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  • Dave2002
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 17865

    Originally posted by Bryn View Post
    Oh, I don't know. £3.50 plus p&p isn't that bad, surely?
    The used copies seem more reasonable!

    Currently listening to the Hoffmeister B flat clarinet concerto from the Lost Baroque Bundle mentioned in the mp3 freebies in post 8352.
    Pleasant background music - definitely worth having by anyone who is not completely averse to mp3s. I don't think you even have to put in a credit card number to get the free copy. I don't know who wrote the Notturno which is track 11 in that collection - is there an easy way to find out?

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    • Dave2002
      Full Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 17865

      Originally posted by Cockney Sparrow View Post
      My page at the river people shows that visitors to that page also viewed the "Collectors Edition" of Nos 1-13 (Complete?) at a more reasonable price (at the moment) of £25.83.

      Looking for books on Abebooks, it seemed (not done it recently...) there is always someone, often in the mid states of the US, listing a copy at a wildly inflated price.....
      I think you can get the Myiaskovsky string quartet set from WHSmith for £20.99 - https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/n...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

      Are they worth having?

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      • Dave2002
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 17865

        Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
        I don't know who wrote the Notturno which is track 11 in that collection - is there an easy way to find out?
        I think it's this one - https://www.discogs.com/Louis-Ferdin...lease/16511367 by a composer I've never heard of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia


        The Notturno is actually quite long - over 21 minutes.-

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        • Pulcinella
          Host
          • Feb 2014
          • 10225

          Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
          I think you can get the Myiaskovsky string quartet set from WHSmith for £20.99 - https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/n...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

          Are they worth having?
          Yes!

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          • gurnemanz
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 7304

            Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
            I think you can get the Myiaskovsky string quartet set from WHSmith for £20.99 - https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/n...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

            Are they worth having?
            Last year I downloaded the Myaskovsky complete symphonies with Svetlanov for £7.99. A great bargain if you don't mind mp3 and dividing up the 86 files into more manageable chunks for better access. Also contains a booklet, especially useful since the works are not generally familiar.

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            • cloughie
              Full Member
              • Dec 2011
              • 21993

              Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
              Last year I downloaded the Myaskovsky complete symphonies with Svetlanov for £7.99. A great bargain if you don't mind mp3 and dividing up the 86 files into more manageable chunks for better access. Also contains a booklet, especially useful since the works are not generally familiar.
              Been there done that - great value - how could they not be with (Y)Evgeny at the helm!

              Dave - I didn’t know WHS still did CDs, thought they were too busy being Post Offices!

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              • Dave2002
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 17865

                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                Been there done that - great value - how could they not be with (Y)Evgeny at the helm!

                Dave - I didn’t know WHS still did CDs, thought they were too busy being Post Offices!
                I didn't know about WHS either, but I was looking for Russian CDs - also Taneyev chamber music, and WHS came up in the search. Checking shows that they are cheap for some Russian works right now compared with am.uk

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                • gurnemanz
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 7304

                  I came across Trevor Pinnock's Handel complete orchestral recordings at Presto, recommended versions which filled some gaps for me. A bargain download for 11Cds worth at MP3 £8.89 or FLAC £11.11

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                  • Joseph K
                    Banned
                    • Oct 2017
                    • 7765

                    Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
                    I came across Trevor Pinnock's Handel complete orchestral recordings at Presto, recommended versions which filled some gaps for me. A bargain download for 11Cds worth at MP3 £8.89 or FLAC £11.11


                    Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

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                    • Dave2002
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 17865

                      Juat noticed some more free mp3s this week - some may be worth downloading - https://www.classicselectworld.com/c...free-downloads

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                      • vinteuil
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12467

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                        ... an amazing bargain -




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                        • MickyD
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 4625

                          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                          Oh dear...I've already got Van Oort and Brautigam, but I bet this set is good, too.

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                          • Dave2002
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2010
                            • 17865

                            Originally posted by MickyD View Post
                            Oh dear...I've already got Van Oort and Brautigam, but I bet this set is good, too.
                            That's what I thought too.

                            In the meantime the people at ClassicSelect are still notifying me of freebies. I did buy quite a number of their mp3 downloads a year or two back, and I've probably got some of the freebie mp3s already, but since we have a new computer it's easy to get a new download this way - saves having to transfer files.

                            It's a collection of Guitar music this week - if anyone is interested I'll post the link later.

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                            • Bryn
                              Banned
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 24688

                              Originally posted by MickyD View Post
                              Oh dear...I've already got Van Oort and Brautigam, but I bet this set is good, too.
                              What, no Luvimov?

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                              • MickyD
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 4625

                                Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                                What, no Luvimov?
                                Ah no, that's another cycle that's escaped me! How fortunate we are to have so many terrific sets available.

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