Bargains

[robk]

Tippett Songs

I have ordered this second hand from Amazon Marketplace. It had very good reviews when it was released

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Remember-Tippett-Britten-Purcell-Humfrey/dp/B000BCHJP6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1356690716&sr=1-1

[EdgeleyRob]

Glazunov: The Complete Symphonies /BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tadaaki Otaka.

Anyone know this set ?,it's available from i tunes for £4.99 !

[Petrushka]

As mentioned on another thread:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vaughan-Williams-Symphonies-British-Composers/dp/B005DZIM0M/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1356813659&sr=1-1

Fantastic bargain! My order has already gone in.

[cloughie]

Glazunov: The Complete Symphonies /BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tadaaki Otaka.

Anyone know this set ?,it's available from i tunes for £4.99 !

It's also on Amazon download at same price - I downloaded, attracted by the price some time ago - don't think I@ve listened to them much but I@d guess at the price OK - but then I bought them because of a gap in my catalogue so I cannot compare with other eligibles other than the Serebrier 5 - which is good but the Serebrier set would cost more. I notice that some of the Naxos Glaz issues are available at cheap prices - no idea how good they are but some interesting couplings to some of the Symphonies.

[EdgeleyRob]

As mentioned on another thread:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vaughan-Williams-Symphonies-British-Composers/dp/B005DZIM0M/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1356813659&sr=1-1

Fantastic bargain! My order has already gone in.

Unmissable,enjoy.

It's also on Amazon download at same price - I downloaded, attracted by the price some time ago - don't think I@ve listened to them much but I@d guess at the price OK - but then I bought them because of a gap in my catalogue so I cannot compare with other eligibles other than the Serebrier 5 - which is good but the Serebrier set would cost more. I notice that some of the Naxos Glaz issues are available at cheap prices - no idea how good they are but some interesting couplings to some of the Symphonies.

I don't have any Glazunov in my collection,downloading this set now,a no brainer at the price.

[Dave2002]

It's also on Amazon download at same price - I downloaded, attracted by the price some time ago - don't think I@ve listened to them much but I@d guess at the price OK - but then I bought them because of a gap in my catalogue so I cannot compare with other eligibles other than the Serebrier 5 - which is good but the Serebrier set would cost more. I notice that some of the Naxos Glaz issues are available at cheap prices - no idea how good they are but some interesting couplings to some of the Symphonies.

The Otaka downloads are very good - though IIRC one of the symphonies is in fact conducted by Yondani Butt. [Maybe I don't recall this correctly, it could be Polyansky's set which has missing items substituted by Otaka and Butt] If anyone wants another cheap set, then Fedoseyev is usually very cheap on both iTunes and Amazon - typically around £5 or £6 sometimes with an extra march or two thrown in for the extra £1. Fedoseyev sounds a bit rough, and the recording in some of the symphonies is a bit of a disaster area, but despite this his versions do seem to stand up more and more to repeated listening. Yondani Butt recorded a few of the symphonies (LSO?) and I recall the 4th as having a very beautiful opening in his version. Currently Butt's version of 6 is available on Regis. Mravinsky recorded one (4th), which can be downloaded for under £1 from Classical Music Mobile. Golovanov recorded several - 4,5 and 7, and they are somewhat wild and eccentric. Some of them were on EMI/Melodiya LPs - now hard to find, though "needle drops" may be found in some corners of the Internet.

Glazunov symphonies are somewhat of an acquired taste. I have trodden this path before, and in the end I think it has been worthwhile, but I would sympathise with anyone who gave up after hearing only a few symphonies. The only version I know of number 9 is the one by Serebrier.

[Bryn]

Today's little haul from Oxfam Windsor:

Mozart: Horn Concertos, etc. - Alan Civil (Testament)

Beethoven: Symphonies 5 and 7 - Philhamonia/Kurt Sanderling (Disky)

Various: "Insalata" - I Fagiolini (Metronome)

and the pick of the bunch:

Schumann: The Four Symphonies and "Manfred" Overture - Cleveland Orchestra/Szell (Sony)

Each of the four items, £1.99.

[amateur51]

Today's little haul from Oxfam Windsor:

Mozart: Horn Concertos, etc. - Alan Civil (Testament)

Beethoven: Symphonies 5 and 7 - Philhamonia/Kurt Sanderling (Disky)

Various: "Insalata" - I Fagiolini (Metronome)

and the pick of the bunch:

Schumann: The Four Symphonies and "Manfred" Overture - Cleveland Orchestra/Szell (Sony)

Each of the four items, £1.99.

Bravo Bryn - a fine haul indeed

I found this today ...

the Chandos/Hickox/NOW Frank Bridge set for £17.99 inc p&p

http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/Music/CD/Frank-Bridge/Orchestral-Works-Vol-1-6-Hickox-Bbcnow-Shelley/product.html?product=E11183687

That's cheered me up

[amateur51]

Just received news of Dutton's sale ...

http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/products.asp?cat=368

[Beef Oven]

Just received news of Dutton's sale ...

http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/products.asp?cat=368

Well done Amsy - now I'm gonna have to get the Xmas club out early!!!

[Barbirollians]

That's one New Years Resolution blown but those Griller Quartet recordings were too tempting and that Barbirolli Viennese album including his magnificent 1964 Schubert 9 was irresistible

[gurnemanz]

That's one New Years Resolution blown but those Griller Quartet recordings were too tempting and that Barbirolli Viennese album including his magnificent 1964 Schubert 9 was irresistible

Four days in, my resolution is triumphantly intact.

[hafod]

Just received news of Dutton's sale ...

http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/products.asp?cat=368

Thank you for this. Every year it slips under my radar and I only catch it late - if at all.

[PJPJ]

Today's half-price bargain download from BIS

http://www.eclassical.com/performers/tango-libre/tango-libre.html

I was unable to resist.......

[EdgeleyRob]

Four days in, my resolution is triumphantly intact.

Me too,it's so difficult though.