What mega brick box set do you want....

[Parsifal]

Octave, does that Bach Gardiner complete set actually exist?  Or did you photoshop that cover?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ETHPJ1U/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d1_i3?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0VGQ9Z3K5VWHWZ9WXC3Z&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=418448347&pf_rd_i=468294

[Kontrapunctus]

A 42 disc set of all of his Carnegie Hall performances--some were for his private use, only. There's also a DVD of a televised recital.

[kishnevi]

A 42 disc set of all of his Carnegie Hall performances--some were for his private use, only. There's also a DVD of a televised recital.

And some of those private tapings (going by the three CDs I have) have miserable sonics even by the standards of that era.....

[DavidW]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ETHPJ1U/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d1_i3?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0VGQ9Z3K5VWHWZ9WXC3Z&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=418448347&pf_rd_i=468294

Thanks, good price on that.  Hope to see something similar with Suzuki in the future.

[Bogey]

Thanks, good price on that.  Hope to see something similar with Suzuki in the future.

Careful with those Bach bricks, David.

[Bogey]

The Pope got one for free!


video here
http://www.romereports.com/palio/pope-francis-meets-with-angela-merkel-economy-and-religious-liberty-discussed-english-10070.html#.Uju_hIY3t8E

Pope Francis-- Favorite music: "Leonore" Overture No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven conducted by the late-Wilhelm Furtwangler, "who, in my opinion, is the best conductor of some of (Beethoven's) symphonies and works by Wagner."

[Wakefield]

Currently, I'm fighting against these two obssesions:


http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/DN0021


http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4785672

[Brian]

My personal temptations:

[asin]B008KGWWL6[/asin]

[asin]B00742LLKU[/asin]



The above three aren't even that big by GMG collector standards!

[asin]B00BT70J0Y[/asin]

This one is, however - but on the other hand, I currently have just three (!!) Reiner recordings, all of them concerto accompaniments (Heifetz in Brahms, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky).

And I only have one album by Julian Bream, so this one's a possibility:

[asin]B00BCCEBRI[/asin]

[Brian]

Man oh man. You pick seriously thick boxes!!!!

My largest box is Haydn/Fisher (33 discs), followed by Massenet Edition (23), Loewe Songs (21), Haydn/Angeles (21), Haydn Dorati Operas (20), and Steinberg ICON (20). That is all I have from 20 discs or more type boxes (heck, it includes 16 and over).

I have the complete Brahms (60) and complete Rachmaninov (33ish?) from Brilliant, but my biggest box by FAR is the Brilliant Classics 100 CD "Russian Legends" box, which was briefly on sale for only about US $40 back in 2010. I have never regretted it - it's such a gold mine there's still a lot to discover.

[Wakefield]

The Pope got one for free!


video here
http://www.romereports.com/palio/pope-francis-meets-with-angela-merkel-economy-and-religious-liberty-discussed-english-10070.html#.Uju_hIY3t8E

Pope Francis-- Favorite music: "Leonore" Overture No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven conducted by the late-Wilhelm Furtwangler, "who, in my opinion, is the best conductor of some of (Beethoven's) symphonies and works by Wagner."

The Pope, the German Chancellor, not bad at all for a (supposedly) pirate label. 

[Octave]

The Pope got one for free!

"Regarding getting tarred with the complicity-with-barbarism brush: we feel your pain.  Accept this token...."

[Octave]

George Szell: THE EDITION (Sony, 49cd)
ASIN: B00BANCWSO

I mention this one again because Amazon US customer-reviewer 'Johannes Climacus' posted a fairly extensive review with some comments about inclusions, exclusions, and the physical quality of the set, a couple months ago.  It seems he's reviewing the Korean edition. 

As I've mentioned before there seem to be two different (??) editions of this box out now, at least as listed at Importcds.  One seems to be an "Asia" edition, the other a much more expensive "EU" edition.  If anyone has word on any differences, it might be nice to know.  I'm guessing the best policy is to wait for a Euro-American edition to be released, but I wonder if the physical product will be quite as nice as Johannes Climacus says:

There may be other incarnations of "Szell: the Edition," but this is the one to get: it is housed in a beautifully designed, and user-friendly, box. Great care has gone into its production: each cardboard sleeve not only provides the usual information, but also has a plastic "inner sleeve" to protect the CD further from the rude shocks of mortal existence.

I am hearing about some exclusions that are disappointing in light of the loose space on some discs.

