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[HighlandDougie]

Sorry - my reference to 2 channel only should also have said that they were not hybrid SACD/CD but very much playable only via an SACD player. Sony comes up with some great technology from time to time but then shoots itself in the foot by restricting its market, in this case presumably to try to get everyone to jump straight to SACD, junking their CD player en route. If they had made the discs SACD/CD hybrids, I think that they would have had wider appeal, sold more copies and then got people more interested in the idea of buying an SACD player.

[Dave2002]

Sorry - my reference to 2 channel only should also have said that they were not hybrid SACD/CD but very much playable only via an SACD player. Sony comes up with some great technology from time to time but then shoots itself in the foot by restricting its market, in this case presumably to try to get everyone to jump straight to SACD, junking their CD player en route. If they had made the discs SACD/CD hybrids, I think that they would have had wider appeal, sold more copies and then got people more interested in the idea of buying an SACD player.

HighlandDougie
Interesting to hear that the Sony CDs are, as I suspected, good quality. 2 channel doesn't matter - most of them were only ever 2 channel (even if multi-miked). I'm guessing that they're mostly only available used now. Do you have any pointers as to where to get these? Should we just keep looking at eBay?

[Dave2002]

PS: This is the kind of thing which seems to at least try for high prices. The used ones are even more - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...r=1-10&seller= Similar situation for Brahms 4, Beethoven 6 and maybe a few others. £66 plus ... new £80 plus used!

[HighlandDougie]

Dave

It's worth trying the US amazon site (www.amazon.com) as they seem to have at least some of them in stock for reasonable (c. £12) prices. They - US Amazon - are pretty good at sending stuff across the Atlantic (that's where my Bernstein Symphony Edition came from). I'm in France at the moment and the SACDs are in Scotland. When I get back at the end of next week, I'll see what I've got - I did have a small number of duplicates - and if I can I'll send some on to you.

HD

[Ian]

My last CD purchase was the Hyperion, Osborne, Rachmaninov preludes Disc. Surprisingly hard going.

[Mahlerei]

PS: This is the kind of thing which seems to at least try for high prices. The used ones are even more - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...r=1-10&seller= Similar situation for Brahms 4, Beethoven 6 and maybe a few others. £66 plus ... new £80 plus used!

Yes, the hard-to-find and OOP titles sell for silly money. You could have a look at sa-cd.net and post requests or seek info there.

http://www.sa-cd.net/

[StephenO]

My last CD purchase was the Hyperion, Osborne, Rachmaninov preludes Disc. Surprisingly hard going.

But ultimately well worth the effort.

My latest purchases are rather a mixed bag -

Dvorak/Tchiakovsky - Serenades for Strings (ASMF, Marriner)
Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle (CBSO Chorus/Halsey)
Judith Weir - The Welcome Arrival of Rain, etc (BBC SO, Brabbins)
2011 New Year's Day Concert (VPO, Welser-Most).

Re. another thread - why exactly do we tend to refer to women composers by their full names and men by their last?!

Pre-ordered from MDT - Mahler 2 (BPO, Rattle).

[Ian]

But ultimately well worth the effort.

What sort of effort is that?

[Thomas Roth]

Vaughan Williams - Symphony no 5 Previn, EMI

[Mahlerei]

Mahler 5 - Abbado/Lucerne 2004 (DVD).

[Bryn]

The Seascapes Hybrid SACD arrived today, though I missed it at first as it had been pushed under a mat by the packages which followed it through the letterbox. A very fine bargain, if not quite as much so as The Real Chopin.

[LeMartinPecheur]

A few bargains from hmv.com: the HMV Gieseking Icon box for about £1 a disc, and vol 12 of the Brilliant Leusink Bach cntatas (5 CDs, £2.99!).

Plus the Hyperion King Purcell secular songs set for £12.99, which probably isn't as great a bargain but will hopefully afford plenty of listening pleasure.

[Bryn]

Eh?

The Gieseking Icon box is 8 discs for £25.99, that's a bit more than £1 a disc, unless you can offer a link to an £8 offer.

[Mahlerei]

Bryn

A bargain indeed, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I still do. Very envious about The Chopin, but then Amazon are very casual about their pricing these days. Looking forward to trying two Blu-rays - the Corigliano Circus Maximus and Maazel's Ring without words.

[PJPJ]

Eh?

The Gieseking Icon box is 8 discs for £25.99, that's a bit more than £1 a disc, unless you can offer a link to an £8 offer.

The Gieseking Icon box is available new and sealed from an Amazon seller for £9.98.