 PM
Just received a 'Soldes' e-mail from Abeille Musique. Whilst not up to the halcyon please-relieve-us-of-all-our-Brilliant-Brahms-and-Haydn-boxes-for-a-pittance sales of yore  ;) I did lighten my wallet by 200 euros by picking up :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T8Y38TewL._SX300_.jpg)

for 122 euros,

(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/034571144412.png)

for 28 euros,

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61glUCK5OvL._SY300_.jpg)

for 23 euros and

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516au7z8MTL._SY300_.jpg)

for 9 euros (not to mention a punitive 20 euros to ship to the UK  :'()

http://www.abeillemusique.com/promo/soldes.php (http://www.abeillemusique.com/promo/soldes.php)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 24, 2014, 08:47:44 PM
Quote from: ammar on June 24, 2014, 05:05:19 PM
for 28 euros,

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61glUCK5OvL._SY300_.jpg)
A wonderful set. I collected these one by one, and enjoyed all of them. I hope you do too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 24, 2014, 08:54:39 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on June 24, 2014, 08:47:44 PM
A wonderful set. I collected these one by one, and enjoyed all of them. I hope you do too.
Yes, I was just on the verge on posting something similar. I'm on disc 4 of the set (it has taken me a good time to come this far, but it's not the fault of the music.

And re boxes increasing in price: I bought the Liszt at around 100 Euros at amazon italy a year (or so) ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on June 24, 2014, 11:29:30 PM
.
[asin]B00AOTZ156[/asin]
arrived yesterday for under GBP40 - have only listened to one Schütz disc so far, which is excellent, but looking forward to just about everything in the box.  A few notes for potential purchasers:


Altogether, the best bargain for me (admittedly not a big purchaser) since the Lumières box.

DF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 25, 2014, 04:17:09 AM
Same type of booklet  and nearly the same size as the Living Stereo box (which I just got, have had the Vivarte for some time - Vivarte is a bit smaller ... and yeah, I'm really not sure what's the rationale behind all that "stuffing" ... I prefer the no-nonsense approach Sony took with the Verdi "Great Recordings", Verdi at the Met or Leon Fleisher boxes, for instance - but none of those is quite as big anyway).

I was on the fence for a long time about the Vivarte box, took a price drop to 40€ or so eventually when I went for it. Plenty of good stuff to discover (I guess I've played half to two-thirds of it), but I guess I'm more into it for the rarities than the more widely recorded pieces, where I think my favourites will be other recordings. But really, it's a treasure trove indeed and there's tons of good stuff in it!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 27, 2014, 09:40:35 PM
$55 shipped to the USA from Azon de

[asin]B001DCQIAU[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 28, 2014, 04:00:11 AM
I am not to read this thread. I am not to read this thread. I am not to read this thread. I am not to read this thread. I am not to read ...

Damn!

Phew, glad there's no need for that HvK box  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 28, 2014, 06:05:25 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 28, 2014, 04:00:11 AM
I am not to read this thread. I am not to read this thread. I am not to read this thread. I am not to read this thread. I am not to read ...

Damn!

Phew, glad there's no need for that HvK box  8)
A copy for the car is always useful.
  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 28, 2014, 06:17:53 AM
I don't drive  ;D

Also I'm not too big on Karajan ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 28, 2014, 08:24:02 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 28, 2014, 06:17:53 AM
I don't drive  ;D

Also I'm not too big on Karajan ...

But it is always good to listen to for comparison...   >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 28, 2014, 09:05:14 AM
I don't need it either because I have almost everything.  Missing only the Tchaikovsky, which I want, and the Haydn, which I do not want.  And the Beethoven,  but I have his other two DG cycles.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on June 28, 2014, 09:51:20 AM
And this cycle is the 70s one which isn't the best IMHO
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 28, 2014, 12:38:24 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier - II      Vieru     (3 cds)

Less than $8 on the Amazon MP

[asin] B000F0H4BI[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 28, 2014, 01:27:37 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 28, 2014, 08:24:02 AM
But it is always good to listen to for comparison...   >:D
And they rent cars.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 29, 2014, 04:01:37 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 28, 2014, 08:24:02 AM
But it is always good to listen to for comparison...   >:D
Yeah, I know that ... but I've got so much stuff around, no need for entire boxes where I have a hunch beforehand that I won't be too overjoyed by its contents ...

Quote from: Ken B on June 28, 2014, 01:27:37 PM
And they rent cars.
Why should I rent one if I don't drive? Would I be insured if I wrecked it and some other cars while trying to get out of the parking lot?

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SI72Qn7mM5Y/TQczMvz2Z0I/AAAAAAAAA9Q/vXQsucI9Ygs/s1600/Matthew%2BBarney%2B-%2BCremaster%2B3%2Bpt.I%2B%25282002%2529.avi_002038121.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on June 29, 2014, 10:23:10 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 29, 2014, 04:01:37 AM
Yeah, I know that ... but I've got so much stuff around, no need for entire boxes where I have a hunch beforehand that I won't be too overjoyed by its contents ...

Without taking a position on Karajan, I completely agree with this in principle. I'm not interested in buying something just to pad my disc count.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 30, 2014, 09:53:46 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 27, 2014, 09:40:35 PM
$55 shipped to the USA from Azon de

[asin]B001DCQIAU[/asin]

I just found a used copy on Amazon in Very Good condition for $19. Maybe it's a mis-price. But I gave it a go. I have the Karajan EMI and 60s boxes, but I can't seem to muster up the enthusiasm to plunk down a couple of c-notes on the 70s box. This will probably give me all the 70s I really need.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 01, 2014, 11:41:43 AM
In case you want to own additional cycles of the warhorses the Zinman Box (50 cd) is now available at Amazon.UK for about 43 GBP (lowest so far). After VAT deduction it comes out to about 39 GBP to the US w/ shipping. I have all his Beethoven and Mahler so I will nix this. However, it seems like a great deal and a SDCB item.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Symphonies-Zurich-1995-2014-Limited/dp/B00I0IL3FA (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Symphonies-Zurich-1995-2014-Limited/dp/B00I0IL3FA)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71aBFnqQLyL._SL1500_.jpg)

DISC 1-13:
Beethoven: Symphonies, Concertos, Overtures,
Missa Solemnis
DISC 14-16:
Brahms: Complete Symphonies
DISC 17:
Haydn, Hummel, David Wagenseil
Concertos for Trumpet & Trombone
DISC 18-33:
Mahler: Complete Symphonies, Das Lied von der Erde
DISC 34-35:
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos, Haffner Serenade
DISC 36-40:
Schubert: Complete Symphonies, Rondo, Polonaise, Concert Piece D Major
DISC 41-42:
Schumann: Complete Symphonies
DISC 43-49:
Richard Strauss: Orchestral Works
Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor (1957)
DISC 50:
Wagner: Scenes & Orchestral Pieces
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 01, 2014, 11:53:24 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 01, 2014, 11:41:43 AM
In case you want to own additional cycles of the warhorses the Zinman Box (50 cd) is now available at Amazon.UK for about 43 GBP (lowest so far). After VAT deduction it comes out to about 39 GBP to the US w/ shipping. I have all his Beethoven and Mahler so I will nix this. However, it seems like a great deal and a SDCB item.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Symphonies-Zurich-1995-2014-Limited/dp/B00I0IL3FA (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Symphonies-Zurich-1995-2014-Limited/dp/B00I0IL3FA)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71aBFnqQLyL._SL1500_.jpg)

DISC 1-13:
Beethoven: Symphonies, Concertos, Overtures,
Missa Solemnis
DISC 14-16:
Brahms: Complete Symphonies
DISC 17:
Haydn, Hummel, David Wagenseil
Concertos for Trumpet & Trombone
DISC 18-33:
Mahler: Complete Symphonies, Das Lied von der Erde
DISC 34-35:
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos, Haffner Serenade
DISC 36-40:
Schubert: Complete Symphonies, Rondo, Polonaise, Concert Piece D Major
DISC 41-42:
Schumann: Complete Symphonies
DISC 43-49:
Richard Strauss: Orchestral Works
Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor (1957)
DISC 50:
Wagner: Scenes & Orchestral Pieces

Periodically here we have cage-match death struggles over his Beethoven. It is excellent.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on July 01, 2014, 02:37:37 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 01, 2014, 11:41:43 AM
In case you want to own additional cycles of the warhorses the Zinman Box (50 cd) is now available at Amazon.UK for about 43 GBP (lowest so far). After VAT deduction it comes out to about 39 GBP to the US w/ shipping. I have all his Beethoven and Mahler so I will nix this. However, it seems like a great deal and a SDCB item.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Symphonies-Zurich-1995-2014-Limited/dp/B00I0IL3FA (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Symphonies-Zurich-1995-2014-Limited/dp/B00I0IL3FA)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71aBFnqQLyL._SL1500_.jpg)

DISC 1-13:
Beethoven: Symphonies, Concertos, Overtures,
Missa Solemnis
DISC 14-16:
Brahms: Complete Symphonies
DISC 17:
Haydn, Hummel, David Wagenseil
Concertos for Trumpet & Trombone
DISC 18-33:
Mahler: Complete Symphonies, Das Lied von der Erde
DISC 34-35:
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos, Haffner Serenade
DISC 36-40:
Schubert: Complete Symphonies, Rondo, Polonaise, Concert Piece D Major
DISC 41-42:
Schumann: Complete Symphonies
DISC 43-49:
Richard Strauss: Orchestral Works
Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor (1957)
DISC 50:
Wagner: Scenes & Orchestral Pieces

Oooh, I'm a fan of Zinman and Tonhalle.  This looks tantalizing!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 01, 2014, 10:44:50 PM
I have but the Ludwig van ... this surely is tempting!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 02, 2014, 04:55:41 AM
Quote from: king ubu on July 01, 2014, 10:44:50 PM
I have but the Ludwig van ... this surely is tempting!
Hometown band ...  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 02, 2014, 05:02:23 AM
Quote from: Ken B on July 02, 2014, 04:55:41 AM
Hometown band ...  >:D
I know ... but as I've only turned to classical seriously only two years back, I've not been able to attend too many concerts - and I nearly missed Zinman (who will quite at the end of this 2013/14 season). Saw him conduct the Brahms violin concerto with Frank Peter Zimmermann and the Jupiter symphony. Not too shabby, but really, Zimmermann was what it was all about!

But no, I won't give in this time ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 04, 2014, 02:22:04 AM
This looks like a great deal and a SDCB as it is only $54 at Amazon.
A collection of Strauss' operas on DVD from Arthaus. Any thoughts on this set?

[asin] B00HDE45HA[/asin]

http://arthaus-musik.com/dvd/sondereditionen/media/details/the_richard_strauss_collection.html (http://arthaus-musik.com/dvd/sondereditionen/media/details/the_richard_strauss_collection.html)

Brief video clip at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdmMaTMC8A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdmMaTMC8A)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdmMaTMC8A


Salome (Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2007)
Iris Vermillion, Nadja Michael, Falk Struckmann, Peter Bronder / Daniel Harding / Luc Bondy

Elektra (Wiener Staatsoper, 1989)
Cheryl Studer, Brigitte Fassbaender, Eva Marton, Franz Grundheber, James King / Claudio Abbado / Harry Kupfer

Der Rosenkavalier (Bayerische Staatsoper, 1979)
Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Francisco Araiza / Carlos Kleiber / Otto Schenk

Ariadne auf Naxos (Salzburger Festspiele, 1965)
Sena Jurinac, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas / Karl Böhm / Günther Rennert

Die Frau ohne Schatten (Aichi Art Theatre, Nagoya, Japan, 1992)
Peter Seiffert, Luana DeVol, Alan Titus, Janis Martin, Marjana Lipovek / Wolfgang Sawallisch / Ennosuke Ichikawa

Die Liebe der Danae (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2011)
Manuela Uhl, Mark Delavan, Matthias Klink / Andrew Litton / Kirsten Harms

Capriccio (Opéra national de Paris, 2004)
Renée Fleming, Rainer Trost, Gerald Finley, Franz Hawlata, Anne Sofie von Otter / Ulf Schirmer / Robert Carsen
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 04, 2014, 09:29:43 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 04, 2014, 02:22:04 AM
This looks like a great deal and a SDCB as it is only $54 at Amazon.
A collection of Strauss' operas on DVD from Arthaus. Any thoughts on this set?

[asin] B00HDE45HA[/asin]

http://arthaus-musik.com/dvd/sondereditionen/media/details/the_richard_strauss_collection.html (http://arthaus-musik.com/dvd/sondereditionen/media/details/the_richard_strauss_collection.html)

Brief video clip at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdmMaTMC8A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdmMaTMC8A)


Salome (Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2007)
Iris Vermillion, Nadja Michael, Falk Struckmann, Peter Bronder / Daniel Harding / Luc Bondy

Elektra (Wiener Staatsoper, 1989)
Cheryl Studer, Brigitte Fassbaender, Eva Marton, Franz Grundheber, James King / Claudio Abbado / Harry Kupfer

Der Rosenkavalier (Bayerische Staatsoper, 1979)
Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Francisco Araiza / Carlos Kleiber / Otto Schenk

Ariadne auf Naxos (Salzburger Festspiele, 1965)
Sena Jurinac, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas / Karl Böhm / Günther Rennert

Die Frau ohne Schatten (Aichi Art Theatre, Nagoya, Japan, 1992)
Peter Seiffert, Luana DeVol, Alan Titus, Janis Martin, Marjana Lipovek / Wolfgang Sawallisch / Ennosuke Ichikawa

Die Liebe der Danae (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2011)
Manuela Uhl, Mark Delavan, Matthias Klink / Andrew Litton / Kirsten Harms

Capriccio (Opéra national de Paris, 2004)
Renée Fleming, Rainer Trost, Gerald Finley, Franz Hawlata, Anne Sofie von Otter / Ulf Schirmer / Robert Carsen

I haven't seen any of these myself. And getting any bearings from the YouTube clips is tough.

What I can say that might be helpful is musically I'd think the Sawallisch and Schirmer should be good as I actually own both of their commercial recordings of these works on CD (cast/orchestra totally different, however) and they are genuinely first-rate recordings. Recommendable without question (though Böhm's Capriccio is still hard to beat on CD). So at least they both know their way around the respective scores.

Böhm is also a fine Straussian but on CD his Strauss opera recordings can be hampered by indifferent sound (Capriccio excepted), since many are live and many are from the early days of stereo (commercial release wasn't necessarily a consideration anyway in many cases). The YouTube clip here gives the impression of much the same. But it might be worth the gamble.

I'm not the biggest Abbado fan and I have no idea of his credentials in Strauss (has he recorded much?) but one aspect of his output on CD I've never been afraid of is his opera recordings. I've found the stage to bring out the best in him on disc (never heard him live) and I'd be very tempted to buy anything Straussian (opera) by him were it available on CD. So take that FWIW.

As for Carlos Kleiber I'd take a risk on him in anything any day (the only exception perhaps being his DG Beethoven). And his cast here looks fantastic!

Speaking of the casts, the singers throughout this set are no doubt of the front ranks (at least of those I've heard), so at least that should bring some peace of mind. Whether they're in good voice and have been sympathetically caught by the microphones is another matter.

And speaking of microphone pickup, one of the toughest things to do even under studio conditions is finding the sweet spot between orchestra and singers. Balance is key. I run from recordings in which there's inadequate orchestral presentation vis-à-vis the singers. And Strauss is about as complex as it gets with his orchestrations. So the big question for me is just how successful is the audio portion of these videos when it comes to balance. I can't help with that, which is no help at all, but it's something to consider.   

 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 04, 2014, 02:34:08 PM
Period Mozart under $16

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 04, 2014, 02:43:34 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 04, 2014, 02:34:08 PM
Period Mozart under $16

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Found those recoings in a previous incarnation a heavy disappointment: brash, abrasive, pushed over the top.

Harnoncourt did set out to turn these works is something they are not, he definitely failed IMO... ::)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 04, 2014, 03:18:08 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 04, 2014, 02:22:04 AM
This looks like a great deal and a SDCB as it is only $54 at Amazon.
A collection of Strauss' operas on DVD from Arthaus. Any thoughts on this set?

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  couldn't resist.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 04, 2014, 06:04:24 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on July 04, 2014, 03:18:08 PM
  couldn't resist.

>:D

I couldn't either...    :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 04, 2014, 07:16:20 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on July 04, 2014, 03:18:08 PM
  couldn't resist.

(http://www.minimegeology.com/shop/wpimages/Geyser_Old_Faithful_small.jpg)

Quote from: Moonfish on July 04, 2014, 06:04:24 PM
>:D

I couldn't either...    :'(


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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 04, 2014, 10:02:23 PM
The Abeille sale has a few sets at a good price:
1. Stanislaw Skrowaczewski 28 disc set (including all Bruckner) for EUR 33 (or 27 no VAT)
2. Wagner Ring Keilberth for EUR 70 (or 59 no VAT)
3. Hungerford Beethoven Legacy EUR 11/9.5
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on July 05, 2014, 12:51:08 AM
Price at amazon.ca $Cdn 66.46 might be a bit higher than the American price converted, but it includes shipping in Canada.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 05, 2014, 12:56:36 AM
The SEON collection is hovering around the 130 Euro mark....

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71AnfZnc8HL._SL1500_.jpg)

https://pricenoia.com/seon-collection

Hard call - get in early or not?  ???  ::)

It can sometimes be a smart thing, the last time around I got the Rosss/Scarlatti set (now reissued for a 2nd time) for the "introductory price". It did not ever return to that price level for several years.....

Q


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 05, 2014, 01:02:32 AM
Quote from: Que on July 05, 2014, 12:56:36 AM
The SEON collection is hovering around the 130 Euro mark....

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71AnfZnc8HL._SL1500_.jpg)

https://pricenoia.com/seon-collection

Hard call - get in early or not?  ???  ::)

It can sometimes be a smart thing, the last time around I got the Rosss/Scarlatti set (now reissued for a 2nd time) for the "introductory price". It did not ever return to that price level for several years.....

Q
I have; at amazon UK.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 05, 2014, 01:46:09 AM
Quote from: The new erato on July 05, 2014, 01:02:32 AM
I have; at amazon UK.

Can you cancel before dispatch? :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 05, 2014, 02:08:30 AM
I think so.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 05, 2014, 11:14:03 AM
Quote from: Que on July 05, 2014, 01:46:09 AM
Can you cancel before dispatch? :)

Q

Definitely - I do it all the time.   :)
As long as it is from the main Amazon unit as it is harder to cancel MP sellers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 05, 2014, 01:42:46 PM
I'm going to wait on this one, I think.  There are a lot of SEON discs in the Vivarte and Leonhardt boxes, and those can be had for rates that average less than $1 per disc--suggesting they leased the rights for a very low price to Sony.  Perhaps the price of this box will also become very low?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 05, 2014, 11:52:15 PM
I used to be shy on piano music and baroque, but with all these big boxes, I'm top-heavy on both. Time for other focuses for a while.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 06, 2014, 12:06:33 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on July 05, 2014, 01:42:46 PM
I'm going to wait on this one, I think.  There are a lot of SEON discs in the Vivarte and Leonhardt boxes, and those can be had for rates that average less than $1 per disc--suggesting they leased the rights for a very low price to Sony.  Perhaps the price of this box will also become very low?

SEON, once upon a time started by Philips (hence the many Dutch artists) as their Early Music and Baroque label, was passed on the CBS and that is how the catalogue finally ended up in the hands of Sony.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 06, 2014, 01:14:42 AM
Quote from: Que on July 06, 2014, 12:06:33 AM
SEON, once upon a time started by Philips (hence the many Dutch artists) as their Early Music and Baroque label, was passed on the CBS and that is how the catalogue finally ended up in the hands of Sony.

Q

  Oh, so completely owned by Sony.  Better yet (as far as possible cheapness goes)--Sony's Perahia and Giulini boxes, as well as the Vivarte, are stupid cheap.  I'm going to try to stay patient on this one and see what happens 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 06, 2014, 01:31:41 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on July 06, 2014, 01:14:42 AM
  Oh, so completely owned by Sony.  Better yet (as far as possible cheapness goes)--Sony's Perahia and Giulini boxes, as well as the Vivarte, are stupid cheap.  I'm going to try to stay patient on this one and see what happens 8)

After some contemplation, and meditation on the nature of CDCDCD, I decided to bide my time as well... :D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Octave on July 06, 2014, 01:53:43 AM
Quote from: Que on July 06, 2014, 01:31:41 AM
After some contemplation, and meditation on the nature of CDCDCD, I decided to bide my time as well... :D

This is good, we will all weep together when we miss the bargain.   :laugh:
I put the box in my Amazon UK cart and moved it to 'saved', like, five times; finally totally removed it so it would be out of my sight.

This could become like a CDCDCD delayed-gratification arms race.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 06, 2014, 02:00:37 AM
AND I still NEED the Frans Brüggen Edition, AND the Gustav Leonhardt Edition on Teldec...... :o ??? ???

Q :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on July 06, 2014, 05:25:22 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 04, 2014, 10:02:23 PM
The Abeille sale has a few sets at a good price:
1. Stanislaw Skrowaczewski 28 disc set (including all Bruckner) for EUR 33 (or 27 no VAT)
2. Wagner Ring Keilberth for EUR 70 (or 59 no VAT)
3. Hungerford Beethoven Legacy EUR 11/9.5

  Oh my God!! I don't believe it! That's the Keilberth 1955 on Testament! I paid 100 pounds for mine!

  What can I say but: GRAB IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT!!!!!!

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 06, 2014, 06:14:09 AM
Quote from: Octave on July 06, 2014, 01:53:43 AM
This is good, we will all weep together when we miss the bargain.   :laugh:
I put the box in my Amazon UK cart and moved it to 'saved', like, five times; finally totally removed it so it would be out of my sight.

This could become like a CDCDCD delayed-gratification arms race.
As a further motivation to wait,  remember that a large clump of those recordings have appeared in the smaller Vivarte/Sony boxes,  so there will be a number of duplications.  Of course,  an even larger clump has not...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 06, 2014, 08:08:53 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on July 06, 2014, 01:14:42 AM
  Oh, so completely owned by Sony.  Better yet (as far as possible cheapness goes)--Sony's Perahia and Giulini boxes, as well as the Vivarte, are stupid cheap.  I'm going to try to stay patient on this one and see what happens 8)
The Ma box too. I think they over produced and so there are inventories out there.
Anyone who does not have Perahia, you,ll never find a better deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on July 06, 2014, 08:30:15 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on July 06, 2014, 01:14:42 AM
  Oh, so completely owned by Sony.  Better yet (as far as possible cheapness goes)--Sony's Perahia and Giulini boxes, as well as the Vivarte, are stupid cheap.  I'm going to try to stay patient on this one and see what happens 8)

Quote from: Que on July 06, 2014, 01:31:41 AM
After some contemplation, and meditation on the nature of CDCDCD, I decided to bide my time as well... :D

Q

You are disappointing me, guys. You're losing the point: there are very few important things in life and this SEON collection is one of them.  :D These are the true modern origins of HIP interpretation, the opportunity to listen to Leonhardt carefully training a complete new generation of HIP performers and interplaying with them. I own around 30 of those discs, but I won't wait a minute to get this box.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 06, 2014, 11:03:27 AM
Quote from: Gordo on July 06, 2014, 08:30:15 AM
You are disappointing me, guys. You're losing the point: there are very few important things in life and this SEON collection is one of them.  :D These are the true modern origins of HIP interpretation, the opportunity to listen to Leonhardt carefully training a complete new generation of HIP performers and interplaying with them. I own around 30 of those discs, but I won't wait a minute to get this box.   :)

Go, Gordo!!!!         :) :) :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 06, 2014, 02:06:25 PM
Quote from: Gordo on July 06, 2014, 08:30:15 AM
You are disappointing me, guys. You're losing the point: there are very few important things in life and this SEON collection is one of them.  :D These are the true modern origins of HIP interpretation, the opportunity to listen to Leonhardt carefully training a complete new generation of HIP performers and interplaying with them. I own around 30 of those discs, but I won't wait a minute to get this box.   :)

  And of course even at "high" prices, it's still under $2 a disc, which no reasonable person can object to.   Still, I have so many unlistened-to discs that I desperately need reasons to not buy stuff.  I bought the Perahia for $150, which was a steal, but now when it can be had for half that or less, it still rankles a bit.  If Sony would rather virtually give timeless art away than sell it, I will wait and give them the chance.  In the meantime, I have lots of Seon stuff to get by on...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minimal music on July 06, 2014, 03:59:19 PM
Another interesting one

Celibidache 2 - Anton Bruckner boxset (12 CD) - EUR 20.59 @ Amazon.fr

See:
http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B005HYNCTK/ref=s9_hps_bw_g15_i3?pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=0DJSPYA92TCFGKMQDAT7&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=507622207&p
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 09, 2014, 11:48:34 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 04, 2014, 02:22:04 AM
This looks like a great deal and a SDCB as it is only $54 at Amazon.
A collection of Strauss' operas on DVD from Arthaus. Any thoughts on this set?

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http://arthaus-musik.com/dvd/sondereditionen/media/details/the_richard_strauss_collection.html (http://arthaus-musik.com/dvd/sondereditionen/media/details/the_richard_strauss_collection.html)

Brief video clip at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdmMaTMC8A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdmMaTMC8A)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdmMaTMC8A


Salome (Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2007)
Iris Vermillion, Nadja Michael, Falk Struckmann, Peter Bronder / Daniel Harding / Luc Bondy

Elektra (Wiener Staatsoper, 1989)
Cheryl Studer, Brigitte Fassbaender, Eva Marton, Franz Grundheber, James King / Claudio Abbado / Harry Kupfer

Der Rosenkavalier (Bayerische Staatsoper, 1979)
Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Francisco Araiza / Carlos Kleiber / Otto Schenk

Ariadne auf Naxos (Salzburger Festspiele, 1965)
Sena Jurinac, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas / Karl Böhm / Günther Rennert

Die Frau ohne Schatten (Aichi Art Theatre, Nagoya, Japan, 1992)
Peter Seiffert, Luana DeVol, Alan Titus, Janis Martin, Marjana Lipovek / Wolfgang Sawallisch / Ennosuke Ichikawa

Die Liebe der Danae (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2011)
Manuela Uhl, Mark Delavan, Matthias Klink / Andrew Litton / Kirsten Harms

Capriccio (Opéra national de Paris, 2004)
Renée Fleming, Rainer Trost, Gerald Finley, Franz Hawlata, Anne Sofie von Otter / Ulf Schirmer / Robert Carsen


FYI in terms of the physical format
This is a giant box (LP style similar to Bernstein/Walter/Wand) and a huge space waster in an effort to accommodate a Strauss "book" (more like a large booklet). 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 09, 2014, 01:09:30 PM
Btw, my order for the Günter Wand box didn't come through ... not sure if it was really lost or never sent out (can you ever tell with those cheeky MP vendors?).
However, it turns out ordering from amazon.it now is even a bit cheaper. Crossing fingers (it's been "shipping soon" for a few days by now (which seems more and more common with orders from evil A).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 09, 2014, 01:13:50 PM
Quote from: king ubu on July 09, 2014, 01:09:30 PM
Btw, my order for the Günter Wand box didn't come through ... not sure if it was really lost or never sent out (can you ever tell with those cheeky MP vendors?).
However, it turns out ordering from amazon.it now is even a bit cheaper. Crossing fingers (it's been "shipping soon" for a few days by now (which seems more and more common with orders from evil A).

Amazon.it has great prices, but the shipping to the US kills the deal very quickly...      >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 09, 2014, 02:39:54 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 09, 2014, 01:13:50 PM
Amazon.it has great prices, but the shipping to the US kills the deal very quickly...      >:( >:( >:(
Yes. I paid more to ship that Markovina box than it cost, as I expect did you. Worth it though!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 09, 2014, 10:29:39 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 09, 2014, 02:39:54 PM
Yes. I paid more to ship that Markovina box than it cost, as I expect did you. Worth it though!

Yes, but that was a mega super-duper nova bargain.   :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 10, 2014, 04:34:11 AM
I get free shipping from .it  :)

As for Markovina - modern piano, right?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on July 10, 2014, 04:40:21 AM
Quote from: king ubu on July 10, 2014, 04:34:11 AMAs for Markovina - modern piano, right?
Yes. That's why I didn't get it when it was offered for a ridiculously low price. Now, excuse me, I'll have to go flog myself..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 10, 2014, 06:20:00 AM
Quote from: North Star on July 10, 2014, 04:40:21 AM
Yes. That's why I didn't get it when it was offered for a ridiculously low price. Now, excuse me, I'll have to go flog myself..
I didn't even have my eyes on it - what was that low price then? I think to me it might be overkill, though. I have some CPE Bach on harpsichord and might get some more (don't have anything in mind right now though), but 26 discs ... I'm surely not turning to self-flagellation because of this  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on July 10, 2014, 06:23:58 AM
Quote from: king ubu on July 10, 2014, 06:20:00 AM
I didn't even have my eyes on it - what was that low price then? I think to me it might be overkill, though. I have some CPE Bach on harpsichord and might get some more (don't have anything in mind right now though), but 26 discs ... I'm surely not turning to self-flagellation because of this  ;D
Fortepiano is what I want for CPE Bach. It was something like 17 €, but I don't remember if that was with or without shipping..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 10, 2014, 06:40:33 AM
Okay, that's so damn cheap, I might have gone for it ... so I guess in hindsight I'm glad I missed it!  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on July 10, 2014, 06:46:49 AM
Quote from: North Star on July 10, 2014, 06:23:58 AM
Fortepiano is what I want for CPE Bach.

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

I don't know if ever has existed a more experimental age in matter of keyboards than the second half of the XVIII Century.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on July 10, 2014, 06:57:12 AM
Quote from: Gordo on July 10, 2014, 06:46:49 AM
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!

QuoteI 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..)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on July 10, 2014, 07:05:11 AM
Quote from: North Star on July 10, 2014, 06:57:12 AM
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.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on July 10, 2014, 07:46:29 AM
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:

(http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/031/801/0003180116_350.jpg)

Anton Bruckner: The Collection, 20-CD set.

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




   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 10, 2014, 10:15:31 AM
Quote from: king ubu on July 10, 2014, 06:40:33 AM
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.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on July 11, 2014, 09:30:46 AM
Vivarte Collection box set now priced at £29.50 on Amazon UK

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

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 11, 2014, 09:59:30 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 10, 2014, 10:15:31 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 12, 2014, 10:23:59 PM
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 (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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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 12, 2014, 10:42:49 PM
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 (http://www.amazon.de/Meisterwerke-Barock-Limited-Edition-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=pd_sim_m_29?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YNY2WYK7GCM8VJGZTEB)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N1Fe07jWL.jpg)

"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"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 15, 2014, 05:17:14 AM
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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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 15, 2014, 05:36:15 AM
The Hogwood complete Haydn symphonies is $65 shipped from Amazon UK (after the VAT is removed).  For comparison, it's $245 from US Amazon...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 16, 2014, 12:34:54 AM
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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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 16, 2014, 02:13:28 AM
The Scott Ross 34 disc complete Scarlatti is now 49.99 Euros from Amazon.de    Pretty good price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 17, 2014, 06:52:52 PM
Abeille has some good prices

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 18, 2014, 12:04:14 AM
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 (http://www.amazon.de/Beethoven-Alle-Meisterwerke-Box-mit/dp/B000NDEMAI/ref=pd_sim_m_33?ie=UTF8&refRID=02XHZWZV4F0KCS1PM927)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VnDaXIv1L.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 18, 2014, 05:30:03 AM
Quote from: Ken B on July 17, 2014, 06:52:52 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 18, 2014, 05:44:53 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on July 16, 2014, 02:13:28 AM
The Scott Ross 34 disc complete Scarlatti is now 49.99 Euros from Amazon.de    Pretty good price.

Same price at JPC de
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 18, 2014, 05:45:55 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 18, 2014, 12:04:14 AM
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 (http://www.amazon.de/Beethoven-Alle-Meisterwerke-Box-mit/dp/B000NDEMAI/ref=pd_sim_m_33?ie=UTF8&refRID=02XHZWZV4F0KCS1PM927)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VnDaXIv1L.jpg)


I have this box, and apart from one or two discs, this is a fabulous set. For this price its a must.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on July 18, 2014, 07:29:37 AM
Quote from: Harry's on July 18, 2014, 05:45:55 AM

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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 18, 2014, 07:37:50 AM
Quote from: king ubu on July 18, 2014, 05:30:03 AM
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.  :D But when ordering through Azon I have found them, FabulousCD, quite good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on July 19, 2014, 05:18:16 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 18, 2014, 12:04:14 AM
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 (http://www.amazon.de/Beethoven-Alle-Meisterwerke-Box-mit/dp/B000NDEMAI/ref=pd_sim_m_33?ie=UTF8&refRID=02XHZWZV4F0KCS1PM927)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VnDaXIv1L.jpg)
Quote from: Harry's on July 18, 2014, 05:45:55 AM

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

Quote from: (: premont :) on July 18, 2014, 07:29:37 AM
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
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on July 19, 2014, 05:45:07 AM
We could save ourselves a lot of unnecessary trouble by merging this thread with the CDCDCD thread, don't you think?  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 19, 2014, 05:50:52 AM
I am cured of this bug, the average amount I spend is 100 euros a month. That is in part because I have all music that interest me. And looking very carefully at certain deals. There are still a few I want to purchase like the SEON box, or the Mahler box with Zinman, or the box of Melartin symphonies, and of course the L'oiseau-Lyre box, and the Complete Bach organ works by Christopher Herrick,  and euhmmm the box with all the violin concertos by Viotti, and about 60 Albany CD'S, after I purchased all the Duttons I wanted to have, so I am cured, most definitively, wouldn't you say :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on July 19, 2014, 05:53:49 AM
Quote from: springrite on July 19, 2014, 05:45:07 AM
We could save ourselves a lot of unnecessary trouble by merging this thread with the CDCDCD thread, don't you think?  ;)

  But what of my diagnosis? I presented my case on the CDCDCD thread and was diagnosed with OOPP (Out of Print phobia) and not CDCDCD. Have I been infected? What is to become of me?

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on July 19, 2014, 05:54:34 AM
Quote from: Harry's on July 19, 2014, 05:50:52 AM
I am cured of this bug, the average amount I spend is 100 euros a month. That is in part because I have all music that interest me. And looking very carefully at certain deals. There are still a few I want to purchase like the SEON box, or the Mahler box with Zinman, or the box of Melartin symphonies, and of course the L'oiseau-Lyre box, and the Complete Bach organ works by Christopher Herrick,  and euhmmm the box with all the violin concertos by Viotti, and about 60 Albany CD'S, after I purchased all the Duttons I wanted to have, so I am cured, most definitively, wouldn't you say :laugh:

We plan to take Kimi to see your collection in 2018.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on July 19, 2014, 05:55:37 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on July 19, 2014, 05:53:49 AM
  But what of my diagnosis? I presented my case on the CDCDCD thread and was diagnosed with OOPP (Out of Print phobia) and not CDCDCD. Have I been infected? What is to become of me?

  marvin

The American Psychological Association has decided to merge the two diagnosis. I fought against it but it was to no avail due to the fact that I do not have member status.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 19, 2014, 05:57:11 AM
Quote from: springrite on July 19, 2014, 05:54:34 AM
We plan to take Kimi to see your collection in 2018.

She will be a grown up woman by then, but I have to say that I am looking forwards meeting her, and you and your wife. Both of you can visit Groningen, and Kimi and I listen to music ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on July 19, 2014, 06:03:00 AM
Quote from: springrite on July 19, 2014, 05:55:37 AM
The American Psychological Association has decided to merge the two diagnosis. I fought against it but it was to no avail due to the fact that I do not have member status.

.................. and so it shall be!

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 19, 2014, 06:55:05 AM
Quote from: Harry's on July 19, 2014, 05:50:52 AM
I am cured of this bug, the average amount I spend is 100 euros a month. That is in part because I have all music that interest me. And looking very carefully at certain deals. There are still a few I want to purchase like the SEON box, or the Mahler box with Zinman, or the box of Melartin symphonies, and of course the L'oiseau-Lyre box, and the Complete Bach organ works by Christopher Herrick,  and euhmmm the box with all the violin concertos by Viotti, and about 60 Albany CD'S, after I purchased all the Duttons I wanted to have, so I am cured, most definitively, wouldn't you say :laugh:

http://youtu.be/zKhEw7nD9C4 (http://youtu.be/zKhEw7nD9C4)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on July 19, 2014, 07:41:00 AM
Quote from: Harry's on July 19, 2014, 05:50:52 AM
I am cured of this bug, the average amount I spend is 100 euros a month.
Some would not consider themselves cured at this level. I guess it is all relative...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on July 19, 2014, 07:51:22 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on July 19, 2014, 07:41:00 AM
Some would not consider themselves cured at this level. I guess it is all relative...

Now Harry is spending in a week/month what he used to do in a day/hour, he can be considered cured... relatively speaking.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 19, 2014, 10:31:54 AM
If someone needs encouragement about the Horowitz Carnegie Hall and Album Jacket boxes, I am officially giving you the nudge. I've been listening to these lately, and at first I thought, "That's an awful lot of Horowitz and a lot of duplication of repertoire." But as I listen, I realize that he was a totally spontaneous musician. Even though there are a dozen Carmen variations spread throughout the boxes, they are all different. In the Rubinstein box there were overall shifts in tone and mood as time went on, but with Horowitz, every single performance is like starting from scratch and reinventing it on the spot. I can see how people who have ideas about a "perfect performance" might not like that, but for me as a person who wants to hear the performer as much as the composer, it's a real treat.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on July 20, 2014, 01:29:52 AM
Wow Wow Wow!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vLAJPH0JL.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 20, 2014, 02:13:22 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on July 20, 2014, 01:29:52 AM
Wow Wow Wow!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vLAJPH0JL.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Yea, wow. I remember spending about 400 Euros for this 18 years ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on July 20, 2014, 04:07:33 AM
Quote from: springrite on July 19, 2014, 07:51:22 AM
Now Harry is spending in a week/month what he used to do in a day/hour, he can be considered cured... relatively speaking.
Sure.
I never really worked it out (self protection), but I guess that "at the worst" I might have spent up to 200 EUR/month. Now I try to stay below or around 50 and often try not to buy anything at all for at least 2-3 weeks. If I consider how many CDs I have in my shelves, I should not buy anything at all for 2-3 years, but...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 20, 2014, 04:49:32 AM
Same here. My purchasing activity have dropped significantly the last 3 months, and I guess it will stay that way except for the occasional big box if it contains interesting repertoire.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 20, 2014, 06:04:29 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on July 20, 2014, 01:29:52 AM
Wow Wow Wow!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vLAJPH0JL.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
wow is right. Thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: niknala on July 20, 2014, 07:53:15 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on July 20, 2014, 01:29:52 AM
Wow Wow Wow!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vLAJPH0JL.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

I suppose that 58 center per CD isn't too bad.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on July 20, 2014, 10:01:14 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on July 20, 2014, 01:29:52 AM
Wow Wow Wow!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vLAJPH0JL.jpg)

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B000RZOR2U/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Merci, Orpheus. It cost as much as two CDs cost when I first started listening to classical, so je l'ai acheté.

amazon.fr also gave a 5 EUR credit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 20, 2014, 10:16:01 AM
I really don't need another complete Cantata set, but I can't let that go by. $35 shipped to the US!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on July 20, 2014, 11:45:45 AM
Quote from: The new erato on July 20, 2014, 02:13:22 AM
Yea, wow. I remember spending about 400 Euros for this 18 years ago.

  Wow indeed! I spent £100 on mine 8 years ago!

   It's a wonderful set  :) and at that WOW price......... Grab it and run!

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 20, 2014, 11:58:40 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on July 20, 2014, 11:45:45 AM
  Wow indeed! I spent £100 on mine 8 years ago!

   It's a wonderful set  :) and at that WOW price......... Grab it and run!

  marvin

Yep, spent $140 for mine. This a is a super bargain for sure! Is the Amazon algorithm being silly?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on July 20, 2014, 12:04:29 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 20, 2014, 11:58:40 AM
Yep, spent $140 for mine. This a is a super bargain for sure! Is the Amazon algorithm being silly?

The algorithm often makes these mistakes, then cancels orders the next day. We'll see what happens.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 20, 2014, 05:45:36 PM
It says 170 Euros now (instead of 17--looks like someone just dropped a zero).  We'll have to see if they'll make good on our orders.  If it was an Amazon mistake, I'd think it was very probable, but as it is an associated seller, I am skeptical they can take that big of a hit...we'll soon know, I guess.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 20, 2014, 06:09:04 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on July 20, 2014, 05:45:36 PM
It says 170 Euros now (instead of 17--looks like someone just dropped a zero).  We'll have to see if they'll make good on our orders.  If it was an Amazon mistake, I'd think it was very probable, but as it is an associated seller, I am skeptical they can take that big of a hit...we'll soon know, I guess.

'Twas Amazon.fr itself.

See BB, had you given me your credit card number and authority to hold such purchases for you, you'd have one on order!

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on July 20, 2014, 06:22:54 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on July 20, 2014, 05:45:36 PM
It says 170 Euros now (instead of 17--looks like someone just dropped a zero).  We'll have to see if they'll make good on our orders.  If it was an Amazon mistake, I'd think it was very probable, but as it is an associated seller, I am skeptical they can take that big of a hit...we'll soon know, I guess.

I ordered it in order to give it as a gift. So if they cancel my order, it won't be a great tragedy.

After all, I already have the same box under discussion (acquired several years ago for around $250) and the Bach Edition on Teldec which also includes the complete cantatas.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 20, 2014, 06:26:51 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 20, 2014, 06:09:04 PM
'Twas Amazon.fr itself.

See BB, had you given me your credit card number and authority to hold such purchases for you, you'd have one on order!

  When I clicked the link, it took me to a list of sellers, and one was 17 Euros...anyway, it's ordered, and I received a "receipt".  My fingers are crossed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 20, 2014, 07:02:57 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on July 20, 2014, 06:26:51 PM
  When I clicked the link, it took me to a list of sellers, and one was 17 Euros...anyway, it's ordered, and I received a "receipt".  My fingers are crossed.

Mine said 20 and a bit but the VAT came off.

Bach : L'Intégrale des cantates Sacrées (Coffret 60 CD)
Vendu par Amazon EU S.a.r.L.


Market research: will even brats outsell Adele if you cut the price enough?

A more interesting question would have been, will Gardiner outsell ...  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 20, 2014, 08:55:14 PM
The Amazon price is now 230 euros.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on July 21, 2014, 01:34:01 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 20, 2014, 11:58:40 AM
Yep, spent $140 for mine. This a is a super bargain for sure! Is the Amazon algorithm being silly?

  Silly??  I don't know about that, though mistakes do happen.  Thankfully though my Beethoven Masterworks Sony boxset purchased for about £28 (THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR ALERTING US TO IT  8))  from amazon.de just SHIPPED! Who knows amazon.fr might well honor the price mistake they made on that Harnoncourt/Leonhardt sacred cantatas boxset.

  For those of you who might get lucky.....WELL DONE!  :)

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on July 21, 2014, 03:20:11 AM
Sad news for me!

Bonjour,

Nous vous informons que l'article 'Bach : L'Intégrale des cantates Sacrées (Coffret 60 CD)' que vous avez choisi sur Amazon.fr a fait l'objet d'une erreur d'affichage de prix.

Nous avons été contraints de retirer cet article de votre sélection car la vente de ce celui-ci au prix erroné aurait entrainé une vente à perte, ce qui est interdit par la loi.

Sachez que votre compte bancaire n'a pas été débité du montant correspondant à cet article.

Amazon.fr met tout en œuvre pour que chaque client bénéficie d'un service de qualité irréprochable et des meilleures offres. Nous vous prions de bien vouloir accepter nos excuses pour le désagrément causé et vous remercions pour votre compréhension.

Cordialement,


:o ??? >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: niknala on July 21, 2014, 03:36:58 AM
Translation:

Hello there,

We inform you that the article 'Bach: The Complete Sacred Cantatas (60 CD Box Set)' you have chosen on Amazon.fr has been an error in pricing.

We were forced to remove this item from your selection for the sale of the latter to the price.The have resulted in a sale at a loss, which is prohibited by law.

Know that your bank account has not been debited for this article.

Amazon.fr makes every effort to ensure that each customer receives a high quality service and the best deals. Please kindly accept our apologies for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,

Customer Service Amazon.fr
http://www.amazon.fr
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 21, 2014, 04:27:17 AM
"Sale at a loss, which is prohibited by law"? That sounds fishy.

Too bad about the cancellation!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on July 21, 2014, 04:31:50 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 21, 2014, 04:27:17 AM
"Sale at a loss, which is prohibited by law"? That sounds fishy.
It's called "dumping"  :D I imagine there's zillions of EU directives prohibiting it... But I wanted my Bach / brats set !!!!  >:( >:( :( :( And I really don't give a hoot whether amazon was going to make a loss or not on this specific transaction !!!!    :D :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 21, 2014, 05:21:08 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 21, 2014, 04:27:17 AM
"Sale at a loss, which is prohibited by law"? That sounds fishy.

Too bad about the cancellation!
Actually it sounds all too plausible. "loss leaders" are items sold below cost to attract customers, like milk at 5 cents at the 7-11. Lots of people do not like competition so they try to restrict it. This is a common one alas.
Of course the Azon algorithm could have a simple check in it
if price < cost then
but does not for some reason.

I got cancelled too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 21, 2014, 06:02:02 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 21, 2014, 04:27:17 AM
"Sale at a loss, which is prohibited by law"? That sounds fishy.

Too bad about the cancellation!
As I recall it is part of the same French law which forbids running sales at any time of the year other than July and August---that came up last year regarding Abeille's sale.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 21, 2014, 06:05:11 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 21, 2014, 06:02:02 AM
As I recall it is part of the same French law which forbids running sales at any time of the year other than July and August---that came up last year regarding Abeille's sale.
The same French who promote prosperity by rationing work.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 21, 2014, 06:06:29 AM
I got cancelled too.

Shame, but these things happen.  T'was exciting when clicking the order and thinking yeah!!!  :)

£10 Byron Janis 12cd set ordered to ease the pain LOL  :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on July 21, 2014, 06:32:45 AM
Quote from: Ken B on July 21, 2014, 05:21:08 AM
Actually it sounds all too plausible. "loss leaders" are items sold below cost to attract customers, like milk at 5 cents at the 7-11. Lots of people do not like competition so they try to restrict it. This is a common one alas.
Of course the Azon algorithm could have a simple check in it
if price < cost then
but does not for some reason.

I got cancelled too.

I liked your message, Ken: after the aseptic analysis, the sentence "I got cancelled too" does a nice effect.

It's a sort of "I'm human too, pals."  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 21, 2014, 07:01:13 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 21, 2014, 04:27:17 AM
"Sale at a loss, which is prohibited by law"? That sounds fishy.

Too bad about the cancellation!

French law.  Same law that stopped amazon from having discounts and free shipping at the same time.  Amazon's solution was to charge 0.01 euro for shipping! ha!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on July 21, 2014, 07:45:37 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 21, 2014, 07:01:13 AM
French law.  Same law that stopped amazon from having discounts and free shipping at the same time.  Amazon's solution was to charge 0.01 euro for shipping! ha!

Thank God, we have Amazon to protect our freedom.  ??? :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 21, 2014, 08:22:28 AM
Quote from: Gordo on July 21, 2014, 06:32:45 AM
Ken:

It's a sort of "I'm human too, pals." 

Much disputed over the years. One friend suggested I couldn't have parents. After he met them he wondered where I hired the actors.
;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: A1_DAN on July 21, 2014, 11:20:32 AM
It looks like Amazon.de are now selling the Brilliant Classics 50CD set of Bach Cantatas for 21.97 euros.  Lets hope they are not as quick to cancel as their French counterparts.

http://www.amazon.de/J-S-Bach-Geistliche-Holland-Boys-Choir/dp/B00ACJIBIC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1YPDT3BXBSAPRP5M8C8D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 21, 2014, 11:45:39 AM
Quote from: A1_DAN on July 21, 2014, 11:20:32 AM
It looks like Amazon.de are now selling the Brilliant Classics 50CD set of Bach Cantatas for 21.97 euros.  Lets hope they are not as quick to cancel as their French counterparts.

http://www.amazon.de/J-S-Bach-Geistliche-Holland-Boys-Choir/dp/B00ACJIBIC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1YPDT3BXBSAPRP5M8C8D
Thanks! Snagged it, same $35 delivered, there were only 11 left when I got mine ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on July 21, 2014, 01:09:37 PM
This one on Amazon UK looks good:

[asin]B00EO7XPPC[/asin]

although I expect a lot of us, like me, will have them already - each double CD having cost about the same as this whole set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 21, 2014, 02:50:39 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 21, 2014, 11:45:39 AM
Thanks! Snagged it, same $35 delivered, there were only 11 left when I got mine ...

Ordered mine two mins ago, 11:50pm.....3 left.

Thanks A1 for the heads up ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 21, 2014, 02:57:30 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 21, 2014, 02:50:39 PM
Ordered mine two mins ago, 11:50pm.....3 left.

Thanks A1 for the heads up ;)
Now if only the Gardiner would show for $35 ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on July 21, 2014, 04:13:36 PM
a starter for possible updates:   coming August 1st, noted at jpc
J.S.Bach Complete Edition (Brilliant Classics-Edition 2014)  157 CD's
Jaap ter Linden, Rainer Kussmaul, Thomas Hengelbrock, Christine Schornsheim, Pieter-Jan Belder, Stephen Preston, Trevor Pinnock, Jordi Savall, Jakob Lindberg, Johannette Zomer, Monica Huggett, Leon Berben und weitere   
EUR 99.99     
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 21, 2014, 06:43:01 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 21, 2014, 11:45:39 AM
Thanks! Snagged it, same $35 delivered, there were only 11 left when I got mine ...

Me too, I used to have it as part of the big box.  Don't have the big box anymore.  I like some of them, others not like... but at that price...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 21, 2014, 07:53:21 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 21, 2014, 06:43:01 PM
Me too, I used to have it as part of the big box.  Don't have the big box anymore.  I like some of them, others not like... but at that price...
My reaction exactly. I like it overall, but it is spotty.
When the big box went OOP i listed it for an absurd price, $430, which was 150 less than the next price. It sold!
Paid $82 for it ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 22, 2014, 08:15:33 AM
Quote from: Ken B on July 21, 2014, 07:53:21 PM
My reaction exactly. I like it overall, but it is spotty.
When the big box went OOP i listed it for an absurd price, $430, which was 150 less than the next price. It sold!
Paid $82 for it ...

The only other superbargain set is the Rilling, which I think is even more inconsistent.  The better traversals are so expensive.  I really need to start collecting individual recordings of my favorite cantatas from my favorite performers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 22, 2014, 04:00:21 PM
Rilling has some very good singing, which is important for this stuff.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 23, 2014, 03:54:51 AM
I guess these two (I just ordered them, dang!) do apply here:

Complete Puccini - mainly Maazel, some Mehta, some else:

[asin]B0079J27LA[/asin]
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B0079J27LA/


[asin]B00BN1QV0S[/asin]
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00BN1QV0S/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on July 23, 2014, 05:54:54 PM
Quote from: king ubu on July 23, 2014, 03:54:51 AM
I guess these two (I just ordered them, dang!) do apply here:

Complete Puccini - mainly Maazel, some Mehta, some else:

[asin]B0079J27LA[/asin]
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B0079J27LA/



Thank you for referring me to this. I ordered the Puccini as well. :)

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 24, 2014, 07:34:14 AM
Quote from: bigshot on July 22, 2014, 04:00:21 PM
Rilling has some very good singing, which is important for this stuff.

Yes some of it is very good, some of it is good, and some of it has too much vibrato for me to enjoy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 27, 2014, 10:46:33 AM
http://www.base.com/buy/product/g-nter-wand-the-great-recordings-music-cd/dgc-88691911552.htm?awc=2694_1406486179_4b80e483030aacea6424a9322650a0da

Gunter Wand great recordings for less than £20 at base.com

Shipping free in the UK and cheap worldwide.   Maybe VAT exempt too for those Stateside...

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 27, 2014, 11:37:03 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on July 27, 2014, 10:46:33 AM
http://www.base.com/buy/product/g-nter-wand-the-great-recordings-music-cd/dgc-88691911552.htm?awc=2694_1406486179_4b80e483030aacea6424a9322650a0da

Gunter Wand great recordings for less than £20 at base.com

Shipping free in the UK and cheap worldwide.   Maybe VAT exempt too for those Stateside...
$30 shipped to USA.
Thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 27, 2014, 06:27:57 PM
Quote from: DavidW on July 24, 2014, 07:34:14 AM
Yes some of it is very good, some of it is good, and some of it has too much vibrato for me to enjoy.

I'm not that much of a HIPster. The vibrato isn't wobbly from weak voices. It's well done and by choice.

That Wand box is full of incredible performances I had never heard before. All I knew before was his Bruckner.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 27, 2014, 06:29:32 PM
Quote from: bigshot on July 27, 2014, 06:27:57 PM
I'm not that much of a HIPster. The vibrato isn't wobbly from weak voices. It's well done and by choice.
Compounds the crime.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on July 28, 2014, 04:32:04 AM


  This can be had for about £25. I'd say that's pretty darn "super-duper" cheap?? wouldn't you?

  [asin]B003D0ZNWY[/asin]

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 28, 2014, 04:43:44 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on July 28, 2014, 04:32:04 AM

  This can be had for about £25. I'd say that's pretty darn "super-duper" cheap?? wouldn't you?

  [asin]B003D0ZNWY[/asin]

  marvin

Veritable Bargain Marvin.  For a 'beginners do all' or for the cultists  :laugh:  Great price.

I got the Abbado Symphony Box for £13.51 delivered from marvelio-uk, I haven't seen it cheaper anywhere but it keeps popping up at the < £25 mark every other day (that's 2/3 the UK price of > £75  :o 

Good one to look out for but one has to keep checking Amazon MP marvelio-uk.

[asin]B00BN1QV0S[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 28, 2014, 04:55:33 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 28, 2014, 04:43:44 AM
I got the Abbado Symphony Box for £13.51 delivered from marvelio-uk

Excellent!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 28, 2014, 07:11:53 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 28, 2014, 04:55:33 AM
Excellent!

Yes, made up with this purchase.  I have his Mahler, Schubert and Brahms symphonies and his Bruckner 5 so they will get offloaded to eBay...space already saved  :)

Brahms Cantatas on the Brilliant label, 50cds came through today, its an explorative set as I have only heard 10 or so complete cantatas over the years, most by Suzuki whom I borrowed from a good friend.  These two sets will probably see me through September.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on July 28, 2014, 07:48:42 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 28, 2014, 07:11:53 AM


Brahms Cantatas on the Brilliant label, 50cds came through today...

OK, calm down. I can see and feel the over-excitement.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 28, 2014, 07:57:27 AM
Quote from: springrite on July 28, 2014, 07:48:42 AM
OK, calm down. I can see and feel the over-excitement.

I've only just seen that I typed Brahms and not Bach...now that's excitement for you.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 28, 2014, 08:02:12 AM
Tony I recommend starting with my personal favorite, bwv 82.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 28, 2014, 09:48:18 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 28, 2014, 08:02:12 AM
Tony I recommend starting with my personal favorite, bwv 82.
That way you build up to my favourite, 106.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on July 28, 2014, 11:40:49 AM
Quote from: Ken B on July 28, 2014, 09:48:18 AM
That way you build up to my favourite, 106.  8)

I'll listen to that first when my set arrives. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 29, 2014, 12:16:38 AM
Update: A new Leonard Bernstein Edition from Sony (80 cds) will be released on Oct 27 in the UK.
The price just dropped to 72 GBP (which is about 63 GBP shipped to the US). Not sure what is in the set but at the price it is currently a SDCB. Could this be a packaged set of the "Royal Bernstein Edition"???  . Or an "Original Jacket" collection...?   

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leonard-Bernstein-Edition/dp/B00LL4U1TE/ref=pd_sim_m_h__1?ie=UTF8&refRID=07CRDSEQXXKSFY21S5VJ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leonard-Bernstein-Edition/dp/B00LL4U1TE/ref=pd_sim_m_h__1?ie=UTF8&refRID=07CRDSEQXXKSFY21S5VJ)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 29, 2014, 04:55:18 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 29, 2014, 12:16:38 AM
Update: A new Leonard Bernstein Edition from Sony (80 cds) will be released on Oct 27 in the UK.
The price just dropped to 72 GBP (which is about 63 GBP shipped to the US). Not sure what is in the set but at the price it is currently a SDCB. Could this be a packaged set of the "Royal Bernstein Edition"???  . Or an "Original Jacket" collection...?   

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leonard-Bernstein-Edition/dp/B00LL4U1TE/ref=pd_sim_m_h__1?ie=UTF8&refRID=07CRDSEQXXKSFY21S5VJ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leonard-Bernstein-Edition/dp/B00LL4U1TE/ref=pd_sim_m_h__1?ie=UTF8&refRID=07CRDSEQXXKSFY21S5VJ)

Oh, man. Are you guys ready for this?

(http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/400/58/5/0/277.jpg)

Leonard Bernstein Edition: Concertos and Orchestral Works
3.5 kilograms

HMV.co.jp lists full tracklistings, but only for the first six CDs.

CD 1
Bach - Violin concerto (Stern), Violin and oboe concerto (Stern, Gomberg)
Vivaldi - Piccolo concerto (Heim)
Bach - "Piano" concerto no 1 (Gould)

CD 2
Barber - Violin concerto (Stern)
Bartok - Concerto for orchestra

CD 3
Bartok - Piano concertos 2 and 3 (Entremont)

CD 4
Bartok - Violin concerto 2 (Stern)
Bartok - "Orchestral percussion and two pianos" with "Saul Goodman (http://www.bettercallsaul.com/)" on timpani

CD 5
Berg - Violin concerto (Stern)
Bartok - Rhapsodies (ditto)

CD 6
Beethoven - Piano concerto 1 (Bernstein)
Beethoven - Piano concerto 2 (Gould)

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Bernstein-1918-90_000000000034572/item_Leonard-Bernstein-Edition-concertos-Orch-works-Recordings-Ltd_5850277
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 29, 2014, 04:57:58 AM
WHOAH! That might be terrific!

_______________________


Other current bargain, 10% the number of discs, 15 € at amazon.de:

[asin]B00EO7XQ2E[/asin]

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00EO7XQ2E/

From what I've listened to so far, very much worth getting! And it comes with a full booklet, too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 29, 2014, 05:10:47 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 29, 2014, 04:55:18 AM
Oh, man. Are you guys ready for this?

(http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/400/58/5/0/277.jpg)

Leonard Bernstein Edition: Concertos and Orchestral Works
3.5 kilograms

HMV.co.jp lists full tracklistings, but only for the first six CDs.

CD 1
Bach - Violin concerto (Stern), Violin and oboe concerto (Stern, Gomberg)
Vivaldi - Piccolo concerto (Heim)
Bach - "Piano" concerto no 1 (Gould)

CD 2
Barber - Violin concerto (Stern)
Bartok - Concerto for orchestra

CD 3
Bartok - Piano concertos 2 and 3 (Entremont)

CD 4
Bartok - Violin concerto 2 (Stern)
Bartok - "Orchestral percussion and two pianos" with "Saul Goodman (http://www.bettercallsaul.com/)" on timpani

CD 5
Berg - Violin concerto (Stern)
Bartok - Rhapsodies (ditto)

CD 6
Beethoven - Piano concerto 1 (Bernstein)
Beethoven - Piano concerto 2 (Gould)

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Bernstein-1918-90_000000000034572/item_Leonard-Bernstein-Edition-concertos-Orch-works-Recordings-Ltd_5850277
Yes we are.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 29, 2014, 05:18:53 AM
Good price at Amazon UK

[asin]B00KIA1AY2[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 29, 2014, 05:21:39 AM
Quote from: king ubu on July 29, 2014, 04:57:58 AM
WHOAH! That might be terrific!

_______________________


Other current bargain, 10% the number of discs, 15 € at amazon.de:

[asin]B00EO7XQ2E[/asin]

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00EO7XQ2E/

From what I've listened to so far, very much worth getting! And it comes with a full booklet, too!
Thanks for this. I ordered.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 30, 2014, 04:57:55 PM
The Seon box has dropped at Azon Italy.

The box is described as the entire Seon catalogue. So duplicates are going to be a woe for many of us.  :( no tracklist yet that I can find.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on July 30, 2014, 05:29:58 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 30, 2014, 04:57:55 PM
The Seon box has dropped at Azon Italy....
no tracklist yet that I can find.
from jpc
Detailinformationen

1./2.CD "La Favola di Orfeo (1494)" - Musik am Hofe von Mantua von Aquilano, Tromboncino, Cara, Pesenti 3. CD "Te Deum Laudamus" – Geistliche Chorwerke der Renaissance von Erbach, Plattner, Poss, Hassler, Lasso, Sayve, Heugel, Gallus, Aichinger, Borlasca 4.CD Blow: Ode on the Death of Henry Purcell; Songs from Amphion Anglicus 5.CD "Varietie of Lute-Lesson": Werke von Roma, Moritz Landgraf von Hessen, J. & R. Dowland, Batchelar, Ballard, Saman, Huwet, Holborne, Anonymus 6.CD Scarlatti: Cembalosonaten K. 3, 52, 184, 185, 191-193, 208, 209, 227, 238, 239, 252, 253 7./8.CD Händel: Sämtliche Bläsersonaten (Sonaten für Blockflöte & Bc HWV 360, 362, 365, 367a, 369, 377; Sonaten für Traversflöte & Bc HWV 359b, 363b, 374, 376; Sonaten für Oboe & Bc 357 & 366; Andante HWV 409 für Blockflöte & Bc; Sätze für Blockflöte & Bc HWV 363a, 367a & b; 375) 9./10.CD Mozart: Violinkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2; Rondo KV 269; Konzertsätze für Violine aus KV 63, 185, 203, 204 11./12.CD Mozart: Divertimenti KV 213, 253, 270, 289; Serenaden Nr. 11 & 12 13.CD ,,Paschale mysterium - Anthologie der Karwoche": Gesänge für die Zeit von Palmsonntag bis Ostersonntag 14.CD Desprez: Missa La Sol Fa Re Mi 15./16.CD ,,Alpenländer-Orgeln in Renaissance & Barock": Werke von Newman, Ammerbach, Taylor, Blytheman, Pachelbel, Kerll, Merula, Pasquini, Zachow, Storace, Froberger, Eberlin, Fux, Fischer, Krebs, Muffat 17.CD Couperin: Concerts Royaux Nr. 1-4 18.CD "The Baroque Lute I" - Bach: Suite BWV 995; Präludium, Fuge & Allegro BWV 998; Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy; Kellner: Fantasien C-Dur & a-moll; Conradi: Suite C-Dur 19. CD Bach: Kantaten BWV 56 "Kreuzstab" & BWV 82 "Ich habe genug" 20./21.CD Bach: Italienisches Konzert BWV 971; Toccaten BWV 912 & 913; Fuge BWV 944; Fantasie BWV 906; Suiten nach BWV 995 & 1010; Chromatische Fantasie & Fuge BWV 903 22./23.CD Mozart: Flötenkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2; Konzert für Flöte & Harfe KV 299; Andante für Flöte & Streicher KV 315; Rondo für Flöte & Streicher KV Anh. 184 24.CD ,,Netherlands Renaisance – Sacred Music" – Lassus: Missa Tous les regretz; Monte: 2 Motetten; White: Miserere mei Deus; Nörmiger: 4 Tänze 25. CD ,,Early Italian Madrigals" – Werke von Rore, Gardano, Mancinus, Spadi, Galilei, Arcadelt, Ruffo, Ortiz, Vecchi, Bernardi, Verdelot 26.CD Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna; Lamento della Ninfa; Madrigale aus den Libri 6-9 27./28.CD "Norditalien –Orgeln aus Renaissance und Barock": Werke von Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Pasquini, Trabaci, Rossi, Zipoli, Martini, Scarlatti, Albrechtsberger, Storace, Hummel 29.CD Vivaldi: Concerti op. 8 Nr. 1-4 "4 Jahreszeiten"; Oboenkonzerte RV 447 & 457 30./31.CD Couperin: Concerts Nouveaux Nr. 5-7, 9-12, 14 32.CD: Bach: Französische Suiten BWV 812-817 33./34.CD: Bach: Sonaten & Partiten für Traversflöte BWV 1013, 1030, 1032, 1034, 1035; Alternativ-Fassung zu BWV 1013; Konzert d-moll nach BWV 1030 35.CD ,,Sequentiae" – Gregorianische Sequenzen zum Kirchenjahr 36.CD Dufay: Musique sacree & Ballades 37./38.CD "Austria – Orgeln aus Renaissance und Barock": Werke von Albrechtsberger, CPE Bach, Brahms, Froberger, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Pachelbel 39./40.CD ,,Pieces pour Clavevin": Werke von Duphly & Forqueray 41.CD Bach: Inventionen & Sinfonias BWV 772-801für Cembalo 42./43.CD Bach: Suiten BWV 1007-1012 für Cello solo 44./45.CD Telemann: Trios für Block- oder Traversflöte (Trios Nr. 1, 4, 7-9, 11 aus "Essercizii musicali"; Introduzzione aus "Der getreue Musikmeister"; Trios d-moll TWV42 D1.14A & TWV42 A1.14; Scherzo TWV 42 E0.22) 46./47.CD Mozart: Sonaten für Violine & Klavier KV 8, 26, 301, 306, 454; Variationen für Violine & Klavier KV 360 48./49.CD ,,Renaissance- & Barockorgeln in Norddeutschland": Werke von Attaignant, Böhm, Buxtehude, Hofhaimer, Scheidemann, Schildt, Silcher, Siefert, Tallis 50.CD ,,Renaissance- & Barockorgeln der Niederlande": Werke von Bach, Buxtehude, Fischer, Muffat, Scheidemann, Sweelinck, Weckmann 51.CD Laudiamo Jesu - Lobgesänge des 15.& 16.Jahrhunderts 52.CD Gastoldi: Balletti a 5 voci per cantare, sonare e ballare 53.CD Corelli: Sonaten für Blockflöte & Bc op. 5 Nr. 7-12 54.CD Couperin: Concerts Nouveaux Nr. 8 & 13 55./56.CD CPE Bach: Cembalosonaten Wq. 48 Nr. 3; Wq. 49 Nr. 6; Wq. 61 Nr. 2; Märsche D-Dur & g-moll; Polonaisen g-moll; Rondos Wq. 58 Nr. 3; Wq. 59 Nr. 1 & 2; Wq. 61 Nr. 1; Wq. 66; Fantasie Wq. 67 57./58.CD Mozart :Klaviersonaten Nr. 4, 10, 13, 16; Kleiner Trauermarsch KV 453; Adagio KV 540; Menuett KV 355 59.CD "Hymni": Gregorianische Gesänge (Hymnen) 60.CD Stoltzer: Missa duplex per totum annum; Psalmen 12, 13, 37, 86; O Admirabile Commercium; In Gottes Namen fahren wir; König, ein Herr ob alle Reiche; Octo Tonorum Melodiae Toni III & V (Fantasien) 61.CD Couperin: Apotheose a la memoire de Lully; Sonaten "La Sultane", "La Superbe", "La Steinquerque" 62./63.CD Hotteterre: Sämtliche Werke für Bläser (Suiten, Triosonaten, Ecos, Preludes, Arias) 64.CD Vivaldi: Flötenkonzerte op. 10 Nr. 1-6; Marcello: Oboenkonzert d-moll; Platti: Oboenkonzert G-Dur 65./66.CD Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte Nr. 1-6 67./68.CD Bach: Englische Suiten BWV 806-811 für Cembalo 69.CD ,,The Baroque Lute III"- Du Fault: Suite g-moll; Gallot: Suite d-moll; Reusner: Suite a-moll; Conradi: Suite A-Dur 70.Mozart: Sonaten für Violine & Klavier KV 58, 304, 481 71.CD Haydn: Streichquartette Nr. 32 & 34 (op. 20 Nr. 2&4) 72.CD ,,Das Moosburger Graduale 1360" - Weihnachts-Cantiones 73.CD Lawes: The Royal Consort (Suite Nr. 2 d-moll; Sonate Nr. 8 D-Dur; Consort Nr. 10 g-moll; 6 Lieder) 74.CD Mazak: Geistliche Musik aus Stift Heiligenkreuz (Jesu summa benignitas; Ein kleines Kindelein ist heut' geboren; Gegrüßt seist du, o Jesulein; Magnificat Anima mea Dominum; Christo cantemus Principi; Laudate Dominum de Caelis; Sancta Maria gratia plena; Surrexit Christus hodie; Regina caeli laetare, Alleluia) 75.CD "Cantata da Camera"- Händel: Mi palpita il cor; Porpora: Or che una nube ingrate; Caldara: Vicino a un rivoletto 76./77.CD Telemann: 12 Sonate Metodiche (1728 / 1732) 78./79.CD Bach: Präludien & Fugen BWV 546-548; Toccata & Fuge BWV 565; Fuge BWV 733; Choräle BWV 618, 663, 665, 666, 668, 710, 736, 766, 767; Fantasien BWV 562 & 572; Kanonische Veränderungen BWV 769 80.CD Bach: Cembalokonzert d-moll BWV 1052; CPE Bach: Cembalokonzert d-moll Wq. 23 81.CD Bach: Ein Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079 82./83.CD Boccherini: Streichquintette G. 313-318 (op. 29 Nr. 1-6); Cellosonaten G. 4, 6, 17 84./85.CD Weber: Lieder (Klage; Was zieht zu deinem Zauberkreise; Der kleine Fritz; Meine Farben; Sonett; Liebe - Glühen; Über die Berge mit Ungestüm; Laß mich schlummern; Bettlerlied; Ah Dove siete; Ninfe, se liete; Du Moins alors je la voyais; Reigen; Sind es Schmerzen; Die freien Sänger; Ein König einst gefangen saß; Ballade; Mein Verlangen; Quodlibet; Alte Weiber; Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär; Weine, weine nur nicht; Mailied; Heimlicher Liebe Pein; Gelahrtheit; Elfenlied; An Danzi); 10 Schottische Melodien; Flötentrio op. 63; Violinsonate op. 10 Nr. 6; Adagio B-Dur für 2 Klarinetten, Horn, 2 Fagotte; Momento capriccioso op. 12 für Klavier
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 30, 2014, 11:26:43 PM
for easier readability ... still, would be nice to have performers listed, too (even though I'll most likely take a pass on this - pre-ordered the Lenny yesterday, ouch)

1./2.CD “La Favola di Orfeo (1494)” - Musik am Hofe von Mantua von Aquilano, Tromboncino, Cara, Pesenti
3. CD “Te Deum Laudamus” – Geistliche Chorwerke der Renaissance von Erbach, Plattner, Poss, Hassler, Lasso, Sayve, Heugel, Gallus, Aichinger, Borlasca
4.CD Blow: Ode on the Death of Henry Purcell; Songs from Amphion Anglicus
5.CD “Varietie of Lute-Lesson”: Werke von Roma, Moritz Landgraf von Hessen, J. & R. Dowland, Batchelar, Ballard, Saman, Huwet, Holborne, Anonymus
6.CD Scarlatti: Cembalosonaten K. 3, 52, 184, 185, 191-193, 208, 209, 227, 238, 239, 252, 253
7./8.CD Händel: Sämtliche Bläsersonaten (Sonaten für Blockflöte & Bc HWV 360, 362, 365, 367a, 369, 377; Sonaten für Traversflöte & Bc HWV 359b, 363b, 374, 376; Sonaten für Oboe & Bc 357 & 366; Andante HWV 409 für Blockflöte & Bc; Sätze für Blockflöte & Bc HWV 363a, 367a & b; 375)
9./10.CD Mozart: Violinkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2; Rondo KV 269; Konzertsätze für Violine aus KV 63, 185, 203, 204
11./12.CD Mozart: Divertimenti KV 213, 253, 270, 289; Serenaden Nr. 11 & 12
13.CD „Paschale mysterium - Anthologie der Karwoche“: Gesänge für die Zeit von Palmsonntag bis Ostersonntag
14.CD Desprez: Missa La Sol Fa Re Mi
15./16.CD „Alpenländer-Orgeln in Renaissance & Barock“: Werke von Newman, Ammerbach, Taylor, Blytheman, Pachelbel, Kerll, Merula, Pasquini, Zachow, Storace, Froberger, Eberlin, Fux, Fischer, Krebs, Muffat
17.CD Couperin: Concerts Royaux Nr. 1-4
18.CD “The Baroque Lute I” - Bach: Suite BWV 995; Präludium, Fuge & Allegro BWV 998; Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy; Kellner: Fantasien C-Dur & a-moll; Conradi: Suite C-Dur
19. CD Bach: Kantaten BWV 56 “Kreuzstab” & BWV 82 “Ich habe genug”
20./21.CD Bach: Italienisches Konzert BWV 971; Toccaten BWV 912 & 913; Fuge BWV 944; Fantasie BWV 906; Suiten nach BWV 995 & 1010; Chromatische Fantasie & Fuge BWV 903
22./23.CD Mozart: Flötenkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2; Konzert für Flöte & Harfe KV 299; Andante für Flöte & Streicher KV 315; Rondo für Flöte & Streicher KV Anh. 184
24.CD „Netherlands Renaisance – Sacred Music“ – Lassus: Missa Tous les regretz; Monte: 2 Motetten; White: Miserere mei Deus; Nörmiger: 4 Tänze
25. CD „Early Italian Madrigals“ – Werke von Rore, Gardano, Mancinus, Spadi, Galilei, Arcadelt, Ruffo, Ortiz, Vecchi, Bernardi, Verdelot
26.CD Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna; Lamento della Ninfa; Madrigale aus den Libri 6-9
27./28.CD “Norditalien –Orgeln aus Renaissance und Barock”: Werke von Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Pasquini, Trabaci, Rossi, Zipoli, Martini, Scarlatti, Albrechtsberger, Storace, Hummel
29.CD Vivaldi: Concerti op. 8 Nr. 1-4 "4 Jahreszeiten"; Oboenkonzerte RV 447 & 457
30./31.CD Couperin: Concerts Nouveaux Nr. 5-7, 9-12, 14
32.CD: Bach: Französische Suiten BWV 812-817
33./34.CD: Bach: Sonaten & Partiten für Traversflöte BWV 1013, 1030, 1032, 1034, 1035; Alternativ-Fassung zu BWV 1013; Konzert d-moll nach BWV 1030
35.CD „Sequentiae“ – Gregorianische Sequenzen zum Kirchenjahr
36.CD Dufay: Musique sacree & Ballades
37./38.CD “Austria – Orgeln aus Renaissance und Barock”: Werke von Albrechtsberger, CPE Bach, Brahms, Froberger, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Pachelbel
39./40.CD „Pieces pour Clavevin“: Werke von Duphly & Forqueray
41.CD Bach: Inventionen & Sinfonias BWV 772-801für Cembalo
42./43.CD Bach: Suiten BWV 1007-1012 für Cello solo
44./45.CD Telemann: Trios für Block- oder Traversflöte (Trios Nr. 1, 4, 7-9, 11 aus "Essercizii musicali"; Introduzzione aus "Der getreue Musikmeister"; Trios d-moll TWV42 D1.14A & TWV42 A1.14; Scherzo TWV 42 E0.22)
46./47.CD Mozart: Sonaten für Violine & Klavier KV 8, 26, 301, 306, 454; Variationen für Violine & Klavier KV 360
48./49.CD „Renaissance- & Barockorgeln in Norddeutschland“: Werke von Attaignant, Böhm, Buxtehude, Hofhaimer, Scheidemann, Schildt, Silcher, Siefert, Tallis
50.CD „Renaissance- & Barockorgeln der Niederlande“: Werke von Bach, Buxtehude, Fischer, Muffat, Scheidemann, Sweelinck, Weckmann
51.CD Laudiamo Jesu - Lobgesänge des 15.& 16.Jahrhunderts
52.CD Gastoldi: Balletti a 5 voci per cantare, sonare e ballare
53.CD Corelli: Sonaten für Blockflöte & Bc op. 5 Nr. 7-12
54.CD Couperin: Concerts Nouveaux Nr. 8 & 13
55./56.CD CPE Bach: Cembalosonaten Wq. 48 Nr. 3; Wq. 49 Nr. 6; Wq. 61 Nr. 2; Märsche D-Dur & g-moll; Polonaisen g-moll; Rondos Wq. 58 Nr. 3; Wq. 59 Nr. 1 & 2; Wq. 61 Nr. 1; Wq. 66; Fantasie Wq. 67
57./58.CD Mozart :Klaviersonaten Nr. 4, 10, 13, 16; Kleiner Trauermarsch KV 453; Adagio KV 540; Menuett KV 355
59.CD “Hymni”: Gregorianische Gesänge (Hymnen)
60.CD Stoltzer: Missa duplex per totum annum; Psalmen 12, 13, 37, 86; O Admirabile Commercium; In Gottes Namen fahren wir; König, ein Herr ob alle Reiche; Octo Tonorum Melodiae Toni III & V (Fantasien)
61.CD Couperin: Apotheose a la memoire de Lully; Sonaten "La Sultane", "La Superbe", "La Steinquerque"
62./63.CD Hotteterre: Sämtliche Werke für Bläser (Suiten, Triosonaten, Ecos, Preludes, Arias)
64.CD Vivaldi: Flötenkonzerte op. 10 Nr. 1-6; Marcello: Oboenkonzert d-moll; Platti: Oboenkonzert G-Dur
65./66.CD Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte Nr. 1-6
67./68.CD Bach: Englische Suiten BWV 806-811 für Cembalo
69.CD „The Baroque Lute III“- Du Fault: Suite g-moll; Gallot: Suite d-moll; Reusner: Suite a-moll; Conradi: Suite A-Dur
70.Mozart: Sonaten für Violine & Klavier KV 58, 304, 481
71.CD Haydn: Streichquartette Nr. 32 & 34 (op. 20 Nr. 2&4)
72.CD „Das Moosburger Graduale 1360“ - Weihnachts-Cantiones
73.CD Lawes: The Royal Consort (Suite Nr. 2 d-moll; Sonate Nr. 8 D-Dur; Consort Nr. 10 g-moll; 6 Lieder)
74.CD Mazak: Geistliche Musik aus Stift Heiligenkreuz (Jesu summa benignitas; Ein kleines Kindelein ist heut' geboren; Gegrüßt seist du, o Jesulein; Magnificat Anima mea Dominum; Christo cantemus Principi; Laudate Dominum de Caelis; Sancta Maria gratia plena; Surrexit Christus hodie; Regina caeli laetare, Alleluia)
75.CD “Cantata da Camera”- Händel: Mi palpita il cor; Porpora: Or che una nube ingrate; Caldara: Vicino a un rivoletto
76./77.CD Telemann: 12 Sonate Metodiche (1728 / 1732)
78./79.CD Bach: Präludien & Fugen BWV 546-548; Toccata & Fuge BWV 565; Fuge BWV 733; Choräle BWV 618, 663, 665, 666, 668, 710, 736, 766, 767; Fantasien BWV 562 & 572; Kanonische Veränderungen BWV 769
80.CD Bach: Cembalokonzert d-moll BWV 1052; CPE Bach: Cembalokonzert d-moll Wq. 23
81.CD Bach: Ein Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079
82./83.CD Boccherini: Streichquintette G. 313-318 (op. 29 Nr. 1-6); Cellosonaten G. 4, 6, 17
84./85.CD Weber: Lieder (Klage; Was zieht zu deinem Zauberkreise; Der kleine Fritz; Meine Farben; Sonett; Liebe - Glühen; Über die Berge mit Ungestüm; Laß mich schlummern; Bettlerlied; Ah Dove siete; Ninfe, se liete; Du Moins alors je la voyais; Reigen; Sind es Schmerzen; Die freien Sänger; Ein König einst gefangen saß; Ballade; Mein Verlangen; Quodlibet; Alte Weiber; Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär; Weine, weine nur nicht; Mailied; Heimlicher Liebe Pein; Gelahrtheit; Elfenlied; An Danzi); 10 Schottische Melodien; Flötentrio op. 63; Violinsonate op. 10 Nr. 6; Adagio B-Dur für 2 Klarinetten, Horn, 2 Fagotte; Momento capriccioso op. 12 für Klavier
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on July 31, 2014, 12:06:15 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 29, 2014, 04:55:18 AM

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Leonard Bernstein Edition: Concertos and Orchestral Works
3.5 kilograms


but this box is a sort of Vol. 2 of the box below?

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 31, 2014, 12:08:49 AM
I guess this is the rest of what he did for Sony.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 31, 2014, 12:10:50 AM
Quote from: The new erato on July 31, 2014, 12:08:49 AM
I guess this is the rest of what he did for Sony.

Did he record no operas/vocal/choral for Columbia/Sony?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on July 31, 2014, 01:09:59 AM
Not sure about opera, but quite a bit of choral: Missa solemnis, Creation, some Haydn Masses, Berlioz' Requiem...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 31, 2014, 02:29:58 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on July 31, 2014, 01:09:59 AM
Not sure about opera, but quite a bit of choral: Missa solemnis, Creation, some Haydn Masses, Berlioz' Requiem...
He recorded Verdi's Falstaff on Sony (originally CBS Masterworks) for sure.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 31, 2014, 04:38:33 AM
Thought so ... thanks! I guess I'll go for this one, not sure about a choral/vocal/opera one, not having much of an idea what it may actually contain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 31, 2014, 04:44:46 AM
And of course a choral box would have lots of his own music, like Chichester Psalms. I think he did a Janacek Glagolitic which is now very hard to find.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 31, 2014, 05:21:51 AM
As seen on Blu-ray.com. 40 Classical Blu-rays for $144.01 + S&H (or no S&H with Prime).

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 31, 2014, 08:29:46 AM
http://hometheater.racuntik.us/where-to-buy-blu-ray-audio-signature-classical-collection-40-discs-7-1-dts-hd-3d-sound-updated-edition.html

Thanks for posting that I'll keep an eye out for it in the UK.
In the mean time I can recommend this review.

>:D

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 31, 2014, 08:35:11 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on July 31, 2014, 08:29:46 AM
http://hometheater.racuntik.us/where-to-buy-blu-ray-audio-signature-classical-collection-40-discs-7-1-dts-hd-3d-sound-updated-edition.html

Thanks for posting that I'll keep an eye out for it in the UK.
In the mean time I can recommend this review.

>:D

They couldn't even get all of the works listed. Here's the listing and a real review from amazon.

Review
This music-only Blu-ray discs delivers 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio if and when connections are made with 1.3 and/or 1.4 HDMI cables. If connected with optical cables it will only deliver 5.1 or 6.1 standard DTS quality sound. For the purpose of this review I only used high-speed 1.3 cables connecting the Blu-ray player and the 7.2 AV receiver. I should mention that the present receiver is one of Onkyo s new generation of THX-certified products built around high quality Burr-Brown DACs. The DTS-HD MA encoding of this recording as connected with 1.3 HDMI cables produces a variable bit rate (VBR), bit-for-bit (lossless) stream that includes 7.1 channels with sample rates of 96 kHz. Just as well the DTS-HD MA-encoded files also contain a backward-compatible DTS Digital Surround 5.1 (and 6.1) core with a bit rate of 1509 kbps. However, this review concerns itself only with 7.1 DTS-HD MA channels reproduction. The unique acoustic reality experience that his recording affords to my ears as to the musical phrasing and playing of these two very complex scorings, the orchestral presence, instrumental sections separation, high and low dynamics and instrumental solos are far superior to anything I have heard on so-called true surround recordings. We are placed at the same location that the conductor assumes in the podium, we are not part of the audience - we hear what the conductor hears. Orchestral sound is very close and all around, especially the sound coming out of the two side-surround speakers. In my mind the use of these side speakers totally redefines surround sound; this is a new experience and something to behold. --Audiophile Audition Review
Product Description
1. Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
2. Johann Strauss: The New Years Concert in Vienna
3. Anton Bruckner: Symphony Nos. 7&8
4. Tchaikovsky Overtures: Romeo and Juliet , 1812
5. Chopin: Nocturns and Preludes
6. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, The Card Party
7. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&3
8. Barber Symphonies Nos. 1&2
9. Brahms: Tragic Overture , Symphony No.1
10. Ravel: Bolero
11. Bach: Orchestral Suites 1, 2, 3; Tripelkoncert
12. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade, Russian Easter Festival Overture
13. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40&35
14. Mahler: Symphonie No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
15. Sibelius: Symphonies Nos.5&7
16. Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4'Italian' & 5'Reformation'
17. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Symphony No.4
18. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on the Bare Mountain, Stokovsky Transcriptions
19. Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko, The Snow Maden, The Tale of Tsar Saltan
20. Tchaikovsky: Suites from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutkraker
21. Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, The Birds
22. Shostakovich: Symphony No.7 'Leningrad'
23. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 41'Jupiter' & 38'Prague'
24. Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos.5&6 'Paphetique'
25. Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9
26. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.3'Eroica' & 8
27. Mahler: Symphony No. 9
28. Mozart: REQUIEM
29. Holst: The Planets
30. Dvorak: Symphonies Nos.8&9 'From the New World'
31. Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos.2&12
32. Beethoven Symphonies Nos.4&7
33. Beethoven Symphony No.9 'Ode to Freedom'
34. Beethoven Symphonies Nos.5'Fate'&6
35. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1&2
36. Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2&3
37. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos.2&3
38. Beethoven/Mendelsohn: Violin Concertos
39. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto for Double Orchestra
40. Vivaldi: L'estro Armonico
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 31, 2014, 08:55:55 AM
Who are the Blu-Ray performers, though?

Quote from: stingo on July 31, 2014, 08:35:11 AM
33. Beethoven Symphony No.9 'Ode to Freedom'

...uh...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on July 31, 2014, 08:58:17 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 31, 2014, 08:55:55 AM
...uh...



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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 31, 2014, 09:01:06 AM
Quote from: Todd on July 31, 2014, 08:58:17 AM


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So the Blu-Rays are from DG? I still suspect they're the Bucharest Metro Busker Orchestra or something...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on July 31, 2014, 09:02:07 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 31, 2014, 09:01:06 AMSo the Blu-Rays are from DG?



Doubtful, but this may explain where the title for the Ninth came from.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 31, 2014, 09:18:56 AM
The page lists John Eliot Gardiner and Victoria Mullova, so that might be Disc 38.

[asin]B00AFOS8PU[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 31, 2014, 09:24:39 AM
The performers Amazon lists are Russian Philharmonic, Victoria Mullova, Hovard Gimse, London Mozart Players, Alfred Brendel, Ochestra Simphonia et Romantique, Vladimir Yablonsky, Oleg Caetani, John Eliot Gardiner and David Juriz.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on July 31, 2014, 10:05:39 AM
Who cares? Isn't the important thing that the reviewer uses 1.3 HDMI to feed the Burr-Brown DACs in his new THX-certified Onkyo receiver?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 31, 2014, 10:22:21 AM
Quote from: king ubu on July 31, 2014, 12:10:50 AM
Did he record no operas/vocal/choral for Columbia/Sony?

I bet there will be a Sony vol 3 next year....    >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 31, 2014, 10:24:56 AM
Quote from: Pat B on July 31, 2014, 10:05:39 AM
Who cares? Isn't the important thing that the reviewer uses 1.3 HDMI to feed the Burr-Brown DACs in his new THX-certified Onkyo receiver?

:) :D ;D :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 31, 2014, 10:34:36 AM
Quote from: Pat B on July 31, 2014, 10:05:39 AM
Who cares? Isn't the important thing that the reviewer uses 1.3 HDMI to feed the Burr-Brown DACs in his new THX-certified Onkyo receiver?

I actually had a bit of a Viagra moment when I read that....  :D

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 31, 2014, 12:21:54 PM
I'm pretty sure this is dodgy, the Vivaldi looks like this Naxos disc:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00005JJ3R?cache=7656adda7afbd3610a995e2f6aa7d405&pi=AC_SX110_SY165&qid=1406837774&sr=8-11#ref=mp_s_a_1_11

40 discs but two symphonies / concertos per disc?  That's CD sizing not bluray.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on July 31, 2014, 12:27:20 PM
Well, if it turns out to be dodgy, I'll return it to Amazon - thankfully I bought directly from them and not the mp.

Edited to add: Looks like I'll be returning this one unopened. See the customer review on the link.

[asin]B00D3SXA6M[/asin]

Further edited to add: Contacted Amazon to redirect the package back to them. Thanks for the help with figuring this out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on July 31, 2014, 01:35:04 PM
A real shame.  Would have loved to get some more bluray classical discs.  Glad you're not getting stung stingo!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: EigenUser on July 31, 2014, 02:18:39 PM
Quote from: stingo on July 31, 2014, 12:27:20 PM
Well, if it turns out to be dodgy, I'll return it to Amazon - thankfully I bought directly from them and not the mp.

Edited to add: Looks like I'll be returning this one unopened. See the customer review on the link.

[asin]B00D3SXA6M[/asin]

Further edited to add: Contacted Amazon to redirect the package back to them. Thanks for the help with figuring this out.
Haha, I love the translation "The Card Party". I assume they mean Jeu de Cartes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 01, 2014, 01:58:40 AM
Got this shipped to me from Amazon UK (to Taiwan) for $60, including postage.

[asin]B00J1XNMDO[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on August 03, 2014, 10:41:12 AM
If you like Le Sacre du Printemps this is worth looking at (not currently in stock though):

http://www.amazon.fr/Stravinsky-Sacre-printemps-100%C3%A8me-Anniversaire/dp/B009J2VMXY

[asin]B009J2VMXY[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on August 03, 2014, 11:25:21 AM
Quote from: NLK1971 on August 03, 2014, 10:41:12 AM
If you like Le Sacre du Printemps this is worth looking at (not currently in stock though):

http://www.amazon.fr/Stravinsky-Sacre-printemps-100%C3%A8me-Anniversaire/dp/B009J2VMXY

[asin]B009J2VMXY[/asin]

20 CDs, $39 shipped to the US. Nice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 03, 2014, 12:01:32 PM
Quote from: Jay F on August 03, 2014, 11:25:21 AM
20 CDs, $39 shipped to the US. Nice.
20 cds of just the Rite of Spring (with even more peformances)? If so, just shoot me now!:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on August 03, 2014, 12:05:04 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 03, 2014, 12:01:32 PM
20 cds of just the Rite of Spring (with even more peformances)? If so, just shoot me now!:)

I like focus.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: EigenUser on August 03, 2014, 12:05:41 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 03, 2014, 12:01:32 PM
20 cds of just the Rite of Spring (with even more peformances)? If so, just shoot me now!:)
+1. I love Rite, but I'm so sick of it.

I'd much prefer such a collector's item with Agon. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on August 03, 2014, 12:10:36 PM
Quote from: NLK1971 on August 03, 2014, 10:41:12 AM
If you like Le Sacre du Printemps this is worth looking at (not currently in stock though):

http://www.amazon.fr/Stravinsky-Sacre-printemps-100%C3%A8me-Anniversaire/dp/B009J2VMXY

[asin]B009J2VMXY[/asin]
Thought about it, but 15 or so that I already have, most of which are in this box, seems enough.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on August 03, 2014, 02:36:46 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 03, 2014, 12:05:41 PM
+1. I love Rite, but I'm so sick of it.

I'd much prefer such a collector's item with Agon. ;D

or multiple versions of all Milhaud operas ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: EigenUser on August 03, 2014, 02:40:35 PM
Quote from: king ubu on August 03, 2014, 02:36:46 PM
or multiple versions of all Milhaud operas ...
They need to finish recording all of Milhaud first, though. I got an interesting-looking score for a work of his called Suite en Sol (Suite in G). I looked everywhere for a recording, but I couldn't find one. That's because one doesn't exist! I wouldn't normally just blindly get a score, but it was at a price that I couldn't refuse at a closing music store.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on August 03, 2014, 02:43:12 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on August 03, 2014, 02:40:35 PM
They need to finish recording all of Milhaud first, though. I got an interesting-looking score for a work of his called Suite en Sol (Suite in G). I looked everywhere for a recording, but I couldn't find one. That's because one doesn't exist! I wouldn't normally just blindly get a score, but it was at a price that I couldn't refuse at a closing music store.

I know ... but I was kinda hoping for a box  to show up of all of 'em with Prêtre, Cluytens, Tzipine, Ansermet and the likes conducting ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 03, 2014, 03:29:53 PM
Quote from: king ubu on August 03, 2014, 02:43:12 PM
I know ... but I was kinda hoping for a box  to show up of all of 'em with Prêtre, Cluytens, Tzipine, Ansermet and the likes conducting ;D
Cluytens has always been a favourite of mine. Not a lot available in stereo alas. (More than Cantelli  :'() there,s a Membran box but they are so spotty. Do you know it?

Duty, $50

[asin]B008MYYODK[/asin]

Not my thing as I have two ears, but you mono-maniacs might like it.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on August 03, 2014, 11:11:15 PM
Quote from: Ken B on August 03, 2014, 03:29:53 PM
Cluytens has always been a favourite of mine. Not a lot available in stereo alas. (More than Cantelli  :'() there,s a Membran box but they are so spotty. Do you know it?

No. I've come to pretty much loathe anything Membran in my long jazz years (those are still going on, but they're 20+ now, whilst the classicals are 2 plus some weeks now) - crappy presentation, bad sound, silly omissions, sometimes MP3-sourced ... I do have the big Furtwängler box (which is one of those silly things that gives no track timings), but other than that I mostly* stood away from their releases in classical as well.

*) they've got that sublabel ... NCA? Some good stuff out there, in okay presentation and sound, those are their own recordings, I think? At least more recent vintage and pretty much okay from what I've sampled so far (in jazz, they did some okay things, too, like some properly licensed reissues).

As for Cluytens, I have the odd opera and most recently the Beethoven symphony cycle (not heard it yet), but not much beyond that. Guess he's conducting some concertos I have, too ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 04, 2014, 09:27:30 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 03, 2014, 03:29:53 PM
Cluytens has always been a favourite of mine. Not a lot available in stereo alas. (More than Cantelli  :'() there,s a Membran box but they are so spotty. Do you know it?

I have this box. It has some real drop dead treasures on it. The sound quality is fine.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 04, 2014, 09:33:19 AM
Quote from: stingo on July 31, 2014, 05:21:51 AM
As seen on Blu-ray.com. 40 Classical Blu-rays for $144.01 + S&H (or no S&H with Prime).

I'm very suspicious of that one. I bet it's just stereo recordings culled from CDs run through some sort of DSP. I can do that myself.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on August 04, 2014, 01:24:08 PM
Quote from: bigshot on August 04, 2014, 09:33:19 AM
I'm very suspicious of that one. I bet it's just stereo recordings culled from CDs run through some sort of DSP. I can do that myself.

I linked a single disc that had a very negative review attached a page or two back. I sent the set back and amazon's already refunded me the money.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on August 12, 2014, 11:26:56 PM
BEETHOVEN Complete String Quartets. Tokyo String Quartet. Harmonia Mundi 8 SACD £18.50

This is available at MDT on pre-order.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on August 15, 2014, 10:01:20 AM
Hi all:

Longtime guest, first-time poster. A couple of items that may interest folks here.

1) The DG 50 Years: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg 25-CD set is at Berkshire Record Outlet for a little < $50 USD
http://www.broinc.com/search.php?row=0&brocode=158042&stocknum=&submit=Find+Item&text=&filter=all

2) Die Walkure from Janowski's Ring on PentaTone is $8.54 USD at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Die-Walkure-McCarthy/dp/B00CZ9CMNC/

Cheers,
ab
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on August 16, 2014, 12:36:47 PM
Both Furtwangler and Bayreuth Membran boxes are on Spotify.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 16, 2014, 11:25:22 PM
The 80 disc volume two of Bernstein on Sony (concertos, etc.) is going for 120 Euros, preorder, on Amazon.de     Less than $2 a disc.
   The price of the Fritz Reiner Chicago symphony box has also plummeted to the same price on the same site. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 16, 2014, 11:38:25 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on August 16, 2014, 11:25:22 PM
The 80 disc volume two of Bernstein on Sony (concertos, etc.) is going for 120 Euros, preorder, on Amazon.de     
It's £ 72 on amazon.uk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 16, 2014, 11:53:34 PM
Quote from: The new erato on August 16, 2014, 11:38:25 PM
It's £ 72 on amazon.uk.
Right you are! Just did a cancel and re-ordered from UK. Once the VAT is cancelled, the price went down to under 60£.  Veeeery attactive...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: otare on August 17, 2014, 12:32:47 AM
The Monteux-box is 72£ now on amazon.co.uk. 60£ when you deduct the VAT.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pierre-Monteux-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00MAPMAFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408262744&sr=8-1&keywords=monteux
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on August 19, 2014, 06:59:00 AM
The 2-disc Netania Davrath Songs of the Auvergne, much lauded by myself and others on GMG is on sale at Daedalus for $5.98 (reg. $19).  If you don't have the Canteloube or are interested in comparing the set you own, this orig. Vanguard recording is warmly recommended. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 19, 2014, 09:57:41 PM
Quote from: albanberg on August 15, 2014, 10:01:20 AM
Hi all:

Longtime guest, first-time poster. A couple of items that may interest folks here.

Welcome!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 19, 2014, 10:41:11 PM
Quote from: listener on July 21, 2014, 04:13:36 PM
a starter for possible updates:   coming August 1st, noted at jpc
J.S.Bach Complete Edition (Brilliant Classics-Edition 2014)  157 CD's
Jaap ter Linden, Rainer Kussmaul, Thomas Hengelbrock, Christine Schornsheim, Pieter-Jan Belder, Stephen Preston, Trevor Pinnock, Jordi Savall, Jakob Lindberg, Johannette Zomer, Monica Huggett, Leon Berben und weitere   
EUR 99.99     

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Amazon.de has this for Eur 82, but I think some of the stuff listed above is for the older box.  For example, the new one has 142, not 157 CDs.  I don't know if this is just consolidation (supposedly some were as short as 38 minutes) or if there is less "stuff" in the box.  Also, in the new (brief) box description, many of those names do not appear :(
  I am so happy with my new Brilliant Haydn that, paradoxically, I now long for this as well ???


Edit: Got more info:
Artists: Artist: Rainer Kussmaul, Thomas Hengelbrock, Christine Schorn Home, Pieter-Jan Belder, Kristof Barati, Thomas Zehetmair, Jaap Ter Linden, Stephen Preston, Trevor Pinnock, Jordi Savall, Stefano Molardi, Johan Zomer, Monica Huggett, Leon Berben, Christiane Wuyts, Ruth Holton, Nico van der Meel, Edith Mathis, Jed Wentz, Pieter-Jan Belder, Emma Kirkby, Martyn Hill, Paul Agnew, Michael Chance, Holland Boys Choir, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Dresden Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, La Stravaganza Köln , Brandenburg Consort, The Sixteen, Consort of London, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Harry Christophers, Andrew Manze,

This is their own blurb, but it does sound pretty good:

Product Info
  The third version of the "Complete Bach Edition" stands out some significant changes from: The organ is now in the recording of Stefano Molardi ago on historical central German instruments; the Sonatas and Partitas for violin can be heard in the new recording of Kristof Baráti and the violin concertos in the interpretation of Thomas Zehetmair. The large choral works are now in recordings of major German orchestras as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Dresden Philharmonic and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra with excellent soloists. Last but not least, through a more efficient distribution of the works could be saved over a dozen CDs. summarized in the box recordings were made ​​from 1970 to 2014 for the East German label Eterna, Berlin Classics, or as high-quality productions.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on August 20, 2014, 01:24:07 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on August 19, 2014, 06:59:00 AM
The 2-disc Netania Davrath Songs of the Auvergne, much lauded by myself and others on GMG is on sale at Daedalus for $5.98 (reg. $19).  If you don't have the Canteloube or are interested in comparing the set you own, this orig. Vanguard recording is warmly recommended.

How would this compare to the Te Kanawa version which seems to be much admired.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 20, 2014, 01:25:32 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on August 19, 2014, 10:41:11 PM
[asin]B00L2SQVS4[/asin]

Amazon.de has this for Eur 82, but I think some of the stuff listed above is for the older box.  For example, the new one has 142, not 157 CDs.  I don't know if this is just consolidation (supposedly some were as short as 38 minutes) or if there is less "stuff" in the box.  Also, in the new (brief) box description, many of those names do not appear :(
  I am so happy with my new Brilliant Haydn that, paradoxically, I now long for this as well ???


Edit: Got more info:
Artists: Artist: Rainer Kussmaul, Thomas Hengelbrock, Christine Schorn Home, Pieter-Jan Belder, Kristof Barati, Thomas Zehetmair, Jaap Ter Linden, Stephen Preston, Trevor Pinnock, Jordi Savall, Stefano Molardi, Johan Zomer, Monica Huggett, Leon Berben, Christiane Wuyts, Ruth Holton, Nico van der Meel, Edith Mathis, Jed Wentz, Pieter-Jan Belder, Emma Kirkby, Martyn Hill, Paul Agnew, Michael Chance, Holland Boys Choir, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Dresden Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, La Stravaganza Köln , Brandenburg Consort, The Sixteen, Consort of London, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Harry Christophers, Andrew Manze,

This is their own blurb, but it does sound pretty good:

Product Info
  The third version of the "Complete Bach Edition" stands out some significant changes from: The organ is now in the recording of Stefano Molardi ago on historical central German instruments; the Sonatas and Partitas for violin can be heard in the new recording of Kristof Baráti and the violin concertos in the interpretation of Thomas Zehetmair. The large choral works are now in recordings of major German orchestras as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Dresden Philharmonic and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra with excellent soloists. Last but not least, through a more efficient distribution of the works could be saved over a dozen CDs. summarized in the box recordings were made ​​from 1970 to 2014 for the East German label Eterna, Berlin Classics, or as high-quality productions.
I had the second incarnation and liked it. I like the Fagius organ, I doubt this is an upgrade. The core is the Dutch cantatas. I like'em but they are no threat to Suzuki et al. Harpsichord stuff was a mixed bag but lots that was good. I doubt you'd regret this if you get a good price. But buy it for the secondary stuff, not the major choral works, which are better elsewhere, including boxes I think you own.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on August 21, 2014, 05:14:15 AM
Quote from: Holden on August 20, 2014, 01:24:07 PM
How would this compare to the Te Kanawa version which seems to be much admired.

Kiri and Davrath are my favorites.  Kiri was my first exposure to the Chants and I listen to hers still - she was in top form and had the coaching assistance of Jean Fay (since deceased) a linguistic authority.  Tate and the English Chamber Orch. are warm and lustrous, first rate.  Hers are sumptuous performances, sometimes taken at a slower pace than one is accustomed to hearing, but no less wonderful because of that.  Still, some think it's gilding the lily.  Davrath's recording - she took a personal interest in folksongs - is lighter, sprightlier, more personal and frankly, more in keeping with the songs' folk origins.   If I had to choose one set - it would be hers - thankfully I don't have to (and at the prices you can obtain those two you shouldn't have to either!).  There are aspects of still other recordings - 7 or thereabouts - that make me turn occasionally to those as well.  Maria Bayo's Chants w/ Perez fall somewhere in between the two above and you get as further inducement 5 Chants de Pays Basques not in either of them.  I might add that there was also some support among GMGers for Jill Gomez' EMI recording.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on August 21, 2014, 08:01:01 AM
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 (5 discs): John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Naive Sa, €3.99 at AmIt.
http://www.amazon.it/Beethoven-Symphonies-1-9-John-Nelson/dp/B000K15U2W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408636124&sr=8-1&keywords=nelson+beethoven

Constantin Silvestri - ICON: The Complete EMI Recordings 15 discs, €9.99 at AmIt.
http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00ACHXHII/ref=pe_940171_52922531_pe_epc__1p_0_ti

The Beethoven has just shot up in price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 21, 2014, 11:02:46 AM
Quote from: hafod on August 21, 2014, 08:01:01 AM
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 (5 discs): John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Naive Sa, €3.99 at AmIt.
http://www.amazon.it/Beethoven-Symphonies-1-9-John-Nelson/dp/B000K15U2W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408636124&sr=8-1&keywords=nelson+beethoven

Constantin Silvestri - ICON: The Complete EMI Recordings 15 discs, €9.99 at AmIt.
http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00ACHXHII/ref=pe_940171_52922531_pe_epc__1p_0_ti

The Beethoven has just shot up in price.
These are both 5 star boxes in my book.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 21, 2014, 11:04:59 AM
Delighted with the Silvestri.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on August 26, 2014, 12:10:06 PM
Amazon.it

Beethoven/Bruggen 7cd Box-set currently 11.37 EUR
http://www.amazon.it/Beethoven-The-Complete-Symphonies-etc/dp/B00KNTLZ5W/ (http://www.amazon.it/Beethoven-The-Complete-Symphonies-etc/dp/B00KNTLZ5W/)
[asin]B00KNTLZ5W[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on August 29, 2014, 07:43:13 AM


£23.89 from amazon.co.uk.... superb performances by the authority (Sir Colin Davis!) on Berlioz. Grab it and run that's what I did...... GRAB IT AND RUN I TELL YOU BEFORE ITS PRICE GOES ANY HIGHER!!!

  [asin]B00DMUOKGK[/asin]

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 29, 2014, 08:52:34 AM
It's even cheaper on amazon.it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 29, 2014, 09:00:19 AM
Is that resentment from the Prix de Rome episode? 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on August 29, 2014, 03:51:06 PM
Quote from: marvinbrown on August 29, 2014, 07:43:13 AM

£23.89 from amazon.co.uk.... superb performances by the authority (Sir Colin Davis!) on Berlioz. Grab it and run that's what I did...... GRAB IT AND RUN I TELL YOU BEFORE ITS PRICE GOES ANY HIGHER!!!

It's a good set, but, on receiving it, I hated the fact that only the third movement of "Tristia" is included, at the end of the "Symphonie Fantastique" disc. I know for a fact that sir Colin recorded the whole work, and, to make matters worse, "Les nuits d'été" gets a whole 30-minute CD all to itself. Someone at Universal Italy screwed up big time on that one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 29, 2014, 05:00:51 PM
Those AmazonIt boxes are now all several times more expensive.  Something weird going on over there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 29, 2014, 11:49:20 PM
Abeille are having a pretty decent sale on Brilliant. A few that may be of interest: Shosty box for EUR 31.20 (all with VAT). Purcell EUR 21.60. Brendal EUR 21.60. Shutz EUR 19.20.Frescabaldi EUR 14.40. And lots of smaller boxes...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 30, 2014, 12:05:44 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 29, 2014, 11:49:20 PM
Abeille are having a pretty decent sale on Brilliant. A few that may be of interest: Shosty box for EUR 31.20 (all with VAT). Purcell EUR 21.60. Brendal EUR 21.60. Shutz EUR 19.20.Frescabaldi EUR 14.40. And lots of smaller boxes...

Indeed, thanks! :)

Now I am waiting for the way their shipping costs are going to work out once I filled my shopping cart. .. :-\

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 30, 2014, 12:30:20 AM
Quote from: Que on August 30, 2014, 12:05:44 AM
Indeed, thanks! :)

Now I am waiting for the way their shipping costs are going to work out once I filled my shopping cart. .. :-\

Q

Yes, the shipping costs are a problem. That is why I never order with them, well, only if I have enough to order. Their sales are not anymore what they use to be, alas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: niknala on August 31, 2014, 09:04:53 AM
Anyone know the Brilliant "Mendelssohn Portrait" 40-CD box?  Abeille has it for 21 euros w/ vat.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 31, 2014, 10:53:05 AM
Quote from: niknala on August 31, 2014, 09:04:53 AM
Anyone know the Brilliant "Mendelssohn Portrait" 40-CD box?  Abeille has it for 21 euros w/ vat.

I have that set. I don't care much for Sawallisch's symphonies. There are MUCH better alternatives out there. But you probably already have those anyway. However Lev Markiz's set of String Symphonies is worth the cost of the whole set. They are a top choice. The concertos, chamber and choral music is all very solid on this set. (There are better Elijahs) Definitely worth getting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on August 31, 2014, 11:31:56 AM
Quote from: niknala on August 31, 2014, 09:04:53 AM
Anyone know the Brilliant "Mendelssohn Portrait" 40-CD box?  Abeille has it for 21 euros w/ vat.

Definitely worth it simply to explore Mendelssohn's compositions...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on August 31, 2014, 11:46:49 AM
Amazon.es

Rather cheap, though there's a possibility they won't fulfill orders.

http://www.amazon.es/Haydn-Complete-Recordings-Pinnock/dp/B00LBMW85Q/
[asin]B00LBMW85Q[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: A1_DAN on August 31, 2014, 01:54:59 PM
Amazon.de have a Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 25cd Baroque box set for Approx 23euros at the moment.

http://www.amazon.de/Deutsche-harmonia-mundi-25-CD/dp/B00CA6Y7RO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1409518226&sr=1-1&keywords=deutsche+harmonia+mundi+-+25-cd-edition

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on September 04, 2014, 05:48:40 AM
For those of you who use Pricenoia to compare prices from Amazon sites worldwide - the site has shut down.

http://pricenoia.tumblr.com/post/96524879555/pricenoia-shuts-down
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 04, 2014, 06:09:45 AM
Quote from: MyronM on September 04, 2014, 05:48:40 AM
For those of you who use Pricenoia to compare prices from Amazon sites worldwide - the site has shut down.

http://pricenoia.tumblr.com/post/96524879555/pricenoia-shuts-down

I am flabbergasted, what a stupid thing to do by Amazon, as if that would change customers habit to compare prices. Its just harder to look at the different countries, but worth the effort.
A bad decision made by Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 04, 2014, 06:28:48 AM
I have not spent my own money on Amazon in 3 months (but I did use gift cards I was given). They are having a bad year between this and their refusal to sell Hachette Books.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 04, 2014, 06:34:08 AM
Quote from: Harry's on September 04, 2014, 06:09:45 AM
I am flabbergasted, what a stupid thing to do by Amazon, as if that would change customers habit to compare prices. Its just harder to look at the different countries, but worth the effort.
A bad decision made by Amazon.
They killed a site making amazon easier to use, as if we didn't compare prices already. Well, more business for mdt, jpc, europadisc, prestoclassical etc etc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 05, 2014, 11:22:22 AM
I've received a coupon code from JPC for 20 percent which I don't intend to use.

Caution: I don't know if the coupon can be used with an email address that is not mine.

Under that caveat,  I'm placing it here for any GMGer to use.   I only ask the person who does it to post that they have done so,  as a courtesy to the rest.  Ditto if you discover it can only be used with my email address.


Quote
Dear Mr. Smith,

you placed your last order quite a while ago. We would like to welcome you back as a jpc customer soon. To make it easier for you to decide what you would like to buy next, we are giving you a
20 % voucher*
with your personal code bk3bwvs8 which you can redeem before midnight on
Thursday, September 11, 2014 (German Time)
in our shop at www.jpc.de for any one of our CDs, LPs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.


How does it work? Simply redeem your voucher at www.jpc.de when placing an order from your shopping cart.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on September 06, 2014, 01:45:02 AM
Abeillemusique is dumping some Hyperion stock (http://www.abeillemusique.com/Destockage-Hyperion/clelist-542.html) with prices ranging from 3 to 6 euros.

Probably only of real interst to an anyone living in France.

I gave up after shipping costs kept approximating the amount for the discs themselves. Just like I did with their recent Brilliant sale.  :( They are a bunch of idiots, if I count the many times I decided at the last moment to look elsewhere.....

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minimal music on September 06, 2014, 01:22:18 PM
Listz complete piano works, from Leslie Howard now EUR 99.99

http://www.abeillemusique.com/CD/Classique/CDS4450198/0034571145013/Hyperion/Franz-Liszt/Musique-pour-piano-Integrale/cleart-36781.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on September 08, 2014, 06:00:09 AM


  Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!  This set has just dropped to £38 delivered 1 week after its release! DAMN! I should have waited!!  >:( Coulda' shoulda' Woulda' my chance is gone.....yours however is still there:

  £38 From amazon.co.uk:

  [asin]B00KZ73VDG[/asin]

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on September 09, 2014, 02:07:16 AM
Sony Wagner Box Set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Wagner-Great-Recordings-R/dp/B00A2JTEHY/ref=aag_m_pw_dp?ie=UTF8&m=A3S4CALP5RVRRC)

[asin]B00A2JTEHY[/asin]
£12.53 + £1.26 shipping @ Amazon MP : roundMediaUK (On, Canada)

Interesting, for an even cheaper issue of the Janowski Ring.  Some mixed reviews on Amazon, Re: certain other issues within the set  ;)  But its ideal for a noobie to whet yond beak.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 09, 2014, 08:32:27 AM
Hyperions "Please buy me" sale has lots of Gimell stuff by the Tallis Scholars.

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1016&vw=dc (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/o.asp?o=1016&vw=dc)

Unfortunately I already have most of it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on September 09, 2014, 10:41:22 PM
Quote from: The new erato on September 04, 2014, 06:34:08 AM
They killed a site making amazon easier to use, as if we didn't compare prices already. Well, more business for mdt, jpc, europadisc, prestoclassical etc etc.

Amazon also made searching on their site more difficult.  To search for low to high prices is more difficult now and makes for buying marketplace buyers the cheaper alternative impossible to find.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 09, 2014, 11:07:53 PM
(https://www.europadisc.co.uk/images/products-190/1396537054_8508015.jpg)

16 £ for those of you that are outside the EU (ie VAT less) at europadisc for these 8 discs seem a good bargain. One more sales day to go!

https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/115927/Grieg_-_Complete_Orchestral_Works.htm (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/115927/Grieg_-_Complete_Orchestral_Works.htm)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 11, 2014, 02:04:41 AM
23 euros for this 10 CD set on jpc.de:

(https://www.jpc.de/image/w220/front/0/0028947937081.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/georg-philipp-telemann-telemann-edition/hnum/5533886 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/georg-philipp-telemann-telemann-edition/hnum/5533886)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 11, 2014, 02:43:14 AM
Quote from: The new erato on September 11, 2014, 02:04:41 AM
23 euros for this 10 CD set on jpc.de:

(https://www.jpc.de/image/w220/front/0/0028947937081.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/georg-philipp-telemann-telemann-edition/hnum/5533886 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/georg-philipp-telemann-telemann-edition/hnum/5533886)

Thank you Erato, ordered it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on September 11, 2014, 03:32:10 AM
This is about the best instrumental Telemann around and a great bargain (I have 8 or 9 of the 10 discs separately). Even those who may believe that Telemann only produced shallow muzak should give it a chance!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on September 11, 2014, 09:47:36 AM
Bummer, I got the Tafelmusik set not so long ago.....  ::)

Ad enjoyed it very much BTW.  Since I do not have the rest, I guess an upgrade at the right price might be in order.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on September 11, 2014, 10:45:00 PM
Quote from: MyronM on September 04, 2014, 05:48:40 AM
For those of you who use Pricenoia to compare prices from Amazon sites worldwide - the site has shut down.

http://pricenoia.tumblr.com/post/96524879555/pricenoia-shuts-down

It is a terrible shame. >:( BTW I just discovered that the data at Pricenoia is not updated anymore.....

Does anyone have suggestions on possible alternatives?

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 11, 2014, 11:05:50 PM
Quote from: Que on September 11, 2014, 09:47:36 AM
Bummer, I got the Tafelmusik set not so long ago.....  ::)

Ad enjoyed it very much BTW.  Since I do not have the rest, I guess an upgrade at the right price might be in order.

Q
I've had the 4 CD Tafelmusik set for a couple of years. Interestingly enough it is currently more expensive than the 10 CD set. Anybody PM me, I'll give it away if the postage isn't too prohibitive (I'll need to recieve the 10 Cd set first however).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 12, 2014, 12:12:13 AM
Quote from: Que on September 11, 2014, 10:45:00 PM
It is a terrible shame. >:( BTW I just discovered that the data at Pricenoia is not updated anymore.....

Does anyone have suggestions on possible alternatives?

Q
You could try camelcamelcamel.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on September 12, 2014, 12:45:53 AM
IMO the best ones are the Tafelmusik, the disc with wind concerti and the one with "Wassermusik" (although there is also a very good "Wassermusik by Zefiro coupled with Handel's). But I guess the single discs are still full price, so the new package would be cheaper and more convenient anyway.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 12, 2014, 08:12:52 AM
An almost complete Rodrigo box 21 CD'S for 20 euro at JPC de. Almost all excellent recordings.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joaquin-Rodrigo-1902-1999-Joaquin-Rodrigo-Edition/hnum/2639864

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on September 12, 2014, 10:39:31 AM
Quote from: Harry's on September 12, 2014, 08:12:52 AM
An almost complete Rodrigo box 21 CD'S for 20 euro at JPC de. Almost all excellent recordings.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joaquin-Rodrigo-1902-1999-Joaquin-Rodrigo-Edition/hnum/2639864

Not that it's any of my business, but I'm guessing the unpleasantness between you and JPC has passed under the bridge?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on September 12, 2014, 11:41:59 AM
Quote from: Harry's on September 12, 2014, 08:12:52 AM
An almost complete Rodrigo box 21 CD'S for 20 euro at JPC de. Almost all excellent recordings.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joaquin-Rodrigo-1902-1999-Joaquin-Rodrigo-Edition/hnum/2639864

Yes, ordered it immediately. A lot of fine recordings that I already know - used to play them in the car radio during summers spent somewhere in the Mediterranian, mostly. Love many of the concertos. But this collection is even more complete.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 12, 2014, 12:19:12 PM
Quote from: stingo on September 12, 2014, 10:39:31 AM
Not that it's any of my business, but I'm guessing the unpleasantness between you and JPC has passed under the bridge?

No, somebody else ordered it for me ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 12, 2014, 05:18:03 PM
Quote from: Harry's on September 12, 2014, 08:12:52 AM
An almost complete Rodrigo box 21 CD'S for 20 euro at JPC de. Almost all excellent recordings.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joaquin-Rodrigo-1902-1999-Joaquin-Rodrigo-Edition/hnum/2639864
not in the North American catalogue, so I've ordered it here
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on September 13, 2014, 12:52:30 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on September 12, 2014, 12:12:13 AM
You could try camelcamelcamel.

I did... :)

And as far as I can figure out it does allow you to switch your search from one Amazon site to another,  but it lacks an international price comparison feature (including shiping). Since I live in Europe that is crucial to me.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on September 13, 2014, 01:22:00 AM
Que try keepa.com
once you track a product you can check international pricing

oh.. maybe not with shipping... I'm not sure.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on September 19, 2014, 05:05:14 PM
Hmm, nobody posted in this thread for almost a week... Are the bargains drying up?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on September 19, 2014, 06:49:27 PM
Quote from: bogdan101 on September 19, 2014, 05:05:14 PM
Hmm, nobody posted in this thread for almost a week... Are the bargains drying up?

Seems like it. Haven't seen anything enticing for a while.....    :'( :'(

However, I am "saving" lots of money!   :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 19, 2014, 09:58:15 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on September 19, 2014, 06:49:27 PM
Seems like it. Haven't seen anything enticing for a while.....    :'( :'(

However, I am "saving" lots of money!   :D

  I have...so I haven't :'(
    I bought one of the wonderful Naive Vivaldi boxes from "CD Imports" for about $17 for 6 CDs (in jewel cases, which I hate, but with lots of liner notes, which is nice, of course)3*

    My shop now has the DG originals and Decca Phase 4 boxes for about $115 each.  That doesn't help you of course, unless you are visiting Southern Taiwan, soon.  However, my store's prices are generally not lower than what can be found on-line (after items eventually become available).  In other words, if you hold on for a while and are interested in these items, they should get much cheaper.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 24, 2014, 06:17:10 AM
TALLIS Complete works on Brilliant now EUR 16.99 at jpc for 10 discs, notes and texts on a CD-ROM



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 24, 2014, 06:48:59 AM
Quote from: listener on September 24, 2014, 06:17:10 AM
TALLIS Complete works on Brilliant now EUR 16.99 at jpc for 10 discs, notes and texts on a CD-ROM

A great price for a great box (or, box-let)!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 25, 2014, 12:34:37 AM
Boulez box price has dropped  8)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/815JnQqASPL._SY355_.jpg)


http://www.amazon.it/Pierre-Boulez-Complete-Columbia-Al/dp/B00JAOK44O/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1411633964&sr=1-3&keywords=boulez+complete
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on September 26, 2014, 09:45:04 AM
Thanks, I was waiting for an excuse to order it.

Quote from: Orpheus on September 25, 2014, 12:34:37 AM
Boulez box price has dropped  8)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/815JnQqASPL._SY355_.jpg)


http://www.amazon.it/Pierre-Boulez-Complete-Columbia-Al/dp/B00JAOK44O/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1411633964&sr=1-3&keywords=boulez+complete
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 27, 2014, 01:25:38 AM
http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00KXJD58M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1642&creative=19458&creativeASIN=B00KXJD58M&linkCode=as2&tag=bpclass-21&linkId=3W6LJ42HCDX4CA3C (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00KXJD58M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1642&creative=19458&creativeASIN=B00KXJD58M&linkCode=as2&tag=bpclass-21&linkId=3W6LJ42HCDX4CA3C)

The Seon box now down to 120 Euros at amazon.fr.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 27, 2014, 01:49:14 AM
Quote from: The new erato on September 27, 2014, 01:25:38 AM
http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00KXJD58M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1642&creative=19458&creativeASIN=B00KXJD58M&linkCode=as2&tag=bpclass-21&linkId=3W6LJ42HCDX4CA3C (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00KXJD58M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1642&creative=19458&creativeASIN=B00KXJD58M&linkCode=as2&tag=bpclass-21&linkId=3W6LJ42HCDX4CA3C)

The Seon box now down to 120 Euros at amazon.fr.

I will go down even further, if you have the patience. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on September 27, 2014, 02:16:14 AM
Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. At 1,5 Euros pr disc it's already pretty cheap. Outside EU one can deduct VAT of course.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on September 27, 2014, 06:45:59 AM
Haitink's Beethoven symphony cycle with the LSO is available for an $11.99 download from Amazon (http://"www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002T836XE"). I love the SACD version but for those on a budget, it seems a good offer.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 28, 2014, 12:11:14 AM
Anyone interested in the Janowski Ring cycle?  A 40 CD set of Wagner which includes that (and 28 other discs) is $12 at ImportCDs.
   The box has been in this thread before, but nowhere near this price. 
http://www.importcds.com/music/2517965/r-wagner-richard-wagner-great-recordings

EDIT: Whoops. Just saw it says "ships in 5-10 days". In my CDimport experience, that can mean "We will never have this again".
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 28, 2014, 02:02:04 AM
ordered thanks . If they can't supply I did order some Hahn and Roussel  as well at good prices so I'll be satisfied, I don't need the Wagner but don't have some of the operas on cd.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 28, 2014, 03:38:50 AM
Quote from: listener on September 28, 2014, 02:02:04 AM
ordered thanks . If they can't supply I did order some Hahn and Roussel  as well at good prices so I'll be satisfied, I don't need the Wagner but don't have some of the operas on cd.

  Yeah, they have some ridiculously low prices on some items.  The Naive Vivaldi boxes are dirt cheap (some $16) as well as some of the sweet DHM boxes, such as the Mozart box--10 discs of very nice performances for $14.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 28, 2014, 10:59:59 AM
Another reason for buying directly from reliable marketplace sellers rather than going through their amazon link is the savings on p&h.  mp will add  a small amount for additional items, amazon add the full base amount to each item.  I saved at least $10 on my 4-item purchase that way.
amazon is still a good alternative when one is unsure of a supplier's performance, however.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: martijn on October 01, 2014, 02:17:52 AM
Puccini's complete opera's, 20cds - just 42 euros at amazon.de

http://www.amazon.de/Puccini-Tutte-Opere/dp/B0079J27LA/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1412158381&sr=8-10&keywords=puccini
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 01, 2014, 07:56:23 AM
this box just came down to $115 at US amazon.
[asin]B00EDXH116[/asin]

  It's a real box of chocolates.  relatively few war-horses and lots of wild cards.  For anyone who wants to sample a wide repertoire in very good sound, I think this might be a good (and cheap) way to go about it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on October 01, 2014, 05:23:58 PM
I got one for you (at 50 cents per cd)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2JTEHY/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1KATHEZQNEJH7J5QFXHV&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81aC-dM1JpL._SL1500_.jpg)

All for $21 including delivery including shipping. Worth it for the Janowski Ring Cycle alone.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 01, 2014, 05:31:50 PM
Liszt for $22...
25 CD/1 DVD

"The ultimate collection of Liszt's piano and symphonic masterworks. You'll also encounter his essential chamber music, choral works and pieces for the organ and hear a dizzying array of illustrious performers and conductors: Claudio Arrau, Emanuel Ax, Van Cliburn, Glenn Gould, Vladimir Horowitz, Evgeny Kissin, Murray Perahia, Sviatoslav Richter, Arthur Rubinstein, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Eugene Ormany, Fritz Reiner, Leopold Stokowski even Sergie Rachmaninoff! The bonus DVD Horowitz Plays Liszt joins 25 CDs with Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat; Grandes Etudes De Paganini; Venezia E Napoli; Sonata in B Minor; Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19; Liebestraume Nos. 1-3; Symphony No. 5 in C Minor; Prelude & Fugue in G Minor; Symphony No. 6 in F Major; Mephisto Waltz No. 1; Danse Macabre; Requiem for Organ; Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H; Consolations Nos. 1-6 , and more."

[asin] B004TVVZI2[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 01, 2014, 05:58:47 PM
Ordered it from CMS on Amazon MP for $20.86
They have a few more.

Thank you.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 01, 2014, 06:08:23 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 01, 2014, 05:31:50 PM
Liszt for $22...
25 CD/1 DVD

The ultimate collection of Liszt's piano and symphonic masterworks. You'll also encounter his essential chamber music, choral works and pieces for the organ and hear a dizzying array of illustrious performers and conductors: Claudio Arrau, Emanuel Ax, Van Cliburn, Glenn Gould, Vladimir Horowitz, Evgeny Kissin, Murray Perahia, Sviatoslav Richter, Arthur Rubinstein, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Eugene Ormany, Fritz Reiner, Leopold Stokowski even Sergie Rachmaninoff! The bonus DVD Horowitz Plays Liszt joins 25 CDs with Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat; Grandes Etudes De Paganini; Venezia E Napoli; Sonata in B Minor; Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19; Liebestraume Nos. 1-3; Symphony No. 5 in C Minor; Prelude & Fugue in G Minor; Symphony No. 6 in F Major; Mephisto Waltz No. 1; Danse Macabre; Requiem for Organ; Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H; Consolations Nos. 1-6 , and more.

[asin] B004TVVZI2[/asin]

I have that and like it. It's a ridiculously good deal.  The DVD isn't much, however, IMO. It's maybe 15 minutes of Horowitz playing live, from a somewhat degraded video.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 01, 2014, 06:16:48 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 01, 2014, 06:08:23 PM
I have that and like it. It's a ridiculously good deal.  The DVD isn't much, however, IMO. It's maybe 15 minutes of Horowitz playing live, from a somewhat degraded video.
Fine by me.  I often never play those DVDs anyway.  And even w/o the DVD,  I paid less than a dollar per disc.
I wonder what the GMG record for that ratio might be.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 01, 2014, 06:23:35 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 01, 2014, 06:16:48 PMFine by me.  I often never play those DVDs anyway.  And even w/o the DVD,  I paid less than a dollar per disc.
I wonder what the GMG record for that ratio might be.



I think the best I got was the Rubinstein box for around $0.75/disc, shipping included.  People who got the DRD Haydn when it was selling for crazy low prices should have been around $0.65/disc, or thereabouts, if memory serves. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on October 01, 2014, 07:08:08 PM
Quote from: Todd on October 01, 2014, 06:23:35 PM
I think the best I got was the Rubinstein box for around $0.75/disc, shipping included.  People who got the DRD Haydn when it was selling for crazy low prices should have been around $0.65/disc, or thereabouts, if memory serves.

The Sony Wagner box mentioned above is currently $0.53 per disc, including U.S. shipping.

The Liszt box is tempting at that price. I'm going to resist it, though, because there are so many other things I actually want.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 01, 2014, 07:26:20 PM
Quote from: Pat B on October 01, 2014, 07:08:08 PM
The Sony Wagner box mentioned above is currently $0.53 per disc, including U.S. shipping.

The Liszt box is tempting at that price. I'm going to resist it, though, because there are so many other things I actually want.

  With the Wagner box, there is a big caveat. I think 1/3 of the discs aren't operas, they are just random collections of excerpts and incidental music and whatnot. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 01, 2014, 07:27:07 PM
Quote from: Todd on October 01, 2014, 06:23:35 PM


I think the best I got was the Rubinstein box for around $0.75/disc, shipping included.  People who got the DRD Haydn when it was selling for crazy low prices should have been around $0.65/disc, or thereabouts, if memory serves.
And do not forget the Lumières box from HM..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 01, 2014, 07:51:59 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 01, 2014, 07:27:07 PM
And do not forget the Lumières box from HM..
I got that for $1/disc. My best deal ever was probably the 100 CD Brilliant Russian legends for $40, followed by the Great Big Rubinstein Box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 01, 2014, 07:59:49 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 01, 2014, 07:51:59 PM
I got that for $1/disc.
I got it for $0.65/disc.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on October 02, 2014, 07:24:22 AM
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Box set, Hybrid SACD (Harmonia Mundi)
Tokyo String Quartet

Currently:    £15.12 at Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Quartets-Tokyo-Quartet/dp/B00L5J4PYC/
[asin]B00L5J4PYC[/asin]

Actually quite a few HM items have been reduced (e.g. Paul Lewis - Beethoven/Schubert sonatas; Jacobs - Matthew passion).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on October 02, 2014, 09:13:48 AM
Anyone waiting for the Karajan Symphony Edition, down to 27.5 GBP. For those of us in the US and avoiding VAT, that's $42 US shipped, slightly more than $1/disc.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001DCQIAU
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 02, 2014, 10:33:38 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 01, 2014, 06:16:48 PM
Fine by me.  I often never play those DVDs anyway.

If you have the Horowitz Carnegie Hall box, you might want to check out the disk in there. It's his comeback concert with the stereo sound synced to it for the first time. Amazing performance. The documentary in the Rubinstein box is worth seeing too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 02, 2014, 10:35:23 AM
Quote from: albanberg on October 02, 2014, 09:13:48 AM
Anyone waiting for the Karajan Symphony Edition, down to 27.5 GBP. For those of us in the US and avoiding VAT, that's $42 US shipped, slightly more than $1/disc.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001DCQIAU

I have the Karajan EMI and 60s boxes. This cheapie box gave me all I really need from the 70s. Saved me having to get the big 70s box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 02, 2014, 04:54:51 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 01, 2014, 05:58:47 PM
Ordered it from CMS on Amazon MP for $20.86
They have a few more.

Thank you.

Just found out CMS cancelled this as being out of stock.
Actually second time this happened to me with this set.  Guess I am not meant to have it.

ETA they still list it at the same price...hmph.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on October 02, 2014, 05:15:47 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 01, 2014, 06:16:48 PM
Fine by me.  I often never play those DVDs anyway.  And even w/o the DVD,  I paid less than a dollar per disc.
I wonder what the GMG record for that ratio might be.

I got the 60 disk Sony Beethoven Masterworks box for $27 including s&h, I think that's .45/disk. And that was from Amazon!  :o

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 02, 2014, 05:49:39 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on October 02, 2014, 05:15:47 PM
I got the 60 disk Sony Beethoven Masterworks box for $27 including s&h, I think that's .45/disk. And that was from Amazon!  :o

8)
I got the 85 disc Brilliant set from Amazon for $29.99, shipping included.

Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up!

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 02, 2014, 09:55:36 PM
I got the 150 disc Haydn box on Brilliant from abeille on sale at around 30 Euros!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 03, 2014, 05:29:13 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 02, 2014, 09:55:36 PM
I got the 150 disc Haydn box on Brilliant from abeille on sale at around 30 Euros!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FucbvoFFy0#t=12 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FucbvoFFy0#t=12)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 04, 2014, 01:53:13 AM
The Vegh Beethoven cycle at £15 :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0000DET84/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B0000DET84&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplansclas-21&linkId=P3CULVGPVEJ6NC2M (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0000DET84/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B0000DET84&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplansclas-21&linkId=P3CULVGPVEJ6NC2M)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 04, 2014, 02:22:46 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 04, 2014, 01:53:13 AM
The Vegh Beethoven cycle at £15 :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0000DET84/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B0000DET84&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplansclas-21&linkId=P3CULVGPVEJ6NC2M (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0000DET84/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B0000DET84&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplansclas-21&linkId=P3CULVGPVEJ6NC2M)

I'm on it. Thanks ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on October 05, 2014, 11:56:55 AM
I've just bought this as well. I already have the Hungarian SQ but rarely listen to it. Some quick sampling suggested that this purchase would change that habit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on October 06, 2014, 08:16:04 AM

The Pierre Boulez: The Complete Columbia Album Collection (67 discs, ASIN B00JAOK44O), now £81.18 at AmUk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on October 06, 2014, 10:47:13 AM
Quote from: hafod on October 06, 2014, 08:16:04 AM
The Pierre Boulez: The Complete Columbia Album Collection (67 discs, ASIN B00JAOK44O), now £81.18 at AmUk.

Nice one.

There's a full tracklisting here:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/pierre-boulez-album-collection/hnum/3793150 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/pierre-boulez-album-collection/hnum/3793150)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on October 06, 2014, 10:50:05 AM
Quote from: hafod on October 06, 2014, 08:16:04 AM
The Pierre Boulez: The Complete Columbia Album Collection (67 discs, ASIN B00JAOK44O), now £81.18 at AmUk.

Thanks, ordered.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 07, 2014, 12:16:21 AM
Lumières-Box for 13 CHF ... not sure what that makes per disc, but if you used real money over there, it would be even less  ;)

Guess I'm back now ... played jazz all the time in the past two months (whilst preparing exams and stuff, lotsa reading and had to listen to familiar things whilst doing so), but now, I'm ready for more CDCDCD stuff ... got plenty o' good deals in those weeks and months, but they were just piling up (the Rameau operas box on Erato/Warner, the Weinberger Bach organ box on cpo, the Janowski Ring, the Gluck operas box ...)

Also pre-ordered the Monteux at 71£ - just about 60£ once the VAT's done with.

So I guess this is the right thread to make my return  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: EigenUser on October 07, 2014, 12:22:25 AM
Quote from: king ubu on October 07, 2014, 12:16:21 AM
Lumières-Box for 13 CHF ... not sure what that makes per disc, but if you used real money over there, it would be even less  ;)

Guess I'm back now ... played jazz all the time in the past two months (whilst preparing exams and stuff, lotsa reading and had to listen to familiar things whilst doing so), but now, I'm ready for more CDCDCD stuff ... got plenty o' good deals in those weeks and months, but they were just piling up (the Rameau operas box on Erato/Warner, the Weinberger Bach organ box on cpo, the Janowski Ring, the Gluck operas box ...)

Also pre-ordered the Monteux at 71£ - just about 60£ once the VAT's done with.

So I guess this is the right thread to make my return  :)
I noticed that you were gone, actually. Welcome back!

I need to listen to more jazz, but I've been saying this for months (years, even). Do you know of Tom Harrell? I like him quite a bit, but that's nearly all I know (other than some Ellington).

Have you heard Maurice Ohana's cello concerto In Dark and Blue (1990-ish)? Hugely influenced by jazz. One section in the score tells the cellist to play "like a muted jazz trumpet". Another says "Here's to you, Satchmo!" :laugh:  I'm actually listening to it right now. Very improvisatory playing on the cello with rich and colorful orchestral harmonies.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 07, 2014, 12:44:45 AM
Thx!

Yup, saw Harrell live twice, even ... hard life story there, but he can be a thoroughly wonderful trumpet player and he's got his own voice (which is all that jazz really is about, in the end).

As for Ellington, I've played dozens and dozens of his discs in the past weeks - mostly stuff from the forties to the sixties (his late twenties and even more so thirties output is prime as well). I'm amazed by the consistency of his work every time I revisit any of it ... truly one of the greatest musicians the twentieth century had to offer!

Haven't heard (of) Ohana though - sounds interesting though!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 07, 2014, 03:20:47 AM
Quote from: king ubu on October 07, 2014, 12:16:21 AM
Lumières-Box for 13 CHF ... not sure what that makes per disc, but if you used real money over there, it would be even less  ;)

Guess I'm back now ... played jazz all the time in the past two months (whilst preparing exams and stuff, lotsa reading and had to listen to familiar things whilst doing so), but now, I'm ready for more CDCDCD stuff ... got plenty o' good deals in those weeks and months, but they were just piling up (the Rameau operas box on Erato/Warner, the Weinberger Bach organ box on cpo, the Janowski Ring, the Gluck operas box ...)

Also pre-ordered the Monteux at 71£ - just about 60£ once the VAT's done with.

So I guess this is the right thread to make my return  :)

Hmm, I wonder if you should have chosen the CDCDCD thread instead?   ;D
Welcome back from the Jazz Land!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 07, 2014, 04:06:11 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 07, 2014, 03:20:47 AM
Hmm, I wonder if you should have chosen the CDCDCD thread instead?   ;D
Welcome back from the Jazz Land!

Thx! I guess I'm quite unable to keep those two apart  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 07, 2014, 05:10:53 AM
Quote from: king ubu on October 07, 2014, 04:06:11 AM
I guess I'm quite unable to keep those two apart  ;D

You said it! I find full priced discs infinitely resistible.  Once you get down to 85% off of typical full price, however, my will-power melts into jelly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 07, 2014, 08:47:37 PM
The Callas set just dropped to 116 GBP at Amazon UK.

I could kick myself as I got it from France just a week ago at a much higher price! Oh well, it is Callas after all and she is worth every gold coin I earn.  8)
Regardless, this seems like a great deal at this point in time!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Callas-Remastered-Complete-Recordings-1949-1969/dp/B00KN15P56/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412743511&sr=8-1&keywords=callas (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Callas-Remastered-Complete-Recordings-1949-1969/dp/B00KN15P56/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412743511&sr=8-1&keywords=callas)

[asin] B00KN15P56[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 07, 2014, 08:49:55 PM
DG Wagner for 43 GBP at Amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Complete-Operas-Various-Artists/dp/B00980IA3M/ref=pd_sim_m_h__35?ie=UTF8&refRID=0NPQ0JJT76YA73H8ECV9 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Complete-Operas-Various-Artists/dp/B00980IA3M/ref=pd_sim_m_h__35?ie=UTF8&refRID=0NPQ0JJT76YA73H8ECV9)

[asin] B00980IA3M[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 07, 2014, 09:02:40 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 07, 2014, 08:49:55 PM
DG Wagner for 43 GBP at Amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Complete-Operas-Various-Artists/dp/B00980IA3M/ref=pd_sim_m_h__35?ie=UTF8&refRID=0NPQ0JJT76YA73H8ECV9 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Complete-Operas-Various-Artists/dp/B00980IA3M/ref=pd_sim_m_h__35?ie=UTF8&refRID=0NPQ0JJT76YA73H8ECV9)

[asin] B00980IA3M[/asin]

I think their choice of The Ring cycle is rather unfortunate, especially since Bohm, Karajan, and Solti are more highly rated than Levine. Of course, HvK gets my vote for best Ring all-around. I can think Sarge for this! ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 07, 2014, 09:05:51 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 07, 2014, 09:02:40 PM
I think their choice of The Ring cycle is rather unfortunate, especially since Bohm, Karajan, and Solti are more highly rated than Levine. Of course, HvK gets my vote for best Ring all-around. I can think Sarge for this! ;D

Yeah, they seem to hold off HvK's cycle to extend the profit. Why include a cycle in a box set that already sells so well on its own....?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on October 07, 2014, 09:57:15 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 07, 2014, 09:05:51 PM
Yeah, they seem to hold off HvK's cycle to extend the profit. Why include a cycle in a box set that already sells so well on its own....?

Ditto Solti. It's a business decision, not an artistic one.

There are plenty of ways the major labels annoy me, but it's hard to blame them for not choosing their prestige recordings for budget releases.

(Disclaimer: I haven't heard any of these, but I am aware that Karajan's and especially Solti's Rings are more acclaimed than Levine's.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on October 07, 2014, 11:15:04 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 07, 2014, 09:02:40 PM
I think their choice of The Ring cycle is rather unfortunate, especially since Bohm, Karajan, and Solti are more highly rated than Levine.

Don't underestimate the Levine Ring, it's still a superb Ring cycle to have and certainly one of my favourites. They could have done much worse.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 08, 2014, 06:24:46 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 07, 2014, 09:02:40 PM
I think their choice of The Ring cycle is rather unfortunate, especially since Bohm, Karajan, and Solti are more highly rated than Levine. Of course, HvK gets my vote for best Ring all-around.

I have parts from both Böhm's and Solti's Ring and neither are as satisfying as Levine's Ring. So from first-hand experience I can say the Levine is in no way inferior.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 08, 2014, 06:37:58 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 07, 2014, 09:05:51 PM
Yeah, they seem to hold off HvK's cycle to extend the profit. Why include a cycle in a box set that already sells so well on its own....?

Ah yes, the almighty dollar. It would be nice if UMG would put aside their greed at least for the release of box sets such as this Wagner. That's all I'm saying.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 08, 2014, 06:40:47 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 08, 2014, 06:37:58 AM
Ah yes, the almighty dollar. It would be nice if UMG would put aside their greed at least for the release of box sets such as this Wagner. That's all I'm saying.
Well John, you could set aside your own liking for the almighty dollar and buy the expensive one. But I suspect you are motivated by the same thing I am: consumer greed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 08, 2014, 10:32:43 AM
With Bohm and Janowski at bargain prices, there really isn't much reason to gripe. Those are both great Rings. If you want to talk about price gouging, talk about Testament and the Kielberth Ring. good as it is, that one is a major gouge.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 08, 2014, 04:16:30 PM
Quote from: bigshot on October 08, 2014, 10:32:43 AM
With Bohm and Janowski at bargain prices, there really isn't much reason to gripe. Those are both great Rings. If you want to talk about price gouging, talk about Testament and the Kielberth Ring. good as it is, that one is a major gouge.

All major Ring versions are needed regardless of the price!!!   >:D
More....more....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 08, 2014, 05:30:16 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 08, 2014, 06:40:47 AM
Well John, you could set aside your own liking for the almighty dollar and buy the expensive one. But I suspect you are motivated by the same thing I am: consumer greed.

Yep, I like getting a good deal, but who doesn't, right?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 09, 2014, 12:48:00 PM
Well, alright, might sound strange coming from me, but yeah, I actually like paying some for important (to me) stuff. It feels almost pervese how classical music is being sold out - and I'm plucking the day as a) I'm a newbie and most eager to discover stuff, b) (as the lady might add) I'm nutty a collector of music, and c) it feels like the twilight of the CD era ... so it's carpe diem, indeed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 10, 2014, 09:35:37 AM
The odd thing to me is that I remember the LP days when there was a classical bin with the main line with beautiful covers and up to date recordings, then a bargain classical bin full of Seraphims with plain covers and older ones. Now, it's turned upside down. The mono recordings are often on boutique labels at full price and Herbert von Karajan's entire recorded output costs two bucks a disk in fancy box sets. I guess it's supply and demand.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on October 11, 2014, 03:36:54 AM

A round-up; not all SDCBs but still good prices.

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas - Ronald Brautigam - SACDs: now down to under £37.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LJ3EUG...I2U04QHE6DX665

There is a third Ansermet box - The Great European Tradition (31 discs). Not yet available on AmUK but AmIt has it for under €58.
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00NO9LG4I/r...=IIVYSDGJP5PJE
Mouth-watering contents list at jpc.
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/det...n/hnum/6129761

At AmUK Hogwood's Mozart symphony box is a paltry £22, Gergiev's LSO Live Mahler cycle a tad under £20 and Stoki's Columbia Stereo Recordings £9.11.

Finally, a new Backhaus concerto box is listed on AmUK at £66 but is under €21 at AmIt - it seems the algorithms cannot agree!
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00NH58SD6/r...I175G6Z8N77FY4
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on October 11, 2014, 03:48:18 AM
Quote from: hafod on October 11, 2014, 03:36:54 AM
Finally, a new Backhaus concerto box is listed on AmUK at £66 but is under €21 at AmIt - it seems the algorithms cannot agree!
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00NH58SD6/r...I175G6Z8N77FY4
The Backhaus has shot up to #1 position in the sales ranking of classical music at AmIt! I'm seriously considering it, but also dread a mesaage saying "ci dispiace, ma il prezzo del prodotto era sbagliato..."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 11, 2014, 04:38:04 AM
Haven't played much of the Ansermet French box yet (and none of the Russian), but this is cool news!

As for Backhaus, I really need the Beethoven sonatas, I guess.


EDIT:

Here's a working link for the Brautigam Beethoven - most tempting indeed!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LJ3EUGC/

The Hogwood Mozart probably does not come with the extensive booklet of the more expensive version. Matters to me as I don't know sh*t about all this and having some background info is highly welcome.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 11, 2014, 07:21:39 AM
Quote from: ritter on October 11, 2014, 03:48:18 AM
The Backhaus has shot up to #1 position in the sales ranking of classical music at AmIt! I'm seriously considering it, but also dread a mesaage saying "ci dispiace, ma il prezzo del prodotto era sbagliato..."

If it gets cheap enough that is a set I want. His recording of the LvB was the first concerto recording of any kind I ever heard. Start at the top! There are a few technical flaws but it's still one of the best 4s ever.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on October 11, 2014, 01:46:08 PM
Quote from: ritter on October 11, 2014, 03:48:18 AM
The Backhaus has shot up to #1 position in the sales ranking of classical music at AmIt! I'm seriously considering it, but also dread a mesaage saying "ci dispiace, ma il prezzo del prodotto era sbagliato..."

Amazon.de says 29 euro, so obviously amazon uk are way off on this one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on October 11, 2014, 02:32:06 PM
Quote from: hafod on October 11, 2014, 03:36:54 AMThere is a third Ansermet box - The Great European Tradition (31 discs).

All those Ansermet boxes arrive a little too late for those of us who patiently collected the Australian "Eloquence" issues in which the Swiss conductor's legacy was systematically re-released for the first time. I can only derive a small confort from the fact that these boxes are a product of Universal Italy and that some error of judgement must have been made in them that will cast a pall over the whole purchase (as witness the "complete" Berlioz-Sir Colin Davis box, that wantonly omits the first two movements of "Tristia")
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 11, 2014, 04:45:34 PM
Quote from: king ubu on October 11, 2014, 04:38:04 AM
Haven't played much of the Ansermet French box yet (and none of the Russian), but this is cool news!

As for Backhaus, I really need the Beethoven sonatas, I guess.


EDIT:

Here's a working link for the Brautigam Beethoven - most tempting indeed!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LJ3EUGC/

The Hogwood Mozart probably does not come with the extensive booklet of the more expensive version. Matters to me as I don't know sh*t about all this and having some background info is highly welcome.
Thank you.  I ordered the Brautigam just now.
I should note that when I first looked this afternoon the page said 14 sets were in stock.  When I ordered now the figure was down to 10,  which after my order there are nine left.
Re Hogwood Mozart
I got mine a few years back from Amazon Italy.  There were extensive liner notes, but all in Italian.   And of course I don't speak Italian....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 12, 2014, 12:50:53 AM
Acquiring the ability to read a little Italian cannot hurt the lover of classical music and opera... and it helps with liner notes! It's not too hard if you know some Spanish or had Latin at school.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 12, 2014, 01:13:56 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 11, 2014, 04:45:34 PM
Re Hogwood Mozart
I got mine a few years back from Amazon Italy.  There were extensive liner notes, but all in Italian.   And of course I don't speak Italian....

Ah, right ... wasn't sure if it was back to your regular 3-4 pages in several languages or if it was the extensive ones but not in translation (I don't speak Italian either, reading is kind of possible, but well ...) - so I made it a point to get the "proper" edition (cost around 50€ I think, price goes up and down and down and up, as so often).

The Brautigam, I assume, contains Vols. 1-9 of his complete Beethoven piano works series? So if you want more, you can just go with Vols. 10, 11 etc.?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on October 12, 2014, 09:52:03 AM
AmUK has just priced the new Ansermet box (The Great European Tradition) at £218!! Compare AmIt at €58.
What's the matter with these people?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NO9LG4I/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=FP2WHFW2B6W6&coliid=IXQNQA0HN18WF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 12, 2014, 10:49:22 AM
Quote from: hafod on October 12, 2014, 09:52:03 AM
AmUK has just priced the new Ansermet box (The Great European Tradition) at £218!! Compare AmIt at €58.
What's the matter with these people?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NO9LG4I/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=FP2WHFW2B6W6&coliid=IXQNQA0HN18WF
The algorithm often starts high in the US ($246 - lol) and the UK to then substantially drop. The release date is earlier in Italy. However, both the previous Ansermet boxes have been more expensive in the UK/US relative to Italy.  Perhaps it being a Decca-Italy product matters?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 12, 2014, 05:26:27 PM
Quote from: king ubu on October 12, 2014, 01:13:56 AM
Ah, right ... wasn't sure if it was back to your regular 3-4 pages in several languages or if it was the extensive ones but not in translation (I don't speak Italian either, reading is kind of possible, but well ...) - so I made it a point to get the "proper" edition (cost around 50€ I think, price goes up and down and down and up, as so often).

The Brautigam, I assume, contains Vols. 1-9 of his complete Beethoven piano works series? So if you want more, you can just go with Vols. 10, 11 etc.?

Brautigam...yes, unless they box those separately.
BTW, you 'll see what else I bought instead of Callas in the Purchases thread over the last two days. :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 12, 2014, 10:39:01 PM
Ha! Don't know Freire yet ... have his Brahms concertos w/Chailly around, but nothing else.

Anyway, will dig out the Bolet Liszt box today, I guess. This one's quite a bargain a amDE right now:

[asin]B00005ND3L[/asin]
http://www.amazon.de/Liszt-Klavierwerke-Jorge-Bolet/dp/B00005ND3L/ (http://www.amazon.de/Liszt-Klavierwerke-Jorge-Bolet/dp/B00005ND3L/)

It's been a while since I bought it, but I think it was never less than this and sometimes much more (in the 50-60€ range).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 13, 2014, 12:52:13 AM
The Zinman MAHLER, 15 discs, SACD  + a DVD  for $ US 29.99  If it was posted earlier I didn't see it
at HMDrect  http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=1683038
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: martijn on October 13, 2014, 02:22:55 PM
Quote from: listener on October 13, 2014, 12:52:13 AM
The Zinman MAHLER, 15 discs, SACD  + a DVD  for $ US 29.99  If it was posted earlier I didn't see it
at HMDrect  http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=1683038

That same Mahler set (minus the dvd?), plus complete Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann and Schubert cycles, just for 46 GBP at Amazon UK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00I0IL3FA/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=10QJC88YWYYG4S5G2Z5C&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

I doubt whether this set is in the SACD format, though...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 15, 2014, 08:22:49 AM
The amazing DHM Baroque Opera box is now 48 pounds at British Amazon.  A steal at this price, IMO.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 15, 2014, 09:39:09 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 15, 2014, 08:22:49 AM
The amazing DHM Baroque Opera box is now 48 pounds at British Amazon.  A steal at this price, IMO.

That's, I think, what was the pre-order price ... no-brainer at that price, I guess (though I've not yet started listening to mine).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on October 15, 2014, 12:31:23 PM
£26.80 on Amazon UK for this great box :

[asin]B002HNA9LS[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 15, 2014, 01:10:29 PM
Tempting indeed, thought I already have a few things it contains ... € 35.90 at aFR, just in case (cheaper for me, as I get free shipping there). Hm ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 15, 2014, 01:30:12 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on October 15, 2014, 12:31:23 PM
£26.80 on Amazon UK for this great box :

[asin]B002HNA9LS[/asin]

That's twice what it was a year or so ago!

A great bargain none the less.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 15, 2014, 04:01:50 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 15, 2014, 01:30:12 PM
That's twice what it was a year or so ago!

A great bargain none the less.

Came out to $42.81 with shipping for me. I couldn't resist :'( :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 15, 2014, 04:15:22 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 15, 2014, 04:01:50 PM
Came out to $42.81 with shipping for me. I couldn't resist :'( :'(
It wouls shame your descendants if you did resist.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 15, 2014, 06:14:39 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 15, 2014, 04:15:22 PM
It would shame your descendants if you did resist.

Yeah, at these prices, that is hardly hyperbolic. The DHM (an HM) stuff is so uniformly excellent.

If only this one would come back at a sane price:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XdIxrkwgL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on October 16, 2014, 10:37:59 AM
Renata Tebaldi complete Decca recordings 68 pounds shipped to Canada:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/916FdORJXrL._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 16, 2014, 12:09:50 PM
Quote from: bogdan101 on October 16, 2014, 10:37:59 AM
Renata Tebaldi complete Decca recordings 68 pounds shipped to Canada:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/916FdORJXrL._SL1500_.jpg)
That's a big box allright! I can't even see it all on my screen! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 16, 2014, 01:32:51 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on October 16, 2014, 12:09:50 PM
That's a big box allright! I can't even see it all on my screen! :)

(http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5523026f588340120a9146888970b-800wi)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 17, 2014, 07:06:21 AM
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 (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!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 19, 2014, 08:25:31 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 19, 2014, 10:09:07 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 19, 2014, 08:25:31 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on October 19, 2014, 10:46:26 AM
Quote from: Cosi bel do on October 19, 2014, 10:09:07 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 19, 2014, 11:08:21 AM
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?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 19, 2014, 11:12:25 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on October 19, 2014, 11:08:21 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 19, 2014, 11:27:15 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on October 19, 2014, 11:08:21 AM
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 !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 19, 2014, 11:30:58 AM
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
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 19, 2014, 03:33:59 PM
For those interested...

(http://direct.sinfinimusic.com/media/AbstractArticleBigData/imageFull/.fUR4N2XU/WarehouseArticle-145956/Various-Richard-Strauss-Complete-Tone-Poems-Concertos.jpg)

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
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 19, 2014, 05:18:57 PM
Quote from: Cosi bel do on October 19, 2014, 11:27:15 AM
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. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 20, 2014, 12:44:46 AM

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 (http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Orchestral/dp/B00K12RE92/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413794473&sr=8-1&keywords=fricsay)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 20, 2014, 01:00:14 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 20, 2014, 12:44:46 AM
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 (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...).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 20, 2014, 01:06:02 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 20, 2014, 01:00:14 AM
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!  $:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 20, 2014, 05:27:01 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 20, 2014, 01:06:02 AM
But bulk purchases seem to negotiate the S&H quite a bit!  $:)

It suddenly occurs to me that you might be satan ??? ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on October 20, 2014, 05:58:41 AM
Wagner at the Met 14.50 pounds on amazon uk marketplace:

(http://www.metoperashop.org/prodimages/1794-DEFAULT-l.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 20, 2014, 06:41:46 AM
Quote from: bogdan101 on October 20, 2014, 05:58:41 AM
Wagner at the Met 14.50 pounds on amazon uk marketplace:

(http://www.metoperashop.org/prodimages/1794-DEFAULT-l.jpg)

+1

Nice one...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 20, 2014, 06:52:43 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 20, 2014, 05:27:01 AM
It suddenly occurs to me that you might be satan ??? ???
The mask always slips eventually. Try not to let it bother you.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 20, 2014, 07:01:11 AM
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...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on October 20, 2014, 07:02:50 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 20, 2014, 05:27:01 AM
It suddenly occurs to me that you might be satan ??? ???

Nah! I can spot Lucifer from a mile away!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 20, 2014, 07:06:25 AM
Quote from: springrite on October 20, 2014, 07:02:50 AM
Nah! I can spot Lucifer from a mile away!

The tuxedo gives him away?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 20, 2014, 07:11:23 AM
Quote from: Cosi bel do on October 20, 2014, 07:01:11 AM
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...

Yes, that is definitely a bargain hunter's happy place!   >:D :'(   Thanks Cosi!!!!
Fantastic deals!

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 20, 2014, 08:08:49 AM
This can only mean that Sony is about to release all their recordings in one, single gigabox, superseeding all these sets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on October 20, 2014, 09:00:01 AM
These deals are all from the same 3 marketplace sellers, so I suspect an error.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 20, 2014, 09:13:53 AM
They are the same company with different names.  I'm hopeful :) Got a few from them before at £14.50, seems to be their specific discount price.  It's not across every product but is across a number of Amazon sites.  If it doesn't come off, I've wasted a couple of hours of searching and saved a fair bit of cash!!

They have also discounted vinyl for those interested...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on October 20, 2014, 09:17:08 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on October 20, 2014, 09:13:53 AM

They have also discounted vinyl for those interested...

Where? Where?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 20, 2014, 09:44:57 AM
Went for the new Tebaldi at 90€ here:
http://www.amazon.it/Voce-DAngelo-Compl-Alberto-Erede/dp/B002WN6GUG/
(and cancelled my order at .de, where the box will be out a few days earlier but costs 100€)

Will skip those Wagner boxes ... haven't even started listening to Wanger yet there some boxes and plenty of single issues are awaiting ... one of 'em the Janowski Ring, which was pretty cheap a while ago (might still be), so I definitely don't need the "Great Operas" set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 20, 2014, 01:44:00 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=me%3DA1LFX8O7LA0BQZ&field-keywords=vinyl

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00H7NN0YG/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
sorry on my phone so not easy to post this...




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Where? Where?
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 21, 2014, 12:33:54 AM
Almost everything is gone except a few still available with Dodax or Nagiry, on Fnac.com :
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/urgent-coffrets-brades-sur-marketplace.html

It might also be a good sign that a few of these offers still stand today. I mean, if it was a mistake, they would have stopped selling, at least, even before canceling orders, wouldn't they ?
Fingers crossed...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 21, 2014, 12:46:57 AM
Quote from: Cosi bel do on October 21, 2014, 12:33:54 AM
Almost everything is gone except a few still available with Dodax or Nagiry, on Fnac.com :
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/urgent-coffrets-brades-sur-marketplace.html

It might also be a good sign that a few of these offers still stand today. I mean, if it was a mistake, they would have stopped selling, at least, even before canceling orders, wouldn't they ?
Fingers crossed...

Yes lets keep our fingers crossed. I am looking quite forward to them actually and many with me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 02:03:43 AM
good Morning,

Unfortunately the article ordered is out of stock. The title is not even available from our suppliers so there is no possible to deliver the order.

In order not to make the wait more we have canceled your order. Evenutali expenditure by his will of course be refunded in the next few days. We apologize and thank you for your understanding. We would like to welcome you another chance as a customer.


  Best regards,

its customer service Nagiry

That' a google translate of my order for the Julian Bream set. I ordered it very quickly while it was listed as in stock, and got a confirmation of av valid order.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 21, 2014, 02:13:52 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 02:03:43 AM
good Morning,

Unfortunately the article ordered is out of stock. The title is not even available from our suppliers so there is no possible to deliver the order.

In order not to make the wait more we have canceled your order. Evenutali expenditure by his will of course be refunded in the next few days. We apologize and thank you for your understanding. We would like to welcome you another chance as a customer.


  Best regards,

its customer service Nagiry

That' a google translate of my order for the Julian Bream set. I ordered it very quickly while it was listed as in stock, and got a confirmation of av valid order.....

As expected, they always worm their way out of mistakes. I am waiting on my cancellation for the three items I ordered.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 21, 2014, 02:18:26 AM
Send them an email explaining that you don't mind waiting. :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 21, 2014, 02:20:19 AM
As I said, there was really no hope this could be true... Still, the fact that these sellers don't even write a more appropriate message, and acknowledge their mistake is, I think, quite insulting.

I hope everyone will put an appropriate evaluation for each one of all these orders.

I still haven't received any message yet...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 02:22:01 AM
They are sure to have made certain this is an unanswerable mail adress. As Harry says, they always find something to blame when they make a mistake. I wouldn't mind them screwing up occasionally if they admitted it. Anybody here ordered the Bream set and get it?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 21, 2014, 02:28:01 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 02:22:01 AM
They are sure to have made certain this is an unanswerable mail adress. As Harry says, they always find something to blame when they make a mistake. I wouldn't mind them screwing up occasionally if they admitted it. Anybody here ordered the Bream set and get it?

Unfortunately I had not a chance to order the Bream, it was already sold out?
Anyways I still have the 3 ordered items out. The Perahia is in the stadium of "will arrived within 3 days", but I very much doubt that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 21, 2014, 03:22:58 AM
Just checked.   My order still says "en cours de preparation" with expected ship date today or tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 21, 2014, 03:23:57 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 21, 2014, 03:22:58 AM
Just checked.   My order still says "en cours de preparation" with expected ship date today or tomorrow.

So says my Amazon orders.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 03:34:09 AM
Quote from: Harry's on October 21, 2014, 03:23:57 AM
So says my Amazon orders.
And my other orders. We'll see.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 21, 2014, 03:38:26 AM
The Abbado Sony set is preparing to dispatch (although I expect it to get terminated today)...

I ordered this via Amazon UK MP "zoreno-uk" as the other two companies were dropping it off their listings.  For some reason, it stayed on zoreno-uk for a while.  The Zinman symphonic set didn't stay up long, but I may have a chance with the Sony Abbado but not holding my breath.  I can't complain as I got the DG Abbado 50 odd set for £13 last month from Marvelio-UK...they did honour and deliver, next day it went up to the £60 mark.

Preparing for Dispatch
The Complete RCA And Sony Album Collection
Abbado, Claudio £14.50

This bit sound promising? LOL
We've started preparing your parcel. This process can take some time but doesn't change the delivery date. We'll send you an e-mail when your order has dispatched. You can still request cancellation if you've changed your mind.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 21, 2014, 05:17:39 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 21, 2014, 03:38:26 AM
The Abbado Sony set is preparing to dispatch (although I expect it to get terminated today)...

It's like the airlines . . . the flights which are to be cancelled, they won't tell you they're cancelled until 10 minutes before you're expecting to board . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on October 21, 2014, 06:49:34 AM
Unfortunately, the "preparing to dispatch" status on an Amazon Marketplace order merely appears as a matter of course.  It only means anything for orders direct from Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on October 21, 2014, 06:59:31 AM
Whilst waiting for my Sony box set splurge to be cancelled, I came across this corker of a SDCB for all you baroque opera/zarzuela fans :

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uKc9M36hL.jpg)

at Amazon.co.uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/José-Nebrá-Iphigenia-Tracia-Zarzuela/dp/B005IAQHRM/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jos%C3%A9-Nebr%C3%A1-Iphigenia-Tracia-Zarzuela/dp/B005IAQHRM/) for £4.99
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 07:04:06 AM
No delivery to Norway.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 21, 2014, 07:54:13 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 07:04:06 AM
No delivery to Norway.....

Or Taiwan.  I gave up pretty much right away.  Something fishy about the whole thing: "If it sounds too good to be true..."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 21, 2014, 07:57:49 AM
About yesterday's deals : more than 24 hours have passed and apparently still no sending confirmation received by anyone... Not a good sign, now in such cases sellers usually wait before cancelling because they want to delay the negative feedback.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 21, 2014, 08:11:36 AM
Have cancellations for my Italian order but not the UK one.  (Yet).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on October 21, 2014, 08:28:44 AM
just got the email from Dodax cancelling the amazon FR order for the Gould/Bach....ah well....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 21, 2014, 08:29:25 AM
Just got my cancellation emails from Italy and Germany.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on October 21, 2014, 08:30:08 AM
and Dodax have also cancelled the Living stereo 1 from Amazon UK...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on October 21, 2014, 08:35:54 AM
Dodax-on-line on AmUK has just cancelled my order - out of stock! The lies these people tell. Thank goodness for feedback.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 21, 2014, 08:36:51 AM
Abbado got canceled too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 21, 2014, 08:37:05 AM
Quote from: hafod on October 21, 2014, 08:35:54 AM
The lies these people tell. Thank goodness for feedback.
+1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 21, 2014, 08:37:27 AM
OK just received mine, too, for all orders made with Dodax, Nagiry and Marvelio, seemingly the same company.

Those made with Zoreno still stand (for how long ?). Edit : received, 10 minutes later. Kinda confirms all these names are for the same seller ?

Don't forget to leave seller feedback, such behaviours should have consequences, and complaining is all we can do !
All links for feedback are here : http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/commandes-annulees-quel-recours.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on October 21, 2014, 08:44:36 AM
And Zoreno now cancelled too for the FR order of Living Stereo 2 ...all goners  ;D

On the plus, side, the Festetics turned up next day from an other MP - very impressed
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 21, 2014, 09:33:58 AM
I have cancellations from both living stereo boxes, claiming that the retailer does have them.
Perahia will follow me thinks. Couple of crooks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 09:37:19 AM
The boxes are already relisted at higher prices. They are not only crooks, but lying crooks. Well, lesson learnt, Never deal with them. And leave harsh feedback!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 21, 2014, 09:40:42 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 09:37:19 AM
The boxes are already relisted at higher prices. They are not only crooks, but lying crooks. Well, lesson learnt, Never deal with them. And leave harsh feedback!

Yes I forgot the lying part, but your right of course. I left harsh feedback, but I doubt that they will take it to heart.
And I will certainly never deal with them again.
The Cruciatus spell over them from Lord Voldemort.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 21, 2014, 10:26:49 AM
All mine got cancelled too.

Care to share your feedback?  Here's mine.

1 out of 5 stars

"A classic example of a time wasting seller. Advertising many, many in stock but pull the plug when you order. Won't be looking at your website again or your associate sellers. Hard pushed to give one star. If you ain't got it, don't list it!"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 21, 2014, 10:30:10 AM
Murray Perahia cancelled too. I am pissed, and will never order anything with them again.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 21, 2014, 10:46:58 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 21, 2014, 10:26:49 AM
All mine got cancelled too.

Care to share your feedback?  Here's mine.

1 out of 5 stars

"A classic example of a time wasting seller. Advertising many, many in stock but pull the plug when you order. Won't be looking at your website again or your associate sellers. Hard pushed to give one star. If you ain't got it, don't list it!"

How can you leave feedback on a cancelled order? I can't. No button anywhere ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 21, 2014, 10:48:52 AM
And this very second, zoreno also cancelled the Perahia box ... feghers. But again, no way I can leave feedback.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 21, 2014, 10:49:24 AM
It's a little tricky, but as I said I left all the links for the feedback on the following blog post : http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/commandes-annulees-quel-recours.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 21, 2014, 10:50:35 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 09:37:19 AM
The boxes are already relisted at higher prices. They are not only crooks, but lying crooks. Well, lesson learnt, Never deal with them. And leave harsh feedback!
"We're not out of stock, we're just out of cheap stock."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 21, 2014, 10:53:01 AM
Oh, now I get it, thanks!

For dodax: "Offre frauduleuse ... probablement ce vendeur n'a jamais pensé à fournir cet article."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 21, 2014, 10:54:55 AM
Quote from: king ubu on October 21, 2014, 10:53:01 AM
Oh, now I get it, thanks!

For dodax: "Offre frauduleuse ... probablement ce vendeur n'a jamais pensé à fournir cet article."

'cept there's some "technical issue" and I can't place it ... on aDe, the order in question isn't even listed (yet?).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 21, 2014, 10:56:04 AM
Quote from: king ubu on October 21, 2014, 10:46:58 AM
How can you leave feedback on a cancelled order? I can't. No button anywhere ...

I couldn't leave feedback, or couldn't find it via Amazon.  I followed Cosi bel do's links which take you to your feedback page for those cancelled.

Cheers
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 21, 2014, 10:57:46 AM
Quote from: king ubu on October 21, 2014, 10:54:55 AM
'cept there's some "technical issue" and I can't place it ... on aDe, the order in question isn't even listed (yet?).

It does that but usually, when you look at the seller's page, the comment is well validated.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 21, 2014, 10:57:54 AM
I told them a piece of my mind, feed them to Nagini, all of them suckers. One star "Terrible"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 21, 2014, 11:13:02 AM
And remember to make those comments as long as allowed by the character limit - those puny one-liners are easily dismissed. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 12:02:06 PM
Quote from: North Star on October 21, 2014, 11:13:02 AM
And remember to make those comments as long as allowed by the character limit - those puny one-liners are easily dismissed. ;)
You mean "lying cheaters" is too short?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 21, 2014, 12:15:40 PM
Quote from: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 12:02:06 PM
You mean "lying cheaters" is too short?
Yes, as it gets more easily drowned out. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 21, 2014, 01:10:39 PM
My Italian order says it's shipped... fingers crossed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 21, 2014, 01:14:12 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00AYQHPDK

less than 10 gbp from mp sellers

[asin]B00AYQHPDK[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 21, 2014, 01:15:19 PM
I don't mind if some store that lists stuff online cancels an order because the Amazon imventory is out of date. That happened with a book last week. That is clearly not the case with these orders.
And I don't mind (too much) if a clear mistake is cancelled, as long as they are honest about it. That has happened a few times.
But it looks like people are getting "out of stock" cancellations, which are BS. That I do mind. Especially as they are relisting at the higher price. Honor the order or be honest about the reason for cancelling.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 21, 2014, 02:30:30 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 21, 2014, 01:15:19 PM
I don't mind if some store that lists stuff online cancels an order because the Amazon imventory is out of date. That happened with a book last week. That is clearly not the case with these orders.
And I don't mind (too much) if a clear mistake is cancelled, as long as they are honest about it. That has happened a few times.
But it looks like people are getting "out of stock" cancellations, which are BS. That I do mind. Especially as they are relisting at the higher price. Honor the order or be honest about the reason for cancelling.
I ttally agree. Mistakes do happen. Lying about it not so often.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on October 21, 2014, 06:45:10 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 20, 2014, 12:44:46 AM
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 (http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Orchestral/dp/B00K12RE92/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413794473&sr=8-1&keywords=fricsay)

This price, on the other hand, turned out to be legit. Mine shipped yesterday, and the price today is still EUR 65,90 with VAT. I paired it with Clifford Brown's Complete EmArcy Recordings to temper the shipping impact.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 22, 2014, 04:43:55 AM
QuoteDear Customer,

We are very sorry that there has been a termination of your order.
We haven't been supplied with the correct number of items due to a mistake of our supplier and our remaining stock has been sold in a short time.
Of course we have tried to reorder the item from another supplier. Unfortunately, non of our suppliers was able to provide us with a replacement. We are therefore unable to fulfill the order. The termination of the order is covered by Amazon regulations, which allows a termination due to this reason within reasonable numbers. Nevertheless, we try to avoid such incidences.

May we offer you a discount of 10 £ on your next order with us? Please let us know your order ID once you have placed a new order with us.

Once again our apologies for this unfortunate incident.

Best regards,

Your Nagiry Customer Service
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 22, 2014, 04:47:29 AM
Well, a £10 credit is serious amends, we must say.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 05:09:27 AM
I wonder why the cannot admit that they have made a pricing mistake.
Because that is very probably what has been the case. I am not sure about laws in different countries, but I think in many countries a seller does not have to deliver obviously mispriced items, although they often do it, if the error is slight and the fear the loss of reputation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 22, 2014, 05:14:04 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 05:09:27 AM
I wonder why the cannot admit that they have made a pricing mistake.
Because that is very probably what has been the case. I am not sure about laws in different countries, but I think in many countries a seller does not have to deliver obviously mispriced items, although they often do it, if the error is slight and the fear the loss of reputation.

Once Naxos Direct accidentally changed several 25-CD box sets to be just $2.99. I ordered six - two of each kind of box, one for me and one for a friend. I later received, by mistake, an internal email by the sales people saying something like, "Crap! Someone ordered a bunch of these boxes for $2.99! We have to honor it, but fix the price pronto!" And they did. They fixed the price, but billed me $18 and sent all 150 CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 22, 2014, 05:32:35 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 05:09:27 AM
I wonder why the cannot admit that they have made a pricing mistake.
Because that is very probably what has been the case. I am not sure about laws in different countries, but I think in many countries a seller does not have to deliver obviously mispriced items, although they often do it, if the error is slight and the fear the loss of reputation.

Sure due to Dutch law they have to deliver, but hey, starting a lawsuit about this? It will cost a lot of money, and they will always hide behind some crappy reason.
Of course they know that customers will never start such a thing, so the best thing we can do, is to say loudly and in writing what we think about such practises as cheating, lying and ignoring the law. That eventually will do more damage to the seller then any lawsuit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 22, 2014, 05:33:16 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 22, 2014, 05:14:04 AM
Once Naxos Direct accidentally changed several 25-CD box sets to be just $2.99. I ordered six - two of each kind of box, one for me and one for a friend. I later received, by mistake, an internal email by the sales people saying something like, "Crap! Someone ordered a bunch of these boxes for $2.99! We have to honor it, but fix the price pronto!" And they did. They fixed the price, but billed me $18 and sent all 150 CDs.

See, thats what I call ethics!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 22, 2014, 05:34:07 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 22, 2014, 05:14:04 AM
Once Naxos Direct accidentally changed several 25-CD box sets to be just $2.99. I ordered six - two of each kind of box, one for me and one for a friend. I later received, by mistake, an internal email by the sales people saying something like, "Crap! Someone ordered a bunch of these boxes for $2.99! We have to honor it, but fix the price pronto!" And they did. They fixed the price, but billed me $18 and sent all 150 CDs.

They did the right thing, and they are rewarded with customer loyalty, and respect.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 22, 2014, 05:34:18 AM
Quote from: Harry's on October 22, 2014, 05:33:16 AM
See, thats what I call ethics!

Indeed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 22, 2014, 05:41:30 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 22, 2014, 05:34:07 AM
They did the right thing, and they are rewarded with customer loyalty, and respect.
+1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 22, 2014, 06:27:44 AM
Quote from: North Star on October 22, 2014, 04:43:55 AM

That is an understandable and polite excuse which may have made me rate them 2 stars instead of 1, had they offered it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 22, 2014, 06:29:35 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 22, 2014, 06:27:44 AM
That is an understandable and polite excuse which may have made me rate them 2 stars instead of 1, had they offered it.
I sent them an e-mail personally. I'm sure nothing of this kind would have been offered otherwise.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 22, 2014, 06:31:29 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 22, 2014, 06:27:44 AM
That is an understandable and polite excuse which may have made me rate them 2 stars instead of 1, had they offered it.

But you still left them negative feedback. 1-star or 2-star is still a negative on Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on October 22, 2014, 06:42:06 AM
Maybe it is because I am a Buddhist, but I never placed an order because I knew I'd be taking advantage of someone else's unfortunately mistake and it would be wrong, or it would make me feel unhappy. If I did make the order, I'd accept the fact that someone would not want to pay for a mistake and would like to minimise the damage. Some of you make it sound like they are committing a crime when it is you who was trying to commit grand larceny under legal legitimacy, which I would never allow myself to do.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 22, 2014, 06:46:54 AM
Quote from: springrite on October 22, 2014, 06:42:06 AM
Maybe it is because I am a Buddhist, but I never placed an order because I knew I'd be taking advantage of someone else's unfortunately mistake and it would be wrong, or it would make me feel unhappy. If I did make the order, I'd accept the fact that someone would not want to pay for a mistake and would like to minimise the damage. Some of you make it sound like they are committing a crime when it is you who was trying to commit grand larceny under legal legitimacy, which I would never allow myself to do.

