Bargains

[Pianorak]

For Claudio Arrau fans: http://www.mdt.co.uk/arrau-claudio-s...nts-10cds.html

And Clara Haskil: http://www.mdt.co.uk/haskil-clara-pl...nts-10cds.html

[AmpH]

I have found this to be a consistently enjoyable survey of Borodin's Chamber Music , for not much money

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Borodin-Complete-Chamber-Music-Set/dp/B001SNXU7S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342645728&sr=8-1

[Parry1912]

Thanks to Hafod for the nod about ordering from FNAC in France ... I later ordered the 50 disc set of EMI opera highlights http://musique.fnac.com/a2032902/Les...Opera-CD-album for 12.90 euros plus postage.

Ordered Monday, arrived this morning!

[cloughie]

I don't know if any other bargain-seekers are also Amazon merchants and if so have come up against barcode problems. I tried to add a couple of CDs, which I would have presumed were perfectly legit candidates only to find the barcode not recognised. Anyone else had this problem and have you found a solutuion?

[Dave2002]

Ordered Monday, arrived this morning!

How much is that in UK money, including postage to the UK? Looks like it might be less than 30p/CD! Are they mostly highlights?

I guess it does look rather tempting, even so. I think another check in at CDs Anonymous is needed.

PS: Looks like it's about (!!) £16.66, so 33p per CD. They might even throw in a free offer of a calendar if you can be bothered to upload photos etc.

PPS: The "free" calendar is pleasant enough, but you have to go about making it, then ordering it, and finally you'll discover the price of postage is substantial.
Not a bad deal if you want one, but not so good as a quick impulse buy. Try it if you enjoy tinkering with software, but be prepared to back off before hitting the
accept button. Otherwise save your time and money!

[Flosshilde]

Would this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Die-Walkure-...2697689&sr=1-1 for £5 be considered a bargain? I'm not sure how big a pinch of salt one should take with the prices given.

[Mandryka]

Would this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Die-Walkure-...2697689&sr=1-1 for £5 be considered a bargain? I'm not sure how big a pinch of salt one should take with the prices given.

Mandatory listening (don't you have it, already?), and Keith Hardiwck's remastering is excellent - but you can pick it up for virtually nothing on other labels, or as a one euro download on classic music mobile.

[mathias broucek]

Mandatory listening (don't you have it, already?), and Keith Hardiwck's remastering is excellent - but you can pick it up for virtually nothing on other labels, or as a one euro download on classic music mobile.

You MUST get this!!!!! I'll never forget the first time I heard it (French LP pressing). I'd heard some of Walter's late Brahms and Mahler but nothing prepared me for the intensity of this!

[hafod]

Berlioz Requiem - Munch, Boston SO, Simoneau - (SACD/CD Hybrid) - RCA Living Stereo - £4.39 delivered (£4.89 on Amazon until they notice):

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/791033/Requiem/Product.html?searchstring=&searchtype=&searchsource=2&searchfilters=ae212%7b639056%7d%2bc%7b34%7d%2bc%7b2908%7d%2b&ob=3&urlrefer=search

[Flosshilde]

You MUST get this!!!!! I'll never forget the first time I heard it (French LP pressing). I'd heard some of Walter's late Brahms and Mahler but nothing prepared me for the intensity of this!

It's now on it's way to me. I saw it in an OXFAM shop when I was staying with a friend earlier in the week, & dithered, but decided not to. My friend has got it for me & has put it in the post.

[LeMartinPecheur]

It's now on it's way to me. I saw it in an OXFAM shop when I was staying with a friend earlier in the week, & dithered, but decided not to. My friend has got it for me & has put it in the post.

Flosshilde: if you don't like it you should be able to turn a nice profit by reselling, judging by the quoted Amazon Marketplace prices!

[Flosshilde]

That's what I thought when I checked it out later.

The same shop also had this - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-...818744&sr=1-12 - for about £8 - £9. Perhaps I should have got that as well

[Bryn]

That's what I thought when I checked it out later.

The same shop also had this - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-...818744&sr=1-12 - for about £8 - £9. Perhaps I should have got that as well

That's not quite such a bargain (though it does claim to have librettos). A good few of us got that set from Superdrug a few years ago when they were selling them off, with only synopses, for a fiver a set. Not the greatest performances of the Ring operas ever recorded, but quite serviceable.

[Flosshilde]

No, not such a bargain, & I'm not such a Ring completist as to want to buy any recording I see, especially one where I hadn't heard of any of the performers. The 2 CD, 1 DVD & 1 vinyl performances I have are quite enough - I rarely manage to listen to any of them right through!

[gurnemanz]

you can pick it up for virtually nothing on other labels, or as a one euro download on classic music mobile.

eg here (Act One only) http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Membran/221059
or on this cheapo box I got last year - lousy documentation but a great selection:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Great-Singers-sing-Wagner/hnum/7184727