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  • Dave2002
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 18014

    This seems cheaper than some others - http://www.mdt.co.uk/archiv-produkti...ter-21-04-2013

    Do they pay taxes?

    I'm still not sure whether I really want this though.

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    • AmpH
      Guest
      • Feb 2012
      • 1318

      A couple of decent bargains, if interested in Shostakovich



      or Tallis

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      • amateur51

        Originally posted by AmpH View Post
        The Shostakovich appears to be a contender for Bargain of Bargains, AmpH - well spotted

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        • Dave2002
          Full Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 18014

          MDT seem to be having a sale - some prices will end on/by Tuesday. Quite a lot of Naxos for around £3.95 - http://www.mdt.co.uk/special-offers/...ance-sale.html There's a lot to explore, though not all the prices are down much. Maybe the Barbirolli Society issues will please some - I don't know how favourable the prices are. Explore - http://www.mdt.co.uk/april-eo?utm_so...ter-21-04-2013

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          • MickyD
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 4756

            Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
            The Shostakovich appears to be a contender for Bargain of Bargains, AmpH - well spotted
            Thanks for this am51...I didn't know about that complete Tallis set from Brilliant. Does anyone know what the performances are like?

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            • Stunsworth
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 1553

              Originally posted by MickyD View Post
              I didn't know about that complete Tallis set from Brilliant. Does anyone know what the performances are like?
              I'm no expert, but I've enjoyed listening to them.
              Steve

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              • Dave2002
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 18014

                Originally posted by MickyD View Post
                Thanks for this am51...I didn't know about that complete Tallis set from Brilliant. Does anyone know what the performances are like?
                I have got a 2 CD set performed by the Chappelle du Roi, which sounded fine to me. If I buy this set I will be duplicating those CDs, but nevertheless it seems a good buy. Perhaps Tallis afficonados might prefer other performances - I also have the Tallis scholars in some - but I'm not such an expert that I can really say that one group is clearly better than another. Reviewers, such as Jeremy Summerly might find more significant differences.

                It's a relatively low outlay if you want to get to know some of this music, though perhaps a little goes a long way.

                PS: You will, of course, find out where RVW got his theme from.
                Last edited by Dave2002; 22-04-13, 10:06.

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                • Rolmill
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 634

                  Originally posted by MickyD View Post
                  Thanks for this am51...I didn't know about that complete Tallis set from Brilliant. Does anyone know what the performances are like?
                  I have this set - it's generally well sung and recorded, though occasionally individual voices obtrude and diction can suffer in an over-reverberant acoustic. I like the performances: clear, unfussy, well-paced. I think there are better recordings of individual pieces (from the likes of the Tallis Scholars, Taverner Consort, Magnificat); nevertheless the overall standard is high and there is much music which only very rarely (if ever) appears on single (or even double) CD collections. So at the price, it's a genuine bargain IMHO.

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                  • MickyD
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 4756

                    Thanks, folks, for these helpful comments. I am actually encouraged to hear that the recording is reverberant, I don't like very dry, close recordings for choral music. It does indeed sound like a great bargain...yet more space to be found on the already crowded shelves!

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                    • Beef Oven

                      The eagle has landed!

                      Hats off for Mathias Broucek

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                      • amateur51

                        Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post
                        The eagle has landed!

                        Hats off for Mathias Broucek

                        That's good news, Beefy

                        Some of us are still waiting - 20 May is the forecast

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                        • teamsaint
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 25208

                          Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                          That's good news, Beefy

                          Some of us are still waiting - 20 May is the forecast
                          I would suggest, Mr Ams, that this gives you just time to get thoroughly familiar with the german text of Gurrelieder, so that there is no need to seek out imperfect English translations. So its a bonus really !

                          anyway I flogged mine on market place,(£29.99 ATM) lots of it was tuneless rubbish TBH.
                          I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                          I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                          • Thropplenoggin
                            Full Member
                            • Mar 2013
                            • 1587

                            Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                            I would suggest, Mr Ams, that this gives you just time to get thoroughly familiar with the german text of Gurrelieder, so that there is no need to seek out imperfect English translations. So its a bonus really !

                            anyway I flogged mine on market place,(£29.99 ATM) lots of it was tuneless rubbish TBH.


                            I might have been interested in acquiring that "tuneless" rubbish from you in exchange for one/some of my own for re-sale-or-exchange discs.
                            It loved to happen. -- Marcus Aurelius

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                            • teamsaint
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 25208

                              Originally posted by Thropplenoggin View Post


                              I might have been interested in acquiring that "tuneless" rubbish from you in exchange for one/some of my own for re-sale-or-exchange discs.
                              I didn't really, throbbo. That was a little bit of fun.
                              Sadly backfired. I am sorry.

                              anyway, get that list out if you are cash strapped...I am in buying mood !!
                              (hope Mrs TS doesn't see this ...)

                              edit: And just to be serious for once, this is a cracking download bargain if it's available in wherever you are:



                              lots of great stuff on here.
                              I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                              I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                              • amateur51

                                Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                                I would suggest, Mr Ams, that this gives you just time to get thoroughly familiar with the german text of Gurrelieder, so that there is no need to seek out imperfect English translations. So its a bonus really !

                                anyway I flogged mine on market place,(£29.99 ATM) lots of it was tuneless rubbish TBH.
                                Oh dear, ts sorry that you feel like that. I was fortunate enough to attend this Gurrelieder at the Proms

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                                so I'm totally smitten by it already and I have recorded versions by Robert Craft and Simon Rattle too

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