EDIT: this might have been done before, but here's a contents list of the Sony/Korea edition, per a post at rec.music.classical:

[CD1]
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116: Bartok
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 15 & 16,1965
Janacek: Sinfonietta
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 15,1965

[CD2]
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op.21 Beethoven:
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op.36 Beethoven:
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2,1964 (Symphony No.1)
and October 23,1964 (Symphony No.2)

[CD3]
"Heroes" Op.55 Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Beethoven:
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, April 22 & 23,1957

[CD4]
No. 4 in B flat major, Op.60 Beethoven: Symphony
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, April 5 & 6,1963

[CD5]
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op.67 Beethoven:
K.551 "Jupiter" Symphony No. 41 in C major: Mozart
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 11 & 25,1963

[CD6]
"Pastoral" Op.68 to major Symphony No. 6 Beethoven:
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, January 20 & 21,1962

[CD7]
Symphony No. 7 in A major Op.92 Beethoven:
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 29 & 30,1959

[CD8]
To major Op.93 Symphony No. 8 Beethoven:
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, April 15,1961

[CD9]
"Choral" Op.125 Symphony No. 9 in D minor Beethoven:
Adele Addison (soprano)
Jane Hobson (mezzo-soprano)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Donald Bell (baritone)
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, April 21 & 22,1961

[CD10]
Overtures Beethoven:
1 Overture Op.84 "Egmont"
2 Op.62 Overture "Coriolan"
Op.117 Overture to "King Stephen" 3
Op.72b Overture No. 2 4 "Leonore"
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 8 & 29,1966
5 No. 1, Op.138 Overture "Leonore"
6 Overture Op.72 "Fidelio"
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, August 25,1967

[CD11]
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op.68 Brahms:
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 7,1966 (Symphony No.1),
October 24,1964 (Variations on a Theme by Haydn)

[CD12]
Symphony No. 2 in D major Op.73 Brahms:
Symphony No. 3 in F major Op.90 Brahms:
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, January 6,1967 (Symphony No.2),
October 16 & 17,1964 (Symphony No.3)




[CD13]
Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98 Brahms:
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, April 8 & 9,1966 (Symphony No.4),
October 28,1966 (Tragic Overture & Academic Festival Overture)

[CD14]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor [1889 version Novak]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor [1890 version Novak]
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, January 28 & 29,1966 (No.3),
October 3,6,10 & 13,1969 (No.

[CD15]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor [1890 version Novak]
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 3,6,10 & 13,1969

[CD16]
Symphony No. 7 in E major: Bruckner
Vienna Philharmonic
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzberg, Austria, Auguet 21,1968

[CD17]
Slavic Dances Op.46 DVORAK:
Slavic Dances Op.72 DVORAK:
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 1963,1964,1965

[CD18]
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Op.70 DVORAK:
"From My Life" T.116 String Quartet No. 1 in E minor: Smetana
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded on April 26,1949, in Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio; Mono

[CD19]
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op.88 DVORAK:
Recorded on October 24-25 & 31 and November 1,1958, in Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio; Stereo
"From the New World" Op.95 Symphony No. 9 in E minor DVORAK:
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded on March 20-21,1959, in Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio; Stereo

[CD20]
Symphony No. 93 in D major: Haydn
"Surprise" Symphony No. 94 in G major: Haydn
Symphony No. 95 in C minor: Haydn
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, April 19,1968 (1-4), May 5,1967 (5-8), January 17/18, 1969 (9-12)

[CD21]
"Miracle" Symphony # 95 in D major: Haydn
Symphony No. 97 in C major: Haydn
Symphony No. 98 in B flat major: Haydn
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, October 11,1968 (1-4), October 3,6 & 10,1969 (5-8), October 10,1969 (9-12)

[CD22]
In G major "Oxford" Symphony No. 92: Haydn
Symphony No. 99 in E flat major: Haydn
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, October 20,1961 (1-4), October 25/26, 1957 (5-8)

[CD23]
Symphony No. 88 in G major: Haydn
"London" Symphony No. 104 in D major: Haydn
Symphony No. 97 in C major: Haydn
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, April 9,1954 (1-8) October 25 & 26,1957 (9-12)

[CD24]
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber: Hindemith
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 10,1964
Variations on a Theme by Hindemith: Walton
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 9,1964
Symphony No. 2: Walton
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, February 24 & March 3,1961
Cleveland Orchestra
(Conductor) George cells [CD25]
"Hary Janos Suite": Kodaly
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 10,1969
60 piece "Lieutenant Kije Suite": Prokofiev
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 17,1969
Dattan people dance from "Prince Igor" opera: Borodin
Recording: Masonic Temple, Cleveland, February 28,1958
Movies 34 songs Capriccio Espagnol: Rimsky-Korsakov
Recording: Masonic Temple, Cleveland, February 28,1958
Ri~adofu: I work 62 Enchanted Lake (Legend for Orchestra)
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 30,1963
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD26]
Symphony No. 10 Mahler:
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, November 1,1958
Partita for Orchestra: Walton
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 21,1959
Stravinsky: "The Firebird Suite" (1919 version)
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, February 24 & March 3,1961
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD27]
Mahler: "Tragic" Symphony No. 6 in A minor (Revised, Critical Edition)
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, October, 1967

