Bargains

[Parry1912]

I see that Janowski's Ring Cycle has returned to the catalogue at a very reasonable price (as little as £17.41 inc p & p on Amazon Marketplace):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-...ecc_rvi_cart_1

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I see that Janowski's Ring Cycle has returned to the catalogue at a very reasonable price (as little as £17.41 inc p & p on Amazon Marketplace)

Even at £25, that set is a bargain, Parry - there's nothing "bad" about it (good cast, good orchestra, good sound, good pacing and balance) and some much more famous (and expensive) sets give "less" of this fantastic Music.

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

I see that Janowski's Ring Cycle has returned to the catalogue at a very reasonable price (as little as £17.41 inc p & p on Amazon Marketplace):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Ring-...ecc_rvi_cart_1

Presumably, this is RCA's attempt to cash in before Janowski's Ring on Pentatone is released. His new Wagner recordings have been rather well received (concert performances). I saw that Meistersinger was broadcast on Radio 3 on Thursday and Friday afternoon, so will try and catch up with those at some point this week. I'd agree with ferneyhoughgeliebte that Janowski's RCA set gets an awful lot right.

[Mandryka]

I'm another admirer of the Janowski Ring. At that price, it is a mandatory purchase.

[mathias broucek]

I'm another admirer of the Janowski Ring. At that price, it is a mandatory purchase.

Done! This bargains thread is an expensive hobby in aggregate even if unit costs are low....

[DublinJimbo]

I see that Janowski's Ring Cycle has returned to the catalogue at a very reasonable price (as little as £17.41 inc p & p on Amazon Marketplace)

If I didn't have it already I'd rush to take advantage of this great bargain. It's a terrific set; a Ring to live with, which I've been doing since I got the Eurodisc release in the early '90s. What I especially like about it is that the roles are taken by the same singers throughout (Theo Adam as Wotan/Wanderer; Jeannine Altmeyer, Brünnhilde; Siegmund Nimsgren, Alberich and so on). I got to know and love the set through hearing Act I on radio with Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegmund and Jessye Norman as Sieglinde, an astonishingly effective partnership. Of more lasting significance, though, is that I became familiar with the work of Marek Janowski as a result, pinned my colours to his mast, and still consider him one of the greats.

[Dave2002]

The market place sellers are cheap, providing you can squeeze your order (from the US or Camada) past HMRC. Actually some of the cheap market place sellers for this item are in the UK, so not a big problem.

It's a tad cheaper from Amazon.fr, though probably not worth it unless you buy more, because of the postal charges - http://www.amazon.fr/Wagner-Der-Ring...7027776&sr=8-1

[Petrushka]

I'm another admirer of the Janowski Ring. At that price, it is a mandatory purchase.

'I can resist everything except temptation'. Another order placed!

[Curalach]

'I can resist everything except temptation'. Another order placed!

Ditto!

[gurnemanz]

I'm tempted but do you get the Theo Adam wobble?

[martin_opera]

DECCA releases the complete Massenet edition (Amazon) at just over £2 per disc. I am a big opera fan but have no Massenet in my collection - so this looks very tempting and track list is below. Not sure about the Sills Manon though??

CD 1 & 2
Don Quichotte
Ghiaurov · Bacquier · Crespin
OSR / Kord
+ Arias from Hérodiade & Le Cid
Fantasy for cello and orchestra
Silberstein / OSR / Bonynge

CD 3-5
Esclarmonde
Sutherland · Tourangeau · Aragall
NPO / Bonynge

CD 6 & 7
Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame
Alagna · Ellero d'Artegna
ONM / Diemecke

CD 8-10
Manon
Sills · Souzay · Gedda Bacquier
New PO / Rudel

CD 11 & 12
Le Roi de Lahore
Lima · Sutherland · Milnes · Tourangeau
NPO / Bonynge

CD 13 & 14
Thaïs
Fleming · Hampson · Sabbatini
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine / Abel

CD 15
Thérèse
Tourangeau
New PO / Bonynge

CD 16 & 17
Werther
Carreras · Von Stade · Buchanan
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Davis

CD 18
Songs
Tourangeau · Sutherland
Richard Bonynge piano

CD19 & 20
Manon - ballet
Based on extracts from works by Jules Massenet,
arranged and orchestrated by Leighton Lucas,
with the assistance of Hilda Gaunt
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Bonynge


CD 21
Le Cid - ballet music
Scènes alsaciennes
Scènes dramatiques
Orchestral music from
Le roi de Lahore, Thaïs, Cendrillon
NPO / LSO / Bonynge

CD 22
Le Carillon
Cigale
NPO / Bonynge

CD 23
Rarities and historic recordings
Orchestral music from La Navarraise, Chérubin,
Lamento d'Ariane
various orchestras / Bonynge

Scènes pittoresques
Scènes alsaciennes
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Albert Woolf

CD-ROM
Opera libretti, Song texts & translations

[Parry1912]

Conlon's superb EMI Triple of Zemlinsky for £4.99! Another no brainer, I think:

http://www.sainsburysentertainment.c..._source=google

(Sainsbury's seem to be doing all the EMI Triples for £4.99)

[Bryn]

Conlon's superb EMI Triple of Zemlinsky for £4.99! Another no brainer, I think:

http://www.sainsburysentertainment.c..._source=google

I almost wish I did not already have it.

[Pianorak]

Conlon's superb EMI Triple of Zemlinsky for £4.99! Another no brainer, I think:

When will I learn to stay away from the Bargain thread!!
But anyway, thanks Parry for this no-brainer!

[mathias broucek]

I almost wish I did not already have it.

Sadly I can relate to that emotion all too well. These days I've come to accept that the buying and collecting is as much of the fun as the listening....