Bargains

[reinerfan]

Klemperer

The transfers sound fine to me, and look at the price!

[amateur51]

The transfers sound fine to me, and look at the price!

Never mind the quality, feel etc...!

Many thanks for this positive review re sound, reinerfan

[barber olly]

The transfers sound fine to me, and look at the price!

You've heard them? - not out 'til 12/12 I thought!

[amateur51]

I don't know if I'm doing the right thing here, barber but I'm cancelling my Sainsbury's order@ £16.99 and going for this @ £17.99 ...

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/8284145/-/Product.html

Fingers crossed

My order is now "Awaiting Stock".

"What does ‘Awaiting Stock’ mean?

Your order has been placed, but the item is temporarily out of stock"

Aaaaargh!

[Suffolkcoastal]

Which probably means it was never really in stock in the 1st place and they were waiting to see if they got a few orders before getting the stock in.

[amateur51]

Which probably means it was never really in stock in the 1st place and they were waiting to see if they got a few orders before getting the stock in.

Cheers, suffolk!

I think

[reinerfan]

You've heard them? - not out 'til 12/12 I thought!

Yes, I bought them from Amazon France in November.

[mathias broucek]

Yes, I bought them from Amazon France in November.

Good enought for me. Off to the river people now!

[martin_opera]

Which probably means it was never really in stock in the 1st place and they were waiting to see if they got a few orders before getting the stock in.

Note the message at the bottom of the page on the Presto site - I think this is nation-wide stock problems. Clearly more popular than they thought.

[amateur51]

Note the message at the bottom of the page on the Presto site - I think this is nation-wide stock problems. Clearly more popular than they thought.

Very many thanks, martin_opera!

I shall calm down now

[Bryn]

Received form amazon.fr this morning:

Bonjour,

Nous avons le regret de vous informer que nous ne pourrons pas vous expédier les articles suivants dans les délais annoncés initialement sur notre site :

Richard Strauss "Richard Strauss Edition"
Date d'arrivée prévue : 16 décembre 2011

Nous faisons tout notre possible pour obtenir ces articles et nous vous les enverrons au fur à mesure que nous les recevons.

Amazon.fr facture les articles au moment de leur envoi; vous n'avez donc pas encore été facturé.

Les articles de votre commande qui sont en stock vous seront envoyés séparément pour ne pas retarder leur envoi, sans frais supplémentaires. Veuillez vous référer à la Foire aux questions se trouvant à la fin de cet e-mail pour plus d'informations. ...

It's not just the Klemperer box which is suffering delays.

[Stanley Stewart]

Same notification here, Bryn. "A glooming peace this morning with it brings; the sun for sorrow will not show his head..." (R & J final scene)

Re the Klemperer, also on order, I did a video off-air transfer to DVD of the Omnibus: Otto Klemperer documentary, yesterday. An affectionate and astute profile with attractive archive footage.

[Dave2002]

This vintage Klemperer box at a silly price looks interesting:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Brahms-Bruckner-Otto-Klemperer/dp/B005DCMVOI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323215757&sr=8-1

Details from Membran here:
http://www.membran-online.de/product...oducts_id=4094

I'm guessing mono rather than stereo. Perhaps not always a problem if the sound quality is reasonable, or the performances outstanding, but more information would be helpful.

[Bryn]

I'm guessing mono rather than stereo. Perhaps not always a problem if the sound quality is reasonable, or the performances outstanding, but more information would be helpful.

Dave, the Membran link gives recording dates. Anything before 1958 is bound to be mono, I would think. 1958 onwards is anybody's guess, though BBC Radio 3 did not start regular broadcasts in stereo until autumn 1962.

[PJPJ]

Previous issues of the Beethoven Symphonies from Vienna have been mono, and all the Klemperer on Medici Masters are mono apart from an LvB3 recorded in Stockholm in 1958.

More Membran bargain boxes....

Mitropoulos

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//231755.htm

Szigeti

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//233371.htm

Wilson

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jumpin-Joy-Teddy-Wilson/dp/B0014WSX34/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323358336&sr=8-2