king ubu Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 ... that's the word it seems ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 If it were cheaper, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I love his interpretations. They have character and passion, which I find lacking in a lot of other conductors efforts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyo Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Here's a crazy bargain - 28 CDs of Vivaldi recordings from Decca Records: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B004I7MCHA I paid something like 26 Euro *SHIPPED* from Canada! Full track listing here:http://www.deccaclassics.com/de/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4782747 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) Saw this on Arkiv Music. Bargain? Any good? BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. Quatuor Vegh, 8 CDs. $39.99 http://www.arkivmusic.com/albumpage/29857-E1205 Edited November 23, 2013 by Leeway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) Saw this on Arkiv Music. Bargain? Any good? BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. Quatuor Vegh, 8 CDs. $39.99It's a great set, one of the reference recordings of the Beethoven string quartets. It's been OOP for ages; this one could be either a reissue or one of those CD-R reprints. I'd check with the seller before buying. Edited November 23, 2013 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted November 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) Saw this on Arkiv Music. Bargain? Any good? BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. Quatuor Vegh, 8 CDs. $39.99 It's a great set, one of the reference recordings of the Beethoven string quartets. It's been OOP for ages; this one could be either a reissue or one of those CD-R reprints. I'd check with the seller before buying. I guess this is a new naive reissue box set, part of their low-price series. It's available at European amazons pretty cheap as well: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-String-Quartets-set/dp/B0000DET84/ Edited November 23, 2013 by Д.Д. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Saw this on Arkiv Music. Bargain? Any good? BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. Quatuor Vegh, 8 CDs. $39.99 It's a great set, one of the reference recordings of the Beethoven string quartets. It's been OOP for ages; this one could be either a reissue or one of those CD-R reprints. I'd check with the seller before buying. I guess this is a new naive reissue box set, part of their low-price series. It's available at European amazons pretty cheap as well: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-String-Quartets-set/dp/B0000DET84/ Apparently this set was selling for big prices on the 2nd hand market until this reissue, which appears to be standard CD. Interestingly, Amazon US does not appear to carry it, so maybe Arkiv has a scoop. In terms of dollars to discs, it is not an amazing bargain, but compared to reseller prices, it looks pretty good. Right now I have the complete Beethoven String Quartets only in 3 LP box sets issued years ago by Quartetto Italiano, which I think has been well-regarded. On CD I have the Middle Quartets (only) by The Fine Arts Quartet on Everest, and some of the Quartets performed by the Budapest String Quartet on Columbia, reissues of 1940s mono recordings. I could probably use one or two reference sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 That Quartets set that Paul Secor keeps showing is a great set at a great price from Berkshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 As fro the Vegh, the above-mentioned set appears to be reissues of their 1972-74 recordings, but - Music and Arts released a set of an earlier cycle, recorded in 1952, and if this reviewer has tastes/ears like mine, this is the set I would really want to hear: http://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-7667/ Unfortunately, the M&A set has long come and gone, and look at these prices today! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005NG65/ref=dm_dp_cdp?ie=UTF8&qid=1385227197&s=music&sr=1-4 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00005NG65/sr=1-20/qid=1385227114/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1385227114&seller=&sr=1-20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) I bought the Vegh set on Valois years ago, when I was heavily influenced by the Penguin Guide and similar sources. It's pretty good, but not the ultimate IMO - the consistent gripe (which I pretty much agree with) is that Sandor Vegh on violin often has poor intonation. The sound quality and instrumental balance are also not optimal, but not to the extent of being deal-breakers for me. I recommend that set at reasonable price levels, but wouldn't pay up. I agree that earlier Vegh recordings would be worth hearing (though I haven't heard them), because intonation problems would be much less. I concur that the Budapest recordings at Berkshire are very tempting! The Takacs also seem to get excellent reviews, but I haven't heard so can't comment. Edited November 23, 2013 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 I bought the Vegh set on Valois years ago, when I was heavily influenced by the Penguin Guide and similar sources. It's pretty good, but not the ultimate IMO - the consistent gripe (which I pretty much agree with) is that Sandor Vegh on violin often has poor intonation. The sound quality and instrumental balance are also not optimal, but not to the extent of being deal-breakers for me. I recommend that set at reasonable price levels, but wouldn't pay up. I agree that earlier Vegh recordings would be worth hearing (though I haven't heard them), because intonation problems would be much less. Why would any intonation problems be much less on the earlier set?