Good bargain, rubbernecker! Hilarious that the MP3s are dearer than the phyiscal product.....
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I went for the first DG111 box of 55 cds (had very few of then already, surprisingly: 4 or 5 I think) at £70 from Play. It is a cornucopia. So far has enjoyed Kubelik/BPO in Dvorak 8 (used to have it on LP), Anne Sophie Mutter in Brahms (wonderful), Argerich in Chopin Preludes (again used to have the LP), Pires in Nocturnes, Goebel in baroque, Vivaldi Violin Concertos...only thing NOT enjoyed so far is Helmut Walcha in Bach organ music: too loud! Lots more delights to come.Comment
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Indeed, By contrast here are some bargain MP3s, some of which work out less than a penny a minute. Something here for all tastes:Originally posted by mathias broucek View Post
Turn of the Screw
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Puccini Il Trittico
John Cage
Morton Feldman
Penderecki Cello Conc No2
Benjamin Dale
Bantock Fifine
Appalachian Spring (admittedly it's TT)
Schiff plays Reger and Brahms
Gould on Goldberg
Lenny on Brahms 4
Beecham on himself
Orson Welles War of the Worlds
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Many thanks for the list.
Purchasers at Amazon may already have a download promotion in their accounts due to previous purchases. "Beecham on himself" cost me nothing!Comment
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You're welcome. Thanks for the heads up on the promo. I'm sure I've got that somewhere...Originally posted by PJPJ View PostComment
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It'll be stored in your Amazon account already and will be processed automatically just before you need to pay.Originally posted by rubbernecker View PostComment
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To get the Butterfly and Mahler 5 and Elgar works is a bargain for collectors. The other works make it sheer luxury. I shall give duplicates to my daughter.
I disposessed many of these when I disposed of my LPs.Comment
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Are these piano CDs worth having? http://www.selections.com/AJ040/the-...ection-100cds/ Seems good to me, at the low price - but maybe I should put my own order in first!Comment
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Some pretty good performances of standard repertoire from the likes of Brendel (Vox recordings), Gilels (live Russsian radio) and Richter (ditto) plus some interesting non-core (e.g. Messiaen played by Hill).
Do it!Comment
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I was just thinking the other day about the series "Great Pianists of the 20th Century". I always meant to buy some of those, but buying all 200 would have been prohibitively expensive at the time - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_P...e_20th_Century
It'd be good if some or all of those discs could be reissued. Some of them do pop up in odd places - eBay, Amazon, but often at even more inflated prices.
In the meantime, maybe I'll just settle for this week's box. I'm sure I heard some of the Brendel Beethoven recordings which came from Vox - very good they were - I particularly liked the Waldstein. Maybe the later recordings had better audio, but some of those Vox ones showed more life I thought. Could just be memory though!Comment
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The Vox Beethoven is good although there's distortion in placesComment
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Giulio Cesare - Harmonia Mundi - Rene Jacobs.
Currently advertised by Harmonia Mundi at £37.50.
Bought from Amazon site at £9.99.
Arguably, still the best available version.Comment
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For those who can still bear to listen to Mozart after the January Mozartfest, there are some real bargains on Europadisc's website:
including for instance discs of Gulda playing Mozart, Lupu in piano concertos and the piano & wind quintet, Fricsay's Zauberflöte and a lot more at very low prices. Offer ends on March 15.Comment
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