king ubu Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Ordered the Russian box by Ansermet, too - but it's already out of stock and they don't even have a date yet - but the price went down the decisive couple of euros (preventing the custom n*zis from kicking in), so I'll just wait patiently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Just received ..... the CPE Bach complete keyboard works box. Which box are you talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigshot Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 For about a day and a half, this set was 17 euro at Amazon.it... http://www.haenssler-classic.de/en/detail-view/titel/die-kompletten-werke-fuer-klavier-solo/175587/175587/175587.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 (edited) Ordered the Russian box by Ansermet, too - but it's already out of stock and they don't even have a date yet - but the price went down the decisive couple of euros (preventing the custom n*zis from kicking in), so I'll just wait patiently Didn't pre order, yet. I did notice on the amazon.co.uk site a picture of possible liner notes in Korean was added. Edited April 9, 2014 by Stefan Wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 For about a day and a half, this set was 17 euro at Amazon.it...http://www.haenssler-classic.de/en/detail-view/titel/die-kompletten-werke-fuer-klavier-solo/175587/175587/175587.html Nice nab. But is she any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigshot Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Haven't ripped that one yet. I'll let you know. Busy doing Baroque Masterpieces box right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Ordered the Russian box by Ansermet, too - but it's already out of stock and they don't even have a date yet - but the price went down the decisive couple of euros (preventing the custom n*zis from kicking in), so I'll just wait patiently Didn't pre order, yet. I did notice on the amazon.co.uk site a picture of possible liner notes in Korean was added. Really? None of that with the French set ... I think the Korean sets so far all were coming from EMI (now Warner)? And all the ones I wanted (the violinists ... Martzy, Morini, de Vito, and just a few weeks back also Ferras) were rather expensive (each of them around 100$) and not that widely available (I bought from prestoclassical and JPC, the Ferras for instance is not available through amazon itself, or was not when I looked).Anyway, amazon.it just sent me a mail stating the shipping date for the Russian box might be between April 18 and 28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 FYI Bons plans classique (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.ca/) which is an invaluable tool to find about bargains seems to be on the verge of closing shop, in the commentary section there was an exchange which led someone threatening to call a lawyer, following the person in charge of the site has closed the commentary section but also there has been barely any updates since the last month. Have emailed them a few days ago, they never bothered answering me back. As we're speaking the last entry dates from march the 12th uodate as of April 10th, 2014 available...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 I don't know if this recent ICON set was mentioned: http://www.amazon.com/ICON-Malcolm-Sargent-Great-Recordings/dp/B00I3LJRCA/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1397225145&sr=1-2&keywords=icon It's an 18 CD set of Malcolm Sargent. While I am sure there are some classic recordings here, I think I am going to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) FYI Bons plans classique (http://bons-plans-classique.blogspot.ca/) which is an invaluable tool to find about bargains seems to be on the verge of closing shop, in the commentary section there was an exchange which led someone threatening to call a lawyer, following the person in charge of the site has closed the commentary section but also there has been barely any updates since the last month. Have emailed them a few days ago, they never bothered answering me back. As we're speaking the last entry dates from march the 12th uodate as of April 10th, 2014 available...... He finally wrote me back, he deleted all the commentaries and will keep on with the site , as he told me, they were very few big bargains the last few months which also explains the lack of activity. Edited April 24, 2014 by Van Basten II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) amazon.it has some very good prices for various Universal boxes currently ... Colin Davis - Berlioz: Complete Orchestral & Sacred Works - € 27.99 The Art of Wolfgang Sawallisch - € 26.99 Böhm - The Symphonies - € 33.99 Eugen Jochum - The Symphonies - € 27.71 The Art of Daniel Barenboim - € 25.99 The Art of Riccardo Chailly - € 25.99 There are more ... and with some of 'em you get an additional 20% discount if you order two items from the list of items on which you get 20% when you order two items from the list of items on which you get 20% when you order two items from the list of items on which you get 20% when you order two items from the list of items on which you get 20% when you order two items from the list of items ... dig? Edited April 24, 2014 by king ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted April 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Scott Ross complete Scarlatti sonatas box on Erato is reissued by Warner at attractive price: http://www.amazon.de/S%C3%A4mtliche-Sonaten-Ga-Scott-Ross/dp/B00IUPNBW6?