Bargains - not CDs!

[Bryn]

One for ferneyhoughgeliebte (and me). A specially priced download from eClassical:

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (1869 version, live)



Warning. They currently have the wrong inlay card pdf, (BIS - 2402 Kaija Saariaho), not Mussorgsky's Boris (BIS 2320). I have emailed them re. the error.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[Bryn]

. . . Warning. They currently have the wrong inlay card pdf, (BIS - 2402 Kaija Saariaho), not Mussorgsky's Boris (BIS 2320). I have emailed them re. the error.

Swift response from George Olvik of BIS. The insert pdf has now been replaced with the correct one.

[Dave2002]

Hans Rosling's book on Factfulness is a 99p Kindle deal today.

Worth reading I'd say, though I'd query the author's views on nuclear safety. Previously unknown (to me) data re the 1986 Chernobyl disaster suggests that over 400,000 died as a result. I don't know how this has been established, but I heard this from an authoritative Ukrainian source.

FWIW I scored 5/12 on the simple quiz in the early pages, which puts me slightly better than the chimpanzees.

[vinteuil]

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... re Chernobyl deaths : I found Tim Harford's 'More or Less' programme on the subject interesting -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07dtfxp

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[Dave2002]

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... re Chernobyl deaths : I found Tim Harford's 'More or Less' programme on the subject interesting -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07dtfxp

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Thanks for that. I wonder where the Ukrainian scientist got his figures from. The programme mentions flawed Russian research, and attributing deaths to Chernobyl rather than other causes.

[Dave2002]

Naomi Klein’s book “This changes everything:capitalism vs the climate” is a 99p Kindle offering today. The book seems to be a readable narrative about climate change.

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/This-Changes-Everything-Capitalism-Climate/dp/0241956188/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Naomi+klein&qid=1569213467&smid=A1G3UP32AZJ14F&sr=8-2

[Bryn]

Chasing up Daniel Finn's newish "One Man's Terrorist" and not liking the price on Amazon, I searched the Internet and found that Verso currently have a 50% discount offer on their entire catalogue, with free p&p on orders of over £10:

[Oakapple]

Various places such as Tesco and Currys are selling Echo Dots for £22. I bought one on Saturday but beware - they are all American. It's not just the accent; I cannot get it to play any British radio stations (it always offers me an American one) and if I ask about the weather it finds a town in the USA.

I have an old Alexa and that will play Radio 3 but it did warn me that I might hear "mature" content that will offend me! (That is actually possible. I was listening to You and Yours on Radio 4 a few weeks ago and because of some technical hitch another station interrupted with some very choice language.)

Edited - I now realize I can go into settings on the app and change it to British. Took some delving though.

[Dave2002]

Medici TV gift cards are down to 60% today - so under £40 for a year’s subscription. **** - I arranged one at 55% so slightly under £45 a while back IIRC.

I’m not entirely satisfied with Medici, but there are some good things, so if anyone wants to try, today’s offer might be the cheapest it gets for some while.

[Bryn]

An incredible bargain:

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/beethoven-the-complete-32-piano-sonatas-on-period-instruments-in-addition-the-three-bonn-kurfursten-sonatas-malcolm-bilson/0886788397484

It surely has to be a pricing error. I bought the CDs a good many years ago from Blackwells but have now also purchased this download version to save having to rip the ten discs and convert to FLACs for transfer to USB stick, etc.

Note that the set includes the three early Woo 47 sonatas in addition to the 32 with opus numbers.

[teamsaint]

An incredible bargain:

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/beethoven-the-complete-32-piano-sonatas-on-period-instruments-in-addition-the-three-bonn-kurfursten-sonatas-malcolm-bilson/0886788397484

It surely has to be a pricing error. I bought the CDs a good many years ago from Blackwells but have now also purchased this download version to save having to rip the ten discs and convert to FLACs for transfer to USB stick, etc.

Note that the set includes the three early Woo 47 sonatas in addition to the 32 with opus numbers.

Hmmm.. my account has it at £4.49........


Thanks, great spot Bryn.

[Bryn]

Hmmm.. my account has it at £4.49........


Thanks, great spot Bryn.

Strange. I paid but £3.99, less than 30 minutes ago.

[Cockney Sparrow]

DOWNLOADS
The eclassical site currently has 50% off Naxos 24 Bit recordings. If you follow the links there is quite a long list, so perhaps it is all of their 24 bit recordings.
https://www.eclassical.com/
(As a determined CD quality downloader, I'm not sure it offers any saving to me)

[Steerpike]

Bryn,

Many thanks for the Beethoven sonatas tip. Downloaded and already very much enjoying them.

Teamsaint,

When I went in, the nearly identical cds were being offered at both the lower price Bryn paid and the higher price you mention. The only difference I could see was the higher priced one was called the De Luxe version and included the digital booklet. I plumped for this.

The booklet has a group photo of the players, a few photos of instruments etc, details of the instruments and their players, a thematic index with details of composition dates etc, an essay by Malcolm Bilson, and a short note on each sonata. And all in English, French and German. Well worth the extra I think but take your pick.

Steerpike