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mathias broucek
20-07-11, 12:22
Just pre-ordered this from Amazon assuming it was his DG recordings in a boxed set.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boulez-conducts-Mahler-Pierre/dp/B004NO5HLG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311160898&sr=8-1

However there's nothing on DG's website about a boxed set. Does anyone have any ideas about this? Am considering cancelling the order
Bryn
20-07-11, 12:31
Just pre-ordered this from Amazon assuming it was his DG recordings in a boxed set.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boulez-conducts-Mahler-Pierre/dp/B004NO5HLG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311160898&sr=8-1

However there's nothing on DG's website about a boxed set. Does anyone have any ideas about this? Am considering cancelling the order

Whatever it is, it looks to be a reference to catalogue number 945049, which is scheduled for release in about a year's time. All very strange.
PJPJ
20-07-11, 12:32
It's not on amazon.com

Here's amazon.de

http://www.amazon.de/Boulez-Conducts-Mahler-Pierre/dp/B004NO5HLG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311161320&sr=8-1

Looking at the price for a single disc, I guess this is a Japanese import.

The UK branch gives a 2012 release date, so you have plenty of time to cancel.

PS Wrong guess - amazon Japan has it as a UK import

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Boulez-Conducts-Mahler-Pierre/dp/B004NO5HLG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311161643&sr=8-1
amateur51
20-07-11, 12:43
Just pre-ordered this from Amazon assuming it was his DG recordings in a boxed set.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boulez-conducts-Mahler-Pierre/dp/B004NO5HLG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311160898&sr=8-1

However there's nothing on DG's website about a boxed set. Does anyone have any ideas about this? Am considering cancelling the orderLooks very odd mathias broucek - it's not being released til 10 July 2012 and number of discs is .... ONE! :yikes:

EDIT: cross-posts - sorry!
mathias broucek
20-07-11, 13:57
Thanks guys. Will cancel
Mahlerei
20-07-11, 16:09
Also the UK listing says it's a Decca release. Very odd.
Bryn
20-07-11, 17:16
Mahlerei, I think "Decca" is now the generic name adopted by Universal.
Mahlerei
20-07-11, 19:38
Ah, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks.
Alison
20-07-11, 21:56
It seems a shame to cancel such an intriguing item !

Perhaps I should order !
HighlandDougie
21-07-11, 15:58
Although a year seems like a long time, my guess would be that it is the Boulez Mahler cycle, repackaged à la Bartok and Stravinsky. If I didn't have most of his cycle on individual CDs, I'd be tempted to order it just to see - and there is something (expensively) appealing about box sets
Petrushka
24-07-11, 23:31
Think I might have solved this one.

I see that Boulez and the VPO are performing Mahler's Das Klagende Lied in Salzburg this week. I think that a recording of this is what is being offered here as this would complete his cycle for DG.

Incidentally, a recording of the July 28 concert is being broadcast on the Austrian Radio, ORF1, on Sunday, Aug 7 at 10.03 BST.
Roehre
24-07-11, 23:43
Mahlerei, I think "Decca" is now the generic name adopted by Universal.

Especially for former Philips recordings, as Universal has lost the rights to use the Philips name and logo, according to the terms agreed during the negotiations for the buy of what then was Polygram (Polydor[DGG]/Phonogram[Philips]/Decca), ten years ago.