The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[Roasted Swan]

Chandos has a HUGE Winter Sale of their own release CD's/SACD's - it seems like pretty much their entire catalogue at varying but VERY reduced prices - £3-4 per disc and some a lot cheaper.

https://www.chandos.net/SeasonSale

I've picked up a load of stuff.  It does make me wonder if they are just getting rid of all their 'hard' stock?

EDIT:  the way in which some recordings are listed is odd to say the least - so an orchestral work might appear in "choral" because of a short choral coupling or vice versa.  For example there are almost no albums listed in "Films" but then elsewhere quite a few of the excellent film music series appear elsewhere!  You really have to look everywhere to make sure a favourite is not missing.  One tip - if you have a specific disc in mind the gerneral search will find it listed at the reduced price.....

[Harry]

Chandos has a HUGE Winter Sale of their own release CD's/SACD's - it seems like pretty much their entire catalogue at varying but VERY reduced prices - £3-4 per disc and some a lot cheaper.

https://www.chandos.net/SeasonSale

I've picked up a load of stuff.  It does make me wonder if they are just getting rid of all their 'hard' stock?

Maybe they go all streaming.   New releases are on the streaming services as soon as released, and even earlier as the CD launch.

[steve ridgway]

Chandos has a HUGE Winter Sale of their own release CD's/SACD's - it seems like pretty much their entire catalogue at varying but VERY reduced prices - £3-4 per disc and some a lot cheaper.

https://www.chandos.net/SeasonSale

I've picked up a load of stuff.  It does make me wonder if they are just getting rid of all their 'hard' stock?

I see a 40 CD box Landmarks - 40 Years of Chandos there going for £16.50 -

[Spotted Horses]

I saw one Chandos deal of a recording I cherish (and already have), Lortie's complete Piano Sonatas. I'll probably pass on the sale, though, because shipping is pricey to the U.S. and it would only be a bargain for a large number of discs.

[DavidW]

I saw one Chandos deal of a recording I cherish (and already have), Lortie's complete Piano Sonatas. I'll probably pass on the sale, though, because shipping is pricey to the U.S. and it would only be a bargain for a large number of discs.

Yeah I saw a few things I wanted but not enough to compensate for shipping.

[AaronSF]

Why does Chandos charge huge shipping/handling fees for a digital download? 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Yeah I saw a few things I wanted but not enough to compensate for shipping.

Why does Chandos charge huge shipping/handling fees for a digital download? 

Is this perhaps due to if one wanted to get a USB stick of the recordings mailed to oneself (vs. just getting a download)?

PD

[DavidW]

Why does Chandos charge huge shipping/handling fees for a digital download? 

We're talking about the cd only sale posted by Roasted Swan.

[steve ridgway]

Chandos has Naxos downloads on sale for ~$3/disc equivalent.  Time to stock up.

I bought a few by Ives, Messiaen and Penderecki  .

[DaveF]

A couple of Hyperion boxes at super-bargain prices on Qobuz UK:

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/byrd-the-complete-keyboard-music-davitt-moroney/nwvdz8miade6a

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/purcell-complete-sacred-music-the-kings-consort-robert-king/b5gtnw966q5mc

[Spotted Horses]

Seems like there is erratic pricing of box set downloads, with some bargains. For instance, lossless download of Jochum complete Philips, 15 disc set, for $13.75 on Presto. (No booklet)

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8773272--eugen-jochum-the-orchestral-recordings-on-philips

[Mookalafalas]

Probably a "Super duper typo" but Ormandy Mono MEGA box going at Amazon UK for $113 (including shipping to Japan!). 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QRXT715?psc=1&smid=A2OLFFCLID6J8I&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

  Ordered mine. We'll see what happens...

[prémont]

Seems like there is erratic pricing of box set downloads, with some bargains. For instance, lossless download of Jochum complete Philips, 15 disc set, for $13.75 on Presto. (No booklet)

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8773272--eugen-jochum-the-orchestral-recordings-on-philips

Download to Denmark = 385 D.Kr which equal about 51 Euro's or 55 USD.

[Spotted Horses]

Download to Denmark = 385 D.Kr which equal about 51 Euro's or 55 USD.

That's a shame. Often it's the other way around, and U.S. customers have to pay more.

Here's another I came across. Nicholas Angelich: Hommage. Just short of 8 hours of music, lossless download from Presto $10.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9521265--nicholas-angelich-hommage

[DavidW]

Found on Qobuz, the complete DG and Decca Bernstein Mahler set.  Includes dLdvE, 10th, both 9ths, the lieder... everything!  $18.09 (the image is the link)

[Roasted Swan]

Found on Qobuz, the complete DG and Decca Bernstein Mahler set.  Includes dLdvE, 10th, both 9ths, the lieder... everything!  $18.09 (the image is the link)

Sadly in the UK when you add that to your cart it miraculously(?!?) becomes £115.69!!

[Drosera]

Probably a "Super duper typo" but Ormandy Mono MEGA box going at Amazon UK for $113 (including shipping to Japan!). 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QRXT715?psc=1&smid=A2OLFFCLID6J8I&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

  Ordered mine. We'll see what happens...

Mine arrived! (Wondered if it would, the seller didn't provide any tracking info.) Thanks for the heads up!

[Mookalafalas]

Mine arrived! (Wondered if it would, the seller didn't provide any tracking info.) Thanks for the heads up!

  Mine too, and I'm tearing through it. Up to 16, I think, going in order. I've been following a thread on another site dedicated to "Huge box sets." It's rather dangerous, as these international bargains keep popping up    Irritatingly, on that thread, their main topic is outrage that, say, one disk in a 100-disk box-set ends 5 seconds short or something.

[Mookalafalas]

This was one of the first giant box sets. Lots of Reiner, Rubinstein, and Munch, I believe. Nice thing about this box is the original 60 disks were padded out with nice extras. Anyway, it's about 52 Euros (with VAT removed) from Amazon.de 

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Arthur-Rubinstein/dp/B009J3K4MI/ref=pd_rhf_gw_s_pd_crcd_d_sccl_1_43/257-1064876-6340761?pd_rd_w=8RTmY&content-id=amzn1.sym.d36cdb68-efc9-4a4e-bcda-d349636a649b&pf_rd_p=d36cdb68-efc9-4a4e-bcda-d349636a649b&pf_rd_r=9NXZNFNV2BHNBXPZX0NG&pd_rd_wg=wdaz3&pd_rd_r=951aa0dd-320b-429d-849d-eb78d1ba4ab0&pd_rd_i=B009J3K4MI&psc=1

[Drosera]

Mine too, and I'm tearing through it. Up to 16, I think, going in order. I've been following a thread on another site dedicated to "Huge box sets." It's rather dangerous, as these international bargains keep popping up    Irritatingly, on that thread, their main topic is outrage that, say, one disk in a 100-disk box-set ends 5 seconds short or something.

If that's about the Isaac Stern Tzigane, that's a known defect. I believe there's information on how to get a replacement disk in the Youtube review of this box set by Hurwitz.
Personally, I'll try to live with 5 seconds of missing music in a 120 disc box set.

Fascinating to go through this set and the complete Szell simultaneously, quite the contrast. (While reading the autobiography of Anshel Brusilow, who has been (assistant) concertmaster in both orchestras.  )