Bargains

**Beef Oven!** · 23-12-15, 09:29

Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post

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 ... )

thanks, fernie. i will think about it, the question entering on whether i need another brahms cycle!

**Bryn** · 23-12-15, 09:31

Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post

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/

There is a couple of Swiss sites which claim to have or have had it at very reasonable prices. However, the more promising one announces that it was taken over by Harmonia Mundi a short while ago and that orders are no longer accepted.

**Beef Oven!** · 23-12-15, 09:37

Originally posted by Bryn View Post

There is a couple of Swiss sites which claim to have of have had it at very reasonable prices. However, the more promising one announces that it was taken over by Harmonia Mundi a short while ago and that orders are no longer accepted.

That is really frustrating! (esp the mid-December bit).

Thanks for the info, Bryn.

**mathias broucek** · 23-12-15, 10:01

Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post

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

Buyer beware. If I'm looking at the right thing, these aren't authorised releases from Sony - they come from "Soul Light Records" and I'm guessing it's a needle-drop job! (Couldn't manage to play excerpts as I'm at work)

**Beef Oven!** · 23-12-15, 10:51

Originally posted by mathias broucek View Post

Buyer beware. If I'm looking at the right thing, these aren't authorised releases from Sony - they come from "Soul Light Records" and I'm guessing it's a needle-drop job! (Couldn't manage to play excerpts as I'm at work)

thanks, i'll look into that

**teamsaint** · 28-12-15, 17:23

this download is apparently the same set as the Icon CD box, but a few bob cheaper, and presumably only in MP3 quality.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0089LZNUE?ie=UTF8&keywords=melos%20ensemble&qid=1451322983&ref_=sr_1_5&s=dmusic&sr=1-5-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0

**Dave2002** · 31-12-15, 14:57

A quick reminder about the Medici.tv.com offer which ends tonight. I mentioned this in another thread. Since then I decided that it was quite a good deal and subscribed with a gift card. The offer is for a maximum of 40% discount, and for a one-year subscription works out at under £8 per month. The normal subscription is substantially more.

The best of classical and jazz at your fingertips | medici.tv

https://www.medici.tv

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**vinteuil** · 03-01-16, 15:13

Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post

Seems there's still a Puccini set which I don't expect ever to see.

.... much to my surprise, a Puccini box ordered in July 2014 did arrive today - priced then at some £14 incl p&p, I was sure it was a mistake : I regularly received amazon e-mails telling me they were trying to 'source' this set - and lo! they have done so. I certainly wdn't be paying the prices currently asked...

Amazon.co.uk

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001C9Z35K

**Dave2002** · 03-01-16, 15:27

Originally posted by vinteuil View Post

.... much to my surprise, a Puccini box ordered in July 2014 did arrive today - priced then at some £14 incl p&p, I was sure it was a mistake : I regularly received amazon e-mails telling me they were trying to 'source' this set - and lo! they have done so. I certainly wdn't be paying the prices currently asked...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001C9Z35K

Wow! I wonder if I can also expect to receive this sometime this year. I have had the messages periodically over the last year - and even one quite recently. I steadfastly withheld from initiating a cancellation from my side, which repeatedly seemed to be hinted at.

I wonder if we were the only two left with the outstanding orders. Glad you got yours, anyway.

I did have one other amazon delivery today, but it was definitely not of CDs.

**Kamisama** · 03-01-16, 19:10

Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post

Wow! I wonder if I can also expect to receive this sometime this year. I have had the messages periodically over the last year - and even one quite recently. I steadfastly withheld from initiating a cancellation from my side, which repeatedly seemed to be hinted at.

I wonder if we were the only two left with the outstanding orders. Glad you got yours, anyway.

I did have one other amazon delivery today, but it was definitely not of CDs.

Interesting. I also ordered this in July 2014 (for £12.33) and recently received an email giving a revised delivery date of 2nd - 7th January 2016. Currently it says "Expected by 7 Jan".

**Dave2002** · 07-01-16, 14:43

Amazing - patience pays off!

Originally posted by Kamisama View Post

Interesting. I also ordered this in July 2014 (for £12.33) and recently received an email giving a revised delivery date of 2nd - 7th January 2016. Currently it says "Expected by 7 Jan".

My doorbell rang a few minutes ago, and a parcel was delivered. I now have to hand a box set of the Greatest Puccini Recordings Ever Made - Decca.

It is indeed the 7th January, though I had thought the package might come by the end of the week - if at all - that is!

I'd need to refer back to find what price I agreed to pay, but it surely must have been a bargain.

Now I need to find time to play the CDs.

**robk** · 08-01-16, 10:58

Masterworks for Flute & Piano by Bezaly & Brautigam including the Poulenc Sonata as recommended by BAL is today’s daily deal on eClassical. £4.27 for 24 bit download.

**Dave2002** · 08-01-16, 11:23

Originally posted by robk View Post

Masterworks for Flute & Piano by Bezaly & Brautigam including the Poulenc Sonata as recommended by BAL is today’s daily deal on eClassical. £4.27 for 24 bit download.

An added incentive might be that the disc version is currently out of stock at some suppliers - http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/BIS/BISSACD1729 The SACD which costs more does have surround sount though. Some sellers at Amazon claim to have it, but at a high price - £25 or more.

PS: I don't use that site much. I found it using a search and the price came up in dollars - just over $6 for the 24 bit version. Does the site work in dollars, or is there a UK site? Also, does the site manage to do the transaction in pounds sterling - or are there hidden conversion charges by one's credit card company? The Flac 16 bit versions, or the MP3 versions are presumably even cheaper - around $4 equivalent.

eClassical - Masterworks for Flute and Piano II

http://www.eclassical.com/performers/bezaly-sharon/masterworks-for-flute-and-piano-ii.html

From Carl Reinecke's Undine Sonata, composed in 1882, to Poulenc's 1957 Flute Sonata this disc brings together five central works in the repertoire for flute and piano, covering

**Cockney Sparrow** · 08-01-16, 11:50

I think you can use paypal, although on the $6 I think the proprietor has said the charges are quite high, and if the customer doesn't mind, he'd rather it was paid by card. I think the prices there are very fair - priced by the minute, so any margin on currency (not by eclassical but one's payment method) wouldn't be too much to bear.

**vinteuil** · 08-01-16, 14:25

Europadisc currently have good prices in their homage to Boulez -

the ten discs of le Domaine Musicale for £26.95

the fourteen discs of the complete Erato recordings for £23.97

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