[CD28]
A major Op.90 "Italian" Symphony No. 4: Mendelssohn
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 26,1962
Op.61 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" music drama palsy: Mendelssohn
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 13,1967
Hebrides Op.26 MENDELSSOHN:
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 25,1957
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD29]
Mozart: K.200 Symphony No. 28 in C major (189k)
Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K.319: Mozart
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
(Track 1-4) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 1 & 2,1965
(Track 5) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 25,1958
(Track 6-9) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 26,1962

[CD30]
K.385 "Haffner" Symphony No. 35 in D Major: Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K.543: Mozart
Bonus Mono Version
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 (1955 Mono Recording)
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD31]
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550: Mozart
K.551 "Jupiter" Symphony No. 41 in C major: Mozart
Overture K.486 "house manager" Opera: Mozart
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
(Track 1-4) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, August 25,1967
(Track 5-8) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 11 & 25,1963
(Track 9) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, January 28 & 29,1966

[CD32]
Divertimento in D Major, K.131: Mozart
Maurice Sharp (flute) / Mark Rifushei (oboe) / George Gosuri (bassoon) / Myron Bloom, Roy Worth, Martin Morris, Erunani-Anzerutchi (Horn)
Members of the Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
Bonus Mono Version
Mozart: K.551 "Jupiter" Symphony No. 41 in C major (1955 Mono Recording)

Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
(Track 1-6) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, April 20,1963
(Track 7-10) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, November 18,1955

[CD33]
Mozart: K.364 Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major for violin and viola (320d)
Rafael Druian (violin) / Abraham Sukanikku (viola)
Members of the Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

Mozart: Ekusurutate-Yubirate K.165 (158a)
Judith Raskin (soprano)

Bonus Mono Version
Mozart: K.543 Symphony No. 39 in E flat major (1947 Mono Recording)

Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

(Track 1-3) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, December 28,1963
(Track 4-6) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, May 11,1954
(Track 7-10) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, April 22,1947

[CD34]
Major K.525 Eine kleine Nachtmusik port: Mozart
K.320 "Post Horn" Serenade No. 9: Mozart
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
(Track 1-4) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 7,1968
(Track 5-11) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 10,18 & 24,1969

[CD35]
A major Clarinet Concerto K.622: Mozart
Robert Marucherusu (clarinet)
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K.503: Mozart
Leon Fleisher (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)
(Track 1-3) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, October 21,1961
(Track 4-6) Recorded at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, January 9 & 10,1959

[CD36]
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 32 to major K.376 (374d)
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 25 in G major, K.301 (293a)
Mozart: K.304 Violin Sonata No. 28 in E minor (300c)
No. 24 in C major, K.296 Sonata for Violin and Piano: Mozart
Rafael Druian (violin)
George cell (piano)
Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, August 1-3,1967

[CD37]
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K.478 (1946 Mono Recording)
Mozart: K.493 in E flat major Piano Quartet No. 2 (1946 Mono Recording)
George cell (piano)
Members of the Budapest String Quartet
Joseph Roisman (violin) / Boris Kruyt viola / Mischa Schneider (cello)
Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, New York City, August 19 & 20,1946

[CD38]
Peer Gynt Suite Op.46 1: Grieg
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 21,1966
Suite first woman of Arles: Bizet
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, March 25 & 26,1966
"Pictures at an Exhibition" Suite: Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel)
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 30,1963
Mussorgsky: from "Hovu~anshichina Opera" "Dawn of the Moscow River"
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, February 28-March 1,1958

Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD39]
Symphony Op.53 home: Richard Strauss
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 10,1964
Op.11 Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major: Richard Strauss
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 27,1961
"Don Juan" Op.20 Symphonic Poem: Richard Strauss
Tondichtung nach Nikolaus Lenau
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, March 29 & 30,1957
Myron Bloom (Horn)
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD40]
Death and Transfiguration Op.24: Richard Strauss
Tondichtung
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, March 29 & 30,1957
Op.28 amusing prank Till Eulenspiegel: Richard Strauss
Tondichtung nach alter Schelmenweise-in Rondeauform
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, March 29,1957
"Don Quixote" Op.35 Symphonic Poem: Richard Strauss
Fantastische Variationen uber ein Thema ritterlichen Characters
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 28 & 29,1960)
Pierre Fournier (cello)
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD41]
Op.314 "The Blue Danube" waltz: Johann Strauss 2
Polka pizzicato: Johann Strauss 2
Op.212 8:52 "delirium" Waltz: Josef Strauss
Op.410 5:51 "Voices of Spring" Waltz: Johann Strauss 2
Op.164 "swallow village in Austria" Waltz: Josef Strauss
Perpetuum mobile Op.257: Johann Strauss 2
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 5,1962.1-6
Op.362 8:02 Overture "Die Fledermaus" opera buffa: Johann Strauss 2
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, March 1,1958
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD42]
Overtures: Rossini
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD43]
"Unfinished" D 759 Symphony No. 8 in B minor Schubert:
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, March 12 & 19,1960
D 944 "Great" C major Symphony No. 9: Schubert
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, November 1,1957
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD44]
"Spring" Op.38 Symphony No. 1 in B flat major: Schumann
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 24 & 25,1958
Symphony No. 2 in C major Op.61: Schumann
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 24,1960
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD45]
Op.97 "line" Symphony No. 3 in E flat major: Schumann
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 21,1958)
Symphony No. 4 in D major, Op.120: Schumann
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, March 12,1960
Op.115 Overture to "Manfred": Schumann
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 21,1959
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD46]
Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op.64 Tchaikovsky:
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 23,1959
Capriccio Italian Op.45 Tchaikovsky:
Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, February 28, & March 1,1958
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)



