Bargains

[Roehre]

As a rule of thumb, a down from the Hurwitz is read by me as an up. He is, after all, the guy who thinks flutter-tongue is the same thing as vibrato, and that Mahler's marking of vibrando also refers to vibrato.

Applies to me as well

[Beef Oven!]

Applies to me as well

You are the same thing as flutter-tongue??

[Dave2002]

You are the same thing as flutter-tongue??

Whatever! Now down to £21.25 - so worth a punt.

[hafod]

At Amazon.es:

Fritz Reiner - The Complete Chicago Symphony Recordings €73 (63cd)

http://www.amazon.es/Fritz-Reiner-Complete-Symphony-Recordings/dp/B00BT70J0Y/

Bertini's Mahler cycle for €15.

http://www.amazon.es/mahler-symphony-nos-1-9-adagio/dp/B000BQ7BX2/

[Bryn]

I see the Glenn Gould Complete Columbia box is up for grabs again this afternoon. Can anyone here recall how much it was on offer for in previous listings of the amazon.de lightning deals? amazon.it are currently asking €133.90 plus p&p, which is rather less than the standard amazon.de price.

[gurnemanz]

I see the Glenn Gould Complete Columbia box is up for grabs again this afternoon. Can anyone here recall how much it was on offer for in previous listings of the amazon.de lightning deals? amazon.it are currently asking €133.90 plus p&p, which is rather less than the standard amazon.de price.

Only just noticed the USB stick version - more expensive

[Bryn]

Only just noticed the USB stick version - more expensive

Yes, quite bizarre, that, and not just more expensive, but much more so.

[HighlandDougie]

I see the Glenn Gould Complete Columbia box is up for grabs again this afternoon. Can anyone here recall how much it was on offer for in previous listings of the amazon.de lightning deals? amazon.it are currently asking €133.90 plus p&p, which is rather less than the standard amazon.de price.

I think that it was the standard price, less 20% but I wouldn't guarantee the accuracy of my memory of it (it was certainly not less than 20%). One box too many for me, although the documentation/packaging of these big Sony boxes (Boulez; Stravinsky) is alluring.

[Bryn]

I think that it was the standard price, less 20% but I wouldn't guarantee the accuracy of my memory of it (it was certainly not less than 20%). One box too many for me, although the documentation/packaging of these big Sony boxes (Boulez; Stravinsky) is alluring.

Thanks. Not so different from the current amazon.it price then.

[teamsaint]

Not perhaps a bargain, but does anybody know if this box was actually released?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007IZ65HW/ref=nosim/bestbook-21?dev-t=D10SBASHC4I9Q1&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&SubscriptionId=1BW5SQWXHT1FXDBZGW02&tag=bestbook-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B007IZ65HW

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Not perhaps a bargain, but does anybody know if this box was actually released?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...SIN=B007IZ65HW

It's not listed in the catalogue on the col legno site, although the individual CDs are still available separately:

https://www.col-legno.com/en/home/

[teamsaint]

It's not listed in the catalogue on the col legno site, although the individual CDs are still available separately:

https://www.col-legno.com/en/home/

I have a suspicion that it may in fact never have been issued. I can't find any evidence of its actual existence, despite some reasonably thorough investigation.

[Beef Oven!]

on qobuz, they got szell's cleveland brahms cycle plus some odds'n sods for £3.99. worth a punt? i'm not familiar with these performances

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

on qobuz, they got szell's cleveland brahms cycle plus some odds'n sods for £3.99. worth a punt? i'm not familiar with these performances

Yes! I haven't heard 'em in years, but Szell's firey, dry-eyed Brahms performances are a steal at £3.99!

(Come to think of it - I can't think of any Szell performance that isn't top notch ... his reorchestrations of the Schumann symphonies, perhaps ... )

[Dave2002]

Yes! I haven't heard 'em in years, but Szell's firey, dry-eyed Brahms performances are a steal at £3.99!

(Come to think of it - I can't think of any Szell performance that isn't top notch ... his reorchestrations of the Schumann symphonies, perhaps ... )

I'm probably thinking with "rose tinted" ears, but Szell's Schumann was pretty good, though so also was Karajan's - a conductor whose work for a long while I did not like much, and a few others - Kubelik's and Sawallisch's for example. One Szell recording I thought was superb was his version of Beethoven's 5th coupled with Sibelius 5 and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. I think I could still prefer that to Honeck's Beethoven, under discussion in another thread round here. Some of Szell's recordings were rather dry or harsh when released, as also some other CBS recordings of the period (e.g. Bernstein NYPO), but some of these have cleaned up well in recent remasterings. Szell's Beethoven Symphony and Concerto recordings are worth looking out for, if they come round on offer, though perhaps ensure that the remastering is of good quality to avoid some of the stridency.