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  • cloughie
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    • Dec 2011
    • 22115

    Originally posted by mathias broucek View Post
    Some new Sony Classical Masters available for pre-order including Fleischer in LvB and Brahms and this



    The cost is less that his famous stereo Mahler 2 has been going for 2nd hand......
    The Stokowski box contents look to be the same as the RCA box of several years ago, well worth having! I thought it a bargain then at considerably greater cost (CD prices have become more sensible since!). I have the Beethoven Fleisher, but the box looks good just to acquire the Brahms.

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    • EnemyoftheStoat
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      • Nov 2010
      • 1132

      Been waiting for this Rachmaninov for a long time:

      Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Rachmaninov & Prokofiev. ica classics: ICAC5069. Buy CD or download online. Daniil Shtoda (tenor), Elena Prokina (soprano) & Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano) BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov

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      • makropulos
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        • Nov 2010
        • 1669

        Originally posted by EnemyoftheStoat View Post
        Been waiting for this Rachmaninov for a long time:

        http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/i...ssics/ICAC5069
        It's thrilling that this is coming out - an unforgettable performance. Thanks for the link.

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        • Curalach

          Better price and post-free at HMV.

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          • EnemyoftheStoat
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            • Nov 2010
            • 1132

            Originally posted by Curalach View Post
            True, but who in their right mind would pre-order from HMV?

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            • Curalach

              Works for me.

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              • Don Petter

                Originally posted by Curalach View Post
                Works for me.
                Never had any problems with them, either.

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                • Bryn
                  Banned
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 24688

                  On a few occasions they have announced, after several months, that a pre-ordered item is unobtainable. I have then, in all such cases, successfully ordered those very items from an alternative supplier, though at higher cost.

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                  • mathias broucek
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 1303

                    Originally posted by EnemyoftheStoat View Post
                    True, but who in their right mind would pre-order from HMV?
                    I think EOTS is querying long-term financial health rather than short-term customer service...

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                    • EnemyoftheStoat
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 1132

                      Originally posted by mathias broucek View Post
                      I think EOTS is querying long-term financial health rather than short-term customer service...
                      Exactly! Not even long-term either.

                      I actually do order from HMV and have always found them efficient and quick but I'd be dubious about pre-ordering too far in advance.

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                      • Bryn
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 24688

                        Originally posted by mathias broucek View Post
                        I think EOTS is querying long-term financial health rather than short-term customer service...
                        I strongly suspect the two are very closely linked. Many months ago I suggest here that such situations as I described were probably down to HMV's suppliers' nervousness regarding whether thy would be paid for their goods. By the way, hmv.com does not process your credit card payment until the time of dispatch, so there should be no particular problem of 'refunds' if/when they fold.

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                        • cloughie
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                          • Dec 2011
                          • 22115

                          Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                          I strongly suspect the two are very closely linked. Many months ago I suggest here that such situations as I described were probably down to HMV's suppliers' nervousness regarding whether thy would be paid for their goods. By the way, hmv.com does not process your credit card payment until the time of dispatch, so there should be no particular problem of 'refunds' if/when they fold.

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                          • HighlandDougie
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 3082

                            For anyone who wants to indulge in hours of Messiaen in decent (and well-recorded) performances, this forthcoming issue is a good buy



                            The Davis/Boston Symphony Sibelius cycle is also being released cheaply (and includes the Violin Concerto, played by Salvatore Accardo, which has a slow movement of rare beauty).

                            Possibly less exciting (but still well-played and recorded) is

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                            • Bryn
                              Banned
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 24688

                              Originally posted by HighlandDougie View Post
                              For anyone who wants to indulge in hours of Messiaen in decent (and well-recorded) performances, this forthcoming issue is a good buy


                              Some of us here got those when they were but part of:



                              I now wish I had bought several sets. They appear to be selling a something of a premium these days.

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                              • Parry1912
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 963

                                Originally posted by HighlandDougie View Post
                                The Davis/Boston Symphony Sibelius cycle is also being released cheaply (and includes the Violin Concerto, played by Salvatore Accardo, which has a slow movement of rare beauty).
                                I was very interested in this until I realised that they hadn't found room for the marvellous recording of the Humoresques that was originally coupled with the Violin Concerto on LP.
                                Del boy: “Get in, get out, don’t look back. That’s my motto!”

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