Bargains

[Beef Oven!]

On a straight A/B comparison on the Naim CD player, the version in the Sony box sounds like a different recording (but isn't). The Erato version is a bit dim and sounds its age. The Sony (which has a faint trace of hiss) has a depth, warmth and brilliance entirely lacking in the Erato. More generally, that care with remastering shown by Sony for this disc applies pretty much to the rest of the Boulez box (which Beefy would not regret buying, even at £72.63, honest!).

Gone a bit easy at £67.07, now. Slowly, slowly catchy monkey

P.S. I've cancelled the order of the Erato set, in-lieu.

[teamsaint]

The Harmonia Mundi music of the enlightenment box, under £20 delivered.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Musique-Lumières-Music-Enlightenment-Limited/dp/B005BZBY1I/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1452898921&sr=1-2&keywords=Set

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The Harmonia Mundi music of the enlightenment box, under £20 delivered.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Musique-Lumi...2&keywords=Set

Great set that - superb bargain.

[Beef Oven!]

The Harmonia Mundi music of the enlightenment box, under £20 delivered.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Musique-Lumi...2&keywords=Set

We all bought that in 2014 for £16, all in

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

We all bought that in 2014 for £16, all in

- I didn't like to say (but I was thinking it)!

[Beef Oven!]

- I didn't like to say (but I was thinking it)!

That's because you're a nicer person than me.

[teamsaint]

We all bought that in 2014 for £16, all in

Yes we did.
This was more of a public service announcement, for those who missed the £14.99 plus postage deal.

( is there a rule that we can only quote the lowest ever known price on this thread?)

Plus I was thinking what a nice present it might make !

[muzzer]

And I see that the Gunter Wand LP sized box is around £25 now that's a bargain. Did no one buy it?

[Bryn]

And I see that the Gunter Wand LP sized box is around £25 now that's a bargain. Did no one buy it?

I got it some time ago in an HMV Bond Street sale. It was even cheaper then.

[gurnemanz]

And I see that the Gunter Wand LP sized box is around £25 now that's a bargain. Did no one buy it?

Tempting but the annoying LP sized format puts me off.

[teamsaint]

And I see that the Gunter Wand LP sized box is around £25 now that's a bargain. Did no one buy it?

paid about £20, and stuck the CDs in some spare space in another box, and the booklet with my LPs.

well worth £25 IMO.

[vinteuil]

Tempting but the annoying LP sized format puts me off.

... I think I paid almost £30 for the Wand box

Yes, the format is annoying - but I find I've now got several 'non-standard' boxes - Vivaldi operas, a Brilliant Wagner box, the big Glenn Gould one - so I'll just have to be ingenious and find other corners / more desk space / more floor space to accommodate.

I'm much enjoying the Wand - and at this price!

[hafod]

And I see that the Gunter Wand LP sized box is around £25 now that's a bargain. Did no one buy it?

It is £22.99 (delivered) at Base.

http://www.base.com/buy/product/g-nter-wand-the-great-recordings-music-cd/dgc-88691911552.htm

[Kamisama]

Base.com have this forthcoming box priced at £9.99 :

http://www.base.com/buy/product/art-of-midori-music-cd/dgc-88875183402.htm

The Art of Midori

CD 1 Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1
CD 2 Dvořák: Violin Concerto, Romance, Carnival Overture with New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
CD 3 Live at Carnegie Hall: Beethoven, Strauss, Chopin, Ernst, Debussy, Ravel with Robert McDonald
CD 4 Encore: Kreisler, Paganini, Fauré, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate with Robert McDonald
CD 5 Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Bruch: Scottish Fantasy with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
CD 6 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 with Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
CD 7 Bach: Unaccompanied Sonata No. 2; Bartók: Sonata No. 1 with Robert McDonald
CD 8 Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, Concerto for Violin & Piano with NDR Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach
CD 9 French Violin Sonatas: Debussy, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns with Robert McDonald
CD 10 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 with Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons

Sony 10cds 88875183402

[Beef Oven!]

... I think I paid almost £30 for the Wand box

Yes, the format is annoying - but I find I've now got several 'non-standard' boxes - Vivaldi operas, a Brilliant Wagner box, the big Glenn Gould one - so I'll just have to be ingenious and find other corners / more desk space / more floor space to accommodate.

I'm much enjoying the Wand - and at this price!

I think I paid about £35-40 just for the Schubert symphonies, in the early 90s.