More box sets coming

[Stefan Wood]

Coming up in the next few months:

The Beaux Arts Trio - Complete Recordings (60 cds)

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Complete Sony (47 cds)

Itzhak Perlman - Complete DG recordings (25 cds)

20th Century Masterworks (10 cds) includes a whole disc of Partch and Crumb.

Seiji Ozawa - Collected Recordings (25 cds)

More:

[ejp626]

Not sure the Mravinsky is a great deal, at least not at present. Suggested retail is $55 or so.

But the Sony 20th Century Masterworks looks very tempting. Can currently be pre-ordered at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.ca. I believe for US residents, Amazon.co.uk is the better deal (18 GBP) whereas it is basically a wash for Canadians (with less chance of a customs hold-up if one goes with Amazon.ca).

Thanks for the heads' up.

[Stefan Wood]

The prices usually drop before the release date. The Masterworks does look good, as the Ozawa.

[king ubu]

this one, too:

[Stefan Wood]

Seriously, couldn't DG find more flattering photos of Fricsay? The one on the first box was hideous, and this slightly better.

[Bigshot]

That's his best Jack Benny impression!

[Van Basten II]

Wrong thread maybe ?

[Stefan Wood]

[mjzee]

Good to know. I've been thinking of buying the Gould Bach box, which has recently dropped in price. Better to wait for this (to drop in price).

[Stefan Wood]

I'm done waiting. I ordered the Bach Gould set from Amazon uk (approx $68 shipped) some days ago. I don't need everything he did.

[crisp]

Link? I can't tell what this Gould box is.

[jazzbo]

http://www.amazon.fr/Complete-Album-Collection-Glenn-Gould/dp/B00UOFCNOC/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1430258699&sr=1-1&keywords=Glenn+Gould+Complete

[crisp]

Thanks Lon

[Van Basten II]

Seriously, couldn't DG find more flattering photos of Fricsay? The one on the first box was hideous, and this slightly better.

Apparently they are running a contest about who's going to put the ugliest depiction of him, guess the guy ain't photogenic.

[mjzee]

Just noticed that Sony will also be releasing this on a USB stick.  See: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Glenn-Gould-Remastered-Complete-Collection/dp/B00WSAVRMA/ref=sr_1_3_twi_2_usb?ie=UTF8&qid=1435615445&sr=8-3&keywords=glenn+gould+box

[bluesoul]

Stravinsky Complete Edition 30 CD set released today,.

http://www.amazon.com/Stravinsky-Complete-30-Box-Set/dp/B013FFSG7U/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stravinsky-Complete-30-Box-Set/dp/B013FFSG7U/

The US Amazon price is vastly more expensive than the UK price. 

 

[Stefan Wood]

62 pounds is about $94.  Buy through the resellers.  Anything different than on  the older set?

[bluesoul]

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON THE MONO ERA 1948 - 1957

[Stefan Wood]

 

Bernstein vol 2

Decca Bartok

 

[David Ayers]

Shrewdly done...

 

Not for me but...

 

 

 

 

Box 'em up and ship 'em out

 

 

And on we go...

Edited March 11, 2016 by David Ayers

[David Ayers]

There's also Archiv vol 2. 

[mikeweil]

What these companies do is bordering on box set obsession ...

Mining their back catalog instead of supporting current artists.

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, mikeweil said:

What these companies do is bordering on box set obsession ...

Mining their back catalog instead of supporting current artists.

And at the same time issuing sets like the forementioned "Art Of Hermann Scherchen" which is not complete at all ... 

[jazzbo]

They're making money. The put them out, they sell, it works.

[David Ayers]

What he said. Back catalog used to be the foundation of classical music sales. Now much less so.  This way those who want it can get it all cheaply and easily. I don't buy them but that is just my preference. These sets are really the only way that a lot of this stuff can come back. Probably it was Brilliant Classics who showed the way. The big company sets put most of theirs in the shade...