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Ah, I have that as what has become a spare set, as all of it was included in the "Life with Czech music" box. Hope you did not pay the full Amazon price. If you are further tempted, the DVD is also available separately .
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Ah, I have that as what has become a spare set, as all of it was included in the "Life with Czech music" box. Hope you did not pay the full Amazon price. If you are further tempted, the DVD is also available separately .
I got it for £4.99 new though I used gift vouchers so effectively cost nothing, ditto the Ancerl disc with the Sinfonietta.
"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
I got it for £4.99 new though I used gift vouchers so effectively cost nothing, ditto the Ancerl disc with the Sinfonietta.
Oops! I somehow confounded the Sinfonietta with the Glagolitic Mass. Forget the DVD unless you want the Mass, Taras Bulba and Jealousy in fine live performances. There is no Sinfonietta on the DVD. Sorry for the confusion.
Don't you hate it when that happens?! Twice in a row I had to contact Presto to report orders missing. I'm always scared that they think I'm 'at it'!
Never happened to me with Presto, who are usually very good, but it has happened twice with Amazon Marketplace sellers. I strongly suspected that they did not have the items I'd ordered and rather than have me give a poor rating they pretended to have sent them while taking time to source from elsewhere for a 'second' copy.
"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
Actually, I think it was more the Post Office 'service' that was at fault rather than Presto. Our regular postie was on holiday so I suspect my CDs had gone elsewhere.
Never happened to me with Presto, who are usually very good, but it has happened twice with Amazon Marketplace sellers. I strongly suspected that they did not have the items I'd ordered and rather than have me give a poor rating they pretended to have sent them while taking time to source from elsewhere for a 'second' copy.
The 3CD Ireland Chamber music set on Lyrita that Bryn and others have recommended.
Much speedier delivery anticipated than for a certain big bargain box that's still awaited.
Spent the last of my birthday Amazon gift vouchers on the Beethoven Symphonies from Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig released tomorrow.
If their performance of the 7th at last year's Proms was any guide then this set should be well worth looking forward to.
"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
Spent the last of my birthday Amazon gift vouchers on the Beethoven Symphonies from Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig released tomorrow.
If their performance of the 7th at last year's Proms was any guide then this set should be well worth looking forward to.
Do you have his old Staatskapelle Dresden set? I'd be interested to hear how they compare.
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