Yes, if it's too good to be true, it probably is or at least that's what I think.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on October 22, 2014, 06:53:20 AM
Quote from: springrite on October 22, 2014, 06:42:06 AM
Maybe it is because I am a Buddhist, but I never placed an order because I knew I'd be taking advantage of someone else's unfortunately mistake and it would be wrong, or it would make me feel unhappy. If I did make the order, I'd accept the fact that someone would not want to pay for a mistake and would like to minimise the damage. Some of you make it sound like they are committing a crime when it is you who was trying to commit grand larceny under legal legitimacy, which I would never allow myself to do.

I'm with you, sort of. I have taken advantage of serious pricing errors at least twice. But I can't imagine leaving a seller negative feedback when he discovers and corrects the error, even if it means I don't get what I ordered.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 22, 2014, 06:55:20 AM
Quote from: springrite on October 22, 2014, 06:42:06 AM
Maybe it is because I am a Buddhist, but I never placed an order because I knew I'd be taking advantage of someone else's unfortunately mistake and it would be wrong, or it would make me feel unhappy. If I did make the order, I'd accept the fact that someone would not want to pay for a mistake and would like to minimise the damage. Some of you make it sound like they are committing a crime when it is you who was trying to commit grand larceny under legal legitimacy, which I would never allow myself to do.

That is rather far fetched Paul, and I am afraid I do not agree.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 22, 2014, 07:10:41 AM
Quote from: Jay F on October 22, 2014, 06:53:20 AM
I'm with you, sort of. I have taken advantage of serious pricing errors at least twice. But I can't imagine leaving a seller negative feedback when he discovers and corrects the error, even if it means I don't get what I ordered.

I think the negative feedback is deserved if they lied about the reason.   An honest "oops, we goofed badly on that price and can not honor it"  might get us angry, but Paul's criticism would be valid.  But if they are  only pretending to be out of stock, then they deserve loads of negativity.

At the moment, I know of no evidence that shows their explanation to Karlo is untrue. But if that changes I will complain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 07:40:56 AM
A mistake is not "cheating". What did you lose? Did you pay them anything and not get merchandise in return? No, the order was canceled, because there had been a pricing error. For some reason they do not admit that and have another lame excuse. But that's not cheating either.

While I have no qualms to take advantage of such offers that may be based on pricing mistakes, I do think it is a bit rich to demand they fulfil an order that has rather obviously taken advantage of a whole bunch of mispriced items. Of course they will have an excuse if they realize their mistake and the laws are now such that they had to fulfil those orders. (I am pretty sure it is/was not like that in Germany.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 22, 2014, 08:06:21 AM
Quote from: springrite on October 22, 2014, 06:42:06 AM
Maybe it is because I am a Buddhist, but I never placed an order because I knew I'd be taking advantage of someone else's unfortunately mistake and it would be wrong, or it would make me feel unhappy. If I did make the order, I'd accept the fact that someone would not want to pay for a mistake and would like to minimise the damage. Some of you make it sound like they are committing a crime when it is you who was trying to commit grand larceny under legal legitimacy, which I would never allow myself to do.
But it wasn't a mistake. Accirding to the feedbacks I received they couldn't supply it, even if they sthowed it as in stock. If they admitted they screwed up, I would be more forgiving.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 22, 2014, 08:07:18 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 07:40:56 AM
A mistake is not "cheating". What did you lose? Did you pay them anything and not get merchandise in return? No, the order was canceled, because there had been a pricing error. For some reason they do not admit that and have another lame excuse.
There never was a pricing error.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 08:15:53 AM
They did not admit this. But it is very likely that for a new item a price at a third or so of the normal was a pricing error, isn't it?

Anyway, if it was a different error and they listed items that were actually out of stock, why the rage? This also seems an excusable error, not "cheating".
It is not "bait and switch", because in the end there was no transaction at all.
I truly do not understand how people get so worked up about this and claim some malevolence of the seller. What did you lose or did the seller unfairly gain? There were mistakes, probably by an automatic price setting program or so. s**t happens.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 22, 2014, 08:24:59 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 08:15:53 AM
They did not admit this. But it is very likely that for a new item a price at a third or so of the normal was a pricing error, isn't it?

Anyway, if it was a different error and they listed items that were actually out of stock, why the rage? This also seems an excusable error, not "cheating".
It is not "bait and switch", because in the end there was no transaction at all.
I truly do not understand how people get so worked up about this and claim some malevolence of the seller. What did you lose or did the seller unfairly gain? There were mistakes, probably by an automatic price setting program or so. s**t happens.

You should work for them, as you have a excellent worm ourselves out technique, they would really appreciate you I am sure.
Still no matter how many words you use and what clever explanations you give, it does not change the fact that they are lying bastards and that's inexcusable my friend. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 22, 2014, 08:25:33 AM
I pretty much knew that the pricing was a mistake in the first place, so I did not get very upset with the cancellation. I suspect that all of us were aware of that this was likely to be a pricing error. The cancellations were expected.  I agree with that the seller/s should have been honest about the mistake in their data base as they cancelled the orders. Personally I am not upset with the sellers. It would have been a tremendous loss if they had to follow through with the pricing error. Besides, I suspect that we all have plenty of music to listen to and most likely will pick up those boxes later at a price that is a fair deal for both the seller and the buyer.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 22, 2014, 08:37:22 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 22, 2014, 08:25:33 AM
I pretty much knew that the pricing was a mistake in the first place, so I did not get very upset with the cancellation. I suspect that all of us were aware of that this was likely to be a pricing error.

So how come they just delivered my order of Gunter Wand Great Recordings at £ 14.50?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 08:39:07 AM
If a pricing error or wrong in/out of stock flag in some database are "inexcusable errors" I am happy that I do not work with or for YOU.

And it it really was a "sell out", say, they had a handful of those boxes and they sold out rather quickly, would they have to provide it still at the price? I do not think so. sold out is sold out.

I am not saying that there was no error/fault on the seller's part. I just find it ridiculous to claim that you have a right to get an already dirt cheap box for half its price, because someone made a mistake, and if, for whatever reasons they do not clearly own this mistake, they are "lying bastards"

10 or 12 years ago there was a pricing error at amazon.uk or .de, I do not remember the details. Many Boxes (they were not quite as cheap then as now) were priced as single discs, so you could buy a box at a third or less of its regular price. Through the usenet group rec.music.classical.recordings these "discounts" became widely known and hundreds of orders were placed before the error was corrected. Some of the stuff was shipped at the low prices, some orders were canceled. (I do not remember exactly what I ordered, but the Barenboim/Mozart concerti on EMI was one box and I got it really cheaply.)
For weeks afterwards folks at the newsgroup were foaming at the mouth about the canceled orders, although in this case the pricing error had been blatantly obvious. (Some people referred to it as "amazon feeding frenzy" - google it)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 22, 2014, 08:46:03 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 22, 2014, 05:14:04 AM
Once Naxos Direct accidentally changed several 25-CD box sets to be just $2.99. I ordered six - two of each kind of box, one for me and one for a friend. I later received, by mistake, an internal email by the sales people saying something like, "Crap! Someone ordered a bunch of these boxes for $2.99! We have to honor it, but fix the price pronto!" And they did. They fixed the price, but billed me $18 and sent all 150 CDs.

We need to erect a SDCBT monument to Brian. I am thinking an 18 foot statue would be appropriate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 22, 2014, 08:46:58 AM
This has been an entertaining read.  :D

Lying is cheating, in my book. As is not honouring a contract without a valid reason... The item not being in stock is actually not a valid reason to cancel an order, unless the item is not obtainable any more.
Though I have no particular expertise in this field of law, under Dutch law an offer that has been accepted is binding, unless there has been a mistake on the part of the seller was evident to the buyer. Not the possibility of a mistake, but an offer that was so unlikely it had to be a mistake.

I'm not entirely sure - unlike the example of the Naxos offerings (!) - that was the case here. Amazing offers happen every day at Amazon, and €22 for a box set does not seem that impossible.
Also, in most cases the transaction was explicitly accepted by the seller... The fact that we are aware that pricing and the processing of transactions is automated and errors do occur, does IMO not mean that buyers could not legitimately trust that the transaction would have to be honoured.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 22, 2014, 08:47:56 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 08:39:07 AM
I just find it ridiculous to claim that you have a right to get an already dirt cheap box for half its price, because someone made a mistake, and if, for whatever reasons they do not clearly own this mistake, they are "lying bastards"
I never said that. Eg look at my post of October 21, 2014, 02:30:30 PM. It's all about impolite customer service and blaming everybody else. And the "lying bastards" post was in a context that should have made it clear to anyone with a slightest sense of humour that it was a joke. But they got a one star feedback. Failing to deliver with no good excuse is one star material to me.

Edit: I think Que has a very accurate take on the situation in the above post.

Edit 2: And as I already have 60% of the offered boxes bought at ordinary prices, it is not exactly as I am adverse to buying at reasonable prices, and that the cancellation is a major problem. But I hate being treated as dirt. I realize now that "incompetent and impolite fools" would be a better description than "lying bastards" (joke alert for those that don't get it).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 22, 2014, 08:58:36 AM
A big +1 to Que's post.

Quote from: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 07:40:56 AMOf course they will have an excuse if they realize their mistake and the laws are now such that they had to fulfil those orders. (I am pretty sure it is/was not like that in Germany.)
So, you're defending their actions because they were illegal?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 08:59:25 AM
Here's a link to the incident in 2001 where the mispriced EMI boxes lead to Furtwängler's Ring and Kempe's Strauss box leading the amazon.de sales charts. If I remember correctly, I was early enough and my order was fulfilled. Not exactly sure, but I think I got the Barenboim Mozart concerti, the Samson Francois Chopin and the Kempe Strauss (maybe one more).

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=de#!searchin/rec.music.classical.recordings/amazon$20emi$20boxes/rec.music.classical.recordings/7Dr0eRgGxmo/M9S-fNbdNAoJ
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 09:15:05 AM
Quote from: North Star on October 22, 2014, 08:58:36 AM
A big +1 to Que's post.
So, you're defending their actions because they were illegal?
No. I do not know the laws in such cases. Neither do I know whether they lied. I don't think a pricing error is worse than an error about availability.
I am not sure that the same rules apply to the marketplace sellers as they do to amazon. Because some/many of them are apparently sellers of overstock and/or used items where it is obvious that there will not be as many items in stock as at proper amazon.

I do not know about the Netherlands, but I am pretty sure that in Germany if something is out of stock, but could in principle be bought elsewhere the seller who cleared his stock by offering the last few items at sell out prices does not have to buy the item and sell it at a huge loss, only because some computer system did not update in time.

Today I received an order by jpc. One item was out of stock/not available from their supplier. As it had been on sale this was not unexpected (although when I had ordered a week or so ago it was still listed as available). But the disc is available from some marketplace seller. So should I now tell jpc that they owe me this thing at their sales price, because they could buy it from some seller somewhere in the world and then sell it to me with 5 or 10 EUR loss? This would be plain ridiculous, I think.

I am not defending those sellers. They made mistakes either in pricing or in availability or both. But I think the behavior of some people here who seem to think they have a right to receive bargains due to pricing errors is ridiculous. I still do not understand how anyone has been cheated in all this.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on October 22, 2014, 09:16:00 AM
A different approach in common law jurisdictions (Scotland, England, US, etc.) :

"The classic example of an invitation to treat is when a shop owner puts a very low price on a product in the shop window. If you take the item to the counter the shopkeeper does not have to sell it to you. In strict legal terms it is you that makes the offer by offering to buy the product with your money. A shopkeeper who has mistakenly priced a product too cheaply is therefore not obliged to sell at that price." (from here (http://www.findlaw.co.uk/law/small_business/business_contracts/500564.html))

Hence UK sellers usually state in their T&C's that acceptance only takes place when payment is taken from your account. Who knew that the SDCB would bring up the thorny issue of the harmonization of contract law across the EU?  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on October 22, 2014, 09:17:24 AM
I've just had dispatch confirmation of "Philippe Entremont: The Complete Piano Concerto Recordings" from dodax-online-uk, so some of these offers may have been valid.  The £14.50 price is only around £10 less than the standard Amazon price though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 22, 2014, 09:19:19 AM
Quote from: ammar on October 22, 2014, 09:16:00 AM
A different approach in common law jurisdictions (Scotland, England, US, etc.) :

"The classic example of an invitation to treat is when a shop owner puts a very low price on a product in the shop window. If you take the item to the counter the shopkeeper does not have to sell it to you. In strict legal terms it is you that makes the offer by offering to buy the product with your money. A shopkeeper who has mistakenly priced a product too cheaply is therefore not obliged to sell at that price." (from here (http://www.findlaw.co.uk/law/small_business/business_contracts/500564.html))

Hence UK sellers usually state in their T&C's that acceptance only takes place when payment is taken from your account. Who knew that the SDCB would bring up the thorny issue of the harmonization of contract law across the EU?  :(

Yes, BUT in the case of a conflict between two national laws, for instance if the seller and the buyer are in different countries of EU, I'm quite sure the rules retained are always those that advantage the client.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 22, 2014, 09:20:14 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 09:15:05 AM
I am not defending those sellers. They made mistakes either in pricing or in availability or both. But I think the behavior of some people here who seem to think they have a right to receive bargains due to pricing errors is ridiculous. I still do not understand how anyone has been cheated in all this.
What errors? Nobody has said anywhere that the prices were in any way erroneous.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 22, 2014, 09:30:40 AM
A lot of virtual ink is being spilled over something rather trivial.  First world problems.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 09:33:19 AM
That was my tacit assumption, I may be wrong.
Than the error might have been that they overestimated their stock or listing something they did not have in stock in the first place. Do you think they put stuff there at low prices to make you first greedy and then angry?

What ammar says is or used to be exactly the same in Germany, at least for in-store dealings, not sure about online. The technical term is "invitatio ad offerendi". That means, the seller invites you (by putting stuff on sale) to make him an offer (the price on the price tag) by carrying the item to the checkout. So when it turns out at the checkout that the item was mispriced, the seller can decline your offer (refuse to sell it at the marked price). Of course, often they will either not realize the mistake or follow the price tag and rather sell it more cheaply than lose you as a customer.

That sounds strange, but just think about haggling. You could ask for a discount at the checkout because you bought so much, so you would make an offer different from the price tags.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 22, 2014, 09:35:15 AM
 I'm with Jo498 on this.   They priced some boxsets cheaply and ran out of stock.   That's it.
That's why some were sent and the other orders cancelled. There was no attempt at deception or sharp practice.

I'm saying this and I have reason to complain.   Amazon Italy have charged me and are now having to refund and I have nothing to show for it.

Do I blame them?  No. I blame the fact that they posted some excellent deals across Europe and we all dived in. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 22, 2014, 09:43:15 AM
Though I had no personal involvement in this whole episode, pleas allow me to make point out:

Quote from: Jo498 on October 22, 2014, 09:15:05 AM
I do not know about the Netherlands, but I am pretty sure that in Germany if something is out of stock, but could in principle be bought elsewhere the seller who cleared his stock by offering the last few items at sell out prices does not have to buy the item and sell it at a huge loss, only because some computer system did not update in time.

I do not know about Germany, but here the seller is (naturally) allowed to make the price/offer conditional to availability of stock ("price /offer" valid while stock lasts"). If no such condition is stated in the offer, a deal is a deal.

QuoteToday I received an order by jpc. One item was out of stock/not available from their supplier. As it had been on sale this was not unexpected (although when I had ordered a week or so ago it was still listed as available). But the disc is available from some marketplace seller. So should I now tell jpc that they owe me this thing at their sales price, because they could buy it from some seller somewhere in the world and then sell it to me with 5 or 10 EUR loss? This would be plain ridiculous, I think.

Of course that is not what I meant :) Availability within reason, or in other words: through the usual channels. But obviously, when an item is offered again, there is no problem with availability....

QuoteI am not defending those sellers. They made mistakes either in pricing or in availability or both. But I think the behavior of some people here who seem to think they have a right to receive bargains due to pricing errors is ridiculous. I still do not understand how anyone has been cheated in all this.

Well, what is fair?  :) I agree with you that when someone knows or should have known that there has been an (obvious) mistake, one has to accept a transaction falling through. But a seller should not resort to false excuses, owe up to the mistake and do with is usually considered decent and fair in these cases: offer the item at the lowest price reasonable possible - at cost price.

I do not think it is fair to put the problem of a possible mistake caused by an automated pricing system that was the put in place by choice of the seller on the shoulders of the customer.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 22, 2014, 09:43:44 AM
Until they take possession of your cash and give you a receipt, they can cancel for whatever reason they want... even sunspots. It's not worth getting your knickers in a twist over.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 22, 2014, 09:51:06 AM
Quote from: bigshot on October 22, 2014, 09:43:44 AM
Until they take possession of your cash and give you a receipt, they can cancel for whatever reason they want... even sunspots. It's not worth getting your knickers in a twist over.

The law of reality... :D As is dumping the sellers down with negative reviews because of what happened. 8) Both parties use whatever means they have at there disposal.

But a breach [ ;D] of trust has occurred, no matter what rules you think are applicable... ::)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 22, 2014, 09:55:37 AM
Okay I looked it up, according to European law, "when you had confirmation of the transaction including an order number" its a closed deal.
So whatever they had to deliver.
But as Que said, if it was a pricing mistake they should at least have the decency, first to tell the truth, and secondly sell the items at the lowest possible price.
These boxes are back again with these sellers at higher prices, so there was no shortage of what was ordered.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 22, 2014, 09:56:26 AM
Quote from: Que on October 22, 2014, 09:51:06 AM
The law of reality... :D As is dumping the sellers down with negative reviews because of what happened. 8) Both parties use whatever means they have at there disposal.

But a beach of trust has occurred, no matter what rules you think are applicable... ::)

Q

LOL a beach of trust :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 22, 2014, 10:06:42 AM
Quote from: Harry's on October 22, 2014, 09:56:26 AM
LOL a beach of trust :laugh: :laugh:
They made their beach, and now they must lie on it..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 22, 2014, 10:16:22 AM
Quote from: Harry's on October 22, 2014, 09:56:26 AM
LOL a beach of trust :laugh: :laugh:

Considering the context an hilarious typo, definitely  :D :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on October 22, 2014, 10:42:55 AM
I got a "shipped" notice from amazon uk for the Verdi box at 14.50.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 22, 2014, 11:20:50 AM
Furtwangler legacy box <20 euro at Amazon. Es.

don't blame me if it's a misprice!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 22, 2014, 12:13:41 PM
That may be a truthful offer. I myself got it a while back at 13€ (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2012/05/urgent-furtwangler-legacy-107-cd-13.html).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 22, 2014, 05:50:01 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 22, 2014, 08:46:03 AM
We need to erect a SDCBT monument to Brian. I am thinking an 18 foot statue would be appropriate.

We will have to wait until there is a prizing error on 18 foot statues on Amazon!    >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 22, 2014, 05:53:00 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 22, 2014, 05:50:01 PM
We will have to wait until there is a prizing error on 18 foot statues on Amazon!    >:D

Ha! Perfect!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 23, 2014, 02:21:03 AM
DG's Richard Strauss Opera set is now only 52 euros at Amazon it

http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00G4PV0H2/ref=pd_luc_sbs_01_01_t_lh?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00G4PV0H2/ref=pd_luc_sbs_01_01_t_lh?ie=UTF8&psc=1)


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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 23, 2014, 05:41:59 AM
I'm seriously considering just doing a nutso-ganzo order from Amazon It--the Bernstein box, the new Decca Weiner box, Ansermet, maybe Bohm...there are just too many sweet deals there, and the shipping cost comes down with bulk buying. The only questions are: when will I have time to listen to it all? and When will I have the spare cash to pay off my credit card bill?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 23, 2014, 06:23:11 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 23, 2014, 05:41:59 AM
the new Decca Weiner box,
Stop weining and buy!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 23, 2014, 06:35:10 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 23, 2014, 05:41:59 AM
I'm seriously considering just doing a nutso-ganzo order from Amazon It--the Bernstein box, the new Decca Weiner box, Ansermet, maybe Bohm...there are just too many sweet deals there, and the shipping cost comes down with bulk buying. The only questions are: when will I have time to listen to it all? and When will I have the spare cash to pay off my credit card bill?

Go nutso-ganzo!!!   ::) :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 23, 2014, 06:41:33 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 23, 2014, 05:41:59 AM
I'm seriously considering just doing a nutso-ganzo order from Amazon It--the Bernstein box, the new Decca Weiner box, Ansermet, maybe Bohm...there are just too many sweet deals there, and the shipping cost comes down with bulk buying. The only questions are: when will I have time to listen to it all? and When will I have the spare cash to pay off my credit card bill?

Don't you mean "the shipping cost rises more slowly"?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 23, 2014, 06:43:18 AM
Decreasing marginal rate of shipping in economist's terms.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 23, 2014, 06:48:21 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 23, 2014, 06:41:33 AM
Don't you mean "the shipping cost rises more slowly"?

Shipping cost per item decreases... (seems to hover at 10 euros per item  :'( :'( )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 23, 2014, 09:06:05 AM
Invest in Spotify. It'll save you a fortune...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 23, 2014, 10:01:20 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 23, 2014, 06:43:18 AM
Decreasing marginal rate of shipping in economist's terms.
Yeah. That's a very effective rationale. Super-size me.  ;D

I once found myself at BRO tossing in a couple 99 cent CDs and thinking "that brings the average cost down"!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 23, 2014, 11:26:54 AM
The 40-disc Wagner box from Sony arrived today from importcds (rather than amazon as I ordered other items and saved amazon's initial shipping cost on each item).  Their $20 price was legit.  I can use my vinyl set books for libretti.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 23, 2014, 12:53:14 PM
Quote from: listener on October 23, 2014, 11:26:54 AM
The 40-disc Wagner box from Sony arrived today from importcds (rather than amazon as I ordered other items and saved amazon's initial shipping cost on each item).  Their $20 price was legit.  I can use my vinyl set books for libretti.
Mine has not shipped yet. I suspect I am in for another fight with them. They don't ship and then they refuse to refund. I hate them, and it was only greed made me do it this time.

Update. Although I have the receipt from PayPal, importcds has no record of the sale in my account, or in the pending orders. So I have opened a PayPal case against importcds, for the third time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 23, 2014, 05:03:31 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 23, 2014, 12:53:14 PM
Mine has not shipped yet. I suspect I am in for another fight with them. They don't ship and then they refuse to refund. I hate them, and it was only greed made me do it this time.

Update. Although I have the receipt from PayPal, importcds has no record of the sale in my account, or in the pending orders. So I have opened a PayPal case against importcds, for the third time.

  Bummer. I got a receipt from them yesterday that my stuff had all shipped...I hope it gets straightened out!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 23, 2014, 05:21:04 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 23, 2014, 05:03:31 PM
  Bummer. I got a receipt from them yesterday that my stuff had all shipped...I hope it gets straightened out!
I will get a refund from PayPal. For the third time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 24, 2014, 01:12:27 AM
Just saw this is the pre-release list. The second HM box, and by the look of it they hustled together music, that has been previously released in other cheap boxes. Not much of interest here. The price will go down soon enough.


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/deutsche-harmonia-mundi-50-cd-collection/hnum/6143473
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 24, 2014, 01:25:10 AM
Much cheaper from Amazon JP right now. I already pre-ordered mine ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 24, 2014, 01:28:28 AM
Yes it will have to go down. By the way it is DHM, not HM ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 24, 2014, 01:29:51 AM
Quote from: Cosi bel do on October 24, 2014, 01:28:28 AM
Yes it will have to go down. By the way it is DHM, not HM ;)

Well Deutsche Harmonia Mundi :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 24, 2014, 01:32:49 AM
Yes I know but completely apart from Harmonia Mundi, two different labels.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 24, 2014, 01:35:02 AM
Quote from: Cosi bel do on October 24, 2014, 01:32:49 AM
Yes I know but completely apart from Harmonia Mundi, two different labels.

I know that my friend, I have been more than 40 years around, practically at the birth of both labels. :-*
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 24, 2014, 01:36:29 AM
Quote from: Harry's on October 24, 2014, 01:35:02 AM
I know that my friend, I have been more than 40 years around, practically at the birth of both labels. :-*
They split into two labels to be able to supply Harry with enough CD's.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 24, 2014, 01:37:31 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 24, 2014, 01:36:29 AM
They split into two labels to be able to supply Harry with enough CD's.

Thank you Erato, you made my morning, I am still giggling after a burst of laughter. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 24, 2014, 01:46:56 AM
Quote from: Harry's on October 24, 2014, 01:35:02 AM
I know that my friend, I have been more than 40 years around, practically at the birth of both labels. :-*

All right, I just said that because there was a little confusion between the two labels in the previous pages ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on October 24, 2014, 01:47:11 AM
Quote from: Harry's on October 24, 2014, 01:35:02 AM
I know that my friend, I have been more than 40 years around, practically at the birth of both labels. :-*

Living proof to the glory of God, creating supply and demand in equilibrium!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 24, 2014, 04:55:17 AM
DHM needs to take pity on us poor souls who weren't listening to early(-ish) music when they released Volume One, and reissue that...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 24, 2014, 04:58:03 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 24, 2014, 04:55:17 AM
DHM needs to take pity on us poor souls who weren't listening to early(-ish) music when they released Volume One, and reissue that...

This one?  The two figures in the painting seem well aware of the situation..!

[asin] B0014RIULO[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 24, 2014, 05:03:55 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 24, 2014, 04:55:17 AM
DHM needs to take pity on us poor souls who weren't listening to early(-ish) music when they released Volume One, and reissue that...

  They kinda sorta did. There is another box that is half of original, that sells for about $50. 
          Even better, French Amazon lists it as being available, and claims that though they don't have any now, they will get more of the original box in.  Maybe it is a mistake, but here is the link:
http://www.amazon.fr/Coffret-Deutsche-Harmonia-Edition-Anniversaire/dp/B0014RIULO/ref=fallbacksessionReftagm_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1X70FCAPWT7D73QJSJTF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 24, 2014, 05:11:30 AM
I think it's a permanently out of stock thing, but it's worth a try.

It's a shame they did only release a half-box again, because there was almost nothing to throw away in the 50 CD one. One of my favourite box-sets ever.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 24, 2014, 05:18:27 AM
Quote from: Cosi bel do on October 24, 2014, 05:11:30 AM
I think it's a permanently out of stock thing, but it's worth a try.

It's a shame they did only release a half-box again, because there was almost nothing to throw away in the 50 CD one. One of my favourite box-sets ever.

Yes, it seems as if DHM easily could reprint the first box. It is bound to be a bestseller!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 24, 2014, 05:41:00 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 24, 2014, 05:18:27 AM
Yes, it seems as if DHM easily could reprint the first box. It is bound to be a bestseller!

  Really, I thought that is what they were doing (based solely on the Amazon listing).  Mercury did it with their first box, for example.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on October 24, 2014, 07:54:05 AM
From Europadisc:
Georg Solti: Wagner - The Operas
£69.95 £44.95
http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/105888/Georg_Solti:_Wagner_-_The_Operas.htm

(http://www.deccaclassics.com/imgs/s300x300/4783707.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on October 24, 2014, 09:57:37 AM
Quote from: NLK1971 on October 24, 2014, 07:54:05 AM
From Europadisc:
Georg Solti: Wagner - The Operas
£69.95 £44.95
http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/105888/Georg_Solti:_Wagner_-_The_Operas.htm

(http://www.deccaclassics.com/imgs/s300x300/4783707.jpg)

Anyone know what US shipping charges are like for a set like this? Do they adjust the price to remove VAT the way Amazon does?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 24, 2014, 10:06:41 AM
They remove VAT and have very reasonable shipping charges within Europe at least.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on October 25, 2014, 09:09:30 AM
All the Solti boxes are also reduced on Amazon.it. Prices are quite incredible on Amazon.it right now, I tried to make a complete list of all offers here :
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/tous-les-coffrets-en-promotion-sur.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 25, 2014, 09:39:02 AM
Quote from: Cosi bel do on October 25, 2014, 09:09:30 AM
All the Solti boxes are also reduced on Amazon.it. Prices are quite incredible on Amazon.it right now, I tried to make a complete list of all offers here :
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/tous-les-coffrets-en-promotion-sur.html

Thank you, I added this site to my favourites, and subscribed :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 25, 2014, 10:10:58 AM
The Henze box is also pretty cheap right now:

[asin]B00CTKYO6U[/asin]
www.amazon.it/dp/B00CTKYO6U/

The Messiaen is tempting but I've hardly listened to any of his stuff yet and have stockpiled some (including the other big sucker on Erato).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on October 25, 2014, 10:28:49 AM
Quote from: king ubu on October 25, 2014, 10:10:58 AM
The Henze box is also pretty cheap right now:

[asin]B00CTKYO6U[/asin]
www.amazon.it/dp/B00CTKYO6U/

The Messiaen is tempting but I've hardly listened to any of his stuff yet and have stockpiled some (including the other big sucker on Erato).
I've just bought the Messiaen, since I've never seen it at this price, and have been considering it for quite some time now... Thanks for the tip!

On the other hand, the big Sony Boulez box, which hit a low of GBP 81 a couple of weeks ago in amazon.co.uk, has shot up to GBP 113 !  >:(  (in line with--or still slightly lower tan-- the price in other online suppliers)...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 25, 2014, 12:31:53 PM
Thanks. I ordered the Haitink and Mercury Living Presence 1 boxes.  The latter however is listed as not shipping for 9 to 12 days.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 25, 2014, 02:27:46 PM
Sony's Wagner set dropped below USD 16 today. A bargain for sure.

[asin] B00A2JTEHY[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 25, 2014, 02:30:04 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 25, 2014, 02:27:46 PM
Sony's Wagner set dropped below USD 16 today. A bargain for sure.

[asin] B00A2JTEHY[/asin]

Gaaaah! I do not need this. I need shelf space. I might also of course be unemployed shortly. Sigh. Snarfed it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 25, 2014, 02:31:41 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 25, 2014, 02:30:04 PM
Gaaaah! I do not need this. I need shelf space. I might also of course be unemployed shortly. Sigh. Snarfed it.

(http://jotracey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/523879_10150805410991918_658191917_9583193_68683592_n.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 25, 2014, 02:44:47 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 25, 2014, 02:31:41 PM
(http://jotracey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/523879_10150805410991918_658191917_9583193_68683592_n.jpg)
Ha!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 25, 2014, 06:21:25 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 25, 2014, 02:27:46 PM
Sony's Wagner set dropped below USD 16 today. A bargain for sure.

This is the SDCB thread, not shovel your hard earned cash out to gougers thread >:(:

   That box is $12.04 at ImportCDs.
Mines on the way ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 25, 2014, 06:27:01 PM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 25, 2014, 06:21:25 PM
This is the SDCB thread, not shovel your hard earned cash out to gougers thread >:(:

   That box is $12.04 at ImportCDs Old Nick's Clipjoint
Mines on the way ;D

FTFY

Mine was under 16 with 2 day UPS shipping from Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 25, 2014, 06:38:17 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 25, 2014, 06:27:01 PM
FTFY

Mine was under 16 with 2 day UPS shipping from Amazon.

Whoops, forgot. You've had some difficulties with those guys, huh?  Sorry about that :-[
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 27, 2014, 10:28:20 PM
(https://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8424562211087.jpg)

€10

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-Violinkonzerte-Nr-1-5/hnum/8586232

Q

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 28, 2014, 03:55:00 AM
Very tempting ... haven't heard a bad note from Zehetmair yet - and am totally unfamiliar with Brüggen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 28, 2014, 04:03:20 AM
I got the Mozart/Zehetmair recently and while I am neither a huge fan nor expert on these pieces, it is very good, probably among the best.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 28, 2014, 04:28:01 AM
I'm so glad you posted that! I had ordered it along with some other things that I got yesterday in a box from ImportCD. I was so happy with the stuff I did get I neglected to notice that that item had been forgotten. I sent them an email. Hope I don't end up with problems like Ken's ??? (He hate's ImportCD, and has had a rough time with them.)  Guess I shoulda listened, eh Ken?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 28, 2014, 04:55:01 AM
importcds are shipping another order for me of four items, I've saved $47 in shipping costs by ordering the batch direct from them instead of through amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 28, 2014, 05:48:30 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 28, 2014, 04:28:01 AM
I'm so glad you posted that! I had ordered it along with some other things that I got yesterday in a box from ImportCD. I was so happy with the stuff I did get I neglected to notice that that item had been forgotten. I sent them an email. Hope I don't end up with problems like Ken's ??? (He hate's ImportCD, and has had a rough time with them.)  Guess I shoulda listened, eh Ken?
Does blowitoutahere ship to the ends of the earth? They are very good. I think they are i-deals at Amazon, but have their own site.  A lot of us really like Classical Music Superstore, who are always my first choice if prices are very close.

FYI I ordered the Wagner 40 directly from Azon, but it has not shipped. Now shows out of stock.  I expect a cancellation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 28, 2014, 08:49:02 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 28, 2014, 05:48:30 AMA lot of us really like Classical Music Superstore, who are always my first choice if prices are very close.
Hah, I am 90% sure that that is Naxos.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 28, 2014, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 28, 2014, 08:49:02 AM
Hah, I am 90% sure that that is Naxos.
Ah. I bet you are right! Naxos is in Franklin, right near Nashville. Hadn't occurred to me but it makes sense, to have a web retail arm operating at the main distribution hub.
Damned good seller anyway.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 28, 2014, 12:28:03 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 28, 2014, 09:27:47 AM
Ah. I bet you are right! Naxos is in Franklin, right near Nashville. Hadn't occurred to me but it makes sense, to have a web retail arm operating at the main distribution hub.
Damned good seller anyway.
I have received several ArkivMusic orders direct from Naxos with Naxos invoices, and now I get review copies of non-Naxos labels from Naxos in Franklin, TN. They also have an online shop called Naxos Direct, which has a handy bookmarkable clearance section (http://naxosdirect.com/search/discounts).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 28, 2014, 06:05:59 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 28, 2014, 08:49:02 AM
Hah, I am 90% sure that that is Naxos.

I ordered Tharaud's new CD via Amazon MP from Classical Music Superstore
It landed yesterday, with a shipping label whose return address (preprinted of course) was Naxos of America.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 29, 2014, 06:03:23 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 28, 2014, 05:48:30 AMA lot of us really like Classical Music Superstore, who are always my first choice if prices are very close.

Yes, Classical Music Superstore (aka Naxos of America) are a great seller. I use them a lot sometimes even when the prices aren't that close. They're a seller I can trust (there are only a handful on Amazon that I do business with anyway).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 29, 2014, 08:32:37 AM
Just wondering:

Do you the buyer, purchase your music...

Always New
New & Sealed/Like New/Very Good/Good/Acceptable from Marketplaces/eBay
Non too discerning from Marketplaces/eBay (price issue/used cheap etc)
A mixture of both/all


I now tend to buy new cds when the urge and price are acceptable, especially the great heads up from this thread.  I do buy a lot of "as new" ones from Amazon MP/eBay but you can get the odd one who are not as accurate in their discriptions, and their version of as new is really only in the good to acceptable range.  A scratched or hairlined cd drives me crazy if a seller says its "as new", but if I buy from say zoverstocks for 1p a cd then I accept that there is a good chance it will have minor scratches but its great value, that way it doesn't bother me. 

Yesterday I bought the Beethoven Blomstedt symphonies with the Staatskapelle for 10p and the usual £1.26 delivery charge.  It wasn't the newer clamshell set; but the first edition 5cds jeweled in the big box slip case.  And all the discs were MINT and looked like they had never been played, or taken out the box.  10p for a really decent set.  I owned this years ago and sold it in a batch for a further funding of other cds. 

So you take your chances and it pays off, mostly it does pay off.  Even a scratched one is now acceptable to me at the price, a few listens then pass it on.

Anyone here more fussy or less fussy as me? or about the same?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 29, 2014, 08:41:31 AM
Most of the time, either Like New or Very Good.  The one time I tried out an item which was billed as Good, that mp seller had too broad a working definition of the adjective;  and the price was just high enough that I felt I had been misled.  We sorted it out, but I had no intention of finding out how widespread this lax notion of Good may be . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 29, 2014, 09:02:32 AM
Exactly Karl,

Over this side of the pond, when I sell my cds basically "Like new and Very good" are the same in my vocabulary.  That goes for inserts/cases.  "Without scratches" would be better  :laugh:

Most sellers don't really care, in my buying experience on say eBay, "Like new" 99% of the time is correct, but Very good, Good & Acceptable all = scratched or blemished in one way or another, this is what I have found out over the last few years.

The cd selling market is saturated....and the British Postal System and their pricing is killing the seller off slowly.  First class delivery of a jewel cased singular cd is £1.20p or £1.10p second class, plus of course your packing bag, then the 10% deduction from not only your sale but your postage.  Not forgetting Paypal's slice too.

I can see why people are selling en bloc or giving to charity shops more often, the latter being a good thing, something I do regularly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 29, 2014, 09:05:31 AM
Anthony I do exactly the same as you.
Though trying to cut down these days....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 29, 2014, 09:17:52 AM
My experiences with used stuff are mostly good. Although the ratings/descriptions are all over the place and one can have bad luck once in a while. From professional used sellers I have received a few discs with visible wear/tear (fortunately they played o.k.) and once a crude copy of an original disc with photocopied or printed inlay! The latter I sent back and was refunded, but if I have paid very little and the disc plays fine, I will keep even a slightly scratched disc.
With super cheap bundles on Ebay when the seller obviously had no clue and was probably selling off Granddad's little classical collection or whatever, I have once or twice received discs that were so badly scratched they would not play and also rarely really dirty or waterstained booklets. Again, I might leave not so great feedback, but I will not start haggling after having received 10 discs for a few Euros.

But overall my impression is that most classical CDs on the used market are in very good condition because people either treat them well or have hardly play them at all!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 29, 2014, 05:39:43 PM
Online I buy only new, and only through Amazon MP or the more recognized vendors, unless I really want a CD and a new copy is either unobtainable or really expensive.  Usually I do not need to do that, thanks to the prevalence of reissues.
There is a CD store near me I patronize, but I can examine the CD before buying and price is usually either $2.99 or $5.99
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 29, 2014, 06:54:00 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 29, 2014, 08:32:37 AM
Just wondering:

Do you the buyer, purchase your music...

Always New
New & Sealed/Like New/Very Good/Good/Acceptable from Marketplaces/eBay
Non too discerning from Marketplaces/eBay (price issue/used cheap etc)
A mixture of both/all


I now tend to buy new cds when the urge and price are acceptable, especially the great heads up from this thread.  I do buy a lot of "as new" ones from Amazon MP/eBay but you can get the odd one who are not as accurate in their discriptions, and their version of as new is really only in the good to acceptable range.  A scratched or hairlined cd drives me crazy if a seller says its "as new", but if I buy from say zoverstocks for 1p a cd then I accept that there is a good chance it will have minor scratches but its great value, that way it doesn't bother me. 

Yesterday I bought the Beethoven Blomstedt symphonies with the Staatskapelle for 10p and the usual £1.26 delivery charge.  It wasn't the newer clamshell set; but the first edition 5cds jeweled in the big box slip case.  And all the discs were MINT and looked like they had never been played, or taken out the box.  10p for a really decent set.  I owned this years ago and sold it in a batch for a further funding of other cds. 

So you take your chances and it pays off, mostly it does pay off.  Even a scratched one is now acceptable to me at the price, a few listens then pass it on.

Anyone here more fussy or less fussy as me? or about the same?

Always new unless I can get it cheaper in 'like new' condition.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Artem on October 29, 2014, 06:59:27 PM
I buy used cds at local shops, because new always cost more than if i would order them on amazon and I only buy used on amazon if it is an out of print cd going for a decent price, like those old montaigne disks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 29, 2014, 07:10:18 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 29, 2014, 06:54:00 PM
Always new unless I can get it cheaper in 'like new' condition.
Me too. I have had good luck with used cds, not so much books, but I pick my vendors carefully.  I use Mirror Image a vendor in NE Georgia somtimes ... And Z overstocks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 29, 2014, 08:22:39 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 29, 2014, 07:10:18 PM
Me too. I have had good luck with used cds, not so much books, but I pick my vendors carefully.  I use Mirror Image a vendor in NE Georgia somtimes ... And Z overstocks.

;D I've been burned several times, but this was towards the beginning of my buying from Amazon back in 2000. Now, I've assimilated a list of great MP sellers and forget about the rest. If one of my MP sellers of choice doesn't have the recording I'm looking for, I simply will have to do without. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on October 30, 2014, 03:32:49 PM
On amazon, I buy from whoever offers the lowest price on any given item. Sometimes things go missing or arrive damaged, but I never had any problem getting a refund in a case like this.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 31, 2014, 12:03:20 AM
Purcell/Brilliant Classics/16 cds/    25 euros at Amazon.de
Great set if you enjoy Purcell!  :)

http://www.amazon.de/Purcell-Collection-Pieter-Jan-Belder/dp/B00ARL9PYY (http://www.amazon.de/Purcell-Collection-Pieter-Jan-Belder/dp/B00ARL9PYY)

[asin] B00ARL9PYY[/asin]

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81gFzkZxYJL._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 31, 2014, 12:08:57 AM
Price drop on the Schütz Edition (19 cds) as well at Amazon.de. Now 23 euros.

http://www.amazon.de/Sch%C3%BCtz-Edition-Capella-Augustana/dp/B007762J4K (http://www.amazon.de/Sch%C3%BCtz-Edition-Capella-Augustana/dp/B007762J4K)

[asin] B007762J4K[/asin]

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/713cWFO-FfL._SL1000_.jpg)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 31, 2014, 12:47:46 AM
At JPC de they are even cheaper, 19,95 euros
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 31, 2014, 12:56:01 AM
One for you, Moonfish, the Solti box at Amazon.jp has dropped about $10 in price...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on October 31, 2014, 12:59:24 AM
Quote from: Baklavaboy on October 31, 2014, 12:56:01 AM
One for you, Moonfish, the Solti box at Amazon.jp has dropped about $10 in price...

:-\

Thank you (I think..   0:))
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 31, 2014, 01:08:43 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 31, 2014, 12:59:24 AM
:-\

Thank you (I think..   0:))
Yeah, it still doesn't qualify as a true "Super bargain" by any means (unless you really like to watch classical music on DVD--there are 5 in the box).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on October 31, 2014, 03:13:16 AM
Quote from: bogdan101 on October 30, 2014, 03:32:49 PM
On amazon, I buy from whoever offers the lowest price on any given item. Sometimes things go missing or arrive damaged, but I never had any problem getting a refund in a case like this.
Same here. Never had a bad experience, in many hundreds transactions.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on October 31, 2014, 01:13:09 PM
Just bought the 25 + 1 Liszt Master/Magician Sony box at importcds for $18 shipped. They shipped it the day after I ordered. Pretty good price I think.
http://www.importcds.com/music/1938418/franz-liszt-master-magician
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 31, 2014, 05:18:03 PM
That just arrived by me this week, loving it.  Yes, at $18 a steal!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on November 01, 2014, 03:22:02 AM
Still more bargains on Amazon.it.
New additions here  (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/11/amazonit-toujours-plus-de-bons-plans.html)and updated full list here (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/tous-les-coffrets-en-promotion-sur.html).
Messiaen edition down at 49€ :o Bernstein DG vol. 1 84 € :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 03, 2014, 05:52:54 PM
Not really super-duper, but....    ::)

I noticed that the Decca Britten box is available for about $162 (shipped to the US) from Amazon Japan in case anybody wants to get a huge dose of Britten.....

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Complete-Works-B-Britten/dp/B00CJCHJ1U

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81hbVe6usEL._SL1500_.jpg)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 04, 2014, 06:35:18 AM
Brilliant Classics's Tchaikovsky for $67

[asin] B00FP45TT8[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 04, 2014, 06:43:27 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on November 04, 2014, 06:35:18 AM
Brilliant Classics's Tchaikovsky for $67

[asin] B00FP45TT8[/asin]

You MONSTER!

*sits on hands, whistles nervously, blinks madly*
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on November 04, 2014, 10:10:43 AM
importcds.com is having a 10% off sale again.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 04, 2014, 10:18:48 AM
Tangentially (nice sig.!) . . . just snapped this today.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on November 04, 2014, 10:23:11 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 04, 2014, 10:18:48 AM
Tangentially (nice sig.!) . . . just snapped this today.

:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 04, 2014, 10:26:15 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on November 04, 2014, 06:35:18 AM
Brilliant Classics's Tchaikovsky for $67

Ordered! Thank you very much for that tip. I've been eyeing this box because Tchaikovsky is so great, it's a shame to just have a collection of the "usual suspects" and not know his full range.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 04, 2014, 10:45:09 AM
Quote from: bigshot on November 04, 2014, 10:26:15 AM
Ordered! Thank you very much for that tip. I've been eyeing this box because Tchaikovsky is so great, it's a shame to just have a collection of the "usual suspects" and not know his full range.

The lone Amazon reviewer mentions defective discs, though. Keep us posted as to your findings, if you would be so kind. :)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 04, 2014, 10:51:35 AM
Quote from: Will Sheard on November 04, 2014, 10:10:43 AM
importcds.com is having a 10% off sale again.
Making this a mandatory purchase!!

(http://i.sdcd.us/b/500/5/8/0/9/1929085.jpg)

After discount, $23 for 10 CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 04, 2014, 10:57:28 AM
Quote from: Brian on November 04, 2014, 10:51:35 AM
Making this a mandatory purchase!!

(http://i.sdcd.us/b/500/5/8/0/9/1929085.jpg)

After discount, $23 for 10 CDs.

Didn't someone post something Hatto-like about these?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 04, 2014, 11:30:04 AM
Quote from: Ken B on November 04, 2014, 10:57:28 AM
Didn't someone post something Hatto-like about these?

Not these. This set is a return to print of some of the rarer items from the old APR Fiorentino edition: 

http://www.aprrecordings.co.uk/apr2/currentcatalogue.php  (search Fiorentino).

Great stuff.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on November 04, 2014, 11:31:22 AM
Quote from: Ken B on November 04, 2014, 10:57:28 AM
Didn't someone post something Hatto-like about these?

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Fiorentino#Fraud_with_Concert_Artists_label
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 04, 2014, 08:04:52 PM
Quote from: bigshot on November 04, 2014, 10:26:15 AM
Ordered! Thank you very much for that tip. I've been eyeing this box because Tchaikovsky is so great, it's a shame to just have a collection of the "usual suspects" and not know his full range.

Yes, I agree. Many of the BC boxes are such an excellent opportunity to explore peripheral works as well as to get a "full" (or at least "better") perspective of the composer.  You made me crack up with "usual suspects"; it is so true for Tchaikovsky (in particular)!   :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 04, 2014, 08:05:28 PM
Quote from: Ken B on November 04, 2014, 06:43:27 AM
You MONSTER!

*sits on hands, whistles nervously, blinks madly*

Anything to make you drool, Ken!   >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 05, 2014, 03:03:32 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on November 04, 2014, 08:05:28 PM
Anything to make you drool, Ken!   >:D

I should keep that to yourself, really  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 05, 2014, 04:54:26 AM
Stravinsky Rite bargain (Amazon MP) at about $10 + S&H

[asin] B00AYQHPDK[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 05, 2014, 05:04:00 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on November 05, 2014, 04:54:26 AM
Stravinsky Rite bargain (Amazon MP) at about $10 + S&H

[asin] B00AYQHPDK[/asin]

Even considering that it's 5 CDs' worth of music on 10 discs, that's an excellent bargain!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 05, 2014, 06:21:41 AM
Lotsa DHM in aDE's new 3 for 15€ (http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=lp_4806796031_nr_n_8?rh=n%3A255882%2Cn%3A!425432031%2Cn%3A!425434031%2Cn%3A4806796031%2Cn%3A255966&bbn=4806796031&ie=UTF8&qid=1415200752&rnid=542676) offer ... will probably post a list soon in the "recordings you are considering" thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 05, 2014, 07:06:00 AM
23€ at aDE:

[asin]B00004R9F0[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 05, 2014, 10:03:56 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on November 04, 2014, 10:45:09 AM
The lone Amazon reviewer mentions defective discs, though. Keep us posted as to your findings, if you would be so kind. :)

Will do. I always rip as soon as I get a box, so I know immediately. The only time I've found a bad disk is in the Brilliant Mozart set, but it was PC17, which I had in the exact same performance on another Brilliant Classics set of misc piano concertos.

That Webern Boulez box is something I could live without, even if I lived to be 1000 years old.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 05, 2014, 10:05:42 AM
Quote from: bigshot on November 05, 2014, 10:03:56 AM
Will do. I always rip as soon as I get a box, so I know immediately. The only time I've found a bad disk is in the Brilliant Mozart set, but it was PC17, which I had in the exact same performance on another Brilliant Classics set of misc piano concertos.

That Webern Boulez box is something I could live without, even if I lived to be 1000 years old.

Bigshot,
Do you keep your sets after transferring the data or do you sell them?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 05, 2014, 03:32:45 PM
I box them up and put them in storage. Just got the Bernstein box. It's HUGE. Going to need more storage!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 05, 2014, 03:35:43 PM
Quote from: bigshot on November 05, 2014, 03:32:45 PM
I box them up and put them in storage. Just got the Bernstein box. It's HUGE. Going to need more storage!

;D

Hmm, yes, LP size boxes are kind of awkward.....
Interesting that Bernstein in particular has been affected by the format (three for now)?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 05, 2014, 03:39:33 PM
Quote from: bigshot on November 05, 2014, 03:32:45 PM
I box them up and put them in storage. Just got the Bernstein box. It's HUGE. Going to need more storage!

:'( :'(
Everyone has theirs but MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Actually I have no idea what to about space. Some need to go into the basement. Or be sold. I ran out a while ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 05, 2014, 03:46:10 PM
Quote from: Ken B on November 05, 2014, 03:39:33 PM
:'( :'(
Everyone has theirs but MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Actually I have no idea what to about space. Some need to go into the basement. Or be sold. I ran out a while ago.

I am waiting too...   :'( :'(. Patience, patience, fellow sufferer!
And, yes, space is an issue. I need more walls. Bigshot got it figured out, but I like too hold my cds/booklets. Weird, eh? Right now everything is stacked in double rows which is a real pain. Perhaps I can build a new wall in the middle of the living room?  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 05, 2014, 04:01:30 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on November 05, 2014, 03:46:10 PM
I am waiting too...   :'( :'(. Patience, patience, fellow sufferer!
And, yes, space is an issue. I need more walls. ... Perhaps I can build a new wall in the middle of the living room?  ::)

That's a terrible idea. You'll have to tear it down later to make room for the industrial shelving.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 05, 2014, 04:06:23 PM
I used to have steel gorilla racks on every wall. It wasn't good for the acoustics.

Great news, by the way... I got a new external blu-ray burner and it rips CDs MUCH faster than my old DVD burner!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 05, 2014, 04:43:32 PM
Quote from: bigshot on November 05, 2014, 10:03:56 AM
Will do. I always rip as soon as I get a box, so I know immediately. The only time I've found a bad disk is in the Brilliant Mozart set, but it was PC17, which I had in the exact same performance on another Brilliant Classics set of misc piano concertos.

Thanks!

QuoteThat Webern Boulez box is something I could live without, even if I lived to be 1000 years old.

I love my Webern Boulez box. :)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 07, 2014, 07:31:26 AM
I have never come across these boxes before  :o  even though they were released back in 2011 and 2012. Both of them seem to have excellent and interesting compilations (performers and renditions) although there are some obscure ones. Beethoven features the Bernstein NYP cycle, the Budapest doing the string quartets among other things. Some really nice "classic" recordings in the Mozart box (Tipo/Chailly interest me; nice touch with Lili Kraus performing the sonatas (the 60s recordings? ;))) with Szell, Casadesus, Ormandy, Jochum, Kubelik etc. Too bad they went skimpy with the operas and just went for "highlights".  >:(
In terms of the format reviews on Amazon.it indicate that there a number of clamshells within the main box, cds compile 4-6 in plastic cases and overall bulky, bulky, bulky.  The same reviewer states that no documentation is included.
Perfect for somebody that is just starting to dive into Beethoven and Mozart's music or for GMG completists. Some nice historical recordings though.....    >:D

I realized that I love the word Capolavori!  CAPOLAVORI!!!!!     :)

[asin] B009NTJVE0[/asin]

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81%2BinKnjAlL._SL1500_.jpg)



[asin] B005ZULMJI[/asin]

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/913aT4n7onL._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on November 07, 2014, 08:34:17 AM
Yep got the Beethoven one some time back from Amazon. It - a decent value box
The other Sony box (60cd) wins in my view though for performances
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 07, 2014, 08:38:46 AM
I also love the word capolavori! Pity about the bulky boxes; still it could be a cheap way to get some of these recordings. The Mozart box may be the easiest way to get the Kraus recordings (unless one wants to spring for the complet Kraus box) and there are a few elusive recordings included; I think the Szell/Druian violin sonatas (4, not all) may have never been out on CD?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 07, 2014, 08:43:47 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on November 07, 2014, 08:38:46 AM
I also love the word capolavori! Pity about the bulky boxes; still it could be a cheap way to get some of these recordings. The Mozart box may be the easiest way to get the Kraus recordings (unless one wants to spring for the complet Kraus box) and there are a few elusive recordings included; I think the Szell/Druian violin sonatas (4, not all) may have never been out on CD?

The new Kraus box has her 1950s recordings (great box!!! - listening to the violin sonatas at the moment - gorgeous). I do not know which piano sonatas that reside in the bargain box as Kraus recorded in the 60s as well (if I recall the Kraus discography correctly...)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 07, 2014, 09:07:44 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on November 07, 2014, 08:38:46 AM
I also love the word capolavori!

It looks like it ought to mean "head toilet".
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 07, 2014, 11:02:58 AM
Quote from: Ken B on November 07, 2014, 09:07:44 AM
It looks like it ought to mean "head toilet".

ha ha! ('merikins really should learn some languages, methinks!)

must be the second cycle of the string quartets by the Budapest gang in the Ludwig van box, I assume?
how are Buchbinder's piano sonatas?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 07, 2014, 11:40:24 AM
It's probably the stereo Budapest cycle. I doubt that the Buchbinder sonatas could his most recent recording because this appeared only in 2012? His earlier sonatas were on Teldec (I have heard one disc a long time ago and was not all that impressed, the more recent live recordings were praised a lot, but I have not heard them).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on November 07, 2014, 07:59:32 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on November 04, 2014, 10:45:09 AM
The lone Amazon reviewer mentions defective discs, though. Keep us posted as to your findings, if you would be so kind. :)

Ripped perfectly. No defects. Lots of stuff in here!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 07, 2014, 08:53:20 PM
Quote from: bigshot on November 07, 2014, 07:59:32 PM
Ripped perfectly. No defects. Lots of stuff in here!

Cool! Thanks for the update.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on November 08, 2014, 12:17:20 AM
Super-duper is stretching it a bit for a €100 offer.... 8)  :D

Still, it is a complete Bach organ set marked down from €180 and on one of the most expensive labels known to mankind.... ::)

(https://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4026798107611.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Orgelwerke-Gesamtaufnahme-auf-Silbermann-Orgeln-SACD/hnum/3172801

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 09, 2014, 04:44:39 PM
$43 shippied to the USA from Azon UK

[asin]B00KYMJ4H4[/asin]


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 09, 2014, 07:04:11 PM
Quote from: Brian on November 04, 2014, 10:51:35 AM
Making this a mandatory purchase!!

(http://i.sdcd.us/b/500/5/8/0/9/1929085.jpg)

After discount, $23 for 10 CDs.

Purchased tonight. Including shipping, $26.64 for 10 CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 11, 2014, 10:08:40 PM
The Monteux box is currently available from Amazon Japan for about USD 80 (shipped to the US).
Note: Their shipping (so far) is fantastic! Via DHL - 2-3 days!!!

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Pierre-Monteux-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00MAPMAFQ (http://www.amazon.co.jp/Pierre-Monteux-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00MAPMAFQ)

[asin] B00MAPMAFQ[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 11, 2014, 11:54:54 PM
Van Cliburn/ RCA at Amazon.de for 48 Euros.

http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Album-Collection-CDs-DVD/dp/B009EJSUBY (http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Album-Collection-CDs-DVD/dp/B009EJSUBY)

[asin] B009EJSUBY[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on November 12, 2014, 03:11:17 AM
Wouldn't recommend that box it's pretty dull to my ears.   Getting through it was a bit of a chore.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 12, 2014, 03:15:26 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on November 12, 2014, 03:11:17 AM
Wouldn't recommend that box it's pretty dull to my ears.   Getting through it was a bit of a chore.
I've heard that from others too. With the exception of a couple of performances my brother who has it was thoroughly disappointed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on November 12, 2014, 11:48:09 AM
Even though it seems to be selling well, I don't suppose this is the actual 21-CD box.  (I recall there was an information mix-up on the Amazon websites.)

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Real-Chopin-Complete-Period-Instruments/dp/B003DQIQ7C (http://www.amazon.co.jp/Real-Chopin-Complete-Period-Instruments/dp/B003DQIQ7C)
[asin]B003DQIQ7C[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on November 12, 2014, 11:58:07 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on November 07, 2014, 08:38:46 AM
I also love the word capolavori! Pity about the bulky boxes; still it could be a cheap way to get some of these recordings. The Mozart box may be the easiest way to get the Kraus recordings (unless one wants to spring for the complet Kraus box) and there are a few elusive recordings included; I think the Szell/Druian violin sonatas (4, not all) may have never been out on CD?
The Szell/Druian violin sonatas were also released on the Szell OJ Mozart Sony 10-CD box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 12, 2014, 12:12:18 PM
Quote from: NLK1971 on November 12, 2014, 11:48:09 AM
Even though it seems to be selling well, I don't suppose this is the actual 21-CD box.  (I recall there was an information mix-up on the Amazon websites.)

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Real-Chopin-Complete-Period-Instruments/dp/B003DQIQ7C (http://www.amazon.co.jp/Real-Chopin-Complete-Period-Instruments/dp/B003DQIQ7C)
[asin]B003DQIQ7C[/asin]

Not just Amazon. Everywhere. Ebay, all the Azons, other vendors. Complete catastrophe. This is almost certainly one disc, the lieder. Caveat emptor.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on November 12, 2014, 12:15:04 PM
Quote from: NLK1971 on November 12, 2014, 11:48:09 AM
Even though it seems to be selling well, I don't suppose this is the actual 21-CD box.  (I recall there was an information mix-up on the Amazon websites.)

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Real-Chopin-Complete-Period-Instruments/dp/B003DQIQ7C (http://www.amazon.co.jp/Real-Chopin-Complete-Period-Instruments/dp/B003DQIQ7C)
[asin]B003DQIQ7C[/asin]

No, this is not the big box set!  :o

Quote from: evanft on December 25, 2010, 11:03:04 AM
The ASIN is B003DQIQ7C. That's the ASIN of Songs. The ASIN for the big box on Amazon UK and US is B004EQAUZQ.

[asin]B004EQAUZQ[/asin]

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on November 12, 2014, 12:20:02 PM
There really was a mix-up with ASINs (and maybe even EAN) initially, and I think the same page still sells the box and, via Marketplace, only the CD. This has never really been solved actually. It was kind of a lucky thing though, at first, since many preorders of the box around 20£ were duly delivered on Amazon UK. But still, this is really annoying if you want it. I recommend JPC for this item (and it was really cheap a few months ago there).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: NLK1971 on November 12, 2014, 12:45:08 PM
Quote from: Ken B on November 12, 2014, 12:12:18 PM
Not just Amazon. Everywhere. Ebay, all the Azons, other vendors. Complete catastrophe. This is almost certainly one disc, the lieder. Caveat emptor.

Quote from: Que on November 12, 2014, 12:15:04 PM
No, this is not the big box set!  :o

[asin]B004EQAUZQ[/asin]

Q

Quote from: Cosi bel do on November 12, 2014, 12:20:02 PM
There really was a mix-up with ASINs (and maybe even EAN) initially, and I think the same page still sells the box and, via Marketplace, only the CD. This has never really been solved actually. It was kind of a lucky thing though, at first, since many preorders of the box around 20£ were duly delivered on Amazon UK. But still, this is really annoying if you want it. I recommend JPC for this item (and it was really cheap a few months ago there).

Thanks.  I imagine Amazon will soon have quite a few dissatisfied Japanese customers to contend with.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on November 12, 2014, 01:10:03 PM
Quote from: NLK1971 on November 12, 2014, 12:45:08 PM
Thanks.  I imagine Amazon will soon have quite a few dissatisfied Japanese customers to contend with.

This same f***up has been going on for 2 or 3 years, however long that has been on the market. Once a mistake like that is in the system, it never goes away! :o

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 12, 2014, 01:20:28 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on November 12, 2014, 01:10:03 PM
This same f***up has been going on for 2 or 3 years, however long that has been on the market. Once a mistake like that is in the system, it never goes away! :o

8)
Like incumbent senators.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 13, 2014, 01:32:16 AM
Go to JPC de, look in the charts, many Hyperion boxes for low prices, for instance the Chopin box, Schumann songs, Purcell Odes, etc etc, lots of cheap Brilliant boxes too.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/charts/-/flush/1/typnum/3/mediagroup/all
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on November 13, 2014, 02:35:01 AM
Quote from: Harry's on November 13, 2014, 01:32:16 AM
Go to JPC de, look in the charts, many Hyperion boxes for low prices, for instance the Chopin box, Schumann songs, Purcell Odes, etc etc, lots of cheap Brilliant boxes too.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/charts/-/flush/1/typnum/3/mediagroup/all
The Hyperion Brahms chamber music box & Hänssler Cambreling/Messiaen boxes receive my seal of recommendation.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 13, 2014, 03:31:09 AM
Quote from: Harry's on November 13, 2014, 01:32:16 AM
Go to JPC de, look in the charts, many Hyperion boxes for low prices, for instance the Chopin box, Schumann songs, Purcell Odes, etc etc, lots of cheap Brilliant boxes too.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/charts/-/flush/1/typnum/3/mediagroup/all
The Schumann songs and Purcell boxes are treasures that I already have. The Brahms box I ordered now, thanks Harry!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 13, 2014, 03:35:24 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 13, 2014, 03:31:09 AM
The Schumann songs and Purcell boxes are treasures that I already have. The Brahms box I ordered now, thanks Harry!

No problem Erato. The thing is that what is in the charts one should order right away, because the next day it might be gone. Had that experience once or twice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on November 13, 2014, 11:54:41 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 13, 2014, 03:31:09 AM
The Schumann songs and Purcell boxes are treasures that I already have. The Brahms box I ordered now, thanks Harry!

  I ordered it too! Thanks Harry!  :)

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on November 13, 2014, 11:58:07 AM
Quote from: Harry's on November 13, 2014, 01:32:16 AM
Go to JPC de, look in the charts, many Hyperion boxes for low prices, for instance the Chopin box, Schumann songs, Purcell Odes, etc etc, lots of cheap Brilliant boxes too.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/charts/-/flush/1/typnum/3/mediagroup/all

Yeah, but tell me they have the Hyperion Schubert Songs... :-\

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 13, 2014, 12:14:38 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on November 13, 2014, 11:58:07 AM
Yeah, but tell me they have the Hyperion Schubert Songs... :-\

8)

Not yet, but when they do, you will be the first I will alert :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 13, 2014, 12:15:53 PM
Quote from: marvinbrown on November 13, 2014, 11:54:41 AM
  I ordered it too! Thanks Harry!  :)

  marvin

Your very welcome Marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 17, 2014, 01:17:25 AM
Not super-duper, but 30% on Glossa, including the new and reputedly superb, Dufay issue, on europadisc. Today ONLY!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on November 19, 2014, 07:15:34 AM
Really a great price at Amazon UK for Zinman's Zurich 50 cd set:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Symphonies-Zurich-1995-2014-Limited/dp/B00I0IL3FA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1416413695&sr=8-3&keywords=zinman+zurich
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on November 19, 2014, 08:15:11 AM
I'd hang fire it's been a good 20% cheaper than that
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on November 19, 2014, 11:28:40 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on November 19, 2014, 08:15:11 AM
I'd hang fire it's been a good 20% cheaper than that

Well, considering that's about $75 delivered to the US, it's pretty good.  Especially with it costing almost $180+ in the US otherwise.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 19, 2014, 05:03:51 PM
$38 from some Azon MP

[asin]B000XCTD5S[/asin]

Great stuff.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on November 20, 2014, 06:51:28 AM
Quote from: Ken B on November 19, 2014, 05:03:51 PM
$38 from some Azon MP

[asin]B000XCTD5S[/asin]

Great stuff.


Yes, a great bargain
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on November 21, 2014, 06:44:47 AM
Haven't seen this mentiond here (if it has, then I apologise for the duplication):

The Erato Reameau box is priced at GBP 27.08 at amazon.co.uk...

[asin]B00KYMJ4H4[/asin]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rameau-Opera-Collection-J-P/dp/B00KYMJ4H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416584458&sr=8-1&keywords=rameau

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on November 21, 2014, 12:07:16 PM
Thanks for the Rameau heads up! 

Also at amazon uk, not exactly super duper, but the big box of Reiner is down to 88 quid and even less from outside E.U.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 23, 2014, 09:06:00 AM
Quote from: bogdan101 on November 21, 2014, 12:07:16 PM
Thanks for the Rameau heads up! 

Also at amazon uk, not exactly super duper, but the big box of Reiner is down to 88 quid and even less from outside E.U.

Pre-order was 60£ once ... shipping and all, it'll cost me less than 55£ (plus added taxes and crap of another 20€ or a bit more, but no way of evading that, other than paying the local price, which will surely be 150€ or even more).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 24, 2014, 10:32:42 AM
Not sure they'll really deliver, but at that price, it was worth a shot (or rather: I couldn't hold back from trying):

Westminster Euro 40 CD box @ 46€:
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00GBJVK0S/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 25, 2014, 11:57:01 AM
Now ... do you a) all have the Westminster box (or better the two Korean ones instead), b) are all totally not interested in that, or c) think it's totally OOP and there's not a chance this will come through?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on November 25, 2014, 12:21:06 PM
Quote from: king ubu on November 25, 2014, 11:57:01 AM
Now ... do you a) all have the Westminster box (or better the two Korean ones instead), b) are all totally not interested in that, or c) think it's totally OOP and there's not a chance this will come through?

a) I have the three of them, actually most of this one is made of recordings you can't find in the two big Korean ones (and they even found a way to leave out a good number of other recordings...
b) yes yes yes I am :)
c) it is not OOP and you will certainly receive it !

There's no reason why Amazon.it wouldn't deliver your order, this is a bargain but only one among many of them, currently. We discussed that these previous weeks :)
BTW I have updated several times the complete list of current Amazon.it bargains (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/tous-les-coffrets-en-promotion-sur.html)(and another update is coming ;) )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 25, 2014, 12:39:30 PM
Quote from: Discobolus on November 25, 2014, 12:21:06 PM
a) I have the three of them, actually most of this one is made of recordings you can't find in the two big Korean ones (and they even found a way to leave out a good number of other recordings...
b) yes yes yes I am :)
c) it is not OOP and you will certainly receive it !

There's no reason why Amazon.it wouldn't deliver your order, this is a bargain but only one among many of them, currently. We discussed that these previous weeks :)
BTW I have updated several times the complete list of current Amazon.it bargains (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/10/tous-les-coffrets-en-promotion-sur.html)(and another update is coming ;) )

Okay, good to know it's not OOP - wasn't sure about that, but I'll patiently wait then. I wasn't sure I needed this although I have very few Westminster recordings, but there are so many recordings of standard repertoire and most of the box consists of such, so ... will also have a look at your most useful blog again, then (though I just ordered a few dozen HM discs from presto's sales, and a dozen or more Supraphon ones will follow soon).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 25, 2014, 01:13:39 PM
With the Westminster Box I have too many recordings of those I want already. I am not paying EUR 50 for Scherchen rehearsing Wellington's victory, although I'd love to hear it.
If money and space were not as tight as they are right now, I'd get it anyway (for the stuff I probably will not be wild about but somewhat interested in), but I have to focus a little...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on November 25, 2014, 06:43:31 PM
One reason I bought the newest Westminster box is it contains Pierre Monteux's Beethoven Ninth Symphony, the one I was missing from the series. The others are split between two London double-discs, and one of those sets is out of print.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 26, 2014, 06:17:44 AM
Noticed that the Erato box dropped on Amazon UK. Baklavaboy recommended this set, right?
Now at 58 GBP. An esoteric compilation from the Erato archives. Many appear to be excerpts (opera/vocal) and/or a single cd from an original double cd release. This latter aspect is a bit disappointing. I would have preferred if they kept the original releases. The reviews on Amazon are glowing. Would anybody here at GMG recommend this set?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Erato-Various-Artists/dp/B00EDXH116 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Erato-Various-Artists/dp/B00EDXH116)

[asin] B00EDXH116[/asin]

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71A%2BCOBTvyL._SL1146_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 26, 2014, 06:45:20 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on November 26, 2014, 06:17:44 AM
Noticed that the Erato box dropped on Amazon UK. Baklavaboy recommended this set, right?
Now at 58 GBP. An esoteric compilation....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Erato-Various-Artists/dp/B00EDXH116 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Erato-Various-Artists/dp/B00EDXH116)

[asin] B00EDXH116[/asin]

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71A%2BCOBTvyL._SL1146_.jpg)

  Probably the eclecticism of this set will drive a lot of people nuts, and for those who are familiar with the majority of this, they probably have what they want already and maybe don't want the rest.  For me it is a treasure chest.  I had nothing from this box, and didn't know what most of it even sounded like. I literally went through and played it from 1 to 50 and for me it was a great experience.  I love the Das Altewerk and Teldec boxes as well (Warner released all 3 simultaneously).  The recording and performance standards are very high.   In a way it is pointless to recommend it.  You can look at the list of music/performers and probably know pretty quickly if this is something you would get excited about or not.  I look forward to eventually going through it all again :)  (The accompanying books for all three are quite poor, btw).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on November 26, 2014, 09:20:17 AM
Quote from: king ubu on November 25, 2014, 11:57:01 AM
Now ... do you a) all have the Westminster box (or better the two Korean ones instead), b) are all totally not interested in that, or c) think it's totally OOP and there's not a chance this will come through?

I recently bought both Korean boxes, so I'm not as interested in this one... or am I? ... ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 26, 2014, 01:44:22 PM
Quote from: bogdan101 on November 26, 2014, 09:20:17 AM
I recently bought both Korean boxes, so I'm not as interested in this one... or am I? ... ::)

Those are way too expensive for me to consider ... but, did you catch this?

Quote from: Discobolus on November 25, 2014, 12:21:06 PM
a) I have the three of them, actually most of this one is made of recordings you can't find in the two big Korean ones (and they even found a way to leave out a good number of other recordings...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 26, 2014, 05:48:15 PM
Quote from: king ubu on November 26, 2014, 01:44:22 PM
Those are way too expensive for me to consider ...

Amazon.jp has the best price in case you want to check it out....

http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E7%AC%AC2%E9%9B%86-Box-Set-Classical/dp/B00AP8TAJO (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E7%AC%AC2%E9%9B%86-Box-Set-Classical/dp/B00AP8TAJO)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 26, 2014, 11:37:00 PM
Thanks - but still way too rich for me ... buying tons of single discs right now, no expensive boxes planned (and not enough budget to do both  :().
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 27, 2014, 05:41:06 AM
Quote from: king ubu on November 26, 2014, 11:37:00 PM
Thanks - but still way too rich for me ... buying tons of single discs right now, no expensive boxes planned (and not enough budget to do both  :().

I hear you. At the same time single disks quickly add up to being way too rich for me...     ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on November 27, 2014, 03:12:15 PM
Quote from: king ubu on November 26, 2014, 01:44:22 PM
Those are way too expensive for me to consider ... but, did you catch this?

Yeah, I read that, but right now I have quite enough of the Westminster stuff to chew on, but if it comes down to a price I can't refuse...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on November 27, 2014, 03:14:28 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on November 26, 2014, 05:48:15 PM
Amazon.jp has the best price in case you want to check it out....

http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E7%AC%AC2%E9%9B%86-Box-Set-Classical/dp/B00AP8TAJO (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E7%AC%AC2%E9%9B%86-Box-Set-Classical/dp/B00AP8TAJO)

The chamber music box is at importcds.com for $200, and I caught a 10% sale on top of that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread - HEADPHONE
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 28, 2014, 03:13:46 AM
Great HEADPHONE deal at Amazon!

Senn 598 available for $99. Available for 19-20 more hours (as of 7AM EST). That is not a typo - $99.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread - HEADPHONE
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 28, 2014, 05:09:33 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 28, 2014, 03:13:46 AM
Great HEADPHONE deal at Amazon!

Senn 598 available for $99. Available for 19-20 more hours (as of 7AM EST). That is not a typo - $99.

  I was rushing to this thread to point out an almost identical deal: Senn 598 headphones at Kinja deals for $100.  I just bought a pair for about twice that 6 months ago.  I love 'em.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread - HEADPHONE
Post by: Brian on November 28, 2014, 05:56:44 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 28, 2014, 03:13:46 AM
Great HEADPHONE deal at Amazon!

Senn 598 available for $99. Available for 19-20 more hours (as of 7AM EST). That is not a typo - $99.
Damn, that sold out before I woke up! It's back to $199 now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 28, 2014, 06:17:32 AM
Quote from: Brian on November 28, 2014, 05:56:44 AM
Damn, that sold out before I woke up! It's back to $199 now.
Bummer! I didn't realize it was a limited quantity within the time limit. I've never bought one of their deals before.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 28, 2014, 09:17:26 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 28, 2014, 06:17:32 AM
Bummer! I didn't realize it was a limited quantity within the time limit. I've never bought one of their deals before.

I was up at 5am PST and picked up a pair thanks to you Neal!  8)    Thank you!  0:) 0:)
One never knows how many are available when these deals go up. Kind of frustrating in case one wants to think about the purchase.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 29, 2014, 11:21:22 PM
Price drops today at Amazon UK!

Richter/Decca for 61 GBP
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N9MWVVW (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N9MWVVW)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91bvJ78LH2L._SL1500_.jpg)

Richter/Sony for 26 GBP
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00NFLVFFK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00NFLVFFK)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81rQpLgwtPL._SL1500_.jpg)

DHM50   for 44 GBP
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NX4NMGO (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NX4NMGO)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91tcoNQ-DBL._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 30, 2014, 08:01:51 AM
TODAY ONLY (Nov. 30): $4.80 FLAC or MP3 download (click cover image)

(http://ecstatic.textalk.se/shop/thumbnails/shop/17115/art15/h4430/4444430-origpic-051a7f.jpg_0_0_100_100_250_250_0.jpg) (http://www.eclassical.com/conductors/jarvi-paavo/french-orchestral-music.html)

"In his early years with BIS, Paavo Järvi turned in a fantastic album of French orchestral fireworks. Anchored by Poulenc and Ibert, this disc is a sheer joy, and a major step ahead of Järvi's recent, rather dour Poulenc interpretations on Deutsche Grammophon.

"[In Ibert's Divertissement,] he takes the lunacy to an inspired new level, from the very first ear-splitting trombone raspberry....The Tapiola Sinfonietta, as indicated, plays with guts, virtuosity, and madcap inspiration. The early BIS sound was personally engineered by founder and CEO Robert von Bahr."

- me, MusicWeb
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 30, 2014, 08:03:21 AM
35% on Harmonia Mundi - only today! on europadisc. I've already ordered a couple of discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on November 30, 2014, 08:15:03 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on November 29, 2014, 11:21:22 PM
Price drops today at Amazon UK!

Richter/Decca for 61 GBP
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N9MWVVW (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N9MWVVW)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91bvJ78LH2L._SL1500_.jpg)

Richter/Sony for 26 GBP
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00NFLVFFK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00NFLVFFK)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81rQpLgwtPL._SL1500_.jpg)

DHM50   for 44 GBP
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NX4NMGO (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NX4NMGO)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91tcoNQ-DBL._SL1500_.jpg)

Great ! The price for Monteux has also fallen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on December 01, 2014, 08:03:29 AM
This us an URGENT notification !
Cyber Monday is going wild on classical boxes on Amazon.de, with different items going on sale since the morning, for 2 hours each.

I listed all classical items here (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/12/cyber-monday-offres-eclair-en-cours-sur.html).

And for the next two hours you can get the new Originals 50 CD Jubilee Edition (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00LNRJMCQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B00LNRJMCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&linkId=UD5Y3RE4GKGN3YUH)at 39,99 €  :o :o :o

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--ubj9sEQawA/VHxPLeuKD3I/AAAAAAAAFwQ/rO4Yvv9f8XY/s1600/91KKBmdYZ2L._SL1500_%5B1%5D.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00LNRJMCQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B00LNRJMCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&linkId=UD5Y3RE4GKGN3YUH)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on December 01, 2014, 08:10:03 AM
Also, until Midnight (in Europe : UTC+1), Ansermet box 3 is reduced : 39,90 € (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00NO9LG4I/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=3370&creative=24114&creativeASIN=B00NO9LG4I&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl0c-21)!

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vH0tHu-bILs/VHxGYkkQU7I/AAAAAAAAFvQ/x9wh5z44Js4/s1600/91NcLEZyCZL._SL1500_%5B1%5D.jpg) (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00NO9LG4I/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=3370&creative=24114&creativeASIN=B00NO9LG4I&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl0c-21)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 01, 2014, 08:16:24 AM
Quote from: Discobolus on December 01, 2014, 08:03:29 AM
This us an URGENT notification !
Cyber Monday is going wild on classical boxes on Amazon.de, with different items going on sale since the morning, for 2 hours each.

I listed all classical items here (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/12/cyber-monday-offres-eclair-en-cours-sur.html).

And for the next two hours you can get the new Originals 50 CD Jubilee Edition (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00LNRJMCQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B00LNRJMCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&linkId=UD5Y3RE4GKGN3YUH)at 39,99 €  :o :o :o

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--ubj9sEQawA/VHxPLeuKD3I/AAAAAAAAFwQ/rO4Yvv9f8XY/s1600/91KKBmdYZ2L._SL1500_%5B1%5D.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00LNRJMCQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B00LNRJMCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&linkId=UD5Y3RE4GKGN3YUH)

Woot! Thank you Discobolus!  Great deal (duplications galore, but hey........   :D)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 01, 2014, 08:22:22 AM
Quote from: Discobolus on December 01, 2014, 08:03:29 AM
This us an URGENT notification !
Cyber Monday is going wild on classical boxes on Amazon.de, with different items going on sale since the morning, for 2 hours each.

I listed all classical items here (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2014/12/cyber-monday-offres-eclair-en-cours-sur.html).

And for the next two hours you can get the new Originals 50 CD Jubilee Edition (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00LNRJMCQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B00LNRJMCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&linkId=UD5Y3RE4GKGN3YUH)at 39,99 €  :o :o :o

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--ubj9sEQawA/VHxPLeuKD3I/AAAAAAAAFwQ/rO4Yvv9f8XY/s1600/91KKBmdYZ2L._SL1500_%5B1%5D.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00LNRJMCQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B00LNRJMCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&linkId=UD5Y3RE4GKGN3YUH)

That was why I asked over in the other thread .... ordered one just now. Enough in there that I don't know yet (but frankly also some I don't need like Mme Mutter or Pollini or DFD).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on December 01, 2014, 09:24:52 AM
And now Brilliant's Bach Complete Edition - 50,99€ (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00L2SQVS4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B00L2SQVS4&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&linkId=3EVEJAVJ3S4L2ICN)!!!

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9xQy4tEmoIg/VHxPkLW3TiI/AAAAAAAAFwY/d2Piojfv7dA/s1600/81f5HSxbcjL._SL1400_%5B1%5D.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00L2SQVS4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B00L2SQVS4&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&linkId=3EVEJAVJ3S4L2ICN)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 01, 2014, 11:54:29 AM
They had the Brahms, too - but both way too rich for me (or rather I've got too much of the repertoire in versions I actually picked myself). And in the morning the Brendel Vox/Brilliant set. Again, I have all that repertoire and so far, nothing draws me to Brendel.

In the morning, I ordered the Reiner Strauss (11 discs, I think) for 11 or 12 Euros - gone within a few minutes it seems. They seem to let got a certain number of items only (if the number isn't reached, the offer ends after a few hours - two only,I think?).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on December 01, 2014, 12:03:42 PM
There is both a time limit and a limited number of items. The orders are presumeably placed first come first serve, but one is put on a "waiting list" if 100% is reached. But most of the very same offers were recycled during the last week (today was the last day), so there were usually 2-4 chances to grab stuff within that week.

(I didn't buy anything. I have had almost everything from the original box I want for years)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 01, 2014, 01:00:34 PM
Thanks for the explanation - wasn't sure how this all really works, only found out about it today. (I don't do Halloween and all that stuff ... and though I'm of course a frequent consumer of various goods, I don't quite get the concept of "Black ... week" - wasn't it supposed to be Friday once? And isn't that name slightly problematic?)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 01, 2014, 01:04:32 PM
Quote from: king ubu on December 01, 2014, 01:00:34 PMI don't quite get the concept of "Black ... week" - wasn't it supposed to be Friday once? And isn't that name slightly problematic?
"Black" refers to the old idea that before Christmas, retail stores have not made money on the year, so their profit numbers are "in the red (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+the+red)" (negative). Historically negative numbers were supposed to be printed with red ink, and positive numbers were printed with black ink. So after the Christmas shopping season, if a deficit became a profit, the store was "in the black".

Somehow this became attached to not just Christmas shopping in general, but to the big push around the start of December to convince everyone to all buy everything at the same time with big sales. It started with Black Friday, but sales are not succeeding these days because the economy is so poor. Stores are growing more and more desperate, and the more desperate they get, the longer the Black Friday sales last.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on December 01, 2014, 02:53:01 PM
Quote from: Discobolus on December 01, 2014, 09:24:52 AM
And now Brilliant's Bach Complete Edition - 50,99€ (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00L2SQVS4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B00L2SQVS4&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&linkId=3EVEJAVJ3S4L2ICN)!!!

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9xQy4tEmoIg/VHxPkLW3TiI/AAAAAAAAFwY/d2Piojfv7dA/s1600/81f5HSxbcjL._SL1400_%5B1%5D.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00L2SQVS4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B00L2SQVS4&linkCode=as2&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&linkId=3EVEJAVJ3S4L2ICN)

That is not really that cheap. For awhile Amazon in the US had it for around $70. I got mine but never felt like opening it once the inital excitement of owning it was over.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 01, 2014, 03:00:24 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 01, 2014, 01:04:32 PM
"Black" refers to the old idea that before Christmas, retail stores have not made money on the year, so their profit numbers are "in the red (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+the+red)" (negative). Historically negative numbers were supposed to be printed with red ink, and positive numbers were printed with black ink. So after the Christmas shopping season, if a deficit became a profit, the store was "in the black".

Somehow this became attached to not just Christmas shopping in general, but to the big push around the start of December to convince everyone to all buy everything at the same time with big sales. It started with Black Friday, but sales are not succeeding these days because the economy is so poor. Stores are growing more and more desperate, and the more desperate they get, the longer the Black Friday sales last.

Okay, thanks! Thought there was more to it ... we still have that expression about red or black numbers over here, too. Thought it was somehow related thanksgiving (not halloween as I mistakenly wrote above), but I guess it's just *that* part of the year then.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 01, 2014, 03:29:40 PM
Quote from: king ubu on December 01, 2014, 03:00:24 PM
Okay, thanks! Thought there was more to it ... we still have that expression about red or black numbers over here, too. Thought it was somehow related thanksgiving (not halloween as I mistakenly wrote above), but I guess it's just *that* part of the year then.
I dispute Brian's etymology. Black Friday was named that for reasons similar to why Black Tuesday was named.

http://useconomy.about.com/od/demand/f/Black_Friday_Name.htm (http://useconomy.about.com/od/demand/f/Black_Friday_Name.htm)

If Brian is right the presumably there should be references to it going back a long time. There do not seem to be.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 01, 2014, 04:03:23 PM
Quote from: Ken B on December 01, 2014, 03:29:40 PM
I dispute Brian's etymology. Black Friday was named that for reasons similar to why Black Tuesday was named.

http://useconomy.about.com/od/demand/f/Black_Friday_Name.htm (http://useconomy.about.com/od/demand/f/Black_Friday_Name.htm)

If Brian is right the presumably there should be references to it going back a long time. There do not seem to be.

Seems like the internet is cooking with variations although the traffic jam versions seem to dominate.
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/11/29/black-friday-etymology (http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/11/29/black-friday-etymology)
I kind of liked the red/black ink version...   :'( :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on December 01, 2014, 08:06:11 PM
Well, I missed the whole thing, but I am marveling at how well the Amazon.co.uk price guarantee worked with the Monteux box that was released today in the UK. My final price was £50.67 excluding VAT, plus £3.08 shipping. By comparison, Amazon.com's current price is $172.19 with free shipping. I never actually saw Amazon.co.uk's price go that low. Adquisitio reports £60.80 was the lowest, but Discobolus did mention a price drop on Sunday.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 02, 2014, 02:01:15 AM
That's the same price I got - mine was already shipped when Discobulus posted and I wondered if the price had fallen even further - seems not, then (it was a this level sometime in the last few days, but definitely before Sunday).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on December 02, 2014, 02:06:33 AM
Well, on Sunday, the price was 60,80£ incl. VAT of 20%, which gives a price excl. VAT of 50,64£. Seems this was the lower price, then. And even if your box had shipped a little before I reported the price drop, it is possible it was already that low. I never saw such a price for this box before this weekend actually.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 02, 2014, 02:10:36 AM
Quote from: Discobolus on December 02, 2014, 02:06:33 AM
Well, on Sunday, the price was 60,80£ incl. VAT of 20%, which gives a price excl. VAT of 50,64£. Seems this was the lower price, then. And even if your box had shipped a little before I reported the price drop, it is possible it was already that low. I never saw such a price for this box before this weekend actually.

I did, but I can't tell you for sure when (Thursday or Friday I think) - but I only looked at my order summary, not at the actual page, so maybe it had once dropped that low before (my pre-order was running since October 4). Not sure, but glad I didn't miss out on an even better deal because of quicker shipping!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 04, 2014, 01:08:24 AM
The new DHM50 box (due Dec.16) from amazon.ca $Cdn 68.63, current conversion for UK £38.52.  If interested, full listing at the German site, http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00NX4NMGO/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1H38J8YAJJ4B6G16504J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455353687&pf_rd_i=301128
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on December 04, 2014, 01:55:14 AM
Don't you have to pay import taxes to the UK from amazon Canada?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on December 04, 2014, 06:04:33 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on December 04, 2014, 01:55:14 AM
Don't you have to pay import taxes to the UK from amazon Canada?

Yep, in my case, I had to pay VAT and duty to DHL when I ordered the Annie Fischer cycle from amazon CA a few months back. The package came to my work and the VAT / Duty was included into a subsequent DHL invoice received at work 3-4 weeks after the package.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 04, 2014, 06:37:50 AM
Quote from: listener on December 04, 2014, 01:08:24 AM
The new DHM50 box (due Dec.16) from amazon.ca $Cdn 68.63, current conversion for UK £38.52.  If interested, full listing at the German site, http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00NX4NMGO/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1H38J8YAJJ4B6G16504J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455353687&pf_rd_i=301128

Amazon.jp has similar pricing (and great shipping).
http://www.amazon.co.jp/deutsche-harmonia-mundi-50-Collection/dp/B00NX4NMGO (http://www.amazon.co.jp/deutsche-harmonia-mundi-50-Collection/dp/B00NX4NMGO)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on December 04, 2014, 08:41:14 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on December 04, 2014, 01:55:14 AM
Don't you have to pay import taxes to the UK from amazon Canada?

Anything over £15 and it's an extra bill as Olivier says.  I bought the EMI Mozart 50 cd set last year and the total was £15.49, got hit with a further £12 tax and service.  Buy under £15 and no charges.

Shame most of our goodies are over the £15 bracket.....and yeah, they wait a few weeks then hit you with the delivery bill.

Saying that, not sure about Europe, I just got the DG Originals awesome bargain today from Germany Amazon for £37 delivered.  Early Christmas present to ones self. Also picked up Tennstedts Mahler 16 cd set for £14.50 on UK Amazon, dropped quite a few pounds and well worth the dough. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on December 05, 2014, 01:48:42 AM
Amazon.de has again the Vivarte box on sale fpr EUr 39.99 and later today the DG Originals

http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00AOTZ156/?tag=hf-bench1-21&ascsubtag=imgpe&linkCode=ur2
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 05, 2014, 02:03:55 AM
Bookmark this link, you will see there all the actual offers over December. Go there every day, new items are added constantly.

http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Dclassical&field-keywords=
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on December 05, 2014, 02:48:16 AM
thanks both, picked up a DG set at 40 eur plus shipping.  (I think...)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 05, 2014, 02:53:35 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on December 05, 2014, 02:48:16 AM
thanks both, picked up a DG set at 40 eur plus shipping.  (I think...)

Shipping should be free, at least thats what it said. But you can see when you click on buy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 06, 2014, 09:14:03 AM
The big Pavarotti box will be on sale tomorrow 9 a.m. (centralyuropeen time):
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00G5WUIP4/

Not sure ... just bought a few that are in there, as I really wanted to skip that - but if the price drop is indeed 50%, I might get weak (if it's 40%, I'm safe, as then it would be too high to slip through customs - or wait, I'll be in Germany next week at a friends ... damn  ;)).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 06, 2014, 10:58:36 PM
*bumping the thread*

The Pavarotti box (http://www.amazon.de/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&field-keywords=&linkCode=ur2&site-redirect=de&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&url=search-alias%3Dclassical&linkId=7SECJ5WVQNBSAV2U) is on sale for 40 euros (normally 100 euros)for the next four hours (beginning in 2 minutes).

All kinds of other box sets from now until 10am PST. Well worth checking out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 07, 2014, 12:02:56 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on December 06, 2014, 10:58:36 PM
*bumping the thread*

The Pavarotti box (http://www.amazon.de/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&field-keywords=&linkCode=ur2&site-redirect=de&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&url=search-alias%3Dclassical&linkId=7SECJ5WVQNBSAV2U) is on sale for 40 euros (normally 100 euros)for the next four hours (beginning in 2 minutes).

All kinds of other box sets from now until 10am PST. Well worth checking out.

Damn, 40€ - that's even cheaper than I'd hoped. A friend got it and thinks is a marvellous presentation ... guess I'll give it a try (even though I spent probably around 40€ a few months ago on opera recordingss included in this  ::))
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2014, 02:01:14 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on December 06, 2014, 10:58:36 PM
*bumping the thread*

The Pavarotti box (http://www.amazon.de/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&field-keywords=&linkCode=ur2&site-redirect=de&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&url=search-alias%3Dclassical&linkId=7SECJ5WVQNBSAV2U) is on sale for 40 euros (normally 100 euros)for the next four hours (beginning in 2 minutes).

All kinds of other box sets from now until 10am PST. Well worth checking out.

I guess I just bought it ::)  I was actually just seeing how much it would cost shipped to me, but I clicked a button that said something about US dollars. i thought it would translate the total to USD, but apparently it was purchase in USD.
  I'm going to have to think a bit on whether I want to nix it or not. Sounds interesting, but I have quite a bit of opera...none of which I ever play.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2014, 03:37:04 AM
Decided to give it a pass...

  While doing so, however, stumbled on a great deal. For those who missed the original DHM 50 disc special set, there has been a 25 disc "best of" cut from it for the last couple of years.  It's normally about 50 bucks, but now Amazon.de has it for 19 Euros.  Terrific stuff for about a dollar a disc...

[asin]B00CA6Y7RO[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 07, 2014, 04:25:03 AM
On Amazon de there is a 30 cd box from Maazel, is that worth the price, anyone know ?
30 cd's 25,00 euros

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2014, 05:12:02 AM
Quote from: Harry's on December 07, 2014, 04:25:03 AM
On Amazon de there is a 30 cd box from Maazel, is that worth the price, anyone know ?
30 cd's 25,00 euros

Moonie ordered one of those, but I'm not sure if he received it yet.  The price is incredible, but the reviews on Amazon US are critical of the sound.  The material is stuff we probably all have a lot of, and I don't know that Maazel is that celebrated in any of it. I rather dread another Beethoven cycle.  There is a Sibelius cycle, though, which might be nice. But then are you paying 25 Euros for a Sibelius set?

  Edit: in the end I went for it. Original jacket,and the apparently the recording quality on the later stuff is very good. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 07, 2014, 05:26:38 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2014, 05:12:02 AM
Moonie ordered one of those, but I'm not sure if he received it yet.  The price is incredible, but the reviews on Amazon US are critical of the sound.  The material is stuff we probably all have a lot of, and I don't know that Maazel is that celebrated in any of it. I rather dread another Beethoven cycle.  There is a Sibelius cycle, though, which might be nice. But then are you paying 25 Euros for a Sibelius set?

Had the same thoughts, although I like the Beethoven cycle with the Clevelanders. The Sibelius with the Pittsburg SO is a cycle I don't know.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on December 07, 2014, 05:48:22 AM
The Wagner without words in that set is pretty cool.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2014, 05:59:00 AM
Quote from: Harry's on December 07, 2014, 05:26:38 AM
Had the same thoughts, although I like the Beethoven cycle with the Clevelanders. The Sibelius with the Pittsburg SO is a cycle I don't know.

  you can get it as an independent box for about $13 (US) from Amazon.  There is a very positive review for that cycle which I found convincing, so I went ahead and got it.  Again this is just hearsay from random reviewers, but supposedly the Sibelius set has terrific sound whereas the Beethoven cycle is so-so.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on December 07, 2014, 06:04:38 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2014, 03:37:04 AM
Decided to give it a pass...

  While doing so, however, stumbled on a great deal. For those who missed the original DHM 50 disc special set, there has been a 25 disc "best of" cut from it for the last couple of years.  It's normally about 50 bucks, but now Amazon.de has it for 19 Euros.  Terrific stuff for about a dollar a disc...

[asin]B00CA6Y7RO[/asin]
I will probably regret this but I couldn't resist. I probably resisted already once or twice, now that I think about it. I even have about 3 discs already. But there is enough music I do not know at all that seems interesting and several recordings that had been praised to the skies (like the Bach motets).
Didn't take much to resist the Pavarotti, not my cup of repertoire, certainly not the stuff I seek out multiple recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 07, 2014, 06:09:34 AM
Took the same route/approach regarding the Maazel - seems the Sibelius cycle included isn't the one that seems to be regarded pretty highly - so no need, I assume.

They keep offering the Brilliant Brahms box, btw - starting again in just a little less than two hours from when I post this:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00HYO8HSW/
€69 is the current regular price, not sure how far it dropped a few days ago as I really don't need this. Nor do I need the Brilliant Bach box, making another show tomorrow 10:30 a.m. (CET), which goes for €80 regularly:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00L2SQVS4/

Kinda weird that they list the Sinopoli "Madama Butterfly" again, as they list it as sold out - it was on offer a few days ago (I ordered it for €20, though aFR offers it for around the same price regularly, 1 left in stock: http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B000001G9A/).

Anyways, glad to be on vacation (and mostly offline) from Tuesday morning on  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2014, 06:28:03 AM
It's bed time here in Asia, but next up for sale price is the CPE Bach box, which I would really like to have.   I have to wait 35 more minutes, though, to see the price ::)
   I bought the big Brilliant Bach box a few months ago for about $150, as I recall. I love it. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 07, 2014, 07:36:26 AM
Anyone get their new DHM sent from Japan yet? Mine was to be sent yesterday. But nothing from Japan yet. And it's Dec 7 ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2014, 08:10:12 AM
Quote from: Ken B on December 07, 2014, 07:36:26 AM
Anyone get their new DHM sent from Japan yet? Mine was to be sent yesterday. But nothing from Japan yet. And it's Dec 7 ...

I think mine said it would be sent on the 6th and arrive on the 8th. 

BTW, Baklava gives LIFE
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 07, 2014, 10:49:04 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2014, 05:12:02 AM
Moonie ordered one of those, but I'm not sure if he received it yet.  The price is incredible, but the reviews on Amazon US are critical of the sound.  The material is stuff we probably all have a lot of, and I don't know that Maazel is that celebrated in any of it. I rather dread another Beethoven cycle. There is a Sibelius cycle, though, which might be nice. But then are you paying 25 Euros for a Sibelius set?

  Edit: in the end I went for it. Original jacket,and the apparently the recording quality on the later stuff is very good.

:D :D :D

I knew you could not resist original jackets, Baklava! And you are right, it is in the back of a truck somewhere...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 07, 2014, 10:50:46 AM
Quote from: Ken B on December 07, 2014, 07:36:26 AM
Anyone get their new DHM sent from Japan yet? Mine was to be sent yesterday. But nothing from Japan yet. And it's Dec 7 ...

Nope -bet the production is slightly delayed?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 07, 2014, 11:58:40 AM
Amazon.de (http://www.amazon.de/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&field-keywords=&linkCode=ur2&site-redirect=de&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&url=search-alias%3Dclassical&linkId=7SECJ5WVQNBSAV2U) is selling the Wiener Phil set tomorrow. [8am PST]

[asin] B00M8PBQT4[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bluemooze on December 07, 2014, 12:00:32 PM
Quote from: Ken B on December 07, 2014, 07:36:26 AM
Anyone get their new DHM sent from Japan yet? Mine was to be sent yesterday. But nothing from Japan yet. And it's Dec 7 ...

Same with me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 07, 2014, 12:22:53 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on December 07, 2014, 11:58:40 AM
Amazon.de (http://www.amazon.de/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&field-keywords=&linkCode=ur2&site-redirect=de&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&url=search-alias%3Dclassical&linkId=7SECJ5WVQNBSAV2U) is selling the Wiener Phil set tomorrow. [8am PST]

[asin] B00M8PBQT4[/asin]
I should report you to the moderators for pure, unadulterated evil.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 07, 2014, 12:31:08 PM
Quote from: Ken B on December 07, 2014, 12:22:53 PM
I should report you to the moderators for pure, unadulterated evil.

:D :D

I really like the Wiener Phil box. Warhorses, but a lot of great sound! Highly recommended!!   >:D
Most likely this will be going for about 60 euros and for that price it is definitely a keeper.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 07, 2014, 12:35:15 PM
Quote from: bluemooze on December 07, 2014, 12:00:32 PM
Same with me.

Welcome to the forum Bluemooze!

(http://forums.vinagames.org/images/smilies/bye-smiley-emoticon.gif)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2014, 04:52:58 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on December 07, 2014, 10:49:04 AM
:D :D :D

I knew you could not resist original jackets, Baklava! And you are right, it is the back of a truck somewhere...

  I am both embarrassed and relieved to report that I cancelled this one, too.  I've no doubt it is good, but I already have several conductor's sets that I expect to be better than Maazel's--and I haven't listened to one of them all the way through yet. 

  Thanks for the heads up on the Decca.  That one has tempted me strongly (I never even thought about getting the Maazel before).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on December 07, 2014, 05:15:42 PM
The Bach edition box is 46.73 sterling at amazon uk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 07, 2014, 05:40:33 PM
Abeille will not be coming back. They are, or were, owned by Qobuz, who decided to shut them down.  >:( :(

There were only 12 employees!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 08, 2014, 01:06:34 AM
Karajan's Parsifal is on sale for €22 at Amazon de for the next four hours.

http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000001G53 (http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000001G53)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71KgCxIGIML._SX425_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 08, 2014, 05:00:37 AM
The Giant Vienna Box said "Begins at 10:00" yesterday morning. Now, today, well after 10:00 Germany time, it still says "Begins at 10:00". What gives?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on December 08, 2014, 05:11:54 AM
The time must be converted for your location, because it is planned at 5 p.m. here (same time zone as Germany).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 08, 2014, 05:22:53 AM
Or it means we Europeans can buy it all up before you get the chance in the US.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 08, 2014, 05:24:49 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 08, 2014, 05:22:53 AM
Or it means we Europeans can buy it all up before you get the chance in the US.  ;D

Exactly :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 08, 2014, 05:52:26 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 08, 2014, 05:00:37 AM
The Giant Vienna Box said "Begins at 10:00" yesterday morning. Now, today, well after 10:00 Germany time, it still says "Begins at 10:00". What gives?
It shows the time as per your computer/device. I have two devices (computer and kindle) and they show different times! It can be confusing! :)

EDIT: Byt the way, the Fischer Haydn Symphonies set is a pretty good deal at EUR 25.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 08, 2014, 07:02:14 AM
Yes, I bought the Vienna set. 56 Euros, P&P included,
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on December 08, 2014, 07:05:29 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 08, 2014, 07:02:14 AM
Yes, I bought the Vienna set. 56 Euros, P&P included,

I got one too, 66 euro shipped to Canada. That sold out quickly!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 08, 2014, 07:05:41 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 08, 2014, 07:02:14 AM
Yes, I bought the Vienna set. 56 Euros, P&P included,
Yeah - EUR45 was pretty good (+shipping). All gone now too...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on December 08, 2014, 07:08:01 AM
Wow, that was fast. Two minutes after placing the order, the price went back to normal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: otare on December 08, 2014, 07:09:22 AM
I was too late. But I have the Vienna box from DG, so I'm good...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 08, 2014, 07:09:40 AM
Damn, I actually stayed up for that. I never dreamed it would just disappear >:( >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 08, 2014, 07:10:22 AM
Amazing price. I put one in my inbox in time. But I decided to pass on it. I have so many boxes of the same repertoire, and a number of duplicates of the other stuff.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 08, 2014, 07:34:52 AM
I was too late for the Vienna box, alas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 08, 2014, 07:38:06 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 08, 2014, 05:22:53 AM
Or it means we Europeans can buy it all up before you get the chance in the US.  ;D
This happened.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 08, 2014, 08:25:15 AM
Came home from work and logged on directly, 3 minutes before the offer started. Had no idea it would disappear so fast either. Pure luck, or not.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on December 08, 2014, 08:28:01 AM
Well it also depends how many items were put in the offer. Maybe there was only a dozen of them, that would explain everything...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 08, 2014, 08:51:29 AM
Quote from: Discobolus on December 08, 2014, 08:28:01 AM
Well it also depends how many items were put in the offer. Maybe there was only a dozen of them, that would explain everything...
Not many I expect. I got on at no more than 30 seconds after 11 and 45% were taken.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 08, 2014, 09:41:35 AM
Quote from: Ken B on December 08, 2014, 08:51:29 AM
Not many I expect. I got on at no more than 30 seconds after 11 and 45% were taken.

I guess that happens as well if people already have it in the cart ... I think then you'll have it "reserved" automatically, but you need to finish your order within 12 or 15 minutes then, otherwise you lose your reservation and someone else waiting might snatch it up. On the other hand, the Pavarotti box yesterday went up to normal even though it said "45% reserved" - and a few minutes later it was back down to the sales price. Guess no one quite figures out how this is really working ... several offers have made more than one appearance, though I've only seen the Pavarotti, DG Originals and now the Vienna Decca once. I've not checked every day though, so ...

How long will these offers be running anyway? Straight on until christmas? Is the corporate world so desperate?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 08, 2014, 11:15:38 AM
The DG Originals have been there twice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on December 08, 2014, 11:40:18 AM
Lots of stuff has been there several times in the last two weeks or so. I think the Vienna Phil set as well (not sure, I do not find it very attractive so I didn't follow). Keep looking!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bluemooze on December 08, 2014, 11:51:12 PM
Received my shipping notice from Amazon Japan for the DHM box.  :)

Quote from: Moonfish on December 07, 2014, 12:35:15 PM
Welcome to the forum Bluemooze!

(http://forums.vinagames.org/images/smilies/bye-smiley-emoticon.gif)

Hey Moonfish, good to see you again.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on December 09, 2014, 11:04:19 PM
Bernstein's Mahler on DVD for $33+sh. It's usually around $100. These are different performances than his first cycle on Columbia/Sony and his last on DG.

[asin]B000BDIY3G[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 10, 2014, 05:43:01 AM
Quote from: Pat B on December 09, 2014, 11:04:19 PM
Bernstein's Mahler on DVD for $33+sh. It's usually around $100. These are different performances than his first cycle on Columbia/Sony and his last on DG.

[asin]B000BDIY3G[/asin]

Pat,
Was that at Amazon?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 10, 2014, 05:51:50 AM
FYI:

Sales at Amazon de today Dec 10 (http://www.amazon.de/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&field-keywords=&linkCode=ur2&linkId=7SECJ5WVQNBSAV2U&site-redirect=de&tag=bonsplanscl00-21&url=search-alias%3Dclassical&linkId=GDXD2PXIBWL6PW5M) - <----------- LINK  ::)

Beethoven - Brilliant Composer Box at 8 AM PST -- about 50 Euros?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XdxvVTFML._AA135_.jpg)

Brahms - Brilliant Composer Box at 8:30 AM PST
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51smnxH66zL._AA135_.jpg)

DG Originals will be on sale for about 40 Euros at Amazon.de at 9:30am PST
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51inJv%2B4yLL._AA135_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 10, 2014, 05:53:41 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on December 10, 2014, 05:51:50 AM
FYI:



DG Originals will be on sale for about 40 Euros at Amazon.de at 9:30am PST
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51inJv%2B4yLL._AA135_.jpg)

Too many cd's there inside I already have, and a few I don't want to have.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 10, 2014, 05:59:24 AM
Quote from: Harry's on December 10, 2014, 05:53:41 AM
Too many cd's there inside I already have, and a few I don't want to have.

Yep, the originals set definitely isn't appealing to people who have been collecting for a while. It is a great starter set or gift though!    ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on December 10, 2014, 06:51:42 AM
Quote from: Harry's on December 05, 2014, 02:03:55 AM
Bookmark this link, you will see there all the actual offers over December. Go there every day, new items are added constantly.

http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Dclassical&field-keywords=

  Thanks Harry  8) this is an excellent link and I have bookmarked it.  I wonder why amazon.co.uk does not do things like this (ie put items on large sales for a limited time). If they do can someone please provide a link.

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 10, 2014, 07:00:48 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on December 10, 2014, 06:51:42 AM
  Thanks Harry  8) this is an excellent link and I have bookmarked it.  I wonder why amazon.co.uk does not do things like this (ie put items on large sales for a limited time). If they do can someone please provide a link.

  marvin

Yes all Amazon's should do this including JPC, it brings in so much extra traffic. Only Amazon de is doing this at the moment, I understand this is a pilot, if it works well all other Amazons will implement this. Have no idea if this only goes for the December month. Could not get confirmation about that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on December 10, 2014, 07:20:00 AM
I would go further : all sites should offer permanent 80% discounts on all references. This would be great.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 10, 2014, 07:35:34 AM
Thanks to Discobolus' valiant efforts in creating and maintaining http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/ (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/). 

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yl-RsEZ8As8/Ta8LqFZ3AMI/AAAAAAAAAjw/Kz8Y5EjyRXM/s1600/banniere.gif) (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/)

Love that site!!!  :P
I check it out on a daily basis! (CDCDCD you know).
Thank you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Cosi bel do on December 10, 2014, 08:01:11 AM
You're very welcome... Since I created it there have been a few periods of lower activity, but I confirm we are now in one of the most exciting times of CDCDCD history 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on December 10, 2014, 08:44:34 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on December 10, 2014, 05:43:01 AM
Pat,
Was that at Amazon?

Yes, marketplace seller RAREWAVES-IMPORTS -- but it looks like they have gone back to a more typical price. Sorry to raise hopes. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on December 10, 2014, 09:06:51 AM
Picked up the Brilliant Brahms. I already have their little Brahms box, but this price made it too tempting to go for the whole magilla.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 10, 2014, 09:34:01 AM
Quote from: Harry's on December 10, 2014, 07:00:48 AM
Yes all Amazon's should do this including JPC, it brings in so much extra traffic. Only Amazon de is doing this at the moment, I understand this is a pilot, if it works well all other Amazons will implement this. Have no idea if this only goes for the December month. Could not get confirmation about that.
They (Amazon US) did this for a few days around Thanksgiving. I got a couple great deals like Frozen Blu-ray, but missed on How to Train Dragon 2. They didn't have as many classical cds on it though.

It looks like Amazon.de is now repeating most of the offerings...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 10, 2014, 09:38:34 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on December 10, 2014, 09:34:01 AM
They (Amazon US) did this for a few days around Thanksgiving. I got a couple great deals like Frozen Blu-ray, but missed on How to Train Dragon 2. They didn't have as many classical cds on it though.

It looks like Amazon.de is now repeating most of the offerings...

Well as said, if the pilot is successful, we may look at more spending, whether that be good or bad, depending.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jfdrex on December 12, 2014, 10:59:04 AM
If any box set shouts "Super-Duper Cheap!" it's this one:

[asin]B00A2JTEHY[/asin]

$15.79 at the moment--i.e., less than 40 cents per disc, and probably worth every penny. :laugh:  Seems to contain a disappointing amount of chaff, with a few kernels of wheat thrown in.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 12, 2014, 11:49:13 AM
Quote from: jfdrex on December 12, 2014, 10:59:04 AM
If any box set shouts "Super-Duper Cheap!" it's this one:

[asin]B00A2JTEHY[/asin]

$15.79 at the moment--i.e., less than 40 cents per disc, and probably worth every penny. :laugh:  Seems to contain a disappointing amount of chaff, with a few kernels of wheat thrown in.
I was actually pleasantly surprised when I picked up this set at a much higher price when it first was issued.  The Janowski cycle on its own makes it well worth it. Personally I very much like Karajan's live 1961 recording of Parsifal. There are tons of other things in there and, in my opinion, well worth exploring even if it wasn't a bargain.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81w1EmfzjNL._SL1163_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 13, 2014, 01:11:17 AM
amazon.fr will offer the HM Baroque Opera box for 65 or 66 € tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on December 13, 2014, 05:42:05 AM
Sony 15-disc Gustav Leonhardt Edition $17.99 @ ArchivMusic.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on December 13, 2014, 09:08:34 AM
Quote from: king ubu on December 13, 2014, 01:11:17 AM
amazon.fr will offer the HM Baroque Opera box for 65 or 66 € tomorrow.

It is just over £52 at AmUK and has been for at least the past two days.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Op%C3%A9ra-Baroque-George-Frideric-Handel/dp/B00DHCJLWG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1418493565&sr=1-1&keywords=B00DHCJLWG
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on December 14, 2014, 08:56:04 PM
Most of it does not qualify as cheap bargains,  but Arkiv is having a one day sale for Monday the 15th...
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp?list_id=4056&page_size=100&page_type=4&site_id=E1347

I ordered the Borodin Quartet and Knappertsbusch DVDs, and the Domingo Verdi box,  which I justified on the grounds that of the six operas it contains, I have no recordings at all of three of them (Forza, Vespri, and Luisa Miller)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on December 15, 2014, 10:33:08 AM
The Fritz Reiner box is going for $109.99, the lowest price I've seen lately.
(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/non-muze2/large/1014187.jpg)
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=1014187

The Leon Fleisher box is also priced nicely at $42.99.
(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/non-muze2/large/975518.jpg)
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=975518
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on December 23, 2014, 06:25:33 AM
For those interested in owning all of Rachmaninov's oeuvre in one go, then there's a seller on Amazon MP right now who has this for $54 which is the best price I've seen it anywhere:

(http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2014-11/1417188024_1010780840.jpg)

Most of the sites I've seen this set on have an asking price of $70-80. Grab it while you can!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on December 24, 2014, 03:33:55 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on October 24, 2014, 05:03:55 AM
  They kinda sorta did. There is another box that is half of original, that sells for about $50. 
          Even better, French Amazon lists it as being available, and claims that though they don't have any now, they will get more of the original box in.  Maybe it is a mistake, but here is the link:
http://www.amazon.fr/Coffret-Deutsche-Harmonia-Edition-Anniversaire/dp/B0014RIULO/ref=fallbacksessionReftagm_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1X70FCAPWT7D73QJSJTF

I got a notice from Amazon.fr today that this is on its way to me, yet they still don't show it in stock, and third party sellers are asking hundreds. I suspect I'm getting the new DHM box in error, which I already have. Has anyone here had good/bad resolutions with wrong titles shipped overseas by Amazon?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on December 24, 2014, 04:47:27 PM
Quote from: Manos on December 24, 2014, 03:33:55 PM
I got a notice from Amazon.fr today that this is on its way to me, yet they still don't show it in stock, and third party sellers are asking hundreds. I suspect I'm getting the new DHM box in error, which I already have. Has anyone here had good/bad resolutions with wrong titles shipped overseas by Amazon?

I shop from Amazon UK, DE, FR, IT and JP all the time and they have had excellent service so far...  :)    Occasionally a shipment gets lost, but I have never received the wrong item from the overseas Amazon. The MP is variable with more errors, but still excellent overall.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 26, 2014, 04:52:36 PM
Quote from: Manos on December 24, 2014, 03:33:55 PM
I got a notice from Amazon.fr today that this is on its way to me, yet they still don't show it in stock, and third party sellers are asking hundreds. I suspect I'm getting the new DHM box in error, which I already have. Has anyone here had good/bad resolutions with wrong titles shipped overseas by Amazon?
It's possible that the ISIN or other identifying number is wrong (this was the case with a Chopin set). Amazon should approve any refund if it is not what you wanted (and assuming it is unopened).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on December 31, 2014, 12:38:14 PM
The second 50-CD DHM box is right now at €49,49 on Amazon.it. The offer will end in approximately 83 minutes from now.

And happy new year, by the way!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on January 13, 2015, 06:02:58 PM
Not really a SDCB, but still a good deal for the new 20th century Boulez box at Amazon.IT [90 euros including S&H to the US]

http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00P08LJ1Q/ref=pe_386201_41597321_TE_item (http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00P08LJ1Q/ref=pe_386201_41597321_TE_item)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91hUL2SIEaL._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 22, 2015, 09:19:24 AM
The Weiss/Cardin Brilliant box, 12 cds, is $30 shipped to the USA from amazon.de
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Green Destiny on January 24, 2015, 12:45:11 AM
This excellent Shostakovich cycle by Jansons is only 13 pounds on Amazon.UK at the moment:

[asin]B000G6BJS0[/asin]

Note: Only 3 left in stock
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 24, 2015, 06:57:01 AM
Quote from: Green Destiny on January 24, 2015, 12:45:11 AM
This excellent Shostakovich cycle by Jansons is only 13 pounds on Amazon.UK at the moment:

[asin]B000G6BJS0[/asin]

Note: Only 3 left in stock

I wonder if it still has a defective CD? The best I can remember the CD with Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad' had defects and noticeable glitches.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on January 24, 2015, 09:05:25 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 24, 2015, 06:57:01 AM
I wonder if it still has a defective CD? The best I can remember the CD with Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad' had defects and noticeable glitches.
No it doesn't, they fixed that years ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on January 24, 2015, 12:26:03 PM
Berliner box at Amazon.uk for 46 GBP (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DYQLEZM) (shipped to the US) in case you have the inclination...

Warhorses, potential for lots of duplications as well as some great historical recordings...

Contents and samples at Deutsche Grammophon (http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4791049)



http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DYQLEZM (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DYQLEZM)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81Sk2kPPT6L._SL1500_.jpg)

CD 1 | 1913 BEETHOVEN 5 Nikisch | Parsifal (exc.) Hertz
CD 2 | 1928 BEETHOVEN 5 Furtwangler | Various R. Strauss
CD 3 | 1928 BRUCKNER 7 Horenstein
CD 4 | 1939 TCHAIKOVSKY 6 Karajan
CD 5 | 1942 1947 BEETHOVEN 5 MOZART 39 Furtwangler
CD 6 | 1951 SCHUBERT 9 HAYDN 88 Furtwangler
CD 7 | 1951 FURTWANGLER 2 Furtwangler
CD 8 | 1951 TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Cherkassky
CD 9 | 1952 BRAHMS 1 SCHUMANN 4 Furtwängler
CD 10 | 1953 SMETANA: The Moldau DVORÁK New World Symphony Fricsay
CD 11 | 1953 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique MUSSORGFSKY Pictures at an Exhibition Markevitch
CD 12 | 1955 BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis Böhm
CD 13 | 1955 HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Hindemith
CD 14 | 1958 BEETHOVEN 9 Fricsay
CD 15 | 1959 R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben Karajan
CD 16 | 1960 MOZART 35,40, 41 Böhm
CD 17 | 1961 DVORÁK Cello Concerto GRIEG Piano Concerto
CD 18 | 1961 BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 4 & 5 Kempff
CD 19 | 1962 BEETHOVEN MOZART Violin Concertos Schneiderhan
CD 20 | 1963 BEETHOVEN 9 Karajan
CD 21 | 1964 MOZART Die Zauberflöte (exc.) Böhm
CD 22 | 1967 PROKOFIEV / RAVEL Piano Concertos Argerich Abbado
CD 23 | 1968 DVORÁK Cello Concerto Rostropovich
CD 24 | 1969 WAGNER Götterdämmerung (exc.) Karajan
CD 25 | 1970 BRAHMS 2 Abbado
CD 26 | 1971 GRIEG Peer Gynt Karajan
CD 27 | 1972 VIVALDI The Four Seasons Schwalbé Karajan
CD 28 | 1972DVORÁK 8 & 9 Kubelik
CD 29 | 1973 MAHLER 5 Karajan
CD 30 | 1974 SCHOENBERG WEBERN Karajan
CD 31 | 1972 STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps Symphony of Psalms Karajan
CD 32 | 1979 MAHLER 9 Bernstein
CD 33 | 1979 WAGNER Parsifal (exc.) Karajan
CD 34 | 1981 MENDELSSOHN BRUCH Concertos Mutter
CD 35 | 1981 R. STRAUSS Eine Alpensymphonie Karajan
CD 36 | 1981 MOZART Mass in C minor Karajan
CD 37 & 38 | 1981 1982 MAHLER 9 SHOSTAKOVICH 10 Karajan
CD 39 | 1982 BIZET Carmen (exc.) Karajan
CD 40 & 41 | 1989 VERDI Requiem Giulini
CD 42 | 1993 BEETHOVEN Emperor Concerto Pollini
CD 43 | 1994 STOCKHAUSEN Gruppen KURTÁG Abbado
CD 44 | 1994 RAVEL Boulez
CD 45 | 1999 BEETHOVEN 7 & 8 Abbado
CD 46 | 1999 MOZART Requiem Abbado
CD 47 | 2003 BRAHMS Piano Concerto 1 Zimerman
CD 48 | 2004 MAHLER 6 Abbado
CD 49 | 2005 MAHLER 4 Abbado
CD 50 | 2012 / 2013 DVORÁK Kozena / Rattle | STRAUSS: Also sprach BARBER Adagio Dudamel
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 25, 2015, 03:34:17 AM
There is that Stockhausen disc................
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on January 25, 2015, 04:25:27 AM
Most of this, also "Gruppen" is readily available (maybe most difficult to separately obtain would be the first 5 discs). Opera excerpts are also kind of ridiculous for such a set. But for those who do not already own most the desirables from this one, it may be a decent bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on January 25, 2015, 10:41:55 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on January 25, 2015, 04:25:27 AM
Most of this, also "Gruppen" is readily available (maybe most difficult to separately obtain would be the first 5 discs). Opera excerpts are also kind of ridiculous for such a set. But for those who do not already own most the desirables from this one, it may be a decent bargain.

I agree! Opera excerpts are a strange phenomenon. I rather they included a full opera than excerpts/highlights disks...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 25, 2015, 11:49:01 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on January 25, 2015, 10:41:55 AM
I agree! Opera excerpts are a strange phenomenon. I rather they included a full opera than excerpts/highlights disks...
Yes. Excerpts discs are pretty much dead plastic to me. I much prefer an opera. Even a Verdi opera!  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on January 25, 2015, 11:57:11 AM
Quote from: Ken B on January 25, 2015, 11:49:01 AM
Yes. Excerpts discs are pretty much dead plastic to me. I much prefer an opera. Even a Verdi opera!  >:D

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on January 25, 2015, 12:01:44 PM
Actually with such a set celebrating an orchestra, I'd probably prefer no opera at all. But excerpts is really half-baked. Especially with Goetterdaemmerung. I'd rather hear a disc with bleeding chunks of orchestral Wagner Preludes and excerpts instead of 60 min torn from a >4 hour opera.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: not edward on January 25, 2015, 12:32:35 PM
Quote from: The new erato on January 25, 2015, 03:34:17 AM
There is that Stockhausen disc................
Honestly, that disc is a bit of a turkey. It's the worst Gruppen I've ever heard, and there are better performances of the two Kurtag works out there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: EigenUser on January 26, 2015, 12:18:45 AM
Quote from: edward on January 25, 2015, 12:32:35 PM
Honestly, that disc is a bit of a turkey. It's the worst Gruppen I've ever heard, and there are better performances of the two Kurtag works out there.
I agree. I don't care for Gruppen, but even I can tell that the recording really sucks compared to the WDR-Koln one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: niknala on January 26, 2015, 01:40:44 PM
(http://www.allthingsstrings.com/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/media/st/article-contents/196/or_heifetz/646023-1-eng-US/OR_Heifetz_large.jpg)

Amazon.de (http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Album-Collection-Heifetz-Jascha/dp/B00467EKKO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422311847&sr=8-1&keywords=heifetz) has the Heifetz Complete Album Collection for 155.97 Euros.  What do people think of this set?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on January 26, 2015, 01:56:29 PM
Quote from: niknala on January 26, 2015, 01:40:44 PM
(http://www.allthingsstrings.com/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/media/st/article-contents/196/or_heifetz/646023-1-eng-US/OR_Heifetz_large.jpg)

Amazon.de (http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Album-Collection-Heifetz-Jascha/dp/B00467EKKO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422311847&sr=8-1&keywords=heifetz) has the Heifetz Complete Album Collection for 155.97 Euros.  What do people think of this set?

Heifetz can be an acquired taste, but considering his legendary status this is a must if you love the violin as an instrument. The sound can be a bit "historical" at times, but the performances are mostly very good to excellent. It is also an excellent exposure to a wide realm of the violin repertoire. For this price (I paid twice the amount back in 2011) it is a must if you enjoy this type of music (violin concertos, chamber music).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on January 30, 2015, 11:19:11 AM
Brilliant's 15 CD box Passion - Sacred Masterpieces, with some pretty worthwhile performances of major choral works (e.g. Bach St Matthew & St John Passions, and the Messiah, from Cleobury) is currently in the marketplace at Amazon.co.uk for £6.98 (plus £1.26 for UK delivery).
Way below any other price I've seen.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Passion-Sacred-Masterpieces-Various-Artists/dp/B0036J02G4%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIMWMZOYDVW2KF6PA%26tag%3Dadquisitio04-21%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0036J02G4
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on January 30, 2015, 10:07:41 PM
There are some artists where it's worth listening to absolutely everything they ever recorded. Heifetz is one of them. Like Caruso, Rubinstein, Horowitz, Richter, etc... even the worst things they ever did are still suffused with genius. I can't imagine being interested in violin music and not having that Heifetz box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 31, 2015, 02:17:58 AM
Both RCA Living Stereo boxes (60 CD) are now 60 Euros (less VAT if you are outside the EU) on jpc.de
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on January 31, 2015, 06:00:25 AM
I've just bought this monster!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71FnUkvqYOL._SX355_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Bach-Jean-Sebastien/dp/B006WKDT1E/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1422716224&sr=1-1&keywords=bach+teldec (http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Bach-Jean-Sebastien/dp/B006WKDT1E/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1422716224&sr=1-1&keywords=bach+teldec)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on January 31, 2015, 06:21:24 AM
Great spot, Orpheus!

I think I might now have the complete complete works of Bach (Teldec, Hanssler & Brilliant Classics)  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 31, 2015, 11:21:24 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on January 31, 2015, 06:00:25 AM
I've just bought this monster!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71FnUkvqYOL._SX355_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Bach-Jean-Sebastien/dp/B006WKDT1E/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1422716224&sr=1-1&keywords=bach+teldec (http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Bach-Jean-Sebastien/dp/B006WKDT1E/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1422716224&sr=1-1&keywords=bach+teldec)

Wow. That counts as too good not to buy., with the Euro down .Under 180 shipped to the USA. So I fell off the wagon and bought it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on January 31, 2015, 01:22:16 PM
Quote from: niknala on January 26, 2015, 01:40:44 PM
(http://www.allthingsstrings.com/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/media/st/article-contents/196/or_heifetz/646023-1-eng-US/OR_Heifetz_large.jpg)

Amazon.de (http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Album-Collection-Heifetz-Jascha/dp/B00467EKKO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422311847&sr=8-1&keywords=heifetz) has the Heifetz Complete Album Collection for 155.97 Euros.  What do people think of this set?

If you haven't heard much of his playing, I would strongly suggest trying a disc or two before dropping €156 on him. I can't stand his playing style of the stereo era -- "impatient" remains my one-word summary. What I've heard of his earlier recordings is better, but not nearly enough for me to even consider investing in a big box.

I don't think I'm alone on that, though he obviously has many enthusiastic fans too. If I were you I would figure out where I stood on that scale before purchasing this.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 31, 2015, 01:36:31 PM
Quote from: Pat B on January 31, 2015, 01:22:16 PM
If you haven't heard much of his playing, I would strongly suggest trying a disc or two before dropping €156 on him. I can't stand his playing style of the stereo era -- "impatient" remains my one-word summary. What I've heard of his earlier recordings is better, but not nearly enough for me to even consider investing in a big box.

I don't think I'm alone on that, though he obviously has many enthusiastic fans too. If I were you I would figure out where I stood on that scale before purchasing this.

Survey after survey ranks him the top. The better the survey, ie the more restricted it is to good violnists, the better he does. Yet like Pat I have problems. I actively dislike most of the chamber concerts with Piatigorsky because of Heifetz. He rately blends, he sounds awful sometimes. Yet his concerto tecordings always impress, as do his sonata recordings.  I recommend the 9 or 10 cd sonatas set, which is cheap. ShouldI  conclude he couldn't share the spotlight?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 31, 2015, 02:00:35 PM
For the concertos I have this
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5166f9S%2BBbL.jpg)
If nothing else, a good way to have basic repetory done in classic 20th century style.
I also suggest his recording of the Bach solo works.

I have seen his alleged dislike of sharing the limelight spoken of in other placed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 31, 2015, 02:56:44 PM
Quote from: Pat B on January 31, 2015, 01:22:16 PM
If you haven't heard much of his playing, I would strongly suggest trying a disc or two before dropping €156 on him.

That would be my advice, as well. Count me in as a Heifetz non-enthusiast.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on January 31, 2015, 10:31:51 PM
Heifetz is Heifetz in the same way that Caruso is Caruso. You get what you get. You can complain, but who the heck are you to complain? It's a standout.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on January 31, 2015, 10:45:53 PM
Quote from: bigshot on January 31, 2015, 10:31:51 PM
Heifetz is Heifetz in the same way that Caruso is Caruso.

Now there's an over-rated violinist.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on January 31, 2015, 10:52:45 PM
Wow! I finally sat down and started typing in the tags for the 40 CD Russian Masters box set. I'm listening to Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet by Henry Adolph and the south German Philharmonic. What a great performance. I have a million versions of this, but none of them are as spirited and thought out as this one. I have a feeling this box is going to be a drop dead bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 31, 2015, 11:16:36 PM
Quote from: bigshot on January 31, 2015, 10:52:45 PM
Wow! I finally sat down and started typing in the tags for the 40 CD Russian Masters box set. I'm listening to Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet by Henry Adolph and the south German Philharmonic. What a great performance. I have a million versions of this, but none of them are as spirited and thought out as this one. I have a feeling this box is going to be a drop dead bargain.

  Do you mean the Amado Classics ultra-cheap one? If so, I agree heartily. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on January 31, 2015, 11:19:37 PM
I like Heifetz, although I understand some of the complaints very well. Because of the cheapo concerto box shown above and another box with the "Heifetz-Piatorsky Chamber music" which includes probably more than half of his chamber recordings I do not think one has to go for the big box unless one is a big enthusiast. Some stuff is very historical in sound and there are also multiple recordings of some concerti not everyone might be interested in. Of course it sounds cheap per disc, but one should definitely ask oneself whether one will be really listening to most of the stuff.
I think I have about half or more of the content in earlier issues.

As for "ordinary" bargains, jpc.de has a bunch of Universal twofer for 5,99 EUR, most of it standard stuff many here will already own, but this might be a nice options for those in Europe.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 01, 2015, 01:06:34 AM
Quote from: Pat B on January 31, 2015, 01:22:16 PM
If you haven't heard much of his playing, I would strongly suggest trying a disc or two before dropping €156 on him. I can't stand his playing style of the stereo era -- "impatient" remains my one-word summary. What I've heard of his earlier recordings is better, but not nearly enough for me to even consider investing in a big box.

I don't think I'm alone on that, though he obviously has many enthusiastic fans too. If I were you I would figure out where I stood on that scale before purchasing this.

I also - generally - dislike Heifetz' later recordings, with a few exceptions. Yes, his later style has a relentless and purposeless quality about it, I would describe it as  emotionally "dead" Does anyone know of Heifets by any suffered of depression or something like that? ::)

That being said, anything up to the fifties is pure gold IMO, amazing stuff. Now in the "good old"(read: expensive) days of seperate issues of the Heifetz edition I carved out exactly what I wanted, but I guess now taking the bad with the good (at least 18 - 19 discs) seems a viable option, provided you like historical/mono recordings! :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 02, 2015, 12:54:26 AM
I love the Heifetz box!

Guess some of it is "dated", but if you have an interest in the history of violin playing, it's a fascinating treasure trove. If you want a sample of some of the best, I'd say get the EMI Icon and the Heifetz/Piatigorsky box ... and get the huge Rubinstein coffin, too (I love that one even quite a bit more than the Heifetz).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on February 02, 2015, 02:11:19 AM
The huge Rubinstein box has IMO the advantage of a lot of good sounding stereo/late mono recordings. And the interpretations are usually not as controversial as some Heifetz but almost universally acclaimed.

The drawback is that you get some repertoire (lots of Chopin, Beethoven and Brahms concertos, Grieg concerto) in 3-5 different recordings by the same artist which might be overwhelming and not quite necessary for those not hugely interested in the music in question or in Rubinstein's development.
But then there is probably some stuff in the Rubinstein box that is even harder to get separately than with the Heifetz box, although everything was issued on singles/doubles in the late 90s (those brown "book-style" ones).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on February 03, 2015, 12:21:09 AM
Wagner's Ring by Solti!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/611aQL8ulVL._SX355_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Richard/dp/B0000042H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422907782&sr=8-1&keywords=B0000042H4 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Richard/dp/B0000042H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422907782&sr=8-1&keywords=B0000042H4)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on February 03, 2015, 01:43:33 AM
It will probably get cancelled, but you never know...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 04, 2015, 12:45:26 AM
The British Amazon has the Das Altewerk box for 53 pounds.  This box has received approximately zero love here at GMG, and it's a crying shame.  Just check out the lineup. Warner did a terrible job of marketing this box (and the other two they released simultaneously), but it is chock full of deserving goodies for fans of pre-romantic music.


CD 1 Herbert Tachezi - C.P.E. Bach: Organ Sonatas
CD 2 Herbert Tachezi - Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge
CD 3 Gustav Leonhardt - Bach: Goldberg Variations
CD 4 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1056–1060
CD 5 & 6 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Mass in B minor
CD 7 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1–3
CD 8 Il Giardino Armonico - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 4–6
CD 9 Münchner Bach-Chor/Karl Richter - Bach: Cantatas BWV 67, 108 & 127
CD 10 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Double Concertos by J.S. Bach and his Sons
CD 11 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Orchestral Suites 1 & 2
CD 12 Angela Maria Blasi/Yvonne Kenny/Kurt Equiluz/Robert Holl/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: "Jagdkantate" & "Bauernkantate"
CD 13 Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Matthäus-Passion (Highlights)
CD 14 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Biber: Sonatae · Ballettae · Battalia · Sonata "die Pauern Kirchfahrt"
CD 15 Andreas Staier - Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas
CD 16 Il Giardino Armonico - Corelli · Manfredini · Torelli · Vivaldi: Christmas Concertos
CD 17 Concerto Köln - Dall'Abaco: Concerti
CD 18 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Concerti grossi, op.3
CD 19 Palmer/Rolfe Johnson/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
CD 20 Herbert Tachezi/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Organ Concertos, op.7
CD 21 Herbert Tachezi/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Water Music Organ Concertos HWV 295 & HWV 304
CD 22 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Haydn: Harmoniemesse · Te Deum Cantata "Qual dubbio ormai"
CD 23 Chanticleer - Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadaloupe (1764)
CD 24 Concerto Köln - Mendelssohn: String Symphonies 8–10
CD 25 Tragicomedia - Monteverdi: Madrigali concertati
CD 26 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Highlights)
CD 27a & b Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
CD 28 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Mozart: "Credo" Mass, K257 - Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, K243
CD 29 St James's Singers and Baroque Players/Ivor Bolton - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
CD 30 Andreas Staier/Concerto Köln - Salieri · Steffan: Fortepiano Concertos
CD 31 Gustav Leonhardt/Jürgen Jürgens - Schütz: Die Sieben Worte unsers lieben Erlösers · Lukas-Passion
CD 32 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Telemann: Musique de table (Tafelmusik) (Production III)
CD 33 Frans Brüggen/Franz Vester/Paul Doctor - Telemann: Overtures & Concertos
CD 34 Concerto Köln - Vanhal: Symphonies
CD 35 Pro Cantione Antiqua - Victoria: Sacred Music
CD 36 Giovanni Antonini/Il Giardino Armonico - Vivaldi: Concerti op.10
CD 37 Il Giardino Armonico - Vivaldi: 4 Seasons · Concertos RV 454 & 332
CD 38 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Zelenka: Hipocondrie à 7 · Ouverture à 7 Trio Sonata for 2 oboes and bassoon
CD 39 Pro Cantione Antiqua - Ars Britannica — Old Hall Manuscript · Madrigals
CD 40 Frans Brüggen/Anner Bylsma/Gustav Leonhardt - Italian Recorder Sonatas
CD 41 Anner Bylsma - Baroque Music for Cello
CD 42 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - English Consort & Keyboard Music
CD 43 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - English Music of the 17th Century
CD 44 Pro Cantione Antiqua - English Part Songs & Lute Songs
CD 45 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Komödiantische Musik des Barock
CD 46 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Music at the Court of Mannheim
CD 47 Bob van Asperen - J. Bull: Music for Harpsichord
CD 48 Il Giardino Armonico - Musica da camera a Napoli
CD 49 Max van Egmond/Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - Songs of the Baroque Era
CD 50 Tragicomedia - Vanitas vanitatum — Rome 1650
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 04, 2015, 05:20:21 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on February 04, 2015, 12:45:26 AM
The British Amazon has the Das Altewerk box for 53 pounds.  This box has received approximately zero love here at GMG, and it's a crying shame.  Just check out the lineup. Warner did a terrible job of marketing this box (and the other two they released simultaneously), but it is chock full of deserving goodies for fans of pre-romantic music.


CD 1 Herbert Tachezi - C.P.E. Bach: Organ Sonatas
CD 2 Herbert Tachezi - Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge
CD 3 Gustav Leonhardt - Bach: Goldberg Variations
CD 4 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1056–1060
CD 5 & 6 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Mass in B minor
CD 7 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1–3
CD 8 Il Giardino Armonico - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 4–6
CD 9 Münchner Bach-Chor/Karl Richter - Bach: Cantatas BWV 67, 108 & 127
CD 10 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Double Concertos by J.S. Bach and his Sons
CD 11 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Orchestral Suites 1 & 2
CD 12 Angela Maria Blasi/Yvonne Kenny/Kurt Equiluz/Robert Holl/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: "Jagdkantate" & "Bauernkantate"
CD 13 Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Bach: Matthäus-Passion (Highlights)
CD 14 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Biber: Sonatae · Ballettae · Battalia · Sonata "die Pauern Kirchfahrt"
CD 15 Andreas Staier - Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas
CD 16 Il Giardino Armonico - Corelli · Manfredini · Torelli · Vivaldi: Christmas Concertos
CD 17 Concerto Köln - Dall'Abaco: Concerti
CD 18 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Concerti grossi, op.3
CD 19 Palmer/Rolfe Johnson/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
CD 20 Herbert Tachezi/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Organ Concertos, op.7
CD 21 Herbert Tachezi/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Water Music Organ Concertos HWV 295 & HWV 304
CD 22 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Haydn: Harmoniemesse · Te Deum Cantata "Qual dubbio ormai"
CD 23 Chanticleer - Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadaloupe (1764)
CD 24 Concerto Köln - Mendelssohn: String Symphonies 8–10
CD 25 Tragicomedia - Monteverdi: Madrigali concertati
CD 26 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Highlights)
CD 27a & b Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
CD 28 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Mozart: "Credo" Mass, K257 - Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, K243
CD 29 St James's Singers and Baroque Players/Ivor Bolton - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
CD 30 Andreas Staier/Concerto Köln - Salieri · Steffan: Fortepiano Concertos
CD 31 Gustav Leonhardt/Jürgen Jürgens - Schütz: Die Sieben Worte unsers lieben Erlösers · Lukas-Passion
CD 32 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Telemann: Musique de table (Tafelmusik) (Production III)
CD 33 Frans Brüggen/Franz Vester/Paul Doctor - Telemann: Overtures & Concertos
CD 34 Concerto Köln - Vanhal: Symphonies
CD 35 Pro Cantione Antiqua - Victoria: Sacred Music
CD 36 Giovanni Antonini/Il Giardino Armonico - Vivaldi: Concerti op.10
CD 37 Il Giardino Armonico - Vivaldi: 4 Seasons · Concertos RV 454 & 332
CD 38 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Zelenka: Hipocondrie à 7 · Ouverture à 7 Trio Sonata for 2 oboes and bassoon
CD 39 Pro Cantione Antiqua - Ars Britannica — Old Hall Manuscript · Madrigals
CD 40 Frans Brüggen/Anner Bylsma/Gustav Leonhardt - Italian Recorder Sonatas
CD 41 Anner Bylsma - Baroque Music for Cello
CD 42 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - English Consort & Keyboard Music
CD 43 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - English Music of the 17th Century
CD 44 Pro Cantione Antiqua - English Part Songs & Lute Songs
CD 45 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Komödiantische Musik des Barock
CD 46 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Music at the Court of Mannheim
CD 47 Bob van Asperen - J. Bull: Music for Harpsichord
CD 48 Il Giardino Armonico - Musica da camera a Napoli
CD 49 Max van Egmond/Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - Songs of the Baroque Era
CD 50 Tragicomedia - Vanitas vanitatum — Rome 1650

Indeed. But I have about 20 duplicates, and all the music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 05, 2015, 10:29:01 PM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on February 03, 2015, 01:43:33 AM
It will probably get cancelled, but you never know...
They sent it. Got confirmation today.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: otare on February 05, 2015, 10:53:41 PM
Now it is 65£.

I already have it in the big Solti conducts Wagner box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 05, 2015, 10:56:05 PM
Quote from: otare on February 05, 2015, 10:53:41 PM
Now it is 65£.

I already have it in the big Solti conducts Wagner box.
I managed to stay away from that. Don't listen to Wagner much, but at that price for a classic set? Wouldn't have bought it at £20 + P&P though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on February 06, 2015, 10:45:49 AM
  Anyone interested in the Beethoven Brilliant Complete works box set can pick it up NEW from ebay for about £30- now that is super duper cheap!

  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beethoven-Complete-Edition-/351307442435?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item51cb8e2903 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beethoven-Complete-Edition-/351307442435?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item51cb8e2903)

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on February 06, 2015, 02:00:40 PM
Bargain!  Speedyhen are a decent seller too. . Good spot!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on February 06, 2015, 02:58:37 PM
Quote from: The new erato on February 05, 2015, 10:29:01 PM
They sent it. Got confirmation today.

With me, they only got as far as sending me a new "expected delivery" date for next week. I guess I don't trust AmUK much since, very recently, an MP seller offered at 20 quid one of my greatest objects of desire, namely, the Haitink Concertgebouw anthology, which has been fetching prohibitively high prices elsewhere, and, of course, someone realised their mistake and all I got was a polite apology.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 06, 2015, 11:10:39 PM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on February 06, 2015, 02:58:37 PM
With me, they only got as far as sending me a new "expected delivery" date for next week. I guess I don't trust AmUK much since, very recently, an MP seller offered at 20 quid one of my greatest objects of desire, namely, the Haitink Concertgebouw anthology, which has been fetching prohibitively high prices elsewhere, and, of course, someone realised their mistake and all I got was a polite apology.
I draw a clear distinction between items sold amazon and those sold by their MPs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on February 07, 2015, 01:14:33 AM
I clearly remember, last year, Amazon.fr going back on a bargain of the Erato Messiaen set at 15 euros, saying that they would lose money selling at such a low price, and, furthermore, that it was not permitted by law, or words to that effect. So far, the UK branch has been more reliable, but I remain skeptical.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on February 07, 2015, 04:37:23 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on February 06, 2015, 02:00:40 PM
Bargain!  Speedyhen are a decent seller too. . Good spot!

  Well here's hoping that they come speedily "a'cluckin" "with my order!

   marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on February 07, 2015, 05:18:53 AM
  Oh no  now it's gone up to £84 !!!! 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 07, 2015, 05:42:47 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on February 07, 2015, 01:14:33 AM
I clearly remember, last year, Amazon.fr going back on a bargain of the Erato Messiaen set at 15 euros, saying that they would lose money selling at such a low price, and, furthermore, that it was not permitted by law, or words to that effect. So far, the UK branch has been more reliable, but I remain skeptical.

No that's true. Loss leaders are illegal in France. Because politiciansknow better than businessmen how to run a business.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on February 09, 2015, 12:35:32 AM
Some excellent deals at Amazon.it today. Worthwhile checking out. Have fun!
http://www.amazon.it/ (http://www.amazon.it/)

Examples:

Baroque L'Oiseau-Lyre Edition  (http://www.amazon.it/LOiseau-Lyre-Edition-Various-Artists/dp/B00IRQS24A/ref=pd_sim_m_26?ie=UTF8&refRID=0GZ4FR1BRDQV72JZ03KM)- 50 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91c42X7gDeL._SL1500_.jpg)

Glenn Gould (http://www.amazon.it/Glenn-Gould-Bach/dp/B0086WQNZ0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1423475130&sr=1-1&keywords=glenn+gould) - 44 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/912IJJTrdHL._SL1500_.jpg)

Colin Davis (http://www.amazon.it/The-Complete-Rca-Legacy-51/dp/B00GWE4NQU/ref=pd_sim_m_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=107PA57DR93GSQYNTPT3) - 34 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81wpNn89SFL._SL1500_.jpg)

Abbado (http://www.amazon.it/The-Complete-RCA-Sony-Album/dp/B00J1XNMDO/ref=pd_sim_m_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1WVQ03DNC41MZ21QCXXX) - 30 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71gHGpv94nL._SY450_.jpg)

Wiener Phil (http://www.amazon.it/Wiener-Philharmoniker-The-Orchestral-Edition/dp/B00M8PBQT4/ref=pd_sim_m_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=17QXEAJJY9RGPMGN8TQ5) - 60 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V3WWhbeDL.jpg)

DHM (http://www.amazon.it/Deutsche-Harmonia-Mundi-50-Collection/dp/B00NX4NMGO/ref=pd_sim_m_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1293YB874FA33G5G0RA8) - 39 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81McASPXtWL._SL1500_.jpg)

Monteux (http://www.amazon.it/Monteux-The-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00MAPMAFQ/ref=pd_sim_m_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1XAR1SGGE0SDT10EYDJ8) - 55 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81Evly6kZdL._SL1500_.jpg)

Ozawa (http://www.amazon.it/Seiji-Ozawa-The-Philips-Years/dp/B00MG8V7MY/ref=pd_sim_m_22?ie=UTF8&refRID=1CZ8CDP4JAEQHTPMBRFF) - 55 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71fOLIXOwML._SL1500_.jpg)

Tebaldi (http://www.amazon.it/Voce-DAngelo-Complete-Decca-Recording/dp/B002WN6GUG/ref=pd_sim_m_27?ie=UTF8&refRID=01Z2K6B4KW1M2CA303EJ) - 54 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81NsPOaF%2BaL._SL1400_.jpg)

DG Bernstein (http://www.amazon.it/Leonard-Bernstein-Collection-One/dp/B00HRJVNVW/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1423475183&sr=1-2&keywords=bernstein) - 64 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91g4N4kv%2BCL._SL1500_.jpg)

Ansermet - French (http://www.amazon.it/French-Music-Ernest-Ansermet/dp/B00DT2322E/ref=pd_sim_m_19?ie=UTF8&refRID=1QFF3NEMFE86361N96TP) - 36 euros

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/812yl1fQD1L._SL1500_.jpg)

and much more....    >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on February 09, 2015, 05:13:00 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on January 31, 2015, 06:00:25 AM
I've just bought this monster!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71FnUkvqYOL._SX355_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Bach-Jean-Sebastien/dp/B006WKDT1E/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1422716224&sr=1-1&keywords=bach+teldec (http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Bach-Jean-Sebastien/dp/B006WKDT1E/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1422716224&sr=1-1&keywords=bach+teldec)

  And a glorious monster it is!!  I love the HIP approach, everything is as it should be.  I have had the pleasure of hearing 75% of it and it is as I said GLORIOUS!!!  Raw, earnest, none of this "ROMANTICIZED" Bach on the piano non-sense.......just PERFECT!


  Enjoy it!
  marvin

  I got mine for £198 so you have beaten my price...WELL DONE!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 09, 2015, 05:40:41 AM
Peter, Peter, Peter. I thought of you as a true friend. How could you do this to me :'( :'( :'( :P
  I've been dying for that Decca Wiener Phil box for a long time. I guess now I have no reason to resist. Even though I've been so good for so long.

   Actually, just today I took 1K worth of lenses to a camera shop to be sold on consignment (one was my xmas gift to myself), so I guess I deserve it. The price really is super bargain worthy, but I have been so good for so long...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 09, 2015, 05:52:35 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on February 09, 2015, 05:40:41 AM
Peter, Peter, Peter. I thought of you as a true friend. How could you do this to me :'( :'( :'( :P
  I've been dying for that Decca Wiener Phil box for a long time. I guess now I have no reason to resist. Even though I've been so good for so long.

   Actually, just today I took 1K worth of lenses to a camera shop to be sold on consignment (one was my xmas gift to myself), so I guess I deserve it. The price really is super bargain worthy, but I have been so good for so long...

Be strong. Al, be strong.
Ken B <-- a friend in need
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on February 09, 2015, 06:33:38 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on February 09, 2015, 05:40:41 AM
Peter, Peter, Peter. I thought of you as a true friend. How could you do this to me :'( :'( :'( :P
  I've been dying for that Decca Wiener Phil box for a long time. I guess now I have no reason to resist. Even though I've been so good for so long.

   Actually, just today I took 1K worth of lenses to a camera shop to be sold on consignment (one was my xmas gift to myself), so I guess I deserve it. The price really is super bargain worthy, but I have been so good for so long...

:-\
Well, I managed to be good even though I was attracted to the Gould box. Hopefully the sale won't last long.   You really can't go wrong with the Wiener Phil box. It is packed with excellent recordings (of warhorses, but still a great journey). Nice choice!   :)

I noticed that many of the items already changed in price. Good thing I logged out of Amazon.it early last night...  0:)

PS! Al, did you get the WP set before the price went back to normal?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 09, 2015, 11:18:01 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on February 09, 2015, 06:33:38 AM

PS! Al, did you get the WP set before the price went back to normal?

  I did, Peter, I did! 49 Euros after the VAT was taken off. I went ahead and got the Argerich box 3 (of the DG series) too, which I've been eyeing for ages.  Hopefully this will keep me satisfied for the next 4 months 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on February 09, 2015, 11:27:30 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on February 09, 2015, 11:18:01 PM
  I did, Peter, I did! 49 Euros after the VAT was taken off. I went ahead and got the Argerich box 3 (of the DG series) too, which I've been eyeing for ages.  Hopefully this will keep me satisfied for the next 4 months 8)
I'm glad! It seems like the sale for some of these only lasted a few hours....
Four months it is!!!    :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jfdrex on February 12, 2015, 05:46:37 PM
Not quite super-duper size-wise (8 cds), but well worth mentioning:  Kondrashin's incomplete Mahler set (Symphonies 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 9) with the Moscow Philharmonic and Leningrad Philharmonic on Melodiya was just listed at BRO for $23.92 (plus BRO's usual shipping & handling charge, which will bring your cost up to at least $30 or thereabouts).  By contrast,  it's currently going for a steep $88 (used) or a whopping $599.99 (new) at Amazon.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FWMYDVHDL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on February 12, 2015, 11:49:48 PM
Quote from: jfdrex on February 12, 2015, 05:46:37 PM
Not quite super-duper size-wise (8 cds), but well worth mentioning:  Kondrashin's incomplete Mahler set (Symphonies 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 9) with the Moscow Philharmonic and Leningrad Philharmonic on Melodiya was just listed at BRO for $23.92 (plus BRO's usual shipping & handling charge, which will bring your cost up to at least $30 or thereabouts).  By contrast,  it's currently going for a steep $88 (used) or a whopping $599.99 (new) at Amazon.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FWMYDVHDL.jpg)

It might just be worth mentioning that a new set can be had from an AmazonUK marketplace seller for £30 (less if you are in the fortunate position of not having to pay VAT)!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00035VSSA/sr=8-1/qid=1423816958/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on February 15, 2015, 02:37:17 AM
Glenn Gould - The Complete Bach Collection 44 discs $69.99 on weekend sale thru 2/15/2015

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=798148
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on February 15, 2015, 11:10:47 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on February 09, 2015, 05:13:00 AM
  And a glorious monster it is!!  I love the HIP approach, everything is as it should be.  I have had the pleasure of hearing 75% of it and it is as I said GLORIOUS!!!  Raw, earnest, none of this "ROMANTICIZED" Bach on the piano non-sense.......just PERFECT!


  Enjoy it!
  marvin

  I got mine for £198 so you have beaten my price...WELL DONE!

QFT  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on February 16, 2015, 05:36:44 PM
RVW/Boult
Only $16 in the Amazon MP

[asin] B00B2GYJ3U[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on February 17, 2015, 06:16:17 AM
It's always been cheap in Italy (I bought it a more or less the same price--ca. €38-- in October 2013), but the price elsewhere has shot up:

[asin]B00BK40R1M[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Symphonies-Box-22cd-Karl-B%C3%B6hm/dp/B00BK40R1M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424185830&sr=8-1&keywords=b%C3%B6hm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on February 17, 2015, 03:45:24 PM
For those interested in Bantock's orchestral music, an Amazon France MP seller has the Handley Hyperion set for €25,15. Even though I already own the set, I bought one and had it shipped to my buddy, Karlo (North Star), in Finland.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 20, 2015, 12:02:13 AM
Super duper is probably stretching it, but this brick (65 CDs & 5 DVDs) is now €100 at jpc:

(https://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886919125627.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Murray-Perahia-Edition-The-First-40-Years/hnum/1696469

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 20, 2015, 12:09:27 AM
Quote from: Que on February 20, 2015, 12:02:13 AM
Super duper is probably stretching it, but this brick (65 CDs & 5 DVDs) is now €100 at jpc:

(https://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886919125627.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Murray-Perahia-Edition-The-First-40-Years/hnum/1696469

Q

I still wait a little me thinks, I have a gut feeling that this set will even get cheaper, much cheaper!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 20, 2015, 12:34:07 AM
Quote from: Harry's on February 20, 2015, 12:09:27 AM
I still wait a little me thinks, I have a gut feeling that this set will even get cheaper, much cheaper!

That is the most expensive I've seen it! It's still 69USD at ImportCD. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 20, 2015, 04:49:29 AM
Yes, I got that box from ImportCDs for US $65.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 20, 2015, 04:50:34 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 20, 2015, 04:49:29 AM
Yes, I got that box from ImportCDs for US $65.
I paid 69 I think, plus $4 shipping.
A great great box in any case.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 20, 2015, 05:16:17 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 20, 2015, 04:49:29 AM
Yes, I got that box from ImportCDs for US $65.

Sure but to ship it to Europe would cost quite a bundle.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on February 20, 2015, 01:36:13 PM
Quote from: Harry's on February 20, 2015, 05:16:17 AM
Sure but to ship it to Europe would cost quite a bundle.

Shipping was affordable, but you definitely need to factor in the import duties. Still, although I don't know what the eventual sum was, it was still considerably less than 100 euros. And more than worth every euro/dollar.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 20, 2015, 05:02:10 PM
Quote from: Harry's on February 20, 2015, 05:16:17 AM
Sure but to ship it to Europe would cost quite a bundle.

ImportCD has VERY low shipping.  Mine was to Taiwan. Under $10, I think.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 20, 2015, 05:04:15 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on February 20, 2015, 05:02:10 PM
ImportCD has VERY low shipping.  Mine was to Taiwan. Under $10, I think.

They have low prices but dreadful service. Caveat emptor.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on February 22, 2015, 11:20:44 AM
For our European members:
Several recordings with Sweelinck's music are on sale at Amazon.de MP  (Glossa label)

for example
(http://static.mijnwebwinkel.nl/winkel/sweelinck/full31711970.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002ODEJPS/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1CZN4EWG3RT0B)

Full details (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2015/02/urgent-sweelinck-par-le-gesualdo.html)

Thanks to http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 22, 2015, 11:40:35 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on February 22, 2015, 11:20:44 AM
For our European members:
Several recordings with Sweelinck's music are on sale at Amazon.de MP  (Glossa label)

for example
(http://static.mijnwebwinkel.nl/winkel/sweelinck/full31711970.jpg) (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002ODEJPS/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1CZN4EWG3RT0B)

Full details (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2015/02/urgent-sweelinck-par-le-gesualdo.html)

Thanks to http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/

If you don't mind reading Dutch..... Though no problem for me and some others here  8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on February 23, 2015, 07:21:26 AM
Approaching £1 per disc for UK residents, Hogwood's Haydn is getting affordable at amazon.it:

http://www.amazon.it/Haydn-Symphonies-Christopher-Hogwood/dp/B009LNI0T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424708084&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.it/Haydn-Symphonies-Christopher-Hogwood/dp/B009LNI0T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424708084&sr=8-1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on February 23, 2015, 10:10:36 PM
Maybe not super-duper, but there are some good deals at Amazon.it at the moment. There seems to be something wrong with their S&H calculation so they are not adding on the mega shipping cost.  I bought three smaller boxes and they just charged 10 euros for shipping to the US (this never happens). There is a number of other items as well worthwhile considering.
Prices below do not include the S&H nor the VAT discount.

Leonhardt is affordable at 38 euros

http://www.amazon.it/Art-Gustav-Leonhard-Leonhardt/dp/B00T65T6YQ (http://www.amazon.it/Art-Gustav-Leonhard-Leonhardt/dp/B00T65T6YQ)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MqhE1KokL._SX425_.jpg)

Grumiaux - Mozart for 46 euros

http://www.amazon.it/Mozart-Recordings-Arthur-Grumiaux/dp/B00T5AJ3ZE (http://www.amazon.it/Mozart-Recordings-Arthur-Grumiaux/dp/B00T5AJ3ZE)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71IH9kRFmgL._SL1424_.jpg)

Goberman - Haydn for 31 euros

http://www.amazon.it/Max-Goberman-Symphonies-Haydn/dp/B00PCCX0NA (http://www.amazon.it/Max-Goberman-Symphonies-Haydn/dp/B00PCCX0NA)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71XXtF28F5L._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: HIPster on February 26, 2015, 05:44:39 PM
Great, budget set of Telemann's Tafelmusik, from the amazon mp ~
[asin]B0001NPU0G[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ubertrout on March 12, 2015, 07:19:44 PM
Quote from: jfdrex on February 12, 2015, 05:46:37 PM
Not quite super-duper size-wise (8 cds), but well worth mentioning:  Kondrashin's incomplete Mahler set (Symphonies 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 9) with the Moscow Philharmonic and Leningrad Philharmonic on Melodiya was just listed at BRO for $23.92 (plus BRO's usual shipping & handling charge, which will bring your cost up to at least $30 or thereabouts).  By contrast,  it's currently going for a steep $88 (used) or a whopping $599.99 (new) at Amazon.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FWMYDVHDL.jpg)

Great catch...I'd been looking for this for a while but hadn't been willing to pay the asking prices.  I feel like BRO is rarely super-cheap on multidisc sets at megabox prices, but is of course fantastic for smaller sets and single discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 12, 2015, 07:21:29 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 10, 2015, 06:24:35 AM
Just bought (Birthday Splurge, Part IV) -

(http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/28945908021_p0_v1_s600.jpg)

The main reason I bought this, aside from the fact that I love Bernstein's Mahler, is that this was a ridiculously good price on Amazon UK ($61 incl. shipping).

I'm not sure of it's current price at Amazon UK, but when I bought this a few days ago, this was quite a steal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Chris L. on March 12, 2015, 07:28:01 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 12, 2015, 07:21:29 PM
I'm not sure of it's current price at Amazon UK, but when I bought this a few days ago, this was quite a steal.
Is this an expanded edition of the older Bernstein/Mahler Box on DG that just has the symphonies? That set is only $37 at this writing, and the one with the 5 extra discs of songs is $114! Could it be that much cheaper from the UK? Unless these are different recordings or there is something otherwise special about the newer set, I think I'll forgo the songs and just get the symphonies for $37. http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphonies-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B0033QC0WY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426217082&sr=8-2&keywords=bernstein+mahler (http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphonies-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B0033QC0WY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426217082&sr=8-2&keywords=bernstein+mahler)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 12, 2015, 07:35:29 PM
Quote from: Christopher on March 12, 2015, 07:28:01 PM
Is this an expanded edition of the older Bernstein/Mahler Box on DG that just has the symphonies? That set is only $37 at this writing, and the one with the 5 extra discs of songs is $114! Unless there is something different or special about this newer set, I think I'll forgo the songs and just get the symphonies. http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphonies-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B0033QC0WY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426217082&sr=8-2&keywords=bernstein+mahler (http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphonies-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B0033QC0WY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426217082&sr=8-2&keywords=bernstein+mahler)

A very good question, here's the tracklisting of the DG Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Songs set:

1. Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
With Leonard Bernstein, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
2. Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
With Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Barbara Hendricks, Christa Ludwig
3. Symphony no 3 in D minor
With Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Christa Ludwig
4. Symphony no 4 in G major
With Leonard Bernstein, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Helmut Wittek
5. Des Knaben Wunderhorn
With Leonard Bernstein, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Lucia Popp, Andreas Schmidt
6. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson
7. Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Symphony no 7 in E minor
With Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Kindertotenlieder
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson
11. Ruckert Lieder
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson
12. Symphony no 8 in E flat major "Symphony of A Thousand"
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Margaret Price, José Van Dam,
13. Symphony no 9 in D major
With Leonard Bernstein, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
14. Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major: 1st movement, Adagio
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
15. Das Lied von der Erde
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, James King, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

This particular set is actually older than than the one you're referring to in your link. This set was released in 1998 (according to all online sources). If you can get this set for close to what I paid for it it would be worth just for the inclusion of these song cycles. They're very much worth owning IMHO, especially with Bernstein at the helm. This set, also, is a collector's set, so expect a nice presentation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Chris L. on March 12, 2015, 07:44:23 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 12, 2015, 07:35:29 PM
A very good question, here's the tracklisting of the DG Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Songs set:

1. Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
With Leonard Bernstein, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
2. Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
With Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Barbara Hendricks, Christa Ludwig
3. Symphony no 3 in D minor
With Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Christa Ludwig
4. Symphony no 4 in G major
With Leonard Bernstein, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Helmut Wittek
5. Des Knaben Wunderhorn
With Leonard Bernstein, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Lucia Popp, Andreas Schmidt
6. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson
7. Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Symphony no 7 in E minor
With Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Kindertotenlieder
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson
11. Ruckert Lieder
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson
12. Symphony no 8 in E flat major "Symphony of A Thousand"
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Margaret Price, José Van Dam,
13. Symphony no 9 in D major
With Leonard Bernstein, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
14. Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major: 1st movement, Adagio
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
15. Das Lied von der Erde
With Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, James King, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

This particular set is actually older than than the one you're referring to in your link. This set was released in 1998 (according to all online sources). If you can get this set for close to what I paid for it would be worth just for the inclusion of these song cycles. They're very much worth owning IMHO, especially with Bernstein at the helm.
Yes, you are correct, this is the older set. The newer one contains the same complete symphonies as recorded by Bernstein for DG, minus anything else. From an experienced collectors standpoint, yours is the more desirable of the two. From a budget minded standpoint who is not very familiar with Mahler (me), the newer set makes more sense. I've heard about how good these recordings are both sonically and interpretively and I want to get them. I don't have any Mahler at all. I can always pick up his non-symphonic music on single discs or other sets later on if I decide I want to explore further.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 12, 2015, 07:52:46 PM
Quote from: Christopher on March 12, 2015, 07:28:01 PM
Is this an expanded edition of the older Bernstein/Mahler Box on DG that just has the symphonies? That set is only $37 at this writing, and the one with the 5 extra discs of songs is $114! Unless these are different recordings or there is something otherwise special about the newer set, I think I'll forgo the songs and just get the symphonies for $37. http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphonies-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B0033QC0WY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426217082&sr=8-2&keywords=bernstein+mahler (http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphonies-Leonard-Bernstein/dp/B0033QC0WY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426217082&sr=8-2&keywords=bernstein+mahler)

The $37 set is the newer one.  The $114 set is the older one.
Part of the difference in number of discs is due to the newer set scrunching the music into as few discs as possible, so symphonies are split up between discs, coupked together in almost random fashion. Also,  Das Lied von der Erde is not in the new set, but is available on its own.
The songs are worth getting. Hampson's Ruckert Lieder is my favorite recording if that cycle.  Again, it should be available on its own.  It is also in the DG Complete Mahler box.
Finally, a third option. DG between these two sets issued a series that included all the Bernstein Mahler in three smaller sets.  Here is the one with Hampson
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/714u6ZVVOnL._SX522_.jpg)
You may find that series a good fit.
Finally, remember Amazon Marketplace pricing is well below Amazon's official price.
Quote from: Christopher on March 12, 2015, 07:44:23 PM
Yes, you are correct, this is the older set. The newer one contains the same complete symphonies as recorded by Bernstein for DG, minus anything else. From an experienced collectors standpoint, yours is the more desirable of the two. From a budget minded standpoint who is not very familiar with Mahler (me), the newer set makes more sense. I've heard about how good these recordings are both sonically and interpretively and I want to get them. I don't have any Mahler at all. I can always pick up his non-symphonic music on single discs or other sets later on if I decide I want to explore further.
The songs are essential, as important as the symphonies.  You will need them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 12, 2015, 07:53:13 PM
Quote from: Christopher on March 12, 2015, 07:44:23 PMYes, you are correct, this is the older set. The newer one contains the same complete symphonies as recorded by Bernstein for DG, minus anything else. From a collectors standpoint, yours is the more desirable of the two. From a budget minded standpoint (me) the newer set makes sense. I've heard about how good these recordings are both sonically and interpretively and I want to get them. I don't have any Mahler at all. I can always pick up his non-symphonic music on single discs or other sets later on if I decide I want to explore further.

If you're seeking a budget box set, there are many options in terms of Mahler's symphonies. For me, it doesn't get any better than Lenny in Mahler, so I'm a bit biased when it comes these matters, but, still, there are some very capable Mahlerians out there with some sets worth exploring. Of course, Lenny recorded two cycles (Columbia, DG). I haven't really explored any of his DG output, but the Columbia comes highly recommended by many here and it's also to be found at a budget price from Amazon MP sellers:

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Chris L. on March 12, 2015, 08:06:43 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 12, 2015, 07:53:13 PM
If you're seeking a budget box set, there are many options in terms of Mahler's symphonies. For me, it doesn't get any better than Lenny in Mahler, so I'm a bit biased when it comes these matters, but, still, there are some very capable Mahlerians out there with some sets worth exploring. Of course, Lenny recorded two cycles (Columbia, DG). I haven't really explored any of his DG output, but the Columbia comes highly recommended by many here and it's also to be found at a budget price from Amazon MP sellers:

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Bernstein's 1980's DG recordings of the Mahler Symphonies are the ones I've heard people raving about in the audiophile community as some of the best ever recorded. Original LP pressings in sealed or NM condition of these go for big bucks whenever I see them come on ebay, which isn't that often. These are the Mahler symphonies I want. $37 is well within reason for such a desirable set from a major label.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 12, 2015, 08:16:00 PM
Quote from: Christopher on March 12, 2015, 08:06:43 PM
Bernstein's 1980's DG recordings of the Mahler Symphonies are the ones I've heard people raving about in the audiophile community as some of the best ever recorded. Original LP pressings in sealed or NM condition of these sell for unusually high amounts whenever I see them come on ebay, which isn't that often. These are the ones I want. $37 to me is well within reason for such a nice set from a major label.

Then I think you've already made your choice. ;) ;D I say go for it. Personally, I would rather put the money into a set that already has the orchestral song cycles, because by the time you add in the prices to buy these recordings individually, you could have just bought this 1998 set for $68, which is what it will cost right now with shipping from Amazon UK. But, hey, it's not my money we're talking about here. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Chris L. on March 12, 2015, 08:25:26 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 12, 2015, 08:16:00 PM
Then I think you've already made your choice. ;) ;D I say go for it. Personally, I would rather put the money into a set that already has the orchestral song cycles, because by the time you add in the prices to buy these recordings individually, you could have just bought this 1998 set for $68, which is what it will cost right now with shipping from Amazon UK. But, hey, it's not my money we're talking about here. :)
I wonder why the price is so drastically different in the US? $114 vs. $68!  >:( Oh well... I'll think about it then.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 12, 2015, 08:30:30 PM
Quote from: Christopher on March 12, 2015, 08:25:26 PM
I wonder why the price is so drastically different in the US? $114 vs. $68!  >:( Oh well... I'll think about it then.

I'm not really sure, Christopher. It seems the Amazons in Europe have sales like this a lot. Perhaps they're trying to make some quick sales to get rid of some inventory? Well, whatever their reasoning may be, I love being on the receiving end of these deals. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 12, 2015, 08:36:18 PM
Quote from: Christopher on March 12, 2015, 07:44:23 PM
Yes, you are correct, this is the older set. The newer one contains the same complete symphonies as recorded by Bernstein for DG, minus anything else. From an experienced collectors standpoint, yours is the more desirable of the two. From a budget minded standpoint who is not very familiar with Mahler (me), the newer set makes more sense. I've heard about how good these recordings are both sonically and interpretively and I want to get them. I don't have any Mahler at all. I can always pick up his non-symphonic music on single discs or other sets later on if I decide I want to explore further.
You might consider this one, too. Barbirolli, Walter, Klemperer, Tennstedt, Furtwängler, Giulini, Szell, Fischer-Dieskau, Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Baker among the artists.  8)

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ubertrout on March 12, 2015, 08:59:33 PM
Quote from: North Star on March 12, 2015, 08:36:18 PM
You might consider this one, too. Barbirolli, Walter, Klemperer, Tennstedt, Furtwängler, Giulini, Szell, Fischer-Dieskau, Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Baker among the artists.  8)

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The EMI/Warner set is the box to have as your initial exposure to Mahler.  Both of Bernstein's cycles are variable, and I tend to prefer to 60s version both in terms of sound and interpretation, with exceptions.

If you want Bernstein, you should consider the Carnegie Hall Presents box for the 60s cycle.  It includes Das Lied von der Erde and the arrangement of the symphonies on disc is much more sensible.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 12, 2015, 09:24:28 PM
Quote from: Christopher on March 12, 2015, 07:44:23 PM
Yes, you are correct, this is the older set. The newer one contains the same complete symphonies as recorded by Bernstein for DG, minus anything else. From an experienced collectors standpoint, yours is the more desirable of the two. From a budget minded standpoint who is not very familiar with Mahler (me), the newer set makes more sense. I've heard about how good these recordings are both sonically and interpretively and I want to get them. I don't have any Mahler at all. I can always pick up his non-symphonic music on single discs or other sets later on if I decide I want to explore further.

If you ask 10 different people how to get into Mahler, you are likely to get 10 different answers. (FWIW, my exploration was piecemeal, but that's likely to cost more than $37. My budget recommendation is Bernstein's first cycle.)

The Bernstein/DG set is generally regarded as unconventional. From it I've heard 1, 4, and 5. 4 is the most controversial due to the boy soloist, but to me it's more different than bad. If you're inclined towards this set, I say go for it. Especially if the alternative is delay.

Regardless of which recordings you buy, I suggest going in order, and taking your time. Feel free to pop into the Mahler thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,683.0.html), too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Chris L. on March 12, 2015, 10:19:51 PM
Quote from: Pat B on March 12, 2015, 09:24:28 PM
If you ask 10 different people how to get into Mahler, you are likely to get 10 different answers. (FWIW, my exploration was piecemeal, but that's likely to cost more than $37. My budget recommendation is Bernstein's first cycle.)

The Bernstein/DG set is generally regarded as unconventional. From it I've heard 1, 4, and 5. 4 is the most controversial due to the boy soloist, but to me it's more different than bad. If you're inclined towards this set, I say go for it. Especially if the alternative is delay.

Regardless of which recordings you buy, I suggest going in order, and taking your time. Feel free to pop into the Mahler thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,683.0.html), too!
Sym. #4 was not written for a boy soloist? That's doesn't bother me, as I love children's choirs and choral music in general. It doesn't ruffle my feathers much if there isn't always some chocolatey-syrup voiced adult female singing everything. I like variety. I have nothing else to reference it against anyhow since I have no Mahler to speak of. The DG recordings are supposedly some of the most sonically spectacular out there and everyone seems to love Bernstein's Mahler's interpretations. There's some interesting options given here by other members so I'll have to ponder this.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 13, 2015, 06:43:28 AM
Quote from: Christopher on March 12, 2015, 10:19:51 PM
Sym. #4 was not written for a boy soloist? That's doesn't bother me, as I love children's choirs and choral music in general. It doesn't ruffle my feathers much if there isn't always some chocolatey-syrup voiced adult female singing everything. I like variety. I have nothing else to reference it against anyhow since I have no Mahler to speak of. The DG recordings are supposedly some of the most sonically spectacular out there and everyone seems to love Bernstein's Mahler's interpretations. There's some interesting options given here by other members so I'll have to ponder this.

(Psss...get the Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Songs DG box)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 13, 2015, 12:26:43 PM
The 10 CD Victoria set on Archiv is half price on europadisc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 13, 2015, 07:03:31 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on March 12, 2015, 07:52:46 PM
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Finally, a third option. DG between these two sets issued a series that included all the Bernstein Mahler in three smaller sets.  Here is the one with Hampson
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/714u6ZVVOnL._SX522_.jpg)
You may find that series a good fit.
Finally, remember Amazon Marketplace pricing is well below Amazon's official price.The songs are essential, as important as the symphonies.  You will need them.
FWIW, this discussion prompted me to get the two companion boxes, Mahler I and Mahler III,  to the one I have.  Total was slightly under $40US. This despite having the 11 disc set.  But now I will have the Wunderhorn and Wayfarer song cycles, which I did not have before, and everything properly spaced out on CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Novi on March 13, 2015, 07:35:27 PM
Hello there! Haven't posted or logged in for ages, but thought those who haven't already got this might be interested:

Richter Sony Box (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00NFLVFFK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426303693&sr=8-1&keywords=richter+sony) from uk amazon seller for £14.50.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on March 15, 2015, 12:40:32 PM
amazon.it continues to offer boxed sets at cut-rate prices:

amazon.it boxed sets (http://www.amazon.it/s/ref=sr_pg_1?rh=n%3A412600031%2Cn%3A%21518398031%2Cn%3A%21518400031%2Cn%3A6116651031&ie=UTF8&qid=1426450733&lo=popular&ajr=0)

I finally went for the Kubelik "Symphony Edition" (complete cycles of Beethoven, Schumann, Dvořák and Mahler), which I had been contemplating for a while, and could not resist at this price (less than 50 € shipped to Spain)..

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P.S.: The complete Messiaen box on DG is being sold at less than 45 €!

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 15, 2015, 05:46:36 PM
Amazon.It has a LOT of great bargains, especially as the euro is so cheap right now. I am sorely tempted, but as my goal is to reduce my total number of CDs rather than increase them, I'll try to hold out ???

  The Green Sony Beethoven box is now 37.9 Euros.
   The SEON box is 110 Euros.
  The Westminster Legacy (DG edition) is 50 something Euros
  The DG Beethoven box is about 55 Euros. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on March 15, 2015, 05:51:12 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 15, 2015, 05:46:36 PM
Amazon.It has a LOT of great bargains, especially as the euro is so cheap right now. I am sorely tempted, but as my goal is to reduce my total number of CDs rather than increase them, I'll try to hold out ???
Does it help or hinder your ability to hold out by announcing it?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 16, 2015, 05:13:38 AM
Quote from: Novi on March 13, 2015, 07:35:27 PM
Hello there! Haven't posted or logged in for ages, but thought those who haven't already got this might be interested:

Richter Sony Box (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sviatoslav-Richter-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00NFLVFFK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426303693&sr=8-1&keywords=richter+sony) from uk amazon seller for £14.50.
We've missed you! Don't log back out!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 16, 2015, 06:37:41 AM
Quote from: springrite on March 15, 2015, 05:51:12 PM
Does it help or hinder your ability to hold out by announcing it?

  Doesn't seem to hurt, as I ended up not buying anything.  (I was saved by the ridiculously high shipping fees.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 16, 2015, 07:06:38 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 16, 2015, 06:37:41 AM
  Doesn't seem to hurt, as I ended up not buying anything.  (I was saved by the ridiculously high shipping fees.)

Yes, Amazon.it are infamous for their S&H...   :'( :'(  >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 16, 2015, 07:23:35 AM
I am again tempted by the Westminster box but I will resist at least for a while (problem is that I already have most of the stuff in that box that is most important to me, even if it is just a handful of the 40 discs, namely Scherchen's Mahler, Beethoven and Mozart Requiem)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 16, 2015, 07:29:25 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on March 16, 2015, 07:23:35 AM
I am again tempted by the Westminster box but I will resist at least for a while (problem is that I already have most of the stuff in that box that is most important to me, even if it is just a handful of the 40 discs, namely Scherchen's Mahler, Beethoven and Mozart Requiem)

Resist, you must resist. If you own 99% of the box set already (i. e. the recordings you previously bought), then wouldn't you agree that it wouldn't make much sense to be buying so many duplicates just in order to own that 1%?

