Berliner Philharmoniker goes vinyl with the Brahms symphonies

[teamsaint]

in the scheme of things, daft though such a set is, if it helps keep musicians and others employed, then let them pay.
There's enough Brahms to go round for the rest of us, , and you can bet your bottom dollar ( more or less the same as a pound nowadays) that these recordings will surface somehow somewhere on good old fashioned CD , legal or otherwise, for the slightly less well heeled .

[mathias broucek]

Well, there are always the members of the Lucky Sperm Club, who can work as much or as little as they please. Otherwise, as noted previously, and as confirmed by by Stan in the price of these lps, these are luxury products for the Audio as Bling Lovers .

Very true

[Beef Oven!]

Let’s put some perspective on this. About the same price as an Apple Watch; £200 LESS than the last iPhone; equal to the all-in cost of 4 games at Spurs/Arsenal/WestHam etc; about what many of us spend on average on CDs and downloads we don’t really need in 7 weeks; 4 return rail tickets London/Manchester ..... and so on

[pastoralguy]

Four years ago, a friend and I went to Salzburg for a long weekend. There are at least two very fine cd shops and one had a mint condition deluxe vinyl set of Karajan's 1977/78 set of the Beethoven Symphonies signed by the maestro himself. Iirc, it was about £250 and I seriously thought about buying them. However, the set was being sold as a favour by the shop owner and she didn't want it going through the businesses books so could I pay cash?

I went to the bank and withdrew the €'s and at that point common sense kicked in! To my shame, I didn't go back. I've always regretted it since it was a thing of beauty that would probably have increased in value.

[mikealdren]

Four years ago, a friend and I went to Salzburg for a long weekend. There are at least two very fine cd shops and one had a mint condition deluxe vinyl set of Karajan's 1977/78 set of the Beethoven Symphonies signed by the maestro himself. Iirc, it was about £250 and I seriously thought about buying them. However, the set was being sold as a favour by the shop owner and she didn't want it going through the businesses books so could I pay cash?

I went to the bank and withdrew the €'s and at that point common sense kicked in! To my shame, I didn't go back. I've always regretted it since it was a thing of beauty that would probably have increased in value.

Hi PG,
Just think how many CDs you have bought since with that money!

Mike