I bought most of my CDs from BRO and online, and paid retail or under retail, $1.99 to $14.99, with only a couple of CDs at about $20. But I know many people would pay over retail for hard to get recordings. One of my friend lost a CD he had of Bloet's Liszt Transcendental Etudes and paid Ensayo $45 for a new copy. He also paid an online retailer $80 for an out of print CD that I forgot the title of.
For those of your hardcore collectors, what is the most expensive recording you have? How much did you pay for it, and why?
Single disk? $50 for the Savall "Eroica".
Box? $150 for the 19 disk "Mozart Complete Symphonies" / Hogwood.
Alright, I'm not proud of it, but I did it, so there you go. :-[
The fact is, HIP recordings are usually OOP in a heartbeat, and the only way to get them is from people who screw... uhhh, cater to collectors. Unless you have made some very good friends over the years... :)
8)
I don't think I've ever paid over market price for a disc. I just stalk ebay and amazon marketplaces till a good price appears.
Probably this:
(http://i1.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/a2/5d/de7b_1.JPG)
$115 on Ebay.
Quote from: Bogey on June 08, 2007, 06:54:40 PM
Probably this:
$115 on Ebay.
Geez, Bill! That's pretty well up there. And it isn't even Mozart!! :o
8)
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on June 08, 2007, 06:41:37 PM
Single disk? $50 for the Savall "Eroica".
Holy Schniky ! I paid $6 for mine (it was new but was in a secondhand store) and I thought I overpaid !
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 08, 2007, 07:02:56 PM
Holy Schniky ! I paid $6 for mine (it was new but was in a secondhand store) and I thought I overpaid !
Yeah, I was late to the game there. That's what I meant about disks like that going OOP quickly. When I finally decided to shop for it (after recs from half a dozen people), I found 2 copies on Amazon and none elsewhere. A used one for $35 and a new one for $50. What the hell, if you're going to pay $35, you might as well pay $50... ::)
(I'd a given you $12 for yours, and paid postage, as I understand you don't like it. :) )
8)
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on June 08, 2007, 07:08:01 PM
(I'd a given you $12 for yours, and paid postage, as I understand you don't like it. :) )
8)
Well, I don't like it now. I may like it later ;)
There are some recordings that I used to not like and sold, and then later wanted to kick myself (like Stokowski's
Scheherazade with the LSO).
Gardiner's Bach Cantatas are the only ones I can think of that come with a slightly premium price... but then, they're usually double disc sets, so still around $15 per CD.... I almost paid $30 for Sinopoli's Bruckner 5th about a year ago, but the Amazon marketplace seller couldn't find the copy he was selling. I bought it a few weeks ago for around $10 from another Amazon reseller.
$51 for this:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MAE9BTFCL._SS500_.jpg)
The most expensive recording in my collection isn't even classical. Original LPs of pop/rock-type music from the 1950's and 1960's often go for a small fortune. My most expensive is an LP entitled "The Sound of Kathy Young". She was known for the hit "A Thousand Stars". Many years ago, when I got it, the going rate was about $300. I haven't checked to see what the current value is. Back then, the only way to get recordings like this was to buy the original LP. Nowadays, there might be a CD available, but I haven't looked. The LP is in near-mint condition, and I have copied it onto CD. The sound is as good as can be expected from a 1950's recording on a minor record label.
(http://www.xmission.com/~dh/forum_images/kathycoverRR.JPG)
My most expensive classical recording is the LP pictured here. If I remember correctly, it was about $90. This was the recording that got me interested in classical music, and it got destroyed when I was a child (children are very destructive). I was overjoyed when I found this copy.
(http://www.xmission.com/~dh/forum_images/VCS2659.jpg)
Heather
I've never paid more than regular retail price for anything. Speaking of expensive CDs.... I have been looking for a CD version of Barenboim's first CSO Bruckner cycle on DG, which I love, to reduce wear on my LPs. But this is plain insane (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=190118982635&rd=1&rd=1).
I'm a real cheapskate. I don't think I've ever spent, pre tax and shipping, over $18 for a single CD. Actually, I'm having trouble thinking of something I've payed over $16 for, as you can usually get even the most expensive labels for under that if you shop around on the web or wait for a sale. I suppose I've passed up many things that I really wanted, yet I still have many thousands of wonderful CDs to listen to.
