Bargains

[gurnemanz]

Nice Korngold/Previn re-issue on Ozzie Eloquence - just ordered.

[mathias broucek]

Those Previn Korngold performances are stunning!

[Dave2002]

I paid £3.50 for 8CDs if that helps.

Mmmmm. £4.75 for 13 CDs - done now.

[mathias broucek]

Thanks for that, especially as you appear to have linked to the best current price.

Oh, and good to see the 8th is a previously unreleased recorded performance as I already have that used a fill-up to Feldman's Coptic Light.

New release is of the 1887 version. IIRC the previous recording was Haas

[Dave2002]

This Vivaldi set by i Musici is perhaps a good buy from am.it - http://www.amazon.it/Vivaldi-Recordi...valdi+i+musici
I think there are a few others on offer right now, and usually, even allowing for postage, notionally from Italy, the CDs are cheaper than other am sources.

Of course the style of playing may now be completely out of fashion, and not to everyone's taste. I used to like I Musici's playing a lot, but that was a long while ago.

Just revisited this - pity I didn't note the price when I posted earlier. Am.it now has it for around 52 Euros, but the UK store is over £110.

http://www.amazon.it/Vivaldi-Recordi...SDFPVFQE1E26FY Under £45 delivered right now.

UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vivaldi-Rec...words=i+musici - over £110.

[teamsaint]

Harmonia Mundi Sacred Music Box.
£21 delivered.
Nice.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002HNA9LS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

mine's on the way.

[Beef Oven!]

Just revisited this - pity I didn't note the price when I posted earlier. Am.it now has it for around 52 Euros, but the UK store is over £110.

http://www.amazon.it/Vivaldi-Recordi...SDFPVFQE1E26FY Under £45 delivered right now.

UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vivaldi-Rec...words=i+musici - over £110.

Going to resist. But if it were an LP, I think I would buy it just for that cover!

I’m not up on these things, does anyone know the painting?

[vinteuil]

Going to resist. But if it were an LP, I think I would buy it just for that cover!

I’m not up on these things, does anyone know the painting?

... looks like a detail from the Canaletto of the Return of the Bucentauro to the Molo on Ascension Day 1732 at Windsor -

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Canaletto_Return_of_the_Bucentoro_to_the_Molo_on_Ascension_Day,_1732._Royal_Collection._Windsor..jpg

[Beef Oven!]

... looks like a detail from the Canaletto of the Return of the Bucentauro to the Molo on Ascension Day 1732 at Windsor -

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...._Windsor..jpg

Thank you vinteuil.

Edit: Think someone needs to have a word with Canaletto about composition and perspective - the detail is superior!

[Flosshilde]

Well, they were basically picture postcards for tourists - very grand postcards, for very grand tourists.

The Duke of Bedford bought them by bulk - 24 (I think) of them, hanging in the Canaletto Room (where else?) at Woburn Abbey.

[Dave2002]

Works by Monteverdi - including Magnificat a 6

I have been looking for good performances of Monteverdi's music. I haven't been quite as successful as I'd hoped.

I found Magnificat a 6, though it's not the only Monteverdi work of interest.

I found it on YouTube here - which seems very good - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RajAq0Yd-s4 This is I think the Magnificat a 6.

There is also this one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK33y0oyotQ

Amazon shows up this CD set which I'd expect to be very good - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mass-Vesper...rdi+magnificat

Further investigation finds this download - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Choral-...Big+Choral+box which has a lot of music, but many might not consider it to be in the "correct" modern performance styles. Arguably it's a bargain, if you can live with downloads and older recordings.

I'd like to locate a performance similar to the first of the YouTube ones - which seems good to me, but so far I've not managed that. I thought that finding good recordings of Monteverdi's music would be simple, but it's not that easy, and without guidance could turn out to be an expensive trial and error process.

[EdgeleyRob]

It's all about Dvorák here.
I've just ordered this box of the complete String Quartets https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-li...&condition=new
Seems an extraordinary bargain,10 cds for £15 and with good reviews,anyone familiar with it ?

[mathias broucek]

Barenboim Elgar 2 just £2.99 when back in stock

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elgar-Symphony-No-2-Staatskapelle-Berlin/dp/B00ITUVDZ4/ref=pd_rhf_eeolp_s_cp_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=51I8dj3LQ6L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_SL500_SR131%2C135_&refRID=C50KHY02SZMFD2HNFGK7

[Dave2002]

Barenboim Elgar 2 just £2.99 when back in stock

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elgar-Symph...02SZMFD2HNFGK7

Indeed, but one has to join Prime in order to get it at that price.

[MickyD]

I have been looking for good performances of Monteverdi's music. I haven't been quite as successful as I'd hoped.

I found Magnificat a 6, though it's not the only Monteverdi work of interest.

I found it on YouTube here - which seems very good - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RajAq0Yd-s4 This is I think the Magnificat a 6.

There is also this one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK33y0oyotQ

Amazon shows up this CD set which I'd expect to be very good - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mass-Vesper...rdi+magnificat

Further investigation finds this download - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Choral-...Big+Choral+box which has a lot of music, but many might not consider it to be in the "correct" modern performance styles. Arguably it's a bargain, if you can live with downloads and older recordings.

I'd like to locate a performance similar to the first of the YouTube ones - which seems good to me, but so far I've not managed that. I thought that finding good recordings of Monteverdi's music would be simple, but it's not that easy, and without guidance could turn out to be an expensive trial and error process.

Why not seek out the Robert King CDs of Monteverdi's complete sacred music on Hyperion? I've got a couple and they are pretty good. It would be nice if Hyperion put them into a bargain box.