(Special note: I'm in the middle of writing a book titled: CDCDCD No More: Your Guide To Conquering This Costly Disorder) ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on March 16, 2015, 07:38:15 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 16, 2015, 06:37:41 AM
  Doesn't seem to hurt, as I ended up not buying anything.  (I was saved by the ridiculously high shipping fees.)

So you were going to buy it!  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 16, 2015, 08:00:04 AM
Quote from: springrite on March 16, 2015, 07:38:15 AM
So you were going to buy it!  >:D

Actually, it was the SEON box I put in my cart.  90 Euros! But with S&H ended up to $130US.  Same as at my local shop >:(

   I've pretty much kicked the CDCDCD, but I'm not stupid. When great music approaches $1 a disc (or better), I'll pounce 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 16, 2015, 08:07:49 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 16, 2015, 08:00:04 AM


   I've pretty much kicked the CDCDCD

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 16, 2015, 08:10:18 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 16, 2015, 08:07:49 AM
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c'mon Ken, you should be happy for me! You led the way, more or less. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 16, 2015, 08:13:41 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 16, 2015, 08:10:18 AM
c'mon Ken, you should be happy for me! You led the way, more or less.

I was planning on living vicariously through you ...  >:D

I'm not sure I'm cured, but I have so damned much I haven't played even once yet it's crazy. So it is in remission.
That said, like you I'm not stupid.  I just have very strict standards of SDCBness now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 16, 2015, 08:14:50 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 16, 2015, 07:29:25 AM
Resist, you must resist. If you own 99% of the box set already (i. e. the recordings you previously bought), then wouldn't you agree that it wouldn't make much sense to be buying so many duplicates just in order to own that 1%?
By just counting discs I have only 7 or so (some of the Scherchen and the Mendelssohn Octet). The problem is that I am quite interested in a few of the remaining ones, like the Petri Beethoven sonatas, the early Amadeus and Smetana and some more chamber recordings. But there are probably also 15 or more discs where I care neither for the music nor (probably) the interpretation and other where my interest is but slight. I will certainly wait another few weeks, if the cheap offer remains, we'll see...
(So far I managed to buy no discs at all since the beginning of Lent, with one exception)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 16, 2015, 06:45:56 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on March 16, 2015, 08:14:50 AM
By just counting discs I have only 7 or so (some of the Scherchen and the Mendelssohn Octet). The problem is that I am quite interested in a few of the remaining ones, like the Petri Beethoven sonatas, the early Amadeus and Smetana and some more chamber recordings. But there are probably also 15 or more discs where I care neither for the music nor (probably) the interpretation and other where my interest is but slight. I will certainly wait another few weeks, if the cheap offer remains, we'll see...
(So far I managed to buy no discs at all since the beginning of Lent, with one exception)

No need to explain yourself to me, my friend. Like many members here, I suffer from a case of CDCDCD. I'm currently waiting for a refill in my medication for this truly debilitating disease. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 19, 2015, 12:00:46 AM
On JPC there is an sale of the Alba label, currently 9.99 euros a piece. Much of their catalogue is on sale, which does not happen that often. So I would say profit from it. And remember these sales on JPC are over before you know it, without warning. So do not linger, order. Free postage this weekend.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 21, 2015, 11:43:47 PM
This is 59Euros (before VAT is subtracted!) at Amazon.de

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61HnSO97LwL.jpg)

It won't ship for 6 weeks or so, so lots of time for me to potentially change my mind...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on March 23, 2015, 10:11:33 AM
aDe is doing another run of (potentially) crazy sales running up to easter:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/browse.html/ref=pe_1610411_66567141_pe_hero/?ie=UTF8&node=509860

so far, offers such as the Gardiner Archiv Bach box for 20€ (as of this moment, 100% reserved, but if people fail to check out in time, it might be worth watching ... if the pre x-mas sales are any indication, it might come up again anyway), the Sony Verdi Great Operas for 27€ and some other stuff coming up (the the recent Sokolow, the Janowski Ring, the Abbado RCA/Sony, DG's Bach Masterworks cube box ...

nothing I really need there (have the Verdi, Abbado and Janowski Ring boxes), but I went for Bartoli's "St. Petersburg", the limited edition, for 9€ in the morning.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 23, 2015, 11:27:35 AM
Quote from: king ubu on March 23, 2015, 10:11:33 AM
aDe is doing another run of (potentially) crazy sales running up to easter:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/browse.html/ref=pe_1610411_66567141_pe_hero/?ie=UTF8&node=509860

so far, offers such as the Gardiner Archiv Bach box for 20€ (as of this moment, 100% reserved, but if people fail to check out in time, it might be worth watching ... if the pre x-mas sales are any indication, it might come up again anyway), the Sony Verdi Great Operas for 27€ and some other stuff coming up (the the recent Sokolow, the Janowski Ring, the Abbado RCA/Sony, DG's Bach Masterworks cube box ...

nothing I really need there (have the Verdi, Abbado and Janowski Ring boxes), but I went for Bartoli's "St. Petersburg", the limited edition, for 9€ in the morning.

Thanks! Just snagged the complete Dowland, Brilliant Handel harpsichord, and Brilliant Lute Awake! boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on March 23, 2015, 01:49:44 PM
Can someone explain how this works? Even after translating the labels to English, I'm confused; the Dowland box, for example, does not appear in the expired offers, but the Gardiner box does. Am I viewing them incorrectly?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on March 24, 2015, 01:08:51 AM
Quote from: Manos on March 23, 2015, 01:49:44 PM
Can someone explain how this works? Even after translating the labels to English, I'm confused; the Dowland box, for example, does not appear in the expired offers, but the Gardiner box does. Am I viewing them incorrectly?
None of those are part of the sale I linked to ... but there are other offers going on (Brilliant boxes are often very cheap on European Amazon sites). The actual sale doesn't look nearly as good as the one before christmas, but still, if anyone wants any of the big boxes on offer, it might be attractive (the Bach Gardiner went for 20€, for instance).

The Janowski Ring is 26€ right now:
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B009EJSV2C/ref=gb1h_img_m-2_6127_f988cbd5?smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&pf_rd_r=0HJBKVJ4P2FV49PW56CV&pf_rd_i=509860&pf_rd_p=595546127

The offers are good for a few hours only, after that, price goes back to normal (usually the reduction is in the 30-50% range, it seems). There is also a limited number of each item available - that is reflected by "..% reserviert" (meaning "..% reserved"). If you put it in your basked and don't check out within 15 minutes, you lose your reservation - and like that, items might become available even if they show "100% reserviert" at some point in time.

EDIT: the upcoming items of most interest:
- Claudio Abbado - The Complete RCA and Sony Recordings (3 p.m. CET, 3 hrs and 42 from this post's time)
- Bach Masterworks DG box (3:30 p.m.)
- 100 Große Symphonien (100 Great Symphonies) DG box (tomorrow, 10 a.m.)
- DG All Baroque box (tomorrow, 10 a.m.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 26, 2015, 02:43:17 AM
Just grabbed this for £14.66 on the Amazon Germany 'knock down', a good deal when comparing the UK price.

[asin]B000025R32[/asin]
Can anyone, who has this set tell me if its a clamshell with paper sleeves (space saver) or is it a slipcase with jewel cases?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 26, 2015, 03:08:56 AM
I am not sure (maybe I have an earlier incarnation) but my Sanderling set has five old-fashioned separate jewel cases in a cardboard slipcase. So no space saver but if you dislike one of the discs you could in principle gift it away.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 26, 2015, 03:14:02 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on March 26, 2015, 03:08:56 AM
I am not sure (maybe I have an earlier incarnation) but my Sanderling set has five old-fashioned separate jewel cases in a cardboard slipcase. So no space saver but if you dislike one of the discs you could in principle gift it away.

Cheers, I expect it to be jewel cases as I have the Sanderling Sibelius which is slipcase/jewels too, on the same label.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 26, 2015, 06:25:40 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on March 26, 2015, 02:43:17 AM
Just grabbed this for £14.66 on the Amazon Germany 'knock down', a good deal when comparing the UK price.

[asin]B000025R32[/asin]
Can anyone, who has this set tell me if its a clamshell with paper sleeves (space saver) or is it a slipcase with jewel cases?

I got a new copy in December: 5 jewel boxes in a slipcase. I got a pretty good deal on it, but you have done even better.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on March 26, 2015, 06:51:43 AM
guess I have to carpe diem on the Decca Analogue Years sucker tomorrow ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 26, 2015, 11:34:29 AM
Quote from: king ubu on March 26, 2015, 06:51:43 AM
guess I have to carpe diem on the Decca Analogue Years sucker tomorrow ...

I hate to be a pedant, but you mean carpe cdiem.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 26, 2015, 11:45:43 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 26, 2015, 11:34:29 AM
I hate to be a pedant, but you mean carpe cdiem.
I thought carpe diem stood for CD - or rather the other way round - making that 'c' in cdiem superfluous.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on March 26, 2015, 12:43:48 PM
now you have me all confucied!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on March 26, 2015, 03:36:24 PM
In any case, you gotta be fast: after I got mine on Tuesday evening, I checked the product page and it was back to the old price in less than two minutes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on March 26, 2015, 04:20:27 PM
Not sure if anyone mentioned this one:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51c11XOM21L._SX425_.jpg)

Currently selling for a tad under $29 at Amazon.com. Is it me or is digital Mahler sets for under $30 becoming the norm now. A few months ago the Zinman set was also under $30.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on March 27, 2015, 02:45:54 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on March 26, 2015, 03:36:24 PM
In any case, you gotta be fast: after I got mine on Tuesday evening, I checked the product page and it was back to the old price in less than two minutes.

Yes, some of the offers go very fast!

Upcoming today:
- Verdi Great Operas (Sony - 15 minutes from this post, but it might return, it's been listed before, a few days back)
- Wagner Operas (DG box - 45 min)
- Decca Sound: Analogue Years (45 min)
- 100 Great Symphonies (DG - 1 hr 15 min)
- La Bohème (Karajan, DG - 3 hrs 45 min)
- Madama Butterfly (Karajan, DG - 3 hrs 45 min)
- Gardiner: Mozart Operas (Archiv - 4 hrs 45 min)
- Gardiner Bach (Archiv - 5 hrs 15 min)
- Janowski Ring (Sony - tomorrow, 23 hrs 45 min)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 29, 2015, 12:18:30 PM
Brilliant Classics' Shostakovich for 34 Euros (!)  0:)  at Amazon.de [not one of the current "timed" bargains]
http://www.amazon.de/Shostakovich-Various/dp/B00DUPU6LA (http://www.amazon.de/Shostakovich-Various/dp/B00DUPU6LA)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71NTP1xG9XL._SL1000_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71DGWQKKs1L._SL1200_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on March 29, 2015, 12:36:52 PM
Czech String Quartets for 21 Euros
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00BX2JFTQ (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00BX2JFTQ)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YQwLc85RL._SX355_PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71pjlYKC8XL._SL1224_.jpg)

Thomas Tallis - 18 Euros
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005JWXA1K (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005JWXA1K)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/8111w7BldXL._SL1476_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71QjZ-nMAvL._SL1500_.jpg)

Barbirolli's Sibelius for 10 Euros
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00D56ACOK (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00D56ACOK)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71PbsJGeRZL._SL1417_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81tAja-DydL._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JCBuckley on March 30, 2015, 04:35:02 AM
This now under £18 at Presto:

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 30, 2015, 04:35:35 AM
Quote from: JCBuckley on March 30, 2015, 04:35:02 AM
This now under £18 at Presto:

And I have been spending more time with this, this week past.  Beautiful, beautiful music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 30, 2015, 06:40:06 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 13, 2015, 12:26:43 PM
The 10 CD Victoria set on Archiv is half price on europadisc.

Indeed!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on April 02, 2015, 12:46:33 AM
Quote from: JCBuckley on March 30, 2015, 04:35:02 AM
This now under £18 at Presto:

Also available at Amazon uk for £19.40 and free postage (same total price, including postage, as Presto's offer)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 03, 2015, 08:11:17 AM
Horowitz OJC (70 cds) for $72 (+ S&H) at import.cds!

http://www.importcds.com/music/1703749/vladimir-horowitz-the-complete-original-jacket-collection (http://www.importcds.com/music/1703749/vladimir-horowitz-the-complete-original-jacket-collection)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Kfq5FwngL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on April 04, 2015, 02:46:23 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 03, 2015, 08:11:17 AM
Horowitz OJC (70 cds) for $72 (+ S&H) at import.cds!

http://www.importcds.com/music/1703749/vladimir-horowitz-the-complete-original-jacket-collection (http://www.importcds.com/music/1703749/vladimir-horowitz-the-complete-original-jacket-collection)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Kfq5FwngL.jpg)

Thanks! Duly purchased.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 04, 2015, 03:00:58 PM
Quote from: Will Sheard on April 04, 2015, 02:46:23 PM
Thanks! Duly purchased.

You're welcome! It is such a great deal! I am tempted to buy another one, but I am resisting it. Still, it makes a wonderful gift to a pianophile!   :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on April 08, 2015, 05:26:14 AM
Not sure if anyone here is into jazz, and apologies for mucking up the thread if this shouldn't be allowed, but...

AmazonUS MP seller has John Coltrane's complete Prestige albums on 12 CDs for < $27 + shipping. By far cheaper than I've seen elsewhere

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XPM3LC/

Cheers,
ab
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on April 10, 2015, 03:49:06 PM
Shouldn't that be on the "New releases" thread? Or, just maybe, is the starting price tag so low that it automatically qualifies as "super-duper cheap bargain"?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 10, 2015, 06:36:07 PM
Quote from: James on April 10, 2015, 02:18:03 PM
Well, here it is ..

[asin]B00UOFCNOC[/asin]

I have most of that, I think, but if the price is right....Only Amazon France seems to show it now, with a release date of late August, and no price or (like usual with Amazon) no actual contents listing. Do you have more details?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 10, 2015, 08:29:15 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 10, 2015, 06:36:07 PM
I have most of that, I think, but if the price is right....Only Amazon France seems to show it now, with a release date of late August, and no price or (like usual with Amazon) no actual contents listing. Do you have more details?

Amazon Canada has it too, and it ain't cheap there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 10, 2015, 08:40:42 PM
I'm not sure why James listed that Gould set here. Shouldn't it be posted in the 'New Releases' thread? It's certainly not a 'Super-Duper Cheap Bargain'.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 10, 2015, 09:02:40 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 10, 2015, 08:29:15 PM
Amazon Canada has it too, and it ain't cheap there.

Thanks.  Definitely do not need it at that price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 11, 2015, 05:50:17 AM
Quote from: albanberg on April 08, 2015, 05:26:14 AM
Not sure if anyone here is into jazz, and apologies for mucking up the thread if this shouldn't be allowed, but...

AmazonUS MP seller has John Coltrane's complete Prestige albums on 12 CDs for < $27 + shipping. By far cheaper than I've seen elsewhere

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XPM3LC/

Cheers,
ab

just in case, that is the Italian albums set, minimal booklet as far as I know ... there's also a scaled down version of the old huge Prestige box with all the recordings included plus a large booklet with notes, going for 55€ at jpc.de:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/art/John-Coltrane-1926-1967-The-Prestige-Recordings/hnum/1988951
I don't have it, but saw a friend's copy of it and plus I've got the Miles Prestige 8CD set in a similar scaled-down edition and it's pretty nice, presentation wise, though of course no match for the original LP sized box with 12" x 12" booklet ... which I don't have, either, I went for the three thematically split smaller boxes, which are splendid of course, but I guess pricey by now (Fearless Leader, Side Steps, Interplay - plus there's a 4CD set with the Miles Quintet Prestige recordings, adding some rare live material by the group that completes the whole run of Coltrane on Prestige).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on April 11, 2015, 09:57:07 AM
Prices on the Gould Bach box have started to drop now in anticipation of the complete set. It's down to around 50 pounds at amazon uk. Probably low at amazon.it too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 11, 2015, 11:18:34 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 10, 2015, 09:02:40 PM
Thanks.  Definitely do not need it at that price.

Patience. There's a premium on Gould in Canada.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on April 13, 2015, 05:31:30 AM
Quote from: James on April 10, 2015, 02:18:03 PM
Well, here it is ..

[asin]B00UOFCNOC[/asin]

The link to amazon.com seems to be broken. Anyone got a better one? Just want to see the size/contents.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 13, 2015, 06:50:47 AM
Quote from: albanberg on April 13, 2015, 05:31:30 AM
The link to amazon.com seems to be broken. Anyone got a better one? Just want to see the size/contents.

It is only listed on a few Amazon sites at this point (not yet released). The ASIN is B00UOFCNOC.
Try Canada at
http://www.amazon.ca/Glenn-Gould-Remastered-Complete-Collection/dp/B00UOFCNOC (http://www.amazon.ca/Glenn-Gould-Remastered-Complete-Collection/dp/B00UOFCNOC)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 13, 2015, 07:43:15 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 13, 2015, 06:50:47 AM
It is only listed on a few Amazon sites at this point (not yet released). The ASIN is B00UOFCNOC.
Try Canada at
http://www.amazon.ca/Glenn-Gould-Remastered-Complete-Collection/dp/B00UOFCNOC (http://www.amazon.ca/Glenn-Gould-Remastered-Complete-Collection/dp/B00UOFCNOC)

INTERLOPER!!

>:D :laugh: :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on April 16, 2015, 11:13:21 AM
ImportCDs has Sony's Stravinsky "Works" boxset for $21+ S&H. A good price for anyone who has yet to get this well-regarded set.

http://www.importcds.com/music/1107447/i-stravinsky-works-of-igor-stravinsky (http://www.importcds.com/music/1107447/i-stravinsky-works-of-igor-stravinsky)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 18, 2015, 07:46:01 AM
Seen on Discobole's Bons Plans blog :

The Vaughan Williams 30CD EMI box set at € 5.00 on Amazon IT.

http://www.amazon.it/Collectors-Editio-Ralph-Vaughan-Williams/dp/B00156ZWV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429371861&sr=8-1&keywords=B00156ZWV0 (http://www.amazon.it/Collectors-Editio-Ralph-Vaughan-Williams/dp/B00156ZWV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429371861&sr=8-1&keywords=B00156ZWV0)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 18, 2015, 07:52:04 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 18, 2015, 07:46:01 AM
Seen on Discobole's Bons Plans blog :

The Vaughan Williams 30CD EMI box set at € 5.00 on Amazon IT.

http://www.amazon.it/Collectors-Editio-Ralph-Vaughan-Williams/dp/B00156ZWV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429371861&sr=8-1&keywords=B00156ZWV0 (http://www.amazon.it/Collectors-Editio-Ralph-Vaughan-Williams/dp/B00156ZWV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429371861&sr=8-1&keywords=B00156ZWV0)
No longer there :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 18, 2015, 07:56:00 AM
 :-[

There were still 4 left when i posted...they vanished quickly...

Whether the order materialises at that price is another matter...  :blank:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on April 18, 2015, 08:48:14 AM
Thanks, managed to snag one (I hope) - and if it doesn't arrive, there is always the opportunity for some schadenfreude, North Star  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on April 18, 2015, 10:50:19 AM
they came back. 14 bucks shipping though. Oh well. grabbed it anyway!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on April 18, 2015, 11:17:13 AM
No longer there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 18, 2015, 06:22:48 PM
Back again  - ping pong or something! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 18, 2015, 06:30:01 PM
Criminy. Well I have it, but bought one. Someone gets a nice Xmas gift!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 18, 2015, 07:56:05 PM
I'm in, too.  I already had 5 items in my cart, but through a great effort of will I jettisoned all of them and just got this.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 18, 2015, 08:04:12 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 18, 2015, 07:56:05 PM
I'm in, too.  I already had 5 items in my cart, but through a great effort of will I jettisoned all of them and just got this.


Hmm. An act of "will-power" and the result is ... 30 new CDs!

*flips through DSM IV looking up pathological rationalization*

:laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 18, 2015, 08:23:21 PM
Quote from: Ken B on April 18, 2015, 08:04:12 PM

Hmm. An act of "will-power" and the result is ... 30 new CDs!

*flips through DSM IV looking up pathological rationalization*

:laugh:

  I have no problem with having lots of cds, it's spending lots of money to get them that I have a problem with.  It took will power to jettison "Bolet, the Last Romantic", The Sinopoli symphony box, the Zehetmair Erato box, and the new Leonhardt box, all of which I reeeaaally want (and are very reasonably priced at Am.It.)
   The Vaughan box, however, is just a gimme. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 19, 2015, 12:20:50 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 18, 2015, 08:23:21 PM
  I have no problem with having lots of cds, it's spending lots of money to get them that I have a problem with.  It took will power to jettison "Bolet, the Last Romantic", The Sinopoli symphony box, the Zehetmair Erato box, and the new Leonhardt box, all of which I reeeaaally want (and are very reasonably priced at Am.It.)
   The Vaughan box, however, is just a gimme.

The new Leonhardt box is defintely on my wish list.... :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on April 19, 2015, 07:09:32 AM
I had given up.  Came back and there was one left of the Vaughan Williams.  Ordered it, but not sure what will happen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 19, 2015, 07:12:29 AM
That was a great deal for that RVW Collector's Edition. If I didn't own probably 98% of that box set, I would have snapped it up as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 19, 2015, 08:23:31 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 19, 2015, 07:12:29 AM
That was a great deal for that RVW Collector's Edition. If I didn't own probably 98% of that box set, I would have snapped it up as well.
I own 50% of the box + the box, so you missed a chance to top me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on April 19, 2015, 12:22:22 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 18, 2015, 07:46:01 AM
Seen on Discobole's Bons Plans blog :

The Vaughan Williams 30CD EMI box set at € 5.00 on Amazon IT.

http://www.amazon.it/Collectors-Editio-Ralph-Vaughan-Williams/dp/B00156ZWV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429371861&sr=8-1&keywords=B00156ZWV0 (http://www.amazon.it/Collectors-Editio-Ralph-Vaughan-Williams/dp/B00156ZWV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429371861&sr=8-1&keywords=B00156ZWV0)

Bought it. Thanks
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 19, 2015, 06:47:24 PM
Quote from: The new erato on April 19, 2015, 08:23:31 AM
I own 50% of the box + the box, so you missed a chance to top me.

I'm not trying to top anyone. I'm happy with my own collection.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 19, 2015, 09:18:42 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 19, 2015, 06:47:24 PM
I'm not trying to top anyone. I'm happy with my own collection.
CDCDCD (self) Irony.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 20, 2015, 06:03:50 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 19, 2015, 06:47:24 PM
I'm not trying to top anyone.

  I am. I ordered 17 copies of the box. Not only am I putting one in every room of my house (including the bathrooms), I intend to use about 85 of the discs to shingle the doghouse.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 20, 2015, 06:44:48 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 20, 2015, 06:03:50 AM
  I am. I ordered 17 copies of the box. Not only am I putting one in every room of my house (including the bathrooms), I intend to use about 85 of the discs to shingle the doghouse.

Good luck with all of that. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 20, 2015, 07:04:38 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 20, 2015, 06:03:50 AM
  I am. I ordered 17 copies of the box. Not only am I putting one in every room of my house (including the bathrooms), I intend to use about 85 of the discs to shingle the doghouse.

Well, only as long as your doghouse is in the British style!   ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 20, 2015, 07:20:32 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 18, 2015, 07:46:01 AM
The Vaughan Williams 30CD EMI box set at € 5.00 on Amazon IT.

http://www.amazon.it/Collectors-Editio-Ralph-Vaughan-Williams/dp/B00156ZWV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429371861&sr=8-1&keywords=B00156ZWV0 (http://www.amazon.it/Collectors-Editio-Ralph-Vaughan-Williams/dp/B00156ZWV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429371861&sr=8-1&keywords=B00156ZWV0)

Bought, thank you - 3 available today, £9.11 with shipping to UK.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 20, 2015, 07:26:53 AM
Quote from: DaveF on April 20, 2015, 07:20:32 AM
Bought, thank you - 3 available today, £9.11 with shipping to UK.
Bought one too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 20, 2015, 07:30:42 AM
Well done!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 20, 2015, 07:43:51 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 20, 2015, 07:30:42 AM
Well done!
It's always nice to find things you really want attractively priced. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 20, 2015, 10:33:05 AM
Quote from: North Star on April 20, 2015, 07:26:53 AM
Bought one too.
In preparazione alla spedizione  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 20, 2015, 10:51:01 AM
molto bene  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 20, 2015, 11:23:43 AM
I've had that one on the shelves for a while, but haven't listened to even the tiniest bit of it ... however, I dropped EMI a note back then, asking for some more info (the booklet is sketchy on recording details) - if anyone's interested, I can pass it on (would prefer to do privately, rather than posting a link here).

Same goes for the Elgar "Collector's Edition" by EMI.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 21, 2015, 08:35:08 AM
Quote from: North Star on April 20, 2015, 10:33:05 AM
In preparazione alla spedizione  :)

Got the upgrade just now : il venditore nagiry-italia ha spedito il tuo ordine ed è in transito

It's on the way  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 21, 2015, 08:51:15 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 21, 2015, 08:35:08 AM
Got the upgrade just now : il venditore nagiry-italia ha spedito il tuo ordine ed è in transito

It's on the way  8)

Ditto  :laugh:

Many thanks Oli for the great heads up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 21, 2015, 09:16:38 AM
No such upgrade for me yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on April 22, 2015, 10:31:32 AM
re RVW CE on EMI:
mine also in transit. great deal for 20 usd +change shipped.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 22, 2015, 10:35:32 AM
Spedito. Previsione di consegna: giovedì 23 aprile 2015 - venerdì 8 maggio 2015 entro le 20:00
(In Google Translateish: Shipped. Forecast delivery: Thursday, April 23, 2015 - Friday, May 8, 2015 by 20:00)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 22, 2015, 11:45:14 AM
Va bene!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 22, 2015, 11:46:35 AM
Quote from: North Star on April 22, 2015, 10:35:32 AM
Spedito. Previsione di consegna: giovedì 23 aprile 2015 - venerdì 8 maggio 2015 entro le 20:00
(In Google Translateish: Shipped. Forecast delivery: Thursday, April 23, 2015 - Friday, May 8, 2015 by 20:00)

no shipping notice yet ...  :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 22, 2015, 12:27:21 PM
Quote from: North Star on April 22, 2015, 10:35:32 AM
Spedito. Previsione di consegna: giovedì 23 aprile 2015 - venerdì 8 maggio 2015 entro le 20:00
(In Google Translateish: Shipped. Forecast delivery: Thursday, April 23, 2015 - Friday, May 8, 2015 by 20:00)

Mine in transito too from my new best friends at amazon.it (well, they call me tu a lot).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 22, 2015, 10:41:15 PM
oy vey, what will become of me, I fell for this last night:

[asin]B00B7364H2[/asin]

('twas 55€ shipped, from aIT - price has gone up again some by now)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 22, 2015, 11:01:23 PM
Quote from: king ubu on April 22, 2015, 10:41:15 PM
oy vey, what will become of me, I fell for this last night:

[asin]B00B7364H2[/asin]

('twas 55€ shipped, from aIT - price has gone up again some by now)
As long as you have enough room for your stereo and a chair....  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 22, 2015, 11:18:17 PM
Well, I don't have Vols. 1 and 3 yet, so there's still hope  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 24, 2015, 01:37:45 AM
not sure anyone still doesn't have it (it felt like I was the last to get it ... yet after all these are my homeboys):

[asin]B00I0IL3FA[/asin]

€ 50.39 at aFR right now!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 24, 2015, 09:47:28 AM
I do not have it, but have two thirds of it as individual releases.
Beethoven is great and with concertos Missa Solemnis and overtures is ubercomplete.
Mahler is variable ..great 3 and 4, one of the best 9ths on record balanced by the worst 10th I have ever heard.
Strauss is also first rate.
Schumann is meh.  But about the only Schumann cycle I do not think of as meh is Kubelik and maybe Karajan.
Wagner CD is focused on his Swiss years, but if they don't include the liner notes you will be missing out on half the fun.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 24, 2015, 10:11:28 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 24, 2015, 09:47:28 AM
I do not have it, but have two thirds of it as individual releases.
Beethoven is great and with concertos Missa Solemnis and overtures is ubercomplete.
Mahler is variable ..great 3 and 4, one of the best 9ths on record balanced by the worst 10th I have ever heard.
Strauss is also first rate.
Schumann is meh.  But about the only Schumann cycle I do not think of as meh is Kubelik and maybe Karajan.
Wagner CD is focused on his Swiss years, but if they don't include the liner notes you will be missing out on half the fun.
The Schubert is pretty good, but it includes lots of improvised ornamentation by the woodwinds, which you will either love or hate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on April 25, 2015, 07:37:06 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on April 18, 2015, 11:17:13 AM
No longer there.

I know it's cheap and all but does anyone actually listen to 30CDs of Vaughan Williams? The guy wrote some great music but out of the 30cds there are probably only 10 at most that anyone would want to listen to.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 25, 2015, 07:50:55 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on April 25, 2015, 07:37:06 AM
I know it's cheap and all but does anyone actually listen to 30CDs of Vaughan Williams? The guy wrote some great music but out of the 30cds there are probably only 10 at most that anyone would want to listen to.

Well, that's your own opinion of course and you shouldn't make such a sweeping generalization. If anyone buys that set, it's because 1. it's super cheap and 2. they want to hear more of RVW's music besides the nine symphonies or The Lark Ascending for example. There's more to the composer than these works.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 25, 2015, 09:50:17 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on April 25, 2015, 07:37:06 AM
I know it's cheap and all but does anyone actually listen to 30CDs of Vaughan Williams? The guy wrote some great music but out of the 30cds there are probably only 10 at most that anyone would want to listen to.

I listened to all 30 CDs and found all to be worth not merely a listen, but worthy of relistening.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 25, 2015, 11:18:39 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 25, 2015, 09:50:17 AM
I listened to all 30 CDs and found all to be worth not merely a listen, but worthy of relistening.

I cannot say that of all 30. I did weary of yet another folksong arrangement. But there's more than enough in this box to make it worth having and rehearing, including some little known pieces I would not have picked up any other way, and am very glad to have.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on April 25, 2015, 02:40:22 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 25, 2015, 07:50:55 AM
Well, that's your own opinion of course and you shouldn't make such a sweeping generalization. If anyone buys that set, it's because 1. it's super cheap and 2. they want to hear more of RVW's music besides the nine symphonies or The Lark Ascending for example. There's more to the composer than these works.

We should take a poll then. One member listened to all 30cds and another one grew weary of at least some of the cds. Looks like quite a few people bought the set so if they would be kind enough to report back in a few months or a years time to see if they actually listened to all 30cds.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 25, 2015, 03:20:17 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on April 25, 2015, 02:40:22 PM
We should take a poll then. One member listened to anll 30cds and another one grew weary of at least some of the cds. Looks like quite a few people bought the set so if they would be kind enough to report back in a few months or a years time to see if they actually listened to all 30cds.
oh come on. I have 3 complete rings but still after 30 years haven't had the time or inclination to listen to all the works of the cycle.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 25, 2015, 05:48:02 PM
And I have 103 CDs worth of Wagner I have yet to listen to.  And DVDs of Lohengrin and Tristan I have never watched.  And ditto for most of the first Levine/Met Ring DVD....

Point is, even if you only listen to a quarter of the box, at that price it is a no brainer to get it.

(The folks songs might be wearying, but no law says you have listen to them all in one session.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 25, 2015, 07:17:00 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on April 25, 2015, 02:40:22 PM
We should take a poll then. One member listened to all 30cds and another one grew weary of at least some of the cds. Looks like quite a few people bought the set so if they would be kind enough to report back in a few months or a years time to see if they actually listened to all 30cds.

Why would we need to take a poll? My point was that, in most cases, people who have bought the Collector's Edition of RVW are looking to explore more of the composer's music than the 'usual suspects' and for that price they can afford to take a chance even if not all of the works are first-rate. I don't personally own this set but can very much understand it's appeal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 25, 2015, 07:45:47 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 25, 2015, 07:17:00 PM
Why would we need to take a poll? My point was that, in most cases, people who have bought the Collector's Edition of RVW are looking to explore more of the composer's music than the 'usual suspects' and for that price they can afford to take a chance even if not all of the works are first-rate. I don't personally own this set but can very much understand it's appeal.

Good points. And at the price I paid if I liked half a dozen discs I got a good price. If I liked only half the box it was a bargoon.

Now if we were talikg the Elgar box ...  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 25, 2015, 07:50:48 PM
Quote from: Ken B on April 25, 2015, 07:45:47 PM
Good points. And at the price I paid if I liked half a dozen discs I got a good price. If I liked only half the box it was a bargoon.

Now if we were talikg the Elgar box ...  >:D

Actually the Elgar box is less of a treasure.  Several of the big choral works have muffled sonics, exactly what you do not want in big choral works.  The RVW box, as best I recall, does not suffer from that...and of course big choral works are an Elgar thing, not an RVW thing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 25, 2015, 07:58:45 PM
Quote from: Ken B on April 25, 2015, 07:45:47 PM
Good points. And at the price I paid if I liked half a dozen discs I got a good price. If I liked only half the box it was a bargoon.

Now if we were talikg the Elgar box ...  >:D

Hear, hear! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 26, 2015, 12:11:25 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on April 25, 2015, 02:40:22 PM
We should take a poll then. One member listened to all 30cds and another one grew weary of at least some of the cds. Looks like quite a few people bought the set so if they would be kind enough to report back in a few months or a years time to see if they actually listened to all 30cds.
I have bought it and not listened to a bit yet. And I don't see in how far that should concern you at all.

On topic, this one's down to € 25.90 at aFR currently:

[asin]B00CYPPAH2[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 26, 2015, 12:31:24 AM
one more, too good for me to pass, I think (though I'll have to bribe the post guy with 25-30€ for custom and taxes):

[asin]B0019GKI6U[/asin]

down to € 77 at aFR!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 26, 2015, 01:18:16 AM
Quote from: king ubu on April 26, 2015, 12:31:24 AM
one more, too good for me to pass, I think (though I'll have to bribe the post guy with 25-30€ for custom and taxes):

[asin]B0019GKI6U[/asin]

down to € 77 at aFR!

Tempter!!!!!   :'( >:D
I actually had that one in my hands once. Terrible packaging!!!! The music on the other hand.......  0:) 0:) 0:) 0:)
Is Naive close to completing their Vivaldi Edition?
I think I will follow suit!   8)
Thanks for alerting us!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on April 26, 2015, 03:01:19 AM
I really loathe those LP-sized boxes. They are the reason I passed on both Bernstein Sony sets, no matter how low the price. There is absolutely no space in my house for that. I wonder who came up with the brilliant idea.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 26, 2015, 03:05:06 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on April 25, 2015, 07:37:06 AM
I know it's cheap and all but does anyone actually listen to 30CDs of Vaughan Williams? The guy wrote some great music but out of the 30cds there are probably only 10 at most that anyone would want to listen to.

Of course, others say exactly the same about Wagner.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 26, 2015, 03:06:58 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on April 26, 2015, 03:01:19 AM
I really loathe those LP-sized boxes. They are the reason I passed on both Bernstein Sony sets, no matter how low the price. There is absolutely no space in my house for that. I wonder who came up with the brilliant idea.

They are unwieldy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 26, 2015, 03:36:30 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on April 26, 2015, 01:18:16 AM
Tempter!!!!!   :'( >:D
I actually had that one in my hands once. Terrible packaging!!!! The music on the other hand.......  0:) 0:) 0:) 0:)
Is Naive close to completing their Vivaldi Edition?
I think I will follow suit!   8)
Thanks for alerting us!

Personally ruled it out long time ago on account of the packaging......

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 26, 2015, 04:53:01 AM
Quote from: Que on April 26, 2015, 03:36:30 AM
Personally ruled it out long time ago on account of the packaging......

Q

No issues with lp-sized boxes here ... got some LPs as well, plus dozens of lp-sized jazz boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 26, 2015, 10:11:37 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on April 26, 2015, 03:01:19 AM
I really loathe those LP-sized boxes. They are the reason I passed on both Bernstein Sony sets, no matter how low the price. There is absolutely no space in my house for that. I wonder who came up with the brilliant idea.

They are a pain, and not just to store. Getting at the discs is a problem too. Those sets ended up heavily discounted, so perhaps Sony will learn.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 26, 2015, 12:34:01 PM
Quote from: king ubu on April 26, 2015, 04:53:01 AM
No issues with lp-sized boxes here ... got some LPs as well, plus dozens of lp-sized jazz boxes.

I am ok with the size (even though its bulky). However, the disks are places on the pages rather flimsily and have a tendency to get dislodged. Perhaps one should store the disks separately from the large unit? I think that is what I will do.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 26, 2015, 11:55:59 PM
The what is the use of the large unit?

Except for those who need extra big pictures of Lenne?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 27, 2015, 12:52:28 AM
Quote from: The new erato on April 26, 2015, 11:55:59 PM
The what is the use of the large unit?

Except for those who need extra big pictures of Lenne?

They make a great collage for large wall spaces....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 27, 2015, 02:54:24 AM
Well, and don't we all need extra big photos of Lennie?  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 27, 2015, 01:51:55 PM
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Murray-Perahia-Edition-The-First-40-Years/hnum/1696469 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Murray-Perahia-Edition-The-First-40-Years/hnum/1696469)

The Perahia Edition is 100 E on jpc (less German VAT for those outside the EU).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on April 27, 2015, 03:28:28 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 27, 2015, 02:54:24 AM
Well, and don't we all need extra big photos of Lennie?  :)

You mean like

(http://s25.postimg.org/f677riqv3/lenin1.jpg) (http://postimage.org/)

or am I misspelling as well?  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Walt Whitman on April 27, 2015, 07:21:46 PM
Quote from: The new erato on April 27, 2015, 01:51:55 PM
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Murray-Perahia-Edition-The-First-40-Years/hnum/1696469 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Murray-Perahia-Edition-The-First-40-Years/hnum/1696469)

The Perahia Edition is 100 E on jpc (less German VAT for those outside the EU).

Thank you for the tip! It's on the way!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 27, 2015, 10:03:04 PM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on April 27, 2015, 03:28:28 PM
You mean like

(http://s25.postimg.org/f677riqv3/lenin1.jpg) (http://postimage.org/)

or am I misspelling as well?  8)
I was thinking about Annie Lennox, affectionately known as Lennie amongst friends.

(https://www.scottishroots.com/images/annie_lennox_large.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 28, 2015, 02:48:04 AM
For anyone interested, go to JPC de. and look in the charts. A lot of good bargains are there, low prices much value!

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/charts/-/flush/1/typnum/3/mediagroup/all
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on April 28, 2015, 09:26:38 AM
Quote from: The new erato on April 27, 2015, 10:03:04 PM
I was thinking about Annie Lennox, affectionately known as Lennie amongst friends.

Who am I to disagree?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 28, 2015, 09:34:25 AM
Annex
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on April 28, 2015, 11:33:35 AM
Quote from: Pat B on April 28, 2015, 09:26:38 AM
Who am I to disagree?
Everybody's looking for something. On this board; mainly CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 29, 2015, 12:58:30 PM
Out of curiosity, has anyone received their RVW bargain set as yet please ? Card's been debited over a week ago, but nothing showed up yet for me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on April 29, 2015, 01:07:46 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 29, 2015, 12:58:30 PM
Out of curiosity, has anyone received their RVW bargain set as yet please ? Card's been debited over a week ago, but nothing showed up yet for me.
Not sure where you are located Papy, but packages from Italy can take one to three weeks to get to the US.   :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 29, 2015, 01:17:12 PM
I am in the UK. I have had parcels from Am IT and Am ES turning up faster than normal Am UK service before. To be fair though, for this one, that's the first time I ordered from an MP via a non-UK Amazon.

I just wondered ;) Just have to be patient   ;D

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on April 29, 2015, 02:32:38 PM
Oli, I was a day after your heads up in purchasing.  Mine is despatched but not arrived yet.  Been about a week so far.  Usually Amz are really quick from Germany, 3 days or so.  Having never ordered from Italy before I just don't know what to expect.  Anyway, the money has been debited so still hoping soon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 29, 2015, 05:53:16 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 29, 2015, 12:58:30 PM
Out of curiosity, has anyone received their RVW bargain set as yet please ? Card's been debited over a week ago, but nothing showed up yet for me.
Not yet. Amazon Italy was really fast the last time I bought something from them (the Art of Chailly) but that was two years ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on April 29, 2015, 11:12:23 PM
My experience with AmIt has always been good (and with speedy delivery). In this case, thogh, AKAIK you guys are dealing with an MP seller, and the delivery times will be variable... Don't despair!  :) ...well, and I really can't understand anyone being in a hurry to listen to all that RVW  :D (just kidding  ;) )...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 29, 2015, 11:45:18 PM
Quote from: ritter on April 29, 2015, 11:12:23 PM
My experience with AmIt has always been good (and with speedy delivery). In this case, thogh, AKAIK you guys are dealing with an MP seller, and the delivery times will be variable... Don't despair!  :) ...well, and I really can't understand anyone being in a hurry to listen to all that RVW  :D (just kidding  ;) )...
Yes, that's true, Dodax is the seller. We'll get our RVW some time next month, we can all wait until then before panicking ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on April 30, 2015, 03:01:10 AM
tomorrow is next month... Can I panic tomorrow ?  ;) ???  :blank:  0:) :laugh: 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 30, 2015, 03:12:57 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 30, 2015, 03:01:10 AM
tomorrow is next month... Can I panic tomorrow ?  ;) ???  :blank:  0:) :laugh: 8)
Only if you receive your set tomorrow, Oli. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 30, 2015, 03:25:54 AM
On this one, a couple of time-honored cliches leap to mind. 1st: "hope for the best, be prepared for the worst".  I'm a bit worried there might have been a glitch in their cataloging and we're going to get a single disc or some such.  If so, it's too bad, but hardly the end of the world ($6 ??? ??? ::) :P) After all, we all know (2nd) "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."  If we get Xmas in May, that's great, but if not, I hope there is not going to be too much wailing and hand-wringing. No one cashed out their retirement savings for this one ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 03, 2015, 12:31:40 AM
Vivaldi: Sacred Works (11 cds) for 33 Euros at Am.fr
ANSIN: B00000DUE7

http://www.amazon.fr/Vivaldi-The-Complete-Sacred-Music/dp/B00000DUE7 (http://www.amazon.fr/Vivaldi-The-Complete-Sacred-Music/dp/B00000DUE7)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MZ3CXH4PL.jpg)


Sacred Music (30 cds) for 34 euros at Am.fr

http://www.amazon.fr/musique-sacr%C3%A9e-Moyen-Age-jours/dp/B002HNA9LS (http://www.amazon.fr/musique-sacr%C3%A9e-Moyen-Age-jours/dp/B002HNA9LS)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71ZAYHhEM0L._SL1500_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61qJWLDPilL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on May 11, 2015, 01:24:29 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on April 29, 2015, 12:58:30 PM
Out of curiosity, has anyone received their RVW bargain set as yet please ? Card's been debited over a week ago, but nothing showed up yet for me.

Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on April 29, 2015, 02:32:38 PM
Oli, I was a day after your heads up in purchasing.  Mine is despatched but not arrived yet.  Been about a week so far.  Usually Amz are really quick from Germany, 3 days or so.  Having never ordered from Italy before I just don't know what to expect.  Anyway, the money has been debited so still hoping soon.

Quote from: North Star on April 29, 2015, 05:53:16 PM
Not yet. Amazon Italy was really fast the last time I bought something from them (the Art of Chailly) but that was two years ago.


The RVW set has landed this morning  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 11, 2015, 06:48:14 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on May 11, 2015, 01:24:29 AM

The RVW set has landed this morning  8)

:) :) :)

Great news. I had doubts about that set.  Hopefully mine will also arrive soon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on May 11, 2015, 06:51:13 AM
I had no doubts whatsoever, but it's good to know that it should land soon here as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on May 12, 2015, 10:38:29 AM
Great news on the Vaughan Williams, mine arrived today too.

Y'all gonna get yours  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 12, 2015, 10:43:20 AM
Cheers, Tony!  (I didn't order one   0:) )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on May 12, 2015, 10:49:40 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 12, 2015, 10:43:20 AM
Cheers, Tony!  (I didn't order one   0:) )

Be worth it should it pop up again Karl.  I've just been listening to the Belart Boult set without the 9th, oldies but golden!  I bought the 9th on the Everest label and discovered Arnold and his third symphony, my first taste of Arnold well received.  Maybe I'll invest in the Hickox Arnold, unless somebody says...'go Naxos'?  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 12, 2015, 10:54:12 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on May 12, 2015, 10:49:40 AM
Be worth it should it pop up again Karl.  I've just been listening to the Belart Boult set without the 9th, oldies but golden!  I bought the 9th on the Everest label and discovered Arnold and his third symphony, my first taste of Arnold well received.  Maybe I'll invest in the Hickox Arnold, unless somebody says...'go Naxos'?  :)

Go Naxos and then buy Hickox, they are both well worth your money
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 12, 2015, 11:09:08 AM
I haven't got mine yet. With luck I'll get Al's.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 12, 2015, 05:53:11 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 12, 2015, 11:09:08 AM
I haven't got mine yet. With luck I'll get Al's.

Ah, Ken, Ken, Ken....you've got to let go. It has become very clear that you can never again be completely at peace until you can cradle your very own SEON box to your bosom and weep refreshing and life-affirming tears of relief and joy... ::) ;) ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on May 15, 2015, 10:26:19 AM
For Stokowski fans (like me)... The 41 disk Decca Phase 4 Stereo box set is down close to $67 shipped to the US from Amazon.co.uk. A quarter of this set is Stokowski. It's not for purists... these were audiophile recordings designed to showcase the colorful stereo effects possible with multi-channel miking and mixing. They don't sound like a real orchestra in a real hall, but they sound very impressive nonetheless. My parents had several of these albums... New World Symphony, Wagner overtures, Tchaikovsky, Schhehrezade... and I remember as a kid how overpowering the sound was. There was a Flying Dutchman overture that I distinctly remember as sounding like a widescreen Technicolor movie.

Can't wait to get it... not for those who have ideas of what is "proper" but a lot of fun for those who can find fun in different approaches.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on May 15, 2015, 02:02:40 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on May 11, 2015, 01:24:29 AM
The RVW set has landed this morning  8)
Mine's been here a couple of days too.  Terrible packaging - one of those flat packs with cardboard flaps tucked in underneath the item, not secured in any way - a quick shake and the box was in my grubby paw.  Luckily the slow elephant-transport across the Alps can't have bounced it about too much.  What a great set, though - pretty well a complete works (The Poisoned Kiss isn't there, apart from the overture, but I can't spot any other major absentees).  So far have revisited Boult's Job (not as good as Handley), been astonished by Silvestri's Tallis Fantasia (especially lovely work from the solo viola), disappointed by the old mono recording of the Tuba concerto from Philip Catelinet (this baleful little masterpiece needs better) and dipped various toes into various folk songs.  All rather guilty pleasures (must sober up with some Barraqué or Webern or Josquin), but what pleasures!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on May 18, 2015, 11:25:10 AM
RVW megabox. Arrived today with box outside the mailer. No damage inside or out since it is fairly sturdy. Amazing bargain at $20 and change. Now listing for €56 on amz.it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 18, 2015, 11:27:51 AM
Quote from: jserraglio on May 18, 2015, 11:25:10 AM
RVW megabox. Arrived today with box outside the mailer. No damage inside or out since it is fairly sturdy. Amazing bargain at $20 and change.

Sweet deal!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 22, 2015, 03:05:29 PM
The DG Debussy box is going for $39 plus shipping at i-Deals and a few Azon marketplace shops.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on May 28, 2015, 04:00:27 PM
This one going for $22 on Amazon.com in the US

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71vAEeG1m0L._SX425_.jpg)

Granted nothing will make me want to listen to 23 cds of Ozawa who is arguably one of the least interesting of the big-name conductors. But others might.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 28, 2015, 04:18:05 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on May 28, 2015, 04:00:27 PM
This one going for $22 on Amazon.com in the US

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71vAEeG1m0L._SX425_.jpg)

Granted nothing will make me want to listen to 23 cds of Ozawa who is arguably one of the least interesting of the big-name conductors. But others might.
Thanks.
I had to get the barcode to find it
0028948204106

I have heard much I like from him, some I didn't, but have almost nothing, so this was an easy buy for me at that price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on May 28, 2015, 05:24:32 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 28, 2015, 04:18:05 PM
Thanks.
I had to get the barcode to find it
0028948204106

I have heard much I like from him, some I didn't, but have almost nothing, so this was an easy buy for me at that price.

Sorry should have included the link for all those interested.

http://www.amazon.com/Life-Music-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B00J498T74/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1432857512&sr=8-5&keywords=ozawa (http://www.amazon.com/Life-Music-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B00J498T74/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1432857512&sr=8-5&keywords=ozawa)

There is also this one (a few days ago it was for $16 but is now $30 but is still relatively cheap for 16cds:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81BQODDkjEL._SX425_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00A6OX1KQ/ref=pd_sim_15_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ZBBJRGE6D3147F5VH73 (http://www.amazon.com/Art-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00A6OX1KQ/ref=pd_sim_15_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ZBBJRGE6D3147F5VH73)

Also this Mahler set which for a little while was going for a tad under $14 but is now $35 (still a damn good price for a full mahler set):

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81ttbf8Qc5L._SX425_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.com/Gustav-Mahler-Symphnies-Kindertotenlieder/dp/B00CSDCC8A/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1432862490&sr=1-1&keywords=ozawa+mahler (http://www.amazon.com/Gustav-Mahler-Symphnies-Kindertotenlieder/dp/B00CSDCC8A/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1432862490&sr=1-1&keywords=ozawa+mahler)

Not sure what the occasion is but there are at least 3 or 4 big Ozawa box sets out there right now.
I heard quite a bit of Ozawa when I was a student in Boston back in the mid '90s. Can't really say there was anything really remarkable about his conducting. Most of the times it seems like the man is on auto-pilot. The bigger draws were when the BSO had their frequent guest conductors like Haitink and Colin Davis.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 28, 2015, 06:09:54 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on May 28, 2015, 05:24:32 PM
Sorry should have included the link for all those interested.

http://www.amazon.com/Life-Music-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B00J498T74/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1432857512&sr=8-5&keywords=ozawa (http://www.amazon.com/Life-Music-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B00J498T74/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1432857512&sr=8-5&keywords=ozawa)

There is also this one (a few days ago it was for $16 but is now $30 but is still relatively cheap for 16cds:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81BQODDkjEL._SX425_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00A6OX1KQ/ref=pd_sim_15_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ZBBJRGE6D3147F5VH73 (http://www.amazon.com/Art-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00A6OX1KQ/ref=pd_sim_15_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ZBBJRGE6D3147F5VH73)

Also this Mahler set which for a little while was going for a tad under $14 but is now $35 (still a damn good price for a full mahler set):

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81ttbf8Qc5L._SX425_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.com/Gustav-Mahler-Symphnies-Kindertotenlieder/dp/B00CSDCC8A/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1432862490&sr=1-1&keywords=ozawa+mahler (http://www.amazon.com/Gustav-Mahler-Symphnies-Kindertotenlieder/dp/B00CSDCC8A/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1432862490&sr=1-1&keywords=ozawa+mahler)

Not sure what the occasion is but there are at least 3 or 4 big Ozawa box sets out there right now.
I heard quite a bit of Ozawa when I was a student in Boston back in the mid '90s. Can't really say there was anything really remarkable about his conducting. Most of the times it seems like the man is on auto-pilot. The bigger draws were when the BSO had their frequent guest conductors like Haitink and Colin Davis.

I have heard some wonderful stuff. His Shosty CC2 with Slava is on my short list of perfect recordings. His Berlioz R&J is terrific. Good Prokkers too. His Gurrelieder is less soul destroying than most. So I have a good impression of him, but not one of a strong personality like HvK or Klemps say. Just middle of the road high competence. So I am keen to give these a goid listen.

Now a Kitajenko box would make my mouth water ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on May 28, 2015, 06:18:30 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on May 28, 2015, 04:00:27 PMOzawa who is arguably one of the least interesting of the big-name conductors.
Kurt Masur

Oh wait, you said "one of", we're good. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 28, 2015, 06:27:53 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 28, 2015, 06:18:30 PM
Kurt Masur

Oh wait, you said "one of", we're good. :)

Hey, his Bruckner was excellent. I think I mean Masur.  Maybe not! :laugh:

The thing is, I don't see "indistinct" as a flaw,if you do it brilliantly. George Szell did it brilliantly, he is the apotheosis of the self-effacing conductor. I never get a Szell vibe like I do with Klemps say.  But there is no conductor I admire more than Szell. I'd buy a big Szell box even of stuff I have n times.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on May 28, 2015, 07:02:30 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 28, 2015, 06:18:30 PM
Kurt Masur

Oh wait, you said "one of", we're good. :)

I think Masur at least tries. I heard a Tchaikovsky 5th at the NYPO that was pretty good, but no he does not come off well in recordings. But you are right Ozawa and Masur do have similarities...

I think what also hurt them is that they really don't have a "specialty". Haitink (who can be dullness epitomized at times) gets away with it most of the times because of his reputation of being a great Mahler conductor. Colin Davis, no stranger to being dull, is dubbed as a Berlioz specialist. What do Masur or Ozawa excel at? Nothing really, and they compete in the crowded Austrian/German repertoire.

Quote from: Ken B on May 28, 2015, 06:27:53 PM
Hey, his Bruckner was excellent. I think I mean Masur.  Maybe not! :laugh:

The thing is, I don't see "indistinct" as a flaw,if you do it brilliantly. George Szell did it brilliantly, he is the apotheosis of the self-effacing conductor. I never get a Szell vibe like I do with Klemps say.  But there is no conductor I admire more than Szell. I'd buy a big Szell box even of stuff I have n times.

Szell and Klemperer are number 1 and 1A on my list of favorite conductors so you don't have to convince me. While there are a couple Szell recordings I am lukewarm towards (his Mahler 4th and 6th, Brahms Symphonies - all of them, Bruckner 3rd and 8th), there are no Klemperer recordings that I don't think are absolutely fantastic. The guy just lays the score before you and lets you hear details like nobody else. Klemp never comes across as smooth, suave, and squeaky clean like Szell, whose expressive orchestral timbre is rooted in Schubert and Beethoven. A Klemperer performance is never "beautiful", they are ragged almost to the point of jarring, with a lot of contrast between winds and strings.

Also if you like Kitajenko I recommend this set:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HEaZ0gaEL.jpg)
http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Complete-Symphonies-Hybrid-SACD/dp/B000B8QEVA/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432868968&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=kitajanko+shostakovich (http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Complete-Symphonies-Hybrid-SACD/dp/B000B8QEVA/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432868968&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=kitajanko+shostakovich)
The price has gone up significantly but it makes a nice contrast to the Barshai set. I believe the orchestra is the same just under a different name.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Kamisama on May 31, 2015, 05:02:18 PM
Amazon UK
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, currently £4.87
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Alban-Berg-Quartett/dp/B008DK3PJC (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Alban-Berg-Quartett/dp/B008DK3PJC)

[asin]B008DK3PJC[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 31, 2015, 05:10:22 PM
Quote from: Kamisama on May 31, 2015, 05:02:18 PM
Amazon UK
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, currently £4.87
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Alban-Berg-Quartett/dp/B008DK3PJC (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Alban-Berg-Quartett/dp/B008DK3PJC)

[asin]B008DK3PJC[/asin]
Cool, thanks. 11 bucks shipped so I bought it. Oyveh.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Kamisama on June 01, 2015, 07:52:27 AM
Out of stock but currently cheap:
Wagner: Complete Operas (Barenboim) 34CD

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Operas-Wagner/dp/B005MIQG6M/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Operas-Wagner/dp/B005MIQG6M/)
[asin]B005MIQG6M[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on June 03, 2015, 05:58:13 AM
Also out of stock but currently cheap on Amazon UK, for jazz fans:

The Complete Bill Evans on Verve (18 CDs) for £25.27, which for us Yanks is approx £24 shipped to the US.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IK5I0OA
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 03, 2015, 02:32:23 PM
Horowitz OJC - $75 - Prime

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 03, 2015, 03:35:33 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 03, 2015, 02:32:23 PM
Horowitz OJC - $75 - Prime

[asin] B002P3J3BW[/asin]

That is a great bargain. And yet it does not tempt me. I am not sure that that is a good thing. I'd be happier if I were tempted but resolute.
My only excuse is Horowitz has never really impressed me. And there is so much mono.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 03, 2015, 04:44:49 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 03, 2015, 03:35:33 PM
That is a great bargain. And yet it does not tempt me. I am not sure that that is a good thing. I'd be happier if I were tempted but resolute.
My only excuse is Horowitz has never really impressed me. And there is so much mono.

Yes, I know what you mean. I have had it for years but do not listen to it very much (hopefully remedied in the future). Still, great for a core set of the classic piano or as a Horowitz reference. One cannot beat the price. I am surprised that it is even offered this low. Did Sony overestimate the demand for this box?   0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 03, 2015, 05:14:42 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 03, 2015, 04:44:49 PM
Yes, I know what you mean. I have had it for years but do not listen to it very much (hopefully remedied in the future). Still, great for a core set of the classic piano or as a Horowitz reference. One cannot beat the price. I am surprised that it is even offered this low. Did Sony overestimate the demand for this box?   0:)
If you look at the track listings a lot of the cds have very short runtimes, so you are not getting the equivalent of 70cds worth of music.

Horowitz isn't my cup of tea either, fast fingers but not much behind the notes. Murray Perahia, on the other hand...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 03, 2015, 05:36:39 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 03, 2015, 05:14:42 PM
If you look at the track listings a lot of the cds have very short runtimes, so you are not getting the equivalent of 70cds worth of music.

Horowitz isn't my cup of tea either, fast fingers but not much behind the notes. Murray Perahia, on the other hand...

Exactly. I have the Perahia box, which is wonderful. Better pianist, better sound.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 03, 2015, 07:22:16 PM
I am not tempted either. I have a small Original Jackets box (10 CDs) that Arkiv put on clearance a while back, scattered other CDs, and the new remastered Scriabin three CD set.  Enough for me of Horowitz. 
Besides there is Rubinstein.  I am listening to the  1930s recording of the Nocturnes right now.. CDs 7 and 8 of the BRB and first time these early recordings reveal themselves as transfers from 78s.  First 6 CDs were transferred in a way that avoided hiss and made them sound mostly like c.1950 mono.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on June 03, 2015, 08:19:26 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 03, 2015, 02:32:23 PM
Horowitz OJC - $75 - Prime


I'm curious: why did you mention "Prime" next to the price? Is there a different price for non-Prime customers?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 03, 2015, 09:19:21 PM
Quote from: Manos on June 03, 2015, 08:19:26 PM
I'm curious: why did you mention "Prime" next to the price? Is there a different price for non-Prime customers?

Prime (member) = free two-day shipping
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 03, 2015, 10:55:21 PM
The Ashkenazy box might tempt me at a good price, as would a Gilels box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Manos on June 04, 2015, 01:11:09 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 03, 2015, 09:19:21 PM
Prime (member) = free two-day shipping

Agreed, but this item's price exceeds the free shipping threshold, so everyone can buy it for $74.96.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 04, 2015, 02:58:18 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 03, 2015, 10:55:21 PM
The Ashkenazy box might tempt me at a good price, as would a Gilels box.

Pretty good one here:
http://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/d/B00AMUONT2/
Though I think a week or two ago it was even lower (aaround 60).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 04, 2015, 10:39:31 AM
Quote from: Manos on June 04, 2015, 01:11:09 AM
Agreed, but this item's price exceeds the free shipping threshold, so everyone can buy it for $74.96.

Yep.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 04, 2015, 10:40:10 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 04, 2015, 02:58:18 AM
Pretty good one here:
http://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/d/B00AMUONT2/
Though I think a week or two ago it was even lower (aaround 60).

That's what I remember as well. Amazon.it seems to cycle the box prices...?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on June 04, 2015, 11:46:34 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 03, 2015, 03:35:33 PM
That is a great bargain. And yet it does not tempt me. I am not sure that that is a good thing. I'd be happier if I were tempted but resolute.
My only excuse is Horowitz has never really impressed me. And there is so much mono.

I think I'd rather have the Carnegie Hall Collection but that is not an SDCB.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 04, 2015, 12:30:38 PM
Ahh, I think the Horowitz OJC is a keeper even though it is somewhat uneven in quality/performances/recording.  (http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/emoticon-smiley-face-6800026.jpg)
Perhaps I should get a 2nd copy?  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on June 05, 2015, 04:08:46 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 04, 2015, 12:30:38 PM
Ahh, I think the Horowitz OJC is a keeper even though it is somewhat uneven in quality/performances/recording.  (http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/emoticon-smiley-face-6800026.jpg)
Perhaps I should get a 2nd copy?  :P

Then you could have one copy for each ear.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on June 05, 2015, 05:33:54 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 04, 2015, 12:30:38 PM
Ahh, I think the Horowitz OJC is a keeper even though it is somewhat uneven in quality/performances/recording.  (http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/emoticon-smiley-face-6800026.jpg)
Perhaps I should get a 2nd copy?  :P

Well, although the order of the day is, apparently, to shoot against Horowitz, I still consider him as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th Century, and the OJC as a superb document.

I love Perahia's artistry; but, IMO, Horowitz was greater. Just for the record.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 06, 2015, 11:06:09 AM
I agree. There is a tendency today to look down at artists of the past like Horowitz and Heifetz because they had a different approach than current artists do. But that is *exactly* why I like them. Totally unique, and even their mistakes are interesting. Also, I think there is a tendency in classical music criticism to parrot the general consensus opinion, even when it isn't based on any kind of personal experience with the recordings. I find that a lot online, particularly with Heifetz and Karajan.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 06, 2015, 11:20:30 AM
Quote from: bigshot on June 06, 2015, 11:06:09 AM
I agree. There is a tendency today to look down at artists of the past like Horowitz and Heifetz because they had a different approach than current artists do. But that is *exactly* why I like them. Totally unique, and even their mistakes are interesting. Also, I think there is a tendency in classical music criticism to parrot the general consensus opinion, even when it isn't based on any kind of personal experience with the recordings. I find that a lot online, particularly with Heifetz and Karajan.

Yes, I don't see why Horowitz seems so unpopular. Besides, the current pricing on the Horowitz OJC provides an amazingly affordable gateway to Horowitz's artistry. Now I wish Sony released an Ormandy OJC box!   >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 06, 2015, 11:36:38 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 06, 2015, 11:20:30 AM
Yes, I don't see why Horowitz seems so unpopular. Besides, the current pricing on the Horowitz OJC provides an amazingly affordable gateway to Horowitz's artistry. Now I wish Sony released an Ormandy OJC box!   >:D

You guys can now explain the popularity of th Monteux, Rubinstein, or Bernstein boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on June 06, 2015, 11:40:37 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 06, 2015, 11:20:30 AM
Yes, I don't see why Horowitz seems so unpopular.
I didn't even see that he (or Heifetz or other oldies) seems unpopular!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 06, 2015, 11:43:26 AM
Quote from: North Star on June 06, 2015, 11:40:37 AM
I didn't even see that he (or Heifetz or other oldies) seems unpopular!

Hard to argue a guy is unpopular when his ENTIRE RECORDED LEGACY is in print.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on June 06, 2015, 11:50:23 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 06, 2015, 11:43:26 AM
Hard to argue a guy is unpopular when his ENTIRE RECORDED LEGACY is in print.
And not the least popular among these either.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 06, 2015, 11:59:49 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 06, 2015, 11:43:26 AM
Hard to argue a guy is unpopular when his ENTIRE RECORDED LEGACY is in print.

It is more linked to the recent comments in this thread....    :-*
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sammy on June 06, 2015, 12:10:41 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 03, 2015, 05:14:42 PM
If you look at the track listings a lot of the cds have very short runtimes, so you are not getting the equivalent of 70cds worth of music.

Horowitz isn't my cup of tea either, fast fingers but not much behind the notes. Murray Perahia, on the other hand...

has nothing behind the notes?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on June 06, 2015, 12:30:44 PM
Quote from: bigshot on June 06, 2015, 11:06:09 AM
Also, I think there is a tendency in classical music criticism to parrot the general consensus opinion, even when it isn't based on any kind of personal experience with the recordings. I find that a lot online, particularly with Heifetz and Karajan.

Surely that has traditionally worked to their benefit more than to their detriment.

(FTR I like Horowitz and Karajan, maybe not to the extent of their sales numbers, but I like them. Heifetz not so much, especially in his "race the orchestra" mode.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on June 06, 2015, 01:57:23 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 03, 2015, 03:35:33 PM
That is a great bargain. And yet it does not tempt me. I am not sure that that is a good thing. I'd be happier if I were tempted but resolute.
My only excuse is Horowitz has never really impressed me. And there is so much mono.

$68.17 at importcd
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 06, 2015, 08:24:37 PM
Quote from: jserraglio on June 06, 2015, 01:57:23 PM
$68.17 at importcd

  As I recall, the previous incarnation of his complete works box was selling, used, for prices like $900 just a year or two back.  At this price it seems like a no-brainer...but I'm actually trying to find ways to reduce my number of CDs these days (at a profit, of course).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 06, 2015, 09:00:19 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on June 06, 2015, 08:24:37 PM
  As I recall, the previous incarnation of his complete works box was selling, used, for prices like $900 just a year or two back.  At this price it seems like a no-brainer...but I'm actually trying to find ways to reduce my number of CDs these days (at a profit, of course).

Me too. I'm not tempted, but a year ago I'd have bought it.
I have way too many discs. I have culled about 100 discs to sell, but I really need to be ruthless and cull several hundred more. Singles, to free up box space.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 10, 2015, 07:18:24 PM
The Sony Boulez box, which I have decide to pass on, is going for £70 at Amazon UK. That's under $100 shipped to the USA today. The best price I've seen for that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 11, 2015, 04:28:13 PM
If you are a HIP junkie you are probably getting a hard-on over this one:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DsVQqah9L._SX425_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.com/Dhm-50-Collection-VARIOUS-ARTISTS/dp/B00NX4NMGO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1434068839&sr=1-1&keywords=deutsche+harmonia+mundi (http://www.amazon.com/Dhm-50-Collection-VARIOUS-ARTISTS/dp/B00NX4NMGO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1434068839&sr=1-1&keywords=deutsche+harmonia+mundi)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on June 11, 2015, 11:12:06 PM
It is unfortunately not so cheap.... (anymore)

But to my surprise - I generally dislike these hotchpotch sets - I actually like the selections. A bunch of intersting recordings sufficiently off the beaten track to be a valuable addition. :)

Thanks for posting. :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on June 11, 2015, 11:29:27 PM
I have this disc and I can safely says that it is one of the best discs I bought last year.
A bargain, snap it up before its gone.
At JPC de for 7,99 euros
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on June 12, 2015, 12:25:47 PM
Good price on the YoYo Ma Outside the Box set $129 plus SH.
http://www.importcds.com/yo-ma-30-years-outside-the-box/886975230723
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on June 12, 2015, 01:49:58 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 11, 2015, 04:28:13 PM
If you are a HIP junkie you are probably getting a hard-on over this one:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DsVQqah9L._SX425_.jpg)


Hardly  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 16, 2015, 04:30:58 AM
Mendelssohn - Complete String Symphonies on BIS - $12 for FLAC or MP3 download (http://www.eclassical.com/labels/bis/mendelssohn-the-complete-string-symphonies-1.html)

Available today only - June 16!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on June 16, 2015, 11:02:56 PM
Not a disc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 17, 2015, 02:01:10 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on June 16, 2015, 11:02:56 PM
Not a disc.

Not a thread requirement (see title).
   However, doesn't really seem like a SDCB either.  1/3 their regular price, but still seems awfully steep.  I take it you consider this really exceptional, Brian? I confess I know nothing about it at all...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on June 17, 2015, 10:50:19 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on June 17, 2015, 02:01:10 AM
Not a thread requirement (see title).
   However, doesn't really seem like a SDCB either.  1/3 their regular price, but still seems awfully steep.  I take it you consider this really exceptional, Brian? I confess I know nothing about it at all...

We've had this discussion before and yes, it is a thread requirement in my opinion.  I don't want download "bargains" here since downloads already have their thread.  I don't come here to get download "bargains."  I come here to get discs and that is what I expect.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 17, 2015, 11:43:22 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on June 17, 2015, 10:50:19 AM
We've had this discussion before and yes, it is a thread requirement in my opinion.  I don't want download "bargains" here since downloads already have their thread.  I don't come here to get download "bargains."  I come here to get discs and that is what I expect.
I'm with the Dutchman on the point, if not quite on the tone. Keeping these separate is a good thing for casual users of the site or people who just read this thread when bargain hunting. This thread isn't just for the regulars (if the word regular can be applied to any of us!), it's for purchasers at large.
So to avoid being clutter myself:
This is a splendid box
[asin]B00ACHXHII[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 17, 2015, 01:18:20 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on June 17, 2015, 02:01:10 AMI take it you consider this really exceptional, Brian? I confess I know nothing about it at all...
I don't know, $12 for 4 CDs is not "awfully steep" to me, but the sale's over now, so it's all water under the bridge.

As for people angry about the presence of downloads in this thread, they can simply scroll on.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 17, 2015, 01:46:27 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 16, 2015, 04:30:58 AM
Mendelssohn - Complete String Symphonies on BIS - $12 for FLAC or MP3 download (http://www.eclassical.com/labels/bis/mendelssohn-the-complete-string-symphonies-1.html) Available today only - June 16!!

I have this set. I'm a big fan of the String Symphonies, and these are hands down the best performances of them available. This set wasn't available on CD except as part of a big box when I bought it. $12 is a bargain for this.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on June 17, 2015, 05:27:19 PM
Oh, for crying out loud. Either someone come up with an IRONCLAD reason for excluding downloads or step off. Last I checked this was bargain thread...



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 17, 2015, 05:56:18 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 17, 2015, 01:18:20 PM
I don't know, $12 for 4 CDs is not "awfully steep" to me, but the sale's over now, so it's all water under the bridge.

  Well, maybe not for 4 cds, but it seems steep for virtual cds...

Quote from: Brian on June 17, 2015, 01:18:20 PM
As for people angry about the presence of downloads in this thread, they can simply scroll on.

   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on June 17, 2015, 11:22:40 PM
Celibidache Edition - Symphonies (Warner Classics): 14cds £10.03
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Celibidache-Symphonies-Celibadache/dp/B005HYNCQ8/

'Maria Joao Pires - The Complete Erato Recordings' - 17cds: £15.96
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JJONQKY/

Messiaen: 100th Anniversary Box Set (Warner Classics): 14cd £13.71
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001DCQJUO/

.............and not a download in sight!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Green Destiny on June 17, 2015, 11:28:50 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 17, 2015, 01:18:20 PM
As for people angry about the presence of downloads in this thread, they can simply scroll on.

I agree with this.
There isn't really a need to maintain a separate thread for downloads - all bargains regardless of format should be listed here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on June 18, 2015, 12:16:11 AM
I'd also prefer that downloads, bargains or otherwise, be left out of this thread. For the sake of clarity and convenience (perhaps start another sticky thread so that it's more visible) I think a new dedicated downloads thread is the way to go, so that everyone will be happy. I also have the distinct, if vague, impression that this particular discussion has already been made and that the consensus was that this was a physical recordings thread.
As far as I'm concerned, the original poster back in 2007 clearly meant it for physical recording bargains, so those who provide as evidence that "it's not in the title" strike me as disingenuous. Trying to hijack threads is not cool.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Green Destiny on June 18, 2015, 12:22:27 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on June 18, 2015, 12:16:11 AM
I'd also prefer that downloads, bargains or otherwise, be left out of this thread. For the sake of clarity and convenience (perhaps start another sticky thread so that it's more visible) I think a new dedicated downloads thread is the way to go, so that everyone will be happy. I also have the distinct, if vague, impression that this particular discussion has already been made and that the consensus was that this was a physical recordings thread.
As far as I'm concerned, the original poster back in 2007 clearly meant it for physical recording bargains, so those who provide as evidence that "it's not in the title" strike me as disingenuous. Trying to hijack threads is not cool.

Think calling it a thread hijack is a bit dramatic :laugh:
I don't think it was clear this was intended as a physical recording thread.
Having a dedicated thread for downloads is a waste of forum resources and why should people who also like downloads (as well as CD's and other physical formats) be marginalised into a thread with receives little or no traffic just to not upset a few old farts.
More people on this forum download than you would care to think - we are defintely not a small minority.
Really downloading is old hat these days too - shouldn't us stick in the mud "must own the music" types be sticking together? ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Green Destiny on June 18, 2015, 12:24:47 AM
Quote from: Mark on November 13, 2007, 02:26:18 PM
Inspired by the sterling work done by AnthonyAthletic, Peregrine and other members of this forum to bring to our attention the many incredibly cheap bargains they tirelessly hunt down on Amazon, eBay and elsewhere, I think it might be a good idea to have this thread for the posting of such goodies.

Any objections? Thought not. ;D



(PS: A Mod may decide to put this in the 'Buy, Swap & Sell' part of the forum, but personally, I think it'll just get forgotten about there ... and we don't want that, now do we? ;))

Heres the original post: it says Amazon, eBay and elsewhere - that sounds pretty all inclusive to me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on June 18, 2015, 12:43:46 AM
Quote from: Conor71 on June 18, 2015, 12:22:27 AM
Think calling it a thread hijack is a bit dramatic :laugh:

Attempted hijack.  :laugh:

Quote from: Conor71 on June 18, 2015, 12:22:27 AM
I don't think it was clear this was intended as a physical recording thread.

I think it's perfectly clear that it was.

Quote from: Conor71 on June 18, 2015, 12:22:27 AM
Having a dedicated thread for downloads is a waste of forum resources

Really? That's your pitch?

A dedicated thread is much more convenient, imo. You know, if the server can handle the extra traffic.  ;)

Quote from: Conor71 on June 18, 2015, 12:22:27 AM
and why should people who also like downloads (as well as CD's and other physical formats) be marginalised into a thread with receives little or no traffic just to not upset a few old farts.

A non-issue with an obvious solution: (an extra) sticky thread.

Quote from: Conor71 on June 18, 2015, 12:22:27 AM
More people on this forum download than you would care to think - we are defintely not a small minority.

I download, too, but that's irrelevant.

Quote from: Conor71 on June 18, 2015, 12:24:47 AM
Heres the original post: it says Amazon, eBay and elsewhere - that sounds pretty all inclusive to me.

All inclusive as regards to physical recordings.

Quote from: Conor71 on June 18, 2015, 12:22:27 AM
Really downloading is old hat these days too - shouldn't us stick in the mud "must own the music" types be sticking together? ;)

Always.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on June 18, 2015, 12:47:47 AM
It does not make so much sense to include ebay and amazon third party sellers because those bargains will usually only be for the first to take advantage of them.
Obviously this does not apply to downloads and I think it is reasonable to include them in this thread here. I usally do not care for them (they'd have to be really cheap) and the bargains are usually restricted to people with a US address anyway, so it's just an evil tease for me if the 3.99 US bargain costs EUR 29.99 at .de.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Green Destiny on June 18, 2015, 01:57:32 AM
Im not going to attempt to respond to your slicing and dicing up my post and taking everything out of context - that's quite a lame trick by the way.
I don't see why we should have 2 threads for what amounts to the same mission - keeping up with all the bargains that are out there.
Why do you need a dedicated thread just for CD's? - that's a minority interest and its pretty much just the older members who are too scared to download anything want to dictate to the rest of us who use multiple formats where we should have an appropriate conversation.
Is it really polluting the bargain thread having a few posts about downloads? - I think some of you guys need to grow up a bit. Why are you being selfish - cant we share the thread?
You know a lot of us here are short on free time and cant really follow as many threads as wed like - Having all the bargains in one thread is a lot more convenient and easy to follow.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: EigenUser on June 18, 2015, 02:02:32 AM
I don't care what the format is -- the Mendelssohn string symphonies are minor masterpieces of youth.

I should start posting deals on scores just to really piss people off :laugh: .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 18, 2015, 02:06:07 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on June 18, 2015, 02:02:32 AM
I don't care what the format is -- the Mendelssohn string symphonies are minor masterpieces of youth.

I should start posting deals on scores just to really piss people off :laugh: .
Post them by the score!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 18, 2015, 02:54:15 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on June 18, 2015, 02:02:32 AM
I should start posting deals on scores just to really piss people off :laugh: .

Scroll on ... nothing to see here.

But speaking of this:

[asin]B0012TS5WI[/asin]
You can get the CD version for less than 13 euro-drachmas (after VAT deduction) from aDE:
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B0012TS5WI
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 18, 2015, 03:38:24 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 18, 2015, 02:54:15 AM
Scroll on ... nothing to see here.

But speaking of this:

[asin]B0012TS5WI[/asin]
You can get the CD version for less than 13 euro-drachmas (after VAT deduction) from aDE:
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B0012TS5WI
But it's a non CD compatible SACD with 4 hours playing time so it needs a true SACD player and probably only plays in 2 channels (for those with a multi Channel SACD outfit).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on June 18, 2015, 04:03:55 AM
Quote from: The new erato on June 18, 2015, 02:06:07 AM
Post them by the score!
Shoots. Scores! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 18, 2015, 04:42:25 AM
Quote from: The new erato on June 18, 2015, 03:38:24 AM
But it's a non CD compatible SACD with 4 hours playing time so it needs a true SACD player and probably only plays in 2 channels (for those with a multi Channel SACD outfit).
Oops, thanks for the warning, saw it at the last minute but could still cancel the order ... so the only way to get this would be the old Brilliant box that goes for rather exalted prices?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 18, 2015, 05:18:36 AM
Simple solution
[asin]B000GNU0KG[/asin]
Also available, but not so cheaply, as a Hyperion issue.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512DnepXA%2BL.jpg)
Or alternatively
[asin]B00KV191NK[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 18, 2015, 07:04:27 AM
yup, saw the Goodman ... and this one, too:

[asin]B001UE283W[/asin]

but from some review glancing, the Markiz might be a tad better ... anyway, the Concerto Köln and the Goodman are on my wantlist now!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on June 18, 2015, 09:02:54 AM
Ahem.....testing testing...1, 2, 3.....

The OFFICIAL STATEMENT as quoted straight from the THREAD ORIGINATOR himself follows below:

Quote from: Mark on November 13, 2007, 11:14:38 PM
A bargain is a bargain is a bargain. If you've no interest in download bargains, just skip 'em. ;)

So downloads OFFICIALLY belong here!!! 'Nuff said!! :D


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 18, 2015, 09:11:52 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on June 18, 2015, 09:02:54 AM
Ahem.....testing testing...1, 2, 3.....

The OFFICIAL STATEMENT as quoted straight from the THREAD ORIGINATOR himself follows below:

So downloads OFFICIALLY belong here!!! 'Nuff said!! :D
Speaking as one who would personally prefer to have just CDs here, I suggest we take this answer as definitive, and include download bargains. We are cluttering the thread FAR more with this discussion than if we included even scores, cassette tapes, or 8 tracks at the local Salvation Army store.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on June 18, 2015, 09:20:42 AM
Quote from: Conor71 on June 18, 2015, 01:57:32 AM
Im not going to attempt to respond to your slicing and dicing up my post and taking everything out of context ...

Nothing was taken out of context and the emoticons communicate the tone well enough. For anything more, and so as not to clutter the thread, don't hesitate to PM me.

Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on June 18, 2015, 09:02:54 AM
The OFFICIAL STATEMENT as quoted straight from the THREAD ORIGINATOR himself follows below:

That's good enough for me, although I do believe that separate threads are the way to go; more practical, organized and convenient and less convoluted.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 18, 2015, 09:45:27 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on June 18, 2015, 09:02:54 AM
Ahem.....testing testing...1, 2, 3.....

The OFFICIAL STATEMENT as quoted straight from the THREAD ORIGINATOR himself follows below:

So downloads OFFICIALLY belong here!!! 'Nuff said!! :D
Also, he once sent me a box of 8 DVDs containing about 200 different CDs in MP3 form, and was in the process of converting his whole collection to digital/downloads. Mark was a great guy and I'm sad he's no longer active here. He seems to be making a go of life as a published poet (http://markantonyowen.com/).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on June 18, 2015, 10:12:39 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 18, 2015, 09:45:27 AM
Also, he once sent me a box of 8 DVDs containing about 200 different CDs in MP3 form, and was in the process of converting his whole collection to digital/downloads. Mark was a great guy and I'm sad he's no longer active here. He seems to be making a go of life as a published poet (http://markantonyowen.com/).

Thanks for the story and link, Brian! Put a smile right on my face. ----> :)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on June 18, 2015, 10:36:31 AM
This was a very useful thread for me while the Aussie dollar was at parity with the greenback but not so any more. However I can still read and just wish I suppose
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 18, 2015, 10:43:44 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on June 18, 2015, 12:47:47 AM
It does not make so much sense to include ebay and amazon third party sellers because those bargains will usually only be for the first to take advantage of them.
Obviously this does not apply to downloads and I think it is reasonable to include them in this thread here. I usally do not care for them (they'd have to be really cheap) and the bargains are usually restricted to people with a US address anyway, so it's just an evil tease for me if the 3.99 US bargain costs EUR 29.99 at .de.

That is not true! I usually find better deals at Amazon.de and other European vendors (compared to Amazon.us).   0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 18, 2015, 12:31:14 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 18, 2015, 10:43:44 AM
That is not true! I usually find better deals at Amazon.de and other European vendors (compared to Amazon.us).   0:)
The thread should include any bargains worth noting anywhere. We have members all over. And Moonfish is right. Sometimes a foreign Amazon has great prices. I get a lot from the UK. Once from Japan.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on June 18, 2015, 01:20:28 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 18, 2015, 12:31:14 PM
The thread should include any bargains worth noting anywhere. We have members all over. And Moonfish is right. Sometimes a foreign Amazon has great prices. I get a lot from the UK. Once from Japan.

No! This thread should only be for arguing about what is allowed in this thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 18, 2015, 01:24:43 PM
Should not!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: scarlattiglenross on June 18, 2015, 01:50:08 PM
We have indeed had the downloads discussion before. A download bargains thread was started back then but people don't seem to use it: I guess it dropped off the "most recently updated" list some time back.

As before, would vote downloads be left out of this thread - no interest in them here, so the filter is useful. I don't want to check needlessly when the thread is updated with a download.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 18, 2015, 01:52:24 PM
Quote from: scarlattiglenross on June 18, 2015, 01:50:08 PM
We have indeed had the downloads discussion before. A download bargains thread was started back then but people don't seem to use it: I guess it dropped off the "most recently updated" list some time back.

As before, would vote downloads be left out of this thread - no interest in them here, so the filter is useful. I don't want to check needlessly when the thread is updated with a download.
By the same logic, I'm not interested in opera, so I vote opera be left out of this thread. I don't want to check needlessly when the thread is updated with an opera.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 18, 2015, 02:04:35 PM
.
(http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/attachments/deserves-caption/23669d1224125660-capture-cat-pfft.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 18, 2015, 03:24:29 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 18, 2015, 01:52:24 PM
By the same logic, I'm not interested in opera, so I vote opera be left out of this thread. I don't want to check needlessly when the thread is updated with an opera.
Well, as I said earlier, this is the most useful thread on the site for non-members. I read it avidly for over a year before joining. I think we should let them decide.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 18, 2015, 06:08:57 PM
Perhaps we can simply keep in mind the fact that while a download may be supercheap compared to physical media it is not necessarily cheap compared to other downloads....and post only downloads that meet the second criteria.  And for the sake of keeping confusion at bay,  state that the bargain being posted is a download.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on June 18, 2015, 10:02:28 PM
As I said before, I don't want to come here and find downloads as some "bargain."  They aren't bargains when compared to physical discs and that is why I come here anyway.  So, no to downloads
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 18, 2015, 11:01:56 PM
David Oistrakh: The Complete EMI Recordings (17 discs)
Amazon UK  -  GBP 11.40

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001ASVXSE (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001ASVXSE)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71l91NWJ6UL._SL1417_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515nSFsh2bL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 18, 2015, 11:05:12 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on June 18, 2015, 10:02:28 PM
As I said before, I don't want to come here and find downloads as some "bargain."  They aren't bargains when compared to physical discs and that is why I come here anyway.  So, no to downloads

  Although that is eloquent, and your carefully assembled and supported points are well argued, it seems you missed the last day of comments.  The struggle is over, and, sorry to say, your view failed to triumph :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 18, 2015, 11:38:59 PM
I don't do downloads - but I don't understand the problem. Clikcking on this thread and discovering that it's a download that's posted wastes a second of my time. If I didn't have time to waste, I wouldn't be on the Internet......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on June 18, 2015, 11:44:27 PM
Quote from: The new erato on June 18, 2015, 11:38:59 PM
If I didn't have time to waste, I wouldn't be on the Internet......

:D

If I remember correctly,  I was pressured some time ago to undo a merger of the two threads.
We now know that the separate bargain downloads thread is not being used.....

Personally I am not interested in downloads, but do recognise that the number of people that do is rapidly expanding.  I have no objection of download bargains being posted here, as long as they are bargains.

There are frequently posts here that do not appeal to my personal interests - like on any thread of more a general nature.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 19, 2015, 12:00:19 AM
Quote from: Pat B on June 18, 2015, 01:20:28 PM
No! This thread should only be for arguing about what is allowed in this thread.

Lovely. This raised a chuckle this morning. Thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on June 19, 2015, 12:02:21 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 19, 2015, 12:00:19 AM
Lovely. This raised a chuckle this morning. Thanks.

Welcome back! :) My apologies if I didn't notice your return before.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on June 19, 2015, 01:10:58 AM
Since there indeed are two separate threads, one for physical media and one for download bargains, I see absolutely no reason why either thread should be hijacked by posts belonging to the other. Both should be "stickied" side by side and we'd be done with this whole ridiculous non-issue.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 19, 2015, 01:12:47 AM
Quote from: Que on June 19, 2015, 12:02:21 AM
Welcome back! :) My apologies if I didn't notice your return before.

Q

I tip my hat to you, Sir, and plunge back into my search for bargains.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on June 19, 2015, 02:39:06 AM
FWIW I rather have the CD'S and downloads separately. I strongly sympathize with Wanderer's view on this issue. And yes, I am one of the old boys, that doesn't do downloads.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on June 19, 2015, 06:41:04 AM
Could someone kindly provide a compelling REASON for disallowing downloads, other than "I don't like it"?

The advantages to allowing them are obvious: all bargains under one roof without the need to search other threads.

The OP understood this.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 19, 2015, 06:49:04 AM
Can we be sure you would find a reason compelling?  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on June 19, 2015, 07:38:35 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 19, 2015, 06:49:04 AM
Can we be sure you would find a reason compelling?  8)

Well, there's a vocal minority who insist things be just so. It's not unreasonable to ask them to pony up with something tangible.

Not just for my sake alone, obviously.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 19, 2015, 08:46:52 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on June 19, 2015, 06:41:04 AM
Could someone kindly provide a compelling REASON for disallowing downloads, other than "I don't like it"?


Yes. I already have. People who are not posters here use the thread and have refresh set up. I did before I was a member. So this really becomes a problem in user interface design. Which is more user friendly, two threads pinned side by side as Wanderer suggests, easily found by search engines, easily bookmarked, that alert audiences about whom we know little to bargains they are interested in, or one thread with lots of activity they don't care about? There's a reason we only post classical bargains on the thread, not what a great price there is on shoes on Zappos today. Same principle. Yes you can go overboard in splitting, but we have seen expressed here a felt desire to keep the two separate. I bet the non-members have similar needs. This is not overkill. Two threads are more user friendly for causal users.

And so far the concern is from the I-dont-like-download folks. But what about people out the webosphere who want JUST downloads? Their life would be easier with a download specific thread. This one is too cluttered with useless boxes for their needs.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 19, 2015, 08:51:32 AM
Great price on a large polyester pink duffel bag. 60% off. Super duper cheap bargain!
http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/product/wool-duffel-bag-24418.aspx?processor=content (http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/product/wool-duffel-bag-24418.aspx?processor=content)

::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 19, 2015, 09:02:31 AM
I don't do downloads and I don't like downloads. It cheapens the music. On a well presented CD you get a nice booklet with timing, performers, biographical information about the composer, and some analysis and history of the work. It makes you learn something and encourages you to explore further. Hence I like the Original Jacket series - each cd is like its own entity, living and breathing, a permanent part of recorded and cultural history. Take the Perahia box for example - the presentation is superb. It makes you want to explore further. Every CD has a cover art almost frozen in time. Downloads reduce all these to a bunch of ones and zeros. Yes you can get downloads, lots of them, for very little. But I am at a point where it takes me time to digest every piece of music and every performance versus mass quantity of music.

You can listen to almost anything on youtube for free, most of them in good decent sound if digital music is your preference. You don't even have to pay for anything.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on June 19, 2015, 09:41:00 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 19, 2015, 08:46:52 AM
Yes. I already have. People who are not posters here use the thread and have refresh set up. I did before I was a member. So this really becomes a problem in user interface design. Which is more user friendly, two threads pinned side by side as Wanderer suggests, easily found by search engines, easily bookmarked, that alert audiences about whom we know little to bargains they are interested in, or one thread with lots of activity they don't care about? There's a reason we only post classical bargains on the thread, not what a great price there is on shoes on Zappos today. Same principle. Yes you can go overboard in splitting, but we have seen expressed here a felt desire to keep the two separate. I bet the non-members have similar needs. This is not overkill. Two threads are more user friendly for causal users.

And so far the concern is from the I-dont-like-download folks. But what about people out the webosphere who want JUST downloads? Their life would be easier with a download specific thread. This one is too cluttered with useless boxes for their needs.

Well, that's a start...something to build on perhaps.

Unfortunately posts like "PerfectWagnerite's" seem the prevailing sentiment among the naysayers, which is more what I'm protesting than anything.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 19, 2015, 09:47:05 AM
Considering the rarity of posts pointing to download bargains and the long extended arguments in favor of banning downloads from this thread, I really don't think the problem is downloads. It's net copping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 19, 2015, 10:29:24 AM
Quote from: bigshot on June 19, 2015, 09:47:05 AM
Considering the rarity of posts pointing to download bargains and the long extended arguments in favor of banning downloads from this thread, I really don't think the problem is downloads. It's net copping.

We're up to about 60 posts of arguing about downloads for every 1 post about downloads. The problem is, pretty clearly, the arguing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on June 19, 2015, 11:03:26 AM
The last time this conversation kicked off was because I posted an amazing deal on a download.   I posted this in all good faith even though I already had the CDs.   All I got back was bitching from someone who neverpposts deals but was happy to moan about them.   So screw him.

See you again next year.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on June 19, 2015, 11:09:59 AM
So here's the deal:

CD and download bargains can be posted in this thread. Any further posts on this topic, either for it or against it, will be deleted. Enough is enough.  >:(  $:)

GB
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 19, 2015, 11:19:32 AM
Quote from: hafod on June 17, 2015, 11:22:40 PM
...
'Maria Joao Pires - The Complete Erato Recordings' - 17cds: £15.96
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JJONQKY/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JJONQKY/)
...

Well by golly this looks very much like a whizzo sooper dooper bargain to me, and it's still available. Ordered one, with thanks, Mr Hafod.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 19, 2015, 11:21:52 AM
Whizzo sooper dooper, forsooth!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 19, 2015, 11:25:14 AM
Stokowski Stereo, 10 cd, under 15 pounds
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0083D9MXM?redirect=true&ref_=s9_simh_co_p15_d0_i3 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0083D9MXM?redirect=true&ref_=s9_simh_co_p15_d0_i3)

Snarfed a Pires, thank you. Almost certainly an Xmas gift for some lucky victim relative.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 19, 2015, 11:33:46 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 19, 2015, 11:25:14 AM
Stokowski Stereo, 10 cd, under 15 pounds
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0083D9MXM?redirect=true&ref_=s9_simh_co_p15_d0_i3 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0083D9MXM?redirect=true&ref_=s9_simh_co_p15_d0_i3)

Snarfed a Pires, thank you. Almost certainly an Xmas gift for some lucky victim relative.
USA customers can find that Stokowski Stereo 10 CDs for $15 shipped at ImportCDs (http://www.importcds.com/columbia-stereo-recordings-10pc/886919711523).

People who already have all or some of the Pires Erato recordings, are you big fans? Not that, at about $1.50 per CD, it's a huge gamble!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on June 19, 2015, 11:39:25 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 19, 2015, 11:33:46 AM
People who already have all or some of the Pires Erato recordings, are you big fans? Not that, at about $1.50 per CD, it's a huge gamble!

Haven't a clue what to expect from these early recordings, Brian, but I felt that even if I do no more than a happy trip through yet another take on a bunch of Mozart piano concertos, it'd be worth £16 to me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 19, 2015, 01:17:57 PM
Via Discophage (remember him)
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2015/06/symphonies-de-chostakovitch-kitaenko-12.html
With shipping to the US, I paid just under $30.  In fact, shipping accounted for about a third of the price.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71JvjWAEJdL._SX522_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 19, 2015, 01:28:39 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 19, 2015, 01:17:57 PM
Via Discophage (remember him)
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2015/06/symphonies-de-chostakovitch-kitaenko-12.html
With shipping to the US, I paid just under $30.  In fact, shipping accounted for about a third of the price.
Discophage is a true hero and friend of all of us.

I just ordered the Annie Fischer EMI Icon box for under US $20 shipped from Amazon UK, via his link. First classical purchase since January 1. Act fast, shoppers!!! (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I3LJQYO/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 19, 2015, 01:30:42 PM
Poop.that's a great deal and the set of those I most want. But I just bought Jansons
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on June 19, 2015, 01:39:52 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 19, 2015, 01:17:57 PM
Via Discophage (remember him)
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2015/06/symphonies-de-chostakovitch-kitaenko-12.html
With shipping to the US, I paid just under $30.  In fact, shipping accounted for about a third of the price.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71JvjWAEJdL._SX522_.jpg)

Well, it is worth looking in on this thread now and then...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on June 19, 2015, 04:22:05 PM
Odd thing is that they had four in stock before I ordered.

Moonfish also ordered it.

And it still says they have four in stock.   ???

And it has a little banner announcing it is now the number one seller in Symphonic Music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Green Destiny on June 19, 2015, 09:59:47 PM
The new Bernstein/Sibelius set can be bought 3rd party for just over 13 pounds at the Amazon UK site at the moment - I ordered a copy this morning :):

[asin]B00UOFIUDK[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 20, 2015, 05:44:32 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 19, 2015, 04:22:05 PM
Odd thing is that they had four in stock before I ordered.

Moonfish also ordered it.

And it still says they have four in stock.   ???

And it has a little banner announcing it is now the number one seller in Symphonic Music.
Easily explained. They know Moonfish buys everything, so they adjust for his order in advance.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on June 20, 2015, 10:59:21 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on June 19, 2015, 01:17:57 PM
Via Discophage (remember him)
http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2015/06/symphonies-de-chostakovitch-kitaenko-12.html
With shipping to the US, I paid just under $30.  In fact, shipping accounted for about a third of the price.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71JvjWAEJdL._SX522_.jpg)

Anyone know if this set is SACD jewel cases or space saving paper/hardboard sleeves?

Fab bargain, by the way.  Great heads up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 20, 2015, 12:37:41 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 20, 2015, 05:44:32 AM
Easily explained. They know Moonfish buys everything, so they adjust for his order in advance.

Not!   ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 20, 2015, 02:13:59 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on June 20, 2015, 10:59:21 AM
Anyone know if this set is SACD jewel cases or space saving paper/hardboard sleeves?

Fab bargain, by the way.  Great heads up!

I bought it when a few years back when it was on Amazon US for $20. Comes in a cardboard box with individual CDs in flimsy paper (not cardboard) sleeves. It is a a good set, some very fine playing from the Cologne forces, super creamy and robust tone and beautiful to listen to. It is very similar to the Barshai set in both execution and interpretation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on June 20, 2015, 05:41:40 PM
Cheers for the info on the Kitajenko :) appreciated.

Nice little bargain from Amazon UK, the 3 cd Horowitz album set of "classic albums". 

Pop into the 25 New from £1 (link) and the first one is Amazon UK.  £1 each plus the standard £1.26 delivery. Or by this link.

Horowitz (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00GT5K7G2/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

CD : 01 - The 1985 New York Studio Recordings
CD : 02 - Horowitz in Moscow
CD : 03 - Horowitz at Home

Ordered mine late last night, out for delivery this Monday.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 20, 2015, 06:50:13 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on June 20, 2015, 05:41:40 PM
Cheers for the info on the Kitajenko :) appreciated.

Nice little bargain from Amazon UK, the 3 cd Horowitz album set of "classic albums". 

Pop into the 25 New from £1 (link) and the first one is Amazon UK.  £1 each plus the standard £1.26 delivery. Or by this link.

Horowitz (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00GT5K7G2/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

CD : 01 - The 1985 New York Studio Recordings
CD : 02 - Horowitz in Moscow
CD : 03 - Horowitz at Home

Ordered mine late last night, out for delivery this Monday.
Thanks. Picked up two. Less than 10 bucks shipped total. Stocking stuffer.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 26, 2015, 11:05:19 PM
Wiener Philharmoniker Edition for EUR 67 (!!!) plus S&H at Amazon.it

http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00M8PBQT4 (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00M8PBQT4)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V3WWhbeDL.jpg)

Content (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decca-Wiener-Philharmoniker-Orchestral-Abbado/dp/B00M8PBQT4)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 27, 2015, 11:53:38 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 26, 2015, 11:05:19 PM
Wiener Philharmoniker Edition for EUR 67 (!!!) plus S&H at Amazon.it

http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00M8PBQT4 (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00M8PBQT4)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V3WWhbeDL.jpg)

Content (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decca-Wiener-Philharmoniker-Orchestral-Abbado/dp/B00M8PBQT4)

Just wanted to report this deal as well ... amounts to 55 eurodrachmas, all together  (cheap Swiss get free shipping!) - amazing deal indeed!  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on June 28, 2015, 03:14:24 AM
Courtesy of our friend discophage, purchased this http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B008NIS38C/ (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B008NIS38C/) for 35 euros from amazon.fr

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91abARnbemL._SX522_.jpg)

I assume that it's sans libretti as per EMI's usual sterling reissue policy  >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 28, 2015, 07:07:29 AM
Yes indeed on the libretti. Got it a while back for a similarly enticing price on jpc.de, but haven't yet started digging into French opera in any seriousness. I need like 50 listening hours a day please ... and someone who pays me to do all tjat listening!  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on June 28, 2015, 11:16:17 AM
That is the go to conductor for French opera. I already have half of it, so I am on the fence about it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 29, 2015, 12:10:05 AM
Quote from: bigshot on June 28, 2015, 11:16:17 AM
That is the go to conductor for French opera.

That opinion being rather widely spread it seems, was why I decided to add it to the pile, fully aware it would take me some time to get around to it ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 05, 2015, 09:10:03 AM
Americans: the only good news about the Greek crisis is the euro's recent drop from $1.35 to $1.11. I expect plenty of CD buying bargains if this continues...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 05, 2015, 09:39:43 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 05, 2015, 09:10:03 AM
Americans: the only good news about the Greek crisis is the euro's recent drop from $1.35 to $1.11. I expect plenty of CD buying bargains if this continues...

I went shopping on the German and French Amazons earlier in the week and while what I bought might not exactly qualify as Super-Duper cheap I did find some great OOP discs from an obscure label that, thanks to the conversion rate, weren't prohibitively expensive anymore. Bargain enough for me.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bluemooze on July 06, 2015, 06:05:06 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on July 05, 2015, 09:39:43 PM
I went shopping on the German and French Amazons earlier in the week and while what I bought might not exactly qualify as Super-Duper cheap I did find some great OOP discs from an obscure label that, thanks to the conversion rate, weren't prohibitively expensive anymore. Bargain enough for me.

Like what? 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on July 07, 2015, 04:09:58 AM
Not sure it is a Super-Duper Cheap Bargain, but

I ordered it.... ;)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41h2TNa8BbL._SY355_.jpg)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Keyboard-Works-Ivo-Janssen/dp/B004X28O7W/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1436270930&sr=1-1&keywords=ivo+janssen (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Keyboard-Works-Ivo-Janssen/dp/B004X28O7W/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1436270930&sr=1-1&keywords=ivo+janssen)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 07, 2015, 01:08:49 PM
A SDCB - kind of....

50 Jahre Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg - 25 cds - 41,00€

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003R76Q4M (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003R76Q4M)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HkKFG6a1L.jpg)

CD 1 - 3 1960
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Della Casa / Jurinac / Güden / Edelmann / Kunz
Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 4 - 5 1961
Mozart: Idomeneo
Kmentt / Grümmer / Lorengar / Haefliger
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper / Wiener Philharmoniker / Ferenc Fricsay

CD 6 - 7 1992
Janacek: Aus einem Totenhaus
Ghiaurov / Szmytka / Pedersen / Langridge / Zednik / McCauley
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
NEW TO CD

CD 8 - 9 2005
Verdi: La Traviata
Netrebko / Villazon / Hampson
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlo Rizzi

CD 10 - 11 2007
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Mattei / Samuil / Gubanova / Kaiser / Furlanetto
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Daniel Barenboim
NEW TO CD

CONCERTS

CD 12 1966
Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550, Symphony no. 41 in C major K. 551 "Jupiter"
Karl Böhm/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
FIRST RELEASE

CD 13 1967
Schubert: Symphony no. 3
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Wiener Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta
FIRST RELEASE

CD 14 - 15 1975
Mahler: Symphony no. 8
Price / Blegen / Zeumer / Schmidt / Baltsa / Riegel / Prey / van Dam
Wiener Sängerknaben / Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein

CD 16 1982
Haydn: The Seven Last Words on the Cross
Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti
FIRST RELEASE

CD 17 1987
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Tannhäuser Overture, Tristan: Prelude, Liebestod
Jessye Norman/ Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 18 1988
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Anne-Sophie Mutter / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 19 - 20 1991
Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Cheryl Studer / Jesseye Norman / Placido Domingo / Kurt Moll
Leipziger Rundfunkchor / Schwedischer Rundfunkchor / Eric-Ericson-Kammerchor/ Wiener Philharmoniker / James Levine

CD 21 1992
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Liszt: Les Préludes
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Georg Solti

CD 22 1994
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"; The Tempest
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
FIRST RELEASE

CD 23 1997

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps/ Bartók: 4 Orchestral Pieces, op. 12/ Boulez: Notations
Gustav Mahler Jungendorchester / Pierre Boulez
FIRST RELEASE

RECITALS

CD 24 2007
Alfred Brendel: Haydn, Schubert Beethoven
FIRST RELEASE

CD 25 2009
Live from Salzburg: Brahms, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Schubert
Martha Argerich / Nelson Freire"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on July 07, 2015, 01:37:20 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 05, 2015, 09:10:03 AMAmericans: the only good news about the Greek crisis is the euro's recent drop from $1.35 to $1.11. I expect plenty of CD buying bargains if this continues...

It's true, we can't even remember the days the dollar was 'expensive'. Until recently, prices at Amazon.com looked very attractive in comparison with Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de. However, because of often unexpected import taxes added in recent years, I didn't dare to order anything from the States anymore. Aren't you bothered by similar inconveniences with orders from Europe?  :-X
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 07, 2015, 01:40:20 PM
Quote from: Christo on July 07, 2015, 01:37:20 PM
It's true, we can't even remember the days the dollar was 'expensive'. Until recently, prices at Amazon.com looked very attractive in comparison with Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de. However, because of often unexpected import taxes added in recent years, I didn't dare to order anything from the States anymore. Aren't you bothered by similar inconveniences with orders from Europe?  :-X

No import taxes are in place. In contrast the VAT is subtracted so the cost for an item is lower than listed! The shipping from the UK or Germany are nominal fees. It seems like it easier to order from Europe than the other way around?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 07, 2015, 01:58:16 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 07, 2015, 01:08:49 PM
A SDCB - kind of....

50 Jahre Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg - 25 cds - 41,00€

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003R76Q4M (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003R76Q4M)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HkKFG6a1L.jpg)

CD 1 - 3 1960
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Della Casa / Jurinac / Güden / Edelmann / Kunz
Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 4 - 5 1961
Mozart: Idomeneo
Kmentt / Grümmer / Lorengar / Haefliger
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper / Wiener Philharmoniker / Ferenc Fricsay

CD 6 - 7 1992
Janacek: Aus einem Totenhaus
Ghiaurov / Szmytka / Pedersen / Langridge / Zednik / McCauley
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
NEW TO CD

CD 8 - 9 2005
Verdi: La Traviata
Netrebko / Villazon / Hampson
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlo Rizzi

CD 10 - 11 2007
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Mattei / Samuil / Gubanova / Kaiser / Furlanetto
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Daniel Barenboim
NEW TO CD

CONCERTS

CD 12 1966
Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550, Symphony no. 41 in C major K. 551 "Jupiter"
Karl Böhm/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
FIRST RELEASE

CD 13 1967
Schubert: Symphony no. 3
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Wiener Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta
FIRST RELEASE

CD 14 - 15 1975
Mahler: Symphony no. 8
Price / Blegen / Zeumer / Schmidt / Baltsa / Riegel / Prey / van Dam
Wiener Sängerknaben / Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein

CD 16 1982
Haydn: The Seven Last Words on the Cross
Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti
FIRST RELEASE

CD 17 1987
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Tannhäuser Overture, Tristan: Prelude, Liebestod
Jessye Norman/ Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 18 1988
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Anne-Sophie Mutter / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 19 - 20 1991
Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Cheryl Studer / Jesseye Norman / Placido Domingo / Kurt Moll
Leipziger Rundfunkchor / Schwedischer Rundfunkchor / Eric-Ericson-Kammerchor/ Wiener Philharmoniker / James Levine

CD 21 1992
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Liszt: Les Préludes
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Georg Solti

CD 22 1994
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"; The Tempest
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
FIRST RELEASE

CD 23 1997

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps/ Bartók: 4 Orchestral Pieces, op. 12/ Boulez: Notations
Gustav Mahler Jungendorchester / Pierre Boulez
FIRST RELEASE

RECITALS

CD 24 2007
Alfred Brendel: Haydn, Schubert Beethoven
FIRST RELEASE

CD 25 2009
Live from Salzburg: Brahms, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Schubert
Martha Argerich / Nelson Freire"


Got this set for $2 back when the Amazon MP seller, BlowItOutOfHere (aka i-Deals), had a pricing glitch in their system. I was frankly quite surprised they honored any of my orders. Looking back, I'm ashamed over my behavior over the whole fiasco. It was a mistake, and I knew this, but greed didn't take a holiday. I should have been much more humble and, more importantly, understanding over this costly error on their part.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 07, 2015, 04:29:56 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 07, 2015, 01:58:16 PM
Got this set for $2 back when the Amazon MP seller, BlowItOutOfHere (aka i-Deals), had a pricing glitch in their system. I was frankly quite surprised they honored any of my orders. Looking back, I'm ashamed over my behavior over the whole fiasco. It was a mistake, and I knew this, but greed didn't take a holiday. I should have been much more humble and, more importantly, understanding over this costly error on their part.

Super super bargain eh? How did you like the recordings in it?  :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 07, 2015, 04:39:03 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 07, 2015, 04:29:56 PM
Super super bargain eh? How did you like the recordings in it?  :-\

Honestly, I haven't heard one note from this set and I don't really even know why I bought it since most of the repertoire doesn't interest me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 07, 2015, 04:39:28 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 07, 2015, 04:39:03 PM
Honestly, I haven't heard one note from this set and I don't really even know why I bought it since most of the repertoire doesn't interest me.

;D

Bargains!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 07, 2015, 04:40:38 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 07, 2015, 04:39:28 PM
;D

Bargains!

Yes and for $2 it was quite the bargain. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: revdrdave on July 07, 2015, 06:53:08 PM
I haven't scanned the thread so someone may have already shared this...

I just downloaded Annie Fischer's traversal of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas for $9.99 on cduniverse:

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=9039500
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 07, 2015, 07:55:22 PM
Quote from: bluemooze on July 06, 2015, 06:05:06 PM
Like what? 

Look here. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21529.msg906814.html#msg906814) The rare ones are the Lyrinx discs.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bluemooze on July 07, 2015, 08:59:54 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on July 07, 2015, 07:55:22 PM
Look here. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21529.msg906814.html#msg906814) The rare ones are the Lyrinx discs.

Thanks.  The SACD discs look interesting since I just bought a Blu-Ray player that supports SACD.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 08, 2015, 07:01:30 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on July 07, 2015, 07:55:22 PM
Look here. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21529.msg906814.html#msg906814) The rare ones are the Lyrinx discs.
!!!!!!! Do they have Rubackyte?!?!?!

*leaves a small cloud of dust*
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 08, 2015, 07:04:58 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 08, 2015, 07:01:30 AM
!!!!!!! Do they have Rubackyte?!?!?!

*leaves a small cloud of dust*
Well, the CD I wanted is 455 euros (http://www.amazon.de/Ann%C3%A9es-P%C3%A9lerinage-Rubackyte-Muza/dp/B00016JF4K/).  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 08, 2015, 07:57:24 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 08, 2015, 07:04:58 AM
Well, the CD I wanted is 455 euros (http://www.amazon.de/Ann%C3%A9es-P%C3%A9lerinage-Rubackyte-Muza/dp/B00016JF4K/).  ;D

Is this part of the Greek bail-out plan?  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 08, 2015, 09:34:56 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 08, 2015, 07:04:58 AM
Well, the CD I wanted is 455 euros (http://www.amazon.de/Ann%C3%A9es-P%C3%A9lerinage-Rubackyte-Muza/dp/B00016JF4K/).  ;D

Yeah, I looked around for that one, too! Unfortunately I couldn't find one in my price range. But one strange thing I ran into is this odd looking AmazonFr "pre-order" for December reissue. (http://www.amazon.fr/Liszt-Les-Ann%C3%A9es-p%C3%A9lerinage-int%C3%A9grale/dp/B00016JF4K) But I don't see it on any of the other Amazons!!

I want to jump for joy but I'm not sure what to make of it all. Is it legit? Any of you insiders know anything? ;D

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on July 08, 2015, 11:03:47 AM
Quote from: bluemooze on July 07, 2015, 08:59:54 PM
Thanks.  The SACD discs look interesting since I just bought a Blu-Ray player that supports SACD.   :)

If you're looking to give your SACD player a workout try this disc below. I don't have an SACD player but even in regular stereo it's in the top handful of greatest sounding piano recordings I've heard. And at the moment it's actually available on the US Amazon - well the Marketplace that is - new for relatively cheap:

 

[asin]B000R31N88[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 08, 2015, 11:12:22 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 08, 2015, 07:04:58 AM
Well, the CD I wanted is 455 euros (http://www.amazon.de/Ann%C3%A9es-P%C3%A9lerinage-Rubackyte-Muza/dp/B00016JF4K/).  ;D

Ain't no Bargain, let alone Super-Duper Cheap!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 08, 2015, 10:39:38 PM
Good morning to all.

The label MDG is priced down to 9,99 on JPC de, many good titles, so be quick about it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 09, 2015, 06:57:00 AM
Speaking of JPC.de, it's just TWO euros for this excellent HIP disc of Carl Stamitz' cello concertos (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Carl-Stamitz-1745-1801-Cellokonzerte-Nr-1-2/hnum/3869833). No. 2 is one of my favorite cello concertos of all time - I strongly recommend this!

EDIT: The entire Phoenix Edition label appears to be 1-3 euros per CD.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 09, 2015, 07:06:33 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 09, 2015, 06:57:00 AM
Speaking of JPC.de, it's just TWO euros for this excellent HIP disc of Carl Stamitz' cello concertos (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Carl-Stamitz-1745-1801-Cellokonzerte-Nr-1-2/hnum/3869833). No. 2 is one of my favorite cello concertos of all time - I strongly recommend this!

EDIT: The entire Phoenix Edition label appears to be 1-3 euros per CD.

I have it, and can confirm the excellence.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on July 09, 2015, 07:40:22 AM
I saw the Stamitz (there is another disc with a clarinet concerto) but was wary becaus that 1960s/70s HIP ensemble (Cappella coloniensis) is not always up to it (and Stamitz also composed some fairly trite stuff) but at 1.99... I probably have to try.

Are there special recs for the jpc MDG offers? I can maybe buy 3-5. I want to get one Vol. of the Burgmüller quartets. Also maybe the Klughardt chamber music, Foerster symphonies (3+4), Romberg quartets, Rheinberger nonet, Reinecke Cello sonatas... I cannot afford all of them. Is anyone familiar with Glazunov's string quartets? I do not really expect this composer to excel at this genre but apparently he composed 4 discs worth?!?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 09, 2015, 07:44:48 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on July 09, 2015, 07:40:22 AM
I saw the Stamitz (there is another disc with a clarinet concerto) but was wary becaus that 1960s/70s HIP ensemble (Cappella coloniensis) is not always up to it (and Stamitz also composed some fairly trite stuff) but at 1.99... I probably have to try.

Are there special recs for the jpc MDG offers? I can maybe buy 3-5. I want to get one Vol. of the Burgmüller quartets. Also maybe the Klughardt chamber music, Foerster symphonies (3+4), Romberg quartets, Rheinberger nonet, Reinecke Cello sonatas... I cannot afford all of them. Is anyone familiar with Glazunov's string quartets? I do not really expect this composer to excel at this genre but apparently he composed 4 discs worth?!?

Most of the MDG cd's are worth your money artistically and in terms of music. The Stamitz by Cappella Coloniensis is good enough to warrant the price.
The Glazunov SQ are excellent, good music, excellent performances. This composer excels in most what he does. Everybody is telling that he is a second rate composer, so all believe this.
But take it from me, Glazunov belongs firmly at the top with all his fellow Russian composers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 09, 2015, 07:46:27 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 09, 2015, 06:57:00 AM
Speaking of JPC.de, it's just TWO euros for this excellent HIP disc of Carl Stamitz' cello concertos (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Carl-Stamitz-1745-1801-Cellokonzerte-Nr-1-2/hnum/3869833). No. 2 is one of my favorite cello concertos of all time - I strongly recommend this!

EDIT: The entire Phoenix Edition label appears to be 1-3 euros per CD.

I bought about 16 titles from the Phoenix sale, most of them are very good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on July 09, 2015, 07:53:33 AM
I have heard a bunch of Glazunov's symphonies and the violin concerto so I do not need anyone telling me whether he is second rate, I can hear it myself :D (If everything and everybody is considered first rate, nothing really is.)
Do you have a favorite among the string quartets?

Of the Phoenix sale, some or probably gone by now, but I can recommend most of the Boccherini series and the CPE Bach is probably also good. I bought piano music by Krenek, Medtner and Schulhoff a few weeks ago when the sale had started.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 09, 2015, 07:55:07 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on July 09, 2015, 07:53:33 AM
I have heard a bunch of Glazunov's symphonies and the violin concerto so I do not need anyone telling me whether he is second rate, I can hear it myself :D (If everything and everybody is considered first rate, nothing really is.)
Do you have a favorite among the string quartets?

Of the Phoenix sale, some or probably gone by now, but I can recommend most of the Boccherini series and the CPE Bach is probably also good. I bought piano music by Krenek, Medtner and Schulhoff a few weeks ago when the sale had started.

No favourites, I like them all equally well.
And if you can hear that his work is second rate, then I say do not bother buying it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 09, 2015, 08:50:14 PM
Quote from: Harry's on July 09, 2015, 07:44:48 AM
But take it from me, Glazunov belongs firmly at the top with all his fellow Russian composers.

I heartily disagree. While Glazunov has composed some good works, I wouldn't consider him on par with Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, or the power Soviet duo: Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Glazunov composed pleasant music but nothing substantial.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 09, 2015, 09:11:45 PM
Add Rimsky to that list as well John.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 09, 2015, 09:15:59 PM
Quote from: The new erato on July 09, 2015, 09:11:45 PM
Add Rimsky to that list as well John.

Absolutely. 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 09, 2015, 10:54:42 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 09, 2015, 08:50:14 PM
I heartily disagree. While Glazunov has composed some good works, I wouldn't consider him on par with Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, or the power Soviet duo: Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Glazunov composed pleasant music but nothing substantial.

Yes of course you do, but then again I heartily disagree with you.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 09, 2015, 10:56:55 PM
Quote from: The new erato on July 09, 2015, 09:11:45 PM
Add Rimsky to that list as well John.

And I also disagree with you, RK is one of the best orchestrators Russia and the world ever had, and he is is a good composer also, in my ears also belonging to the top. And I know I am lonely in holding this opinion, but what the heck. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on July 09, 2015, 11:10:47 PM
I probably do not know Glazunov's music well enough (I ordered the Vol 1 of the quartets) but I would rate Rimsky higher, mainly because of the operas.

It is strange that there apparently was no Russian/Soviet recording of Glazunovs quartets, certainly not of the whole lot.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: EigenUser on July 10, 2015, 01:58:37 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 08, 2015, 07:04:58 AM
Well, the CD I wanted is 455 euros (http://www.amazon.de/Ann%C3%A9es-P%C3%A9lerinage-Rubackyte-Muza/dp/B00016JF4K/).  ;D
If you really want to make some people mad here, post a 455-euro download.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 10, 2015, 03:20:13 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 09, 2015, 08:50:14 PM
I heartily disagree. While Glazunov has composed some good works, I wouldn't consider him on par with Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, or the power Soviet duo: Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Glazunov composed pleasant music but nothing substantial.
It's ok if you don't like him or even feel his work is uneven. But to say he wrote nothing substantial is a bit silly. It makes me doubt that you have heard anything from Raymonda or the Violin Concerto, for example (and I say that as someone who doesn't always like violin concertos - it's a gorgeous piece and better than Shostakovich's in many ways in my opinion). I've picked up a few of orchestral works from the Naxos series and there is some great music there as well. The piano sonatas are really quite excellent too (have you heard them?). I could go on, but it's you that is missing out on some wonderful music...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 10, 2015, 05:07:04 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 10, 2015, 03:20:13 AM
It's ok if you don't like him or even feel his work is uneven. But to say he wrote nothing substantial is a bit silly. It makes me doubt that you have heard anything from Raymonda or the Violin Concerto, for example (and I say that as someone who doesn't always like violin concertos - it's a gorgeous piece and better than Shostakovich's in many ways in my opinion). I've picked up a few of orchestral works from the Naxos series and there is some great music there as well. The piano sonatas are really quite excellent too (have you heard them?). I could go on, but it's you that is missing out on some wonderful music...

Thank you Neal, I needed to hear that. MI can be quite harsh and uneven in his opinion. To say that he did not write substantial works, means that MI does not know the music by score, for if he would, he could recognize the excellence of many of his compositions.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 10, 2015, 05:17:14 AM
Quote from: Harry's on July 09, 2015, 10:56:55 PM
And I also disagree with you, RK is one of the best orchestrators Russia and the world ever had, and he is is a good composer also, in my ears also belonging to the top. And I know I am lonely in holding this opinion, but what the heck. :)

I share it with you, Harry. I have all of Rimsky's music and it rates very highly in my book. I also have a whole lot of Glazunov's, and I find his symphonies especially interesting. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 10, 2015, 06:33:28 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 10, 2015, 03:20:13 AM
It's ok if you don't like him or even feel his work is uneven. But to say he wrote nothing substantial is a bit silly. It makes me doubt that you have heard anything from Raymonda or the Violin Concerto, for example (and I say that as someone who doesn't always like violin concertos - it's a gorgeous piece and better than Shostakovich's in many ways in my opinion). I've picked up a few of orchestral works from the Naxos series and there is some great music there as well. The piano sonatas are really quite excellent too (have you heard them?). I could go on, but it's you that is missing out on some wonderful music...

I've heard Raymonda (The Seasons as well), all of his symphonies, many of the miscellaneous orchestral works, and most of his concertante works. In other words, I didn't reach my own opinion over night nor was it formulated on-the-spot, I have spent a good amount of time with Glazunov's music. I never understood the argument "it's me that is missing out." I'm not missing out on anything. I don't think much of this composer and feel that time is better spent with music that I do enjoy and get some emotional/intellectual gratification from. To each their own.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 10, 2015, 06:38:14 AM
Quote from: Harry's on July 10, 2015, 05:07:04 AM
Thank you Neal, I needed to hear that. MI can be quite harsh and uneven in his opinion. To say that he did not write substantial works, means that MI does not know the music by score, for if he would, he could recognize the excellence of many of his compositions.

Harry, dear friend, I can't, and won't, praise every composer that I hear. As I told Neal, I've heard plenty of Glazunov's music to formulate my opinion on him. It's nice music, but so much of it just feels like 'fluff' to me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 10, 2015, 06:56:36 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on July 10, 2015, 01:58:37 AM
If you really want to make some people mad here, post a 455-euro download.
Ha!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 10, 2015, 07:04:47 AM
When people dismiss composers as producers of fluff, I usually read that as composers who create appealing and entertaining music. I love Rimsky, Offenbach, Strauss Jr and von Suppe. You guys can worry about whether it's "substantial" enough. I'm just going to listen to it and appreciate it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Hiker on July 11, 2015, 01:35:07 AM
I've just ordered the EMI set of Mahler's complete works for £14.60, including postage, from Amazon in Spain. Mahler has been creeping into my eardrums lately, so this was an opportunity too good to miss.

http://www.amazon.es/Mahler-Complete-Works-Anniversary-Edition/dp/B003D0ZNWY

[asin]B003D0ZNWY[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on July 11, 2015, 01:17:01 PM
Glazunov is a great composer from his symphonies to his concertos, to his ballet works.  Love his music.  To each his own indeed, but he's hardly fluff and has tunes that rival Tchaikovsky at times (and I love Tchaikovsky). 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 11, 2015, 06:53:47 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on July 11, 2015, 01:17:01 PM
Glazunov is a great composer from his symphonies to his concertos, to his ballet works.  Love his music.  To each his own indeed, but he's hardly fluff and has tunes that rival Tchaikovsky at times (and I love Tchaikovsky).

You know you do bring up something that I wish to resolve and that's listening to more of Glazunov's music as it's been probably five years or so since I've done any kind of serious listening. Perhaps I was a bit 'harsh' in my criticism, but as I've stated before, it wasn't without foundation. I should get out the Serebrier series on Warner and give those discs some spins. Unfortunately, all of the Glazunov belongs to my dad, so I might just buy Serebrier's series since it's boxed up now just to have a copy of my own. 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 11, 2015, 07:02:47 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 11, 2015, 06:53:47 PM
You know you do bring up something that I wish to resolve and that's listening to more of Glazunov's music as it's been probably five years or so since I've done any kind of serious listening. Perhaps I was a bit 'harsh' in my criticism, but as I've stated before, it wasn't without foundation. I should get out the Serebrier series on Warner and give those discs some spins. Unfortunately, all of the Glazunov belongs to my dad, so I might just buy Serebrier's series since it's boxed up now just to have a copy of my own. 8)

If you are shopping, John, you might see if these are available. I got them several years ago (all except symphony #1, dammit!!) and they are really quite good. I can't give you any hints; I got them on eBay with a box full of Russian disks.

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 11, 2015, 07:12:46 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on July 11, 2015, 07:02:47 PM
If you are shopping, John, you might see if these are available. I got them several years ago (all except symphony #1, dammit!!) and they are really quite good. I can't give you any hints; I got them on eBay with a box full of Russian disks.

8)

Yep, my dad mentioned how he liked Svetlanov's Glazunov cycle. I'm just blowing smoke mainly, I don't know if I want to explore Glazunov's music again anytime soon since the last endeavor didn't leave me with a good impression. I do know, however, one work of Glazunov's that I love and it's called From the Middle Ages, which is an orchestral work. Jarvi's performance of this work is the best I've heard:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/616QK5EvauL.jpg)

Has anyone heard this recording? It's quite good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 12, 2015, 11:28:20 AM
The Svetlanov Russian music in the French import box sets is consistently great with incredible sound. The Glazunov is no exception.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 12, 2015, 12:03:24 PM
You guys should leave the SDCB thread (bargains, bargains) and go and duke it out in Glazunov's Vodka Glass!    :D

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,7829.0.html (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,7829.0.html)

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hriC3SLe-QA/maxresdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on July 12, 2015, 12:58:20 PM
www.jpc.de is clearing the Phoenix-Edition label, with some interesting off-the-beaten-track repertoire...

https://www.jpc.de/s/Phoenix+Edition?searchtype=label


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on July 12, 2015, 02:46:34 PM
Well, I like Rozhdestvensky's cycle myself (a bit glassy and brittle at times thought) and I do have 3 other cycles as well, including Serebrier, Jarvi, and Fedoseyev.  Svetlanov is a bit slow for me, but I do have some of his recordings as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 15, 2015, 12:41:34 AM
Zinman's symphony box at Am.de for about 50 euros

http://www.amazon.de/Great-Symphonies-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B00I0IL3FA (http://www.amazon.de/Great-Symphonies-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B00I0IL3FA)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71aBFnqQLyL._SL1500_.jpg)

CD 1-13: Beethoven: Sinfonien 1-9, Konzerte , Ouvertüren, Missa Solemnis
CD 14-16: Brahms: Sinfonien 1-4
CD17: Haydn, Hummel, David Wagenseil: Konzerte für Trompete & Posaune
CD18-33: Mahler: Sinfonien 1-10, Das Lied von der Erde
CD34-35: Mozart: Violinkonzerte 1-7, Haffner Serenade
CD36-40: Schubert: Sinfonien 1-8, Rondo, Polonaise, Konzertstück in D-Dur
CD41-42: Schumann: Sinfonien 1-4
CD43-49: Richard Strauss: Orchesterwerke, Burleske für Klavier und Orchester in d-Moll (1957)
CD 50: Wagner: Orchesterstücke
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 15, 2015, 12:45:41 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 15, 2015, 12:41:34 AM
Zinman's symphony box at Am.de for about 50 euros

http://www.amazon.de/Great-Symphonies-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B00I0IL3FA (http://www.amazon.de/Great-Symphonies-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B00I0IL3FA)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71aBFnqQLyL._SL1500_.jpg)

CD 1-13: Beethoven: Sinfonien 1-9, Konzerte , Ouvertüren, Missa Solemnis
CD 14-16: Brahms: Sinfonien 1-4
CD17: Haydn, Hummel, David Wagenseil: Konzerte für Trompete & Posaune
CD18-33: Mahler: Sinfonien 1-10, Das Lied von der Erde
CD34-35: Mozart: Violinkonzerte 1-7, Haffner Serenade
CD36-40: Schubert: Sinfonien 1-8, Rondo, Polonaise, Konzertstück in D-Dur
CD41-42: Schumann: Sinfonien 1-4
CD43-49: Richard Strauss: Orchesterwerke, Burleske für Klavier und Orchester in d-Moll (1957)
CD 50: Wagner: Orchesterstücke


The same price at JPC de   :)
I already have too much of this box in separates, otherwise this would have been a no brainer. All performances are excellent to outstanding, especially the Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 15, 2015, 01:01:08 AM
this one's down to 47€ in Italy - I like it a lot:

[asin]B002SV3KOM[/asin]
http://www.amazon.fr/Aldo-Ciccolini-Enregistrements-EMI-1950-1991/dp/B002SV3KOM/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 15, 2015, 03:39:02 AM
am.de has the giant "Brilliant Bach" for 69.99 Euros.  142 disc.  (link is for US one...)

[asin]B00L2SQVS4[/asin]

I bought this when it first came out, and had some bad discs and some weirdness (all the sleeves open on the wrong side!).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 15, 2015, 08:12:17 AM
For US Amazon Prime members, the Decca Sound big box (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E0H8KAQ/) will have a flash sale at 1pm New York time. Mercury Living Presence an hour later.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 15, 2015, 09:06:25 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 15, 2015, 08:12:17 AM
For US Amazon Prime members, the Decca Sound big box (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E0H8KAQ/) will have a flash sale at 1pm New York time.

Ooh, but that is a temptation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 15, 2015, 09:19:24 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 15, 2015, 09:06:25 AM
Ooh, but that is a temptation.
$80
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 15, 2015, 09:36:56 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on July 15, 2015, 09:19:24 AM
$80

Aye.  I think that qualifies as Super-Duper Cheap  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 15, 2015, 09:41:42 AM
The Mercury Living Presence box is less alluring to me, only because I enjoy a strangely high ratio of redundancy there, 13 out of the 50 . . . which means, too, that a large proportion of the new-to-me discs are Pops-ly or Warhorse-ish, and therefore rather low priority (YMMV).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 15, 2015, 09:50:22 AM
Well, I hesitated on that Decca box, and seem to have lost!  Great to see that they got snapped up, all the same.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 15, 2015, 11:07:04 AM
Coming up soon: ANOTHER Mercury box, and "Colin Davis: The Philips Years"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 15, 2015, 11:24:30 AM
In that other Mercury box, though my redundancies are still notable, all the rest is value added by me . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 15, 2015, 11:28:11 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 12, 2015, 12:03:24 PM
You guys should leave the SDCB thread (bargains, bargains) and go and duke it out in Glazunov's Vodka Glass!    :D

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,7829.0.html (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,7829.0.html)

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hriC3SLe-QA/maxresdefault.jpg)

+1

Especially coming from Moonfish, who is banned for life from SDCBT  >:D :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on July 15, 2015, 12:46:27 PM
At Am.Spain  (of which I'm a premium member) this is at 37€ today  (cheaper than anywhere else AFAIK ). Needless to say, I went for it  (as I had been contemplating this set for a while):

[asin]B008KGWWL6[/asin]
Being on vacation does not mean one shouldn't keep an eye out for super - duper - cheap bargains  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 15, 2015, 12:46:51 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 15, 2015, 11:28:11 AM
+1

Especially coming from Moonfish, who is banned for life from SDCBT  >:D :laugh:

:'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 15, 2015, 02:01:12 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 15, 2015, 12:46:51 PM
:'( :'( :'(

You spent a thousand bucks on one box!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 15, 2015, 02:32:17 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 15, 2015, 02:01:12 PM
You spent a thousand bucks on one box!

Huh? Never!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on July 19, 2015, 02:33:21 AM
Vladimir Horowitz in Recital-Complete Unreleased Live Columbia Recordings 50 CD set
EUR 32,90 to preorder from amazon spain

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B00RKSTMCC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

[asin]B00RKSTMCC[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 19, 2015, 03:18:08 AM
aDE has it for 170€ ... and gives an October release date:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00RKSTMCC

this will NOT overlap with the Carnegie Hall box?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bluemooze on July 19, 2015, 07:45:26 AM
Quote from: jserraglio on July 19, 2015, 02:33:21 AM
Vladimir Horowitz in Recital-Complete Unreleased Live Columbia Recordings 50 CD set
EUR 32,90 to preorder from amazon spain

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B00RKSTMCC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

[asin]B00RKSTMCC[/asin]

Thanks for the info.   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 19, 2015, 12:57:05 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 15, 2015, 02:32:17 PM
Huh? Never!

Didn't tou spend nearly that on a Concertgebouw box?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 19, 2015, 01:03:41 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 19, 2015, 12:57:05 PM
Didn't tou spend nearly that on a Concertgebouw box?

Nope. About $400 (but for 150 discs!).... 
Am I still banned?  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 19, 2015, 02:41:38 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 19, 2015, 01:03:41 PM
Nope. About $400 (but for 150 discs!).... 
Am I still banned?  ::)

Ego te absolvo.  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 19, 2015, 06:19:27 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 19, 2015, 02:41:38 PM
Ego te absolvo.  :laugh:

0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 20, 2015, 02:37:41 AM
no luck with the Horowitz deal ... half suspected it, but it's still lame - here's what just landed in my inbox:

QuoteNos ponemos en contacto contigo para informarte de que el precio de "Vladimir Horowitz in Recital-Compl.Columbia Rec." (ASIN: B00RKSTMCC) era manifiestamente erróneo en el momento en que realizaste el pedido en Amazon.es, por lo que lo hemos cancelado y no te hemos cargado el importe del mismo.

It's listed again without price on aES now, while the price on aDE (http://www.amazon.de/In-Recital-Vladimir-Horowitz/dp/B00RKSTMCC) has gone down a bit (to 160€)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on July 20, 2015, 07:20:24 AM
Quote from: jserraglio on July 19, 2015, 02:33:21 AM
Vladimir Horowitz in Recital-Complete Unreleased Live Columbia Recordings 50 CD set
EUR 32,90 to preorder from amazon spain

http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B00RKSTMCC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

[asin]B00RKSTMCC[/asin]

Already received a cancellation notice from Amazon.es for this:

"We contact you to inform you that the price of
"Vladimir Horowitz in Recital-Compl.Columbia Rec." (ASIN: B00RKSTMCC) was
manifestly incorrect at the time you placed your order at Amazon.es,
so we have canceled and we have not charged the amount thereof. "
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 20, 2015, 08:18:14 AM
Quote from: king ubu on July 20, 2015, 02:37:41 AM
no luck with the Horowitz deal ... half suspected it, but it's still lame

Quote from: MyronM on July 20, 2015, 07:20:24 AM
Already received a cancellation notice from Amazon.es for this:

"We contact you to inform you that the price of
"Vladimir Horowitz in Recital-Compl.Columbia Rec." (ASIN: B00RKSTMCC) was
manifestly incorrect at the time you placed your order at Amazon.es,
so we have canceled and we have not charged the amount thereof. "

It was kind of expected with such a major mistake in place. What was surprising was that nobody at Am.es seemed to have noticed for almost two days!!! They must have had thousands of orders of that box!!    >:D >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 20, 2015, 08:19:46 AM
Every single CD visible in that Horowitz box image is a Sunday concert. Maybe Horowitz was like a football team...only played once a week.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 20, 2015, 08:22:52 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 20, 2015, 08:19:46 AM
Every single CD visible in that Horowitz box image is a Sunday concert. Maybe Horowitz was like a football team...only played once a week.

Does that mean we should listen to Horowitz on Sundays?  0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on July 20, 2015, 09:09:58 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 20, 2015, 08:18:14 AM
It was kind of expected with such a major mistake in place. What was surprising was that nobody at Am.es seemed to have noticed for almost two days!!! They must have had thousands of orders of that box!!    >:D >:D

As we speak, it is actually number one on the Amazon.es classical bestseller list.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 20, 2015, 09:14:11 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on July 20, 2015, 09:09:58 AM
As we speak, it is actually number one on the Amazon.es classical bestseller list.

Thats because I ordered 15 sets for my classical friends for Christmas 2015.
Sadly I have to find another present ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on July 21, 2015, 02:55:34 AM
Any difference of contents beetween these box?

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Kfq5FwngL.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61y42GuxBEL.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71gREW6n7ZL._SL1500_.jpg)

I own the first one...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on July 21, 2015, 09:45:17 AM
I don't know about the last one, but I would bet that they are all different. The first two are indispensable as far as I'm concerned.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 23, 2015, 12:38:05 AM
Michel Plasson & l'Opera francais  at Amazon.de for 27 euros.

http://www.amazon.de/Plasson-Lopera-Francais-Michel/dp/B008NIS38C (http://www.amazon.de/Plasson-Lopera-Francais-Michel/dp/B008NIS38C)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91abARnbemL._SL1500_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91jEk3Tt-BL._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on July 23, 2015, 12:55:47 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 23, 2015, 12:38:05 AM
Michel Plasson & l'Opera francais  at Amazon.de for 27 euros.

http://www.amazon.de/Plasson-Lopera-Francais-Michel/dp/B008NIS38C (http://www.amazon.de/Plasson-Lopera-Francais-Michel/dp/B008NIS38C)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91abARnbemL._SL1500_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91jEk3Tt-BL._SL1500_.jpg)
Wow. If I didn't already have 7 of these recordings, I'd pounce!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maestro267 on July 24, 2015, 03:49:12 AM
I'm a regular charity-shop bargain hunter, and today I found a recording of Vaughan Williams' "A Sea Symphony" for a great price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 24, 2015, 03:59:15 AM
Quote from: Maestro267 on July 24, 2015, 03:49:12 AM
I'm a regular charity-shop bargain hunter, and today I found a recording of Vaughan Williams' "A Sea Symphony" for a great price.

Nice!  Which?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 24, 2015, 11:43:02 PM
At Amazon.it:

Wiener Philharmoniker  - 67 euros
http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00M8PBQT4 (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00M8PBQT4)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V3WWhbeDL.jpg)


Ozawa  - 36 euros
http://www.amazon.it/Collected-recordings-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00UI8TSCU (http://www.amazon.it/Collected-recordings-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00UI8TSCU)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81spiYoNlLL._SL1477_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/810d4oT1GYL._SL1488_.jpg)

Mahler - 150th Anniversary Box - 17 euros

http://www.amazon.it/150th-Anniversary-Box-Various-Artists/dp/B003D0ZNWY (http://www.amazon.it/150th-Anniversary-Box-Various-Artists/dp/B003D0ZNWY)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91ZrFidlijL._SL1500_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/614xLog31KL.jpg)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on July 25, 2015, 04:11:37 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 23, 2015, 12:38:05 AM
Michel Plasson & l'Opera francais  at Amazon.de for 27 euros.

http://www.amazon.de/Plasson-Lopera-Francais-Michel/dp/B008NIS38C (http://www.amazon.de/Plasson-Lopera-Francais-Michel/dp/B008NIS38C)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91abARnbemL._SL1500_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91jEk3Tt-BL._SL1500_.jpg)

Another price cut - down to 22,59 euros.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 25, 2015, 06:23:26 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on July 24, 2015, 11:43:02 PMOzawa  - 36 euros
http://www.amazon.it/Collected-recordings-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00UI8TSCU (http://www.amazon.it/Collected-recordings-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00UI8TSCU)[/url]

That's not really a good deal as I can get it for a dollar more (including shipping) from an Amazon US third-party seller.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Maestro267 on July 25, 2015, 10:36:13 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 24, 2015, 03:59:15 AM
Nice!  Which?

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 25, 2015, 12:07:21 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 25, 2015, 06:23:26 AM
That's not really a good deal as I can get it for a dollar more (including shipping) from an Amazon US third-party seller.

Better than for me as it would be $54 w/ shipping from import cd.  A bulk buy from Am.it would make it substantially cheaper.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on July 25, 2015, 02:14:33 PM
Quote from: Maestro267 on July 24, 2015, 03:49:12 AM
I'm a regular charity-shop bargain hunter, and today I found a recording of Vaughan Williams' "A Sea Symphony" for a great price.

Good to hear that - charity shops provide a large proportion of my purchases too (perhaps we need a separate thread, entitled "Gloating over unrepeatable windfalls").  My latest:

[asin]B000001GH2[/asin]

last week, from Oxfam in Ely, Cambridgeshire, for £2.99.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 27, 2015, 03:40:36 AM
Quote from: Maestro267 on July 25, 2015, 10:36:13 AM
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Leonard Slatkin.

I don't know that 'un;  what do you think?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on August 01, 2015, 02:07:49 PM
This looks like a good opportunity, IMO:

Dmitri Shostakovich: The Symphonies
Complete Recording
12 SACD-BOX (hybrid)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Dmitrij Kitajenko

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71JvjWAEJdL._SL1223_.jpg)

Amazon.fr: EUR 19.44

http://www.amazon.fr/Dimitri-Chostakovitch-15-symphonies/dp/B001GZ011Q/ref=pd_sim_15_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0Z1W3TPEDBV103A6N1HQ
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on August 01, 2015, 11:25:47 PM
Quote from: Gordo on August 01, 2015, 02:07:49 PM
This looks like a good opportunity, IMO:

Dmitri Shostakovich: The Symphonies
Complete Recording
12 SACD-BOX (hybrid)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Dmitrij Kitajenko

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71JvjWAEJdL._SL1223_.jpg)

Amazon.fr: EUR 19.44

http://www.amazon.fr/Dimitri-Chostakovitch-15-symphonies/dp/B001GZ011Q/ref=pd_sim_15_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0Z1W3TPEDBV103A6N1HQ

Thank you for posting that; I have placed my order as I did not have the cycle.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ubertrout on August 02, 2015, 01:08:13 PM
Selling for EUR 16 on Amazon.it

[asin]B003LQSHBO[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on August 02, 2015, 05:47:07 PM
Hi ubertrout.  I think you came over from sa-cd.net where the forum there is imploding.

Anyway, that same set can be had at Amazon for $25.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on August 03, 2015, 05:39:17 AM
to possibly help towards SDCB :

Amazon has a £10 offer off orders above £50 for today only. only valid on Amazon UK items (not MP). Enter code BIGTHANKS at check out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on August 03, 2015, 05:59:17 AM
Quote from: aligreto on August 01, 2015, 11:25:47 PM
Thank you for posting that; I have placed my order as I did not have the cycle.

My pleasure, sir. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on August 05, 2015, 09:22:05 AM
The new version of Brilliant Classics' Handel Edition (65 cds) is being offered on Amazon for $20.99 USD.

[asin]B0106UFMP6[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 05, 2015, 09:28:32 AM
Dadgummit.  I don't need another doorstop.  But, $21 for 65 CDs is a Super-Duper Cheap Bargain!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on August 05, 2015, 10:01:30 AM
Nice catch! Ordered!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on August 05, 2015, 10:19:26 AM
How can I argue with that or myself?

£18.57p guaranteed and delivered to the UK for 65 cds of Handel....a happy customer!

This is super duper stuff, mucho thanks for another tip top heads up.

Ordered.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on August 05, 2015, 11:57:15 AM
Quote from: stingo on August 05, 2015, 10:01:30 AM
Nice catch! Ordered!
Me too. Even though it is unlikely that box will ever be opened.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 05, 2015, 12:51:15 PM
I came close to pulling the trigger on the Handel box... but I already have more Handel than I'll ever listen to, so I decided no.  It rankles though!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on August 05, 2015, 05:58:55 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 05, 2015, 09:28:32 AM
Dadgummit.  I don't need another doorstop.  But, $21 for 65 CDs is a Super-Duper Cheap Bargain!

Me as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2015, 12:47:42 AM
Alright, so my iron will lasted less than 24 hours. Click.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 06, 2015, 01:26:15 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2015, 12:47:42 AM
Alright, so my iron will lasted less than 24 hours. Click.
I am trying to hold strong...so far so good....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on August 06, 2015, 05:51:07 AM
Arkiv's having another one-day sale:

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/listPage.jsp?list_id=4326&page_size=100&page_type=4

I grabbed the Adolf Busch 3-CD Bach set for $5:

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=205079
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 06, 2015, 05:54:46 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 06, 2015, 01:26:15 AM
I am trying to hold strong...so far so good....

My strategy has been:  immersion in the Kitayenko/Shostakovich set!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2015, 09:50:34 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 06, 2015, 01:26:15 AM
I am trying to hold strong...so far so good....

I'm full of admiration. But this morning I asked myself ... why resist?

And couldn't find a sensible reason....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 06, 2015, 09:57:02 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2015, 09:50:34 AM
I'm full of admiration. But this morning I asked myself ... why resist?

And couldn't find a sensible reason....
I hear you, and yet, I have to really want a box to enjoy it. I have discovered that I rarely seem to listen to the bigger boxes in my collection.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: springrite on August 06, 2015, 10:32:38 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 06, 2015, 09:57:02 AM
I hear you, and yet, I have to really want a box to enjoy it. I have discovered that I rarely seem to listen to the bigger boxes in my collection.

It's not necessarily for listening. It's for ego boost.  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 06, 2015, 10:37:01 AM
Hah!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 06, 2015, 01:13:51 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 06, 2015, 09:57:02 AM
I hear you, and yet, I have to really want a box to enjoy it. I have discovered that I rarely seem to listen to the bigger boxes in my collection.

I've long suspected it, and this confirms it. You are a very wise fellow.

That's true of me too. I justify the purchase on the ground that I'm buying the potential to listen, but I know there's more to it than that, and that there's a purely acquisitive impulse lurking not very far below the surface. I just don't want to admit it to myself.
Sigh ....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on August 06, 2015, 04:48:40 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 06, 2015, 09:50:34 AM
I'm full of admiration. But this morning I asked myself ... why resist?

And couldn't find a sensible reason....

For $20??? When a drink at Starbucks cost $5 and a bar drink costs $10? Even if you think you might be remotely interested in it you should just buy it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on August 06, 2015, 10:49:48 PM
Considerations of space? I am pretty sure I would not buy a 60 disc box with Donizetti operas for 30 EUR because it would mainly/only take away space.

The Handel box is a great bargain even if one wants only a fraction of the music contained, but I have almost all of the music and sometimes the same interpretations from earlier Brilliant issues (I got Brilliant's first Handel box with 35 or so discs in the early 2000s), so I'll pass.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 07, 2015, 12:15:21 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on August 06, 2015, 10:49:48 PM
Considerations of space? I am pretty sure I would not buy a 60 disc box with Donizetti operas for 30 EUR because it would mainly/only take away space.

The Handel box is a great bargain even if one wants only a fraction of the music contained, but I have almost all of the music and sometimes the same interpretations from earlier Brilliant issues (I got Brilliant's first Handel box with 35 or so discs in the early 2000s), so I'll pass.

Yes, yes, that was how my thinking went too. But then I thought that if I had it, and found that it proved redundant after all, I could just choose to give it away.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 07, 2015, 11:42:34 AM
So I finally went through the contents of the Handel box and it is missing operas. So the one thing that potentially attracted me is missing. I only mention this for others who may be considering the box. Otherwise, it has a lot of his works...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on August 07, 2015, 03:06:32 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 07, 2015, 11:42:34 AM
So I finally went through the contents of the Handel box and it is missing operas. So the one thing that potentially attracted me is missing. I only mention this for others who may be considering the box. Otherwise, it has a lot of his works...
Actually the reason I bought it is because it doesn't have the operas ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on August 08, 2015, 12:41:33 AM
It's not quite clear to me which recordings are included in the new Brilliant Handel box. I think the chamber music is still the crd recordings that have been included in the very first and were also available as a separate box. They are sometimes a little dry but not bad (and it will certainly cost you more than $20 to get better recordings).

The concerti grossi are probably Brown/ASMF (from Haenssler). The organ concerti are Brilliant's own (Schmidt/Matt), modern instruments but quite lively and pretty good. (Of course both the concerti grossi and the organ concerti are a rather crowded field.)

Apparently Brilliant recorded another batch of keyboard music with Roberto Loreggian (discs 24-28), including several rarely recorded pieces. (I'd be interested in these but they are probably not going to be issued separately.)

#29 the German Arias are probably still with Auger (Berlin Classics), very good.

30-35 probably Brilliant's own recordings of some italian cantatas (I have not heard any of them, the old edition had two discs licensed from hungaroton with Maria Zadori, they were very good.)

Not sure about the rest.
42 and 43 are a curiosity: East German recordings of the Dettingen Te Deum and the Birthday (translated into German or rather changed to "peaceful", socialism-compatible texts).

The Jephtha might still be Creed (Berlin).

Of the other oratorios, I guess that Judas, Semele, Solomon and Theodora are Somary's ca. 1970 recordings. They are all abridged, certainly show their age, the chorus can be quite mediocre but some of the solo singers are absolutely first rate (Forrester!), so I think at least Judas and Theodora still merit one's attention. (If they are Somary's, the weakest is "Solomon" with the title role re-cast with a bass and the mediocre chorus does not help in this piece either.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Walt Whitman on August 09, 2015, 05:24:24 PM
We'll see how this one pans out, but...

Brilliant Classics is coming out with a 65 CD "Handel Edition" Box August 21 on Amazon US. Amazon's "Preorder Guarantee" price is $20.99 plus shipping. My order is in, but I'm not holding my breath; I just wonder what the "We're sorry..." response will be like, though stranger things have happened.

Who knows, this may turn out to be a pleasant surprise!

/optimism

Shhh!

Hurry!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 09, 2015, 05:27:55 PM
Quote from: Walt Whitman on August 09, 2015, 05:24:24 PM
We'll see how this one pans out, but...

Brilliant Classics is coming out with a 65 CD "Handel Edition" Box August 21 on Amazon US. Amazon's "Preorder Guarantee" price is $20.99 plus shipping. My order is in, but I'm not holding my breath; I just wonder what the "We're sorry..." response will be like, though stranger things have happened.

Who knows, this may turn out to be a pleasant surprise!

/optimism

Shhh!

Hurry!

I fully expect Amazon to honor that price as legitimate.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Walt Whitman on August 09, 2015, 05:36:16 PM
I sure hope you're right!

65 CD's of Handel for $20.99 would be truly super-duper!  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 09, 2015, 08:30:36 PM
Quote from: Walt Whitman on August 09, 2015, 05:24:24 PM
We'll see how this one pans out, but...

Brilliant Classics is coming out with a 65 CD "Handel Edition" Box August 21 on Amazon US. Amazon's "Preorder Guarantee" price is $20.99 plus shipping. My order is in, but I'm not holding my breath; I just wonder what the "We're sorry..." response will be like, though stranger things have happened.

Who knows, this may turn out to be a pleasant surprise!

/optimism

Shhh!

Hurry!
The price has remained unchanged for at least several days now, so it seems like it is real (although every other site has it priced much higher). If it was a mistake, you would think they would have noticed by day 2. It's ranked #107 in all of music too (and #2 for classical symphonies).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 10, 2015, 01:08:48 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 09, 2015, 08:30:36 PM
The price has remained unchanged for at least several days now, so it seems like it is real (although every other site has it priced much higher). If it was a mistake, you would think they would have noticed by day 2. It's ranked #107 in all of music too (and #2 for classical symphonies).

Yes. What surprises me is that I thought it was one of those marketing exercises where the price starts off ludicrously low and then grows as more copies are sold. But that doesn't seem to have happened here (yet).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on August 10, 2015, 01:32:48 AM
Sorry to rain on your parade, but I think that most likely the person in charge of detecting such mistakes is on holiday and that's the reason this has gone undetected for so many days.

I thought of ordering it too just in case, but I have a personal deterrent nobody here has talked about. I keep a detailed catalogue of all my classical records, with a list of every work, interpreter, record label and year of recording. The thought of 65 CDs of Handel, with hundreds of pieces, some of them licensed, as it is usual for Brilliant, from unknown labels with no hint of when it was recorded or released, entails for me an amount of work and research that I cannot afford at the moment. I prefer to listen to the Handel I already have, most of which, honest to say, remains untouched.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 10, 2015, 10:05:35 AM
I let itunes catalog my music for me, and use the time I save listening to music. Once I rip a box set, it goes into automatic rotation. Music streams 24/7 to my entire house. So wherever I am, if I want to listen to music, I just turn on the stereo and it plays. No music goes unheard.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 10, 2015, 10:41:10 AM
Quote from: bigshot on August 10, 2015, 10:05:35 AM
I let itunes catalog my music for me, and use the time I save listening to music. Once I rip a box set, it goes into automatic rotation. Music streams 24/7 to my entire house. So wherever I am, if I want to listen to music, I just turn on the stereo and it plays. No music goes unheard.

This is both appealing and unappealing. I want to choose what I listen to -- usually. But sometimes random chance is good. And it would be good to be reminded of discs I have forgotten. I have tons of those. And too often put on what is in my living room, not upstairs where most of the discs live.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on August 10, 2015, 12:35:10 PM
Quote from: bigshot on August 10, 2015, 10:05:35 AM
I let itunes catalog my music for me, and use the time I save listening to music. Once I rip a box set, it goes into automatic rotation. Music streams 24/7 to my entire house. So wherever I am, if I want to listen to music, I just turn on the stereo and it plays. No music goes unheard.

Are you using the latest version of iTunes, 12.2.1.16? I use it, and am having problems with tracks freezing temporarily. It happens with both wireless speakers and a set that are attached to my desktop computer (non-wireless).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 10, 2015, 06:41:16 PM
I think I have a lot of that already or good alternatives.   65 discs will be more than I can Handel.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 10, 2015, 08:33:38 PM
Quote from: listener on August 10, 2015, 06:41:16 PM
I think I have a lot of that already or good alternatives.   65 discs will be more than I can Handel.
Very punny! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on August 11, 2015, 01:45:17 AM
Amazon Spain:

Celibidache Volume 3: French and Russian Music - EMI/Warner: €8.70 (11 CD)
http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B005HYNCTA?

David Oistrakh: The Complete EMI Recordings (17cd) - €11.40
http://www.amazon.es/dp/B001ASVXSE/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 11, 2015, 02:52:08 AM
Quote from: hafod on August 11, 2015, 01:45:17 AM
Amazon Spain:

Celibidache Volume 3: French and Russian Music - EMI/Warner: €8.70 (11 CD)
http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B005HYNCTA?

David Oistrakh: The Complete EMI Recordings (17cd) - €11.40
http://www.amazon.es/dp/B001ASVXSE/

The Oistrakh is an excellent set.  And that is too sweet a price for the Celibidache to resist . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 11, 2015, 10:18:26 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 10, 2015, 10:41:10 AM
This is both appealing and unappealing. I want to choose what I listen to -- usually.

Well of course, I can select anything I want to play quickly using my iPhone as a remote control.

Quote from: Jay F on August 10, 2015, 12:35:10 PM
Are you using the latest version of iTunes, 12.2.1.16? I use it, and am having problems with tracks freezing temporarily. It happens with both wireless speakers and a set that are attached to my desktop computer (non-wireless).

I'm using the current iTunes and it works fine. It's not likely to be the speakers causing the problem. It sounds to me like your iTunes database needs to be rebuilt. With a large library this can take a while so be prepared if you are going to do it. The Apple support page on rebuilding the database is here... https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201561
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on August 13, 2015, 01:35:09 AM
Cross-posted from the "Purchases today" thread:

Quote from: ritter on August 13, 2015, 01:31:12 AM
Bought at 4€ yeterday at amazon.es:

[asin]B000002S4V[/asin]

Could qualify as super-duper cheap bargain. There's still one copy left at the time of writing... ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on August 13, 2015, 09:53:06 AM
Since we are noting the 2-disc Solomon late Beethoven set, worth pointing out that an Amazon US MP seller has the Icon set for about $12 + shipping:

http://www.amazon.com/Icon-Solomon-Cutner/dp/B00166QKJM

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 15, 2015, 02:20:38 PM
Brilliant's Fauré Edition currently £14.44 on am uk:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EZCVEPY?keywords=faure%20edition&qid=1439676782&ref_=sr_1_1&s=music&sr=1-1

(Don't seem to be able to insert the Amazon code; wondering if this is the latest little annoyance Windows 10 is inflicting on me.)

Various reviews recommend the contents highly, with the possible exception of Colin Davis's "glacial and soporific" Requiem.

Although not currently in stock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on August 15, 2015, 11:57:25 PM
The Solomon icon box is really a disgrace: it has only op.106 of the 5 late sonatas, so one would have to get the older separate set as well. I cannot understand how they messed up some of those boxes...

Edwin Fischer's icon box is even worse in some respects because the stuff not included there (e.g. Schumann's Fantasy) is not available at all, and it would only have been 2-3 more discs more to include all of his recorded legacy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 16, 2015, 12:37:24 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on August 15, 2015, 11:57:25 PM
The Solomon icon box is really a disgrace: it has only op.106 of the 5 late sonatas, so one would have to get the older separate set as well. I cannot understand how they messed up some of those boxes...

Edwin Fischer's icon box is even worse in some respects because the stuff not included there (e.g. Schumann's Fantasy) is not available at all, and it would only have been 2-3 more discs more to include all of his recorded legacy.

I quite agree.... :(  Is it really so hard to issue Solomon's entire unfinished Beethoven cycle?  ::) Which already have on separate Testament issues BTW....

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on August 16, 2015, 07:05:11 PM
Question re the Handel Edition.
Has anyone received an estimated shipment date for their order?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on August 16, 2015, 07:09:01 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on August 16, 2015, 07:05:11 PM
Question re the Handel Edition.
Has anyone received an estimated shipment date for their order?

Yes, February 14th, 2017...oh wait that's when the zombie apocalypse is predicted to happen. :-[
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 17, 2015, 01:36:21 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on August 16, 2015, 07:05:11 PM
Question re the Handel Edition.
Has anyone received an estimated shipment date for their order?

No, Jeffrey, but I see it's still offered, with a clear statement of pre-Order price guarantee.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on August 17, 2015, 06:44:51 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on August 16, 2015, 07:05:11 PM
Question re the Handel Edition.
Has anyone received an estimated shipment date for their order?

No. This is what my account says:

"Delivery estimate: We need a little more time to provide you with a good estimate. We'll notify you via e-mail as soon as we have an estimated delivery date."

I pre-ordered my copy on August 9.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 17, 2015, 07:37:03 AM
Quote from: Will Sheard on August 17, 2015, 06:44:51 AM
No. This is what my account says:

"Delivery estimate: We need a little more time to provide you with a good estimate. We'll notify you via e-mail as soon as we have an estimated delivery date."

I pre-ordered my copy on August 9.

I'm sure there was huge demand.  I was very nearly tempted, myself  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on August 17, 2015, 10:28:57 AM
The Seattle Symphony's recent recording of Ives, Carter & Gershwin on its own label is currently priced at $2.78 at Amazon US (not a MP) seller:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IXWIHIO
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on August 17, 2015, 10:30:52 AM
Quote from: albanberg on August 17, 2015, 10:28:57 AM
The Seattle Symphony's recent recording of Ives, Carter & Gershwin on its own label is currently priced at $2.78 at Amazon US (not a MP) seller:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IXWIHIO
Of course that should have been "(not a MP seller)"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 19, 2015, 07:15:28 AM
The Handel edition on Amazon now appears as unavailable. No price or anything - just unavailable.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2015, 09:13:02 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 19, 2015, 07:15:28 AM
The Handel edition on Amazon now appears as unavailable. No price or anything - just unavailable.

Aha! The plot thickens! The game's afoot! You know my methods, Watson ... etc, etc ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on August 19, 2015, 08:14:01 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 19, 2015, 07:15:28 AM
The Handel edition on Amazon now appears as unavailable. No price or anything - just unavailable.

Amazon UK lists it in stock for £94.99,  with Marketplace sellers starting at £76.65
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0106UFMP6/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on August 19, 2015, 10:41:29 PM
The $20 price tag was an extreme outlier from the beginning. All other sellers asked something > 70 $/EUR/GBP.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on August 20, 2015, 04:55:59 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on August 19, 2015, 10:41:29 PM
The $20 price tag was an extreme outlier from the beginning. All other sellers asked something > 70 $/EUR/GBP.

FWIW, my Amazon order for the Handel Edition is still live - they have not canceled it as of yet, just haven't given a ship date yet. In fact, it's gone down in price to $19.99. I suspect that they will eventually not only cancel all outstanding orders but delete the item from the site and then create a new page for the item with the correct price. I seem to remember that that's what they did some years ago when they had the complete Dvorak Symphony cycle under Neumann for some absurdly cheap price and then never fulfilled any of the orders. But in any event, that hasn't happened yet with the Handel.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on August 20, 2015, 05:24:10 AM
In the past I got several times items for prices I suspect were mistakes or at least at the border between a super sale offer and a pricing mistakes. (E.g. two years ago I got the Decca Box with Britten conducting other people's music for less than EUR 20.) But there were also some cases were orders were canceled with an apology that there had been pricing errors.

In the early 2000s there was one occasion later dubbed on rec.music.classical.recordings "the great amazon feeding frenzy" when dozens of EMI box sets were priced like single discs or so (at amazon.de or uk). I am not sure anymore about the details, but I think I got the Barenboim Mozart concerti and the Tennstedt Mahler symphonies during that "error sale". But they realized the pricing error after some time and many orders were cancelled.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 20, 2015, 05:47:33 AM
Quote from: albanberg on August 20, 2015, 04:55:59 AM
I seem to remember that that's what they did some years ago when they had the complete Dvorak Symphony cycle under Neumann for some absurdly cheap price and then never fulfilled any of the orders.

Point of clarification:  That Neumann/Dvořák cycle was indeed priced at $7.99, and mine was only one of many such sets received by GMGers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on August 20, 2015, 05:57:52 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 20, 2015, 05:47:33 AM
Point of clarification:  That Neumann/Dvořák cycle was indeed priced at $7.99, and mine was only one of many such sets received by GMGers.

I got mine, too, practically a freebie. I listened to 2 disks just last weekend in fact, what a bargain!  :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on August 20, 2015, 06:45:07 AM
Third party sellers are more likely to cancel than Amazon. I only had one occasion where Amazon changed the listing to make it a single DVD after originally listing it as a box set. I complained and when I showed them my email receipt, they coughed up the box set. But be careful. They can change the picture that shows up in your receipt after the fact. They tried to do that in my case, but I had already screen capped it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 20, 2015, 11:58:37 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 20, 2015, 05:47:33 AM
Point of clarification:  That Neumann/Dvořák cycle was indeed priced at $7.99, and mine was only one of many such sets received by GMGers.
Indeed. I got mine. AND I got the digital version free with it!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on August 21, 2015, 07:51:41 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 20, 2015, 11:58:37 AM
Indeed. I got mine. AND I got the digital version free with it!

Ah well, maybe I was the only one to have their order canceled.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on August 21, 2015, 02:01:23 PM
Quote from: albanberg on August 20, 2015, 04:55:59 AM
FWIW, my Amazon order for the Handel Edition is still live - they have not canceled it as of yet, just haven't given a ship date yet. In fact, it's gone down in price to $19.99. I suspect that they will eventually not only cancel all outstanding orders but delete the item from the site and then create a new page for the item with the correct price. I seem to remember that that's what they did some years ago when they had the complete Dvorak Symphony cycle under Neumann for some absurdly cheap price and then never fulfilled any of the orders. But in any event, that hasn't happened yet with the Handel.

You'll be relieved/frustrated to learn that that statement about the Neumann is not true. I received my copy for the absurdly low price you are talking about. :-p

Ergo, I still hold out hope for the Handel.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on August 21, 2015, 02:02:30 PM
Quote from: albanberg on August 21, 2015, 07:51:41 AM
Ah well, maybe I was the only one to have their order canceled.

You have to hope that these things come in...ahem...cycles.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on August 22, 2015, 04:54:05 PM
I got my Neumann/Dvorak as well at the 7.99 price.  Just had to wait for a little bit for it to come, but still got it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on August 26, 2015, 03:28:19 PM
I'm not into Handel, but, just out of curiosity, did anyone receive a shipment notification from Amazon about their box set being shipped? It seems to have been released today is currently offered for $80 and up from various MP sellers. Amazon, however, doesn't show a listing or as being in-stock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 26, 2015, 03:32:02 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 26, 2015, 03:28:19 PM
I'm not into Handel, but, just out of curiosity, did anyone receive a shipment notification from Amazon about their box set being shipped? It seems to have been released today is currently offered for $80 and up from various MP sellers. Amazon, however, doesn't show a listing or as being in-stock.

Nothing so far.

Here,s hoping your date's a Bach fan!  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Walt Whitman on August 26, 2015, 03:51:57 PM
No shipment but mine's still alive with the following verbiage in my orders:

Not yet shipped 

Delivery estimate: We need a little more time to provide you with a good estimate. We'll notify you via e-mail as soon as we have an estimated delivery date.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on August 26, 2015, 03:57:33 PM
Quote from: Ken B on August 26, 2015, 03:32:02 PM
Nothing so far.

Here,s hoping your date's a Bach fan!  ;)

I'm kind of hoping she's more of a Reveultas or Chavez fan myself. (maracas crossed) ;) ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Artem on August 26, 2015, 05:12:00 PM
Squidco is having a sale on HatHut label. You can get 3 Morton Feldman CDs for 50% less their regular price. To me HatHut's Feldman's is some of the best Feldman out there. http://www.squidco.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=S&Category_Code=HATSALE (http://www.squidco.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=S&Category_Code=HATSALE)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 26, 2015, 10:08:31 PM
I'm not sure what the appeal of the Handel box is?  :)
There are so many superlative Handel recordings that are not in that box....most of them, actually...
Why bother? ::)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on August 26, 2015, 10:56:31 PM
Quote from: Que on August 26, 2015, 10:08:31 PM
I'm not sure what the appeal of the Handel box is?  :)
There are so many superlative Handel recordings that are not in that box....most of them, actually...
Why bother? ::)

I think for some it is just to get 60 disc for less than half a $ per disc. Or the fact that they have heard only Messiah and Water/Fireworks music and would like to explore some Handel without spending real money.
Even a more realistic price for the Brilliant box, say $80 doesn't get you very far if you want to buy separate issues of a bunch of Handel operas or oratorios.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 27, 2015, 04:15:49 AM
Quote from: Que on August 26, 2015, 10:08:31 PM
I'm not sure what the appeal of the Handel box is?  :)
There are so many superlative Handel recordings that are not in that box....most of them, actually...
Why bother? ::)

Q
There's some very good stuff in it, such as all the chamber music. It also makes a good Xmas gift for non-collectors.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 27, 2015, 01:29:49 PM
Quote from: Ken B on August 27, 2015, 04:15:49 AM
There's some very good stuff in it, such as all the chamber music. It also makes a good Xmas gift for non-collectors.

The chamber music recordings from the CRD label have generally had good press. :)

Anyway..... I didn't do the math on the price per disc, but here is another bargain brick - 40 euro at jpc

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886970750820.jpg)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 27, 2015, 02:02:46 PM
Quote from: Que on August 27, 2015, 01:29:49 PM
The chamber music recordings from the CRD label have generally had good press. :)

Anyway..... I didn't do the math on the price per disc, but here is another bargain brick - 40 euro at jpc

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886970750820.jpg)

Q

I got that Beethoven a few years ago for 19,99 euros :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: HIPster on August 27, 2015, 03:15:11 PM
BRO seems to be open for business again!   :)

https://broinc.com/

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 27, 2015, 09:45:32 PM
Quote from: HIPster on August 27, 2015, 03:15:11 PM
BRO seems to be open for business again!   :)

https://broinc.com/

Their site seems to be down right now, but that would be great news! :) :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 27, 2015, 09:46:53 PM
Quote from: Harry's on August 27, 2015, 02:02:46 PM
I got that Beethoven a few years ago for 19,99 euros :laugh:

WOW, that is super cheap... ???

And.....have you listened to the whole thing yet? ;D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on August 27, 2015, 10:10:56 PM
Quote from: Que on August 27, 2015, 01:29:49 PM
The chamber music recordings from the CRD label have generally had good press. :)

Actually, the performances by L'Ecole d'Orphée are worth of the asking price. After 30 years are still unsurpassed. IMHO.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 27, 2015, 10:55:48 PM
Quote from: Que on August 27, 2015, 09:46:53 PM
WOW, that is super cheap... ???

And.....have you listened to the whole thing yet? ;D

Q

Yes Que, actually I did, twice over :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 27, 2015, 10:56:22 PM
Quote from: Gordo on August 27, 2015, 10:10:56 PM
Actually, the performances by L'Ecole d'Orphée are worth of the asking price. After 30 years are still unsurpassed. IMHO.  :)


+!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on August 28, 2015, 12:32:22 AM
Quote from: Gordo on August 27, 2015, 10:10:56 PM
Actually, the performances by L'Ecole d'Orphée are worth of the asking price. After 30 years are still unsurpassed. IMHO.  :)

I disagree. They are serviceable and even pretty good (and there is probably not a better "complete" recording from one single source), it was my introduction to the music and I played them a lot when I first got them about 12 or more years ago in their first Brilliant Classics incarnation but overall fairly dry and not very imaginative. One can already do better with the early 70s Bruggen and friends for the wind sonatas fairly cheap on Seon/Sony, the trio sonatas with London baroque and the violin sonatas with Manze/Egarr or Christie/Japanese guy. Even better are some single discs e.g. Rampe with Stravaganza in op.5 on Intercord or Oberlinger in the recorder sonatas (joined by Steck in two trio sonatas). Those newer recordings are in a different class as far as I am concerned.

In any case, one can probably find the earlier Brilliant Box with chamber music only.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 28, 2015, 12:48:22 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on August 28, 2015, 12:32:22 AM
I disagree. They are serviceable and even pretty good (and there is probably not a better "complete" recording from one single source), it was my introduction to the music and I played them a lot when I first got them about 12 or more years ago in their first Brilliant Classics incarnation but overall fairly dry and not very imaginative. One can already do better with the early 70s Bruggen and friends for the wind sonatas fairly cheap on Seon/Sony, the trio sonatas with London baroque and the violin sonatas with Manze/Egarr or Christie/Japanese guy. Even better are some single discs e.g. Rampe with Stravaganza in op.5 on Intercord or Oberlinger in the recorder sonatas (joined by Steck in two trio sonatas). Those newer recordings are in a different class as far as I am concerned.

In any case, one can probably find the earlier Brilliant Box with chamber music only.

What a fine thing that we may disagree with each other, I am with Gordo in this. Fairly dry or unimaginative is something which I do not hear in these performances. Better with Bruggen? Not to my ears they are not!
Manze/Egarr is an acquired taste, not to my liking, rather dry and academic, Rampe does not appeal to me either, and neither does Oberlinger.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 28, 2015, 05:15:39 AM
Quote from: Harry's on August 27, 2015, 10:55:48 PM
Yes Que, actually I did, twice over :laugh:

I do admire your diligence!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on August 28, 2015, 07:56:38 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on August 28, 2015, 12:32:22 AM
I disagree. They are serviceable and even pretty good (and there is probably not a better "complete" recording from one single source), it was my introduction to the music and I played them a lot when I first got them about 12 or more years ago in their first Brilliant Classics incarnation but overall fairly dry and not very imaginative. One can already do better with the early 70s Bruggen and friends for the wind sonatas fairly cheap on Seon/Sony, the trio sonatas with London baroque and the violin sonatas with Manze/Egarr or Christie/Japanese guy. Even better are some single discs e.g. Rampe with Stravaganza in op.5 on Intercord or Oberlinger in the recorder sonatas (joined by Steck in two trio sonatas). Those newer recordings are in a different class as far as I am concerned.

In any case, one can probably find the earlier Brilliant Box with chamber music only.

Of course, there is a matter of taste involved here, and clearly I deeply disagree on your evaluation of L'École D'Orphée as being dry or unimaginative.

Not to mention that behind the name L'École D'Orphée there is a fair amount of important names to the HIP movement, like Susan Sheppard, Stephen Preston, John Toll, Lucy Carolan, Robert Woolley, Philip Pickett, Alison Bury, John Holloway, Micaela Comberti et cetera.

In addition, even considering how much I love Brüggens' musicianship, for instance, I wouldn't take your recommendation here or regarding his set devoted to Bach's flute music, both of them quite boring.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on August 28, 2015, 08:23:03 AM
I don't have the Bach Brüggen and I kept only two discs of L'ecole d'orphée series (op.2 and the non-opus trio sonatas, I thought I had another one still here, but apparently got rid of the others to save space because I found my alternative recordings much more satisfying), so I am mostly relying on memory (but as I said, this was my only set of most of this music for many years and very probably still the one I listened to the most) and while I did not say they are bad I am admittedly surprised that anyone who has heard alternative recordings (as many buyers of the Brilliant issue probably will not have) still finds them extraordinarily good. I grant they are usually a good bargain and give a good impression of the music but I am not impressed by the interpretations.

I recently listened to one of those trio sonatas and even the recorded sound is thin and dry in my ears. Overall, I'd say they are fairly typical mid-80s (or is it early 90s?) British HIP efforts in rather thin and dry/direct sound. Especially the violins do not sound very pleasant. Compared to newer recordings they are rather "spartan" in the continuo department; one or two of the violin sonatas even leave out the harpsichord and only a cello plays the bass (which is kind of interesting, I admit, but I have never encountered this anywhere else). They also play very straight, not much room for rhetorical gestures or improvisational embellishments. If one likes this style, they are certainly quite good, I can readily concede that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on August 28, 2015, 08:42:22 AM
For those who do not know these interpretations, I think this is a representative sample of what we are talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/v/bxlEBnDWT-8

Trio sonata No.1 for transverse flute, violin & continuo in B minor (HWV 386b), by George Frideric Handel.
I. Andante - 0:10
II. Allegro - 3:42
III. Largo - 6:32
IV. Allegro - 8:58

Performed by L'Ecole d'Orphee
John Holloway (violin)
Stephen Preston (baroque flute)
Susan Sheppard (violoncello)
John Toll (harpsichord)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 06, 2015, 12:42:37 AM
Returning to the still slightly interesting unresolved ultra-bargain Brilliant Handel box issue at Amazon.com ... it's curious that there is no change and we're still waiting for a delivery estimate. I'd have expected that if the whole thing was going to be declared a mistake, the orders would have been cancelled by now. In the meantime, despite being on sale everywhere else (eg, in stock on Amazon uk, priced at £94.99), the box is listed as 'currently unavailable'.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 06, 2015, 07:06:17 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 06, 2015, 12:42:37 AM
Returning to the still slightly interesting unresolved ultra-bargain Brilliant Handel box issue at Amazon.com ... it's curious that there is no change and we're still waiting for a delivery estimate. I'd have expected that if the whole thing was going to be declared a mistake, the orders would have been cancelled by now. In the meantime, despite being on sale everywhere else (eg, in stock on Amazon uk, priced at £94.99), the box is listed as 'currently unavailable'.

It's got that "lights on, nobody home" vibe . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 06, 2015, 11:59:29 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 06, 2015, 12:42:37 AM
Returning to the still slightly interesting unresolved ultra-bargain Brilliant Handel box issue at Amazon.com ... it's curious that there is no change and we're still waiting for a delivery estimate. I'd have expected that if the whole thing was going to be declared a mistake, the orders would have been cancelled by now. In the meantime, despite being on sale everywhere else (eg, in stock on Amazon uk, priced at £94.99), the box is listed as 'currently unavailable'.
e

I expect a cancellation at this point, which is okay. It was a stupid price. Anyway, buying it got me over $35 on an order for free shipping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 06, 2015, 12:43:19 PM
amazon.ca shows Sept.25 as the release date, price around $145 Cdn  (about $110 U$.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Kamisama on September 07, 2015, 04:11:53 PM
John Ogdon: Legendary British Virtuoso 17CD box, currently £9.60 direct from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008I1572Y (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008I1572Y)
[asin]B008I1572Y[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 08, 2015, 11:58:52 PM
MARTINON in Chicago - 10 cds
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00PCCWXPG/ref=em_si_text   Jean Martinon
Price: CDN$ 36.79   Cdn, include shipping      about $US 27.60 + shipping
[asin]B00PCCWXPG[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on September 09, 2015, 11:21:37 AM
What I fail to see is what is so "super duper" about it, considering it's close to three bucks a disc and it's one of these dreaded (by me) "original jacket" collections in which every CD clocks at under 40 minutes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on September 09, 2015, 02:07:55 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 06, 2015, 12:42:37 AM
Returning to the still slightly interesting unresolved ultra-bargain Brilliant Handel box issue at Amazon.com ... it's curious that there is no change and we're still waiting for a delivery estimate. I'd have expected that if the whole thing was going to be declared a mistake, the orders would have been cancelled by now. In the meantime, despite being on sale everywhere else (eg, in stock on Amazon uk, priced at £94.99), the box is listed as 'currently unavailable'.