I've actually spent more on an Lp. On impulse, I paid $20 at Amoeba for a new Parlophone of the Beatles Revolver because it was the one Beatles Lp I was missing. But it doesn't sound very good >:( (it's one of those Direct Metal Mastered Lps).
Another question is: how much have you spent on reissues of a single recording. I really resist replacing things this way unless the differences are reported to be dramatic.
Quote from: Heather Harrison on June 08, 2007, 08:15:47 PM
(http://www.xmission.com/~dh/forum_images/VCS2659.jpg)
I've seen it go for
$125 143.75 (http://www1.gemm.com/item/MOUSSORGSKY/POWER--OF--THE--ORCHESTRA/GML770622173/). I'm sure it would fetch even higher prices if Leibowitz were better known. I wish Sony/BMG would issue it on CD, but that seems really doubtful when they keep reissuing the Reiner year after year.
As far as single disks go, I rarely find myself paying more than $18
As for boxed sets, I've spent nearly $100 for the Barshai Shostakovich Symphony Cycle as well as the Beethoven's Piano Sonatas (Goode)
Quote from: O Mensch on June 08, 2007, 08:30:30 PM
I've never paid more than regular retail price for anything
Me neither.
I think the highest valued CD I have is that Robert Smith - Alkan Piano Works on EMI which sells for around $80 at amazon marketplace. I probably bought that for $8-9 maximum.
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on June 08, 2007, 06:58:11 PM
Geez, Bill! That's pretty well up there. And it isn't even Mozart!! :o
8)
Of course I did not pay that much for it...I think it was 15-20 out of FSM magazine. :) Still sealed...never gotten around to listening to it.
I recently paid € 27 for an OOP Mozart/ L'archibudelli recording.... ::)
(Gurn knows which. 8))
I've been very lucky otherwise.
Q
Quote from: Que on June 08, 2007, 10:37:01 PM
I recently paid € 27 for an OOP Mozart/ L'archibudelli recording.... ::)
(Gurn knows which. 8))
The Quintets K. 593 & 614? ;)
For that I would gladly pay € 27 or more as well. ;D
Quote from: George on June 08, 2007, 07:53:30 PM
$51 for this:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MAE9BTFCL._SS500_.jpg)
Was it worth the price? I have ordered the Vista Vera vol. 4, 8 and 9 recently.
Quote from: fl.traverso on June 08, 2007, 10:41:59 PM
The Quintets K. 593 & 614? ;)
For that I would gladly pay € 27 or more as well. ;D
No, the one with
Ein Musikalischer Spaß and the horn quintet, marches, etc. - which seems very hard to come by...
Q
The most I've paid is probably $80 for a rock record 10 years ago. But I really love to hunt for these OOP treasures. For classical CD's I normally would not pay more than $50 for a single CD. I think I have many CD's in my collection that are very valuable (for the right buyer) at this moment (some of them bought very cheap).
Quote from: Que on June 09, 2007, 01:46:21 AM
No, the one with Ein Musikalischer Spaß and the horn quintet, marches, etc. - which seems very hard to come by...
Q
My humourous touch here isn't quite detected and appreciated. Alas! :(
But you are right that the Musikalisches Spass recording is indeed rare. I don't have it. ;D
Quote from: fl.traverso on June 09, 2007, 01:48:47 AM
My humourous touch here isn't quite detected and appreciated. Alas! :(
I'm not very good at numbers, but I did get it now! ;D
Q
Quote from: Que on June 09, 2007, 01:51:13 AM
I'm not very good at numbers, but I did get it now! ;D
Q
I love L'Archibudelli's recording of K515, 516 so much, I almos find it inexcusable that they have never gotten around to doing the rest. :-[
When I was young and stupid I once paid $200 for an old RCA LP of Serge Koussevitsky playing the double bass. This record is rare as hell but musically is really not worth what I paid.
Aside from that, the most I've ever paid is $60-70 for various LPs (mostly historic monos) from dealers.
