Bargains

[salymap]

Free of charge, and out of copyright, a nice transfer of Weber's Bassoon concerto with:

Gwydion Brooke
Liverpool PO
Sir Malcolm Sargent
r. 1947

http://shellackophile.blogspot.co.uk/

Ooh that's the troublesome Josef Holbrooke's son, according to someone on the boards. He's very good, I'm told.............

[amateur51]

Ooh that's the troublesome Josef Holbrooke's son, according to someone on the boards. He's very good, I'm told.............

Ah the sins of the father, etc

Sounds a lovely offer PJPJ

[robk]

I have just ordered the Barshai set of Shostakovich Symphonies second hand from Amazon Market Place for £8.19 including postage. There are some good prices there at the moment. I am missing numbers 13 & 14 and Petrenko hasn't got round to them yet so this seemed a worthwhile opportunity.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shostakovich-Complete-Symphonies-Dmitry/dp/B00005UW2B/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1357894243&sr=1-1

[Mandryka]

I have just ordered the Barshai set of Shostakovich Symphonies second hand from Amazon Market Place for £8.19 including postage. There are some good prices there at the moment. I am missing numbers 13 & 14 and Petrenko hasn't got round to them yet so this seemed a worthwhile opportunity.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shostakovich...7894243&sr=1-1

Saw this in a charity shop just before Christmas, for £6.00. But, as I already have Haitink and Janssons, I passed on it.

[Ferretfancy]

The Barshai is an excellent choice, particularly in the less well known symphonies, and his Leningrad ranks with the best, making it a really musical experience with less bombast than some produce. I think this is an indispensible set, particular at this price.

[robk]

Thank you Ferretfancy. I am looking forward to its arrival.

[Barbirollians]

I should like to see Berglund's Shostakovich recordings back in the catalogue . His Leningrad was my introduction to the work on an inherited set of the LPs in their SLS box .

[cloughie]

I should like to see Berglund's Shostakovich recordings back in the catalogue . His Leningrad was my introduction to the work on an inherited set of the LPs in their SLS box .

You may be interested in this.

http://www.amazon.fr/Chostakovitch-Concertos-Symphonies-Coffret-CD/dp/B000G1T4GO/ref=sr_1_18?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1357921394&sr=1-18

Includes Berglund's 5 10 and 11.

[hafod]

You may be interested in this.

http://www.amazon.fr/Chostakovitch-Concertos-Symphonies-Coffret-CD/dp/B000G1T4GO/ref=sr_1_18?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1357921394&sr=1-18

Includes Berglund's 5 10 and 11.

Interesting - thanks. But cheaper (with delivery) from the UK site.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Concertos-Symphonies-10-D-Shostakovich/dp/B000G1T4GO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357924526&sr=8-1

[Mandryka]

You may be interested in this.

http://www.amazon.fr/Chostakovitch-Concertos-Symphonies-Coffret-CD/dp/B000G1T4GO/ref=sr_1_18?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1357921394&sr=1-18

Includes Berglund's 5 10 and 11.

5 and 11 courtesy of a charity shop late last year. They are indeed excellent performances and I would like to hear a complete cycle, if one such was recorded.

I picked up

[Bryn]

Just noticed that MDT are offering the 6 hours+ DVD (audio only, and playable on DVD video players) version of Morton Feldman's SQ2 (Flux Quartet) for just £16.35 plus p&p:

http://www.mdt.co.uk/feldman-string-quartet-no-2-flux-quartet-mode-dvd.html

[cloughie]

5 and 11 courtesy of a charity shop late last year. They are indeed excellent performances and I would like to hear a complete cycle, if one such was recorded.

I picked up

I think he only did 5 7 10 and 11 EMI BournemouthSO and 8 with RussianNO on Pentatone.

[Barbirollians]

I think he only did 5 7 10 and 11 EMI BournemouthSO and 8 with RussianNO on Pentatone.

Looking at Amazon there appears also to have been a recording of the Sixth in Bournemouth too .

[robk]

The Franck complete chamber music reveiwed on CD Review yesterday is available as an Amazon download for £7.49. I enjoyed the clips that Andrew played and this seems a good bargain for the 4 CD's.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/C%C3%A9sar-Franck-Complete-Chamber-Music/dp/B008Y2U7EK/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk_alt

[Don Petter]

The Franck complete chamber music reveiwed on CD Review yesterday is available as an Amazon download for £7.49. I enjoyed the clips that Andrew played and this seems a good bargain for the 4 CD's.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/C%C3%A9sar-F..._album_lnk_alt

Does look a bargain compared with nearly £29 for the CDs, if you don't mind mp3s.

Does anyone know if Amazon downloads give you anything in the way of notes? The last commercial one I did (NC, from another source) gave nothing - I even had to find the track listing from other sites on the web.

This seems very poor when in my experience the majority of private downloads from enthusiasts' blogs do give such details, usually including cover images.

(Pristine, for instance, give the information and artwork freely elsewhere on their site.)