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Originally posted by Bryn View PostThe problem with transfers of those Schnabel Beethoven sonata recordings is not so much the sample rate and quantisation depth but the source material. Finding copies which used the highest grade of shellac is hard indeed. It will be interesting to hear how they compare to transfers by other audio restoration engineers.I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!
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Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View PostAs it's Warner might they have access to the HMV metal 78rpm masters?
Afaic, the last Schnabel remasters dated back to the late 80s/early 90s (Keith Hardwick, I think). But would it make any kind of 'economic sense' for Warner to pay for an upgrade? Somehow, I doubt it. I believe EMI's resident remaster person (Peter Mew) has now retired.
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Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostAnd for fans of Lyrita and British symphonies, this looks like a bargain:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Sym...9383837&sr=1-8
I don't know the Krips Searle 2 so I'm going to order the cd c/w Robert Still's 3rd and 4th
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Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View PostWorth it for Boult's Moeran Sinfonietta and Del Mar's Rubbra 4.
I don't know the Krips Searle 2 so I'm going to order the cd c/w Robert Still's 3rd and 4th
The Krips Searle is not quite as good as the Alun Francis recording on CPO IMV, but although some people poo-poo Robert Stlll as an artistic reactionary, his music is very much worth hearing.
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Originally posted by Conchis View PostThey will own those masters, having acquired them as part of the EMI catalogue.
Afaic, the last Schnabel remasters dated back to the late 80s/early 90s (Keith Hardwick, I think). But would it make any kind of 'economic sense' for Warner to pay for an upgrade? Somehow, I doubt it. I believe EMI's resident remaster person (Peter Mew) has now retired.
There is a discussion about the new re-mastering here, in which Mark Obert-Thorn makes a couple of very interesting contributions regarding sources, etc.
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I note the pre-order price over at amazon.fr is but €15.99 (plus €3.80 p&p to UK, of course). That's around £16.57 including p&p at today's exchange rate.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostI note the pre-order price over at amazon.fr is but €15.99 (plus €3.80 p&p to UK, of course). That's around £16.57 including p&p at today's exchange rate.
If anyone is lusting after the Karajan boxes in their bumper slip-case edition (recently featured somewhere in this M/Board), it's significantly cheaper on AmFrance as well. 101 CDs for €118.80 (plus ? for postage to the UK), by comparison with £146.45.Last edited by HighlandDougie; 25-07-16, 16:01.
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Originally posted by pastoralguy View PostIt's easy, Dave. Go to the search engine and simply put customer service or contact Amazon. It'll give you a link to all your most recent transactions and use the link with contact Amazon on it. They do take a dim view of third party sellers who provide poor or misleading service.
Putting "customer service" in Amazon's search engine gets a lot of books and maybe DVD training videos about customer service!
Eventually putting the term "amazon uk customer service" into a general search engine - I think mine via Firefox is currently set to Google - finds several helpful sites, including these:
Resolver - http://www.resolver.co.uk/companies/...ontact-details
Telegraph article - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...ct-Amazon.html
The Resolver site is a site for complaints about Amazon Customer service. On this occasion I have not so far needed that.
The Telegraph site contains this link - http://goo.gl/WOFI3. - which seems to be useful. I hope I was able to navigate that page sufficiently well in order to send a message to Amazon, and now I'm waiting for a reply.
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostIt’s a cracking bargain, but I’ve already got it all except the Sterndale Bennett and one or two others.
The Krips Searle is not quite as good as the Alun Francis recording on CPO IMV, but although some people poo-poo Robert Stlll as an artistic reactionary, his music is very much worth hearing.
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Originally posted by MickyD View PostAll of Hogwood's Haydn symphonies for under £25 - what a bargain. And when I think what I paid for them all individually!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009LNI0...b21bc31fecce_S
When I think what paid for the same box from amazon.it. Snap it up quick before it gets removed from the catalogue.
Just ordered 2 sets as presents.
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Originally posted by MickyD View PostAll of Hogwood's Haydn symphonies for under £25 - what a bargain. And when I think what I paid for them all individually!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009LNI0...b21bc31fecce_S
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Originally posted by Rcartes View PostNot quite all:the set includes Nos 1-75, 94, 96, 100, 104, 107 (Symphony A) and 108 (Symphony B). Still a terrific bargain, though.
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