I am a budget man, and will never pay more than I have too. :)
Quote from: Harry on June 09, 2007, 03:38:56 AM
I am a budget man, and will never pay more than I have too. :)
You more than make up for it with the total bill, though!
Quote from: springrite on June 09, 2007, 03:54:01 AM
You more than make up for it with the total bill, though!
And again right you are, my fine fellow!
Quote from: O Mensch on June 08, 2007, 08:30:30 PM
I've never paid more than regular retail price for anything. Speaking of expensive CDs.... I have been looking for a CD version of Barenboim's
If you paid retail (or more), you paid too much :) I likewise only buy discs at discounted prices, with a rare exception where I'll pay retail. Never will I pay some of the ridiculous prices I've seen discussed here. There are a million and one other things to keep me entertained, and I have no reason to think one particular CD will dramatically increase my happiness to where I'm willing to dramatically decrease my bank account :)
Quote from: Harry on June 09, 2007, 03:38:56 AM
I am a budget man, and will never pay more than I have too. :)
I have become a budget man too. Years ago I could paid even 23,50 euros for one disc but not anymore. Nowadays I feel Bach's Cantata discs by Suzuki are expensive as I have to pay 13-14 euros for them.
As for DVDs, I invested 860 euros to all 9 seasons of The X-Files! :o Sure, it's the best TV-show ever but still pretty insane...
Quote from: 71 dB on June 09, 2007, 05:15:34 AM
I have become a budget man too. Years ago I could paid even 23,50 euros for one disc but not anymore. Nowadays I feel Bach's Cantata discs by Suzuki are expensive as I have to pay 13-14 euros for them.
As for DVDs, I invested 860 euros to all 9 seasons of The X-Files! :o Sure, it's the best TV-show ever but still pretty insane...
O my dear fellow, for the complete series I payed last year 139,- euro's. All seasons mind. ::)
Quote from: rubio on June 09, 2007, 01:42:04 AM
Was it worth the price? I have ordered the Vista Vera vol. 4, 8 and 9 recently.
Haven't heard the whole thing, but can say unhesitatingly that in terms of perf and sound the Diabelli alone is worth it. :)
Quote from: Harry on June 09, 2007, 05:17:54 AM
O my dear fellow, for the complete series I payed last year 139,- euro's. All seasons mind. ::)
Yeah, I could have got them for about 1/4 of the price if I had waited (I never anticipated such a huge price drop). 139,- euros is a real bargain Harry! ;)
At the moment the first season is 17,49 euros in Play.com and the rest are 20,49 euros each. That makes 181,41 euros for all 9 seasons delivered.
Then again, I couldn't have enjoyed them back in 2003 if I had waited...
The X-Files episodes were released twice, the pricer early releases owed it to the lingering popularity of the series and higher quality packaging. They were re-released last year in more economically minded packaging, so much less expensive. I could not force myself to buy past season five... But now we are walking the bird. :)
I'm considering paying a premium for a single Celibidache EMI Bruckner 5th disc, but I think the set (95 USD at a few resellers) is a better option at this point as I would like to explore all of his EMI recordings.
Quote from: beclemund on June 09, 2007, 09:22:54 AM
The X-Files episodes were released twice, the pricer early releases owed it to the lingering popularity of the series and higher quality packaging. They were re-released last year in more economically minded packaging, so much less expensive.
For the insane 860 euros I got the high-quality early packages. ;)
Quote from: springrite on June 08, 2007, 06:35:47 PMOne of my friend lost a CD he had of Bloet's Liszt Transcendental Etudes and paid Ensayo $45 for a new copy.
Yowza! The local classical specialist still has a copy of that for $15. Perhaps I should buy it in case your friend loses it again.
I've paid $22-$24 per disc for several discs I've had imported from Japan (Ikuyo Nakamichi's LvB and Debussy) and Anderszewski's Szymanowski disc which I imported from Britain before it hit US shores. I just had to have them.
For boxes, the list would include Scott Ross' Scarlatti cycle for about $135; Backhaus' first LvB sonata cycle for about $120 from Japan (and worth every cent and then some); the complete Clara Haskil The Legacy set a few years ago for about $150; and about $130 for the complete Robert Casadesus Edition, though this represents a major bargain. Reason? I wanted 'em.
