Gentile me has just received an email re Katchen box set from Italy: Arriverà: sabato 28 ottobre. 
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Mine is due to be delivered to the post office at the back of W H Smith today. Unfortunately I am unable to collect it until Monday. However, Amazon have advised me that the price had a significant drop since I ordered it. I am 2p better off as a result. That said, the current best price on amazon.co.uk for the 'new' set is £36.68 including p&p. We did indeed get it at bargain price.Originally posted by jpegasus View PostComment
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Picked up the Rachmaninov box from the Royal Mail sorting office this afternoon. I currently have the bonus disc, The Real Rachmaninov with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Rob Cowan. Looking forward to listening to the original versions of the 1st and 4th Piano Concertos, etc.Originally posted by Cockney Sparrow View PostI'd been waiting for a competitive price on the Rachmaninov complete works set since it came out, since there is some inevitable duplication etc. Nowadays I am trying to resist box sets, and then this offer came along......
Well, I'm lucky enough to have an mp3 recording of the extensive review of the set on CD Review in late 2014 (which alerted me to the set):
Almost uniform appreciation of the performances on this set from the likes of Ashkenazy, Soderstrom, Previn, Argerch, Richter.........it goes on. Listening again to this last night moved me to press the button.....Comment
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... just rec'd the Katchen - many thanks to kamisama / hafod
I see this 35 CD collection - as advertised on the box and in the booklet - actually includes a CD 36 (Rach: Rhaps: on a theme of Paganini; Dohnanyi Vars: on a Nursery Song).
Very much looking forward to a moment of spare time to dip into this...
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Herreweghe : Harmonia Mundi Years. 30 CD box.
Plenty around at about £31 on market place.
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew). Picked up the Blu-ray + DVD pairing from the sorting office this afternoon. I was a bit taken aback to note that the specification given on the back panel of the casing states that the only audio provided is DTS 5.1 surround. No mention of LPCM 2 channel stereo of Dolby Digital. However, when I loaded the Blu-ray disc into the player the audio was initially identified as bog standard Dolby Digital. Once the opera began the audio identification changed to DTS-HD MA. Phew! Still no 2 channel stereo option, however. The player's mix-down to 2 channels sound pretty good though. I will check out the DVD's audio later. I am finding the production very attractive. Many instrumentalists of Les Arts Florissants play on stage, among the vocal musicians. The English subtitles have a somewhat unfinished look to them, the occasional "?" turning up mid-text (i.e not as punctuation as such), suggesting uncertainty in the appropriateness of the translation offered.Originally posted by Bryn View Post
Best price at the moment still appears to be that at MDT.
[Just checked the audio on the DVD. It's restricted to Dolby Digital 5.1.]Comment
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15 CDs of Gustav Leonhardt's Sony recordings for under 10 euros:
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Mendelssohn - The Collection 45 discs. Hanssler - £21.86 delivered new from a m/place seller on AmIt.
or from (same seller) at AmUk, £27.06 delivered.
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Complete track listings: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/det...n/hnum/7734654Originally posted by hafod View PostMendelssohn - The Collection 45 discs. Hanssler - £21.86 delivered new from a m/place seller on AmIt.
or from (same seller) at AmUk, £27.06 delivered.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Felix-Mende.../dp/B0753HSTQVMy life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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Do we know who the performers are? I already have two copies (slightly different versions) of the Brilliant box sets. Most of the CDs are unplayed - but some which I've played are good. The ones I've not played may also be good - but I'm not in a great hurry to hear them.Originally posted by Pianorak View PostComment
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Solti Chicago complete - 108 CDs 75.99 Euros
May not be at this price for long...Comment
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I think they left 100 off. Tried to log in and got a spanish two epstep code which at the speed read my Spanish did not grab.Originally posted by Kamisama View PostSolti Chicago complete - 108 CDs 75.99 Euros
May not be at this price for long...Comment
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