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVGTH525N57WM2NQ&tag=pricenoiade-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00IUPNBW6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 I wonder: will it still contain the thick booklet with notes on each and every sonata? I've not really immersed myself into this ... so far rather played the three Pierre Hantaï discs (the fourth, or rather first, on naïve, is here now, too ... part of the nice recent box set) and some old piano interpretations (Horowitz, Ciccolini et al.) I did get the Davis/Berlioz, Böhm and Sawallisch sets in the meantime, btw (didn't order the others, for Jochum I've got the ICON, not that interested - so far, at least - in Chailly and Barenboim). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 I wonder: will it still contain the thick booklet with notes on each and every sonata? This is what it says on Amazon.com, so it is a bit of a compromise: "The 34 CD are presented in deluxe packaging, with a 20-page printed booklet; this is complemented by 200 pages of online documentation, including a commentary on each of the sonatas (along with the musical notation of its opening bars)." While this is interesting and appeals to the collector in me, I think I'll just have to pretend it doesn't exist. I now have probably 20 or 30 classical CDs to work through, to say nothing of the hundreds of CDs I've only listened to once. So 34 more CDs is a steep mountain to climb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 another cube coming up, first of three, it seems, see blurb from amazon.co.uk below - amazon.de has the best pre-order price currently (83€) This 50CD set is dedicated to L’Oiseau-Lyre’s founding commitment – the music of the Baroque. It contains a range of acclaimed, pioneering recordings that testify to the curiosity and ambition of an iconic label.TracklistCD1ARNE OverturesAcademy of Ancient Music • Christopher HogwoodCD2BOYCE Eight Symphonys, op.2HogwoodCD3BLOW Venus and AdonisCatherine Bott • Libby Crabtree • Michael GeorgeChoristers of Westminster Abbey Choir • New London Consort • Philip PickettCD4PURCELL Theatre MusicJoy Roberts • HogwoodCD5PURCELL The Indian QueenJohn Mark Ainsley • Emma Kirkby • David Thomas • Gerald Finlay • Catherine BottHogwoodCD6PURCELL • BLOW • LOCKE Songs from the Restoration TheatreBottCD7HANDEL Water and Fireworks MusicHogwoodCD 8-9HANDEL Concerto grossi, op. 6Handel & Haydn Society • HogwoodCD10HANDEL • ARNE • LAMPE AriasKirkby • HogwoodCD11HANDEL Italian Cantatas • The Alchemist • English SongsEmma Kirkby • Judith Nelson • David Thomas • Partizia KwellaHogwoodCD12-13HANDEL MessiahNelson • Kirkby • Carolyn Watkinson • Paul Elliott • ThomasThe Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford • Simon Preston • HogwoodCD14-15HANDEL La ResurrezioneKirkby • Kwella • Watkinson • Ian Partridge • ThomasHogwoodCD16-18HANDEL OrlandoJames Bowman • Arleen Auger • Catherine Robbin • Kirkby • ThomasHogwoodGERMANYCD19J.S BACH Goldberg VariationsChristophe RoussetCD20-21J.S BACH Brandenburg ConcertosPickettCD22J.S BACH Concertos for 3 and 4 HarpsichordsHogwoodCD23J.S BACH Sacred CantatasJulianne Baird • Allan Fast • Frank Kelly • Jan OpalachThe Bach Ensemble • Joshua RifkinCD24J.S BACH Coffee and Peasant CantatasKirkby • Thomas • Rogers Covey-CrumpHogwoodCD25C.P.E BACH String SymphoniesHogwoodCD26J.C BACH OverturesHogwoodCD27TELEMANN Double and Triple ConcertosHogwoodCD28BIBER Requiem • String SonatasPickettFRANCECD29-30COUPERIN • MONTÉCLAIR • FORQUERAY • LECLAIR • MARAIS Musique pour la chamber du RoyNelson • HogwoodCD31REBEL • DESTOUCHES Les Elémens • Les ElémentsHogwoodCD32ROYER Pièces de clavecinRoussetCD33RAMEAU OuverturesLes Talens Lyriques • RoussetCD34COUPERIN Trois Leçons de ténèbresNelson • Kirkby • Jane Ryan • HogwoodITALYCD35-36ALBINONI 12 Concertos, op. 9HogwoodCD37CARISSIMI CantatasMartyn Hill • Robert Spencer • Trevor Jones • HogwoodCD38GEMINIANI Concerti grossi, op.3Jaap Schröder • Catherine Mackintosh • Trevor Jones • Anthony PleethHogwoodCD39PERGOLESI Stabat Mater • Salve ReginaKirkby • Bowman, HogwoodCD40A. SCARLATTI Sinfonie & Harpsichord ConcertosAccademia Bizantina • Ottavio DantoneCD41D. SCARLATTI Harpsichord SonatasColin TilneyCD42VIVALDI The Four SeasonsHogwoodCD43VIVALDI Stabat Mater • Nisi DominusBowman • HogwoodCD44VIVALDI Cello Concertos & SonatasChristophe Coin • HogwoodCD45VIVALDI Violin Concertos op. 6Andrew Manze • HogwoodCD46VIVALDI Oboe ConcertosStephen Hammer • Frank de Bruine • HogwoodCD47VIVALDI [+ J.S BACH] Gloria • [+ Magnificat]Kirkby • Nelson • Watkinson • Elliott • ThomasThe Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, OxfordPrestonVARIOUSCD48CORELLI • TORELLI • J.S BACH • HANDEL • GOSSEC WERNER • VEJVANOVSKY Christmas ConcertosThe Academy of Ancient Music ChorusHogwoodCD49HEINICHEN • SCHICIKHARDT • TELEMANN • MARCELLO • VIVALDI Concerto di flauti Amsterdam Loeki Stardust QuartetHogwoodCD50VIVALDI • FERRANDINI • CONTI • PISENDEL Il Pianto di MariaBernarda FinkIl Giardino Armonico • Giovanni AntoniniFurther sets will be The Classical Era and Medieval & Renaissance.