Quote from: Todd on June 09, 2007, 10:06:20 AM
.. the complete Clara Haskil The Legacy set a few years ago for about $150; and about $130 for the complete Robert Casadesus Edition, though this represents a major bargain.
Wow, lucky you! :)
Q
Quote from: Que on June 09, 2007, 10:09:23 AMWow, lucky you!
For the Casadesus Edition, it was about lucky timing most of all. I noticed it at Amazon France and wavered. They had three sets left, so I dithered. A few weeks later they had two sets, and then a few days later one. That's the one I bought. I haven't seen it listed anywhere since. The best part: I was charged 11 Euros shipping, but it cost Amazon France something like 32 Euros! It took five weeks to get here, but it was worth the wait!
Quote from: Todd on June 09, 2007, 10:12:32 AM
For the Casadesus Edition, it was about lucky timing most of all. I noticed it at Amazon France and wavered. They had three sets left, so I dithered. A few weeks later they had two sets, and then a few days later one. That's the one I bought. I haven't seen it listed anywhere since. The best part: I was charged 11 Euros shipping, but it cost Amazon France something like 32 Euros! It took five weeks to get here, but it was worth the wait!
You were very wise. I only discovered how really great Casadesus was after buying a few items from that French edition - it was too late to get the whole lot... ::)
Q
Quote from: Que on June 09, 2007, 01:46:21 AM
No, the one with Ein Musikalischer Spaß and the horn quintet, marches, etc. - which seems very hard to come by...
Q
I found that for $15.00 in a private sale. I don't know what I would pay for the complete quintets, but I've only seen the cd with the 515 and 516. I've never seen or heard of the L'Archibudelli recording of the k.593 and 614.
I am quite shocked at what some of you have been spending. I don't pay more than standard prices and I usually pay under unless I am being especially impatient. I have a set of Leontine Price arias on four CDs and noticed it at some stratospheric price on Amazon marketplace as it is NLA. Tempting!
Mike
I paid about $90 on the Vegh LvB SQ's set, but that is 8 discs worth of top-shelf music IMO.
I paid about $125 for the Rousset box set of the complete Couperin keyboard Works. I think it's selling somewhere in the statosphere for around $900 for the set (12 cds) now, but at the time I felt pretty reckless spending that amount of money. Another box set I picked up around the same time was the complete Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky which had a similar number of cds but was less than half what I paid for the Couperin. To even things out, I saw the Stravinsky later ended up at BRO for a bit less than I had paid. Now it's been re-released in the Original Jackets series for a bit more than I paid.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/bb/d4/7faf1363ada0400e13cbd010.L.jpg)
Quote from: Bunny on June 09, 2007, 11:14:35 AM
I paid about $125 for the Rousset box set of the complete Couperin keyboard Works. I think it's selling somewhere in the statosphere for around $900 for the set (12 cds) now, but at the time I felt pretty reckless spending that amount of money.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/bb/d4/7faf1363ada0400e13cbd010.L.jpg)
I have a hunch that you haven't regretted it! :)
Good go on the L'Archibudelli/ Mozart btw.
Q
Quote from: Que on June 09, 2007, 11:17:37 AM
I have a hunch that you haven't regretted it! :)
Good go on the L'Archibudelli/ Mozart btw.
Q
Yes, but I should have realized that Fl was playing around when he suggested the K. 593 and 614. He does have a transverse sense of humor. 8)
Quote from: Bogey on June 09, 2007, 10:37:09 AM
I paid about $90 on the Vegh LvB SQ's set, but that is 8 discs worth of top-shelf music IMO.
Yes, that one's worth $200 IMO. :)
Quote from: O Mensch on June 08, 2007, 08:30:30 PM
I've never paid more than regular retail price for anything. Speaking of expensive CDs.... I have been looking for a CD version of Barenboim's first CSO Bruckner cycle on DG, which I love, to reduce wear on my LPs. But this is plain insane (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=190118982635&rd=1&rd=1).