[CD47]
Orchestral Collection: Wagner
(Track 1-6) Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, October 11,1968
(Track 7-8) Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, January 26,1962
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD48]
Live in Tokyo 1970
Applause
Overture to "Oberon" Opera: Weber
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550: Mozart
Recording: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Live), May 22,1970
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

[CD49]
Live in Tokyo 1970
Symphony No. 2 in D major Op.43 Sibelius:
Op.24 "La Damnation de Faust" opera-march Rakottsu~i: Berlioz
Recording: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Live), Japan, May 22,1970
Cleveland Orchestra
George cell (conductor)

※ has been recorded in the CD31 and CD5 "Mozart: Symphony No. 41" will be the same sound source.

※ For stereo and monaural recording the following songs have been recorded.

Symphony No. 39: 1) Mozart
Stereo recording - CD30 (March 11 & 12,1960)
Monaural recording - CD33 (April 22,1947)

Symphony No. 40: 2) Mozart
Stereo recording - CD31 (August 25,1967)
Monaural recording - CD30 (November 18,1955)

Symphony No. 41: 3) Mozart
Stereo recording - CD31 (October 11 & 25,1963)
Monaural recording - CD32 (November 18,1955)

[Mookalafalas]

The one I waited too long to get is the Mercury Living Presence 1 Box.

   You're in great luck then. They just re-released it this week.  I saw it at my local shop and pounced. I thought it was just a fluke and actually intended to sell it for $450 on ebay, but a little research shows they have brought out another batch. I'm not really disappointed, I LOVE the second one and wanted a copy of the first as well...

[Mookalafalas]

And some of those private tapings (going by the three CDs I have) have miserable sonics even by the standards of that era.....

  I haven't heard all of this, but so far the audio is SPARKLING.  I'm really impressed (and delighted).

[Fafner]

The Pope got one for free!


video here
http://www.romereports.com/palio/pope-francis-meets-with-angela-merkel-economy-and-religious-liberty-discussed-english-10070.html#.Uju_hIY3t8E

Pope Francis-- Favorite music: "Leonore" Overture No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven conducted by the late-Wilhelm Furtwangler, "who, in my opinion, is the best conductor of some of (Beethoven's) symphonies and works by Wagner."

*drooling like an idiot*   I want that!

[Holden]

I've dithered about this for a couple of months but eventually realised that as I love Rubinstein so much it would be stupid not to get it when the price (from ImportCDs) was so low. This is now winging its way to Australia.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

I want the "Russian Legends" set on Brilliant Classics, which is now going for $299 or so on Amazon--still an excellent price for 100 CDs. However, I thought I read on the forums here that it was previously selling for around $50 or so. I already have 25 of those discs in the "Legendary Russian Pianists" set, but at least 75 or so will be new (minus the ones I bought when I was in Russia in 2007).

[Brian]

However, I thought I read on the forums here that it was previously selling for around $50 or so.

I bought it for $50. However, that was in early 2010, so at least 3 and a half years ago. Brilliant Classics has stopped printing new copies of the box. I consider it one of the best CD purchases I've ever made.

[stingo]

I bought it for $50. However, that was in early 2010, so at least 3 and a half years ago. Brilliant Classics has stopped printing new copies of the box. I consider it one of the best CD purchases I've ever made.

Agreed. I've not heard all the discs in the set yet, but each one I have heard has been great.

[Moonfish]

I came across this "fun" box thread from a few years ago....
*bump*

It was kind of fun to read through the mega box wish list from 2013! I wonder if we now are entering a time of box saturation and overload? Has the demand dropped? Perhaps the companies have discovered that most of us have accumulated a number (too many?) of these "big" boxes over the last few years. At least it seems to be somewhat of a reduced pace in the releases of large box sets (or is that my imagination?). Or is this simply the calm before the storm? 

Which mega set do you want in 2015?