Originally posted by pastoralguy
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I once saw three copies of this in the same charity shop."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink -
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But this Philips disc is quite an upmarket rarity in charity shops compared to the freebie Mozart compilation sent out free by some mail-order co as a trailer for its 'All the great composers' greatest hits' series of discs.Originally posted by Roehre View PostAnd on eBay there are tens of them
Not actually a bad selection of pieces on the Mozart - my now-13 yr old daughter indubitably owes her superior brain power to its use as a bedtime soother during her babyhood On a lucky day you an find the odd charity shop with the full set of CDs. (At least I hope it's the full set - don't think they got to Szymanowski, Feldman, Ligeti and Fernyhough)
I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!Comment
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Aida (Freni/Carreras/Karajan)
Gliere Symphonies 1 & 3 (BBC PO/Downes)
Rozsa - Concerto Works (McDuffie/Harrell)
Khatchaturian - Violin Concerto (Perlman/Israel PO/Mehta)
Schmidt - Das Buch Mit Sieben Siegeln (WPO/Harnoncourt)
Solti - the Last Recording
Massenet - Le Roi de Lahore (Sutherland/Bonynge)
Bruckner 4 - BPO/Karajan (1970 recording)
All for £15.15! :) And to think I wasn't going to bother going out today.....Comment
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That is quite an attractive collection, Conchis!
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Actually, I had a nice haul today too...
Prokofiev. Symph. 1, Kije & 3 oranges. LSO under Marriner on Phillips Silver Line label.
Tchaikovsky. Complete Ballets. St. Louis under Slatkin.
Ligeti. String 4tets on Naxos.
Vivaldi. Preston & Hogwood. Double Decca.
Beethoven. Pastoral symphony (
). Krips and the LSO.
Tchaikovsky. Usual suspects (1812 etc). Chicago Symphony under Abbado.
AND... A Mozart disc of Eine Kleine, PC no. 21 & the 40th symphony played by the Orpheus Chamber orchestra. I've bid on their 28, 38 & 40 disc on eBay a few times and missed it so this'll make a nice wee stop gap until I get it for a reasonable price.
Total expenditure... £12!!Last edited by pastoralguy; 17-12-14, 16:54. Reason: One day I'll get the correct no. of D's and B's in the late, great Italian conductors name...Comment
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Not bad at all either (Originally posted by pastoralguy View PostActually, I had a nice haul today too...
Prokofiev. Symph. 1, Kije & 3 oranges. LSO under Marriner on Phillips Silver Line label.
Tchaikovsky. Complete Ballets. St. Louis under Slatkin.
Ligeti. String 4tets on Naxos.
Vivaldi. Preston & Hogwood. Double Decca.
Beethoven. Pastoral symphony (). Krips and the LSO.
Tchaikovsky. Usual suspects (1812 etc). Chicago Symphony under Abaddo.
AND... A Mozart disc of Eine Kleine, PC no. 21 & the 40th symphony played by the Orpheus Chamber orchestra. I've bid on their 28, 38 & 40 disc on eBay a few times and missed it so this'll make a nice wee stop gap until I get it for a reasonable price.
Total expenditure... £12!!
- this should be green, btw)
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Where are all these blasted charity shops?????
Whenever I'm on one of my twice or thrice-yearly London trips I never seem to find them........
I always end up in Gramex - which is no bad thing, but a bit of variety would be nice!Comment
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Well, I'm very lucky living in Edinburgh since we have a LOT of charity shops here. The three best places are Morningside Road which is a very affluent area with (dare I say!?), an elderly population. I suspect there's a certain amount of houses being cleared and the classical discs being donated to the local shops.Originally posted by visualnickmos View Post
Then there's Stockbridge which is both affluent AND 'arty'. Lots of stuff gets donated there but most of the best stuff seems to end up in the Oxfam music shop who charge premium prices. Lots of good stuff but expensive. There's also Newington Road/South Clerk Street which is university territory. They can have interesting stuff at reasonable prices. (And I suspect there's a music critic in that area since I've often picked up almost new discs with a sticker saying 'for promotional use only!)
Mrs. PG and I have travelled a lot around the UK and, mysteriously, always end up in charity shops but little compares to our own native city. Mind you, the whole thing is really just pot luck.Comment
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My big haul today came courtesy of the miserable East Midlands town of Mansfield, which is nobody's idea of either arty or affluent. Quite how such arcane items ended up in a hospice shop is a mystery to me, but I'm not complaining! :)Comment
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My reaction, too. Whenever I have a look at our three local charity shops, it's hardly worth wading through all the non-classical to try and find any goodies at all – if I do find any classical it tends to be Music to Yawn By with the Peckham Philharmonic or whatever. (Don't tell me they're a first-rate band, please, anybody.)Originally posted by visualnickmos View PostWhere are all these blasted charity shops?????
Whenever I'm on one of my twice or thrice-yearly London trips I never seem to find them........
Possible explanations which have occurred to me:
1. People value their collections and hold on to them.
2. People live longer, so there are fewer heirs to throw out their inherited (and unregarded) treasures.
3. They're skinflints who resent giving things of value away to charity.
4. They're savvy and know where to get a good price.
5. It's sarf-east London, so the treasures were never there anyway.Comment
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+Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostThat is quite an attractive collection, Conchis!
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I like to buy LPs in my local charity shops, sometimes finding the odd gem which has not yet appeared on CD. Quite a few of these purchases have been discs which have obviously never been played. Those tell tale marks around the centre of the label caused by failure to locate the turntable spindle usually give the game away.
A recent example was a perfect three disc set of Arrau playing Debussy, an excellent Philips recording in a pristine album with all the notes. I wonder who acquired this box and decided not to listen to it?
The actual performances do rather serve to reveal that Arrau was perhaps not an ideal Debussy pianist, but it's still a fascinating set from fairly late in his career.Comment
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