Isn't it crazy? I mean do you HAVE to have that Bruckner Cycle. I have bits and pieces of it yes it is very good but come on ? Chances are a few years from now Universal will package it in a super budget set and you can get it for under $50. How stupid will you feel then if you had spent close to $300 for it.
Quote from: Bogey on June 09, 2007, 10:37:09 AM
I paid about $90 on the Vegh LvB SQ's set, but that is 8 discs worth of top-shelf music IMO.
When was that. They keep having that set on Amazon for around $40 a few months ago. Academy Records in NYC has the older release (stereo, not mono) for about $40 also.
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 09, 2007, 12:12:04 PM
When was that. They keep having that set on Amazon for around $40 a few months ago. Academy Records in NYC has the older release (stereo, not mono) for about $40 also.
FWIW:
http://www.amazon.com/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Complete-Quartets/dp/B000051ZPV/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7134284-2880939?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1181420924&sr=8-1
Quote from: Bunny on June 09, 2007, 10:32:12 AM
I found that for $15.00 in a private sale. I don't what I would pay for the complete quintets, but I've only seen the cd with the 515 and 516. I've never seen or heard of the L'Archibudelli recording of the k.593 and 614.
Nah, Flauto was just kidding, saying he would pay anything for it. It doesn't exist. Hell, I would too... :D
8)
PW,
If you happen to see it around $40 again, even used, could you please PM me? I need one for my God children.
Quote from: Bogey on June 09, 2007, 12:29:58 PM
FWIW:
http://www.amazon.com/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Complete-Quartets/dp/B000051ZPV/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7134284-2880939?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1181420924&sr=8-1
Is this one different?
http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Complete-Quartets-Ludwig-van/dp/B0000DET84/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-7144312-5978203?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1181421818&sr=1-2
The price now is close to $60 but a few months ago there were quite few copies selling for $37.
Quote from: Bogey on June 09, 2007, 12:44:00 PM
PW,
If you happen to see it around $40 again, even used, could you please PM me? I need one for my God children.
Yesterday I was at Academy CD and there was a copy for $40 (maybe $45) but the outer box was a bit worn. The CDs were pristine. It has been there for awhile so chances are it is not a top-seller. There is also the Talich set for about the same price.
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 09, 2007, 12:45:37 PM
Is this one different?
http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Complete-Quartets-Ludwig-van/dp/B0000DET84/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-7144312-5978203?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1181421818&sr=1-2
The price now is close to $60 but a few months ago there were quite few copies selling for $37.
Sure does look the same.
Quote from: Bogey on June 09, 2007, 12:51:18 PM
Sure does look the same.
It could be its previous incarnation (8 separate CD's in a cardboard sleeve box)
Q
Quote from: springrite on June 08, 2007, 06:35:47 PM
For those of your hardcore collectors, what is the most expensive recording you have? How much did you pay for it, and why?
This... (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XST9HX1ZL._SS500_.jpg)
Yes Solti's Ring, paid 84 UK pounds (including UK import tax, shipping and handling) :o last year. Bought it from amazon.co.uk marketplace. Yes I financially bled for that recording. Why? Well first its Wagner, and it came at a very special time in my listening life. I had literally worn out Furtwangler's RAI recording of the Ring, practically had it memorized yet all along was displeased with the sound quality yet remarkably impressed with Furtwangler's conducting. I was looking for a recording that had exceptional sound. The reputation this recording had was phenomenal, all the reviews I read refer to Solti and use it as the yardstick to which other recordings were measured. I decided this is a MUST HAVE and took the plunge. The sound and power of this recording as well as the unbelievable cast make it one of my most prized possessions. (after this purchase I did not buy a cd for a month and a half)
Quote from: Que on June 09, 2007, 01:06:17 PM
It could be its previous incarnation (8 separate CD's in a cardboard sleeve box)
Q
Ah!
Among the classical music albums,
hmm..Richard Goode's Beethoven Complete Piano Sonata recording (nearly $120) was most expensive of mine.
Unfornuately, ;) I have not bought Wagner's Ring.
But in my memory, the most expensive album but rewarding album was this.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Lt5ctqaSL._AA240_.jpg)
Radiohead - Airbag: How Am I Driving?
