Bargains

[Bryn]

a decent Ring Cycle ,used, under a fiver, with Librettos.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-...+cycle+neuhold

Synopses rather then libretti, surely?

[MickyD]

Looks like the back cover says the complete libretti are included.

[teamsaint]

Synopses rather then libretti, surely?

I have this edition

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nibelungen-Rhinegold-Valkyrie-Siegfried-Twilight/dp/B000GUK04A/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444199715&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Neuhold+ring+cycle

which doesnt have libretti or synopses. I was just going by the amazon listing.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

One of the reviews says there is a full libretto in German, with an English synopsis.

[teamsaint]

anyway, its a jolly good bargain !

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

And I have just ordered it - £4.39 for a complete Ring? I almost feel it shouldn't be allowed.

[Bryn]

And I have just ordered it - £4.39 for a complete Ring? I almost feel it shouldn't be allowed.

Several contributers here (including me) bought the set a few years ago when Superdrug were selling them off at £5.00.

[Conchis]

And I have just ordered it - £4.39 for a complete Ring? I almost feel it shouldn't be allowed.

That's a bit how I felt when I bought for the Solti for about a tenner earlier this year.

[Dave2002]

Several contributers here (including me) bought the set a few years ago when Superdrug were selling them off at £5.00.

Quite a few years ago - maybe 10 or more. I think I managed to get a few boxes at under £5 in the end in the final clearance. I had several which I gave away as presents, though I did buy one set earlier on from the St Martin's Lane MDC shop next to ENO for around £12.

[Parry1912]

The Warner/EMI box of Puccini's operas (17CD) available on Amazon for £16.48 incl. P&P. (Incidentally, why [on the box cover] is Gary Glitter singing Calaf in Turandot?)

Their Verdi 'Great Operas' box (35CDs) can be got for £25.42

[Dave2002]

There's also a Verdi box with I think 18 CDs for £8.99 from Selections, and a rather cheap Arthur Grumiaux box which I forgot to order. I may put in another order, as I also ordered some plastic bins, and I may need some more. Looks as though the Grumiaux box contains some older recordings - not necessarily all the later Philips ones, but could still be good.

[ARBurton]

And I have just ordered it - £4.39 for a complete Ring? I almost feel it shouldn't be allowed.

It`s certainly galling for those of us who bought the original cd issue on Bella Musica for something like 130 Euros - and that was late 1990s!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

It`s certainly galling for those of us who bought the original cd issue on Bella Musica for something like 130 Euros - and that was late 1990s!

Oh, but console yourself with the memories of all the pleasure the set has given you in the last 15+ years, ARB.

(It arrived this morning - played Rheingold; itself worth a lot more than the pittance I paid for the set.)

[Dave2002]

Oh, but console yourself with the memories of all the pleasure the set has given you in the last 15+ years, ARB.

(It arrived this morning - played Rheingold; itself worth a lot more than the pittance I paid for the set.)

Did it have a libretto?

I checked one of the boxes I bought years ago, and yes - it did have the libretto.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Did it have a libretto?
I checked one of the boxes I bought years ago, and yes - it did have the libretto.

Complete German libretto of all four operas, and English synopsis.