Bargains

[Bryn]

Damn! And there was I thinking I was OK just with no's 1-5

Duly corrected.

[crb11]

CD-quality download of Bilson and former students playing the complete (35) Beethoven Piano Sonatas on restored original or modern copies of historical instruments.

The detailed booklet pdf is also there.

A great find! (But I didn't get the booklet. Is it somewhere unusual?)

[teamsaint]

A great find! (But I didn't get the booklet. Is it somewhere unusual?)

My download consultants inform me that there are two versions, the budget version at £3.99, and the deluxe at £4.49 which includes the three Bonn -Kurfursten sonatas and the booklet.

[crb11]

Ah, annoying. I can see the two versions now. (The cheaper one does include the extra sonatas - or at least the one I got did.) To be honest, since I'd happily have paid £8.44 or more for the whole set, it feels fine just to buy the deluxe version as well to get the full package.

[Bryn]

My download consultants inform me that there are two versions, the budget version at £3.99, and the deluxe at £4.49 which includes the three Bonn -Kurfursten sonatas and the booklet.

Not so, my £3.99 included the Kurfürsten sonatas (CD 10). The booklet pdf can be accessed and downloaded via a link below the cover illustration for subscribers accessing via the QOBUZ app or to the right of the illustration, otherwise. The link looks like an open book. The pricing can get very confusing. If you search for "Beethoven piano sonatas claves" the French site takes you to a page with a different cover and a price of 8.99€. Best to search the English site for "Beethoven piano sonatas Bilson".

[teamsaint]

Not so, my £3.99 included the Kurfürsten sonatas (CD 10). The booklet pdf can be accessed and downloaded via a link below the cover illustration for subscribers accessing via the QOBUZ app or to the right of the illustration, otherwise. The link looks like an open book. The pricing can get very confusing. If you search for "Beethoven piano concertos claves" the French site takes you to a page with a different cover and a price of 8.99€. Best to search the English site for "Beethoven piano concertos Bilson".

My consultants needn’t expect their fee then !!

[Bryn]

Not so, my £3.99 included the Kurfürsten sonatas (CD 10). The booklet pdf can be accessed and downloaded via a link below the cover illustration for subscribers accessing via the QOBUZ app or to the right of the illustration, otherwise. The link looks like an open book. The pricing can get very confusing. If you search for "Beethoven piano sonatas claves" the French site takes you to a page with a different cover and a price of 8.99€. Best to search the English site for "Beethoven piano sonatas Bilson".

Warning: check the track labelling and metadata. The Pastoral is misidentified as "Op. 18", for instance. Not a major problem but a little annoying, nevertheless. Also, looking more closely, the 8.99€ option is for just 4 of the sonatas from the set, played by Bilson, numbers 1, 14, 17 and 28.

[cloughie]

Bought a few downloads from 7digital - BPO Bruckner Symphonies, BPO Rattle Schumann Syms, Uchida BPO Rattle Beethoven PCs and LPO Mehta R Strauss Sym Dom & RK Scheherazade, LPO Jurowski Rachmaninov Sym 1/3 and R Strauss Alpine Sym Etc.

[mathias broucek]

Presto has 24 bit Chandos downloads for £8

[Barbirollians]

Amazon was selling the 24CD Charles Groves British Music set for £40 the other week . Fantastic opportunity to get to know so much I do not know - I think I only have the Frank Bridge recordings on cassette in that box.

[johnb]

Not exactly a bargain but Europadisc has the Bach333 megabox on sale for £331.16.

I'm tempted but that is still a lot of dosh (and I've just ordered the Barbirolli box).

[Bryn]

Not exactly a bargain but Europadisc has the Bach333 megabox on sale for £331.16.

I'm tempted but that is still a lot of dosh (and I've just ordered the Barbirolli box).

That is a very good price. I paid around 10% more from amazon.fr at the time of its release, and that was, IIRC, the best deal by some margin at the time.

[LezLee]

I'd love to know what it is and what it does! I'm sure I need one. :rolleyes:

[Dave2002]

Not sure if this the right place to post but Audioquest’s Dragonfly Black DAC is now £60 on Amazon.

That’s £40 less than I paid a few weeks ago.

Not sure that I need one, either. It’s not a CD so it could go on the Not CDs thread.

[cloughie]

Not sure that I need one, either. It’s not a CD so it could go on the Not CDs thread.

I would be concerned about the longevity of anything called a Dragonfly!