I bought this in 2000, when this album was completely sold out for a long time in Korea.
I had to buy used one for nealry $40, but the album was re-imported recently. :(
Quote from: Poetdante on June 10, 2007, 03:47:26 AM
Among the classical music albums,
hmm..Richard Goode's Beethoven Complete Piano Sonata recording (nearly $120) was most expensive of mine.
Unfornuately, ;) I have not bought Wagner's Ring.
WOW $120 for the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven....I bought Gulda's complete piano sonatas of Beethoven for £15 ($30).
marvin
Quote from: marvinbrown on June 09, 2007, 01:28:18 PMYes Solti's Ring, paid 84 UK pounds (including UK import tax, shipping and handling) :o last year.
Considering it's a 14 disc set, that's a decent price. I paid 110 USD for mine a few years ago. I had not experienced any other ring cycle and still have not. It was certainly worth every penny, but I am seeking out an alternate
Walküre.
Quote from: knight on June 09, 2007, 10:32:26 AM
I am quite shocked at what some of you have been spending. I don't pay more than standard prices and I usually pay under unless I am being especially impatient. I have a set of Leontine Price arias on four CDs and noticed it at some stratospheric price on Amazon marketplace as it is NLA. Tempting!
Mike
Are you talking about the Leontine Price red boxed set for $499? I bought mine 7-8 years ago at a normal price. Now I wonder if I should get a safety deposit box at the bank for it!
Quote from: Anne on June 10, 2007, 04:53:07 PM
Are you talking about the Leontine Price red boxed set for $499? I bought mine 7-8 years ago at a normal price. Now I wonder if I should get a safety deposit box at the bank for it!
Yes, I am thinking I could turn it into a holiday; mind you, so far no one is paying that absurd price.
Mike
Anne, Knight and Beclemund...my experience has taught me that when shopping for operas and opera related recordings one has to be very carefull. Here in London (I do not know if this is a London thing by the way) one can easily make a mistake and end up paying a fortune for opera recordings that can be bought for half, a third, or even a fifth of a price from the interent (amazon.co.uk etc). I have seen prices at HMV and Virgin Records that would make the peacefull angles furious....Karajan's Parsifal (£70), Levine Rind DVD (£110), Karajan Carmen (£40), Solti Ring (£140), even Karajan's St Matthew Passion (£45).....I bought all of these brand new for a fraction of the price I see in retail shops. When it comes to opera one has to shop around and be especially carefull otherwise the results can be disastrous.
marvin
Marvin, I agree, I only use HMV when the discs are reduced and now most of my shopping is on the net, looking for keen prices. I just ordered the Moffo Traviata that has been remastered for about £3.
Mike
I wanted this for the performance of Ligeti's Six Bagatelles, and paid about $40 for it on eBay. It's out of print and I haven't seen many copies, so it was worth it. Program includes:
Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie No. 1
Sciarrino: Autoritratto Nella Notte
Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Ligeti: Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DHR9R6ABL._AA240_.jpg)
--Bruce
The New York Philharmonic's American collection, Vol. 2, a five- or six-disk set I bought directly from the orchestra for $90. I acquired for the sake of one piece and one piece only: Boulez's reading of Carter's Concerto for Orchestra. And damn, it was worth every penny. It's a lgendary performance amont Carterphiles, and it does stand head and shoulders above the three commercial recordings available.
I also bought the Composers Quartet's performance of Carter's String Quartet No. 4 for $50 on eBay. Serves me right for not paying $18 for it at Tower when I had the chance.
I think the most expensive recordings in my collection would be the Stockhausen Verlag discs, but even they aren't colossally expensive. Plus I've nabbed a few of them from eBay at quite a bit under the Stockhausenian price+shipping.
Quote from: knight on June 11, 2007, 02:06:45 AM
I just ordered the Moffo Traviata that has been remastered for about £3.
Mike
Now thats what I call a bargain!!! Sadly the most affordable opera I ever bought was about £8 (those are rare to come buy these days)
marvin
It has arrived and the first disc has given me lots of pleasure. Moffo had a beautiful voice back then. She also acts well...a few scoops up to notes apart, things are going very well.
