Purchases Today

[André]

Meanwhile, this came in, also from Music Magpie:

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Elgar is good for the brain, the heart, the liver 

[aligreto]

Ich bin disappointed: I purchased this from Music Magpie on Amazon:



and got this instead:



A complete opera with libretto on a 2 cd set turned into a single cd of a portion of the work with no insert. I gave Music Magpie a piece of my mind. In very short order, it's the 2nd time something happens with an order from that source.
I hope they can send me the right item at no additional cost.

I have had a few similar situations with that seller and I would be very surprised if they offer you anything other than a full refund and inform you that you can keep the CD they have sent you in error. That is what has happened to me on each such occasion.

[André]

Thanks, Aligreto. If I can't get Maria Stuarda from them I guess I'll have to find another seller 

[Madiel]

There are some sellers that just cannot be bothered getting their metadata right. Someone on eBay was offering a Nielsen/Sibelius violin concerto, only they had a picture of the recording by Lin/Salonen (which I wanted) combined with text indicating the version by Vengerov/Barenboim. I decided to look elsewhere when several enquiries didn't get any improvement.

So it doesn't surprise me to hear of a seller who can't tell a full opera from the an opera extract. Too much metadata in common.

[The new erato]

Thanks, Aligreto. If I can't get Maria Stuarda from them I guess I'll have to find another seller 

You don't need the whole opera. The story is well documented. Spoiler alert; IT ends badly.   

[Mirror Image]

There are some sellers that just cannot be bothered getting their metadata right. Someone on eBay was offering a Nielsen/Sibelius violin concerto, only they had a picture of the recording by Lin/Salonen (which I wanted) combined with text indicating the version by Vengerov/Barenboim. I decided to look elsewhere when several enquiries didn't get any improvement.

So it doesn't surprise me to hear of a seller who can't tell a full opera from the an opera extract. Too much metadata in common.

This is a problem that I've run into with Amazon as well.

[André]

I have had a few similar situations with that seller and I would be very surprised if they offer you anything other than a full refund and inform you that you can keep the CD they have sent you in error. That is what has happened to me on each such occasion.

  EXACTLY what they replied today !! You are a prophet !

[Karl Henning]

Landed yesterday (this had been in my Wish List so long, I forget just to whom I owe thanks):

[PaulR]

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[Mirror Image]

Good to see you around again, Paul! That Weinberg looks interesting. I might have to pick that one up at some point.

[PaulR]

Good to see you around again, Paul! That Weinberg looks interesting. I might have to pick that one up at some point.

I am curious to see how it compares to Fedoseyev/Weiner Symphoniker recording (of which I need to listen to again)

[Mirror Image]

I am curious to see how it compares to Fedoseyev/Weiner Symphoniker recording (of which I need to listen to again)

I, too, own that Fedoseyev recording. Looking forward to your assessment.

[aligreto]

  EXACTLY what they replied today !! You are a prophet !

No prophesy, just much experience I am afraid to say 

[Pat B]

Landed yesterday (this had been in my Wish List so long, I forget just to whom I owe thanks):

Looks interesting. I hadn't seen that one before. I recently got the same group's "Modern Portraits" disc.

[kishnevi]

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Hmm. Amazon gives the contents but does not specify who plays what. So it's a guessing game. But at $17.62 incl. s/h probably worth it.  So I ordered it.

[Karl Henning]

Hmm. Amazon gives the contents but does not specify who plays what. So it's a guessing game. But at $17.62 incl. s/h probably worth it.  So I ordered it.

On the whole, a good risk:reward profile  0:)

[North Star]

Hmm. Amazon gives the contents but does not specify who plays what. So it's a guessing game. But at $17.62 incl. s/h probably worth it.  So I ordered it.

In case you want to know what you bought
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/0271802

[kishnevi]

In case you want to know what you bought
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/0271802

Thanks!
If the listing is correct, and the Transcendental Etudes are not the Cziffra recording (I had assumed they were), I have absolutely none of those recordings.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!
If the listing is correct, and the Transcendental Etudes are not the Cziffra recording (I had assumed they were), I have absolutely none of those recordings.

Winning!

[The new erato]

I ordered these off Wyastone's website with a 40% voucher, which makes up for the fact that they probably are CD-Rs:

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Being a Faure freak, and with Jens' recommendation, I needed this last set.

All in all this came out at £20, P&P included. Not bad.