Bargains

[MickyD]

Rather than start a new thread, thought I would post here.

Can anybody recommend a decent box of Mozart operas at a good price?

Nothing particular in mind, not worried about having everything, but certainly to include the most popular ones.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozarts-Operas-Tutte-Giovanni-Figaro/dp/B000GUK00E/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1414922152&sr=1-4&keywords=mozart+opera+box

Any good?

Wha about the performances in the Brilliant classics complete edition?

All thoughts welcome !!
Cheers.

My favourites have long been the Ostman/L'Oiseau Lyre performances, collected in a box some time ago, but now far too expensive...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozart-Nozze-Figaro-Giovanni-Zauberflote/dp/B00006IU7V/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1414931519&sr=1-5&keywords=mozart+ostman

...about time Decca reissued them again!

[Dave2002]

Yes, that's a fantastic box, ts. Terrific performances of the da Ponte operas and the Magic Flute. The Erich Kleiber Figaro and the Bohm Cosi are perhaps my favourite recordings of those operas, with phenomenal casts, but the other two are also very good. You can't get a better introduction to the major operas than this set, imv.

I agree that it's a reasonable box at the price, though the recordings will probably sound their age. At the price it's very good value at present - I paid a fair proportion of that asking price simply for Fricsay's Don Giovanni a while back - though here it's the Magic Flute which is conducted by him.

Decca have a box which at one time was available very cheaply - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozart-Compl...=mozart-operas

There's also JEG's collection - which also has been cheap in the past - http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/...lbum_id=565818

You can find a few other versions individually - such as Muti's Don Giovanni which are are very good. I agree about Östman's Drottningholm recordings.

[Dave2002]

This set of CDs by Charles Rosen seems reasonably priced -around £28 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...&pf_rd_i=typ01 and has some interesting pieces - several by Carter.

[Bryn]

This set of CDs by Charles Rosen seems reasonably priced -around £28 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...&pf_rd_i=typ01 and has some interesting pieces - several by Carter.

I am intrigued to know whether they have at last sorted out the editing mess in all previous CD releases of Rosen's recording of the Stravinsky Movements. Let's hope so.

[Pulcinella]

I am intrigued to know whether they have at last sorted out the editing mess in all previous CD releases of Rosen's recording of the Stravinsky Movements. Let's hope so.

Is there a track listing anywhere?
Presumably the timing would be different (longer) if the missing repeat is restored than it is in the Stravinsky Edition.

[Pulcinella]

Have ordered this, despite now having some duplicated CDs to dispose of: the complete Columbia recordings made by Pierre Boulez.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pierre-Boulez-Complete-Columbia-Collection/dp/B00JAOK44O/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1415173919&sr=1-1&keywords=boulez+complete

Particularly pleased to see that this will restore some of Heather Harper's singing (in Berg and Ravel) to the catalogue. Also this recording of the Falla harpsichord concerto got honourable mention on another thread.

Looks like a bargain to me!

[Bryn]

Is there a track listing anywhere?
Presumably the timing would be different (longer) if the missing repeat is restored than it is in the Stravinsky Edition.

I've not yet been able to find a track listing with timings. I will keep looking.

[vinteuil]

The Real Chopin box seems to be available on amazon.es at a good price -

http://www.amazon.es/dp/B003DQIQ7C

[amateur51]

The Real Chopin box seems to be available on amazon.es at a good price -

http://www.amazon.es/dp/B003DQIQ7C

That's a great price for this endlessly fascinating set of recordings - bravo vints - that's the Billecart-Salmon btw

[Dave2002]

That's a great price for this endlessly fascinating set of recordings - bravo vints - that's the Billecart-Salmon btw

Let's hope that this one doesn't turn out to be one which gets cancelled.

[amateur51]

Let's hope that this one doesn't turn out to be one which gets cancelled.

That's always to be wished for surely, Jonah

[Pianorak]

The Real Chopin box seems to be available on amazon.es at a good price -

http://www.amazon.es/dp/B003DQIQ7C

Muchas gracias! Dedos cruzados.

[gurnemanz]

The Real Chopin box seems to be available on amazon.es at a good price -

http://www.amazon.es/dp/B003DQIQ7C

Nostalgia corner: in 2011 this was one of the best bargain alerts ever on this thread, when some of us got Real Chopin box for £9.97. It must have been priced in error as one CD. A great set which I have played a lot.

[MickyD]

Yes, that must have been the bargain of all time...I bought three sets! But still an excellent price today, it is a wonderful collection.

[Dave2002]

That's always to be wished for surely, Jonah

Sorry about that - but we had a batch of unfulfilled and perhaps too good to be true alerts only a few weeks ago. This one looks possible - so fingers crossed.