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  • teamsaint
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 25190

    Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
    By the rules of the game surely Amazon is honest. You appear not to like the rules.

    Actually neither do I, but what would you replace the current "system" with?
    I don't like the rules, but I also don't like the fact that the big can bend them, (as Hafers says,) and the little can't.
    I think a discussion about tax policy is for elsewhere, but the fact that corporation tax take is collapsing, due in considerable measure to the pressure and avoidance (legal , I accept) of the likes of Amazon, means that government debt remains stubbornly high, and tax burden will inevitably transfer over time from the thriving big corporate sector to the not thriving individual. Not good things IMO.
    If you actually want my opinion, I think governments will have to (and probably want to on principle) shift towards lower, more regressive turnover and consumption taxes.
    I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

    I am not a number, I am a free man.

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    • Stunsworth
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 1553

      Qobuz have 21 CDs worth of Abbado available as a lossless download for 16 €...

      Listen to Claudio Abbado in unlimited streaming on Qobuz and buy the albums in Hi-Res 24-Bit for an unequalled sound quality. Subscription from $10.83/month
      Steve

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      • Beef Oven!
        Ex-member
        • Sep 2013
        • 18147

        Originally posted by Stunsworth View Post
        Qobuz have 21 CDs worth of Abbado available as a lossless download for 16 €...

        http://www.qobuz.com/album/claudio-a.../0002894791699
        Stonking bargain! People should fill their boots.

        Alas, I have all the Brahms and most of the Mahler, so I'll not be indulging

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        • Beef Oven!
          Ex-member
          • Sep 2013
          • 18147

          Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
          this conversation is probably for somewhere else
          Totally agree!

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          • Stunsworth
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 1553

            Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
            Stonking bargain! People should fill their boots.

            Alas, I have all the Brahms and most of the Mahler, so I'll not be indulging
            The first volume is also available at the same price...

            Listen to Claudio Abbado in unlimited streaming on Qobuz and buy the albums in Hi-Res 24-Bit for an unequalled sound quality. Subscription from $10.83/month
            Steve

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            • Beef Oven!
              Ex-member
              • Sep 2013
              • 18147

              Originally posted by Stunsworth View Post
              The first volume is also available at the same price...

              http://www.qobuz.com/album/claudio-a.../0002894791698
              Stonking bargain! People should fill their boots.

              Alas, I have all the Mendelssohn and some of the Schubert, so I'll not be indulging


              Great spot Steve

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              • Dave2002
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 18008

                Some of the "Big" Boxes in MP3 format from Amazon are fairly cheap - such as the Big Haydn Box for £6.99. US readers have an even better deal with the Big Haydn box at 99 cents, and similarly for the Schubert box - e.g http://www.amazon.com/Big-Haydn-Box-...=big+haydn+box These boxes come from the Bach Guild.

                However most of the material is on Spotify, and the sound quality may not be significantly different from Amazon's mp3s. Other composers in this series include Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach and Handel, and there is an extra "box" of Haydn Symphonies - some conducted by David Blum. There is a Bigger Bach Set also available in the US - at $2.99 - though it costs significantly more in the UK.
                Last edited by Dave2002; 21-12-13, 19:53.

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                • HighlandDougie
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 3079

                  For downloaders, today's e-classical.com pre-Christmas BIS download (at 50% off) is the Claus Peter Flor/Malaysian Philharmonic Josef Suk "Asrael". At about £4.00 for the 24/44 FLAC download (the booklet comes as well as a PDF), it's a bit of a bargain at the price. See:

                  eClassical Christmas Calendar 2022 We are celebrating 23 years(!) in business this december with our traditional special pre-Christmas promotion. Every day in December you

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                  • cloughie
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2011
                    • 22110

                    Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                    Some of the "Big" Boxes in MP3 format from Amazon are fairly cheap - such as the Big Haydn Box for £6.99. US readers have an even better deal withe Big Haydn box at 99 cents, and similarly for the Schubert box - e.g http://www.amazon.com/Big-Haydn-Box-...=big+haydn+box These boxes come from the Bach Guild.

                    However most of the material is on Spotify, and the sound quality may not be significantly different from Amazon's mp3s. Other composers in this series include Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach and Handel, and there is an extra "box" of Haydn Symphonies - some conducted by David Blum. There is a Bigger Bach Set also available in the US - at $2.99 - though it costs significantly more in the UK.
                    I wen t for the Haydn back in the Summer - attracted by the Woldike Sym 99-104.

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                    • Stephen Smith

                      The Advent discounted downloads on the eclassical site today are

                      The Brandenburg Concertos & Orchestral Suites 3 Disc download - $16. Bach Collegium Japan Suzuki, Masaaki

                      I'm interested in any views on this interpretation, has anyone heard them? Thanks

                      Also - just to say
                      Stile Antico 1 Disc download $6.69

                      .... Carnegie UK Trust ...(marking its centenary in 2013), the publication of Tudor Church Music in 1922-29 was to transform the musical life of a whole nation. For the first time a significant body of the greatest Tudor compositions became accessible to scholars, performers and listeners alike. Stile Antico presents a varied selection of the finest pieces from TCM, in a programme centred around William Byrd's masterful five-part mass.

                      eClassical Christmas Calendar 2023 We are celebrating 24 years(!) in business this december with our traditional special pre-Christmas promotion. Every day in December you
                      Last edited by Guest; 24-12-13, 16:11.

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                      • EdgeleyRob
                        Guest
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12180

                        Originally posted by Mark Meldon View Post
                        Just a quickie but the 50-CD "All Baroque Box" bargain order turned up, except it didn't! Received 9-CD set of Mozart stuff from AoSMiF! Barcode error? Now have the hassle of returns.
                        Same here !!!!!

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                        • teamsaint
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 25190

                          Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
                          Same here !!!!!
                          OH. AH.

                          I received the mozart too !! until now I thought that it had been incorrectly picked by zoverstocks for another Mozart disc that I ordered last week.
                          I emailed Zover to tell them that the baroque 50 set didn't turn up and they agreed to credit.
                          I have reordered the 50 set from Rarewaves on Play.com marketplace yesterday, but I'm pessimistic now.
                          On the upside, I have a more or less free 9 CD Mozart set, and looks like Zover might have credited me twice for the baroque set.
                          I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                          I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                          • jut1972
                            Full Member
                            • Jun 2013
                            • 18

                            I got the Mozart too. From rare waves so I'd cancel if I was you. They aren't too good at reading or replying to emails.

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                            • teamsaint
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 25190

                              Originally posted by jut1972 View Post
                              I got the Mozart too. From rare waves so I'd cancel if I was you. They aren't too good at reading or replying to emails.
                              been dispatched.
                              Oh well, Just have to keep on at them if the mozart arrives again.
                              I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                              I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                              • Mark Meldon

                                All Baroque Box barcode error

                                Actually, I decided to keep the Mozart box; it's rather good!

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