________________source:http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IRQS24A/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisp Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Both Living Stereo boxes are under £48 at Amazon UK: Volume One Volume Two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Both Living Stereo boxes are under £48 at Amazon UK: Volume One Volume Two Living Stereo #2 just showed up. I have to say I have slightly mixed feelings about it, leaning a bit towards disappointment. Whereas Vol 1 had quite a few bonus tracks added to the various CDs, Vol. 2 takes a much purer original release approach (though no back cover notes on the sleeves like a true OJC release). There is some shuffling around of Reiner conducting Beethoven Symphony 1 & 9 to put #9 on one CD but then Symphony #1 is all by itself (at about 23 minutes). Frankly this is ridiculous, since this isn't an OJC release. I think the average CD length across the 60 CDs is probably 45 minutes. What bugs me in particular is a few of the Fiedler releases where there was an actual CD release with sensible pairings of bonus material and none of this was included in this set. It just seems like a missed opportunity and I am now not sure what to do about these Living Stereo CDs with material not in the #2 set, since I was really hoping to be able to de-accession them, but now I don't think I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigshot Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I got mine the other day and I feel about the same. I'm glad I got the set because there's some great Munch and Monteux I didn't have before, but it sure wasn't as generous with the running times as the first set was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisp Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 That plus the 10 or so discs replicated in the Rubinstein and Heifetz big boxes put me off the Volume Two for sure. One you've factored that in its more like £48 for 25 discs which is still good but not that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 I got mine the other day and I feel about the same. I'm glad I got the set because there's some great Munch and Monteux I didn't have before, but it sure wasn't as generous with the running times as the first set was. It gets very ridiculous at the end of the set where several opera are split over 3 (or even 4!) CDs when two would do (and be just as reasonable in terms of breaks). Same thing with the Bach Mass in B Minor (3 CDs) and Verdi's Requiem which is 2 but would have fit on 1 CD. I do feel the buyer got stiffed out of about 7-8 CDs worth of music, particularly those where they had put the material out on a Living Stereo CD and now the bonus material is essentially withdrawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 1960 Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) I really enjoyed the first volume of the Living Stereo releases. Sorry to hear Volume 2 doesn't meet up with expectations. I may put that set on hold for now and perhaps opt for Volume 1 of the Mercury Living Presence box set instead. Any thoughts here? Edited May 5, 2014 by Tom 1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) Both Living Stereo boxes are under £48 at Amazon UK: Volume One Volume Two Living Stereo #2 just showed up. I have to say I have slightly mixed feelings about it, leaning a bit towards disappointment. Whereas Vol 1 had quite a few bonus tracks added to the various CDs, Vol. 2 takes a much purer original release approach (though no back cover notes on the sleeves like a true OJC release). There is some shuffling around of Reiner conducting Beethoven Symphony 1 & 9 to put #9 on one CD but then Symphony #1 is all by itself (at about 23 minutes). Frankly this is ridiculous, since this isn't an OJC release. I think the average CD length across the 60 CDs is probably 45 minutes. What bugs me in particular is a few of the Fiedler releases where there was an actual CD release with sensible pairings of bonus material and none of this was included in this set. It just seems like a missed opportunity and I am now not sure what to do about these Living Stereo CDs with material not in the #2 set, since I was really hoping to be able to de-accession them, but now I don't think I can. Agreed. But I got it cheap, so it was an OK purchase. What really pi**es me off are the wildly jumping prices (pre-order cheap, then not cheap, release price cheaper ... then shortly thereafter (much) more expensive and then, suddenly, ... much cheaper than the preorder for a minute or two. Or for a week. Or never again. Irritating pricing robots. The problem is that one never knows when something might go out of print in an instant ... or stay in print for eternity. First world problems.) P.S.: Still, if I consider what a lot of this music used to cost, these price-reduced (sometimes somewhat pedestrian) reissues are still a real bargain. Edited May 5, 2014 by neveronfriday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 I'm noticing that amazon.it shipping prices have doubled, when it comes to box sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigshot Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Both the Mercury Living Presence sets are great. But they have a bit of midcentury classical music that isn't as fashionable with the kids today. My strategy on preorders is to get an order in quick and see how it goes. I can always cancel before the delivery date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 The bargains may be over, when price comparing with amazon Spain, Italy and Germany. I'm seeing shipping costs starting at 14 euros for a box set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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