Bargains

[PJPJ]

I stand to be corrected on this but I'm not sure that this is right. Some recordings might not be available to download but I've never had any problems downloading stuff when I'm in Scotland, albeit also registered iN France. Maybe DublinJimbo and PJPJ (whom I know to have used Qobuz) can confirm or not.

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[Dave2002]

This set of 11 opera CDs might be considered a bargain - http://www.selections.com/AL685/one-...text=One%20act though in reality it may just fill your shelves with works you won't listen to more than once, if that. The set contains one act operas, all from the 18th and 19th centuries. The most recent one is d'Albert's Die Abreise which dates from 1898. The performances should be good.

[martin_opera]

This set of 11 opera CDs might be considered a bargain - http://www.selections.com/AL685/one-...text=One%20act though in reality it may just fill your shelves with works you won't listen to more than once, if that. The set contains one act operas, all from the 18th and 19th centuries. The most recent one is d'Albert's Die Abreise which dates from 1898. The performances should be good.

Better value on Amazon and well worth a listen - I find them excellent background to monotonous work tasks!

[Roehre]

Most of these works (all but the Mozarts and the Lortzing) I got as LPs. The 3 Schubert operas were also put into a box in the Schubert-year 1978: literally the 3 LPs with their sleeves were put in a slightly oversized box.
Lovely, but not revolutionary music, and this applies to all of these works.
It looks like EMI has recouped the rights, as it was CPO who succeeded in snatching these recordings in the early 2000s.

[Parry1912]

This set of 11 opera CDs might be considered a bargain - http://www.selections.com/AL685/one-...text=One%20act though in reality it may just fill your shelves with works you won't listen to more than once, if that. The set contains one act operas, all from the 18th and 19th centuries. The most recent one is d'Albert's Die Abreise which dates from 1898. The performances should be good.

£12.88 post free from Play.com:

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/32032753/11-Kurzopern-Original-Electrola-One-Act-Operas-1975-1980%29/Product.html?_%24ja=tsid:11518|cat:32032753|prd:32032753

Most of these performances were very well received in the Penguin Guide back in the late 70s/early 80s.

[Mandryka]

£12.88 post free from Play.com:

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/32032753/11-Kurzopern-Original-Electrola-One-Act-Operas-1975-1980%29/Product.html?_%24ja=tsid:11518|cat:32032753|prd:32032753

Most of these performances were very well received in the Penguin Guide back in the late 70s/early 80s.

Too good to miss: have just ordered

Last Friday, I went to a local library sale and acquired 31 CDs for all of....£6.00 They included:

Bellini: Capuleti et Montecchi - Netrebko/Garanca/Luisi
Beethoven: Fidelio - Margiono/Harnoncourt
Bartok/Schumann - Kremer/Argerich
Mozart sonatas - Pletnev
Ades - The Tempest
Verdi Requiem - Pappano
Theresienstadt Recital - various
plus, one of the Opera Rara titles for a friend.

Also, Sondheim - Sweeney Todd soundtrack

Just as well it was my birthday the next day!:)

[Flosshilde]

Good grief - that is (they are) a bargain. I don't know whether to be deeply envious or angry that the library was selling them off

[Mandryka]

Good grief - that is (they are) a bargain. I don't know whether to be deeply envious or angry that the library was selling them off

I did feel somewhat shamefaced to have acquired such a haul so cheaply (20p per disc/multiple CD set). Still, at least they're going to a good home! :)

[hafod]

At the price (£29 for 100 cds) this looks irrestible (at least to me) given the huge range of music and the many many names to conjour with (sometimes duplicated in EMI ICON boxes and no doubt elsewhere but life is too short to make a performance by performance check in my collection). I have no info on transfers.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Meisterwerke-Masters-Mu/dp/B001G8P3KM/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_1

The set is also available from the same supplier (again fulfilled by Amazon) at Am.de and Am.fr for €29 but given the delivery charge that's only a few pennies cheaper than Am.uk. It is not clear whether the continental sites offer international delivery so I tried the Am.de site and it accepted UK delivery.

Contents list below but unsure why only 94 cds are listed.

http://www.membran-online.de/product...roducts_id=818

It's back at these prices but for how long? Well worth £29 from the small amount of sampling I have had time to do.

[Bryn]

It's back at these prices but for how long? Well worth £29 from the small amount of sampling I have had time to do.

[TAB:CD36]
ARAM KHATCHATURIAN (1903 – 1978)

Violin Concerto in D minor (1940)
(dedicated to David Oistrakh)
1. Allegro maestoso
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Allegro vivace
David Oistrakh, violin
State Philharmonic Orchestra of the Soviet Union / Aram Chatschaturjan
c. 1955

I wonder if composer and conductor are in any way related.

[Parry1912]

It's back at these prices but for how long? Well worth £29 from the small amount of sampling I have had time to do.

Duly ordered. Although I don't know how I'm going to explain 100CDs to Mrs P!

[Dave2002]

For the moment I'm holding off that last 100 CD box. I've been over doing it lately, and even though some of my finances are swinging upwards (e.g some shares going into profit) I don't think I have the time to deal with so many CDs to add to my pile of inwrapped or unplayed discs.

In the meantime, this Everest originated disc of Mozart Wind Serenades is notionally 4p, and with postage £1.30 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...&condition=new It should sound OK, though there is some background noise, including slight hiss and clicks. I have a copy from another supplier. The basic sound quality is pretty good, though I wondered if I was seeing "Everestgate" as iTunes declared the performers to be different from those specified on the cover.

There is also a recording of Brahms 4 conducted by Steinberg with the Pittsburgh SO for 2p - again around £1.30 with postage - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...&condition=new

[vinteuil]

Duly ordered. Although I don't know how I'm going to explain 100CDs to Mrs P!

simples! - 100 CDs - what might a normal CD cost? say £13.75??

So - 100 CDs - should cost £1,375.
Actually costs - £29.

You - and Mrs P save £1,346.

Now what would you - and especially Mrs P? - like to do with this £1,346 you have suddenly acquired???

[amateur51]

It's back at these prices but for how long? Well worth £29 from the small amount of sampling I have had time to do.

Not many of these CDs play for 60 minutes plus, and many in the 45 minute category but it's still a cracking bargain full of interesting performances.

Don't whatever you do knock it over like I did - bashed lid and 5 minutes of cursing while trying to restore order

[mathias broucek]

For the moment I'm holding off that last 100 CD box. I've been over doing it lately .... I don't think I have the time to deal with so many CDs to add to my pile of inwrapped or unplayed discs.

Agreed. Also, although there are some fairly decent performances in the box, there's a lot of stuff that's less than top drawer and in late 1940s sound.