Mike
I've had a look through my collection, and I reckon that the most expensive CD I own is a disc of Peter Rosel playing Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 14 and 23. I'd been after this for ages before joining this forum last year, and when I posted about looking for it, Holden and M Forever kindly pointed me in the right direction. I had to buy it from Japan in the end, and with shipping and taxes it came in at around £20 - the most I've yet spent on a single classical CD.
Worth every penny, though, IMO. :)
Quote from: George on June 08, 2007, 07:53:30 PM
$51 for this:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MAE9BTFCL._SS500_.jpg)
jeez, no wonder you like it! ;D
Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on June 09, 2007, 12:10:47 PM
How stupid will you feel then if you had spent close to $300 for it.
An Italian guy on Ebay bought Richter's Leipzig recital / M&A from me for £150 plus shipping, and that's just a single CD.
Quote from: sidoze on June 12, 2007, 12:47:55 PM
An Italian guy on Ebay bought Richter's Leipzig recital / M&A from me for £150 plus shipping, and that's just a single CD.
It was probably Alessandro Nava of Urania, shortly to flood the market with pirate issues of it. ;)
Quote from: sidoze on June 12, 2007, 12:45:29 PM
jeez, no wonder you like it! ;D
::)
Actually it's the reverse, I
paid that much because I
liked it that much.
Quote from: edward on June 12, 2007, 12:48:56 PM
It was probably Alessandro Nava of Urania, shortly to flood the market with pirate issues of it. ;)
LOL! It's actually quite strange that that CD hasn't been reissued since the Richter / wife / family legal dispute ended. Parnassus have brought out another volume of their series I think.
QuoteActually it's the reverse, I paid that much because I liked it that much.
Illogic. Can't compute. <implodes> :P
Quote from: sidoze on June 12, 2007, 12:47:55 PM
An Italian guy on Ebay bought Richter's Leipzig recital / M&A from me for £150 plus shipping, and that's just a single CD.
Nuts! That should hopefully be re-released soon from Pristine Classical...(fingers crossed ;))
The most expensive single disc I have is one I bought from Amazon Germany. Upwards of $45.00. I knew going in it would be expensive due to the unfavorable exchange rate (I'm in the States) but got blindsided by the outrageous shipping!
It's still a good catch as it's an extremely rare Schoenberg disc (w/ the string trio, et al) and no one else on the entire web had it (I searched high and low).
So, it's bittersweet. But the musical returns have been of enormous value!
Wagner 6LP box Tristan & Isolde / Furtwängler.
http://cart.classicalvinylrecords.com/index.php?p=product&id=14918&parent=12
extremely good condition, bought initially for around 5 Euros. Prices vary on the web, though.
Theres nothing too expensive in my collection - I think I payed about $70 AUS for my copy of the Mozart Symphonies box set by Bohm (pictured) below when I bought it from Amazon UK a few years ago :)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jo5BU-MeL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Wagner's Götterdämmerung, with Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker; it cost me very much, but it was definitely worth buying :)
Annie Fischer's complete set of Beethoven sonatas. I don't recall the exact price, but I suspect it was from the $100-$120 going range of the set when it was still in print.
Technically, the most expensive recording in my collection is Solti's Ring, but this was given to me as a gift by my uncle... 8)
Two box sets in my collection I paid almost equally for: $95 -
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000009CMV.01.L.jpg) (http://boxset.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/solti_der_ring_des_nibelungen.jpg)
...and they're worth every penny. :D 8)
P.S. Those interested in the Solti Ring, it's going for $84 on Amazon right now. A very good price considering this set hardly ever dips below the hundred+ mark. Anyone in your family trying to figure out a Christmas gift for you and you really want this set, then tell them to buy it for you now! :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 03, 2011, 08:36:57 PM
Two box sets in my collection I paid almost equally for: $95 -
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000009CMV.01.L.jpg) (http://boxset.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/solti_der_ring_des_nibelungen.jpg)
...and they're worth every penny. :D 8)
Haha, I absolutely agree with you :D
I don't recall paying an exorbitant amount for any single recording, but I paid about $200 for the Glenn Gould Complete Original Jacket CD Collection. Some sellers are now listing it for over $1000 :o so maybe I should have bought a few more at $200!
