Bargains

[hafod]

In fairness this is a very fine consolation prize! None of the operatic excesses of the Rilling and JEG versions. Ruth Holton is to my mind the perfect soprano for Bach's Sacred Cantatas.

I was thinking more about the absolute price reduction. Factor in the relative merits of each set of performances and personal preferences, then it is a very fine consolation prize - if the price is honoured!

[AmpH]

I was thinking more about the absolute price reduction. Factor in the relative merits of each set of performances and personal preferences, then it is a very fine consolation prize - if the price is honoured!

No problems here. My boxset arrived 2 days ago.

[MLF]

Hafod - If you ever find yourself attending a concert in Edinburgh do send me a pm - like many here I owe you a drink or ten for some of your stellar finds!

[Dave2002]

The French certainly used to have, quite likely still have, national competition laws against selling goods at below cost. It looks like it's these laws (not EU ones NB) that they're worried about breaching. The point of them was I think to prevent big shops sending little ones out of business by predatory sub-cost pricing, simply because the big boys could stand the losses far longer than the little ones if they attempted to compete.

Ah - like cheap milk in the UK, which gets us into supermarkets, but really squeezes producers so that they go out of business.

[PJPJ]

Ah - like cheap milk in the UK, which gets us into supermarkets, but reallys squeezes producers so that they go out of business.

I thought milkmaids squeezed producers.

[mathias broucek]

I thought milkmaids squeezed producers.

[amateur51]

I thought milkmaids squeezed producers.

We do need the return of the emoticon

[visualnickmos]

Because they are French. And the French don't normally have difficulty in ignoring EU regulations.

You've been reading the Daily Mail to excess!

[hafod]

Hafod - If you ever find yourself attending a concert in Edinburgh do send me a pm - like many here I owe you a drink or ten for some of your stellar finds!

A kind thought; thank you - I will bear it in mind.

[HighlandDougie]

Not, alas, a bargain which would register on the Hafodometer - but a welcome return for a very fine set - is

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schoenberg-Berg-Webern-Berliner-Philharmoniker/dp/B00KOEQTD4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406050625&sr=8-1&keywords=b00koeqtd4

which had passed me by. I have succumbed to the other recent Karajan reissue

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Karajan-Beethoven-Symphonies-Remastered--5/dp/B00KKXOT54/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1406050839&sr=1-1&keywords=beethoven+symphonies+karajan

because it contains a Blu-Ray Audio version of all of the symphonies on a single disc, as well as the CDs in remastered form. There has been a similar reissue of the Ashkenazy/Previn Rachmaninov Piano Concertos, i.e. CDs + Blu-Ray.

[mathias broucek]

MP3 of complete Beethoven Sonatas with Jando just £4.49 from Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A1A23Q8/ref=dm_ty_trk%3C/a%3E

[visualnickmos]

I've just listened to this which arrived today (£0,01!) and although I don't normally buy 'hotch potch' CDs, this one looked worth a punt. And it was. It is a delightful CD, and the Siegfried Idyll is beautifully played, and has a lovely 'feel-good' factor about it. Now - I know this isn't the Marriner recording that was highlighted on BaL but it is well worth it's bargain price

I am finding that the more I listen to Marriner's recordings, the more I appreciate them, and find much in them; subtlety, a depth of real feeling for the music, and always something held in reserve when the music requires it. I simply love his Mozart symphonies.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0000261SR/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[amateur51]

Byron Janis: The Complete RCA Collection from Amazon UK Prime at £10.16 inc p&p for 12 CDs and a DVD

[cloughie]

Byron Janis: The Complete RCA Collection from Amazon UK Prime at £10.16 inc p&p for 12 CDs and a DVD

ams -well spotted -thanks!

[hafod]

Byron Janis: The Complete RCA Collection from Amazon UK Prime at £10.16 inc p&p for 12 CDs and a DVD

Actually, first posted on 12 July at #4640. Admittedly, it has gone down in price by 6p since then.

Byron Janis: The Complete RCA Collection - 12 discs. £10.22

Am.Uk ASIN: B00AK3X3DI