The well-regarded cycle of Shostakovich String Quartets recorded by the Pacifica Quartet, plus quartets by contemporaries such as Miaskovsky, Prokofiev, Schnittke and Weinberg has been re-released as a single package (all four double CDs in a cardboard sleeve so you get all the original booklets) which is available for not much over £20 from Amazon Marketplace or, for those averse to Amazon, just over £25 from MDT. See
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not the bargain of all time, but market place price for the John Ireland /Alan Rowlands triple set has been dropping slowly.
Probably the time to buy, I would suggest .
Buy John Ireland - The Piano Music by Alan Rowlands, John Ireland, none, Alan Rowlands piano from Amazon's Classical Music Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
about £13 inc p and p, around half of the tax dodgers full price.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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No doubt the price will drop but £72 for 40 CDs of Pierre Monteux's recordings for RCA seems good value.
Some discs will have short playing time by today's standards though, as the contents seem to duplicate the contents of the original LP. For example, CD 15 appears to contain Le Sacre on its own. Some of the stereo recordings may well be in the two Living Stereo collections which some may have already bought. So, a possible bargain for some but not all.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View Postnot the bargain of all time, but market place price for the John Ireland /Alan Rowlands triple set has been dropping slowly.
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Originally posted by hafod View PostBeethoven: Complete Quartets. Tokyo Quartet - sacd harmonia mundi. Just reduced on Amuk to £15.12. The ASIN is B00L5J4PYC
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Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostTS - very tempted but am wondering about the recording quality?? Described as "front room mono" which isn't necessarily a bad thing but I just wondered what you thought, before I go ahead at such a keen price
Perhaps this is one of the performances?
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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Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostTS - very tempted but am wondering about the recording quality?? Described as "front room mono" which isn't necessarily a bad thing but I just wondered what you thought, before I go ahead at such a keen price
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Originally posted by PJPJ View PostThat's an accurate description - you may get used to it, but it's not flattering.
The Parkin set also available at around £12.Last edited by teamsaint; 02-10-14, 18:29.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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Originally posted by hafod View PostBeethoven: Complete Quartets. Tokyo Quartet - sacd harmonia mundi. Just reduced on Amuk to £15.12. The ASIN is B00L5J4PYC
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Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostIs this one surround sound, or two channel SACD?
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