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I bought Bruckner's Eighth Symphony by Sinopoli [2CD box set] for $105 on Ebay auction, at the time it was rare and you couldn't get it anywhere, plus i was richer then, and i could throw money around, but it's a wonderful recording, and i don't regret having it in my collection.
Just seen Sviatoslav Richter's Well-Tempered Clavier on auction on Ebay, 2 days to go and already up to $237 / £148, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Innsbruck-Bach-Well-Tempered-Clavier-Richter-Victor-4CD-/130594755981?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item1e680dd58d#ht_500wt_949 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Innsbruck-Bach-Well-Tempered-Clavier-Richter-Victor-4CD-/130594755981?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item1e680dd58d#ht_500wt_949), now that's crazy money, but boy that's some incredible music.
I paid $150 for this out of print SACD (new--still sealed--now it's $399!). The cathedral has four separate organs played by a single keyboard--it's the last word in surround sound!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vR9ZO9M%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I only paid $1.00 for this album, but the lone copy available on Amazon is priced at $200.00 used (and mine is in better condition, too.)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5179wDDadWL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Quote from: Szykneij on November 04, 2011, 03:01:20 PM
I only paid $1.00 for this album, but the lone copy available on Amazon is priced at $200.00 used (and mine is in better condition, too.)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5179wDDadWL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
It's crazy how the Market is so strange now.
Well, if a lone copy is available at USD 200 it doesn't mean that the price is US 200, just that somebody wish they could get USD 200 for it. The price is what somebody would be willing to pay given that seller would be willing to sell at that price.
Quote from: The new erato on November 05, 2011, 01:24:25 AM
Well, if a lone copy is available at USD 200 it doesn't mean that the price is US 200, just that somebody wish they could get USD 200 for it. The price is what somebody would be willing to pay given that seller would be willing to sell at that price.
I'm sure that's true in most cases, but this record is one of the exceptions. There are copies available from a variety of sources on line, and all command high prices.
Fortunately, I stumbled across mine in a second-hand shop and picked it up with a bunch of other gems not really knowing what I was getting. A description from a current listing says:
"Panorama of Musique Concrete" 1 LP: "S/T" (Ducretet-Thompson – DTL93090) Original pressing containing groundbreaking works by Pierre Henry, Pierre Schaeffer and Philippe Arthuys. Impossible to get in such a top condition as this copy here. Historical important and a milestone recording. A total must if experimental music is something you live by. Price: 150 Euro
Quote from: toucan on November 05, 2011, 12:53:03 PM
Any takers? ;)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Borodin-24K-Gold-CD-CSCD-6126-Prince-Igor-/130540945924?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D1%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D3952592939710910030
A used copy might save you some money, though:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330587171576&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Well, since 24K gold CDRs sell for less than $4.00 each, the hefty price can't be attributed to bullion value.
On a per CD basis, the Annie Fischer's Beethoven Sonatas set is no doubt the most expensive - at over $10 per CD.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qMAm0GheL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
On an absolute basis based on current price, this Glenn Gould set is no doubt the most expensive at almost $1200.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WCF2lN6aL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
On a per-CD basis, this is now my most expensive purchase at $45 for a two disc set:
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I justified it by reminding myself that the album is heavily out of print, supposed to be amazing...and that I've purchased Testament albums in the past. ;D
Without a doubt, the Solti Ring, which cost about $250 at the time. Actually, I didn't pay for it, it was a retirement gift.
Some of the audiophile LPs used to cost about $30, I think, notably the Telarc Holst Band Suites with Fennel and the Firebird Suite with Shaw and the Atlantal Symphony.
For that matter, in the early days, many CDs cost $25-30. Inflation adjusted, that would be a lot more in today's dollars. I used to look a lot for used CDs. Nowadays, there ares always Naxos CDs and numerous budget reissues.
I'm not really sure, but about 15 years ago I bought this nice box set:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Haydn-Eszterhaza-Opera-Cycle-Dorati/dp/B001AEDFFC
Alas I didn't care for maintenance of the big box and I don't remember if it was exactly like this or if it was open without cover.