B. Goren. Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 This set looks like another bargain: Rubinstein Plays Brahms. 9 CDs for less than $21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 B-Train, Rubinstein Brahms is a "bargain," sort of, tho' you don't need the last concerto recordings AND... ... if you wait I believe there will be a big Rubinstein box a la Gould, Horowitz, Heifitz, in which case more is more and you'll be glad for everything. i suggest holding off and getting the Brilliant Medtner box instead-- http://www.amazon.com/Nikolai-Medtner-Complete-Piano-Sonatas/dp/B000YPWBQM The Polish Chopin period edition is pretty hot, not ultra-bargain but high qual-- http://www.amazon.com/Real-Chopin-Complete-Period-Instruments/dp/B004EQAUZQ Don't even pretend Uchida on her best day flashing crotch shots from the piano stool beats the least of the performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 "Clara Haskil Edition", 17 CDs for $43. Even though a lot of the material is on various Membran releases... [With all the recent music business mergers, I'm having trouble following the labels; here "Decca" also includes Philips and DG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 These are the ones that have my attention at the moment. The Messiaen box is 6 discs for $36, not bad. The Bach Cantatas box is a whopping 22 discs for only about $52.00. The Ligeti box is 5 discs for about $30. The Bach Cantatas box is now $41.99! I've been listening to this one a lot; a great way to pick up a nice chunk of Bach's vocal works. Hard to resist. As has often been noted, hanging out on this Board can get expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted June 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Youri Egorov, Master Pianist - EMI - 7CDs - £14 at amazon.co.uk. Anybody knows Egorov? Never heard of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) Youri Egorov, Master Pianist - EMI - 7CDs - £14 at amazon.co.uk. Anybody knows Egorov? Never heard of him. I think I've heard the name before, but know nothing about him. There's no shortage of good recordings of the repertoire on that box, that's for sure. FWIW, I googled and found some enthusiastic remarks on a classical music forum I don't frequent... [Added] I also found some enthusiastic comments on r.m.c.r., including sources I trust (e.g. Nicolas Hodges, Jan Winter), although there's a bit of a suggestion that Egorov's live recordings might be preferable to the studio efforts. Edited June 4, 2011 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted June 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Shostakovich: The String Quartets, 6 CDs for £16.43. You might as well get the complete Shostakovich quartets performed by the Borodin Quartet for just a bit more: €26 at amazon.de Are you familiar with this set? No. I have the complete set of Shostakovich quartets played by .. hmm... the Shostakovich Quartet (on Regis), and I am very happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 EMI 20th Century Masterpieces (16 CDs) for £29 at amazon.co.uk Here is the link to the EMI website with track listing: http://www.emiclassics.co.uk/release.php?id=5099921750021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Ligeti - Works - 9CDs (Sony) - €23 at amazon.de Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Clara Haskil, 10 CDs box set for £9.99. I recommend to read the customr review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Sibelius Edition - Barbirolli, 5 CDs for £13.35. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Some of these are only a bargain if you go to the Amazon zStores and resellers, but the music is pretty grand. Apologies if already posted: Szell-Haydn Munch-Romantic Masterworks Levine-Mahler Van Cliburn - Piano Concertos Argerich - Piano Concertos Leinsdorf-Prokofiev Haitink - Shostakovich complete symphonies Not as jaw-droppingly low as some of the others, but still very much value for money. I would rate Haitink a bit higher than this cycle by Barshai (Barshai - Shostakovich) but really at these prices you might get both. I did -- over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Nice recommendations! I will respectfully disagree on the Barshai -- I think it's the best cycle out there, bar none! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) Nice recommendations! I will respectfully disagree on the Barshai -- I think it's the best cycle out there, bar none! Well, hard to go wrong with both if you have the stamina and the resources. As far as Shostakovich string quartet cycles, there are 4 or 5 complete ones, and the Pacifica Quartet is now recording one, though this will add in other Soviet composers for a bit of variety. Given that I saw them do the cycle live here in Chicago, they may become a sentimental favorite, though I suspect it will be 2-3 years before the entire cycle is available. Here's the projected schedule of this upcoming Shostakovich cycle: Pacifica News (yeah, probably not technically a bargain, though they do say each two-CD set will be sold at single CD prices. ) Do I need more CDs -- absolutely not. Will I get these anyway -- probably so. Edited June 8, 2011 by ejp626 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Clara