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 I bought the Vegh set on Valois years ago, when I was heavily influenced by the Penguin Guide and similar sources. It's pretty good, but not the ultimate IMO - the consistent gripe (which I pretty much agree with) is that Sandor Vegh on violin often has poor intonation. The sound quality and instrumental balance are also not optimal, but not to the extent of being deal-breakers for me. I recommend that set at reasonable price levels, but wouldn't pay up. I agree that earlier Vegh recordings would be worth hearing (though I haven't heard them), because intonation problems would be much less. Why would any intonation problems be much less on the earlier set?? I'm assuming the intonation problems are related to advancing age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) I bought the Vegh set on Valois years ago, when I was heavily influenced by the Penguin Guide and similar sources. It's pretty good, but not the ultimate IMO - the consistent gripe (which I pretty much agree with) is that Sandor Vegh on violin often has poor intonation. The sound quality and instrumental balance are also not optimal, but not to the extent of being deal-breakers for me. I recommend that set at reasonable price levels, but wouldn't pay up. I agree that earlier Vegh recordings would be worth hearing (though I haven't heard them), because intonation problems would be much less. Why would any intonation problems be much less on the earlier set??I'm assuming the intonation problems are related to advancing age.They're not necessarily age-related, I've heard young string players with intonation problems. You posted the statement in your earlier post as a fact, but it's just an assumption. Edited November 23, 2013 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Saw this on Arkiv Music. Bargain? Any good? BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. Quatuor Vegh, 8 CDs. $39.99 It's a great set, one of the reference recordings of the Beethoven string quartets. It's been OOP for ages; this one could be either a reissue or one of those CD-R reprints. I'd check with the seller before buying. I guess this is a new naive reissue box set, part of their low-price series. It's available at European amazons pretty cheap as well: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-String-Quartets-set/dp/B0000DET84/ Apparently this set was selling for big prices on the 2nd hand market until this reissue, which appears to be standard CD. Interestingly, Amazon US does not appear to carry it, so maybe Arkiv has a scoop. In terms of dollars to discs, it is not an amazing bargain, but compared to reseller prices, it looks pretty good. Right now I have the complete Beethoven String Quartets only in 3 LP box sets issued years ago by Quartetto Italiano, which I think has been well-regarded. On CD I have the Middle Quartets (only) by The Fine Arts Quartet on Everest, and some of the Quartets performed by the Budapest String Quartet on Columbia, reissues of 1940s mono recordings. I could probably use one or two reference sets. I'd probably go with Tokyo String Quartet, esp. from an Amazon third party: http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Complete-Quartets-Tokyo-Quartet/dp/B008BOWG7C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 This link to spotify might help to end the speculation: Végh Quartet – Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (Complete) (Vegh Quartet) (1952) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Yo-Yo Ma - 30 Years Outside the Box is about $120 for 90 CDs at ImportCDs -- http://www.importcds.com/music/1697030/yo-yo-ma-30-years-outside-the-box. Anyone have this set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Yo-Yo Ma - 30 Years Outside the Box is about $120 for 90 CDs at ImportCDs -- http://www.importcds.com/music/1697030/yo-yo-ma-30-years-outside-the-box. Anyone have this set? I do. Any questions? P.S.: Most of the CDs in the set, as far as I recall (I bought this many months ago) are the regular releases packaged in a positively huge boxed set. I bought it because the separate (re)issues would have cost more than the whole set. I can't remember what I paid for it (around 90 Euro?), but I jumped on it when the set came down from three trillion to affordable. Soundwise it's more than fine for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 As I noted earlier about the same price at deepdiscount, and they have a photo of the set. Whole lot of Yo Yo cheap https://www.deepdiscount.com/cd/Yo-Yo-Ma-30-Years-Outside-The-Box-90cd?pjxsource=pepperjam&pjxaffiliate_id=43737&pjxclick_id=725962083 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigshot Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Yo-Yo