Record shops in Milan

[mathias broucek]

Have a business trip to Milan coming up. May have a few hours free. Any good shops to visit? (I'm more interested in orchestral and chamber music than opera.)

Many thanks

[NickWraight]

The only one I can recall is the "Ricordi" shop in THE Galleria, between the Cathedral and La Scala if I remember rightly.

[Jasmine Bassett]

That's the one I would recommend, although I was looking for scores rather than discs but I seem to remember I passed lots of CDs on the way up to the top floor.

[pastoralguy]

Do visit the La Scala shop. (Go downstairs!) I've never seen so many cds in one place. They have a broad selection - by no means just opera. It's quite pricey though.

[mathias broucek]

Thanks all

I was short of time but went to Ricordi but prices were generally too high and I didn't see many of the interesting "unofficial" Italian labels

I enjoyed the La Scale shop hugely. Very tasteful gifts and an interesting selection of CDs. Picked up the Orfeo Kubelik VPO Beethoven 3/Mozart 41 in a sale rack for less than it would cost from amazon.de. (Costs silly money on marketplace.)

Nice city. May return....

[vinteuil]

Nice city. May return....

... if you do get back to Milan - and have half an hour to spare - do try and visit the Museo Poldi-Pezzoli ( 10 via Morone ), a biscuit's toss from la Scala. Much my favourite museum in that part of Italy..

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https://www.museopoldipezzoli.it