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  • MickyD
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 4747

    Chopin Institute Box Set

    I've been waiting for these Chopin Institute recordings on period pianos to come out in a box set for a long while - they are finally here on Amazon France at just over 100 euros for 21 discs, which I suppose is pretty good value. Will the price be lower on other websites, I wonder?

  • Il Grande Inquisitor
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 961

    #2
    Very, very interested in this set, MickyD, after the fascinating overview of them on CD Review some weeks ago; some wonderful timbres elicited from the period pianos. Nigel Simeone included reviews of several of the individual issues in a comprehensive 'round-up' in November's IRR.

    I shall investigate prices UK companies are offering before placing an order.
    Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency....

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    • pilamenon
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 454

      #3
      There will be a lot of duplication of works if it is the entire set of individual issues.

      I haven't heard any of them, but have been enjoying the sound of the Pleyel in the recent Chopin disc by Edna Stern. That's a recommendable recording.

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      • MickyD
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 4747

        #4
        Pilamenon, I think the set is concerned only with the recordings on early pianos, so presumably no duplications. Like you, Il Grande Inquisitor, I am eager to snap this up, having held off from the separate issues up to now. I think it's best to wait a wee while before buying - we might be lucky and enjoy a price war.

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        • vinteuil
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 12789

          #5
          Micky D - I have been - happily if laboriously - collecting these as individual CDs. Lucky you, if you are getting them as a box...

          Go on, you won't regret it!

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          • MickyD
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 4747

            #6
            Vinteuil, a recommendation from you is enough for me to go ahead! Though I have just splashed out on the Robert King complete Vivaldi Sacred Music box, too - I'm really looking forward to the delights of that.

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