I am getting a Sept 28-Oct 1 expected delivery when I click on "Your Account" and click "View Orders" or "Track Delivery" on the top banner.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 10, 2015, 12:13:28 AM
Quote from: jserraglio on September 09, 2015, 02:07:55 PM
I am getting a Sept 28-Oct 1 expected delivery when I click on "Your Account" and click "View Orders" or "Track Delivery" on the top banner.

Thanks - that's hopeful! My order hasn't changed so far (still 'waiting for delivery estimate' etc), but from what you say, it looks as though they're working through what must be a large backlog!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on September 10, 2015, 06:50:11 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 10, 2015, 12:13:28 AM
Thanks - that's hopeful! My order hasn't changed so far (still 'waiting for delivery estimate' etc), but from what you say, it looks as though they're working through what must be a large backlog!

Mine too hasn't changed for a while, but I noticed today that the tracking bar was on "Ordered" and beside it is now the information "WILL SHIP"....

Still hoping for the best  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 10, 2015, 07:52:34 AM
Quote from: listener on September 08, 2015, 11:58:52 PM
MARTINON in Chicago - 10 cds
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00PCCWXPG/ref=em_si_text   Jean Martinon
Price: CDN$ 36.79   Cdn, include shipping      about $US 27.60 + shipping
[asin]B00PCCWXPG[/asin]

In terms of quality for the money this is my pick for 2015.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on September 10, 2015, 08:24:12 AM
Agreed. I heard Martinon conduct the CSO in Rite of Spring and the performance left me speechless.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 10, 2015, 08:27:31 AM
So far I've listened to I think 4 of the 10 Martinon CDs and each of them has been outstanding.

That said, I paid less than US$25.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 10, 2015, 08:31:59 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 10, 2015, 08:27:31 AM
So far I've listened to I think 4 of the 10 Martinon CDs and each of them has been outstanding.

That said, I paid less than US$25.

That Mennin piece will impress you much better.  (I do wonder if Schwartz may be at fault in that Third;  I've heard a different recording . . . .)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 17, 2015, 07:15:30 PM
The 55 cd Brilliant Classics Tchaikovsky box is about $48 shipped to the USA from Amazon uk. £28

My cold Brian is holding and I am not buying this! But its a SDCB.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 17, 2015, 07:38:07 PM
Quote from: Ken B on September 17, 2015, 07:15:30 PM
The 55 cd Brilliant Classics Tchaikovsky box is about $48 shipped to the USA from Amazon uk. £28

My cold Brian is holding and I am not buying this! But its a SDCB.

Only if you think Tchaikovsky is worth that much. >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Daverz on September 17, 2015, 08:39:47 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 10, 2015, 08:27:31 AM
So far I've listened to I think 4 of the 10 Martinon CDs and each of them has been outstanding.

That said, I paid less than US$25.

More Martinon coming with Some of his great EMI and Erato recordings:

[asin]B010RQBBIQ[/asin]

His EMI Ravel, Debussy, and Saint-Saëns sets remain in print.

And you can find losless downloads of his complete Decca recordings from presto

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4757209

In addition to all the great stuff issued by Australian Eloquence

http://www.buywell.com/cgi-bin/buywellic2/scan/arg=fi=products/st=db/ac=0/co=1/sf=gen/se=e/op=rm/nu=0/cs=1/su=1/sf=conductor/se=Jean%20Martinon/op=rm/nu=0/cs=1/su=1/ml=10/sp=eloqresults/va=banner_text=Australian%20Eloquence%20titles%20featuring%20Jean%20Martinon.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 17, 2015, 10:56:22 PM
On JPC de is a sale of many Pentatone CD'S, each copy just 4 euros. just look in the classical charts, left side page. Be quick about it, such things never lasts long.

And I forget to mention, also the label Ligia is throwing out many cd's for the same price.
The label Praga too! plus some HMF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 18, 2015, 12:38:22 AM
Thanks, Harry, beautiful timing 'cause I had a coupon expiring this weekend. I will report purchases when they arrive..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on September 20, 2015, 04:40:52 AM
re 65-disc Handel Edition on Brilliant:

digital booklet

http://www.brilliantclassics.com/media/1293426/95050-HANDEL-EDITION-Extensive-Liner-Notes-Sung-Texts-Download.pdf
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on September 20, 2015, 08:23:24 AM
Yet another release of 80 Bernstein Orchestral CDs on Sony. $100 today only (09/20/15), afterwards $149. You have to join Pop Market.

http://www.popmarket.com/details/33192554?feature_id=117608158&cid=nl%3A1185506219&utm_medium=email&utm_source=generator-popmarket&utm_campaign=email
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 22, 2015, 04:47:23 AM
(http://ecstatic.textalk.se/shop/17115/art15/h4364/4904364-origpic-26d898.jpg)

Mendelssohn - Complete Concertos - 255 minutes and 55 seconds
Download MP3 or 16-bit FLAC for $15 (http://www.eclassical.com/labels/bis/mendelssohn-the-complete-solo-concertos-1.html)
TODAY ONLY

Includes the original, pre-Ferdinand-David's-suggested-edits version of the celebrated violin concerto, plus the other violin concerto, three piano concertos, three short works for piano and orchestra, and three double concertos.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ubertrout on September 22, 2015, 08:15:43 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 22, 2015, 04:47:23 AM
(http://ecstatic.textalk.se/shop/17115/art15/h4364/4904364-origpic-26d898.jpg)

Mendelssohn - Complete Concertos - 255 minutes and 55 seconds
Download MP3 or 16-bit FLAC for $15 (http://www.eclassical.com/labels/bis/mendelssohn-the-complete-solo-concertos-1.html)
TODAY ONLY

Includes the original, pre-Ferdinand-David's-suggested-edits version of the celebrated violin concerto, plus the other violin concerto, three piano concertos, three short works for piano and orchestra, and three double concertos.

Amazon will sell you the same collection as a MP3 for $9 - [asin]B002WMNLM8[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 23, 2015, 05:04:57 PM
Quote from: ubertrout on September 22, 2015, 08:15:43 AM
Amazon will sell you the same collection as a MP3 for $9 - [asin]B002WMNLM8[/asin]

But not everyone wants the Mp3. I only would resort to an Mp3 if I had no other way of acquiring the recording(s).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 24, 2015, 05:08:10 PM
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...
[asin]B001HBX90O[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 25, 2015, 06:27:12 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on September 24, 2015, 05:08:10 PM
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...
[asin]B001HBX90O[/asin]

Some short discs but a wonderful set overall. Great price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 01:22:43 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on September 24, 2015, 05:08:10 PM
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...
[asin]B001HBX90O[/asin]

I vividly remember getting this set when it first appeared some years ago - one of the very best purchases I ever made. It was a life changer for me, opening up new vistas I'd never been aware of till then.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 01:25:56 PM
Update on the Brilliant Handel box. Today I received an email from Amazon asking me to confirm that I still wanted it, with a repeat of the assurance that they were still waiting to be able to give a delivery estimate, but needed my confirmation to continue. Of course I said yes, and the story continues to unfold.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 25, 2015, 03:37:56 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 01:22:43 PM
I vividly remember getting this set when it first appeared some years ago - one of the very best purchases I ever made. It was a life changer for me, opening up new vistas I'd never been aware of till then.
Aye, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta have done Mendelssohn a great service.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 25, 2015, 03:38:31 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 01:25:56 PM
Update on the Brilliant Handel box. Today I received an email from Amazon asking me to confirm that I still wanted it, with a repeat of the assurance that they were still waiting to be able to give a delivery estimate, but needed my confirmation to continue. Of course I said yes, and the story continues to unfold.
That is a most excellent piece of intelligence!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 25, 2015, 03:44:42 PM
Quote from: ubertrout on September 22, 2015, 08:15:43 AM
Amazon will sell you the same collection as a MP3 for $9 - [asin]B002WMNLM8[/asin]

Thank you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 25, 2015, 04:36:37 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 01:25:56 PM
Update on the Brilliant Handel box. Today I received an email from Amazon asking me to confirm that I still wanted it, with a repeat of the assurance that they were still waiting to be able to give a delivery estimate, but needed my confirmation to continue. Of course I said yes, and the story continues to unfold.

Ditto.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Walt Whitman on September 25, 2015, 06:12:27 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 01:25:56 PM
Update on the Brilliant Handel box. Today I received an email from Amazon asking me to confirm that I still wanted it, with a repeat of the assurance that they were still waiting to be able to give a delivery estimate, but needed my confirmation to continue. Of course I said yes, and the story continues to unfold.

Same.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 25, 2015, 06:57:53 PM
Quote from: Ken B on September 25, 2015, 06:27:12 AM
Some short discs but a wonderful set overall. Great price.
Quote from: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 01:22:43 PM
I vividly remember getting this set when it first appeared some years ago - one of the very best purchases I ever made. It was a life changer for me, opening up new vistas I'd never been aware of till then.
Well I finally ordered it. I have very few of the pieces and composers represented here and it fills a real hole in my listening. It's one of the only boxes out there that really excites me. And the price is pretty good, so I am happy to finally listen to it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 11:36:52 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on September 25, 2015, 06:57:53 PM
Well I finally ordered it. I have very few of the pieces and composers represented here and it fills a real hole in my listening. It's one of the only boxes out there that really excites me. And the price is pretty good, so I am happy to finally listen to it.

I can't believe you'll regret it Neal. I've just found the long thread I started at TalkClassical back in 2008, just after I'd bought it, and poured out my enthusiasm, here:

http://www.talkclassical.com/3934-200-years-music-versailles.html (http://www.talkclassical.com/3934-200-years-music-versailles.html)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on September 26, 2015, 02:25:19 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 01:25:56 PM
Update on the Brilliant Handel box. Today I received an email from Amazon asking me to confirm that I still wanted it, with a repeat of the assurance that they were still waiting to be able to give a delivery estimate, but needed my confirmation to continue. Of course I said yes, and the story continues to unfold.

Yet another Ditto to the UK.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jserraglio on September 26, 2015, 05:30:17 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 11:36:52 PM
I can't believe you'll regret it Neal. I've just found the long thread I started at TalkClassical back in 2008, just after I'd bought it, and poured out my enthusiasm, here:

http://www.talkclassical.com/3934-200-years-music-versailles.html (http://www.talkclassical.com/3934-200-years-music-versailles.html)

Thanks. I have been hooked on the French Baroque since hearing Lully, Rameau & M-A Charpentier on LP. Will definitely look into acquiring this set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 26, 2015, 08:57:19 AM
Quote from: jserraglio on September 26, 2015, 05:30:17 AM
Thanks. I have been hooked on the French Baroque since hearing Lully, Rameau & M-A Charpentier on LP. Will definitely look into acquiring this set.
Prime is now down to $58. You won't get it at a much better price if it should be of interest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 26, 2015, 08:58:01 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 11:36:52 PM
I can't believe you'll regret it Neal. I've just found the long thread I started at TalkClassical back in 2008, just after I'd bought it, and poured out my enthusiasm, here:

http://www.talkclassical.com/3934-200-years-music-versailles.html (http://www.talkclassical.com/3934-200-years-music-versailles.html)
Thanks! Will take a look when work settles...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ubertrout on September 28, 2015, 09:14:27 AM
People probably have heard that the Barnes and Noble Classical Sale is going on now, with 40% off all CDs.  There's a lot of great stuff, including Living Stereo SACDs for $5.99 and box sets for a dollar or so a disc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on September 28, 2015, 09:41:54 AM
Quote from: ubertrout on September 28, 2015, 09:14:27 AM
People probably have heard that the Barnes and Noble Classical Sale is going on now, with 40% off all CDs.  There's a lot of great stuff, including Living Stereo SACDs for $5.99 and box sets for a dollar or so a disc.

Thanks. The Boulez Mahler box set was $26.99.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ubertrout on September 28, 2015, 07:58:58 PM
Just picked up the Philips "Original Jackets" 50 CD Boxset at B&N myself, for $51.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on September 29, 2015, 05:10:19 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 25, 2015, 01:25:56 PM
Update on the Brilliant Handel box. Today I received an email from Amazon asking me to confirm that I still wanted it, with a repeat of the assurance that they were still waiting to be able to give a delivery estimate, but needed my confirmation to continue. Of course I said yes, and the story continues to unfold.

Just received word today that my Handel Edition order has been shipped for delivery within the next 10 days.  Amazon did honor the sale price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 30, 2015, 12:19:34 AM
Quote from: MyronM on September 29, 2015, 05:10:19 PM
Just received word today that my Handel Edition order has been shipped for delivery within the next 10 days.  Amazon did honor the sale price.

Good for you! Excellent news.

Still no change here - maybe they're leaving their uk customers till last!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 30, 2015, 07:14:33 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on September 30, 2015, 12:19:34 AM
Good for you! Excellent news.

Still no change here - maybe they're leaving their uk customers till last!

Nope. I have not heard that either.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 30, 2015, 07:14:53 AM
Courage!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on September 30, 2015, 11:52:11 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 30, 2015, 07:14:53 AM
Courage!

"Steady, Lads..."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 01, 2015, 05:31:02 AM
I now have a delivery estimate for the Handel box of Oct. 9-13, although it had not yet been actually shipped
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 01, 2015, 05:32:54 AM
You may just be singing the Hallelujah Chorus come Hanukkah!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on October 01, 2015, 06:57:41 AM
I just got a shipping confirmation for the Handel set. ETA Oct 7th.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 01, 2015, 10:16:35 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 01, 2015, 05:31:02 AM
I now have a delivery estimate for the Handel box of Oct. 9-13, although it had not yet been actually shipped

Same for me, Jeffrey, but with delivery estimate 15 Oct.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 01, 2015, 10:19:43 AM
Old Style?  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 01, 2015, 10:24:13 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 01, 2015, 10:19:43 AM
Old Style?  8)

You mean, across the Atlantic by canoe?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 01, 2015, 10:43:51 AM
Bateaux, if you please.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on October 01, 2015, 11:44:31 AM
Also got my delivery estimate for Handel Edition: Oct. 8-14. #Hallelujah
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on October 01, 2015, 11:55:43 AM
Mine is October 9.  Now I can put it up on ebay for a few dollars more.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 01, 2015, 03:50:53 PM
Mine is Oct 8.

Less of a wait than my order from jpc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 02, 2015, 06:53:07 AM
The Mercury Living Presence Box seems to be on sale at importcds for $68. It seemed like a good deal compared to Amazon, so posted it here, although I do not follow this item.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 02, 2015, 08:16:59 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on October 02, 2015, 06:53:07 AM
The Mercury Living Presence Box seems to be on sale at importcds for $68. It seemed like a good deal compared to Amazon, so posted it here, although I do not follow this item.

I've been unqualifiedly enjoying the Mercury Living Presence 2 Box which set me back $80, so $68 is a mighty attractive price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 02, 2015, 01:18:16 PM
SEON ALERT!!!

http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2015/10/seon-collection-80-sur-jpc-precommandes.html

I just ordered for myself.Came to 80€ including shipping to US.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 02, 2015, 02:07:24 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 02, 2015, 01:18:16 PM
SEON ALERT!!!

http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.fr/2015/10/seon-collection-80-sur-jpc-precommandes.html

I just ordered for myself.Came to 80€ including shipping to US.

Thanks. That is allowed under the Brian exception, so I bought one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 03, 2015, 12:34:00 AM
October 15th, delivery date for The Handel set.... :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 03, 2015, 12:43:42 AM
Email received this morning:

"Your Amazon.com order of "Handel Edition" has shipped!"

And apparently my purchase of the Handel entitles me to a $1 promotional credit on any digital music purchase .... It's a weird world alright.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 03, 2015, 12:58:21 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 02, 2015, 02:07:24 PM
Thanks. That is allowed under the Brian exception, so I bought one.

  See, exactly like I told you--just about 10 months later than I predicted. 

     Wait til you get it! It really is a treasure chest. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 03, 2015, 05:46:11 AM
Quote from: Ken B on October 02, 2015, 02:07:24 PM
Thanks. That is allowed under the Brian exception, so I bought one.
I feel like I started a cult.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 03, 2015, 07:33:36 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on October 03, 2015, 12:58:21 AM
  See, exactly like I told you--just about 10 months later than I predicted. 

     Wait til you get it! It really is a treasure chest.

Yup.  I thought of you when. I posted that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on October 03, 2015, 04:18:12 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 03, 2015, 12:43:42 AM
Email received this morning:

"Your Amazon.com order of "Handel Edition" has shipped!"

And apparently my purchase of the Handel entitles me to a $1 promotional credit on any digital music purchase .... It's a weird world alright.

I went to track my package and it says I will get it Wed Oct 7th. Also to my surprise I got this email from Amazon:

Greetings from Amazon.com.

You saved $1.00 with Amazon.com's Pre-order Price Guarantee!

The price of the item(s) decreased after you ordered them, and we gave you the lowest price.

The following title(s) decreased in price:

Handel Edition
Price on order date: $20.99
Price charged at shipping: $19.99
Lowest price before release date: $19.99
Quantity: 1
Total Savings: $1.00

$1.00 is your total savings under our Pre-order Price Guarantee.


And regarding importcd, there are some incredible incredible bargains like the Dutoit/Berlioz set (17cds for $23) and the Karajan Symphony set (38cds for $18). The latter is probably 1/2 of what I paid for mine a few years back.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ubertrout on October 03, 2015, 06:39:50 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on October 03, 2015, 04:18:12 PM
And regarding importcd, there are some incredible incredible bargains like the Dutoit/Berlioz set (17cds for $23) and the Karajan Symphony set (38cds for $18). The latter is probably 1/2 of what I paid for mine a few years back.

The Karajan Symphony box is really an amazing deal, although it seems to be backordered: http://www.importcds.com/symphony-edition/028947780052
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 04, 2015, 12:49:27 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on October 03, 2015, 04:18:12 PM
I went to track my package and it says I will get it Wed Oct 7th. Also to my surprise I got this email from Amazon:

Greetings from Amazon.com.

You saved $1.00 with Amazon.com's Pre-order Price Guarantee!

The price of the item(s) decreased after you ordered them, and we gave you the lowest price.

The following title(s) decreased in price:

Handel Edition
Price on order date: $20.99
Price charged at shipping: $19.99
Lowest price before release date: $19.99
Quantity: 1
Total Savings: $1.00

$1.00 is your total savings under our Pre-order Price Guarantee.

Quite amazing. I've just received one of these too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 04, 2015, 12:53:03 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 04, 2015, 12:49:27 PM
Quite amazing. I've just received one of these too!

Well you guys simply overpaid.  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on October 04, 2015, 01:39:46 PM
The Sony Beethoven box at 30 € again, on Amazon.es:

http://www.amazon.es/Die-Meisterwerke-61-CD-Box-Various/dp/B000NDEMAI/ref=zg_bs_661544031_5
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on October 05, 2015, 06:35:55 PM
The Handel set was waiting for me when I got home.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 06, 2015, 12:09:02 AM
Quote from: stingo on October 05, 2015, 06:35:55 PM
The Handel set was waiting for me when I got home.

So there really are fairies at the bottom of the garden ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 06, 2015, 01:55:44 AM
Picked this up for just under £6 which is OK when you get the free delivery over £20.

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

[asin]B00AYQHPDK[/asin]
Philadelphia Orchestra / Stokowski (1930)
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York / Stravinsky (1940)
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Monteux (1951)
Philadelphia Orchestra / Ormandy (1955)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Stravinsky (1960)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Ozawa (1968)
Cleveland Orchestra / Boulez (1969)
London Symphony Orchestra / Bernstein (1972)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Salonen (1989) + Symphony in 3 Movements
San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas (1996)

Here's the link to the UK Amazon MP supplier...half price compared to Amz UK.

reflexcd2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00AYQHPDK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 06, 2015, 02:53:26 AM
Test-drive Tuesday

Stravinsky
Scènes de Ballet
Stravinsky & CBC SO
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 06, 2015, 03:38:43 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 06, 2015, 12:09:02 AM
So there really are fairies at the bottom of the garden ...

Those fairies sure do get around!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on October 06, 2015, 04:45:28 AM
Quote from: North Star on October 06, 2015, 02:53:26 AM
Test-drive Tuesday

Stravinsky
Scènes de Ballet
Stravinsky & CBC SO


Perhaps in the wrong thread, but love this post anyway!  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 06, 2015, 04:55:47 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 06, 2015, 04:45:28 AM
Perhaps in the wrong thread, but love this post anyway!  :D
Perhaps...  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on October 06, 2015, 06:23:21 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 06, 2015, 01:55:44 AM
Picked this up for just under £6 which is OK when you get the free delivery over £20.

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

[asin]B00AYQHPDK[/asin]
Philadelphia Orchestra / Stokowski (1930)
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York / Stravinsky (1940)
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Monteux (1951)
Philadelphia Orchestra / Ormandy (1955)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Stravinsky (1960)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Ozawa (1968)
Cleveland Orchestra / Boulez (1969)
London Symphony Orchestra / Bernstein (1972)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Salonen (1989) + Symphony in 3 Movements
San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas (1996)

Here's the link to the UK Amazon MP supplier...half price compared to Amz UK.

reflexcd2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00AYQHPDK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

And for those of us in the US, it's even cheaper on Amazon US site via MP sellers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 06, 2015, 06:38:22 AM
Well, I must certainly have at least 10 recordings of Le sacre, and I do not consider that at all immoderate  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 06, 2015, 06:40:23 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 06, 2015, 06:38:22 AM
Well, I must certainly have at least 10 recordings of Le sacre, and I do not consider that at all immoderate  8)

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. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on October 06, 2015, 05:13:05 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 06, 2015, 01:55:44 AM
Probably overkill, but you can't argue its marvellous overkill.  10 Rites for 60p each  :laugh:

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. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on October 07, 2015, 05:35:57 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 06, 2015, 06:40:23 AM
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. ;D

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.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61uDqFiobgL._SY355_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on October 07, 2015, 07:36:11 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on October 07, 2015, 05:35:57 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on October 07, 2015, 01:32:18 PM
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.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 07, 2015, 04:57:16 PM
Quote from: Ken B on October 07, 2015, 01:32:18 PM
My Handel box from Amazon arrived today.

Hoorah! Les dieux ne sont pas morts!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 07, 2015, 05:25:33 PM
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?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 07, 2015, 05:33:50 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 07, 2015, 05:25:33 PM
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?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 07, 2015, 05:36:28 PM
Glad to read all this!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 07, 2015, 05:40:33 PM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 07, 2015, 05:33:50 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 07, 2015, 07:52:09 PM
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.

[asin]B00PCCWXPG[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on October 08, 2015, 06:00:33 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 07, 2015, 05:40:33 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 09, 2015, 02:14:48 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on October 08, 2015, 06:00:33 PM
So it was.
Picture posted in Purchases thread as visible evidence.

What a long, strange wait it was!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: revdrdave on October 09, 2015, 06:31:58 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on September 24, 2015, 05:08:10 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 09, 2015, 06:47:55 AM
Quote from: revdrdave on October 09, 2015, 06:31:58 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 09, 2015, 12:58:49 PM
Quote from: revdrdave on October 09, 2015, 06:31:58 AM
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!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 09, 2015, 01:53:10 PM
Quote from: revdrdave on October 09, 2015, 06:31:58 AM
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 ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 10, 2015, 03:08:00 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 10, 2015, 03:14:50 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 10, 2015, 03:08:00 AM
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!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 10, 2015, 03:22:10 AM
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! 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 10, 2015, 08:30:20 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 10, 2015, 03:22:10 AM
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!

Well the NW of Elsewhere sounds like a place I ought to seek out, but the Northwest of England is what I've got.
65 CDs of Handel all at once. Oh for Heaven's sake. Madness.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 10, 2015, 10:15:09 AM
I'm going to borrow "NW of Elsewhere" . . . .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 10, 2015, 10:31:09 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 10, 2015, 10:15:09 AM
I'm going to borrow "NW of Elsewhere" . . . .

It's the sort of place that needs to be borrowed, I think.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 10, 2015, 11:32:37 AM
Oh, in hopes that it might not ever be returned, do you mean?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 10, 2015, 11:37:05 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 10, 2015, 10:15:09 AM
I'm going to borrow "NW of Elsewhere" . . . .
I am, too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 10, 2015, 11:38:08 AM
Quote from: North Star on October 10, 2015, 11:37:05 AM
I am, too.

Good for us!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 10, 2015, 11:41:19 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 10, 2015, 11:32:37 AM
Oh, in hopes that it might not ever be returned, do you mean?

Oh no, more in the sense that you might lend a good book to a friend. At least, that's how I imagine the place. Northwest of Elsewhere is the land you see below and stretching far ahead as you reach the crest of a low hill, holding your hand to your brow to shield your eyes from the hazy sunlight of a warm afternoon. Woodland begins at the foot of the hill, with wave after wave of treetops going off into the distance, with a purple hint of mountains at the horizon. And you know, you just know, that if you go down into that wood, you won't come out the other side unchanged.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 10, 2015, 11:42:17 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on October 10, 2015, 11:41:19 AM
Oh no, more in the sense that you might lend a good book to a friend. At least, that's how I imagine the place. Northwest of Elsewhere is the land you see below and stretching far ahead as you reach the crest of a low hill, holding your hand to your brow to shield your eyes from the hazy sunlight of a warm afternoon. Woodland begins at the foot of the hill, with wave after wave of treetops going off into the distance, with a purple hint of mountains at the horizon. And you know, you just know, that if you go down into that wood, you won't come out the other side unchanged.

Lovely!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 10, 2015, 11:46:41 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 10, 2015, 11:42:17 AM
Lovely!

Well it might not be, Karl. We don't know what's in that pesky wood, you know!

Of course we are only guessing. We may hope that AnthonyAthletic will give us the lowdown when he next pops in, for 'tis he who invented the place.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 10, 2015, 12:00:24 PM
Just like the Shire in the Hobbit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian on October 10, 2015, 12:04:59 PM
Quote from: The new erato on October 10, 2015, 12:00:24 PM
Just like the Shire in the Hobbit.

Yes. Or part of the journey to the Well at the World's End, in Morris.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Kamisama on October 12, 2015, 11:12:34 AM
CPE Bach: Complete Piano Works 26 CDs (Markovina)
(http://www.artalinna.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/photo-coffret-markovina.jpg)

Currently 40 Euros at JPC.
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-S%E4mtliche-Klavierwerke/hnum/4070269 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-S%E4mtliche-Klavierwerke/hnum/4070269)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bigshot on October 13, 2015, 11:08:38 AM
I have that CPE Bach box. It's very good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 13, 2015, 11:59:21 PM
I ordered one yesterday - though I'm really not sure about buying such music in modern piano versions ... but I've heard so many good things about it, I couldn't withhold.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 14, 2015, 01:15:27 AM
Quote from: king ubu on October 13, 2015, 11:59:21 PM
I ordered one yesterday - though I'm really not sure about buying such music in modern piano versions ... but I've heard so many good things about it, I couldn't withhold.

I have listen carefully at the samples and decided against it. It simply has not the authentic feel of CPE Bach's music, and a modern piano will not do for me. Had it been a forte piano I probably would have bought it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ComposerOfAvantGarde on October 14, 2015, 01:48:51 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on October 14, 2015, 01:15:27 AM
I have listen carefully at the samples and decided against it. It's simply has not the authentic feel of CPE Bach's music, and a modern piano will not do for me. Had it been a forte piano I probably would have bought it.

Or a clavichord! Now THAT is an instrument with a really cool sound. It is terrific in this repertoire! 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 14, 2015, 05:54:58 AM
Fortepiano or clavichord over piano any day for me. I do have some CPE on the piano and much prefer the Bis series' choice of instruments.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on October 15, 2015, 01:19:09 AM
Hogwood Mozart box

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VXbL0rhtL.jpg)

http://www.amazon.it/Mozart-Symphonies-Academy-Ancient-Music/dp/B000004CYS/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1444900650&sr=1-3 (http://www.amazon.it/Mozart-Symphonies-Academy-Ancient-Music/dp/B000004CYS/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1444900650&sr=1-3)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on October 15, 2015, 04:37:20 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on October 15, 2015, 01:19:09 AM
Hogwood Mozart box

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VXbL0rhtL.jpg)

http://www.amazon.it/Mozart-Symphonies-Academy-Ancient-Music/dp/B000004CYS/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1444900650&sr=1-3 (http://www.amazon.it/Mozart-Symphonies-Academy-Ancient-Music/dp/B000004CYS/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1444900650&sr=1-3)

Wonderful music!

There seem to be two editions, one only offering notes in Italian, looking like this:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61PXNohEy8L._SY355_.jpg)

Not sure, but the above offer looks like it's for the "real" one (multi-language notes - and the booklet is worthwhile if you don't know much about Mozart's symphonies already), but as it's coming from Italy and as I'm really glad to have the full booklet, I just felt like mentioning it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 15, 2015, 10:07:49 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on October 15, 2015, 01:19:09 AM
Hogwood Mozart box

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VXbL0rhtL.jpg)

http://www.amazon.it/Mozart-Symphonies-Academy-Ancient-Music/dp/B000004CYS/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1444900650&sr=1-3 (http://www.amazon.it/Mozart-Symphonies-Academy-Ancient-Music/dp/B000004CYS/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1444900650&sr=1-3)

WOW, that is a steal!  :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 15, 2015, 02:37:52 PM
Quote from: Que on October 15, 2015, 10:07:49 AM


WOW, that is a steal!  :)

Q

Indeed: http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.ca  :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ComposerOfAvantGarde on October 15, 2015, 11:49:01 PM
Even though I absolutely love hearing Mozart played by HIP groups, that Hogwood set, to me anyway, sounds like something is lost from it....something missing....and I think it's the tone of the strings. Perhaps they are just too thin for me. At that price though, I would still get it! (Alas, I don't have the money)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on October 18, 2015, 03:36:54 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 10, 2015, 10:15:09 AMI'm going to borrow "NW of Elsewhere" . . . .

North-West of NoWhere, at the other hand, is clearly somewhere Down Under:
https://www.youtube.com/v/Lb8PPIjGbok
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: niknala on October 23, 2015, 08:44:35 AM
Popmarket.com (http://www.popmarket.com/) ​has for $139.99 the new Glenn Gould box.  Use coupon myplay10 for 10% off making it $125.99.

http://t.fans.myplaydirect.com

Glenn Gould Remastered – The Complete Album Collection

The real Glenn Gould – the definite remastering!

Glenn Gould Remastered – The Complete Album Collection refurbishes Gould's complete catalog of approved studio recordings in an 81 CD limited edition box set using state-of-the-art Direct Stream Digital® (DSD) mastering technology. Features deluxe packaging with 416-page hard cover book!

• Limited Edition 81-CD Box Set

• Glenn Gould's complete Columbia album collection on 78 CDs

• Remastered from the original analogue tapes using state-of-the-art Direct Stream Digital® mastering technology, etc...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on October 23, 2015, 09:39:39 AM
Quote from: niknala on October 23, 2015, 08:44:35 AM
Popmarket.com (http://www.popmarket.com/) ​has for $139.99 the new Glenn Gould box.  Use coupon myplay10 for 10% off making it $125.99.

http://t.fans.myplaydirect.com

Glenn Gould Remastered – The Complete Album Collection

The real Glenn Gould – the definite remastering!

Glenn Gould Remastered – The Complete Album Collection refurbishes Gould's complete catalog of approved studio recordings in an 81 CD limited edition box set using state-of-the-art Direct Stream Digital® (DSD) mastering technology. Features deluxe packaging with 416-page hard cover book!

• Limited Edition 81-CD Box Set

• Glenn Gould's complete Columbia album collection on 78 CDs

• Remastered from the original analogue tapes using state-of-the-art Direct Stream Digital® mastering technology, etc...

Presumably, Mr Gould's vocal obligato is now even more intrusive?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 23, 2015, 05:27:32 PM
MAHLER  - looks pretty complete, if not, enough at 18cds for £21.13 (export from UK can take VAT off, then only £16.93, a bit over £20 when shipping is included) at amazon.uk
[asin]B003D0ZNWY[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on October 24, 2015, 03:03:14 AM
Quote from: listener on October 23, 2015, 05:27:32 PM
MAHLER  - looks pretty complete, if not, enough at 18cds for £21.13 (export from UK can take VAT off, then only £16.93, a bit over £20 when shipping is included) at amazon.uk
[asin]B003D0ZNWY[/asin]

I don't know why you wouldn't order it via amazon.com as it's just over $25.  Unless you have  credit card that doesn't charge fees for intl charges, it makes more sense to order it from Amazon.com
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on October 25, 2015, 07:17:56 AM
Quote from: listener on October 23, 2015, 05:27:32 PM
MAHLER  - looks pretty complete, if not, enough at 18cds for £21.13 (export from UK can take VAT off, then only £16.93, a bit over £20 when shipping is included) at amazon.uk
[asin]B003D0ZNWY[/asin]
Looks tempting for under $30. Rattle x 3 is a no go for me though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Kamisama on October 27, 2015, 05:32:40 PM
Currently there seem to be price reductions on a number of box sets at Amazon Italy.  For example:

http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B011WEVWYA (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B011WEVWYA)
[asin]B011WEVWYA[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Ivo-Pogorelich/dp/B00QHL0Y8O (http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Ivo-Pogorelich/dp/B00QHL0Y8O)
[asin]B00QHL0Y8O[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/The-Legend-Gustav-Leonhardt/dp/B00T65T6YQ (http://www.amazon.it/The-Legend-Gustav-Leonhardt/dp/B00T65T6YQ)
[asin]B00T65T6YQ[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Beaux-Arts-Trio-Complete-Recordings/dp/B00VL4Q0A8 (http://www.amazon.it/Beaux-Arts-Trio-Complete-Recordings/dp/B00VL4Q0A8)
[asin]B00VL4Q0A8[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Orchestral/dp/B00K12RE92 (http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Orchestral/dp/B00K12RE92)
[asin]B00K12RE92[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Great-European-Tradition-Elly-Ameling/dp/B00NO9LG4I (http://www.amazon.it/Great-European-Tradition-Elly-Ameling/dp/B00NO9LG4I)
[asin]B00NO9LG4I[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Collected-recordings-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00UI8TSCU (http://www.amazon.it/Collected-recordings-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00UI8TSCU)
[asin]B00UI8TSCU[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on October 28, 2015, 02:56:16 PM
This was not at all what I expected from the title:

[asin]B00TQNMCDU[/asin]

- not a Mahler symphony or a Bartók concerto or a Rite in sight.  £10.84 on am.uk marketplace.  9.5 hours looks a bit short for 10 discs - old LP reissues, I assume - but can't complain about the adventurous repertoire.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on October 30, 2015, 11:07:45 AM
Quote from: DaveF on October 28, 2015, 02:56:16 PM
This was not at all what I expected from the title:

[asin]B00TQNMCDU[/asin]

- not a Mahler symphony or a Bartók concerto or a Rite in sight.  £10.84 on am.uk marketplace.  9.5 hours looks a bit short for 10 discs - old LP reissues, I assume - but can't complain about the adventurous repertoire.

Both our Jeffrey (Smith) and my fellow composer Ivan Moody report finding it rather an odd mixed bag.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on October 31, 2015, 12:10:59 PM
Courtesy of bons-plans-classique.blogspot.ca, amazon.es have some good reductions offer:

e.g. the EMI Verdi box (35 CD) at 30.50€, and the Sony Baroque box (60 CD) at 41.32€

Quote from: Kamisama on October 27, 2015, 05:32:40 PM
Currently there seem to be price reductions on a number of box sets at Amazon Italy.  For example:

http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B011WEVWYA (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B011WEVWYA)
[asin]B011WEVWYA[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Ivo-Pogorelich/dp/B00QHL0Y8O (http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Ivo-Pogorelich/dp/B00QHL0Y8O)
[asin]B00QHL0Y8O[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/The-Legend-Gustav-Leonhardt/dp/B00T65T6YQ (http://www.amazon.it/The-Legend-Gustav-Leonhardt/dp/B00T65T6YQ)
[asin]B00T65T6YQ[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Beaux-Arts-Trio-Complete-Recordings/dp/B00VL4Q0A8 (http://www.amazon.it/Beaux-Arts-Trio-Complete-Recordings/dp/B00VL4Q0A8)
[asin]B00VL4Q0A8[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Orchestral/dp/B00K12RE92 (http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Orchestral/dp/B00K12RE92)
[asin]B00K12RE92[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Great-European-Tradition-Elly-Ameling/dp/B00NO9LG4I (http://www.amazon.it/Great-European-Tradition-Elly-Ameling/dp/B00NO9LG4I)
[asin]B00NO9LG4I[/asin]

http://www.amazon.it/Collected-recordings-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00UI8TSCU (http://www.amazon.it/Collected-recordings-Seiji-Ozawa/dp/B00UI8TSCU)
[asin]B00UI8TSCU[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2015, 02:49:22 AM
just looked into Amazon.es for the first time.  Most of their boxes are more expensive than others. However, their Wand box is 30 Euros, and the Sony 61 CD Beethoven is 29 Euros. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Kamisama on November 06, 2015, 02:08:38 PM
Historic Boulez (includes Rosbaud's recording of Stravinsky's Agon):

10CD - EUR 22.95  16.06 Amazon.It
http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00QXJAKQQ (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00QXJAKQQ)
[asin]B00QXJAKQQ[/asin]

Info here:
http://www.deccaclassics.com/gb/cat/4811510 (http://www.deccaclassics.com/gb/cat/4811510)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on November 08, 2015, 06:14:01 AM
Well, that Handel boxset did not make it to me in the end. Amazon canceled the order citing a pricing discrepancy. They gave me a $5 voucher as a peace offering.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 08, 2015, 11:12:17 AM
Quote from: Will Sheard on November 08, 2015, 06:14:01 AM
Well, that Handel boxset did not make it to me in the end. Amazon canceled the order citing a pricing discrepancy. They gave me a $5 voucher as a peace offering.

A $5 voucher is a just a slap in the face IMHO. I suppose it's better than nothing at all. Personally, I know what it's like to get burned like this, but I'll also say that Amazon has done some good and have taken care of plenty of issues I've had with them over the years. Not a perfect company by any stretch, but really the only option I have if I want to buy music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 08, 2015, 05:20:59 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 08, 2015, 11:12:17 AM
A $5 voucher is a just a slap in the face IMHO. I suppose it's better than nothing at all. Personally, I know what it's like to get burned like this, but I'll also say that Amazon has done some good and have taken care of plenty of issues I've had with them over the years. Not a perfect company by any stretch, but really the only option I have if I want to buy music.

They could have legitimately offered nothing...but there may be more to it.  I got it for the cheap price, and I remember at least one other person here, possibly more than that, also got it. So if they honored the price for us, why not you?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on November 08, 2015, 05:28:17 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 08, 2015, 11:12:17 AM
A $5 voucher is a just a slap in the face IMHO. I suppose it's better than nothing at all. Personally, I know what it's like to get burned like this, but I'll also say that Amazon has done some good and have taken care of plenty of issues I've had with them over the years. Not a perfect company by any stretch, but really the only option I have if I want to buy music.

Yeah, it's annoying that they took three months to decide. On the plus side, I have a lot of the Horowitz OJC boxset to get through. Then there's the Perahia boxset. Oh, and the Toscanini. And Stravinsky on Sony. And those Richter boxsets. Phew. On reflection, I probably don't need the Handel just yet...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on November 08, 2015, 05:29:43 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 08, 2015, 05:20:59 PM
They could have legitimately offered nothing...but there may be more to it.  I got it for the cheap price, and I remember at least one other person here, possibly more than that, also got it. So if they honored the price for us, why not you?

Yes, I wondered that. Perhaps just the luck of the draw. Or did they look at purchasing records and decide I was a low-grade customer?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 08, 2015, 05:39:29 PM
Quote from: Will Sheard on November 08, 2015, 05:29:43 PM
Yes, I wondered that. Perhaps just the luck of the draw. Or did they look at purchasing records and decide I was a low-grade customer?

I buy a lot on Amazon US, but not much from Amazon US.  I probably have got more from Amazon Italy than Amazon US.

But did you order from the UK?.  Perhaps they felt the shipping cost across the pond was too much.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 08, 2015, 05:44:06 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 08, 2015, 05:39:29 PM
I buy a lot on Amazon US, but not much from Amazon US.

Hmmm.... ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on November 08, 2015, 05:45:03 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 08, 2015, 05:39:29 PM
I buy a lot on Amazon US, but not much from Amazon US.  I probably have got more from Amazon Italy than Amazon US.

But did you order from the UK?.  Perhaps they felt the shipping cost across the pond was too much.

No, I live in the US and ordered from Amazon US. I suppose we'll never know...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 08, 2015, 06:05:04 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 08, 2015, 05:44:06 PM
Hmmm.... ???

Typo time

I meant to say I buy much through Amazon MP and not that much from Amazon US itself.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 08, 2015, 07:59:03 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 08, 2015, 06:05:04 PM
Typo time

I meant to say I buy much through Amazon MP and not that much from Amazon US itself.

;D

Ah yes, the same here. Much cheaper in the long run.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 10, 2015, 09:44:42 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 08, 2015, 05:20:59 PM
They could have legitimately offered nothing...but there may be more to it.  I got it for the cheap price, and I remember at least one other person here, possibly more than that, also got it. So if they honored the price for us, why not you?

Very strange as to why Will didn't get his Handel set.  Amazon US shipped to me in England for under £20.  They can not have made a bean on that sale.  You would think they would honour States customer orders, wouldn't you?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Walt Whitman on November 11, 2015, 03:49:13 PM
Yeah, I got my five dollar wallop to the chops, too. Would have rather had Handel. Amazon is not my favorite internet vendor, right now. And going into the Christmas buying season, that's not good -- for them.

I truly think the answer to the question as to who got the Handel set and who did not revolves around when you ordered it. I ordered mine September 9 and all the reviews I read of people who got theirs were ordered before September 9. Guess better late than never doesn't apply. Too bad for me, as I was looking forward to getting my hands on it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 11, 2015, 05:09:00 PM
I ordered mine August 5, received it two months later.

I am again dissatisfied with them. Ordered three books direct from then on Nov. 5 because their price was a bit less than ordering from Marketplace, once I hit the free shipping threshold.  All three were in stock.  They are finally shipping them today, Nov. 11, but haven't sent the confirmation yet.

I am in no hurry for them,  but to wait a week?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on November 11, 2015, 11:03:02 PM
I too ordered on August 5 and got it October 9.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on November 12, 2015, 07:18:06 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on November 11, 2015, 11:03:02 PM
I too ordered on August 5 and got it October 9.

I ordered the Handel on July 30 and received it in early October.  I'm still waiting for the Michel Plasson French Opera EMI set that I ordered on German Amazon also in late July.  Got it for 19 Euros and currently selling for 90 Euros.  The website consistently states that the set is out of stock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on November 12, 2015, 11:37:42 AM
Not sure if this actually qualifies as a SDCB, but for American purchasers, an Amazon MP seller has the Sony Classical Julliard SQ/Mozart 6-CD set for $12.20 + shipping. That's quite a bit less than other sellers for a set that has, I believe, already gone out of print.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056K4W1M
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 13, 2015, 05:32:11 PM
Just noticed that the Karajan Symphony Edition is free for streaming for Amazon Prime members. Not a bad deal! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 16, 2015, 10:06:38 PM
On JPC de there is a sale of the label K. 617. There are a few fine bargains to be had, starting at prices from 5,99 euros to 9 euros for 3 CD'S. Be quick about it, these sales can stop within a short time.

https://www.jpc.de/s/K617?searchtype=label
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 17, 2015, 04:34:59 AM
The 60 Disc DG Leonard Bernstein Original Jackets box is down to 90.90 Euros at Amazon.IT. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 22, 2015, 03:43:33 PM
This was an email from Barnes and Noble.
Pricing is variable there, so any item may be a bargain, or not.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 23, 2015, 11:57:32 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on November 16, 2015, 10:06:38 PM
On JPC de there is a sale of the label K. 617. There are a few fine bargains to be had, starting at prices from 5,99 euros to 9 euros for 3 CD'S. Be quick about it, these sales can stop within a short time.

https://www.jpc.de/s/K617?searchtype=label

Belated thanks for that alert - got a shipping notice for a small order that includes two of the items from that sale (Campra's Requiem and the three disc Versailles set, the later a true SDCB I guess, at around 8€).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 23, 2015, 12:01:02 PM
Quote from: king ubu on November 23, 2015, 11:57:32 AM
Belated thanks for that alert - got a shipping notice for a small order that includes two of the items from that sale (Campra's Requiem and the three disc Versailles set, the later a true SDCB I guess, at around 8€).

Good for you my friend ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on November 23, 2015, 06:38:42 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 22, 2015, 03:43:33 PM
This was an email from Barnes and Noble.
Pricing is variable there, so any item may be a bargain, or not.

Update
They sent out a followup
Code to use is 30BFRIDAY starting 12:01 AM  Thanksgiving morning.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 24, 2015, 08:26:25 AM
Does anyone know if Amazon Germany started their yearly classical music deals which are only valid for a few hours. I cannot find it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 24, 2015, 08:48:16 AM
they have started ("cyber monday") but there is no category for classical. One has to search through the general category "music" I think.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 24, 2015, 09:02:17 AM
But . . . isn't "Cyber Monday" a week from yesterday?  Just askin'
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on November 24, 2015, 09:21:35 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 24, 2015, 09:02:17 AM
But . . . isn't "Cyber Monday" a week from yesterday?  Just askin'

Hmm, I thought Cyber Monday came the Monday following U.S. Thanksgiving?  ???  I could be wrong.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on November 24, 2015, 09:22:50 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on November 24, 2015, 08:26:25 AM
Does anyone know if Amazon Germany started their yearly classical music deals which are only valid for a few hours. I cannot find it.

It's supposed to be here:

http://www.amazon.de/gp/angebote/ref=nav_cs_gb?gb_hero_f_101=p:4,c:255882,s:available

The Davies Haydn symphonies and a 35-CD Bach set from Hänssler are the only classical deals so far.


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 24, 2015, 09:49:38 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 24, 2015, 09:21:35 AM
Hmm, I thought Cyber Monday came the Monday following U.S. Thanksgiving?  ???  I could be wrong.

Yes, that's right: a week from yesterday will be the Monday following [US] Thanksgiving  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 24, 2015, 09:55:32 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on November 24, 2015, 09:22:50 AM
It's supposed to be here:

http://www.amazon.de/gp/angebote/ref=nav_cs_gb?gb_hero_f_101=p:4,c:255882,s:available

The Davies Haydn symphonies and a 35-CD Bach set from Hänssler are the only classical deals so far.

Yep saw it, well not yet has the time come to have them all in a neat row, only 2 offerings.
Thank you for the link
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 24, 2015, 10:07:24 AM
Right. That's why they call those sales during the week leading up to cyber monday by that name.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 24, 2015, 10:13:06 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on November 24, 2015, 10:07:24 AM
Right. That's why they call those sales during the week leading up to cyber monday by that name.

Thanks for that explanation.  From an American viewpoint, before Cyber Monday would be both Thanksgiving and Black Friday . . . so labeling something Cyber Monday before Cyber Monday is counterintuitive on more than one point ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 24, 2015, 10:41:12 AM
This may be so but because neither Thanksgiving nor Cyber Monday mean anything to German/European customers, it is just a name anyway.
I had never ever heard of the last one before those amazon sales... despite having lived in the US for almost a year in the 1990s I was not aware of the special sales at the Thanksgiving weekend either until a few years ago. Probably it was not so bad in 1995.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on November 24, 2015, 10:26:09 PM
Black Friday and Cyber Monday mean virtually nothing these days.  A few special sales, but I think you need to keep your eye out constantly regardless.

I hate the way it's gone lately.  Thanksgiving is no longer special and stores open even on that day.  Thanksgiving is a sacred holiday in my opinion.  Family and family events, but no shopping and no stores should be open that day.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 24, 2015, 11:40:01 PM
not sure this links works - it's music, not restricted to classical, but I see nothing really enticing:
http://www.amazon.de/b/ref=s9_acss_gb_ct_dedealsc_ct9_a3?_encoding=UTF8&node=509860&pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-new-13&pf_rd_r=15SCXN0HH1EDMDJ6GDGH&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_p=746410687&pf_rd_i=20

Chopin on Brilliant (starting in 40 minutes), the Haydn starting at 4:30 p.m. (now it's 9:40 a.m., for those in different time zones), tomorrow morning 9:10 the DG Strauss complete operas box (regular price is 82€, so this could be a deal for those interested ... I picked up various of the Böhm recordings in single editions instead, did get the EMI box though). Plus there's a Lang Lang somewhere in between, and a magazine set dedicated to Rubinstein (from Die Zeit).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 25, 2015, 12:37:22 AM
Quote from: king ubu on November 24, 2015, 11:40:01 PM
not sure this links works - it's music, not restricted to classical, but I see nothing really enticing:
http://www.amazon.de/b/ref=s9_acss_gb_ct_dedealsc_ct9_a3?_encoding=UTF8&node=509860&pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-new-13&pf_rd_r=15SCXN0HH1EDMDJ6GDGH&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_p=746410687&pf_rd_i=20

Chopin on Brilliant (starting in 40 minutes), the Haydn starting at 4:30 p.m. (now it's 9:40 a.m., for those in different time zones), tomorrow morning 9:10 the DG Strauss complete operas box (regular price is 82€, so this could be a deal for those interested ... I picked up various of the Böhm recordings in single editions instead, did get the EMI box though). Plus there's a Lang Lang somewhere in between, and a magazine set dedicated to Rubinstein (from Die Zeit).

The link works, but you have to work through a lot of rubbish you don't want to have. Last year they had a line exclusively for classical CD'S. They chose not to do that this year.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 25, 2015, 04:48:28 AM
Yeah, I bought a few goodies last year ... but this year it looks like there's so little, it's not even worth creating a separate classical category.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Kamisama on November 25, 2015, 10:48:20 AM
To view only the classical stuff go to the classical main page:
http://www.amazon.de/Klassik-Klassiche-Musik-CDs/b/ref=nav_shopall_cm?ie=UTF8&node=255966 (http://www.amazon.de/Klassik-Klassiche-Musik-CDs/b/ref=nav_shopall_cm?ie=UTF8&node=255966)

A couple of days ago they had the DG/Decca Karajan Opera box available for 80 Euros....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on November 26, 2015, 06:05:12 AM
I don't know whether it really qualifies as SCDB (it's only 12 CDs for around 35€), but this is being offered by AmIt at around half the price than anywehere  else on either shore of the Atlantic (that I've seen, at least):

[asin]B016PF6TA8[/asin]

link (http://www.amazon.it/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=B016PF6TA8)

To be fair, jpc is also competitive in this case...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 27, 2015, 01:09:20 AM
Snatched the DG Tchaiko Masterworks box on aDE for 30 yesterday ... wasn't online long enough to let you folks know, I'm afraid, and I must have snatched one of the last ones around. Not sure it's really a huge bargain, and I wasn't even sure if I should pull the trigger (where are piano concertos 2 & 3, don't we all know the first one by now? but then some of it is not in my collection at all, repertoire-wise - the operas for one - so I guess it wasn't a bad move after all ...)

Anyway, JPC has some Vivaldi discs from naïve for a tener:
https://www.jpc.de/s/1238733_71536?searchtype=cid

And most of the DHM 10CD sets for 15 (same on aDE, just in case) - can't find the link to the series anymore, but a search for "DHM edition" should do it.

And aIT has some interesting classical offers upcoming (though none for me, either have them or decided not to get them):
- Fricsay 2 (have)
- DG Originals cube (have, actually snatched in the same sales a year ago)
- Complete Glenn Gould (have the Bach box and most of the rest in the most recend Gould Collection series)
- Decca Mono cube (have)
- Horowitz in Recical (don't plan to get unless for 50€ ...)
- Karajan 70's (never even considered ...)

some (the Gould) starting very soon - here's another link, hope it works:
http://www.amazon.it/gp/goldbox/ref=gbps_ftr_s-5_8027_wht_41260003?pf_rd_m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_s=slot-5&pf_rd_r=0WRCYK6QXYKAZMQCQD0X&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_p=766438027&pf_rd_i=gb_main&gb_f_GB-SUPPLE=dealTypes:LIGHTNING_DEAL,sortOrder:BY_SCORE,enforcedCategories:412600031&nocache=1448618795985
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 27, 2015, 01:19:44 AM
Quote from: king ubu on November 27, 2015, 01:09:20 AM
Snatched the DG Tchaiko Masterworks box on aDE for 30 yesterday ... wasn't online long enough to let you folks know, I'm afraid, and I must have snatched one of the last ones around. Not sure it's really a huge bargain, and I wasn't even sure if I should pull the trigger

So did I, and the rest of your quote goes for me as well - didn't Universal have recordings of those concertos? Sloppy work I say.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 27, 2015, 05:02:54 PM
For those interested in the US:

[asin]B013FFSG7U[/asin]

An Amazon MP seller has this set for $66. Maybe not a 'Super-Duper Cheap Bargain' but certainly not a bad deal and the cheapest I've seen on any Amazon site (so far).

Long story short, I received this Stravinsky Complete Edition for free based on the fact that the package (shipped from Amazon Germany) was perceived to be lost and with good reason as I bought the set on October 11th and it's just now in my hands. Christmas came early this year. :)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 27, 2015, 05:04:49 PM
Senn 598 Headphones on sale for just under $95. Great deal for a good headphone. Don't know how long it will last.
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-598-Over-Ear-Headphones/dp/B0126HISOO/ref=lp_13227331011_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448676191&sr=1-2 (http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-598-Over-Ear-Headphones/dp/B0126HISOO/ref=lp_13227331011_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448676191&sr=1-2)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 27, 2015, 05:09:55 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 27, 2015, 05:04:49 PM
Senn 598 Headphones on sale for just under $95. Great deal for a good headphone. Don't know how long it will last.
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-598-Over-Ear-Headphones/dp/B0126HISOO/ref=lp_13227331011_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448676191&sr=1-2 (http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-598-Over-Ear-Headphones/dp/B0126HISOO/ref=lp_13227331011_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448676191&sr=1-2)

Where's Ken B when you need him? He has been looking at these headphones for quite some time. Really hope he has seen this sale. This sale has 5 hours left so far. Thanks for alerting others, Neal. I've owned these headphones for several years (the Ivory ones) and love them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on November 27, 2015, 06:46:30 PM
I can use those headphones, remembered to use this site's amazon links to order them.  Good deal in Canada too when shipping is included, and a good exchange rate as well
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 27, 2015, 11:52:12 PM
Quote from: The new erato on November 27, 2015, 01:19:44 AM
So did I, and the rest of your quote goes for me as well - didn't Universal have recordings of those concertos? Sloppy work I say.

DG may not, but Philips had Werner Haas with all Tchaikovsky piano concertos, so it is strange that they are missing
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on November 29, 2015, 01:20:45 AM
jpc is having a special offer on those white HM 10 disc box sets: 15 euros a piece.

https://www.jpc.de/s/dhm+Boxen-Edition?searchtype=serie

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 29, 2015, 04:49:28 AM
Quote from: Que on November 29, 2015, 01:20:45 AM
jpc is having a special offer on those white HM 10 disc box sets: 15 euros a piece.

https://www.jpc.de/s/dhm+Boxen-Edition?searchtype=serie

Q

mentioned on the last page ... and already per-used  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 29, 2015, 05:15:23 AM
Quote from: listener on November 27, 2015, 06:46:30 PM
I can use those headphones, remembered to use this site's amazon links to order them.  Good deal in Canada too when shipping is included, and a good exchange rate as well

Did you get a pair of those Sennheiser HD 598s? A fantastic deal indeed. I see they're offering those in black now. 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 30, 2015, 11:21:03 AM
Beyerdynamic DT-880 Pro for $149.99 at Amazon. Lightning deal, so speed is essential if of interest.
[asin]B001B1QENY[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on November 30, 2015, 08:56:01 PM
not down at the 1 euro or 1 dollar level, but the once-a-year half-price sale is on now at  the Tyrol museum site: http://shop.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/cd-dvd/musikmuseum.html   
There are sound bites to help with the unfamiliar pieces
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 30, 2015, 09:30:23 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 30, 2015, 11:21:03 AM
Beyerdynamic DT-880 Pro for $149.99 at Amazon. Lightning deal, so speed is essential if of interest.
[asin]B001B1QENY[/asin]

That's the one I have - don't enjoy using headphones that much, but I love how it sounds.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: XB-70 Valkyrie on December 01, 2015, 04:28:56 PM
Do Beyerdynamic headphones have earpads that turn to crap every other year, requiring costly replacements, and cables that kink up like crazy and are tweaky as hell (causing left and/or right channels to kick in and out all the time)? --i.e., like Sennheiser?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 01, 2015, 05:10:14 PM
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on December 01, 2015, 04:28:56 PM
Do Beyerdynamic headphones have earpads that turn to crap every other year, requiring costly replacements, and cables that kink up like crazy and are tweaky as hell (causing left and/or right channels to kick in and out all the time)? --i.e., like Sennheiser?
I have both and never had a problem with earpads, cables or much of anything really...so not sure I can help...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 01, 2015, 07:58:38 PM
My Audio Technica ATH-M50s have the covering material flaking off the ear pads, so I get little black flakes in my hair all the time, and the gap between the cable's protective black covering and the metal plug piece is almost 1cm of exposed wires now, but it's still working.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on December 02, 2015, 04:41:59 AM
I think earpads turning to crap depend on where you live and the humidity.  I live in the Seattle area so while it can be damp here, the humidity is rather mild and does not cause problems for me.  Summers are dry usually.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on December 02, 2015, 01:04:32 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on November 24, 2015, 08:26:25 AM
Does anyone know if Amazon Germany started their yearly classical music deals which are only valid for a few hours. I cannot find it.

  Yes and I just bought this for peanuts  (£35!) :

  [asin]B004K583KA[/asin]

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 02, 2015, 01:10:14 PM
Quote from: marvinbrown on December 02, 2015, 01:04:32 PM
  Yes and I just bought this for peanuts  (£35!) :

  [asin]B004K583KA[/asin]

  marvin

That price is already gone (currently €105) :(

Sarge
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on December 02, 2015, 01:19:40 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 02, 2015, 01:10:14 PM
That price is already gone (currently €105) :(

Sarge

  It might come around again Sarge. Stay positive.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on December 02, 2015, 06:04:20 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 02, 2015, 01:10:14 PM
That price is already gone (currently €105) :(

Sarge

Amaxon US lists it at $87.22 US.  Certainly more than 35€ but also less than 105€.  The full Hanssler box set is listed with European marketplace vendors at just under $235,  almost exactly what I paid for it four years ago.  Used copies are of course less.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on December 02, 2015, 06:40:49 PM
My favorite pair of headphones, the Philips SHP9500s, don't have any problems with the ear pads as they're cushioned mesh. The way I wish more headphone manufacturers would go. Much more comfortable than velour pads believe it or not.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ShineyMcShineShine on December 02, 2015, 10:01:20 PM
Are there any coupons or discount codes for Prestoclassical ?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 02, 2015, 10:07:03 PM
Quote from: ShineyMcShineShine on December 02, 2015, 10:01:20 PM
Are there any coupons or discount codes for Prestoclassical ?
Not as far as I know, and I've been a satisfied customer for a decade.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 03, 2015, 05:00:15 AM
Quote from: ShineyMcShineShine on December 02, 2015, 10:01:20 PM
Are there any coupons or discount codes for Prestoclassical ?
No, but the sale prices often beat anything in the US, so I take advantage of their sales when possible.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 08, 2015, 03:37:51 AM
Karajan DG operas @ 80€ right now ... (not on my to buy list though) - a few left, it seems:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00ULE2W42
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on December 08, 2015, 06:11:34 AM
Quote from: king ubu on December 08, 2015, 03:37:51 AM
Karajan DG operas @ 80€ right now ... (not on my to buy list though) - a few left, it seems:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00ULE2W42

  It seems it is still there??! Do you know how long the discount applies? From what I can see the amazon.de discount seems to last until all the copies on sale are sold. Is this correct?

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 08, 2015, 06:14:31 AM
I knew that would be a snare unto Marvin's feet!  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on December 08, 2015, 06:21:43 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 08, 2015, 06:14:31 AM
I knew that would be a snare unto Marvin's feet!  8)

  Unfortuntaely Karl I am not interested in this boxset as I really do not like the Karajan Ring (sorry Sarge, MirrorImage et al.) and I have a lot of what's in there already.  I was asking for future reference.  I recently rushed to buy the Bach Riling cantatas on sale at amazon.de for £35! I can not believe I was able to get it at that price!!. I was listening to it last night and it is so lush in comparison to Harnoncourt/Leonhardt.  I am so glad I bought it. 

  I would just like to know how quickly one has to move on amazon.de??

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 08, 2015, 06:27:53 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on December 08, 2015, 06:11:34 AM
  It seems it is still there??! Do you know how long the discount applies? From what I can see the amazon.de discount seems to last until all the copies on sale are sold. Is this correct?

  marvin

Either as long as it lasts (98% reserved now) or it will time out (after a few hours, don't know how many, but it says 2 minutes and some seconds left now).

Also, several offers (such as the Tchaikovsky Masterworks box) make returns, but I'd not count on it.

Another SDCDBG they had as the big Argerich box for 50 a few days ago ... but I'm not in there, not that taken by what I've heard and I've got so many piano recordings around. Similar with Karajan, not too big on him ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on December 08, 2015, 06:43:04 AM
Quote from: king ubu on December 08, 2015, 06:27:53 AM
Either as long as it lasts (98% reserved now) or it will time out (after a few hours, don't know how many, but it says 2 minutes and some seconds left now).

Also, several offers (such as the Tchaikovsky Masterworks box) make returns, but I'd not count on it.

Another SDCDBG they had as the big Argerich box for 50 a few days ago ... but I'm not in there, not that taken by what I've heard and I've got so many piano recordings around. Similar with Karajan, not too big on him ...

  Thank you for your response.  Just one clarification, it seems that once it "times out" the discount ends but if you refresh the page the discount reapears.  I have just discovered that once all of the copies on sale are gone the discount truly ends.  But now you are telling me that certain discounts return.  One must keep their eyes open at all times.

  In the end it would be foolish to pay more for an item when it can be had at 50% off etc. and at the rate I've been buying during these past couple of years I am looking at a fair amount of money.

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 08, 2015, 10:01:39 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on December 08, 2015, 06:43:04 AM
  Thank you for your response.  Just one clarification, it seems that once it "times out" the discount ends but if you refresh the page the discount reapears.  I have just discovered that once all of the copies on sale are gone the discount truly ends.  But now you are telling me that certain discounts return.  One must keep their eyes open at all times.

  In the end it would be foolish to pay more for an item when it can be had at 50% off etc. and at the rate I've been buying during these past couple of years I am looking at a fair amount of money.

  marvin

Yeah, but then again, when I bought the DG cube for 50€, shortly afterwards that kinda became standard price ... and in fact, with these offers you don't get VAT deduction so it's really hard to tell if it's worth. On the other hand, I picked the Pavarotti box in such a sale for 50 and I'm not sure it ever went down that far, except if it ever made such a sale again.

Right now, you can get the Domingo Verdi box for 18:
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00CYPPAH2/

And tomorrow, 10 a.m. centralyuroptime, the Heifetz box makes an appearance (I love that one! paid full price but didn't mind), and a few hours later the Boulez Sony box (that one is tempting me bigtime!), and later tomorrow the Boulez 20c DG box (I have it, but completely unplayed as of yet) as well, and then finally the Wagner "Great Recordings" box (that is cheap at ~35 anyway) makes an appearance (not tempting me)

(Wasn't aware about the "refresh" thing, btw)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 08, 2015, 10:10:43 AM
and because of late, it seems to be trendy to post silly girlie pics here, one with Pierre for y'all:

(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn38/microtonaldave/tumblr_n7e044UsjH1t06hqzo1_1280_zpsa35f5580.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 08, 2015, 10:15:47 AM
Quote from: king ubu on December 08, 2015, 10:10:43 AM
and because of late, it seems to be trendy to post silly girlie pics here, one with Pierre for y'all:

(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn38/microtonaldave/tumblr_n7e044UsjH1t06hqzo1_1280_zpsa35f5580.jpg)
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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on December 08, 2015, 10:31:15 AM
Quote from: king ubu on December 08, 2015, 10:10:43 AM
and because of late, it seems to be trendy to post silly girlie pics here, one with Pierre for y'all:
An oldie but a goldie.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 09, 2015, 03:07:07 AM
40% off Harmonia Mundi today only at europadisc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 09, 2015, 03:34:25 AM
the Boulez offer is 78€ ... if you're outside the EU, the current price a aFR is better (74€) - still not quite good enough for me to grab it (meaning: it's still too expensive to slip through customs), as I'm not really sure I need it in the first place. I have some of the Debussy and the Webern/Berg/Carter/etc. six disc set - sure would like a few more, but getting the box would be a bit too much.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Kamisama on December 09, 2015, 03:40:02 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 09, 2015, 03:07:07 AM
40% off Harmonia Mundi today only at europadisc.

I notice the Baroque Opera box is only £35 (to the UK at least).
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71hgVZIzNjL._SL1200_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 09, 2015, 09:23:22 PM
Quote from: Kamisama on December 09, 2015, 03:40:02 AM
I notice the Baroque Opera box is only £35 (to the UK at least).
The opera DVD is worth that.  It's a shame, in a way, that it is so cheap. They really went out of their way to make a luxurious, classy box set.  I guess that's just not enough to bring back Baroque Opera :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 09, 2015, 09:42:22 PM
The Anima Eterna Beetoven cycle going at half price today on europadisc. The Belcea Beethoven as well, Zelenka etc!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 10, 2015, 09:32:57 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on December 08, 2015, 06:21:43 AM
... I recently rushed to buy the Bach Riling cantatas on sale at amazon.de for £35! I can not believe I was able to get it at that price!!. I was listening to it last night and it is so lush in comparison to Harnoncourt/Leonhardt.  I am so glad I bought it. 

This is making a re-appearance tomorrow ... though I opted for Gardiner there and am happy with his cycle (the complete box on SDG).

Edit: though looking at its current price (90+), I don't think it will be as cheap ... and not sure, it's listed as being sold by a third party seller, so not sure why aDE would bother to include it in this special sale at all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on December 10, 2015, 11:32:07 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 02, 2015, 01:10:14 PM
That price is already gone (currently €105) :(

Sarge

  Sarge, it seems that the Riling cantatas are going on sale again tomorrow at 18:15 on  Amazon.de if you are still interested.

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Green Destiny on December 18, 2015, 07:26:48 PM
I noticed this box is a bit cheap again - 21 GBP from Amazon UK:

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Also this Beethoven box - 35 GBP (Can be bought for 30 GBP on the MP):

[asin]B000NDEMAI[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ComposerOfAvantGarde on December 18, 2015, 07:54:24 PM
^That Beethoven box is epic! Bought it in Japan last week for 3485 yen from tower records (that's 19.32 GBP).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Green Destiny on December 18, 2015, 08:02:24 PM
Quote from: ComposerOfAvantGarde on December 18, 2015, 07:54:24 PM
^That Beethoven box is epic! Bought it in Japan last week for 3485 yen from tower records (that's 19.32 GBP).

Anything I've ever bought from Japan has been quite expensive - you were very lucky to get that box at such a good price :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ComposerOfAvantGarde on December 18, 2015, 08:05:20 PM
Quote from: Green Destiny on December 18, 2015, 08:02:24 PM
Anything I've ever bought from Japan has been quite expensive - you were very lucky to get that box at such a good price :)
I was surprised too! Japan does seem rather expensive, but some amazing bargains turn up by surrounds here and there. I think there was a sale of some sort for classical box sets because they were all much cheaper than I've seen at my local classical music CD shop!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on December 19, 2015, 12:14:41 AM
It's always been affordably available in Europe, but at 14.95 € now from amazon Spain, Gary Bertini's superb set of Gustav Mahler's symphonies (including Das Lied von der Erde and the adagio from the Tenth), on 11 CDs, is a steal:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XM9c79aaL._SX425_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.es/mahler-symphony-nos-1-9-adagio/dp/B000BQ7BX2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1450516459&sr=1-1&keywords=mahler+bertini
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 19, 2015, 01:39:13 AM
Quote from: Green Destiny on December 18, 2015, 08:02:24 PM
Anything I've ever bought from Japan has been quite expensive - you were very lucky to get that box at such a good price :)

Quote from: ComposerOfAvantGarde on December 18, 2015, 08:05:20 PM
I was surprised too! Japan does seem rather expensive, but some amazing bargains turn up by surrounds here and there. I think there was a sale of some sort for classical box sets because they were all much cheaper than I've seen at my local classical music CD shop!

Where do you guys shop in Japan?  :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ComposerOfAvantGarde on December 19, 2015, 02:44:24 AM
Quote from: Que on December 19, 2015, 01:39:13 AM
Where do you guys shop in Japan?  :)

Q
I've been to the Tower Records in Akihabara, Tokyo, a couple of times and I think there is a huuuuge one in Shibuya which I haven't been to yet. Supermarkets are so cheap! Buying tofu even in one of the classier more expensive supermarkets is a fifth of the cost it is to get the same amount in Australia! Although I suspect most tourists don't really go to Japan to buy tofu from supermarkets. :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 19, 2015, 03:12:34 AM
Quote from: ComposerOfAvantGarde on December 19, 2015, 02:44:24 AM

I've been to the Tower Records in Akihabara, Tokyo, a couple of times and I think there is a huuuuge one in Shibuya which I haven't been to yet. Supermarkets are so cheap! Buying tofu even in one of the classier more expensive supermarkets is a fifth of the cost it is to get the same amount in Australia! Although I suspect most tourists don't really go to Japan to buy tofu from supermarkets. :laugh:

Thanks, I had actually onlline resources in mind.... :D 

But since my wife and I are planning a trip to South Korea & Japan next April, this will come in handy as well. :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 19, 2015, 03:25:45 AM
cdjapan.co.jp is a very nice online shop ... I've used it mostly to buy jazz (and there are many Japanese reissues there in the 1000-1500 yen range, if you're okay with a cheap and slow shipping option, that's not expensive at all), with classical I don't have much of a clue yet how the Japanese market works and what's there that's not there here etc. - bought a pair of Sofronitzky Scriabin discs (Denon) recently and have the Häfliger/Dähler "Schwanengesang" on the way right now, but other than that the few other Japanese classical releases I have were picked up via marketplace offerings (and in most cases I wasn't even aware I'd end up with a Japanese edition).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on December 19, 2015, 03:52:28 AM
Quote from: ritter on December 19, 2015, 12:14:41 AM
It's always been affordably available in Europe, but at 14.95 € now from amazon Spain, Gary Bertini's superb set of Gustav Mahler's symphonies (including Das Lied von der Erde and the adagio from the Tenth), on 11 CDs, is a steal:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XM9c79aaL._SX425_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.es/mahler-symphony-nos-1-9-adagio/dp/B000BQ7BX2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1450516459&sr=1-1&keywords=mahler+bertini

Amazon Spain also has Fritz Reiner - The Complete Chicago Symphony Recordings for €73 (66cd)
http://www.amazon.es/Fritz-Reiner-Complete-Symphony-Recordings/dp/B00BT70J0Y/ (http://www.amazon.es/Fritz-Reiner-Complete-Symphony-Recordings/dp/B00BT70J0Y/)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 19, 2015, 04:32:09 AM
I want to purchase Immerseel's complete recordings of Schubert and Beethoven. Anyone know where the best price is to be had?


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 19, 2015, 04:52:37 AM
I've bought some things from Amazon.JP and gotten suuuuper fast shipping.  I got the Westminster orchestral box for $200, new, and the Van Nevel "Labyrinth" box Used for $35. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 19, 2015, 06:09:59 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on December 19, 2015, 04:32:09 AM
I want to purchase Immerseel's complete recordings of Schubert and Beethoven. Anyone know where the best price is to be had?
Right now try Presto Classical - excluding the UK VAT, the price for both of those box sets combined is US $45 (41 euros). I know because I bought them there. :)

For comparison, Amazon.de has new marketplace copies of those sets for a combined 47 euros.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on December 19, 2015, 08:41:09 AM
Flash sale warning:

(http://www.servimg.com/view/18689813/97)

Amazon.De is selling a box of Mozart operas by Gardiner at unbeatable price. 7 operas, 18 cd's , 30 oïros. It's one of those 'flash sales' that occur once in a while for a very limited period of time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on December 19, 2015, 04:14:27 PM
Quote from: ComposerOfAvantGarde on December 19, 2015, 02:44:24 AM

I've been to the Tower Records in Akihabara, Tokyo, a couple of times and I think there is a huuuuge one in Shibuya which I haven't been to yet. Supermarkets are so cheap! Buying tofu even in one of the classier more expensive supermarkets is a fifth of the cost it is to get the same amount in Australia! Although I suspect most tourists don't really go to Japan to buy tofu from supermarkets. :laugh:

The Tower in Shibuya and Shinjuku are the ones to go to.  In Shinjuku and Ochanomizu (next station from Akihabara) has Disk Union.  Not for mail order though.  However, if you are there go to both Tower and Disk Union.  The latter has used discs and they are in immaculate shape usually.  Japanese take care of their discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on December 19, 2015, 04:18:00 PM
Quote from: ritter on December 19, 2015, 12:14:41 AM
It's always been affordably available in Europe, but at 14.95 € now from amazon Spain, Gary Bertini's superb set of Gustav Mahler's symphonies (including Das Lied von der Erde and the adagio from the Tenth), on 11 CDs, is a steal:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XM9c79aaL._SX425_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.es/mahler-symphony-nos-1-9-adagio/dp/B000BQ7BX2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1450516459&sr=1-1&keywords=mahler+bertini

Cheaper at Amazon.de
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ComposerOfAvantGarde on December 19, 2015, 04:21:44 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on December 19, 2015, 04:14:27 PM
The Tower in Shibuya and Shinjuku are the ones to go to.  In Shinjuku and Ochanomizu (next station from Akihabara) has Disk Union.  Not for mail order though.  However, if you are there go to both Tower and Disk Union.  The latter has used discs and they are in immaculate shape usually.  Japanese take care of their discs.
Thank you very much for this post! Next time I'm in Tokyo I'll check out Disk Union as well. I usually prefer not to shop online (haven't had very reliable mail service to my place) so this is all good. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on December 20, 2015, 07:40:55 AM
Quote from: ComposerOfAvantGarde on December 19, 2015, 04:21:44 PM
Thank you very much for this post! Next time I'm in Tokyo I'll check out Disk Union as well. I usually prefer not to shop online (haven't had very reliable mail service to my place) so this is all good. :)

My pleasure.  I used to live in Japan and visit twice yearly.  Disk Union's biggest classical shop is on the 8th floor in a building in Shinjuku next to Kinokuniya book store.  Tower in Shinjuku is outside the South exit of the station.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 21, 2015, 12:48:09 AM
Flash alert at Amazon de, this fine bargain. 19,00 euro's

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MickeyBoy on December 21, 2015, 06:02:04 AM

The price is now EUR 38.99.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 21, 2015, 06:12:25 AM
Quote from: MickeyBoy on December 21, 2015, 06:02:04 AM
The price is now EUR 38.99.
Thank God! Then I don't need to buy it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 21, 2015, 06:13:49 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 21, 2015, 06:12:25 AM
Thank God! Then I don't need to buy it.

Not to worry, soon it will be up again in the list, I will alert the present company again, when it is.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 21, 2015, 06:15:10 AM
Quote from: MickeyBoy on December 21, 2015, 06:02:04 AM
The price is now EUR 38.99.

Sure it is, but for 3 hours it was available for 18:56 no postage charged. Should have set your alarm clock. :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 21, 2015, 06:15:44 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on December 21, 2015, 06:13:49 AM
Not to worry, soon it will be up again in the list, I will alert the present company again, when it is.
You're a cruel one Harry. I'm not very interested in the organ (I have a couple of Bach sets), but cannot resist a cheap set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 21, 2015, 06:18:14 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 21, 2015, 06:15:44 AM
You're a cruel one Harry. I'm not very interested in the organ (I have a couple of Bach sets), but cannot resist a cheap set.

Yes this was a irresistible set, one of the sets that had the highest score in selling figures, almost 74 %. The rest in the line was far under that figure.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on December 21, 2015, 06:28:37 AM
This is the normal price. The flash sales are always valid only for an hour or two.
Right now there is e.g. the Buchbinder Beethoven sonatas for 21 EUR.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on December 21, 2015, 06:55:51 AM
On US Amazon, the 30-CD set "Giuseppe Verdi Great Recordings" can be had for $21.10 from Amazon, or as low as $12.79 (new) from MP sellers. 

[asin]B00BI7EY88[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on December 21, 2015, 10:31:49 AM
This is a very, very incomplete compilation (no Requiem, no Otello, Aida, Don Carlo or Falstaff,) but it contains qiete a few performances of the 'middle period' works that ought to be known by the dedicated verdian.

Maybe there will be a second volume ?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 21, 2015, 12:54:11 PM
Quote from: André on December 21, 2015, 10:31:49 AM
This is a very, very incomplete compilation (no Requiem, no Otello, Aida, Don Carlo or Falstaff,) but it contains qiete a few performances of the 'middle period' works that ought to be known by the dedicated verdian.

Maybe there will be a second volume ?

The Requiem is there actually (discs 29 & 30), but I guess other recordings fare better ... it's a nice set though, if only for that "Rigoletto"!

As for "Aida", the full recording of Perlea's is fine and has been released complete by Naxos. Should be fairly easy to get. Not sure about "Falstaff", there would have been one by Bernstein (any good?). "Don Carlo" is indeed the one where I'd have wished for the full version to be included ... it was released by Sony in its cheapo series "The Sony Opera House" but seems to be OOP by now. Guess I'll have to get it as long as I can ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on December 21, 2015, 06:09:19 PM
Quote from: The new erato on December 21, 2015, 06:15:44 AM
You're a cruel one Harry. I'm not very interested in the organ (I have a couple of Bach sets), but cannot resist a cheap set.

Given the quality of that set---helped by having things arranged sort of chronologically, and divided up among different performers--€39 is cheap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on December 21, 2015, 11:22:33 PM
EUR 39 is certainly a fair price for 20 discs but 19 is a steal (and I could not resist, also because I did not have a complete Bach organ set at all, only about two dozen mixed discs.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 22, 2015, 01:06:02 AM
Humpf ... I resisted so far ... not too many days left I reckon (will this end on 24th? how was that last year?), so far the set does not turn up again in the list of items to be part of the sale.

And just in case, I think the Argerich box (for 50€) was sold to 100% within minutes, each time it appeared (at least three times) - so that must be the best-selling item in these sales.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on December 22, 2015, 01:31:35 AM
The Haenssler Organ/Bach was the only thing I bought. (I only read a few days ago in another forum that in the super sales around Thanksgiving they had the Sennheiser HD 598 for EUR 99 (instead of ca. 180) and I probably would have tried my luck on that one had I seen the offer...)

I already had most of the Argerich I wanted and as I said before, overall I have been avoiding big boxes for some time because I tend not to listen to them. I expect this to be different with the Bach because 20 discs is not as overwhelming as 40+ and I am not overly familiar with most of the music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 22, 2015, 01:44:47 AM
The Heifetz is now at 100%, too - love that one! Didn't get the Argerich, I'm not too big on her so far and have enough for the moment (I guess around 15 discs, spread in various label or composer based boxes, big and small, and a five disc/albums set by EMI on top of that)

Anyway, I guess not having that Bach set will be just as fine, in the end  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 22, 2015, 02:18:15 AM
Quote from: king ubu on December 22, 2015, 01:44:47 AM
The Heifetz is now at 100%, too - love that one! Didn't get the Argerich, I'm not too big on her so far and have enough for the moment (I guess around 15 discs, spread in various label or composer based boxes, big and small, and a five disc/albums set by EMI on top of that)

Anyway, I guess not having that Bach set will be just as fine, in the end  :)
I already have two sets - Walcha and Fagius - I haven't listened to.  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 22, 2015, 02:44:18 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 22, 2015, 02:18:15 AM
I already have two sets - Walcha and Fagius - I haven't listened to.  ::)

Yeah, same here (Weinberger and Foccroulle) - that's why I said it's okay not to get it ... but if it makes a return I'll be most tempted!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 22, 2015, 02:48:50 AM
Quote from: king ubu on December 22, 2015, 02:44:18 AM
Yeah, same here (Weinberger and Foccroulle) - that's why I said it's okay not to get it ... but if it makes a return I'll be most tempted!

I will keep you informed, sure I will, afterall its only 18,56, only.................................. :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 22, 2015, 03:20:25 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on December 22, 2015, 02:48:50 AM
I will keep you informed, sure I will, afterall its only 18,56, only.................................. :laugh:

Just received the confirmation of dispatch. 18,56 including shipping, a steal! :) Thanks again for the heads up.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 22, 2015, 03:21:38 AM
Quote from: Que on December 22, 2015, 03:20:25 AM
Just received the confirmation of dispatch. 18,56 including shipping, a steal! :) Thanks again for the heads up.

Q


Hmmm, I am still waiting on the dispatch date:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 22, 2015, 03:41:37 AM
No need to worry, I think - they sometimes take a day or two longer during these sales it seems (but then for me, delivery was extremely fast, one of the Strauss boxes was shipped Dec. 17 and arrived yesterday!

Anyway, thanks, but I've been watching the sales offers daily (or hourly, rather  :laugh:), so I'll notice if the Bach returns!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bogdan101 on January 07, 2016, 06:33:34 AM
Happy New Year, folks!

Time to bump this thread: the DHM box is on amazon uk for under 35 quid shipped to Canada.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on January 08, 2016, 04:02:38 AM
... an aFR is running a huge sale ... little use in linking items as most seem to be last copies (sometimes 2-4 copies available) ... snatched up amongst other things half a dozen of the CPE Bach series by Spanyi, some Duphly, a Schubert disc by Reto Bieri and many other goodies  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 08, 2016, 04:07:45 AM
Quote from: king ubu on January 08, 2016, 04:02:38 AM
... an aFR is running a huge sale ... little use in linking items as most seem to be last copies (sometimes 2-4 copies available) ... snatched up amongst other things half a dozen of the CPE Bach series by Spanyi, some Duphly, a Schubert disc by Reto Bieri and many other goodies  :)
So did I. Various Aho, Skalkottas, Sæverud and Nystrøm on BIS as well as some MDG and Carus for me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 08, 2016, 10:38:21 AM
aFR??  ??? Sorry lads, but that ancient Egyptian to me...

But I love to know.... ;D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 08, 2016, 10:42:21 AM
Quote from: Que on January 08, 2016, 10:38:21 AM
aFR??  ??? Sorry lads, but that ancient Egyptian to me...

But I love to know.... ;D

Q

I join in this Ancient Egypte labyrinth. I was flabbergasted too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 08, 2016, 11:12:17 AM
Amazon France?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 08, 2016, 11:18:55 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 08, 2016, 11:12:17 AM
Amazon France?

That's  what I figuered out in the meatime as well....probably.... :D

Let's check. 8)

Q

Yup!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on January 08, 2016, 11:19:30 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 08, 2016, 11:12:17 AM
Amazon France?
I hope so, cause I ordered 4 hard-to-find Skalkottas (on the BIS label) at an attractive price  (from an "aFR" MP seller)... :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on January 08, 2016, 12:38:04 PM
yep, amazon.fr - the sales are from amazon themselves, but of course there might be good marketplace offers as well ... mostly just very few copies (often but one) available it seems
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 08, 2016, 01:11:19 PM
Quote from: ritter on January 08, 2016, 11:19:30 AM
I hope so, cause I ordered 4 hard-to-find Skalkottas (on the BIS label) at an attractive price  (from an "aFR" MP seller)... :D

Which ones?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on January 09, 2016, 01:08:47 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on January 08, 2016, 01:11:19 PM
Which ones?
These ones:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uTVv76p9L._SX425_PJautoripRedesignedBadge,TopRight,0,-35_OU11__.jpg)   (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KKyQQ86aL._PJautoripRedesignedBadge,TopRight,0,-35_OU11__.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71jd8ZFOydL._SX425_PJautoripRedesignedBadge,TopRight,0,-35_OU11__.jpg)   (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fNR%2Bjo29L._SX425_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wanderer on January 09, 2016, 02:57:51 AM
Quote from: ritter on January 09, 2016, 01:08:47 AM
These ones:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uTVv76p9L._SX425_PJautoripRedesignedBadge,TopRight,0,-35_OU11__.jpg)   (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KKyQQ86aL._PJautoripRedesignedBadge,TopRight,0,-35_OU11__.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71jd8ZFOydL._SX425_PJautoripRedesignedBadge,TopRight,0,-35_OU11__.jpg)   (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fNR%2Bjo29L._SX425_.jpg)

Splendid! Hope you enjoy them. The Concerto for Two Violins on this disc - a great favourite -  is in its original, un-orchestrated state (it was orchestrated after the composer's death and recorded in another BIS issue, but I think it is quite more potent and effective in this, its original guise for 2 violins and 2 pianos). I'm also very fond of the First Piano Concerto (and of the other two, as well) and the quartets are excellent. The orchestral works are tonal, but no less enjoyable.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Richard on January 09, 2016, 06:13:26 AM
I suppose these qualify as "cheap" if you are looking for one of the big boxes of Bach. Currently on amazon.es

$135 EUR if you're buying from outside of the Eurozone

[asin]B006WKDT1E[/asin]


$79 EUR for just the Cantatas (again for outside the Eurozone)

[asin]B000RZOR2U[/asin]


$36 EUR for the Scott Ross Scarlatti Box is a pretty great price too.

[asin]B00IUPNBW6[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 21, 2016, 07:05:13 PM
AMAZON UK have a 10 pound promo for Jan 22 only. You have to spend 50 quid to use it. It is available to everyone, see uk frontpage for details.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 22, 2016, 09:52:26 AM
This superb set is currently available for 7 Euros! from amazon.es:

[asin]B005BC18JO[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on January 22, 2016, 10:05:29 AM
No disponible temporalmente.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on January 23, 2016, 12:05:29 PM
Does $2.52 per disc count as "Super-Duper Cheap"? That's how much the new Alfred Brendel box set Alfred Brendel: the Complete Philips Recordings costs at Amazon. It's due to be released next month. Two of my first three classical CDs were by Brendel on Philips, Mozart's PCs 23 and 27, and Schubert's 960 and Wanderer, the disc that started it all for me.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014VLVTW6/ref=s9_simh_gw_g15_i1_r?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=048BCJWJJPHF0QP6M5ZJ&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop

[asin]B014VLVTW6[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on January 23, 2016, 12:47:35 PM
Quote from: Jay F on January 23, 2016, 12:05:29 PM
Does $2.52 per disc count as "Super-Duper Cheap"?
For one CD, or twenty CDs, yes. For 114 CDs...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on January 23, 2016, 01:34:35 PM
Ha, I have had a 5-disc-box of the Neumann masses for years and had somehow assumed that this was reasonably complete (because it included the Requiem and Ave verum corpus). It seems I am missing 6 early masses KV 49, 140, 192, 194, 262, 275... without having realized that.
As I cannot muster a lot of enthusiasm for the Salzburg church music I'll probably be fine without them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on February 10, 2016, 05:24:14 AM
Karajan Ring is 54 EUR @ Amazon.de:

http://www.amazon.de/Originals-Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen/dp/B000009CMV
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on February 17, 2016, 07:33:28 AM
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5400439003576.jpg)


http://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/ol/B00UW8PD6Q/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/ol/B00UW8PD6Q/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=new)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 17, 2016, 07:37:39 AM
Uhhh...... 0,33 euro ?  ???

That probably won't fly..... unfortunately .... ::)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 17, 2016, 07:58:54 AM
JPC de has a sale of the English Toccata label. 7,99€ per CD, that's an incredible bargain.  246 tiles in toto reduced. Be quick about it, that will end this sale very quickly too.
Just type the labels name in the search box



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on February 17, 2016, 08:37:14 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on February 17, 2016, 07:33:28 AM
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5400439003576.jpg)


http://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/ol/B00UW8PD6Q/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/ol/B00UW8PD6Q/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

Whee, thanks for that - can't not buy that, can you?  Rather silly that it's despatched from the UK, but not available on am.uk at that price, and costing me €7 in international postage from the UK... to the UK.  Still, even with the low £, £5.95.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 17, 2016, 09:09:36 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on February 17, 2016, 07:58:54 AM
JPC de has a sale of the English Toccata label. 7,99€ per CD, that's an incredible bargain.  246 tiles in toto reduced. Be quick about it, that will end this sale very quickly too.
Just type the labels name in the search box

Oooh. That's a good price! Any recs on the label? I have a few wishlisted (like Tovey), but not many. Actually - any recs from anyone would be welcome...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 17, 2016, 09:10:40 AM
Quote from: Que on February 17, 2016, 07:37:39 AM
Uhhh...... 0,33 euro ?  ???

That probably won't fly..... unfortunately .... ::)

Q

Despite my doubts, I took a gamble - because that's what it is... :D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 17, 2016, 09:17:54 AM
I bought it, too and received a confirmation, but no dispatch notice yet. It cost me 14 euros shipping to Canada. It is the max I was prepared to pay, even for a 0.33 euro price.

Contents listed on the Amazon.De site.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 17, 2016, 09:47:26 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 17, 2016, 09:09:36 AM
Oooh. That's a good price! Any recs on the label? I have a few wishlisted (like Tovey), but not many. Actually - any recs from anyone would be welcome...

The Tovey is nice but not a must have in my opinion. Pretty much all what is listed is good for the money. Meaning, Toccata is a quality label, so as far as my experience goes, most of the stuff is good, be it modern or classical, or late romantic. Thierot would be a recommendation, Jadassohn also,  but hey what stops you sampling the sound bites?
Any questions towards specific recordings, just PM me Neal, I have heard most of the recordings listed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 17, 2016, 09:54:55 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 17, 2016, 09:09:36 AM
Oooh. That's a good price! Any recs on the label? I have a few wishlisted (like Tovey), but not many. Actually - any recs from anyone would be welcome...
The young Martinu orchestral music CD is terrific. Imagine a blend of French Impressionism and Dvorak and that's kinda what to expect.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on February 17, 2016, 10:22:12 AM
Quote from: André on February 17, 2016, 09:17:54 AM
I bought it, too and received a confirmation, but no dispatch notice yet. It cost me 14 euros shipping to Canada. It is the max I was prepared to pay, even for a 0.33 euro price.

For me in Spain it's even better: 3,32 euros! I wouldn't bet my life on ever receiving it, but you have to try.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 17, 2016, 10:35:33 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on February 17, 2016, 09:47:26 AM
The Tovey is nice but not a must have in my opinion. Pretty much all what is listed is good for the money. Meaning, Toccata is a quality label, so as far as my experience goes, most of the stuff is good, be it modern or classical, or late romantic. Thierot would be a recommendation, Jadassohn also,  but hey what stops you sampling the sound bites?
Any questions towards specific recordings, just PM me Neal, I have heard most of the recordings listed.
Figured I'd ask. 200+ recordings is a lot to sample in a short time, and I wouldn't want to miss something essential. The Thieriot looks interesting!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 17, 2016, 11:59:01 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on February 17, 2016, 10:35:33 AM
Figured I'd ask. 200+ recordings is a lot to sample in a short time, and I wouldn't want to miss something essential. The Thieriot looks interesting!

By all means Neal sample what interest you, that may reduce the amount of possible buys. The composer Thierot is really a find for me. Just bought the second CD on CPO  for a pittance, such wonderful music. I wrote on my blog about this recording.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on February 19, 2016, 03:14:01 AM
The Brendel Philips set is now down to 139.99 euro on Amazon.de (http://www.amazon.de/Brendel-Complete-Philips-Recordings-Limited/dp/B014VLVTW6/)

(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/982/MI0003982619.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)

That is all  :)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 19, 2016, 04:07:33 AM
I received this email from Amazon.it:

  Il tuo ordine Amazon.it che include "La Symphonie Parisienne" è stato spedito        ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 19, 2016, 04:28:35 AM
The same here  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on February 19, 2016, 04:51:55 AM
 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on February 19, 2016, 08:54:55 AM
Ditto here:

  Tu pedido de Amazon.es que contiene "La Sinfonía Parisina: Obras..." ha sido enviado‏

:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 20, 2016, 12:54:15 AM
Quote from: André on February 19, 2016, 04:07:33 AM
I received this email from Amazon.it:

  Il tuo ordine Amazon.it che include "La Symphonie Parisienne" è stato spedito        ;D

It's crazy, but  mine has been dispatched as well!  :)

A refreshing change from the cancellations I recieved in such caes before.  8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on February 20, 2016, 12:41:22 PM
Quote from: Que on February 20, 2016, 12:54:15 AM
It's crazy, but  mine has been dispatched as well!  :)

Mine, too, beginning its two-week journey from South Ruislip to South Wales, via Rome.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on February 20, 2016, 08:42:23 PM
Quote from: DaveF on February 20, 2016, 12:41:22 PM
Mine, too, beginning its two-week journey from South Ruislip to South Wales, via Rome.

;D Here's hoping for a smooth ride!


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 24, 2016, 05:38:42 AM
amazon.de has the Erato, Teldec and Das alte Werk boxes for 60€ each:
http://www.amazon.de/Erato-Box-Various-Warner-Classics/dp/B00EDXH116/
http://www.amazon.de/Teldec-Box-Various-Warner-Classics/dp/B00EDXJQ1Y/
http://www.amazon.de/Das-Alte-Werk-50-Box/dp/B00EDXIIF4/

don't think I've seen them so cheap, they're usually in the 70-100 range, but I'm not going for any of 'em ... same for the recent Schubert Edition (50€):
http://www.amazon.de/Schubert-The-Edition-Limited/dp/B017I2VVKA/

but the Stravinsky box by DG is mighty tempting (49€):
http://www.amazon.de/Strawinsky-S%C3%A4mtliche-Werke-Limited-Edition/dp/B013FFSG7U/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 24, 2016, 06:01:59 AM
Quote from: king ubu on February 24, 2016, 05:38:42 AM
amazon.de has the Erato, Teldec and Das alte Werk boxes for 60€ each:
http://www.amazon.de/Erato-Box-Various-Warner-Classics/dp/B00EDXH116/
http://www.amazon.de/Teldec-Box-Various-Warner-Classics/dp/B00EDXJQ1Y/
http://www.amazon.de/Das-Alte-Werk-50-Box/dp/B00EDXIIF4/

don't think I've seen them so cheap, they're usually in the 70-100 range, but I'm not going for any of 'em ...



They are still not selling, so wait a little bit and they will go to 29,99 a box. That's as sure as Britain will leave the eurozone! Good riddance I say!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on February 25, 2016, 11:29:55 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on February 24, 2016, 06:01:59 AM
They are still not selling, so wait a little bit and they will go to 29,99 a box. That's as sure as Britain will leave the eurozone! Good riddance I say!

Oof, so cruel, 'specially as (a) we love you all to bits, (b) we're not in your lousy Eurozone anyway.  But thanks for the links - I want that Stravinsky real bad, despite (or "because of") already having Stravinsky's own Big Box.  If only that damn' Euro would fall a little against Sterling...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 25, 2016, 11:36:31 PM
Quote from: DaveF on February 25, 2016, 11:29:55 PM
If only that damn' Euro would fall a little against Sterling...
Won't happen if you leave EU.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 26, 2016, 10:38:10 PM
A big NCA sale at JPC, 1,99€ a piece. and a lot of other labels. Be quick about it.
Absolute bargains

https://www.jpc.de/s/Viel+Musik+f%C3%BCr+wenig+Geld?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 26, 2016, 10:55:54 PM
I was. Thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 27, 2016, 12:27:25 AM
Quote from: The new erato on February 26, 2016, 10:55:54 PM
I was. Thanks.

No problem, I got 16 titles out of it, and a few more from Singer Pur, I am a happy man today!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on February 27, 2016, 01:11:18 AM
Thanks. By a superhuman feat of restraining myself I ended up with only 9 items...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on February 27, 2016, 03:34:17 PM
Thanks from me too.  Lots of unique recordings there, ordered a dozen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: HIPster on February 27, 2016, 03:44:29 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on February 27, 2016, 12:27:25 AM
No problem, I got 16 titles out of it, and a few more from Singer Pur, I am a happy man today!

Very nice listing Harry.   :)

I look forward to reading your blog as you listen.

Cheers!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on February 28, 2016, 01:42:31 PM
Quote from: ammar on February 19, 2016, 03:14:01 AM
The Brendel Philips set is now down to 139.99 euro on Amazon.de (http://www.amazon.de/Brendel-Complete-Philips-Recordings-Limited/dp/B014VLVTW6/)

(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/982/MI0003982619.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)

That is all  :)

How long until something like this sells out?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on March 02, 2016, 01:13:45 AM
Just bought this, this morning.

Brahms Dohnanyi Cleveland
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000MM0CBI/ref=sr_1_1_twi_aud_1_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1456912123&sr=1-1&keywords=brahms+dohnanyi)
One left at £5 (Rainy Day Sales), plus one left at £6 and a bit from (muzikmadnezz)

Half price, so not a bad deal for a fine set.... I have his later Philharmonia, Signum set which is very grand.  This appeals to me too.

both Rainy Day Sales & muzikmadnezz sold out, back to the normal price of £14+  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 10, 2016, 11:52:09 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on February 17, 2016, 07:33:28 AM
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5400439003576.jpg)


http://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/ol/B00UW8PD6Q/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=new (http://www.amazon.it/gp/aw/ol/B00UW8PD6Q/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=new)

Has anybody received this yet?  My estimated delivery date was March 4th - no sign so far.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 10, 2016, 01:04:09 PM
Quote from: DaveF on March 10, 2016, 11:52:09 AM
Has anybody received this yet?  My estimated delivery date was March 4th - no sign so far.

Same problem here.....

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 10, 2016, 01:41:48 PM
Same situation here. But I have no doubt it have been sent, and that they just have chosen an extremely cheap and slow way of sending it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on March 10, 2016, 10:41:27 PM
Quote from: DaveF on March 10, 2016, 11:52:09 AM
Has anybody received this yet?  My estimated delivery date was March 4th - no sign so far.

Crossed fingers friends! ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 12, 2016, 04:54:28 PM
Same here ... Have the shipments gone the Titanic way  ?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 12, 2016, 11:51:26 PM
Don't jinx it !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 13, 2016, 09:11:01 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 10, 2016, 01:41:48 PM
But I have no doubt it have been sent, and that they just have chosen an extremely cheap and slow way of sending it.

Since mine was "despatched from the UK" according to Amazon MP, a second-class Royal Mail parcel for £2.80 would have been that - 2-3 days.  Does it have to go via Italy to avoid tax, perhaps?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 13, 2016, 01:20:37 PM
My dispatch notice mentions it will ship (or arrive?) March 17 ("la data di consegna prevista").

Suspense, suspense...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on March 13, 2016, 02:07:39 PM
Quote from: André on March 13, 2016, 01:20:37 PM
My dispatch notice mentions it will ship (or arrive?) March 17 ("la data di consegna prevista").

Suspense, suspense...
Consegna  = delivery. Let us know if it arrives. ..  This suspense is unbearable for all of us on GMG  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on March 13, 2016, 03:28:19 PM
Quote from: king ubu on December 21, 2015, 12:54:11 PM
The Requiem is there actually (discs 29 & 30), but I guess other recordings fare better ... it's a nice set though, if only for that "Rigoletto"!


Not sure what RCA is thinking as that recording of the Requiem is nowhere close to great. They have in their archive the classic Solti/Chicago recording. Why not include that one so one can experience a truly GREAT recording ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on March 14, 2016, 07:52:04 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on February 17, 2016, 07:33:28 AM
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5400439003576.jpg)

Got it!!! 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on March 14, 2016, 09:39:18 AM
I see that someone already beat me to it, but here it is nonetheless:

(http://s25.postimg.org/dux9b7jlr/Agr_mens.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/ao2prkz5n/full/)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 14, 2016, 09:39:40 AM
Me too - it arrived today... 8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 14, 2016, 09:41:44 AM
Is it super-duper cheap?  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 14, 2016, 09:44:33 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 14, 2016, 09:41:44 AM
Is it super-duper cheap?  8)

I paid 33 euro cents + p&p....  8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 14, 2016, 10:11:26 AM
Well done!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 14, 2016, 10:17:28 AM
Same here - it arrived along with the Haydn symphonies box by Bruno Weil.  ;D

BUT: a book I ordered (The Fortress by Mesa Selimovic) turned out to be one with the same title, but totally unrelated.  :'(


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 14, 2016, 07:03:12 PM
In the words of Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Et multum gaudium erat!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 15, 2016, 06:12:53 AM
Still waiting for mine to arrive  ::)! We'll see this afternoon. But I have 4 discs from jpc unopened that arrived yesterday, as well as a quite big package of books.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on March 15, 2016, 06:31:04 AM
Quote from: DaveF on March 10, 2016, 11:52:09 AM
Has anybody received this yet?  My estimated delivery date was March 4th - no sign so far.

Not sure what's the super-duper here, got mine last August for 27€ ... it was new and a bit cheaper than now - regular price is in the range of 35-40€ I think, not sure why some amazon sites have it for 70€. But as usual, it's a classy set with a real booklet, so yeah, in the at 35€ it IS a bargain in real terms, but we're in crazy times where labels seem to throw stuff after you, even fine ones such as Ricercar. I've not played lots from it yet though, I have to confess.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 15, 2016, 07:02:24 AM
Quote from: king ubu on March 15, 2016, 06:31:04 AM
Not sure what's the super-duper here, got mine last August for 27€ ... it was new and a bit cheaper than now - regular price is in the range of 35-40€ I think, not sure why some amazon sites have it for 70€. But as usual, it's a classy set with a real booklet, so yeah, in the at 35€ it IS a bargain in real terms, but we're in crazy times where labels seem to throw stuff after you, even fine ones such as Ricercar. I've not played lots from it yet though, I have to confess.
0.33 € + p&p is considerably less than 27€.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on March 15, 2016, 10:37:52 AM
In my case, it was €3,22 including shipping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on March 15, 2016, 10:53:44 AM
oh, wow, I missed the "cents" in "euro cents"  :)

ordered the Schwarzkopf recitals for 32€ from aDE's lightning offers this afternoon - guess it's worth watching these in the days up to easter - not sure the link will work:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/angebote/ref=gbps_ftr_s-6_6387_dlt_LD?gb_f_GB-SUPPLE=sortOrder:BY_SCORE,enforcedCategories:255882,dealTypes:LIGHTNING_DEAL&pf_rd_p=856766387&pf_rd_s=slot-6&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=gb_main&pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_r=10KTER2XST6B6EVWSFHX&gb_f_dotdedw=page:2,sortOrder:BY_SCORE,dealsPerPage:5&gb_f_LDESEDW=dealStates:AVAILABLE%252CWAITLIST%252CWAITLISTFULL,dealTypes:LIGHTNING_DEAL,page:7,sortOrder:BY_SCORE,dealsPerPage:5
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on March 17, 2016, 12:08:09 AM
Boulez 20c, now for 47€ (offer runs for almost three more hours, but 50% of the contingent has been bought/reserved):
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00P08LJ1Q?ref_=gbph_img_s-4_7047_b85e949f&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 17, 2016, 01:44:36 PM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on March 14, 2016, 09:39:18 AM
I see that someone already beat me to it, but here it is nonetheless:

(http://s25.postimg.org/dux9b7jlr/Agr_mens.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/ao2prkz5n/full/)

And mine too, today, after a month, with a postage label directing, in French, that if undelivered it should be returned to an address in Germany.  Where has it been?  Where hasn't it been!

Lots of stuff in there I'm looking forward to, all the things that the young Berlioz would have been familiar with but which we aren't.  And lots of unexpected extras too, like a Haydn Trumpet Concerto, and a Stamitz Clarinet Concerto played by Guy van Wass lui-même.  I do think, though, that they might have designed CD labels parts of which didn't get obliterated by the central hole.  Gre? Gos? Ydn?  Who are these guys?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 17, 2016, 09:41:44 PM
Mine are still underway.................
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 17, 2016, 11:08:46 PM
Quote from: The new erato on March 17, 2016, 09:41:44 PM
Mine are still underway.................

It seems to be quite an interesting set, worth the wait! :) Once those Italians have figuered out where to send it... :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 13, 2016, 11:18:27 AM
JPC has the Messiaen Orchestral Works set by Cambreling for 20€:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Olivier-Messiaen-1908-1992-Orchesterwerke/hnum/6564539
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on April 14, 2016, 02:02:44 AM
Archiv's impressive 50-CD All Baroque Box is now down to only £30.86 on Amazon UK Marketplace

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B008BP1LS6/SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camelito-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B008BP1LS6
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 19, 2016, 10:24:05 PM
Good morning to all!
There is again a sale on JPC de.
250 Toccata CD'S, all 7, 99 € a piece.
There are many fine composers in their collection.


https://www.jpc.de/s/Preisaktion+Toccata+Classics?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: pjme on April 21, 2016, 01:38:38 AM
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Portrait_of_the_Postman_Joseph_Roulin_(1889)_van_Gogh_Kroller.jpg)

Hmmm, Harry's beard makes me think of postman Joseph...

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 21, 2016, 02:10:19 AM
Quote from: pjme on April 21, 2016, 01:38:38 AM
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Portrait_of_the_Postman_Joseph_Roulin_(1889)_van_Gogh_Kroller.jpg)

Hmmm, Harry's beard makes me think of postman Joseph...

Yes I see the resemblance  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 21, 2016, 06:14:09 PM
Amazon in Germany has the big (80 CDs) Bernstein Concertos and Orchestral music box for about 79 Euros.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 23, 2016, 12:44:18 AM
Always wanted all the music by Vaet, and in pristine interpretations, well look no further, for Brilliant took up the recordings made by Ars Musici, performed by the Dufay ensemble, 4 cd's for 14,00€. That is a super bargain. JPC de, soon to be released.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 23, 2016, 06:03:02 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on April 23, 2016, 12:44:18 AM
Always wanted all the music by Vaet, and in pristine interpretations, well look no further, for Brilliant took up the recordings made by Ars Musici, performed by the Dufay ensemble, 4 cd's for 14,00€. That is a super bargain. JPC de, soon to be released.

What??  ??? Did you put them up to this?  :D
Fully agree with you. Mandatory for interested in Early Music from the Franco-Flemish School, I would say.  :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 23, 2016, 06:34:31 AM
Quote from: Que on April 23, 2016, 06:03:02 AM
What??  ??? Did you put them up to this?  :D
Fully agree with you. Mandatory for interested in Early Music from the Franco-Flemish School, I would say.  :)

Q

I did, but some years ago, I did not think they would get into this label :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 24, 2016, 06:28:40 AM
just one in stock right now, but says more on the way - 6€ at aDE:

[asin]B000VZN7KE[/asin]
link: http://www.amazon.de/Europe-Baroque-Box-Amarillis/dp/B000VZN7KE/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: HIPster on April 24, 2016, 11:49:38 AM
Quote from: king ubu on April 24, 2016, 06:28:40 AM
just one in stock right now, but says more on the way - 6€ at aDE:

[asin]B000VZN7KE[/asin]
link: http://www.amazon.de/Europe-Baroque-Box-Amarillis/dp/B000VZN7KE/

A beautiful 4 CD set.

Another excellent and on-point Gordo recommendation.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 24, 2016, 11:06:28 PM
price is back up ... I've had that one for a while, but snatched this here for €6.24:

[asin]B001F0JZZK[/asin]
it's a compilation, but for discs three and four alone, I'm in for the ride for sure:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71bQg430AzL._SL500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on April 25, 2016, 10:51:05 AM
Quote from: king ubu on April 24, 2016, 11:06:28 PM
price is back up ... I've had that one for a while, but snatched this here for €6.24:

[asin]B001F0JZZK[/asin]
it's a compilation, but for discs three and four alone, I'm in for the ride for sure:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71bQg430AzL._SL500_.jpg)

I have that set and it comes with a strong recommendation. The Bach Motets were very fine indeed. You should enjoy all four discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 25, 2016, 10:59:55 PM
Quote from: aligreto on April 25, 2016, 10:51:05 AM
I have that set and it comes with a strong recommendation. The Bach Motets were very fine indeed. You should enjoy all four discs.
That's great to hear! Don't have too many recordings of the Bach Motets yet anyway (same for the Beethoven, not even sure I actually heard that piece yet).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MishaK on April 28, 2016, 08:42:42 AM
Just wanted to point out that Skrowaczewski's amazing complete Bruckner cycle (00-9) has been reissued as a budget issue for $35-39 depending on your retailer. Must have.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on April 28, 2016, 11:36:26 AM
Quote from: MishaK on April 28, 2016, 08:42:42 AM
Just wanted to point out that Skrowaczewski's amazing complete Bruckner cycle (00-9) has been reissued as a budget issue for $35-39 depending on your retailer. Must have.

That is a great price for a great cycle.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 29, 2016, 01:37:14 AM
Quote from: aligreto on April 28, 2016, 11:36:26 AM
That is a great price for a great cycle.

dagnabit, just went for the complete Oehms box (47€ including shipping at jpc.de, with my RollingStone 8% discount  ;D

as if I need more boxes (just got the LSO Live Colin Davis set, for one ...)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Verulamian on April 29, 2016, 01:46:45 AM
Can I check which recordings these are  -
The Saarbruken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. Oehms 12cds - if so we can await developments .

(I have tracked it down here in the UK as issued in 2015 and retailing at MDT about £45, more elsewhere).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 29, 2016, 07:09:18 AM
This here:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Stanislaw-Skrowaczewski-The-Complete-OehmsClassics-Recordings/hnum/2998593
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 29, 2016, 08:14:35 AM
Quote from: Verulamian on April 29, 2016, 01:46:45 AM
Can I check which recordings these are  -
The Saarbruken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. Oehms 12cds - if so we can await developments .

(I have tracked it down here in the UK as issued in 2015 and retailing at MDT about £45, more elsewhere).

I got the Bruckner set in January.  I actually paid less than the current price because I got free shipping as part of a larger order.  Ubu, you need not regret your choice:  yours was a pretty good deal too.
[asin]B00SNZX3JE[/asin]
Is the Bruckner only set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 29, 2016, 08:17:11 AM
I see that there's a budget reissue of Chailly's Bruckner cycle.
[asin]B0197E73AO[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 29, 2016, 12:01:20 PM
At the price you'll get excellent interps of symponies 3 and 7 - really among the best - and good shots at the composer's other symphonies.

That being said, if the music is what you're after, you'll get other recommendations. Mine would be [

b]this set[/b](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513BGiP61hL.jpg).

Simply because that's the closest to a real concert hall perspective with one of the best orchestras in the world under a totally dedicated interpreter you're likely to  hear.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on April 29, 2016, 12:56:51 PM
I would certainly not argue with a recommendation for Haitink's Bruckner.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 29, 2016, 01:09:37 PM
Quote from: André on April 29, 2016, 12:01:20 PM
At the price you'll get excellent interps of symponies 3 and 7 - really among the best - and good shots at the composer's other symphonies.

That being said, if the music is what you're after, you'll get other recommendations. Mine would be [

b]this set[/b](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513BGiP61hL.jpg).

Simply because that's the closest to a real concert hall perspective with one of the best orchestras in the world under a totally dedicated interpreter you're likely to  hear.

If you are going for Haitink, then one of these two sets would probably be better.  I have the smaller set, but pricewise the bigger set is more value: you get Beethoven, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky cycles in addition to the three of the smaller set
[asin]B00GMVBL7W[/asin]
[asin]B00EUWY9WE[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on April 29, 2016, 01:57:09 PM
Quote from: André on April 29, 2016, 12:01:20 PM
At the price you'll get excellent interps of symponies 3 and 7 - really among the best - and good shots at the composer's other symphonies.

Skrowaczewski or Chailly?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on April 29, 2016, 02:13:45 PM
Quote from: MishaK on April 28, 2016, 08:42:42 AM
Just wanted to point out that Skrowaczewski's amazing complete Bruckner cycle (00-9) has been reissued as a budget issue for $35-39 depending on your retailer. Must have.
That certainly is a great cycle IMHO (and seeing the man conduct Bruckner's Fourth live in Spain a couple of years ago was an occasion to cherish). But for less than double the price of the Bruckner set, you can get Skrowaczewski's Bruckner, and his Beethoven, and his Brahms, and his Schumann (complete symphonies of each), plus some Bartók, Chopin and his own music, in this 28 CD set:

[asin]B00EXS4OVQ[/asin]
amazon.de link (http://www.amazon.de/Stanislaw-Skrowaczewski-90th-Birthday-Collection/dp/B00EXS4OVQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1461967468&sr=1-1&keywords=skrowaczewski)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 29, 2016, 02:18:18 PM
Quote from: ritter on April 29, 2016, 02:13:45 PM
That certainly is a great cycle IMHO (and seeing the man conduct Bruckner's Fourth live in Spain a couple of years ago was an occasion to cherish). But for less than double the price of the Bruckner set, you can get Skrowaczewski's Bruckner, and his Beethoven, and his Brahms, and his Schumann (complete symphonies of each), plus some Bartók, Chopin and his own music, in this 28 CD set:
Even cheaper at Amazon FR:
https://www.amazon.fr/Skrowaczewski-90th-birthday-collection-enregistrements/dp/B00EXS4OVQ
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 29, 2016, 02:20:35 PM
We seem to have made this the SuperDuper Sets thread, not the Bargains set.
(Of course, I was the first to do so.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 29, 2016, 02:23:12 PM
Quote from: North Star on April 29, 2016, 02:18:18 PM
Even cheaper at Amazon FR:
https://www.amazon.fr/Skrowaczewski-90th-birthday-collection-enregistrements/dp/B00EXS4OVQ

And unlike AmazonDE, it is currently in stock there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on April 29, 2016, 02:30:39 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 29, 2016, 02:23:12 PM
And unlike AmazonDE, it is currently in stock there.
45 € for that set at AmFR qualifies as SDCB in my book  :)...but should AmFR run oun of them, there's 11 availabale at AmDE ("Nur noch 11 auf Lager [mehr ist unterwegs]")  ;).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on April 29, 2016, 02:36:56 PM
Quote from: André on April 29, 2016, 12:01:20 PM
At the price you'll get excellent interps of symponies 3 and 7 - really among the best - and good shots at the composer's other symphonies.

That being said, if the music is what you're after, you'll get other recommendations. Mine would be [

b]this set[/b](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513BGiP61hL.jpg).

Simply because that's the closest to a real concert hall perspective with one of the best orchestras in the world under a totally dedicated interpreter you're likely to  hear.

This may be my favorite cycle of all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 29, 2016, 05:30:12 PM
Quote from: ritter on April 29, 2016, 02:30:39 PM
45 € for that set at AmFR qualifies as SDCB in my book  :)...but should AmFR run oun of them, there's 11 availabale at AmDE ("Nur noch 11 auf Lager [mehr ist unterwegs]")  ;).

I need to refresh my German ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 29, 2016, 11:08:48 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on April 29, 2016, 05:30:12 PM
I need to refresh my German ::)
Or you could just start using German Amazon in English (see right below the search bar).  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 30, 2016, 05:42:12 AM
Quote from: North Star on April 29, 2016, 08:17:11 AM
I see that there's a budget reissue of Chailly's Bruckner cycle.
[asin]B0197E73AO[/asin]

Thank you for that - especially for a reminder that my collection currently lacks a complete Bruckner cycle (and any recordings of 1-4), but found this:

[asin]B0042U2HLY[/asin]

on dodax.co.uk for £12.45 plus free delivery.  Perhaps not all Wand's greatest performances, but seems to be highly recommended all round.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 30, 2016, 05:47:37 AM
Quote from: DaveF on April 30, 2016, 05:42:12 AM
Thank you for that - especially for a reminder that my collection currently lacks a complete Bruckner cycle (and any recordings of 1-4), but found this:

[asin]B0042U2HLY[/asin]

on dodax.co.uk for £12.45 plus free delivery.  Perhaps not all Wand's greatest performances, but seems to be highly recommended all round.

That's a great Bruckner set right there! You'll certainly enjoy the sense of architecture that Wand brings to Bruckner. One of the most important aspects of a good Bruckner conductor is their ability to make this, at many times, stop/start nature of the music flow evenly.

P.S. That's a great avatar! I don't think I've ever commented on it before. I take it you're as big of a Nielsen fan as I am?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on April 30, 2016, 05:53:31 AM
Well, for a mere 36 euros you can get Wand's Bruckner and MUCH MUCH MORE! (28 discs, this from Amazon.de)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QjR1M37HL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 30, 2016, 05:58:51 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 30, 2016, 05:47:37 AM
That's a great avatar! I don't think I've ever commented on it before. I take it you're as big of a Nielsen fan as I am?

Yes - I'm currently the silly version of you.  Big fan, no question, only a shame he's so difficult for amateur performers.

I heard a few Wand Bruckner performances in London in the 80s & 90s, so he's always been on my most wanted list.  I just happen to have a large PayPal balance at the moment (having sold son's old model railway on eBay for what seem to me ridiculously huge sums) and Dodax is one of the few outlets that accepts it - so I may be spending more time & money there...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 30, 2016, 05:59:41 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 30, 2016, 05:53:31 AM
Well, for a mere 36 euros you can get Wand's Bruckner and MUCH MUCH MORE! (28 discs, this from Amazon.de)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QjR1M37HL.jpg)
I endorse this box, too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 30, 2016, 06:05:38 AM
Quote from: DaveF on April 30, 2016, 05:58:51 AM
Yes - I'm currently the silly version of you.  Big fan, no question, only a shame he's so difficult for amateur performers.

I heard a few Wand Bruckner performances in London in the 80s & 90s, so he's always been on my most wanted list.  I just happen to have a large PayPal balance at the moment (having sold son's old model railway on eBay for what seem to me ridiculously huge sums) and Dodax is one of the few outlets that accepts it - so I may be spending more time & money there...

Great to hear (about your Nielsen appreciation). I never heard of Dodax before. Is this like Presto Classical or something similar? I'll have to check it out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 30, 2016, 06:05:49 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 30, 2016, 05:53:31 AM
Well, for a mere 36 euros you can get Wand's Bruckner and MUCH MUCH MORE! (28 discs, this from Amazon.de)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QjR1M37HL.jpg)

Unfortunately, that would mean spending money on Brahms, which I'm temperamentally, physically and even logically incapable of doing.  The product description on am.uk is worth a look, though:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-CD-Gunter-Wand-Recordings/dp/B00DSL2290/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462024828&sr=8-1&keywords=gunter+wand+edition (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-CD-Gunter-Wand-Recordings/dp/B00DSL2290/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462024828&sr=8-1&keywords=gunter+wand+edition)

I really really wanna hear Stravinsky's Nella Pulchi suite and his Deonbateun Oaks.  Can someone have a listen on my behalf and report back?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 30, 2016, 06:11:30 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 30, 2016, 06:05:38 AM
I never heard of Dodax before. Is this like Presto Classical or something similar? I'll have to check it out.

I came across their Amazon store first of all, but unlike some Amazon MP sellers they also have their own site.  Not very comprehensive, I don't think, but it's their acceptance of PayPal that I like, my rule being that I can only buy CDs with my balance - even moving it into my bank account isn't allowed.  And they're also very cheap for what they do sell.  There is a .com US version, too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on April 30, 2016, 06:17:36 AM
FWIW, I do not think that Wand/Cologne is competitive with Chailly, Haitink or Skrowaczewski *as far as sonics are concerned*. Other than that, it might be as good a bargain as any.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 30, 2016, 06:35:18 AM
Quote from: DaveF on April 30, 2016, 06:11:30 AM
I came across their Amazon store first of all, but unlike some Amazon MP sellers they also have their own site.  Not very comprehensive, I don't think, but it's their acceptance of PayPal that I like, my rule being that I can only buy CDs with my balance - even moving it into my bank account isn't allowed.  And they're also very cheap for what they do sell.  There is a .com US version, too.

Very nice. Thanks for the information. I'll investigate them further.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on April 30, 2016, 06:49:30 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 30, 2016, 06:35:18 AM
Very nice. Thanks for the information. I'll investigate them further.

I can also endorse Dodax as I have used them a number of times and I have found them to be reliable.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 30, 2016, 06:50:39 AM
Quote from: aligreto on April 30, 2016, 06:49:30 AM
I can also endorse Dodax as I have used them a number of times and I have found them to be reliable.

I've been looking through their site and right now I don't find them too competitive, especially when it comes to Amazon third-party sellers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 30, 2016, 06:58:52 AM
Quote from: ritter on April 29, 2016, 02:30:39 PM
45 € for that set at AmFR qualifies as SDCB in my book  :)...but should AmFR run oun of them, there's 11 availabale at AmDE ("Nur noch 11 auf Lager [mehr ist unterwegs]")  ;).

Somewhat cheaper then what it costs me at JPC - but with JPC I'm expecting a properly stuffed parcel, while with amazon the outer box will at least be somewhat crushed ... so I let my order run, 3€ for proper packaging is quite alright.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on April 30, 2016, 08:49:05 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 30, 2016, 05:53:31 AM
Well, for a mere 36 euros you can get Wand's Bruckner and MUCH MUCH MORE! (28 discs, this from Amazon.de)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QjR1M37HL.jpg)

Cheaper from a UK perspective at base.com - £23.49 delivered (within UK).
http://www.base.com/buy/product/g-nter-wand-the-great-recordings-music-cd/dgc-88691911552.htm
I've used them a few times in recent years without any problems.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 30, 2016, 10:17:34 AM
44$ (Canadian) delivered (*). The UK price is equivalent to 60$ (delivered).

(*) It has been so ordered.  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 30, 2016, 12:50:47 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on April 30, 2016, 06:17:36 AM
FWIW, I do not think that Wand/Cologne is competitive with Chailly, Haitink or Skrowaczewski *as far as sonics are concerned*. Other than that, it might be as good a bargain as any.

Agreed - they are not even Wand's best recordings sonically (the Berlin Phil ones on RCA are that, as far as I can tell from Spotify), but I've listened to all his recordings of the finale of no.5 and this one seems to get it most right (for me).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on April 30, 2016, 01:12:19 PM
TBH I only have heard 3,4,5 from Wand/Cologne (or these are the ones I own(ed), I probably have heard a few more at a friend's 25 years ago) and I keep 3 and 5 for (partly) sentimental reasons (the 5th was the first Bruckner I ever bought). I got rid of 4 because I am not too fond of the piece, did not find Wand all that special and the sound was not competitive with others.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 30, 2016, 03:41:01 PM
I have possessed the Wand recordings of Schubert, Bruckner and Brahms symphonies on LP (long time ago of course), and re-purchased the Bruckner ones on cd. All are very good sonically, but that's a small part of the whole package. These are interpretations of uncommon fire, integrity and musicality.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ubertrout on May 03, 2016, 01:58:30 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on April 30, 2016, 05:53:31 AM
Well, for a mere 36 euros you can get Wand's Bruckner and MUCH MUCH MORE! (28 discs, this from Amazon.de)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QjR1M37HL.jpg)
It's USD 34 from importcds via eBay, with free US shipping...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on May 06, 2016, 01:13:28 PM
USA: ImportCDs (http://www.importcds.com/haydn-the-symphonies/028947896043) has the Decca HIP Haydn "107 Symphonies" box with Bruggen, Hogwood, and Dantone - for $42.75. 35 CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on May 16, 2016, 11:09:22 PM
12-disc set of organ music by Johann Gottfried WALTER played by  Simone Stella for EUR 19.99
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-organ-music/hnum/8352867
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ubertrout on May 23, 2016, 07:39:04 AM
This isn't super-cheap, but it is a bargain - the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has their CSO in the 20th Century: Collector's Choice box set on sale for $90 (60% off).  This was never publicly distributed by anyone except the CSO through their store since it was released in 2000, and a used copy recently sold on eBay for $325.  Shipping in the US is $13.50, they're not shipping outside the US.  Link: http://cso.lightspeedwebstore.com/music-cd-cd-chicago-symphony-orchestra-in-the-twentieth-century%3A-collectors-choice-210000007262/dp/7262
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ShineyMcShineShine on May 25, 2016, 08:14:51 PM
Has anyone else gotten the impression lately that the price of used CDs on Amazon has been going up? I tend to put things that I only half-heartedly want to buy on wishlists and then watch the prices in hopes of being able to pick them up dirt cheap. In the past, if I was willing to wait six months or a year the prices would usually drop at least briefly at some point, but now they just seem to climb upward and never fluctuate downward. I don't see sellers like zoverstocks undercutting everyone else with rock-bottom prices anymore, either.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on May 25, 2016, 09:51:52 PM
Quote from: ShineyMcShineShine on May 25, 2016, 08:14:51 PM
Has anyone else gotten the impression lately that the price of used CDs on Amazon has been going up? I tend to put things that I only half-heartedly want to buy on wishlists and then watch the prices in hopes of being able to pick them up dirt cheap. In the past, if I was willing to wait six months or a year the prices would usually drop at least briefly at some point, but now they just seem to climb upward and never fluctuate downward. I don't see sellers like zoverstocks undercutting everyone else with rock-bottom prices anymore, either.
I'd make three comments on my observations: 1) There is a seasonality to some of the prices, where prices seem to decline heading into December and seem to stay higher in the first half of the year, and 2) It really depends on which discs you are looking at, and 3) some declines were driven by foreign exchange changes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on May 26, 2016, 11:54:54 AM
SDCB is relative to exchange rates. When the Aussie dollar had parity with the US dollar they were indeed SDCBs. I got the Rubinstein big box for just over a 100 bucks. With the $AUS now only buying US 74 cents, once the conversion rate is worked out, many of them are no longer bargains.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 26, 2016, 01:44:40 PM
DVD movies but this seems like the right thread

[asin]B0042DN4UY[/asin]

$30 shipped
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on May 28, 2016, 02:20:59 AM
I was going to order that Kazan set but the high number of complaints about having received it with the discs scratched, glue on the playing surfaces, and so on, led me to change my mind. Maybe it's not such a big gamble for those who live in the USA, since they probably have an easy and cheap service in case you have to return it, but the mere thought of having to send back a big, heavy item from across the Atlantic, with shipping costs higher than that of the item itself, and with no guarantee whatsoever of getting a copy in good condition after all the costly and time-consuming process, kind of dampens my enthusiasm for the bargain. Thanks, but no, thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 28, 2016, 06:09:28 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on May 28, 2016, 02:20:59 AM
I was going to order that Kazan set but the high number of complaints about having received it with the discs scratched, glue on the playing surfaces, and so on, led me to change my mind. Maybe it's not such a big gamble for those who live in the USA, since they probably have an easy and cheap service in case you have to return it, but the mere thought of having to send back a big, heavy item from across the Atlantic, with shipping costs higher than that of the item itself, and with no guarantee whatsoever of getting a copy in good condition after all the costly and time-consuming process, kind of dampens my enthusiasm for the bargain. Thanks, but no, thanks.

I guess I better open and inspect! Thanks for the heads up to this.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 28, 2016, 07:33:41 AM
For those that are interested, on JPC de, there is a BIS sale. 206 titles, 6,99€ a piece. Happy hunting ;D

https://www.jpc.de/s/Midsommer-Preise+bei+BIS?searchtype=campaigntext

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on May 29, 2016, 03:21:10 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on May 28, 2016, 07:33:41 AM
For those that are interested, on JPC de, there is a BIS sale. 206 titles, 6,99€ a piece. Happy hunting ;D

https://www.jpc.de/s/Midsommer-Preise+bei+BIS?searchtype=campaigntext

Very interested. But also a relief to discover that those two dozens of 'most wanted' cds shown here, are already in my possession.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 29, 2016, 05:22:47 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on May 28, 2016, 07:33:41 AM
For those that are interested, on JPC de, there is a BIS sale. 206 titles, 6,99€ a piece. Happy hunting ;D

https://www.jpc.de/s/Midsommer-Preise+bei+BIS?searchtype=campaigntext

Some items I might get.....Though probably not the CPE Bach items, however tempting, because I think this signals (finally) a reissue by BIS in box sets...
Something several of us have been waiting for. Those still are not going to be cheap, but I want them! ??? :D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on May 29, 2016, 07:49:03 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on May 28, 2016, 07:33:41 AM
For those that are interested, on JPC de, there is a BIS sale. 206 titles, 6,99€ a piece. Happy hunting ;D

https://www.jpc.de/s/Midsommer-Preise+bei+BIS?searchtype=campaigntext
Thanks, Harry! Went for some, as reported here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21529.msg973862.html#new).

Cheers,
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 29, 2016, 07:55:38 AM
Quote from: ritter on May 29, 2016, 07:49:03 AM
Thanks, Harry! Went for some, as reported here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21529.msg973862.html#new).

Cheers,

I am glad I could be of some service ;D
And I am sorry about your wallet, I truly am.
My list of BIS recordings was short, just 6 titles, the rest I either had or was not interested in.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on May 29, 2016, 08:05:13 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on May 29, 2016, 07:55:38 AM
And I am sorry about your wallet, I truly am.
Don't worry at all  :). My wallet is old enough to make its own decisions  ;) (and anyway, the most expensive item in my purchase was the used Swarowsky Don Giovanni, and you had nothing at all to do with that  ;D ).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 29, 2016, 12:58:33 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on May 29, 2016, 07:55:38 AM
I am glad I could be of some service ;D
And I am sorry about your wallet, I truly am.
My list of BIS recordings was short, just 6 titles, the rest I either had or was not interested in.


I am surprised you don't like Skalkottas: he seems to have managed combining atonal and tonal rather well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on May 29, 2016, 01:30:19 PM
Quote from: Que on May 29, 2016, 05:22:47 AM
Some items I might get.....Though probably not the CPE Bach items, however tempting, because I think this signals (finally) a reissue by BIS in box sets...
Something several of us have been waiting for. Those still are not going to be cheap, but I want them! ???

I like CPE but I am pretty sure I would not get a box with 20 discs of his keyboard concerti and/or 30 of the solo keyboard stuff because I'd probably only listen to a fraction of that and even such a box would probably around 5 EUR/disc. So I will probably get a few of the ones on sale now.

Anyone familiar with the Gade symphonies? both 3+4 and 5+6 are included in the sale...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 29, 2016, 01:41:36 PM
  Re:Gade
I have the full set, and would recommend it.  Only subpar recording is the Crusaders, an oratorio, and that is mostly the fault of the tenor .

It is roughly €30 on Amazon DE marketplace at the moment.

[asin]B0034YLW88[/asin]
But if you are sure you don't want the full set, go for the two CDs on sale.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on May 29, 2016, 01:45:55 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 29, 2016, 12:58:33 PM

I am surprised you don't like Skalkottas: he seems to have managed combining atonal and tonal rather well.

I think Frank Martin did it better IMHO and then there's Dallapiccola who is one of the most lyrical 12-tone composers I know (outside of Berg).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 29, 2016, 01:58:14 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 29, 2016, 01:45:55 PM
I think Frank Martin did it better IMHO and then there's Dallapiccola who is one of the most lyrical 12-tone composers I know (outside of Berg).

Have heard not much of either, but what I have heard appeals to me less than Skalkottas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 29, 2016, 08:51:23 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 29, 2016, 01:58:14 PM
Have heard not much of either, but what I have heard appeals to me less than Skalkottas.
I have 5 or 6 of the Skalkottas disc, but aside from the Greek Dances never have managed to break into the music. Frank Martin OTOH I absolutely love. But that is neither here nor there; we all like different stiff, just an observation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on June 01, 2016, 11:23:07 PM
Some of this could prove heavy on the wallet unless of course the curse of duplication comes to the rescue.
https://www.jpc.de/s/Box-Sets+um+50%25+reduziert%21?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on June 02, 2016, 08:31:19 AM
Quote from: hafod on June 01, 2016, 11:23:07 PM
Some of this could prove heavy on the wallet unless of course the curse of duplication comes to the rescue.
https://www.jpc.de/s/Box-Sets+um+50%25+reduziert%21?searchtype=campaigntext

Thank you for posting that.
I would have taken the Kraus Symphonies but I have individual CDs.
I would have also taken the Concerto Koln Edition but I already have that and it is a bargain at the price. Recommended.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 03, 2016, 11:31:09 PM
Okay ... got weak, ordered the Solti, Kraus (I'll blame you, aligreto, if I don't like it  ;D), the Concerto Köln sets ... as well as all of BIS CPE Bach discs on sale (hey, all five vols of sonatas fit with the six or seven I already have, and then these are the first three concerto vols), as well as one each by Gubaidulina and Berio.

Thanks guys!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on June 04, 2016, 01:57:53 AM
The concerto Köln set is very good. I probably prefer their two Kraus discs (on Capriccio, not included in the Teldec/Das Alte Werk set) to the Naxos, but the Naxos is more complete. Of the Mozart/Haydn contemporaries I have heard, Kraus is probably the most original, with a fairly distinctive style, somewhat as if Gluck had written symphonies.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on June 04, 2016, 02:48:43 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 03, 2016, 11:31:09 PM
Okay ... got weak, ordered the Solti, Kraus (I'll blame you, aligreto, if I don't like it  ;D), the Concerto Köln sets ... as well as all of BIS CPE Bach discs (hey, all five vols of sonatas fit with the six or seven I already have, and then these are the first three concerto vols), as well as one each by Gubaidulina and Berio.

Thanks guys!

I tremble in anticipation and with the weight of responsibility  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 17, 2016, 05:45:31 AM
Wow over 2 weeks no one has posted on this thread...must be a record.

Not sure whether these qualify as SDCB but they are so good I think they deserve a spot:

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81TR6X9JLgL._SX522_.jpg)

I bought these as they were coming out one by one and they are each gloriously played and recorded, much better than the rather perfunctory run-through by Dutoit. Not a big name conductor with a big name orchestra but an amazing set

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51m6xZ5GpZL._SX425_.jpg)
I bought this to get Solti's LPO Les Preludes (a brassy, brawny recording) but everything else on this is top-notch as well. Normally I stay away from these "beginner's" collections but this one deserves a look.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 24, 2016, 04:56:03 AM
Not to dance on the grave, but:

All UK retailers for US buyers

e.g. MDT now has BIS CDs on sale for US $11 and Alia Vox for under $10. I'm seeing Hyperion for $12 new in several places.

MDT has all Helios CDs for $5.47. (http://www.mdt.co.uk/special-offers/helios.html?dir=desc&order=date_entered)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 26, 2016, 01:31:38 PM
$94 shipped to the states from Azon uk

[asin]B01DB7DV9A[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 27, 2016, 06:30:51 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2016, 04:56:03 AM
Not to dance on the grave, but:

All UK retailers for US buyers

e.g. MDT now has BIS CDs on sale for US $11 and Alia Vox for under $10. I'm seeing Hyperion for $12 new in several places.

MDT has all Helios CDs for $5.47. (http://www.mdt.co.uk/special-offers/helios.html?dir=desc&order=date_entered)
Might wanna watch those currency charts! MDT now has all Helios CDs for $5.31. Over the weekend, Exton CDs dropped from already-low $14.10 to $13.85...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on June 30, 2016, 10:05:05 AM
At $38, this qualifies as a SDCB:

[asin]B00159679S[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 30, 2016, 03:03:53 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 30, 2016, 10:05:05 AM
At $38, this qualifies as a SDCB:

[asin]B00159679S[/asin]
A steal !
Back in 1996 i paid 90 bucks for the Boehm Ring and that was considered a bargain. If you are wondering the Solti/Levine Rings were $225 and Janowski a tad less...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 08, 2016, 05:37:01 AM
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[asin]B00JGEKTK2[/asin]

€ 10.41 (minus tax!) here: https://www.amazon.fr/Coffret-Vivaldi-Voices-Multi-Artistes/dp/B00JGEKTK2/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on July 08, 2016, 07:31:41 AM
Amazon France has this for EUR 50,78.

[asin]B0179UUVG6[/asin]

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0179UUVG6/ref=s9_simh_gw_g15_i1_r?pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=DTQTEX9Z0GEHBXWP3TZA&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=ea4deef1-7693-4901-adb4-00b9fcea23bf&pf_rd_i=desktop
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on July 12, 2016, 08:34:19 AM
jpc is offering many Southwest German Radio (SWR) recordings on Hänssler with a discount of up to 70%. Fans of Roger Norrington will find quite a lot of his stuff; there's also some Michael Gielen--not much--, or Sylvain Cambreling's Berlioz recordings.

https://www.jpc.de/ff/1238733_76128?page=3&searchtype=cid
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on July 12, 2016, 09:59:47 AM
SWR series: Hengelbrock's "From the library of JS Bach" are two interesting discs coupling Bach with pieces by earlier or contemportary composers he apparently found good enough to keep copies of.
Of the Gielen items my first rec would probably be Beethoven's 8th symphony and especially op.133 in Gielen's own string orchestra version (considerably more interesting than most string orchestra perfomances of that piece).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 13, 2016, 02:50:41 AM
Quote from: MyronM on July 08, 2016, 07:31:41 AM
Amazon France has this for EUR 50,78.

[asin]B0179UUVG6[/asin]

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0179UUVG6/ref=s9_simh_gw_g15_i1_r?pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=DTQTEX9Z0GEHBXWP3TZA&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=ea4deef1-7693-4901-adb4-00b9fcea23bf&pf_rd_i=desktop

Thanks. Have this one in my cart now.   

  They also have the magnificent SEON box for 91 Euros (Ken B., I told you it would eventually get super cheap!). 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 13, 2016, 06:01:50 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on July 13, 2016, 02:50:41 AM
Thanks. Have this one in my cart now.   

  They also have the magnificent SEON box for 91 Euros (Ken B., I told you it would eventually get super cheap!).

I seem to remember you were interested in the Callas Remastered set.
Amazon FR has it on sale now.  I just ordered it and paid $140 including shipping to the US ( and of course VAT free).


https://www.amazon.fr/Maria-Callas-Coffret-Intégrale-remasterisée/dp/B00KN15P56/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1468461377&sr=8-4&keywords=maria+callas (https://www.amazon.fr/Maria-Callas-Coffret-Int%C3%A9grale-remasteris%C3%A9e/dp/B00KN15P56/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1468461377&sr=8-4&keywords=maria+callas)

Not SuperDuper Cheap perhaps but $50 less than current prices at Amaxon US.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on July 13, 2016, 06:21:14 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 13, 2016, 06:01:50 PM
I seem to remember you were interested in the Callas Remastered set.
Amazon FR has it on sale now.  I just ordered it and paid $140 including shipping to the US ( and of course VAT free).


https://www.amazon.fr/Maria-Callas-Coffret-Intégrale-remasterisée/dp/B00KN15P56/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1468461377&sr=8-4&keywords=maria+callas (https://www.amazon.fr/Maria-Callas-Coffret-Int%C3%A9grale-remasteris%C3%A9e/dp/B00KN15P56/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1468461377&sr=8-4&keywords=maria+callas)

Not SuperDuper Cheap perhaps but $50 less than current prices at Amaxon US.

No, wasn't me.  Peter (I suspect his wife banned him from GMG) was a huge Callas fan.

   BTW, Amazon has the Sony LvB set for 35 Pounds (or did, a few days ago).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on July 21, 2016, 10:53:42 AM
Some more sale items from Amazon France:

The 33 CD DG Strauss operas box is going for 39.95 euros
The 10 CD Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Christmas cassics box is going for 5 euros

[asin]B00G4PV0H2[/asin] [asin]B002MPETW6[/asin]

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00G4PV0H2/ref=s9_acsd_ri_bw_rw_rmusicbe_p1_t?pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-5&pf_rd_r=T1XM2BJDSQF7H4QQV49S&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=613535847&pf_rd_i=301174

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B002MPETW6/ref=s9_hps_bw_g15_i2?pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-7&pf_rd_r=T1XM2BJDSQF7H4QQV49S&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=578409007&pf_rd_i=301174
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 21, 2016, 11:40:27 AM
Quote from: MyronM on July 21, 2016, 10:53:42 AM
Some more sale items from Amazon France:

The 33 CD DG Strauss operas box is going for 39.95 euros

[asin]B00G4PV0H2[/asin]

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00G4PV0H2/ref=s9_acsd_ri_bw_rw_rmusicbe_p1_t?pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-5&pf_rd_r=T1XM2BJDSQF7H4QQV49S&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=613535847&pf_rd_i=301174

$48 all in to the US!  That's a pretty good deal!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Camphy on July 28, 2016, 09:27:41 AM
On Amazon.it the Hogwood Haydn-box can be had for 35 euros:

[asin]B009LNI0T0[/asin]

https://www.amazon.it/dp/B009LNI0T0/ref=gbph_img_m-3_5a95_63453337?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_p=84ab1f28-6c5d-4392-bd3a-e35a80a85a95&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=4489087031&pf_rd_m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_r=PHP8RD8B4Z9TKTHK7JGS

I remember one or two members saying they considered getting it, even after the new Decca box set was released.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on July 28, 2016, 09:33:27 AM
Quote from: Camphy on July 28, 2016, 09:27:41 AM
On Amazon.it the Hogwood Haydn-box can be had for 35 euros:

[asin]B009LNI0T0[/asin]

https://www.amazon.it/dp/B009LNI0T0/ref=gbph_img_m-3_5a95_63453337?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_p=84ab1f28-6c5d-4392-bd3a-e35a80a85a95&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=4489087031&pf_rd_m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_r=PHP8RD8B4Z9TKTHK7JGS

I remember one or two members saying they considered getting it, even after the new Decca box set was released.

It is worth having I think, especially at that price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 04, 2016, 10:44:36 PM
At JPC de today, many CLAVES CD"S for only 3,99€.
Be quick about it


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/novelties
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 04, 2016, 10:51:22 PM
I would particularly recommend Frank Martin's Le Conte de Cendrillon.

Thank you Harry, I've ordered a small handful among with a couple of Melodiya issues that have been sitting in my tray at jpc for some time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 05, 2016, 12:52:20 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on August 04, 2016, 10:44:36 PM
At JPC de today, many CLAVES CD"S for only 3,99€.
Be quick about it


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/novelties
Thanks, Harry, about a dozen ordered (I noted some are multi-disc sets at 1-disc price)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 05, 2016, 11:57:37 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 04, 2016, 10:51:22 PM
I would particularly recommend Frank Martin's Le Conte de Cendrillon.

Thank you Harry, I've ordered a small handful among with a couple of Melodiya issues that have been sitting in my tray at jpc for some time.

A wonderful piece, and a great recording.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on August 05, 2016, 08:33:11 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on August 04, 2016, 10:44:36 PM
At JPC de today, many CLAVES CD"S for only 3,99€.
Be quick about it


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/novelties

Thank you, Harry! I picked up a number of discs, including the Frank Martin one. Having bought several box sets recently, it'll be good to explore some less common works.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 09, 2016, 10:31:26 PM
Another super bargain, not to be missed, cheaper it doesn't get, and you get excellent value for your money. They do not have many boxes left, so run for it, and do not think twice. Blimey just 19,95 for 30 top CD'S.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/La-Lumieres-Die-Musik-der-Aufkl%E4rung/hnum/9846410
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on August 12, 2016, 07:05:30 AM
I bought that one at my local Fnac store for €10 back in 2012. Suffice to say that, if you were not a fan of Baroque and Classical before listening to that box, you'll probably become one a few discs into the set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 26, 2016, 04:03:57 PM
Hogwood's Haydn is now 25 pounds at Amazon UK. It will be roughly 24 pounds to the US after shipping.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009LNI0T0/ref=pe_109191_147451701_pe_epc__1p_0_ti (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009LNI0T0/ref=pe_109191_147451701_pe_epc__1p_0_ti)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 26, 2016, 11:44:47 PM
There's a 30% off Naxos offer on Europadisc for another two days, including a prerelase of Naxos' Finzi disc collected in an 8 CD box for around 16GBP (depending on your VAT regime). I ordered it along with a prerelease of Onslow quintets (labeled vol 1 in a complete series).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 27, 2016, 05:14:43 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 26, 2016, 04:03:57 PM
Hogwood's Haydn is now 25 pounds at Amazon UK. It will be roughly 24 pounds to the US after shipping.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009LNI0T0/ref=pe_109191_147451701_pe_epc__1p_0_ti (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009LNI0T0/ref=pe_109191_147451701_pe_epc__1p_0_ti)

Outstanding!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on August 27, 2016, 05:19:08 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 26, 2016, 04:03:57 PM
Hogwood's Haydn is now 25 pounds at Amazon UK. It will be roughly 24 pounds to the US after shipping.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009LNI0T0/ref=pe_109191_147451701_pe_epc__1p_0_ti (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009LNI0T0/ref=pe_109191_147451701_pe_epc__1p_0_ti)
In the US this set is cheaper:

https://www.amazon.com/Haydn-Symphonies-35-Christopher-Hogwood/dp/B01BHFPU3S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472303897&sr=8-1&keywords=hogwood+haydn
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 29, 2016, 06:36:13 AM
At JPC currently a Warner box sale, among which was this box which I ordered right away for just 13€.  Good hunting.

Follow the link.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Warner+Classics+Budget-Boxen?searchtype=serie

This is the one I ordered.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 29, 2016, 06:45:50 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on August 27, 2016, 05:19:08 AM
In the US this set is cheaper:

https://www.amazon.com/Haydn-Symphonies-35-Christopher-Hogwood/dp/B01BHFPU3S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472303897&sr=8-1&keywords=hogwood+haydn
The lowest it's ever been (new) is $48 (shipping included). 24 pounds, at today's exchange rate, is definitely cheaper. But really, it depends if you want the Hogwood part or the whole enchilada.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on August 29, 2016, 08:45:18 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on August 29, 2016, 06:45:50 AM
The lowest it's ever been (new) is $48 (shipping included). 24 pounds, at today's exchange rate, is definitely cheaper. But really, it depends if you want the Hogwood part or the whole enchilada.
The US set has all of Hogwood's recordings plus others that Hogwood didn't get to before they killed the project. I am a big fan of Frans Brueggen's Paris and London Symphonies as I likely paid about $40 for those alone when they came out. So the US set has more "stuff" if anyone is interested.

Personally I like Hogwood except his Haydn where there is just something missing...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 30, 2016, 10:25:23 PM
I count this reissue certainly as a bargain. Many of you will want this box.
Follow the link

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/giaches-de-wert-l-arte-del-madrigale/hnum/4282383

And another one that looks to me very interesting,

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/music-at-the-time-of-louis-xiv/hnum/4135481
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 30, 2016, 11:40:18 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on August 30, 2016, 10:25:23 PM
I count this reissue certainly as a bargain. Many of you will want this box.
Follow the link

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/giaches-de-wert-l-arte-del-madrigale/hnum/4282383

That certainly must be a superb set. Unfortunately I believe I have most of it, but if it turns out I have less than half, I will buy. But I need to check the shelves first.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on August 31, 2016, 06:14:08 AM
Not sure if this is a blowout deal, but an Amazon MP seller has the complete Stravinsky for $56 (not incl. shipping):

[asin]B013FFSG7U[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: betty on September 02, 2016, 05:09:15 AM
Amazon Italy has the 2nd Philips box set, Philips Classics - The Stereo Years at EURO 48.51.

http://www.amazon.it/dp/B0179UUVG6
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 03, 2016, 03:12:16 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 30, 2016, 11:40:18 PM
That certainly must be a superb set. Unfortunately I believe I have most of it, but if it turns out I have less than half, I will buy. But I need to check the shelves first.
I have all but de Wert. Not wert, uhm, worth considering. Superb music, needless to say!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Marc on September 07, 2016, 10:31:10 PM
The interesting Seon Collection boxset (85 cd's) now 80 euros at jpc.de:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/seon-collection/hnum/5281618
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 12, 2016, 10:12:38 PM
The Briliant 40-cd set of Romantic Piano Concertos, a lot of reissues of Vox/Candide/Turnabout, not the Hyperion series for about a euro a disc at amazon.uk  (ASIN does not work for me)
What might volume 2 bring, I wonder.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Romantic-Piano-Concertos-Various-Composers/dp/B01CTMJOXU/ref=tmm_acd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1473746773&sr=1-1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 12, 2016, 10:37:45 PM
Quote from: listener on September 12, 2016, 10:12:38 PM
The Briliant 40-cd set of Romantic Piano Concertos, a lot of reissues of Vox/Candide/Turnabout, not the Hyperion series for about a euro a disc at amazon.uk  (ASIN does not work for me)
What might volume 2 bring, I wonder.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Romantic-Piano-Concertos-Various-Composers/dp/B01CTMJOXU/ref=tmm_acd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1473746773&sr=1-1
Does this include/expand on the 20 CD "Golden Age of Romantic Piano Concertos" set?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on September 12, 2016, 10:45:50 PM
I am pretty sure that all or most of the older 20-disc-set is included in the newer box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 13, 2016, 03:25:27 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on September 12, 2016, 10:45:50 PM
I am pretty sure that all or most of the older 20-disc-set is included in the newer box.
okay, thanks - guess as that 20-disc one has been on the shelves untouched for a couple of years, that'll do for me  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on September 13, 2016, 05:40:08 AM
Quote from: king ubu on September 13, 2016, 03:25:27 AM
okay, thanks - guess as that 20-disc one has been on the shelves untouched for a couple of years, that'll do for me  :)
Same here. ;) That box is actually one of the "bargains" that wasn't really a bargain for me. And worse, I should have known that I would not be all that fond of the music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 13, 2016, 09:42:33 AM
Quote from: listener on September 12, 2016, 10:12:38 PM
The Briliant 40-cd set of Romantic Piano Concertos, a lot of reissues of Vox/Candide/Turnabout, not the Hyperion series for about a euro a disc at amazon.uk  (ASIN does not work for me)
What might volume 2 bring, I wonder.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Romantic-Piano-Concertos-Various-Composers/dp/B01CTMJOXU/ref=tmm_acd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1473746773&sr=1-1

Azon USA has it as a download for 99 cents. Or did last week when I bought it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 15, 2016, 09:24:11 AM
Bargain set of Mendelssohn and his 5 Symphonies.

Orch & Chor of Trieste Giuseppe Verdi Theatre, under Lu Jia - RS Generali Group label, 3 cd fat box, 1993 - 1995

Link, AmzUK, follow the New link to the seller * 5 stars * who are knocking this set out for a mere £1.77p plus the usual £1.26 shipping.  £3.03p delivered to the UK.  Nice bargain, decent additional, additional, additional set  ;D

Mendelssohn (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0000286GY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Having not listened to Mendelssohn's First for years, this really helped in recognising what a lovely work it is.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin Lind on October 17, 2016, 05:48:08 PM
I got a bargain recently. It was the complete Bach cantatas with Rilling for 35 Euros. I never intended to buy this set, but it was a special "offer of the day" of Amazon Germany and I snapped it and I am glad that I have done that because it's wonderfull music and I don't think that Rilling is that bad, although some say that other recordings are better. I enjoy the Rilling and have heard 6 CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 17, 2016, 08:17:24 PM
Quote from: Martin Lind on October 17, 2016, 05:48:08 PM
I got a bargain recently. It was the complete Bach cantatas with Rilling for 35 Euros. I never intended to buy this set, but it was a special "offer of the day" of Amazon Germany and I snapped it and I am glad that I have done that because it's wonderfull music and I don't think that Rilling is that bad, although some say that other recordings are better. I enjoy the Rilling and have heard 6 CDs.

Rilling has all kinds of good things going on. The spirit of the music is projected in a most inimitable manner, but never is it insincere. There might be some quibbling about this or that interpretive touch but that's true of every single set.

From my view, you chose wisely. :)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on October 17, 2016, 08:44:10 PM
Quote from: Martin Lind on October 17, 2016, 05:48:08 PM
I got a bargain recently. It was the complete Bach cantatas with Rilling for 35 Euros. I never intended to buy this set, but it was a special "offer of the day" of Amazon Germany and I snapped it and I am glad that I have done that because it's wonderfull music and I don't think that Rilling is that bad, although some say that other recordings are better. I enjoy the Rilling and have heard 6 CDs.

I was thunderstruck by the Alto Soprano Duet in BWV 3 with Arleen Auger. Rilling's set may not be HIP, Original Instrument, but the results can be very satisfying, and the vocal soloists are sometimes sublime.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 19, 2016, 11:22:49 PM
Lots of bargains on JPC starting from 0,99€. A lot of Edita Gruberova cd's for that price, and 38 titles of the label Praga for 3,99.
Be quick about it, it will not last long.


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/novelties

https://www.jpc.de/s/Praga+Digitals+nun+preiswert?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on October 20, 2016, 09:07:16 AM
Thanks, Harry,  some Romantic chamber music there that I don't have and look forward to hearing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 20, 2016, 09:08:08 AM
Quote from: listener on October 20, 2016, 09:07:16 AM
Thanks, Harry,  some Romantic chamber music there that I don't have and look forward to hearing.

Your welcome :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 20, 2016, 01:45:48 PM
Thanks, Harry. I placed an order which I hope will work out (my german is a bit rusted  :D)

Very interesting stuff indeed. When I receive it I'll post in the New Purchases thread.

André
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 20, 2016, 01:48:10 PM
Quote from: André on October 20, 2016, 01:45:48 PM
Thanks, Harry. I placed an order which I hope will work out (my german is a bit rusted  :D)

Very interesting stuff indeed. When I receive it I'll post in the New Purchases thread.

André

My pleasure! I am curious to what you ordered.
If you have any question regarding the German language just ask.
There is a English version of JPC but that is a rather crappy affair to be honest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 20, 2016, 03:56:26 PM
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4011790810126.jpg)

DFD's Brahms 4th symphony with the Czech philharmonic has long been a great favourite of mine.
This 2 cd set comprises my favourite Brahms works, barring none.

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/9004686190094.jpg)

Excerpts were very convincing: period instruments, transparent yet reverberant sound, good choral diction.
The Creation is one of my all time fav's. I have high hopes for it.

And finally:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4025438090719.jpg)

Same impression: transparent, luminous sound from PI, Gruberova in good voice,
and music I never tire of !

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 26, 2016, 10:45:30 PM
In the new release bin at JPC there are quite a few Brilliant recordings for more than half price, amongst then the excellent Richard Strauss nox for 13 euros.  The Clementi sonatas, 3 volumes of them, and more....Take a look.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/novelties
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 27, 2016, 05:41:00 AM
Berkshire have added a new label in FC Records. This is all music with Jouni Somero.  But a lot of it has now gotten quite expensive, so this may be an opportunity to get some good deals on this label. it is solo piano and lieder (though mostly just piano), covering several 19th and 20th century composers not found elsewhere. In particular, I was interested in the finnish piano anthology and a disc of Hugo Reinhold (which is ridiculously expensive at Amazon). Many of his disc are available on Amazon unlimited if you subscribe to that. Overall, I have found his performances to be quite good in the discs I already have.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 27, 2016, 06:22:59 AM
This box set is pretty cheap considering what it used to go for:

[asin]B00000DI2T[/asin]

For those that don't own this set, this would as good of an opportunity as any.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2016, 12:01:25 PM
Pre-order about a dollar a disk ($70). The first was (and is) a fantastic box.

[asin]B01FNAHZFY[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 03, 2016, 12:14:32 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2016, 12:01:25 PM
Pre-order about a dollar a disk ($70). The first was (and is) a fantastic box.

[asin]B01FNAHZFY[/asin]

The Mookster returns in a blaze of glory!

Thanks Al, kinda in a regretful tone, I just ordered it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2016, 05:40:44 PM
Quote from: Ken B on November 03, 2016, 12:14:32 PM
The Mookster returns in a blaze of glory!

Thanks Al, kinda in a regretful tone, I just ordered it.

  I haven't bought anything in a few months, but this is irresistible.   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Gurn Blanston on November 03, 2016, 05:46:56 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2016, 12:01:25 PM
Pre-order about a dollar a disk ($70). The first was (and is) a fantastic box.

[asin]B01FNAHZFY[/asin]

Mookie! So nice to see you back. And you come bearing gifts. Vivarte IS my favorite label, after all. :)

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2016, 06:25:41 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on November 03, 2016, 05:46:56 PM
Mookie! So nice to see you back. And you come bearing gifts. Vivarte IS my favorite label, after all. :)

8)

  Happy to be of service ;D  It's amazing they are starting out at a discount bin price--especially for such a glorious product. Certainly Sony has not decided to eschew capitalist gains for the sake of disseminating art and beauty, but the end result is about the same.  As I have often said: it is a great time to be a music collector!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 04, 2016, 04:42:42 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2016, 12:01:25 PM
Pre-order about a dollar a disk ($70). The first was (and is) a fantastic box.

[asin]B01FNAHZFY[/asin]

Yo, buddy!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on November 04, 2016, 07:55:23 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2016, 05:40:44 PM
  I haven't bought anything in a few months, but this is irresistible.   
I would snatch it up if you are even remotely interested.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 04, 2016, 09:09:42 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2016, 12:01:25 PM
Pre-order about a dollar a disk ($70). The first was (and is) a fantastic box.

[asin]B01FNAHZFY[/asin]

Presto has the detailed tracklist. I have about 80% of it already! So I cancelled. If you have the Bylsma boxes, the complete Tafelmusik on Sony box and some of the Leonhardt boxes you will have most of this one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on November 04, 2016, 09:48:46 AM
Quote from: Ken B on November 04, 2016, 09:09:42 AM
Presto has the detailed tracklist. I have about 80% of it already! So I cancelled. If you have the Bylsma boxes, the complete Tafelmusik on Sony box and some of the Leonhardt boxes you will have most of this one.
I should have bought the Tafelmusik when it was $50, now it is OOP or something like that and expensive.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 05, 2016, 02:06:08 AM
Quote from: Ken B on November 04, 2016, 09:09:42 AM
Presto has the detailed tracklist. I have about 80% of it already! So I cancelled. If you have the Bylsma boxes, the complete Tafelmusik on Sony box and some of the Leonhardt boxes you will have most of this one.

???
  That is an unpleasant surprise--although not exactly shocking. I actually thought the Tafelmusic WAS the Vivarte II (I used to call it that, it says Vivarte on one side of the box).   This one doesn't actually come out for a couple of weeks yet. I'll have to see whether I want to keep the order in or not... 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on November 05, 2016, 06:45:16 AM
The new Mozart Edition is available for a tad under £175 at Amazon UK.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FW8XWSG

A couple of days ago Amazon France advertised it for just under half this for a few hours. Orders were quickly cancelled on the grounds of a pricing error.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: niknala on November 05, 2016, 07:21:56 AM
Quote from: hafod on November 05, 2016, 06:45:16 AM
The new Mozart Edition is available for a tad under £175 at Amazon UK.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FW8XWSG

A couple of days ago Amazon France advertised it for just under half this for a few hours. Orders were quickly cancelled on the grounds of a pricing error.

Interesting.  That's under $1 per CD shipped to the US.  Wonder if they'll ship?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on November 05, 2016, 08:19:37 AM
Quote from: hafod on November 05, 2016, 06:45:16 AM
The new Mozart Edition is available for a tad under £175 at Amazon UK.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FW8XWSG

A couple of days ago Amazon France advertised it for just under half this for a few hours. Orders were quickly cancelled on the grounds of a pricing error.

  Damn!! Even though i already own the Complete Philips Mozart Edition 1990-1991 original release I had no intention of buying this new Mozart 225 superset when it was at ~£300.... But now at £175 I am going to have a hard time resisting this!!

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on November 05, 2016, 08:38:00 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on November 05, 2016, 08:19:37 AM
  Damn!! Even though i already own the Complete Philips Mozart Edition 1990-1991 original release I had no intention of buying this new Mozart 225 superset when it was at ~£300.... But now at £175 I am going to have a hard time resisting this!!
  marvin
I have seen it reported that 70% of this new edition are different recordings to the original. Looked at another way is an overlap of just 30% an incentive to resist or capitulate?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 05, 2016, 08:38:22 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on November 05, 2016, 08:19:37 AM
  Damn!! Even though i already own the Complete Philips Mozart Edition 1990-1991 original release I had no intention of buying this new Mozart 225 superset when it was at ~£300.... But now at £175 I am going to have a hard time resisting this!!

  marvin

[In Yoda voice] "Resist, you must." :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 05, 2016, 12:39:18 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 05, 2016, 08:38:22 AM
[In Yoda voice] "Resist, you must." :)
Mr Will-Power speaks!

;) ::) :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 05, 2016, 06:56:37 PM
Quote from: Ken B on November 05, 2016, 12:39:18 PM
Mr Will-Power speaks!

;) ::) :laugh:

:P QFT.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 09, 2016, 10:39:06 PM
SALE at JPC from the label Ligia 4.99€ per CD as long as stock lasts. As always be quick about it. Cheers.

https://www.jpc.de/s/G%C3%BCnstiges+von+Ligia+Digital?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 09, 2016, 11:00:52 PM
Thank you Harry. That 3 CD Jean Gilles set is very good, BTW!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 09, 2016, 11:01:39 PM
Quote from: The new erato on November 09, 2016, 11:00:52 PM
Thank you Harry. That 3 CD Jean Gilles set is very good, BTW!

Your welcome! :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on November 10, 2016, 12:04:29 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on November 09, 2016, 10:39:06 PM
SALE at JPC from the label Ligia 4.99€ per CD as long as stock lasts. As always be quick about it. Cheers.

https://www.jpc.de/s/G%C3%BCnstiges+von+Ligia+Digital?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic

Harry, thank you sooooo much for this alert!  :) (checked jpc only yesterday...)

I totally missed the boat on the Jean Gilles set that new erato just mentioned .....and recommended to me a billion years ago.... ???
But this offers the opportunity of revindication...and I ordered a truck load of other stuff as well.... :D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 10, 2016, 12:20:56 AM
Does anyone know Vernets CPE Bach?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 10, 2016, 12:24:59 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on November 10, 2016, 12:20:56 AM
Does anyone know Vernets CPE Bach?

I do.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 10, 2016, 12:34:06 AM
Do you recommend it? Or what else from that Ligia sale do you guys recommend? I ordered the 10-disc French organ set because this was just to great a bargain to pass (and I don't know any of the music, maybe I like the organ stuff better than other French baroque) and the "Ecole du Nord" with Ablitzer because I liked his Buxtehude.

I was considering the disc with Carissimi oratorios (but there are actually quite a few alternatives starting with Gardiner) and the CPE Bach organ set. I am not too fond of Gilles most famous work, the Requiem, so I skipped his set and I also fear that 3 discs of Frescobaldi on harpsichord are too much of a good thing for me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 10, 2016, 12:38:00 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on November 10, 2016, 12:34:06 AM
Do you recommend it? Or what else from that Ligia sale do you guys recommend? I ordered the 10-disc French organ set because this was just to great a bargain to pass (and I don't know any of the music, maybe I like the organ stuff better than other French baroque) and the "Ecole du Nord" with Ablitzer because I liked his Buxtehude.

I was considering the disc with Carissimi oratorios (but there are actually quite a few alternatives starting with Gardiner) and the CPE Bach organ set. I am not too fond of Gilles most famous work, the Requiem, so I skipped his set and I also fear that 3 discs of Frescobaldi on harpsichord are too much of a good thing for me.

The CPE Bach I recommend, and the other recordings, well there are many recommendable, but I advice strongly to sample them. For what I like, is not necessarily what you like. The French organ set I had already, which is to my ears a good buy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 24, 2016, 10:32:17 PM
There is a Sale on JPC with 38 Brilliant tilles for very low prices. There is something for all. Only this weekend.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Brillant+und+sehr+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 28, 2016, 04:28:16 PM
An Amazon 'flash' deal for the next six hours (if it lasts) - Suzuki Complete Sacred Cantatas of Bach. Price is $170.
[asin]B01BXWH34E[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 02, 2016, 05:39:40 PM
not at the low end of the bargain scale but it happens only at this time of the year
regional music from the Austrian Tyrol offered a half-price, and my recollection is that
they deduct VAT for shipments to outside the EU...
http://shop.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/cd-dvd/musikmuseum.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 02, 2016, 05:50:50 PM
Quote from: listener on December 02, 2016, 05:39:40 PM
not at the low end of the bargain scale but it happens only at this time of the year
regional music from the Austrian Tyrol offered a half-price, and my recollection is that
they deduct VAT for shipments to outside the EU...
http://shop.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/cd-dvd/musikmuseum.html
Oh super! Thanks for reminding us! Some very different composers here, and yes, they do subtract VAT (though it doesn't offset shipping entirely). Still, the music isn't easily found elsewhere...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 02, 2016, 10:41:46 PM
Super bargain alert from JPC de. Hanssler boxes for small prices, 5 of them, and among them 10 CD'S with Haydn's Symphonies, from Fey, the conductor Sarge loves so much, just 19,95 euros.
Be quick at it.


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/theme/-/tname/oppitz-komplettangebote
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spineur on December 08, 2016, 10:27:19 AM
www.qobuz.com is having a special december deal on a bunch of big name labels.  The discounts are in the 30-50% range.

This may be of interest to the digital buffs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on December 08, 2016, 10:56:34 AM
Quote from: Spineur on December 08, 2016, 10:27:19 AM
www.qobuz.com is having a special december deal on a bunch of big name labels.  The discounts are in the 30-50% range.

This may be of interest to the digital buffs.

Of interest to me, certainly, as I've had a number of good deals from Qobuz.  Where on the site exactly are the discounts?  I can't see them on the main page (or anywhere else).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spineur on December 08, 2016, 01:02:52 PM
Quote from: DaveF on December 08, 2016, 10:56:34 AM
Of interest to me, certainly, as I've had a number of good deals from Qobuz.  Where on the site exactly are the discounts?  I can't see them on the main page (or anywhere else).

Try this link.  If it doesnt work send me PM

http://click.email.qobuz.com/?qs=4589f86c08c78a02f7ce780e41e90a725ab41e1d9d1504d6e8bdb03b611b6b15e9110580983c37da (http://click.email.qobuz.com/?qs=4589f86c08c78a02f7ce780e41e90a725ab41e1d9d1504d6e8bdb03b611b6b15e9110580983c37da)

Or maybe this one

http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/search?s=sf&q=toute-notre-selection-fin-d-annee-2016-prix-special-fr&i=boutique (http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/search?s=sf&q=toute-notre-selection-fin-d-annee-2016-prix-special-fr&i=boutique)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on December 10, 2016, 06:18:09 AM
Quote from: Spineur on December 08, 2016, 01:02:52 PM
Try this link...

Aha, see them now - thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on December 10, 2016, 10:59:15 AM
Quote from: Spineur on December 08, 2016, 10:27:19 AM
www.qobuz.com is having a special december deal on a bunch of big name labels.  The discounts are in the 30-50% range.

This may be of interest to the digital buffs.
"GOBUZ is not available in your country >:("
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 10, 2016, 01:11:25 PM
amazon.it has good deals on quite a few classical boxes, running until the end of the year - hope this link (https://www.amazon.it/b/ref=amb_link_226714447_1?ie=UTF8&lo=popular&node=6116651031&pf_rd_m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promo&pf_rd_r=4M9YA0KEZV16NM0QE8WY&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1123241347&pf_rd_i=B00J498T74) works, if not, go here (https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01H7XXQFS/) and click on "Promo Classica" (and no, I'm not going to buy the Muti Verdi box).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 15, 2016, 10:19:06 PM
There is a big Hanssler sale on JPC de for very low prices. 133 titles, all titles that will not reappear on the market, so be quick about it.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Lagerr%C3%A4umung+SWRmusic?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on December 16, 2016, 03:30:55 AM
Thank you Harry!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on December 16, 2016, 04:32:04 AM
Quote from: The new erato on December 16, 2016, 03:30:55 AM
Thank you Harry!
+1... :)

I've already reacted on this  ;), as reported here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=21529.msg1026379;topicseen#msg1026379).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 17, 2016, 11:37:53 AM
just posted my "thank you Harry" in the purchases thread ... and stumble over this a few minutes later, € 9.97 at aDE (EDIT: and, uhm, even cheaper at JPC, of course, silly me):

[asin]B00H5DNAB6[/asin]

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Roger-Norrington-The-Romantics/hnum/3928115

worth considering? content list (click image to expand):

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71d0sB1pdcL._SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on December 17, 2016, 02:44:03 PM
For those of you interested in the "Mozart 225" complete edition available tomorrow as a lightning deal on Amazon.de starting at 16:29, be aware that the two hardcover books included in the box are going to be the German language versions. Just in case you were not aware of the different language configurations on that one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on December 17, 2016, 04:15:51 PM
Quote from: king ubu on December 17, 2016, 11:37:53 AM
just posted my "thank you Harry" in the purchases thread ... and stumble over this a few minutes later, € 9.97 at aDE (EDIT: and, uhm, even cheaper at JPC, of course, silly me):

[asin]B00H5DNAB6[/asin]

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Roger-Norrington-The-Romantics/hnum/3928115

worth considering? content list (click image to expand):

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71d0sB1pdcL._SL1500_.jpg)

I placed an order today and had fidgeted about including this one. The samples are very convenient. Some of them had my ears perking up. But then I figured I had so many versions of all these works and have spent the last 20 years actively disliking and disparaging Norrington, so I gave it a pass. I actually liked the Mendelssohns quite a bit. It's just that I hate being given a lecture.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on December 17, 2016, 04:31:42 PM
Quote from: André on December 17, 2016, 04:15:51 PM
I placed an order today and had fidgeted about including this one. The samples are very convenient. Some of them had my ears perking up. But then I figured I had so many versions of all these works and have spent the last 20 years actively disliking and disparaging Norrington, so I gave it a pass. I actually liked the Mendelssohns quite a bit. It's just that I hate being given a lecture.
You gotta be a masochist to order this set. I can't even stand the thought.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on December 18, 2016, 06:21:56 PM
Quote from: king ubu on December 17, 2016, 11:37:53 AM
just posted my "thank you Harry" in the purchases thread ... and stumble over this a few minutes later, € 9.97 at aDE (EDIT: and, uhm, even cheaper at JPC, of course, silly me):

[asin]B00H5DNAB6[/asin]

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Roger-Norrington-The-Romantics/hnum/3928115

worth considering? content list (click image to expand):

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71d0sB1pdcL._SL1500_.jpg)
The Bruckner and Mahler recordings are good. The others I have no experience with.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 18, 2016, 10:13:16 PM
Thanks, those are the ones that caught my attention most ... I have it on order, it's so cheap (added to the Venzago Bruckner box at JPC's - that one has me curious).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 18, 2016, 11:30:27 PM
Quote from: king ubu on December 18, 2016, 10:13:16 PM
Thanks, those are the ones that caught my attention most ... I have it on order, it's so cheap (added to the Venzago Bruckner box at JPC's - that one has me curious).

The Bruckner Symphonies by Venzago is high on my list, thus I would be very much interested about interpretation, sound, and quality of the divers orchestras. So if your willing....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 19, 2016, 01:10:58 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on December 18, 2016, 11:30:27 PM
The Bruckner Symphonies by Venzago is high on my list, thus I would be very much interested about interpretation, sound, and quality of the divers orchestras. So if your willing....

Hm, yeah ... but I only just started with Bruckner, listening to No. 1 (and 0 and 00). Will take me quite a while, I'm afraid.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 19, 2016, 02:56:23 AM
Quote from: king ubu on December 19, 2016, 01:10:58 AM
Hm, yeah ... but I only just started with Bruckner, listening to No. 1 (and 0 and 00). Will take me quite a while, I'm afraid.

Never mind that, as long when you have something to say you let me know. :) :)
It's on my long list, and I take the time before buying it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on December 24, 2016, 09:14:48 AM
Many thanks Harry for the link to the JPC Hanssler CDs, much appreciated.  Norrington sets ordered with a slice of Mahler recordings too.

Cheers!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on December 28, 2016, 02:07:29 PM
It's not really a super bargain, I guess, but Amazon Italy has a wide assortment of UMG discs at between five and eight Euros a disc.  Most are reissues (eg, Originals), but some are new/new-ish titles.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on December 29, 2016, 05:59:28 PM
The DG Debussy edition is 42 shipped from Amazon right now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 04, 2017, 11:30:29 PM
At JPC, 145 Oehms titles, a lot of them for only 2,99. I consider them a bargain. There is much to be found for all.

https://www.jpc.de/s/G%C3%BCnstiges+von+Oehms+Classics?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 07, 2017, 01:09:56 AM
On JPC de HMF CD'S for very low prices. Urgent reaction required!

https://www.jpc.de/s/Limitierte+Angebote+von+harmonia+mundi+france?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on January 07, 2017, 08:51:15 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on January 07, 2017, 01:09:56 AM
On JPC de HMF CD'S for very low prices. Urgent reaction required!

https://www.jpc.de/s/Limitierte+Angebote+von+harmonia+mundi+france?searchtype=campaigntext

Thanks for the Oehms and HMF info, Harry! I snagged quite a few bargains.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 09, 2017, 07:14:50 PM
Bellini's Il Pirata is just under $20 on Amazon Prime. Well worth it at that price.
[asin]B007KG5N54[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on January 10, 2017, 01:34:16 AM
Caveat emptor: if it is sponsored by the Peter Moores Foundation, that means that it's sung in English.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on January 10, 2017, 02:37:17 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on January 10, 2017, 01:34:16 AM
Caveat emptor: if it is sponsored by the Peter Moores Foundation, that means that it's sung in English.
Not this one. Yes, the Peter Moores foundation sponsors the "Opera in English" series on Chandos, but also other recordings. These Opera Rara sets (e.g., the original French versions  of Verdi's Les Vêpres Sicilinnes and Don Carlos, Mercadante's Orazi e Curiazi, and much more) are not in English..

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 10, 2017, 06:09:57 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on January 10, 2017, 01:34:16 AM
Caveat emptor: if it is sponsored by the Peter Moores Foundation, that means that it's sung in English.
No it doesn't. I have many of these Opera Rara recordings (including this one). They are all sung in some sort of original language (where sometimes there is more than one choice). Opera Rara also has outstanding booklets. This particular opera is not sung in English.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 10, 2017, 10:19:24 PM
A sale of the ROMEO label, at JPC de virtually unknown by me but there is some good music on them. 81 titles for 4,99€ a piece. Well worth exploring. Cheers and good morning, :)

https://www.jpc.de/s/Lagerr%C3%A4umung+Romeo?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on January 12, 2017, 07:08:30 AM
Reveived a whole batch of Norrington from JPC today, along with a whole big batch of Skrowaczewki's Bruckner.  And his Brahms 4 Symphonies, some Mahler song cycles.  Great bargains, thanks Harry  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 12, 2017, 07:10:01 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on January 12, 2017, 07:08:30 AM
Reveived a whole batch of Norrington from JPC today, along with a whole big batch of Skrowaczewki's Bruckner.  And his Brahms 4 Symphonies, some Mahler song cycles.  Great bargains, thanks Harry  :)

Your welcome my friend. I'll do my best to find as many bargains as I can, and alert all on GMG.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on January 12, 2017, 02:23:38 PM
Quote from: ritter on January 10, 2017, 02:37:17 AM
Not this one. Yes, the Peter Moores foundation sponsors the "Opera in English" series on Chandos, but also other recordings. These Opera Rara sets (e.g., the original French versions  of Verdi's Les Vêpres Sicilinnes and Don Carlos, Mercadante's Orazi e Curiazi, and much more) are not in English..

Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 10, 2017, 06:09:57 AM
No it doesn't. I have many of these Opera Rara recordings (including this one). They are all sung in some sort of original language (where sometimes there is more than one choice). Opera Rara also has outstanding booklets. This particular opera is not sung in English.

My mistake. Maybe I still can't get over my shock at finding out, when I was about to buy Simon Rattle's recording of The cunning little vixen at a low, low price, that the text was actually an English translation, and that's the reason why I tend to associate the Moores Foundation with that kind of (weird) practice. I mean, there's actually an English version of Lulu backed by them out there somewhere!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 13, 2017, 06:07:44 AM
At JPC de. Brilliant massively discounted in price, more than 300 titles. Just for the weekend!


https://www.jpc.de/s/Brillante+Vielfalt+im+Preis+gesenkt?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 13, 2017, 11:18:03 PM
At JPC BIS sale 101 titles for just 4,99€ I think this one will disappear soon again, so be quick about it.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Midsommer-Preise+bei+BIS?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 17, 2017, 10:30:04 PM
At JPC de the label Signum, 17 tiles 9,99€ per CD. Maybe not a super bargain but interesting, for this label is not often discounted in price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on January 18, 2017, 12:45:42 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on January 13, 2017, 06:07:44 AM
At JPC de. Brilliant massively discounted in price, more than 300 titles. Just for the weekend!

https://www.jpc.de/s/Brillante+Vielfalt+im+Preis+gesenkt?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic

Quote from: Harry's corner on January 13, 2017, 11:18:03 PM
At JPC BIS sale 101 titles for just 4,99€ I think this one will disappear soon again, so be quick about it.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Midsommer-Preise+bei+BIS?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic

Ordered a few of both (I think actually just one BIS, added to some Brilliant discs) ... thanks once again!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Richard on January 18, 2017, 04:56:45 AM
In addition to JPC's sale on Brilliant single-disc releases mentioned by Harry last week, there are a selection of organ sets on sale for half price, including:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421951058.jpg)
for $19.99

and

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421947402.jpg)
for $24.99

https://www.jpc.de/s/1238733_93415?searchtype=cid (https://www.jpc.de/s/1238733_93415?searchtype=cid)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on January 18, 2017, 05:19:01 AM
What do people who have heard them think of Stella's Buxtehude and Froberger?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 18, 2017, 05:27:33 AM
Quote from: Richard on January 18, 2017, 04:56:45 AM
In addition to JPC's sale on Brilliant single-disc releases mentioned by Harry last week, there are a selection of organ sets on sale for half price, including:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421951058.jpg)
for $19.99

and

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421947402.jpg)
for $24.99

https://www.jpc.de/s/1238733_93415?searchtype=cid (https://www.jpc.de/s/1238733_93415?searchtype=cid)

They were also in the Brilliant deal, not only the single releases, but JPC was not that clear about it.
The Froberger is a very good example of Stella's art, I for one like it very much.
Bach by Molardi is an acquired taste, I for one will not even buy it for this price. Molardi is good in many things, J.S Bach is not one of them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Richard on January 18, 2017, 11:09:52 AM
Simone Stella is an excellent musician. I have him playing Buxtehude's organ works and his harpsichord works. Both are an extraordinary value on Brilliant. One of the real gems of their catalogue.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spineur on January 21, 2017, 11:35:24 PM
Qobuz is having a discount sale on boxes downloads.  Classical, Jazz mostly some film and french variety as well

http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/search?utm_medium=e-mail&utm_source=newsletter_we_coffrets-et-integrales-a-prix-special-janv-fev-2017_fr-fr&q=coffrets-et-integrales-a-prix-special-janv-fev-2017&j=9771 (http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/search?utm_medium=e-mail&utm_source=newsletter_we_coffrets-et-integrales-a-prix-special-janv-fev-2017_fr-fr&q=coffrets-et-integrales-a-prix-special-janv-fev-2017&j=9771)

It last until the end of february I believe.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 28, 2017, 05:00:03 PM
Currently $15 plus s/h on Amazon MP
[asin]B008DWG0CY[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on January 29, 2017, 04:25:13 AM
I usually have no time for Naxos box sets, as they usually (except for their now extinct "White boxes") just repackage the individual jewel cases with a slipcase and therefore take up too much space. Same as CPO.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 29, 2017, 10:31:45 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on January 29, 2017, 04:25:13 AM
I usually have no time for Naxos box sets, as they usually (except for their now extinct "White boxes") just repackage the individual jewel cases with a slipcase and therefore take up too much space. Same as CPO.

Okay, but that doesn't really have much to do with whether something's a bargain or not.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on January 29, 2017, 02:28:19 PM
I wasn't really questioning whether it was a bargain or not, although, now we speak of it, it's not a bargain on the "50 CDs for 30 euros" range. The smaller box sets are usually less of a bargain, comparatively speaking, than one of the "monsters" when their price finally goes down.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 31, 2017, 10:35:36 PM
JPC de has the label Querstand in the picture today. 20 titles for just 9,99€. I cannot remember seeing this label discounted in price, so it's quite rare.
Enjoy.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Querstand+Sonderpreise?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 07, 2017, 10:33:53 PM
159 titles from the label Divine Art at JPC de for budget prices. There are really fine recordings in this list, Enjoy!

https://www.jpc.de/s/Preisaktion+Divine+Art?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 08, 2017, 10:59:21 PM
For those that love their romantic opera...on JPC de, the Label GALA, 2 cd's sets, are sold as low as 3,99€. 92 titles. Eat your heart out! :laugh:

https://www.jpc.de/s/GALA+-+Radikale+Lagerr%C3%A4umung?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 08, 2017, 11:16:03 PM
Some choice morsels indeed! Thanks for those alerts, Harry!

I recommend Henri Rabaud's delightful "oriental" opera Mârouf, savetier du Caire. Practically impossible to find. And of course, Alain Vanzo's superlative Pêcheurs de perles.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 10, 2017, 11:50:49 PM
At JPC de the big Mozart box reduced by half in price, from 400 euro to 199 euro. 200 CD'S a luxury box.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-mozart-225-the-complete-new-edition/hnum/3448342
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on February 11, 2017, 03:18:29 AM
Great price, but be aware that all the documentation would be in German only.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 11, 2017, 05:15:18 AM
Quote from: akebergv on February 11, 2017, 03:18:29 AM
Great price, but be aware that all the documentation would be in German only.

For me luckily that is no problem, but as I am aware and am told by JPC, there is a English translation.
But one should always be careful with this kind of info. I have been deceived on more than one occasion in this respect.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on February 12, 2017, 01:06:55 AM
Since I own one of these boxes I can say with some confidence that they are produced in three separate versions, one in English, one in German, and one in French (with only the one language in each). The books would have become too unwieldy with all three since they provide much more information than is usually the case with CD boxes. The boxes of course are marvellous, and I have worked my way through to cd 175 by now with great pleasure and edification. With this particular offer coming from from a German seller I would be very surprised if it would be in English.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 12, 2017, 02:36:04 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on February 08, 2017, 10:59:21 PM
For those that love their romantic opera...on JPC de, the Label GALA, 2 cd's sets, are sold as low as 3,99€. 92 titles. Eat your heart out! :laugh:

https://www.jpc.de/s/GALA+-+Radikale+Lagerr%C3%A4umung?searchtype=campaigntext

Quote from: André on February 08, 2017, 11:16:03 PM
Some choice morsels indeed! Thanks for those alerts, Harry!

I recommend Henri Rabaud's delightful "oriental" opera Mârouf, savetier du Caire. Practically impossible to find. And of course, Alain Vanzo's superlative Pêcheurs de perles.

Belated thanks to both of you ... ordered a couple of these, will report which ones when the package arrives :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on February 15, 2017, 05:48:41 AM
UMusic has a (relatively) new 'Eloquence' reissue of the Karajan Ring, now selling for a mere 30.5 EUR on amazon.de:

https://www.amazon.de/Wagner-Ring-Nibelungen-Eloquence-Karajan/dp/B01GUKLJJO/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drasko on February 17, 2017, 02:16:14 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51jRdcus3sL.jpg) (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81Sym9fM3-L._SL1500_.jpg)

3CDs of Carlo Bergonzi singing Verdi for 10 euros at amazon.it

https://www.amazon.it/Tenor-Arias-Bergonzi-Carlo-Tenore/dp/B00AYABJ8S
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 22, 2017, 11:18:30 PM
18 Stradivarius discs for 9.99€ at JPC de. Some really nice recordings there!

https://www.jpc.de/s/Stradivarius+zum+Sonderpreis?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Richard on March 29, 2017, 04:30:38 AM
For anyone who missed it during previous sales, JPC has it at 50% off right now:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0888430893825.jpg)

Many, many great recordings.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on March 29, 2017, 05:24:10 AM
Also at jpc: Naxos complete Schubert Lieder for a fairly jaw-dropping 30 EUR:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Franz-Schubert-1797-1828-Complete-Lieder-Edition/hnum/1722422
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 29, 2017, 10:59:07 AM
I bought this set some time ago, but I see it's still on sale at a ridiculously low price:

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/813uVMnCflL._SX522_.jpg)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81GcPcI--zL._SX522_.jpg)

This duplicates the contents of  a previous EMI compilation, but adds 2 discs of previously never issued performances from the 1930s. The sound on the latter is astonishingly open and clear.

https://www.amazon.com/Delius-7CD-Sir-Thomas-Beecham/dp/B01N7OM4F2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1490813689&sr=1-1&keywords=Delius+beecham (https://www.amazon.com/Delius-7CD-Sir-Thomas-Beecham/dp/B01N7OM4F2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1490813689&sr=1-1&keywords=Delius+beecham)

Note that Beecham's famous recording of Mass of Life is not included. It is available separately, though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 29, 2017, 11:02:37 AM
Jump on this: 25€ for 40 discs of prime Wagner.

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0887654350428.jpg)

Not everything is there but there are some treasurable performances here (the best Lohengrin ever IMHO) and many fascinating recitals


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Richard-Wagner-1813-1883-Richard-Wagner-Great-Recordings/hnum/1544067 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Richard-Wagner-1813-1883-Richard-Wagner-Great-Recordings/hnum/1544067)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on March 29, 2017, 05:06:34 PM
Quote from: André on March 29, 2017, 11:02:37 AM
...(the best Lohengrin ever IMHO)...

Hmm...with Konya you may be on to something, there. Time for some YouTube...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 30, 2017, 04:40:08 AM
"Mein lieber Schwann" is magical. I have 3 Lohengrins by Konya, all wonderful. This is the only commercial release, with great orchestral playing and in superb sound. It also boasts the power-crazed Ortrud of Rita Gorr, a swan-roasting, fire-eating sorceress. Her outbursts in the Second Act leaves one speechless.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 31, 2017, 11:34:51 PM
At JPC de, Toccata Classics for just 8 euros a piece. Over 200 titles!

https://www.jpc.de/s/1238793_83156?searchtype=cid
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 04, 2017, 05:10:15 AM
At JPC de, 12 titles on the label Praga, for just 4,00 € a piece. Looks to me a super bargain.

https://www.jpc.de/s/G%C3%BCnstiges+von+Praga?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Paul_Thomas on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
Given my professional interest I really shouldn't be posting this...

but amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas

Hopefully they will honour the price and sell them at a loss, causing them to lose massive amounts of money and go out of business  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 07, 2017, 01:33:41 PM
Quote from: Paul@Presto on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
Given my professional interest I really shouldn't be posting this...

but amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas

Hopefully they will honour the price and sell them at a loss, causing them to lose massive amounts of money and go out of business  :D
:laugh: I wonder how many they would have to sell at that price to go bankrupt.
Thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 07, 2017, 01:45:26 PM
Quote from: Paul@Presto on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
Given my professional interest I really shouldn't be posting this...

but amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas

Hopefully they will honour the price and sell them at a loss, causing them to lose massive amounts of money and go out of business  :D

Actually, that is the mark of a true professional...

I am passing. My opera pile is so big, this would never get listened to...

ETA
Inspecting the contents, I have half of it....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 07, 2017, 03:40:12 PM
Quote from: Paul@Presto on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
Given my professional interest I really shouldn't be posting this...

but amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas

Hopefully they will honour the price and sell them at a loss, causing them to lose massive amounts of money and go out of business  :D

Well, thanks for the tip ! I ordered the box and it was even cheaper: 9.43£   :o

Given that I do NOT have a Rosenkavalier  :-[ it was an easy decision.

I received an order confirmation. Let's see now if they make things right and actually ship it !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on April 07, 2017, 05:30:39 PM
Quote from: Paul@Presto on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
Given my professional interest I really shouldn't be posting this...

but amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas

Hopefully they will honour the price and sell them at a loss, causing them to lose massive amounts of money and go out of business  :D
I ordered it. It says £11.31 but when I went to check out it was lower at 9.43£ and when converted to US dollors comes out to $16.08 including delivery to NYC. A no brainer. I can always sell it for more than that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 07, 2017, 05:47:53 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on April 07, 2017, 05:30:39 PM
I ordered it. It says £11.31 but when I went to check out it was lower at 9.43£ and when converted to US dollors comes out to $16.08 including delivery to NYC. A no brainer. I can always sell it for more than that.

The only thing that has me a bit leery is the shipping time: 1 to 4 weeks. Quite a vague estimate, but, yes, a no-brainer, especially if you're looking for a quick Strauss opera fix.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on April 07, 2017, 05:50:42 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 07, 2017, 05:47:53 PM
The only thing that has me a bit leery is the shipping time: 1 to 4 weeks. Quite a vague estimate, but, yes, a no-brainer, especially if you're looking for a quick Strauss opera fix.
Not really as I more or less have all the same recordings, but it makes a nice gift for someone:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 07, 2017, 06:08:01 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on April 07, 2017, 05:50:42 PM
Not really as I more or less have all the same recordings, but it makes a nice gift for someone:)

Well, I was actually referring to those who didn't have any Strauss operas in their collection.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 07, 2017, 06:38:29 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 07, 2017, 06:08:01 PM
Well, I was actually referring to those who didn't have any Strauss operas in their collection.
Like me. I might have one or two, kicking around in some box or other. So I bought it.   :-[

TD They also have the Amazon 30th box cheap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 07, 2017, 07:24:35 PM
Quote from: Ken B on April 07, 2017, 06:38:29 PM
Like me. I might have one or two, kicking around in some box or other. So I bought it.   :-[

TD They also have the Amazon 30th box cheap.

Nothing to be embarrassed about, Ken. It's a great bargain for sure. I didn't buy it because I own too many performances from the set plus I don't really listen to much Strauss aside from the few works of his that I love.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 07, 2017, 10:43:32 PM
Quote from: Paul@Presto on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
Given my professional interest I really shouldn't be posting this...

but amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas

Hopefully they will honour the price and sell them at a loss, causing them to lose massive amounts of money and go out of business  :D

Oh yes..... :D  Ordered it - THANKS!  :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on April 08, 2017, 08:18:05 AM
Quote from: Paul@Presto on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
Given my professional interest I really shouldn't be posting this...

but amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas

Hopefully they will honour the price and sell them at a loss, causing them to lose massive amounts of money and go out of business  :D

I passed on this since I already have this wonderful set, but looking at the UK Amazon site this morning I came across the upcoming Naxos 30th anniversary set for 22.58 pounds,  less than half the price it is being offered in the U.S. ($59.99).

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spineur on April 08, 2017, 09:47:08 AM
Quote from: MyronM on April 08, 2017, 08:18:05 AM
I passed on this since I already have this wonderful set, but looking at the UK Amazon site this morning I came across the upcoming Naxos 30th anniversary set for 22.58 pounds,  less than half the price it is being offered in the U.S. ($59.99).

[asin]B06X1GB7RF[/asin]
26 euro-zloties at amazon.fr 29 at amazon.de (?? ?? ?).
Most of it is good some is just OK very little outstanding.  Worth getting ?? ??
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on April 08, 2017, 12:43:29 PM
Quote from: Paul@Presto on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
Given my professional interest I really shouldn't be posting this...

but amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas


Happy to co-operate in putting Amazon out of business, since I know nothing about Strauss opera... although what are the chances of getting it?  Great to see that it's a no.1 bestseller in the category "Concertos for Orchestras" (in fact, wouldn't that make a good title for a piece?)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 08, 2017, 12:48:32 PM
Quote from: DaveF on April 08, 2017, 12:43:29 PM
Happy to co-operate in putting Amazon out of business, since I know nothing about Strauss opera... although what are the chances of getting it?  Great to see that it's a no.1 bestseller in the category "Concertos for Orchestras" (in fact, wouldn't that make a good title for a piece?)
I have always gotten my order from Amazon UK, as opposed to a Marketplace, with crazy prices like this. But even with MPs I got some crazy deals. The fabulous Abbado symphony box for under $25 shipped for instance. I expect to get it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on April 08, 2017, 12:50:00 PM
Quote from: Spineur on April 08, 2017, 09:47:08 AM
26 euro-zloties at amazon.fr 29 at amazon.de (?? ?? ?).
Most of it is good some is just OK very little outstanding.  Worth getting ?? ??

I saw the list of the selected recordings, and actually couldn´t identify any criteria, quality- or repertoire-wise. Except maybe it being for those building on a basic collection, with a few added peculiarities, for little cost:
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Naxos/8503293
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Paul_Thomas on April 08, 2017, 02:12:46 PM
Quote from: DaveF on April 08, 2017, 12:43:29 PM
Happy to co-operate in putting Amazon out of business, since I know nothing about Strauss opera... although what are the chances of getting it?  Great to see that it's a no.1 bestseller in the category "Concertos for Orchestras" (in fact, wouldn't that make a good title for a piece?)

I personally think that they have mis-priced this one, as it should £113.10, or something similar, so it could be a typo or a mis-entry, in which case they cancel it and say sorry.

However my order has been outstanding for a few days without cancellation, so we will have to wait and see...

Note that there are other retailers which take more care and don't make such elementary mistakes  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on April 08, 2017, 02:17:23 PM
Quote from: Paul@Presto on April 08, 2017, 02:12:46 PM
I personally think that they have mis-priced this one, as it should £113.10, or something similar, so it could be a typo or a mis-entry, in which case they cancel it and say sorry.

However my order has been outstanding for a few days without cancellation, so we will have to wait and see...

Note that there are other retailers which take more care and don't make such elementary mistakes  :P
They had a similar pricing for the Solti Ring and delivered it. I'm quite sure they will honour the pricing now too. The decimal point displacement is indeed rather plausible, as £.31 is just odd.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 08, 2017, 02:19:40 PM
Quote from: Paul@Presto on April 08, 2017, 02:12:46 PM
I personally think that they have mis-priced this one, as it should £113.10, or something similar, so it could be a typo or a mis-entry, in which case they cancel it and say sorry.

However my order has been outstanding for a few days without cancellation, so we will have to wait and see...

Note that there are other retailers which take more care and don't make such elementary mistakes  :P
I just noticed, and mentioned on another thread, your outfit has the Haromia Mundi Baroque opera Goliath for $70. That's a SDCB.

And, long live the typo!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Paul_Thomas on April 08, 2017, 02:21:15 PM
Quote from: North Star on April 08, 2017, 02:17:23 PM
They had a similar pricing for the Solti Ring and delivered it. I'm quite sure they will honour the pricing now too. The decimal point displacement is indeed rather plausible, as £.31 is just odd.

Time will tell...

It's a no lose situation, so you may as well stick an order in and see what happens...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Paul_Thomas on April 08, 2017, 02:23:41 PM
Quote from: Ken B on April 08, 2017, 02:19:40 PM
I just noticed, and mentioned on another thread, your outfit has the Haromia Mundi Baroque opera Goliath for $70. That's a SDCB.

And, long live the typo!

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Harmonia%2BMundi/HMX2908658%252F99

is what I assume you mean - this is an absolutely superb set, bought it long before I started at Presto - if anyone doesn't have it already I can heartily recommend it.

and definitely not a typo on our price!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on April 08, 2017, 02:30:50 PM
Quote from: DaveF on April 08, 2017, 12:43:29 PM
Happy to co-operate in putting Amazon out of business, since I know nothing about Strauss opera...
Boxes like these tend to not have libretti so buyer beware.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Paul_Thomas on April 08, 2017, 02:33:01 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on April 08, 2017, 02:30:50 PM
Boxes like these tend to not have libretti so buyer beware.

Nope not even on a CD-ROM for this set, unlike many others (including the Opera Baroque set above)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Syek88 on April 08, 2017, 03:49:07 PM
I bought it for the stupid price 3 hours ago and it's now up to 50+ quid. Perhaps it was an algorithm screw-up? Surely Amazon is too big to do all of its discounting manually?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 08, 2017, 08:33:47 PM
Quote from: Turner on April 08, 2017, 12:50:00 PM
I saw the list of the selected recordings, and actually couldn´t identify any criteria, quality- or repertoire-wise. Except maybe it being for those building on a basic collection, with a few added peculiarities, for little cost:
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Naxos/8503293

I have about 5 of the CDs included there, relatively good quality. I should point in particular to the Summerly Oxford Camarata Tallis: my second favorite recording of Spem in alium, with only the Tallis Scholars beating them out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 09, 2017, 05:20:09 AM
I think this counts as a super bargain...117 CD's by maestro Karajan for just 60 euro's. I happen to know that they do not have many in stock, so if I were you I would rush this thing a bit, that is, if you want it! From 140 euro's to 59.99.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Herbert-von-Karajan-1938-1960-Collection/hnum/4916664

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on April 11, 2017, 03:33:29 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on April 09, 2017, 05:20:09 AM
I think this counts as a super bargain...117 CD's by maestro Karajan for just 60 euro's. I happen to know that they do not have many in stock, so if I were you I would rush this thing a bit, that is, if you want it! From 140 euro's to 59.99.

Is this a collection of live recordings?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 11, 2017, 08:10:19 PM
68 bucks from Amazon right now

[asin]B01FENQ1C8[/asin]

I confess I sinned and bought one.

41 discs, 16 works, all but one performance looks top notch.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 11, 2017, 10:23:24 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on April 11, 2017, 03:33:29 PM
Is this a collection of live recordings?

I could not say.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on April 11, 2017, 10:56:14 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on April 11, 2017, 03:33:29 PM
Is this a collection of live recordings?
It is mostly pirated (as common with "documents") early EMI studio stuff and probably a few live recordings from that time as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 12, 2017, 01:31:13 AM
Another bargain to get from JPC de. This opera box with 40 cd's on the label Nuovoera. From 140 euro's to 30 euros.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Opera-Italiana-Operngesamtaufnahmen/hnum/8981613

And another good deal...Rachmaninov, quite a lot of his works in pristine recordings.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/piano-concertos-box-set/hnum/6032999

And for The Rattle fans....

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/simon-rattle-seine-solisten/hnum/2149216
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on April 12, 2017, 05:50:35 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on April 11, 2017, 10:56:14 PM
It is mostly pirated (as common with "documents") early EMI studio stuff and probably a few live recordings from that time as well.

Most if not all of it is EMI material, but it is not just the early stuff. The contents list, for example, Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande, and HvK's only recording of that piece is his EMI recording from 1978. Similarly, the Schubert symphonies are very likely from Karajan's mid-70s EMI cycle with the BPO. Ditto the Fidelio, which was recorded in 1970.

The real question, I suppose, is how these masterings stack up to what's already available from EMI and its successors.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on April 12, 2017, 06:11:55 AM
Quote from: albanberg on April 12, 2017, 05:50:35 AM
Most if not all of it is EMI material, but it is not just the early stuff. The contents list, for example, Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande, and HvK's only recording of that piece is his EMI recording from 1978. Similarly, the Schubert symphonies are very likely from Karajan's mid-70s EMI cycle with the BPO. Ditto the Fidelio, which was recorded in 1970.

The real question, I suppose, is how these masterings stack up to what's already available from EMI and its successors.

It is almost certainly not the 70's EMI Pelleas since the set is titled 1938-1960. Karajan made a live recording of Pelleas in Rome in 1954. This tends to confirm my suspicion that the set is a compilation of old radio broadcast recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on April 12, 2017, 09:38:05 AM
It has to be before early 60s because one cannot just pirate later stuff without getting into trouble. At least not from a big company like EMI/Warner. The earlier stuff could in principle be transferred from old LPs or radio tapes or whatever so it would be legit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 12, 2017, 11:53:39 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on April 11, 2017, 10:56:14 PM
... pirated (as common with "documents") ...

That was actually my assumption, and I would have bet my grandma's ass on it ... but I heard from a source in the know that they do pay small licensing fees (and do so even when the material is older than 50 years). Not sure if that is *always* the case, but I'd only bet a pint of beer nowadays, I assume.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 12, 2017, 12:32:32 PM
But Membran can also issue some rather deluxe stuff.
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has them as the copyright holders, although the booklet is as much about Gewandhaus history as about anything else...enough to make me suspect Gewandhaus money was behind the project.  But the physical product and sonics are well done.  The only complaint is with the odd dimensions of the packaging: literally a cubit high, it may have to be filed as a book.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on April 12, 2017, 12:51:49 PM
Yes, it seems NCA is yet a different part of the venture ... they have their own recordings but also (licensed, I assume, not old enough for PD!) reissue others. My edition of the Gewandhaus Beethoven bwt is a small capbox that has nothing deluxe about it, but the price was quite right, so I won't complain  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on April 12, 2017, 01:04:10 PM
I am still rather skeptical about both the historical recordings (especially their earlier stuff like those "Maestro misterioso" boxes) as well as some that had originally appeared on Vox, Intercord and other smallish labels (usually LP era recordings) but it is true that the seem to have some joint venture/licensing agreement with more recent recordings both from e.g. NCA and Ars musici. Those usually bear the name of the original label in some small print and/or are credited otherwise on the (back)covers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on April 15, 2017, 04:41:46 AM
Quote from: Paul_Thomas on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
Given my professional interest I really shouldn't be posting this...

but amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas

Hopefully they will honour the price and sell them at a loss, causing them to lose massive amounts of money and go out of business  :D

Ordered it quickly, order was confirmed, but still no dispatch confirmation ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 15, 2017, 04:49:54 AM
Quote from: Turner on April 15, 2017, 04:41:46 AM
Ordered it quickly, order was confirmed, but still no dispatch confirmation ...
Ditto
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 15, 2017, 06:09:22 AM
Regular collectors of Sony boxes need to check for dupes, I have nearly all of this, but at $57 it's a SDCB for sure.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on April 15, 2017, 09:32:42 AM
Quote from: Ken B on April 15, 2017, 06:09:22 AM
Regular collectors of Sony boxes need to check for dupes, I have nearly all of this, but at $57 it's a SDCB for sure.

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its been at around that price for months now.
expect it to go up once copies are selling out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on April 15, 2017, 09:36:17 AM
Quote from: Turner on April 15, 2017, 04:41:46 AM
Ordered it quickly, order was confirmed, but still no dispatch confirmation ...

They gave themselves up to four weeks to ship it....meaning it was actually out of stock when they offered it at that price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 15, 2017, 10:14:20 AM
Same here: order confirmed, no dispatch notification yet. Suspense, suspense... ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on April 15, 2017, 10:19:01 AM
Quote from: André on April 15, 2017, 10:14:20 AM
Same here: order confirmed, no dispatch notification yet. Suspense, suspense... ::)
My Richard Strauss box set order says "Will dispatch May 3."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 20, 2017, 01:41:14 AM
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/theme/-/tname/apex-3-cds-12-euro

3 Apex CD's for 12 euro, more than 200 titles, so that looks like a good bargain.
Enjoy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 27, 2017, 10:35:23 PM
Want to have some Monteverdi, but not too much, and as much variety as possible. You want 10 CD'S for 5,99€, then wait no longer, JPC de is willing to help you.
A SUPER BARGAIN. GO GET THEM TIGERS!

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Claudio-Monteverdi-1567-1643-Claudio-Monteverdi-The-Innovator/hnum/2760602
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on April 28, 2017, 05:51:17 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on April 27, 2017, 10:35:23 PM
Want to have some Monteverdi, but not too much, and as much variety as possible. You want 10 CD'S for 5,99€, then wait no longer, JPC de is willing to help you.
A SUPER BARGAIN. gO GET THEM TIGERS!

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Claudio-Monteverdi-1567-1643-Claudio-Monteverdi-The-Innovator/hnum/2760602

For US listeners, Used - Like New copies to had at a comparable price-point:

[asin]B007XT7X0Q[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 28, 2017, 12:47:04 PM
On Amazon.ca the set sells for 18.49$. JPC has it for 6€, or 9$Can. That's certainly better. And, much as I like Monteverdi's madrigals, it wouldn't dawn on me that I can't live without the whole shebang. So this sensible selection at an unbeatable price is certainly enticing !

Thanks for the alert, Harry. In den Warenkorb !   ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on May 04, 2017, 10:20:14 PM
Still no dispatch confirmation or cancellation as regards the big, very cheap DG Strauss complete operas box.

I guess it´s not going to be delivered then; order was on the 6-7th of April.
I can live with that anyway.

Here however, companies are normally obliged to deliver items for a publicly announced price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 04, 2017, 11:22:42 PM
Quote from: Turner on May 04, 2017, 10:20:14 PM
Still no dispatch confirmation or cancellation as regards the big, very cheap DG Strauss complete operas box.

I guess it´s not going to be delivered then; order was on the 6-7th of April.
I can live with that anyway.

Here however, companies are normally obliged to deliver items for a publicly announced price.

Same here. I've had orders not being fulfilled before in cases like this......including Amazon proper.

Last time I remember was a cancellation on the grounds of "unavailability".

After a week the item was miraculously available again....at the regular price...

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 05, 2017, 04:36:25 AM
Ditto. I'm not holding my breath  :-[
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on May 05, 2017, 05:46:24 AM
Quote from: Turner on May 04, 2017, 10:20:14 PM
Still no dispatch confirmation or cancellation as regards the big, very cheap DG Strauss complete operas box.

I guess it´s not going to be delivered then; order was on the 6-7th of April.
I can live with that anyway.
Yeah, it's been a while, although a lot of people did order it, so I can see how it might take a while. But I'm fine with not getting it, too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 05, 2017, 05:59:31 AM
Me too. The site says expected by 16 May, which I assume means Amazon expects it to arrive there on 16 May and get shipped later. We will see.

Like others I won't be heartbroken not to get it, but for $16 I'd kinda like to have it.

A year or more ago Amazon had a large number of high end canned cat food as a Prime add-on at a really low price, with "ships in 2 months" So I bought a huge amount. And over the past 14 or so months it has arrived in dribs and drabs, often after notices of delay. But I still got most of it. Some was cancelled, and I still have 120 cans on order, just delayed again. But that represents a savings of over $100 right there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on May 05, 2017, 11:42:43 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 05, 2017, 05:59:31 AM
Me too. The site says expected by 16 May, which I assume means Amazon expects it to arrive there on 16 May and get shipped later. We will see.

Like others I won't be heartbroken not to get it, but for $16 I'd kinda like to have it.

A year or more ago Amazon had a large number of high end canned cat food as a Prime add-on at a really low price, with "ships in 2 months" So I bought a huge amount. And over the past 14 or so months it has arrived in dribs and drabs, often after notices of delay. But I still got most of it. Some was cancelled, and I still have 120 cans on order, just delayed again. But that represents a savings of over $100 right there.

Get rid of the cat and you'll save even more. >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 05, 2017, 02:12:26 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on May 05, 2017, 11:42:43 AM
Get rid of the cat and you'll save even more. >:D
Feral cats!
It started with a few treats for one particular small black cat (Pyewacket by name). It grew from there and grew again when Pyewacket brought forth Pyebald.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on May 06, 2017, 01:31:57 AM
The latest on Strauss (as opposed to cats) from Amazon:


We're still trying to obtain the following item you ordered on April 08 2017
 
Various Artists "Richard Strauss - Complete Operas (DG box set)"
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00G4PV0H2

We're awaiting a revised estimate from our supplier, and will email you as soon as we receive this information.

If you'd prefer to cancel the item, please visit Your Account


So who knows what will happen?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on May 06, 2017, 01:34:25 AM
Sorry about the messy type above - not sure what happened.
Amazon wrote today:

We're still trying to obtain the following item you ordered on April 08 2017.

  Various Artists "Richard Strauss - Complete Operas (DG box set)"
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00G4PV0H2

We're awaiting a revised estimate from our supplier, and will email you as soon as we receive this information.

If you'd prefer to cancel the item, please visit Your Account
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 09, 2017, 10:50:27 PM
41 titles of the label ALPHA for 9,99€ a piece. Free postage on JPC de.

https://www.jpc.de/s/alpha+collection?searchtype=serie
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 13, 2017, 12:00:07 AM
https://www.jpc.de/s/Claves+CDs+zum+limitierten+Sonderpreis?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic

63 titles from the label CLAVES a'3,99€
A super bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on May 13, 2017, 12:56:07 AM
The greatest bargain seems to be the complete Beethoven Sonatas with Bilson and former students. Any comments on that one? Almost impossible to resist (10 EUR for 10 discs) but I am still not the greatest fan of historic pianos, don't really need more Beethoven sonatas (unlike Todd), don't have space and have about half of Brautigam's. Has the set by Bilson et al. been superseded by more recent efforts (Brautigam, Lubimov, Crawford and others)?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 13, 2017, 04:25:13 AM
I don't need another LvB set, but this one seems irresistible. Apart from Bilson, Breitman and van Oort are excellent fortepianists.

I put Frank Martin's Le conte de Cendrillon and Max d'Ollone's Le Menétrier in my cart.

If someone never heard of Martin's piano concertos, here they are, and you shouldn't miss them !

Thanks Harry !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 14, 2017, 05:08:03 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on May 13, 2017, 12:00:07 AM
https://www.jpc.de/s/Claves+CDs+zum+limitierten+Sonderpreis?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic

63 titles from the label CLAVES a'3,99€
A super bargain.

Thanks again, Harry!

My order (with added sets from cpo - the Weingartner symphonies - and that Caccini Channel disc which I have been eyeing for a couple of years, and which nicely enough is down to 50% and thus finally at - more than - reasonable price):

Sandor Veress (1907-1992)
Konzert für Klavier,Streicher,Percussion
+Bartok: Divertimento für Streichorchester +Dutilleux: Mystere de l'instant für Streicher, Zimbalon & Percussion   EUR 3,35

Frank Martin (1890-1974)
Le conte de Cendrillon (Ballett)

Frank Martin (1890-1974)
Klavierkonzerte Nr.1 & 2
+Ballade f. Klavier & Orchester

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Les Biches
Les animaux modeles; Intermede champetre; Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel (Ausz.); Marche 1889; Marche 1937

Max D'Ollone (1875-1959)
Le Menetrier für Violine & Orchester
+ Lamento für Orchester; Fantaisie für Klavier & Orchester; Andante & Scherzo für 3 Celli

Giulio Caccini (1545-1618)
Le Nuove Musiche
+Piccinini: Werke für Theorbe (Toccaten, Corrente, Partita, Chiaconna)

Felix Weingartner (1863-1942)
Sämtliche Symphonien
Symphonien Nr. 1-7 +König Lear op. 20; Das Gefilde der Seligen op. 21; Lustige Ouvertüre op. 53; Der Sturm (Ouvertüre & Suite); Streicherserenade; Ouvertüre op. 56 "Aus ernster Zeit"; Frühling op. 80

I've got the Martin Jecklin disc (with No. 2 by PBS) on my piles ... but not yet heard it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 14, 2017, 06:43:43 AM
Quote from: king ubu on May 14, 2017, 05:08:03 AM
Thanks again, Harry!

My order (with added sets from cpo - the Weingartner symphonies - and that Caccini Channel disc which I have been eyeing for a couple of years, and which nicely enough is down to 50% and thus finally at - more than - reasonable price):

Sandor Veress (1907-1992)
Konzert für Klavier,Streicher,Percussion
+Bartok: Divertimento für Streichorchester +Dutilleux: Mystere de l'instant für Streicher, Zimbalon & Percussion   EUR 3,35

Frank Martin (1890-1974)
Le conte de Cendrillon (Ballett)

Frank Martin (1890-1974)
Klavierkonzerte Nr.1 & 2
+Ballade f. Klavier & Orchester

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Les Biches
Les animaux modeles; Intermede champetre; Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel (Ausz.); Marche 1889; Marche 1937

Max D'Ollone (1875-1959)
Le Menetrier für Violine & Orchester
+ Lamento für Orchester; Fantaisie für Klavier & Orchester; Andante & Scherzo für 3 Celli

Giulio Caccini (1545-1618)
Le Nuove Musiche
+Piccinini: Werke für Theorbe (Toccaten, Corrente, Partita, Chiaconna)

Felix Weingartner (1863-1942)
Sämtliche Symphonien
Symphonien Nr. 1-7 +König Lear op. 20; Das Gefilde der Seligen op. 21; Lustige Ouvertüre op. 53; Der Sturm (Ouvertüre & Suite); Streicherserenade; Ouvertüre op. 56 "Aus ernster Zeit"; Frühling op. 80

I've got the Martin Jecklin disc (with No. 2 by PBS) on my piles ... but not yet heard it.

Weingartner's symphonies are very good. He is a top dog in my collection. I am happy you bought them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 14, 2017, 06:48:34 AM
By the time I pushed "buy now", the Beethoven Claves set's price had shot up to 85€  ??? . Toot bad, but no harm done, really. My best friend has it, in case I want to hear it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 14, 2017, 06:51:35 AM
Quote from: André on May 14, 2017, 06:48:34 AM
By the time I pushed "buy now", the Beethoven Claves set's price had shot up to 85€  ??? . Toot bad, but no harm done, really. My best friend has it, in case I want to hear it.

That's because after I posted this, orders shot up! They were sold out in no time. About 12 of my classical friends wanted it, so I ordered 12 sets of them. Sorry! :) ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 14, 2017, 06:54:59 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on May 14, 2017, 06:43:43 AM
Weingartner's symphonies are very good. He is a top dog in my collection. I am happy you bought them.
That's good to hear! I so far only know his recording of the Brahms symphonies ... figured I must check out more some day!

Quote from: André on May 14, 2017, 06:48:34 AM
By the time I pushed "buy now", the Beethoven Claves set's price had shot up to 85€  ??? . Toot bad, but no harm done, really. My best friend has it, in case I want to hear it.
I have a spare copy, but I guess I'd need around 40-50€ for it, and shipping then is prohibitive anyway (it's a heavy sucker with a big booklet). But if you ever make it to Zurich (you could deduct a beer or two from the price then, of course).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 14, 2017, 07:37:23 AM
 ;)

As I said, it's mainly a bargainer's regret, as I don't really need it. The Strauss operas box, OTOH... :-X
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 14, 2017, 08:19:20 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on May 14, 2017, 06:51:35 AM
That's because after I posted this, orders shot up! They were sold out in no time. About 12 of my classical friends wanted it, so I ordered 12 sets of them. Sorry! :) ;)

And I ordered one.... 8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on May 14, 2017, 08:08:09 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on May 14, 2017, 06:51:35 AM
That's because after I posted this, orders shot up! They were sold out in no time. About 12 of my classical friends wanted it, so I ordered 12 sets of them. Sorry! :) ;)

Which Claves Beethoven set are you speaking of?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on May 14, 2017, 10:55:07 PM
Malcolm Bilson and friends/students (Dütschler, Van Oort etc.) from the mid-1990s. It was gone very quickly (I didn't order it, not sufficiently fond of fortepianos and trying to keep my collection in check for space reasons).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 14, 2017, 11:42:32 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on May 14, 2017, 10:55:07 PM
Malcolm Bilson and friends/students (Dütschler, Van Oort etc.) from the mid-1990s. It was gone very quickly (I didn't order it, not sufficiently fond of fortepianos and trying to keep my collection in check for space reasons).

How crazily sane of you  ;D

Next order, triggered by the 50% Channel sets I stumbled over:
https://www.jpc.de/s/Channel+Classics+um+50%25+reduziert?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic

Ordered the Bach cantatas with Zomer (a singer I enjoy very much - the "Splendore di Roma" is here already, as are a few more of her Channel discs, the Caccini made me see the Channel sale and is part of the previous order already), the Britten (with Hanigan et al.), the "Musickes Sweetest Joyes", plus the two Reger cpo's mentioned by André in the purchase thread ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on May 15, 2017, 02:50:42 AM
I cannot deny that I might have yielded to the temptation but it was gone so quickly that I only had to resist a few hours. A good one from Claves still on sale is the one with early Mahler Lieder with Roland Herrmann. And while there might be many good or better options for the Weber ouvertures the Foster recording has Weingartner's orchestration of Invitation to the Dance a worthwhile curiosity if one is fond of the piece (Weingartner combines all the themes at the end).
While I have not heard them, I'd think that Winterreise with Genz, the Carmina Haydn 7 last words and the Dohnanyi chamber music would be worth the low price for a try. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 15, 2017, 02:58:44 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on May 14, 2017, 08:08:09 PM
Which Claves Beethoven set are you speaking of?

Yes I was
The Beethoven piano sonatas box, complete, on authentic instruments
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 15, 2017, 05:17:44 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on May 15, 2017, 02:50:42 AM
... that Winterreise with Genz ...

Read good things about it, have it on my piles, still to listen to it ... but I hope summer will finally kick in soon, it's about time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on May 15, 2017, 01:27:49 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/611oxydzhJL._SS500.jpg)


Don't know if this has been posted, but this cycle is available for $0.99 in MP3 format at Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 16, 2017, 10:23:39 PM
Alert..........

At JPC de, all Document boxes, 122 of them smackers, for just 9,99€.
There are always a few that might come in handy.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Documents+Wallet-Boxen+f%C3%BCr+nur+9%2C99+Euro?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on May 17, 2017, 12:42:34 PM
From amazon.co.uk:

Hello,

We're writing to let you know that the following items have been unexpectedly delayed:

  Various Artists "Richard Strauss - Complete Operas (DG box set)"
    Estimated arrival date: June 12 2017 - June 23 2017

One of our aims is to provide a convenient and efficient service but in this case, we've fallen short. Please accept our sincere apologies.
   
You haven't been charged for these items. We don't charge your payment card until just before your parcel is dispatched, at which time we'll send you an e-mail to confirm the payment details, estimated delivery date, contents and method of delivery.
           
If the order won't arrive by the time you need it, you can cancel the order or an individual item from your order by visiting Your Account, and viewing the order details. As long as the item hasn't entered the dispatch process, you'll be able to cancel it.

We hope to see you again soon.
   
Amazon.co.uk
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 17, 2017, 12:59:01 PM
Meaning: Please cancel.... We are going to let you wait until you cancel... ::)

I'm not going to cancel.... 8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on May 17, 2017, 01:14:25 PM
Quote from: Que on May 17, 2017, 12:59:01 PM
Meaning: Please cancel.... We are going to let you wait until you cancel... ::)

I'm not going to cancel.... 8)

Q
Neither am I. Why give them the satisfaction.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Syek88 on May 17, 2017, 02:01:24 PM
Ditto. I'm in no hurry at all, thank you Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 17, 2017, 02:08:55 PM
I got the exact same message  :D. We'll see what comes out of this story.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: brunumb on May 17, 2017, 04:19:44 PM
Quote from: Jay F on May 17, 2017, 12:42:34 PM
From amazon.co.uk:

Hello,

We’re writing to let you know that the following items have been unexpectedly delayed:

  Various Artists "Richard Strauss - Complete Operas (DG box set)"
    Estimated arrival date: June 12 2017 - June 23 2017



Curiously, there is no similar disclaimer with the product description on their website. 

After the initial bargain basement price that prompted me to buy the set I noticed that it became unavailable for a while and the listed price shot up to over £50.  Now it is listed at £101 with estimated delivery in 2-4 weeks.

So far I have not received any communication from Amazon and all I see in my orders history is "Expected by 18 May   Not yet dispatched"   ::)

I too am happy to wait rather than cancel.


EDIT:  Got my apology letter from Amazon a few hours after posting the above.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on May 17, 2017, 08:59:08 PM
Re: The cheap Richard Strauss opera set on DG

If it's too good to be true, it usually is.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 17, 2017, 09:03:30 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 17, 2017, 08:59:08 PM
Re: The cheap Richard Strauss opera set on DG

If it's too good to be true, it usually is.

True.... ;D With these evasive actions by Amazon it becomes increasingly unlikely they will honour the deal....

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on May 18, 2017, 12:19:40 AM
Sviatoslav Richter Live At Carnegie Hall - 13 cds - due for release 1st September and currently priced at £4.78.

Re-run of the Strauss Opera box saga but with lower stakes?

I have taken a punt.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071HBBYC1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on May 18, 2017, 12:23:56 AM
SOP for Amazon. Make a mistake and blame on unavailability. A short time later miraculously available at a much higher price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 18, 2017, 12:28:16 AM
Quote from: The new erato on May 18, 2017, 12:23:56 AM
SOP for Amazon. Make a mistak and blame on unavailability. A short time later miraculously available at a much higher price.

That's a Trumpism :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on May 18, 2017, 08:13:27 AM
Quote from: hafod on May 18, 2017, 12:19:40 AM
Sviatoslav Richter Live At Carnegie Hall - 13 cds - due for release 1st September and currently priced at £4.78.

Re-run of the Strauss Opera box saga but with lower stakes?

I have taken a punt.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071HBBYC1

Reckon that is the right(ish) price because it was up for 4.99 before, so if its a mistake they've made it twice!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bwv 1080 on May 18, 2017, 08:17:18 AM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51zS8UrjNjL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 18, 2017, 09:30:43 AM
Quote from: The new erato on May 18, 2017, 12:23:56 AM
SOP for Amazon. Make a mistake and blame on unavailability. A short time later miraculously available at a much higher price.
It's available at that price is it? Because I see it unavailable at that price. "Usually dispatched within 2 to 4 weeks."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: brunumb on May 18, 2017, 02:23:20 PM
Quote from: hafod on May 18, 2017, 12:19:40 AM
Sviatoslav Richter Live At Carnegie Hall - 13 cds - due for release 1st September and currently priced at £4.78.

Re-run of the Strauss Opera box saga but with lower stakes?

I had a look at that set and was amused to see lower down on the page that one of the items that "Customers who bought this item also bought" was the Strauss box we are all awaiting   :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 19, 2017, 12:06:22 AM
Quote from: jut1972 on May 18, 2017, 08:13:27 AM
Reckon that is the right(ish) price because it was up for 4.99 before, so if its a mistake they've made it twice!

Will this duplicate the 9 Carnegie Hall discs found in here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00NFLVFFK/
?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 19, 2017, 09:19:07 AM
Quote from: Que on May 17, 2017, 09:03:30 PM
True.... ;D With these evasive actions by Amazon it becomes increasingly unlikely they will honour the deal....

Q

No guys, you are not victims of a nefarious plot whereby Jeff Bezos defrauds you of the nothing you have paid (you can get your nothing refunded), and neither is this part of a new scheme where Amazon make money by not selling something ("How an you make money with no margin?" "Volume!"). What you are seeing is an artifact of a highly distributed piece of software.

Let me explain the basic idea.

When you connect to Amazon you don't connect to one machine. You connect to one of millions of machines, and different ones all the time. This is how the web works, and how high availability sites like Amazon work.  However there aren't millions of databases holding the correct count of how many Strauss boxes are actually left in the warehouse in Luton Parva. There is (logically, the actual details can be complex) only 1. One database to rule them all. And all those millions of machines must co-ordinate access to that 1. This is done by replicating the data all over the place and sending updates around according to complex algorithms. Now this miracle can actually be done quite effectively most of the time. That is why the web works. But if there is a glitch in the network and some copies of the data get isolated for a while, then things change. Something has to give. (The curious can google "network partition theorem".) Suddenly incorrect answers will happen. Either you will be told "not available" when it IS available or be told "available" when it is NOT available.

So in this case the latter happened. Probably because of a sudden rush of buying near the time of the glitch. Lots of folks pushed a Buy button and the server, under the mistaken idea a copy existed in the warehouse,  processed the purchase. Or in fact, PARTLY processed it. Because you were not charged. The charge is part of a (technical term) distributed transaction which requires the approval of that 1 special database, not any of its replicas. You WILL be charged if Amazon gets a new shipment of boxes and 2) completes the processing.

Now normally, again, Amazon could recover from the glitch. For a while some servers, cut off from the 1 database and forced to rely on out of date replicas, thought there 37 Strauss boxes, and sold 28 of them. If there had been in fact only 30 left all would still be well, and those 28 could process to completion. But imagine there were only 15 left. When the network problem passes Amazon tries to finish the accumulated transactions, keeping that 1 database on his toes. 15 people get boxes. The rest get mail. I think one person here got a box; many of us got mail.

So how has Amazon handled this glitch? They told you "oops we had an error". They told you they are willing to fulfill the order once DG ships them new boxes. They gave you the chance to cancel. Short of invading the Universal stamping plant and compelling the workers to produce Strauss boxes there's not much more they could do.

Maybe they will get a shipment, but that's up to DG. Many of these boxes are limited editions. We will see. What you will NOT see is a few weeks from now a new order for 100 pounds processed but yours for 9 pounds cancelled. I invite skeptics to place an order at the higher price.  :) $:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on May 20, 2017, 02:20:58 AM
As far as I can see, yes. I have that earlier Sony Richter set and the contents of the new set is identical to the live CDs of the earlier one. I cannot quite see the point of coming back this soon with an almost identical set unless thay have done some new magic with the mastering, which I doubt.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 20, 2017, 02:34:47 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 19, 2017, 09:19:07 AM
So how has Amazon handled this glitch? They told you "oops we had an error". They told you they are willing to fulfill the order once DG ships them new boxes. They gave you the chance to cancel. Short of invading the Universal stamping plant and compelling the workers to produce Strauss boxes there's not much more they could do.

Maybe they will get a shipment, but that's up to DG. Many of these boxes are limited editions. We will see. What you will NOT see is a few weeks from now a new order for 100 pounds processed but yours for 9 pounds cancelled. I invite skeptics to place an order at the higher price.  :) $:)

Interesting theory/ description on the posible causes for this glitch.  :)
But in this case I don't believe for a second that DG has run out of copies to supply the increased demand generated by this glitch....

It going to cost Amazon to fulfill these orders....the question is: will they suck it up or try to cop out?
In a similar incident in relation to the "Real Chopin" box set, in which they accidentally linked  the description of the box set with the ASIN number of one of single disc volumes, they first claimed "unavailability", then changed the description to the single disc and then announced that "the item" was miraculously available again. But of course when ordered,  you wouldn't get the box set anymore... 8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: GioCar on May 21, 2017, 07:22:30 AM
I bought the Strauss DG box in 2015 from amazon.it. I paid it 45.90 € which seemed a good price to me. I had it delivered in one day.

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 21, 2017, 07:30:39 AM
Quote from: Que on May 20, 2017, 02:34:47 AM
Interesting theory/ description on the posible causes for this glitch.  :)
But in this case I don't believe for a second that DG has run out of copies to supply the increased demand generated by this glitch....

It going to cost Amazon to fulfill these orders....the question is: will they suck it up or try to cop out?
In a similar incident in relation to the "Real Chopin" box set, in which they accidentally linked  the description of the box set with the ASIN number of one of single disc volumes, they first claimed "unavailability", then changed the description to the single disc and then announced that "the item" was miraculously available again. But of course when ordered,  you wouldn't get the box set anymore... 8)

Q

Q, I think you must have misread. You think I said the glitch caused a surge in demand?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 21, 2017, 11:19:37 AM
Quote from: GioCar on May 21, 2017, 07:22:30 AM
I bought the Strauss DG box in 2015 from amazon.it. I paid it 45.90 € which seemed a good price to me. I had it delivered in one day.

8)

Same here ... but delivery usually takes a week.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 21, 2017, 11:38:22 AM
Quote from: king ubu on May 14, 2017, 05:08:03 AM
...

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Les Biches
Les animaux modeles; Intermede champetre; Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel (Ausz.); Marche 1889; Marche 1937

...

CD-R alert, alas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on May 26, 2017, 04:46:37 AM

(https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Es6ooNfoL._AC_US218_.jpg)

Perthaps not "Super SDCB", but the 86 CD Charles Munch "Complete RCA Album Collection" box is to be had for 99.99 € on German amazon. I haven't seen it cheaper anywhere IIRC.

I've decided to pass, as I have all of Munch's Berlioz, and a good chunk of his Debussy, and am not really interested in much of that box's contents. Fuerthemore, I have to keep shelf space avaialble for the Cluytens set that's coming out next month  .. ;).

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on May 26, 2017, 04:52:31 AM
Quote from: ritter on May 26, 2017, 04:46:37 AM
(https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Es6ooNfoL._AC_US218_.jpg)

Perthaps not "Super SDCB", but the 86 CD Charles Munch "Complete RCA Album Collection" box is to be had for 99.99 € on German amazon. I haven't seen it cheaper anywhere IIRC.

I've decided to pass, as I have all of Munch's Berlioz, and a good chunk of his Debussy, and am not really interested in much of that box's contents.

Understood.  The Munch Berlioz was practically obligatory  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on May 26, 2017, 07:16:22 AM
Quote from: ritter on May 26, 2017, 04:46:37 AM
(https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Es6ooNfoL._AC_US218_.jpg)

Perthaps not "Super SDCB", but the 86 CD Charles Munch "Complete RCA Album Collection" box is to be had for 99.99 € on German amazon. I haven't seen it cheaper anywhere IIRC.

I've decided to pass, as I have all of Munch's Berlioz, and a good chunk of his Debussy, and am not really interested in much of that box's contents. Fuerthemore, I have to keep shelf space avaialble for the Cluytens set that's coming out next month  .. ;).
Yes as good a deal as I have seen. Another conductor who is never less than great at all times and fortunately he mostly had great orchestras at his disposal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on May 26, 2017, 05:39:56 PM
I would buy if Sgt. Pepper wasn't available right now
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on May 27, 2017, 05:14:24 AM
I am really really tempted by the big Cluytens box. Looking at the contents there are some really good stuff there. And it looks like each CD is pretty generously filled. But I am not sure whether I am committing 90 bucks at this point (still absurdly cheap even at this price).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on May 27, 2017, 08:58:34 AM
Looking for the Sgt. Pepper but found this

[asin]B06X1GB7RF[/asin]
< 17 euro on Amazon.de

Well worth it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 27, 2017, 11:33:25 AM
Just in case, JPC has it for 100€ as well ... I think I'll jump for it and buy there (hoping for a less heavy strike by the custom forces) > 'cept I already have it on the shelves, that is  :o (glad the missus isn't reading this  ;D )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on May 27, 2017, 01:24:47 PM
Quote from: king ubu on May 27, 2017, 11:33:25 AM
Just in case, JPC has it for 100€ as well ... I think I'll jump for it and buy there (hoping for a less heavy strike by the custom forces) > 'cept I already have it on the shelves, that is  :o (glad the missus isn't reading this  ;D )
You mean 28€ ?

Anyway the stuff there that is good I already have (about 10cd or so). Otherwise it is a fine deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 27, 2017, 02:52:40 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on May 27, 2017, 01:24:47 PM
You mean 28€ ?

Anyway the stuff there that is good I already have (about 10cd or so). Otherwise it is a fine deal.

Sorry, meant the Munch box further up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: rw1883 on May 27, 2017, 05:10:11 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on May 27, 2017, 05:14:24 AM
I am really really tempted by the big Cluytens box. Looking at the contents there are some really good stuff there. And it looks like each CD is pretty generously filled. But I am not sure whether I am committing 90 bucks at this point (still absurdly cheap even at this price).

Has anyone bought from this site? The Cluytens is $77, $0 shipping.

http://www.bullmoose.com/p/25124929/andré-cluytens-the-complete-orchestral-recordings-64cd (http://www.bullmoose.com/p/25124929/andr%C3%A9-cluytens-the-complete-orchestral-recordings-64cd)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on May 27, 2017, 06:05:51 PM
Quote from: rw1883 on May 27, 2017, 05:10:11 PM
Has anyone bought from this site? The Cluytens is $77, $0 shipping.

http://www.bullmoose.com/p/25124929/andré-cluytens-the-complete-orchestral-recordings-64cd (http://www.bullmoose.com/p/25124929/andr%C3%A9-cluytens-the-complete-orchestral-recordings-64cd)
Looks legit. Do you have to pay sales tax?
lOOKING at the contents again there seems to be a lot of duplicates though. How many Mother Goose do you need? And if you have the complete Daphnis do you need a suite?

UpdateL Ok I ordered it from the above link. Free shipping and no sales tax, that will save me about $20 from the Amazon price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on May 30, 2017, 12:08:41 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on May 27, 2017, 06:05:51 PM
lOOKING at the contents again there seems to be a lot of duplicates though. How many Mother Goose do you need? And if you have the complete Daphnis do you need a suite?

That goes with the territory when you get one of this "artist's complete recordings" boxes. With the EMI Karajan, for example, and I'm speaking about the earlier incarnation, you got no fewer than three Tchaikovsky Fourths. When a musician's career develops along with sound technology, you tend to get a new recording every time there's an innovation, so it's the same music once more, first in the 40s, then in the 50s with mono, in the 60s with stereo, and, if we speak about a long-lived conductor or instrumentalist, in the 80s with digital.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on May 30, 2017, 05:02:36 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on May 30, 2017, 12:08:41 AM
That goes with the territory when you get one of this "artist's complete recordings" boxes. With the EMI Karajan, for example, and I'm speaking about the earlier incarnation, you got no fewer than three Tchaikovsky Fourths. When a musician's career develops along with sound technology, you tend to get a new recording every time there's an innovation, so it's the same music once more, first in the 40s, then in the 50s with mono, in the 60s with stereo, and, if we speak about a long-lived conductor or instrumentalist, in the 80s with digital.

And if they left out any of the duplicates, then some reviewers would howl that they chose the wrong one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 30, 2017, 11:44:47 AM
That, and the fact that many collectors have caught the 'completitis' bug. When buying a 'complete set', they want 100%, not 95%. You pays your money, you don't want someone to make choices for you... ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on May 30, 2017, 12:16:54 PM
Quote from: rw1883 on May 27, 2017, 05:10:11 PM
Has anyone bought from this site? The Cluytens is $77, $0 shipping.

http://www.bullmoose.com/p/25124929/andré-cluytens-the-complete-orchestral-recordings-64cd (http://www.bullmoose.com/p/25124929/andr%C3%A9-cluytens-the-complete-orchestral-recordings-64cd)
Bull Moose is a New England-based retailer with stores in a number of cities (Manchester, NH; Portland, ME). I've bought stuff in their stores and online. They are a fine company, a fine bunch of people, and quite worthy of your spending $$.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 31, 2017, 12:50:00 AM
JPC de added many new titles to all three budget price lines, with many interesting titles.

The first is the 2,99 euros section.

https://www.jpc.de/s/1238579_67829?searchtype=cid

The second is the 5,99 euros section.

https://www.jpc.de/s/1238579_67831?searchtype=cid

The third is the 7,99 euros section.

https://www.jpc.de/s/1238579_67833?searchtype=cid

Sort by Rang, you will start with the newest cd's added.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 31, 2017, 12:31:44 PM
Lotsa people should buy that Kuhnau cantatas for soprano disc for € 2,99, methinks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 31, 2017, 01:38:55 PM
The individual issues of the Gouvy symphonies should not be frowned on, either !

I'm tempted by the Spohr symphonies. I have some of his chamber music and a violin concerto, but I know nothing of his symphonies  :(.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 31, 2017, 06:49:44 PM
Quote from: André on May 31, 2017, 01:38:55 PM
The individual issues of the Gouvy symphonies should not be frowned on, either !

I'm tempted by the Spohr symphonies. I have some of his chamber music and a violin concerto, but I know nothing of his symphonies  :(.

Not as good as the chamber music. But if you are tempted I would grab a least a couple.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 31, 2017, 10:35:13 PM
Quote from: André on May 31, 2017, 01:38:55 PM
The individual issues of the Gouvy symphonies should not be frowned on, either !

I'm tempted by the Spohr symphonies. I have some of his chamber music and a violin concerto, but I know nothing of his symphonies  :(.

The Spohr Symphonies are as good as his chamber music.  Well written compositions.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 01, 2017, 12:34:30 AM
I ordered the 2 CD set of the New Sgt Pepper (and it sounds amazing) and they sent me the whole de-luxe Box at the 2 Cd set price. Now, that I call a bargain!

(http://img.wennermedia.com/480-width/rs-the-beatles-v2-a6acf9ca-9bd7-462d-816e-709b31e8adcf.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jay F on June 01, 2017, 07:05:40 AM
Quote from: The new erato on June 01, 2017, 12:34:30 AM
I ordered the 2 CD set of the New Sgt Pepper (and it sounds amazing) and they sent me the whole de-luxe Box at the 2 Cd set price. Now, that I call a bargain!

(http://img.wennermedia.com/480-width/rs-the-beatles-v2-a6acf9ca-9bd7-462d-816e-709b31e8adcf.jpg)
Where did you order it?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on June 01, 2017, 09:14:20 AM
A Norwegian web store.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on June 07, 2017, 04:38:22 AM
Quote from: Jay F on May 17, 2017, 12:42:34 PM
From amazon.co.uk:

Hello,

We're writing to let you know that the following items have been unexpectedly delayed:

  Various Artists "Richard Strauss - Complete Operas (DG box set)"
    Estimated arrival date: June 12 2017 - June 23 2017


Silly question,but no-one has received theirs yet?  Mine is now due June 19-29.  Rather like Tristam Shandy, who took a year to write each day of his life, each week my Strauss box gets two weeks later...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on June 08, 2017, 03:35:13 AM
Quote from: DaveF on June 07, 2017, 04:38:22 AM
Silly question,but no-one has received theirs yet?  Mine is now due June 19-29.  Rather like Tristam Shandy, who took a year to write each day of his life, each week my Strauss box gets two weeks later...

I keep getting notifications too, that they´re trying to obtain the item for me. The money hasn´t been taken from my account.
So far, I´m patient, since I ordered two, only planning to keep one of them for myself, but I can live without them if the whole thing is cancelled.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on June 08, 2017, 09:59:35 PM
At JPC de from the the label Diapason D'Or. Many titles for just 2,99! Some fine music.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Sensationelle+Preise+bei+Diapason+D%27Or?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 09, 2017, 04:47:59 AM
QuoteYou can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
Fabulous Harry.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 16, 2017, 03:35:32 PM
Anyone on this? 30 cds for about $30.

[asin]B005BZBY1I[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on June 16, 2017, 03:51:47 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 16, 2017, 03:35:32 PM
Anyone on this? 30 cds for about $30.
Got it for a bit less than that 5 years ago. A great set with a 200+ page booklet, and the libretti for the operas & sacred works on a CD-ROM (there are 'only' 29 CD's of music) and a ton of wonderful performances.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 16, 2017, 06:10:39 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 16, 2017, 03:35:32 PM
Anyone on this? 30 cds for about $30.

[asin]B005BZBY1I[/asin]
Oddly it has been at a similar price for years. It's a fantastic box, all sorts of great recordings, and an interesting selection of stuff, with some warhorses and some not quite so common stuff.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 20, 2017, 07:57:37 AM
Quote from: albanberg on May 30, 2017, 12:16:54 PM
Bull Moose is a New England-based retailer with stores in a number of cities (Manchester, NH; Portland, ME). I've bought stuff in their stores and online. They are a fine company, a fine bunch of people, and quite worthy of your spending $$.
Got this email from them today:

Thanks for ordering from the all new bullmoose.com website! The following item(s) has been packaged and will go out in our next shipment.

CLUYTENS,ANDRE/COMPLETE ORCHESTRAL RECORDINGS@64CD    CLUYTENS,ANDRE/COMPLETE ORCHESTRAL RECORDINGS@64CD
Processed on: 06/20/17

If you ordered more items, they may be shipping from another location. You can check the status of the rest of your order on your account's Order Status page .



If you have any questions about your order or anything else, you can email bullmooseonline@gmail.com or contact us at www.bullmoose.com. We would love to hear from you.



Thanks again for shopping at Bull Moose.



Love,



The Bull Moose Crew
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on June 22, 2017, 04:01:09 AM
Maybe some bargains for you?

https://www.jpc.de/s/Sensationelle+Preise+bei+Diapason+D%27Or?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spineur on June 22, 2017, 05:49:57 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on June 22, 2017, 04:01:09 AM
Maybe some bargains for you?

https://www.jpc.de/s/Sensationelle+Preise+bei+Diapason+D%27Or?searchtype=campaigntext

Although they are not complete, the Budapest 3CD set of Beethoven SQ is on its way to Grenoble.  This is a purely sentimental purchase as these recording were my first encounter with Beethoven SQs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on June 22, 2017, 09:55:14 AM
I think the 3 Budapest discs are not from any complete cycle but from the recordings they made in the 1940s. There were 2x2 discs on that Cardboard Columbia Masterworks series, containing opp.18,1/4/6, 29, 59/3, 95, 127, 131, 132, 135 and the Diapason threefer is a subset of them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on June 22, 2017, 10:40:28 AM
Harry, a big shout out & thanks for the JPC bargain links.  I have had a good splurge over the last month of super CDs.  Skrowaczewski does Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann, Bruckner, Berlioz & Chopin.  Many great vocal bargains & 7 or 8 of the Diapason's. 

I am just spinning Bohm and the Mozart Requiem tonight.  Great sound for 1956!!!

Not forgetting a few CPO discs too.

Big thanks  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 22, 2017, 02:02:29 PM
My Cluytens finally came ! $77 delivered baby !

Many thanks to rw1883 for recommending Bull Moose.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: rw1883 on June 24, 2017, 11:40:01 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 22, 2017, 02:02:29 PM
My Cluytens finally came ! $77 delivered baby !

Many thanks to rw1883 for recommending Bull Moose.

Great–glad it worked out!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on June 26, 2017, 09:18:33 PM
Quote from: rw1883 on June 24, 2017, 11:40:01 AM
Great–glad it worked out!!

Importcds. com has it for $75 delivered
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 27, 2017, 03:28:08 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on June 26, 2017, 09:18:33 PM
Importcds. com has it for $75 delivered
Says backordered.

But so does Bull Moose now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on June 27, 2017, 09:16:01 AM
I ordered from Importcd when it was even lower, $71 delivered, but mine too is on back order so we'll have to see.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on June 27, 2017, 10:06:41 PM
Quote from: akebergv on June 27, 2017, 09:16:01 AM
I ordered from Importcd when it was even lower, $71 delivered, but mine too is on back order so we'll have to see.

You got yours with a 10% coupon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on June 28, 2017, 11:02:56 PM
This looks for me a bargain. 60 CD'S for 24,95 € at JPC de. If you want it be quick about it. Its likely to go very quickly at that price.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Meisterwerke-des-Barock-60CD-Sonderedition/hnum/9383995
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on June 28, 2017, 11:05:22 PM
And also at JPC 92 DHM titles for 4,99€ and 7,99€ Looks a bargain to me too!

https://www.jpc.de/s/dhm+-+original+und+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=serie
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on June 28, 2017, 11:41:13 PM
Ivor Bolton's Bruckner set is now available for 19,95, another superdeal. Quite good performances too..

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/sinfonien-1-9/hnum/7400965
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on June 29, 2017, 03:09:45 AM
"You got yours with a 10% coupon."

No coupon, the regular price was lower for a short while, and the box has now been shipped : )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on June 29, 2017, 05:57:27 PM
Not exactly bargain basement prices (7.99€), but some good deals on Analekta discs at JPC. Most of the James Ehnes issues are treasurable items indeed. Nagano's Beethoven is my favourite modern integral set. A great 9 cd set (17.99€) from the Gryphon Trio. Some Karina Gauvin, Luc Beauséjour, etc.

https://www.jpc.de/s/1239067_85522?searchtype=cid
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on June 29, 2017, 10:12:11 PM
Quote from: André on June 29, 2017, 05:57:27 PM
Not exactly bargain basement prices (7.99€), but some good deals on Analekta discs at JPC. Most of the James Ehnes issues are treasurable items indeed. Nagano's Beethoven is my favourite modern integral set. A great 9 cd set (17.99€) from the Gryphon Trio. Some Karina Gauvin, Luc Beauséjour, etc.

https://www.jpc.de/s/1239067_85522?searchtype=cid

Harpsichord fans should grab the Graupner series by Geneviève Soly forthwith!  :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on June 29, 2017, 10:55:56 PM
Quote from: Que on June 29, 2017, 10:12:11 PM
Harpsichord fans should grab the Graupner series by Geneviève Soly forthwith!  :)

Q

Unfortunately Volume 1 is missing in that list.
Well I ordered Volume 2-7, and hope that I will find a cheap copy of volume 1 somewhere for a normal price.
And furthermore I hope that JPC will deliver all the volumes, for it is not sure that they still have them.
Why I missed this bargain sale of this label is a riddle to me.
Any idea how long this sale is going on?
F**k!!!!!!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on June 30, 2017, 06:41:01 AM
I don't know if there's an 'end date' to this sale. Probably until supplies last, I guess.

I guess I will plunge and go ahead with this curiosity:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0774204999629.jpg)

Do listen to the sound clips. Tempi are faster than Reinhard Goebel's, which I did not think possible (nor desirable). But it all sounds so zippy, fresh and youthful. The Shostakovich interspersions are intriguing too.

Karina Gauvin's Anna Magdalena Bach album (with Beauséjour) is a gem. Elly Ameling still reigns supreme, but this is a good modern competitor.

Breitman/Rivest in the Mozart violin sonatas is a personal favourite as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: HIPster on June 30, 2017, 06:46:45 AM
It's a good choice, Andre!  ;)

I posted my thoughts in the Recordings Consideration thread.

Also made another recommendation too.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 03, 2017, 02:58:53 AM
This looks to me a bargain.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/paavo-jaervi-complete-telarc-recordings/hnum/7370668
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Verulamian on July 03, 2017, 01:36:51 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on July 03, 2017, 02:58:53 AM
This looks to me a bargain.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/paavo-jaervi-complete-telarc-recordings/hnum/7370668
I rate Paavo Jarvi highly - so thanks for this (in a way***).  His recording of The Planets (Holst) was the choice in UK BBC Radio 3's most recent "Building a Library".  And it wasn't an easy disc to find....

(*** in a way because I really must moderate my CD buying habit ......if the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi offers is still on, I think I'm going to submit again (I must justify the delivery charge...).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 03, 2017, 01:41:04 PM
That is indeed a good deal. I like all the recordings I have heard (Berlioz, Dvorak/Martinu, Bartok, Lutoslawski) and the repertoire is a nice eclectic mix. Telarc sound is usually unimpeachable too. I'm not sure what the NCA label is, but if they are legal and ethical, buy with excitement.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 03, 2017, 06:00:05 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 03, 2017, 01:41:04 PM
That is indeed a good deal. I like all the recordings I have heard (Berlioz, Dvorak/Martinu, Bartok, Lutoslawski) and the repertoire is a nice eclectic mix. Telarc sound is usually unimpeachable too. I'm not sure what the NCA label is, but if they are legal and ethical, buy with excitement.

NCA is the Membran label that actually is legal, ethical, on the up and up, etc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 03, 2017, 10:46:53 PM
This time at JPC de a Chandos sale 52 titles for 7,99€.
Happy hunting. :laugh:

https://www.jpc.de/s/Chandos+Sommeraktion?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 07, 2017, 10:16:50 PM
SUPERBARGAIN

THE LABEL PRAGA, STARTING FROM 0,99 EURO CENTS ONWARDS, 125 TITLES.
JPC DE .
BE QUICK ABOUT IT!.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Praga+Digital+radikal+reduziert?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on July 08, 2017, 07:27:46 AM
Thanks, Harry !

I chose a couple I can't afford to overlook. To all: the Debussy album by Rosenthal is an absolute must. Don't be without it !

Edit: the Shostakovich concertos album too, although most may already have these interpretations. If that's not the case, don't hesitate !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 08, 2017, 08:26:55 AM
Super Thanks again Harry.

Andre I ordered the Rosenthal albums too! Spent £60 inc delivery for 28 items.

SACD bargains of the year 🤑
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 08, 2017, 10:31:28 AM
The Prazak Quartet LvB for €19.99! That's about 1/3 the Amazon MP price.

That all by itself is a steal. That, two Furtwangler CDs and two Richter CDs, minus VAT plus shipping came out to about $37.00.
Thank you, Harry.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 08, 2017, 02:35:39 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on July 07, 2017, 10:16:50 PM
SUPERBARGAIN

THE LABEL PRAGA, STARTING FROM 0,99 EURO CENTS ONWARDS, 125 TITLES.
JPC DE .
BE QUICK ABOUT IT!.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Praga+Digital+radikal+reduziert?searchtype=campaigntext

Thank you, Harry!!!

My attempt to purchase the complete Prazak Quartet Praga discography is not complete - I missed on their Shostakovich and Dvorak 10/13 coupling before they went out of stock - but I did grab these:

(Prazak Quartet)
Mozart Concertos 11-13 in chamber arrangements with pianist Slavka Vernerova Pechocova
Schubert Quartet No. 15
"In Concert" (Haydn Op. 50 No. 6, Martinu No. 3, Feld quintet with saxophone, Beethoven Op. 135)
Mozart Quintet 4 + Bruckner Quintet with Jan Talich
Dvorak 12 "American" with Terzetto and Bagatelles (I have the quartet but thought it was worth $1.85 to get the coupling)
Haydn Op. 76 Nos. 4-6

(others)
Rosenthal conducts Debussy
Rosenthal conducts Albeniz
(thanks André!!)
Spohr Nonet
Hummel Septet
Gideon Klein chamber music for strings (Kocian Qtt)
Martinu Piano Quintets
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on July 08, 2017, 02:53:30 PM
OUCH!!!   I ordered 13 discs -  and I have just opened the Brilliant 60-disc Tchaikowsky set that arrived three or four years ago.
But that set does not contain the Moscow Cantata so I just went on from there.    The 20-disc box of Dieter Klöcker groups collections will be next
( https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/musik-aus-schloesser-und-residenzen/hnum/4251364 )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on July 08, 2017, 03:54:16 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 08, 2017, 02:35:39 PM
Thank you, Harry!!!

My attempt to purchase the complete Prazak Quartet Praga discography is not complete - I missed on their Shostakovich and Dvorak 10/13 coupling before they went out of stock - but I did grab these:

(Prazak Quartet)
Mozart Concertos 11-13 in chamber arrangements with pianist Slavka Vernerova Pechocova
Schubert Quartet No. 15
"In Concert" (Haydn Op. 50 No. 6, Martinu No. 3, Feld quintet with saxophone, Beethoven Op. 135)
Mozart Quintet 4 + Bruckner Quintet with Jan Talich
Dvorak 12 "American" with Terzetto and Bagatelles (I have the quartet but thought it was worth $1.85 to get the coupling)
Haydn Op. 76 Nos. 4-6

(others)
Rosenthal conducts Debussy
Rosenthal conducts Albeniz
(thanks André!!)
Spohr Nonet
Hummel Septet
Gideon Klein chamber music for strings (Kocian Qtt)
Martinu Piano Quintets

You scared me there! I intended to scour for other interesting bargains, but following your comment I ordered pronto!

My most desired item was the Pavel Haas quartets disc. It's in the can!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 09, 2017, 05:02:48 AM
Does anyone know if the Praga CDs are in space saving DigiPak case/slips or are they standard Jewel case issues?

Those Diapason bargains were DigiPak/Gatefold slips = very space saving  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 09, 2017, 05:21:33 AM
Beethoven complete quartets, Prazak on UK Amazon.  2 left, same as from JPC, but under £11.

Beethoven (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000BD1ITI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Under the 5 New tab
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on July 09, 2017, 12:25:08 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on July 09, 2017, 05:02:48 AM
Does anyone know if the Praga CDs are in space saving DigiPak case/slips or are they standard Jewel case issues?

Those Diapason bargains were DigiPak/Gatefold slips = very space saving  ;)
As the offers are from several different Praga series, I'd guess that the singles are partly standard jewel cases and partly digipaks. I have a few standard jewel cases and one Martinu chamber disc that is a normal digipak, i.e. the type that is almost the same thickness as a jewel case, not the slim ones Diapason used.
But I never had a multi-disc box from Praga, so I have no idea how they handle these.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 10, 2017, 04:56:28 AM
All my Praga CDs are jewel cases except the Prazak Beethoven box, which is a nice space saver box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on July 10, 2017, 07:00:00 AM
Cheers Gents  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on July 10, 2017, 07:55:24 AM
A Tony sighting!  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 11, 2017, 06:17:16 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 08, 2017, 02:35:39 PM
Thank you, Harry!!!

My attempt to purchase the complete Prazak Quartet Praga discography is not complete - I missed on their Shostakovich and Dvorak 10/13 coupling before they went out of stock - but I did grab these:

(Prazak Quartet)
Mozart Concertos 11-13 in chamber arrangements with pianist Slavka Vernerova Pechocova
Schubert Quartet No. 15
"In Concert" (Haydn Op. 50 No. 6, Martinu No. 3, Feld quintet with saxophone, Beethoven Op. 135)
Mozart Quintet 4 + Bruckner Quintet with Jan Talich
Dvorak 12 "American" with Terzetto and Bagatelles (I have the quartet but thought it was worth $1.85 to get the coupling)
Haydn Op. 76 Nos. 4-6

(others)
Rosenthal conducts Debussy
Rosenthal conducts Albeniz
(thanks André!!)
Spohr Nonet
Hummel Septet
Gideon Klein chamber music for strings (Kocian Qtt)
Martinu Piano Quintets
Happy update! JPC scrounged up an extra copy of the Dvorak 10/13 Prazak Quartet CD so that is on its way too. Along with a "Sieveking Sound" catalog which is listed on the invoice as a freebie?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 11, 2017, 06:41:13 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 11, 2017, 06:17:16 AM
Happy update! JPC scrounged up an extra copy of the Dvorak 10/13 Prazak Quartet CD so that is on its way too. Along with a "Sieveking Sound" catalog which is listed on the invoice as a freebie?

The catalog is listed on mine as well.

Summons the Googler, and heir ist's

https://www.sieveking-sound.de
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ubertrout on July 11, 2017, 09:15:35 AM
Went all out on the Praga offer, and picked up the Jarvi Beethoven Overtures on RCA in the bargain.  Thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on July 11, 2017, 01:10:27 PM
11 of 13 on the way to me from jpc, a Zemlinsky quartet and a Martinů trio cd sold out,
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on July 11, 2017, 07:31:41 PM
Quote from: listener on July 11, 2017, 01:10:27 PM
11 of 13 on the way to me from jpc, a Zemlinsky quartet and a Martinů trio cd sold out,

I ordered 7, all Richter. 6 have shipped, including the 3 I particularly wanted. Schumann was cancelled.

Thanks to Harry for the tip.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on July 13, 2017, 04:02:25 PM
The CDs in my order that were not available, according to JPC:

Franck,Cesar Streichquartett D-dur
Schostakowitsch,Dimitri Streichquartette Nr.7 & 8
Martinu,Bohuslav Streichquartette Nr.2,4,5
Bartok,Bela Sonaten für Violine & Klavier
Klein,Gideon Streichquartett op.2
Martinu,Bohuslav Klaviertrios Nr.1-3
von Zemlinsky,Alexander Streichquartette Nr.1 & 4
von Dohnanyi,Ernst Klavierquintette Nr.1 & 2
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on July 13, 2017, 11:23:17 PM
Bad luck, they were still listing a bunch of others at bargain prices last night (e.g. Prazak), some others went back to full price. I got the Klein disc; unfortunately my computer apparently does not like hybrid discs. So far I could only play the one of the half dozen I ordered that was not a hybrid (Pavel Haas).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 14, 2017, 12:29:45 AM
At JPC de, 11 Hanssler boxes for pretty good prices, some of them a real bargain.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Box-Sets+von+Profil+H%C3%A4nssler+zum+Sonderpreis?searchtype=campaigntext&rubric=classic
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on July 14, 2017, 11:14:51 PM
Many of the Pragas I wanted were gone too fast ... but I did get a few. Thanks again, Harry!

Last night, stumbled over the box set sale over at amazon.it (https://www.amazon.it/b?node=10946084031&pf_rd_p=1399747547&pf_rd_s=product-alert&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B01N6HGZIH&pf_rd_m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&pf_rd_r=B5FBKJDBHV6QTPG28Z80) - some great offers there

examples:
Philip Glass on Sony - 53€ (https://www.amazon.it/Philip-Glass-Complete-Sony-Recordings/dp/B01HIGPXAU/) (done ordered)
Living Stereo (Vol. 1) - 47€ (https://www.amazon.it/Living-Stereo-60-Cd-Collection/dp/B009J3K4MI/) (already have)
Living Stereo 2 - 47€ (https://www.amazon.it/Living-Stereo-Collection-60-CD/dp/B00GP8YHAU/) (already have)
Living Stereo 3 - 67€ (https://www.amazon.it/Living-Stereo-Collection-Vol-60/dp/B01HU7HO3Q/) (skipping)
Bernstein Concerto/Orchestral (Sony) - 61€ (https://www.amazon.it/Leonard-Bernstein-Concerti-Lavori-Orchestrali/dp/B00LL4U1TE/) (already have)
Stravinsky Complete Edition - 56€ (https://www.amazon.it/Stravinsky-Complete-Various-Artists/dp/B013FFSG7U/) (already have)

they also have all three Ansermet/Decca boxes for less than 50€ each again ... and I ordered the Leontyne Price (46€) to fill a few gaps, and the box set version of Max Richter's "Sleep" ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spineur on July 15, 2017, 09:11:51 AM
Thank-you King-Ubu

For those who like box-sets the amazon.it offer should not be missed.

I got the Ushida Mozart (25€) and the Debussy edition (38€).

Alrhough I refrain from collecting multiple versions of the same works, one has to make a few exceptions.  This Ushida set will be my 3rd Mozart set.  Unfortunately it does not contain the variations.

The content of the Debussy box will also mean some duplication.  Most of what is in it is by great Debussy specialists and isnt too old, which is the main problem of these boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on July 23, 2017, 09:47:44 PM
RCO 125 - The Radio Legacy: Anthology of the RCO (152 discs) is £264.50 at MDT!
The offer is available until 29 August.
http://www.mdt.co.uk/rco-125-the-radio-legacy-concertgebouw-orchestra-rco-live-152cds.html

Full contents and some reviews here:
http://www.classicalcdreview.com/rcoa125.html

It's a steal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on July 26, 2017, 05:46:50 AM
Now through the end of August, Hyperion is selling 100+ discs for £2.50 each through its web-site.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 26, 2017, 07:37:43 AM
Quote from: Todd on July 26, 2017, 05:46:50 AM
Now through the end of August, Hyperion is selling 100+ discs for £2.50 each through its web-site.

Thank you for this tip.
Unfortunately I have most of the stuff that is on offer.
But very good deals.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on July 28, 2017, 06:49:35 AM
"Hello,

We've cancelled Richard Strauss - Complete Operas (DG box set) (Asin: B00G4PV0H2) from your order and you haven't been charged.

From time to time, items sold and dispatched by Amazon become unavailable and we're unable to source them."

Not surprised..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on July 28, 2017, 06:56:45 AM
Quote from: North Star on July 28, 2017, 06:49:35 AM
"Hello,

We've cancelled Richard Strauss - Complete Operas (DG box set) (Asin: B00G4PV0H2) from your order and you haven't been charged.

From time to time, items sold and dispatched by Amazon become unavailable and we're unable to source them."

Not surprised..
Sorry to hear that  :(, .but it was hardly unexpected by now...

They actually are offering one remaining set  at ca. 70 € with the "prime" tag added to it (so it's amazon who's selling), so the excuse they've fabricated is, well, that, an excuse...it's hardly unavailable!

Isn't it just easier to say there was a pricing mistake? They told me that once when I ordered the Harnoncourt / Leonhardt complete Bach cantatas at a ridiculously low price...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on July 28, 2017, 07:45:52 AM
Quote from: ritter on July 28, 2017, 06:56:45 AMThey actually are offering one remaining set  at ca. 70 € with the "prime" tag added to it (so it's amazon who's selling), so the excuse they've fabricated is, well, that, an excuse...it's hardly unavailable!

Not necessarily. Amazon Marketplace sellers can also offer prime shipping. When you list something on amazon marketplace you can ship it to them to store in their warehouse, then all Amazon shipping policies and rates apply.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on July 28, 2017, 08:58:46 AM
On the UK Amazon site it is offered and sold by Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00G4PV0H2/sr=1-3/qid=1501260552/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1501260552&sr=1-3

Nevertheless, the email I have just received gives the 'excuse' From time to time, items sold and dispatched by Amazon become unavailable and we're unable to source them'. What a bunch of liars!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 28, 2017, 09:34:56 AM
Quote from: hafod on July 28, 2017, 08:58:46 AM
On the UK Amazon site it is offered and sold by Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00G4PV0H2/sr=1-3/qid=1501260552/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1501260552&sr=1-3

Nevertheless, the email I have just received gives the 'excuse' From time to time, items sold and dispatched by Amazon become unavailable and we're unable to source them'. What a bunch of liars!

As expected...been there several times before.... I would accept a "we are cancelling because we made a mistake in pricing, sorry".
But no, these are plain lies.... Oh, well... :laugh:

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on July 28, 2017, 09:40:56 AM
Quote from: hafod on July 28, 2017, 08:58:46 AM
On the UK Amazon site it is offered and sold by Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00G4PV0H2/sr=1-3/qid=1501260552/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1501260552&sr=1-3

Nevertheless, the email I have just received gives the 'excuse' From time to time, items sold and dispatched by Amazon become unavailable and we're unable to source them'. What a bunch of liars!
"Usually dispatched within 1 to 4 weeks", so it's not in stock, though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 28, 2017, 11:17:34 AM
Quote from: North Star on July 28, 2017, 09:40:56 AM
"Usually dispatched within 1 to 4 weeks", so it's not in stock, though.

Not the same as unavailability, and no reason to cancel - I've been waiting for much longer than a few weeks for this cancellation... 8)


Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on July 28, 2017, 11:19:44 AM
Quote from: Que on July 28, 2017, 11:17:34 AM
Not the same as unavailability, and no reason to cancel - I've been waiting for much longer than a few weeks for this cancellation... 8)


Q
True enough - especially considering it took 6 months for them to get a hold of the Manze Biber violin sonata set.  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 28, 2017, 05:27:40 PM
Quote from: hafod on July 28, 2017, 08:58:46 AM
On the UK Amazon site it is offered and sold by Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00G4PV0H2/sr=1-3/qid=1501260552/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1501260552&sr=1-3

Nevertheless, the email I have just received gives the 'excuse' From time to time, items sold and dispatched by Amazon become unavailable and we're unable to source them'. What a bunch of liars!

And it is not in stock is it? Order it, see if it ships.

What is your theory? They make money by not charging you? Low Mark up but high volume; there are 7 billion other people they didn't charge for this too. No wonder Bezos is so rich!  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 28, 2017, 05:29:38 PM
Reading this thread I suddenly understand why they print DO NOT EAT on those little silica packs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spineur on July 28, 2017, 05:37:19 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 28, 2017, 05:27:40 PM
And it is not in stock is it? Order it, see if it ships.

What is your theory? They make money by not charging you? Low Mark up but high volume; there are 7 billion other people they didn't charge for this too. No wonder Bezos is so rich!  ::)
Amazon  profits are down 70% this semester because of guys like you (and me !!).  Their 'prime promotion' are money loosing operations to lure clients.  I use them but I dont like the way they do commerce.  You would think they would have an editorial departement giving advice on the multitude of cultural products coming out.  But no.  I have to go for my local bookstore for that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on July 28, 2017, 05:44:16 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 28, 2017, 05:29:38 PM
Reading this thread I suddenly understand why they print DO NOT EAT on those little silica packs.

Which are actually not toxic.  The silica just acts like an extra dose of fiber in your digestive system.

Found this out when I had to call the poison hotline for a customer whose kid in fact ingested a silica pack from the box of shoes she was trying on.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on July 28, 2017, 11:13:17 PM
Quote from: Ken B on July 28, 2017, 05:27:40 PM
And it is not in stock is it? Order it, see if it ships.

What is your theory? They make money by not charging you? Low Mark up but high volume; there are 7 billion other people they didn't charge for this too. No wonder Bezos is so rich!  ::)

I merely object that in these circumstances i.e. mis-pricing, Amazon strings the customer along for months knowing full well that they will eventually cancel but hope that the customer does first. Not content with that they then provide an 'excuse' that is disingenuous and way off the truth. Hypocrisy is alive, well and kicking in Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 29, 2017, 12:46:05 AM
Quote from: hafod on July 28, 2017, 11:13:17 PM
I merely object that in these circumstances i.e. mis-pricing, Amazon strings the customer along for months knowing full well that they will eventually cancel but hope that the customer does first. Not content with that they then provide an 'excuse' that is disingenuous and way off the truth. Hypocrisy is alive, well and kicking in Amazon.

It's a very clever strategy.... just wear the other side out... 8)

The funny thing is....that I knew this would happen, but kept the order all the same... Just to see if they would do it again... ::)

Unhealthy.... :D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on July 29, 2017, 06:36:18 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 28, 2017, 05:44:16 PM
Which are actually not toxic.  The silica just acts like an extra dose of fiber in your digestive system.

Found this out when I had to call the poison hotline for a customer whose kid in fact ingested a silica pack from the box of shoes she was trying on.

True. It's a serious choking hazard though since the dust is so dry it sticks. Better swallowed whole than chewed upon!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: brunumb on July 29, 2017, 11:09:58 PM
Here is an edited down account of my communications with Amazon.

Amazon to me:
"Hello,
We've cancelled Richard Strauss - Complete Operas (DG box set) (Asin: B00G4PV0H2) from your order #202-7454107-9345147 and you haven't been charged.
From time to time, items sold and dispatched by Amazon become unavailable and we're unable to source them.
We're sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Regards,
Customer Service Department
Amazon.co.uk"

Me to Amazon:
"I ordered the item over 3 months ago when it was listed at an incredibly low price. The charge would have been £13.01 including postage. Shortly after I was informed that it was temporarily out of stock and I was given a revised delivery date. I waited patiently and checked on the item listing every week. It fluctuated in price and availability, but even when it was listed as being available. my order was not filled.
Even in the last week the item listing changed to indicate it was in stock and could be shipped to Australia. That was still the case as I started to type this message."

Amazon to Me:
"From your email, I understand that you have purchased an item Richard Strauss - Complete Operas (DG box set) which was cancelled and now the price of the item has increased.
Please accept my sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused by this situation and it is never our intention to cause inconvenience to our honest and valuable customer like you.
Please allow me to explain that the price for the item was displayed incorrectly at the time you placed your order.
Despite our best efforts, with the millions of items available on our website, pricing errors can occasionally occur.
Where an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will cancel the order and notify you of that cancellation. That seems to happen in your case.
I have checked and can see that the order is cancelled and you are not charged for the order.
If you still wish to purchase this item, please place a new order online which will be charged at the correct price, when we dispatch it to you."

Finally, Me to Amazon:
"Thank you for responding so quickly, however your explanation is far from satisfactory.

I placed my order over 3 months ago. Between then and now I received out of stock notifications as well as revised delivery dates. At no time did you indicate that the advertised price was incorrect. You cancelled my order just now stating that you were unable to source the item. I see that as a blatant lie since the item listing showed its availability over the last 3 months. Your cancellation appears to be nothing more than an unwillingness to fulfil my order. By the way, I am aware of one buyer who received the set at the very low price quoted when I placed my order.

If you had been up front and honest with me and notified me right at the beginning of an error in pricing and cancelled my order then, I would have accepted the situation and moved on. As it was you strung me along for three months giving me every expectation that I would receive the item. In my opinion you have been deceitful and unprofessional. Keep the box. I no longer want it and would hate to be responsible for putting a dent in Amazon's profit margin. You and your team have completely lost my respect."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 29, 2017, 11:25:16 PM
An interesting read... Perhaps it is any comfort to know this happens all the time.... 8)

Anyway, I mailed them as well.Telling them the order was cancelled while the item was for sale.
Apologies, of course. " Must be a technical error...."  ;)
Naturally it is unfortunately not possible to fulfill the original order...no reason given...

But... lo and behold.... they gave me £5 promotional credit.... ???  :laugh:

I guess in case of pricing errors, your best hope is that your order goes through unnoticed...
Once they string you along, all bets are off.... :D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 01, 2017, 06:33:26 AM
https://www.jpc.de/ff/G%C3%BCnstiges+von+Oehms+Classics?page=5&searchtype=campaigntext

Oehms CD'S. a lot of them for just 2,99. Many good bargains to be had.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on August 01, 2017, 07:37:11 AM
Quote from: Que on July 29, 2017, 11:25:16 PM
An interesting read... Perhaps it is any comfort to know this happens all the time.... 8)

Anyway, I mailed them as well.Telling them the order was cancelled while the item was for sale.
Apologies, of course. " Must be a technical error...."  ;)
Naturally it is unfortunately not possible to fulfill the original order...no reason given...

But... lo and behold.... they gave me £5 promotional credit.... ???  :laugh:

I guess in case of pricing errors, your best hope is that your order goes through unnoticed...
Once they string you along, all bets are off.... :D

Q

It seems odd to me that Amazon is being discussed as a sentient entity. I think it is quite likely that the customer experience was largely determined by some sort of inventory management algorithm, which was triggered by copies of that turd sitting unsold in the warehouse for years on end, which automatically set a new price point, and which didn't react well when GMG lit them up and too many orders came in at once. Probably no human hand was involved until the complaints were received and some poor sap sitting in a data center at 3:30am looked at the transaction log and had 30 seconds to figure out what the hell was going on and type a reply. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 01, 2017, 10:32:27 AM
Quote from: Scarpia on August 01, 2017, 07:37:11 AM
It seems odd to me that Amazon is being discussed as a sentient entity. I think it is quite likely that the customer experience was largely determined by some sort of inventory management algorithm, which was triggered by copies of that turd sitting unsold in the warehouse for years on end, which automatically set a new price point, and which didn't react well when GMG lit them up and too many orders came in at once. Probably no human hand was involved until the complaints were received and some poor sap sitting in a data center at 3:30am looked at the transaction log and had 30 seconds to figure out what the hell was going on and type a reply. :)

So it seems... 8)  Perhaps as odd as the urge to come up with excuses for Amazon and every possible alternative scenario?  ;)
I think that anything automated is preprogrammed, and therefore the result of a policy.
And that includes cancelling an order in case of a pricing error when it becomes available again.
It seems perfectly plausible that everything up to the response to the email was automated.
But that doesn't disculpate Amazon from being disingenuous.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 01, 2017, 10:34:45 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on August 01, 2017, 06:33:26 AM
https://www.jpc.de/ff/G%C3%BCnstiges+von+Oehms+Classics?page=5&searchtype=campaigntext

Oehms CD'S. a lot of them for just 2,99. Many good bargains to be had.

I heartily recommend the Tchaikovsky 2-4 from Poppen and his terrific Saarbrückeners. Right now listening to the 1st symphony (not on sale this time, I'm afraid).

Edit: yes, the 1st is part of the sale ! As good as, or better than most I know.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on August 01, 2017, 10:50:59 AM
Quote from: Que on August 01, 2017, 10:32:27 AM
So it seems... 8)  Perhaps as odd as the urge to come up with excuses for Amazon and every possible alternative scenario?  ;)
I think that anything automated is preprogrammed, and therefore the result of a policy.
And that includes cancelling an order in case of a pricing error when it becomes available again.
It seems perfectly plausible that everything up to the response to the email was automated.
But that doesn't disculpate Amazon for being disingenuous.

Q

I think it is very unlikely it was an error. It was a (human or algorithmic) decision to dump unsellable stock. Probably the customer service rep didn't know what was going on, but the correct message would have been, "Sorry, the price offered was for an overstock item which has now sold out. We therefore cannot fill your order. If you wish you can re-order the item if it becomes available again." I would consider that a legitimate marketing strategy.

A few years ago the Steinberg EMI Icon set was listed for 5 pounds on Amazon.co.uk. I hesitated, when I came back it was out of stock and listed for 80 pounds. My tough luck. Same thing happened with the Richter Icon set. In that case the opposite problem, it is uselessly cluttering my shelves instead of Amazon's.

In any case, I don't think it is a matter of making excuses for Amazon. Their goal is to make the most efficient retail platform imaginable which allows them to offer the lowest price. You can get baby diapers delivered overnight to your door for cheaper than you can get them at Walmart. My problem with them is not that they sometimes fail to fulfill an order or send a disingenuous email. My problem is that they are so good at what they do they will put every other retailer on earth out of business.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 01, 2017, 10:38:17 PM
At JPC de the label Cornetto, 21 titles, with some very interesting titles especially old music for 9,99. Maybe not a real bargain, but worth your while.
It's the first time I see this label.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Cornetto+zum+Sonderpreis?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on August 03, 2017, 01:19:11 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on July 26, 2017, 07:37:43 AM
Thank you for this tip.
Unfortunately I have most of the stuff that is on offer.
But very good deals.

Tempting - and I have only a few so far ... just put in a chamber music order:

Schumann: Piano Trios
Dohnányi, Schoenberg & Martinů: String Trios
Smetana, Martinů & Eben: Piano Trios
Arensky & Taneyev: Piano Quintets
Grechaninov: Piano Trios
Arensky: String Quartet; Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
Chausson & Indy: String Quartets
Korngold: String Sextet; Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

EDIT: added the complete Poulenc songs for 10£, which added a 10% discount that was only eaten up to around 45% by the addt'l shipping costs ... not that any of this matters at these rates - less than 40£ for it all!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on August 07, 2017, 06:22:45 AM
I don't know why some of you are bitching about the Richard Strauss set. Clearly it was a misprice that Amazon didn't particularly feel like honoring and I really don't blame them. If you walk into a car dealership and see a brand new car mispriced, missing a zero in the price for example, would the dealership honor that? Next time there is a misprice all of you would order again in the hope that you get the item because you lost nothing and will lose nothing.

Anyway I am sure it has been mentioned but this set is really cheap now from more than a few sources:

[asin]B008VT20TQ[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on August 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on August 07, 2017, 06:22:45 AM
I don't know why some of you are bitching about the Richard Strauss set. Clearly it was a misprice that Amazon didn't particularly feel like honoring and I really don't blame them. If you walk into a car dealership and see a brand new car mispriced, missing a zero in the price for example, would the dealership honor that?

I don't think anybody is surprised that amazon cancelled them. IMO it was really tacky of them to imply that the cancellation was due to unavailability.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 07, 2017, 02:10:17 PM
Quote from: Pat B on August 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM
I don't think anybody is surprised that amazon cancelled them. IMO it was really tacky of them to imply that the cancellation was due to unavailability.

Bitching = surprised?

It is out of stock. Amazon U.K. No longer sells it, only marketplace vendors.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on August 07, 2017, 02:47:34 PM
Quote from: Ken B on August 07, 2017, 02:10:17 PMIt is out of stock. Amazon U.K. No longer sells it, only marketplace vendors.

I also checked Deutsche Grammophone's web site. It is no longer in the catalog. I think it is legitimately no longer available, although some vendors may have unsold stock on hand.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 07, 2017, 09:58:53 PM
120 titles from Hyperion. The Helios series. 7,99 and 8,99 for a single disc. Not really a super bargain, but maybe you are tempted to buy a few titles. JPC de

https://www.jpc.de/s/Hyperion-Sommeraktion?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on August 08, 2017, 05:18:15 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 07, 2017, 02:10:17 PM
Bitching = surprised?

It is out of stock. Amazon U.K. No longer sells it, only marketplace vendors.
My point was if today Amazon lowers the price to $11 again everyone would order it again even if there is a good probability that it will never get shipped. So what is the point of email them expression your displeasure? Again I don't see how Amazon owes anyone any explanation at all. No one was hurt financially by Amazon not shipping. Would everyone be happier if Amazon just said: sorry item not available. That's it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 08, 2017, 05:37:17 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on August 08, 2017, 05:18:15 AM
My point was if today Amazon lowers the price to $11 again everyone would order it again even if there is a good probability that it will never get shipped. So what is the point of email them expression your displeasure? Again I don't see how Amazon owes anyone any explanation at all. No one was hurt financially by Amazon not shipping. Would everyone be happier if Amazon just said: sorry item not available. That's it.

Just to be clear. I am agreeing with you.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on August 08, 2017, 07:33:45 AM
I had one fortuitous amazon price anomaly experience that I remember. Right after it came out I saw the Levine Das Ring des Nibelungen DVDs (the first set, not the weird one with the "machine").  Das Rheingold, $29.99, Die Walkure, $29.99, Seigfried, $29.99, Gotterdamerung, $29.99, Complete Ring, $29.99. I pounced. The next day the price went up. I kept my fingers crossed, and it came. I was expecting an email saying that unfortunately a mistake, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on August 08, 2017, 09:13:56 AM
Quote from: Ken B on August 07, 2017, 02:10:17 PM
Bitching = surprised?

It is out of stock. Amazon U.K. No longer sells it, only marketplace vendors.

Today, yes. I haven't kept up, on a day-to-day basis, with whether Amazon UK stocks this particular item. I thought somebody had posted that it was available at some point after the low price. If that was incorrect then I agree with you.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 09, 2017, 10:51:39 PM
May I again point out that the Locatelli box (Brilliant) with 21 CD'S at JPC de is for a very good price.
I consider these reference performances, plus you get almost state of the art recordings.
For 27,00€ that is a steal.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-edition/hnum/7883053

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on August 10, 2017, 07:25:21 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on August 09, 2017, 10:51:39 PM
May I again point out that the Locatelli box (Brilliant) with 21 CD'S at JPC de is for a very good price.
I consider these reference performances, plus you get almost state of the art recordings.
For 27,00€ that is a steal.

(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4431.0;attach=51556;image)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-edition/hnum/7883053

For those who do not know him Locatelli is worth investigating IMHO.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on August 10, 2017, 10:39:16 AM
Amazon currently has around 1,400 "Add-on" titles in classical, ranging from under $2 to over $5.  There are hundreds of titles at precisely $4.93.  ($5 seems to be the price where titles start switching to straight Amazon Prime pricing.)  There are titles from almost every label, with hundreds of composers and artists big and small represented.  The titles available constantly change as this appears to be an Amazon version of BRO, but shipping is free for Prime members once the Amazon total hits $25.  One needs to change the page number in the URL to jump around quickly, but that's simple enough. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Parsifal on August 10, 2017, 10:47:07 AM
A link to one?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost Sonata on August 18, 2017, 05:55:23 PM
Not super-duper cheap but what I call a nice price are the MANY MDG recordings currently available at Daedalus Books - it's a label I esteem for its performances, selection, notes, packaging and (usually) engineering.  If you take their survey you can get 10% off.   https://www.daedalusbooks.com/searchresults.asp?keywords=mdg&Search=&txtMedia=&image1.x=0&image1.y=0
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 19, 2017, 04:44:47 AM
At 5.98$ per disc it is indeed a bargain. I'll explore...thanks !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 19, 2017, 01:38:15 PM
I don't know what possessed the players and the plublishers of this, but if you ever wondered what JS Bach's Goldberg Variations sounded like on an ensemble of 8 basoons and a contrabassoon, search no more !  It's right there for your listening pleasure:

(https://www.daedalusbooks.com/Products/ProductImg/77121.jpg)

Part of the MDG sale at Daedalus (JPC has it for 20€, and sound clips are available on their site). I'm not buying it, but my cart of goodies is steadily growing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost Sonata on August 19, 2017, 03:15:50 PM
If that doesn't meet your fancy, André, consider this  ;):  Rameau's Nouvelles Suites "Perhaps to emphasize the music's novelty, Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) grouped several of his harpsichord suites under the title Nouvelles Suites ("New Suites"); they sound newer still in these transcriptions by Raaf Hekkema, who has scored them for saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and bass clarinet. An eclectic Dutch ensemble, the Calefax Reed Quintet performs Rameau's best known piece La Poule as well as the suites La Rappel des Oiseaux, La Triomphante, and Les Boréades, adapted from his final opera. There's a pleasing hint of jazz in clarinetist Jelte Althuis's tone—and of course saxophones did not exist 250 years ago—but this creative, free-thinking group nonetheless captures the energy and intricacy of baroque music."

I ended-up spending $86 there, and it could easily have been more, but no, not the Suites.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 19, 2017, 05:24:33 PM
 :D

I stopped short of 55$. I'm still holding on the 'buy' button. Want to check the obscure corners of the site first !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 21, 2017, 09:16:25 AM
I consider this a bargain. 9 CD'S for 10€ from the label Accent.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-Die-Da-Ponte-Opern/hnum/2803947


And this  Haydn for 5 euros

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-Die-Sch%F6pfung/hnum/2796081

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 22, 2017, 08:11:55 AM
Quote from: André on August 19, 2017, 05:24:33 PM
:D

I stopped short of 55$. I'm still holding on the 'buy' button. Want to check the obscure corners of the site first !

I canceled my order. Daedalus is charging 39.40$ to ship 11 discs to Canada  ???

I'll miss the Foerster symphonies and John Cage piano discs, but they will come around eventually.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 22, 2017, 10:28:50 PM
Bargain deals on JPC de. The label Claves, 41 titles 3,99€.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Claves+zum+Schn%C3%A4ppchenpreis?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 23, 2017, 05:56:20 AM
Thanks Harry! After my disappointment with that failed Daedalus order, I needed to compensate  ;).

I put 3 of them Claves discs in my cart.

Also to be noted at JPC: several issues from the Actes Sud label featuring the french PI group Les Siècles under François-Xavier Roth. Au menu: several orchestral chestnuts from the XIXth and early XXth, including what appears to be a newly discovered orchestral suite by Debussy. Les Siècles has created quite a stir on the french musical scene these past few years.

For those so inclined, the Dusapin piano Etudes are in the batch. Discs go for 5.99€.


https://www.jpc.de/s/Actes+Sud+zum+Schnäppchenpreis?searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/s/Actes+Sud+zum+Schn%C3%A4ppchenpreis?searchtype=campaigntext)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost Sonata on August 23, 2017, 06:07:59 AM
Quote from: André on August 22, 2017, 08:11:55 AM
I canceled my order. Daedalus is charging 39.40$ to ship 11 discs to Canada  ???

I'll miss the Foerster symphonies and John Cage piano discs, but they will come around eventually.

Sorry dude, THAT is outrageous AND I am going to complain on your behalf.   (BTW, not to rub it in but to keynote shared interests, I ordered those same disks you mentioned!) 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost Sonata on August 23, 2017, 06:33:12 AM
André - I called Daedalus (more like Icarus) and spoke to Ashley there.  She confirmed that your $39.40 figure would be the postage to Canada sent Priority International (which oddly is the only way they will send international shipments).  "They are a small company...blah, blah, blah..." Though she said she would pass along my complaint to the 'man,' what it all comes down to is this:  they really don't care about doing international business.  I am so sorry about this. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 23, 2017, 04:50:18 PM
Ah, I see ! Well, thanks for the effort, I REALLY appreciate ! Well, it's too bad. I was salivating already, as these MDG discs were so enticing: Widor trios, Foerster symphonies, Cage piano music, Pettersson chamber music, Litaize mass, Ravel complete piano music, Scheidt, Hindemith, etc  :-[
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on August 23, 2017, 05:03:15 PM
Quote from: André on August 23, 2017, 04:50:18 PM
Ah, I see ! Well, thanks for the effort, I REALLY appreciate ! Well, it's too bad. I was salivating already, as these MDG discs were so enticing: Widor trios, Foerster symphonies, Cage piano music, Pettersson chamber music, Litaize mass, Ravel complete piano music, Scheidt, Hindemith, etc  :-[

This is like CD porn.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 23, 2017, 05:11:42 PM
Diversity rules !

Did I mention the Brahms PC 1 on PI orchestra and Erard piano ?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on August 26, 2017, 03:54:36 AM
Probably not going to get cheaper than this:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4260034860902.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Stanislaw-Skrowaczewski-The-Complete-OehmsClassics-Recordings/hnum/2998593 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Stanislaw-Skrowaczewski-The-Complete-OehmsClassics-Recordings/hnum/2998593)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on August 27, 2017, 12:38:18 AM
Quote from: Drosera on August 26, 2017, 03:54:36 AM
Probably not going to get cheaper than this:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4260034860902.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Stanislaw-Skrowaczewski-The-Complete-OehmsClassics-Recordings/hnum/2998593 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Stanislaw-Skrowaczewski-The-Complete-OehmsClassics-Recordings/hnum/2998593)

Thanks a lot, I literally have none of those recordings, and the samples on JPC sound really good and lively, so I ordered it.

Also Kabalevsky´s 3 piano sonatas in an engaged recording (0.99), vintage Fricsay in some Bartok (1.99), Markevitch/Vishnevskaya in Mussorgsky (The Pictures ... sound terrific and the orchestral songs fine too) (1.99).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 29, 2017, 10:22:17 PM
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-keyboard-music/hnum/7679083

I was very disappointed when Andrea Gabrieli's box came out, 2 years ago, 6 CD'S in all, on Brilliant. It went straight in my refusal bin, after 3 attempts to listen to it.
Now they have release his nephew's music, Giovanni Gabrieli on 3 CD'S, his complete keyboard works for Organ and Harpsichord. Roberto Loreggian does again the honours.
I am not inclined to buy it, although I like the music very much. If anyone does I would like to hear what it is this time.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: GioCar on August 29, 2017, 11:40:41 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on August 29, 2017, 10:22:17 PM
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-keyboard-music/hnum/7679083

I was very disappointed when Andrea Gabrieli's box came out, 2 years ago, 6 CD'S in all, on Brilliant. It went straight in my refusal bin, after 3 attempts to listen to it.
Now they have release his brother's music, Giovanni Gabrieli on 3 CD'S, his complete keyboard works for Organ and Harpsichord. Roberto Loreggian does again the honours.
I am not inclined to buy it, although I like the music very much. If anyone does I would like to hear what it is this time.

For the sake of precision Giovanni was Andrea's nephew (and pupil), not brother  ;). You can also hear the one-generation difference in their music pretty well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 29, 2017, 11:46:06 PM
Quote from: GioCar on August 29, 2017, 11:40:41 PM
For the sake of precision Giovanni was Andrea's nephew (and pupil), not brother  ;). You can also hear the one-generation difference in their music pretty well.

You are right of course. Thank you for correcting this error on my part.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 31, 2017, 10:43:02 PM
On JPC de the label Berlin classic. clearance sale 131 titles from 2,99 € on, many fine bargains.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Lagerr%C3%A4umung+Berlin+Classics?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 01, 2017, 04:58:20 PM
Thanks Harry, I put a couple of them in my cart !  ;)


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Meanwhile, an exploration of the JPC web site innards unearthed these:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/8007144077136.jpg)


I have a couple of these discs as individual releases. This is excellent music and production values are very high. I won't go for the whole affair (29 discs comprising 135 violin concertos plus a few others for flute or cello), but at the price, it's a steal ! 39.99€.

Sample clips can be found here: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/saemtliche-violinkonzerte/hnum/7354466 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/saemtliche-violinkonzerte/hnum/7354466)



And this, too, looks enticing:

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/8007144604981.jpg)

I'm tempted by that one, 10 discs comprising Viotti's 29 violin concertos, all for 19.99€. The Dynamic label is usually very trustworthy oin all respects.

Sample clips on the JPC pag here: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giovanni-Battista-Viotti-1755-1824-Violinkonzerte-Nr-1-29/hnum/2969664 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giovanni-Battista-Viotti-1755-1824-Violinkonzerte-Nr-1-29/hnum/2969664)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 01, 2017, 11:39:32 PM
Quote from: André on September 01, 2017, 04:58:20 PM
Thanks Harry, I put a couple of them in my cart !  ;)


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Meanwhile, an exploration of the JPC web site innards unearthed these:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/8007144077136.jpg)


I have a couple of these discs as individual releases. This is excellent music and production values are very high. I won't go for the whole affair (29 discs comprising 135 violin concertos plus a few others for flute or cello), but at the price, it's a steal ! 39.99€.

Sample clips can be found here: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/saemtliche-violinkonzerte/hnum/7354466 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/saemtliche-violinkonzerte/hnum/7354466)



And this, too, looks enticing:

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/8007144604981.jpg)

I'm tempted by that one, 10 discs comprising Viotti's 29 violin concertos, all for 19.99€. The Dynamic label is usually very trustworthy oin all respects.

Sample clips on the JPC pag here: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giovanni-Battista-Viotti-1755-1824-Violinkonzerte-Nr-1-29/hnum/2969664 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giovanni-Battista-Viotti-1755-1824-Violinkonzerte-Nr-1-29/hnum/2969664)

Thank you Andrei, I did not see this deal on Dynamic boxes, both are in my basket now. For the Tartini I can give a firm recommendation, the Viotti is a mixed blessing but for this price that's okay!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on September 02, 2017, 03:29:33 AM
Good things do come to those who wait ........

Back in April, Paul@Presto on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM posted

amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas


I ordered the set, like many others here, but after endless delays, Amazon UK in July cancelled the orders, saying the set had become unavailable and could not be sourced. I queried (as other members did) the accuracy of this statement, because it was still available on their site (though through another seller), and then got a call from customer services in UK. In our discussion, the representative insisted it would not have been cancelled because of the very low price; it was simply that their supplier could not produce the goods for them.
If I wanted, I could relist my purchase (at the original price - £12.80, with delivery), though he did not think it would actually produce the desired result.
So I tried again.

And a month later, lo and behold this morning they delivered the set.
Wonders never cease - and not just in the performances.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on September 02, 2017, 03:50:49 AM
Quote from: Martin H on September 02, 2017, 03:29:33 AM
Good things do come to those who wait ........

Back in April, Paul@Presto on April 07, 2017, 12:51:59 PM posted

amazon.co.uk has the Complete Strauss opera box on DG for £11.31
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491598174&sr=8-1&keywords=strauss+operas


I ordered the set, like many others here, but after endless delays, Amazon UK in July cancelled the orders, saying the set had become unavailable and could not be sourced. I queried (as other members did) the accuracy of this statement, because it was still available on their site (though through another seller), and then got a call from customer services in UK. In our discussion, the representative insisted it would not have been cancelled because of the very low price; it was simply that their supplier could not produce the goods for them.
If I wanted, I could relist my purchase (at the original price - £12.80, with delivery), though he did not think it would actually produce the desired result.
So I tried again.

And a month later, lo and behold this morning they delivered the set.
Wonders never cease - and not just in the performances.

Quite a story! And congratulations on getting it for that price.

I was one of many whose orders of the same got cancelled in the end. But I always have the feeling it doesn't pay to start complaining to such a moloch as Amazon. I feel a bit silly now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 02, 2017, 07:57:25 AM
Same here, the order was cancelled. OTOH my appetite for the complete Strauss operas has waned somewhat, so I won't cry over spilled milk in this case  :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 02, 2017, 08:06:02 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on September 01, 2017, 11:39:32 PM
Thank you Andrei, I did not see this deal on Dynamic boxes, both are in my basket now. For the Tartini I can give a firm recommendation, the Viotti is a mixed blessing but for this price that's okay!

I'm honored to have tipped you, Harry . You often direct us to some great deals, so here's your turn !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on September 05, 2017, 09:34:11 PM
A steal at 13 euros!  :)

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4260034860148.jpg)  (https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/4260034860148.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/norddeutsche-orgelmeister/hnum/1407337

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 05, 2017, 10:14:26 PM
Quote from: Que on September 05, 2017, 09:34:11 PM
A steal at 13 euros!  :)

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4260034860148.jpg)  (https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/4260034860148.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/norddeutsche-orgelmeister/hnum/1407337

Q

I have all the individual releases, also bought for small prices, but this beats everything.
Another recommendation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 08, 2017, 11:21:28 PM
For those that like new music...The label Kairos 40 titles 3,99€ on JPC de.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Kairos+-+Neue+Musik+nun+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 11, 2017, 03:47:27 PM
This used to be about double this price, as an import--which I already thought was a great bargain. Price has plummeted to little over a dollar a disc. 

[asin]B015HF3Z4U[/asin]

This is also about $1.30 a disc.

[asin]B06XST7GHS[/asin]

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on September 11, 2017, 06:29:32 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512IjeAMPgL._SX425_.jpg)


Two more sets available for $4.03 at Amazon. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on September 11, 2017, 06:30:46 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51-2Z6ySCxL._SY425_.jpg)


One set available for $4.93, standard Amazon Prime.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 12, 2017, 11:05:43 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71GDuqKV3YL._SL1500_.jpg)

    Deluxe-Edition zum 80.Geburtstag von Fritz Wunderlich mit 6 CDs mit Arien & Liedern, der Bonus-CD "Belcanto heißt Schöngesang" (eine Dokumentation als Hörbuch),einer Bonus-Vinyl-Single (A-Seite: Schubert, Wiegenlied D. 498; B-Seite: Meyer-Helmund, Gute Nacht, mein holdes süßes Mädchen) sowie einem 120-seitigen Buch mit bisher unveröffentlichten Fotos aus dem Privat-Archiv der Familie Wunderlich.
    1.CD Arien aus Opern von Händel, Gluck, Mozart
    2.CD Arien aus Opern von Rossini, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet u. a.
    3.CD Geistliche Arien von Bach, Händel, Haydn, Verdi
    4.CD Wiener Operettenmelodien von J. Strauss II, Benatzky, Kalman, Stolz u. a. 5.CD Schlager: Granada, O sole mio, Ein Lied geht um die Welt u. a.
    6.CD Lieder von Haydn, Beethoven, Strauss
    +Bonus-CD "Belcanto heißt Schöngesang" (eine Dokumentation als Hörbuch)
    +Vinyl-Single

    Artists: Fritz Wunderlich u. a.
    Label: DGG, ADD
    Order number: 1638530
    Release date: 19.8.2010

12.99 @ JPC (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Fritz-Wunderlich-Der-unvergessene-Fritz-Wunderlich/hnum/1638530)


This has certainly been surpassed by the big box released last year (didn't go for it), but it's a lovely package with select recordings and a book full with photos (not sure if the notes are in english, too - would have to check at home tonight.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on September 12, 2017, 11:49:10 PM
Perhaps not exactly super-duper, bit still 50% off on an apparently very Polish label (Acte Prealable) at JPC:

https://www.jpc.de/s/Acte+Prealable+limitiert+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/s/Acte+Prealable+limitiert+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 13, 2017, 07:13:47 AM
Quote from: Drosera on September 12, 2017, 11:49:10 PM
Perhaps not exactly super-duper, bit still 50% off on an apparently very Polish label (Acte Prealable) at JPC:

https://www.jpc.de/ff/Acte+Prealable+limitiert+g%C3%BCnstig?page=6&searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/ff/Acte+Prealable+limitiert+g%C3%BCnstig?page=6&searchtype=campaigntext)

I've had a conversation with the owner of Acte Prealable. Their mission to serve as an archive of little-known Polish classical music has been held up by an unlikely enemy - librarians.

From a couple MusicWeb reviews I've done on their discs:

[2013] "The most interesting part of this CD is actually the booklet note, where producer Jan A. Jarnicki includes a two-page rant furiously explaining his hatred of libraries. It seems that the library where the Humorous Quartet score is kept did not allow them to use the score for this recording. They used it anyway, but instead of telling us how - a tantalizing mystery - Jarnicki insinuates things about the library's "lady president", faults the librarians for losing materials during World War II, and asks, "Why do we need libraries in Poland, particularly those funded or aided through the taxpayer's money?" "

[2014] "Jan A. Jarnicki, curator of the Acte Prealable record label, once again has reason to be angry with librarians. The first time I reviewed an Acte Prealable album, there was an angry note that a library archive in Poland, which housed much old Polish music, refused to let Jarnicki borrow the scores for the purposes of creating a recording. After writing the review, I had conversations with Jarnicki ("Poland is a very strange country") and a librarian friend who expressed disapproval of the library's practices. These [Józef] Wieniawski scores were also recorded over objections from archivists."

I do recommend the Józef Wieniawski D major symphony CD to fans of late-romantic byways and romantic nationalist scores. The Dvorak & Penderecki string quintets CD is my favorite disc from the label, so far - everyone could use a copy of that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 13, 2017, 09:28:05 AM
Thanks, Brian, this is very interesting. As one with a good-sized collection of (mostly late XIXth and XXth century) polish music I should - and will - explore this further.  Our old friend Maciek provided me with dozen upon dozen usable links of music by Nowokowski, Lason, Meyer, Sikorski, Szymanski, etc. I sent him a can of maple syrup to thank him for his effort. His kids were very intrigued  :D.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 13, 2017, 12:49:21 PM
17€ for the Wergo "50 Years - Music of Our Time" set, which contains five original albums wrapped in a cardboard box - check back cover for details:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wergo-50-Years/hnum/2691669

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on September 17, 2017, 07:35:53 AM
4.95€ + shipping on German Amazon (https://www.amazon.de/Villa-Lobos-String-Quartets-Complete-Heitor/dp/B00020Q2ZU/).

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41AHRAZZBFL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on September 17, 2017, 08:47:27 AM
Quote from: Todd on September 11, 2017, 06:29:32 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512IjeAMPgL._SX425_.jpg)


Two more sets available for $4.03 at Amazon.

I've heard that the Bescol set isn't very good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 17, 2017, 12:36:06 PM
Quote from: North Star on September 17, 2017, 07:35:53 AM
4.95€ + shipping on German Amazon (https://www.amazon.de/Villa-Lobos-String-Quartets-Complete-Heitor/dp/B00020Q2ZU/).

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41AHRAZZBFL.jpg)

An excellent set! If you don't have it, get it!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on September 17, 2017, 12:47:25 PM
Quote from: Ken B on September 17, 2017, 12:36:06 PM
An excellent set! If you don't have it, get it!
Agreed. 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on September 17, 2017, 05:38:15 PM
Quote from: North Star on September 17, 2017, 12:47:25 PM
Agreed. 8)
+1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 18, 2017, 09:25:29 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 17, 2017, 07:35:53 AM
4.95€ + shipping on German Amazon (https://www.amazon.de/Villa-Lobos-String-Quartets-Complete-Heitor/dp/B00020Q2ZU/).

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41AHRAZZBFL.jpg)

Fabulous!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on September 18, 2017, 07:40:12 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on September 17, 2017, 08:47:27 AM
I've heard that the Bescol set isn't very good.

I had the Bescol 9th and liked the performance. Later on I acquired the complete set on Everest. The improvement in sound quality is significant so $4 is a fair price. The Everest came from their own original 35mm tapes. The bescol sounded like it was taken directly from an LP.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on September 18, 2017, 09:08:28 PM
31 Karl Richter cd set - SCHÜTZ, BACH, HANDEL, MOZART MENDELSSOHN   eur 29.99
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/die-karl-richter-edition/hnum/4154127
Die Karl Richter Edition (Profil)
Mit Werken von: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Mitwirkende: Hedwig Bilgram, Eduard Müller, Gerhard Aeschbacher, Heinrich Gurtner, Aurele Nicolet, Otto Büchner, Kurt Guntner, Siegfried Meinecke, Fritz Kiskalt, Maria Stader, Peter Pears, Die Solistengemeinschaft der Bachwoche Ansbach, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & sein Kammerorchester, Karl Richter
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 19, 2017, 10:10:05 PM
For those interested on JPC de Voxbox label, 120 recordings 7 euro€ a piece.


https://www.jpc.de/s/VoxBox?searchtype=serie
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 21, 2017, 10:53:14 PM
For some this will be a bargain.

A Sony box, 24 CD'S for 25 euro's .

JPC de.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/grand-piano-best-of-classical-piano-music/hnum/7798233

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 26, 2017, 10:32:30 PM
For the incredible price of 9,95 you can some pretty unique recordings of great quality. If you did not have this already now is the chance
9,99 € at Jpc de.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Leonhardt-The-Edition/hnum/8493525

And what about this bargain. 30 CD 'S of the finest from Herreweghe.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/harmonia-box-set/hnum/7734827
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 27, 2017, 07:13:32 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on September 26, 2017, 10:32:30 PM
For the incredible price of 9,95 you can some pretty unique recordings of great quality. If you did not have this already now is the chance
9,99 € at Jpc de.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Leonhardt-The-Edition/hnum/8493525

Hm, how much overlap is there exactly between this and the Seon/Vivarte boxes? I bet plenty, but it's not that easy to figure out (and in some parts, i.e. the Paris Quartets, the Leonhardt Edition only contains parts).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on September 27, 2017, 11:41:28 AM
Quote from: king ubu on September 27, 2017, 07:13:32 AM
Hm, how much overlap is there exactly between this and the Seon/Vivarte boxes? I bet plenty, but it's not that easy to figure out (and in some parts, i.e. the Paris Quartets, the Leonhardt Edition only contains parts).

Leonhardt Edition is 15 CDs: 6 DHM, 5 Seon, and 4 1990s Sony.

The Seon box is exhaustive, so those 5 are definitely duplicated.

The 90s Sonies in Leonhardt Edition are: "Kurfürstliche Cembalomusik aus Dresden"; Böhm: Keyboard Works; Bach: Cantatas 27, 34 & 41; and Telemann: Paris Quartets 1-6. The Böhm and Telemann are specifically marked Vivarte. The other 2 are not, and I can't tell whether they were Erichson productions.

Leonhardt Edition is in my cull pile, strictly because of duplication. The musical quality is very high.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on September 27, 2017, 03:03:16 PM
Cross-posting with the download thread: CD Baby currently offers 70 free classical downloads.  Most titles are not exactly enticing, but I found three that I'm getting.  CD Baby offers about 2,600 free titles total in all genres.  Downloads are available as MP3 and FLAC.

(https://cdbaby.name/o/l/olegtimofeyev.jpg)

(https://cdbaby.name/m/u/musicallyspeaking13.jpg)

(https://cdbaby.name/p/e/pedjamuzijevic.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 28, 2017, 06:16:15 AM
Quote from: Pat B on September 27, 2017, 11:41:28 AM
Leonhardt Edition is 15 CDs: 6 DHM, 5 Seon, and 4 1990s Sony.

The Seon box is exhaustive, so those 5 are definitely duplicated.

The 90s Sonies in Leonhardt Edition are: "Kurfürstliche Cembalomusik aus Dresden"; Böhm: Keyboard Works; Bach: Cantatas 27, 34 & 41; and Telemann: Paris Quartets 1-6. The Böhm and Telemann are specifically marked Vivarte. The other 2 are not, and I can't tell whether they were Erichson productions.

Leonhardt Edition is in my cull pile, strictly because of duplication. The musical quality is very high.

Thanks a lot for this!

The Telemann (but 1-12, not just 1-6) are in the first Vivarte box (I don't have the second, but the Böhm seems to be in neither of them).

Still, too much duplication at least if seen in ratio to the huge piles of unlistened discs anyway (which include 90% of the SEON and prob. 50% of the first Vivarte boxes).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 28, 2017, 06:19:48 AM
Quote from: king ubu on September 28, 2017, 06:16:15 AM
Thanks a lot for this!

The Telemann (but 1-12, not just 1-6) are in the first Vivarte box (I don't have the second, but the Böhm seems to be in neither of them).

Still, too much duplication at least if seen in ratio to the huge piles of unlistened discs anyway (which include 90% of the SEON and prob. 50% of the first Vivarte boxes).

But then again, the box comes in your house for only 9,99 € ;) duplication makes for good Christmas presents ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on September 28, 2017, 06:55:57 AM
Quote from: king ubu on September 28, 2017, 06:16:15 AM
Thanks a lot for this!

The Telemann (but 1-12, not just 1-6) are in the first Vivarte box (I don't have the second, but the Böhm seems to be in neither of them).

Still, too much duplication at least if seen in ratio to the huge piles of unlistened discs anyway (which include 90% of the SEON and prob. 50% of the first Vivarte boxes).

I hear ya. It's not a bargain if you never listen to it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 28, 2017, 08:21:40 AM
Quote from: Pat B on September 28, 2017, 06:55:57 AM
I hear ya. It's not a bargain if you never listen to it.

Yeah, see? There I am, trying hard to behave sanely for a change and then Harry is making it so hard ... just not fair  :'(

But this time I shall resist.

Just got the shipping notification for the Jurowski London box from presto's already  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 28, 2017, 03:25:31 PM
(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/0888751658721.jpg)
(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w700/rear/0/0888751658721.jpg)

I just bought 2 of these individual issues for the price of this set (9.99€)


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/the-art-of-tal-groethuysen/hnum/8415683 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/the-art-of-tal-groethuysen/hnum/8415683)

..................................................................

There's this, too, for those so inclined: 13 discs for 9.99€.

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/0888751774926.jpg)
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w700/rear/0/0888751774926.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 28, 2017, 10:54:30 PM
Look here!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0742WNHPC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506665142&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=ciocarlie (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0742WNHPC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506665142&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=ciocarlie)

(https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0742WNHPC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506667876&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=ciocarlie#)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: GioCar on September 29, 2017, 12:14:45 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on September 28, 2017, 10:54:30 PM
Look here!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0742WNHPC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506665142&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=ciocarlie (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0742WNHPC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506665142&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=ciocarlie)

(https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0742WNHPC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506667876&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=ciocarlie#)

Well I've just placed the order, but I've the strong suspect that it's a replication of the Strauss' opera box "bargain". Let's see....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 29, 2017, 03:42:55 AM
Pre orders for the new Bernstein box are $179 for 100 CDs.  Looks like a handsome box--similar to the big original jacket Rubinstein box.  If memory serves (and admittedly, it often doesn't) when I first became aware of this set it was listed at $221.   
   The discs look shorter than those in the two earlier Sony sets (although the average is 51 minutes a disc, which isn't bad, if the Amazon ad is to be trusted regarding the total time).

   It says "remastered," which would be good, of course, but the sound was really good on the previous incarnation(s), so I wonder if it has been remastered since then, or just since the original releases...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 29, 2017, 04:37:12 AM
This looks like a fine bargain:


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Concertos-Violin-Sonatas-Quartets/dp/B0719PRK5P/ref=pd_sbs_15_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZFTYJ6YHBARH89R10X50 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Concertos-Violin-Sonatas-Quartets/dp/B0719PRK5P/ref=pd_sbs_15_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZFTYJ6YHBARH89R10X50)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81CnP4tHEJL._SX522_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 29, 2017, 04:58:38 AM
Quote from: André on September 29, 2017, 04:37:12 AM
This looks like a fine bargain:


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Concertos-Violin-Sonatas-Quartets/dp/B0719PRK5P/ref=pd_sbs_15_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZFTYJ6YHBARH89R10X50 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Concertos-Violin-Sonatas-Quartets/dp/B0719PRK5P/ref=pd_sbs_15_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZFTYJ6YHBARH89R10X50)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81CnP4tHEJL._SX522_.jpg)

Yes it is. But then I already have all those works in fine performances. And huge piles of CD'S I still have to listen from 2009 onwards!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: CRC on October 05, 2017, 03:26:40 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on September 29, 2017, 03:42:55 AM
Pre orders for the new Bernstein box are $179 for 100 CDs.  Looks like a handsome box--similar to the big original jacket Rubinstein box.  If memory serves (and admittedly, it often doesn't) when I first became aware of this set it was listed at $221.   
   The discs look shorter than those in the two earlier Sony sets (although the average is 51 minutes a disc, which isn't bad, if the Amazon ad is to be trusted regarding the total time).

   It says "remastered," which would be good, of course, but the sound was really good on the previous incarnation(s), so I wonder if it has been remastered since then, or just since the original releases...
The new Bernstein box is an "original jacket" collection, hence the shorter timings in keeping with the original LP's. Unlike the Rubinstein box it is NOT a complete collection. There is no way they could put the complete Columbia/Bernstein on 100 CD's if you consider the previous two sets together were more then 100 CD's and with longer timings and those didn't even include any of the choral/vocal stuff. The "100 CD's" concept is to mark the 100th anniversary of Bernstein's birth.

Also, the "remastered" part may be a bit misleading. While some of it is indeed newly remastered for 2017, you can bet that not all of it is. However, those that are not were remastered recently enough that it shouldn't really make much of a difference here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on October 05, 2017, 11:42:39 AM
Here is a deluxe bargain for baroque opera fans:

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/aw/d/B00DHCJLWG/ref=mp_s_a_1_250?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅZÕÑ&qid=1507232400&sr=1-250&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 05, 2017, 12:12:15 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on October 05, 2017, 11:42:39 AM
Here is a deluxe bargain for baroque opera fans:

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/aw/d/B00DHCJLWG/ref=mp_s_a_1_250?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅZÕÑ&qid=1507232400&sr=1-250&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65
EUR39.25 to the US (including shipping) - very tempting....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 05, 2017, 03:08:47 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on October 05, 2017, 11:42:39 AM
Here is a deluxe bargain for baroque opera fans:

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/aw/d/B00DHCJLWG/ref=mp_s_a_1_250?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅZÕÑ&qid=1507232400&sr=1-250&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65

  That's insane.  It's a beautiful box. I got it for about $100, and THAT was a super bargain. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 07, 2017, 10:55:38 PM
Quote from: Orpheus on October 05, 2017, 11:42:39 AM
Here is a deluxe bargain for baroque opera fans:

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/aw/d/B00DHCJLWG/ref=mp_s_a_1_250?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅZÕÑ&qid=1507232400&sr=1-250&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65

Quote from: Mookalafalas on October 05, 2017, 03:08:47 PM
  That's insane.  It's a beautiful box. I got it for about $100, and THAT was a super bargain. 

[asin]B00DHCJLWG[/asin]

I caved in........ thanks for posting!  :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 07, 2017, 11:58:36 PM
Quote from: Que on October 07, 2017, 10:55:38 PM
[asin]B00DHCJLWG[/asin]

I caved in........ thanks for posting!  :)

Q

caved in :D
  The 3DVD Handel opera is worth the price alone. All the CDs are packaged in a special material, somewhere between jewel boxes and cardboard sleeves.  It has 3 different booklets (4?).  The recordings are wonderful.  Its a shame that it got so cheap, really.
This box deserved more love :'(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: GioCar on October 08, 2017, 12:13:02 AM
Much tempted...

The problem at least for me is finding the time to listen to all that stuff  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 08, 2017, 02:55:17 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on October 07, 2017, 11:58:36 PM
caved in :D

It's the mere slightly frightening thought of being inundated by more stuff to listen to, and not least of heaving to somehow squeeze in another heavy "brick" on my full shelves.... ;)

QuoteThe 3DVD Handel opera is worth the price alone. All the CDs are packaged in a special material, somewhere between jewel boxes and cardboard sleeves.  It has 3 different booklets (4?).  The recordings are wonderful.  Its a shame that it got so cheap, really.
This box deserved more love :'(

Oh, it is real shame indeed....  >:D

Hope you don't mind that I will not complain about the bargain, though...:D

Thanks for the endorsement!  :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 09, 2017, 02:19:28 AM
You'll be happy, Que.  Although, as a caveat, the cases are bulkier than other sets.

   Talk about big box sets, I just saw that the price plummeted on this one:

[asin]B00L2SQVS4[/asin]

   $116 for 147 discs, most of it very high quality. I love all the keyboard stuff, although the organ is a bit disappointing. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: hafod on October 09, 2017, 06:30:30 AM
Robert Schumann - The Live Complete Solo Piano Works (13cd): Dana Ciocarlie £3.97
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Robert-Schumann-Complete-Piano-Works/dp/B0742WNHPC

Mine arrived today - no time to listen before the w/e.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on October 09, 2017, 07:36:44 AM
Quote from: hafod on October 09, 2017, 06:30:30 AM
Robert Schumann - The Live Complete Solo Piano Works (13cd): Dana Ciocarlie £3.97
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Robert-Schumann-Complete-Piano-Works/dp/B0742WNHPC

It's up to £4.04 already.  The €10,000,000 loaf of bread isn't far away.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on October 09, 2017, 12:18:52 PM
Quote from: Que on October 07, 2017, 10:55:38 PM
[asin]B00DHCJLWG[/asin]

I caved in........ thanks for posting!  :)

Q

  I caved in too! This is one area (Baroque opera) where my collection is seriously lacking. The only operas i am familiar with are Handel's Rinaldo and Ceasar, Charpentier's Medee, and Purcell's Dido. Lots of unfamiliar names and works in my favorite genre......OPERA!!!!!!

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: marvinbrown on October 10, 2017, 12:42:29 AM
Quote from: hafod on October 09, 2017, 06:30:30 AM
Robert Schumann - The Live Complete Solo Piano Works (13cd): Dana Ciocarlie £3.97
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Robert-Schumann-Complete-Piano-Works/dp/B0742WNHPC

Mine arrived today - no time to listen before the w/e.

  Thanks for posting this I just ordered one right now. 

  marvin
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on October 25, 2017, 07:53:24 AM
Quote from: hafod on May 18, 2017, 12:19:40 AM
Sviatoslav Richter Live At Carnegie Hall - 13 cds - due for release 1st September and currently priced at £4.78.

Re-run of the Strauss Opera box saga but with lower stakes?

I have taken a punt.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071HBBYC1

Did your punt pay off?

Mine did, ordered 18 May, came this morning for £4.78 plus shipping.  13 CDs of Richter Magic.

Anyone else persevere and get this superb bargain?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Biffo on October 26, 2017, 05:53:28 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on October 09, 2017, 12:18:52 PM
  I caved in too!

Same here but a few weeks ago and at a higher price - £66, still a wonderful bargain. So far only heard/watched the Monteverdi and the introductory disc. Fortunately only one duplication - Les Indes galantes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on October 26, 2017, 06:02:17 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 25, 2017, 07:53:24 AM
Did your punt pay off?

Mine did, ordered 18 May, came this morning for £4.78 plus shipping.  13 CDs of Richter Magic.

Anyone else persevere and get this superb bargain?

I was shocked and delighted to get the email today that it had indeed been shipped - I was sure it would be canceled. I got two copies, one to give as a present, and with the VAT removed and including shipping, it came to £12. Scheduled to arrive here in the US on Nov. 10.

ab
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on October 26, 2017, 06:17:23 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on October 09, 2017, 02:19:28 AM
You'll be happy, Que.  Although, as a caveat, the cases are bulkier than other sets.

   Talk about big box sets, I just saw that the price plummeted on this one:

[asin]B00L2SQVS4[/asin]

   $116 for 147 discs, most of it very high quality. I love all the keyboard stuff, although the organ is a bit disappointing.
The cantatas recordings are the main things to criticize there, IMO.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on October 26, 2017, 10:08:07 AM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 25, 2017, 07:53:24 AM
Did your punt pay off?

Mine did, ordered 18 May, came this morning for £4.78 plus shipping.  13 CDs of Richter Magic.

Anyone else persevere and get this superb bargain?
I got email notice that it was shipped. It has been so long that I forgot about it. I think most of it is a duplicate of this set though:
[asin]B00NFLVFFK[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 26, 2017, 01:13:55 PM
My Schumann/Ciociarle set has been dispatched a few days ago, but no sign of it in the mailbox yet. Has everybody gotten theirs ?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 26, 2017, 04:18:36 PM
This box is all top shelf recordings.  It's now $77 in Amazon.de, and similarly priced from 3rd party Amazon US sellers.  Probably best for those newer to collecting, and want a huge grab-bag sampler.

[asin]B00EDXJQ1Y[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on October 26, 2017, 10:41:14 PM
Quote from: André on October 26, 2017, 01:13:55 PM
My Schumann/Ciociarle set has been dispatched a few days ago, but no sign of it in the mailbox yet. Has everybody gotten theirs ?

Yep mine turned up a few days ago and the Richter arrives today. Nice looking box too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: GioCar on October 27, 2017, 07:27:03 AM
Quote from: André on October 26, 2017, 01:13:55 PM
My Schumann/Ciociarle set has been dispatched a few days ago, but no sign of it in the mailbox yet. Has everybody gotten theirs ?

Mine was delivered Oct. 17.
Ordered Sept. 29.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 27, 2017, 10:14:06 AM
I tracked the package through my Amazon uk account. It says « will be delivered Monday ». I'm crossing my fingers .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 03, 2017, 09:03:00 AM
If you are a Schubert aficionado click the link below:

https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/ol/B00LTQ5EVY/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=all

(https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00LTQ5EVY/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&psc=1#)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 03, 2017, 09:08:02 AM
If you are a Telemann's aficionado click the link below:

https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/ol/B00RBXAI5Q/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&condition=all
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 03, 2017, 07:50:35 PM


Anyone wanting an "instant top shelf baroque collection," it's right here.

24.99 Euros from Amazon.de
[asin]B001CBX2RO[/asin]



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
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 03, 2017, 11:45:56 PM
A big sale of 81 titles by the BIS label.
JPCde, be quick about it.

https://www.jpc.de/s/BIS+Preisaktion?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 03, 2017, 11:54:21 PM
Another sale of many goodies for low prices. JPC de

Also 81 titles.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Gutes+zum+g%C3%BCnstigen+Preis?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 04, 2017, 05:07:44 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on November 03, 2017, 11:45:56 PM
A big sale of 81 titles by the BIS label.
JPCde, be quick about it.

https://www.jpc.de/s/BIS+Preisaktion?searchtype=campaigntext

Thanks Harry !

Many issues of the Bach cantatas by Suzuki for 4.99€ or less (4.19€ if ordered outside the E.U.).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 06, 2017, 04:32:59 AM
Do you need another set of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas?

Click here:

https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B000063DK9/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509958587&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=claude+frank+beethoven&dpPl=1&dpID=51%2BDN3st39L&ref=plSrch (https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B000063DK9/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509958587&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=claude+frank+beethoven&dpPl=1&dpID=51%2BDN3st39L&ref=plSrch)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on November 06, 2017, 05:04:28 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 06, 2017, 04:32:59 AM
Do you need another set of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas?

Click here:

https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B000063DK9/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509958587&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=claude+frank+beethoven&dpPl=1&dpID=51%2BDN3st39L&ref=plSrch (https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B000063DK9/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509958587&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=claude+frank+beethoven&dpPl=1&dpID=51%2BDN3st39L&ref=plSrch)

Thank you, I gave it a try. Seems to be one of the more interesting sets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on November 06, 2017, 07:07:08 AM
I actually remember Florestan mentioning this set not too long ago.

I do not know whether you've noticed, guys: it's "derzeit nicht auf Lager" at €3.32. The next cheapest option is 1.502€ used...  ::) You might want check at what price you ordered it... ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on November 06, 2017, 08:31:52 AM
Yes, Thank God, it was DKK 69, less than 9.50 Euros, including postage. Should have bought two I guess, but that's another story ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 06, 2017, 09:39:57 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on November 06, 2017, 04:32:59 AM
Do you need another set of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas?

Click here:

https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B000063DK9/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509958587&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=claude+frank+beethoven&dpPl=1&dpID=51%2BDN3st39L&ref=plSrch (https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B000063DK9/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509958587&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=claude+frank+beethoven&dpPl=1&dpID=51%2BDN3st39L&ref=plSrch)


10/8 on Classicstoday (Jed Distler)

https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-8059/ (https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-8059/)

I ordered it for 2.79€. Too bad the shipping costs are more than thrice that amount, but at the price I won't complain. Thanks for the tip !  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 06, 2017, 10:35:29 PM
Big DaCapo sale on JPC de. 398 titles. Real bliss. Be quick about it. These sales tend to go fast.


https://www.jpc.de/s/Gro%C3%9Fe+Preisaktion+bei+DaCapo?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 07, 2017, 04:28:17 AM
Thanks Harry ! Da Capo is an excellent label indeed. Poul Ruders is in my cart. I was missing that one. Highly recommended: Herman Koppel.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 07, 2017, 05:11:50 AM
Quote from: André on November 07, 2017, 04:28:17 AM
Thanks Harry ! Da Capo is an excellent label indeed. Poul Ruders is in my cart. I was missing that one. Highly recommended: Herman Koppel.
I'm a Herman Koppel fan as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 07, 2017, 05:28:52 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 07, 2017, 05:11:50 AM
I'm a Herman Koppel fan as well.

Funny enough I could never attach myself to this composer. Maybe he is simply to modern for me?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 07, 2017, 05:29:33 AM
Quote from: André on November 07, 2017, 04:28:17 AM
Thanks Harry ! Da Capo is an excellent label indeed. Poul Ruders is in my cart. I was missing that one. Highly recommended: Herman Koppel.

Your very welcome André. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 07, 2017, 07:00:45 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on November 07, 2017, 05:28:52 AM
Funny enough I could never attach myself to this composer. Maybe he is simply to modern for me?

I wouldn't say Koppel is too modern. He's very much of his time, to be sure, but not 'modern' in the dissonant/noisy/aggressive sense. Poul Ruders is much more 'modern'  :D.

I'm tempted by Riisager, but where to start ? I'd go for just one disc to sample his sound world.

Rued Langgaard's Antikrist is a must, but I see that Amazon has it (and other versions of it) at about the same price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 07, 2017, 07:04:56 AM
Quote from: André on November 07, 2017, 07:00:45 AM
I'm tempted by Riisager, but where to start ? I'd go for just one disc to sample his sound world.
Some of the ballets and lighter orchestral works. Forgive me, I am not clicking the link to see what is on sale and what is not, but I thoroughly enjoy the CD with "Benzin" (probably #1 choice), the "Fools' Paradise" ballet (diamond pattern cover and Hakan Hardenberger on trumpet), and the chamber music album (divertimento, serenade).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 07, 2017, 07:09:25 AM
Thsnks Brian !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on November 07, 2017, 07:32:27 AM
The Solti Complete Chicago is presently €76 on Amazon Spain (but for how long?): https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B073GSGGH1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B073GSGGH1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 07, 2017, 08:09:01 AM
Quote from: André on November 07, 2017, 07:00:45 AM
I wouldn’t say Koppel is too modern. He’s very much of his time, to be sure, but not ‘modern’ in the dissonant/noisy/aggressive sense. Poul Ruders is much more ’modern’  :D.

I’m tempted by Riisager, but where to start ? I’d go for just one disc to sample his sound world.

Rued Langgaard’s Antikrist is a must, but I see that Amazon has it (and other versions of it) at about the same price.

Good, but still there is no spark in my ears concerning his music, not for want of trying mind.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on November 07, 2017, 08:16:59 AM
It's a very large part of the Dacapo catalogue which is on sale, though prices aren't necessarily extremely low.
There is a possibility that this means the titles will henceforth be out of print 😕

The Holmboe complete string quartets are very cheap.

Nørgård's Siddharta 2 CD set includes the fine concerto for percussion and orchestra, 'For a Change'.

I'm seriously considering Klenau's big 9th symphony, on 2CDs, plus some more.

My favorite Koppel is an old DMA LP coupling the 3rd Piano Concerto and an Oboe Concerto. Grab it if you are into LPs and you see it. The Dacapo recording is different in the piano concerto. The Cello Concerto on BIS is also good. I haven't yet dwelled much on his symphonies.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 07, 2017, 08:19:28 AM
Quote from: Turner on November 07, 2017, 08:16:59 AM
It's a very large part of the Dacapo catalogue which is on sale, though prices aren't necessarily extremely low.
There is a possibility that this means the titles will henceforth be out of print 😕

The Holmboe complete string quartets are cheap, though.

Nørgård's Siddharta 2 CD set includes the fine concerto for percussion and orchestra, 'For a Change'.

I'm seriously considering Klenau's big 9th symphony, on 2CDs, plus some more.

The prices are low,  considering what they normally cost. And yes many titles will go out of print especially the 4,99 € cd's and in a large extent also the 7,99€€  cd's.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on November 07, 2017, 08:28:51 AM
Yeah, it is quite likely that Dacapo will join the modern trend of digital downloads much more in the future, at the expense of old media.

For example, Presto Classical's new website design also seems to be upgrading that dimension.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 07, 2017, 10:46:13 AM
Quote from: akebergv on November 07, 2017, 07:32:27 AM
The Solti Complete Chicago is presently €76 on Amazon Spain (but for how long?): https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B073GSGGH1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B073GSGGH1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

62 Euros after the VAT is removed--but then they want to charge me $47 dollars for shipping >:(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Marc on November 08, 2017, 08:39:59 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on November 07, 2017, 05:29:33 AM
Your very welcome André. :)

Me thank you too, Harry.
Did a modest yet nice dive in your suggested jpc links. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 10, 2017, 10:51:40 PM
Exclusively for JPC de. they have managed through Chandos to get the contemporaries of Mozart series as a super bargain.
Three boxes each with 10 CD'S at 42,95€. Volume I, II, III.
Since they are all outstanding discs I consider this a bargain.
They are at the end of this list, just scroll down.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/novelties
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on November 10, 2017, 11:39:15 PM
Quote from: The new erato on November 07, 2017, 05:11:50 AM
I'm a Herman Koppel fan as well.
Me too. Harry should try harder.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on November 10, 2017, 11:51:22 PM
Shoppers at jpc are advised to throw this in their carts - marvellous Telemann!  :)

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/4019272601453.jpg)
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Georg-Philipp-Telemann-1681-1767-12-Soli-Sonaten-f%FCr-Violine-oder-Fl%F6te-Bc/hnum/9795110

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 11, 2017, 07:15:29 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on November 10, 2017, 10:51:40 PM
Exclusively for JPC de. they have managed through Chandos to get the contemporaries of Mozart series as a super bargain.
Three boxes each with 10 CD'S at 42,95€. Volume I, II, III.
Since they are all outstanding discs I consider this a bargain.
They are at the end of this list, just scroll down.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/novelties

I have a few (3? 4 ?) individual issues. This repertoire sits just outside my fach, so I'll give it a pass. But for those so inclined (Hi Gurn!   8)  these 3 boxes are both essential and a not-to-be-missed bargain. Thanks, Harry !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on November 15, 2017, 07:25:50 AM
If you are a Mendelssohn's fan...click the link below...

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81tajxncX%2BL._SL1500_.jpg)


https://www.amazon.it/Collection-Interpreti-Vari/dp/B0753HSTQV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510762810&sr=8-1&keywords=mendelssohn+collection
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on November 15, 2017, 09:46:31 AM
There is a sale of Brilliant Classics boxes on German Amazon.  The 66 CD Vivaldi Edition, 65 CD Handel Edition, 50 CD Telemann Edition, and the 69 CD Schubert Editon are going for EUR 39.99 each.  The Locatelli Edition is EUR 26.99 and the Bach and Mozart Editions are going for EUR 79.99 each.

https://www.amazon.de/Vivaldi-Various/dp/B00NTDI89K/ref=pd_sim_15_82?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=3Z52K6V5MZW0CGE07C8S (https://www.amazon.de/Vivaldi-Various/dp/B00NTDI89K/ref=pd_sim_15_82?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=3Z52K6V5MZW0CGE07C8S)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Walt Whitman on November 15, 2017, 04:08:47 PM
Thank you, MyronM, for the alert on the Brilliant Box Sale at amazon.de. The only Brilliant Box I didn't have was the Telemann, which I snapped up immediately at near 60% off the US amazon price! I've been wanting it for more than a year (probably closer to 2) but would not pull the trigger because there is so much inexpensive music out there that is was lower on the value chart. Today, at these prices, it shot up to Number 1.

Jumped back on to amazon.de to see if there was anything I overlooked. Sure thing, Boccherini Edition. 37 CDs of Boccherini's oeuvre delivered to my door for $38.00. Thanks again!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 15, 2017, 04:49:01 PM
The Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - 90th Birthday Collection is a good deal too at EUR 29.99.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 15, 2017, 11:09:04 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/611aqb7RdbL.jpg)

https://www.amazon.de/Frescobaldi-Gesamtwerk-Complete-Girolamo/dp/B005910DMA/

The Frescobaldi Brilliant box ... 20€ - tempting - any impressions?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 15, 2017, 11:11:42 PM
Quote from: king ubu on November 15, 2017, 11:09:04 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/611aqb7RdbL.jpg)

https://www.amazon.de/Frescobaldi-Gesamtwerk-Complete-Girolamo/dp/B005910DMA/

The Frescobaldi Brilliant box ... 20€ - tempting - any impressions?

In my opinion a no brainer, especially for such a price.
I had no complaints about the recordings and performances.
Sound is good, and the instruments used too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 15, 2017, 11:16:30 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on November 15, 2017, 11:11:42 PM
In my opinion a no brainer, especially for such a price.
I had no complaints about the recordings and performances.
Sound is good, and the instruments used too.

That was fast - and done ordered ... thanks!
Don't have all that much by Frescobaldi around so far: Cocset (alpha), Aymes (Ligia), Bonizzoni (Glossa) and Alessandrini (Arcana) - and that stuff is great! (Except for the Aymes, which I haven't played yet, but I'm sure it's fine as well ... must have been you alerting that Ligia sale a while ago? Too much, too much!  ;D )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 15, 2017, 11:19:25 PM
Quote from: king ubu on November 15, 2017, 11:16:30 PM
That was fast - and done ordered ... thanks!
Don't have all that much by Frescobaldi around so far: Cocset (alpha), Aymes (Ligia), Bonizzoni (Glossa) and Alessandrini (Arcana) - and that stuff is great! (Except for the Aymes, which I haven't played yet, but I'm sure it's fine as well ... must have been you alerting that Ligia sale a while ago? Too much, too much!  ;D )

Yes that Ligia sale was awesome, does not happen that much with this label.
This Frescobaldi set is a good investment. I have played it three times over, and still find new angles in it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on November 16, 2017, 12:01:08 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 15, 2017, 04:49:01 PM
The Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - 90th Birthday Collection is a good deal too at EUR 29.99.

+1, a very good deal, great performances, including Beethoven.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on November 16, 2017, 08:02:22 AM
Quote from: king ubu on November 15, 2017, 11:09:04 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/611aqb7RdbL.jpg)

https://www.amazon.de/Frescobaldi-Gesamtwerk-Complete-Girolamo/dp/B005910DMA/

The Frescobaldi Brilliant box ... 20€ - tempting - any impressions?

I would definitely agree with Harry's comments above. You were wise to invest  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 17, 2017, 12:12:20 AM
Quote from: aligreto on November 16, 2017, 08:02:22 AM
I would definitely agree with Harry's comments above. You were wise to invest  :)
Thanks! Actually having started listening to the Aymes set (the fourth/last one I have) prompted me to also invest in his three earlier volumes on Ligia while they're still around (well, they're not around quite that much anymore, one of them was a bit on the pricey side).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 17, 2017, 12:17:33 AM
Quote from: king ubu on November 17, 2017, 12:12:20 AM
Thanks! Actually having started listening to the Aymes set (the fourth/last one I have) prompted me to also invest in his three earlier volumes on Ligia while they're still around (well, they're not around quite that much anymore, one of them was a bit on the pricey side).

Well if the Ligia's  are priced down one must grab them.
Many of those I bought are OOP already and will not likely be on the market ever.
On Amazon the prices are ridiculous.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Omicron9 on November 17, 2017, 06:23:02 AM
Quote from: king ubu on November 15, 2017, 11:09:04 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/611aqb7RdbL.jpg)

https://www.amazon.de/Frescobaldi-Gesamtwerk-Complete-Girolamo/dp/B005910DMA/

The Frescobaldi Brilliant box ... 20€ - tempting - any impressions?

+1.  I've been quite curious about this box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on November 17, 2017, 08:06:13 AM
Quote from: king ubu on November 15, 2017, 11:09:04 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/611aqb7RdbL.jpg)

https://www.amazon.de/Frescobaldi-Gesamtwerk-Complete-Girolamo/dp/B005910DMA/

The Frescobaldi Brilliant box ... 20€ - tempting - any impressions?

Definitely one, or rather two, steps up from Vartolo's excruciating (a personal note) set on Tactus.
Well recorded good performances, though for me Lorregian just misses that wow factor of a Andrea Marcon or Alessandrini.....

My verdict: a solid "good" set, but you might find yourself often returning to your cherry picked favourites...

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on November 17, 2017, 11:32:35 AM
Quote from: Que on November 17, 2017, 08:06:13 AM
Definitely one, or rather two, steps up from Vartolo's excruciating (a personal note) set on Tactus.
Well recorded good performances, though for me Lorregian just misses that wow factor of a Andrea Marcon or Alessandrini.....

My verdict: a solid "good" set, but you might find yourself often returning to your cherry picked favourites...

Q

Thanks! It was shipped today  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 17, 2017, 01:26:02 PM
Recent, but not new:

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81lgwnsapoL._SX522_.jpg)

At 2.50$ per disc this 10cd set is a great bargain, containing as it does repertoire that won't likely duplicate anything in one's collection. Mercier is known mostly for his work on the Timpani and CPO labels, but he seems to have recorded rather extensively on RCA. In all likelihood these discs must have been poorly distributed, because none ever came to my attention before except Schmitt's Salammbô.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on November 17, 2017, 01:41:04 PM
Quote from: André on November 17, 2017, 01:26:02 PM
Recent, but not new:

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81lgwnsapoL._SX522_.jpg)

At 2.50$ per disc this 10cd set is a great bargain, containing as it does repertoire that won't likely duplicate anything in one's collection. Mercier is known mostly for his work on the Timpani and CPO labels, but he seems to have recorded rather extensively on RCA. In all likelihood these discs must have been poorly distributed, because none ever came to my attention before except Schmitt's Salammbô.
Looks extremely tempting, many thanks for the tip.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 18, 2017, 12:46:29 AM
I've already played disc 2 & 7 and can vouch for them.

I wasn't aware of these discs either before the release of the box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on November 18, 2017, 01:21:10 AM
I know the Salammbô from when it first appeared on the Adès label decades ago, and Le martyre de Saint-Sébastien from a reissue in a Debussy compilation on Sony France. The latter is among the best recordings of the piece I have heard.

In any event, I am tempted by that box for the other off-the-beaten-track repertoire it contains...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 18, 2017, 08:33:42 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 18, 2017, 12:46:29 AM
I've already played disc 2 & 7 and can vouch for them.

I wasn't aware of these discs either before the release of the box.

You're a Requiem man  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Walt Whitman on November 22, 2017, 08:09:19 PM
www.classicselect.com is having a sale on Vanguard/Bach Guild downloads. As of today, they have 83 of these "Box Sets" on sale. Now, most of these are available on Amazon for the same price, 99¢ each, however, some are much more expensive on Amazon: Americana Box $20.99 on Amazon / $5.00 on ClassicSelect, Schubert Box $9.49 on Amazon / 99¢ on ClassicSelect, Big Great Symphonies Box, Vol. 2 $9.49 on Amazon / 99¢ on ClassicSelect. There are a few more, but you get the drift.

Now, many of these recordings are not be all, end all, sine qua non recordings, but the vast majority are far more than adequate, and much more than a few approach great status for artistry, interpretation, etc. All of Bruce Hungerford's Beethoven Sonata recordings are here. Symphony of the Air & Leopold Stokowski. Australian Chamber Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras. Peter Serkin. Lili Kraus. Lots of Alfred Brendel. Gewandhaus Orchestra & Kurt Masur. Tons of Anton Heiller. The Alfred Deller Consort, a new favorite of mine. The Royal Philharmonic & Yehudi Menuhin, etc. There is a Harnoncourt Box here, as well as a Leonhardt Box; historical recordings, to be sure, but great artistry and passion, and the recordings are very well-done for mp3's; they're missing that last bit of air, openness and definition, and on some can become slightly muddled in the loudest passages, but as variable bit rate mp3's go, these generally hover on the 240-260 kbps range, the very high end of the VBR spectrum. And, for 99¢ for hours of great music, you certainly cannot do much better, as far as value for your dollar.

I use these as an ever ready Classical Library for the road. I have purchased most through Amazon, so I can listen to them on the Amazon Music app, but have also uploaded all of them, along with many others to Google Play Music, putting a sizable dent in my free 50,000 "song" space that Google so generously provides. It's quite convenient and I don't have a recurring monthly fee (hate those) to listen to great music anywhere there is an internet connection, or download to my phone or tablet, if I'm going to be where the internet is not, which is hardly anywhere anymore.

Truth be told, I didn't even know this site existed two weeks ago, but it came up on a Google search looking for album cover images.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 28, 2017, 08:01:57 AM
19.99€ (16.80€ when purchased outside of the EU) for this 25 cd set:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0888751928626.jpg)

Eminently suitable for those with a gap in their french music collection. Everything is in very good or excellent performances. Boulez'  Ravel (on Sony) for example is IMHO a better proposal than his later DG discs.

There's bound to be some duplication, and of course there's a lot missing (where is Jeux ???), but it's still a nice bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on November 29, 2017, 08:05:29 AM
Quote from: André on November 28, 2017, 08:01:57 AM
19.99€ (16.80€ when purchased outside of the EU) for this 25 cd set:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0888751928626.jpg)

Eminently suitable for those with a gap in their french music collection. Everything is in very good or excellent performances. Boulez'  Ravel (on Sony) for example is IMHO a better proposal than his later DG discs.

There's bound to be some duplication, and of course there's a lot missing (where is Jeux ???), but it's still a nice bargain.

Many thanks for this one Andre, I have many French gaps in my collection once Ravel and Debussy are taken out of the equation!

Also ordered the Bruckner 6cd live set of the later symphonies selection for 14.5 Euro, another great steal.

Cheers
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 01, 2017, 02:34:33 AM
On JPC de on sale, all recordings from Masaaki Suzuki for 9,99.
101 titles on display.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Ma%C3%9Fst%C3%A4bliches+mit+Masaaki+Suzuki?searchtype=campaigntext

Enjoy!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on December 01, 2017, 01:37:19 PM
Quote from: The new erato on November 18, 2017, 12:46:29 AM
I've already played disc 2 & 7 and can vouch for them.

I wasn't aware of these discs either before the release of the box.
Same here, missed them all at their first release, somehow; find them very intriguing and will order this set!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: CB45 on December 02, 2017, 02:44:38 AM
Thanks to Walt Whitman for alerting me to the Bach Guild downloads.  I'm delighted to have access to performances of Haydn from the time of Woldike, Janigro, Blum et al; to Griller Quartet Mozart; to Lily Kraus' Schubert; and to a multitude of others. 
Just one quibble: Bach's Cantata 170, intriguingly performed by Alfred Deller, is missing its final aria.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on December 02, 2017, 01:14:17 PM
Quote from: CB45 on December 02, 2017, 02:44:38 AM
Just one quibble: Bach's Cantata 170, intriguingly performed by Alfred Deller, is missing its final aria.

Well, Deller is indeed hit or miss.

BTW welcome to the forum!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 11, 2017, 09:25:14 AM
JPC has this wonderful set of New Year's performances. They do not repeat, but select one version of pieces that repeat. So it does not exactly replace the yearly concerts, but I actually prefer it (all 23 discs worth). Wonderful performances. Good price at EUR 39.99.
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/new-year-s-concert-jubile/hnum/6731439 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/new-year-s-concert-jubile/hnum/6731439)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on December 11, 2017, 10:07:51 AM
That's a great price and a great collection including many pieces played only once or twice at these concerts. I'd be seriously tempted if I did not have at least a dozen discs with Neujahrskonzerte (including the unavoidable repeats) already.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 11, 2017, 05:20:47 PM
For out-of-the ordinary repertoire, half their regular price but not our bargain basement goal, happens for a short time once a year:

http://shop.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/cd-dvd/musikmuseum.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on December 19, 2017, 11:17:33 AM
Spanish Amazon has the Abbado Opera Edition for EUR 38.99.

https://www.amazon.es/Edici%C3%B3n-%C3%93pera-Claudio-Abbado/dp/B073VFDZNF/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1513606828&sr=8-1&keywords=abbado&linkCode=sl1&tag=bonsplanscl05-21&linkId=76b87df74655f215ad1b060a8266fc76 (https://www.amazon.es/Edici%C3%B3n-%C3%93pera-Claudio-Abbado/dp/B073VFDZNF/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1513606828&sr=8-1&keywords=abbado&linkCode=sl1&tag=bonsplanscl05-21&linkId=76b87df74655f215ad1b060a8266fc76)

[asin]B073VFDZNF[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Walt Whitman on December 19, 2017, 08:08:49 PM
Got it! Thanks Myron!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 20, 2017, 04:08:15 AM
Quote from: MyronM on December 19, 2017, 11:17:33 AM
Spanish Amazon has the Abbado Opera Edition for EUR 38.99.

https://www.amazon.es/Edici%C3%B3n-%C3%93pera-Claudio-Abbado/dp/B073VFDZNF/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1513606828&sr=8-1&keywords=abbado&linkCode=sl1&tag=bonsplanscl05-21&linkId=76b87df74655f215ad1b060a8266fc76 (https://www.amazon.es/Edici%C3%B3n-%C3%93pera-Claudio-Abbado/dp/B073VFDZNF/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1513606828&sr=8-1&keywords=abbado&linkCode=sl1&tag=bonsplanscl05-21&linkId=76b87df74655f215ad1b060a8266fc76)

[asin]B073VFDZNF[/asin]
I came close to buying it, but 25 Euros for shipping?! changed my mind.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on December 20, 2017, 06:24:35 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on December 20, 2017, 04:08:15 AM
I came close to buying it, but 25 Euros for shipping?! changed my mind.

I ended up paying EUR 16 for shipping but it was still worth it.  Unfortunately, the bargain price is gone, as its now EUR 94.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 21, 2017, 05:51:12 AM
Got a few nice items from amazon.fr's 3 for 15€ and 4 for 18€ sales - but somehow it seems you're only allowed to use each code once although it doesn't say so anywhere, I think ... would have ordered more otherwise ...

The Bruckner box by Dennis Russell Davies or the Footsteps of Petrus Alamire sets are amongst the biggest bargains I suppose. The sale encompasses some other boxes that I either already had or did never consider. The selection for both sales seems to be identical:
https://www.amazon.fr/b?node=14335887031
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: CB45 on December 25, 2017, 08:54:19 AM
Myron:

Many thanks for the Abbado tip-off.  I suppose postage will be more for we Brits after Brexit......current postage was only 4.75 euros - and it came in time for Christmas!

Seasons greetings to all.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on December 28, 2017, 09:00:03 AM
Naxos Direct UK have a very nice Boxing Day sale of 50 items @ £5 a piece :) Blu-rays make up the bulk of the offer (most are from the Tutto Verdi collection) and there are a handful of Sharon Bezaly & Freddy Kempf SACDs - https://naxosdirect.co.uk/campaigns/boxing-day--3031 (https://naxosdirect.co.uk/campaigns/boxing-day--3031)

Shipping is free, but they only deliver to UK addresses - I don't think Naxosdirect.com or Naxosdirekt.de have the promotion on  :'(

Note that JPC have the individual multi-disc Tutto Verdi volumes for 49.99 euros each https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giuseppe-Verdi-1813-1901-Tutto-Verdi-Die-Opern-aus-den-Jahren-1839-1846-BR/hnum/3083693 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giuseppe-Verdi-1813-1901-Tutto-Verdi-Die-Opern-aus-den-Jahren-1839-1846-BR/hnum/3083693) for the true completists amongst us  8) 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on December 29, 2017, 04:22:00 AM
From the excellent Alpha label, this nice compendium of baroque favourites - and not so well-known works. Currently sells at less than 32$ (18 discs) at Amazon.com:

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71x0-qCy8ML._SX522_.jpg)

NB: check the Presto classical site for sound samples.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 02, 2018, 11:48:41 PM
Some pretty good bargains for 1,99 on JPC de. Grab them while you can!

https://www.jpc.de/s/Music+for+you-Serie+Lagerr%C3%A4umung?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 03, 2018, 06:21:16 AM
Thanks, Harry !

I put 4 in my cart, although I give priority to my Amazon purchases right now, so it could take a few weeks before I hit the « purchase » button. It's like a lottery: you never know which ones will go up in price and be discarded as a result.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on January 05, 2018, 01:17:33 PM
From discophage's blog , the 29 CD set of King's Choir recordings for Argo (via Decca  :)) for 22 euros at Amazon Italia -

(https://media.dvdmax.pl/IMG/360x460/509778_0004.jpg)
https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0143R4ET8/ (https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0143R4ET8/)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on January 05, 2018, 01:55:50 PM
Quote from: André on January 03, 2018, 06:21:16 AMI put 4 in my cart, although I give priority to my Amazon purchases right now, so it could take a few weeks before I hit the « purchase » button. It's like a lottery: you never know which ones will go up in price and be discarded as a result.
Ha! Same tactics here, + plus the knowledge that in every two or three weeks JPC shipping will be free (to the Netherlands) for a couple of days.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 05, 2018, 11:23:48 PM
The Label CFM at JPC de , 31 titles 4,99. Some interesting stuff there>
Enjoy.

https://www.jpc.de/s/CFM-Preisaktion?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 06, 2018, 07:00:59 AM
Thanks, Harry !

I put Marcel Dupré's Kreuzweg in my cart. It is played here with the narration of the Paul Claudel poems interspersed between the 12 Stations of the Cross. Unfortunately, it is recited in German  :( . The French original is very hard to find and mucho expensivo to boot. This is strange: there's half a dozen versions of this work with the narration spoken in German. I guess the Germans like that work more than the French ! It's like listening to Schiller or Heine in a foreign language. Something is lost in translation...

Trivia: Paul Claudel was a french diplomat and a very influential writer. He took Milhaud as his secretary in Brazil (hence the composer's brazilian period), and is the author of the poems for Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and La danse des morts. His sister Camille was a renowned sculptor and  Auguste Rodin's mistress. Her harrowing story is the subject of a beautiful film starring Isabelle Adjani...  :-*
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 12, 2018, 10:17:27 AM
Some good bargains:

- on Amazon (US, UK, etc): 18$ or <15£

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81qQSbETPYL._SX522_.jpg)
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91gpWaFN3nL._SX522_.jpg)

The whole project took 7 cds, IIRC. I have 3 of them, so will pass. Reluctantly.


- on JPC: this set of choral works by Mendelssohn goes for 50€ (14 discs):

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4009350839977.jpg)

Link to JPC:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/felix-mendelssohn-bartholdy-das-geistliche-chorwerk-die-oratorien/hnum/8011821 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/felix-mendelssohn-bartholdy-das-geistliche-chorwerk-die-oratorien/hnum/8011821)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on January 12, 2018, 01:17:41 PM
Quote from: André on January 12, 2018, 10:17:27 AM
Some good bargains:

- on Amazon (US, UK, etc): 18$ or <15£

The whole project took 7 cds, IIRC. I have 3 of them, so will pass. Reluctantly.


- on JPC: this set of choral works by Mendelssohn goes for 50€ (14 discs):

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4009350839977.jpg)

Link to JPC:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/felix-mendelssohn-bartholdy-das-geistliche-chorwerk-die-oratorien/hnum/8011821 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/felix-mendelssohn-bartholdy-das-geistliche-chorwerk-die-oratorien/hnum/8011821)

Re: Ligeti - what do you mean with the seven CDs? It was previously available in this form (5 CD box) and I have it on my shelves, just wondering ... anything missing there, or did they re-group and put onto fewer discs than when initially released separately?

Re: Mendelssohn - very tempting indeed! Anyone has any impressions to offer on those recordings?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on January 12, 2018, 02:58:10 PM
Actually, the Teldec Ligeti Project is the follow-up to the aborted series on Sony, which was the one with seven CDs (really nine, as Salonen's Le Grand Macabre was part of this series).

Sony put out nine discs, and Teldec filled in the remaining repertoire on another five. Therefore, the Teldec box is "complete". You would have to seek out the 9-CD "Works" set from Sony to have it all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 12, 2018, 03:42:14 PM
Thanks, Abuelo for these precisions !

My discs are from Sony and are labeled II, III and VII. The latter is not included in this Warner set. Quite confusing  ::). Plus, I guess the booklets are gone in this reissue, which is not very helpful with this music. Discs 1 and 4 seem tempting, though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on January 12, 2018, 03:56:30 PM
VII cannot be included in the Warner set because it's a different series. If you own only those three Sony discs, you have nothing from the Warner box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on January 12, 2018, 04:00:26 PM
Quote from: André on January 12, 2018, 03:42:14 PM
Thanks, Abuelo for these precisions !

My discs are from Sony and are labeled II, III and VII. The latter is not included in this Warner set. Quite confusing  ::). Plus, I guess the booklets are gone in this reissue, which is not very helpful with this music. Discs 1 and 4 seem tempting, though.

The 7 disc Ligeti Edition from Sony and the 5 disc Ligeti Project from Warner are independent and non-overlapping. (I got both back in 2010.) I have the Edition as separate discs and the Project as a box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 12, 2018, 04:44:04 PM
In summary, Andre, you need to get the Warner box. :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 12, 2018, 04:51:01 PM
For reference (Amazon lists it as unavailable) the contents of the Sony set
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51S4be1ufrL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 12, 2018, 05:49:17 PM
Double check: I have discs II and III (roman numerals) from the Teldec edition, and disc 7 (arabic numerals) from the Sony edition. So that's 2 discs from the Warner set I already have, II and III having morphed into 2 and 3 in the reissue. Geez, that's confusing  :o.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 12, 2018, 06:07:55 PM
Quote from: André on January 12, 2018, 05:49:17 PM
Double check: I have discs II and III (roman numerals) from the Teldec edition, and disc 7 (arabic numerals) from the Sony edition. So that's 2 discs from the Warner set I already have, II and III having morphed into 2 and 3 in the reissue. Geez, that's confusing  :o.

I would suggest getting the Aimard recording of the Etudes (cd 3 of the Sony set), and in lieu of the Warner/Teldec box get the DG box of selected Ligeti (actually, everything they had done to that point).
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I think most of the performances in the DG set are better than those in the Teldec box.
Or else get the Aimard CD, the TeldecWarner box despite the fact you have some of it, and any recording of the String Quartets (not boxed up: a CD from the Artemis Quartet on what was Virgin, and a Naxos CD by a quartet whose name I don't remember--and probably others).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 12, 2018, 06:26:38 PM
Thanks, Jeffrey, I'll work your suggestions into some plan !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 12, 2018, 06:35:22 PM
Quote from: André on January 12, 2018, 06:26:38 PM
Thanks, Jeffrey, I'll work your suggestions into some plan !

I have no qualms with the Teldec set and I personally find the DG set to be less ideal performance-wise. I'd definitely do some comparative listening before jumping in, Andre.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 12, 2018, 06:36:01 PM
 :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on January 12, 2018, 07:41:06 PM
Quote from: André on January 12, 2018, 06:36:01 PM
:-\

Or just do what I did: get all three!

(Yes, I know the Sony set is oop, but the Aimard CD seems readily available.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on January 12, 2018, 10:40:39 PM
I can only say the Teldec and Sony sets are both splendid, haven't heard the DG set. A shame that the Sony recordings have been allowed to go out of print. In situations like this I find that with a bit of patience it is possible to pick them up used for a decent price. You have to patrol and snap when there is a momentary glut in the market.