Ma - 30 Years Outside the Box is about $120 for 90 CDs at ImportCDs -- http://www.importcds.com/music/1697030/yo-yo-ma-30-years-outside-the-box. Anyone have this set? I do. Any questions? How much of it is classical music? I'm not so keen on crossover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyo Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) 56 CDs of Aldo Ciccolini's EMI recordings, currently just 43.99 at amazon.de: http://www.amazon.de/Complete-EMI-Recordings-1950-91/dp/B002SV3KOM/ Edited November 25, 2013 by Kyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 I've by now played almost every disc from this boy and enjoyed it a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 I can't tell you what OOP beauty I am currently checking on Spotify in case you go on amazon and order the one remaining copy at a bargain price. Sorry. Aagh! Now I'm afraid you might guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Yo-Yo Ma - 30 Years Outside the Box is about $120 for 90 CDs at ImportCDs -- http://www.importcds.com/music/1697030/yo-yo-ma-30-years-outside-the-box. Anyone have this set? I do. Any questions? How much of it is classical music? I'm not so keen on crossover. More details here: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=239239 Well, here's a lsiting of what's in the box (from an Amazon.com review): 01-Robert-White-Sings-Beethoven 02-Saint-Saens-Carnival-of-the-Animals-Variations-on-a-Theme-of-Beethoven,-Op.-35-Polonaise,-Op.-77 03-Saint-Saens-and-Lalo-Cello-Concertos 04-Haydn-Cello-Concertos 05-Beethoven-Complete-Sonatas-for-Cello-and-Piano,-Vol.-1 06-Kreisler,-Paganini 07-Bach-Sonatas-for-Viola-da-Gamba-and-Harpsichord 08-Bach-The-Six-Unaccompanied-Cello-Suites 09-Bach-The-Six-Unaccompanied-Cello-Suites 10-Shostakovich-and-Kabalevsky-Cello-Concertos 11-Bolling-Suite-for-Cello-and-Jazz-Piano-Trio 12-Beethoven-Complete-Sonatas-for-Cello-and-Piano,-Vol.-2 13-Schubert-String-Quintet 14-Japanese-Melodies 15-Elgar-and-Walton-Cello-Concertos 16-Mozart-Divertimento,-K.-563 17-Brahms-Sonatas-for-Cello-and-Piano 18-Strauss-Don-Quixote-Schoenberg-Concerto 19-Beethoven-Complete-Sonatas-for-Cello-and-Piano,-Vol.-3 20-Dvorak-Cello-Concerto 21-Boccherini-Concerto-J.-C.-Bach-Sinfonia-Concertante-and-Grand-Overture 22-Mozart-Adagio-and-Fugue-in-C-Minor-Schubert-String-Quartet-No.-15 23-Schumann-Cello-Concerto-Fantasiestucke 24-Dvorak-Piano-Trios 25-Brahms-Double-Concerto,-Piano-Quartet 26-Shostakovich-Piano-Trio,-Cello-Sonata 27-Barber-and-Britten-Cello-Concertos 28-Strauss-and-Britten-Cello-Sonatas 29-Shostakovich-Quartet-No.-15Gubaidulina-Rejoice! 30-Anything-Goes-Stephane-Grappelli-and-Yo-Yo-Ma-Play-(Mostly)-Cole-Porter 31-Mozart-Serenade-No.-10,-Gran-Partita 32-Brahms-The-Piano-Quartets 33-Brahms-The-Piano-Quartets 34-Prokofiev-and-Rachmaninoff-Cello-Sonatas 35-Tchaikovsky-Gala-in-Leningrad 36-Hush 37-Prokofiev-Sinfonia-Concertante,-Tchaikovsky-Variations 38-Brahms-String-Sextets 39-Brahms-String-Sextets 40-Brahms-Sonatas-for-Cello-and-Piano 41-Schoenberg-Verklarte-Nacht,-String-Trio 42-Faure-Piano-Quartets 43-Made-in-America 44-Dvorak-in-Prague 45-Beethoven-and-Schumann-Piano-Quartets 46-Chopin-Piano-Trio,-Polonaise-brillante,-Cello-Sonata 47-The-New-York-Album 48-Immortal-Beloved 49-Brahms,-Beethoven,-and-Mozart-Clarinet-Trios 50-Dvorak-and-Herbert-Concertos-from-the-New-World 51-Schubert-Trout-Quintet,-Arpeggione-Sonata 52-Goldenthal-Fire-Water-Paper-A-Vietnam-Oratorio 53-Appalachia-Waltz 54-Lieberson-King-Gesar 55-Schubert-and-Boccherini-String-Quintets 56-Yo-Yo-Ma-Premieres 57-Mozart-The-Piano-Quartets 58-From-Ordinary-Things 59-Tan-Dun-Symphony-1997 60-Seven-Years-in-Tibet-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack 61-Mark-OConnor-Liberty 62-Soul-of-the-Tango-The-Music-of-Astor-Piazzolla 63-The-Cello-Suites--Inspired-by-Bach 64-The-Cello-Suites--Inspired-by-Bach 65-Korngold-and-Schmidt-Music-for-Strings-and-Piano-Left-Hand 66-Tavener-The-Protecting-Veil 67-Simply-Baroque 68-Brahms-Piano-Concerto-No.-2,-Cello-Sonata 69-Yo-Yo-Ma-Solo 70-Appalachian-Journey 71-Dvorak-Piano-Quartet,-Romantic-Pieces,-Sonatina 72-Simply-Baroque-II 73-John-Corigliano's-Phantasmagoria 74-Crouching-Tiger,-Hidden-Dragon-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack 75-Yo-Yo-Ma-Plays-the-Music-of-John-Williams 76-Silk-Road-Journeys-When-Strangers-Meet 77-Meyer-and-Bottesini-Concertos 78-Naqoyatsi-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack 79-Paris-La-Belle-Epoque 80-Obrigado-Brazil 81-Obrigado-Brazil-Live 82-Vivaldi-Cello 83-Isaac-Stern-Schubert,-Brahms,-Bach,-Mozart 84-Yo-Yo-Ma-Plays-Ennio-Morricone 85-Silk-Road-Journeys-Beyond-the-Horizon 86-Memoirs-of-a-Geisha-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack 87-New-Impossibilities 88-Yo-Yo-Ma-and-Friends-Songs-of-Joy-and-Peace 89-The-Bonus-Disc-1 90-The-Bonus-Disc-2 Quite a bit of both, classical, crossover ... Edited November 27, 2013 by neveronfriday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 definitely not for me ... though I'm sure there'd be some good music to discover there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Not for me either - apart from the fact that I'm not a Yo-Yo Ma fan, on the contrary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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