Bargains

[martin_opera]

Wonderful bargain on MDT of all of John McGlinn's musicals recordings. You get the complete Showboat with Von Stade, Hadley and Stratas which up until now has been around £20 from EMI's GROC range but also the Kiss Me Kate with Josephine Barstow, the Annie Get Your Gun with Thomas Hampson and the Showboat with Kim Criswell. You also get Brigadoon and some recital discs. All CDs nicely packaged in a relatively sturdy box with some attractive artwork on the cardboard slipcases and all sung texts on a separate CDROM. The Showboat has long been celebrated and I can hear why - marvellous performance!

[Curalach]

Fingers crossed then

Crossing fingers wasn't enough
Just received the email about the "wrong price" and cancelling the order

It was worth a try!

[amateur51]

Crossing fingers wasn't enough
Just received the email about the "wrong price" and cancelling the order

It was worth a try!

Same here, Curalach - a disappointment but that's all

[vinteuil]

Same here, Curalach - a disappointment but that's all

... yes. Anyhoo, I was running the risk of collection bloat * - so prob'ly just as well...


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* many thanks to Gurnemanz [ # 1880 ] for this excellent and appropriate turn of phrase

[amateur51]

... yes. Anyhoo, I was running the risk of collection bloat * - so prob'ly just as well...

I'm thinking of following Rob Cowan & investing in a Listening Shed

[vinteuil]

investing in a Listening Shed

... o, ami, the problem is much deeper and more existential than mere shelf space. It's a question of Time, of Life, of Priorities, of Mortality...

[amateur51]

... o, ami, the problem is much deeper and more existential than mere shelf space. It's a question of Time, of Life, of Priorities, of Mortality...

Oh those problems - mostly nothing can be done so everything forward and trust in the lord

Or as a friend has it "Put your trust in the lord .. and keep an eye on the lodger"

[vinteuil]

Or as a friend has it "Put your trust in the lord .. and keep an eye on the lodger"

... I s'pose it depends on how pretty the lodger is

[Dave2002]

Now that I know the Spanish campaign has failed that leaves scope for chasing other things. There wasn't much in HMV, but it wasn't totally barren of offers. There was a box of Andras Schiff CDs, though I'm not sure I want it, much though I like his playing. I might revisit again. I would expect the Oxford Street branch to have more, but I'm not planning to go in that direction in the immediate future. I doubt whether it's worth making a visit to HMV for the sale anywhere more than 50 miles from London.

There's also that John McGlinn collection to consider. [msg 1891]

PS: Andras Schiff - this one - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Andras-Schif...0119820&sr=1-6 - £12 from HMV in the sale.
Also this from Concerto Köln http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...e=UTF8&s=music - also £12 from HMV.

[AmpH]

For those who like English Choral Music, this is an excellent bargain, which includes the BaL recommendation for the Howells Requiem

http://www.mdt.co.uk/english-choral-music-of-the-cambridge-christopher-robinson-naxos-10cds.html

[amateur51]

Dear Chris Newman, of fond memory, recommended this set to me aeons ago & I've been waiting for it to drop from its usual £45 price ... and blow me, look at it now

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grainger-Volumes-1-19-Various-Artists/dp/B004HEDGGU/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1350037083&sr=1-3

Collection bloat or no, it's wonderfully whacky music and it will serve as a celebration of a much-missed chum from this Board

[gurnemanz]

Dear Chris Newman, of fond memory, recommended this set to me aeons ago & I've been waiting for it to drop from its usual £45 price ... and blow me, look at it now

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grainger-Volumes-1-19-Various-Artists/dp/B004HEDGGU/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1350037083&sr=1-3

Collection bloat or no, it's wonderfully whacky music and it will serve as a celebration of a much-missed chum from this Board

Get thee behind me .... the grocer is still charging the "usual £45 price". http://www.sainsburysentertainment.c...duct=E10885232

[amateur51]

Get thee behind me .... the grocer is still charging the "usual £45 price". http://www.sainsburysentertainment.c...duct=E10885232

Go for it! You know you really want to ...

[Curalach]

Dear Chris Newman, of fond memory, recommended this set to me aeons ago & I've been waiting for it to drop from its usual £45 price ... and blow me, look at it now

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grainger-Volumes-1-19-Various-Artists/dp/B004HEDGGU/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1350037083&sr=1-3

Collection bloat or no, it's wonderfully whacky music and it will serve as a celebration of a much-missed chum from this Board

It's available from Amazon marketplace for £33.50 plus £1.26 delivery!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B004HEDGGU/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

too good to miss so posted twice Il Giardino Armonico Collected Recordings £20 in mp3