Bargains

[hafod]

The play.com closing-down sale has some pearls among the dross in the £2 - £3 bracket

Why do you think it is a closing down sale?

[Bryn]

Why do you think it is a closing down sale?

http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/68098

Not at all impressed with most of the prices in the 'sale'. More competitive offers can be found elsewhere in many cases.

[Thropplenoggin]

http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/68098

Not at all impressed with most of the prices in the 'sale'. More competitive offers can be found elsewhere in many cases.

They lost me at "Moving forward..."

'Moving forward' is the new 'lessons must be learned'.

[gurnemanz]

I will miss Play.com. They often had decent prices and now there will be one less (one fewer?) alternative to the tax dodger.

Some purchases from last year which were cheaper than Amazon:

Schönberg Complete Lieder - Amazon £10 dearer

The excellent Lubimov Beethoven Sonatas: at £4.49. Amazon £13.30

Likewise Poulenc Mélodies

Kastaris: Liszt Beethoven Symphony transcriptions - Amazon £7 more

[hafod]

Chailly Mahler cycle for under £21.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dclassical&field-keywords=mahler+chailly+complete

[Bryn]

I will miss Play.com. They often had decent prices and now there will be one less (one fewer?) alternative to the tax dodger.

Some purchases from last year which were cheaper than Amazon:

Schönberg Complete Lieder - Amazon £10 dearer

The excellent Lubimov Beethoven Sonatas: at £4.49. Amazon £13.30

Likewise Poulenc Mélodies

Kastaris: Liszt Beethoven Symphony transcriptions - Amazon £7 more

But you are not comparing like with like. In your last quoted case, or instance, the supplier at Play.com is Zovestocks, who are also to be found via the amazon.co.uk link, with a base price 2p lower, but with a p&p charge or £1.26, giving a net excess of £1.24, not £7.

[NLK1971]

Bohm Ring cycle under £18

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Nibelungen-Orchester-Bayreuther-Festspiele/dp/B003Y3MYYU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1358536622&sr=1-1

[MickyD]

Bohm Ring cycle under £18
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Nibel...8536622&sr=1-1

Good heavens...I remember thinking this was a bargain at £60 when I bought this some years ago! Truly an amazing price.

[gurnemanz]

But you are not comparing like with like. In your last quoted case, or instance, the supplier at Play.com is Zovestocks, who are also to be found via the amazon.co.uk link, with a base price 2p lower, but with a p&p charge or £1.26, giving a net excess of £1.24, not £7.

I realise that the price comparison I quoted is not very reliable, since I bought the items a while ago when prices were almost certainly different. I don't use Play.com that often but have on several occasions found them to have the best price.

[Mandryka]

I realise that the price comparison I quoted is not very reliable, since I bought the items a while ago when prices were almost certainly different. I don't use Play.com that often but have on several occasions found them to have the best price.

Me, too. For some reason, they are rarely featured on the find-cd price comparison site. I have just obtained Prokofiev's Complete Ballet and Film Music (Previn/Muti) from them - 6CDs for less than £14.00.

[hafod]

Delius Collection (Reissue of Unicorn-Kanchana set) - 7 discs £18.52

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delius-Collection-Felicity-Anthony-Johnson/dp/B008MKQ518/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=AZFAVK42ANC5&coliid=I146PJQ5V2WICZ

[AmpH]

The wonderful EMI 5 CD set entitled ' The Very Best of English Song ' now only £8 with the river people. The set includes many good things, not least Wilfred Brown's incomparable recording of Finzi's ' Dies Natalis ' .

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Very-Best-English-Song/dp/B006BYWDSQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1358706334&sr=8-2

A complete listing can be found here.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/6805132

[HighlandDougie]

Some really treasurable recordings at a ludicrously low price so duly ordered. I didn't know of its existence so many thanks for the heads-up AmpH.

[silvestrione]

The wonderful EMI 5 CD set entitled ' The Very Best of English Song ' now only £8 with the river people. The set includes many good things, not least Wilfred Brown's incomparable recording of Finzi's ' Dies Natalis ' .

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Very-Best-English-Song/dp/B006BYWDSQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1358706334&sr=8-2

A complete listing can be found here.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EMI/6805132

Yes, looks wonderful indeed. Thanks for the tip.

[Bryn]

Amazon have Sony's 18CD Debussy Collection for £20.42:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Debussy-...se_s_cp_3_EVC5

It's a worthwhile collection but sadly omits the Zorina/Craft recording of the Boulez restored Chansons de Bilitis for reciter and chamber ensemble, (basically the same musical material as the 6 Épigraphes antiques).