Similar thing happened to me with the Hereweghe Bach Cantata sets from Harmonia Mundi. I wanted to get them all and had to pay three times what I expected to pay for one volume that was scarce. Then I happened to notice a few months later it was selling for peanuts.  Grrrr!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 17, 2018, 11:10:08 PM
On JPC de the label Arion, 107 titles 3,99€ a piece. That looks to me a bargain:)

https://www.jpc.de/s/Gro%C3%9Fe+Preisaktion+Arion+%2F+Pierre+Verany?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 17, 2018, 11:38:26 PM
On JPC de Sony CD'S 1,99 € 31 titles. Good hunting :laugh:


https://www.jpc.de/s/Music+for+you-Serie+Lagerr%C3%A4umung?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on January 20, 2018, 05:15:49 PM
"Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 100 Great Recordings" at 63 EUR on Amazon Spain!

https://www.amazon.es/Deutsche-Harmonia-Mundi-Great-Recordings/dp/B0765S8NY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516500734&sr=8-1&keywords=deutsche+harmonia+mundi

I checked the earlier 50-CD collection and the "Baroque Masterpieces" from Sony and only about 15 discs were duplicated.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on January 21, 2018, 02:26:00 AM
Still confused about the Ligeti sets ... but I have the Sony set, the Teldec, and the DG - so I guess I've got my ass covered  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 21, 2018, 08:00:34 AM
Quote from: king ubu on January 21, 2018, 02:26:00 AM
Still confused about the Ligeti sets ... but I have the Sony set, the Teldec, and the DG - so I guess I've got my ass covered  ;D

No reason to be confused really. The Sony set was basically a precursor to the Teldec set The Ligeti Project. With Sony, it was titled The Ligeti Edition and this series tackled the chamber, vocal/choral, and instrumental works first but when it was released as a set it added on the opera Le Grand Macabre. But it was then decided to jump over to another label (perhaps because Sony didn't want finish the project) and so all of the remaining works of Ligeti's oeuvre were recorded (incl. odds and ins/misc. works). Ligeti was involved in both the Sony and Teldec recording projects, so this makes these performances a bit special. The DG set obviously has nothing to do with the Sony or Teldec sets and Clear Or Cloudy is DG's attempt to honor the composer by releasing it's catalog of what they had recorded up to this particular point (2006), but this was also a marketing idea as Sony and Teldec series were at one point the only series to cover such a wide span of Ligeti's music on the market.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on January 21, 2018, 08:25:42 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 21, 2018, 08:00:34 AM
No reason to be confused really. The Sony set was basically a precursor to the Teldec set The Ligeti Project. With Sony, it was titled The Ligeti Edition and this series tackled the chamber, vocal/choral, and instrumental works first but when it was released as a set it added on the opera Le Grand Macabre. But it was then decided to jump over to another label (perhaps because Sony didn't want finish the project) and so all of the remaining works of Ligeti's oeuvre were recorded (incl. odds and ins/misc. works). Ligeti was involved in both the Sony and Teldec recording projects, so this makes these performances a bit special.
Thanks for the clarification - I read some of the above in a way that the new Warner version of the Teldec set contains stuff that was on Sony initially (and/or the other way 'round) and thought that would be really odd (hardly anything ever crosses the red lines between majors ... unless of course Warner just buys it all ...)

I was actually into (some) Ligeti way before I started listening to classical music, back in high school in the nineties - and I think Sony had just stopped it series around that time, or Teldec had started theirs and I read something about it all. The library back then had two of the three Wergo discs, which I copied onto K7 back then ... now I have that "set", too (three separate discs with some cardboard around 'em).

Am somewhat surprised to read the Sony is OOP as it seems I just bought it and it was cheap (less than 20€) ... but that was somewhat over 2 years ago and maybe they were dumping the last copies? I had the Aimard disc previously and was happy to pass it on to a friend who really wanted to have his own copy of it.

Quote from: Mirror Image on January 21, 2018, 08:00:34 AM
The DG set obviously has nothing to do with the Sony or Teldec sets and Clear Or Cloudy is DG's attempt to honor the composer by releasing it's catalog of what they had recorded up to this particular point (2006), but this was also a marketing idea as Sony and Teldec series were at one point the only series to cover such a wide span of Ligeti's music on the market.
I knew that the DG was unrelated ... but the cover is so cool and the price was even cooler (I guess around 15€-ish) ... haven't yet explored much from it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 21, 2018, 09:22:18 AM
Quote from: king ubu on January 21, 2018, 08:25:42 AM
Thanks for the clarification - I read some of the above in a way that the new Warner version of the Teldec set contains stuff that was on Sony initially (and/or the other way 'round) and thought that would be really odd (hardly anything ever crosses the red lines between majors ... unless of course Warner just buys it all ...)

I was actually into (some) Ligeti way before I started listening to classical music, back in high school in the nineties - and I think Sony had just stopped it series around that time, or Teldec had started theirs and I read something about it all. The library back then had two of the three Wergo discs, which I copied onto K7 back then ... now I have that "set", too (three separate discs with some cardboard around 'em).

Am somewhat surprised to read the Sony is OOP as it seems I just bought it and it was cheap (less than 20€) ... but that was somewhat over 2 years ago and maybe they were dumping the last copies? I had the Aimard disc previously and was happy to pass it on to a friend who really wanted to have his own copy of it.
I knew that the DG was unrelated ... but the cover is so cool and the price was even cooler (I guess around 15€-ish) ... haven't yet explored much from it.

I forgot about the Wergo series. I particularly liked the Gielen-led discs. Great stuff. Anyway, my understanding of the Teldec recordings was they were new recordings for the time and weren't previously recorded by Sony. If Warner wanted the performances from Sony's Ligeti Edition, they probably would have acquired them, but this, of course, didn't happen, so this why we have two different sets from two different labels. But in any way you look at it, people who admire this composer are rather spoilt with choices, which is a great thing.

Like you, I haven't explored the DG set, but I've been meaning to get around to it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 26, 2018, 02:32:15 PM
I know, it's not super duper cheap - especially with the soaring euro  ???, but I doubt this can be found at a better price (59.99€ for 16 discs), and in more definitive interpretations as these:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028947915225.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on January 28, 2018, 10:36:06 PM
Quote from: André on January 26, 2018, 02:32:15 PM
I know, it's not super duper cheap - especially with the soaring euro  ???, but I doubt this can be found at a better price (59.99€ for 16 discs), and in more definitive interpretations as these:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028947915225.jpg)

I got it for around the same on one of the yurpeen amazon sites a few years back ... nedless to say I haven't really explored it yet.

As I guessed the Janowski symphonies cycle would be the perfect addition, that one's on the piles now, too - here's a (partial) review (the "box" is just flimsy cardboard wrapped around the original single releases anyway):
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Jul14/Henze_sys_WER67212.htm
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 29, 2018, 09:25:17 AM
I own the Henze DG set and he's a composer I just can't get into. I never know who I'm actually listening to.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 01, 2018, 01:21:28 PM
New as of today on JPC's web site (among other things), for 12.99€ (less if ordered outside E.U.)

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0825646661893.jpg)
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/0825646661893.jpg)

Part of today's order. I'm glad I waited before ordering, I would have missed that If I had ordered last week  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on February 07, 2018, 05:47:18 AM
Classics Select has a large assortment of Musical Concepts and Bach Guild downloads for $0.99 each. (https://www.classicselect.com/collections/digital-downloads)  Amazon sells the same things, though prices range into the several dollar range.  The site also has a variety of other sales.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 10, 2018, 02:33:21 AM
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[asin]B078XGY4K6[/asin]

pre-order price at amazon.it (https://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recitals-Warner-Classics/dp/B078XGY4K6/) currently is € 5.95 ... let's see if they actually sell it for that or cancel (elsewhere it's 30ish).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on February 10, 2018, 03:40:25 AM
My advice is: do it if you're interested.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 10, 2018, 03:52:26 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on February 10, 2018, 03:40:25 AM
My advice is: do it if you're interested.

already did  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spineur on February 10, 2018, 03:58:41 AM
Quote from: king ubu on February 10, 2018, 02:33:21 AM
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[asin]B078XGY4K6[/asin]

pre-order price at amazon.it (https://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recitals-Warner-Classics/dp/B078XGY4K6/) currently is € 5.95 ... let's see if they actually sell it for that or cancel (elsewhere it's 30ish).
Thank you King Ubu.  I am on your bandwagon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 10, 2018, 09:21:57 AM
« Attualmente non disponibile ». Also unavailable at Amazon.ca
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 10, 2018, 09:24:33 AM
Quote from: André on February 10, 2018, 09:21:57 AM
« Attualmente non disponibile ». Also unavailable at Amazon.ca

Yeah, when items are not out yet, some a-sites give a release date (aDE mostly does), while others just state "currently not available" (aFR and aIT usually do) - nothing new, you can still put in a pre-order (at least this morning, yurpeen time, it was still possible)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 10, 2018, 09:25:48 AM
GBP 18 at mdt.co.uk. I ordered at amazon.it as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 10, 2018, 09:26:11 AM
Shiping price to Canada is 3x that of the item itself  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 10, 2018, 10:22:25 AM
Quote from: André on February 10, 2018, 09:26:11 AM
Shiping price to Canada is 3x that of the item itself  :P

Ha ha, well - same with shipping the other way 'round these days.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on February 10, 2018, 10:41:32 AM
Christa Ludwig will have her 90th birthday march, 16th. I have probably ca. 2/3 of that box in older incarnations. She is rarely less than very good, so commendable for everyone interested in Lieder.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 10, 2018, 11:57:22 AM
I've always had a soft spot for Ludwig. She has been the most vocally reliable among mezzo/altos of the period 1955-1980. Always the intelligent and sensible artist, she was beloved but never quite rose to the status of superstar by dint of her natural reserve.

I would buy this set if it was very cheap. The lack of a proper booklet means lots of wasted time looking for the sung texts on the net, which is a pity. Not a real problem for the main items (the orchestral song cycles), but a real hindrance for non-german listeners in the song recitals.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 11, 2018, 08:50:01 AM
Some nice bargains at JPC  for the historically minded collector:

First, this:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w300/front/0/0881488160109.jpg)
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/0881488160109.jpg)

31 discs for 30€ (25€ if ordered outside the EU). Richter had a long and extremely fruitful career. These recordings are from Richter's première manière, recorded by Telefunken in the mid-to-late fifties in excellent early stereo. In those days Richter was a total stranger to the budding HIP movement. His interpretations are unfailingly dedicated, but often using a large string contingent and moderate tempi. If you can survive the soup of strings heard in the Brandenburg concerto I:IV or the Sinfonia that opens Part II of the Christmas Oratorio, this will provide hours of pleasure. To sample, check the sound bites helpfully provided by JPC in the track listing:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/die-karl-richter-edition/hnum/4154127 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/die-karl-richter-edition/hnum/4154127).

Not everything is slow and heavy-handed. There's a superb big band Mozart Requiem, incisive and dramatic, one of the best out there, and a big, bold Mass in b minor.  Richter the harpsichordist/organist is also represented.

......................................................................................

For those curious to have a comprehensive survey of some of last century's most celebrated operatic voices, there are some very interesting 10cd sets that sell for less than 5€:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4053796000132.jpg)

Leonard Warren is often called the greatest Verdi baritone ever. This is a very enticing set. Samples are available on the JPC web site.

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4053796000538.jpg).

I own this set. Varnay was the greatest dramatic soprano in the fifties. Not for the faint of heart. Her intensity is often hair-raising, and she privileged characterization over beauty of voice. Like Callas', the voice wasn't a conventionally beautiful one. Sample Starke Scheite (disc 3, track 4) or Entweihte Götter (disc 4, track 6) and brace yourself. This set has provided me with countless thrills over the last few years.

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4053796000446.jpg)

Simoneau is - still today - acknowledged as the finest Mozart tenor who ever graced the stage or the gramophone studios. His artistry in that department is well documented in this set, but he was at his best IMHO in the french classic/romantic works. Sample Orphée's lament in this lambent yet urgent J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (disc 1, track 2) or his nonpareil assumption of the roles of Nadir (disc 6, track 1) and Gérard (disc 5, track 8 ).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on February 11, 2018, 10:04:37 AM
One should however note that the Hänssler Box has different recordings (radio? live?) than the better known DG Archiv that made Richter a household name.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on February 11, 2018, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: André on February 11, 2018, 08:50:01 AM

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4053796000538.jpg).

I own this set. Varnay was the greatest dramatic soprano in the fifties. Not for the faint of heart. Her intensity is often hair-raising, and she privileged characterization over beauty of voice. Like Callas', the voice wasn't a conventionally beautiful one. Sample Starke Scheite (disc 3, track 4) or Entweihte Götter (disc 4, track 6) and brace yourself. This set has provided me with countless thrills over the last few years.


Having only "discovered" Varnay in recent times that set would be of interest André. Is the sound quality reasonable?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 11, 2018, 01:43:03 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on February 11, 2018, 10:04:37 AM
One should however note that the Hänssler Box has different recordings (radio? live?) than the better known DG Archiv that made Richter a household name.

Like others after him, Richter re-recorded his core repertoire, the second time around for Archiv/DG. This box includes only those from his previous recording company, Telefunken.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 11, 2018, 01:45:55 PM
Quote from: aligreto on February 11, 2018, 11:56:39 AM
Having only "discovered" Varnay in recent times that set would be of interest André. Is the sound quality reasonable?

Varnay did not record much in the studios. A lot of the material in this box is from 1950s live performances. The Wagner items come from Bayreuth, 1952-59. The rest from other sources. I'm quite tolerant of old sound as long as there is no overload/distortion. I'm quite satisfied on that count.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on February 11, 2018, 02:56:37 PM
Quote from: André on February 11, 2018, 01:45:55 PM
Varnay did not record much in the studios. A lot of the material in this box is from 1950s live performances. The Wagner items come from Bayreuth, 1952-59. The rest from other sources. I'm quite tolerant of old sound as long as there is no overload/distortion. I'm quite satisfied on that count.

Thank you for that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on February 12, 2018, 07:06:37 AM
More JPC bargains:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0889853363629.jpg)

The 65 CD set on sale for EUR 54.99.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/175th-anniversary/hnum/5086627

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0190295886707.jpg)

The 25 CD set on sale for EUR 29.99

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/olivier-messiaen-edition/hnum/6347966
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jut1972 on February 15, 2018, 04:04:43 AM
Hi- not one you can repeat unfortunately because I got the only one... but wanted to share and this seemed a fitting place... best bargain I have ever bought? maybe...
This bad boy for £59 gbp including shipping.  Marked as MAY be used-acceptable - was new unopened with some small scuffing to the box only.

[asin]B01GR16LO4[/asin]

I'll now put on my smug face  :P

There's bargains out there guys!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 15, 2018, 06:32:44 AM
 :D :D :D
Fantastic! Congratulations to you, and good listening!

Quote from: jut1972 on February 15, 2018, 04:04:43 AM
Hi- not one you can repeat unfortunately because I got the only one... but wanted to share and this seemed a fitting place... best bargain I have ever bought? maybe...
This bad boy for £59 gbp including shipping.  Marked as MAY be used-acceptable - was new unopened with some small scuffing to the box only.

[asin]B01GR16LO4[/asin]

I'll now put on my smug face  :P

There's bargains out there guys!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 17, 2018, 07:20:15 AM
These excellent sets are back at JPC for 12.99€

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/0845221071961.jpg)

I have the Schnittke discs and can vouch for the excellence of the music and the production values.

As for the Shostakovich, I haven't heard them (have most of it in other interpretations) but it sure looks good at the price:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4006408495338.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spineur on February 17, 2018, 09:09:19 PM
Quote from: king ubu on February 10, 2018, 02:33:21 AM
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[asin]B078XGY4K6[/asin]

pre-order price at amazon.it (https://www.amazon.it/Complete-Recitals-Warner-Classics/dp/B078XGY4K6/) currently is € 5.95 ... let's see if they actually sell it for that or cancel (elsewhere it's 30ish).
It looks like we wont get it in a near nor a distant future, according to the email I got from amazon.it.  This was just too good to be true.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 18, 2018, 03:42:48 AM
Quote from: Spineur on February 17, 2018, 09:09:19 PM
It looks like we wont get it in a near nor a distant future, according to the email I got from amazon.it.  This was just too good to be true.

Just got the same message ... lame.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on February 18, 2018, 03:48:43 AM
MDT has some cheap, fine Ondine CDs going down to £ 5.25

https://www.mdt.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/index/?dir=desc&order=price&p=9&q=ondine&t=general

I ordered Saariaho´s Passion, for example. There is some delivery time, however. Hope I´ll be getting it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 18, 2018, 10:42:33 AM
Thanks for the tip, Turner.

I'm not unduly curious (at which point I'd place an order) only mildly curious about this one:

(http://www.resmusica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/segerstam-sym81.jpg)

Symphony 162 was composed in 2006 and symphony 181 in 2007. That's 19 symphonies in the course of 1 year... ???

The critic of ResMusica is almost enthusiastic...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on February 18, 2018, 10:53:54 AM
Yes, that is one of the titles there drawing attention ... is Segerstam some sort of a contemporary Haydn, a musical diary of our times
- and how much will he be played in the future, will people just abandon that huge amount of works? Difficult to say.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on February 18, 2018, 10:57:05 AM
I wonder what Segerstam's style is like? Absurdist? The sheer amount of work he's done doesn't exactly invite the listener in. It's more like a vast labyrinth with no end in sight.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 18, 2018, 11:39:25 AM
At last count (September 2017) he had reached # 316   8)

I have one disc of his symphonies, in the low double digits, i.e. « early » Segerstam  ::). It's actually not bad, but quite dense. Had Nadia Boulanger been around, he might have benefited from her teaching.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 18, 2018, 12:21:57 PM
Quote from: André on February 18, 2018, 11:39:25 AM
At last count (September 2017) he had reached # 316   8)

Had Nadia Boulanger been around, he might have benefited from her teaching.

So might Ravel.

*runs for cover*
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on February 18, 2018, 12:33:46 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 18, 2018, 12:21:57 PM
So might Ravel.

*runs for cover*
I think you misread, André didn't say she might have benefited from his teaching.  $:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on February 18, 2018, 02:05:22 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 18, 2018, 12:21:57 PM
So might Ravel.

*runs for cover*

Puh---lease. ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 18, 2018, 03:05:09 PM
Iirc Segerstam writes so quickly because so much is aleatoric or allows the orchestra freedom to improvise.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on February 18, 2018, 03:43:05 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 18, 2018, 03:05:09 PM
Iirc Segerstam writes so quickly because so much is aleatoric or allows the orchestra freedom to improvise.

I'd rather listen to jazz then.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: gilfachphil on February 19, 2018, 12:58:31 AM
Reading Jut1972's post about Mozart 225 encouraged me to take a chance on:

Mallorca Edition Historische Orgeln 6 SACD set from an Amazon marketplace supplier in used-acceptable condition, 'may have damaged book' £17 delivered against around £55.

It has just arrived, foil sealed but with a scratch across the top of the packing.

:)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on February 20, 2018, 09:42:00 AM
Some extremely cheap stuff from the German Zweitausendeins. Normally, their postage fee is reasonable and fixed.
Mompou plays Mompou 4 CD : 1,20 Euros, etc.
I´m not buying anything of it myself, though.

https://www.zweitausendeins.de/thema/aktuell/zum-vorfruehling-sticht-uns-der-hafer-ab-sofort-70-prozent-extra-rabatt-auf-ueber-200-titel.html/?dir=asc&order=price&p=4&sc_eh=1850ca124b2b7db51&sc_lid=13597738&sc_llid=11045&sc_src=email_170240&sc_uid=N7O4PVzYuv
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on February 20, 2018, 10:12:33 AM
The complete Brendel / Philips boxset is at €109 Euros on Amazon Italy (114 CD)

https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B014VLVTW6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B014VLVTW6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&psc=1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on February 20, 2018, 01:22:29 PM
Quote from: Turner on February 20, 2018, 09:42:00 AM
Some extremely cheap stuff from the German Zweitausendeins. Normally, their postage fee is reasonable and fixed.


Including, I see, Barshai's Mahler 5, which received lots of recommendations on a recent thread.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 23, 2018, 11:56:37 PM
16 titles from Audite, among them some Franck titles for 9,99. JPC de
This label in not often lowered in price so....

https://www.jpc.de/s/audite-Preisaktion?searchtype=campaigntext


And also this box from Sony with Telemann's music, 30 cd's for 19,95, that is truly a bargain.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/meisterwerke/hnum/6469557


Frieder Bernius, 15 CD'S for 19,95.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/masterworks/hnum/6708746
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 25, 2018, 02:16:56 AM
(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0889854332327.jpg)

€20 at jpc, I'm tempted...


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/meisterwerke/hnum/6469557
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on February 25, 2018, 02:39:48 AM
So am I but I think I have a considerable portion of these recordings already and I am not sure if I really need the complete "Musik-Meister" or the Essercizi musici. At least one of the operas also got very mixed reviews and there are also a few fairly old (Collegium Aureum) recordings included. I think I'll pass for now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 25, 2018, 08:40:01 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on February 25, 2018, 02:39:48 AM
So am I but I think I have a considerable portion of these recordings already and I am not sure if I really need the complete "Musik-Meister" or the Essercizi musici. At least one of the operas also got very mixed reviews and there are also a few fairly old (Collegium Aureum) recordings included. I think I'll pass for now.

FWIW, the complete Musikmeister can be had as part of the DHM Telemann Edition (the one that's part of their 10CD compilation sets).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 25, 2018, 08:43:57 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on February 25, 2018, 02:39:48 AM
So am I but I think I have a considerable portion of these recordings already and I am not sure if I really need the complete "Musik-Meister" or the Essercizi musici. At least one of the operas also got very mixed reviews and there are also a few fairly old (Collegium Aureum) recordings included. I think I'll pass for now.

I think I'm in the same boat.  :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on February 25, 2018, 10:41:32 PM
One of the boxes at a good price at Amazon.it has been Rudolf Serkin: The Complete Columbia Album Collecion, sold for €116. Right now the same box can be had for €99.99 at both Amazon.de (https://www.amazon.de/Rudolf-Serkin-Complete-Columbia-Collection/dp/B06XKWL779/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519575511&sr=8-1&keywords=rudolf+serkin+the+complete (https://www.amazon.de/Rudolf-Serkin-Complete-Columbia-Collection/dp/B06XKWL779/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519575511&sr=8-1&keywords=rudolf+serkin+the+complete)) and German JPC (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-box-set/hnum/6424108 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-box-set/hnum/6424108)).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 26, 2018, 03:05:35 AM
JPC also has the Harnoncourt/Leonhardt Bach cantatas box for 80€ (minus German VAT, 3€ shipping within yurp) - succumbed, after a good friend told me more about this cycle (and after reading a recently published book Alice H. compiled from notes/notebooks NH filled during the early years of the Concentus - quite a hoot!) - here's the link:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-The-Sacred-Cantatas-Teldec-Edition-Das-Alte-Werk/hnum/9149161
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 26, 2018, 03:08:28 AM
Quote from: king ubu on February 26, 2018, 03:05:35 AM
JPC also has the Harnoncourt/Leonhardt Bach cantatas box for 80€ (minus German VAT, 3€ shipping within yurp) - succumbed, after a good friend told me more about this cycle (and after reading a recently published book Alice H. compiled from notes/notebooks NH filled during the early years of the Concentus - quite a hoot!) - here's the link:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-The-Sacred-Cantatas-Teldec-Edition-Das-Alte-Werk/hnum/9149161

Well I would certainly be interested to read about your travail through the set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on February 26, 2018, 03:13:41 AM
Quote from: akebergv on February 25, 2018, 10:41:32 PM
One of the boxes at a good price at Amazon.it has been Rudolf Serkin: The Complete Columbia Album Collecion, sold for €116. Right now the same box can be had for €99.99 at both Amazon.de (https://www.amazon.de/Rudolf-Serkin-Complete-Columbia-Collection/dp/B06XKWL779/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519575511&sr=8-1&keywords=rudolf+serkin+the+complete (https://www.amazon.de/Rudolf-Serkin-Complete-Columbia-Collection/dp/B06XKWL779/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519575511&sr=8-1&keywords=rudolf+serkin+the+complete)) and German JPC (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-box-set/hnum/6424108 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-box-set/hnum/6424108)).
Thanks for the heads-up. I've never seen this set so attractively priced, and am seriously considering it (but shelf space is a problem...as might also be the patience of my significant other  ;) )...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 26, 2018, 03:35:28 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on February 26, 2018, 03:08:28 AM
Well I would certainly be interested to read about your travail through the set.

I will not manage to do so while the offer is running, I guess  ;)

I also see it's ordered from the distributor, so might take a bit longer to arrive than I assumed.

Have the complete Gardiner cycle already, played about a third of it ... what I did once was follow the cycle from x-mas on, Sunday by Sunday, and adding the other recordings of the respective cantatas I had at the time (some by the evil Bach-Richter and other have been added since, and I guess on several Sundays there'd simply be too many to play them all ... this can be done with the Gardiner box, not sure it's feasible with the Harnoncourt, which has, I understand, to be followed chronologically by recording date - to heard the band and its playing evolve as time went by.

Forgot to say: I made it through easter and I guess into May that year (that was three years back I guess) but then somehow stopped ... too bad, as it was great to get a weekly hefty dose of Bach!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on February 26, 2018, 05:56:50 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on February 26, 2018, 03:08:28 AM
Well I would certainly be interested to read about your travail through the set.

I like it a lot but it has some points that will put people off. The first is the use of boy sopranos. Sometimes they are very good, and sometimes they necessitate skipping tracks. This is the biggest thing to think about. If you don't like brats, don't buy this set. In general the orchestral sounds are a bit harsher than the more modern cycles. But it is very lively and vigorous. The right word in English is "rude" but not as in impolite. The set feels less religious than Suzuki but equally committed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on February 26, 2018, 06:46:44 AM
Quote from: king ubu on February 26, 2018, 03:35:28 AM
I will not manage to do so while the offer is running, I guess  ;)

I also see it's ordered from the distributor, so might take a bit longer to arrive than I assumed.

Have the complete Gardiner cycle already, played about a third of it ... what I did once was follow the cycle from x-mas on, Sunday by Sunday, and adding the other recordings of the respective cantatas I had at the time (some by the evil Bach-Richter and other have been added since, and I guess on several Sundays there'd simply be too many to play them all ... this can be done with the Gardiner box, not sure it's feasible with the Harnoncourt, which has, I understand, to be followed chronologically by recording date - to heard the band and its playing evolve as time went by.

Forgot to say: I made it through easter and I guess into May that year (that was three years back I guess) but then somehow stopped ... too bad, as it was great to get a weekly hefty dose of Bach!

If I read the tealeaves correctly, this is back in print
[asin]B077QT18DW[/asin]
Amazon.de has it for €170, AmazonItaly for €159.
Of course, the appeal may lessen if you already have some of the performances.   It includes the Harn.Leon. cycle in BWV order.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 26, 2018, 06:59:46 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 26, 2018, 06:46:44 AM
If I read the tealeaves correctly, this is back in print
[asin]B077QT18DW[/asin]
Amazon.de has it for €170, AmazonItaly for €159.
Of course, the appeal may lessen if you already have some of the performances.   It includes the Harn.Leon. cycle in BWV order.

So that's why they sell the cantatas box cheaply now you mean? Makes sense ... however, I really am leaving my comfort zone (Herreweghe, Gardiner) there, getting the Harnoncourt/Leonhardt cycle (not fond of brat singers for instance, but I can cope with them), and I guess generally this is not necessarily a box for me anyway - but yeah aCOM - your link - gives Feb 23 as release date, it IS back in print.

I love this sentence from the promo blurb:

QuoteThis was the first complete edition of the sacred cantatas performed on period instruments in the history of the gramophone and remains so to this day.

Really?  :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on February 26, 2018, 07:06:38 AM
Quote from: king ubu on February 26, 2018, 06:59:46 AM
I love this sentence from the promo blurb:

Really?  :o
Yes, it's still the first one. LOL.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on February 26, 2018, 08:19:52 AM
It will obviously always remain the first but the blurb is surprising because Rilling's must have been already complete around the time the first or second CD re-issue of the Teldec DAS ALTE WERK appeared in the 1990s. I have ca. 35/60 so I will not get the box. The boys are not always bad but fairly inconsistent (hardly surprising as they are different ones over ca. 15 years from the early 1970s to the 1980s).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on February 26, 2018, 08:31:45 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on February 26, 2018, 08:19:52 AM
It will obviously always remain the first but the blurb is surprising because Rilling's must have been already complete around the time the first or second CD re-issue of the Teldec DAS ALTE WERK appeared in the 1990s. I have ca. 35/60 so I will not get the box. The boys are not always bad but fairly inconsistent (hardly surprising as they are different ones over ca. 15 years from the early 1970s to the 1980s).

Rilling is besides the point, since his is not PI. The phrasing is certainly bizarre, because once something is the first how can it not remain the first?

In any case, people seem to obsess about the cantata cycles in these Bach editions. The Teldec edition has some other very fine stuff, such as the Koopman Organ works, chamber and orchestral music by Harnoncourt and others (The Brandenburgs are not Harnoncourt). Harpsichord music by Curtis and others. (Take everything I say with a grain of salt, in view of my famously faulty memory.)

FWIW, I have the Teldec and Hanssler editions, as well as the Gardiner Cantata set, of which I have listened to relatively little so far.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on February 26, 2018, 08:37:55 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on February 26, 2018, 08:19:52 AM
It will obviously always remain the first but the blurb is surprising because Rilling's must have been already complete around the time the first or second CD re-issue of the Teldec DAS ALTE WERK appeared in the 1990s. I have ca. 35/60 so I will not get the box. The boys are not always bad but fairly inconsistent (hardly surprising as they are different ones over ca. 15 years from the early 1970s to the 1980s).

The text above says "the first recording with period instruments". So Rilling is out of the race.

Other than that I find some of Rillings soloists rather unlistenable. Too much operatic vibrato.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on February 26, 2018, 08:43:02 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on February 26, 2018, 08:37:55 AM
The text above says "the first recording with period instruments". So Rilling is out of the race.

Other than that I find some of Rillings soloists rather unlistenable. Too much operatic vibrato.

? The soloists are the best thing about Rilling's set!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on February 26, 2018, 09:03:23 PM
Still hoping to see the Charles Munch set for under 100 Euro as some point again.  Will pick it up the next time it sells for that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on February 26, 2018, 09:12:10 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on February 26, 2018, 09:03:23 PM
Still hoping to see the Charles Munch set for under 100 Euro as some point again.  Will pick it up the next time it sells for that.

I'll do my part to help keep demand low.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on February 26, 2018, 09:55:43 PM
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on February 26, 2018, 08:43:02 AM
? The soloists are the best thing about Rilling's set!  :)

Yes many of them, but not them all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 01, 2018, 12:08:39 AM
Sale on JPC de
43 Alba CD'S for just 7,99€

https://www.jpc.de/s/Alba-CDs+jetzt+einmalig+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 02, 2018, 11:17:51 PM
The Bach series by Gardiner is 50% off now, so grab this bargain.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Gardiners+grandioser+Bach+nun+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on March 03, 2018, 03:10:44 AM
A 7-disc set of the Lausanne Chamber Orch. comes in at about $5/disc at Presto, and may have some short pieces you are looking for.
Golijov: Night of the Flying Horses pour orchestre was what I wanted, Enescu: Dixtuor pour instruments à vent, Op. 14,
some recordings will be older ones.
https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/8403065--75-years-orchestre-de-chambre-de-lausanne-7cd
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 08, 2018, 09:33:47 AM
Plenty of boxes for sale (DGG/Decca) at JPC.

This one seems particularly enticing: 20 discs for 34€:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028947817765.jpg)

Probably no libretti, but I would imagine an online link must be available.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 08, 2018, 09:42:36 AM
Quote from: André on March 08, 2018, 09:33:47 AM
Plenty of boxes for sale (DGG/Decca) at JPC.

This one seems particularly enticing: 20 discs for 34€:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028947817765.jpg)

Probably no libretti, but I would imagine an online link must be available.

Yeah I saw all those boxes for sale, but I thought it's all old stuff which most people have already, other wise I would have posted a link.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 08, 2018, 09:48:59 AM
A last hurrah for sets that will go forever into limbo ?  ;D

That Haydn box is the only one that is a real big bargain IMO. As for the rest, depends if you have it or not, I guess.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 08, 2018, 04:38:58 PM
Quote from: André on March 08, 2018, 09:33:47 AM
Plenty of boxes for sale (DGG/Decca) at JPC.

This one seems particularly enticing: 20 discs for 34€:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028947817765.jpg)

Probably no libretti, but I would imagine an online link must be available.

I can confirm there are no libretti, just synopses.  I got it about a decade ago and finally listened to it last year.
If you like opera, or at least opera of that era, it definitely should be on your shelf.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 08, 2018, 05:20:56 PM
Problem is, I already have that one:

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51sSv6ICqvL.jpg)

Must be on my shelves since at least 5 years, and I haven't finished listening to it  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 08, 2018, 05:23:01 PM
Quote from: André on March 08, 2018, 05:20:56 PM
Problem is, I already have that one:

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51sSv6ICqvL.jpg)

Must be on my shelves since at least 5 years, and I haven't finished listening to it  ::)

Still not as bad as me waiting a decade....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 10, 2018, 12:44:27 AM
64 titles on JPC for reduced prices, a mixed bunch.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Schn%C3%A4ppchen+nochmals+reduziert?searchtype=campaigntext


From the label Guild 61 titles, reduced prices.

https://www.jpc.de/s/G%C3%BCnstiges+von+Guild?searchtype=campaigntext

From the Orfeo label 119 titles, for a good price.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Die+gro%C3%9Fe+Orfeo+Preisaktion?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on March 10, 2018, 09:09:14 PM
I've noticed that Zoverstocks (a UK retailer that sells on Amazon.com marketplace) has a lot of CDs in the $1-$2 range, and against my better judgment I sprung for two (McCreech Matthew Passion, the Diego Fasoli Mass in b-minor). I have had a few recent orders from Zoverstocks not show up, but for these prices it is worth a risk, I think. Anyone have recent experiences with Zoverstocks to share?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on March 10, 2018, 09:32:58 PM
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 10, 2018, 09:09:14 PM
I've noticed that Zoverstocks (a UK retailer that sells on Amazon.com marketplace) has a lot of CDs in the $1-$2 range, and against my better judgment I sprung for two (McCreech Matthew Passion, the Diego Fasoli Mass in b-minor). I have had a few recent orders from Zoverstocks not show up, but for these prices it is worth a risk, I think. Anyone have recent experiences with Zoverstocks to share?

Have ordered quite often with them.  Never had a problem.  The discs always arrived about 1 month after order.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on March 10, 2018, 09:35:11 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on March 10, 2018, 09:32:58 PM
Have ordered quite often with them.  Never had a problem.  The discs always arrived about 1 month after order.

That was my experience, until a pair of orders that vanished, and as a result I used other options. Fingers crossed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on March 10, 2018, 09:43:43 PM
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 10, 2018, 09:35:11 PM
That was my experience, until a pair of orders that vanished, and as a result I used other options. Fingers crossed.

Zoverstocks is also Musicmagpie on Amazon.uk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on March 10, 2018, 09:53:37 PM
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 10, 2018, 09:09:14 PM
I've noticed that Zoverstocks (a UK retailer that sells on Amazon.com marketplace) has a lot of CDs in the $1-$2 range, and against my better judgment I sprung for two (McCreech Matthew Passion, the Diego Fasoli Mass in b-minor). I have had a few recent orders from Zoverstocks not show up, but for these prices it is worth a risk, I think. Anyone have recent experiences with Zoverstocks to share?
I remember MusigMagpie but am not sure about ZoverstocksUK: yes, surprisingly lower prices than other dealers, but items sent from the Channel Islands, so in my case, based in Scandinavia, sudden non-EU customs and administration fees, which can amount to 30 Euros or so, even for a single disc. I totally avoid them now, and I always check the dispatch address of the dealer.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on March 10, 2018, 09:57:59 PM
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 10, 2018, 09:09:14 PM
I've noticed that Zoverstocks (a UK retailer that sells on Amazon.com marketplace) has a lot of CDs in the $1-$2 range, and against my better judgment I sprung for two (McCreech Matthew Passion, the Diego Fasoli Mass in b-minor). I have had a few recent orders from Zoverstocks not show up, but for these prices it is worth a risk, I think. Anyone have recent experiences with Zoverstocks to share?

Yes, very recent. In my experience more than 30% of the orders never turns up, so I do not order from them any more.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on March 10, 2018, 10:31:45 PM
Quote from: (: premont :) on March 10, 2018, 09:57:59 PM
Yes, very recent. In my experience more than 30% of the orders never turns up, so I do not order from them any more.

My most recent was about 2-3 weeks ago, but as I mentioned takes about a month to get to me.  Never had any problems. Wow, 30%.  I'm amazed.

Just got another I ordered from them just now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 11, 2018, 05:19:39 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on March 10, 2018, 10:31:45 PM
My most recent was about 2-3 weeks ago, but as I mentioned takes about a month to get to me.  Never had any problems. Wow, 30%.  I'm amazed.

I have never had a problem with Zoverstocks. I am in the USA.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on March 11, 2018, 05:28:30 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on March 10, 2018, 10:31:45 PM
My most recent was about 2-3 weeks ago, but as I mentioned takes about a month to get to me.  Never had any problems. Wow, 30%.  I'm amazed.

Yes, four out of twelve - so 33,33% to be precise.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on March 11, 2018, 06:47:32 AM
I have bought many items both new and used from Musicmagpie on Amazon.uk. Although a small percentage of them have never arrived I generally find them reliable if very slow for the CD to arrive.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 11, 2018, 06:51:45 AM
Same here. Musicmagpie has great deals, but their orders go 'round the globe before arriving here, usually 2-4 weeks past the due date. When I check the postal sticker on the envelope it's usually from the Czech Republic  ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on March 11, 2018, 08:10:29 AM
I've ordered from Zoverstocks about 25 times and each one has come to me (albeit a month later).  Never have lost a shipment yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on March 11, 2018, 08:13:32 AM
Quote from: André on March 11, 2018, 06:51:45 AM
Same here. Musicmagpie has great deals, but their orders go 'round the globe before arriving here, usually 2-4 weeks past the due date. When I check the postal sticker on the envelope it's usually from the Czech Republic  ???

Interesting. Wasn't my experience, as said.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on March 11, 2018, 08:16:41 AM
Ok. I'll have two new data points in a month's time, then. Fingers crossed.

I'll say one thing, when things got lost they refunded without an argument (after asking me to wait a bit longer).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on March 11, 2018, 09:24:16 AM
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 11, 2018, 08:16:41 AM
I'll say one thing, when things got lost they refunded without an argument (after asking me to wait a bit longer).

Yes, this is my experience too. And I can add, that the eight CD orders of all in all twelve (see above), which reached me, were in good condition, even if the jewel cases often were somewhat damaged.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on March 11, 2018, 01:32:09 PM
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 11, 2018, 08:16:41 AM

I'll say one thing, when things got lost they refunded without an argument (after asking me to wait a bit longer).

Same experience here also. I was never left uncompensated, despite some disappointments.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: brunumb on March 11, 2018, 01:38:02 PM
I have bought stacks of used CDs from musicMagpie at AmazonUK.  The discs have always been in excellent condition even if the cases needed replacing.  Delivery to me in Australia has nearly always been within the expected timeline given.  Rare problems were quickly addressed by them and I always leave feedback that includes "highly recommended seller".

My other preferred source for cheap used CDs is decluttr_store on ebay (formerly Estocks USA).  Great bargains regularly pop up and postage is very cheap.  My latest bargain buy was the 43 disc DG set of complete Wagner operas for US$15.99 plus US$1 shipping to Australia.  That came to about AU$22.  On its way now.  Amazing.  I also snapped up the 14CD set of remastered Maria Callas studio recitals for about AU$15 and it was in mint condition.  You have to check regularly and pounce on the real bargains.  For some reason the first time the discs are listed the price is usually US$99, but very quickly they get revised down.  The maximum seems to be US$15.99.  Once again, highly recommended seller.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 17, 2018, 01:13:50 AM
I saw to my dismay that JPC de upped their prices for the Brilliant label, which means 11,99 € for a single CD. I do not think that was a good idea. They have sold less cd's last year for then the price went up from 7,99€ to 9,99€.
Logically I am going to be even more critical in acquiring a Brilliant cd.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spineur on March 17, 2018, 01:30:29 AM
Quote from: Harry's corner on March 17, 2018, 01:13:50 AM
I saw to my dismay that JPC de upped their prices for the Brilliant label, which means 11,99 € for a single CD. I do not think that was a good idea. They have sold less cd's last year for then the price went up from 7,99€ to 9,99€.
Logically I am going to be even more critical in acquiring a Brilliant cd.
6.72€ on clicmusique.  2 cd set around 8.7€
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 17, 2018, 01:45:44 AM
Quote from: Spineur on March 17, 2018, 01:30:29 AM
6.72€ on clicmusique.  2 cd set around 8.7€

Sure I know that, but I was referring to the policy of JPC de, with which I do most of my business. :)
What it means I guess is that I will not buy the Brilliant releases with them anymore.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Traverso on March 20, 2018, 01:39:54 PM
Quote from: MyronM on February 12, 2018, 07:06:37 AM
More JPC bargains:





https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/175th-anniversary/hnum/5086627

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0190295886707.jpg)

The 25 CD set on sale for EUR 29.99

Glad that I purchased this box a few weeks ago .it is now EUR 66.99

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/olivier-messiaen-edition/hnum/6347966
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 20, 2018, 10:29:45 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on March 17, 2018, 01:13:50 AM
I saw to my dismay that JPC de upped their prices for the Brilliant label, which means 11,99 € for a single CD. I do not think that was a good idea. They have sold less cd's last year for then the price went up from 7,99€ to 9,99€.
Logically I am going to be even more critical in acquiring a Brilliant cd.

I agree, Harry. Ridiculous....and very inconvenient.
I used to include Brilliant issues in my jpc orders, which mainly contain bargains.

Q

PS International shipping rates at Clic Musique are very unattractive - if I buy from them, it's usually cheaper to do it through Amazon....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: kishnevi on March 21, 2018, 06:53:49 PM
Arkivmusic is having a one day sale (through midnight 3/22 NYC time) with some items that might interest...most notably the Teldec Complete Bach set for $149.99, which works out to about $1 per CD
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=2266267
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 22, 2018, 06:08:39 AM
Chandos deleted titles sale. These CDs are OOP and the label is clearing out the very last of their stock.
https://www.chandos.net/sale-cds

Some potentially interesting:
"The Unknown Shostakovich" featuring his orchestration of Schumann's Cello Concerto
Rozhdestvensky conducting Enescu and Schnittke
I Musici de Montreal playing South American music for string orchestra
Hickox' Malcolm Arnold symphony cycle
Mozart concertos with Howard Shelley and the London Mozart Players
Many installments of the "Opera in English" series (including a Mackerras Jenufa, Wozzeck, and Don Giovanni)
HIP Hummel and Schubert piano quintets
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on March 22, 2018, 06:22:04 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 22, 2018, 06:08:39 AM
Chandos deleted titles sale. These CDs are OOP and the label is clearing out the very last of their stock.
https://www.chandos.net/sale-cds

Some potentially interesting:
"The Unknown Shostakovich" featuring his orchestration of Schumann's Cello Concerto
Rozhdestvensky conducting Enescu and Schnittke
I Musici de Montreal playing South American music for string orchestra
Hickox' Malcolm Arnold symphony cycle
Mozart concertos with Howard Shelley and the London Mozart Players
Many installments of the "Opera in English" series (including a Mackerras Jenufa, Wozzeck, and Don Giovanni)
HIP Hummel and Schubert piano quintets

There's the set of Zemlinsky string quartets I already popped for. Grr The disc of Respighi Piano Concertos is top notch.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on March 22, 2018, 06:30:17 AM
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 22, 2018, 06:22:04 AM
There's the set of Zemlinsky string quartets I already popped for. Grr The disc of Respighi Piano Concertos is top notch.

+1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on March 22, 2018, 06:35:34 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 22, 2018, 06:08:39 AM
Chandos deleted titles sale. These CDs are OOP and the label is clearing out the very last of their stock.
https://www.chandos.net/sale-cds

Some potentially interesting:
"The Unknown Shostakovich" featuring his orchestration of Schumann's Cello Concerto

I recommend this highly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 22, 2018, 07:39:10 AM
The Ginastera/Villa Lobos/Evangelista disc is top notch too. Ginastera's Concerto for strings is an amazing piece - not for the faint of heart.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 22, 2018, 07:42:45 AM
Quote from: André on March 22, 2018, 07:39:10 AM
The Ginastera/Villa Lobos/Evangelista disc is top notch too. Ginastera's Concerto for strings is an amazing piece - not for the faint of heart.

Not much of interest for me in this Chandos sale.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 22, 2018, 07:59:41 AM
That's because you're a softie, Harry !  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on March 22, 2018, 08:09:27 AM
Quote from: André on March 22, 2018, 07:39:10 AM
The Ginastera/Villa Lobos/Evangelista disc is top notch too. Ginastera's Concerto for strings is an amazing piece - not for the faint of heart.

This has me interested. What do you mean, exactly?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 22, 2018, 08:21:10 AM
It's a sometimes rattling work. The finale sounds like someone just kicked a beehive. A bit like the allegretto furioso in Shostakovich's 10th quartet. Behind the buzzing sounds is excellent music. The first movements are really beautiful. Check youtube clips, a few interpretations are on display.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Baron Scarpia on March 22, 2018, 08:34:45 AM
Quote from: André on March 22, 2018, 08:21:10 AM
It's a sometimes rattling work. The finale sounds like someone just kicked a beehive. A bit like the allegretto furioso in Shostakovich's 10th quartet. Behind the buzzing sounds is excellent music. The first movements are really beautiful. Check youtube clips, a few interpretations are on display.

Sounds like it is worth investigating...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 22, 2018, 08:51:20 AM
Quote from: André on March 22, 2018, 07:59:41 AM
That's because you're a softie, Harry !  :laugh:

Dear me you really think that? :laugh:
I eat your heart for breakfast >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 22, 2018, 01:54:43 PM
Quote from: Brian on March 22, 2018, 06:08:39 AM
Chandos deleted titles sale. These CDs are OOP and the label is clearing out the very last of their stock.
https://www.chandos.net/sale-cds

Thank you for that - I'm going to have to buy something, possibly The Black Knight, the Finzi choral disc, the Dutilleux concerti and Rozhdestvensky's Schnittke 1.  And would also recommend highly the Bliss twofer and the Byrd Great Service - the only recording AFAIK at the written pitch, rather than hoiked up and 3rd or 4th.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on March 26, 2018, 12:56:31 PM
Quote from: Brian on March 22, 2018, 06:08:39 AM
Chandos deleted titles sale. These CDs are OOP and the label is clearing out the very last of their stock.
https://www.chandos.net/sale-cds
....


Thanks, I ended up buying 4 for a total of around £ 16 including postage  - Bax´s "Concertante", Moeran+Warlock choral songs, plus chamber CDs with music by Scott and Sculthorpe.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on March 31, 2018, 01:18:31 PM
Ordered the Respighi, Ginastera et al. and Unknown Shosti from the Chandos sale ... and threw in Handel's "Flavio" for good measure - thanks!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 09, 2018, 11:19:38 PM
At JPC de 192  Naxos titles for ridiculous low prices. Eat ya heart out :laugh:

https://www.jpc.de/s/Naxos+-+Riesenauswahl+zum+Kracherpreis?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 18, 2018, 11:17:24 AM
Caprice (Sweden) discs on sale at JPC. These are NEVER on sale anywhere. 7.99€ each (6.70€ ex-VAT).

Among those I mightily recommend are the following:

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/7391782213591.jpg)

Yes: THE version of Pettersson's VC 2 !!

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/7391782213638.jpg)

Superb late-romantic concertos.

+ the Hilding Rosenberg string quartets, and many others !


And this beautiful Requiem by Olsson (a quiet work. Don't expect thunderous Dies irae here).

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/7391782213683.jpg)

And that one too, one of my favourite modern music discs:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/7391782213812.jpg)

And this (2 discs), too. Beware: not for the faint of heart. A harrowing emotional journey.

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/7391782220278.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 18, 2018, 06:39:04 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on April 09, 2018, 11:19:38 PM
At JPC de 192  Naxos titles for ridiculous low prices. Eat ya heart out :laugh:

https://www.jpc.de/s/Naxos+-+Riesenauswahl+zum+Kracherpreis?searchtype=campaigntext

Nothing in this sale is worth buying to me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 18, 2018, 06:40:21 PM
Quote from: André on April 18, 2018, 11:17:24 AM(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/7391782213591.jpg)

Yes: THE version of Pettersson's VC 2 !!

Until Lindberg releases his recording of it. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Turner on April 18, 2018, 09:52:08 PM
Quote from: André on April 18, 2018, 11:17:24 AM
Caprice (Sweden) discs on sale at JPC. These are NEVER on sale anywhere. 7.99€ each (6.70€ ex-VAT).

Among those I mightily recommend are the following:

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/7391782213591.jpg)

Yes: THE version of Pettersson's VC 2 !!

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/7391782213638.jpg)

Superb late-romantic concertos.

+ the Hilding Rosenberg string quartets, and many others !


And this beautiful Requiem by Olsson (a quiet work. Don't expect thunderous Dies irae here).

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/7391782213683.jpg)

And that one too, one of my favourite modern music discs:

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w400/front/0/7391782213812.jpg)

And this (2 discs), too. Beware: not for the faint of heart. A harrowing emotional journey.

(https://media3.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/7391782220278.jpg)

Indeed, I know the Pettersson, Wiklund, Rosenberg and Sandstrom ones, and those are fine records.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 19, 2018, 04:54:33 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 18, 2018, 06:40:21 PM
Until Lindberg releases his recording of it. ;)

Wrong. There will be no competition, as Wallin/Lindberg opt for the revised version, not the original one. IMHO it's an inferior work, with the sense of strife and struggle noticeably tamed. At least that's how it sounds in the van Keulen interpretation. Maybe Wallin will change that, but I doubt it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 19, 2018, 06:28:42 AM
Quote from: André on April 19, 2018, 04:54:33 AM
Wrong. There will be no competition, as Wallin/Lindberg opt for the revised version, not the original one. IMHO it's an inferior work, with the sense of strife and struggle noticeably tamed. At least that's how it sounds in the van Keulen interpretation. Maybe Wallin will change that, but I doubt it.

Well, I was just messing with you. ;) Personally, I can't stand the work (as is the case with most of Pettersson's music for me) nor do I care about what version is performed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 20, 2018, 10:06:57 PM
60 titles of the label "Caprice" for budget price. JPC de

https://www.jpc.de/s/1238733_97401?searchtype=cid
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 21, 2018, 04:00:35 AM
I forgot an important one: among the Caprice records batch at JPC stands this little gem of a guitar recital by Göran Söllscher. Superb concerto by von Koch, as good and tuneful as Malcolm Arnold's.

Recommended with enthusiasm.

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/7391782215144.jpg)
(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/7391782215144.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 02, 2018, 11:02:55 AM
This might be of interest to some: all of Monteverdi's madrigals in top-notch performances:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8424562209299.jpg)
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/8424562209299.jpg)


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/claudio-monteverdi-madrigali-libri-i-ix/hnum/5654891 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/claudio-monteverdi-madrigali-libri-i-ix/hnum/5654891)

30€, or 25€ ex-VAT at JPC
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on May 02, 2018, 11:18:56 AM
Quote from: André on May 02, 2018, 11:02:55 AM
This might be of interest to some: all of Monteverdi's madrigals in top-notch performances:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/8424562209299.jpg)
...
Thanks, André!!! I had been thinking of getting this set for a long time, and at this price, it's a no-brainier...ordered!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 03, 2018, 10:43:56 PM
For some people this may be a interesting proposition?

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/generation-harmonia-mundi-age-revolutions-var/hnum/8154055

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/generation-harmonia-mundi-spirit-of-family-var/hnum/8154059

Every box holds 18 CD'S for 29,95.
It is not my cup of tea, but for others it might just be.



Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on May 03, 2018, 11:17:33 PM
Quote from: Harry's corner on May 03, 2018, 10:43:56 PM
For some people this may be a interesting proposition?

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/generation-harmonia-mundi-age-revolutions-var/hnum/8154055

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/generation-harmonia-mundi-spirit-of-family-var/hnum/8154059

Every box holds 18 CD'S for 29,95.
It is not my cup of tea, but for others it might just be.

I really understand why companies waste their time on compiling these completely random selections..... ::)

"The Family Spirit".... really.....  :P

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 06, 2018, 10:07:50 PM
I need your collective minds!

Anybody here familiar with this new box set? "Legendary Soviet Recordings"; 100 cds, Yedang Classics label.

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51-Z37nWupL.jpg)
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B079967KGY/?coliid=I38NUDMGSTQ0XR&colid=11AMI4Z7BAR66&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
It is definitely a bargain in terms of the price - it is currently about USD 95 shipped to the US.

More detailed info here (in rough translation): https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&sp=nmt4&u=http://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2018/01/26/1109&xid=17259,15700021,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700173,15700186,15700189,15700201

I suspect that sound will be an issue, but the Yedang release is still alluring from an archaeological and esoteric perspective.  Any thoughts?



It reminds me of the large compilation that Brilliant Classics issued about ten years ago:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41GD%2BwO8W0L.jpg)








Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on May 06, 2018, 10:15:32 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 06, 2018, 10:07:50 PM
I need your collective minds!

Anybody here familiar with this new box set? "Legendary Russian Recordings"; 100 cds, Yedang Classics label.

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51-Z37nWupL.jpg)
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B079967KGY/?coliid=I38NUDMGSTQ0XR&colid=11AMI4Z7BAR66&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
It is definitely a bargain in terms of the price - it is currently about USD 95 shipped to the US.

More detailed info here (in rough translation): https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&sp=nmt4&u=http://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2018/01/26/1109&xid=17259,15700021,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700173,15700186,15700189,15700201

I suspect that sound will be an issue, but the Yedang release is still alluring from an archaeological and esoteric perspective.  Any thoughts?



It reminds me of the large compilation that Brilliant Classics issued back in 2008:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41GD%2BwO8W0L.jpg)

I can't speak of that box set, Peter, but I'm thrilled to see you posting again. What have you been listening to? I'm not sure how long you've been gone, but it had to be a couple of years.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 06, 2018, 10:47:14 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 06, 2018, 10:15:32 PM
I can't speak of that box set, Peter, but I'm thrilled to see you posting again. What have you been listening to? I'm not sure how long you've been gone, but it had to be a couple of years.

Yes, that sounds about right.  Still, it doesn't feel that long and things don't change that much. After all, you are still online at this hour. How surprising...   ::)
My ears are mostly in the realm of the 19th/20th centuries lately with an urge to explore some Russian recordings (surprise) at this very moment. However, I'm in a Mahler phase at the moment attuning to #2, but Elgar, Strauss and Sibelius hover around the perimeter as usual. I am also having a minor opera obsession, but I have a serious crowding problem in my living room as the cds have taken over. Help! Help!

What mysterious alleys have you been wandering through, John? I suspect that you have similar "space" issues at this point in time since you had a rapid pace of accumulation in the past. Still enamored by the same composers?  :)
Hmm, perhaps this conversation should be living in a different thread?

PS! Some horrible connectivity tonight or is it just on my side? (*site can't be reached messages*)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on May 07, 2018, 07:14:24 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 06, 2018, 10:47:14 PM
Yes, that sounds about right.  Still, it doesn't feel that long and things don't change that much. After all, you are still online at this hour. How surprising...   ::)
My ears are mostly in the realm of the 19th/20th centuries lately with an urge to explore some Russian recordings (surprise) at this very moment. However, I'm in a Mahler phase at the moment attuning to #2, but Elgar, Strauss and Sibelius hover around the perimeter as usual. I am also having a minor opera obsession, but I have a serious crowding problem in my living room as the cds have taken over. Help! Help!

What mysterious alleys have you been wandering through, John? I suspect that you have similar "space" issues at this point in time since you had a rapid pace of accumulation in the past. Still enamored by the same composers?  :)
Hmm, perhaps this conversation should be living in a different thread?

PS! Some horrible connectivity tonight or is it just on my side? (*site can't be reached messages*)

Very good to hear that the same composers are always in circulation. I can also see how one could get locked into a Mahler phase. Have you spent much time with his Das Lied von der Erde? This is one of my absolute favorite works from him as it was a bit of a discovery a few years ago for me. What operas have you been exploring?

I seem to be entering into an American composer phase yet again: Copland, Barber, Ives, Schuman, Piston, Diamond, Hanson, etc. I'm not really having too bad of space problems right now as most of collection is down in storage in our basement. I'd like to get some shelves and properly sort out my collection, but I'm just too lazy to do it and it's difficult to do this without some help as these boxes will break your back if you try and pick them up. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 09, 2018, 12:10:26 PM
On JPC's website I noticed these bargains:

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0028947878964.jpg)

Track listing on the web site: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/mercury-living-presence-vol-3/hnum/6731009 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/mercury-living-presence-vol-3/hnum/6731009)

79.99€ for 53 CDs, or 67€ ex-VAT


(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w800/front/0/0724357445726.jpg)
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w800/rear/0/0724357445726.jpg)

All of Samson François' Chopin recordings for EMI, at 9.99€ for 9 CDs, or 8.39€ ex-VAT. Sonatas, Preludes, Études, Concertos, Nocturnes, you name it.

Various Handel oratorios on Naxos, 2 or 3 CD sets for 2.99€/3.99€ (less when ex-VAT).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 09, 2018, 07:43:00 PM
This link is to the US Amazon, but the super-duper bargain is Amazon.de.  19.99 Euros.  I can't recommend it enough. 

[asin]B06XJGR3V1[/asin]

  Peter, do you have this one yet?  If not, it's a no brainer.  I remember you really liked the DHM Telemann box, but this one is, IMHO, much better.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on May 10, 2018, 08:39:48 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on May 09, 2018, 07:43:00 PM
This link is to the US Amazon, but the super-duper bargain is Amazon.de.  19.99 Euros.  I can't recommend it enough. 

[asin]B06XJGR3V1[/asin]


Same price on jpc.de, although I think amazon's international shipping may be slightly cheaper.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 10, 2018, 07:48:53 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on May 09, 2018, 07:43:00 PM
This link is to the US Amazon, but the super-duper bargain is Amazon.de.  19.99 Euros.  I can't recommend it enough. 

[asin]B06XJGR3V1[/asin]

  Peter, do you have this one yet?  If not, it's a no brainer.  I remember you really liked the DHM Telemann box, but this one is, IMHO, much better.

Hmm, it is in my Telemann pile, but it has avoided the cd player.  You have such a good memory, Al. It is kind of disturbing!   ;)
I definitely need to check it out! Definitely a great deal. Thanks for recommending it, Al!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 12, 2018, 07:54:03 PM
This is probably posted elsewhere in this thread but it is an ongoing bargain:

New York Philharmonic 175th Anniversary Edition [65 cds]
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01M5FQZCK/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

EUR 55 from Amazon.de

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Dp%2BgX4WPL._SX522_.jpg)


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 12, 2018, 08:01:01 PM
I also think this is a great bargain. I have been enjoying this set quite a bit and it has dropped in price substantially over the last couple of months.

Daniel Barenboim - A Retrospective (43CD+3 DVD)

https://www.amazon.de/Daniel-Barenboim-Retrospective-43CD-DVD/dp/B01N7Y8TI5/ref=pd_sim_15_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01N7Y8TI5&pd_rd_r=QN1FQKXMWT92FGJM46M3&pd_rd_w=FaNWf&pd_rd_wg=MCuf4&psc=1&refRID=QN1FQKXMWT92FGJM46M3 (https://www.amazon.de/Daniel-Barenboim-Retrospective-43CD-DVD/dp/B01N7Y8TI5/ref=pd_sim_15_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01N7Y8TI5&pd_rd_r=QN1FQKXMWT92FGJM46M3&pd_rd_w=FaNWf&pd_rd_wg=MCuf4&psc=1&refRID=QN1FQKXMWT92FGJM46M3)

EUR 50 from Amazon.de


(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51rnXGFzNzL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 13, 2018, 02:18:37 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 12, 2018, 07:54:03 PM
This is probably posted elsewhere in this thread but it is an ongoing bargain:

New York Philharmonic 175th Anniversary Edition [65 cds]
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01M5FQZCK/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

EUR 55 from Amazon.de

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Dp%2BgX4WPL._SX522_.jpg)

Price has been like that for a month or so, I think, and the same price is offered by JPC who do proper packaging, just in case:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/175th-anniversary/hnum/5086627

Bought it, despite having about half of it elsewhere (why did the put in so much Lenny when so much of his Columbia/NYPhil stuff is available elsewhere?).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 13, 2018, 04:33:45 AM
Quote from: king ubu on May 13, 2018, 02:18:37 AM
Price has been like that for a month or so, I think, and the same price is offered by JPC who do proper packaging, just in case:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/175th-anniversary/hnum/5086627

Bought it, despite having about half of it elsewhere (why did the put in so much Lenny when so much of his Columbia/NYPhil stuff is available elsewhere?).

Hmm, I think JPC overdo their packaging. At least I felt I was in a styrofoam snow storm every time I opened a box from them. 
I completely agree with the Bernstein sentiment. After all he was only in charge for about ten years. It would seem like there should be some distribution of the recordings based on the number of years the conductors "served" at NYP.  I suspect most of us get this to access the recordings preceding Bernstein's tenure?  No wonder they had to drop the price on it. Wasn't it like $150 initially?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on May 13, 2018, 09:08:22 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 13, 2018, 04:33:45 AM
Hmm, I think JPC overdo their packaging. At least I felt I was in a styrofoam snow storm every time I opened a box from them. 
I completely agree with the Bernstein sentiment. After all he was only in charge for about ten years. It would seem like there should be some distribution of the recordings based on the number of years the conductors "served" at NYP.  I suspect most of us get this to access the recordings preceding Bernstein's tenure?  No wonder they had to drop the price on it. Wasn't it like $150 initially?

Well, about a third of the music items I get from amazon are damaged ... larger boxes with cuffed corners or torn open etc. I never buy really expensive stuff there anymore as returns are a nuisance  (for me they're international mail and cost so much  that a few times I convinced them that I better not return at all but trash ... i.e. returning a 50€ box may cost 30€ or more ... and I'd insist on getting reimbursed of course as the item was damaged because of lousy (no stuffing at all, usually) packaging and it's all totally not my fault ('xept for buying from those crooks)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 13, 2018, 09:43:09 AM
Quote from: king ubu on May 13, 2018, 09:08:22 AM
Well, about a third of the music items I get from amazon are damaged ... larger boxes with cuffed corners or torn open etc. I never buy really expensive stuff there anymore as returns are a nuisance  (for me they're international mail and cost so much  that a few times I convinced them that I better not return at all but trash ... i.e. returning a 50€ box may cost 30€ or more ... and I'd insist on getting reimbursed of course as the item was damaged because of lousy (no stuffing at all, usually) packaging and it's all totally not my fault ('xept for buying from those crooks)

True, an order from Amazon is a hit or miss in terms of dents/cracks or an occasional case of obliteration. At the same time I don't that JPC's approach is sustainable. Such an incredible amount of waste unless it gets reused or recycled. I hope they have changed to more sustainable materials than styrofoam. Still, like you said, they definitely make sure that the items are pristine upon arrival.  I just got an item from Amazon and it was severely dented affecting all the cd sleeves inside. This was the original box, i.e. not the shipping box, so the damage occurred before packaging. %&%*^*&Y^   At least the return policy here in the US is smooth sailing.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 13, 2018, 09:45:21 AM
I've heard it's not styrofoam, but a degradable product. Try putting a piece in your mouth. It'll melt like cotton candy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 13, 2018, 09:46:20 AM
Quote from: André on May 13, 2018, 09:45:21 AM
I've heard it's not styrofoam, but a degradable product. Try putting a piece in your mouth. It'll melt like cotton candy.
Oh, they changed to starch pellets? That would be an excellent change!  :)
Styrofoam peanuts are evil!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 13, 2018, 09:47:34 AM
I don't know what's in it (rice?) but I confirm it melts in 1-2 seconds: I just tried it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 13, 2018, 09:52:16 AM
Quote from: André on May 13, 2018, 09:47:34 AM
I don't know what's in it (rice?) but I confirm it melts in 1-2 seconds: I just tried it.

I think it is based on corn starch. A great sustainable alternative to styrofoam. Go JPC!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Malx on May 17, 2018, 12:38:31 PM
For those who enjoy J S Bach played on the harpsichord I would suggest the following box set is a first rate bargain - especially for those in the UK as MDT are currently delivering FOC. 

J.S. Bach: French Suites, English Suites & Toccatas - Blandine Rannou

https://www.mdt.co.uk/bach-french-suites-english-suites-rannou-zig-zag-territoires-5cds.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on May 18, 2018, 12:57:49 AM
Quote from: Malx on May 17, 2018, 12:38:31 PM

J.S. Bach: French Suites, English Suites & Toccatas - Blandine Rannou

https://www.mdt.co.uk/bach-french-suites-english-suites-rannou-zig-zag-territoires-5cds.html

I like the sound of reviews of this - her freely-improvisatory Gallic style, showing debt to/influence of Couperin.  Daughter of Scott Ross, perhaps?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on May 18, 2018, 11:44:45 PM
jpc deals on Pierre Verany/ Arion at https://www.jpc.de/s/1238733_90832?searchtype=cid
down to EUR 3.99 from EUR 19.99
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 20, 2018, 10:21:33 AM
Gunter Wand Live (33 cd) for EUR 38 at Amazon.fr in case you need more of the warhorses in your collection!  >:D
Great for Bruckner maniacs!

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B06XPYVS8P/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(https://d27t0qkxhe4r68.cloudfront.net/images/records/sony88985435852.jpg?1495618541)

CD 1: Brahms Symphony No. 1 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CD 2: Bruckner Symphony No. 3 NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 3: Bruckner Symphony No. 4 NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 4: Bruckner Symphony No. 6 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 5: Bruckner Symphony No. 7 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 6 & 7: Bruckner Symphony No. 8 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 8: Bruckner Symphony No. 9 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 9: Beethoven Symphony No. 1 & 2 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 10: Beethoven Symphony No. 4 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 11: Beethoven Symphony No. 3 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 12 Beethoven Symphony No. 6 & 5 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 13 Schubert Symphony No. 3 & Schumann Symphony No. 3 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 14: Schumann Symphony No. 4 & Schubert Symphony No. 8 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 15: Schubert Symphony No. 9 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 16: Brahms Symphony No. 1 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 17: Brahms Symphony No. 2 & 3 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 18: Brahms Symphony No. 4 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 19: Bruckner Symphony No. 5 NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 20: Bruckner Symphony No. 6 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 21 &22: Bruckner Symphony No. 8 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 23: Bruckner Symphony No. 9 - NDR-Sinfonieorchester
CD 24 & 25: Schubert Symphony No. 8 & 9 Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 26: Bruckner Symphony No. 4 Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 27: Bruckner Symphony No. 5 - Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 28: Bruckner Symphony No. 7 - Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 29 & 30: Bruckner Symphony No. 8 - Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 31: Bruckner Symphony No. 9 - Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 32 & 33: Günter Wand The last interview
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 20, 2018, 10:23:46 AM
Quote from: listener on May 18, 2018, 11:44:45 PM
jpc deals on Pierre Verany/ Arion at https://www.jpc.de/s/1238733_90832?searchtype=cid
down to EUR 3.99 from EUR 19.99

Nice! Thanks Listener!!! The Pierre Verany label has grown on me over the years.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on May 25, 2018, 12:01:52 AM
Amazon UK has the giant DG/Decca Verdi box for 92 pounds.  Elsewhere (on the same site!) it lists for 212 pounds, so a bit odd.  If you need all the Verdi, it's about 75 disks, top conductors and performers. I linked from England, but it gives the US one:
[asin]B0197GJMZ6[/asin]

[actually, weird things happen when you try to order it from UK-- Vat drops off, and it ends up being $111 including shipping--at least to me here in Taiwan]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on May 30, 2018, 06:24:31 AM
I've just noticed on eBay UK, ending in 4 hours, the 50-CD Liège Philharmonic box, with currently only 1 bid on it for £1.99.  Huge bargain if it goes for only a few GBPs:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege-1960-2010-50xCD-Box-Set/202318256928?hash=item2f1b1b9b20:g:SVAAAOSwc~5a7bB0 (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege-1960-2010-50xCD-Box-Set/202318256928?hash=item2f1b1b9b20:g:SVAAAOSwc~5a7bB0)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 30, 2018, 08:49:14 AM
Quote from: DaveF on May 30, 2018, 06:24:31 AM
I've just noticed on eBay UK, ending in 4 hours, the 50-CD Liège Philharmonic box, with currently only 1 bid on it for £1.99.  Huge bargain if it goes for only a few GBPs:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege-1960-2010-50xCD-Box-Set/202318256928?hash=item2f1b1b9b20:g:SVAAAOSwc~5a7bB0 (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege-1960-2010-50xCD-Box-Set/202318256928?hash=item2f1b1b9b20:g:SVAAAOSwc~5a7bB0)

GO FOR IT !!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 30, 2018, 09:22:04 AM
Quote from: André on May 30, 2018, 08:49:14 AM
GO FOR IT !!

I have no PayPal, so I am out of the running
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 30, 2018, 11:11:09 AM
Quote from: DaveF on May 30, 2018, 06:24:31 AM
I've just noticed on eBay UK, ending in 4 hours, the 50-CD Liège Philharmonic box, with currently only 1 bid on it for £1.99.  Huge bargain if it goes for only a few GBPs:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege-1960-2010-50xCD-Box-Set/202318256928?hash=item2f1b1b9b20:g:SVAAAOSwc~5a7bB0 (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orchestre-Philharmonique-de-Liege-1960-2010-50xCD-Box-Set/202318256928?hash=item2f1b1b9b20:g:SVAAAOSwc~5a7bB0)
Great box. Great.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 30, 2018, 11:29:47 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 30, 2018, 11:11:09 AM
Great box. Great.

An esoteric box...   :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 30, 2018, 11:35:17 AM
Winning bid: 42£. The way I see it, it will be hard to get. It's a commemorative box, not the kind of stuff that calls for a reissue. Maybe we can hope for an update in 2020, for the 60th anniversary? The Liège orchestra continues to record, so there might be 60 discs ! Time to start petitioning the Cyprès label, the current owner of these recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 30, 2018, 11:39:48 AM
Quote from: André on May 30, 2018, 11:35:17 AM
Winning bid: 42£. The way I see it, it will be hard to get. It's a commemorative box, not the kind of stuff that calls for a reissue. Maybe we can hope for an update in 2020, for the 60th anniversary? The Liège orchestra continues to record, so there might be 60 discs ! Time to start petitioning the Cyprès label, the current owner of these recordings.

Definitely a lot of small niche repertoire - I wish we had more of an effort by the main labels to put out such compilations. Chandos would be a great source!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 30, 2018, 11:49:37 AM
All of the contents have been available on commercial records previously, but on small labels not widely distributed. The Tournemire symphonies, lots of Lekeu and Joseph Jongen, in particular. No Mahler, Beethoven, Bruckner, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, no russian repertoire, IOW very little duplication with any other compilation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on May 30, 2018, 11:52:29 AM
Quote from: André on May 30, 2018, 11:49:37 AM
IOW very little duplication with any other compilation.

Which seems to be a rare phenomenon nowadays (unfortunately).....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on May 30, 2018, 12:55:39 PM
Quote from: André on May 30, 2018, 08:49:14 AM
GO FOR IT !!

Not me - if I'd wanted it I'd have kept VERY quiet.  Perhaps it was someone here who won it?  £42 is still cheap compared with what it sells for (or at least is priced at) elsewhere.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on May 30, 2018, 05:13:34 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 30, 2018, 11:39:48 AM
Definitely a lot of small niche repertoire - I wish we had more of an effort by the main labels to put out such compilations. Chandos would be a great source!

Yep. I was amazed by how much  of the music in that box I did not have in any recording.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Malx on May 31, 2018, 01:21:29 PM
The highly regarded Beethoven Piano Sonata boxed set from Michael Korstick is available at en excellent price currently from JPC:


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-1770-1827-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-32/hnum/3118329
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on June 05, 2018, 08:09:49 PM
JPC is having eine grosse ICON Preisaktion sale. Not exactly bargain basement prices, but some fine bargains nonetheless..


https://www.jpc.de/s/NCA+Restposten?searchtype=campaigntext]https://www.jpc.de/s/Die+große+Icon+Preisaktion?searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/s/Die+gro%C3%9Fe+Icon+Preisaktion?searchtype=campaigntext%5B/url%3Cbr%20/%3E%3Cbr%20/%3EAlso%20at%20JPC,%20some%20intriguing%20issues%20on%20the%20NCA%20label:%3Cbr%20/%3E%3Cbr%20/%3E%5Burl=https://www.jpc.de/s/NCA+Restposten?searchtype=campaigntext)

Also at JPC, some intriguing issues on the NCA label:


https://www.jpc.de/s/NCA+Restposten?searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/s/NCA+Restposten?searchtype=campaigntext)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 11, 2018, 06:00:35 AM
$147.  fallen about 1/3 in price lately.  Not a favorite at GMG, I think, but I like him a lot and would like to have this...but still waiting for it to get to super-DUPER cheap.

[asin]B00YDFJLQM[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 11, 2018, 11:09:10 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on June 11, 2018, 06:00:35 AM
$147.  fallen about 1/3 in price lately.  Not a favorite at GMG, I think, but I like him a lot and would like to have this...but still waiting for it to get to super-DUPER cheap.

[asin]B00YDFJLQM[/asin]
Not a favorite probably because he is rather over-exposed and around here rarity is concomitant with quality. Also unless one has been living under a rock for the past 30-40 yrs one almost runs into 2 dozen or so Perlman recordings by accident.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 17, 2018, 12:33:32 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 11, 2018, 11:09:10 AM
Not a favorite probably because he is rather over-exposed and around here rarity is concomitant with quality. Also unless one has been living under a rock for the past 30-40 yrs one almost runs into 2 dozen or so Perlman recordings by accident.

  I'd like to see your music collection! ;D I have a hell of a lot of the big boxes, but except for in the Yo Yo Ma giant one, not much Perlman.

Anyway, good specials from Amazon DE.  Once they subtract VAT, the new Kubelik is 89 Eur, The new Bernstein (Edition--Columbia, Vocal Works) 80 Eur, and Harnouncourt Complete Sony (65CD) is 76 EUR.  I guess that's about $1.50 per disk, although they sting you pretty hard for shipping...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on June 17, 2018, 11:19:03 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on June 17, 2018, 12:33:32 AM
  I'd like to see your music collection! ;D I have a hell of a lot of the big boxes, but except for in the Yo Yo Ma giant one, not much Perlman.

Anyway, good specials from Amazon DE.  Once they subtract VAT, the new Kubelik is 89 Eur, The new Bernstein (Edition--Columbia, Vocal Works) 80 Eur, and Harnouncourt Complete Sony (65CD) is 76 EUR.  I guess that's about $1.50 per disk, although they sting you pretty hard for shipping...

The new Bernstein vocal is definitely a deal...   :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 17, 2018, 12:09:51 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on June 17, 2018, 12:33:32 AM
  I'd like to see your music collection! ;D I have a hell of a lot of the big boxes, but except for in the Yo Yo Ma giant one, not much Perlman.

Anyway, good specials from Amazon DE.  Once they subtract VAT, the new Kubelik is 89 Eur, The new Bernstein (Edition--Columbia, Vocal Works) 80 Eur, and Harnouncourt Complete Sony (65CD) is 76 EUR.  I guess that's about $1.50 per disk, although they sting you pretty hard for shipping...
Well I don't have as much as others here but safe to say 3 or 4 floor to ceiling shelves plus piles of cds stacking 7 ft high I can lay claim to LOL !

Most of these big boxes with these mega-star conductors I likely have at least 60-70% of the recordings so I am not even going to try to acquire them. Lenny for example I probably have over 90% of his SONY and DG recordings including an almost complete Royal Edition with those awful cover arts.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on June 23, 2018, 10:13:22 AM
At JPC, 2 sets of recordings on the Piano Classics label featuring Sergio Fiorentino. The one recorded at the Siemens Villa in 1995-96 is a must IMHO

11.99€ for 10 cds

(https://media2.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5065001863561.jpg)

Contents and sample clips:


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Sergio-Fiorentino-Edition-1-The-Berlin-Recordings/hnum/1570399 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Sergio-Fiorentino-Edition-1-The-Berlin-Recordings/hnum/1570399)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 23, 2018, 11:04:43 AM
That is indeed a mandatory box! Go get it, folks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 24, 2018, 05:39:02 AM
Thirded on the Fiorentino!

(But I found the red one with early recordings quite a bit of a let-down ... maybe that's just me though).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on June 24, 2018, 09:39:26 AM
Quote from: king ubu on June 24, 2018, 05:39:02 AM
(But I found the red one with early recordings quite a bit of a let-down ... maybe that's just me though).

Can't say as I feel the same. I have three discs of early Fiorentino from the original APR's (all Liszt). Stunners, all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on June 24, 2018, 04:17:03 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 23, 2018, 11:04:43 AM
That is indeed a mandatory box! Go get it, folks!

Done. This had been on my list for a while. Looks like the time and price were right. Thanks, André!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on June 26, 2018, 05:53:21 AM
From this rare and very expensive box

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41PrXwZN6sL._SY334_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)

JPC is proposing 8 recordings for 1.99€:


https://www.jpc.de/s/BPH?searchtype=label (https://www.jpc.de/s/BPH?searchtype=label)

The Oistrakh and Sanderling are mandatory purchases !

Caveat: JPC advertises the Sanderling disc as containing the 5th symphony by Shostakovich. It's the 15th that's on it (even better!).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on June 26, 2018, 10:03:47 AM
Thanks ... got but the Horenstein so far ... alas JPC is refurbishing their site and it won't work until (prob.) Thursday again ... (okay, ordering works it seems, but log in won't)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on July 05, 2018, 11:37:03 PM
Jpc seems to be up and running again, and has a great Pentatone sale just now, i.e. surround SACDs sometimes drawn from the Philips and DG Quad recordings from the early '70s and sometimes their own more recent recordings. The price is €6 (sometimes even for double SACDs) and their quality is famous:
https://www.jpc.de/s/Pentatone+Mega-Angebot?searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/s/Pentatone+Mega-Angebot?searchtype=campaigntext)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Paul_Thomas on July 07, 2018, 12:10:47 AM
Big savings on the Pentatone Jurowski Wagner Opera Recordings at Presto.

Parsifal/Meistersingers/Walkure/Gotterdammerung - £13.91/$16.25

Tannhauser/Siegfried/Tristan -£13.20/$15.25

https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/series/3142/browse
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on July 30, 2018, 02:31:53 AM
Amazon in Spain are currently again offering the Discotheque Ideale de L'Opera set at just €26 for 25 operas/56 CDs.
It's essentially Sony material from RCA & CBS, from the 50s up to the end of the century. Some standard - and excellent - recordings of Verdi, Puccini, etc with top casts, but also rep which is less frequently anthologised, such as Vanessa, Akhenaten, La Donna del Lago and Die Tote Stadt.
(International postage appears reasonable, at least to the UK - at under €5.)
https://www.amazon.es/Une-Discotheque-Ideale-LOpera-Vv-Aa/dp/B01C52U2V2/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1532946108&sr=1-3&refinements=p_n_binding_browse-bin%3A976277031%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A3623029031
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on July 30, 2018, 06:52:35 PM
Quote from: Martin H on July 30, 2018, 02:31:53 AM
Amazon in Spain are currently again offering the Discotheque Ideale de L'Opera set at just €26 for 25 operas/56 CDs.
It's essentially Sony material from RCA & CBS, from the 50s up to the end of the century. Some standard - and excellent - recordings of Verdi, Puccini, etc with top casts, but also rep which is less frequently anthologised, such as Vanessa, Akhenaten, La Donna del Lago and Die Tote Stadt.
(International postage appears reasonable, at least to the UK - at under €5.)
https://www.amazon.es/Une-Discotheque-Ideale-LOpera-Vv-Aa/dp/B01C52U2V2/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1532946108&sr=1-3&refinements=p_n_binding_browse-bin%3A976277031%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A3623029031

Looks like a great compilation! Thanks Martin!!!    :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 01, 2018, 06:39:08 AM
At JPC, many historic and moden issues of rare material, mostly english music, on the SOMM label: Sibelius by Boult, Vaughan-Williams 5 and Dona nobis pacem by the composer, string qts by John Joubert, piano concertos by William Mathias...

https://www.jpc.de/s/SOMM-Raritäten+limitiert+preiswert?searchtype=campaigntext
(https://www.jpc.de/s/SOMM-Rarit%C3%A4ten+limitiert+preiswert?searchtype=campaigntext)

7,99€ each (6.71€ Ex-VAT). I'll probably go for a couple of those (Sibelius and Mathias).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 10, 2018, 05:49:12 AM
Not quite super duper bargains, but interesting stuff at a low price from the Capriccio label, on sale at JPC:


https://www.jpc.de/s/Capriccio+Titel+limitiert+günstig?searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/s/Capriccio+Titel+limitiert+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 10, 2018, 07:08:46 AM
Quote from: André on August 10, 2018, 05:49:12 AM
Not quite super duper bargains, but interesting stuff at a low price from the Capriccio label, on sale at JPC:


https://www.jpc.de/s/Capriccio+Titel+limitiert+günstig?searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/s/Capriccio+Titel+limitiert+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext)

I am glad you took over the see these deals Andre, I miss the motivation these days,.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 12, 2018, 05:02:43 PM
Off the beaten path stuff, attractively priced.

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421947730.jpg)

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421944333.jpg)

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421949253.jpg)


All three sets contain 6 CDs,  priced at 9.99€.


(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421942674.jpg)

4 discs, 6.99€
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on August 14, 2018, 08:30:56 AM
Quote from: André on August 12, 2018, 05:02:43 PM

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421947730.jpg)


That is a good price and should be considered if one does not already have it in one's collection.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 16, 2018, 10:54:44 AM
ALERT !

BIG SALE ON LYRITA CDS AT JPC !

Too many items to mention, check for yourselves here:


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/offers (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/offers)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on September 02, 2018, 09:51:56 PM
Two great deals at Amazon.uk:

Complete Arrau on Philips for £99:https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077ZH999P/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077ZH999P/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Complete Kubelik on DG for £72: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rafael-Kubelik-Complete-Recordings-Grammophon/dp/B07B5Y6TRW/ref=pd_sim_15_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07B5Y6TRW&pd_rd_r=e3c05016-af3c-11e8-b7b1-1f841b9564db&pd_rd_w=LcXfa&pd_rd_wg=TrhsC&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=84a780ce-12ed-4544-a9d7-b922bd82349c&pf_rd_r=8MH2M5ZKZB8PWSMZ4SMB&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=8MH2M5ZKZB8PWSMZ4SMB (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rafael-Kubelik-Complete-Recordings-Grammophon/dp/B07B5Y6TRW/ref=pd_sim_15_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07B5Y6TRW&pd_rd_r=e3c05016-af3c-11e8-b7b1-1f841b9564db&pd_rd_w=LcXfa&pd_rd_wg=TrhsC&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=84a780ce-12ed-4544-a9d7-b922bd82349c&pf_rd_r=8MH2M5ZKZB8PWSMZ4SMB&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=8MH2M5ZKZB8PWSMZ4SMB)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: EddieRUKiddingVarese on September 02, 2018, 09:58:44 PM
I've just been offered an original recording of 4'33" - should I buy it  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on September 07, 2018, 12:16:36 PM
Met with appropriate silence...  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Malx on September 07, 2018, 12:52:03 PM
Quote from: EddieRUKiddingVarese on September 02, 2018, 09:58:44 PM
I've just been offered an original recording of 4'33" - should I buy it  :(

That depends on if its a 'live recording' which will benefit from the hall's ambiance or a studio bound recording!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 07, 2018, 12:53:49 PM
Quote from: Malx on September 07, 2018, 12:52:03 PM
That depends on if its a 'live recording' which will benefit from the hall's ambiance or a studio bound recording!
It sounds warmer on LP, especially compared to the anemic early 1980s digital renditions of 4'33".
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on September 07, 2018, 02:37:06 PM
If it is a live recording of the first public performance, I would grab it. It will always have an authentic air around it, even if it of course can be performed in many other ways.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on September 07, 2018, 04:52:25 PM
Quote from: Will Sheard on September 07, 2018, 12:16:36 PM
Met with appropriate silence...  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

One of those times  when GMG really needs a like button.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: brunumb on September 07, 2018, 05:03:47 PM
Quote from: EddieRUKiddingVarese on September 02, 2018, 09:58:44 PM
I've just been offered an original recording of 4'33" - should I buy it  :(

Snap it up.  I once passed on a rare CD of it coupled with Marcel Marceau's greatest hits and have not seen a copy of it available since.   ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on September 08, 2018, 03:09:49 AM
Is this possible?

https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000YPWBP8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(Complete Tallis Edition on Brilliant at 3,28 EUR)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on September 08, 2018, 03:14:15 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on September 08, 2018, 03:09:49 AM
Is this possible?

https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000YPWBP8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(Complete Tallis Edition on Brilliant at 3,28 EUR)

Could be, you can always try, its a very good set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on September 08, 2018, 03:29:28 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on September 08, 2018, 03:09:49 AM
Is this possible?

https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000YPWBP8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(Complete Tallis Edition on Brilliant at 3,28 EUR)

If that is correct it is a steal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on September 08, 2018, 03:30:25 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on September 08, 2018, 03:09:49 AM
Is this possible?

https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000YPWBP8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(Complete Tallis Edition on Brilliant at 3,28 EUR)

Temporalmente sin stock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on September 08, 2018, 03:36:48 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on September 08, 2018, 03:30:25 AM
Temporalmente sin stock.


Yeah, it's my native language, dude. It also says that it should be available in a time ranging from 1 to 3 months. That's why, well, I kind of doubt that they will make good on their promise.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 08, 2018, 07:49:23 AM
Quote from: brunumb on September 07, 2018, 05:03:47 PM
Snap it up.  I once passed on a rare CD of it coupled with Marcel Marceau's greatest hits and have not seen a copy of it available since.   ;)
For those who haven't seen Marcel Marceau's delightful cameo in Silent Movie: https://vimeo.com/244249479
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: brunumb on September 08, 2018, 08:51:37 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 08, 2018, 07:49:23 AM
For those who haven't seen Marcel Marceau's delightful cameo in Silent Movie: https://vimeo.com/244249479

Oui!   :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Orpheus on September 10, 2018, 01:36:15 AM
If you are a Menuhin's fan look here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Menuhin-Century-Luxury-DVD-AUDIO/dp/B019JGOOEI/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1536571774&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=menuhin (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Menuhin-Century-Luxury-DVD-AUDIO/dp/B019JGOOEI/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1536571774&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=menuhin)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Biffo on September 10, 2018, 01:57:47 AM
Quote from: aligreto on September 08, 2018, 03:29:28 AM
If that is correct it is a steal.

I can't believe it either. Currently it is available from MDT for £23.80. It is a fine box set, can't remember how much I paid for it but it seemed a bargain at the time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 10, 2018, 01:37:30 PM
Quote from: Biffo on September 10, 2018, 01:57:47 AM
I can't believe it either. Currently it is available from MDT for £23.80. It is a fine box set, can't remember how much I paid for it but it seemed a bargain at the time.
Seems like it is back up to  £196 at MDT.

I ordered a set from amazon UK. Comes out to a around $42 delivered to the U.S. Can't see how you can go wrong.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on September 10, 2018, 01:47:21 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on September 10, 2018, 01:37:30 PM
Seems like it is back up to  £196 at MDT.

I ordered a set from amazon UK. Comes out to a around $42 delivered to the U.S. Can't see how you can go wrong.

I paid about 120USD, and think it money well spent.

But
QuoteUsually dispatched within 1 to 4 weeks.
has been known to turn into cancellation...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 10, 2018, 02:10:19 PM
Quote from: JBS on September 10, 2018, 01:47:21 PM

Buthas been known to turn into cancellation...

Yes just like the big DG Richard Strauss box. Anyway nothing lost, if I don't get it I don't get it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on September 11, 2018, 12:48:05 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on September 08, 2018, 03:09:49 AM
Is this possible?

https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B000YPWBP8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(Complete Tallis Edition on Brilliant at 3,28 EUR)

For those of us in Western Europe, Qobuz has it for not too much more: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/integrale-des-oeuvres-thomas-tallis/5028421942681 (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/integrale-des-oeuvres-thomas-tallis/5028421942681)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 11, 2018, 05:57:54 AM
Quote from: Orpheus on September 10, 2018, 01:36:15 AM
If you are a Menuhin's fan look here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Menuhin-Century-Luxury-DVD-AUDIO/dp/B019JGOOEI/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1536571774&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=menuhin (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Menuhin-Century-Luxury-DVD-AUDIO/dp/B019JGOOEI/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1536571774&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=menuhin)

  That's insane. I pounced. It's actually cheaper when they take off the VAT.   The Claudio Arrau box has also plummeted in price. I Got the Menuhin and Arrau mega-boxes for $156, combined, including shipping. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on September 12, 2018, 08:59:11 AM
If anyone lost out when the price of The Menuhin Century - Luxury Edition shot back up, to £211.54, it has now reappeared at £35.13: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B019JGOOEI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=vigukb-6-21
Heaven knows what amazon.uk are doing, but it is a phenomenal bargain.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian Redux on September 12, 2018, 12:33:55 PM
Quote from: Martin H on September 12, 2018, 08:59:11 AM
If anyone lost out when the price of The Menuhin Century - Luxury Edition shot back up, to £211.54, it has now reappeared at £35.13: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B019JGOOEI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=vigukb-6-21
Heaven knows what amazon.uk are doing, but it is a phenomenal bargain.

I've just been reading this, and checking out the box, and thinking... would I buy a gigantic heap of Menuhin CDs, normally? And I wouldn't. But I was driven to the point of thinking ... well who knows what new insights there might be in this box? And at this price, isn't it worth the experiment? So I did the inevitable, and pressed the button.

Thank you for the alert on this. I'll report back if it arrives ....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on September 12, 2018, 01:35:12 PM
I felt exactly the same.
I'd always shied away from his recordings, having heard him perform decades ago with somewhat erratic intonation. But he was such a great man, and great musician, that I feel I mustn't pass up this opportunity to get to know his work properly.
(I also find my ears these days are far more willing to accept the sound of pre-war recordings.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 12, 2018, 01:40:58 PM
I too found problems with his recordings. I suspect he was much better when he was younger. Mono. So I pass.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on September 12, 2018, 03:52:59 PM
Quote from: Martin H on September 12, 2018, 01:35:12 PM
I felt exactly the same.
I'd always shied away from his recordings, having heard him perform decades ago with somewhat erratic intonation. But he was such a great man, and great musician, that I feel I mustn't pass up this opportunity to get to know his work properly.
(I also find my ears these days are far more willing to accept the sound of pre-war recordings.)

It's actually well worth getting.  Only a couple of CDs are truly terrible SQ, and there's several doses of historically interesting stuff such as the complete series of recordings he made with Enescu, as large swathes of Hepzibah Menuhin. Plus a number of recordings in which he figures as conductor, not as violinist (or only secondarily as violinist).

The box is not meant to be a complete set of his recordings btw.  So a number of the more dubious ones, in sonic or artistic terms, were left out.

And you are not obligated to listen to them all.  I skipped over the Grappelli and Shankar CDs, for instance.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian Redux on September 13, 2018, 12:51:16 AM
Actually, I've just cancelled my order for the Menuhin. I've been thinking of the boxes lying almost unused around the house - the hundreds of CDs that haven't been listened to for years (why?) - and suddenly saw the foolishness of buying this latest bargain. There will be a flurry of short-term interest when it arrives, and then - because after all, I have never been particularly drawn to Menuhin (even with the Elgar connection) - it will become just another big unused box.

So ... wishful thinking has been discarded, and realism has set in.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on September 13, 2018, 01:21:13 AM
I'll keep on resisting realism.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian Redux on September 13, 2018, 01:26:55 AM
Quote from: Martin H on September 13, 2018, 01:21:13 AM
I'll keep on resisting realism.

Oh believe me, I am not sure I've done the right thing!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 13, 2018, 05:02:35 AM
Quote from: Elgarian Redux on September 13, 2018, 12:51:16 AM
Actually, I've just cancelled my order for the Menuhin. I've been thinking of the boxes lying almost unused around the house - the hundreds of CDs that haven't been listened to for years (why?) - and suddenly saw the foolishness of buying this latest bargain. There will be a flurry of short-term interest when it arrives, and then - because after all, I have never been particularly drawn to Menuhin (even with the Elgar connection) - it will become just another big unused box.

So ... wishful thinking has been discarded, and realism has set in.

Ha, sadly I recognize this. Past few months, I have been making deliberate effort to dip into the Big Boxes in my collection - Rubinstein and Perahia piano boxes and now, as of this past Saturday, the new Salonen box. It feels both like a pleasure than a chore - more pleasure, thankfully, but I can't imagine what it would be like if I had made the belated discovery that I don't like Perahia!

And I still have the two big Bernstein Sony boxes - though in their lifetimes they have gotten plenty of play already. And the two towers of individual CDs....well anyway who's counting? Sometimes I buy something and the honest-to-frog justification is "this purchase is smart because I am young and will be alive a long time yet." Such confidence.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian Redux on September 13, 2018, 05:51:01 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 13, 2018, 05:02:35 AM
Ha, sadly I recognize this. Past few months, I have been making deliberate effort to dip into the Big Boxes in my collection - Rubinstein and Perahia piano boxes and now, as of this past Saturday, the new Salonen box. It feels both like a pleasure than a chore - more pleasure, thankfully, but I can't imagine what it would be like if I had made the belated discovery that I don't like Perahia!

And I still have the two big Bernstein Sony boxes - though in their lifetimes they have gotten plenty of play already. And the two towers of individual CDs....well anyway who's counting? Sometimes I buy something and the honest-to-frog justification is "this purchase is smart because I am young and will be alive a long time yet." Such confidence.

Ah Brian. You are a sensitive soul, and I take solace from what you say.

Fact is, I forced myself to confront the motivation for the impulse, and I must say that a substantial component of it was generated by the sheer desirability of the thing. That big, beautifully designed box, so royally dark blue, with the large hardback book, and the individual smaller boxes, opening oh so so elegantly. Now there is nothing wrong with that in itself. And if the box had been a celebration of Sibelius, or Mozart, or Wagner, or Frederica Von Stade, or Mirella Freni (add names according to taste), I wouldn't have had any misgivings. But, rightly or wrongly, Menuhin has never had any particular resonance for me, and the impulse was misleading me. Better to make sure I enjoy what I have, than simply to continue stacking 'em up.

But when all the rational argument is done, I still feel the tug, y'know.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 13, 2018, 05:54:48 AM
Big boxes I purchased - some of them quite a few years ago - and that are still unlistened to, or only  partially so. I bought them because they were there, and quite light on the wallet.

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81YinI26nhL._SX522_.jpg)

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This one is in LP format, 12x12.

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The 12x12 box of Günter Wand Complete Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Bruckner and assorted stuff.


Plus 3 Wagner Rings still in wraps...  Over 250 discs altogether. I did manage to go through and enjoy many other big boxes, but... I've grown tired of looking at them - feel guilty, too  :(.

Hopefully I'm past that phase now  ::).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 13, 2018, 06:11:55 AM
Quote from: Elgarian Redux on September 13, 2018, 05:51:01 AM
Ah Brian. You are a sensitive soul, and I take solace from what you say.

Fact is, I forced myself to confront the motivation for the impulse, and I must say that a substantial component of it was generated by the sheer desirability of the thing. That big, beautifully designed box, so royally dark blue, with the large hardback book, and the individual smaller boxes, opening oh so so elegantly. Now there is nothing wrong with that in itself. And if the box had been a celebration of Sibelius, or Mozart, or Wagner, or Frederica Von Stade, or Mirella Freni (add names according to taste), I wouldn't have had any misgivings. But, rightly or wrongly, Menuhin has never had any particular resonance for me, and the impulse was misleading me. Better to make sure I enjoy what I have, then simply to continue stacking 'em up.

But when all the rational argument is done, I still feel the tug, y'know.
The good (bad? good?) news is that they seem intent on producing these enormous boxes for every artist who ever drew acclaim, and new temptations are appearing regularly. I'm now eyeballing the 100+ CD George Szell box, and the forthcoming Alicia de Larrocha box, and no doubt more will follow them. It's also all rather distracting from great artists of the present - except of course for the new, gigantic Riccardo Chailly box, which seems to disregard the idea that he's still alive and kicking.

André, thanks for the reminder that I have the Wand box too and need to listen to that one more, as well.  ??? :( ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 13, 2018, 06:55:12 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 13, 2018, 05:02:35 AM
Sometimes I buy something and the honest-to-frog justification is "this purchase is smart because I am young and will be alive a long time yet." Such confidence.

  Actually, I occasionally remember that I'm over 50 and will die before I listen to everything I have.
   That doesn't bother me at all, though :P  Each box brings a lot of hours of joy. I remember spending $47 for the 3-disk Dylan Bootleg set 25 years ago, and that was a lot of money to me back then. In adjusted dollars, that's what I pay for a 50 disk set now.  It's not like wasting food that others could eat, or hoarding artwork that others then won't be able to see and enjoy. It's endlessly reproducible beauty--the more the better! Sometimes I feel a little guilty about my embarrassment of riches, but it's an anachronistic response, like when my 94 year old father feels we're being wasteful to talk to long on Skype, because he can't shake the old notion of expensive long-distance phone calls.   

  By the way, Brian, how is the Salonen?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on September 13, 2018, 09:16:21 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on September 13, 2018, 06:55:12 AM
  Actually, I occasionally remember that I'm over 50 and will die before I listen to everything I have.
   That doesn't bother me at all, though :P  Each box brings a lot of hours of joy. I remember spending $47 for the 3-disk Dylan Bootleg set 25 years ago, and that was a lot of money to me back then. In adjusted dollars, that's what I pay for a 50 disk set now.  It's not like wasting food that others could eat, or hoarding artwork that others then won't be able to see and enjoy. It's endlessly reproducible beauty--the more the better! Sometimes I feel a little guilty about my embarrassment of riches, but it's an anachronistic response, like when my 94 year old father feels we're being wasteful to talk to long on Skype, because he can't shake the old notion of expensive long-distance phone calls.   

As someone who owns several big boxes, I consider 3 discs that I love and often play more valuable than 300 discs that remain untouched, or that I listened to once because they're there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 13, 2018, 09:33:55 AM
I own a bunch of big boxes. The only one I can think of that I regret is the big pink thing (Rubinstein).

I feel no compulsion to listen to all of the discs in any given box. They are there for me to dip into, and the cost is typically low enough that it is a good value when I consider money paid per disc actually listened to. I have the Ciccolini complete box. I listened to the old mono recordings with French orchestras. It is mind expanding to hear the performance style of that era.

I have the Cluytens complete box. I listened to a Schuman 4 from 1952 (and they say French orchestras did not have high standards for virtuosity, it put that canard to rest). I listened to two different mono recordings of Ravel's Pavane pour un infante defunto. My lord, you'll never hear a French horn play like that again.

I have the Samson Francois Box. I listened to he Debussy Preludes. Wow, a very individual interpretation.

I have the Silvestri Box. I listened to his Rinsky-Korsakov May Night Overture. Astonishing. I listened to his Stravinsky Symphony in 3 Movements, my notes say "truly amazing."

I have the Karajan complete EMI Box. His first recordings of the Pini di Roma and Liszt tone poems are amazing, and his old recording Stravinsky's Game of Cards (I won't butcher the French again).

I have the Pollini complete and Karajan 60, 70, 80 boxes. Those were an indulgence, since I already had most of the recordings in a hodgepodge of editions. It is nice to have the stuff complete and ordered. And I've made a project of listening to Karajan recordings of things he is supposedly bad at and which I would not consider buying. Actually I got a lot of pleasure from that stuff. He even has a unique way of being bad. :)

Maybe I've only listened to five discs or so from a lot of these boxes, but I find them worth it, and I get a palpable pleasure from knowing that these huge libraries of recordings are on the shelf, waiting to be indulged in. They are like a hardcopy streaming service. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian Redux on September 13, 2018, 09:38:26 AM
Just want to make clear that I am not in any way knocking big boxes. I raised the question (a purely personal one) merely of whether I wanted the Menuhin Big Box, and decided against it, in favour of paying more attention to what I already have.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 13, 2018, 09:49:14 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 13, 2018, 09:33:55 AM
I have the Silvestri Box. I listened to his Rinsky-Korsakov May Night Overture. Astonishing. I listened to his Stravinsky Symphony in 3 Movements, my notes say "truly amazing."
The Silvestri box is astonishing. Just about everything in it is a thrillride and a joy. Not many conductors today have quite so much fun.

I'm sorry you regret the Rubinstein box. The effect for me is similar to what you describe - I enjoy Rubinstein's Liszt, Brahms, and Schumann recitals enough to justify the whole big thing. And I'm glad to have the occasional oddity like his Szymanowski Symphony.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 13, 2018, 09:56:02 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 13, 2018, 09:49:14 AM
The Silvestri box is astonishing. Just about everything in it is a thrillride and a joy. Not many conductors today have quite so much fun.

I'm sorry you regret the Rubinstein box. The effect for me is similar to what you describe - I enjoy Rubinstein's Liszt, Brahms, and Schumann recitals enough to justify the whole big thing. And I'm glad to have the occasional oddity like his Szymanowski Symphony.

When I got the Silvestri box I had never heard a single one of his recordings, I had never heard of him at all. I liked the sound of his name. That's my most successful decision method for the big boxes!

The Rubinstein box, I've not listened to a single disc. I don't think I've even opened it up and looked inside. It is so ugly, but it was so cheap! I should crack it open.

Other boxes that have not been listened to at all yet, the Decca Mono Box and the Deutsche Grammophon Mono Box. But they are very pretty and it gives me pleasure to know all of those obscure recordings are there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 13, 2018, 10:40:15 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 13, 2018, 09:33:55 AM
I own a bunch of big boxes. The only one I can think of that I regret is the big pink thing (Rubinstein).

I feel no compulsion to listen to all of the discs in any given box. They are there for me to dip into, and the cost is typically low enough that it is a good value when I consider money paid per disc actually listened to. I have the Ciccolini complete box. I listened to the old mono recordings with French orchestras. It is mind expanding to hear the performance style of that era.

I have the Cluytens complete box. I listened to a Schuman 4 from 1952 (and they say French orchestras did not have high standards for virtuosity, it put that canard to rest). I listened to two different mono recordings of Ravel's Pavane pour un infante defunto. My lord, you'll never hear a French horn play like that again.

I have the Samson Francois Box. I listened to he Debussy Preludes. Wow, a very individual interpretation.

I have the Silvestri Box. I listened to his Rinsky-Korsakov May Night Overture. Astonishing. I listened to his Stravinsky Symphony in 3 Movements, my notes say "truly amazing."

I have the Karajan complete EMI Box. His first recordings of the Pini di Roma and Liszt tone poems are amazing, and his old recording Stravinsky's Game of Cards (I won't butcher the French again).

I have the Pollini complete and Karajan 60, 70, 80 boxes. Those were an indulgence, since I already had most of the recordings in a hodgepodge of editions. It is nice to have the stuff complete and ordered. And I've made a project of listening to Karajan recordings of things he is supposedly bad at and which I would not consider buying. Actually I got a lot of pleasure from that stuff. He even has a unique way of being bad. :)

Maybe I've only listened to five discs or so from a lot of these boxes, but I find them worth it, and I get a palpable pleasure from knowing that these huge libraries of recordings are on the shelf, waiting to be indulged in. They are like a hardcopy streaming service. :)

My attitude too. The Silvestri box is a marvel. My favorite scheherazade. Brimming with great recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 13, 2018, 04:35:47 PM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 13, 2018, 09:56:02 AM

The Rubinstein box, I've not listened to a single disc. I don't think I've even opened it up and looked inside. It is so ugly, but it was so cheap! I should crack it open.

Sell it on ebay!! It's worth several hundred dollars now.  I sold the Heiffetz big box for $600. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 13, 2018, 04:58:50 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on September 13, 2018, 04:35:47 PM
Sell it on ebay!! It's worth several hundred dollars now.  I sold the Heiffetz big box for $600.
Nobody really listens to these megaboxes. I think i sold the Gould box three times the past 10 yrs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 13, 2018, 08:14:03 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on September 13, 2018, 04:58:50 PM
Nobody really listens to these megaboxes. I think i sold the Gould box three times the past 10 yrs.

My interest in classical coincided with the advent of megaboxes.  They comprise 99% of my collection and I literally play them 10 hours a day. Perhaps I'm the only one (although looking above on this page, it sounds like I'm not).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on September 14, 2018, 01:34:53 AM
Reading all the thoughts (and reflecting on Elgarian's further comments), I cancelled my order for the Menuhin.
I'm not in the same league of mega-box collections as many here, but I have enough waiting to entertain me for the foreseeable future.

It was a huge bargain, but another 90-odd discs is an unnecessary indulgence!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Elgarian Redux on September 14, 2018, 02:22:32 AM
Quote from: Martin H on September 14, 2018, 01:34:53 AM
Reading all the thoughts (and reflecting on Elgarian's further comments), I cancelled my order for the Menuhin.
I'm not in the same league of mega-box collections as many here, but I have enough waiting to entertain me for the foreseeable future.

It was a huge bargain, but another 90-odd discs is an unnecessary indulgence!

My dear fellow, I feel your pain. Very precisely, in fact!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 14, 2018, 08:33:05 AM
Great sale of the Sterling label at JPC. Check the complete Huber symphonies (5cd set) for 7.99€  8) !


https://www.jpc.de/s/Sterling+jetzt+günstig?searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/s/Sterling+jetzt+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on September 14, 2018, 08:50:04 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 13, 2018, 09:56:02 AM
When I got the Silvestri box I had never heard a single one of his recordings, I had never heard of him at all. I liked the sound of his name. That's my most successful decision method for the big boxes!

The Rubinstein box, I've not listened to a single disc. I don't think I've even opened it up and looked inside. It is so ugly, but it was so cheap! I should crack it open.

Other boxes that have not been listened to at all yet, the Decca Mono Box and the Deutsche Grammophon Mono Box. But they are very pretty and it gives me pleasure to know all of those obscure recordings are there.

I didn't mean to put you (or anyone) on the defensive. I've just found most of the big boxes to be less of a bargain than their per-disc prices suggest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 14, 2018, 08:59:07 AM
Quote from: Pat B on September 14, 2018, 08:50:04 AM
I didn't mean to put you (or anyone) on the defensive. I've just found most of the big boxes to be less of a bargain than their per-disc prices suggest.

No worries, I don't feel defensive. We all have our own criteria for judging the value of something.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 14, 2018, 09:04:57 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on September 13, 2018, 08:14:03 PM
My interest in classical coincided with the advent of megaboxes.  They comprise 99% of my collection and I literally play them 10 hours a day. Perhaps I'm the only one (although looking above on this page, it sounds like I'm not).
Some megaboxes are even available as downloads. For example I have the big Wagner Bayreuth box and I have Amazon Prime so effectively i never opened the box and just stream it via BT on my android phone to either my car stereo or BT speakers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 14, 2018, 06:28:40 PM
Quote from: Pat B on September 13, 2018, 09:16:21 AM
As someone who owns several big boxes, I consider 3 discs that I love and often play more valuable than 300 discs that remain untouched, or that I listened to once because they're there.

   That's very reasonable, and I hope everyone feels that way. But when do you have enough "discs that you love," or stop looking for more? I wonder about that a lot.
I was crazy about music in high school and college, first as a rock fan, and later as a jazz fan. However, it had been over 20 years since I had heard any new music that I got really excited about. I still played a lot of Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and occasionally worked up some enthusiasm for some new alternative rock, mostly British--but my overall feeling was that real musical excitement was sort of an adolescent thing I wouldn't experience again.  However, now I literally find something new that I love every day.  I keep a music journal of sorts, and it's almost useless because its so full of exhortations to "play this a lot!" because its "excellent."
   I never dreamed classical music could be this endless. On this damned site I can literally hear about new "must have" musicians, composers, or conductors every day. It's wonderful, but I wonder when you reach the point where you consider yourself "well read" and feel content to just go back and start re-reading Montaigne, so to speak...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 14, 2018, 06:38:53 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on September 14, 2018, 06:28:40 PM
   That's very reasonable, and I hope everyone feels that way. But when do you have enough "discs that you love," or stop looking for more? I wonder about that a lot.
I was crazy about music in high school and college, first as a rock fan, and later as a jazz fan. However, it had been over 20 years since I had heard any new music that I got really excited about. I still played a lot of Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and occasionally worked up some enthusiasm for some new alternative rock, mostly British--but my overall feeling was that real musical excitement was sort of an adolescent thing I wouldn't experience again.  However, now I literally find something new that I love every day.  I keep a music journal of sorts, and it's almost useless because its so full of exhortations to "play this a lot!" because its "excellent."
   I never dreamed classical music could be this endless. On this damned site I can literally hear about new "must have" musicians, composers, or conductors every day. It's wonderful, but I wonder when you reach the point where you consider yourself "well read" and feel content to just go back and start re-reading Montaigne, so to speak...

I don't think I need to consider every disc in a box a gem either. I have the big Lenny boxes. Mostly music I already had, but I enjoy the fresh perspective. I have the complete Seon box, and enjoy everything I pull out of it. I have about 40 left. I have several hundred DHM discs in boxes, have heard most many times. Big boxes make lots of stuff accessible that I wouldn't have. I still treasure my 1947 mono Four Saints in Three Acts, but I also like having every recording Murray Perahia made over a 40 year span.
Quality vs quantity? These recordings ARE quality. And choice is quality too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 14, 2018, 07:25:20 PM
Quote from: Ken B on September 14, 2018, 06:38:53 PM
Quality vs quantity? These recordings ARE quality. And choice is quality too.

   Almost miraculous, isn't it? In the old days i would literally buy an occasional classical disc, but almost completely randomly. Some turned out to be good, others not so much. After a couple in a row that I couldn't get excited about, I'd sort of figure I was "classicalled out" and give up on the whole genre for a few years. I bought the first Decca Sound box on a whim, and every disc was like "WOW, WOW, WOW." Warhorses to everyone else, perhaps, but all brand new to me.  Now I know they are all pretty celebrated performances, but at the time I couldn't believe it. It was like if I came out of some Mennonite enclave and bought a box called "pop/rock" and heard the Beatles and Stones and Who and Simon/Garfunkel and Buddy Holly one after another, all for the first time. And that still happens to me, almost every month.
   One thing that makes these box sets more attractive to me than for most here is that I usually have NONE of the individual discs.  For example, I don't own a single disc by Menuhin or Arrau--although of course I can hear them via the net.
   
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 15, 2018, 04:54:50 AM
Sheesh, that Rubinstein box is fantastic! Not that I've played all of its contents, but there's so much great music in there, I wouldn't want to be without mine  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 15, 2018, 05:14:58 AM
Quote from: king ubu on September 15, 2018, 04:54:50 AM
Sheesh, that Rubinstein box is fantastic! Not that I've played all of its contents, but there's so much great music in there, I wouldn't want to be without mine  :)

Amen! The amazing think about that box is how consistently good it is. The earliest recordings, in just-barely-good-enough sound to the ones when he is like 90 years old are all rewarding.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 15, 2018, 05:25:27 AM
My main quibble is that these boxes are coming out too fast ... but then the question is: how many of them are still to be done?

I've started skipping some that I'd likely have bought four or five years ago - partly because I've amassed quite some of their content (i.e. the Szell box), partly because I have core portions of them and no need for further austro-german classical repertoire (i.e. the Alicia de Larrocha) ...

The most recent one I bought is the Lenny Vocal Works (though I've barely dug into the two previous boxes - not planning on getting his DG work in big collections though, I've got a little bit of it here and there or on separate releases).

The next one I'll likely get is going to be the Szeryng box (though I've not played all that much of the "In Concert" box yet - overlap I didn't yet check for). I'm generally a lot into historical violin and piano recordings ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 15, 2018, 05:29:24 AM
Oh, and the upcoming Piatigorsky box ... plenty of overlap with the beloved Rubinstein and Heifetz boxes, but still, a no-brainer!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 15, 2018, 06:32:23 AM
Quote from: king ubu on September 15, 2018, 05:29:24 AM
Oh, and the upcoming Piatigorsky box ... plenty of overlap with the beloved Rubinstein and Heifetz boxes, but still, a no-brainer!

  Love historical violin? So I take it you've already got (or have ordered) the Menuhin from Amazon UK? That's one of the craziest bargains of all time.  I wonder how good the 10 DVDs are?

  About "when the boxes will run out"--I'm starting to suspect never.  I had thought it was a kind of weird fad or experiment initially, but it seems that it will go on until we stop buying the boxes.  I've stopped following the DG stuff, as so much is repackaging the same material, and even my beloved DHM seems to be doing that a fair amount.  I'm passing on most things these day, unless its irresistible--and even on the stuff I'm really interested in I don't mind waiting until the price plummets, which most do. But then little odd things come out, completely under my radar, like Leonard Rose and Michala Petri, and both those turned out to be wonderful. Still, even if it feels like picking diamonds off of the street, your pockets can get uncomfortably full...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 15, 2018, 06:44:21 AM
Quote from: king ubu on September 15, 2018, 05:25:27 AM
My main quibble is that these boxes are coming out too fast ... but then the question is: how many of them are still to be done?

I'm curious about this too, but the different "legacy" labels all seem to have different strategies. Sony keeps unearthing things that Columbia, CBS, etc. let sit in the archives for decades, with boxes dedicated to artists like Leonard Rose or Gary Graffman - though these suffer from the old strategy of recording the exact same repertoire with every new musician to come along. On the opposite end, EMI - until its demise and even now as Warner - seemed bent on releasing the same 10 box sets over and over and over again.

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With EMI/Warner, I am waiting for various old boxes (Zacharias Scarlatti) to be reissued anew because I like the new cover artwork better than the old cover artwork. And for a few I will buy the old cover art as it goes out of print because I liked those artworks. Sony has been doing an especially appealing job, to me, with their big new boxes, and they only repackage the material 2-3 times - once with the original artwork, once in the cheap white-framed series.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 15, 2018, 07:41:40 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 15, 2018, 06:44:21 AM
I'm curious about this too, but the different "legacy" labels all seem to have different strategies. Sony keeps unearthing things that Columbia, CBS, etc. let sit in the archives for decades, with boxes dedicated to artists like Leonard Rose or Gary Graffman - though these suffer from the old strategy of recording the exact same repertoire with every new musician to come along. On the opposite end, EMI - until its demise and even now as Warner - seemed bent on releasing the same 10 box sets over and over and over again.

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With EMI/Warner, I am waiting for various old boxes (Zacharias Scarlatti) to be reissued anew because I like the new cover artwork better than the old cover artwork. And for a few I will buy the old cover art as it goes out of print because I liked those artworks. Sony has been doing an especially appealing job, to me, with their big new boxes, and they only repackage the material 2-3 times - once with the original artwork, once in the cheap white-framed series.

Yes, Sony has been much better. All the DHM stuff, Seon, all the smallish boxes. I have not seen a box from Harmonia Mundi (the French one) in a while, alas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on September 15, 2018, 07:47:38 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on September 15, 2018, 06:32:23 AM
  Love historical violin? So I take it you've already got (or have ordered) the Menuhin from Amazon UK? That's one of the craziest bargains of all time.  I wonder how good the 10 DVDs are?

I have not received my Menuhin box yet but before it went down to £34 I was seriously considering the Bruno Monsaingeon Edition Vol. 2, which turns out to cover eight of the eleven DVDs in the Menuhin box. Monsaingeon is considered one of the very best documentarians of classical artists, with well-known documentaries on Glenn Gould, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (=Bruno Monsaingeon Edition Vol. 1) and Sviatoslav Richter (=Bruno Monsaingeon Edition Vol. 3). He was a personal friend of Menuhin for decades ( and a fellow violinist), so I expect much from his documentaries, which in addition to lengthy interviews also contain a number of complete performances, both orchestral and chamber music, much of it filmed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. For contents of the Monsaingeon part, see the pictures from the Bruno Monsaingeon Edition Vol. 2: . (https://www.amazon.de/Yehudi-Menuhin-Bruno-Monsaingeon-Vol/dp/B00LLDZFSW/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1537026586&sr=1-1&keywords=Bruno+Monsaingeon+Edition%5B/url)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 15, 2018, 07:54:17 AM
Quote from: akebergv on September 15, 2018, 07:47:38 AM
I have not received my Menuhin box yet but before it went down to £34 I was seriously considering the Bruno Monsaingeon Edition Vol. 2, which turns out to cover eight of the eleven DVDs in the Menuhin box. Monsaingeon is considered one of the very best documentarians of classical artists, with well-known documentaries on Glenn Gould, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (=Bruno Monsaingeon Edition Vol. 1) and Sviatoslav Richter (=Bruno Monsaingeon Edition Vol. 3). He was a personal friend of Menuhin for decades ( and a fellow violinist), so I expect much from his documentaries, which in addition to lengthy interviews also contain a number of complete performances, both orchestral and chamber music, much of it filmed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. For contents of the Monsaingeon part, see the pictures from the Bruno Monsaingeon Edition Vol. 2: https://www.amazon.de/Yehudi-Menuhin-Bruno-Monsaingeon-Blu-ray/dp/B00LLDZFBE/ref=sr_1_6?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1537025917&sr=1-6&keywords=Bruno+Monsaingeon+Edition (https://www.amazon.de/Yehudi-Menuhin-Bruno-Monsaingeon-Blu-ray/dp/B00LLDZFBE/ref=sr_1_6?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1537025917&sr=1-6&keywords=Bruno+Monsaingeon+Edition).
Wow! That is some great news! It hadn't even occurred to me that they would be of more than just historical interest (e.g. some brief recordings for television or some such).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on September 15, 2018, 08:17:50 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on September 15, 2018, 06:32:23 AM
  Love historical violin? So I take it you've already got (or have ordered) the Menuhin from Amazon UK? That's one of the craziest bargains of all time.  I wonder how good the 10 DVDs are?

I've had it for quite a while and paid quite a bit more ... but if only for the many recordings with Hephzibah, that was easily worth it! (Consider this: if I paid 150-180€, 20-25 years ago, when record stores still existed, that would have just about allowed me to buy two opera boxes, or about five full-priced classical CDs. I know it wasn't that crazy everywhere else, here it was, and before having internet and a credit card, there were no other options available to me, so a substantial part of my - jazz - collection was built during those days ... considering that, from the day I started listening to - and collecting - classical music, almost every disc has been sort of a bargain  ;D )

I haven't yet watched any of the DVDs btw - I hardly do that, it will take me ages to watch all the operas and stuff I've amassed in that format.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Alek Hidell on September 15, 2018, 05:16:30 PM
To return to the Silvestri box for a moment, for those who do downloads it's available on Amazon (US) for $28.49. As it's a 15-disc set, that ain't bad at all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on September 15, 2018, 08:35:33 PM
Quote from: Alek Hidell on September 15, 2018, 05:16:30 PM
To return to the Silvestri box for a moment, for those who do downloads it's available on Amazon (US) for $28.49. As it's a 15-disc set, that ain't bad at all.

It's also on Spotify for those who want to go that route.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 16, 2018, 07:22:38 AM
Quote from: Alek Hidell on September 15, 2018, 05:16:30 PM
To return to the Silvestri box for a moment, for those who do downloads it's available on Amazon (US) for $28.49. As it's a 15-disc set, that ain't bad at all.
Why bother? You can get the cds, brand new, for under $30 one Ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Icon-Constantin-Silvestri-Complete-EMI-Recording-UK-IMPORT-CD-Box-Set-NEW/362339224438?epid=139953530&hash=item545d19cb76:g:k~EAAOSwhTBbEaMI (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Icon-Constantin-Silvestri-Complete-EMI-Recording-UK-IMPORT-CD-Box-Set-NEW/362339224438?epid=139953530&hash=item545d19cb76:g:k~EAAOSwhTBbEaMI)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Biffo on September 16, 2018, 07:39:57 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on September 16, 2018, 07:22:38 AM
Why bother? You can get the cds, brand new, for under $30 one Ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Icon-Constantin-Silvestri-Complete-EMI-Recording-UK-IMPORT-CD-Box-Set-NEW/362339224438?epid=139953530&hash=item545d19cb76:g:k~EAAOSwhTBbEaMI (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Icon-Constantin-Silvestri-Complete-EMI-Recording-UK-IMPORT-CD-Box-Set-NEW/362339224438?epid=139953530&hash=item545d19cb76:g:k~EAAOSwhTBbEaMI)

The ebay listing is not much use to anyone living in the UK. Amazon UK have it for £23.99 and free delivery.

I have agonised over this set for a while. I already have the bulk (10CDs) of it in the box set released by D Classics in 2001. The Icon box says 'Digital remastering as shown in the booklet'. Has everything been remastered or just selected items? Does anyone know if the Icon set is significantly better than the D Classics issue; the reviews suggest variable quality.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 16, 2018, 08:10:00 AM
Quote from: Biffo on September 16, 2018, 07:39:57 AM
The ebay listing is not much use to anyone living in the UK. Amazon UK have it for £23.99 and free delivery.


So whether you are in US or UK you can get it pretty cheaply.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Biffo on September 16, 2018, 08:11:58 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on September 16, 2018, 08:10:00 AM
So whether you are in US or UK you can get it pretty cheaply.

Yes indeed but I am still uncertain as to whether to take the plunge.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 16, 2018, 08:27:10 AM
Quote from: Biffo on September 16, 2018, 08:11:58 AM
Yes indeed but I am still uncertain as to whether to take the plunge.
I have this set. I haven't done a one to one comparison with the ICON set to see which pieces are not in the former:

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NF3T/?tag=goodmusicguideco (https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NF3T/?tag=goodmusicguideco)

I would say everything is excellent - including 2 of my favorite Dvorak 7th and 8ths. I like the fact that there is very few core German repertoire (Beethoven, Brahms, etc.) which seem to be in every other box. The sound is better than you might think. You can hear how wholly natural Silvestri's intepretations are. For around $30 I think you can do a lot worse.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 16, 2018, 08:43:19 AM
Mosts content is listed as remastered in 2000, some 1998 or earlier. A few items, apparently never issued before, 2013.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Biffo on September 16, 2018, 09:03:39 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 16, 2018, 08:43:19 AM
Mosts content is listed as remastered in 2000, some 1998 or earlier. A few items, apparently never issued before, 2013.

Many thanks to you and PerfectWagnerite for your replies, I will go ahead and order.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on September 16, 2018, 09:29:18 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on September 14, 2018, 06:28:40 PM
   That's very reasonable, and I hope everyone feels that way. But when do you have enough "discs that you love," or stop looking for more? I wonder about that a lot.

I expect that most here are still looking. I am — but my buying is more targeted than it used to be.

Congratulations on scoring $600 for the Heifetz box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: CB45 on September 17, 2018, 03:06:21 AM
Menuhin Century - my order (at the low price) has now been cancelled by Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 17, 2018, 03:07:13 AM
Quote from: CB45 on September 17, 2018, 03:06:21 AM
Menuhin Century - my order (at the low price) has now been cancelled by Amazon.
+1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on September 17, 2018, 04:10:08 AM
Quote from: Pat B on September 16, 2018, 09:29:18 PM
I expect that most here are still looking. I am — but my buying is more targeted than it used to be.

Congratulations on scoring $600 for the Heifetz box.

Are you referring to the Rubenstein box?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 17, 2018, 06:19:18 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on September 17, 2018, 04:10:08 AM
Are you referring to the Rubenstein box?

  No, he's talking to me.  A few years ago I found a new copy of the giant Heiffetz box still being sold in a music shop. I knew it was going for a high price on Ebay, so I bought it and flipped it. (At that time I wasn't a big fan of classical music.)

  Oh, and I got the Menuhin rejection too.  I was definitely curious about it, but not $200 curious.  The silver lining is that following the link to the Menuhin led me to the Arrau box, which I'd been hankering for, but hadn't yet seen at a reasonable price--to bring the thread back on topic, for those who missed it, the Arrau megabox is $108 at Amazon.co.uk (unless that turns out to have been mislabled too!)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on September 17, 2018, 07:53:33 AM
Thanks to the chatter on this thread, and previous mentions in other threads, I finally gave in and ordered the Silvestri ICON box off Amazon MP.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Biffo on September 17, 2018, 08:21:23 AM
Quote from: JBS on September 17, 2018, 07:53:33 AM
Thanks to the chatter on this thread, and previous mentions in other threads, I finally gave in and ordered the Silvestri ICON box off Amazon MP.....

Mine arrives tomorrow, can't wait.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 17, 2018, 08:24:41 AM
Quote from: JBS on September 17, 2018, 07:53:33 AM
Thanks to the chatter on this thread, and previous mentions in other threads, I finally gave in and ordered the Silvestri ICON box off Amazon MP.....
Quote from: Biffo on September 17, 2018, 08:21:23 AM
Mine arrives tomorrow, can't wait.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/4c/06/6a4c0669d2ff5e7f609475715fc54c30.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on September 17, 2018, 08:27:29 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 17, 2018, 08:24:41 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/4c/06/6a4c0669d2ff5e7f609475715fc54c30.jpg)

Perfect, since I have just been catching up on the Movie thread, and Karl's comments thereon regarding the  Indiana Jones movies.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on September 17, 2018, 10:52:04 AM
Quote from: JBS on September 17, 2018, 07:53:33 AM
Thanks to the chatter on this thread, and previous mentions in other threads, I finally gave in and ordered the Silvestri ICON box off Amazon MP.....

To me the Silvestri Dvorak 8th is the best on disc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 17, 2018, 01:00:52 PM
Glad to see the Silvestri buys.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 17, 2018, 04:35:13 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on September 17, 2018, 10:52:04 AM
To me the Silvestri Dvorak 8th is the best on disc.

As is the Manfred symphony. A treasure trove indeed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on September 18, 2018, 03:29:37 PM
I remember one day that I played the Silvestri Manfred and someone at home commented that the conductor must have been really pissed off that day.  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on September 18, 2018, 03:36:01 PM
Well, his Manfred (both versions) are great, but his Tchaikovsky 4-6 not so great.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 18, 2018, 05:20:50 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on September 18, 2018, 03:36:01 PM
Well, his Manfred (both versions) are great, but his Tchaikovsky 4-6 not so great.
5 is very good. I am not a big fan of 4 or 6 so cant comment.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on September 18, 2018, 08:06:11 PM
The 5th is one of my favorite symphonies and I found Silvestri's way with it very sluggish and too rigid.  That was my recollection.  BUT, I do so love his Dvorak 8th.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on September 20, 2018, 01:29:40 AM
There seem to be a lot of new boxes coming out (ready for Christmas?) - and amazon.de has plenty of the latest. Worth a browse.
I was struck by a new Rossini Edition from Warner: singers from Callas to Netrebko, conductors from Giulini to Pappano, and some 15 complete operas (including rarities like L'assedio di Corinto, Zelmira, Bianca & Faliero, as well as staples such as the Barber and William Tell) - plus choral works, chamber pieces, recitals etc. 
€85.99 for 50 CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on September 21, 2018, 06:37:15 AM
There is a great price (€42) for the upcoming Gregor Piatigorsky box at Amazon.fr: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07FSNB6J1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. (https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07FSNB6J1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 21, 2018, 07:04:15 AM
Not quite super duper bargains, but a bunch of discounted Orfeo boxes are available at JPC as of today. Lots of Bayreuth and Salzburg stuff, including Jon Vickers' Parsifal, the Krauss and Knappertsbusch Ring. Also, a Gulda Beethoven sonatas set, etc.


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/offers (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/offers)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 21, 2018, 07:43:21 AM
Quote from: akebergv on September 21, 2018, 06:37:15 AM
There is a great price (€42) for the upcoming Gregor Piatigorsky box at Amazon.fr: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07FSNB6J1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. (https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07FSNB6J1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.)
A lot of these SONY boxes seem to have very short running time cds. i see 36 cds in that box but it could probably fit on 20cds.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 21, 2018, 07:45:32 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on September 21, 2018, 07:43:21 AM
A lot of these SONY boxes seem to have very short running time cds. i see 36 cds in that box but it could probably fit on 20cds.
They are "Original Jacket," ie they reproduce the LP as it was with the original cover art.

A better compromise is the new Warner/Erato series, which reuses the original cover art on individual sleeves, but adds material to make the CDs run for an hour or so.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on September 21, 2018, 09:39:27 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 21, 2018, 07:45:32 AM
They are "Original Jacket," ie they reproduce the LP as it was with the original cover art.

A better compromise is the new Warner/Erato series, which reuses the original cover art on individual sleeves, but adds material to make the CDs run for an hour or so.
I once would have said the same thing and for the same reason, but have increasingly come to appreciate the original jacket concept, despite sometimes getting short running times. The original artists and producers created a record as a unified listening experience, and adding other material often (if not always) disrupts that intention.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 21, 2018, 09:49:35 PM
Quote from: akebergv on September 21, 2018, 09:39:27 PM
I once would have said the same thing and for the same reason, but have increasingly come to appreciate the original jacket concept, despite sometimes getting short running times. The original artists and producers created a record as a unified listening experience, and adding other material often (if not always) disrupts that intention.

I agree with this. The cost of pressing a CD is minuscule. There is value in having the music organized as it was originally produced, without some extra tracks tacked on which may have been recorded at a different time under difference circumstances, and which don't get their own 'original jacket' representation.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 22, 2018, 05:20:06 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 21, 2018, 09:49:35 PM
I agree with this. The cost of pressing a CD is minuscule. There is value in having the music organized as it was originally produced, without some extra tracks tacked on which may have been recorded at a different time under difference circumstances, and which don't get their own 'original jacket' representation.

Yep. I like the original jacket boxes. The RCA has extensions but they did a good job picking stuff that fits.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 22, 2018, 06:10:57 AM
I like original jacket boxes too, but for a different reason - my drive to work is almost exactly the length of one side of an LP, so I can throw a bunch of the sleeves in the car door pocket and have music for a week.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on September 22, 2018, 03:33:42 PM
I beg to differ. I don't care for the "album as it was originally released" idea because I haven't listened to an entire album from start to finish since I was a teenager with a lot of time in his hands, and even then I preferred to play different bits and pieces from a bunch of different records, so the idea of having the contents reordered and reshuffled for efficiency doesn't strike me as blasphemous in any way.

Also, maybe you haven't noticed that a box set of one hundred 35-minute CDs costs exactly the same as a box set of one hundred 70-minute CDs, but a set of 50 70-minute CDs with the exact same contents rearranged would be considerably cheaper. If you grew up orphaned and poor like me, maybe you'll appreciate the difference.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 22, 2018, 04:21:08 PM
Yes, the producers certainly mark up the price to match the number of CDs, far in excess of the actual cost to press more CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 22, 2018, 07:19:15 PM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on September 22, 2018, 03:33:42 PM
I beg to differ. I don't care for the "album as it was originally released" idea because I haven't listened to an entire album from start to finish since I was a teenager with a lot of time in his hands, and even then I preferred to play different bits and pieces from a bunch of different records, so the idea of having the contents reordered and reshuffled for efficiency doesn't strike me as blaspemous in any way.

Also, maybe you haven't noticed that a box set of one hundred 35-minute CDs costs exactly the same as a box set of one hundred 70-minute CDs, but a set of 50 70-minute CDs with the exact same contents rearranged would be considerably cheaper. If you grew up orphaned and poor like me, maybe you'll appreciate the difference.

Yep. Huge +1. I've never been a fan of this concept.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 23, 2018, 12:03:10 AM
Quoteperhaps you haven't noticed

A 35 minute album is shorter than a 60 minute album? I never noticed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Biffo on September 23, 2018, 02:20:11 AM
I have three of 'The Original Jacket Collection' releases - Szell/Mozart, Ormandy and Montserrat Caballe. The Caballe set sticks to the format of following the content of the original releases with their original covers. The Szell set keeps the original covers but adds various bonus items to most discs. The Ormandy set adds extra items but it also doctors the original covers to add the new items. For example, the Tchaikovsky disc has Symphony No 5 and the Serenade for Strings shown on the front cover but it is clear from the rear cover that the original release only had the symphony. I am happy to have the extra item but the presentation makes the 'original jacket' concept pointless.

Even without the above compromises I am not sold on the idea. The box design, ie. the bit I see most often, is hideous. The original jacket designs are, by and large, undistinguished. Worst of all, the cardboard sleeves are very tight-fitting, making it difficult to get the discs out.

The content is a different matter - the Szell and Caballe setes are excellent but I found the Ormandy selection disappointing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on September 23, 2018, 04:04:57 AM
It's fascinating if not unexpected to read the widely different reactions to the question of original jackets vs. filling the CDs to the brim, and personally I'm susceptible to arguments from both sides. On the one hand I love well-made original jackets of LPs that were well thought out from the start and that include legible info on the backside (and some of the Sony boxes are the best in that regard), but as a collector with a massive number of CDs I also love the ones that approach 90 min since that means taking up less space. In particular, I'm all for the blu-ray editions that Decca/DG are producing, where you can get the whole Ring Cycle or all of Mozart's symphonies on a single disc, or 75 Bach cantatas on two (and with the added benefit of hi-rez rather than plain redbook). What I do not like, just to give an example, is when Sony/RCA uses three short CDs for Leinsdorf's Tosca (as they do in the Living Stereo, vol. 2 box) simply because the original box consisted of three LPs, especially since the 3 CD container has nothing either on the back or on the inside if you open it up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 23, 2018, 05:34:39 PM
The whole concept of Original Covers is an appeal to nostalgia directed at the baby-boomer generation. Going vintage is a sure way to arouse fond memories and trigger the purchase. I'm ok with that, but think that a reasoned and reasonable purchase shouldn't appeal only to the senses/memories, it also has to make sense money wise. In that regard, fitting in additional material - sometimes combining the contents of two LPs onto one CD - is the best way to satisfy the consumer in me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 23, 2018, 05:48:43 PM
Quote from: André on September 23, 2018, 05:34:39 PM
The whole concept of Original Covers is an appeal to nostalgia directed at the baby-boomer generation. Going vintage is a sure way to arouse fond memories and trigger the purchase. I'm ok with that, but think that a reasoned and reasonable purchase shouldn't appeal only to the senses/memories, it also has to make sense money wise. In that regard, fitting in additional material - sometimes combining the contents of two LPs onto one CD - is the best way to satisfy the consumer in me.

What if the price is lower? I mean, everyone seems to assume that original jackets must mean a serious price increase, and that is not so. The Perahia box was all OJ, and cheap.

As I said, I liked the Living Stereo, where the extensions matched. But I would also have been happy with 70 discs instead of 60 at the same price.

An example of doing it wrong is EMI's 19th Century Masterpieces box. Lots of great stuff. Packed very tight so a symphony and a quartet and a piano piece and an overture all on one disc. And so boxes, to minimize plastic, split compositions unnecessarily over two discs. Anyone a fan of that?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on September 24, 2018, 05:59:46 PM
Quote from: Ken B on September 23, 2018, 05:48:43 PM
What if the price is lower? I mean, everyone seems to assume that original jackets must mean a serious price increase, and that is not so. The Perahia box was all OJ, and cheap.

As I said, I liked the Living Stereo, where the extensions matched. But I would also have been happy with 70 discs instead of 60 at the same price.

An example of doing it wrong is EMI's 19th Century Masterpieces box. Lots of great stuff. Packed very tight so a symphony and a quartet and a piano piece and an overture all on one disc. And so boxes, to minimize plastic, split compositions unnecessarily over two discs. Anyone a fan of that?

Living Stereo 1, you mean, not Living Stereo 2, which took "original jackets" to the extreme of spreading multiple single large works across more discs than necessary each, even when that makes the split less musically sensible than a fewer number of discs, including a ludicrous mid-aria CD change in Otello; 3 discs of 20-something minutes; and 19 discs of 30-something minutes. To top it off, the printed timings for many of the CDs are incorrect. (For my amazon review which pointed this out and awarded 3 stars, a commenter deemed me "unappreciative and churlish." 4 years later, I still think that's hilarious!)

My top preference is for "original jackets plus" provided that the extras are well-matched. I consider this the default for LP-to-CD reissue sets.

I am completely fine with true original jackets with multi-LP sets fit onto a sensible number of CDs, like the Seon box. You end up with most CDs either around 45 minutes or around 75 minutes. More importantly, they all make sense. At current manufacturing costs, I do prefer this to cramming discs illogically.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 24, 2018, 06:15:28 PM
Pat B's phrase is good. Cramming discs illogically. Avoid that and all is well. I can figure out if these 50 discs are just 20 hours ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 24, 2018, 10:54:24 PM
When "original cover" edition are more pricey, I don't think it is primarily due to the cost of the extra discs. They are marketed as premium products and include some extra features to justify this. The Karajan 60's, 70's and 80's sets, for instance, contains remastered recordings, large fancy booklets with photos, essays and recording data, and generally deluxe packaging.

It's a different marketing strategy. I find it appeals to me for an artist that is of some importance to me. For instance, I ended up getting the Pollini Edition because I found it irritating that, even though I had the majority of his recordings, they were in a hodgepodge of different editions, sliced and diced so that half of one album he recorded was in one set, the other half was in another set, padded with recordings made at different times in his career. I found it satisfying to have is work laid out as he created it.

On the other hand, I have snatched up quite a number of the bare bones editions. I think the premium editions are more likely to appeal when the material has already been made available in numerous prior editions.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on September 25, 2018, 05:41:06 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on September 24, 2018, 10:54:24 PM
When "original cover" edition are more pricey, I don't think it is primarily due to the cost of the extra discs. They are marketed as premium products and include some extra features to justify this. The Karajan 60's, 70's and 80's sets, for instance, contains remastered recordings, large fancy booklets with photos, essays and recording data, and generally deluxe packaging.

It's a different marketing strategy. I find it appeals to me for an artist that is of some importance to me. For instance, I ended up getting the Pollini Edition because I found it irritating that, even though I had the majority of his recordings, they were in a hodgepodge of different editions, sliced and diced so that half of one album he recorded was in one set, the other half was in another set, padded with recordings made at different times in his career. I found it satisfying to have is work laid out as he created it.

On the other hand, I have snatched up quite a number of the bare bones editions. I think the premium editions are more likely to appeal when the material has already been made available in numerous prior editions.

Good point. I have The Perahia whale. The French Baroque Opera box is a thing of beauty.
I am not buying anything these days but if I start again space efficiency is vital, so no more deluxe editions.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 26, 2018, 01:01:52 AM
The DG Kubelik is now £59.99 for the Big box, from Amazon.co.uk.    Interestingly, their Arrau Monster box doubled in price since I ordered a couple of weeks ago (as did the Menuhin).  Unlike the Menuhin, my Arrau order hasn't been cancelled...yet.
   The new Chailly box is also just £74.84. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on September 26, 2018, 06:38:40 AM
Quote from: JBS on September 17, 2018, 07:53:33 AM
Thanks to the chatter on this thread, and previous mentions in other threads, I finally gave in and ordered the Silvestri ICON box off Amazon MP.....
thanks to this thread I finally listened to the Silvestri Box that had been sitting on my shelves for 2-3 years and I had only dipped into a few discs. (I am almost through, except for the Stravinsky symphony)The problem was/is that I don't care all that much about most of the music in there but enthusiasts had already been praising the older "Disky" collection to the skies, so I could not resist the EMI one when it was cheap. No doubt that Silvestri excels at colorful "orchestral spectaculars" and similar pieces, often with lots of attention to orchestral detail as well. There was a bassoon or contrabasson in the march to the scaffold I had never quite heard before so clearly (maybe too much, actually...)
I agree that the 4th seems the best of his recordings of the last 3 Tchaikovsky, or maybe Manfred but I hardly knew that one, so I cannot really comment.
So if one cares about most of the music in the box, get it. If one is rather lukewarm to most of it, I am not sure that Silvestri is sufficiently brilliant to change one's attitude.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 26, 2018, 07:22:07 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on September 26, 2018, 06:38:40 AM
thanks to this thread I finally listened to the Silvestri Box that had been sitting on my shelves for 2-3 years and I had only dipped into a few discs. (I am almost through, except for the Stravinsky symphony)The problem was/is that I don't care all that much about most of the music in there but enthusiasts had already been praising the older "Disky" collection to the skies, so I could not resist the EMI one when it was cheap. No doubt that Silvestri excels at colorful "orchestral spectaculars" and similar pieces, often with lots of attention to orchestral detail as well. There was a bassoon or contrabasson in the march to the scaffold I had never quite heard before so clearly (maybe too much, actually...)
I agree that the 4th seems the best of his recordings of the last 3 Tchaikovsky, or maybe Manfred but I hardly knew that one, so I cannot really comment.
So if one cares about most of the music in the box, get it. If one is rather lukewarm to most of it, I am not sure that Silvestri is sufficiently brilliant to change one's attitude.

Welcome back! I am very glad to see you posting again.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on September 26, 2018, 01:09:50 PM
My "most regretted" Box is Brilliant's "Golden Age of the Romantic Piano Concerto". I should have known that I would not really care about this repertoire at all...

I decided to get not any more of the huge artist dedicated boxes after I had snatched the pink Rubinstein fairly cheaply and hardly listened to it. However, as my collection was already very large when these huge boxes began to multiply I don't have many of them anyway. Besides Rubinstein I only have Francois, Meyer and Fischer from EMI.
(I have no problem with smallish boxes of 10-15 disks, like the two cheap ones with live Michelangeli and similar stuff. Of the "Original Masters" from the Universal sublabels I have several, also some of the old "Introuvables" and similar ones.)

This summer I made a point of listening to the complete Rubinstein and Francois (marked the sleeves with little stickers to make sure I got all at least once).
After this procedure my conclusion is that I might not have needed them but I am happy to have them and I am not going to sell them although this would probably get me several hundred EUR more for each than I paid myself - still too much of a collector for that, I guess. (I also doubt that people are really paying the almost 300 and 600 EUR respectively the marketplace sellers ask for these boxes.)

Although for both I had some of the recordings even before I bought the box and I could have gotten at least the most important stuff as singles or smaller boxes, this would have been time consuming and probably also more expensive. I paid 130 EUR for Rubinstein in autumn 2013 and about 39 EUR for Francois in 2010. Of the Francois I had an earlier Chopin-Box, so I could have gotten the Debussy and Ravel separately and be content with it. But it was so cheap and I was also interested in a few recordings that were almost impossible to get separately (e.g. his chamber music disc with the Franck quintet and the first Fauré quartet)

Of the Rubinstein I had probably almost 20 discs from earlier editions. Sure, I don't need 3-4 recordings of the Grieg concerto (a piece I don't even like much) with the same pianist and likewise for lots of other re-re-recordings in that box. But when Rubinstein is good, he is really good. And the similiarly comprehensive Collection  that appeared in the late 1990s had two problems: The backcover and spine were often printed "brown on brown and more seriously the disks stuck in these "book-sleeves" and often did get scratched the very first time they were taken out. And except for the pink cardboard box, I think the edition is quite nice with the solid book and all the original covers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on September 27, 2018, 08:03:50 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on September 26, 2018, 06:38:40 AM
thanks to this thread I finally listened to the Silvestri Box that had been sitting on my shelves for 2-3 years and I had only dipped into a few discs. (I am almost through, except for the Stravinsky symphony)The problem was/is that I don't care all that much about most of the music in there but enthusiasts had already been praising the older "Disky" collection to the skies, so I could not resist the EMI one when it was cheap. No doubt that Silvestri excels at colorful "orchestral spectaculars" and similar pieces, often with lots of attention to orchestral detail as well. There was a bassoon or contrabasson in the march to the scaffold I had never quite heard before so clearly (maybe too much, actually...)

If you're talking about the part I think you're talking about, that part is a trombone, or an ophicleide, or a tuba, depending on publisher. I think the Silvestri uses trombone. It's fun to hear it dominate but better for it to be in balance, like you said. It's marked mezzo-forte while the other winds are at forte and the strings at fortissimo.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on September 27, 2018, 08:19:08 AM
There is a rather lengthy bassoon solo in the exposition of the M. to the Scaffold. But i think the part im  question is often played by a tuba.

Do you get the exposition repeat here? I hate when the repeat is not taken when the mvt is only 5 minutes long.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on September 27, 2018, 11:06:22 AM
No repeats in the Silvestri SF recording, as far as I recall.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 06, 2018, 12:58:33 PM
Not exactly my cup of tea,  but I know some who respond to Ivor Bolton's approach in Bruckner. Be that as it may, JPC has the integral set of the numbered symphonies (1-9) for less than 10€ !!


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/sinfonien-1-9/hnum/7400965 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/sinfonien-1-9/hnum/7400965)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61-aeA2uwBL._SX569_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 06, 2018, 01:12:15 PM
Amazon currently has thousands of titles under $5, including dozens (or more) under $3, as Add-ons.  Most are undesirable, but many nice titles can be had for a pittance.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on October 06, 2018, 03:43:22 PM
Quote from: André on October 06, 2018, 12:58:33 PM
Not exactly my cup of tea,  but I know some who respond to Ivor Bolton's approach in Bruckner. Be that as it may, JPC has the integral set of the numbered symphonies (1-9) for less than 10€ !!


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/sinfonien-1-9/hnum/7400965 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/sinfonien-1-9/hnum/7400965)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61-aeA2uwBL._SX569_.jpg)
I had it for awhile, listened to a few discs, didn't think much of it and gave it away. I would say of the 3 Oehm Bruckner cycles this one is the weakest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on October 07, 2018, 10:01:26 AM
Quote from: Todd on October 06, 2018, 01:12:15 PM
Amazon currently has thousands of titles under $5, including dozens (or more) under $3, as Add-ons.  Most are undesirable, but many nice titles can be had for a pittance.

Do you know of any way to search for them? Or even browse?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 07, 2018, 10:36:59 AM
Quote from: Pat B on October 07, 2018, 10:01:26 AM
Do you know of any way to search for them? Or even browse?


Plucked from The Asian Invasion, and edited a bit:

1.) Search in classical
2.) Select Amazon Prime Eligible
3.) Sort by price, low to high
4.) Update URL with page numbers to jump around more quickly


A sample URL with page number set to 50 (you need to update both page number locations to navigate):

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_50?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A5174%2Cn%3A%21301668%2Cn%3A85%2Cp_n_availability%3A1248845011%2Cp_85%3A2470955011&page=50&bbn=85&sort=price-asc-rank&ie=UTF8&qid=1506952338
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on October 07, 2018, 11:11:06 PM
Quote from: Todd on October 07, 2018, 10:36:59 AM

Plucked from The Asian Invasion, and edited a bit:

1.) Search in classical
2.) Select Amazon Prime Eligible
3.) Sort by price, low to high
4.) Update URL with page numbers to jump around more quickly


A sample URL with page number set to 50 (you need to update both page number locations to navigate):

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_50?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A5174%2Cn%3A%21301668%2Cn%3A85%2Cp_n_availability%3A1248845011%2Cp_85%3A2470955011&page=50&bbn=85&sort=price-asc-rank&ie=UTF8&qid=1506952338

Thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 17, 2018, 12:28:40 PM
Wilhelm Kempff's mono Beethoven sonatas set from the fifties (in mono) is on sale at JPC: 9 discs for 6.99€ (5.87€ ex-VAT).

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5055031390106.jpg)


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-1770-1827-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-32/hnum/2632691 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-1770-1827-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-32/hnum/2632691)

For some this is the preferred version of Kempff's Beethoven. I used to have a few of them on cassette and the sound was OK. I can't tell if this Regis set ic competitive soundwise.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on October 17, 2018, 01:20:33 PM
Quote from: André on October 17, 2018, 12:28:40 PM
Wilhelm Kempff's mono Beethoven sonatas set from the fifties (in mono) is on sale at JPC: 9 discs for 6.99€ (5.87€ ex-VAT).

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5055031390106.jpg)


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-1770-1827-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-32/hnum/2632691[/url


For some this is the preferred version of Kempff's Beethoven. I used to have a few of them on cassette and the sound was OK. I can't tell if this Regis set ic competitive soundwise.
(https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-1770-1827-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-32/hnum/2632691)

I have not heard the set, but I read somewhere, that the SQ is sub par.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on October 17, 2018, 01:35:15 PM
Quote from: (: premont :) on October 17, 2018, 01:20:33 PM
I have not heard the set, but I read somewhere, that the SQ is sub par.

I can confirm that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Holden on October 17, 2018, 02:03:46 PM
So can I. I bought the Regis and immediately sought out the latest DGG version. The Regis is just sitting there and hasn't been played since day one. We live and learn.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 17, 2018, 06:03:28 PM
So be it. There is a reason for everything, and that often is the case with deals that look too good to be true :D.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 19, 2018, 01:29:32 PM
Another JPC bargain, hopefully in a slim box presentation (the pic is from Amazon, not JPC). 19.99€, or 16.80 € ex-VAT.

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lFyzutvgL.jpg)

I've had 2 of these discs and was not especially enthusiastic. Maybe I should reassess...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 28, 2018, 05:08:45 PM
Roland Batik's Mozart sonata cycle set is available for $6.80 at Amazon.
(https://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Klaviersonaten-Sonatas-Roland-Batik/dp/B0000282FC?keywords=mozart+piano+sonatas&qid=1540770727&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011%2Cp_36%3A600-799&rps=1&s=Music&sr=1-11&ref=sr_1_11)

I stumbled upon this while trying https://www.junglesearch.net/# to perform some price range searching on Amazon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 28, 2018, 05:26:05 PM
Quote from: Todd on October 28, 2018, 05:08:45 PM
Roland Batik's Mozart sonata cycle set is available for $6.80 at Amazon.
(https://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Klaviersonaten-Sonatas-Roland-Batik/dp/B0000282FC?keywords=mozart+piano+sonatas&qid=1540770727&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011%2Cp_36%3A600-799&rps=1&s=Music&sr=1-11&ref=sr_1_11)

I stumbled upon this while trying https://www.junglesearch.net/# to perform some price range searching on Amazon.
Oooh! Purchased! Thank you.

Edit: guess that was the last one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on November 10, 2018, 05:01:43 AM
Again at JPC.de: DaCapo boxes (Dausgaard/Langgaard symphonies, Holmboe concertos, SQs, Hamerik symphonies, Nielsen and more) for bargain prices:
https://www.jpc.de/s/G%C3%BCnstige+DaCapo+Rarit%C3%A4ten?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Malx on November 10, 2018, 12:38:41 PM
Quote from: Christo on November 10, 2018, 05:01:43 AM
Again at JPC.de: DaCapo boxes (Dausgaard/Langgaard symphonies, Holmboe concertos, SQs, Hamerik symphonies, Nielsen and more) for bargain prices:
https://www.jpc.de/s/G%C3%BCnstige+DaCapo+Rarit%C3%A4ten?searchtype=campaigntext

Thanks Christo - I've been waiting on that Langgaard symphony set dropping to a reasonable price - now ordered!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on November 10, 2018, 02:34:24 PM
I don't know how long this will last, the big Szell box, 104 discs, is now selling for $131.99 on Amazon. That's about $1.27 per disc.

[asin]B079VD2YRP[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on November 11, 2018, 06:22:52 AM
Quote from: Malx on November 10, 2018, 12:38:41 PM
Thanks Christo - I've been waiting on that Langgaard symphony set dropping to a reasonable price - now ordered!
Me too. (I must confess that I first ordered the set and only then felt free to post here.  :-\)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ciaccona on November 11, 2018, 06:56:49 AM
Just a heads-up to other members who may be interested in this Box:

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/mfAAAOSwlelb4tTq/s-l640.jpg)


I Was able to pick up the Set for about $35 AUS tonight which I think is not much for such a comprehensive package.

Links for the item on AUS and US EBAY's (the seller is English Rarewaves FWIW):

US: https://www.ebay.com/p/Benjamin-Britten-Collectors-Edition-CD-Nov-2008-37-Discs-EMI-Classics/71622803?iid=273548313008&opts=opick (https://www.ebay.com/p/Benjamin-Britten-Collectors-Edition-CD-Nov-2008-37-Discs-EMI-Classics/71622803?iid=273548313008&opts=opick)

AUS: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Britten-The-Collectors-Edition-CD-Box-Set-NEW/352509398514?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Britten-The-Collectors-Edition-CD-Box-Set-NEW/352509398514?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Will Sheard on November 14, 2018, 06:51:11 PM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on November 10, 2018, 02:34:24 PM
I don't know how long this will last, the big Szell box, 104 discs, is now selling for $131.99 on Amazon. That's about $1.27 per disc.

[asin]B079VD2YRP[/asin]

Thanks! I've been waiting for this moment since the summer. It's my last big box set . . . until the next one.  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 16, 2018, 10:52:23 AM
Quote from: Christo on November 10, 2018, 05:01:43 AM
Again at JPC.de: DaCapo boxes (Dausgaard/Langgaard symphonies, Holmboe concertos, SQs, Hamerik symphonies, Nielsen and more) for bargain prices:
https://www.jpc.de/s/G%C3%BCnstige+DaCapo+Rarit%C3%A4ten?searchtype=campaigntext
Thanks!! For exactly US $50 shipping included (with a 20% off coupon they sent me by email), I've just gotten the Langgaard symphonies, Holmboe concertos, and Buxtehude organ. Can't resist. Thought about the Nielsen orchestral box but I already have Gilbert, Chung/BIS, Martinon, Bernstein, and Salonen to keep me busy there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 19, 2018, 10:58:52 PM
ATMA sale at JPC de.

More than 100 titles at 3,99 per CD.

https://www.jpc.de/s/ATMA-CDs+zum+Angebotspreis?searchtype=campaigntext

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 20, 2018, 03:56:46 AM
Thanks, Harry.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 20, 2018, 06:15:02 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 20, 2018, 03:56:46 AM
Thanks, Harry.

You are very welcome my friend!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on November 20, 2018, 06:54:44 AM
Quote from: Christo on November 10, 2018, 05:01:43 AM
Again at JPC.de: DaCapo boxes (Dausgaard/Langgaard symphonies

That Langgaard set is a stunning bargain - roughly a 1/3 the cost on Amazon.co.uk
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 20, 2018, 08:30:07 AM
Can anyone comment on these anthologies (english renaissance and baroque vocal music)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Les-Voix-Baroques-O-Poore-Distracted-World/hnum/3120115
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Consort-des-Voix-Humaines-Rise-O-my-soul/hnum/7627976

There are also some nice baroque anthologies with the "Les boreades" ensemble but I am afraid they are rather recorder-heavy?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on November 20, 2018, 08:33:56 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on November 20, 2018, 06:54:44 AM
That Langgaard set is a stunning bargain - roughly a 1/3 the cost on Amazon.co.uk

After what I've seen, it takes more than 2/3 off to stun me.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on November 27, 2018, 07:27:52 AM
When it comes to really big reductions, Hanssler's 172-cd box of the complete Bach works has gone on sale at Amazon.es for the ludicrously low price of €38 (perhaps one fifth of what it was available for previously there) It offers Helmut Rilling's cantata series and lots more classic performances. Amazon.co.uk have it at £47.
Both now show it 'temporarily out of stock' but it could be worth a punt.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on November 27, 2018, 02:54:00 PM
Thanks.  I gave it a shot at Amazon.uk
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on November 27, 2018, 03:06:27 PM
In the U.S., in stock for $258. :(

Well, I've already got it. Trying to suppress the memory of how much I paid.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 28, 2018, 11:24:40 PM
The label Delphian has a sale on JPCde € 7,99-9,99 a piece

https://www.jpc.de/s/1238733_111440?searchtype=cid
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on November 29, 2018, 12:50:32 PM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on November 27, 2018, 03:06:27 PM
In the U.S., in stock for $258. :(

Well, I've already got it. Trying to suppress the memory of how much I paid.

Now back up to 203 UK pounds.  Wonder if I and others will get it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on November 29, 2018, 03:41:29 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on November 29, 2018, 12:50:32 PM
Now back up to 203 UK pounds.  Wonder if I and others will get it.

I bet yes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 29, 2018, 10:46:52 PM
For all lovers of English orchestral music, this looks like a excellent bargain. Lyrita took the recordings from their subsidiary label Cameo.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on December 02, 2018, 07:37:55 AM
At JPC, some nice bargains. Warning: these tend to disappear quickly. The British Orchestral Premieres 4cd set has gone up in price even though it still appears at 3.99€.

5.99€ for the Villa-Lobos quartets, a set much praised in GMG pages:
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5029365663427.jpg)

Thomas Rajna (piano) plays tutto Granados: 6 discs for 5.99€

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421922836.jpg)

A warm recommendation for the 15 cd set of Caballé Original Jackets collection (19.99€). Includes complete performances of Salome and Norma.

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0886972707228.jpg)

Orchestral works by Manuel de Falla: 3 discs for 2.99€ by the usually excellent Eduardo Mata

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5029365673426.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on December 03, 2018, 08:27:30 AM
Abbado's 41-cd Symphony Edition has finally been falling in price, now down to only $60 on amazon.com. On this side of the Atlantic, it is €66 at amazon.es & €73 at amazon.de. Lots of complete cycles (Mahler, Beethoven etc) and many splendid pergformances.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on December 06, 2018, 08:19:25 AM
The Koechlin boxes are back at JPC !!

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0747313904785.jpg)

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0747313904686.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 07, 2018, 10:05:44 PM
JPC de has a sale of the label "Coviello Classics" for 7,99€. Lots of old chamber music, etc.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Sehr+g%C3%BCnstige+Coviello-Entdeckungen?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 07, 2018, 10:11:03 PM
JPC de has a sale of the label "Accent"  4,99€. Lots of goodies.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Bestes+von+Accent+limitiert+sehr+preiswert?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 08, 2018, 12:04:33 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on December 07, 2018, 10:05:44 PM
JPC de has a sale of the label "Coviello Classics" for 7,99€. Lots of old chamber music, etc.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Sehr+g%C3%BCnstige+Coviello-Entdeckungen?searchtype=campaigntext

Quote from: "Harry" on December 07, 2018, 10:11:03 PM
JPC de has a sale of the label "Accent"  4,99€. Lots of goodies.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Bestes+von+Accent+limitiert+sehr+preiswert?searchtype=campaigntext

Now we're talking!  :) :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on December 08, 2018, 12:36:59 AM
In addition to a 3-for-2 sale at Amazon.de, Amazon.it now has a "3-for-20% off" on Warner boxes, which is less of a bonus but has the advantage that one does not have to find three boxes in the same price range to get the most out of it since it's 20% regardless of price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 09, 2018, 12:51:39 AM
The Menuhin Century box is available for a very good price at amazon.it (82€):

[asin]B019JGOOEI[/asin]

link: https://www.amazon.it/Menuhin-Century-Yehudi/dp/B019JGOOEI/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 10, 2018, 05:25:48 AM
Even more surprising (to me), at Amazon.it they have the Fantastic Pollini box for 74 Euros, and the Hogwood Bach for 22 Euros.
  The 69 disk Callas remastered is 89 Euros
  The ansermet French and Russian boxes are 31 and 41 Euros, respectively.
Decca Piano box is 65 euros
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 11, 2018, 02:01:00 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on December 10, 2018, 05:25:48 AM
Even more surprising (to me), at Amazon.it they have the Fantastic Pollini box for 74 Euros, and the Hogwood Bach for 22 Euros.
  The 69 disk Callas remastered is 89 Euros
  The ansermet French and Russian boxes are 31 and 41 Euros, respectively.
Decca Piano box is 65 euros

Yup. The Callas live is around for 50 or something as well, I think ... at least I saw it for a rather crazy price a few days ago. I have most of these already (both Callas and the Ansermets), decided I have enough Pollini with some of the smaller sets ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 11, 2018, 03:04:34 AM
Not super cheap but half-price for a short time, cds at http://shop.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/cd-dvd/musikmuseum.html
Tyrol composers you may never encountered before
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on December 11, 2018, 04:47:38 AM
I know mono is a no-go for many (though I don't feel I have to understand why  ;) ), but this one's full of wonderful stuff:

[asin]B00QHL0V3C[/asin]

and it's down to 60€ at aIT:
https://www.amazon.it/Decca-Sound-Mono-Years/dp/B00QHL0V3C/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 11, 2018, 05:08:33 AM
Quote from: king ubu on December 11, 2018, 04:47:38 AM
I know mono is a no-go for many (though I don't feel I have to understand why  ;) ), but this one's full of wonderful stuff:

[asin]B00QHL0V3C[/asin]

and it's down to 60€ at aIT:
https://www.amazon.it/Decca-Sound-Mono-Years/dp/B00QHL0V3C/

  I love that set.  And sound is excellent--it's not poor "historical" [i.e. crappy] sounding at all, just not stereo. I have a 7 speaker surround system, and it sounds better than a lot of more recent things.   I hope they release a second volume...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on December 11, 2018, 09:49:33 AM
Quote from: king ubu on December 11, 2018, 04:47:38 AM
I know mono is a no-go for many (though I don't feel I have to understand why  ;) ), but this one's full of wonderful stuff:

[asin]B00QHL0V3C[/asin]

and it's down to 60€ at aIT:
https://www.amazon.it/Decca-Sound-Mono-Years/dp/B00QHL0V3C/

That is the only "classic sound" box I have. The other ones seem pointless, anything in them has already be re-released multiple times and if it appeals to me I already have it. The Mono box has some really hard-to-find treasures. Same for the DG mono box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on December 11, 2018, 09:50:24 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on December 10, 2018, 05:25:48 AM
Even more surprising (to me), at Amazon.it they have the Fantastic Pollini box for 74 Euros, and the Hogwood Bach for 22 Euros.
  The 69 disk Callas remastered is 89 Euros
  The ansermet French and Russian boxes are 31 and 41 Euros, respectively.
Decca Piano box is 65 euros

The Ansermet boxes are fantastic, especially at those prices (if still available).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on December 16, 2018, 04:16:55 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on December 11, 2018, 05:08:33 AM
  I love that set.  And sound is excellent--it's not poor "historical" [i.e. crappy] sounding at all

The Moura Lympany disc notwithstanding.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 18, 2018, 10:20:56 PM
Today started a sale of Brilliant titles for 3,99€ a piece, 43 titles on JPC de

https://www.jpc.de/s/Preiswertes+von+Brilliant?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on December 21, 2018, 12:08:34 AM
An ongoing ATMA sale on JPC de, they added more new titles. Be quick about it.

https://www.jpc.de/s/ATMA-CDs+zum+Angebotspreis?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on December 21, 2018, 07:57:55 AM
Amazon UK has the Mozart 225 French edition available for 93.12 Pounds!  (They also offer the English version for over 300 Pounds)
But, dispatch is listed between 1 to 3 months.
Just ordered it for approximately $102, including shipping to the U.S.

[asin]B01GR16LO4[/asin]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01GR16LO4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Now to find an online French language course.....

Dec 22 update: Price has dropped to 90.20 Pounds.  Also, the title of this item was changed to : "Mozart 225: Complete Edition / Various".  Are they now offering this in different languages, almost like a grab bag?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on December 21, 2018, 09:06:33 AM
I have successfully reminded myself that I don't need that set.  0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: minimal music on January 06, 2019, 02:54:20 AM
In the meatime reduced to UK 67.57
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Malx on January 06, 2019, 12:05:17 PM
With the booklets and books in French only according to a review so buyer beware!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on January 06, 2019, 12:28:43 PM
Quote from: Malx on January 06, 2019, 12:05:17 PM
With the booklets and books in French only according to a review so buyer beware!

You will have time to learn French before you actually get the set.
Current availability is
QuoteUsually dispatched within 1 to 3 months.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on January 07, 2019, 03:35:53 AM
Blast! It's back at a low price! I thought I had successfully navigated the threat once it went up to 107 pounds...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on January 07, 2019, 11:27:01 AM
Well, I'm finally going to be getting this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003LR4QPE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Got it for about $60 shipped.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 07, 2019, 11:27:58 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on January 07, 2019, 11:27:01 AM
Well, I'm finally going to be getting this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003LR4QPE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Got it for about $60 shipped.

Don't want to think about what I paid...

Some fine stuff in that set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on January 07, 2019, 02:02:35 PM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 07, 2019, 11:27:58 AM
Don't want to think about what I paid...

Some fine stuff in that set.

Came finally!  Big box.  Will rip it to Itunes and ALAC Lossless and do some more listening.  What do you suggest I start with?  I'm thinking the Cantatas.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 07, 2019, 02:17:03 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on January 07, 2019, 02:02:35 PM
Came finally!  Big box.  Will rip it to Itunes and ALAC Lossless and do some more listening.  What do you suggest I start with?  I'm thinking the Cantatas.

I like the Cantatas, not period instrument, but a relatively small, intimate ensemble, well rehearsed choir and often very good soloists. I liked BWV 3, particularly the soprano-alto duet with a nice contribution from Arleen Auger. I think the trio sonatas for organ in that set is the best I've heard. Admittedly, I've listened to a small fraction of it so far.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 07, 2019, 03:15:25 PM
For those who are interested in the Martinon Chicago box (RCA), JPC sells it under 20€.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on January 07, 2019, 04:40:38 PM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 07, 2019, 02:17:03 PM
I like the Cantatas, not period instrument, but a relatively small, intimate ensemble, well rehearsed choir and often very good soloists. I liked BWV 3, particularly the soprano-alto duet with a nice contribution from Arleen Auger. I think the trio sonatas for organ in that set is the best I've heard. Admittedly, I've listened to a small fraction of it so far.
I bought my version about 12 yrs ago and it was in 2 big boxes each with double jewel cases containing 4cds. I also agree the cantatas are the best place to start. The performers read like a bunch of all stars and they do not disappoint.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on January 08, 2019, 12:43:21 AM
Okay, my French is, well ... rusty, but I am biting, this* is a crazy offer. Let's see what those 1-3 months mean and if they will really deliver or not.

*) the Mozart 225 that is, amounts to 60.65 + 8.57 £ for shipping
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on January 08, 2019, 05:50:24 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on January 07, 2019, 11:27:01 AM
Well, I'm finally going to be getting this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003LR4QPE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Got it for about $60 shipped.

Got my Amazon shipment notice today.  Also paid about the same price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 10, 2019, 02:14:39 PM
Glad I didn't dawdle on the Szell edition when the price dropped. It seems to be no longer available (on Amazon.com) with asking price of $500 from scalpers.

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/815boMorw8L._SY355_.jpg)

Haven't gotten it out of shrink-wrap yet!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on January 10, 2019, 02:48:53 PM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 10, 2019, 02:14:39 PM
Glad I didn't dawdle on the Szell edition when the price dropped. It seems to be no longer available (on Amazon.com) with asking price of $500 from scalpers.

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/815boMorw8L._SY355_.jpg)

Haven't gotten it out of shrink-wrap yet!

I got mine at the sale price and will rip it and sell it.  Hopefully at a profit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on January 10, 2019, 10:27:20 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on January 10, 2019, 02:48:53 PM
I got mine at the sale price and will rip it and sell it.  Hopefully at a profit.

Classy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on January 12, 2019, 06:25:12 AM
Quote from: Pat B on January 10, 2019, 10:27:20 PM
Classy.

I don't really care what you think what I do with my collection.  Besides, I'm at a stage in my life where space and money are more important than keeping a physical thing that takes up space. If I can make some money in the process, all the better.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on January 12, 2019, 01:14:20 PM
You could just as well save yourself the hassle of buying and selling by just downloading the music from various websites offering them for free..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on January 12, 2019, 02:34:33 PM
Not a in a FLAC or ALAC version.  Spotify has them, in a lossy format.  I want mine in FLAC or ALAC, and those aren't free.  Besides, if I can sell it for even the price I paid for it, it's free.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: bluemooze on January 13, 2019, 10:40:07 AM
Quote from: North Star on January 12, 2019, 01:14:20 PM
You could just as well save yourself the hassle of buying and selling by just downloading the music from various websites offering them for free..
Can you name some of the websites please?   :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 14, 2019, 10:48:51 PM
On JPC de 253 Tactus titles for a bargain price.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Tactus-CDs+einmalig+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 15, 2019, 08:52:48 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on January 14, 2019, 10:48:51 PM
On JPC de 253 Tactus titles for a bargain price.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Tactus-CDs+einmalig+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext

For an Italian Baroque nut like me, this is OVERWHELMING!! ???

:D

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on January 15, 2019, 11:02:12 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on January 12, 2019, 02:34:33 PM
Not a in a FLAC or ALAC version.  Spotify has them, in a lossy format.  I want mine in FLAC or ALAC, and those aren't free. 
Does that really matter? i can't tell the difference.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on January 15, 2019, 11:18:13 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on January 15, 2019, 11:02:12 AM
Does that really matter? i can't tell the difference.

I can.  It's like watching a movie in 4K versus low-def, IMO.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 16, 2019, 11:40:15 PM
On JPC de, label DORON, 43 titles at 4,99€ a piece, there are some interesting titles.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Doron+jetzt+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 17, 2019, 05:08:48 AM
Thanks, Harry. I found one I'm very interested in !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on January 18, 2019, 04:20:23 AM
Quote from: MyronM on December 21, 2018, 07:57:55 AM
Amazon UK has the Mozart 225 French edition available for 93.12 Pounds!  (They also offer the English version for over 300 Pounds)
But, dispatch is listed between 1 to 3 months.
Just ordered it for approximately $102, including shipping to the U.S.

[asin]B01GR16LO4[/asin]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01GR16LO4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Now to find an online French language course.....

Dec 22 update: Price has dropped to 90.20 Pounds.  Also, the title of this item was changed to : "Mozart 225: Complete Edition / Various".  Are they now offering this in different languages, almost like a grab bag?

There we go again:

Quote
Unfortunately, we've had to cancel your order #..... for "Mozart 225: Complete Edition / Various - FRENCH EDITION", as this item has been discontinued by the manufacturer and we are no longer able to source it. You haven't been charged for this item.

We're sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on January 18, 2019, 05:45:48 AM
Quote from: king ubu on January 18, 2019, 04:20:23 AM
There we go again:

Mine too.  Furious, as they countlessly listed it for sale at a low price, hiking it and then listing it for a sale price again.  That was no mistake, but they clearly didn't want to fulfill orders.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread: Complete Mozart
Post by: CB45 on January 18, 2019, 05:54:28 AM
+1

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 18, 2019, 06:08:05 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on January 18, 2019, 05:45:48 AM
Mine too.  Furious, as they countlessly listed it for sale at a low price, hiking it and then listing it for a sale price again.  That was no mistake, but they clearly didn't want to fulfill orders.
Remember that Bezos need to pay a lot of money to his wife under current divorce proceedings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on January 18, 2019, 07:03:37 AM
Quote from: king ubu on January 18, 2019, 04:20:23 AM
There we go again:

+1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 18, 2019, 08:27:28 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on January 18, 2019, 05:45:48 AM
Mine too.  Furious, as they countlessly listed it for sale at a low price, hiking it and then listing it for a sale price again.  That was no mistake, but they clearly didn't want to fulfill orders.

You realize you are attributing sentience to an algorithm.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 30, 2019, 05:03:12 AM
The 37-CD Britten EMI box is down to £25 on AMZ UK albeit with a 1 to 2 months wait.

[asin]B001EOOC3W[/asin]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EOOC3W/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_5?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EOOC3W/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_5?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 01, 2019, 12:07:12 PM
So I saw Semiramide from Opera Rara on sale as a FLAC download for $12.50 ($14.50 for hi-res, but the what do I need that for when most of my listening is on the computer, especially opera) from Presto. Ok, at that price, you can't go wrong, so I downloaded it. It seems to be on sale at Amazon and the Opera Rara site itself, but for some reason Presto has it the cheapest. The only downside is that they have beautiful booklets and I will only be able to read it on the computer. Still, it's worth the $30 savings of buying the discs at $40-50+. It looks like Opera Rara are a decent download deal on the website, but I love their booklets (a rare company where they are really great for the most part, excluding some early ones and some recent ones when they lost the Peter Moores funding).

[asin]B07DY2M94L[/asin]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 02, 2019, 01:43:13 PM
.
[asin]B06ZZYDG1V[/asin]

€ 30.99 here: https://www.amazon.de/Solo-Recordings-Daniel-Barenboim/dp/B06ZZYDG1V/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 02, 2019, 04:17:21 PM
Quote from: king ubu on February 02, 2019, 01:43:13 PM
.
[asin]B06ZZYDG1V[/asin]

€ 30.99 here: https://www.amazon.de/Solo-Recordings-Daniel-Barenboim/dp/B06ZZYDG1V/

  Their Philips analogue box is similarly priced. 
  I just bought the DG Originals II, Fricsay Orchestral box, Barenboim, and Solo and Chamber Ashkenazy box, all for about $200US.  Hard to beat!
  What is weird is that several of their discounted items (the Fricsay, the Decca Mono, Bernstein Orchestral Box with NYSO) were OOP, or so I had thought. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on February 02, 2019, 09:32:08 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on February 02, 2019, 04:17:21 PM
  Their Philips analogue box is similarly priced. 
  I just bought the DG Originals II, Fricsay Orchestral box, Barenboim, and Solo and Chamber Ashkenazy box, all for about $200US.  Hard to beat!
  What is weird is that several of their discounted items (the Fricsay, the Decca Mono, Bernstein Orchestral Box with NYSO) were OOP, or so I had thought.

