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  • Stunsworth
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 1553

    Originally posted by Bryn View Post
    I asked for my three items in the Strauss order to be sent together for pick-up at the local post office. They are still shown as being sheduled for dispatch on May 1st, and to be delivered between April 20th and 4th May.
    I'm pretty sure there's an option to split orders into several deliveries, or to send them in as few deliveries as possible.
    Steve

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    • Conchis
      Banned
      • Jun 2014
      • 2396

      My Soft Machine box set is 'preparing for dispatch' but the Strauss box is 'not yet despatched'.

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      • teamsaint
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 25209

        The complete HvK remastered edition under £90 at the moment at amazon.

        And you don't have to wait till the end of April to get it.
        I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

        I am not a number, I am a free man.

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        • Dave2002
          Full Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 18014

          Originally posted by Conchis View Post
          My Soft Machine box set is 'preparing for dispatch' but the Strauss box is 'not yet despatched'.
          I'm wondering, since I now seem to be on a free trial of Prime due to other purchases, if I dare go and alter the delivery method for that Strauss order ......

          Perhaps not.

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          • Dave2002
            Full Member
            • Dec 2010
            • 18014

            Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
            50 Great Recordings, previously discussed, and a a few pounds cheaper than usual

            https://www.amazon.co.uk/50-Great-Re...eat+recordings
            While some of us are wondering about whether or not a certain Strauss opera set will actually be sent out, I am listening to music by Michelangelo Rossi which I did not know - from the CD La poesia cromatica from the 50 Great Recordings set, which arrived recently. I was unsure about this box, but actually now it's arrived I think I can recommend it wholeheartedly - certainly at the current price. There's some lovely stuff in there, and it's quite well presented. No background information though, but what can one expect? Perhaps at full price the lack of further information would be considered a drawback.

            Odd that Amazon says that the box is often bought with a set of Shostakovich string quartets!

            Heck though - it works out at around 67p per CD and most of them are worth having, many of them will be new to some of us. Thanks for this one. Still available.

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            • cloughie
              Full Member
              • Dec 2011
              • 22119

              Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
              While some of us are wondering about whether or not a certain Strauss opera set will actually be sent out, I am listening to music by Michelangelo Rossi which I did not know - from the CD La poesia cromatica from the 50 Great Recordings set, which arrived recently. I was unsure about this box, but actually now it's arrived I think I can recommend it wholeheartedly - certainly at the current price. There's some lovely stuff in there, and it's quite well presented. No background information though, but what can one expect? Perhaps at full price the lack of further information would be considered a drawback.

              Odd that Amazon says that the box is often bought with a set of Shostakovich string quartets!

              Heck though - it works out at around 67p per CD and most of them are worth having, many of them will be new to some of us. Thanks for this one. Still available.
              Too many duplications for me but Chick Corea playing Mozart looks interesting.

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              • Dave2002
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 18014

                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                Too many duplications for me but Chick Corea playing Mozart looks interesting.
                That's what I thought earlier on, but I figure you've only got to get 5-10 things you don't know for it to be worthwhile. Maybe you've got almost all the box already.

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                • cloughie
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 22119

                  Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                  That's what I thought earlier on, but I figure you've only got to get 5-10 things you don't know for it to be worthwhile. Maybe you've got almost all the box already.
                  Yes but that doesn't take into account the sheif space!

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                  • Dave2002
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 18014

                    Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                    Yes but that doesn't take into account the sheif space!
                    Mmmm....

                    You have a point. The box is actually slightly bigger than it needs to be. I find that the boxes are often much more compact than individual CDs.

                    Double stacking?

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                    • cloughie
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2011
                      • 22119

                      Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                      Mmmm....

                      You have a point. The box is actually slightly bigger than it needs to be. I find that the boxes are often much more compact than individual CDs.

                      Double stacking?
                      Soetimes the extra space in the box can be used to store additional discs - either cdrs of downloads or others with their booklets!

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                      • Dave2002
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 18014

                        Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                        Sometimes the extra space in the box can be used to store additional discs - either cdrs of downloads or others with their booklets!
                        Now on to CD 40 of trumpet concertos - which is very good. Some (all) are probably on this similar CD by the same performer - https://www.amazon.de/Italian-Concer.../dp/B000J0ZPQ0

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                        • Bryn
                          Banned
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 24688

                          Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                          Soetimes the extra space in the box can be used to store additional discs - either cdrs of downloads or others with their booklets!
                          Indeed. In the case[sic] of the Sony Beethoven Masterpieces box there was room enough for the 50 CDs of the EMI alternative, and several booklets too.

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                          • hafod
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 740

                            Here's another (operatic) bone:

                            More info in the reviews below:

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                            • teamsaint
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 25209

                              Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                              Indeed. In the case[sic] of the Sony Beethoven Masterpieces box there was room enough for the 50 CDs of the EMI alternative, and several booklets too.


                              I got the Wand 28 CD Great recordings ( but not the booklet) AND the EMI Verdi 35 CD operas set in that Beethoven box.


                              Just.

                              And then thought better of it !


                              anyway, with a long weekend ahead, here's more HvK to listen to when the gardening and DIY is finished, at a bargain price.

                              1938/60 , £70.

                              Last edited by teamsaint; 12-04-17, 14:58.
                              I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                              I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                              • hafod
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 740

                                Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                                anyway, with a long weekend ahead, here's more HvK to listen to when the gardening and DIY is finished, at a bargain price.
                                1938/60 , £70.
                                https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/tn0/Herbe...arajan+box+set
                                10 quid cheaper at JPC even when delivery included.

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