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  • Parry1912
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 963

    Poulenc Complete Works (20CDs) on EMI for £24.96 at Amazon
    Del boy: “Get in, get out, don’t look back. That’s my motto!”

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    • Roehre

      Originally posted by Parry1912 View Post
      Poulenc Complete Works (20CDs) on EMI for £24.96 at Amazon
      A set to go for

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      • johnb
        Full Member
        • Mar 2007
        • 2903

        There are so many sets to go for though, e.g. Giulini, Ansermet, Walter, etc, etc

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        • Roehre

          Originally posted by johnb View Post
          There are so many sets to go for though, e.g. Giulini, Ansermet, Walter, etc, etc
          There is only one complete Poulenc.
          The Giulini, Ansermet, Walter etc. are only doubling recordings of works which are available manifold already, works which are gathering dust on my shelves anyway.

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          • Barbirollians
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 11661

            Originally posted by Roehre View Post
            There is only one complete Poulenc.
            The Giulini, Ansermet, Walter etc. are only doubling recordings of works which are available manifold already, works which are gathering dust on my shelves anyway.
            I don't have any recordings by Bruno Walter that are gathering dust . I was thinking only the other day how so often it is his recording I want to listen to of a particular piece .

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            • teamsaint
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 25190

              Used copies of "the Rest is Noise" have come down to around £6 inc p and p on amazon.
              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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              • Bryn
                Banned
                • Mar 2007
                • 24688

                Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                Used copies of "the Rest is Noise" have come down to around £6 inc p and p on amazon.
                Ten a penny would be more like it, surely?

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                • teamsaint
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 25190

                  Getting mine delivered to my holiday lodgings somewhere off the west coast of Scotland ......perhaps.
                  A bargain , surely?

                  You not a fan of this weighty tome, Bryn?
                  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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                  • Bryn
                    Banned
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 24688

                    Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                    Getting mine delivered to my holiday lodgings somewhere off the west coast of Scotland ......perhaps.
                    A bargain , surely?

                    You not a fan of this weighty tome, Bryn?
                    Indeed not. Far too 'Hurrah for the U.S. of A.', and way too glib in its contextualization, to my mind. Better than the dreaded Norman, of course, but not that much. I never thought I would say it, but give me Paul Griffiths for superior insight.

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                    • teamsaint
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 25190

                      Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                      Indeed not. Far too 'Hurrah for the U.S. of A.', and way too glib in its contextualization, to my mind. Better than the dreaded Norman, of course, but not that much. I never thought I would say it, but give me Paul Griffiths for superior insight.
                      Oh .
                      Mind you, i was only buying it as a holiday read for the beach....
                      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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                      • Bryn
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 24688

                        Just discovered that one of my favourite Satie CDs is up for grabs at 1p from Zoverstocks. Just search amazon.co.uk's music section for "satie piano works john white" (without the quotes) and then opt for "CD Format". The disc got at least one pretty negative review around the time of its release. That can only have been written by someone with little empathy for Satie's muse.

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                        • teamsaint
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 25190

                          Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                          Just discovered that one of my favourite Satie CDs is up for grabs at 1p from Zoverstocks. Just search amazon.co.uk's music section for "satie piano works john white" (without the quotes) and then opt for "CD Format". The disc got at least one pretty negative review around the time of its release. That can only have been written by someone with little empathy for Satie's muse.
                          Sold. I trust you.

                          Well, to the tune of £1.27 anyway !
                          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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                          • Bryn
                            Banned
                            • Mar 2007
                            • 24688

                            Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                            Sold. I trust you.

                            Well, to the tune of £1.27 anyway !

                            I take it you read the amazon.com customer reviews (neither by me) before parting with that princely sum.

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                            • mathias broucek
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 1303

                              Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                              Oh .
                              Mind you, i was only buying it as a holiday read for the beach....
                              Go ahead! IMHO Rest is Noise is a really good effort at making comprehensible sense of C20/21 music without requiring any technical knowledge on the part of the reader.

                              But beware - it can lead to itchy Amazon fingers - along the lines of, "I must really find out what Tristan Murail sounds like"

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                              • Dave2002
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 18008

                                Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                                I take it you read the amazon.com customer reviews (neither by me) before parting with that princely sum.
                                Intriguing. There did not seem to be any negative reviews on amazon.com and none at all on amazon uk. Currently there's a new one for £1.99 + 1.26 = £3.25, and a few used ones for 70p each = £1.96p. I'll be interested to hear more about this one - though I might just buy it anyway on Bryn's recommendation.

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