Here are more good to great deals at Amazon.de:

Complete DG Boston SO: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0742VSHG6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0742VSHG6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Stokowski Complete Decca Recordings: https://www.amazon.de/Complete-Recordings-Ltd-Edt-Leopold-Stokowski/dp/B0777CX2NQ/ref=pd_sim_15_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0777CX2NQ&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17 (https://www.amazon.de/Complete-Recordings-Ltd-Edt-Leopold-Stokowski/dp/B0777CX2NQ/ref=pd_sim_15_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0777CX2NQ&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17)

The Decca Sound: https://www.amazon.de/Decca-Sound-Limited-Box/dp/B018FCVK8U/ref=pd_sim_15_14?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B018FCVK8U&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17
(https://www.amazon.de/Decca-Sound-Limited-Box/dp/B018FCVK8U/ref=pd_sim_15_14?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B018FCVK8U&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17)
Daniel Barenboim Retrospective: https://www.amazon.de/Daniel-Barenboim-Retrospective-43CD-DVD/dp/B01N7Y8TI5/ref=pd_sim_15_12?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01N7Y8TI5&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17 (https://www.amazon.de/Daniel-Barenboim-Retrospective-43CD-DVD/dp/B01N7Y8TI5/ref=pd_sim_15_12?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01N7Y8TI5&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17)

Maria Callas Complete Studio Recordings: https://www.amazon.de/Maria-Callas/dp/B00KN15P56/ref=pd_sim_15_18?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00KN15P56&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17 (https://www.amazon.de/Maria-Callas/dp/B00KN15P56/ref=pd_sim_15_18?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00KN15P56&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17)

Mehta Symphonies and Symphonic Poems: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00RUF0BCK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00RUF0BCK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Decca Sound-the Piano Edition: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07532NFPB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07532NFPB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Böhm Great Recordings: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01N95PJFX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01N95PJFX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Complete Yepes Solo Recordings (DG): https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B06Y1XGS1Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B06Y1XGS1Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

The Paul Badura-Skoda Edition: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B073XCGB9Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B073XCGB9Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Hänssler CPE Bach: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01M7TQPEA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01M7TQPEA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 02, 2019, 11:53:19 PM
Quote from: akebergv on February 02, 2019, 09:32:08 PM
Here are more good to great deals at Amazon.de:

The Paul Badura-Skoda Edition: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B073XCGB9Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B073XCGB9Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

The attractive price (€22) of the Badura-Skoda set with a 20CD selection of his Westminster recordings tempted me....

Any thoughts?  :)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71NnjZnPYYL._SX425_.jpg)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on February 03, 2019, 03:12:06 AM
Quote from: Que on February 02, 2019, 11:53:19 PM
The attractive price (€22) of the Badura-Skoda set with a 20CD selection of his Westminster recordings tempted me....

Any thoughts?  :)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71NnjZnPYYL._SX425_.jpg)

Q

I bought it as part of the recent 3 for 2 sale, but must admit not having listened to much of it yet, but just now checking out a 1951 recording of Bach's Partita No. 5 I can say that they seem to have done a very good job with the remastering as it's mono is clean and full, almost sounding like a later stereo recording.  Badura-Skoda is a very reliable interpreter, and the box has a nice mixture of concertos, solo work and a smattering of chamber music. I am especially looking forward to listening to the last two CDs with Mozart and Schubert pieces for piano four hands or two pianos played with Jörg Demus.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 03, 2019, 03:59:07 AM
There are more, not all on the same level of bargainty though:

111 Conductors:
https://www.amazon.de/DG-111-Conductors-Tschaikowsky/dp/B06ZYWB5KX/

Decca Vocal Recitals:
https://www.amazon.de/Decca-Sound-Great-Recitals-Limited/dp/B01CSLH35S/

Eugen Jochum DG Vol. 2 (Choral/Opera):
https://www.amazon.de/Complete-Recordings-Vol-Opera-Choral/dp/B0766FLLJW/

Westminster:
https://www.amazon.de/Westminster-Legacy-Limited-Rodzinski/dp/B00GBJVK0S/

--

I went for the Decca Recitals, Jochum and Phillips Analogue sets a few weeks ago already ... a few others I've had for a while (Fricsay, Callas) or decided against buying (DG Originals II, Decca Piano, Stokowski) ... at this time I did go with the Barenboim though, that was just too tempting and I have hardly any of his recordings (the Mozart concertos and the things he made with Jacqueline du Pré on EMI only I think).

The Badura-Skoda is good from what I've heard (half or a bit more), but then he hardly ever is my top favourite - but then I definitely need to spend more time with his second/HIP Schubert cycle, as well as with the first one that's out on Sony again, his Mozart - both old, again reissued on Sony recently, and later HIP on naïve - is very good as well.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on February 03, 2019, 09:54:03 AM
Quote from: Que on February 02, 2019, 11:53:19 PM
The attractive price (€22) of the Badura-Skoda set with a 20CD selection of his Westminster recordings tempted me....

Any thoughts?  :)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71NnjZnPYYL._SX425_.jpg)

Q

It's a nice selection, but the keyword is selection.  Check to see what is not included that you might want to have....

Quote from: akebergv on February 03, 2019, 03:12:06 AM
. I am especially looking forward to listening to the last two CDs with Mozart and Schubert pieces for piano four hands or two pianos played with Jörg Demus.

If you don't have it, check into this Gramola CD
[asin]B0055WXVTU[/asin]
In looking that up, I noticed there is also a 2CD issue of the duo playing Schubert, most of it recorded in 1978, and other PBS on Gramola that interests me, and might interest you.  But of course they are not SDCBs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on February 03, 2019, 10:56:48 AM
I am seriously tempted by the Westminster. The problem is a) that I took a solemn oath not to get any big boxes, certainly not ones with historical recordings of mainly standard rep and) that I have several of the more relevant items already, about 10 discs (most of the Scherchen and some Chamber music). But I am tempted by odds and ends like Scherchen's Wellington's victory and Christus am Oelberg, the two Beethoven quartets with the Smetana, the Schubert octet with Wlach and several other things that are rather introuvable outside the set. And the price is so low right now that it would be worth it for about 10-12 discs or so...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on February 03, 2019, 12:31:55 PM
Quote from: akebergv on February 02, 2019, 09:32:08 PMMehta Symphonies and Symphonic Poems: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00RUF0BCK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00RUF0BCK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)


A heckuva bargain at that price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on February 03, 2019, 03:12:40 PM
I bought the Stokowski Phase 4 set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on February 03, 2019, 05:12:44 PM
Quote from: akebergv on February 02, 2019, 09:32:08 PM
Here are more good to great deals at Amazon.de:

Complete DG Boston SO: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0742VSHG6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0742VSHG6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Stokowski Complete Decca Recordings: https://www.amazon.de/Complete-Recordings-Ltd-Edt-Leopold-Stokowski/dp/B0777CX2NQ/ref=pd_sim_15_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0777CX2NQ&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17 (https://www.amazon.de/Complete-Recordings-Ltd-Edt-Leopold-Stokowski/dp/B0777CX2NQ/ref=pd_sim_15_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0777CX2NQ&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17)

The Decca Sound: https://www.amazon.de/Decca-Sound-Limited-Box/dp/B018FCVK8U/ref=pd_sim_15_14?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B018FCVK8U&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17
(https://www.amazon.de/Decca-Sound-Limited-Box/dp/B018FCVK8U/ref=pd_sim_15_14?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B018FCVK8U&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17)
Daniel Barenboim Retrospective: https://www.amazon.de/Daniel-Barenboim-Retrospective-43CD-DVD/dp/B01N7Y8TI5/ref=pd_sim_15_12?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01N7Y8TI5&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17 (https://www.amazon.de/Daniel-Barenboim-Retrospective-43CD-DVD/dp/B01N7Y8TI5/ref=pd_sim_15_12?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01N7Y8TI5&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17)

Maria Callas Complete Studio Recordings: https://www.amazon.de/Maria-Callas/dp/B00KN15P56/ref=pd_sim_15_18?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00KN15P56&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17 (https://www.amazon.de/Maria-Callas/dp/B00KN15P56/ref=pd_sim_15_18?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00KN15P56&pd_rd_r=be333b85-277b-11e9-8bac-d3ebcbe45336&pd_rd_w=IXDh1&pd_rd_wg=GmuAh&pf_rd_p=b0773d2f-6335-4e3d-8bed-091e22ee3de4&pf_rd_r=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17&psc=1&refRID=5DRRFQZ5N2K4G02NNZ17)

Mehta Symphonies and Symphonic Poems: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00RUF0BCK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00RUF0BCK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Decca Sound-the Piano Edition: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07532NFPB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07532NFPB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Böhm Great Recordings: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01N95PJFX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01N95PJFX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Complete Yepes Solo Recordings (DG): https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B06Y1XGS1Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B06Y1XGS1Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

The Paul Badura-Skoda Edition: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B073XCGB9Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B073XCGB9Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Hänssler CPE Bach: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01M7TQPEA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01M7TQPEA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

I was interested in the Mehta set, until I noticed that it does not contain complete recordings in that genre, but selections. And it turns out they omitted most of the ones that I would have been most interested in.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on February 03, 2019, 05:23:49 PM
mehta set has complete Tchaikovsky and Schubert
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on February 03, 2019, 05:49:26 PM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on February 03, 2019, 05:23:49 PM
mehta set has complete Tchaikovsky and Schubert

...but not complete Mahler.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on February 03, 2019, 05:54:12 PM
The best Mahler is 1-5
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on February 03, 2019, 06:26:22 PM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on February 03, 2019, 05:49:26 PM
...but not complete Mahler.


When did Mehta record a complete Mahler cycle, and for what label?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on February 03, 2019, 06:45:19 PM
Quote from: Todd on February 03, 2019, 06:26:22 PM

When did Mehta record a complete Mahler cycle, and for what label?


Looking through Amazon, he's done 6, 7, DLvdE, some of the songs,and 10(?...maybe only the Adagio) but no trace of 8 or 9.

He is a good conductor, but some misses, and the only essential Mehta recording I would say is the Pavarotti/ Sutherland Turandot.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on February 03, 2019, 06:52:37 PM
Quote from: JBS on February 03, 2019, 06:45:19 PMLooking through Amazon, he's done 6, 7, DLvdE, some of the songs,and 10(?...maybe only the Adagio) but no trace of 8 or 9.


He recorded only 1-5 and the Adagio from 10 for Decca.  He has never recorded all the symphonies and only recently added the Seventh to his repertoire. 

He's hit and miss, but more hit than miss.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on February 03, 2019, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: Todd on February 03, 2019, 06:52:37 PM

He recorded only 1-5 and the Adagio from 10 for Decca.  He has never recorded all the symphonies and only recently added the Seventh to his repertoire. 

He's hit and miss, but more hit than miss.

Amazon has at least one recording of him doing the Sixth, on Apex.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on February 03, 2019, 07:21:36 PM
Quote from: JBS on February 03, 2019, 07:10:34 PM
Amazon has at least one recording of him doing the Sixth, on Apex.


He rerecorded the Second and Fifth for Teldec, and recorded his first take on the Sixth for the label. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on February 03, 2019, 07:40:24 PM
Quote from: JBS on February 03, 2019, 07:10:34 PM
Amazon has at least one recording of him doing the Sixth, on Apex.

My memory was playing tricks again. They did include all of the Decca Mahler Symphonies. It was Bruckner where they were selective, omitting his recordings of the 4th and 8th (and 0th).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: CB45 on February 04, 2019, 06:02:26 AM
The remarkable Amazon.de sale also includes the Stephen Kovacevich box.  Long delivery times are the price we have to pay!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 08, 2019, 06:29:32 AM
My Amazon.de order of the DG Barenboim and Yepes solo boxes shipped! Estimated to arrive in 2 weeks...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on February 08, 2019, 08:21:23 AM
I can't help but notice this set is only $34 on ebay.

(https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDUwWDQ1MA==/z/eVoAAOxykMpTGedG/$_35.JPG?set_id=89040003C1)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 08, 2019, 08:26:19 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on February 08, 2019, 08:21:23 AM
I can't help but notice this set is only $34 on ebay.

(https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDUwWDQ1MA==/z/eVoAAOxykMpTGedG/$_35.JPG?set_id=89040003C1)

  Interesting. I wonder if they they are closing this out to later combine it with "The Symphony Edition" and give him the big-box, original jackets treatment.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on February 08, 2019, 08:55:32 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on February 08, 2019, 08:26:19 PM
  Interesting. I wonder if they they are closing this out to later combine it with "The Symphony Edition" and give him the big-box, original jackets treatment.

Even the two wouldn't be remotely complete. I suspect this edition was just so overpriced no one bought it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 09, 2019, 03:33:53 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 08, 2019, 06:29:32 AM
My Amazon.de order of the DG Barenboim and Yepes solo boxes shipped! Estimated to arrive in 2 weeks...

My Barenboim box arrived yesterday. Looks nice, just not sure I'll ever need that much Barenboim, really - but at that price, even buying two or three chunks of it would have been more expensive ...

Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on February 08, 2019, 08:55:32 PM
Even the two wouldn't be remotely complete. I suspect this edition was just so overpriced no one bought it.

I did, for 36€, several years ago ... now it's down to 24.99 €:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00DI5BS8M/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on February 09, 2019, 08:55:22 AM
Quote from: king ubu on February 09, 2019, 03:33:53 AM
My Barenboim box arrived yesterday. Looks nice, just not sure I'll ever need that much Barenboim, really - but at that price, even buying two or three chunks of it would have been more expensive ...

I did, for 36€, several years ago ... now it's down to 24.99 €:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00DI5BS8M/
It's free if you have Amazon Music Unlimited so I downloaded it. There is nothing really there all that interesting in my opinion - the exception being an Amsterdam Dvorak 7th that somehow flew under the radar whenever great recordings of this work are mentioned. If anything this D7 is more vivid than the much heralded Colin Davis recording with the same orchestra. I think I heard it many years ago when the LP was available but have not really seen it on CD. Good to see it included in this set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 11, 2019, 03:58:51 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on February 09, 2019, 08:55:22 AM
It's free if you have Amazon Music Unlimited so I downloaded it. There is nothing really there all that interesting in my opinion - the exception being an Amsterdam Dvorak 7th that somehow flew under the radar whenever great recordings of this work are mentioned. If anything this D7 is more vivid than the much heralded Colin Davis recording with the same orchestra. I think I heard it many years ago when the LP was available but have not really seen it on CD. Good to see it included in this set.

... for me some concertos with Grumiaux and Szeryng that weren't available in their own respective boxes at that time ... and I'm still curious about Haitink, have seen him live a few times (with Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich) and was always thoroughly impressed. Haven't yet explored this set (or the Symphony Edition) in its entirety.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on February 13, 2019, 03:47:19 PM
Quote from: king ubu on February 11, 2019, 03:58:51 AM
... for me some concertos with Grumiaux and Szeryng that weren't available in their own respective boxes at that time ... and I'm still curious about Haitink, have seen him live a few times (with Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich) and was always thoroughly impressed. Haven't yet explored this set (or the Symphony Edition) in its entirety.
I heard him live with the Boston SO quite a few times back in the mid '90s. Then a couple of times when he conducted Mahler with the NYPO and the Chicago SO. I think he is a better conductor live than on record, with masterful baton technique and great control of the orchestra. The guy is immortal, pushing 90 and still as engaged as ever in the musical scene. The last of the line so to speak.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on February 14, 2019, 03:17:10 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on February 13, 2019, 03:47:19 PM
I heard him live with the Boston SO quite a few times back in the mid '90s. Then a couple of times when he conducted Mahler with the NYPO and the Chicago SO. I think he is a better conductor live than on record, with masterful baton technique and great control of the orchestra. The guy is immortal, pushing 90 and still as engaged as ever in the musical scene. The last of the line so to speak.

Add Herbert Blomstedt to that list of immortals. He might be only 85, but he just recorded Stenhammar's second symphony and serenade, music he had never before conducted (a BIS recording which received a rave review by no less a critic than David Hurwitz, who designated it a "superlative" reference recording).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on February 14, 2019, 04:52:39 AM
Quote from: akebergv on February 14, 2019, 03:17:10 AM
Add Herbert Blomstedt to that list of immortals. He might be only 85, but he just recorded Stenhammar's second symphony and serenade, music he had never before conducted (a BIS recording which received a rave review by no less a critic than David Hurwitz, who designated it a "superlative" reference recording).

Blomi, indeed! Another beloved guest at Tonhalle's helm - saw him do Beethoven 7 and 8 one night, and that was fantastic!

Haitink, btw, had no baton when he was Tonhalle, I think ... he was hardly conducting it seemed, but at the same time in full control. Amazing to watch and listen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on February 14, 2019, 02:11:13 PM
a North American source for the Simone Stelle 13-disc PACHELBEL box on Brilliant  $39.99
https://www.hbdirect.com/album/4106255-johann-pachelbel-1696-1765-complete-keyboard-music-simone-stella-harpsichord-organ-13-cds.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Biffo on February 15, 2019, 04:06:41 AM
Dutton Vocalion are having a Winter Sale with numerous discs under £1 and plenty of other bargains - https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on February 15, 2019, 07:40:12 AM
Quote from: Biffo on February 15, 2019, 04:06:41 AM
Dutton Vocalion are having a Winter Sale with numerous discs under £1 and plenty of other bargains - https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/

Thanks for this, that's another 31 CDs bought which I don't have the space for/time to listen to  :-[ :-[ :-[

If you scroll past the historical reissues & multiple 'Mantovani's Greatest Hits' CDs, there are a number of the more modern Dutton Epoch recordings also in the sale.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on February 15, 2019, 08:33:01 AM
Another opportunity is Amazon.de once again doing their 3-for-2 sale.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on February 16, 2019, 05:56:09 PM
Arkivmusic has a whole bunch of stuff from Warner/EMI on sale for bargain basement pricing. A lot of it is 100 Adagios sort of stuff, but there's also Icon boxes, mono opera issues, German Electrola stuff, etc
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/AlbumGroup?album_group=20
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on February 17, 2019, 08:04:48 AM
Quote from: JBS on February 16, 2019, 05:56:09 PM
Arkivmusic has a whole bunch of stuff from Warner/EMI on sale for bargain basement pricing. A lot of it is 100 Adagios sort of stuff, but there's also Icon boxes, mono opera issues, German Electrola stuff, etc
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/AlbumGroup?album_group=20


That is one of the best sales I've seen.  Almost 2000 titles are discounted, some to crazy prices.

Zacharias' Schubert sonata set is available for $8, for instance. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Richard on February 17, 2019, 01:33:55 PM
Quote from: JBS on February 16, 2019, 05:56:09 PM
Arkivmusic has a whole bunch of stuff from Warner/EMI on sale for bargain basement pricing. A lot of it is 100 Adagios sort of stuff, but there's also Icon boxes, mono opera issues, German Electrola stuff, etc
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/AlbumGroup?album_group=20

Agreed. I am astounded by some of these discounts. Not so much on the singles and especially not on budget labels like Apex, but on hundreds of highly esteemed catalogue titles: Classic EMI (now Warner) operas, Icon Composer and Vocalist box sets, and classics like Scott Ross' Scarlatti Cycle, the Celibidache boxes, Furtwangler's Ring, Harnoncourt's symphony cycles, the big Messaien box from EMI, etc.

I'm heartsick to think how much more I paid for many of these titles.

Several of my colleagues have been tracking the progress of physical media in the marketplace. They are looking more at video sales--DVD & Blu-ray--but they also look in regularly at CD and vinyl figures. Certainly, they have noticed a very sharp decline and are predicting the demise of physical media in the next few years.

I am not quite so pessimistic. Still, given the frequency of sales at large volume outlets like JPC (Europe) and Arkiv (Naxos North America) it does seem like they are trying to divest themselves of inventory, especially anything more than two years old.

There is an embarrassment of riches here. Linger and enjoy ;)  There are many treasures to be excavated ;)

This is a great time to be assembling a music library.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on February 17, 2019, 01:56:27 PM
Quote from: Todd on February 17, 2019, 08:04:48 AM

That is one of the best sales I've seen.  Almost 2000 titles are discounted, some to crazy prices.

Zacharias' Schubert sonata set is available for $8, for instance.
If you list them by price and then jump to the last few pages (the list is sorted by ORIGINAL not discounted price) you will see the crazy box set discounts. I think all the big discounted items are free at least if you have Amazon Music(you can imagine other sources might be free also) and hence the steep discount.

I am still good on my goal of no cds for 2019 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 17, 2019, 02:05:57 PM
Quote from: Todd on February 17, 2019, 08:04:48 AM

That is one of the best sales I've seen.  Almost 2000 titles are discounted, some to crazy prices.

Zacharias' Schubert sonata set is available for $8, for instance.
Hinrichs Soler for $4 will almost certainly be coming home with me. They are definitely clearing out a whole lot of stock, but I didn't see a ton of stuff that I "need" on first browse. Also, Warner/Erato has gotten better at box set design since those older sets. The Icons are particularly clunky, with the same art on every sleeve and only a summarized track listing on the backs. (I like to take these Big Box paper sleeves in the car on commutes and road trips. The new Warner line, like Heisser's España and the 70s Savall stuff, is nicely done.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on February 17, 2019, 02:12:06 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on February 17, 2019, 01:56:27 PMI think all the big discounted items are free at least if you have Amazon Music(you can imagine other sources might be free also) and hence the steep discount.


I assume most are, but sometimes discs are the way to go.  I've tried streaming operas on Amazon Prime, but I get a pause between movements in some instances.  That will not do.  The other items I opted for are such that I want either full resolution (eg, Inbal's Bruckner) or will keep nice ripped copies that I can move to different devices and for those times that I am not online. 

Amazon Prime has been a boon for breadth of listening.  I've taken to working through entire recorded careers in a work week or two for some artists - eg, the Thibaudet or Grimaud I've not heard, all of Batiashvili's available discs - and plan on devouring more discs that way, picking the best of the best for purchase in physical or full res download form.  Now, if only I could get access to all non-US market items in streaming form.  I guess streaming can free up funds for Asian market items, which are becoming scarcer and spendier as I progress in my collecting.


Quote from: Brian on February 17, 2019, 02:05:57 PM
Hinrichs Soler for $4 will almost certainly be coming home with me.


I saw that.  If I didn't have it, I would have bought it.  There were actually quite a few items like that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 17, 2019, 07:50:49 PM
Looking through the full clearance sale, and assuming that all of these discs are being deleted from the catalog, I have to assume that a big box of "Leif Ove Andsnes - Complete Warner Recordings" is on the way soon. He's with Sony now, so they can do it; his chamber partners like the Tetzlaffs are with other labels now too; and there is a ton of Andsnes on clearance there. And also, I now kinda want to wait for the hypothetical box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on February 24, 2019, 06:12:16 PM
I am sure this has been mentioned before but the 45 disc Fricsay set is available for $80.

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81s2qpfQUOL._SX425_.jpg)

https://www.grooves-inc.com/ferenc-fricsay-fricsay-saemtl-aufnahmen-vol-ltd-edt-deutsche-grammophon-cd-pZZa1-1899201332.html?language=en&currency=USD&utm_source=froogle_us&utm_campaign=froogle_us&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwZXNwvHV4AIVlIqzCh393g0KEAQYBiABEgKJtvD_BwE (https://www.grooves-inc.com/ferenc-fricsay-fricsay-saemtl-aufnahmen-vol-ltd-edt-deutsche-grammophon-cd-pZZa1-1899201332.html?language=en&currency=USD&utm_source=froogle_us&utm_campaign=froogle_us&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwZXNwvHV4AIVlIqzCh393g0KEAQYBiABEgKJtvD_BwE)

Neither sound nor playing is often the greatest but Fricsay gets to what the music is really about better than most. There was a time when Dvorak's 9th doesn't sound like Massenet. If it isn't free free with Amazon Music I would have pulled the trigger already.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on February 25, 2019, 09:15:12 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on February 24, 2019, 06:12:16 PM
I am sure this has been mentioned before but the 45 disc Fricsay set is available for $80.

https://www.grooves-inc.com/ferenc-fricsay-fricsay-saemtl-aufnahmen-vol-ltd-edt-deutsche-grammophon-cd-pZZa1-1899201332.html?language=en&currency=USD&utm_source=froogle_us&utm_campaign=froogle_us&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwZXNwvHV4AIVlIqzCh393g0KEAQYBiABEgKJtvD_BwE (https://www.grooves-inc.com/ferenc-fricsay-fricsay-saemtl-aufnahmen-vol-ltd-edt-deutsche-grammophon-cd-pZZa1-1899201332.html?language=en&currency=USD&utm_source=froogle_us&utm_campaign=froogle_us&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwZXNwvHV4AIVlIqzCh393g0KEAQYBiABEgKJtvD_BwE)

Neither sound nor playing is often the greatest but Fricsay gets to what the music is really about better than most. There was a time when Dvorak's 9th doesn't sound like Massenet. If it isn't free free with Amazon Music I would have pulled the trigger already.

My favorite big box, at least among the back-catalog-reissue category.

I haven't seen grooves mentioned very often, but I have bought from them several times with no problems.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on February 25, 2019, 02:50:09 PM
Quote from: Pat B on February 25, 2019, 09:15:12 AM
My favorite big box, at least among the back-catalog-reissue category.

I haven't seen grooves mentioned very often, but I have bought from them several times with no problems.
I don't believe there is any Mahler, Bruckner, DSCH, or Sibelius in there which is hard to believe.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on February 25, 2019, 03:35:49 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on February 25, 2019, 02:50:09 PM
I don't believe there is any Mahler, Bruckner, DSCH, or Sibelius in there which is hard to believe.

Presumably DG had other conductors that they felt were more marketable in that repertoire. They had Kubelik and Jochum Mahler and Bruckner cycles going and probably they thought the market was not big enough to bear much competition. But Fricsay did do some 20th century stuff, Bartok, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Kodaly, Hartmann, Honegger, Francaix, Henze. Mainly I like Fricsay for his Bartok. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on February 25, 2019, 03:48:51 PM
Fricsay recorded the Ruckert Lieder with Maureen Forrester. It's the companion Opera and Choral Works box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 25, 2019, 04:31:45 PM
Quote from: JBS on February 25, 2019, 03:48:51 PM
Fricsay recorded the Ruckert Lieder with Maureen Forrester. It's the companion Opera and Choral Works box.

For my taste it is THE version of the Rückert Lieder.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MyronM on February 25, 2019, 06:56:14 PM
German Amazon has the Complete Sony and RCA Recordings available for about 27 euros.

[asin]B00J1XNMDO[/asin]

https://www.amazon.de/Claudio-Abbado-Complete-Sony-Recordings/dp/B00J1XNMDO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1551153327&sr=1-1&keywords=abbado+box
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on February 25, 2019, 11:54:45 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on February 25, 2019, 02:50:09 PM
I don't believe there is any Mahler, Bruckner, DSCH, or Sibelius in there which is hard to believe.
It is not so hard to believe. None of these composers was such a staple of the repertoire in 1950s Germany. (People usually do not believe me when I say that when I started listening to classical music in the mid/late 1980s as a teenager all of these 4 were slightly exotic or considered advanced or special tastes and not quite core repertoire in the way Tchaikovsky or Brahms were.) DG had a bunch of Bruckner symphonies in the mono era (mostly Jochum) but I am not sure if they had any Mahler symphony in the catalogue before Kubelik started his cycle. Rosbaud had two mono EPs with shorter pieces, incl. Tapiola but the first symphony recordings on DG were probably with Karajan in the late 60s.
Shostakovich even less. (There is a live or radio recording of the 9th on the EMI Great Conductors volume that is however a rather mixed bag and not as easily recommendable as many of his DG recordings. I don't know but I doubt that Fricsay ever conducted a symphony by Sibelius, Mahler or Bruckner as so many of his radio broadcasts have come to light and these seem always more likely to serve alternative interpretations of his staples, like Bartok or core repertoire like Tchaikovsky and Mozart).
And Fricsay was still fairly young when he died so while his recorded repertoire is very broad it is not so surprising that there is quite a bit missing. The next projects on schedule at the time of his untimely death were Brahms' symphonies and a Verdi opera (I think).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on February 27, 2019, 01:50:04 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on February 25, 2019, 02:50:09 PM
I don't believe there is any Mahler, Bruckner, DSCH, or Sibelius in there which is hard to believe.

In at least three cases it could be considered an advantage.  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on February 28, 2019, 12:39:25 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on February 25, 2019, 11:54:45 PM
And Fricsay was still fairly young when he died so while his recorded repertoire is very broad it is not so surprising that there is quite a bit missing. The next projects on schedule at the time of his untimely death were Brahms' symphonies and a Verdi opera (I think).

Right. Fricsay's DG recordings spanned only a dozen years, late 1949 to late 1961. He was remarkably prolific, and his repertoire decently diverse, for such a short duration.

His DG bio (https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/album/ferenc-fricsay/about-ferenc-fricsay.html) states that both Mahler and Bruckner were in the plans, along with Brahms.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 01, 2019, 01:30:19 AM
And even in these 12 years one has to be aware that he missed some time because of his illness even before 1961. He must have been a workaholic and very efficient.

Still, I think many of today's listeners are unaware that some works and composers that seem staples today or even since the 1980s were not such standard fare 60 years ago and also regional differences were more pronounced.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 01, 2019, 09:25:59 AM
The Fauré set on Erato is on sale at JPC. 12 discs for 24.99€ (21€ Ex-VAT).

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0190295633578.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 05, 2019, 10:28:58 PM
DECCA, Australian Eloquence CD'S 40 titles, 3,99 € at JPC de

https://www.jpc.de/s/Australian+Eloquence+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 05, 2019, 11:23:08 PM
Come on all, get this on 2 CDS for 4 Euros and Discover the marvel that is Handel's operas:


Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Orlando; Arleen Auger, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 06, 2019, 12:41:42 AM
Double check you shopping cart with that offer. I had the Kempff Brahms in there, it vanished. And while it shows up in the bargain selection again, if you put it in the cart, it jumps from 3,99 to 19,99 regular price. I don't know if this is a bug or a feature of a limited offer.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 06, 2019, 04:45:55 AM
Offer prices aren't for ever, and the price in Your shopping cart may jump up if the offer expires. The prices on checkout are always correct however and it is, as you say, wise to check everything before you hit the CDCDCD button.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on March 06, 2019, 04:59:06 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 06, 2019, 04:45:55 AM
Offer prices aren't for ever, and the price in Your shopping cart may jump up if the offer expires. The prices on checkout are always correct however and it is, as you say, wise to check everything before you hit the CDCDCD button.

In the case of the DECCA Australian Eloquence they are 3,99€. The action started this morning.
I ordered quite a few, and the price was 3,99.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 06, 2019, 05:54:53 AM
I tried it at least three times and finally skipped the Kempff. It was always the same: It showed up in the offer @ 3.99, I put it in the cart and it either vanishes there or jumps to 19.99. I got the Orlando instead although I already have Christies recording and hardly listen to that stuff anymore. Maybe I can cull the Christie (fat big box) and save space if I prefer the Hogwood.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on March 06, 2019, 06:04:48 AM
I think the problem arises when they run out of stock, i.e. from "Artikel am lager" to "lieferbar innerhalb XXX (soweit verfügbar beim Lieferanten)". The only thing that caught my attention was the 2 CD set of 20th Century Italian orchestral music conducted by Previtali and Santi. This morning it was at 3.99 €, now it's at 19.99 €. Well, I wasn't that interested in it....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on March 06, 2019, 07:17:15 AM
My point exactly. Offers run out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 06, 2019, 07:30:23 AM
No you are missing part of my point. If an offer runs out it should not appear in the offer listing anymore or appear with the normal price and suddenly vanish from or jump in price in the shopping cart. This is at least poor programming of the offerings and special prices.

I also got the italian stuff, it interested me sufficiently for 3,99 and the amazon reviewer claims the sound is very good for late 1950s.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 07:38:27 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on March 06, 2019, 07:30:23 AM
No you are missing part of my point. If an offer runs out it should not appear in the offer listing anymore or appear with the normal price and suddenly vanish from or jump in price in the shopping cart. This is at least poor programming of the offerings and special prices.

I also got the italian stuff, it interested me sufficiently for 3,99 and the amazon reviewer claims the sound is very good for late 1950s.
Why shouldn't it jump in price in the shopping cart after it has run out? "Today only complete Sony catalogue $1" so I add it to my cart. I go back two days later why would it still be $1?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 06, 2019, 07:49:08 AM
Sorry, I am saying it now for the third time: After it has run out it should not be displayed in the offer page anymore. Or second best it should be displayed on the offer page but with the regular price. I went back to the offer page several times within 5 minutes or so (not hours or days) and all the time it was still listed at a reduced price. So I could not know if there had been some kind of mistake or flub because it appeared exactly as if the offer HAD NOT RUN OUT.
That I can drop it from the cart when I see the real price in the cart is at best a third best solution.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 08:09:39 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on March 06, 2019, 07:49:08 AM
Sorry, I am saying it now for the third time: After it has run out it should not be displayed in the offer page anymore. Or second best it should be displayed on the offer page but with the regular price. I went back to the offer page several times within 5 minutes or so (not hours or days) and all the time it was still listed at a reduced price. So I could not know if there had been some kind of mistake or flub because it appeared exactly as if the offer HAD NOT RUN OUT.
That I can drop it from the cart when I see the real price in the cart is at best a third best solution.

I don't know who you are arguing with. Anyone will agree that there is a glitch in their listing. There is no software of any level of complexity that doesn't have bugs and my experience is that this is a very commonly occurring sort of nuisance when vendors put in a special sale. Probably stock has run out on the sale item and the system is letting you order at the regular price for eventual re-stock. Time to move on, or maybe send them an email if it is really that important to you.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 06, 2019, 08:42:50 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 08:09:39 AM
I don't know who you are arguing with. Anyone will agree that there is a glitch in their listing. There is no software of any level of complexity that doesn't have bugs and my experience is that this is a very commonly occurring sort of nuisance when vendors put in a special sale. Probably stock has run out on the sale item and the system is letting you order at the regular price for eventual re-stock. Time to move on, or maybe send them an email if it is really that important to you.

From what Jo has described, it is a clear bug, and I appreciate the warning. The three people who responded previously apparently did not agree that there was a glitch, hence Jo's subsequent clarifications.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on March 06, 2019, 08:47:00 AM
And Kempff Brahms is no longer listed on the offer page. Nor is that Italian orchestral item.

Jo, were you trying to place that order during normal business hours, or after? Perhaps the listings needed to be deleted manually when someone at JPC realized the item was out of stock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 06, 2019, 09:02:51 AM
Sure, it can happen, it is not such a big deal; it seems a glitch or bug, though. And it was not immediately obvious to me what was wrong.

It was today during normal business hours at 10 or 11 in the morning. It took not more than about 15 minutes as I checked the offers, listened to a few samples and searched for reviews and deliberated which ones to get and what else to reach their free shipping of 20 EUR.
Very probably I simply was too late for the Kempff/Brahms that apparently sold out quickly (The Schumann, Chopin, Mozart are still listed).

Of course I had before the phenomenon of offers expiring very quickly. But then it had usually been at least several hours or even a day I waited for some reason and then certain items were gone. But then they were clearly listed either as out of stock or re-listed at the regular price. I cannot remember the phenomenon I described with the item either vanishing completely from the cart or going up in price in the cart but still being included on the offer page. If this was any common, I would not have made such a fuss about it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 06, 2019, 09:58:43 AM
Nothing in there that appeals to me, but I recommend the van Kempen Tchaikovsky twofer - if it's still available, of course  ;).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 10:04:46 AM
I don't think these things are actually bugs per se. It is almost certainly a result of caching. The internet runs on caching. The savings in time and load from caching are what make the internet fast and responsive.  But figuring out when a cached bit of data is stale is very tricky. When you refresh your cart to buy that is the result of a fresh calculation not cache, but an offer page will almost certainly have been cached. So there can be lags, especially with an attractive short term offer generating purchases.

Does your local bakery ever have fliers or a chalk board with offers? Do you expect either to be instantly up to date?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 10:07:02 AM
Quote from: Pat B on March 06, 2019, 08:42:50 AM
From what Jo has described, it is a clear bug, and I appreciate the warning. The three people who responded previously apparently did not agree that there was a glitch, hence Jo's subsequent clarifications.

C'mon, this is JPC. I ordered from them once on a previous sale, order goes through, they only sent half the stuff. They silently canceled the stuff they decided was no longer on sale without even notifying me. If you want to actually get the stuff you order, you forget about JPC. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 06, 2019, 10:27:08 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 10:04:46 AM
I don't think these things are actually bugs per se. It is almost certainly a result of caching. The internet runs on caching. The savings in time and load from caching are what make the internet fast and responsive.  But figuring out when a cached bit of data is stale is very tricky. When you refresh your cart to buy that is the result of a fresh calculation not cache, but an offer page will almost certainly have been cached. So there can be lags, especially with an attractive short term offer generating purchases.

Does your local bakery ever have fliers or a chalk board with offers? Do you expect either to be instantly up to date?
Your explanation sounds plausible. The caches would not change despite some refreshings.

But the bakery is a very poor comparison. In the bakery I can obviously either see what's in their shelves or ask the salesperson if there is some of X left. And otherwise I would find an offer that changed within a day fairly strange, unless clearly advertised. Unless I enter as the first costumer at 7 in the morning and a board might still have yesterdays's special on it I would expect advertised offers to be correct and would be mildly annoyed if they weren't.

Precisely because such things are not possible in online dealings, it is confusing if lists of offers or shopping carts show strange behavior.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 10:43:26 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 10:04:46 AM
I don't think these things are actually bugs per se. It is almost certainly a result of caching. The internet runs on caching. The savings in time and load from caching are what make the internet fast and responsive.  But figuring out when a cached bit of data is stale is very tricky. When you refresh your cart to buy that is the result of a fresh calculation not cache, but an offer page will almost certainly have been cached. So there can be lags, especially with an attractive short term offer generating purchases.

Do you mean caching in the browser? I guess it is possible, but my experience is that my browser always knows to explicitly reload a listing from a commerce site (probably there is some flag buried in the protocol saying 'this is fresh'). If this is not working for the JPC site I'd definitely call that a bug.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 10:52:33 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on March 06, 2019, 10:27:08 AM
Your explanation sounds plausible. The caches would not change despite some refreshings.

But the bakery is a very poor comparison. In the bakery I can obviously either see what's in their shelves or ask the salesperson if there is some of X left. And otherwise I would find an offer that changed within a day fairly strange, unless clearly advertised. Unless I enter as the first costumer at 7 in the morning and a board might still have yesterdays's special on it I would expect advertised offers to be correct and would be mildly annoyed if they weren't.

Precisely because such things are not possible in online dealings, it is confusing if lists of offers or shopping carts show strange behavior.
A person in front of you can buy the last scone. The chalkboard will still show the price for scones. They will change it when they get around to it, but unless they erase the board before they sell that last scone to the guy ahead of you in line the board will incorrectly offer unavailable scones.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 10:59:37 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 10:43:26 AM
Do you mean caching in the browser? I guess it is possible, but my experience is that my browser always knows to explicitly reload a listing from a commerce site (probably there is some flag buried in the protocol saying 'this is fresh'). If this is not working for the JPC site I'd definitely call that a bug.
Caching in a browser but also caching in servers on the net. When you request Bob's bakery's page you do not talk to the actual server hosting Bob. You talk to a server that talks to a server that ... that talks to the final host. Any intermediate server can and will cache. The cached data will have metadata indicating if and how long it can be cached, and the request will indicate if cached data is acceptable. Most non transactions allow caching. So you purchase the CD, (transaction) no caching. You browse the site,(not a transaction) some caching. So it is possible to get out of step. Especially if there is a sudden rush of transactions.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 06, 2019, 11:37:25 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 10:07:02 AM
C'mon, this is JPC. I ordered from them once on a previous sale, order goes through, they only sent half the stuff. They silently canceled the stuff they decided was no longer on sale without even notifying me. If you want to actually get the stuff you order, you forget about JPC. :)

The key to jpc, and all the sellers for that matter, is buy things that are in stock. I've never had a problem with any of them (jpc. mdt when they were alive, abeille when they were alive, importcds, etc.) when ordering items that were in stock. My problems always arose when items were not in stock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 11:46:44 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 06, 2019, 11:37:25 AM
The key to jpc, and all the sellers for that matter, is buy things that are in stock. I've never had a problem with any of them (jpc. mdt when they were alive, abeille when they were alive, importcds, etc.) when ordering items that were in stock. My problems always arose when items were not in stock.

With JPC it was not clear what was in stock and what wasn't. But hey, when a huge discount is involved, you take your chances and hope you get lucky.

I remember a few years back an Amazon Marketplace seller suffered some sort of failure in its automatic pricing algorithm. Everything was reduced basically to zero. People went ballistic because the 20 CD set they ordered for 10 cents was not fulfilled.  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 12:22:05 PM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 11:46:44 AM
With JPC it was not clear what was in stock and what wasn't. But hey, when a huge discount is involved, you take your chances and hope you get lucky.

I remember a few years back an Amazon Marketplace seller suffered some sort of failure in its automatic pricing algorithm. Everything was reduced basically to zero. People went ballistic because the 20 CD set they ordered for 10 cents was not fulfilled.  ::)
Years ago I was looking for a hotel in Venice. A similar thing happened and I was able to book a large room at $9 a night for 2 nights. Absurd price.  I was expecting them to cancel but under Italian law they have to honor it. I ended up cancelling as it was out  on the Lido and we had only one night there.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on March 06, 2019, 03:54:29 PM
But sometimes you don't know are out of stock until afterwards. This is a continuing problem for me with Arkivmusic. I order something clearly labelled in stock (which means according to them they have at least 3 or 4 units on hand: less than that is supposedly labelled low stock), and next day check on the order to find it's backordered.  This includes recordings they feature as weekend specials, which one would think they would prepare for higher demand. To date, I have received everything  eventually, but it means waiting 4-6 weeks for an item that supposedly was available for shipment within 24 hours.  I ordered 4 things last weekend, including a "weekend special". One was an advance order, but the entire order is now labelled "back order", including the two labelled in stock when I placed the order. I am starting to get highly annoyed....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 06, 2019, 03:55:38 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 10:04:46 AM
But figuring out when a cached bit of data is stale is very tricky.

Not really.

Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 10:52:33 AM
A person in front of you can buy the last scone. The chalkboard will still show the price for scones. They will change it when they get around to it, but unless they erase the board before they sell that last scone to the guy ahead of you in line the board will incorrectly offer unavailable scones.

Not a valid analogy for database-driven websites in 2019.

Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 10:59:37 AM
Caching in a browser but also caching in servers on the net. When you request Bob's bakery's page you do not talk to the actual server hosting Bob. You talk to a server that talks to a server that ... that talks to the final host. Any intermediate server can and will cache. The cached data will have metadata indicating if and how long it can be cached, and the request will indicate if cached data is acceptable. Most non transactions allow caching. So you purchase the CD, (transaction) no caching. You browse the site,(not a transaction) some caching. So it is possible to get out of step. Especially if there is a sudden rush of transactions.

I can't even make a non-secure connection to jpc.de. Not just checkout, but every page. If I manually type an address using http it automatically switches to https. With a secure connection, intermediate servers cannot see the page content or even the full URL.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 03:59:43 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 12:22:05 PM
Years ago I was looking for a hotel in Venice. A similar thing happened and I was able to book a large room at $9 a night for 2 nights. Absurd price.  I was expecting them to cancel but under Italian law they have to honor it. I ended up cancelling as it was out  on the Lido and we had only one night there.

Once I was placing an order with several CDs from a now defunct web site, cdnow.com. I'm trying to check out, I've hit confirm, and the site hangs up. Can't log back on for several days. When it comes up again, my order is not there. Damn, have to get around to reproducing ordering it all again. Except a day or so later, the order arrives. My credit card was not billed. Now that was perfect timing.

My other stroke of luck, the Levine Ring comes out on DVD. Das Rheingold, $29.99, Die Walkure, $39.00, Seigfried, $39.00, Gotterdamerung, $39.99, Complete Ring, $39.99. I pounced. Next day they put the price up, but they still fulfilled my order.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 04:03:38 PM
Quote from: Pat B on March 06, 2019, 03:55:38 PMI can't even make a non-secure connection to jpc.de. Not just checkout, but every page. If I manually type an address using http it automatically switches to https. With a secure connection, intermediate servers cannot see the page content or even the full URL.

Anyway, the disc in question is no longer on the list. Sounds like they had to manually update that page and their system didn't deal elegantly with the contingency that the sale item was sold out.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 06, 2019, 05:13:09 PM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 04:03:38 PM
Anyway, the disc in question is no longer on the list. Sounds like they had to manually update that page and their system didn't deal elegantly with the contingency that the sale item was sold out.

FTR I like jpc. I've had consistently good experiences. Nothing cancelled that wasn't marked backordered (or something similar).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on March 06, 2019, 05:27:08 PM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 06, 2019, 03:59:43 PM

My other stroke of luck, the Levine Ring comes out on DVD. Das Rheingold, $29.99, Die Walkure, $39.00, Seigfried, $39.00, Gotterdamerung, $39.99, Complete Ring, $39.99. I pounced. Next day they put the price up, but they still fulfilled my order.
A great cycle. I was in high school when PBS showed it. I didn't know anything about Wagner but I stayed up late and watched all of them for some unknown reason. James Morris is Wotan personified, as if Wagner wrote the role for him.

Going off topic here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 06:13:21 PM
Quote from: Pat B on March 06, 2019, 03:55:38 PM
Not really.

Not a valid analogy for database-driven websites in 2019.


Yes really. Google cache invalidation. The whole difficulty is knowing what strategy to use to balance the benefits of caching against the glitches, and at what cost. "Just don't cache" is a strategy but it's not a solution.

And actually a *perfect* analogy for database driven websites in 2019. The issue is when the chalkboard is updated, and when any cached data is updated. Example. If there is a cache which is a few minutes out of date and several purchases were made on the last few items, then a browse of that data will contain wrong data. Just as looking at the chalkboard will mislead. (It's technically a race condition.) And remember, there is a massive amount of parallelism here, with thousands of products being updated all the time.

Really your remarks are foolish. I have an MSc in computer science, and decades of experience.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on March 06, 2019, 09:39:42 PM
Quote from: Pat B on March 06, 2019, 05:13:09 PM
FTR I like jpc. I've had consistently good experiences. Nothing cancelled that wasn't marked backordered (or something similar).
Same here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: king ubu on March 06, 2019, 10:30:00 PM
Quote from: Christo on March 06, 2019, 09:39:42 PM
Same here.

Yup, me three - usually also during sales their stock seems to be big enough for what happened yesterday (if it was indeed not a technical glitch) not to happen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 07, 2019, 04:25:45 AM
Perhaps not quite SDCBs, but Priory Records are offering half-price or more reductions on box sets: https://www.prioryrecords.co.uk/box-sets.  The Howells complete Mags & Nuncs are tempting me, a few critical reviews notwithstanding (reviewers not liking the use of women's voices, mainly).  (N.B. only 5 CDs, not 6.)  The complete organ music likewise.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 07, 2019, 06:30:29 AM


New bargains at JPC: from Orfeo, Brilliant etc. Best of the lot might be this one:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0735131100328.jpg)

8 cds for 14.99€ (or less if purchased outside of the EU). Comes with the Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, Schnittke, Weinberg fillers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 07, 2019, 09:38:17 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on March 06, 2019, 05:27:08 PM
A great cycle. I was in high school when PBS showed it. I didn't know anything about Wagner but I stayed up late and watched all of them for some unknown reason. James Morris is Wotan personified, as if Wagner wrote the role for him.

Amazing that it is really the only DVD production (that I am aware of) that tries to follow Wagner's stage directions more or less literally, rather than turning the ring into some weird allegory about people from outer space, etc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on March 07, 2019, 09:58:44 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on March 07, 2019, 09:38:17 AM
Amazing that it is really the only DVD production (that I am aware of) that tries to follow Wagner's stage directions more or less literally, rather than turning the ring into some weird allegory about people from outer space, etc.
I am surprised that today in this quest for authenticity where every ornament is scrutinized no one has staged a Ring as close to what Wagner wrote as possible. The stage directions are very detailed. You can argue whether they are feasible but should at least be attempted.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 07, 2019, 11:41:06 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 06, 2019, 06:13:21 PM
Yes really. Google cache invalidation. The whole difficulty is knowing what strategy to use to balance the benefits of caching against the glitches, and at what cost. "Just don't cache" is a strategy but it's not a solution.

Google cache revalidation.

Quote
Really your remarks are foolish. I have an MSc in computer science, and decades of experience.

Great! With your credentials, you should be able to examine the http header, and see that jpc has disabled caching altogether for item pages (but not for images).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 07, 2019, 12:07:21 PM
Quote from: Pat B on March 07, 2019, 11:41:06 AM
Google cache revalidation.

Great! With your credentials, you should be able to examine the http header, and see that jpc has disabled caching altogether for item pages (but not for images).
Sigh. That means your browser won't cache, right? You realize that caching can occur behind the reverse proxy your https connects to? The simple fact is without a boatload of work and access to the systems no one can tell what happened. For example, do you know what kind of locking they use in the database?  But stale data is a likely cause. And despite your assurances, there really are complexities here.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Malx on March 07, 2019, 01:15:24 PM
Quote from: André on March 07, 2019, 06:30:29 AM

New bargains at JPC: from Orfeo, Brilliant etc. Best of the lot might be this one:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0735131100328.jpg)

8 cds for 14.99€ (or less if purchased outside of the EU). Comes with the Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, Schnittke, Weinberg fillers.


Thanks for the heads up Andre - order in at that great price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on March 07, 2019, 01:51:40 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 07, 2019, 12:07:21 PM
Sigh. That means your browser won't cache, right? You realize that caching can occur behind the reverse proxy your https connects to?

I responded in The Diner.

My apologies to everyone else for perpetuating this digression.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 07, 2019, 06:41:23 PM
Quote from: Malx on March 07, 2019, 01:15:24 PM

Thanks for the heads up Andre - order in at that great price.

My pleasure! It is an excellent ensemble.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on March 07, 2019, 11:08:45 PM
If you can endure a French harpsichord playing for over 30 hours on end: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/french-harpsichord-music/hnum/8523397
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on March 09, 2019, 07:06:28 AM
For those who never got around to buying, or are waiting for a better price, the Bach333 (English version) is now available as part of a 20% deal if you buy three items at Amazon.it. While not a great deal, especially since they charge quite a bit for the postage (unless you live in Italy) it's still the cheapest I have seen. As an experiment, I chose two €10 items to go with it, and if I send it to Sweden the total cost for all three items + postage would be €358, and if to the States €328.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 09, 2019, 09:28:19 AM
Quote from: Christo on March 07, 2019, 11:08:45 PM
If you can endure a French harpsichord playing for over 30 hours on end: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/french-harpsichord-music/hnum/8523397
Merci. My first purchase in a year and a half.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on March 09, 2019, 10:03:34 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 09, 2019, 09:28:19 AM
Merci. My first purchase in a year and a half.
Another option is an organ playing for about 60 hours on end: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/500-years-of-organ-music/hnum/8413069
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 09, 2019, 10:11:43 AM
Quote from: Christo on March 09, 2019, 10:03:34 AM
Another option is an organ playing for about 60 hours on end: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/500-years-of-organ-music/hnum/8413069
I was sorely tempted by that and almost ordered both. But I decided to stay within shouting distance of sane by ordering only the one box. I have several unheard boxes of organ anyhoo.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on March 09, 2019, 10:11:59 AM
Quote from: Christo on March 09, 2019, 10:03:34 AM
Another option is an organ playing for about 60 hours on end: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/500-years-of-organ-music/hnum/8413069

https://youtu.be/VKcAYMb5uk4
???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 09, 2019, 10:59:45 AM
Quote from: ritter on March 09, 2019, 10:11:59 AM
https://youtu.be/VKcAYMb5uk4
???

Exactly. I never have cared much for the organ (and prefer it more as a color/textural instrument). I couldn't imagine working my through 50 CDs dedicated to music for that instrument. The horror, the horror, indeed! :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on March 10, 2019, 03:08:20 AM
You guys sound as if you were expected to strap yourselves to a chair and listen to the whole thing all the way through. I don't get the hate for the organ, though. It seems to me that a lot of interesting stuff can be done with it, it has endless possibilities. My theory is that the instrument's long association with the church rubs many people the wrong way. That and the fact that a certain great musician and key figure of the 60s avant-garde didn't approve of it...  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 10, 2019, 03:35:28 AM
Stravinsky was a key figure of the 1910s avantgarde and said "the monster never breathes" as a reason not to include it in his Symphony of Psalms.

I think I get both the fascination and the abhorrence of the organ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on March 10, 2019, 06:38:35 AM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on March 10, 2019, 03:08:20 AM
You guys sound as if you were expected to strap yourselves to a chair and listen to the whole thing all the way through. I don't get the hate for the organ, though. It seems to me that a lot of interesting stuff can be done with it, it has endless possibilities. My theory is that the instrument's long association with the church rubs many people the wrong way. That and the fact that a certain great musician and key figure of the 60s avant-garde doesn't approve of it...  >:D
As for 50 hours ... I dare John to listen to every one of his Debussy discs consecutively ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on March 10, 2019, 07:16:32 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 10, 2019, 06:38:35 AM
As for 50 hours ... I dare John to listen to every one of his Debussy discs consecutively ...

Hah! :D Debussy is my numero uno and I love his music dearly, but I wouldn't dare do this, because it would actually be a disservice to the composer. Variety is the spice of life after all!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on April 08, 2019, 11:16:38 PM
At JPC: over 100 Toccata CD's for 8 euros each https://www.jpc.de/s/Preiswerte+Entdeckungen+auf+Toccata?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Paul_Thomas on April 13, 2019, 01:02:14 AM
For those of us in the UK ONLY.

Presto is running a one day only promotion for Record Store Day (13/4/2019).

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/2590--offers-record-store-day-2019

Enter voucher code RSD5 to get £5 off when you spend £25 or more

Enter voucher code RSD10 to get £10 off when you spend £50 or more
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JCBuckley on April 13, 2019, 06:26:52 AM
Quote from: Paul_Thomas on April 13, 2019, 01:02:14 AM
For those of us in the UK ONLY.

Presto is running a one day only promotion for Record Store Day (13/4/2019).

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/2590--offers-record-store-day-2019

Enter voucher code RSD5 to get £5 off when you spend £25 or more

Enter voucher code RSD10 to get £10 off when you spend £50 or more

Many thanks for the tip-off.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 13, 2019, 08:56:27 AM
Quote from: Paul_Thomas on April 13, 2019, 01:02:14 AM
For those of us in the UK ONLY.

Presto is running a one day only promotion for Record Store Day (13/4/2019).

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/2590--offers-record-store-day-2019

Enter voucher code RSD5 to get £5 off when you spend £25 or more

Enter voucher code RSD10 to get £10 off when you spend £50 or more
Seems to work outside the UK as well...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on April 22, 2019, 01:57:23 AM
I don't think it's a SUPER DUPER bargain, but it is the cheapest I've ever seen it across several countries: Bach 333 is 299.99 pounds in the UK. They are also ONLY charging the 3 pounds shipping, so for a US buyer, this works out to $330 or so including shipping (because it's 249.99 without VAT). This is about as low as I have ever seen it (for a US buyer, for buyers in other countries, the numbers may change).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07D2Y539K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 27, 2019, 06:04:54 AM
Not sure if these have been posted here before, but they are €20 each (from €43)  at jpc:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0095115204726.jpg)  (https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0095115205723.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/mozart-contemporaries-box-1/hnum/7966913
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/mozart-contemporaries-box-2/hnum/7966915

Q

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 27, 2019, 06:09:59 AM
Quote from: Que on April 27, 2019, 06:04:54 AM
Not sure if these have been posted here before, but they are €20 each (from €43)  at jpc:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0095115204726.jpg)  (https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0095115205723.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/mozart-contemporaries-box-1/hnum/7966913
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/mozart-contemporaries-box-2/hnum/7966915

Q

A real bargain indeed. I bought them all separately :o
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 27, 2019, 05:11:24 PM
I alerted a friend of mine who is into this repertoire. I wonder if they are individual cd cases boxed together, or if they are in space-saving boxes ??
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 27, 2019, 05:31:04 PM
Quote from: André on April 27, 2019, 05:11:24 PM
I alerted a friend of mine who is into this repertoire. I wonder if they are individual cd cases boxed together, or if they are in space-saving boxes ??

Knowing Chandos, they're probably cardboard boxes with sleeves depicting which album it is on each of the sleeves.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on April 27, 2019, 06:05:07 PM
That's neat. Thanks !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on April 27, 2019, 06:06:56 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 27, 2019, 05:31:04 PM
Knowing Chandos, they're probably cardboard boxes with sleeves depicting which album it is on each of the sleeves.
The box of the symphonies of these recordings is just that.
And very nice it is too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on April 27, 2019, 06:07:22 PM
Quote from: André on April 27, 2019, 06:05:07 PM
That's neat. Thanks !

De rien, Monsieur André.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on April 28, 2019, 01:01:38 AM
A great bargain if one is into this music and does not insist on historical instruments. I have five of them in an older slim box and maybe another single or two and this is enough for me for now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 28, 2019, 01:15:21 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on April 28, 2019, 01:01:38 AM
A great bargain if one is into this music and does not insist on historical instruments. I have five of them in an older slim box and maybe another single or two and this is enough for me for now.

Blimey...  Although I have no recordings by them, I assumed that an ensemble specialising in this kind of niche repertoire would play on period instruments!  ???  But they don't...  ::)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on April 28, 2019, 01:30:39 AM
No, at least not in the recordings I own. They are very good in their way but clearly more in the "Marriner"-tradition of modern chamber orchestra.

Concerto Köln has a handful of symphonies by Vanhal, Rossetti and others ond old instruments and I think they have also been boxed up cheaply (warner).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 28, 2019, 02:33:20 AM
Quote from: Que on April 28, 2019, 01:15:21 AM
Blimey...  Although I have no recordings by them, I assumed that an ensemble specialising in this kind of niche repertoire would play on period instruments!  ???  But they don't...  ::)

Q

But they play with a small orchestra, and their dynamics come close to authentic.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 28, 2019, 02:35:16 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on April 28, 2019, 01:30:39 AM
No, at least not in the recordings I own. They are very good in their way but clearly more in the "Marriner"-tradition of modern chamber orchestra.

Concerto Köln has a handful of symphonies by Vanhal, Rossetti and others ond old instruments and I think they have also been boxed up cheaply (warner).

Marriner would be a conclusion a step to far for me. Bamert is much more refined and detailed as Marriner with his smooth sound ever was.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on April 28, 2019, 11:33:07 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on April 28, 2019, 01:30:39 AM
No, at least not in the recordings I own. They are very good in their way but clearly more in the "Marriner"-tradition of modern chamber orchestra.

Concerto Köln has a handful of symphonies by Vanhal, Rossetti and others ond old instruments and I think they have also been boxed up cheaply (warner).

There is this box, not quite the same as the one you are referring to. I 've been waiting over a month for Arkivmusic to unback-order it, so I can't supply much in the way of details.
(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/naxos/large/845221073057.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on April 28, 2019, 11:55:42 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on April 28, 2019, 01:30:39 AM
No, at least not in the recordings I own. They are very good in their way but clearly more in the "Marriner"-tradition of modern chamber orchestra.

Concerto Köln has a handful of symphonies by Vanhal, Rossetti and others ond old instruments and I think they have also been boxed up cheaply (warner).


This (which I have):

[asin]B000V07IV8[/asin]
Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on April 28, 2019, 12:38:50 PM
I meant the Teldec/Warner Box. Of the Capriccio I have several in separate issues, Kraus, Bach sons, Durante, the Spanish stuff. All recommendable if one likes the repertoire. That Capriccio box is dirt cheap but one should note that there are only one disc each included of their Vivaldi, Kraus and Durante
But I suspect that some of the works Bamert recorded are not available in other recordings. And unless one insists on historical instruments, they are very good.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on April 28, 2019, 12:42:46 PM
Quote from: JBS on April 28, 2019, 11:33:07 AM
There is this box, not quite the same as the one you are referring to. I 've been waiting over a month for Arkivmusic to unback-order it, so I can't supply much in the way of details.
Boy, ArkivMusic has really been a mess. Everything I ordered in March is in stock now, but the order itself is still backordered. I'm holding out hope because the 6-week window isn't up yet, so maybe everything will arrive at that time (as you suggested). Really feels like their whole business is being held together by one dude searching frantically through a pile of boxes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on April 28, 2019, 12:55:25 PM
Quote from: Brian on April 28, 2019, 12:42:46 PM
Boy, ArkivMusic has really been a mess. Everything I ordered in March is in stock now, but the order itself is still backordered. I'm holding out hope because the 6-week window isn't up yet, so maybe everything will arrive at that time (as you suggested). Really feels like their whole business is being held together by one dude searching frantically through a pile of boxes.

It's actually worse than that. Everything they have shipped me in the last month or so (meaning, since the end of that Warner clearance sale) was never charged to my card, nor was I notified of shipments. This includes that last order that got messed up. I now have the correct items, but never got charged.  I have 8 or 9 items on back order, some now supposedly in stock, and no way of knowing if they might be in transit to me. So I can't even cancel them!

I have to assume that eventually my credit card will get hit with a bunch of charges, and then probably have to deal with suspected fraud...

I have stopped ordering from them until they seem to get back to normal.  Plus I will be going on a quick trip in mid May....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 09, 2019, 05:44:04 AM
Australian Eloquence and much more on sale at JPC: Carl Vine, David Sculthorpe etc. Also some Brilliant boxes at very low prices.


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/offers (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/offers)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on May 09, 2019, 07:27:36 AM
Quote from: André on May 09, 2019, 05:44:04 AM
Australian Eloquence and much more on sale at JPC: Carl Vine, David Peter Sculthorpe etc. Also some Brilliant boxes at very low prices.


https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/offers (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/offers)

Correction made. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on May 19, 2019, 11:45:03 AM
There's a third box of music by Mozart's contemporaries from Chandos now at jpc
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/mozart-contemporaries-box-3/hnum/7966935

Gossec: Symphonien op. 5 Nr. 2 & 3; op. 12 Nr. 5 & 6; Symphonie D-Dur B 86
+Boccherini: Symphonien G. 503, 508, 515
+Clementi: Symphonie Nr. 1; Symphonien op. 18 Nr. 1 & 2
+Baguer: Symphonien Nr. 12, 13, 16, 18
+Marsh: Symphonien Nr. 2, 6, 7, 8; Conversation Symphony für zwei Orchester
+Herschel: Symphonien Nr. 2, 8, 12-14, 17
+Wesley: Symphonien D-Dur (1781) "Sinfonia obligato", A-Dur (ca. 1784), D-Dur (1784), Es-Dur (1784), B-Dur (1802)
+Cramer: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 2, 7, 8
+Stanley: Concerti for Strings in 7 Parts op. 2 Nr. 1-6
+JC Bach: Symphonien op. 6 Nr. 6; op. 18 Nr. 1 & 4; Sinfonia concertante C-Dur; Adriano in Siria-Ouvertüre
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on May 21, 2019, 12:40:48 AM
At JPC de, 60 titles PAN records 5,99€.
A treasure trove of old music, terrific bargains.

https://www.jpc.de/s/PAN+Classic+zum+Sonderpreis?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on May 31, 2019, 11:35:00 AM
New copies of the complete Gardiner Bach Cantatas box (SDG) at Europadisc for $135 if you're not paying VAT. That's the lowest I've ever seen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on May 31, 2019, 01:20:24 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 31, 2019, 11:35:00 AM
New copies of the complete Gardiner Bach Cantatas box (SDG) at Europadisc for $135 if you're not paying VAT. That's the lowest I've ever seen.

I paid more than that in 2014, but think of all the extra time I have had to enjoy it gathering dust on my shelf these last five years. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 02, 2019, 08:41:58 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on May 31, 2019, 01:20:24 PM
I paid more than that in 2014, but think of all the extra time I have had to enjoy it gathering dust on my shelf these last five years. :)
That's exactly my fear. I've wanted the box for a while to go along with Gardiner's book on Bach, which my dad gave me for Christmas a few years ago. But there is so much music in the house, and when will I really have the time to pull that set down and listen to cantatas while reading the book?  :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: PerfectWagnerite on June 02, 2019, 04:11:20 PM
This begs the question:

1) What is the oldest cd set you have (let's limit it to under 10 discs) that you have not open?
2) What is the oldest big box you have that you have not opened?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on June 02, 2019, 04:27:43 PM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 02, 2019, 04:11:20 PM
This begs the question:

1) What is the oldest cd set you have (let's limit it to under 10 discs) that you have not open?
2) What is the oldest big box you have that you have not opened?

Not counting the stuff I got from Arkivmusic's Warner clearance, which I am going through now as systematically as I can, the answer is all opera, most of it Wagner, most of it sitting on my shelf for several years.: Solti's Wagner, Barenboim's Wagner, a Sony omnibus Wagner set, Callas Remastered, Toscanini does Verdi, Harnoncourt does Monteverdi, the Levine Met DVD of the Ring. Problem with these is simply the fact that I prefer to listen to an opera all in one session (or at least one day)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on June 02, 2019, 04:39:22 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 02, 2019, 08:41:58 AM
That's exactly my fear. I've wanted the box for a while to go along with Gardiner's book on Bach, which my dad gave me for Christmas a few years ago. But there is so much music in the house, and when will I really have the time to pull that set down and listen to cantatas while reading the book?  :-\

I don't regret getting it. It turns out I got it after starting a very slow journey through Rilling's set. Maybe I should interleave them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on June 02, 2019, 06:12:39 PM
Quote from: JBS on June 02, 2019, 04:27:43 PM
Not counting the stuff I got from Arkivmusic's Warner clearance, which I am going through now as systematically as I can, the answer is all opera, most of it Wagner, most of it sitting on my shelf for several years.: Solti's Wagner, Barenboim's Wagner, a Sony omnibus Wagner set, Callas Remastered, Toscanini does Verdi, Harnoncourt does Monteverdi, the Levine Met DVD of the Ring. Problem with these is simply the fact that I prefer to listen to an opera all in one session (or at least one day)

Same here, with some of the same sets/music as you...Solti's Ring, but also Karajan's and Keilberth's, Callas complete EMI recordings, Domingo The Opera Collection on DG, complete Verdi operas on Decca, etc etc  In some cases we're talking 4-5 years  ::). It's a matter of mood and occasion - one day they will be in synch  :).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 03, 2019, 05:54:39 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 02, 2019, 04:11:20 PM
This begs the question:

1) What is the oldest cd set you have (let's limit it to under 10 discs) that you have not open?
2) What is the oldest big box you have that you have not opened?
1) I think I've listened to all but the very newest, at least once. Last month I got the complete Rossini overtures from Naxos and haven't opened that, but it's only been in my house for 2 weeks.
2) n/a but the Harmonia Mundi Lumières and Sony "Liszt the Master and Magician" box I've only listened to maybe 1-2 times in 3-4 years of ownership, however. The Liszt box was like $15 for 26 CDs so that purchase was, uh, not strategically guided.  ;D Also the complete Sviatoslav Richter Decca/DG/Philips box has proven way less of a regular in my CD player than I expected 2-3 years ago. Have only heard a few of the discs from that. The last Big Boxes I purchased were Andre Previn and Anne Queffelec, CDs from both of which I listened to on the drive to work this morning (Don Juan + a Scarlatti sonata chaser to cool down  ;D ).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pat B on June 03, 2019, 06:38:01 AM
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 02, 2019, 04:11:20 PM
This begs the question:

1) What is the oldest cd set you have (let's limit it to under 10 discs) that you have not open?
2) What is the oldest big box you have that you have not opened?

I have listened to a majority of every big box I own. The only smaller sets I haven't listened to are a Tristan & Isolde and a couple Ring cycles. But I have a lot of stuff that I've only listened to once or twice.

Among big boxes, a Bach cantata cycle is one of the best choices.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on June 03, 2019, 07:33:04 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 02, 2019, 08:41:58 AM
That's exactly my fear. I've wanted the box for a while to go along with Gardiner's book on Bach, which my dad gave me for Christmas a few years ago. But there is so much music in the house, and when will I really have the time to pull that set down and listen to cantatas while reading the book?  :-\

I originally collected each set as it was originally released and my recommendation is to buy the set. It is also a good idea to pair it with the Gardiner book. Do not regret it later. Just my two cents worth as a very long time admirer of Gardiner's interpretation of Bach's Cantatas
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on June 03, 2019, 10:24:43 PM
About 40 Verso titles with mostly rarities from Spain at JPC:
https://www.jpc.de/s/Limitiert+G%C3%BCnstiges+von+Verso?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on June 04, 2019, 04:02:21 AM
Quote from: Christo on June 03, 2019, 10:24:43 PM
About 40 Verso titles with mostly rarities from Spain at JPC:
https://www.jpc.de/s/Limitiert+G%C3%BCnstiges+von+Verso?searchtype=campaigntext
Interesting, thanks for the post
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on June 04, 2019, 04:14:27 AM
Interesting stuff indeed, thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on June 04, 2019, 07:56:36 AM
Quote from: Pat B on June 03, 2019, 06:38:01 AM
I have listened to a majority of every big box I own. The only smaller sets I haven't listened to are a Tristan & Isolde and a couple Ring cycles. But I have a lot of stuff that I've only listened to once or twice.

Among big boxes, a Bach cantata cycle is one of the best choices.

Yup, the cantatas are worth having. Ihaveowned several complete sets and gone through them more than once.  I still have 2, Gardiner and Suzuki. I regret neither purchase but have not made it all the way through either yet . FWIW Suzuki is my first choice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on June 06, 2019, 04:57:10 AM
New stuff at JPC. Not so super duper prices as they used to be, methink  ::). But still some interesting buys.

Admirers of Rachel Podger, have fun:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0723385641421.jpg)



https://www.jpc.de/s/Große+Geiger+auf+Channel+Classics?searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/s/Gro%C3%9Fe+Geiger+auf+Channel+Classics?searchtype=campaigntext)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 06, 2019, 05:00:41 AM
Anybody have any experience with Ning Feng? Some of his CD couplings are interesting.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on June 06, 2019, 05:22:14 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 06, 2019, 05:00:41 AM
Anybody have any experience with Ning Feng? Some of his CD couplings are interesting.
Well, this is quite impressive. Seems like worth a look.
https://www.youtube.com/v/i-10F3fNEEg
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on June 06, 2019, 10:44:50 AM
Podger/Cooper is very good, highly recommendable, although the box has only minimal documentation. The only other one from these offers I know is Podger's vivaldi op.4 which I also like but I cannot claim that I ever bothered to compare, not even sure I have a different recording, it's not one of his more frequently played/recorded collections.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on June 18, 2019, 01:36:58 PM
An epic Haydn set (IMO) that is a steal at jpc for €20:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0730099120340.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Joseph-Haydn-1732-1809-S%E4mtliche-Klavierwerke/hnum/1549237

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Paul_Thomas on July 18, 2019, 09:47:40 AM
Presto have launched a Sony Clearance Sale, on both Box Sets and full price single discs

Supplies are strictly while stocks last, so get em while you can!

Some highlights

Complete Harnoncourt (61CDs) £48

Currentzis Mozart Da Ponte Operas £31.80

New York Phil Anniversary Edition £54.75

Bernstein Remastered (100CD's) £78.07

Murray Perahia analogue recordings (15CD's) £19.42

Kaufmann Otello Blu-ray £9.25

Kaufmann Cav/Pag Blu-ray £7.40

Messiaen QplFdT (Frost/Jansen et al.) £6.37

Harnoncourt Missa Solemnis £6.37

Full details here

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/promotions/sony-clearance-sale
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 18, 2019, 10:55:14 AM
Quote from: Paul_Thomas on July 18, 2019, 09:47:40 AM
Presto have launched a Sony Clearance Sale, on both Box Sets and full price single discs

Supplies are strictly while stocks last, so get em while you can!

Oooh thank you!

Wait no on second thought. I'm upset with you.

I have a nice full Presto shopping cart already. I'm waiting to order because I'm about to go on holiday. I prefer to know my parcel will arrive on a day when I can get home first, take it in the house, and hide it before my girlfriend says "more CDs??!??!?" But now I need to order ASAP to grab these clearance items, and it will be waiting for us when we get back, and my girlfriend will say "more CDs??!??!?"

I guess I'll just sigh and say "it's this guy named Paul's fault."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Paul_Thomas on July 18, 2019, 11:08:47 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 18, 2019, 10:55:14 AM
Oooh thank you!

Wait no on second thought. I'm upset with you.

I have a nice full Presto shopping cart already. I'm waiting to order because I'm about to go on holiday. I prefer to know my parcel will arrive on a day when I can get home first, take it in the house, and hide it before my girlfriend says "more CDs??!??!?" But now I need to order ASAP to grab these clearance items, and it will be waiting for us when we get back, and my girlfriend will say "more CDs??!??!?"

I guess I'll just sigh and say "it's this guy named Paul's fault."

;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: CB45 on July 18, 2019, 11:10:45 PM
Amazon UK also have the Harnoncourt for £48....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 19, 2019, 06:01:41 AM
Quote from: CB45 on July 18, 2019, 11:10:45 PM
Amazon UK also have the Harnoncourt for £48....
A couple of the prices are definitely matched elsewhere (Amazon US has the Emanuel Ax box same price) but many of them are not, especially the budget "white boxes" and 2-3 CD sets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 03, 2019, 02:49:40 PM
Ordered the Bernstein 100 Disk original jackets set w/NY Sym from AmazonUK for about $55. Expected it to be cancelled, but instead got an email it would be delivered earlier than first stated.  Some crazy good bargains over there for mega-box fans.  Unlike other European sellers, they have super-cheap shipping. I had been interested in the Richard Stoltzman complete RCA box for a year or two, but not quite enough to pull the trigger.  For $42, however, saw no reason to resist.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on August 07, 2019, 03:54:04 AM
Presto are doing Naxos Studio Master quality downloads for under £4.00 per disc.  I know some will argue that there is little/no benefit from this degree of audio resolution but the reality is you are getting better than CD quality for less than half the price of the equivalent CD so its seems like a good deal to me.  I've picked up their latest Howells Chamber music and Brian Symphonies discs which I was resisting at around £8 for the actual disc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on August 08, 2019, 09:24:40 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on August 03, 2019, 02:49:40 PM
Ordered the Bernstein 100 Disk original jackets set w/NY Sym from AmazonUK for about $55. Expected it to be cancelled, but instead got an email it would be delivered earlier than first stated.  Some crazy good bargains over there for mega-box fans.  Unlike other European sellers, they have super-cheap shipping. I had been interested in the Richard Stoltzman complete RCA box for a year or two, but not quite enough to pull the trigger.  For $42, however, saw no reason to resist.

Could you provide a link for that Bernstein?  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 08, 2019, 09:58:09 PM
Quote from: Gordo on August 08, 2019, 09:24:40 PM
Could you provide a link for that Bernstein?  :)

Alas, Gordo, it is gone.  This recently happened to me at the German Amazon. They had the giant Solti and Menuhin boxes for 99Euros each, and went I went back, the price had leaped back up...
  When I got mine, it seemed to be from a 3rd party seller.  I suppose they were closing out their stock.  Or perhaps it will never actually arrive? 

BTW, Japan Amazon has the big Munch box for about $100, and the big Stravinsky box for about $60. Perhaps those could assuage your disappointment?  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Wakefield on August 09, 2019, 07:19:19 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on August 08, 2019, 09:58:09 PM
Alas, Gordo, it is gone.  This recently happened to me at the German Amazon. They had the giant Solti and Menuhin boxes for 99Euros each, and went I went back, the price had leaped back up...
Dammit! It will be great if your order is fulfilled!  :) 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on August 15, 2019, 02:08:36 AM
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Z4ZN4A/

Can someone tell me why this set is so ridiculously cheap in MP3 form? Is there something wrong with it? I've heard huge acclaim for this set, maestro Vänskä's earlier of two Sibelius cycles. I'm not even a huge Sibelius guy, and I'm perfectly happy with the Berglund/Bournemouth set that I have, but I'm considering going for this just for the price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on August 15, 2019, 03:39:58 AM
Quote from: vers la flamme on August 15, 2019, 02:08:36 AM
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Z4ZN4A/

Can someone tell me why this set is so ridiculously cheap in MP3 form? Is there something wrong with it? I've heard huge acclaim for this set, maestro Vänskä's earlier of two Sibelius cycles. I'm not even a huge Sibelius guy, and I'm perfectly happy with the Berglund/Bournemouth set that I have, but I'm considering going for this just for the price.
It's a great set, mp3's  are cheap.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 15, 2019, 03:51:07 AM
JPC is having a huge Dacapo sale (some 400 titles). Fans of Langgaard, Holmboe, Riisager, Norgärd, Ruders, arise!


https://www.jpc.de/s/DaCapo+30th+Anniversary?searchtype=campaigntext (https://www.jpc.de/s/DaCapo+30th+Anniversary?searchtype=campaigntext)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 16, 2019, 12:52:50 AM
Quote from: Gordo on August 09, 2019, 07:19:19 AM
Dammit! It will be great if your order is fulfilled!  :)

  Gordo, it came in today! It is a big boy, like the Perahia or Szell boxes.  I am delighted to have it, but rather wish you had gotten it, instead.  I actually have the 3 NY Phil boxes, so probably have the lions share of what is inside...
   To reduce shipping cost, they used cardboard that is little more than paper. One corner of the lid of the Bernie-Box has a split in it, but at this price I would not dream of complaining :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aukhawk on August 16, 2019, 07:41:24 AM
Quote from: North Star on August 15, 2019, 03:39:58 AM
It's a great set, mp3's  are cheap.

So often, they're not.  But that Sibelius/Vanska set has been available at rock-bottom price for many years now.  Perhaps BIS's idea of a Scandi loss leader?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on August 16, 2019, 09:33:35 AM
Quote from: aukhawk on August 16, 2019, 07:41:24 AM
So often, they're not.  But that Sibelius/Vanska set has been available at rock-bottom price for many years now.  Perhaps BIS's idea of a Scandi loss leader?
I meant cheap to manufacture. ;) But I would imagine they try to be competitive against Spotify and other streaming services that BIS is offering their content through also.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 17, 2019, 12:17:14 AM
Lovers of contemporary Classical music might find this KAIROS sale (https://www.jpc.de/s/Zeitgen%C3%B6ssisches+auf+KAIROS+limitiert+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext) at jpc of interest!

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on August 17, 2019, 12:38:44 AM
Quote from: North Star on August 16, 2019, 09:33:35 AM
I meant cheap to manufacture. ;) But I would imagine they try to be competitive against Spotify and other streaming services that BIS is offering their content through also.

For some time BIS has been licencing their recordings for use in these low bit-rate compilations.  Never quite understood that since they make such a deal of their high-end-no-compromise recording philosophy.  BUT it does mean that there are a lot of really excellent BIS recordings hiding out there under the cover of naff art work and cheap "best of" type compilations. 

Check out Saint-Saens / Glazunov Symphonies / Tchaik Symphonies (later Jarvi Gothenburg cycle) / Debussy / Grieg (REALLY good)

[asin]B005W0DXU2[/asin]
[asin]B005VY6AUO[/asin]
[asin]B005VY6KWC[/asin]
[asin]B004GBI06U[/asin]

the BIS element is mixed in with other stuff too but at this price worth a look (annoyingly these links only show on UK Amazon....... look for "99 most essential [Saint-Saens]" etc OR "Rise of the Masters [Tchaikovsky]" etc
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 23, 2019, 12:09:10 AM
At JPC of today, 135 titles of BIS for 7,99€.
Many interesting things to get.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Preisaktion+bei+BIS?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 25, 2019, 04:55:47 PM
This is now $72.49, including shipping, but from Amazon UK (Link is to US Amazon). 60 disks, and unlike the "jackets" edition, the disks are filled up. 

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: jwinter on August 26, 2019, 07:16:56 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on August 25, 2019, 04:55:47 PM
This is now $72.49, including shipping, but from Amazon UK (Link is to US Amazon). 60 disks, and unlike the "jackets" edition, the disks are filled up. 

(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B003Z9Q4WG.01.L.jpg)

That's truly a great deal, though personally I'll pass since I already have a large percentage of it in various guises.

That said, I must confess I picked up the huge Szell box late last year, despite having many of those recordings as well.  But Szell has long been my favorite conductor for lots of things, and the inclusion of some old mono recordings I'd never heard, plus the top-class packaging and new remastering on some of it (at least compared to the versions I had) led me to pull the trigger.  And I'm very glad I did, it's a beautiful set.

And yet... if anything I find myself less likely to listen to Szell in the past few months.  Just the act of lugging that big thing off the shelf and pulling something out... I'm lazy I suppose, but I'll often grab another recording just because it's easier to get at.  So the big Szell box is actually helping me to diversify my listening a little more, oddly enough...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on August 26, 2019, 07:25:04 AM
Quote from: jwinter on August 26, 2019, 07:16:56 AM
That's truly a great deal, though personally I'll pass since I already have a large percentage of it in various guises.

That said, I must confess I picked up the huge Szell box late last year, despite having many of those recordings as well.  But Szell has long been my favorite conductor for lots of things, and the inclusion of some old mono recordings I'd never heard, plus the top-class packaging and new remastering on some of it (at least compared to the versions I had) led me to pull the trigger.  And I'm very glad I did, it's a beautiful set.

And yet... if anything I find myself less likely to listen to Szell in the past few months.  Just the act of lugging that big thing off the shelf and pulling something out... I'm lazy I suppose, but I'll often grab another recording just because it's easier to get at.  So the big Szell box is actually helping me to diversify my listening a little more, oddly enough...
Ironic, huh? And the Bernstein would be WORSE.  the disks are all in 4 deep pockets, making it an incredibly inconvenient pain to find any specific disk (unlike the szell, where you can just look down at them).  I find if I want to get "serious" about any big box, I have to take out a big chunk of disks (or the whole box) and just put it next to my CD player. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: GioCar on August 27, 2019, 03:02:59 AM
Quote from: Que on August 17, 2019, 12:17:14 AM
Lovers of contemporary Classical music might find this KAIROS sale (https://www.jpc.de/s/Zeitgen%C3%B6ssisches+auf+KAIROS+limitiert+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext) at jpc of interest!

Q

Thank you Que! The Francisco Lopez 5-CD set at € 3.99 (instead of € 39.99) is a steal!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on August 27, 2019, 04:16:19 PM
Quote from: Que on August 17, 2019, 12:17:14 AM
Lovers of contemporary Classical music might find this KAIROS sale (https://www.jpc.de/s/Zeitgen%C3%B6ssisches+auf+KAIROS+limitiert+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext) at jpc of interest!

Q
Wow what a bargain. I just bought a few CDs of music by Nono, Messiaen, and Feldman for $15. All of this music is new to me and I probably wouldn't have gone for it hadn't I known about this sale. Thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 28, 2019, 06:05:21 PM
At Arkiv Music


(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/non-muze2/large/219085.jpg)

25 discs, 14.99$, and a mouth-watering list of performances.


https://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=219085#utm_source=ArkivMusic_NL&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Flash-8282019&utm_content=LRP-25CD (https://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=219085#utm_source=ArkivMusic_NL&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Flash-8282019&utm_content=LRP-25CD)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on September 30, 2019, 03:26:34 AM
Abbado's The Symphony Edition, 41 cds, with complete cycles of Mahler, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Mendelssohn symphonies, plus later Mozart & Haydn, and half of Bruckner. I bought it at 60€ a few years back, the lowest I had seen it for a long while, and think I got a great bargain then - many marvellous performances.
But Amazon Italy now have it for just €37 - tremendous value!
https://www.amazon.it/Symphony-Clau...1AKEWP7X16Z&psc=1&refRID=8ERHS14CE1AKEWP7X16Z

And they also have Riccardo Muti's The Verdi collection - 28 cds with lots of really classic recordings - for €35. Only three left!
https://www.amazon.it/Verdi-Collect...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AQ9AZQK9Q6G8K5CJMVR3

Callas's complete studio recordings - the 2014 69-cd box is also there for only €81
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 30, 2019, 06:33:40 AM
Amazon Germany has the fancy, remastered Callas box for 94 euros, and the Menuhin is back down to 99 Euros.  The Bernstein boxes (New York) are also dirt cheap. The "Vocal" box is 77 Euros, or about a dollar a disk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on October 03, 2019, 01:10:29 AM
As mentioned by another poster elsewhere; Dutton are selling off back catalogue items with discounts ranging from just a couple of pounds off the RRP right down to discs for 99p.  Well worth a visit and a trawl - not the easiest thing to do on their website mind!

https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/products.php?cat=4

(keep scrolling past the first few pages to find the 'classical' discs.........)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on October 03, 2019, 01:31:02 AM
The Dutton site does seem to have a button on the left for Classical sale - with list prices starting at £0.99. (Delivery in UK was £2 for a couple I bought recently.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 03, 2019, 01:36:39 AM
Quote from: Martin H on October 03, 2019, 01:31:02 AM
The Dutton site does seem to have a button on the left for Classical sale - with list prices starting at £0.99. (Delivery in UK was £2 for a couple I bought recently.)

Oempff, that's quite an ordeal to get through this. To time consuming for me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 03, 2019, 05:02:57 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on October 03, 2019, 01:36:39 AM
Oempff, that's quite an ordeal to get through this. To time consuming for me.
Only if you feel you have too few discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: staxomega on October 03, 2019, 05:18:46 AM
JPC is having a massive sale on CPO CDs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 03, 2019, 06:10:33 AM
Quote from: staxomega on October 03, 2019, 05:18:46 AM
JPC is having a massive sale on CPO CDs.

Not without me knowing it. My contacts with CPO are very trustworthy in that respect. :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JCBuckley on October 03, 2019, 09:22:12 AM
Some bargains in Europadisc's sale of independent label box sets. For example Zefiro: The Baroque Collection - 10 discs for just over £11. Same price for the 10-disc Napoli: At the Crossroads between Popular and Art Music.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 05, 2019, 11:52:16 PM
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421951430.jpg)

€9,99 at jpc!  :)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-keyboard-sonatas/hnum/6817252


Part of larger Brilliant sale:
https://www.jpc.de/s/Box+Sets+von+Brilliant+-+stark+im+Preis+reduziert?searchtype=campaigntext

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 06, 2019, 11:00:41 AM
Quote from: Que on October 05, 2019, 11:52:16 PM
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421951430.jpg)

€9,99 at jpc!  :)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-keyboard-sonatas/hnum/6817252


Part of larger Brilliant sale:
https://www.jpc.de/s/Box+Sets+von+Brilliant+-+stark+im+Preis+reduziert?searchtype=campaigntext

Q

Would you know if that Soler set is a space saving box, or just 9 cd cases put together ?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on October 06, 2019, 11:56:21 AM
Quote from: André on October 06, 2019, 11:00:41 AM
Would you know if that Soler set is a space saving box, or just 9 cd cases put together ?
Looks like a space saver
(https://cloud10.todocoleccion.online/musica-cds/tc/2017/02/21/11/76941845_49781481.webp) (https://en.todocoleccion.net/music-cds/sin-abrir-caja-9-cds-antonio-soler-sonatas-teclado-6-conciertos-2-organos-brilliant-classics~x82661440)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 06, 2019, 12:15:47 PM
It's a space saver and quite good. But it is a long way from complete although I cannot tell you how much is missing and that fact should probably not distract anyone from getting it.
In the same sale the Dvorak quartet box is also pretty good. And also cardboard slim sleeves. I think all newer Brilliant boxes are like that. But watch out if you get one of the older Bach cantata or keyboard boxed, they are all separate jewel cases.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 06, 2019, 04:52:08 PM
Thanks for the details! I have 6 discs of Soler/Belder, presumably included in that set. Ordering it will cost me less than scouring the net for the 3 missing discs  :P.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 06, 2019, 09:58:46 PM
Quote from: André on October 06, 2019, 04:52:08 PM
Thanks for the details! I have 6 discs of Soler/Belder, presumably included in that set. Ordering it will cost me less than scouring the net for the 3 missing discs  :P.

I feel you! I was in a similar situation, end ended up getting the set after all...

On the plus side: it really does safe a lot of space. :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on October 07, 2019, 02:29:58 AM
Not as much as not getting it. Just saying.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 07, 2019, 03:58:46 AM
Note that one disc is organ concerti, so you are missing only two discs of the Soler.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 07, 2019, 04:15:49 AM
I am quite happy with the Naxos recordings, so no need for me to buy this Soler box however cheap :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 07, 2019, 05:43:37 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 07, 2019, 02:29:58 AM
Not as much as not getting it. Just saying.

To save space I'll dispose of the 6 I already have. No need to duplicate  :).

I already have the organ concerti, can't say I like them as much as the other keyboard works. My favourite interpreter remains Mario Raskin on Arion/Pierre Vérany - alas he didn't record all the sonatas. Rowland and Belder have complementary qualities.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on October 07, 2019, 11:15:25 AM
Quote from: The new erato on October 07, 2019, 02:29:58 AM
Not as much as not getting it. Just saying.

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on October 12, 2019, 01:32:05 AM
Super sale on JPC de.

712 BIS CD'S for 5,99.

Hurry


https://www.jpc.de/s/Preisaktion+bei+BIS?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on November 03, 2019, 01:55:05 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/811vAXGqx8L._SY425_.jpg)


It's not in stock, but Amazon lists the Harbach set for $12.99: https://www.amazon.com/Antonio-Soler-Harpsichord-Sonatas-Samuel/dp/B00VFHWDR0/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=soler+sonatas&qid=1572821512&s=music&sr=1-13

Maybe it's legit.  It's definitely worth thirteen bucks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 03, 2019, 03:29:03 PM
Quote from: Todd on November 03, 2019, 01:55:05 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/811vAXGqx8L._SY425_.jpg)


It's not in stock, but Amazon lists the Harbach set for $12.99: https://www.amazon.com/Antonio-Soler-Harpsichord-Sonatas-Samuel/dp/B00VFHWDR0/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=soler+sonatas&qid=1572821512&s=music&sr=1-13

Maybe it's legit.  It's definitely worth thirteen bucks.

It is so ordered. Thanks for the tip! It remains to be seen if it will materialize, but Amazon sent me a confirmation of my order. I have about half of the Belder and Rowland sets, with many holes left to plug. This will come in handy !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on November 03, 2019, 04:33:48 PM
Quote from: André on November 03, 2019, 03:29:03 PM
It is so ordered. Thanks for the tip! It remains to be seen if it will materialize, but Amazon sent me a confirmation of my order. I have about half of the Belder and Rowland sets, with many holes left to plug. This will come in handy !

I also have ordered it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: j winter on November 04, 2019, 05:38:38 AM
Quote from: JBS on November 03, 2019, 04:33:48 PM
I also have ordered it.

+1  thanks for the tip, Todd  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on November 04, 2019, 11:13:20 AM
now "unavailable".
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on November 04, 2019, 11:51:30 AM
I managed to get a confirmatiin while it was still available. Thanks!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 04, 2019, 01:18:53 PM
I have an order confirmation and a delivery date, but no shipment confirmation. I'll believe it when I unwrap it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on November 04, 2019, 02:56:02 PM
Amazon gives Nov 26 as my promised delivery date.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: j winter on November 05, 2019, 02:58:13 AM
Quote from: André on November 04, 2019, 01:18:53 PM
I have an order confirmation and a delivery date, but no shipment confirmation. I'll believe it when I unwrap it.

+1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 06, 2019, 10:31:13 PM
Massive sale of Hyperion on JPC de, 311 titles for 7,99€

https://www.jpc.de/s/Hyperion+reduziert?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Alek Hidell on November 07, 2019, 06:52:41 PM
I've ordered the Harbach set too, and it tells me to expect it between November 21 and December 2. Yeah, we'll see.

I also ordered the Sinopoli Schoenberg/Berg/Webern set for $15 from Zoverstocks. Based on past experience with them, it'll probably be after the first of the year before I get it. But I can wait.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on November 16, 2019, 06:19:47 PM
Quote from: Todd on November 03, 2019, 01:55:05 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/811vAXGqx8L._SY425_.jpg)


It's not in stock, but Amazon lists the Harbach set for $12.99: https://www.amazon.com/Antonio-Soler-Harpsichord-Sonatas-Samuel/dp/B00VFHWDR0/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=soler+sonatas&qid=1572821512&s=music&sr=1-13

Maybe it's legit.  It's definitely worth thirteen bucks.

Amazon sent me a shipping notice today, with delivery scheduled on Wednesday.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on November 19, 2019, 06:48:56 AM
Quote from: JBS on November 16, 2019, 06:19:47 PM
Amazon sent me a shipping notice today, with delivery scheduled on Wednesday.

Not so fast, apparently....

Quote
Hi jeffrey,
We won't be able to deliver your package as it's been damaged.
The package is now being returned. We're very sorry for the inconvenience.
We will issue a full refund as soon as the package is returned. We will notify you when the refund is processed.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 19, 2019, 06:57:04 AM
Quote from: JBS on November 19, 2019, 06:48:56 AM
Not so fast, apparently....

Some very shady business practices from Amazon, but this isn't anything new. They're known to lie (I'm sorry I meant make 'excuses') to customers on a daily basis.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 19, 2019, 07:05:34 AM
Quote from: Alek Hidell on November 07, 2019, 06:52:41 PM
I've ordered the Harbach set too, and it tells me to expect it between November 21 and December 2. Yeah, we'll see.

I also ordered the Sinopoli Schoenberg/Berg/Webern set for $15 from Zoverstocks. Based on past experience with them, it'll probably be after the first of the year before I get it. But I can wait.

Yeah, Zover can be slow but when I lived in the states I never had a problem with a single order. Another great vendor was Blowitoutahere in Kentucky.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 19, 2019, 10:44:15 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 19, 2019, 06:57:04 AM
Some very shady business practices from Amazon, but this isn't anything new. They're known to lie (I'm sorry I meant make 'excuses') to customers on a daily basis.

I half expected that. Still no delivery notice received. I now await one that will state it has not passed their quality inspection and has been « irreparably damaged ».
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 19, 2019, 10:50:59 AM
Quote from: Alek Hidell on November 07, 2019, 06:52:41 PM
I've ordered the Harbach set too, and it tells me to expect it between November 21 and December 2. Yeah, we'll see.

I also ordered the Sinopoli Schoenberg/Berg/Webern set for $15 from Zoverstocks. Based on past experience with them, it'll probably be after the first of the year before I get it. But I can wait.

I received it on the 18th. I had ordered it from another supplier. That one at least is in the can.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 19, 2019, 11:50:08 AM
Quote from: André on November 19, 2019, 10:44:15 AM
I half expected that. Still no delivery notice received. I now await one that will state it has not passed their quality inspection and has been « irreparably damaged ».

I remember one time they told something was out-of-stock after buying it and then it was reposted on their website for a higher price. Needless to say, I got that recording for free as a result. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on November 19, 2019, 03:11:09 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 19, 2019, 11:50:08 AM
I remember one time they told something was out-of-stock after buying it and then it was reposted on their website for a higher price. Needless to say, I got that recording for free as a result. :)

This Harbach set is still posted at the same price, with the same promise of delivery in 2-4 weeks.  So it's possible they're being honest.  But I wasn't the first to order it, so others should have gotten it before me..at the very least Andre, possibly Erato and j winter.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Alek Hidell on November 19, 2019, 06:25:09 PM
I ordered the Harbach set at the bargain price too, and received it today. (See the Purchases Today thread for an odd twist to the story.) So evidently it can actually be had at that price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 20, 2019, 06:14:35 AM
Quote from: Alek Hidell on November 19, 2019, 06:25:09 PM
I ordered the Harbach set at the bargain price too, and received it today. (See the Purchases Today thread for an odd twist to the story.) So evidently it can actually be had at that price.
Unpossible. It is well known on GMG that Amazon makes a fortune by not charging for items it does not ship!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: j winter on November 22, 2019, 11:01:22 AM
Quote from: JBS on November 19, 2019, 03:11:09 PM
This Harbach set is still posted at the same price, with the same promise of delivery in 2-4 weeks.  So it's possible they're being honest.  But I wasn't the first to order it, so others should have gotten it before me..at the very least Andre, possibly Erato and j winter.

Mine says it's shipped, due to arrive Tuesday.  I'll give a shout if it arrives.... :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on November 22, 2019, 01:14:09 PM
As a heads-up, I ordered the set on the 4th November and it just arrived here (UK) this morning. The local Amazon courier gets bonus points for putting it through the letterbox and not the upstairs window. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/amazon-delvery-parcel-throw-window-driver-a9056071.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/amazon-delvery-parcel-throw-window-driver-a9056071.html)  $:)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: j winter on November 26, 2019, 01:17:04 PM
Quote from: j winter on November 22, 2019, 11:01:22 AM
Mine says it's shipped, due to arrive Tuesday.  I'll give a shout if it arrives.... :)

My Soler set arrived today.  Fyi, it was included in a box with another completely different item I'd ordered, which at least seems to indicate that it came from Amazon's warehouse and not some third party.

Listening to a disc now... delightful, especially at that price :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 27, 2019, 12:38:24 PM
Quote from: j winter on November 26, 2019, 01:17:04 PM
My Soler set arrived today.  Fyi, it was included in a box with another completely different item I'd ordered, which at least seems to indicate that it came from Amazon's warehouse and not some third party.

Listening to a disc now... delightful, especially at that price :)

Does it sound better the cheaper it is?    >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 27, 2019, 12:58:24 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on November 27, 2019, 12:38:24 PM
Does it sound better the cheaper it is?    >:D

You need to ask??  After reveling in Markovina's super cheap CPE Bach?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Moonfish on November 27, 2019, 05:13:42 PM
Quote from: Ken B on November 27, 2019, 12:58:24 PM
You need to ask??  After reveling in Markovina's super cheap CPE Bach?

Ahh, the memories......

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2v63zv7L91rr6z2oo1_400.gif)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 27, 2019, 05:56:32 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on November 27, 2019, 05:13:42 PM
Ahh, the memories......

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2v63zv7L91rr6z2oo1_400.gif)

Especially sweet because I don't think Al had that set  >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on November 28, 2019, 09:05:05 AM
Quote from: j winter on November 26, 2019, 01:17:04 PM
My Soler set arrived today.  Fyi, it was included in a box with another completely different item I'd ordered, which at least seems to indicate that it came from Amazon's warehouse and not some third party.

Listening to a disc now... delightful, especially at that price :)

I received a dispatch notification !! The scheduled date is December 5... :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 28, 2019, 03:28:54 PM
Quote from: Ken B on November 27, 2019, 05:56:32 PM
Especially sweet because I don't think Al had that set  >:D

I've got a digital copy 8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ken B on November 28, 2019, 03:31:59 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on November 28, 2019, 03:28:54 PM
I've got a digital copy 8)
Pfui. Can't fondle a digital copy!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 28, 2019, 07:53:09 PM
Quote from: Ken B on November 28, 2019, 03:31:59 PM
Pfui. Can't fondle a digital copy!

  Speaking of something to fondle :-* :-*

   The Bach 333 box--222 disks, 2 large books, 30lbs in total, is "super-duper" cheap (relatively speaking) from Amazon.de    Even including 60Euros for shipping, it can be had for about $260US.  (It's $488 from US Amazon).   I'm pretty tempted. I just ordered myself a 10.3" PDF reader for Xmas, or I'd have pounced already. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 29, 2019, 12:16:00 AM
To me this looks like a bargain at JPC de. 26 CD's with keyboard works, by renown performers for just 19,95!!!

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/bach-complete-keyboard-works/hnum/8023403
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 29, 2019, 12:18:20 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on November 29, 2019, 12:16:00 AM
To me this looks like a bargain at JPC de. 26 CD's with keyboard works, by renown performers for just 19,95!!!

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/bach-complete-keyboard-works/hnum/8023403

Also Orchestral Works for just 9.95, 11 CD'S.


Also Orchestral Works for just 9.95, 11 CD'S.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Das-Orchesterwerk/hnum/2428764
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 29, 2019, 12:22:37 AM
Another bargain me thinks.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sämtliche Konzerte (Concerto Copenhagen) 5 CD'S 19,95. JPC de.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/johann-sebastian-bach-saemtliche-konzerte/hnum/9254308
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on November 29, 2019, 01:36:37 AM
These are great bargains, especially the solo keyboard box (missing the art of fugue, though). Note that they also have the 172 discs complete Bach by Hänssler for EUR 130.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 03, 2019, 10:39:33 AM
Not "super duper" but reduced in price only for a few weeks annually,
Austrian specialties at half price
http://shop.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/cd-dvd/musikmuseum.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on December 18, 2019, 05:33:55 AM

These great sets are on sale at JPC:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0747313904686.jpg)
14.99€
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0747313904785.jpg)
16.99€
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4260034860254.jpg)
14.99€
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mc ukrneal on January 05, 2020, 06:21:33 PM
Chandos have a sale on downloads of Naxos on their site. 2.30 pounds per disc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on January 06, 2020, 07:22:10 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 05, 2020, 06:21:33 PM
Chandos have a sale on downloads of Naxos on their site. 2.30 pounds per disc.

Ooh that looks good, it seems they throw in an MP3 download along with a FLAC or ALAC. I can a whole load of Penderecki there - I'd better start sampling to see what I want :D.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on January 06, 2020, 11:25:21 AM
Quote from: 2dogs on January 06, 2020, 07:22:10 AM
Ooh that looks good, it seems they throw in an MP3 download along with a FLAC or ALAC. I can a whole load of Penderecki there - I'd better start sampling to see what I want :D.

The Naxos/Penderecki cycle is very fine!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on January 06, 2020, 06:15:12 PM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on January 06, 2020, 11:25:21 AM
The Naxos/Penderecki cycle is very fine!

If this is part of the sale, grab it!
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51cufXtDigL.jpg)

It happens to be both great chamber music and outrageously priced on Amazon (I presume it's OOP).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Verulamian on January 07, 2020, 02:51:19 AM
Quote from: 2dogs on January 06, 2020, 07:22:10 AM
Ooh that looks good, it seems they throw in an MP3 download along with a FLAC or ALAC. I can a whole load of Penderecki there - I'd better start sampling to see what I want :D.

I hope you are aware that your local library service provides access to Naxos Music Library - an astonishing online resource with many labels.  Not the highest bit rate for library members, but decent enough (I'm suspicious I get a better sound then they state).  Excellent for "try before you" buy.....  (I've found that Penderecki Chamber music recording, for example, complete with PDF booklet).

Bit of an art to track down recordings sometimes - don't settle for no trace on an advanced search - many a recording can be found on the label/composer pages once you know the label.   See  #17 (and #16,others etc) here:
http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?7506-Online-Naxos-music-library/page2 (http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?7506-Online-Naxos-music-library/page2)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on January 07, 2020, 10:36:49 AM
Quote from: Verulamian on January 07, 2020, 02:51:19 AM
I hope you are aware that your local library service provides access to Naxos Music Library - an astonishing online resource with many labels.  Not the highest bit rate for library members, but decent enough (I'm suspicious I get a better sound then they state).  Excellent for "try before you" buy.....  (I've found that Penderecki Chamber music recording, for example, complete with PDF booklet).

Bit of an art to track down recordings sometimes - don't settle for no trace on an advanced search - many a recording can be found on the label/composer pages once you know the label.   See  #17 (and #16,others etc) here:
http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?7506-Online-Naxos-music-library/page2 (http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?7506-Online-Naxos-music-library/page2)

Worth remembering too that the magnificent resource IMSLP - if you pay a subscription (barely £20 pa) this includes access to the Naxos Music library of recordings which relate to scores available through IMSLP.  So sadly nothing that is still in copyright but lots of fine music to explore still...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on January 08, 2020, 12:32:45 AM
Thanks, Verulamian. That's a truly amazing resource - some 150,000 discs in their library (from brand new to decidely rare).

As a Barbican Library member in the UK, I've ready free access. but I hope public libraries elsewhere and in other countries may have signed up to it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on January 08, 2020, 08:51:23 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on January 06, 2020, 11:25:21 AM
The Naxos/Penderecki cycle is very fine!

Sounds promising. The 60 - 90 second samples are useful, I should be able to prune the purchases down a bit.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Abuelo Igor on January 22, 2020, 02:53:09 PM
Is it just me or "Super-duper cheap bargains", especially when it comes to mega-box sets of Universal Music, seem to have petered out dramatically in recent years?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on February 10, 2020, 08:50:34 AM
A good value box from Capriccio;

[asin]B081WVQC5V[/asin]

a brand new release in this box format.  The individual discs were well received and mainly still available but at a high price for each disc.  So this represents a bout a 70% discount on the individual disc price.  One of the odd cases of Amazon pricing where their low bit-rate MP3 download is vastly more expensive than the CD hard copies - go figure!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on February 10, 2020, 09:11:17 AM
I bought the Zimmermann, the Ginastera and the Krenek as single releases, and they're all excellent! That box set looks like a really good deal. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 10, 2020, 04:00:34 PM
Quote from: Abuelo Igor on January 22, 2020, 02:53:09 PM
Is it just me or "Super-duper cheap bargains", especially when it comes to mega-box sets of Universal Music, seem to have petered out dramatically in recent years?

   The labels, esp Sony, used to keep reducing prices til they'd finally cleared out a big "special edition" box (Perahia, Rubinstein, Ma, etc). Sometimes it was like summer clothes sales at Thanksgiving time.  They seem to have wizened up, and now print fewer and sell out relatively quickly (Szell, Monteux).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on February 11, 2020, 10:18:21 AM
Quote from: ritter on February 10, 2020, 09:11:17 AM
I bought the Zimmermann, the Ginastera and the Krenek as single releases, and they're all excellent! That box set looks like a really good deal. ;)

I only double up on the Ginastera disc which I enjoyed a lot - so if I can sell that on for £5 it becomes an even better deal!  Lots of music I don't know at all so I'll be interested to find a thread........
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Malx on February 11, 2020, 12:10:13 PM
Do you have a link to the box on the UK site.

Thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on February 11, 2020, 11:20:50 PM
Quote from: Malx on February 11, 2020, 12:10:13 PM
Do you have a link to the box on the UK site.

Thanks.

[asin]B081WVQC5V[/asin]

this will take you to Amazon.com I think but put this ASIN code into a search box on Amazon uk and it will pop up the right set - B081WVQC5V.  £28.44 (on Prime) - 10 x CD's plus a "making of" DVD.   Release date is within the last week - I haven't looked anywhere else but doubt it could be much/any cheaper
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: akebergv on February 14, 2020, 10:48:23 PM
It is slightly cheaper (€28) at Amazon.de.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on February 14, 2020, 11:51:55 PM
Quote from: akebergv on February 14, 2020, 10:48:23 PM
It is slightly cheaper (€28) at Amazon.de.

I got my copy a couple of days ago and it is very fine indeed.  Interesting choice of repertoire (obviously available in other versions) avoiding 'obvious' 20th Century rep, well played and recorded.  The shipping from German Amazon would cancel out the cheaper set cost but either way still v. good value.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: spooky on February 15, 2020, 05:50:21 PM
Alexei Lubimov
7cd Box Set @ Amazon.com for$12.99 --- likely mispriced
https://www.amazon.com/Alexei-Lubimov/dp/B083XV6RB8
If it was not for the most part Fortepianos, might bite !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on February 17, 2020, 03:19:16 PM
Quote from: spooky on February 15, 2020, 05:50:21 PM
Alexei Lubimov
7cd Box Set @ Amazon.com for$12.99 --- likely mispriced
https://www.amazon.com/Alexei-Lubimov/dp/B083XV6RB8
If it was not for the most part Fortepianos, might bite !

What a steal!! I dislike fortepianos too. But I might go for it anyway just for the sheer bargain of it all. I know nothing of Lubimov, though I love much of that repertoire.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 17, 2020, 04:42:42 PM
The set looks interesting to me. I know this pianist only through his recordings of music by Valentin Silvestrov.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Alek Hidell on February 22, 2020, 01:48:44 PM
Yes, thanks for pointing that one out, spooky! I snapped it up and will see if they really come through on March 13 (when it's released).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on February 23, 2020, 04:21:23 AM
There is this for people who like fortepianos:

[asin]B07CPK4SXN[/asin]

I don't know about a super-duper cheap bargain but less than $20 for 6 CDs ain't too bad.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 23, 2020, 05:22:17 AM
Not bad indeed!  :)

What about €10?  :D

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4015023242548.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-18/hnum/2549272?lang=en
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on February 23, 2020, 01:32:20 PM
Quote from: Que on February 23, 2020, 05:22:17 AM
Not bad indeed!  :)

What about €10?  :D

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4015023242548.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-18/hnum/2549272?lang=en

Gotta love JPC... great deals, sometimes. Can't say I'm familiar with Mr. Schoonderwoerd, but it appears he plays on clavichord, fortepiano, and tangent piano, which is interesting, probably even more so to those among us who are real HIP enthusiasts.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on February 23, 2020, 06:13:01 PM
Quote from: Que on February 23, 2020, 05:22:17 AM
Not bad indeed!  :)

What about €10?  :D

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4015023242548.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-18/hnum/2549272?lang=en

Or 7.99€ :

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421942711.jpg)

Not on fortepiano, but sensitive and illuminating performances nonetheless  :)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 23, 2020, 09:13:16 PM
Quote from: André on February 23, 2020, 06:13:01 PM
Or 7.99€ :

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421942711.jpg)

Not on fortepiano, but sensitive and illuminating performances nonetheless  :)

My favourite sonatas set on a "modern" instrument!  :)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on February 24, 2020, 01:51:21 AM
Quote from: André on February 23, 2020, 06:13:01 PM
Or 7.99€ :

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421942711.jpg)

Not on fortepiano, but sensitive and illuminating performances nonetheless  :)

A steal for such a wonderful set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on February 24, 2020, 01:56:02 AM
Do you have a link, André? I just bought a Mozart sonatas set just weeks ago, and I'm currently still enamored with it, the Christoph Eschenbach. But I can't pass that up for $7.99!

Edit: Here it is:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-18/hnum/2277309
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 24, 2020, 02:10:57 AM
Quote from: André on February 23, 2020, 06:13:01 PM
Or 7.99€ :

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421942711.jpg)

Not on fortepiano, but sensitive and illuminating performances nonetheless  :)

When I was a bit younger, I bought a CD shop in my place. More than 6000 CD'S in the collection. I played the Pires continuously, and sold in a single day in excess of 30 complete sets, and this was a full price mind. Denon was at that time a very expensive label, a lot I had to import.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mandryka on February 24, 2020, 02:38:56 AM
Quote from: Que on February 23, 2020, 05:22:17 AM
Not bad indeed!  :)

What about €10?  :D

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4015023242548.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-1756-1791-Klaviersonaten-Nr-1-18/hnum/2549272?lang=en

I once said something positive about that set, and amw, bless her, told me that you'd have to be weird to like it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 24, 2020, 09:24:57 AM
Quote from: Mandryka on February 24, 2020, 02:38:56 AM
I once said something positive about that set, and amw, bless her, told me that you'd have to be weird to like it.

I've bought the set, but haven't listened to it yet.

Schoonderwoerd is apparently an acquired taste, an enfant terrible.

Some cringe at the sound of his LvB or Mozart concertos performances,  but I love it...  8)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 24, 2020, 09:31:06 AM
Schoonderwoerd's Beethoven concertos are way out there on the edge. I used to enjoy them in my younger days but now can't listen to more than a minute or so!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mandryka on February 29, 2020, 02:30:51 AM
Quote from: Que on February 24, 2020, 09:24:57 AM
I've bought the set, but haven't listened to it yet.

Schoonderwoerd is apparently an acquired taste, an enfant terrible.

Some cringe at the sound of his LvB or Mozart concertos performances,  but I love it...  8)

Q

Well I went back to the Mozart and I think it is well worth having. I was impressed.

In the Beethoven, the sound is fabulous I agree. The piano playing is a real challenge to conservatory conventions. Not music I'm much interested in at the moment.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on February 29, 2020, 02:40:48 AM
Quote from: Que on February 23, 2020, 09:13:16 PM
My favourite sonatas [Mozart/Pires/Denon] on a "modern" instrument!  :)

Q

Incidentally the only modern piano Mozart sonatas set I haven't culled (among about ten sets).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 29, 2020, 03:32:28 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on February 29, 2020, 02:40:48 AM
Incidentally the only modern piano Mozart sonatas set I haven't culled (among about ten sets).

I'm not surprised!  :)

And there quite a few cycles on period instruments that are not just that, but are amazing in interpretation as well.
I understand nostalgic feelings towards performances from yesteryear, but I feel in Mozart sonatas there is little reason to look back.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on March 01, 2020, 04:40:59 PM
I just found this:

[asin]B083XSZKTP[/asin]

17 discs of period-instrument Beethoven for $17.99. Wait, what? Really? I might buy one just on general principle, even though I have no interest in duplicating all this repertoire. That is a super-duper cheap bargain if I've ever seen one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 08, 2020, 06:36:05 AM

17 cds, 29.99€ At JPC, 25.66US$ at Amazon.com.

An historical survey, for the completist mainly I guess. Nice box design.

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5099932757521.jpg)
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61vCzDbmQiL._AC_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 11, 2020, 04:09:24 AM
This is 95 pounds, before VAT is subtracted. For some reason, UK Amazon shipping is only about 1/3 the cost of some of the others (France and Italy), meaning total cost (with shipping) to me in Taiwan is about $111 (for 170CDs).  Very tempting. If the overall quality is similar to other Brilliant sets, $.6 per disk is definitely a Super-Duper Cheap Bargain.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41KpfPqFyDL._AC_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on March 22, 2020, 10:51:00 AM
Dacapo records is offering a 60% discount on much of their back catalogue. Lovers of obscure Danish music, rejoice.

https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/campaign/get-60-discount-on-dacapos-early-catalogue
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 22, 2020, 02:06:47 PM
Quote from: vers la flamme on March 22, 2020, 10:51:00 AM
Dacapo records is offering a 60% discount on much of their back catalogue. Lovers of obscure Danish music, rejoice.

https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/campaign/get-60-discount-on-dacapos-early-catalogue

I ordered 4 items. Thanks !  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on March 22, 2020, 02:21:09 PM
Quote from: André on March 22, 2020, 02:06:47 PM
I ordered 4 items. Thanks !  ;D

Awesome! No problem. I've got four in my shopping cart but may not pull the trigger after all. We'll see.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on March 22, 2020, 06:09:51 PM
Details in the Purchases Today thread  ;).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 28, 2020, 03:02:12 AM
The interested here might already seized the opportunity before, but this amazing bargain - a 6CD box set for €13 - pops up at jpc once more:

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4260034860148.jpg) (https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/4260034860148.jpg)

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/norddeutsche-orgelmeister/hnum/1407337

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 28, 2020, 05:42:25 AM
Quote from: Que on March 28, 2020, 03:02:12 AM
The interested here might already seized the opportunity before, but this amazing bargain - a 6CD box set for €13 - pops up at jpc once more:


Q
A great set indeed. And I see the Herbert Schuch Oehms box is going for 10€ - also strongly recommended to piano music fans.
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/rear/0/4260034860124.jpg) (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/the-oehmsclassics-recordings/hnum/8325957)

Also, the Michael Gielen Edition sets!! (https://www.jpc.de/s/Michael+Gielen+SWR-Edition?searchtype=serie)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on March 28, 2020, 09:40:06 AM
Quote from: North Star on March 28, 2020, 05:42:25 AM

Also, the Michael Gielen Edition sets!! (https://www.jpc.de/s/Michael+Gielen+SWR-Edition?searchtype=serie)

Any pointers?  :)  Mahler or Bruckner?

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: North Star on March 28, 2020, 09:57:02 AM
Quote from: Que on March 28, 2020, 09:40:06 AM
Any pointers?  :)  Mahler or Bruckner?

Q
The Mahler, Stravinsky/Bartók, and Schönberg, Berg & Webern are all very good indeed, the others I don't know at all/only slightly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on March 29, 2020, 09:28:40 AM
For Bruckner the Skrowaczewski is cheaper and overall probably better than Gielen. (I don't have either complete but sufficiently many as singles). The Schuch collection is tempting although I again have already the 2-3 of them I was most interested in.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on April 12, 2020, 07:14:39 AM
(https://artwork-cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/099/612/0009961208_350.jpg)


Simon Rattle's Berlin Mahler 6 is $5.56 for a 24 bit download at 7digital.  I've been digging around for some other nicely priced items on the site - for instance, Yusuke Kikuchi's Ravel for $12.99. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on April 26, 2020, 11:33:42 AM
I finally got around to investigating Qobuz US for downloads, and lo and behold, they have plentiful cheap items.

Most Naxos recordings are $2.92 a pop right now, and $3.60 for hi-res, with lower per unit prices for multi-disc sets.

Also of no little interest in this Beethoven year, the below can be had for $15.49 in red book and $20.49 in hi-res.

(https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/7a/hg/dxezkikgihg7a_600.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on April 28, 2020, 08:44:24 AM
The Naxos sale is over, but Qobuz is offering 21 titles as free downloads, some in hi-res: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/search?q=qobuz-music-gifts

I already grabbed my 11 downloads.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on April 28, 2020, 10:40:20 AM
Quote from: Todd on April 28, 2020, 08:44:24 AM
The Naxos sale is over, but Qobuz is offering 21 titles as free downloads, some in hi-res: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/search?q=qobuz-music-gifts

I already grabbed my 11 downloads.

Thanks for the heads-up - some good stuff there and in good sound too!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on April 29, 2020, 12:19:39 AM
On JPC sale of the label Fra Bernardo, 44 titles for 6.99€ . For all the lovers of beauty farm go and buy, mant titles are there like Gombert and others.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Fra+Bernardo+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on April 29, 2020, 02:49:14 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on April 29, 2020, 12:19:39 AM
On JPC sale of the label Fra Bernardo, 44 titles for 6.99€ . For all the lovers of beauty farm go and buy, mant titles are there like Gombert and others.

https://www.jpc.de/s/Fra+Bernardo+g%C3%BCnstig?searchtype=campaigntext

Thanks! I've been meaning to pick up some Beauty Farm, but their CDs are normally damn expensive.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on May 01, 2020, 07:21:18 AM
Quote from: Todd on April 28, 2020, 08:44:24 AM
The Naxos sale is over, but Qobuz is offering 21 titles as free downloads, some in hi-res:

Yes, thanks for that, indeed.  Am I right in thinking that Qobuz is fairly new to the US?  Glad to have you fellows monitoring their bargains - which are thankfully also available on Qobuz UK.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: GioCar on May 01, 2020, 08:29:19 AM
The Naxos sale is on eClassical.com (http://eclassical.com) now: 50% off on 24-bit FLACs.

Till the end of May.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on May 04, 2020, 10:41:06 AM
Quote from: GioCar on May 01, 2020, 08:29:19 AM
The Naxos sale is on eClassical.com (http://eclassical.com) now: 50% off on 24-bit FLACs.

Till the end of May.
For those who didn't click, this means most 24-bit FLAC albums are around $4.50-$5.50. eClassical charges by album length, not flat fee.

I'm disappointed that they don't have the full Naxos catalog - even recent albums like Tingaud's Poulenc ballet suites and Fukuma's Beethoven are missing - and some recentish recordings that seem like they'd be great in 24-bit, like Falletta's Gliere "Ilya Muromets", aren't in 24-bit so they're not on sale. (I am considering the two volumes of Eggert symphonies, but only one is on sale in high-res and the other is normal price, which is to say more expensive, for "CD quality".)

But I'm doing some shopping  8) and just in time, Naxos' May releases are unusually interesting too. Hopefully they get added in the next few days.

EDIT: Individual tracks are also half off so if you don't want the whole album, you don't have to grab it. Example: Slatkin's Copland "Grohg" and complete "Billy the Kid" (https://www.eclassical.com/labels/naxos/copland-grohg-billy-the-kid.html) - together the 24-bit FLACs are $4.71, or you can get Grohg alone for about $2.25ish or Billy alone for about $2.50ish.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on May 21, 2020, 07:34:41 AM
If you don't yet have Chailly's Beethoven symphony cycle from Leipzig - probably my favorite of the century so far, and ditto many other Beethovenians - the physical box set is now just $13 on Presto. Part of a box set clear-out sale (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/promotions/dg-decca-boxes) with various other goodies
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: j winter on May 21, 2020, 07:40:17 AM
Quote from: Brian on May 21, 2020, 07:34:41 AM
If you don't yet have Chailly's Beethoven symphony cycle from Leipzig - probably my favorite of the century so far, and ditto many other Beethovenians - the physical box set is now just $13 on Presto. Part of a box set clear-out sale (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/promotions/dg-decca-boxes) with various other goodies

Yeah, that's a great set.  It's been a long time since I did serious (for me  :P  ) comparative listening and ranked Beethoven sets (I have a fair many, as some folks here will recall), but Chailly's certainly somewhere in the top 10 for me... it's a good example IMO of taking some of the learnings from HIP and applying them to a modern orchestra -- almost a best-of-both-worlds sort of approach....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on May 21, 2020, 08:11:35 AM
Danacord shop in Copenhagen is an old-style classical record shop with an unusually large physical selection & good, competitive offers. I've been buying a good deal there recently and would like to mention (1 Euro is 7.50 DKK):

- Brilliant Classics: 2CD sets go for DKK 59,50. They have some releases otherwise not always so easy to obtain, such as the Schreker release and Dukas piano music.

- Brilliant Classics: some large box sets on offer for DKK 149,50, including
the Frescobaldi 15CD, Russian Piano Concertos 15CD, French Piano Concertos 12CD, Alkan box 13CD, W.F.Bach 14CD, Monteverdi Complete Madrigals 12CD, Pachelbel complete keyboard works 13CD, Weiss London Manuscript 12CD, Fritz Brun symphonies etc. 11CD, etc.
https://www.danacordbutik.dk/specials.php

- Bridge records: Ruders 2nd Piano Concerto etc. DKK 49,50; McDermott plays Haydn Sonatas & Concertos 2CD 49,50

- Scribendum. Competitive prices, includes Yudina 26CD DKK 339,50
https://www.danacordbutik.dk/index.php?manufacturers_id=713&sort=4a&page=1
Svetlanov Russian Music 20CD DKK 249,50
https://www.danacordbutik.dk/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&inc_subcat=1&keywords=svetlanov&sort=2a&page=3
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on May 21, 2020, 08:50:54 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 21, 2020, 08:11:35 AM


- Brilliant Classics: some large box sets on offer for DKK 149,50, including
the Frescobaldi 15CD, Russian Piano Concertos 15CD, French Piano Concertos 12CD, Alkan box 13CD, W.F.Bach 14CD, Monteverdi Complete Madrigals 12CD, Pachelbel complete keyboard works 13CD, Weiss London Manuscript 12CD, Fritz Brun symphonies etc. 11CD, etc.

For those interested/open to downloading - Amazon has these several of these Brilliant "big boxes" (the Brun and the Russian/French PC's for sure) @ £7.99 per set which is tremendous value if you are OK with the relatively low bit rates.......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 21, 2020, 03:27:23 PM
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 21, 2020, 08:11:35 AM
Danacord shop in Copenhagen is an old-style classical record shop with an unusually large physical selection & good, competitive offers. I've been buying a good deal there recently and would like to mention (1 Euro is 7.50 DKK):

- Brilliant Classics: 2CD sets go for DKK 59,50. They have some releases otherwise not always so easy to obtain, such as the Schreker release and Dukas piano music.

- Brilliant Classics: some large box sets on offer for DKK 149,50, including
the Frescobaldi 15CD, Russian Piano Concertos 15CD, French Piano Concertos 12CD, Alkan box 13CD, W.F.Bach 14CD, Monteverdi Complete Madrigals 12CD, Pachelbel complete keyboard works 13CD, Weiss London Manuscript 12CD, Fritz Brun symphonies etc. 11CD, etc.
https://www.danacordbutik.dk/specials.php

- Bridge records: Ruders 2nd Piano Concerto etc. DKK 49,50; McDermott plays Haydn Sonatas & Concertos 2CD 49,50

- Scribendum. Competitive prices, includes Yudina 26CD DKK 339,50
https://www.danacordbutik.dk/index.php?manufacturers_id=713&sort=4a&page=1
Svetlanov Russian Music 20CD DKK 249,50
https://www.danacordbutik.dk/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&inc_subcat=1&keywords=svetlanov&sort=2a&page=3

Thanks for the tip!

I ordered the Svetlanov set - a fantastic bargain !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on May 21, 2020, 03:51:58 PM
Quote from: André on May 21, 2020, 03:27:23 PM
Thanks for the tip!

I ordered the Svetlanov set - a fantastic bargain !

Hope it works. Postage to abroad might cost more than the website states immediately. Of about 14 items I ordered on two occasions and then collected, only 1 was not in stock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 21, 2020, 04:04:02 PM
I was only charged for the price of the set (249dk, or 51$cad - something like 33€). There was no postage fee on the bill and my credit card was charged for just that amount (51$). I'm crossing my fingers  ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on May 21, 2020, 04:10:23 PM
They'll inform you appropriately.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 21, 2020, 04:25:36 PM
I suppose they'll bill me when they ship. I hope it's not too much. In any case, I've slowed my purchases lately, so I shouldn't bust my budget  :D.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on May 22, 2020, 03:51:12 AM
Quote from: André on May 21, 2020, 04:25:36 PM
I suppose they'll bill me when they ship. I hope it's not too much. In any case, I've slowed my purchases lately, so I shouldn't bust my budget  :D.

I contacted them on the matter, just to be sure.

International shippings will mean that the extra postage fee of the Danish postal services 'Postnord' will be added to the bill. Their website tells of postage in Denmark. But they'll provide the buyer with an extra link just for paying that postage.

I wouldn't worry about money, in case you regret your order.
Even when I payed more via the web, due to an item it turned out they didn't have in stock,
they only deduced for the available items.

So if you don't want the order after all, just inform them, and it will be allright.

Of course, buyers should be aware of local customs rules in their own country.
Also, to make things easy for oneself, it might be better for a start just to email them about items and the resulting postage fee,
rather than filling out the order form immediately, at least when one hasn't tried it before.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on May 22, 2020, 05:28:41 AM
Sound advice, thanks. I got an email saying they will advise me of the delivery cost next Monday (writing this on Friday). I don't think the postage fee will be prohibitive, so I'm fine with the amount they'll charge me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on May 28, 2020, 02:31:48 AM
JPC has the complete Bach cantatas with Rilling for 49,99 Euros (=71 CDs), which must be considered cheap.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Das-Kantatenwerk-Geistliche-weltliche-Kantaten/hnum/1157090
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on June 05, 2020, 02:45:35 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 28, 2020, 02:31:48 AM
JPC has the complete Bach cantatas with Rilling for 49,99 Euros (=71 CDs), which must be considered cheap.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-1685-1750-Das-Kantatenwerk-Geistliche-weltliche-Kantaten/hnum/1157090

Thoughts on this set anyone? I know it's not exactly a HIP cycle. But wasn't it the first Bach cantatas cycle to be completed, barely edging out the Leonhardt/Harnoncourt collaboration in its completion...? For the price I must admit I am very tempted to pull the trigger on it, even if I would prefer a full set from Koopman or Suzuki (both are outrageously expensive, especially in comparison to this one!)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on June 05, 2020, 04:44:25 AM
Quote from: vers la flamme on June 05, 2020, 02:45:35 AM
Thoughts on this set anyone? I know it's not exactly a HIP cycle. But wasn't it the first Bach cantatas cycle to be completed, barely edging out the Leonhardt/Harnoncourt collaboration in its completion...? For the price I must admit I am very tempted to pull the trigger on it, even if I would prefer a full set from Koopman or Suzuki (both are outrageously expensive, especially in comparison to this one!)

I only have that set + a lot of Karl Richter, skipped Leusink since I found him awful. Am quite satisfied with Rilling, I don't think there are any major problems with it (like say the countertenor with Leusink).

EDIT: forgot to mention that I replaced Gardiner's set with Rilling too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 05, 2020, 04:53:04 AM
As I recall, the main complaint about the Rilling is related to adherence to one aspect related to HIP: the boys' choir.  The choir sound is nice, IMO, but tends to sound the same on each disk that uses it, and so ends up sounding less than fresh after a while. Aside from that, who could complain about Rilling and Leonhardt? Fine and dedicated musicians working with a fantastic ensemble.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on June 05, 2020, 06:12:52 AM
Quote from: vers la flamme on June 05, 2020, 02:45:35 AM
Thoughts on this set anyone? I know it's not exactly a HIP cycle. But wasn't it the first Bach cantatas cycle to be completed, barely edging out the Leonhardt/Harnoncourt collaboration in its completion...? For the price I must admit I am very tempted to pull the trigger on it, even if I would prefer a full set from Koopman or Suzuki (both are outrageously expensive, especially in comparison to this one!)

It's fine, and at that price well worth it.  But check out Gardiner's cycle, which is my favorite of the three I have (Leonhardt/Harnoncourt is the third, I don't like boy soprano soloists).  What I have heard of Suzuki I don't care for. I have no idea of what Gardiner costs now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on June 05, 2020, 07:41:04 AM
@Mookalafalas
Rilling does not use a boys' choir. Neither does Richter. They have fairly large mixed choirs, modern instruments and are generally pre-HIP although the 1990s re-recordings of some Bach choral works show Rilling adapting some HIP manners, but still has modern instruments. The main attraction of both (unlike non-HIP is a major attraction) are the soloists. They are not all equally good but there are lots of great names included.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Ratliff on June 05, 2020, 09:03:12 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on June 05, 2020, 07:41:04 AM
@Mookalafalas
Rilling does not use a boys' choir. Neither does Richter. They have fairly large mixed choirs, modern instruments and are generally pre-HIP although the 1990s re-recordings of some Bach choral works show Rilling adapting some HIP manners, but still has modern instruments. The main attraction of both (unlike non-HIP is a major attraction) are the soloists. They are not all equally good but there are lots of great names included.

I agree that the soloists are the best feature of the Rilling set. It is not HIP, but it is not Furtwangler either. He seems to use an appropriately sized chamber orchestra and doesn't offend my ears which are accustomed to HIP Bach.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on June 06, 2020, 12:15:32 AM
In the 70s when the Rilling series started it was received as "modern" Bach because HIP was still fairly exotic and it was to be the only complete cantatas series besides Harnoncourt/Leonhardt for a while. But by the mid/late 1980s the tables had been turned, I guess, and 30 years later with HIP dominant it will appear old-fashioned in some respects.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ammar on June 15, 2020, 11:49:17 AM
For those who like their polyphony bare-chested, Amazon.es has the Beauty Farm recordings of De La Rue & Ockeghem Masses for 9.80 euro & 6.65 euro respectively (although both are temporarily out of stock at the moment)

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1FGIj7dHKL._SS500_.jpg) (https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/910kchYmEmL._SS500_.jpg)

https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B079VD2Z1F/
https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B01MSWBUN8/
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on June 15, 2020, 12:08:08 PM
Quote from: ammar on June 15, 2020, 11:49:17 AM
For those who like their polyphony bare-chested,

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on June 27, 2020, 09:03:37 AM
A seller on eBay UK has the Warner Berlioz Complete Works for £34.99:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Various-Artists-Berlioz-Complete-Works-New-Sealed-27-CD-Boxset/124154543392?hash=item1ce82ffd20:g:axEAAOSwGVVelvLD (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Various-Artists-Berlioz-Complete-Works-New-Sealed-27-CD-Boxset/124154543392?hash=item1ce82ffd20:g:axEAAOSwGVVelvLD)

There were 4 copies available, now only 3 after I grabbed one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 02, 2020, 12:11:35 AM
At JPC de CD'S from the label arts, 211 of them for a bargain price, and also the Newton label....
Be quick about it, it usually does not stay long for the price..

https://www.jpc.de/s/Preisaktion+Arts?searchtype=campaigntext
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on July 02, 2020, 12:20:29 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on July 02, 2020, 12:11:35 AM
At JPC de CD'S from the label arts, 211 of them for a bargain price, and also the Newton label....
Be quick about it, it usually does not stay long for the price..

https://www.jpc.de/s/Preisaktion+Arts?searchtype=campaigntext

Great!  :)

I check jpc almost everyday, but somehow you are always the first to alert me!  :D

Q

PS I can recommend the Corelli and the Albinoni!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on July 19, 2020, 05:51:14 AM
Orfeo titles are half off at Qobuz: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/page/orfeo-selections
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on July 23, 2020, 05:00:49 PM
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61CHUHGpa3L._SX466_.jpg)


$8 at Qobuz: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/beethoven-revolution-symphonies-1-a-5-jordi-savall-le-concert-des-nations/vfgt2ve9hh4db
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: T. D. on July 29, 2020, 11:10:20 PM
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91h5jQU6fLL._SS500_.jpg)

At Berkshire for $29.85  ($1.99 per disc) + shipping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 31, 2020, 09:28:39 AM
Quote from: T. D. on July 29, 2020, 11:10:20 PM
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91h5jQU6fLL._SS500_.jpg)

At Berkshire for $29.85  ($1.99 per disc) + shipping.
Ooooh!  So tempting!  :)

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on July 31, 2020, 01:47:55 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 31, 2020, 09:28:39 AM
Ooooh!  So tempting!  :)

PD

I mentioned this once before - this Brilliant set is available (in the UK - so I guess elsewhere too) for just £7.99 which works out at about 50p per CD's worth........
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: T. D. on July 31, 2020, 05:13:48 PM
I didn't see any prices nearly that low in the US...what I posted above seems pretty good relative to other Stateside offerings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on July 31, 2020, 05:22:06 PM
Quote from: T. D. on July 29, 2020, 11:10:20 PM
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91h5jQU6fLL._SS500_.jpg)

At Berkshire for $29.85  ($1.99 per disc) + shipping.


$14.49 at 7Digital: https://us.7digital.com/artist/various-artists/release/russian-piano-concertos-7498161?f=20%2C19%2C12%2C16%2C17%2C9%2C2
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 01, 2020, 02:37:27 AM
Klara Wurtz is the only pianist's name that's familiar to me (don't know her recordings).....I do also see Kissin's name there (which I do have an album or two of his).  Anyone else here familiar with their work?

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on August 01, 2020, 02:46:10 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on July 31, 2020, 01:47:55 PM
I mentioned this once before - this Brilliant set is available (in the UK - so I guess elsewhere too) for just £7.99 which works out at about 50p per CD's worth........

Where do you find that, please?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on August 01, 2020, 04:59:39 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 01, 2020, 02:37:27 AM
Klara Wurtz is the only pianist's name that's familiar to me (don't know her recordings).....I do also see Kissin's name there (which I do have an album or two of his).  Anyone else here familiar with their work?

PD

They are all good recordings and fine, engaged musicians - only Balakirev/Ponti, Paderewski and maybe Arensky feel a bit dated soundwise perhaps. I have a special fondness for the quicker-than-usual, impressionistic and endlessly intricate flow of Ponti in Medtner's 3rd. His Scriabin, Moszkowski and Scharwenka Concertos are really good too, but the sound in Scriabin in particular could have more details. Some think well of Paik in Prokofiev, but I skipped the original Naxos releases, found the playing uinteresting. There aren't any Kissin recordings in the box. The Bortkiewicz concerti are finds. Lyapunov and Kabalevsky are fine too. Mosolov is slightly less aggressive than the Melodya recording, and it suits the music better, IMHO.

Overall, absolutely recommended.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 01, 2020, 12:17:52 PM
Quote from: MusicTurner on August 01, 2020, 04:59:39 AM
They are all good recordings and fine, engaged musicians - only Balakirev/Ponti, Paderewski and maybe Arensky feel a bit dated soundwise perhaps. I have a special fondness for the quicker-than-usual, impressionistic and endlessly intricate flow of Ponti in Medtner's 3rd. His Scriabin, Moszkowski and Scharwenka Concertos are really good too, but the sound in Scriabin in particular could have more details. Some think well of Paik in Prokofiev, but I skipped the original Naxos releases, found the playing uinteresting. There aren't any Kissin recordings in the box. The Bortkiewicz concerti are finds. Lyapunov and Kabalevsky are fine too. Mosolov is slightly less aggressive than the Melodya recording, and it suits the music better, IMHO.

Overall, absolutely recommended.
Thank you MT for your thoughtful comments.  I'm scratching my head a bit as this was the description that I read of the box on Prestoclassical's website.

"There is a special quality to Russian Piano Concertos: apart from their jaw dropping virtuosity and orchestral brilliance they share that common Slavonic flavor, an undefinable mixture of melancholy and passion, whether smouldering or blazing.

This set contains the famous concertos by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, but also lesser known composers: Anton Rubinstein, Medtner, Glazunov, Kabalevsky, Scriabin, Khatchaturian, Arensky, Balakirev, Lyapunov, Bortkiewicz and Khrennikov. Adding extra spice to the set are the concertos by Scharwenka and Moszkowski, Polish by birth but Slavic in spirit.

Excellent performances by Michael Ponti, Boris Giltburg, Yevgeny Kissin, Stefan Doniga and others."

I added the bold.

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on August 01, 2020, 02:14:41 PM
I suspect the Kissin performance is one of the ones found in this double CD
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51VlwkHJYoL.jpg)
I remember them as being nice listens. Off the top of my head I don't remember which concerto Kissin played. (It was recorded when he was still a teenager in Russia.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on August 01, 2020, 08:23:04 PM
Sorry yes, I overlooked the Khrennikov Kissin. Funnily, it seems to that when I go to Presto's site on my mobile, the Khrennikov isn't shown in the specified list of the content. I'm on vacation but of course have the box at home.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on August 01, 2020, 11:47:26 PM
Quote from: Martin H on August 01, 2020, 02:46:10 AM
Where do you find that, please?

standard Amazon listing.  Here's a link - for the UK anyway - but just searching "Russian Piano Concertos" and opting for the MP3 should find it.  They're selling the CD version there for around £40!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Piano-Concertos-Various-artists/dp/B079ZN8F1T/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=russian+piano+concertos&qid=1596354344&sr=8-1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on August 02, 2020, 02:11:12 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on August 01, 2020, 11:47:26 PM
standard Amazon listing.  Here's a link - for the UK anyway - but just searching "Russian Piano Concertos" and opting for the MP3 should find it.  They're selling the CD version there for around £40!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Piano-Concertos-Various-artists/dp/B079ZN8F1T/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=russian+piano+concertos&qid=1596354344&sr=8-1

Thanks (I'd been thinking it was for the CD set!)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 02, 2020, 02:58:02 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on August 01, 2020, 08:23:04 PM
Sorry yes, I overlooked the Khrennikov Kissin. Funnily, it seems to that when I go to Presto's site on my mobile, the Khrennikov isn't shown in the specified list of the content. I'm on vacation but of course have the box at home.
Hope that you're someplace nice and cool?  Or at least not humid?   :)

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on August 03, 2020, 02:15:50 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 02, 2020, 02:58:02 AM
Hope that you're someplace nice and cool?  Or at least not humid?   :)

PD

Thanks. Had to stay in Denmark obviously, most of July was not good weatherwise, but now I'm touring parts of Sjælland/Zealand, Funen and Langeland islands on my bicycle with a tent for a couple of weeks, and summer has finally come, as can be seen from the photos here from Langeland such as near Lohals this morning (where I'm staying) and from Tranekær castle yesterday 🙂. Places here have funny names, such as Tullebølle, Skattebølle Østrig (=Austria) and Lille Snøde ... Hope you are enjoying your garden & that you all find things to enjoy these days!

Will be searching for more offers such as JPC later in August. I have a wish list of about 20 items, but am not in hurry, and they are almost only 1 CD releases.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 03, 2020, 02:50:59 AM
Looks beautiful!  Enjoy and stay safe!  :)

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 04, 2020, 12:59:58 AM
A New release and a very interesting one at JPC de.

Masters of the German Baroque.
Ricercar-31 CD'S  € 59,95.
To be released in September 2020.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 04, 2020, 05:48:06 AM
That cover image is great.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 04, 2020, 06:28:03 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 04, 2020, 05:48:06 AM
That cover image is great.
I was thinking that too!  After thinking (and trying not to drool):  Boooooookkkkksss!  Uummmmm!  :)

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on August 04, 2020, 06:32:39 AM
It's in the town of Goerlitz, 'Oberlausitzische Bibliothek', just next to the Polish and Czech borders. Room from early 19th century; the arches thought to represent 'the triumph of wisdom', so something to live up to ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 04, 2020, 06:52:01 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on August 04, 2020, 06:32:39 AM
It's in the town of Goerlitz, 'Oberlausitzische Bibliothek', just next to the Polish and Czech borders. Room from early 19th century; the arches thought to represent 'the triumph of wisdom', so something to live up to ...
Thank you MT for the info!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on August 04, 2020, 08:34:01 AM
Thanks from me as well. This is the kind of stuff i like........!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 05, 2020, 12:23:45 AM
Big sale on at Qobuz at the moment, with currently "up to" 80% off, and "new offers to discover every week!"

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/page/qobuz-fest-2020 (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/page/qobuz-fest-2020)

The 80% bracket currently includes numerous recordings by Cyprien Katsaris on the Piano21 label; there's also 50% off Erato and Naxos, with Petrenko's Shostakovich cycle at a very tempting £12.  (This is Qobuz Europe, but I believe the same goes for the US site - my browser allows me only the merest peek at that one, before redirecting me to Europe.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 05, 2020, 02:54:38 AM
Thank you!  I'll check it out in a bit.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 05, 2020, 03:24:35 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on August 04, 2020, 12:59:58 AM
A New release and a very interesting one at JPC de.

Masters of the German Baroque.
Ricercar-31 CD'S  € 59,95.
To be released in September 2020.


Wow, that's quite a brick!  :D

What I'd like is a box set with a reissue of the German Baroque Cantatas series by the Ricercar Consort...

Or is it included in this set?

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 05, 2020, 03:28:42 AM
Quote from: Que on August 05, 2020, 03:24:35 AM
Wow, that's quite a brick!  :D

What I'd like is a box set with a reissue of the German Baroque Cantatas series by the Ricercar Consort...

Or is it included in this set?

Q

You can find the list of music on JPC Que!
Abel: Sonata sopra Cuccu
+Ahle: Jesus dulcis memoria; Gehe aus auf die Landstrassen; Cum Maria diluculo
+Altenburg: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
+Anonymus: Es ist g'nug; Sonata d-moll – Viola da gamba solo; Aus der Tieffe; Sonata a 3 flauti; Sonata d-moll; Sonata a 6 Violini; Sonata II
+Bach: Fantasia Wo Gott der Herr BWV 1128; Christ lag in Todebanden BWV 4; Allein Gott, in der Höh BWV 715; Aus der Tieffe rufe ich BWV 131; Gelobet seist du BWV 722; Der Herr denket an uns BWV 196; Quotlibet BWV 524; Der Tag der ist so freudenreich BWV 719; Das alte Jahr vergangen BWV 1091; Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106; Herr Gott nun schleuss den Himmel auf BWV 1092; Herzliebster Jesus BWV 1093; O Jesu, wie ist dein Gestalt BWV 1094; Widerstehe doch der Sünde BWV 54; Durch Adams Fall BWV 1101; Allein zu dir; Herr Jesu Christ BWV 1100; Himmelsköning sei willkommen BWV 182; Ich habe genug BWV 82; Praeludium und Fugue D BWV 532; Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn BWV 152; Erbarm dich mein BWV 721; Weichet nur betrübte Schatten BWV 2020
+Bernhard: Gyrie & Gloria super Christ unser Herr; Aus der Tiefen; Was betrübst du dich
+Boxberg: Bestelle dein Haus
+Bruhns: Praeludium G Dur; Ich liege und schlafe; Der Herr hat seinem Stuhl; Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Die Zeit meines Abschieds; Mein Hertz ist bereit; Praeludium g moll; O werter heil'ger Geist; Hemmt eure Tränenflut; Erstanden ist der Heilige Geist; Praeludium e-moll; Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet; Paratum cor meum
+Buchner: Sonata V
+Busbetzky: Erbarm dich
+Buxtehude: Das neugeborne Kindelein; Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Ich suchte des Nachts; Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder; Herr, ich lasse dich nicht; O Clemens, o mitis; Toccaten BuxWV 157 & 165; Singet dem Herrn; Komm heiliger Geist BuxWV 200; Ich halte es dafür; Praeludium g-moll BuxWV 149; Laudate pueri Dominum; Dialogus inter Christum et fidelem animam; Ciaconna e-moll BuxWV 160; An filius non est Dei; Canzona G-Dur BuxWV 170; Sonata F-Dur BuxWV 269; Suite C-Dur BuxWV 226; Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BuxWV 180; Wenn ich Herr Jesu; Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV 223; Klag Lied BuxWV 76
+Böddecker: Sonata sopra La Monica für Fagott solo
+Böhm: Praeludium C-Dur; Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht; Mein Freund ist mein; Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (Partita); Vater unser im Himmelreich; Praeludium, Fugue und Postludium g-moll
+Ebart: Sonata
+Engelmann: Paduana Doaga & Gagliarda Zibotte
+Erlebach: Sonata Terza; Meine Seufzer
+Faria: Suite g-moll; Sonata La Farina; Balletto a 3; Capriccio Stravagante
+Fischer: Suite in a-moll; Sonata Hertzlich thut mich verlangen
+Furchheim: Sonata secunda: Geist: Vater unser
+Förtsch: Aus der Tiefe
+H. Praetorius: Missa super Angelus ad Pastores; Joseph lieber Joseph
+Hammerschmidt: Sonata super Nun lob mein Seel; Freude, Freude, grosse Freude; Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen; Wo ist der neugebor'ne König; Paduana a 6
+Hanff: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott; Helft mir Gott's; Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott
+Heinrich Bach: Erbarm dich mein; Ich danke dir Gott
+Hentzschel: Canzon mit 8 Violen da Gamba
+Hoffmann: Schlage doch
+J. Praetorius: Vater unser
+J. W. Franck: Weil Jesu in meinem Sinn
+Johann Bach: Sey nun wieder zufrieden; Unser Leben ist ein Schatten
+Johann Bernhard Bach: Ouvertüre G-Dur
+Johann Christoph Bach: Der Gerechte; Fürchte dich nicht; Ach das ich Wasser's g'nug hätte; Unsers Herzens Freude; Mit Weinen hebt sichs an; Praeludium & Fuga; Herr, wende dich und sei miur gnädig; Es erhub sich ein Streit; Wie bist du denn, o Gott; Meine Freundin du bist schön
+Johann Ludwig Bach: Kyrie & Gloria aus der Missa brevis super Allein Gott
+Johann Michael Bach: Magnificat; Halt was du hast; Das Blut Jesu Christi; Gelobet seist du; Ach wie senhlicht wart ich; Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein; Gott hat das Evangelium; Auf lasst uns den Herren loben
+J. Krieger: Ihr Hirten, verlasset die finstere Nacht
+J. P. Krieger: O Jesu du mein Leben
+Kuhnau: Partie f-moll; Sonata quarta
+Kühnel: Aria variata; Partita sopra Herr Jesu Christ; Sonata II e-moll; O Jesu du mein Leben; Partie f-moll; Sonata quarta
+Löwe: Capriccio primo; Sinfonias XXXIX & XLVIII; Capriccio secondo
+Lübeck: Praeludium ex g; Willkommen, süsser Bräutigam
+J. M. Nicolai: Sonata für 3 Violen
+M. Franck: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott; Paduana & Tanz; Suite D-Dur
+M. Praetorius: Ballette & Tänze; Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; Puer natus in Bethlehem; Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener; Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
+Moritz von Hessen: Pavana del Francisco Segario
+Pachelbel: Praeludium; Jauchzet dem Herrn (Motette); Was Gott thut (Partita); Jauchzet dem Herrn (Kantate); Christ lag in Todesbanden; Toccata C-Dur; Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan; Fantasia g-moll; Gott ist unsere Zuversicht (Motette); Magnificate im 2. Ton, 3. Ton, 7. Ton, 8. Ton; Christ lag in Todesbanden (Kantate); Aria Sebaldina; Fantasia; Kanon; Ciaconna f-moll
+Pez: Passacaglia
+Pezel: Biccinia variorum instrumentorum (Suite)
+Pfleger: Ad te clamat cor meum
+Pohle: Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe; Sonaten a 6 & a 8
+Posch: Paduana V & Gaillarda V
+Reincken: An Wasserflüssen Babylon; Toccata A-Dur; Fuge g-moll; Was kann uns kommen an für Not
+Riedel: Harmonische Freude frommer Seelen
+Ritter: Sonatina d-moll
+Rosenmüller: Ach Herr, strafe mich; Sonaten III a 2 & XI a 5
+Scharmann: Trauerklage
+Scheidemann: Christ lag in Todebanden; Praeludien d-moll & g-moll; Angelus ad pastores; Magnificat secundi toni; Gagliarda ex D
+Scheidt: Lobet im Himmel den Herrn; Magnificat tribus choribus; Modus ludendi pleno organo; Hodie completi sunt; Benedicamus; Laudate Dominum; Vater unser; Fantasia super Ich ruf zu dir; Angelus ad pastores ait; Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund; Ist nicht Ephraim mein treuer Sohn; Veni redemptor; Das alte Jahr vegangen ist; Toccata In te Domine speravi; Paduana a 4; Allemande Also geht's also steht's; Ludi Musici; Canzon super O Nachbar Roland; Cantilena Anglica Fortunae; Fantasia super Io son ferrito
+Schein: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam; O Jesu Christe, Gottes Sohn; Uns ist ein Kind geboren; Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Gelobet seist Du; O Jesulein, mein Jesulein; Maria, gegrüsset seist du; Ich ruf zu dir; Canzona a 6; Paduana a 4; Suite XIII
+Schelle: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
+Schildt: Magnificat
+Schop: Paduana 57
+Schultz: Passamezzo a 8
+Schwemmer: Grabgesang
+Schütz: Erbarm dich mein; Eile mich Gott; Ich danke Dir Gott; O Jesu nomen dulce; Ave Maria; Der Engel sprach zu den Hirten; Aus tiefer Not; Ich ruf zu Dir; Aus der Tieffe; Ich liege und schlafe; Von Aufgang der Sonne; Herr neige Deine Himmel; Musikalische Exequien (Ausz. ); Die Sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz; Das ist je gewisslich wahr; Historia der Auferstehung Christi SWV 50; Selig sind die Toten; Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
+Sebastiani: Matthäus-Passion
+Seifert: Puer natus in Bethlehem
+Selle: Veni creator spiritus; Die mit Tränen säen; Es begab sich aber; Domine exaudi (Instrumentalversion); Aus der Tieffe a 2 & a 5; Domine exaudi
+Steffens: Jesus Christus unser Heiland; Paduana & Galliard
+Strungk: Lass mich Dein sein und bleiben
+Stölzel: Aus der Tiefe
+Theile: Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele
+Tunder: 2 Präludien g-moll; An Wasserflüssen Babylon; Ach Herr, lass deine lieben Engelein; Wachet auf; Ein kleines Kindelein; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Da mihi domine; O Jesu dulcissime; Salve caelestis Pater; Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener; Canzona in G; Salve mi Jesu; Sinfonia a 7 Da Pacem Domine; Jesus Christus wah'r Gottes Sohn
+Vierdanck: Canzona XXX
+Walther: Imitatione del Cuccu; Suite XXV
+Weckmann: Dialogo von Tobias und Raguel; Kommet her zu mir alle; Es erhub sich ein Streit; O lux beata trinitas; Weine nicht; Zion spricht; Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe; Praeambulum; Fuga ex D; Canzona G Dur; Wenn der Herr die Gefangenen zu Zion; Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste; Magnificat; Angelicus coeli chorus; Rex virtutum; Der Tod ist verschlungen; Die Lieblichen Blicke; Suite h moll; Toccata d moll; Canzona d moll; Sonaten D-Dur a 4, d-moll a 4, G-Dur a 3, G-Dur a 4, G-Dur a 4, a-moll a 3; Toccata vel praeludium; Lucidor eins hütt der schaf; Der reinweissen Herzogin hochklare Seelenfarbe; Ehrenlied an Herrn Martenitz; Der reinweissen Herzogin hochklare Liebesfarbe; Der schöne Hamburgerin Lieblichkeit
+Westhoff: Suite d-moll
+Zachow: Kyrie super Christ lag in Todesbanden; Nun bin ich vergnügt
Künstler: Greta de Reyghere, Jill Feldman, James Bowman, Max van Egmond, Bernard Foccroulle, Guy de Mey, Agnes Mellon, Celine Frisch, Thomas Ospital, Guy Penson, Bart Jacobs, Siebe Henstra, Vox Luminis, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Capella Sancti Michaelis, Syntagma Amici, Les Agremens, Stylus Phantasticus, Flanders Recorder Quartet, Ensemble La Fenice, Ricercar Consort, L'Acheron, Clematis, Philippe Pierlot, Jean Tubery, Denis Menier, Guy Penson u. a.
Label: Ricercar, DDD
Bestellnummer: 10257696
Erscheinungstermin: 4.9.2020
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on August 06, 2020, 12:06:37 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on August 05, 2020, 03:28:42 AM
You can find the list of music on JPC Que!

At first glance, it does seem the entire series Deutsche Barock Kantaten by the Ricercar Consort is included!   :)

Which is good news, though probably without texts... ::)

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 06, 2020, 01:39:56 AM
Quote from: Que on August 06, 2020, 12:06:37 AM
At first glance, it does seem the entire series Deutsche Barock Kantaten by the Ricercar Consort is included!   :)

Which is good news, though probably without texts... ::)

Q

I guess so, yes, without texts. As soon as I can order it, I let you know, though it does not deter me from buying it.  A low price usually comes with a compromise, right. My German is luckily excellent :laugh:
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on August 10, 2020, 06:46:30 AM
A general heads-up.  Chandos are having a Summer Sale including some quite recent/very good releases.  Full price discs are down to £5.00 each - cheaper for mid-price releases/multiple discs.  Chandos' P&P rates - within the UK at least - are VERY reasonable indeed so there are true bargains to be had.  One word of warning - the sub-divisions of repertoire; "orchestral" / "vocal" etc are rather random with quite a few discs mis-listed in wrong categories.  So best to look through all the categories - not too much of a burden for the true addict!

https://www.chandos.net/summersale?utm_source=Chandos+Records+Ltd&utm_campaign=6b66550e42-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_07_03_45&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a5c589e977-6b66550e42-8700901
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 16, 2020, 11:44:12 AM
I know I've already mentioned the Qobuz sale in this thread, but it's worth hunting through it for items where the pricing has (surely) gone a bit wrong - for example, the Naxos complete Debussy orchestral set (9 discs) and complete Grieg orchestral (8 discs), both for £4.80.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 16, 2020, 03:22:40 PM
Wow, literally everyone should buy that Grieg because the divine Inger Dam-Jensen orchestral song singing is worth twice that by itself and everything else is great too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on August 17, 2020, 01:13:11 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 16, 2020, 03:22:40 PM
Wow, literally everyone should buy that Grieg because the divine Inger Dam-Jensen orchestral song singing is worth twice that by itself and everything else is great too.

Thanks, I shall grab it then.  I have hardly any Grieg in my collection (actually prefer Svendsen for orchestral music), so this should put that right.  The Debussy is tempting, too - well reviewed, and even more complete than the even most complete competition, with lots of orchestrations by, among others, Colin Matthews.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on August 17, 2020, 02:36:49 AM
Quote from: DaveF on August 17, 2020, 01:13:11 AM
Thanks, I shall grab it then.  I have hardly any Grieg in my collection (actually prefer Svendsen for orchestral music), so this should put that right.  The Debussy is tempting, too - well reviewed, and even more complete than the even most complete competition, with lots of orchestrations by, among others, Colin Matthews.

The Engestet Grieg is excellent - I was less impressed by Markl's Debussy but at that price worth considering......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 23, 2020, 05:09:39 AM
Cross posted from "Romantics in Period Performance"

One day only download sale (August 23)!

Liszt recital on Liszt's own Chickering piano, recorded at the Liszt Academy (https://www.eclassical.com/performers/achatz-dag/liszt-piano-music.html) for $3.58 US. Dag Achatz, BIS

You can listen to samples on the page - indeed, you can listen to the whole album if you're persistent (it pauses every 30 seconds).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on August 25, 2020, 08:37:15 AM
Arkivmusic now has this on sale for $19.99.
(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/non-muze2/large/984676.jpg)
[I ordered it just now]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on August 28, 2020, 12:51:44 AM
JPC does not ship to Canada currenly, so the Brilliant sale at hb direct may be of interest to some
https://www.hbdirect.com/browse_classical.php?browse_genre=Classical&boxed=1&v_0=browse_genre&v_1=boxed&&v_2=label&label=B&v_3=specific_label&specific_label=Brilliant+Classics
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on September 06, 2020, 07:59:14 AM
Chandos have added quite a few more discs to their Summer Sale.  Some good stuff - the Davis/RVW/Job-Symphony 9 for £5 for example.  As before their listing within categories seems fairly random so you need to look through them all to see what you'll find.  Worth the trawl!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on September 07, 2020, 06:16:42 PM
Qobuz has the Evidence label on sale.  FFG's Brahms piano sonatas and LvB Violin Sonatas and Cello Sonatas are available at silly low prices.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on September 28, 2020, 02:13:57 PM
Dutton Vocalion has an Autumn sale going on on their website.

Bate's Third at £4.99, Arnell's Third at £4.99, the Foulds volumes at £2.99-£4.99, etc...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on September 29, 2020, 05:07:28 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on September 28, 2020, 02:13:57 PM
Dutton Vocalion has an Autumn sale going on on their website.

Bate's Third at £4.99, Arnell's Third at £4.99, the Foulds volumes at £2.99-£4.99, etc...

Thanks, Olivier !

I indulged...again ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on September 29, 2020, 05:27:49 AM
Quote from: André on September 29, 2020, 05:07:28 AM
Thanks, Olivier !

I indulged...again ::)

No worries, André, enjoy !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on October 01, 2020, 03:40:30 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on September 28, 2020, 02:13:57 PM
Dutton Vocalion has an Autumn sale going on on their website.

Bate's Third at £4.99, Arnell's Third at £4.99, the Foulds volumes at £2.99-£4.99, etc...

Thank you, this is a very interesting sale with a lot of rarities, I ordered 20x.

Note that postage + handling fee is £ 1 per item + a little more.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 02, 2020, 05:55:33 PM
Qobuz has the Glossa label on sale for half off.  Downloads start at five bucks a disc in the US.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: londonrich on October 13, 2020, 09:30:00 AM
A very good price (£6.47) for the 20cd Brilliant Classics box of 20th Century Italian Piano Music: https://www.rarewaves.com/products/5029365947022-20th-century-italian-piano-music?_pos=3&_sid=d6ab2bb22&_ss=r
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on October 21, 2020, 12:32:01 PM
German Zweitausendeins has another sale with classical & jazz CD boxes /single CDs for 2 Euros per unit

(some examples: Villa-Lobos complete string quartets 6CD = 2 Euros (!), Buxtehude complete organ works 6CD; Rachmaninoff complete songs 3CD, 2 Euros; Kubelik as composer CD 2 Euros; Reger piano trio CD; Kodaly orchestral works 2CD, Manoury piano works CD, Schoeck Elegie, Haubenstock-Ramati CD, etc. etc.)
Postage within Europe is often around 10 Euros though

https://www.zweitausendeins.de/ausgewahlte-klassik-jazz-cds-reduziert?&sc_src=email_2322921&sc_lid=156778656&sc_uid=N7O4PVzYuv&sc_llid=39702&sc_eh=1850ca124b2b7db51




Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on October 25, 2020, 02:24:12 PM
A few tempting things on Qobuz - not special offers or anything, just cheap compilations, possibly mispriced:

Rachmaninoff / Ashkenazy - Complete orchestral works: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/rachmaninov-complete-symphonies-and-orchestral-works-vladimir-ashkenazy-sydney-symphony/ovgcsgex2iebc (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/rachmaninov-complete-symphonies-and-orchestral-works-vladimir-ashkenazy-sydney-symphony/ovgcsgex2iebc)

Brendel - Complete Vanguard Classics recordings: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/alfred-brendel-the-complete-vanguard-classics-recordings-alfred-brendel-i-solisti-di-zagreb-antonio-janigro/5055354495014 (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/alfred-brendel-the-complete-vanguard-classics-recordings-alfred-brendel-i-solisti-di-zagreb-antonio-janigro/5055354495014)

Beethoven Complete Sonatas - Malcolm Bilson & others: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/beethoven-the-complete-32-piano-sonatas-on-period-instruments-in-addition-the-three-bonn-kurfursten-sonatas-malcolm-bilson/0886788397484 (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/beethoven-the-complete-32-piano-sonatas-on-period-instruments-in-addition-the-three-bonn-kurfursten-sonatas-malcolm-bilson/0886788397484)

and many more - just do, as I did, a search on the word "Complete" and lots of bargains will pop up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 25, 2020, 03:11:04 PM
If Brendel's barnstorming Mussorgsky Pictures is on Vanguard, that's worth it just for that. Heck of a bargain!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 25, 2020, 03:20:07 PM
Quote from: DaveF on October 25, 2020, 02:24:12 PMA few tempting things on Qobuz - not special offers or anything, just cheap compilations, possibly mispriced:


Those are properly priced.  $2.99 for five discs of Rach from Ashkenazy seems hard to pass up.

The Ohlsson LvB sonata cycle is still available for $4.99, and it is better than the Bilson at the same price, even though the Bilson set includes the Tom Beghin recordings, which justify the price of the set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on October 26, 2020, 12:35:52 AM
Quote from: Todd on October 25, 2020, 03:20:07 PM

Those are properly priced.  $2.99 for five discs of Rach from Ashkenazy seems hard to pass up.

The Ohlsson LvB sonata cycle is still available for $4.99, and it is better than the Bilson at the same price, even though the Bilson set includes the Tom Beghin recordings, which justify the price of the set.

Indeed - its a very good price but I have to say I'm not sure Ashkenazy in Australia has much more to say in recording terms than his classic Decca/Concertgebouw set.  Of course on the Exton set you do get extras such as Prince Rostislav and the 5 orchestrated (by Respighi) 5 Etudes Tableaux.  But at that price ... what the hell!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on October 26, 2020, 02:06:57 AM
Quote from: Todd on October 25, 2020, 03:20:07 PM

Those are properly priced.  $2.99 for five discs of Rach from Ashkenazy seems hard to pass up.


Even cheaper in the US, then!  Still, glad they're available on the Qobuz US site too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Artem on October 26, 2020, 12:11:57 PM
NEOS is having a sale on its website https://neos-music.com (https://neos-music.com)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on October 26, 2020, 02:32:43 PM
Can't say I have much interest in this repertoire but it's such a good deal I had to share. 20 discs for $8.99:

https://www.rarewaves.com/products/5029365947022-20th-century-italian-piano-music
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: staxomega on November 06, 2020, 05:58:14 AM
Quote from: londonrich on October 13, 2020, 09:30:00 AM
A very good price (£6.47) for the 20cd Brilliant Classics box of 20th Century Italian Piano Music: https://www.rarewaves.com/products/5029365947022-20th-century-italian-piano-music?_pos=3&_sid=d6ab2bb22&_ss=r

I received mine a couple of days ago and have made it through a few discs, thank you very much for posting this. The Nina Rota 15 Preludes are the highlight for me so far. Looks like he scored some of the music for The Godfather.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on November 07, 2020, 06:27:04 AM
Lots of copies available for two boxes of vintage opera recordings at ridiculous UK prices, only £3.99 each:

ebay.co.uk Mozart The Great Operas (9 cds) with Giulini's 1960s Don Giovanni & Figaro and Karajan's 1950s Cosi & Magic Flute - the Don & Cosi are especially fine.

ebay.co.uk Puccini The Great Operas (13 cds) including Beecham's super Boheme with Bjorling & de los Angeles, and the latter's Butterfly with Di Stefano, Callas's Tosca with De Sabata & Turandot, plus Trittico with Gobbi & a Fanciulla del West.

Bare bones presentation from Regis - no librettos etc - but also free postage (for the UK, anyway).


There are also several hundred small box sets this month on Amazon.de at €25 for 3, though they seem to be selling fast.
I picked up a trio of Mackerras' classic Janacek opera recordings, and postage for all three inside Europe was only €3.63.
Among many other things are Chailly's 2011 Beethoven symphonies (and Karajan's 1960s and 70s sets), Uchida's Mozart piano sonatas and an eight CD box of Barenboim's Orchestre de Paris recordings.

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/promotion/A1RSP2NLLRDLFF?ref_=sopp_psp_A1RSP2NLLRDLFF&tag=shforums.de-21
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on November 07, 2020, 08:01:29 PM
Quote from: hvbias on November 06, 2020, 05:58:14 AM
I received mine a couple of days ago and have made it through a few discs, thank you very much for posting this. The Nina Rota 15 Preludes are the highlight for me so far. Looks like he scored some of the music for The Godfather.

This is available on Presto for 12.00 as a flac download.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on November 17, 2020, 03:52:21 AM
Not up to the standard of their spring/summer giveaways, which included Herreweghe in Schubert and Beethoven, Virgil Boutellis-Taft, Gade violin sonatas etc. but Qobuz currently have a few free jazz compilations: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/search?q=winter-music-gifts-2020 (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/search?q=winter-music-gifts-2020).  A bit of background while cooking Christmas lunch, perhaps,
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on November 23, 2020, 11:53:51 PM
Black Friday madness at Qobuz until the end of the week, including several Naxos things I've bought recently at higher prices (don't we love that feeling) - Petrenko's Shostakovich cycle for under £10, Märkl's Debussy likewise (not universally favourably reviewed, but more "complete" than any other complete Debussy), Engeset's Grieg cycle, which I would urge on anyone that doesn't have it, complete Hindemith string quartets for around a fiver...  Best way to see them all is to scroll down to "Classical x Black Friday", which seems to include everything from all the other categories.

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/page/blackweek2020 (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/page/blackweek2020)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vandermolen on December 03, 2020, 10:20:34 AM
Quote from: DaveF on November 23, 2020, 11:53:51 PM
Black Friday madness at Qobuz until the end of the week, including several Naxos things I've bought recently at higher prices (don't we love that feeling) - Petrenko's Shostakovich cycle for under £10, Märkl's Debussy likewise (not universally favourably reviewed, but more "complete" than any other complete Debussy), Engeset's Grieg cycle, which I would urge on anyone that doesn't have it, complete Hindemith string quartets for around a fiver...  Best way to see them all is to scroll down to "Classical x Black Friday", which seems to include everything from all the other categories.

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/page/blackweek2020 (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/page/blackweek2020)
That Petrenko Shostakovich deal sounds amazing!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on December 03, 2020, 12:47:03 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on December 03, 2020, 10:20:34 AM
That Petrenko Shostakovich deal sounds amazing!

It still shows as a Black Friday page but they have all gone back to their full prices sadly, Jeffrey.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on December 04, 2020, 07:15:19 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on December 03, 2020, 12:47:03 PM
It still shows as a Black Friday page but they have all gone back to their full prices sadly, Jeffrey.

Yes, Qobuz were a bit behind themselves this week - earlier they had a "Cyber Monday - 80% off!" banner up, while all the deals were the same as the Black Friday ones (up to 60% off).  But the Shostakovich is proving very enjoyable - I started with no.9, which comes across as a big, tragic symphony in Petrenko's hands, then got 12 out of the way fairly quickly (OK, the first movement is very exciting and if, as the story goes, it was written in 3 days, it's better than anyone else could do in that time), then nos.2 and 3, neither of which I knew well, and which seem to share a lot of the restless inventiveness of no.4.  (Perhaps they would get more performances if they didn't have the jolly revolutionary choral finales.)  So maybe no.11 next, a favourite of yours, Jeffrey, I know, and not one that has ever made much impression on me before.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on December 07, 2020, 09:43:32 AM
Not super-duper cheap but it's the only time the Tyroler Landesmuseen puts their cds on sale. 
https://shop.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/cd-dvd.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on December 07, 2020, 10:54:59 AM
Quote from: listener on December 07, 2020, 09:43:32 AM
Not super-duper cheap but it's the only time the Tyroler Landesmuseen puts their cds on sale. 
https://shop.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/cd-dvd.html

Thnx!  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on December 07, 2020, 11:10:39 AM
Quote from: listener on December 07, 2020, 09:43:32 AM
Not super-duper cheap but it's the only time the Tyroler Landesmuseen puts their cds on sale. 
https://shop.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/cd-dvd.html

That's a charming little website :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on December 19, 2020, 11:19:34 AM
Qobuz has a couple hundred Ondine titles on sale for $5 per disc equivalent in red book.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 24, 2020, 06:03:34 AM
One day download only, Neeme Jarvi's Martinu symphony cycle on BIS is half-off for download on Christmas Eve ($13.40 US). https://www.eclassical.com/labels/bis/bis1371-72.html
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Christo on December 24, 2020, 06:11:12 AM
Quote from: Brian on December 24, 2020, 06:03:34 AM
One day download only, Neeme Jarvi's Martinu symphony cycle on BIS is half-off for download on Christmas Eve ($13.40 US). https://www.eclassical.com/labels/bis/bis1371-72.html
I bought it for far less in its reappearance at the Brilliant label: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Martinu-Complete-Symphonies-Neeme-Jarvi/dp/B0017HFRFI/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=Neeme+Jarvi+Martinu+symphony&qid=1608822585&sr=8-7
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 02, 2021, 11:57:33 PM
Not everyone is into baroque opera, but for those who have an interest, this is sort of a gold-standard set. I thought it went oop a couple years back, but now it is available again, for a wonderful price. ($93 from US Amazon). 39CDs, 3 DVDs.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81LTZKA%2BxBL._SX522_.jpg)
Contents:
Venus and Adonis
Rosemary Joshua (Venus), Gerald Finley (Adonis), Robin Blaze (Cupid), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Shepherdess), Christopher Josey (Shepherds/Huntsman)
Clare College Chapel Choir, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie
Campra:
Idoménée
Monique Zanetti (Ilione), Bernard Deletre (Idomenee), Sandrine Piau (Electre), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Idamante), Marie Boyer (Venus), Jerome Correas (Eole/Neptune/La Jalousie/Nemesis),Richard Dugay (Arcas), Mary Saint-Palais (Une Cretoise), Anne Pichard (Premiere Bergere), Anne Mopin (Une Troyenne/Deuxieme Bergere), Jean-Claude Sarragosse (Arbas/Protee)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Cavalli:
La Calisto
Marcello Lippi (Giove), Simon Keenlyside (Mercurio), Maria Bayo (Calisto), Graham Pushee (Endimione), Alessandro Mantovani (Diana), Gilles Ragon (Linfea), Dominique Visse (Il Satirino/Furia), Barry Banks (Pane), David Pittsinger (Silvano), Sonia Theodoridou (Giunone), Judith Vindevogel (Furia)
Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs
Charpentier, M-A:
Médée
Jill Feldman (Médée), Jacques Bona (Créon), Sophie Boulin (Nérine), Philippe Cantor (Oronte), Agnès Mellon (Créuse), Gilles Ragon (Jason)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Le Malade imaginaire
Monique Zanetti, Noemi Rime, Claire Brua, Dominique Visse, Howard Crook, Jean-Francois Gardell
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Erlebach:
Overture No. 4
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Graun, C H:
Cleopatra & Cesare
Janet Williams (Cleopatra), Iris Vermillion (Cesare), Lynne Dawson (Cornelia), Robert Gambill (Tolomeo), Ralf Popken (Arsace), Jeffrey Francis (Lentulo), Klaus Hager (Achilla), Elisabeth Scholl (Cneo), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Sesto)
RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs
Handel:
Rinaldo
Vivica Genaux (Rinaldo), Inga Kalna (Armida/Second Siren), Miah Persson (Almirena/First Siren), Christophe Dumaux (Eustazio), James Rutherford (Argante), Lawrence Zazzo (Goffredo), Dominique Visse (A Christian Magician)
Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
Flavio
Jeffrey Gall (Flavio), Derek Lee Ragin (Guido), Lena Lootens (Emilia), Bernada Fink (Teodata), Christina Högman (Vitige), Gian Paolo Fagotto (Ugone), Ulrich Messthaler (Lotario)
Ensemble 415, René Jacobs
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
(two DVDs)
Andreas Scholl (Giulio Cesare), Inger Dam-Jensen (Cleopatra), Randi Steene (Cornelia), Tuva Semmingsen (Sesto), Christopher Robson (Tolomeo), Palle Knudsen (Achilla) & James Huw Jeffries (Nireno)
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Almira Suite
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Keiser:
Croesus
Dorothea Roschmann (Elmira), Werner Gura (Atis), Roman Trekel (Croesus), Klaus Hager (Orsanes), Johannes Mannov (Cyrus), Markus Schafer (Eliates), Salome Haller (Clerida), Kwangchul Youn (Solon), Graham Pushee (Halimacus), Brigitte Eisenfeld (Trigesta), Kurt Azesberger (Elcius), Johanna Stojkovic (Nerillus), Jorg Gottschick (Hauptmann)
RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Solistes du Knabenchor Hannover, René Jacobs
Le Ridicule Prince Jodelet Sinfonia
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Lully:
Atys
Guy de Mey, Guillemette Laurens, Agnès Mellon, Jean-François Gardeil, Jacques Bona, Bernard Deletré, Isabelle Desrochers, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt,Véronique Gens, Michel Laplénie, Stephan Maciejewski, Gilles Ragon, Noémi Rime, Françoise Semellaz, Arlette Steyer & Monique Zanetti
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Monteverdi:
L'Orfeo
(DVD)
Simon Keenlyside (Orfeo), Juanita Lascarro (Euridice, la Musica, Eco), Graciela Oddone (la Messaggiera), Martina Dike (Proserpina), Stephen Wallace (la Speranza, Pastore), Tomas Tòmasson (Plutone), Paul Gérimon, Caronte (Pastore), Mauro Utzeri (Apollo), Anne Cambier (Ninfa), Yann Beuron, John Bowen, René Linnenbank (Pastori, Spiriti
Concerto Vocale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Trisha Brown Company, René Jacobs
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Danielle Borst (Poppea), Guillemette Laurens (Nerone), Axel Köhler (Ottone), Jennifer Larmore (Ottavia), Michael Schopper (Seneca), Lena Lootens (Drusilla), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Christoph Homberger (Arnalta), Maria-Cristina Kiehr (Damigella/Virtù)
Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs
Purcell:
Dido and Aeneas
Lynne Dawson (Dido), Rosemary Joshua (Belinda), Susan Bickley (Sorceress), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Dominique Visse (First Witch), Stephen Wallace (Second Witch), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Second Woman), Robin Blaze (Spirit)
Clare College Chapel Choir, Members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs
Rameau:
Les Indes Galantes
Claron McFadden (Hebe, Zima), Sandrine Piau (Zaire), Isabelle Poulenard (L'Amour, Phani), Noemi Rime (Fatime), Miriam Ruggeri (Emilie), Howard Crook (Valere/Damon), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Don Carlos/Tacmas), Jerome Correas (Bellone/Ali), Bernard Deletre (Huascar/Don Alvar), Nicolas Rivenq (Osman/Adario)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Rore:
Ancor che co'l partire
Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier
Scarlatti, A:
La Griselda
Dorothea Roschmann (Griselda), Lawrence Zazzo (Gualtiero), Veronica Cangemi (Costanza), Bernard Fink (Roberto), Silvia Tro Santafe (Ottone), Kobie van Rensburg (Corrado)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
Schieferdecker:
Premier Concert musicaux
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Schürmann, G C:
Suite Ludovicus Plus
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Telemann:
Orpheus
Dorothea Roschmann (Orasia), Roman Trekel (Orpheus), Ruth Ziesak (Eurydice), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Ismene), Werner Gura (Eurimedes), Isabelle Poulenard (Cephisa), Hanno Muller-Brachmann (Pluto), Axel Kohler (Ascalax)
RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Solistes du Knabenchor Hannover, René Jacobs
Vecchi:
L'Amfiparnaso
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 03, 2021, 12:45:34 AM
Absolutely great box set!  :)

It includes a disc with texts in pdf.