Haskil, 10 CDs box set for £9.99. I recommend to read the customr review. I bought a cheapo 10-CD box (Michelangeli, on Aura rather than Documents). No complaints: the sound quality is better than I expected, and the timings are much more generous than mentioned in the Haskil's customer review. But the Haskil works I really want are the Beethoven and Mozart violin/piano sonatas with Grumiaux (currently have only one CD of Mozart on Philips). That points to the big EMI box rather than this one, but 17 CDs seems excessive for me (for various reasons)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 But the Haskil works I really want are the Beethoven and Mozart violin/piano sonatas with Grumiaux (currently have only one CD of Mozart on Philips). That points to the big EMI box rather than this one, but 17 CDs seems excessive for me (for various reasons)... Not sure if this is what you are looking for but there are 4 Mozart sonatas here on 1 CDMozart and 10 Beethoven sonatas on 3 CDs here Beethoven The Beethoven sonatas are also available on Brilliant for even less: Brilliant Beethoven Oddly, the Brilliant are reissuing a mono version and the Decca is in stereo. At least according to some of the more informed reviewers. Of course, some of the same reviewers claim the balance on these sets is way off, so who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 But the Haskil works I really want are the Beethoven and Mozart violin/piano sonatas with Grumiaux (currently have only one CD of Mozart on Philips). That points to the big EMI box rather than this one, but 17 CDs seems excessive for me (for various reasons)... Not sure if this is what you are looking for but there are 4 Mozart sonatas here on 1 CDMozart and 10 Beethoven sonatas on 3 CDs here Beethoven The Beethoven sonatas are also available on Brilliant for even less: Brilliant Beethoven Oddly, the Brilliant are reissuing a mono version and the Decca is in stereo. At least according to some of the more informed reviewers. Of course, some of the same reviewers claim the balance on these sets is way off, so who knows. Thanks. That Philips Mozart sonata disc is the one I own (and it's fantastic). I think the EMI box contains additional Mozart sonatas, not sure how/where they were initially released (otherwise I'd have bought the recording long ago). I hadn't seen the Brilliant Beethoven box at that price! All kinds of sound quality claims were made in the customer reviews of the EMI Beethoven sonata box, so if the Brilliant is really mono, its sound quality may be preferable. OTOH, some of the Amazon sound quality carpers didn't strike me as the most trustworthy reviewers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 The Beethoven sonatas are also available on Brilliant for even less: Brilliant Beethoven And it's even cheaper here in Europe: €8 at amazon.de Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 A couple of days ago, I lobbed in a low eBay bid, not expecting to win, but wound up with a nice box for $12.99 shipped: "Beethoven: Les Concertos", 4 French EMI CDs of Beethoven piano/violin ctos (and triple cto and Romances for violin) with Gilels and Oistrakh (Oborin on the Triple Cto and Milstein on the Romances)... Can't find a picture link that'll post. (BTW, the long-time r.m.c.r. stalwart Simon Roberts seems to be auctioning off a lot of good recordings these days.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted June 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Anyone who is looking for bargains should check out EMI Icon series. I already have several sets from this series and the next one I'll order will probably be this: 11 CDs for £17.99. From what I've learned, Amazon UK offers the cheapest prices for these box sets. Link to their catalogue on EMI website. I highly recommend Alicia De Larrocha EMI 8-CD Icons set - very tasteful playing of Spanish repertoire. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-EMI-Recordings-Alicia-Larrocha/dp/B003D0ZNJC/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1307781337&sr=1-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I highly recommend Alicia De Larrocha EMI 8-CD Icons set - very tasteful playing of Spanish repertoire. Alicia De Larrocha is already in my wish list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 I've run across quite a few bargain sets from EMI France, which I imagine would be very cheap in Europe. They have distinctive covers, for example (this one is $15 and change in USA for 8 CDs, though I suspect it'd meet with Clem's disapproval) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Unfortunately I'm not so familiar with Haydn's music so I cant recommend these specific box sets for his concertos and strings quartets, but the price looks very tempting. Haydn: The Complete Concertos, 6 CDs for £19. Haydn: Complete String Quartets, 25 CDs for £80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Arriaga: String Quartet No.1 - Chilingiaran Quartet - CRD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Arriaga: String Quartet No.1 - Chilingiaran Quartet - CRD Ok and this is a bargain because..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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