Q
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on January 03, 2021, 12:56:47 AM
Some offers in Europe around 75-80€.
I'll pass this time though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on January 03, 2021, 02:10:19 AM
Definitely to be recommended but I have all these operas as single editions, most of them in the same performances included in the box. The definitive way to go if you are looking for a way into this wonderful music, and a good overview of the various styles of baroque opera. It's rather wrongheaded to group this into a common term, after all we are talking about a period of 120 years and many different national scools and traditions.

Don't know about the inclusion of texts here, though you probably won't understand the action in large parts og some of them anyhow, a synopsis will often suffice.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 03, 2021, 04:19:46 PM
Quote from: The new erato on January 03, 2021, 02:10:19 AM
Definitely to be recommended but I have all these operas as single editions, most of them in the same performances included in the box. The definitive way to go if you are looking for a way into this wonderful music, and a good overview of the various styles of baroque opera. It's rather wrongheaded to group this into a common term, after all we are talking about a period of 120 years and many different national scools and traditions.

Don't know about the inclusion of texts here, though you probably won't understand the action in large parts og some of them anyhow, a synopsis will often suffice.

Actually, the box maker shared your concerns. The texts are divided into 4 smaller books for different countries (national schools).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 04, 2021, 03:25:36 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on January 02, 2021, 11:57:33 PM
Not everyone is into baroque opera, but for those who have an interest, this is sort of a gold-standard set. I thought it went oop a couple years back, but now it is available again, for a wonderful price. ($93 from US Amazon). 39CDs, 3 DVDs.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81LTZKA%2BxBL._SX522_.jpg)


A number of hears ago, I remember wanting to purchase this set:  (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.o7K24vE8aqfnC39fC8iwTgHaHi%26pid%3DApi&f=1) and found that it had gone OOP...the usual "Limited Edition" and went to the trouble and expense of purchasing it used on eBay for what I thought was a very good price.  I think that it was maybe a year later that it suddenly appeared again--new.  So much for "Limited Edition"!  Thankfully, I was smart and didn't pay stupid money for it, but I was still quite annoyed with the record label.

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: knight66 on January 09, 2021, 11:05:26 AM
Gunter Neuhold, a name I don't know, his complete digital CD set of Wagner's Ring is available from Amazon UK second hand for £1,63 plus a little postage. I am tempted, but I don't think I need yet another Ring. Here is a cheap way to explore it.

There is one detailed review which seems well balanced if you want to read what someone who has heard it thinks.

There are no star singers, Richard Cook I have heard and he is good, he is the tenor in two of the operas.

Might tempt someone here.

Mike
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 09, 2021, 11:27:00 AM
I have that set and it's quite good, actually. A real concept runs through it, orchestral playing is entirely adequate and most of the cast sings well and characterizes the music very believably.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on January 09, 2021, 11:44:51 AM
For those interested, the Chandos website has 60 % off on Naxos CDs and Download. The FLAC work out at £2.30 for the single CDs.

They also have a January Sale on another 3000+ titles.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on January 11, 2021, 01:26:03 AM
Reviews of the Neuhold Ring set are generally very discouraging. I listened to one of the cycle, and found it really provincial level. Decent Ring Cycles are available pretty cheaply now (especially pre-owned) - from post-war Bayreuth sets to more recent digital recordings.
At that price, no-one would waste money, but it seems wrong to embark on such a major endeavour with a second-class (third-class?) introduction. The huge demands of the Cycle - and the great rewards they offer - suggest it's worth spending rather more and getting soloists, orchestra and sound worthy of the works.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on January 11, 2021, 01:30:39 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on January 09, 2021, 11:44:51 AM
For those interested, the Chandos website has 60 % off on Naxos CDs and Download. The FLAC work out at £2.30 for the single CDs.

They also have a January Sale on another 3000+ titles.

Well spotted, thank you.  The Naxos seems to be everything, even things like Craft's Schoenberg series, which I've never seen discounted anywhere.  I'm going to be diving in...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on January 11, 2021, 01:49:44 AM
I don't see any Naxos offers on the site from here in Denmark, and only a limited number of Chandos items on sale.

But then, my plan is to buy less this year, than in 2020 ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on January 11, 2021, 04:55:53 AM
Quote from: André on January 09, 2021, 11:27:00 AM
I have that set and it's quite good, actually. A real concept runs through it, orchestral playing is entirely adequate and most of the cast sings well and characterizes the music very believably.

I would say the orchestral playing is far better than "entirely adequate"!  I think the performance as a whole and certainly at a bargain price is really very good indeed.  I worked with Neuhold when he was artistic director of the Teatro Regio in Parma in the mid 80's.  He's a very impressive conductor/musician who really knows what he wants to achieve with a piece and has the technique to get the orchestra to produce it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 11, 2021, 05:17:31 AM

2.99€ for about 70 CPO titles at JPC. I wish I could order, but since the pandemic started last year their carrier (DHL) has stopped deliveries to Canada  :-[...but not to the US  ???.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on January 11, 2021, 05:29:24 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on January 11, 2021, 01:49:44 AM
I don't see any Naxos offers on the site from here in Denmark, and only a limited number of Chandos items on sale.

But then, my plan is to buy less this year, than in 2020 ...

https://www.chandos.net/label/Naxos/0 >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on January 11, 2021, 05:38:24 AM
Quote from: DaveF on January 11, 2021, 05:29:24 AM
https://www.chandos.net/label/Naxos/0 >:D

Thank you. They seem to be only downloads from here, didn't check the prices though for that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 20, 2021, 05:13:14 PM
Americans: ArkivMusic has Brilliant 20 CD collection of Italian piano music for $30.

https://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp;jsessionid=2F8680CF2AE84C4F2F64BACE881A7778?album_id=2232027

"works by Martucci, Cilea, Busoni, Sinigaglia, Caetani, Fano, Respighi, Pizzetti, Casella, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Dallapiccola, Rota, Malipiero, Castiglioni, and Einaudi."
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Handelian on January 30, 2021, 08:38:39 AM
I just got a copy of Heereweghe's 2001 Matthew Passion for just over £6
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on January 30, 2021, 11:13:24 AM
Quote from: Handelian on January 30, 2021, 08:38:39 AM
I just got a copy of Heereweghe's 2001 Matthew Passion for just over £6

Well worth it and even more than that. Congratulations.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 31, 2021, 06:01:36 AM
Quote from: André on January 11, 2021, 05:17:31 AM
2.99€ for about 70 CPO titles at JPC. I wish I could order, but since the pandemic started last year their carrier (DHL) has stopped deliveries to Canada  :-[...but not to the US  ???.

I just saw this post. Are you serious? That is so odd and seems like a bad move all-around for DHL.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 31, 2021, 07:58:49 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 31, 2021, 06:01:36 AM
I just saw this post. Are you serious? That is so odd and seems like a bad move all-around for DHL.

JPC confirms that DHL is not delivering to Canada (has not since March 2020) but there might be a change this year. Meanwhile I've arranged a smuggling scheme that will allow me to get the goods. Life finds a way, as Dr. Ian Malcolm is fond of saying... :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Handelian on January 31, 2021, 12:55:41 PM
Quote from: (: premont :) on January 30, 2021, 11:13:24 AM
Well worth it and even more than that. Congratulations.

Yes I have his earlier version. But good to have this one too.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 31, 2021, 09:27:41 PM
Quote from: André on January 31, 2021, 07:58:49 AM
JPC confirms that DHL is not delivering to Canada (has not since March 2020) but there might be a change this year. Meanwhile I've arranged a smuggling scheme that will allow me to get the goods. Life finds a way, as Dr. Ian Malcolm is fond of saying... :D

Hah! Yes, where there's a will, there's a way. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on February 02, 2021, 04:59:47 AM
The ultimate cheap bargain - its free!  A vox-derived box of Schubert Piano music (5 hours worth) from Classicselectworld;

https://www.classicselectworld.com/collections/digital-downloads

you go through a standard purchase procedure - add to cart/check-out/give e-mail etc but then the "amount payable" is just £0.00.  This seems to change from time to time which box is offered.  Bit rates are quite low and recording quality is variable but there are always a gem or two to be found in these sets.  Worth browsing their other sets too - the Wyn Morris/LSO Beethoven cycle for $0.99 for example!

PS:  my security flagged up this site as insecure due to an out of date/not matching certificate but as far as I can tell its fine and legit and the downloads have worked fine.....

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on February 02, 2021, 08:01:47 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on February 02, 2021, 04:59:47 AM
the Wyn Morris/LSO Beethoven cycle for $0.99 for example!

Now that really is a bargain (£1.00 for UK purchasers) - I got the physical discs from a charity shop last year and it's become perhaps my favourite non-HIP cycle.  It's not clear, but are the downloads MP3s?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Biffo on February 02, 2021, 08:08:38 AM
Quote from: DaveF on February 02, 2021, 08:01:47 AM
Now that really is a bargain (£1.00 for UK purchasers) - I got the physical discs from a charity shop last year and it's become perhaps my favourite non-HIP cycle.  It's not clear, but are the downloads MP3s?

I would guess that they are mp3 at that price. A while ago I bought the cycle as a bargain price download (now can't remember where) and it is mp3. I was so impressed with the Eroica that I bought it as a CD as a supplement.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on February 02, 2021, 08:25:48 AM
Quote from: Biffo on February 02, 2021, 08:08:38 AM
I would guess that they are mp3 at that price. A while ago I bought the cycle as a bargain price download (now can't remember where) and it is mp3. I was so impressed with the Eroica that I bought it as a CD as a supplement.

Yes they are MP3's and not a high bit rate but genuinely at that price its a no-brainer appendix to other favourite cycles. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 02, 2021, 08:31:03 AM
Koopman's Bach cantatas are 190 euros from JPC.  They used to be significantly more expensive.  They are my favorite complete cycle, and I've been listening to them for years.  My favorite incomplete ones are Herreweghe and Kuijken.  At 67 cds that is less than 3 euros per cd.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on February 05, 2021, 11:33:03 AM
Perhaps not a super-duper bargain, but Arkivmusic has the Sony Black Composers set on sale for $29.99 this month
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=2276790
(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/non-muze2/large/2276790.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on February 07, 2021, 02:48:17 PM
Did iI told you guys I had a deal of century purchased my holy grail (A secret labirynth by Huelgas Ensemble)  of box-set, that was sold for peanut and paay 150u$ for iit in russia, the record store owner gave me only 25 dollars this is bananas stupid of me, than eventually saw it on some web store for 49.99u$ that 67..90  (Canadian bananas) was so happy to buy it again , in the first place , were mad at myself for selling it, but was broke and everywhere ,, asking money people say no... sad story that end up in happy one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on February 08, 2021, 05:55:31 PM
Anyone interested in Bernstein's own music and doesn't own any fo the Columbia recordings, needs this box set ASAP:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8278708--leonard-bernstein-the-composer (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8278708--leonard-bernstein-the-composer)

For $37, this is a steal. I wish now that I had waited on buying this set as I could've got it for this bargain price.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on February 08, 2021, 06:14:13 PM
Hundreds of Supraphon recordings, old and new, are available for $3.99 a pop at Qobuz.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 08, 2021, 06:47:48 PM
Quote from: Todd on February 08, 2021, 06:14:13 PM
Hundreds of Supraphon recordings, old and new, are available for $3.99 a pop at Qobuz.
You should get to know Ivo Kahanek, if his work is included.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on February 09, 2021, 04:44:22 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 08, 2021, 06:47:48 PM
You should get to know Ivo Kahanek, if his work is included.

A Chopin and a Janacek/Martinu/Kabelac disc are available at bargain basement price.  They already ended up in my basket.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on February 09, 2021, 04:52:34 AM
Quote from: Todd on February 08, 2021, 06:14:13 PM
Hundreds of Supraphon recordings, old and new, are available for $3.99 a pop at Qobuz.

Or £3.99 on the UK/EU site, although they're not advertised as a discounted group so you have to go looking for them (which I will :P).  Also from Eastern Europe is https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/haydn-the-complete-symphonies-austro-hungarian-haydn-orchestra/0710357172229 (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/haydn-the-complete-symphonies-austro-hungarian-haydn-orchestra/0710357172229) for £8.99 - ridiculous if true (the set claims to be in CD-quality rather than the MP3s that you used to be able to get on 10 physical discs), and cheaper than any of the smaller sets on Qobuz extracted from the complete cycle.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 09, 2021, 04:59:33 AM
Wow, yup, same deal in the US:
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/haydn-the-complete-symphonies-austro-hungarian-haydn-orchestra/0710357172229

Guess it's time to join Qobuz
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on February 09, 2021, 09:33:08 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 08, 2021, 05:55:31 PM
Anyone interested in Bernstein's own music and doesn't own any fo the Columbia recordings, needs this box set ASAP:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8278708--leonard-bernstein-the-composer (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8278708--leonard-bernstein-the-composer)

For $37, this is a steal. I wish now that I had waited on buying this set as I could've got it for this bargain price.


Perhaps that price was a typo - now corrected.... Click on your link and the Presto site shows the price as £102.50 (ouch)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: The new erato on February 09, 2021, 10:56:32 AM
There was a 75%off offer ending yesterday.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on February 09, 2021, 10:57:01 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 09, 2021, 04:59:33 AM
Wow, yup, same deal in the US:
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/haydn-the-complete-symphonies-austro-hungarian-haydn-orchestra/0710357172229

Guess it's time to join Qobuz

I mentioned the Qobuz/Supraphon deal a week or so ago - lots of good Novak/Ostricil/Janacek but you do need to dig around to find.  Also, you don't need to join Qobuz (no subscription etc) to buy downloads - I thjink that's just for their streaming service....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on February 20, 2021, 02:59:59 AM
On JPC de there is a big Tactus sale, at 4 euros a piece, as far as I can see it. 120 titles, also box sets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 20, 2021, 08:04:54 AM
Speaking of jpc I ordered something from them close to three weeks ago and it seems like the package is just lost.  They indicated once it reached the states it would go through usps (and a tracking # supplied) but nothing.  Has shipping from Europe become much slower than I remembered?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on February 20, 2021, 08:46:41 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 20, 2021, 08:04:54 AM
Speaking of jpc I ordered something from them close to three weeks ago and it seems like the package is just lost.  They indicated once it reached the states it would go through usps (and a tracking # supplied) but nothing.  Has shipping from Europe become much slower than I remembered?
I think my orders from the UK have been arriving about 20 days from the order being placed. Covid and Louis DeJoy have definitely slowed down international handling.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on February 20, 2021, 08:59:16 AM
They usually arrive within a few days to Denmark, the exception being items not in stock; then JPC will often split up the mail in two packets, at no extra cost ...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 20, 2021, 03:09:54 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 20, 2021, 08:46:41 AM
I think my orders from the UK have been arriving about 20 days from the order being placed. Covid and Louis DeJoy have definitely slowed down international handling.

Oh my order Presto only took a week.  I guess that was just lucky.  I'll be patient with my jpc order.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on February 21, 2021, 08:05:43 AM
Quote from: DavidW on February 20, 2021, 08:04:54 AM
Speaking of jpc I ordered something from them close to three weeks ago and it seems like the package is just lost.  They indicated once it reached the states it would go through usps (and a tracking # supplied) but nothing.  Has shipping from Europe become much slower than I remembered?

I'm in the states too. JPC usually takes over a month to get to me. I wouldn't give up hope yet.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 21, 2021, 08:09:45 AM
Quote from: vers la flamme on February 21, 2021, 08:05:43 AM
I'm in the states too. JPC usually takes over a month to get to me. I wouldn't give up hope yet.

Oh thank you, that is reassuring!  They must be on the slow boat and not air mail.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on February 22, 2021, 06:33:37 AM
My last order from JPC arrived in about two weeks (perhaps a bit longer), which I was surprised to get so quickly from them. Usually, it takes about a month to receive an order as vers la flamme pointed out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on March 22, 2021, 10:25:21 AM
Just now Pieter Jan Belder's recording of the complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (15 CDs) can be downloaded from Presto (flac) for less than 14 Euro's !!

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8846043--complete-fitzwilliam-virginal-book
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: fpreedy on March 22, 2021, 11:59:25 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on March 22, 2021, 10:25:21 AM
Just now Pieter Jan Belder's recording of the complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (15 CDs) can be downloaded from Presto (flac) for less than 14 Euro's !!

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8846043--complete-fitzwilliam-virginal-book

All the Brilliant Classics box sets are always that price - although sometimes they split the bigger ones up. So over 18 hours of French Baroque Flute is also £8 MP3, £9.75 FLAC https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8711980--french-baroque-flute-edition
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 23, 2021, 03:50:32 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on March 22, 2021, 10:25:21 AM
Just now Pieter Jan Belder's recording of the complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (15 CDs) can be downloaded from Presto (flac) for less than 14 Euro's !!

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8846043--complete-fitzwilliam-virginal-book

Wonderful stuff - but when I think how much I spent on it... :(

Qobuz have some free giveaways - look out for Spring Music Gifts on the website - including Mark Padmore's new(ish) Winterreise, musical tours of the Alhambra and Loire châteaux and a couple of Advent and Christmas compilations past their sell-by date.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on March 23, 2021, 04:11:58 AM
Quote from: DaveF on March 23, 2021, 03:50:32 AM
Wonderful stuff - but when I think how much I spent on it... :(

Yes, I also purchased the individual volumes in the course of their release. But on the other hand, I could not have waited until now to hear them.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on March 23, 2021, 05:07:19 AM
Quote from: DaveF on March 23, 2021, 03:50:32 AM
Wonderful stuff - but when I think how much I spent on it... :(

Qobuz have some free giveaways - look out for Spring Music Gifts on the website - including Mark Padmore's new(ish) Winterreise, musical tours of the Alhambra and Loire châteaux and a couple of Advent and Christmas compilations past their sell-by date.

thanks for the heads up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on May 29, 2021, 09:05:07 AM
Gergiev/LSO Mahler cycle on SACD for $22 this weekend https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/106656/Mahler_-_Symphonies_Nos_1-9.htm

(of course, many people disagree on the merits of it so it may not be a bargain)

There are some other bargain boxes in that same Europa bank holiday sale, including two documenting the history of Harmonia Mundi, a Colin Davis LSO collection, and a bunch of Rene Jacobs opera recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 01, 2021, 07:08:02 PM
Is this box set a good bargain (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/138830/Benjamin_Schmid:_The_Complete_OehmsClassics_Recordings.htm)? It's 20 CDs recorded by violinist Benjamin Schmid for Oehms, for $35. I've never heard of the violinist and don't know if this is any good. ClassicsToday has a review of a single disc of Beethoven sonatas which says he sometimes has a raw edgy tone.

Any experience with the fella?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on June 02, 2021, 03:13:40 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 01, 2021, 07:08:02 PM
Is this box set a good bargain (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/138830/Benjamin_Schmid:_The_Complete_OehmsClassics_Recordings.htm)? It's 20 CDs recorded by violinist Benjamin Schmid for Oehms, for $35. I've never heard of the violinist and don't know if this is any good. ClassicsToday has a review of a single disc of Beethoven sonatas which says he sometimes has a raw edgy tone.

Any experience with the fella?

I heard him perform the Korngold concerto in concert a few years ago. I thought he was excellent.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on June 02, 2021, 04:12:17 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on June 02, 2021, 03:13:40 AM
I heard him perform the Korngold concerto in concert a few years ago. I thought he was excellent.

His live recording of the Korngold in Vienna with Seiji Ozawa is very very good indeed

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiNzk0MjM2My4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE1Mjc1NzY4NTV9)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on June 02, 2021, 05:33:50 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 01, 2021, 07:08:02 PM
Is this box set a good bargain (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/138830/Benjamin_Schmid:_The_Complete_OehmsClassics_Recordings.htm)? It's 20 CDs recorded by violinist Benjamin Schmid for Oehms, for $35. I've never heard of the violinist and don't know if this is any good. ClassicsToday has a review of a single disc of Beethoven sonatas which says he sometimes has a raw edgy tone.

Any experience with the fella?

Schmid is my favourite violinist along with Ehnes.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on June 02, 2021, 06:06:07 AM
Quote from: André on June 02, 2021, 05:33:50 AM
Schmid is my favourite violinist along with Ehnes.

That is high praise!!  :)  Like I have mentioned, I have only heard him in a live performance for the Korngold concerto.  He has recorded multiple times with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's current music director, Daniel Raiskin.  They seem to have a long standing relationship, thus, I can expect him to make more appearances with the WSO.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on June 02, 2021, 01:00:56 PM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on June 02, 2021, 06:06:07 AM
That is high praise!!  :)  Like I have mentioned, I have only heard him in a live performance for the Korngold concerto.  He has recorded multiple times with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's current music director, Daniel Raiskin.  They seem to have a long standing relationship, thus, I can expect him to make more appearances with the WSO.  :)

High praise, indeed. I've never seen Andre talk about Benjamin Schmid on this forum.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on June 04, 2021, 12:04:45 AM
Quote from: OrchestralNut on June 02, 2021, 06:06:07 AM
That is high praise!!  :)  Like I have mentioned, I have only heard him in a live performance for the Korngold concerto.  He has recorded multiple times with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's current music director, Daniel Raiskin.  They seem to have a long standing relationship, thus, I can expect him to make more appearances with the WSO.  :)

Raiskin's Shostakovich No.4 is superb - that sounds like an exciting creative partnership - lucky Winnipeg!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brahmsian on June 04, 2021, 11:03:16 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on June 04, 2021, 12:04:45 AM
Raiskin's Shostakovich No.4 is superb - that sounds like an exciting creative partnership - lucky Winnipeg!

I'm very happy you enjoy the Raiskin Shostakovich 4th as much as I do.  I will try and get him to sign my CD at one of the next upcoming concerts in the new 21/22 season.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on June 04, 2021, 11:44:08 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 02, 2021, 01:00:56 PM
High praise, indeed. I've never seen Andre talk about Benjamin Schmid on this forum.

I won't hold that against you, John !  :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on June 22, 2021, 06:45:06 AM
For those keen on FLAC, Qobuz has up to 40% off on about 2,400 Chandos albums and sets.

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/page/catalogue-chandos (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/page/catalogue-chandos)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on June 22, 2021, 09:10:59 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on June 22, 2021, 06:45:06 AM
For those keen on FLAC, Qobuz has up to 40% off on about 2,400 Chandos albums and sets.

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/page/catalogue-chandos (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/page/catalogue-chandos)

I'm looking forward to this recording, but I'll just wait for the physical release:

(https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/ub/it/w01v1zq4nitub_600.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on July 09, 2021, 05:36:04 AM
Discogs are listing what seems an amazing bargain: the massive Itzhak Perlman - Complete Warner Recordings, at just £8.93 for the 77 cd collection.
(Shipping is £6.00 within the UK - doubtless much more across the Atlantic for such a hefty box).
The seller Ollos-music currently lists at least ten more copies (and I think the discogs.com dollar price is only $8.65!)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: fpreedy on July 09, 2021, 06:37:21 AM
Quote from: Martin H on July 09, 2021, 05:36:04 AM
Discogs are listing what seems an amazing bargain: the massive Itzhak Perlman - Complete Warner Recordings, at just £8.93 for the 77 cd collection.
(Shipping is £6.00 within the UK - doubtless much more across the Atlantic for such a hefty box).
The seller Ollos-music currently lists at least ten more copies (and I think the discogs.com dollar price is only $8.65!)

Seems like a mis-listing but I've given it a try!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 09, 2021, 03:52:03 PM
Quote from: Martin H on July 09, 2021, 05:36:04 AM
Discogs are listing what seems an amazing bargain: the massive Itzhak Perlman - Complete Warner Recordings, at just £8.93 for the 77 cd collection.
(Shipping is £6.00 within the UK - doubtless much more across the Atlantic for such a hefty box).
The seller Ollos-music currently lists at least ten more copies (and I think the discogs.com dollar price is only $8.65!)
Let me know how your luck goes - looks like Ollos-music has taken the deal offline already, so I won't be joining you. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on July 10, 2021, 12:15:51 AM
I think the Ollos offerings were just all snapped up.
I looked a a couple of times during the afternoon and saw the numbers on offer falling.
Sorry you missed it (if, that is, it all works out).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on July 10, 2021, 12:43:57 AM
PS
I've just received a message from Discogs saying it has been shipped. I wait to see what Ollos has sent!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 10, 2021, 05:08:20 AM
Quote from: Martin H on July 10, 2021, 12:43:57 AM
PS
I've just received a message from Discogs saying it has been shipped. I wait to see what Ollos has sent!
Wow! If it turns out to be the real deal I will kick myself!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: fpreedy on July 12, 2021, 03:51:53 AM
Quote from: fpreedy on July 09, 2021, 06:37:21 AM
Seems like a mis-listing but I've given it a try!
My suspicions were confirmed - just received this message:
"I am sorry Frank, we have a computer error and this will not be 77 CDs - we will refund - it looks like a single CD"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on July 12, 2021, 04:57:42 AM
Quote from: fpreedy on July 12, 2021, 03:51:53 AM
My suspicions were confirmed - just received this message:
"I am sorry Frank, we have a computer error and this will not be 77 CDs - we will refund - it looks like a single CD"
Sorry for your bad luck.  I suspect that it was this promo one instead:  https://www.discogs.com/Itzhak-Perlman-The-Complete-Warner-Recordings/release/7466389

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 12, 2021, 06:02:11 AM
Oof. :( Hope they give you the opportunity to back out.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 12, 2021, 03:24:35 PM
Quote from: fpreedy on July 12, 2021, 03:51:53 AM
My suspicions were confirmed - just received this message:
"I am sorry Frank, we have a computer error and this will not be 77 CDs - we will refund - it looks like a single CD"

As the old saying goes: if it's too good to be true, it usually is. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: T. D. on July 12, 2021, 03:45:33 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 12, 2021, 03:24:35 PM
As the old saying goes: if it's too good to be true, it usually is. :)

When I've tried to take advantage of obvious pricing errors (from corporate sellers) on Discogs, my orders have been cancelled, claimed "out of stock".
At least you got an honest explanation.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 12, 2021, 03:47:59 PM
Quote from: T. D. on July 12, 2021, 03:45:33 PM
When I've tried to take advantage of obvious pricing errors (from corporate sellers) on Discogs, my orders have been cancelled, claimed "out of stock".
At least you got an honest explanation.

Well, I didn't but the member fpreedy did. ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: T. D. on July 12, 2021, 03:58:02 PM
Yeah, I know. I never figured out multi-quote. :-[
I did nail Walmart on a serious pricing error a couple of weeks ago!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 12, 2021, 04:04:37 PM
Quote from: T. D. on July 12, 2021, 03:58:02 PM
Yeah, I know. I never figured out multi-quote. :-[
I did nail Walmart on a serious pricing error a couple of weeks ago!

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on July 12, 2021, 05:11:56 PM
Quote from: T. D. on July 12, 2021, 03:45:33 PM
When I've tried to take advantage of obvious pricing errors (from corporate sellers) on Discogs, my orders have been cancelled, claimed "out of stock".
At least you got an honest explanation.

I recently attempted to purchase a 10cd set of performances by Carl Schuricht on Scribendum. The price was okay (37$). The seller (one Yachev) canceled the order with the explanation 'account adjustment'. When I saw the money back into my account I repurchased it from the same seller. Same result (order canceled due to 'account adjustment'). The item disappeared and reappeared a few days later, sold by the same 'Yachev'. My 3rd order was canceled again, this time with the explanation that UK customs found the goods damaged and returned the item to the store, who didn't have a replacement to send me.  ::)

I gave Yachev a one star rating - 3 times.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 12, 2021, 07:41:02 PM
Quote from: André on July 12, 2021, 05:11:56 PM
I recently attempted to purchase a 10cd set of performances by Carl Schuricht on Scribendum. The price was okay (37$). The seller (one Yachev) canceled the order with the explanation 'account adjustment'. When I saw the money back into my account I repurchased it from the same seller. Same result (order canceled due to 'account adjustment'). The item disappeared and reappeared a few days later, sold by the same 'Yachev'. My 3rd order was canceled again, this time with the explanation that UK customs found the goods damaged and returned the item to the store, who didn't have a replacement to send me.  ::)

I gave Yachev a one star rating - 3 times.

In baseball terminology, he has struck out. Hit the bench, Yachev! :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 12, 2021, 08:17:11 PM
Quote from: T. D. on July 12, 2021, 03:45:33 PM
When I've tried to take advantage of obvious pricing errors (from corporate sellers) on Discogs, my orders have been cancelled, claimed "out of stock".
At least you got an honest explanation.
Once NaxosDirect accidentally included three 25 disc box sets in a $2.99 sale where each item was, well, $2.99. They actually accidentally forwarded me an internal email chain which said "oh no, this sale was meant to be $2.99 per disc, not per item, someone fix this!!"

...
And then they sent me the box sets!!!! Three sets, two copies each (I gave the extras to a friend), 150 CDs for $18!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 12, 2021, 08:31:36 PM
Quote from: Brian on July 12, 2021, 08:17:11 PM
Once NaxosDirect accidentally included three 25 disc box sets in a $2.99 sale where each item was, well, $2.99. They actually accidentally forwarded me an internal email chain which said "oh no, this sale was meant to be $2.99 per disc, not per item, someone fix this!!"

...
And then they sent me the box sets!!!! Three sets, two copies each (I gave the extras to a friend), 150 CDs for $18!!

Very nice, Brian. 8)

Of course, who could forget the BlowItOutOfHere Amazon gaffe where their entire inventory was set at ridiculously low prices like $2.50 for a 40 CD set or $4.50 for a 100 CD set, etc. I bought A LOT of CDs that night, but they ended up canceling all but two of my orders (I placed 5 or 6 separate orders). I was incredibly lucky (along with anyone else who took advantage of this "sale"), but looking back, I completely understand why they cancelled the orders, but I'm sure they ended up honoring many of these orders and I'm happy that a few of mine got through. There's no doubt in my mind that had they shipped out everything that people bought that night, they'd be out-of-business and I'd certainly feel guilty for making a contribution. Even as much as I dislike a seller, I don't like the idea of them closing up shop unless they have a history of screwing their customers over, then that's an entirely different matter.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on July 12, 2021, 09:46:21 PM
I remember back in late 2012 when there was a massive mistake made on Amazon for a bunch of SACDs that were listed at $1 each. I bought a boatload back then.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on July 13, 2021, 06:33:18 AM
Quote from: flyingdutchman on July 12, 2021, 09:46:21 PM
I remember back in late 2012 when there was a massive mistake made on Amazon for a bunch of SACDs that were listed at $1 each. I bought a boatload back then.

From Amazon directly or an Amazon MP seller?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on July 13, 2021, 09:45:58 PM
It was both/and.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: fpreedy on July 16, 2021, 08:21:58 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 12, 2021, 04:57:42 AM
Sorry for your bad luck.  I suspect that it was this promo one instead:  https://www.discogs.com/Itzhak-Perlman-The-Complete-Warner-Recordings/release/7466389

PD
I thought it might be but have just received the discs. It's the Beethoven Piano Trios (4CDs) with Perlman, Ashkenazy and Harrell. When I know the refund has been processed and then I can offer them the discs back (although when this kind of thing has happened to me before with other suppliers, they've always told me to keep the discs).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: flyingdutchman on July 16, 2021, 07:07:49 PM
Quote from: André on July 12, 2021, 05:11:56 PM
I recently attempted to purchase a 10cd set of performances by Carl Schuricht on Scribendum. The price was okay (37$). The seller (one Yachev) canceled the order with the explanation 'account adjustment'. When I saw the money back into my account I repurchased it from the same seller. Same result (order canceled due to 'account adjustment'). The item disappeared and reappeared a few days later, sold by the same 'Yachev'. My 3rd order was canceled again, this time with the explanation that UK customs found the goods damaged and returned the item to the store, who didn't have a replacement to send me.  ::)

I gave Yachev a one star rating - 3 times.

I had a rather vindictive seller give me a neutral rating once when I gave him one for selling me an LP that wasn't the correct version. I had to go to discogs and ask for it to be removed as my rating was reasonable; his was just vindictive.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on July 17, 2021, 05:02:28 AM
Quote from: fpreedy on July 16, 2021, 08:21:58 AM
I thought it might be but have just received the discs. It's the Beethoven Piano Trios (4CDs) with Perlman, Ashkenazy and Harrell. When I know the refund has been processed and then I can offer them the discs back (although when this kind of thing has happened to me before with other suppliers, they've always told me to keep the discs).

I, sadly, had the same experience (they must have a surfeit of Piano Trio boxes), and am likewise waiting on the promised refund.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 18, 2021, 07:54:22 PM
The Naxos Roussel symphony box set with Stéphane Denève is now just $13 at Europadisc. Absolutely a necessity. If you don't have it buy it!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 19, 2021, 01:20:01 AM
Anyone saw this? Not my cup of tea, but maybe for others! 70€ no less!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on July 19, 2021, 02:12:59 AM
I'm not a sufficient Josquin fan to want 34 CDs of his music, but the cover is so delicious I'm almost tempted!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on July 19, 2021, 03:55:17 AM
Quote from: Martin H on July 19, 2021, 02:12:59 AM
I'm not a sufficient Josquin fan to want 34 CDs of his music, but the cover is so delicious I'm almost tempted!

Exactly the same thought I had :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on July 19, 2021, 03:56:45 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on July 19, 2021, 01:20:01 AM
Anyone saw this? Not my cup of tea, but maybe for others! 70€ no less!

Yes. I am going to pass it by, since I already own the parts of it, which interest me (some Dufay and Binchois eg.).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on July 20, 2021, 06:46:29 AM
(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0190295835026.jpg)

9.99€ for 7 CDs at JPC. Includes La mer, Symphonie fantastique, Mahler 5, Sacre du printemps, Carmina Burana, Borodin 2, The Planets etc.

I'm no fan of Rattle and sound samples seem to reveal a clear but bassless sound. But it may be of interest to some. For those interested:  https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/rhythm-colours/hnum/6365420 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/rhythm-colours/hnum/6365420)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on July 20, 2021, 12:03:50 PM
The Rattle box seems rather boring (as far as repertoire goes). But if you click on "Boxen preiswert" (cheap boxes) there is a long list with some that might be more interesting for some listeners here. E.g. 13 discs of Richter's Carnegie Hall concertos 1960 for EUR 19.99
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on July 20, 2021, 02:56:15 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on July 20, 2021, 12:03:50 PM
The Rattle box seems rather boring (as far as repertoire goes). But if you click on "Boxen preiswert" (cheap boxes) there is a long list with some that might be more interesting for some listeners here. E.g. 13 discs of Richter's Carnegie Hall concertos 1960 for EUR 19.99

Also 30 discs of Verdi for 20 euros. Very tempting...:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giuseppe-Verdi-1813-1901-Great-Recordings/hnum/3357094?lang=en
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on July 20, 2021, 03:30:12 PM
Quote from: vers la flamme on July 20, 2021, 02:56:15 PM
Also 30 discs of Verdi for 20 euros. Very tempting...:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Giuseppe-Verdi-1813-1901-Great-Recordings/hnum/3357094?lang=en

I received it today. It's a nice, sturdy box, not a flimsy affair. Quite the bargain !
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on July 20, 2021, 11:27:53 PM
Quote from: André on July 20, 2021, 03:30:12 PM
I received it today. It's a nice, sturdy box, not a flimsy affair. Quite the bargain !

Several of those old RCA Italia Opera recordings are genuine classics - I'd buy anything with Anna Moffo.  And the famous Trovatore with the young Mehta is an absolute classic even if there are issues with tape distortion....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Traverso on July 21, 2021, 01:41:47 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on July 19, 2021, 03:56:45 AM
Yes. I am going to pass it by, since I already own the parts of it, which interest me (some Dufay and Binchois eg.).

The same here,it is a fine collection but the interesting parts I aleady have.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Martin H on July 22, 2021, 05:16:08 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on July 20, 2021, 11:27:53 PM
Several of those old RCA Italia Opera recordings are genuine classics - I'd buy anything with Anna Moffo.  And the famous Trovatore with the young Mehta is an absolute classic even if there are issues with tape distortion....

I'd really agree. I haven't got that box but have steadily acquired almost all the complete operas they include. That Trovatore is my absolute favourite, while the Schippers/Ernani, Levine/Vespri and the Macbeth, Luisa Miller etc take an awful lot to beat.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Big David on August 26, 2021, 12:23:36 AM
Quote from: André on July 20, 2021, 03:30:12 PM
I received it today. It's a nice, sturdy box, not a flimsy affair. Quite the bargain !

Does the box include librettos?  I imagine not at this price but it might influence my buying decision!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on August 26, 2021, 04:28:35 PM
Quote from: Big David on August 26, 2021, 12:23:36 AM
Does the box include librettos?  I imagine not at this price but it might influence my buying decision!

No librettos.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Big David on August 27, 2021, 04:32:43 AM
Thanks for clarifying that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on September 01, 2021, 03:47:50 PM
Quote from: "Harry" on July 19, 2021, 01:20:01 AM
Anyone saw this? Not my cup of tea, but maybe for others! 70€ no less!

:P =me
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on September 02, 2021, 03:15:36 PM
Quote from: deprofundis on September 01, 2021, 03:47:50 PM
:P =me

  If that signifies great interest and excitement--I agree. 
     BUT, I moved to Japan recently and have neither space nor the time (like I used to have) to listen.  VERY tempting, even though... The price in Japan is even a bit cheaper ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 03, 2021, 08:16:13 PM
Per Europadisc, Naxos is significantly raising its suggested retail price in October and this month is effectively "last call" on current Naxos prices. Europadisc is doing a big sale on Naxos recordings now so if you have anything on your wishlist, buy buy buy.

Full explanation: "Unfortunately, Naxos will be increasing their prices significantly from 29 September 2021. We will be continuing our discount sale right through to 14 November, but the discounts will have to apply to the new standard prices from 29 September onwards. We suggest taking advantage of the September prices while you can!

"(for reference, our current standard price of £7.65 for most single Naxos CDs will be increasing to £10.76 from 29 September - an increase of approximately 40%)"

Individual CDs are as low as US $3.69 for Rawsthorne and Alwyn symphonies and Bax chamber music.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on September 05, 2021, 05:56:03 PM
Kinds folks of GmG lady and gentlemen I made an incredible purchases a double  early and late renaissance, yep on ARCHIVE PRODUCTION germany, for 10$ both , I know how to negotiate yah know...

:P

Early era german or of der renaissance musik, wow , danke u, Conrad Pauman and of late renaissance don't know at all it's a suprise?

???  :laugh: 0:)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 06, 2021, 12:32:38 PM
Hmmm, Amazon US price on the Bruno Walter Big Box is down from $149 to $126...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 06, 2021, 01:38:39 PM
Quote from: deprofundis on September 05, 2021, 05:56:03 PM
Kinds folks of GmG lady and gentlemen I made an incredible purchases a double  early and late renaissance, yep on ARCHIVE PRODUCTION germany, for 10$ both , I know how to negotiate yah know...

:P

Early era german or of der renaissance musik, wow , danke u, Conrad Pauman and of late renaissance don't know at all it's a suprise?

???  :laugh: 0:)
Glad that you managed to negotiate a good bargain.

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on September 06, 2021, 02:09:24 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 03, 2021, 08:16:13 PM
Per Europadisc, Naxos is significantly raising its suggested retail price in October and this month is effectively "last call" on current Naxos prices. Europadisc is doing a big sale on Naxos recordings now so if you have anything on your wishlist, buy buy buy.

Full explanation: "Unfortunately, Naxos will be increasing their prices significantly from 29 September 2021. We will be continuing our discount sale right through to 14 November, but the discounts will have to apply to the new standard prices from 29 September onwards. We suggest taking advantage of the September prices while you can!

"(for reference, our current standard price of £7.65 for most single Naxos CDs will be increasing to £10.76 from 29 September - an increase of approximately 40%)"

Individual CDs are as low as US $3.69 for Rawsthorne and Alwyn symphonies and Bax chamber music.

I remember when the point of Naxos was that they were a budget label. Tempora mutantur.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 06, 2021, 02:17:17 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 06, 2021, 02:09:24 PM
I remember when the point of Naxos was that they were a budget label. Tempora mutantur.

And major labels used to be expensive.  Now the major labels are offering gigantic box sets for a nickel and Naxos is expensive!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 07, 2021, 04:29:20 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 06, 2021, 02:09:24 PM
I remember when the point of Naxos was that they were a budget label. Tempora mutantur.
I remember buying them when they were going for £5

Quote from: DavidW on September 06, 2021, 02:17:17 PM
And major labels used to be expensive.  Now the major labels are offering gigantic box sets for a nickel and Naxos is expensive!
Topsy turvy world these days!

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on September 07, 2021, 12:06:33 PM
Quote from: DavidW on September 06, 2021, 02:17:17 PM
And major labels used to be expensive.  Now the major labels are offering gigantic box sets for a nickel and Naxos is expensive!

Good point!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 07, 2021, 12:11:19 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 03, 2021, 08:16:13 PM
Per Europadisc, Naxos is significantly raising its suggested retail price in October and this month is effectively "last call" on current Naxos prices. Europadisc is doing a big sale on Naxos recordings now so if you have anything on your wishlist, buy buy buy.

Full explanation: "Unfortunately, Naxos will be increasing their prices significantly from 29 September 2021. We will be continuing our discount sale right through to 14 November, but the discounts will have to apply to the new standard prices from 29 September onwards. We suggest taking advantage of the September prices while you can!

"(for reference, our current standard price of £7.65 for most single Naxos CDs will be increasing to £10.76 from 29 September - an increase of approximately 40%)"

Individual CDs are as low as US $3.69 for Rawsthorne and Alwyn symphonies and Bax chamber music.

Is there a specific reason as to why Naxos will be raising their prices? Did COVID hit their market hard? Does the label now see themselves as part of the more premium labels like BIS, Harmonia Mundi, et. al.? It's interesting that all of sudden they're doing this, but I have noticed over the years that their prices have been going up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on September 07, 2021, 12:29:54 PM
I've noticed some price differences between countries. And many second hand shops will not necessarily be raising their lower Naxos prices soon.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 07, 2021, 12:58:34 PM
Two thoughts about MI's question -
1. Naxos has an average artist and recording quality much, much higher than it did when new CDs from them were $6. It's not super reverberant cavernous tapes of the Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra doing Mendelssohn and the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia doing Beethoven anymore. (Although the Czech Chamber Philharmonic of Pardubice does remain in their active list...)

2. I know in past interviews Naxos has explained that none of their recordings make money and that the distribution business is where their profit is. They basically take profits from distributing and shipping other labels' CDs, running streaming platforms, and licensing stuff for movies and ads, and plow those profits into new recordings. So it is possible that distributing got more expensive or less profitable thanks to COVID.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on September 07, 2021, 01:04:33 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 07, 2021, 12:11:19 PM
Is there a specific reason as to why Naxos will be raising their prices? Did COVID hit their market hard? Does the label now see themselves as part of the more premium labels like BIS, Harmonia Mundi, et. al.? It's interesting that all of sudden they're doing this, but I have noticed over the years that their prices have been going up.

Probably supply and demand (price elasticity.) I guess they have analyzed that even if they raise the price by 40%, less than 40% of their customers would stop buying their discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 07, 2021, 01:15:14 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 07, 2021, 12:58:34 PM
Two thoughts about MI's question -
1. Naxos has an average artist and recording quality much, much higher than it did when new CDs from them were $6. It's not super reverberant cavernous tapes of the Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra doing Mendelssohn and the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia doing Beethoven anymore. (Although the Czech Chamber Philharmonic of Pardubice does remain in their active list...)

2. I know in past interviews Naxos has explained that none of their recordings make money and that the distribution business is where their profit is. They basically take profits from distributing and shipping other labels' CDs, running streaming platforms, and licensing stuff for movies and ads, and plow those profits into new recordings. So it is possible that distributing got more expensive or less profitable thanks to COVID.

I'm not sure if I believe that Naxos doesn't profit from their recordings or, to be more specific, their box sets. Their Beethoven Complete box set for example must've sold well for them and at Amazon US's base price of $99 (from $129), I'm sure many of the Beethoven fans bought the set in the 2019 anniversary year. Yes, Naxos have come a long way from when their CDs were the best price around. I do remember them having one of the best classical distributions in the world, which is why so many labels flock to them to handle this end of the business. It does appear that COVID has hit them, but I think, in time, like all of the music industry affected by this pandemic, they'll bounce back. It's just going to take more time before it will happen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: vers la flamme on September 07, 2021, 01:27:14 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 07, 2021, 01:15:14 PM
I think, in time, like all of the music industry affected by this pandemic, they'll bounce back. It's just going to take more time before it will happen.

I so hope you're right about this. Sad what covid has done to the music business, which was already falling upon hard times with the whole streaming revolution.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 07, 2021, 01:41:09 PM
I still love the old traversals of Haydn's SQs and symphonies on Naxos even if their sound was not dynamite.

Prokofiev's 5th is heavy on the sonic issues Brian is complaining about... but that was my first recording and so I just thought the symphony was supposed to sound that way! :laugh:  I think that was Kuchar.

If you've seen the soloists and ensembles Naxos uses these days... it is clear that they are no longer producing bargain recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 07, 2021, 01:44:10 PM
Quote from: vers la flamme on September 07, 2021, 01:27:14 PM
I so hope you're right about this. Sad what covid has done to the music business, which was already falling upon hard times with the whole streaming revolution.

You look at a professional musician and they most likely do (a) live performances, (b) recordings, and (c) teaching.  None of which is easily done in a pandemic.  I donated to my local orchestra last year since they were hit so hard.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on September 07, 2021, 04:09:42 PM
Kuchar is reliably great, I really wish he had gotten to do that cycle with like the Chicago Symphony. I just listened to his Dvorak Symphonic Variations, totally thrilling.

MI - I imagine the Beethoven complete box did make money but the point isn't that no CD ever made money, it's that say 99 of 100 don't.

I've heard from record industry people in the past that you can have a chart topping classical album on like a Gramophone list with sales in the low hundreds.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 07, 2021, 04:17:21 PM
Quote from: vers la flamme on September 07, 2021, 01:27:14 PM
I so hope you're right about this. Sad what covid has done to the music business, which was already falling upon hard times with the whole streaming revolution.

Yeah, it does seem that streaming is hurting labels more than anything, but I'm optimistic that those little round plastic things will be making a comeback. LPs have seen a rise in popularity over the past decade, so anything can happen.

[Side note: I'm not the biggest fan of listening to classical music on LP for all the variables that you have to deal with just to get a good sound. I also don't subscribe to audiophile mania, which is nothing more than an excuse not to talk about the music and more of an excuse to flaunt what expensive equipment they own. My own setup is nothing special, but I'm more than pleased with the fidelity I'm getting, because there isn't such a thing as a holy grail of audio.]
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Artem on September 07, 2021, 10:50:00 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 07, 2021, 04:09:42 PM
I've heard from record industry people in the past that you can have a chart topping classical album on like a Gramophone list with sales in the low hundreds.

At some point back in time the cost of a rock/pop music cd went from 19.99 to like 12 dollars or something. I wonder if classical music labels were to lower prices on their CDs, would they sell more?

There're labels like Wergo and Neos that release a ton of music per year, and it is very specific modern classical music, that probably has far smaller audience than Hyperion, for example. Yet their prices are always almost 20 euro per disk. How do they survive? Is it cultural subsidies from the government, donations from companies?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on September 08, 2021, 12:27:27 AM
Quote from: Artem on September 07, 2021, 10:50:00 PM
At some point back in time the cost of a rock/pop music cd went from 19.99 to like 12 dollars or something. I wonder if classical music labels were to lower prices on their CDs, would they sell more?
I doubt this. Classical music had pretty soon established a three tier pricing system with budget and usually midprice considerably lower than the typical popular music. Sure, popular music also used "nice price" stickers sometimes but overall in the late 1980s and 1990s one could get a great basic classical collection much cheaper than pop/rock or jazz (which was again a special case with some dirt cheap semi-pirate historical recordings and others remaining expensive).
I bought only a few Naxos disc back in the 1990s because they were actually more expensive (in Germany) than the budget series from the majors (like Sony "Essential classics").
This changed a bit with boxes now being dirt cheap per disc but not such a range of single budget discs. There is now a used market with dirt cheap offers, though.

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There're labels like Wergo and Neos that release a ton of music per year, and it is very specific modern classical music, that probably has far smaller audience than Hyperion, for example. Yet their prices are always almost 20 euro per disk. How do they survive? Is it cultural subsidies from the government, donations from companies?
Probably a combination of them. One will sometimes find sponsors or radio stations mentioned on backcovers.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 08, 2021, 01:06:07 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 07, 2021, 12:11:19 PM
Is there a specific reason as to why Naxos will be raising their prices? Did COVID hit their market hard? Does the label now see themselves as part of the more premium labels like BIS, Harmonia Mundi, et. al.? It's interesting that all of sudden they're doing this, but I have noticed over the years that their prices have been going up.
Couldn't part of it also be due to the rise in shipping prices?  There are less truck drivers, apparently, there's also a shortage of shipping containers (see here):  https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/22/shipping-container-shortage-is-causing-shipping-costs-to-rise.html  Also, air freight companies often use the belly of passenger planes (and there hasn't been much demand for flights there).  Some materials have also been hard to get ahold of.  I suspect also that due to covid protocols on the manufacturing end in terms of number of workers in a plant, etc. that this has also contributed to a slowdown in manufacturing CDs which can lead to higher prices.

Just some thoughts.

PD

EDIT:  I also just ran across this article whilst catching up on the news this morning.  It's from today:  https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/business/shipping-containers/index.html  It gives you an idea about how the pandemic has effected the costs of doing business.    "How the pandemic turned humble shipping containers into the hottest items on the planet"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Irons on September 08, 2021, 03:36:31 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 07, 2021, 04:17:21 PM
Yeah, it does seem that streaming is hurting labels more than anything, but I'm optimistic that those little round plastic things will be making a comeback. LPs have seen a rise in popularity over the past decade, so anything can happen.

[Side note: I'm not the biggest fan of listening to classical music on LP for all the variables that you have to deal with just to get a good sound. I also don't subscribe to audiophile mania, which is nothing more than an excuse not to talk about the music and more of an excuse to flaunt what expensive equipment they own. My own setup is nothing special, but I'm more than pleased with the fidelity I'm getting, because there isn't such a thing as a holy grail of audio.]

I have a theory on this. Music people, especially musically trained, sound is unimportant and what they hear it on is of little or no consequence. In fact reproduced music comes a very poor second to a live concert. Non-musical, such as myself, quality of sound is of major importance and thus prepared to spend serious money for quality sound reproduction which hopefully will eventually lead to a better subjective understanding of - music.
It is not one size fits all, you are fortunate in being able to sling on a pair of headphones and listen through a laptop. Doesn't work for me, in those conditions my enthusiasm would wane and another interest would take up my free time. I have no interest what so ever to flaunt my (moderately) expensive equipment. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 08, 2021, 03:53:45 AM
Quote from: Irons on September 08, 2021, 03:36:31 AM
I have a theory on this. Music people, especially musically trained, sound is unimportant and what they hear it on is of little or no consequence. In fact reproduced music comes a very poor second to a live concert. Non-musical, such as myself, quality of sound is of major importance and thus prepared to spend serious money for quality sound reproduction which hopefully will eventually lead to a better subjective understanding of - music.
It is not one size fits all, you are fortunate in being able to sling on a pair of headphones and listen through a laptop. Doesn't work for me, in those conditions my enthusiasm would wane and another interest would take up my free time. I have no interest what so ever to flaunt my (moderately) expensive equipment.
Ah, but you're a smart man/listener for finding something that sounds good to your ears without spending "stupid money" on it and saving your money for other things....like LPs, CDs--whatever!  ;) :)  It's very easy to get caught up in the eternal search for the perfect sounding system (I know a few guys who are constantly reading about the latest equipment.  One of them has managed to turn his quest for musical Nirvana into a nice sideline apparently.  He'll buy used good audio equipment at lower than market prices, fix it up if need be, perhaps use it for a while, and then sell it at a profit).

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 04:05:32 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 07, 2021, 04:17:21 PM
Yeah, it does seem that streaming is hurting labels more than anything, but I'm optimistic that those little round plastic things will be making a comeback. LPs have seen a rise in popularity over the past decade, so anything can happen.

[Side note: I'm not the biggest fan of listening to classical music on LP for all the variables that you have to deal with just to get a good sound. I also don't subscribe to audiophile mania, which is nothing more than an excuse not to talk about the music and more of an excuse to flaunt what expensive equipment they own. My own setup is nothing special, but I'm more than pleased with the fidelity I'm getting, because there isn't such a thing as a holy grail of audio.

Enjoying music is more dependent on a person's sensitivity than the cost of the equipment used.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:17:49 AM
Quote from: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 04:05:32 AM
Enjoying music is more dependent on a person's sensitivity than the cost of the equipment used.  :)

One visit to the Steve Hoffman forum and one wouldn't be so sure of this, Jan. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Irons on September 08, 2021, 06:29:14 AM
Quote from: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 04:05:32 AM
Enjoying music is more dependent on a person's sensitivity than the cost of the equipment used.  :)

But if, for example, my "sensitivity" is not as acute as yours why should I not have a decent system at my disposal so as to enjoy music as much as you do?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 06:33:54 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:17:49 AM
One visit to the Steve Hoffman forum and one wouldn't be so sure of this, Jan. :)

I'm staying away from these forums

I know someone who bought expensive speaker cables and claimed they were played in after half a year.  pf......... ???
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 06:36:12 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 07, 2021, 04:17:21 PM
I'm optimistic that those little round plastic things will be making a comeback.

Seems misplaced.  It is too early for nostalgia to bring the cd format back, and when it eventually does it would be as a niche product like vinyl is now for retro-hipsters.

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:37:49 AM
Quote from: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 06:33:54 AM
I'm staying away from these forums

I know someone who bought expensive speaker cables and claimed they were played in after half a year.  pf......... ???

A good idea. They have a nice classical thread there, but the whole forum is so disorganized --- haphazardly laid-out. They have A LOT of members, too, but it's too bad none of them felt the need to complain about the poor layout of forum.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 08, 2021, 06:41:05 AM
Quote from: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 06:33:54 AM
I'm staying away from these forums

I know someone who bought expensive speaker cables and claimed they were played in after half a year.  pf......... ???
"Played in" as in shot...as in no longer any good?  Or that it took (guessing "Him") him half a year to break them in---either of which I would say "Phooey!" to.  ::)

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 06:42:04 AM
Quote from: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 06:33:54 AM
I know someone who bought expensive speaker cables and claimed they were played in after half a year.  pf......... ???

Well some expensive cables are so poorly designed that they offer worse performance than the cheapest! >:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 08, 2021, 06:42:39 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:37:49 AM
A good idea. They have a nice classical thread there, but the whole forum is so disorganized --- haphazardly laid-out. They have A LOT of members, too, but it's too bad none of them felt the need to complain about the poor layout of forum.
I haven't been on there (just to read) in ages, but I do remember reading some interesting comments regarding record labels, pressings, etc.  :)

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:43:35 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 06:36:12 AM
Seems misplaced.  It is too early for nostalgia to bring the cd format back, and when it eventually does it would be as a niche product like vinyl is now for retro-hipsters.

Call it what you will, I'm still optimistic! And no amount of rain, will damper this parade. :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:44:50 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on September 08, 2021, 06:42:39 AM
I haven't been on there (just to read) in ages, but I do remember reading some interesting comments regarding record labels, pressings, etc.  :)

PD

It's all they talk about. At one point, I chimed in on one of their threads and asked "Does anyone actually care about talking about the music they're listening to?"
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 06:48:58 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:43:35 AM
Call it what you will, I'm still optimistic! And no amount of rain, will damper this parade. :)

I'm not even sure why you're so excited about cds if all you do is rip them and then put them away.  You could save yourself a whole lot of effort by just purchasing digital downloads.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:53:54 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 06:48:58 AM
I'm not even sure why you're so excited about cds if all you do is rip them and then put them away.  You could save yourself a whole lot of effort by just purchasing digital downloads.

Because I like owning the physical product (i. e. hard copies). I have never understood the downloading craze nor will I understand the whole streaming phenomenon. I'm happy to live in my "ignorant bliss". :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: T. D. on September 08, 2021, 06:57:18 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:17:49 AM
One visit to the Steve Hoffman forum and one wouldn't be so sure of this, Jan. :)
:laugh:
As prone as I am to wasting time on Internet fora, thank goodness I never visit the Hoffman forum!
Knock yourselves out. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:59:58 AM
Quote from: T. D. on September 08, 2021, 06:57:18 AM
:laugh:
As prone as I am to wasting time on Internet fora, thank goodness I never visit the Hoffman forum!
Knock yourselves out. ;D

I'm still a member there, but I don't post anymore. As I said, the classical thread they have there is quite good with lots of knowledgable people, but the lack of organization and the audiophile crazies have kept me from coming back.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 07:03:23 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:59:58 AM
I'm still a member there, but I don't post anymore. As I said, the classical thread they have there is quite good with lots of knowledgable people, but the lack of organization and the audiophile crazies have kept me from coming back.

Were you posting here back when Teresa was an active member?  She was absolutely nuts about sacds and always liked to let us know!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 07:03:26 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on September 08, 2021, 06:41:05 AM
"Played in" as in shot...as in no longer any good?  Or that it took (guessing "Him") him half a year to break them in---either of which I would say "Phooey!" to.  ::)

PD

Only after using the speaker cable for half a year does it sound optimal.
How copper and silver characteristics changes and adapt, it's a wonderful world.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: T. D. on September 08, 2021, 07:08:24 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 06:59:58 AM
I'm still a member there, but I don't post anymore. As I said, the classical thread they have there is quite good with lots of knowledgable people, but the lack of organization and the audiophile crazies have kept me from coming back.

OK, better than I thought. In my limited experience with SH forum (clicks based on Google search hits), I saw precious little musical discussion, just the nuttiness. I concluded the signal/noise ratio was too low to merit further exploration.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 07:08:53 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 07:03:23 AM
Were you posting here back when Teresa was an active member?  She was absolutely nuts about sacds and always liked to let us know!

Are you comparing me with this member just because I said I like CDs? :-\
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 07:11:34 AM
Quote from: T. D. on September 08, 2021, 07:08:24 AM
OK, better than I thought. In my limited experience with SH forum (clicks based on Google search hits), I saw precious little musical discussion, just the nuttiness. I concluded the signal/noise ratio was too low to merit further exploration.

People on the Steve Hoffman forum can have their fun talking about speaker cables, MiniDisc players, record players, etc. I'm happy to be here on GMG. I do post a good bit on Talk Classical now as it's much better than it used to be.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 07:15:37 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 07:11:34 AM
People on the Steve Hoffman forum can have their fun talking about speaker cables, MiniDisc players, record players, etc. I'm happy to be here on GMG. I do post a good bit on Talk Classical now as it's much better than it used to be.

  Maybe it's wise to detox yourself  to listen with clean ears.  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 07:16:50 AM
Quote from: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 07:15:37 AM
Maybe it's wise to detox yourself to listen with clean ears.  :D

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 08, 2021, 07:25:14 AM
Quote from: Traverso on September 08, 2021, 07:03:26 AM
Only after using the speaker cable for half a year does it sound optimal.
How copper and silver characteristics changes and adapt, it's a wonderful world.  :)
::) O.k......

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 08:16:21 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 07:08:53 AM
Are you comparing me with this member just because I said I like CDs? :-\

No you were talking about audiophile crazies.  That made me remember her was all.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on September 08, 2021, 08:26:42 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 08:16:21 AM
No you were talking about audiophile crazies.  That made me remember her was all.

Ah, well I certainly remember her and she is a nut for sure. :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 08:43:38 AM
Seems appropriate (on the subject of audiophiles and speaker cable):

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGzbjZjVwAAWFv2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on September 08, 2021, 08:47:10 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 08, 2021, 08:43:38 AM
Seems appropriate (on the subject of audiophiles and speaker cable):

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGzbjZjVwAAWFv2.jpg)
:laugh:  :)  Using extra-virgin, cold pressed, first-pressing copper, non?

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: staxomega on September 08, 2021, 01:02:52 PM
Quote from: T. D. on September 08, 2021, 07:08:24 AM
OK, better than I thought. In my limited experience with SH forum (clicks based on Google search hits), I saw precious little musical discussion, just the nuttiness. I concluded the signal/noise ratio was too low to merit further exploration.

I signed up there in 2006, back then the forum was much smaller and the overall vibe was more positive and music/sound quality centric.

In the last 4 or 5 years it has become truly miserable; the misogyny, racism, xenophobia, anti-science/vaccine/conspiracies, etc. The signal/noise ratio might be among the worst I have ever seen in a forum. I'm only subscribed to 4 or 5 threads, all but one of them are either classical or jazz related where the posters are much more educated.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on October 23, 2021, 10:46:04 PM
Isaac Stern megabox, $139

[asin]B087CRQCVW[/asin]

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81OkDclXcXL._SX425_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 24, 2021, 06:23:43 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on October 23, 2021, 10:46:04 PM
Isaac Stern megabox, $139

[asin]B087CRQCVW[/asin]

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81OkDclXcXL._SX425_.jpg)

That's a lot of screeching!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Traverso on October 24, 2021, 06:57:00 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 24, 2021, 06:23:43 AM
That's a lot of screeching!

:D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on October 24, 2021, 12:08:56 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 24, 2021, 06:23:43 AM
That's a lot of screeching!

Unfortunately that's literally true of a lot of his late recordings... ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on October 25, 2021, 08:17:32 AM
Have been enjoying assembling an extra classical music library during corona etc. with the purpose of checking various recordings myself and composing a good-quality, classical musical history for any person, who'd eventually buy it. It included an easily manageable catalogue.

Sold it today, 1970 CDs for just 510 Euros, Obviously didn't make a profit, but it wasn't the plan & I didn't loose much either, had a lot of fun working with the project, so am very satisfied. The buyer was a professor at a business university here in Copenhagen, and it was sold two weeks after the first advertising on social media.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 25, 2021, 08:34:31 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on October 25, 2021, 08:17:32 AM
Have been enjoying assembling an extra classical music library during corona etc. with the purpose of checking various recordings myself and composing a good-quality, classical musical history for any person, who'd eventually buy it. It included an easily manageable catalogue.

Sold it today, 1970 CDs for just 510 Euros, Obviously didn't make a profit, but it wasn't the plan & I didn't loose much either, had a lot of fun working with the project, so am very satisfied. The buyer was a professor at a business university here in Copenhagen, and it was sold two weeks after the first advertising on social media.
Well that was an incredibly kind thing that you did!  At first read, I gulped thinking that you had sold off your own collection though!

Was the professor a young one and looking to make a good investment for his/her own ventures into classical music or a present?  And how did you catalogue it?

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on October 25, 2021, 08:48:47 AM
Well, he was around 50 I'd say, he said that he had enjoyed corona a lot because of the tranquility working mostly at home, and claimed he had predicted the likely restriction period here with the exactness of 1 week. The professor way, maybe ... I see that he had written some well-reviewed articles etc. He already had a collection, but probably not a massive one. We just managed to load all those CDs in his tiny car, not leaving much space for him as a driver  ;D

The catalogue was just the usual alphabetical list of composers, with the work, then soloists, then record label, and if necessary a remark on other composers on the CD, or a mentioning of the name of the box set, I numbered the box sets in a very simple way. But another possible buyer was disappointed that I hadn't written down the exact release number of all the CDs ! Apparently he collected CD numbers ... ??? He was less polite though and wanted to bargain further, am glad I didn't sell it to him.

Overall a service to the buyer of course - though some would say that all this was the project of a person with too much time available for CD collecting and a ditto interest :) GMG was out of the question because folks here would usually have most of the stuff, and because of the massive transport issues, and trying to sell individual CDs would probably be very slow and occupy me for a good deal of the rest of my life.

It was only a one-time experiment & I won't be doing it again, however.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on October 25, 2021, 10:00:28 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on October 25, 2021, 08:48:47 AM
Well, he was around 50 I'd say, he said that he had enjoyed corona a lot because of the tranquility working mostly at home, and claimed he had predicted the likely restriction period here with the exactness of 1 week. The professor way, maybe ... I see that he had written some well-reviewed articles etc. He already had a collection, but probably not a massive one. We just managed to load all those CDs in his tiny car, not leaving much space for him as a driver  ;D

The catalogue was just the usual alphabetical list of composers, with the work, then soloists, then record label, and if necessary a remark on other composers on the CD, or a mentioning of the name of the box set, I numbered the box sets in a very simple way. But another possible buyer was disappointed that I hadn't written down the exact release number of all the CDs ! Apparently he collected CD numbers ... ??? He was less polite though and wanted to bargain further, am glad I didn't sell it to him.

Overall a service to the buyer of course - though some would say that all this was the project of a person with too much time available for CD collecting and a ditto interest :) GMG was out of the question because folks here would usually have most of the stuff, and because of the massive transport issues, and trying to sell individual CDs would probably be very slow and occupy me for a good deal of the rest of my life.

It was only a one-time experiment & I won't be doing it again, however.
Interesting.  Were there any CDs that you had bought for this project that you found that you liked better than what you already had in your collection and decided to do a bit of swapping?

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on October 25, 2021, 10:48:09 AM
About 99% of the works and about 2/3 of the CDs are also in my own collection, including a lot of Brilliant Classics though, that go for very little here, if you know where to look - their complete Mozart can go as low as 5 or 7 Euros second-hand, the same applies to the Haydn symphonies/Fischer, etc.

I did get to know more of Italian opera recordings than previously for example, and invested in some CD versions that were either new repertoire or better versions, IMHO - say works by Verdi, Bellini, Mascagni, Puccini and Monteverdi in particular. I also switched my Brilliant Classics complete Beethoven version to another one from Brilliant, got the complete Hänssler Bach and thus sold the Hänssler cantatas set, etc. etc. Of course, a lot of the stuff I'd just hear samples of.

The Brilliant Classics Michael Haydn box was disappointing to me and included in the packet, in spite of me not having much else by him. It was just a set and a composer I decided not to spend much time on. There was also a good Beethoven sonatas set with Bernard Roberts, a really necessary, complete supplement to the accompanying Brilliant Box early Brendel versions I think, but I decided that I already had roughly enough sets of the sonatas. And the good Beethoven symphonies set with Rattle, but again, I thought that I had enough.

Of course, there are many more such details concerning the sale.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on October 27, 2021, 04:59:07 PM
I know we're friends here, so I feel safe asking you for a favor.

The Warner Previn set has been discounted down to $138 on Amazon US but there's only 1 copy available at that price. There's at least one more copy available for $142. I need the folks here to buy those copies, and let the price go back up, so I won't be tempted to buy it myself.

I'm sure I can count on you guys.
Thanks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 27, 2021, 05:17:15 PM
Quote from: JBS on October 27, 2021, 04:59:07 PM
I know we're friends here, so I feel safe asking you for a favor.

The Warner Previn set has been discounted down to $138 on Amazon US but there's only 1 copy available at that price. There's at least one more copy available for $142. I need the folks here to buy those copies, and let the price go back up, so I won't be tempted to buy it myself.

I'm sure I can count on you guys.
Thanks.
Was just enjoying the Babi Yar from that box today. Great, great singing from the men of the LSO Chorus (choir director Richard Hickox!). I've loved almost everything from this box (the "almost" is because Andre couldn't save the 1812 overture and there's a painfully amateur performance conducted by Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath as a bonus on one of the albums).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on October 27, 2021, 05:45:38 PM
Quote from: André on October 24, 2021, 12:08:56 PM
Unfortunately that's literally true of a lot of his late recordings... ::)

I haven't heard a lot of Stern recordings but it's always interesting to find out that it wasn't a joke. ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on October 27, 2021, 06:47:53 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 27, 2021, 05:17:15 PM
Was just enjoying the Babi Yar from that box today. Great, great singing from the men of the LSO Chorus (choir director Richard Hickox!). I've loved almost everything from this box (the "almost" is because Andre couldn't save the 1812 overture and there's a painfully amateur performance conducted by Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath as a bonus on one of the albums).

Even the German version of Peter and the Wolf?

My real problem is that minus out the stuff I have (Rachmaninov, the Tchaikovsky ballets, the DSCH 4 and some others), the stuff I'm not really interested in, and the stuff I have plenty of other recordings, there's very little I want but don't have--main thing would be his other DSCH recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 27, 2021, 07:07:38 PM
Quote from: JBS on October 27, 2021, 06:47:53 PM
Even the German version of Peter and the Wolf?

My real problem is that minus out the stuff I have (Rachmaninov, the Tchaikovsky ballets, the DSCH 4 and some others), the stuff I'm not really interested in, and the stuff I have plenty of other recordings, there's very little I want but don't have--main thing would be his other DSCH recordings.
I've skipped Peter and the Wolf, hah. I've listened to like 55 of the 95 discs so far. That said, if you have a pretty short wishlist of stuff you don't have, you could price-compare them as individual purchases. I'm trying to think if there's, like, anything unexpectedly great. All his Prokofiev (1, 5, 7, R&J, Cinderella) is good. Oh! A really fabulous Beethoven 7 with turbocharged LSO French horns going wild.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Artem on October 30, 2021, 11:14:28 AM
Special prices on NEOS online shop until 31 October 2021: https://neos-music.com (https://neos-music.com)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: mabuse on October 30, 2021, 08:03:05 PM
Quote from: Artem on October 30, 2021, 11:14:28 AM
Special prices on NEOS online shop until 31 October 2021: https://neos-music.com (https://neos-music.com)

It's great that you reported this. Thank you !

I took the opportunity to order a few albums  ;D

(https://neos-music.com/images/covers-240/NEOS_11036_Mahnkopf.jpg) (https://neos-music.com/images/covers-240/NEOS_11207_Mahnkopf.jpg) (https://neos-music.com/images/covers-240/NEOS-11813-Mahnkopf-Cover.jpg)

(https://neos-music.com/images/covers-240/NEOS_12012_Grosskopf.jpg) (https://neos-music.com/images/covers-240/NEOS_11910_DiScipio_Cover.jpg) (https://neos-music.com/images/covers-240/NEOS_12020_Kawakami.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on November 05, 2021, 02:40:39 AM
a 4-disc set of misc pieces by KORNGOLD on Capriccio, originally on ASV
under $20.00 at https://www.importcds.com/korngold-bruckner-orchester-linz-richter-korngold-essentials/845221073507
and amazon
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on November 11, 2021, 12:54:01 AM
I just got the DG120 set from Amazon Japan for about $175. I was just going to post it here, but now it is $380. Very strange. Did I get lucky due to some error? Perhaps I'll get a cancellation notice... Anyway, if it comes back up, I'll post it, with details.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: grocklin on November 20, 2021, 08:50:49 AM
Kotaro Fukuma "Dumka" (pictures at exhibition, islamey, firebird) $3.60 at Qobuz
Fukuma Iberia $3.60 at Qobuz
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on November 24, 2021, 01:27:17 PM
Qobuz is generally good at the moment, with a lot of the usual suspects showing up in their "Black Friday" selection - Petrenko's Shostakovich, Engeset's complete Grieg, Märkl's complete Debussy (opinions vary on that one, I know, but it does include Colin Matthews' and Robin Holloway's wonderful orchestrations of piano pieces), Brilliant's Alkan and Pärt Editions both for under £10 - and so on.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: classicalgeek on November 30, 2021, 08:16:00 AM
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra box on DG is available for under $100 at Amazon US (through Amazon International Services):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TZ6TD95

I thought it had gone completely OOP less than six months after it was first issued, but apparently not.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 30, 2021, 08:30:30 AM
Quote from: classicalgeek on November 30, 2021, 08:16:00 AM
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra box on DG is available for under $100 at Amazon US:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TZ6TD95

I thought it had gone completely OOP less than six months after it was first issued, but apparently not.

Yes, but this from Amazon's international service and not actually through Amazon US per se. But it's a good price and anyone who hasn't bought set should jump on it for sure. I personally have no interest in it, but I do rather love many of their recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: classicalgeek on November 30, 2021, 09:41:49 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 30, 2021, 08:30:30 AM
Yes, but this from Amazon's international service and not actually through Amazon US per se. But it's a good price and anyone who hasn't bought set should jump on it for sure. I personally have no interest in it, but I do rather love many of their recordings.

I ordered the same box from Amazon (and you're right, it's their international service) for a slightly higher price... it hasn't shipped yet, and my credit card hasn't even been billed; I tried to cancel it, seeing if I could get it at the lower price, but I was informed that it was about to be shipped, and 'cancellation is not guaranteed'. It remains to be seen if I receive it at all. I do know I ordered the Jochum/EMI box from Amazon International a few months ago and received it within a couple of weeks.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on November 30, 2021, 09:43:58 AM
Quote from: classicalgeek on November 30, 2021, 09:41:49 AM
I ordered the same box from Amazon (and you're right, it's their international service) for a slightly higher price... it hasn't shipped yet, and my credit card hasn't even been billed; I tried to cancel it, seeing if I could get it at the lower price, but I was informed that it was about to be shipped, and 'cancellation is not guaranteed'. It remains to be seen if I receive it at all. I do know I ordered the Jochum/EMI box from them Amazon International a few months ago and received it within a couple of weeks.

I've used the international service several times and haven't had any hiccups. I hope the same will happen for you.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 01, 2021, 01:32:41 AM
A true Super-Duper bargain.  That said would be a bargain at double the price!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on December 10, 2021, 04:02:04 PM
For the next 23 hours (December 11 in the UK), Europa has a number of Naxos CDs for under US $4 - even shipped to the US they'll come out at or under $5. link (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/label/Naxos_sort_by_priceASC.htm)

Examples:
- their recording of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast
- Bax chamber music
- John Ireland piano works
- okay for some reason the cheap stuff is alllll British composers, so if you're interested in obscure British byways, this sale's for you
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on December 10, 2021, 05:17:23 PM
Quote from: Brian on December 10, 2021, 04:02:04 PM
For the next 23 hours (December 11 in the UK), Europa has a number of Naxos CDs for under US $4 - even shipped to the US they'll come out at or under $5. link (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/label/Naxos_sort_by_priceASC.htm)

Examples:
- their recording of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast
- Bax chamber music
- John Ireland piano works
- okay for some reason the cheap stuff is alllll British composers, so if you're interested in obscure British byways, this sale's for you

Go a dollar or so more and you'll find (mixed in with CDs aimed at kids, Playlist for Gardening, Chill with Ravel, Romantic Bach, etc) a good deal of non-British stuff including opera highlights and standard repertoire, and several Naxos Historical CDs including a few with Django Reinhardt and one with Lionel Hampton.

That Belshazzer's Feast is a great one.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 05, 2022, 04:46:43 AM
Scarlatti by Scott Rush....

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0825646299454.jpg)

Only €30 at jpc.de: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-keyboard-sonatas/hnum/4205869
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on January 05, 2022, 05:03:23 AM
Quote from: Que on January 05, 2022, 04:46:43 AM
Scarlatti by Scott Rush....

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0825646299454.jpg)

Only €30 at jpc.de: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-keyboard-sonatas/hnum/4205869

What a bargain  :o  8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: André on January 05, 2022, 05:14:46 AM
Quote from: aligreto on January 05, 2022, 05:03:23 AM
What a bargain  :o  8)

Many more on offer at JPC right now: Sinopoli's Schönberg/Berg box under 10 euros, the complete Munich recordings by Celibidache (49 discs) for 49.99 euros, the Martinon EMI Icon box, etc... :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Traverso on January 05, 2022, 05:53:50 AM
Quote from: aligreto on January 05, 2022, 05:03:23 AM
What a bargain  :o  8)

+1
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on January 05, 2022, 01:28:29 PM
Quote from: Que on January 05, 2022, 04:46:43 AM
Scarlatti by Scott Rush....

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0825646299454.jpg)

Only €30 at jpc.de: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/complete-keyboard-sonatas/hnum/4205869


I hope whoever was interested, managed to order it!  :)  It's gone now...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 05, 2022, 05:37:14 PM
Quote from: Que on January 05, 2022, 01:28:29 PM

I hope whoever was interested, managed to order it!  :)  It's gone now...

Sweet price!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on January 05, 2022, 09:26:23 PM
For Muti (or megabox) fans, quite a bargain.  91 CDs, $128.40 at Amazon

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71gnHd+1BXL._SX425_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: aligreto on January 06, 2022, 01:55:09 AM
Quote from: Que on January 05, 2022, 01:28:29 PM

I hope whoever was interested, managed to order it!  :)  It's gone now...

Wow, that was short lived. Either it was a very limited offer or there were many astute buyers!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on January 06, 2022, 02:06:19 AM
Sometimes JPC offers imply just a very few copies ... this one probably caused rumours among harpsichord fans.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on January 06, 2022, 02:14:39 AM
Quote from: Que on January 05, 2022, 01:28:29 PM

I hope whoever was interested, managed to order it!  :)  It's gone now...

Rush hour is over  :P
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Traverso on January 06, 2022, 02:29:31 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on January 06, 2022, 02:14:39 AM
Rush hour is over  :P

Other offers  are also increased in price .  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 06, 2022, 02:29:37 AM
I can also mean from my experience with them, that they are temporarily out of sufficient stock, so be aware that it suddenly can go back to price it was before when they have a new supply. I have seen that happen quite often. This said I was not even aware that the Scarlatti box was so low in price, and I pride myself of keeping a close watch on this site. ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 06, 2022, 07:20:28 AM
Time to tally up how many CDs of the Muti box I would actually listen to, and see if it's still a bargain at that point. I've seen it mostly around $180-190, so $130 is a big drop.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 06, 2022, 07:24:06 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 06, 2022, 07:20:28 AM
Time to tally up how many CDs of the Muti box I would actually listen to, and see if it's still a bargain at that point. I've seen it mostly around $180-190, so $130 is a big drop.

And this is my general problem with mega sets. Loads and loads of CDs, but much of limited interest for me.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 06, 2022, 07:29:24 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 06, 2022, 07:24:06 AM
And this is my general problem with mega sets. Loads and loads of CDs, but much of limited interest for me.
Yep. Like the Solti/London box - I don't want to hear Solti's drab Mozart and Haydn, and that's like a third of the box. Looking at the LA Philharmonic big box on DG, I realized that the only stuff I want out of it is the new Salonen stuff.

Anyway, it's back up to $150 now. Decision averted.  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mirror Image on January 06, 2022, 07:33:30 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 06, 2022, 07:29:24 AM
Yep. Like the Solti/London box - I don't want to hear Solti's drab Mozart and Haydn, and that's like a third of the box. Looking at the LA Philharmonic big box on DG, I realized that the only stuff I want out of it is the new Salonen stuff.

Anyway, it's back up to $150 now. Decision averted.  ;D

8)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 06, 2022, 07:46:02 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on January 05, 2022, 09:26:23 PM
For Muti (or megabox) fans, quite a bargain.  91 CDs, $128.40 at Amazon

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71gnHd+1BXL._SX425_.jpg)

Great deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 06, 2022, 07:56:35 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on January 06, 2022, 02:14:39 AM
Rush hour is over  :P

(* chortle *)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 06, 2022, 07:57:23 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 06, 2022, 07:29:24 AM
Yep. Like the Solti/London box - I don't want to hear Solti's drab Mozart and Haydn, and that's like a third of the box. Looking at the LA Philharmonic big box on DG, I realized that the only stuff I want out of it is the new Salonen stuff.

Anyway, it's back up to $150 now. Decision averted.  ;D

(* chortle *)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on January 06, 2022, 12:59:43 PM
New temptation:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31d4WcVbTnL._SY780_.jpg)
$131 on Amazon US.

BTW, Brian, your inbox is full.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 06, 2022, 01:06:44 PM
Quote from: JBS on January 06, 2022, 12:59:43 PM
New temptation:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31d4WcVbTnL._SY780_.jpg)
$131 on Amazon US.

BTW, Brian, your inbox is full.

Zowie! As tempting as this "doorstop" is, the wife of my bosom won't abide another doorstop at this time.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 06, 2022, 01:46:44 PM
Quote from: JBS on January 06, 2022, 12:59:43 PM
BTW, Brian, your inbox is full.
Yep...my subscription renewal payment went through, but the forum didn't recognize it so I lost the never-have-to-erase-your-PMs perk and have to wait for Rob  :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 06, 2022, 02:06:15 PM
Quote from: Brian on January 06, 2022, 01:46:44 PM
Yep...my subscription renewal payment went through, but the forum didn't recognize it so I lost the never-have-to-erase-your-PMs perk and have to wait for Rob  :(

I feel ya, buddy!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 10, 2022, 11:53:25 AM
Niche choice, but:

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODYxNTczNy4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE1NTU0MDUxNjN9)

6 CD Bortkiewicz piano box from Piano Classics is now $10 to download MP3s from Presto ($12 for FLAC).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on January 15, 2022, 06:24:52 AM
Everyone who orders anything from Europadisc through January 20 will be entered in a raffle prize drawing for a FREE copy of the Barbirolli Big Box. Will be funny if the winner doesn't want it  ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on March 24, 2022, 02:22:58 AM
Rarewaves UK is listing the complete Sweelinck vocal works for £57.63 New.

https://www.rarewaves.com/products/8424562224117-jan-pieterszoon-sweelinck-the-complete-vocal-works? (https://www.rarewaves.com/products/8424562224117-jan-pieterszoon-sweelinck-the-complete-vocal-works?)

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiOTI1MTg5NC4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2MzE4MDc1MjR9)


AMZ UK lists at £72, Presto at £101
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mapman on April 15, 2022, 05:45:14 PM
The Gielen boxes are currently discounted at JPC.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on April 16, 2022, 12:20:24 AM
Also several boxes with Rosbaud/SWR that contain much rarer recordings (but AFAIS in rather drab 1950s broadcast mono).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on April 16, 2022, 05:08:49 AM
Quote from: Mapman on April 15, 2022, 05:45:14 PM
The Gielen boxes are currently discounted at JPC.

Nice find!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on April 24, 2022, 05:09:15 PM
Qobuz has the Festetics Haydn cycle available for $40.31: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/joseph-haydn-the-complete-string-quartets-played-on-period-instruments-festetics-quartet/b72sb67lxpnqa
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on May 06, 2022, 06:15:21 PM
(https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/8a/v1/uxcit27hav18a_600.jpg)

$8.99 for 16/44.1, $12.99 for 24/96 at Qobuz.

Also, Qobuz has the entire Naxos catalog at 50% off.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 09, 2022, 02:43:10 AM
For some crazy reason Amazon.co.uk has the big Bruno Walter box for about $100 (after vat is removed), and a similar price for the big Bohm orchestral box.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: T. D. on June 10, 2022, 01:58:56 PM
Debatable but worth mentioning:

Berkshire has 5 of the 6 2-CD Leiden Choirbooks (Egidius Quartet on Etcetera) volumes (A, B, C, E and F) for $11.98 apiece. Pity they're lacking D. I already own the full set.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 12, 2022, 01:38:12 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on June 09, 2022, 02:43:10 AM
For some crazy reason Amazon.co.uk has the big Bruno Walter box for about $100 (after vat is removed), and a similar price for the big Bohm orchestral box.

That was short. Prices up to about $240US now.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: listener on June 14, 2022, 12:17:56 AM
The Brilliant 23-cd box of the César Franck edition lowest price is  $46.19
take off another 10% until June 21
https://www.importcds.com/cesar-franck-edition/5028421957937
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on June 15, 2022, 04:03:21 AM
For those who regret not getting it, Amazon.de has the Bach 333 box for both $270 and $540.  It seems to be the same box, although the cheaper one may have German labeling rather than English....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on July 16, 2022, 03:54:32 PM
If you're in the market for Alan Gilbert's Nielsen symphonies 5 and 6, but not 1-4, the single SACD is at Presto for only $5 US (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8054567--nielsen-symphonies-nos-5-and-6). There are a number of other Dacapo albums for $5 to $5.50, including a lot of contemporary repertoire and individual volumes of various Holmboe, Riisager, Koppel, and Mozart (Adam Fischer) cycles.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on July 19, 2022, 05:49:47 AM
Bernstein's Columbia/Sony Mahler cycle as a lossless download for $13 at Presto.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8007147--the-complete-mahler-symphonies
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 03, 2022, 06:23:35 AM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on August 03, 2022, 03:38:55 AM
Weird! Explain how a set of 12 physical CDs can be had for £34.50, but a set of digital FLACs can only be had for £69!
Are they in need of extra warehouse shelf space or something‽
Yes  :(

Part of the reason that I buy downloads sometimes now is I realized there is value in the physical space that is taken up. There's value for the retailers, which is why Presto's Summer Sale on now has a lot of physical CDs available for cheaper than the download versions. And there is also value for me, living in a house of a certain size that cost a certain amount of money. The most extreme example of the monetary value of the space that CDs take up was about a decade ago, when I think Harry actually expanded his house to fit more music in it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on August 03, 2022, 06:26:37 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 03, 2022, 06:23:35 AM
Yes  :(

Part of the reason that I buy downloads sometimes now is I realized there is value in the physical space that is taken up. There's value for the retailers, which is why Presto's Summer Sale on now has a lot of physical CDs available for cheaper than the download versions. And there is also value for me, living in a house of a certain size that cost a certain amount of money. The most extreme example of the monetary value of the space that CDs take up was about a decade ago, when I think Harry actually expanded his house to fit more music in it.

That is really true, I did, after this move I never need a change of house again.... ::)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on August 03, 2022, 07:56:09 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 03, 2022, 06:23:35 AMPart of the reason that I buy downloads sometimes now is I realized there is value in the physical space that is taken up. There's value for the retailers, which is why Presto's Summer Sale on now has a lot of physical CDs available for cheaper than the download versions. And there is also value for me, living in a house of a certain size that cost a certain amount of money.

I wonder if anyone actively factors in environmental costs as well.  Physical production and shipping leaves a larger carbon footprint than streaming or downloading.  Music consumption offers a case where one can consume as much as or more than before at a lower total cost. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 03, 2022, 03:45:00 PM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on August 03, 2022, 03:38:55 AM
Weird! Explain how a set of 12 physical CDs can be had for £34.50, but a set of digital FLACs can only be had for £69!

I don't understand where you're getting these numbers from.  The flac set is $13 and the cd set is $39.25.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on August 04, 2022, 12:20:19 AM
Haven't checked, but prices can vary a lot between various countries.

I don't use Amazon much these days, but before, and since I'm based in the EU, I'd always check both British, German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon for current prices, before buying physical CDs. We've had mentionings of different prices for downloads too before, especially between continents, as far as I remember even from Presto.

I almost only buy second-hand CDs and from JPC these days, and only physical CDs. When browsing, there's not much music I feel I'm really missing in my collection, however.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on August 04, 2022, 03:48:03 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 03, 2022, 03:45:00 PM
I don't understand where you're getting these numbers from.  The flac set is $13 and the cd set is $39.25.

Does Presto have different prices for different countries?

There are bizarre pricing anomalies on Presto. Presto will generally allow you to download a single track, or a single piece from a CD. It is not uncommon to come across a case where they charge more for downloading an individual work than to download the CD in its entirety.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on August 04, 2022, 07:27:04 AM
Presto US pricing shows the price without VAT
Is it possible that (for UK prices) VAT for physical CDs and VAT for DLs have different rates/different tax treatment?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on August 04, 2022, 07:30:35 AM
Presto are currently offering the Naxos catalogue hi-res downloads at £3.95.  Given that the equivalent CD is now £10.00 and (theoretically!) this hi-res should be a better audio quality that is quite a good offer and as a consequence I have picked up some Naxos recordings out of curiosity in the way I used to when they were a genuine "bargain" label....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: MusicTurner on August 04, 2022, 09:46:32 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 03, 2022, 03:45:00 PM
I don't understand where you're getting these numbers from.  The flac set is $13 and the cd set is $39.25.

As of now, the Flac price in Denmark on Presto's site is roughly 70 Euros; the CD price roughly 45 Euros.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: ritter on August 04, 2022, 09:52:28 AM
Two minutes after MusicTurner's post above, the Presto price for Spain is 45.88€ for the CDs, and 63.02 € for FLAC. Pity that the market for this product probably isn't deep enough to engage in cross-border arbitrage  ;D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: classicalgeek on August 04, 2022, 06:27:51 PM
The "Solti in London" box is on sale at Amazon US for about $55:

https://www.amazon.com/Solti-London-36-Box-Set/dp/B098RTYSKX/

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61yyATD10fL._SX425_.jpg)

I've seen it hovering around $100, so this is a pretty good deal.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on August 04, 2022, 07:10:38 PM
Quote from: classicalgeek on August 04, 2022, 06:27:51 PM
The "Solti in London" box is on sale at Amazon US for about $55:

https://www.amazon.com/Solti-London-36-Box-Set/dp/B098RTYSKX/

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61yyATD10fL._SX425_.jpg)

I've seen it hovering around $100, so this is a pretty good deal.

Ordered, thank you.

Quote from: absolutelybaching on August 04, 2022, 09:39:06 AM
In a word, no. The maximum VAT rate is around 20%. Even if downloads were free of VAT entirely (which they are not), you can't explain a price differential of almost 90% by a tax rate difference of 20%!

Then I am as confused as anyone else.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on August 04, 2022, 07:38:59 PM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on August 04, 2022, 09:39:06 AM
In a word, no. The maximum VAT rate is around 20%. Even if downloads were free of VAT entirely (which they are not), you can't explain a price differential of almost 90% by a tax rate difference of 20%!

Quote from: JBS on August 04, 2022, 07:10:38 PM
Then I am as confused as anyone else.

It may be an error, or it may be that the publisher has decided to price downloads differently in different regions.

FWIW, I changed my location to United Kingdom and my currency to pounds and I got the same price (10.70 pounds for the FLAC download). I wonder if someone has a VPN which would allow them to view the presto site effectively from different regions and see if the price changes accordingly.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 05, 2022, 03:47:48 AM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on August 04, 2022, 06:56:36 AM
I'm getting these numbers from the link that was included in the post I was replying to. Specifically, see below. Price of the CDs: £35; price of the FLACs: £69. Even the MP3s (shudder!) are more expensive than the physical product.

I realise I'm now (and was!) talking pounds Sterling; you're clearly talking left-pondian dollars. I assume Presto does geolocation magic and directs me to the bonkersly-priced UK site, and you to the much more sensible US version. Presumably shelves are bigger in the US and therefore the need to free up some shelf-space in the UK is more pressing.

Or something...

Oh that sucks!  You might as well have someone in the US buy the download for you and then send it to you!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 05, 2022, 04:31:58 AM
I opened that Solti tab last night with the intention of sampling some of the box this morning and making a decision, but the price returned to $137. Good, I didn't need the temptation  ;D

(Previously I sampled the Haydn in it and found it appalling, but that's unfair as Haydn is by no means his specialty repertoire.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on August 05, 2022, 03:59:25 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 05, 2022, 04:31:58 AM
(Previously I sampled the Haydn in it and found it appalling, but that's unfair as Haydn is by no means his specialty repertoire.)

That is exactly why I don't find those conductor big boxes appealing.  Excepting Bernstein, there is no conductor I can think of that produces moving performances across all eras.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on August 05, 2022, 04:19:35 PM
I will pipe up to say I think that Solti Haydn set is one of the best modern orchestra versions (although Bernstein is the better Haydnist) of the Londons.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 05, 2022, 04:38:32 PM
Quote from: classicalgeek on August 04, 2022, 06:27:51 PM
The "Solti in London" box is on sale at Amazon US for about $55:

https://www.amazon.com/Solti-London-36-Box-Set/dp/B098RTYSKX/

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61yyATD10fL._SX425_.jpg)

I've seen it hovering around $100, so this is a pretty good deal.

And the page that link takes me to prices it at $137.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: classicalgeek on August 05, 2022, 05:08:24 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 05, 2022, 04:38:32 PM
And the page that link takes me to prices it at $137.

The deal must have expired, probably this morning. Brian had the same issue above.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 05, 2022, 05:15:00 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 05, 2022, 03:59:25 PM
That is exactly why I don't find those conductor big boxes appealing.  Excepting Bernstein, there is no conductor I can think of that produces moving performances across all eras.
Markevitch, Szell, and although I consider him B-tier across all genres, he is good across all genres: Gielen.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on August 05, 2022, 05:58:51 PM
Quote from: classicalgeek on August 05, 2022, 05:08:24 PM
The deal must have expired, probably this morning. Brian had the same issue above.

It's also now listed as coming from Amazon vendor Speedy Hen. My copy is coming from Amazon UK [Global Store] itself. Now Amazon UK is not mentioned at all.

When I ordered, it said there were 13 in stock. Possibly all the others were ordered in the overnight hours?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on August 06, 2022, 06:33:59 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 05, 2022, 03:59:25 PM
That is exactly why I don't find those conductor big boxes appealing.  Excepting Bernstein, there is no conductor I can think of that produces moving performances across all eras.

Kubelik.  Walter.  Monteux.  Hengelbrock.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 06, 2022, 06:41:28 PM
Quote from: classicalgeek on August 05, 2022, 05:08:24 PM
The deal must have expired, probably this morning. Brian had the same issue above.

No worries, James, my wallet is a bit happier, anyway :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on August 06, 2022, 06:42:30 PM
Quote from: JBS on August 05, 2022, 05:58:51 PM
It's also now listed as coming from Amazon vendor Speedy Hen. My copy is coming from Amazon UK [Global Store] itself. Now Amazon UK is not mentioned at all.

When I ordered, it said there were 13 in stock. Possibly all the others were ordered in the overnight hours?

I rejoice with you, that you nabbed one!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 06, 2022, 07:47:40 PM
Quote from: Todd on August 06, 2022, 06:33:59 PM
Kubelik.  Walter.  Monteux.  Hengelbrock.
Has Hengelbrock recorded any repertoire post Mahler 1?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on August 07, 2022, 05:19:20 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 06, 2022, 07:47:40 PM
Has Hengelbrock recorded any repertoire post Mahler 1?

I am not aware of anything, but in all eras up to Mahler, he delivers hit after hit.  (OK, the Festa Teatrale is a dud.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 07, 2022, 05:13:56 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 05, 2022, 03:59:25 PM
That is exactly why I don't find those conductor big boxes appealing.  Excepting Bernstein, there is no conductor I can think of that produces moving performances across all eras.

Quote from: Brian on August 05, 2022, 05:15:00 PM
Markevitch, Szell, and although I consider him B-tier across all genres, he is good across all genres: Gielen.

Quote from: Todd on August 06, 2022, 06:33:59 PM
Kubelik.  Walter.  Monteux.  Hengelbrock.

Thought of another conductor who was good across all eras: Charles Mackerras.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on August 07, 2022, 05:30:00 PM
Quote from: Brian on August 07, 2022, 05:13:56 PM
Thought of another conductor who was good across all eras: Charles Mackerras.

Eh.  There are high spots, but also low spots - eg, his abysmal Brahms on Telarc.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on August 10, 2022, 06:30:50 AM
Qobuz has another download sale, including some Naxos and Orfeo titles at 50% off.  Some Evidence titles are 80% off - one can purchase FFG's Beethoven Violin Sonatas and Cello Sonatas for a couple bucks each.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: classicalgeek on August 10, 2022, 11:59:29 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 06, 2022, 06:41:28 PM
No worries, James, my wallet is a bit happier, anyway :)

I know what you mean. ;D I contemplated snapping one the Solti/London boxes up myself, but there a lot of these box sets higher on my priority list!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: staxomega on August 11, 2022, 01:47:48 PM
Quote from: DavidW on August 05, 2022, 03:59:25 PM
That is exactly why I don't find those conductor big boxes appealing.  Excepting Bernstein, there is no conductor I can think of that produces moving performances across all eras.

I always think these conductor big boxes are unappealing then I proceed to buy them anyway :-X Though I am a bit more conservative than others, none of the ones I've bought collect dust on a shelf. The Eduard van Beinum is an upcoming one that has caught my eye.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on August 21, 2022, 06:46:19 AM
Quote from: classicalgeek on August 04, 2022, 06:27:51 PM
The "Solti in London" box is on sale at Amazon US for about $55:

https://www.amazon.com/Solti-London-36-Box-Set/dp/B098RTYSKX/

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61yyATD10fL._SX425_.jpg)

I've seen it hovering around $100, so this is a pretty good deal.
This sale is back - $55 again.

Bizarrely, Amazon US says that the items ship from "Amazon Global Store UK," but Amazon.co.uk does not have the item available on sale.

Anyway: should I buy? Anyone get to listen to it yet?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on August 21, 2022, 07:06:10 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 21, 2022, 06:46:19 AMAnyway: should I buy?

I'm not a Solti fan, so keep that in mind, but I'd see what can be streamed first.  Solti tends to be unnuanced in symphonies and other orchestral works, and his recordings accompanying soloists tend to be available in other sets.  The box does not appear to hold many or even any must-have recordings, except for perhaps his Bartok.  If you really want his Elgar, Haydn, or the few Mahler symphonies in the box, it could make sense to buy for those. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on August 21, 2022, 08:04:27 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 21, 2022, 06:46:19 AM
This sale is back - $55 again.

Bizarrely, Amazon US says that the items ship from "Amazon Global Store UK," but Amazon.co.uk does not have the item available on sale.

Anyway: should I buy? Anyone get to listen to it yet?

I received my copy but haven't listened to any of it. I do like his Mahler and Haydn. But I remember you said you don't like his Haydn....
The Elgar, Mahler, and Bartok recordings make up almost have the box, and include a recording of Bluebeard's Castle.
There's also a recording of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: albanberg on September 28, 2022, 04:33:17 PM
Arkiv has the 5-CD Mariss Jansons Portrait for $7.99:

https://arkivmusic.com/products/protrait-jansons-bavarian-radio-symphony-71028
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 02, 2022, 06:00:35 AM
Europadisc's box set sale includes a couple of big boxes that are near $1 per CD:

(https://www.europadisc.co.uk/images/products-190/1344492204_94386.jpg)

Boccherini Edition (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/105629/Boccherini_Edition.htm), 37 CDs, dollar price (excluding VAT) $36.48

(https://www.europadisc.co.uk/images/products-190/99925.jpg)

Haydn/Fischer symphony cycle (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/363/Haydn_-_Complete_Symphonies.htm), 33 CDs, dollar price (excluding VAT) $36.48

I am curious about the Boccherini edition; I've enjoyed all I've heard by the composer, but (a) understand the box omits loads of stuff, and (b) 37 CDs may be too many for this composer anyway?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on October 02, 2022, 05:29:39 PM
Quote from: Brian on October 02, 2022, 06:00:35 AM
Europadisc's box set sale includes a couple of big boxes that are near $1 per CD:

(https://www.europadisc.co.uk/images/products-190/1344492204_94386.jpg)

Boccherini Edition (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/105629/Boccherini_Edition.htm), 37 CDs, dollar price (excluding VAT) $36.48

(https://www.europadisc.co.uk/images/products-190/99925.jpg)

Haydn/Fischer symphony cycle (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/363/Haydn_-_Complete_Symphonies.htm), 33 CDs, dollar price (excluding VAT) $36.48

I am curious about the Boccherini edition; I've enjoyed all I've heard by the composer, but (a) understand the box omits loads of stuff, and (b) 37 CDs may be too many for this composer anyway?

I have the Magnifica Comunita recordings that make up almost half of it. I'd say those on their own are worth the price.

But Ritter just got it recently; maybe he's heard enough of it to comment.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on October 03, 2022, 12:18:11 AM
The Boccherini box also uses some of Capriccio/Delta Music recordings that had a 10 disc edition in the 1990s. It's not quite clear to me how many of them but I think the Erxleben (7 Symphonies) Petersen quartet, Parisii Q./Lencses (despite oboe quintets, that are arrangements with the same G numbers as the flute quintets not mentioned). These are all very good; I don't know any of the other recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on October 03, 2022, 02:40:24 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 02, 2022, 06:00:35 AM
Europadisc's box set sale includes a couple of big boxes that are near $1 per CD:

(https://www.europadisc.co.uk/images/products-190/1344492204_94386.jpg)

Boccherini Edition (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/105629/Boccherini_Edition.htm), 37 CDs, dollar price (excluding VAT) $36.48

(https://www.europadisc.co.uk/images/products-190/99925.jpg)

Haydn/Fischer symphony cycle (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/363/Haydn_-_Complete_Symphonies.htm), 33 CDs, dollar price (excluding VAT) $36.48

I am curious about the Boccherini edition; I've enjoyed all I've heard by the composer, but (a) understand the box omits loads of stuff, and (b) 37 CDs may be too many for this composer anyway?

I had that Haydn cycle years ago but sold it off. The performances were good but the audio engineering was unacceptable, to my ears. Too reverberant and a weird soundstage. Do I remember right that it originally recorded by Nimbus?

(I also had and sold Dorati, now I rely on Dennis Russel Davies for my complete, and various subsets, Harnoncourt, Brugen, Kuijken, Davis, Karajan.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on October 03, 2022, 07:24:30 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on October 03, 2022, 02:40:24 AM
Do I remember right that it originally recorded by Nimbus?

(I also had and sold Dorati, now I rely on Dennis Russel Davies for my complete, and various subsets, Harnoncourt, Brugen, Kuijken, Davis, Karajan.)
Yep, you do remember right. Agreed on the sound, too. I have it all on MP3 from some other crazy sale (it was $9 for the box if you downloaded), in addition to the Decca HIP edition combining Bruggen and Hogwood, DRD, and various other subsets.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on October 03, 2022, 07:40:00 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 21, 2022, 06:46:19 AM
This sale is back - $55 again.

Bizarrely, Amazon US says that the items ship from "Amazon Global Store UK," but Amazon.co.uk does not have the item available on sale.

Anyway: should I buy? Anyone get to listen to it yet?

I see Solti in London is still in the Amazon Global Store but up to $87 (which is still a steep discount from the list price). I don't really find Solti that compelling, but probably his work in London is what I prefer. In Chicago he had total control and it really was Sollissimo, too much of a good (or bad, depending on you taste) thing.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 03, 2022, 07:44:33 AM
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0067/4660/3571/products/HANDELBOX_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=1595004499)

$0.00. 

https://www.classicselectworld.com/collections/free-downloads/products/big-handel-box-14-hour-digital-download
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on October 11, 2022, 08:01:21 AM
(https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/qc/wg/ysym3acckwgqc_600.jpg)

$5.69 at Qobuz.  https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/schumann-symphonien-1-4-berliner-philharmoniker-sir-simon-rattle/ysym3acckwgqc
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: stingo on October 27, 2022, 05:31:57 PM
Chandos sale at Qobuz til Nov 21st.

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/page/catalogue-chandos
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on November 03, 2022, 12:14:13 AM
This week there are two free downloads from Classics Select;

https://www.classicselectworld.com/collections/free-downloads

their neatly(?) titled "Big Great Symphony Box" Vols. 1&2 - each with about 10 hours of music.  Vol.1 has more old-school Schubert/Beethoven/Haydn but interesting (for me at least) to hear Adrian Boult's Beethoven.  Vol.2 has more 'classics' from the Vox back catalogue - several of the Abravanal/Mahler and Sibelius cycles and his complete Brahms plus Faberman Ives Nos.1-3 (all worth hearing if you never have!).

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0067/4660/3571/products/51T6LcniMRL._SS500_1024x1024-square_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=1611253410)(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0067/4660/3571/products/71HHAC-aZML._SS500_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=1611253642)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 03, 2022, 01:33:28 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on November 03, 2022, 12:14:13 AM
This week there are two free downloads from Classics Select;

https://www.classicselectworld.com/collections/free-downloads

their neatly(?) titled "Big Great Symphony Box" Vols. 1&2 - each with about 10 hours of music.  Vol.1 has more old-school Schubert/Beethoven/Haydn but interesting (for me at least) to hear Adrian Boult's Beethoven.  Vol.2 has more 'classics' from the Vox back catalogue - several of the Abravanal/Mahler and Sibelius cycles and his complete Brahms plus Faberman Ives Nos.1-3 (all worth hearing if you never have!).

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0067/4660/3571/products/51T6LcniMRL._SS500_1024x1024-square_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=1611253410)(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0067/4660/3571/products/71HHAC-aZML._SS500_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=1611253642)
Thanks!  Downloaded--now I just need to figure out how to add them to iTunes (I think that it may have something to do with signing into iTunes and changing some preferences).

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on November 04, 2022, 04:02:22 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on November 03, 2022, 01:33:28 AM
Thanks!  Downloaded--now I just need to figure out how to add them to iTunes (I think that it may have something to do with signing into iTunes and changing some preferences).

PD

I hate very few things in life - but I do hate iTunes!!  My wife used to run a dance school and had all her lesson playlists on an ipad.  ALL the music was ripped from CD's we owned and had the files on my hard drive (yes I know there could be some copyright issues but much of it was recorded for teachers to use by the dance examining board so no rights issues!)  But I had to use ITunes as the interface to upload the music to her i-pad.  Sometimes I could sit there for literally 2-3 hours while the system simply refused to "recognise" the new music files and/or playlists.  Give me my simple Android drag and drop any time (rant over) - enjoy the downloads IF i-tunes will allow you to.........
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 04, 2022, 04:12:38 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on November 04, 2022, 04:02:22 AM
I hate very few things in life - but I do hate iTunes!!  My wife used to run a dance school and had all her lesson playlists on an ipad.  ALL the music was ripped from CD's we owned and had the files on my hard drive (yes I know there could be some copyright issues but much of it was recorded for teachers to use by the dance examining board so no rights issues!)  But I had to use ITunes as the interface to upload the music to her i-pad.  Sometimes I could sit there for literally 2-3 hours while the system simply refused to "recognise" the new music files and/or playlists.  Give me my simple Android drag and drop any time (rant over) - enjoy the downloads IF i-tunes will allow you to.........
Interesting!  Surprised that it didn't recognize the music files or playlists....I wonder why?  The only device that I intentionally put some of my albums on was (what is now) on an old iPod Touch (remember those?).  I've never used an iPad before.  In any event, sorry to hear of your headaches with it.  Here:  I did a bit more searching yesterday (using the "Help" search function while I had iTunes open) and found that I could (like you were on your Android) that I was able to just drag and drop the files there from my download folder.  Haven't tried listening to them yet, but they showed up (cover images in my library there just fine).  And all of the tracks and timings are showing there too.  Wonder if there might be a compatibility issue between your iPad version and your computer--I don't know if you have a Windows one or a Mac?  I do get that computers, etc. can be a frustrating matter to sort out though!  :(

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on November 04, 2022, 06:18:47 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on November 04, 2022, 04:12:38 AM
Interesting!  Surprised that it didn't recognize the music files or playlists....I wonder why?  The only device that I intentionally put some of my albums on was (what is now) on an old iPod Touch (remember those?).  I've never used an iPad before.  In any event, sorry to hear of your headaches with it.  Here:  I did a bit more searching yesterday (using the "Help" search function while I had iTunes open) and found that I could (like you were on your Android) that I was able to just drag and drop the files there from my download folder.  Haven't tried listening to them yet, but they showed up (cover images in my library there just fine).  And all of the tracks and timings are showing there too.  Wonder if there might be a compatibility issue between your iPad version and your computer--I don't know if you have a Windows one or a Mac?  I do get that computers, etc. can be a frustrating matter to sort out though!  :(

PD

My wife has retired from her teaching so her ipad gathers dust in a drawer.  Occasionally I take it out to swear at it just for old times sake - for portable music I use an FiiO player which is just tremendous for its size/cost/sound quality - far better in every respect than any ipad/pod/pid/pud/ped (filling in the vowels Wordle-style!)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 04, 2022, 07:07:26 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on November 04, 2022, 06:18:47 AM
My wife has retired from her teaching so her ipad gathers dust in a drawer.  Occasionally I take it out to swear at it just for old times sake - for portable music I use an FiiO player which is just tremendous for its size/cost/sound quality - far better in every respect than any ipad/pod/pid/pud/ped (filling in the vowels Wordle-style!)
:laugh:  :)  I'm still trying to find something (not horribly expensive) that I can wear and use when I'm working out in the garden/yard.  Often times, I just like the peace and quiet or bring out a on-its-last-legs radio.  Just when I'm happily relaxing, one of the neighbors either turns one:  1) their power washer, 2) one of the local landscapers arrives with all of their heavy equipment and really noisy blowers, or 3) take your pick of noisy events.   :(

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on November 04, 2022, 07:24:24 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on November 04, 2022, 04:02:22 AM
I hate very few things in life - but I do hate iTunes!!  My wife used to run a dance school and had all her lesson playlists on an ipad.  ALL the music was ripped from CD's we owned and had the files on my hard drive (yes I know there could be some copyright issues but much of it was recorded for teachers to use by the dance examining board so no rights issues!)  But I had to use ITunes as the interface to upload the music to her i-pad.  Sometimes I could sit there for literally 2-3 hours while the system simply refused to "recognise" the new music files and/or playlists.  Give me my simple Android drag and drop any time (rant over) - enjoy the downloads IF i-tunes will allow you to.........

Bizarre, never had a problem remotely like that (although admittedly I only use iTunes, now called Music, on an iPhone, not an iPad).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 05, 2022, 03:07:05 AM
Note:  I received an email yesterday from ClassicalSelect about that second set of symphonies -- "Big Great Symphonies Volume 2"--that there has been an update to it.  Has anyone had a chance to listen to it yet?  Was there a glitch (or omission) in the first download?

PD

p.s.  At closer look, at least there is a mislabeling error for Brahms Symphony No. 4 with movements 3 & 4 being both labeled the same.  Haven't looked further than that.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 11, 2022, 06:27:49 AM
The 15-CD Ancerl Live recordings is err.... £3.73 as FLAC download on Presto.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9268516--karel-an-erl-live-recordings (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9268516--karel-an-erl-live-recordings)

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on November 11, 2022, 06:34:33 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 11, 2022, 06:27:49 AM
The 15-CD Ancerl Live recordings is err.... £3.73 as FLAC download on Presto.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9268516--karel-an-erl-live-recordings (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9268516--karel-an-erl-live-recordings)

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WOW! Top tip - many thanks......

EDIT:  I've just downloaded the (nominally!) hi-res and that was under £5 - not quite sure what difference the higher bit rate will make to a probably limited radio recording but I'd rather go for the highest possible fidelity.  The range of music here is just sensational - just about everything I'm fascinated to hear from Suk & Novak to a Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasia and ending with Schulhoff's Communist Manifesto!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on November 11, 2022, 06:35:30 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 11, 2022, 06:27:49 AM
The 15-CD Ancerl Live recordings is err.... £3.73 as FLAC download on Presto.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9268516--karel-an-erl-live-recordings (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9268516--karel-an-erl-live-recordings)

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Alas, it is $73 in the US. 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 11, 2022, 12:58:27 PM
Crumbs!  :(  And I don't see it even listed as being available as a download?

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 11, 2022, 03:08:40 PM
Download option must be available only regionally.

(Soothes my mind as I just ordered the physical box from them  ;D )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 14, 2022, 11:46:46 AM
Latest freebie from ClassicSelect:

"And our Free Download of the Week is here - and it's a holiday title. The Little Big Baroque Christmas Box has performances from Lionheart, Apollo's Fire and the Craig Smith Singers. 3 hours of music commemorating the Nativity or celebrating in a Baroque fashion with carols and songs."

I'm not familiar with any of those singers/groups.  Can anyone tell me anything about them?

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on November 14, 2022, 11:54:15 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on November 14, 2022, 11:46:46 AM
Latest freebie from ClassicSelect:

"And our Free Download of the Week is here - and it's a holiday title. The Little Big Baroque Christmas Box has performances from Lionheart, Apollo's Fire and the Craig Smith Singers. 3 hours of music commemorating the Nativity or celebrating in a Baroque fashion with carols and songs."

I'm not familiar with any of those singers/groups.  Can anyone tell me anything about them?

PD

Apollo's Fire is a Baroque PI ensemble: they're reasonably good.
They've also done at Christmasy folk music CDs.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=APOLLO%27s+FIRE+%2F+SORRELL&i=popular&ref=mw_dp_a_s

Not at all familiar with the other two.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 14, 2022, 12:04:44 PM
Quote from: JBS on November 14, 2022, 11:54:15 AM
Apollo's Fire is a Baroque PI ensemble: they're reasonably good.
They've also done at Christmasy folk music CDs.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=APOLLO%27s+FIRE+%2F+SORRELL&i=popular&ref=mw_dp_a_s

Not at all familiar with the other two.
Thanks JBS.  I might youtube a few tracks to see if I want to bother downloading it.  :)

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on November 14, 2022, 12:12:38 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 11, 2022, 06:27:49 AM
The 15-CD Ancerl Live recordings is err.... £3.73 as FLAC download on Presto.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9268516--karel-an-erl-live-recordings (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9268516--karel-an-erl-live-recordings)

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Sweet!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on November 17, 2022, 01:24:51 PM
Qobuz has a Supraphon sale, with some good titles going for as low as $2.39 - eg, from the Vlach Quartet or Karel Ancerl.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on November 24, 2022, 09:15:54 AM
Qobuz has a Black Friday week sale.  Some Naxos titles and various French micro-label titles are included in the mix.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on November 27, 2022, 04:51:53 AM
I think this qualifies as a bargain. At JPC de for 19,95€
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 27, 2022, 05:32:30 AM
This might be of interest to the Messiaen fans:

8 Hours of Organ works - £3.73 FLAC on Presto.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9379228--integrale-de-louvre-pour-orgue (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9379228--integrale-de-louvre-pour-orgue)

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiOTM3OTIyOC4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2NjY5NDU2OTN9)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 27, 2022, 06:10:18 AM
The current freebie at classic select:  The Little Big Box Bach Orchestral

You can see the track listings here:

https://www.classicselectworld.com/products/little-big-box-bach-orchestral-music?_pos=8&_sid=1c3630742&_ss=r

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 28, 2022, 07:32:27 AM
I don't know if it's a well regarded set (or performers for that matter) or not but just in case, Presto sells a complete Beethoven SQ by the Smetana Quartet for £4.98 as FLAC (UK price, not sure for other areas)

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODc5ODMyMy4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2NjY2OTMyMzF9)


https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8798323--beethoven-complete-string-quartets (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8798323--beethoven-complete-string-quartets)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 28, 2022, 07:35:05 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 28, 2022, 07:32:27 AMI don't know if it's a well regarded set (or performers for that matter) or not but just in case, Presto sells a complete Beethoven SQ by the Smetana Quartet for £4.98 as FLAC (UK price, not sure for other areas)

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODc5ODMyMy4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2NjY2OTMyMzF9)


https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8798323--beethoven-complete-string-quartets (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8798323--beethoven-complete-string-quartets)

I imagine that it's quite good.  Sadly, the special sale prices are limited territorially.  A heck of a lot more expense to US customers.  :'(

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on November 28, 2022, 07:55:39 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 28, 2022, 07:32:27 AMI don't know if it's a well regarded set (or performers for that matter) or not but just in case, Presto sells a complete Beethoven SQ by the Smetana Quartet for £4.98 as FLAC (UK price, not sure for other areas)

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODc5ODMyMy4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2NjY2OTMyMzF9)


https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8798323--beethoven-complete-string-quartets (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8798323--beethoven-complete-string-quartets)


I don't know this specific cycle but the Smetana Quartet were one of THE great Czech Chamber Ensembles who played together for many years to deserved acclaim.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 28, 2022, 09:51:34 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on November 28, 2022, 07:55:39 AMI don't know this specific cycle but the Smetana Quartet were one of THE great Czech Chamber Ensembles who played together for many years to deserved acclaim.

Thank you for the info, RS. Guess I should have a listen to the samples  0:) 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 28, 2022, 09:52:38 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on November 28, 2022, 07:35:05 AMI imagine that it's quite good.  Sadly, the special sale prices are limited territorially.  A heck of a lot more expense to US customers.  :'(

PD

I feared as much, PD. It was the case with the Ancerl box too a few days ago.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 28, 2022, 10:45:02 AM
I wonder whether someone in my "neck of the woods" would be offering similar prices?

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 02, 2022, 05:06:03 AM
Latest free offering from classicselect:  Bach Guild's Little Big Mozart Box Serenades & Divertimenti with Esterhazy Orchestra and David Blum, the English Chamber Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Mogens Woldike, et al.  :)

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on December 03, 2022, 03:46:32 PM
Qobuz has a sale on Signum.  A few bargains are below.  571 recordings are under $5.

Thomas Ades' LvB symphony cycle is $9.99:

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/beethoven-complete-symphonies-barry-selected-works-thomas-ades-britten-sinfonia/n4v490ww37zza


Llyr Williams' 8-disc Schubert set is available for $6.99:

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/llyr-williams-a-schubert-journey-llyr-williams/gsaor67yh7lgc


Llyr Williams' LvB Piano Sonata cycle is $2.99:

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/llyr-williams-beethoven-unbound-llyr-williams/wc1f5ddx1ttsb


A 4.5 hours Charles Mackerras sampler is $5.99:

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/sir-charles-mackerras-symphonic-collection-charles-mackerras/0886788359765


Salonen's Gurrelieder is $3.99

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/schoenberg-gurrelieder-integrale-esa-pekka-salonen/0884385857752


Lorin Maazel's second Mahler cycle is $6.99:

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/mahler-symphonies-nos-1-9-philharmonia-orchestra-lorin-maazel/0635212036327


Paul McCreesh's Elijah is $5.99 (and all his Signum recordings are cheap):

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/felix-mendelssohn-helias-elijah-simon-keenlyside-rosemary-joshua-sarah-connolly-robert-murray-chur-philharmonique-de-wroclaw-gabrieli-young-singers-scheme-gabrieli-consort-players-paul-mccreesh/0887396251632

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on December 04, 2022, 05:16:28 AM
Quote from: Todd on December 03, 2022, 03:46:32 PMQobuz has a sale on Signum.  A few bargains are below.  571 recordings are under $5.

Glad that I saw this mention. I picked up a few, including the Maazel Maher Cycle (I'm a big fan of Maazel's first Mahler Cycle) the two Llyr Williams sets (Beethoven, Schubert) as well as a recording of the Bach Cello Suites by David Kenedy.

Also took advantage of the Supraphon sale to get some Ancerl Gold recordings, including the Janacek Sinfonietta, Martinu Parables and Frescoes de Piero della Francesca, Mahler 9, Martinu Symphonies 5, 6, Memorial to Lidice, Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Viola Concerto, and Smetana Ma Vlast (Thanks to mention by @Papy Oli).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on December 04, 2022, 05:27:28 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on December 04, 2022, 05:16:28 AMI picked up a few..... the two Llyr Williams sets (Beethoven, Schubert) as well as a recording of the Bach Cello Suites by David Kenedy.

I recognize unmistakable signs of completism here.  ;)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on December 04, 2022, 05:40:37 AM
Quote from: premont on December 04, 2022, 05:27:28 AMI recognize unmistakable signs of completism here.  ;)

I'm not sure that's the correct diagnosis. A complete Beethoven cycle for $3, in good sound, and the samples sound nice? Similar reasoning for the Schubert, Bach and Mahler (I admit I am something of a Maazel fanatic).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on December 07, 2022, 03:10:27 AM
Bought both of these for a combined $231 (Amazon Japan, but similar price in US). Roughly $1.25 per disk.

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71WJ7272TlL._SX425_.jpg)

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71khnMTRBUL._SX522_.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Irons on December 08, 2022, 12:58:12 AM
Although having most of the contents on LP the six CD box of early Josef Suk at just over £20 is such a bargain I'm sorely tempted. Suk's performance of the Respighi VS is worth price of admission alone.

 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on December 15, 2022, 04:58:37 AM
As mentioned elsewhere, Classic Select has a free sample download from Märzendorfer's complete Haydn symphonies set.  It contains Nos. 6-8.

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: T. D. on January 25, 2023, 08:02:12 AM
Likely doesn't qualify as "super-cheap", but Berkshire now has Goodall's Ring cycle.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 12, 2023, 12:04:01 AM
€10 a piece on jpc.de:

https://www.jpc.de/s/Boxen+preiswert?searchtype=campaigntext

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0881488190106.jpg)  (https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0881488210026.jpg)

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0881488170535.jpg)  (https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0881488210361.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Undersea on February 12, 2023, 12:15:36 AM
Quote from: Que on February 12, 2023, 12:04:01 AM€10 a piece on jpc.de:

https://www.jpc.de/s/Boxen+preiswert?searchtype=campaigntext

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0881488190106.jpg)  (https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0881488210026.jpg)

(https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0881488170535.jpg)  (https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0881488210361.jpg)


Wow, thanks so much for that (I've had my eye on these sets for a while...) - ordered them all! :D
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Que on February 12, 2023, 12:25:04 AM
Quote from: Undersea on February 12, 2023, 12:15:36 AMWow, thanks so much for that (I've had my eye on these sets for a while...) - ordered them all! :D

What you get are all the Soviet era recordings in excellent transfers (taking into account the original sound quality). Short notes & synopsis, complete track listings. Unfortunately no libretti, which is a pain - particularly in Russian opera. I already had the Tchaikovsky and snatched up the rest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Undersea on February 12, 2023, 12:34:16 AM
Quote from: Que on February 12, 2023, 12:25:04 AMWhat you get are all the Soviet era recordings in excellent transfers (taking into account the original sound quality). Short notes & synopsis, complete track listings. Unfortunately no libretti, which is a pain - particularly in Russian opera. I already had the Tchaikovsky and snatched up the rest.


Sounds good! - thanks again :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on March 04, 2023, 12:03:16 PM
Qobuz has a sale on Mirare.  Abdel Rahman el Bacha's second LvB cycle is $15, Nicholas Angelich's Annees de Pelerinage is $11, and Luis Fernando Pérez's Iberia is $7, among other items.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on March 05, 2023, 08:50:32 AM
The Chandos Shop is offering the entire Naxos catalogue as downloads at 60% off so a "standard" disc is just £2.30 for a FLAC download.  MUCH better than the current CD around £9.00....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on March 05, 2023, 05:00:35 PM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on March 05, 2023, 08:50:32 AMThe Chandos Shop is offering the entire Naxos catalogue as downloads at 60% off so a "standard" disc is just £2.30 for a FLAC download.  MUCH better than the current CD around £9.00....

Time to go down my presto wishlist and pick out the Naxos releases..
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on March 05, 2023, 07:34:09 PM
Wow. I think I have already downloaded a lot of my Naxos wishlist but at that price, I can buy a whole lot more stuff just to be safe  8)

(One catch: multi-CD sets do not seem to be included so look for individual releases rather than boxes, and 2CD items like complete ballets appear not to be options on sale at all. Oh well. Still lots of deals.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on March 06, 2023, 12:14:39 AM
Here's what I found on my various wish lists, three volumes of the Casella/La Veccchia series I don't have yet and a couple of discs I saw mentioned here at GMG at various times.

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiNzk4OTM3Ni4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE0MDE5ODI1NTd9)

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODAyMDA4OC4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE0NzExMjU5Mjh9)

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODAyNDQxNS4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE0NzExMjU2NzN9)

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODAzOTE2OS4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE0MDE5ODI1NTd9)

(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiNzkyNjkzMi4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE0MDE5ODI1NTN9)

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on March 06, 2023, 06:50:05 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 05, 2023, 07:34:09 PMI think I have already downloaded a lot of my Naxos wishlist but at that price, I can buy a whole lot more stuff just to be safe

Alas, Chandos does not carry all Naxos titles.  For instance, Hyejin Kim's 85 minute Clementi recording is not available.  That is, quite frankly, an outrage.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 18, 2023, 10:08:40 AM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on March 07, 2023, 09:47:34 AMNot sure if anyone buys from NMC at all (I bought a Harrison Birtwhistle from them once. I still haven't quite forgiven them...)

But anyway, if you do:

https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/collections/warehouse-move-flash-sale-60-off

There's 60% sale off using code FLASH60 valid until 12th March.

Well, if you will buy stuff by talentless charlatans like Harrison Birtwhistle, then you're wasting your money and deserve no sympathy.  I would, however, recommend the works of his near namesake Harrison Birtwistle, whom one can safely say is the most significant British composer of the last half-century ;D (And thanks for the link and the code - I can feel some purchases coming on already.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on March 18, 2023, 03:31:29 PM
Quote from: DaveF on March 18, 2023, 10:08:40 AMWell, if you will buy stuff by talentless charlatans like Harrison Birtwhistle, then you're wasting your money and deserve no sympathy.  I would, however, recommend the works of his near namesake Harrison Birtwistle, whom one can safely say is the most significant British composer of the last half-century ;D (And thanks for the link and the code - I can feel some purchases coming on already.)

Well that explains why I couldn't find any of his music to stream before! :-[   Now I've got a couple of things lined up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 19, 2023, 10:31:13 AM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on March 18, 2023, 11:51:12 AMA typo made and spotted, somewhat ingraciously.

Well, as you're acquainted with him well enough to have him spelled correctly in your catalogue, then of course I regret my facile comment.  There has been a lot of Harry-bashing over the years in the popular press, frequently with the 'h' spelling, by people who have clearly hardly heard a note of his music.  (Only tangentially related, but 'wistle' (or 'twistle') apparently has nothing to do with high-pitched noises - appropriately in Harry's case, since he specialised in low-pitched ones - but means a confluence of rivers in northern Middle English, seen in place-names such as Oswaldtwistle and Haltwistle.  (In Welsh we do it much more economically with 'Aber'.))
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: VonStupp on March 19, 2023, 01:20:22 PM
For my friends abroad who don't mind used physical media, I usually see this compilation going for $80-$125 in the US. I had to wait a long, long time, and still probably overpaid a bit.

Of course, you have to like Sir Arthur!

Australia (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/404204068281?epid=15050148346&hash=item5e1c709db9%3Ag%3Agi4AAOSw0pBjlxA2&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4KTvUygXLqh%2BGF2FC8%2B41WNCqv5gzr%2FzF%2BfeUuh4eDVjofkRkLZ3EP5Q1D86NkZWNpES3kSPIEmXWwsu0qa5CP6S%2F%2F6BoNHA1g6EBTzQ3LvOpNKcff7mHEFWM%2BJ5JT3t0SdILfjj6KACDvRGF%2FzWGpiiSmRIB88eo9n7bgOFP3gO7Ueoiw3ocMy%2BwyatlT76rlBga2Owc2FtU7Ymfu1B%2FXQJl5B98X%2B5ZOSyZ2d5Kqm%2FcBbcHkbdvp4g3eyuvlVhUdEOtTUn1UQ15mXLF0Nl91n6vRmxiqdf8STQRd70PqUt%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9qr0bvfYQ&shqty=1&isGTR=1#shId)

Japan (https://www.discogs.com/release/19828099-Sullivan-Royston-Nash-Isidore-Godfrey-Sir-Charles-Mackerras-Sir-Malcolm-Sargent-James-Walker-Overtur)

United Kingdom (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364063255161?hash=item54c3dc6a79:g:GpAAAOSwAQVjhO7J&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4ALgcAf3CdwIk%2FRko8aW0SNP%2FsuEiozuHMEzb8MDeSRsvJgAHLlmw5nBKvQbHAA%2FnXKyCUVSV%2BdlZsmAKygVjAhVWOsT6%2Bv4eDtrJz1yR1cUpVx%2FbYyBNWWG%2BrxA94qo09OXbMNlEEmX90VJWzL1p8NGOHYmDyLeThkdinWf1Ywgt4MIlClSbOyvjVMoAx1Jo0%2Fv2ORyuHRXL1Lo%2Fr2fCnPIued8mPYFxF9zynp5icqIFgtKtVSpRoSpivMoHmoCntKKshar8mdi0ImM8UiTQhCzrTYUQSMYJQEj8SWAqTQH%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8TuzbvfYQ)

(https://www.eloquenceclassics.com/files/2016/04/00028948012855-cover.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on March 21, 2023, 01:10:28 AM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on March 19, 2023, 11:38:15 AMI find him challenging, I'm not going to lie.
I certainly don't love him, but I don't hate him either. My comment about NMC inflicting him on me was intended tongue-in-cheek (the clue was in the word "quite"). My apologies for all offence given.


I'll carry this on in the Birtwistle thread, so as not to clutter this one up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on June 27, 2023, 11:45:12 PM
Not new releases but the Jerome Lejeune boxes for a trifle, 14,99 a piece, that a super bargain.
Be quick about it, for they tend to go fast.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/novelties
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on June 28, 2023, 07:02:33 AM
What was the name of the clearing house web site that had Universal Music Group box sets for discount prices?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 28, 2023, 07:11:53 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on June 28, 2023, 07:02:33 AMWhat was the name of the clearing house web site that had Universal Music Group box sets for discount prices?
Classical Center Stage
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on June 28, 2023, 07:17:25 AM
London Baroque's eight-album traversal of trio sonatas in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, with guest appearances by Emma Kirkby, is 50% off today only (June 28) as a digital download at eClassical (https://www.eclassical.com/composers/albinoni-tomaso-giovanni/the-trio-sonata-through-two-centuries-bundle.html). "CD quality MP3" is US $15 for the eight discs, and uncompressed is $23.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on July 27, 2023, 06:17:38 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 28, 2023, 07:17:25 AMLondon Baroque's eight-album traversal of trio sonatas in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, with guest appearances by Emma Kirkby, is 50% off today only (June 28) as a digital download at eClassical (https://www.eclassical.com/composers/albinoni-tomaso-giovanni/the-trio-sonata-through-two-centuries-bundle.html). "CD quality MP3" is US $15 for the eight discs, and uncompressed is $23.

For some reason, that "daily" offer is still active a month later.
That's 15 USD for 8-CD FLACS.

Purchased today. Thank you @Brian  8) 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on August 02, 2023, 01:08:42 AM
Qobuz has its usual Qobuz Fest until the end of August with the usual labels included (Ricercar, Alpha, BIS etc...). I have however picked up via some albums saved in my Favourites that some boxsets have had some large price reductions, without the entry being shown on sale or their label appearing in the Qobuz Fest page.

Among others:

- Koechlin Orchestral Works (Hanssler) - £17
- Koechlin Chamber Works (Hanssler) - £17
- Schutz - Complete Recordings Vol.1 (Carus) - £17
- Schutz - Schutz - Complete Recordings Vol.2 (Carus) - £17 (there are two entries for this set, one at £17, one at £48 - you'll find it by doing a search for "Schutz Carus")
-Holmboe - Chamber Concertos and Sinfonias (Dacapo) - £17
- Telemann - Complete Wind Concertos (CPO) - £17

All the above are usually in the £40-50 brackets.

Some good'uns among the advertised labels:

Kempe's Ring on Orfeo - £8
Knap's Parsifal on Orfeo - £8
Villa-Lobos Neschling set (BIS) - £12
Tubin Symphonies (BIS) - £12
Schnittke symphonies (BIS) - £12
Melartin Symphonies (Ondine) - £8.62
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on August 02, 2023, 03:33:13 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on August 02, 2023, 01:08:42 AMQobuz has its usual Qobuz Fest until the end of August with the usual labels included (Ricercar, Alpha, BIS etc...). I have however picked up via some albums saved in my Favourites that some boxsets have had some large price reductions, without the entry being shown on sale or their label appearing in the Qobuz Fest page.

Among others:

- Koechlin Orchestral Works (Hanssler) - £17
- Koechlin Chamber Works (Hanssler) - £17
- Schutz - Complete Recordings Vol.1 (Carus) - £17
- Schutz - Schutz - Complete Recordings Vol.2 (Carus) - £17 (there are two entries for this set, one at £17, one at £48 - you'll find it by doing a search for "Schutz Carus")
-Holmboe - Chamber Concertos and Sinfonias (Dacapo) - £17
- Telemann - Complete Wind Concertos (CPO) - £17

All the above are usually in the £40-50 brackets.

Some good'uns among the advertised labels:

Kempe's Ring on Orfeo - £8
Knap's Parsifal on Orfeo - £8
Villa-Lobos Neschling set (BIS) - £12
Tubin Symphonies (BIS) - £12
Schnittke symphonies (BIS) - £12
Melartin Symphonies (Ondine) - £8.62
Papy,

Do you bother to pay for Qobuz's premium service--the one that they say gives you access to special discounts?

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on August 02, 2023, 03:50:00 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 02, 2023, 03:33:13 AMPapy,

Do you bother to pay for Qobuz's premium service--the one that they say gives you access to special discounts?

PD

I had a standard streaming subscription to Qobuz about 4 years ago but stopped it after a year. The prices I have mentioned above are for the standard FLAC, not the discounted Hi-Res price for "Sublime" subscribers. I never took that particular subscription.

I have used the same standard account since to purchase FLAC downloads without a streaming subscription. I use the Qobuz account Page & Favourites as an additional wishlist like Presto to monitor prices between the two, without the streaming facility.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on August 02, 2023, 07:44:00 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on August 02, 2023, 03:50:00 AMI had a standard streaming subscription to Qobuz about 4 years ago but stopped it after a year. The prices I have mentioned above are for the standard FLAC, not the discounted Hi-Res price for "Sublime" subscribers. I never took that particular subscription.

I have used the same standard account since to purchase FLAC downloads without a streaming subscription. I use the Qobuz account Page & Favourites as an additional wishlist like Presto to monitor prices between the two, without the streaming facility.

Thankyou for the heads up - picked up the Ondine/Segerstam-Helsinki/Sibelius Symphonies which I've been interested in for some time but not wanting to pay full price for!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Atriod on August 04, 2023, 07:28:26 AM
Some Amazon marketplace sellers have Medici Quartet's Beethoven String Quartet cycle for $3 plus shipping: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000037BC

I've never heard it.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on August 04, 2023, 11:01:27 PM
Quote from: Zauberschloss on August 04, 2023, 07:28:26 AMSome Amazon marketplace sellers have Medici Quartet's Beethoven String Quartet cycle for $3 plus shipping: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000037BC

I've never heard it.

A Beethoven String Quartet cycle for $3! Then, I saw it was recorded by Nimbus. Dramatically overpriced...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Atriod on August 05, 2023, 05:24:53 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on August 04, 2023, 11:01:27 PMA Beethoven String Quartet cycle for $3! Then, I saw it was recorded by Nimbus. Dramatically overpriced...

Too much resonance?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on August 05, 2023, 06:47:04 AM
Quote from: Zauberschloss on August 05, 2023, 05:24:53 AMToo much resonance?

Too much resonance and weird imaging (in releases I've heard). I vaguely recall they have a unique recording technique which requires some sort of unconventional playback system.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on August 05, 2023, 07:11:59 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on August 04, 2023, 11:01:27 PMA Beethoven String Quartet cycle for $3! Then, I saw it was recorded by Nimbus. Dramatically overpriced...

That probably is because of how Goodwill prices used CDs, rather than anything inherent in the set.

I thought the problem with Nimbus was that they produce everything as CD-Rs?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on August 05, 2023, 07:35:56 AM
Quote from: JBS on August 05, 2023, 07:11:59 AMThat probably is because of how Goodwill prices used CDs, rather than anything inherent in the set.

I thought the problem with Nimbus was that they produce everything as CD-Rs?

I've purchased a few Nimbus over the years and none were CD-R.

They recorded with a point microphone of their own invention and encode with the "Ambisonic" system. I've never seen an Ambisonic decoder offered for sale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_Records
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on August 05, 2023, 08:43:00 AM
(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiOTMwMzc4MC4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2NDIwNjUxMTh9)

$8.00 as a download in the US from Presto.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Atriod on August 05, 2023, 08:43:34 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on August 05, 2023, 07:35:56 AMI've purchased a few Nimbus over the years and none were CD-R.

They recorded with a point microphone of their own invention and encode with the "Ambisonic" system. I've never seen an Ambisonic decoder offered for sale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_Records

Reading their Wikipedia page I'm still not entirely clear if these 2 channel UHJ recordings decoded to surround are true surround of faux surround. It sounds like the latter like what BIS did with some of Suzuki's earliest recordings of JSB's cantatas.

Either way a poor decision to create some proprietary recording technique that requires specialized decoding. The only Nimbus performances I liked enough to play often is Bernard Roberts Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle which I no longer listen to since Eduardo Del Pueyo Philips or Andor Foldes DG are just as good if not better in a similar style.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on August 05, 2023, 08:44:01 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on August 05, 2023, 07:35:56 AMI've purchased a few Nimbus over the years and none were CD-R.

They recorded with a point microphone of their own invention and encode with the "Ambisonic" system. I've never seen an Ambisonic decoder offered for sale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_Records
Thank you.
The only Nimbus recent releases I've paid attention to are Vladimir Feltsman's.  And even his recordings I haven't kept track of. I don't remember any issues with his stuff.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on August 05, 2023, 08:53:11 AM
Quote from: Zauberschloss on August 05, 2023, 08:43:34 AMReading their Wikipedia page I'm still not entirely clear if these 2 channel UHJ recordings decoded to surround are true surround of faux surround. It sounds like the latter like what BIS did with some of Suzuki's earliest recordings of JSB's cantatas.

Either way a poor decision to create some proprietary recording technique that requires specialized decoding. The only Nimbus performances I liked enough to play often is Bernard Roberts Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle which I no longer listen to since Eduardo Del Pueyo Philips or Andor Foldes DG are just as good if not better in a similar style.

It sounds like the microphone array had real surround capability, but the encoding to two channels sounds dubious.

Perhaps they could go back to that microphone array signal (assuming it was multi-channel and not encoded to 2 channels in real tim) and extract something like XY stereo, but that's not going to happen now that they are defunct and have been purchased by a holding company with no interest.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on August 06, 2023, 11:33:39 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on August 05, 2023, 08:53:11 AMIt sounds like the microphone array had real surround capability, but the encoding to two channels sounds dubious.

Perhaps they could go back to that microphone array signal (assuming it was multi-channel and not encoded to 2 channels in real tim) and extract something like XY stereo, but that's not going to happen now that they are defunct and have been purchased by a holding company with no interest.

To the bolded - Nimbus?? - I don't think so.......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on August 06, 2023, 12:00:47 PM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on August 06, 2023, 11:33:39 AMTo the bolded - Nimbus?? - I don't think so.......

I thought they had been bought out. Seems I was mistaken.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on August 09, 2023, 07:42:21 AM
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I have used the code and it works so a very decent saving.  a very large chunk of the BIS catalogue is offered so I've been able to plug some gaps at a good price.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on September 01, 2023, 04:03:25 AM
(https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/ta/ue/l818zwvzwueta_600.jpg)

Qobuz has Daniel-Ben Pienaar's new Haydn set selling for $6.99.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on October 22, 2023, 01:29:45 PM
Prompted by @ritter's post in the Purchases today thread, Qobuz has Brilliant's 5-disc De Falla Collection for £6.89 - probably equivalent prices on other Qobuz sites.  (For lovers of physical discs, Presto has it for £14.)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on November 04, 2023, 06:56:08 PM
Just ordered this from Amazon Japan via AmazonUS for $60.xx
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71gH1K6xQZL._UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg)
Described as "in stock. Ships in 5-10 days". No indication of how many they have available.
This is the box with the Beethoven cycles.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on November 13, 2023, 11:33:34 PM
This week's free download from Classics Select is interesting;

(https://www.classicselectworld.com/cdn/shop/files/TALMIRACHMANINOFF.jpg?v=1699802192&width=713)

https://www.classicselectworld.com/cdn/shop/files/TALMIRACHMANINOFF.jpg?v=1699802192&width=713

As ever you can select FLAC or WAV downloads so good sound quality.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 17, 2023, 08:39:03 AM
Copied from the Purchases thread:

Quote from: Papy Oli on November 17, 2023, 08:30:41 AMFrom Supraphonline: Just over £14 in total for the (troublesome but i'll live) download of 63 CD + 67 CD respectively.

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/811O7W7-sWL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg)
(https://cdn.smehost.net/hcmssmeappscom-delabelsprod/artist/boulez_the-complete-columbia-album-collection.jpg)


Caveats (how dare they...)   ;D :

- Use Google Chrome to do the automatic translation of the site from Czech
- no point in trying to download the complete Zip, it keeps crashing
- download them CD by CD. Even that can take several attempts for each CD.
- The numbering of CD on the webpage doesn't match the numbering of the CD in the box. The webpage supplies a breakdown to let you do the matching.
- the file tagging includes movements names and (some) performers but not all the work names.

Basically it will need a lot of patience and lots of back and forth with the relevant entry on Discogs for a correct re-tagging.

Still...

7 quids each...

worth the hassle...


At the same price :

- All the Sony cheap boxes (thingy conducts thingy and some others)
- Original Jackets sets
- Entremont Piano Concertos
- 3 Bylsma volumes
- Abbado RCA & Sony collection
- LVB SQ Juillard 1964-70
- Malcolm Arnold Conifer box
- Giulini complete Sony Recordings

etc etc...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on November 17, 2023, 10:08:10 AM
Oh, I see. But usually I use PayPal for overseas/unknown vendors and they don't take it. :(
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on November 17, 2023, 09:42:07 PM
I'd go for the Boulez box and would like to search the rest but Safari on my iPad gives no translation options and I'm not going to type my credit card numbers in blindly  :'( .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on November 18, 2023, 07:14:47 AM
Quote from: steve ridgway on November 17, 2023, 09:42:07 PMI'd go for the Boulez box and would like to search the rest but Safari on my iPad gives no translation options and I'm not going to type my credit card numbers in blindly  :'( .

Why not install Chrome for iPad to use in such instances?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on November 18, 2023, 07:33:09 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 17, 2023, 08:39:03 AMAt the same price :

- All the Sony cheap boxes (thingy conducts thingy and some others)
- Original Jackets sets
- Entremont Piano Concertos
- 3 Bylsma volumes
- Abbado RCA & Sony collection
- LVB SQ Juillard 1964-70
- Malcolm Arnold Conifer box
- Giulini complete Sony Recordings

etc etc...
 
;D  :laugh:

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on November 18, 2023, 10:58:10 PM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on November 18, 2023, 07:14:47 AMWhy not install Chrome for iPad to use in such instances?

I didn't realise it was that easy, it works just fine! I don't fancy the Abbado but the Boulez box has loads I like and I'd give the rest a listen. I can't find anything else, most of the albums are priced as one would expect.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on November 19, 2023, 12:28:10 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on November 18, 2023, 07:33:09 AM;D  :laugh:

PD


One of the best is Eugene Thingy conducting Sibelius' thingies - its a really good box!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 19, 2023, 01:29:26 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on November 19, 2023, 12:28:10 AMOne of the best is Eugene Thingy conducting Sibelius' thingies - its a really good box!


I forgot to mention the ones like "thingamebob plays thingamejig"   :laugh:

Joke aside, I'd actually be interested to know which Sony boxes of that series are top picks ?

so, Ormandy conducts Sibelius.

Szell conducts Haydn as well ?

Any others ?

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on November 19, 2023, 01:57:14 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 19, 2023, 01:29:26 AMI forgot to mention the ones like "thingamebob plays thingamejig"  :laugh:

Joke aside, I'd actually be interested to know which Sony boxes of that series are top picks ?

so, Ormandy conducts Sibelius.

Szell conducts Haydn as well ?

Any others ?



The Arnold box is excellent.  I genuinely like the Sibelius/Ormandy box - he didn't record all the 7 symphonies but it does include both his earlier CBS versions and the RCA remakes.  Ormandy/Strauss and Ormandy/DSCH are fine too.  Slatkin/Elgar & Slatkin/Tchaik Ballets are good.  I was looking for Slatkin's Amercian Composers box but didn't see it - perhaps its there?  Didn't look for Previn/RWV which is famously excellent.  Couldn't see any Szell but didn't look very hard.  There's Bernstein/Tchaik, Bernstein/Sibelius, Leinsdorf/Prokofiev
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on November 19, 2023, 06:00:13 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on November 19, 2023, 01:57:14 AMThe Arnold box is excellent.  I genuinely like the Sibelius/Ormandy box - he didn't record all the 7 symphonies but it does include both his earlier CBS versions and the RCA remakes.  Ormandy/Strauss and Ormandy/DSCH are fine too.  Slatkin/Elgar & Slatkin/Tchaik Ballets are good.  I was looking for Slatkin's Amercian Composers box but didn't see it - perhaps its there?  Didn't look for Previn/RWV which is famously excellent.  Couldn't see any Szell but didn't look very hard.  There's Bernstein/Tchaik, Bernstein/Sibelius, Leinsdorf/Prokofiev

Thank you RS. I already own the Arnold, Previn/RVW and the Bernstein (via his Symphony & Concertos editions). I'll make a note of the others  :)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 19, 2023, 06:39:28 AM
I had and loooooved the Szell/Haydn and Szell/Casadesus/Mozart piano concertos boxes - they got me through a very difficult time in life - and only gave them to a friend after buying the huge Complete Szell box. Same with the Previn/LSO Vaughan Williams and Walter/everything (got the bigger boxes). Hoping they do a Slatkin Very Big Box some day.

You may enjoy the Muti box of Italian orchestral music (opera overtures, Nino Rota, etc.). Bronfman Prokofiev and the complete Hilary Hahn are excellent. I also enjoy the set with underrated pianist Kathryn Stott.

Quite a few of those are out of print so I am tempted by the Ormandy Shostakovich, the Olli Mustonen, Lili Kraus Mozart, Zinman Beethoven. The John Williams and Julian Bream guitar boxes are incredibly expensive now so this is intriguing. Monteux Stereo. I didn't know they had a Giuliano Carmignola collection either.

All the Sony cheap white "thingy" boxes are listed by Presto here so you can cross reference and find them on the other site:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/series/2126/browse?view=small&page=1&sort=relevance&size=120
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on November 19, 2023, 12:00:34 PM
A couple more of the thingumie collections available to download in FLC;

The Janowski Ring cycle (14 discs)
Wand's NDR Bruckner cycle
Bernstein's 1st Mahler cycle
Previn/RVW is there

all around the £7 for the complete download

Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on November 19, 2023, 08:32:17 PM
(https://i.discogs.com/rhfkYUCkmjgytJ7efWymYnl6O2TSWyxJiCsekQ_yf7Q/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1OTcw/NjI2LTE2NzUzNjkx/NzEtMTk5Mi5qcGVn.jpeg)

I'm finding the Discogs FLAC listing (https://www.discogs.com/release/25970626-Pierre-Boulez-The-Complete-Columbia-Album-Collection) helpful. The discs are still in a different order to Supraphon's downloads but it lists the work, composer, performers etc. Then you need the Discogs CD listing (https://www.discogs.com/release/10002496-Pierre-Boulez-The-Complete-Columbia-Album-Collection) for the images of the original albums.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on November 19, 2023, 10:34:08 PM
Also the Sony cheap white boxes Gyorgi Ligeti Masterworks (9 CDs) and Masterworks of the 20th Century (10 CDs) which I already have on CD and enjoy.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Brian on November 23, 2023, 12:04:38 PM
eClassical will offer 50% off high res downloads from BIS, Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, PentaTone, Berlin Philharmonic, Mirare, Chandos, Aparte, and LSO Live for "Black Weekend." Wow!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: T. D. on November 26, 2023, 02:47:55 PM
Might be too late (inventory already picked over), but Academy Records (NYC) has been running a "Cyber Sale" on discogs, going on through 3 Dec.
I've bought a couple of jazz CDs so far, at good prices IMO, but Academy has a far bigger classical inventory.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on December 10, 2023, 12:09:28 AM
Are these any good?

DGs The History Of Classical Music split by Supraphonline into 5 separate sets of 20 CD FLAC downloads at 639 CZK (23 GBP) each -

(https://i.discogs.com/2Ps74k4UkKsPM42dRGw4Sz2JasbMIo921j87Q3uBqs8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc5MjI3/MjctMTQ1MjU5NDg3/Mi01NDEzLmpwZWc.jpeg)

Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Ives at 199 CZK (7 GBP) for FLAC downloads of the 4 CD box -

(https://i.discogs.com/SaeiaQgrISLmYXVtk11cujAJSS6Qf1Sxi6isEnjniSk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE5NDU2/ODQ2LTE2MjYwMTk0/MTYtMTc4Ny5qcGVn.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Jo498 on December 10, 2023, 01:15:01 AM
IIRC the MTT Ives was considered state of the art/reference when it was new although there are always some who swear by older more adventurous recordings.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on December 10, 2023, 04:41:50 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on December 10, 2023, 01:15:01 AMIIRC the MTT Ives was considered state of the art/reference when it was new although there are always some who swear by older more adventurous recordings.

I must admit I had greater hopes of these recordings than transpired.  MTT and Concertgebouw/Chicago looks like a dream ticket.  Of course they are "good" just perhaps not as good as I'd hope they would be.  But quite a lot of those Sony cheap boxes were remastered along the way and certainly that might have help.  TBH - at that price worth the "risk"!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on December 10, 2023, 06:16:25 AM
Thanks both, I have bought it and am stáhnouting it now ;D .
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on December 10, 2023, 06:25:44 AM
Quote from: steve ridgway on December 10, 2023, 12:09:28 AMAre these any good?

DGs The History Of Classical Music split by Supraphonline into 5 separate sets of 20 CD FLAC downloads at 639 CZK (23 GBP) each -

(https://i.discogs.com/2Ps74k4UkKsPM42dRGw4Sz2JasbMIo921j87Q3uBqs8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc5MjI3/MjctMTQ1MjU5NDg3/Mi01NDEzLmpwZWc.jpeg)

FWIW, I got the Reiner set from Supraphononline (too good to be true price) and I've decided not to purchase further from them.

I listened to a representative track (Brahms Tragic Overture) and found that the FLAC download did not sound identical to the lossless streaming version (it was lower volume). In every other case when I've compared lossless streaming and a FLAC file (ripped or download) have sounded absolutely identical. I conclude the FLAC files supraphoneonline distributes are not bit-identical to the CD. Perhaps generated from mp3 files.

I ended up deleting the Reiner from my hard disk.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on December 10, 2023, 07:29:17 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on December 10, 2023, 06:25:44 AMFWIW, I got the Reiner set from Supraphononline (too good to be true price) and I've decided not to purchase further from them.

I listened to a representative track (Brahms Tragic Overture) and found that the FLAC download did not sound identical to the lossless streaming version (it was lower volume). In every other case when I've compared lossless streaming and a FLAC file (ripped or download) have sounded absolutely identical. I conclude the FLAC files supraphoneonline distributes are not bit-identical to the CD. Perhaps generated from mp3 files.

I ended up deleting the Reiner from my hard disk.

Oh, that's not good. The volume shouldn't differ if copying bits from a CD, maybe it was an older master? Comparing a few tracks from the Boulez Le Marteau Sans Maître / Livre Pour Cordes with a copy I ripped myself from the Masterworks Of The 20th Century CD box, they sound the same to me and the bit rates and file sizes are very close.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on December 10, 2023, 07:40:05 AM
Quote from: steve ridgway on December 10, 2023, 07:29:17 AMOh, that's not good. The volume shouldn't differ if copying bits from a CD, maybe it was an older master? Comparing a few tracks from the Boulez Le Marteau Sans Maître / Livre Pour Cordes with a copy I ripped myself from the Masterworks Of The 20th Century CD box, they sound the same to me and the bit rates and file sizes are very close.

Maybe just an issue with the Reiner set. In any case, when I purchased the downloads I didn't realize that the entire Reiner Box was available lossless on my streaming service, and kicked myself for throwing away the princely sum of $8.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Papy Oli on December 10, 2023, 09:01:50 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on December 10, 2023, 06:25:44 AMFWIW, I got the Reiner set from Supraphononline (too good to be true price) and I've decided not to purchase further from them.

I listened to a representative track (Brahms Tragic Overture) and found that the FLAC download did not sound identical to the lossless streaming version (it was lower volume). In every other case when I've compared lossless streaming and a FLAC file (ripped or download) have sounded absolutely identical. I conclude the FLAC files supraphoneonline distributes are not bit-identical to the CD. Perhaps generated from mp3 files.

I ended up deleting the Reiner from my hard disk.

Thank you for checking and the heads-up, @Spotted Horses. I have read many reviews complaining that 7Digistal was guilty of "upscaling" MP3 to FLAC but I couldn't find such comments about supraphonline. I'll try and dig further.Not that it had spoiled my enjoyment of Reiner so far though.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on December 10, 2023, 09:23:55 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on December 10, 2023, 09:01:50 AMThank you for checking and the heads-up, @Spotted Horses. I have read many reviews complaining that 7Digistal was guilty of "upscaling" MP3 to FLAC but I couldn't find such comments about supraphonline. I'll try and dig further.Not that it had spoiled my enjoyment of Reiner so far though.

As I recall they charged the same for MP3 and FLAC, so they didn't get you there. The way to tell for sure is to convert the FLAC to an uncompressed wav file and see if the numbers are right, compared with a CD rip or a legit FLAC.

In any case, when I compared the volume of the FLAC files from was lover, but it didn't sound any worse, otherwise.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on December 31, 2023, 09:52:01 AM
(https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/lb/k0/c610vygo5k0lb_600.jpg)

Six bucks, six discs at Qobuz.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on December 31, 2023, 11:08:39 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 17, 2023, 08:39:03 AMCopied from the Purchases thread:

Caveats (how dare they...)  ;D :

- Use Google Chrome to do the automatic translation of the site from Czech
- no point in trying to download the complete Zip, it keeps crashing
- download them CD by CD. Even that can take several attempts for each CD.
- The numbering of CD on the webpage doesn't match the numbering of the CD in the box. The webpage supplies a breakdown to let you do the matching.
- the file tagging includes movements names and (some) performers but not all the work names.

Basically it will need a lot of patience and lots of back and forth with the relevant entry on Discogs for a correct re-tagging.

Still...

7 quids each...

worth the hassle...


At the same price :

- All the Sony cheap boxes (thingy conducts thingy and some others)
- Original Jackets sets
- Entremont Piano Concertos
- 3 Bylsma volumes
- Abbado RCA & Sony collection
- LVB SQ Juillard 1964-70
- Malcolm Arnold Conifer box
- Giulini complete Sony Recordings

etc etc...

Sure is super-duper cheap!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on December 31, 2023, 09:54:49 PM
Quote from: Karl Henning on December 31, 2023, 11:08:39 AMSure is super-duper cheap!

As I mentioned somewhere on this site, let the buyer beware, at least for FLAC files. I got the giant Reiner box for next to nothing, but it seems pretty clear that the FLAC files are not true bit-for-bit duplicates of what's on the CD. Lossless streaming on Apple Music always (in my experience) sounds utterly identical to a CD rip. The Supraphon.net FLAC files did not sound identical to the Apple Music lossless streaming version. I couldn't say they were objectively worse, but they were not the same.

I'd rather pay a reasonable price and know what I am getting, or rely on streaming.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 01, 2024, 04:26:49 AM
I hate to be that guy but it is a much higher probability that you are suffering from a cognitive bias and perceive a difference when none exists than for a major record label to not sell their own lossless files.  It would take more effort and money to prepare duplicates that are worse in quality than what they are directly supplying to Apple, Spotify etc. than to just use the same.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on January 01, 2024, 05:48:11 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on December 31, 2023, 09:54:49 PMAs I mentioned somewhere on this site, let the buyer beware, at least for FLAC files. I got the giant Reiner box for next to nothing, but it seems pretty clear that the FLAC files are not true bit-for-bit duplicates of what's on the CD. Lossless streaming on Apple CD always (in my experience) sounds utterly identical to a CD rip. The Supraphon.net FLAC files did not sound identical to the Apple Music lossless streaming version. I couldn't say they were objectively worse, but they were not the same.

I'd rather pay a reasonable price and know what I am getting, or rely on streaming.

I might buy it at some point, should be worth it to hear a few works I don't know. I'm happy with my Boulez "box". Have you downloaded one of the MP3 files to compare with the FLAC?
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 01, 2024, 06:52:33 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on December 31, 2023, 09:54:49 PMAs I mentioned somewhere on this site, let the buyer beware, at least for FLAC files. I got the giant Reiner box for next to nothing, but it seems pretty clear that the FLAC files are not true bit-for-bit duplicates of what's on the CD. Lossless streaming on Apple CD always (in my experience) sounds utterly identical to a CD rip. The Supraphon.net FLAC files did not sound identical to the Apple Music lossless streaming version. I couldn't say they were objectively worse, but they were not the same.

I'd rather pay a reasonable price and know what I am getting, or rely on streaming.
Thanks for the word!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 01, 2024, 07:11:43 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 17, 2023, 08:39:03 AMthe file tagging includes movements names and (some) performers but not all the work names.
I think that in the case of three or four discs, I had to try a second time. The biggest hassle was two cases where the filename path was too long for that file to be unzipped, e.g. "Fritz Reiner - The Complete Chicago Symphony Recordings on RCA - 15-29 - Arthur Rubinstein_Enrique Jorda_Manuel de Falla - III En los Jardines de la Sierra de Cordoba.mp3." (the other was the last mvt of Scheherazade, similarly, TMI larded into the filename: " IV Allegro Molto E Frenetico - Vivo - Allegro Non Troppo E Maestoso - Tempo Come I. Festival At Bagdad - The Sea - The Shipwreck On A Rock Surmounted By A Bronze Warrior - Conclusion.") The solution was relatively easy: downloading each track separately.
So, yes, some more hassle than one's typical album download, but I too found the reward::labor ratio favorable.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on January 01, 2024, 07:19:19 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 01, 2024, 04:26:49 AMI hate to be that guy but it is a much higher probability that you are suffering from a cognitive bias and perceive a difference when none exists than for a major record label to not sell their own lossless files.  It would take more effort and money to prepare duplicates that are worse in quality than what they are directly supplying to Apple, Spotify etc. than to just use the same.

I am 100% sure it is not cognitive bias, it wasn't a subtle difference. I had to turn the volume knob up another 25% to get the FLAC file from supraphon.net to sound as loud as Apple Music streaming. I've never noticed a volume difference between Apple Music streaming and FLAC files that I've ripped or purchased. I didn't notice any inferiority in the FLAC files, I just noted they are not identical.

I don't know how they produced those FLAC files, but if they are in a jurisdiction in which the recordings are somehow public domain they could have ripped the physical CDs to MP3, then converted to FLAC in software, captured streaming from spotify, etc. As I said, I decided there was no point relying on the because the set streams on Apple Music anyway.

Any loss in quality due to MP3 is probably irrelevant in 70 year old recordings, but it might make a difference for something which is closer to SOTA.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 01, 2024, 07:44:53 AM
That could just be replay gain though.  I've noticed the same thing between Qobuz and Idagio (different volumes on the same recordings) but the SQ is the same once volume adjusted. 

What you could do is measure the dynamic range.  If the same album had different DR #s I would believe it that there is something different about them.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on January 01, 2024, 07:58:37 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 01, 2024, 07:44:53 AMThat could just be replay gain though.  I've noticed the same thing between Qobuz and Idagio (different volumes on the same recordings) but the SQ is the same once volume adjusted.

I admit it is not in anyway definitive, but I've always found Apple Music and Swinsian playback (Mac) to have identical volume through my Schiit ADC.

QuoteWhat you could do is measure the dynamic range.  If the same album had different DR #s I would believe it that there is something different about them.

In theory, yes, but we are talking about a 1955 recording. I think the dynamic range is already very narrow to begin with. If I were really interested enough I would convert the FLACs from supraphon.net and Qobuz (or Presto) to *.wav (uncompressed) and see if the same numbers are there.

In any case, just sharing my experience. I'm not trying to convince anyone not to get the files, especially as the risk in plunking $8 down for a $200 CD set is negligible.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on January 01, 2024, 08:44:12 PM
I notice some of the albums in the Fritz Reiner box were newly remastered from the original analogue tapes. Perhaps someone selling downloads or streams already has files in their system from prior releases and has supplied those instead of the new versions.

(https://i.discogs.com/GPjEoKPI7ngkKFfSQG33_Dri-f1AZnpppuA3sxSmahM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:368/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYwMTgz/ODUtMTYxOTY0ODA4/MS0xNTgyLmpwZWc.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on January 02, 2024, 01:28:51 AM
Quote from: steve ridgway on January 01, 2024, 08:44:12 PMI notice some of the albums in the Fritz Reiner box were newly remastered from the original analogue tapes. Perhaps someone selling downloads or streams already has files in their system from prior releases and has supplied those instead of the new versions.

(https://i.discogs.com/GPjEoKPI7ngkKFfSQG33_Dri-f1AZnpppuA3sxSmahM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:368/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYwMTgz/ODUtMTYxOTY0ODA4/MS0xNTgyLmpwZWc.jpeg)

The bottom line - as 'Spotted Horses' fairly points out - is that at the cost of this set - 63 'discs' for under £8 - about 12p each it is hardly a bank-breaking investment.  As it happens I already have many of the classic Reiner discs as SACD's etc so for me the main interest is in the performances by him with the CSO of repertoire I would not otherwise seek out at a standard price.  For those I am not that worried if it is FLAC or a decent bit rate MP3 as long as the sound is pretty good - which so far they most certainly are......
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 02, 2024, 08:03:15 AM
Quote from: steve ridgway on January 01, 2024, 08:44:12 PMI notice some of the albums in the Fritz Reiner box were newly remastered from the original analogue tapes. Perhaps someone selling downloads or streams already has files in their system from prior releases and has supplied those instead of the new versions.

This is the tricky part... I find that Qobuz will have literally every different remaster of so many albums.  I end up wasting time trying to figure which sounds the best instead of just listening.  Though I personally would just want only the best one there, I know that can be debatable depending upon on how the remaster is done, so ultimately I appreciate that we have the freedom to choose.

What does grind my gears though is when there is a fresh remaster dumped into digital downloads and streaming but no corresponding cd release or it is just done on blu-ray which I don't listen to.  Ugh.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 02, 2024, 11:56:08 AM
Quote from: DavidW on January 02, 2024, 08:03:15 AMThis is the tricky part... I find that Qobuz will have literally every different remaster of so many albums.  I end up wasting time trying to figure which sounds the best instead of just listening.  Though I personally would just want only the best one there, I know that can be debatable depending upon on how the remaster is done, so ultimately I appreciate that we have the freedom to choose.

What does grind my gears though is when there is a fresh remaster dumped into digital downloads and streaming but no corresponding cd release or it is just done on blu-ray which I don't listen to.  Ugh.
It sounds very confusing...hard to keep up with.  Are Qobuz and other streaming services very good about listing info re the releases?  From what I understand, at least in the past, there is often little info provided.

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 02, 2024, 12:03:47 PM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on January 02, 2024, 11:56:08 AMIt sounds very confusing...hard to keep up with.  Are Qobuz and other streaming services very good about listing info re the releases?  From what I understand, at least in the past, there is often little info provided.

PD


Exactly!  You answered your question PD.  There is one little trick though, commonly the most recent remaster will be in hd audio.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Karl Henning on January 02, 2024, 07:21:08 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 17, 2023, 08:30:41 AMFrom Supraphonline: Just over £14 in total for the (troublesome but i'll live) download of 63 CD + 67 CD respectively.

(https://cdn.smehost.net/hcmssmeappscom-delabelsprod/artist/boulez_the-complete-columbia-album-collection.jpg)




The goofiest thing is how the discs for Gurrelieder and Pelléas et Mélisande. e.g. are out of order.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on January 08, 2024, 04:00:59 AM
Hardly the superest or cheapest of bargains, but I see chandos.net has a 25% off BIS sale, which includes the forthcoming Pettersson edition: https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/BI%209062 (https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/BI%209062) - £100 at least makes it cheaper than I can see anywhere else.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Atriod on January 20, 2024, 04:14:23 AM
Boris Giltburg Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle 17 Euro at JPC: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/saemtliche-klaviersonaten/hnum/10671864
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on January 20, 2024, 04:05:31 PM
Chandos has Naxos downloads on sale for ~$3/disc equivalent.  Time to stock up.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on January 21, 2024, 03:46:59 PM
Quote from: Todd on January 20, 2024, 04:05:31 PMChandos has Naxos downloads on sale for ~$3/disc equivalent.  Time to stock up.

Maybe a good enough excuse to get the Lloyd-Jones recordings of Bax symphonies.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on January 21, 2024, 10:40:48 PM
Quote from: Todd on January 20, 2024, 04:05:31 PMChandos has Naxos downloads on sale for ~$3/disc equivalent.  Time to stock up.

It's not easy to browse the whole label. Searching by composer then selecting Naxos works OK.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on January 22, 2024, 01:39:12 AM
Chandos has a HUGE Winter Sale of their own release CD's/SACD's - it seems like pretty much their entire catalogue at varying but VERY reduced prices - £3-4 per disc and some a lot cheaper.

https://www.chandos.net/SeasonSale

I've picked up a load of stuff.  It does make me wonder if they are just getting rid of all their 'hard' stock?

EDIT:  the way in which some recordings are listed is odd to say the least - so an orchestral work might appear in "choral" because of a short choral coupling or vice versa.  For example there are almost no albums listed in "Films" but then elsewhere quite a few of the excellent film music series appear elsewhere!  You really have to look everywhere to make sure a favourite is not missing.  One tip - if you have a specific disc in mind the gerneral search will find it listed at the reduced price.....
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Harry on January 22, 2024, 04:06:19 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on January 22, 2024, 01:39:12 AMChandos has a HUGE Winter Sale of their own release CD's/SACD's - it seems like pretty much their entire catalogue at varying but VERY reduced prices - £3-4 per disc and some a lot cheaper.

https://www.chandos.net/SeasonSale

I've picked up a load of stuff.  It does make me wonder if they are just getting rid of all their 'hard' stock?

Maybe they go all streaming. ;D  New releases are on the streaming services as soon as released, and even earlier as the CD launch.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on January 22, 2024, 08:39:20 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on January 22, 2024, 01:39:12 AMChandos has a HUGE Winter Sale of their own release CD's/SACD's - it seems like pretty much their entire catalogue at varying but VERY reduced prices - £3-4 per disc and some a lot cheaper.

https://www.chandos.net/SeasonSale

I've picked up a load of stuff.  It does make me wonder if they are just getting rid of all their 'hard' stock?

I see a 40 CD box Landmarks - 40 Years of Chandos there going for £16.50 -

(https://www.chandos.net/artwork/ANNI0040.jpg)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on January 22, 2024, 08:51:50 AM
I saw one Chandos deal of a recording I cherish (and already have), Lortie's complete Piano Sonatas. I'll probably pass on the sale, though, because shipping is pricey to the U.S. and it would only be a bargain for a large number of discs.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 22, 2024, 09:51:25 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on January 22, 2024, 08:51:50 AMI saw one Chandos deal of a recording I cherish (and already have), Lortie's complete Piano Sonatas. I'll probably pass on the sale, though, because shipping is pricey to the U.S. and it would only be a bargain for a large number of discs.

Yeah I saw a few things I wanted but not enough to compensate for shipping.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: AaronSF on January 23, 2024, 01:51:20 PM
Why does Chandos charge huge shipping/handling fees for a digital download? 
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on January 23, 2024, 02:10:47 PM
Quote from: DavidW on January 22, 2024, 09:51:25 AMYeah I saw a few things I wanted but not enough to compensate for shipping.
Quote from: AaronSF on January 23, 2024, 01:51:20 PMWhy does Chandos charge huge shipping/handling fees for a digital download? 
Is this perhaps due to if one wanted to get a USB stick of the recordings mailed to oneself (vs. just getting a download)?

PD
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on January 23, 2024, 02:39:40 PM
Quote from: AaronSF on January 23, 2024, 01:51:20 PMWhy does Chandos charge huge shipping/handling fees for a digital download? 

We're talking about the cd only sale posted by Roasted Swan.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: steve ridgway on January 23, 2024, 10:32:26 PM
Quote from: Todd on January 20, 2024, 04:05:31 PMChandos has Naxos downloads on sale for ~$3/disc equivalent.  Time to stock up.

I bought a few by Ives, Messiaen and Penderecki  8).
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DaveF on January 29, 2024, 09:21:14 AM
A couple of Hyperion boxes at super-bargain prices on Qobuz UK:

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/byrd-the-complete-keyboard-music-davitt-moroney/nwvdz8miade6a (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/byrd-the-complete-keyboard-music-davitt-moroney/nwvdz8miade6a)

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/purcell-complete-sacred-music-the-kings-consort-robert-king/b5gtnw966q5mc (https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/purcell-complete-sacred-music-the-kings-consort-robert-king/b5gtnw966q5mc)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on January 31, 2024, 02:54:11 PM
Seems like there is erratic pricing of box set downloads, with some bargains. For instance, lossless download of Jochum complete Philips, 15 disc set, for $13.75 on Presto. (No booklet)

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8773272--eugen-jochum-the-orchestral-recordings-on-philips


Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on February 13, 2024, 11:20:52 PM
Probably a "Super duper typo" but Ormandy Mono MEGA box going at Amazon UK for $113 (including shipping to Japan!). 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QRXT715?psc=1&smid=A2OLFFCLID6J8I&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

  Ordered mine. We'll see what happens...
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: premont on February 13, 2024, 11:35:39 PM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on January 31, 2024, 02:54:11 PMSeems like there is erratic pricing of box set downloads, with some bargains. For instance, lossless download of Jochum complete Philips, 15 disc set, for $13.75 on Presto. (No booklet)

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8773272--eugen-jochum-the-orchestral-recordings-on-philips

Download to Denmark = 385 D.Kr which equal about 51 Euro's or 55 USD.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Spotted Horses on February 14, 2024, 07:24:17 AM
Quote from: premont on February 13, 2024, 11:35:39 PMDownload to Denmark = 385 D.Kr which equal about 51 Euro's or 55 USD.

That's a shame. Often it's the other way around, and U.S. customers have to pay more.

Here's another I came across. Nicholas Angelich: Hommage. Just short of 8 hours of music, lossless download from Presto $10.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9521265--nicholas-angelich-hommage
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: DavidW on February 23, 2024, 01:29:42 PM
Found on Qobuz, the complete DG and Decca Bernstein Mahler set.  Includes dLdvE, 10th, both 9ths, the lieder... everything!  $18.09 (the image is the link)

(https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/hc/6r/qnadh35q06rhc_600.jpg) (https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/bernstein-mahler-leonard-bernstein/qnadh35q06rhc)
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Roasted Swan on February 25, 2024, 01:38:02 PM
Quote from: DavidW on February 23, 2024, 01:29:42 PMFound on Qobuz, the complete DG and Decca Bernstein Mahler set.  Includes dLdvE, 10th, both 9ths, the lieder... everything!  $18.09 (the image is the link)

(https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/hc/6r/qnadh35q06rhc_600.jpg) (https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/bernstein-mahler-leonard-bernstein/qnadh35q06rhc)

Sadly in the UK when you add that to your cart it miraculously(?!?) becomes £115.69!!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on March 01, 2024, 07:40:00 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on February 13, 2024, 11:20:52 PMProbably a "Super duper typo" but Ormandy Mono MEGA box going at Amazon UK for $113 (including shipping to Japan!). 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QRXT715?psc=1&smid=A2OLFFCLID6J8I&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

  Ordered mine. We'll see what happens...

Mine arrived! (Wondered if it would, the seller didn't provide any tracking info.) Thanks for the heads up!
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 01, 2024, 02:55:23 PM
Quote from: Drosera on March 01, 2024, 07:40:00 AMMine arrived! (Wondered if it would, the seller didn't provide any tracking info.) Thanks for the heads up!

  Mine too, and I'm tearing through it. Up to 16, I think, going in order. I've been following a thread on another site dedicated to "Huge box sets." It's rather dangerous, as these international bargains keep popping up :(   Irritatingly, on that thread, their main topic is outrage that, say, one disk in a 100-disk box-set ends 5 seconds short or something.
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Mookalafalas on March 02, 2024, 10:00:29 PM
This was one of the first giant box sets. Lots of Reiner, Rubinstein, and Munch, I believe. Nice thing about this box is the original 60 disks were padded out with nice extras. Anyway, it's about 52 Euros (with VAT removed) from Amazon.de 

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Arthur-Rubinstein/dp/B009J3K4MI/ref=pd_rhf_gw_s_pd_crcd_d_sccl_1_43/257-1064876-6340761?pd_rd_w=8RTmY&content-id=amzn1.sym.d36cdb68-efc9-4a4e-bcda-d349636a649b&pf_rd_p=d36cdb68-efc9-4a4e-bcda-d349636a649b&pf_rd_r=9NXZNFNV2BHNBXPZX0NG&pd_rd_wg=wdaz3&pd_rd_r=951aa0dd-320b-429d-849d-eb78d1ba4ab0&pd_rd_i=B009J3K4MI&psc=1

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Drosera on March 03, 2024, 11:06:07 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 01, 2024, 02:55:23 PMMine too, and I'm tearing through it. Up to 16, I think, going in order. I've been following a thread on another site dedicated to "Huge box sets." It's rather dangerous, as these international bargains keep popping up :(   Irritatingly, on that thread, their main topic is outrage that, say, one disk in a 100-disk box-set ends 5 seconds short or something.

If that's about the Isaac Stern Tzigane, that's a known defect. I believe there's information on how to get a replacement disk in the Youtube review of this box set by Hurwitz.
Personally, I'll try to live with 5 seconds of missing music in a 120 disc box set.

Fascinating to go through this set and the complete Szell simultaneously, quite the contrast. (While reading the autobiography of Anshel Brusilow, who has been (assistant) concertmaster in both orchestras.  :) )
Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: JBS on March 03, 2024, 12:53:27 PM
Quote from: Drosera on March 03, 2024, 11:06:07 AMIf that's about the Isaac Stern Tzigane, that's a known defect. I believe there's information on how to get a replacement disk in the Youtube review of this box set by Hurwitz.
Personally, I'll try to live with 5 seconds of missing music in a 120 disc box set.

Fascinating to go through this set and the complete Szell simultaneously, quite the contrast. (While reading the autobiography of Anshel Brusilow, who has been (assistant) concertmaster in both orchestras.  :) )

And Brusilow has his own (obviously much smaller--6 CDs) -as-a-conductor set.

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Title: Re: The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread
Post by: Todd on March 17, 2024, 03:16:48 PM
Not an insane bargain, but for fresh LP fans, Javier Perianes' newest release of Goyescas can be had for under $10 at Amazon US:

https://www.amazon.com/Granados-Goyescas-pelele-Javier-Perianes/dp/B0CHTTFKJH/ref=sr_1_4?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1EF_ALp74ILW27LNem9YdFnoKZRTMinSvxtR-dPQgsGk6zdJXFCpJLUgccZLmVScxtUWzdRf4-ch90C0PV11gwVtpEiWpjYou0ledQuDfxss1FIw4djWWScNqEFreCT6Oiz0TgV3sBtL3IMr7lSXtmAQ0qOj1R8Q__1SmuTJgU2K2_owf9fVmDNP7T2zBUb4YanDgidAuy-V9LQTm6mybTP-Ropv2QIK1AyWKe9_Ox0.AXbeegp7gVBLANpdHIiFBvKtwrQ33Xxhx3AtFlBoYMU&dib_tag=se&qid=1710709972&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011&rnid=2470954011&rps=1&s=music&sr=1-4