The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[Brian]

It's a full Bruckner cycle, with Te Deum, on 11 CDs, for 10 euros at JPC. I don't know much about the recordings, but there are sound samples for every track.



For 6 euros, a GREAT deal. Piano lovers, buy!



Not as super-duper a bargain as the others at 20 euros, but you get 7 Lehar operettas.

[ammar]

A mere snip at only 19 euros per disc - http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00118YMAE/ 

[Lethevich]

Just to point out that 6 months later, Naxos Direct UK's "new year" sale is still on. Sadly they only ship inside the UK, but for those fortunate (for once) enough to live here shipping is free, and there are some freakish bargains (DaCapo full price discs for £3, for eg):

http://www.naxosdirect.co.uk/page/new%20year%20sale

[Coopmv]

A mere snip at only 19 euros per disc - http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00118YMAE/ 

No matter.  Karajan is still the god of classical music in Japan and the Japanese will buy these special editions with both hands ...

[ammar]

Some bargains to be had today, but you'll have to work for them...

One of Amazon.co.uk's major marketplace sellers, Zoverstocks, has a number of classical CDs reduced to £2.98. Now, I know they're all listed as used but, having had numerous dealings with them, I'd say that 80% of their used CDs are 'as new', and the remaining 20% show very minor signs of use. Through my great powers of deduction, I'm guessing that they resell stock returned from major UK retailers (a la Entertainment UK's old Amazon.co.uk presence, Directoffers - EUK was the distribution arm of the 'dearly departed' Woolworths store, FYI).

So...

Go here -  http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?node=125553011

Do a search for the label you're interested in, sort price from low to high, get to the £2.98 mark and hopefully there will be something of interest. Try Hyperion first and you'll see what I mean.

(Best bet is to stick to the independents; I've just ordered a bundle (what is the proper collective term for CDs?) of Hyperion, Bis and Coro CDs)

Happy hunting

[Brian]

Some bargains to be had today, but you'll have to work for them...

One of Amazon.co.uk's major marketplace sellers, Zoverstocks, has a number of classical CDs reduced to £2.98. Now, I know they're all listed as used but, having had numerous dealings with them, I'd say that 80% of their used CDs are 'as new', and the remaining 20% show very minor signs of use. Through my great powers of deduction, I'm guessing that they resell stock returned from major UK retailers (a la Entertainment UK's old Amazon.co.uk presence, Directoffers - EUK was the distribution arm of the 'dearly departed' Woolworths store, FYI).

So...

Go here -  http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?node=125553011

Do a search for the label you're interested in, sort price from low to high, get to the £2.98 mark and hopefully there will be something of interest. Try Hyperion first and you'll see what I mean.

(Best bet is to stick to the independents; I've just ordered a bundle (what is the proper collective term for CDs?) of Hyperion, Bis and Coro CDs)

Happy hunting

They have several volumes of Jeno Jando's Beethoven piano sonatas available for as low as £0.01! At that price, I find them hard to resist.

But...what will shipping to America cost?

[ammar]

They have several volumes of Jeno Jando's Beethoven piano sonatas available for as low as £0.01! At that price, I find them hard to resist.

But...what will shipping to America cost?

I'm guessing that the standard marketplace shipping rates apply - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=3149611

All my (domestic) orders were dispatched individually, don't know if they would 'parcel up' overseas orders - I've fallen foul of that method in the past (domestic sales tax + import tax + courier's administrative charge ) )

[Brian]

Holy crap! I found 20 CDs adding up to 20 pounds' worth of goods, but the shipping charge is 58 quid - adding up to $123 US dollars for a bunch of overstocked old Naxos CDs! No way. If only I were in England :-/

[Sergeant Rock]

Carlos Kleiber's DG recordings have been boxed; 12 CDs for 35 Euro.



Sarge

[Opus106]

Carlos Kleiber's DG recordings have been boxed; 12 CDs for 35 Euro.


Sarge

Too bad I have all the orchestral works sans the Schubert 3rd, and I'm not interested in (the) opera(s) right now. DG have also released a 10-DVD set with live performances including two years of the of VPO New Year's Concert.

[Sergeant Rock]

Too bad I have all the orchestral works sans the Schubert 3rd, and I'm not interested in [the] opera right now. DG have also released a 10-DVD set with live performances including two years of the of VPO New Year's Concert.

I already have everything, including the operas. I was considering the box, though, just to get the CD version of Freischütz (I've been making do with the LPs) but noticed the regular edition of the opera is only 18 Euro now. So...no box for me.

Sarge

[flyingdutchman]

No matter.  Karajan is still the god of classical music in Japan and the Japanese will buy these special editions with both hands ...

Not they won't

[Scarpia]

Not they won't

If DG had done what EMI did, and package his entire discography in a very compact package, I probably would have bought it.  I have enough of his old CDs in their original CD editions, that I could probably have sold them to fanatics on ebay and raised enough money to offset the megaset.  But, it was not to be.

[listener]

There's a "Complete Bach" box coming from Brilliant next month (Presto news)
J.S. Bach: Complete Edition    (CD - 157 discs)  $159.49
157CD+2DVD+1DVD-ROM.
Complete works on CD
MANY NEW AND PERIOD-INSTRUMENT RECORDINGS
Includes Diapason award-winning recordings
NEW EDITION INCLUDES MARKUS-PASSION
DVDs of Matthäus Passion & Johannes-Passion
COMPLETE SCORES ON DVD-ROM
Sung texts and translations booklet notes & biographies
Brilliant Classics Complete Editions - 94050 

Scheduled for release on 9 August 2010.
That's all the info for now. 

[Opus106]

There's a "Complete Bach" box coming from Brilliant next month (Presto news)
J.S. Bach: Complete Edition    (CD - 157 discs)  $159.49
157CD+2DVD+1DVD-ROM.
Complete works on CD
MANY NEW AND PERIOD-INSTRUMENT RECORDINGS
Includes Diapason award-winning recordings
NEW EDITION INCLUDES MARKUS-PASSION
DVDs of Matthäus Passion & Johannes-Passion
COMPLETE SCORES ON DVD-ROM
Sung texts and translations booklet notes & biographies
Brilliant Classics Complete Editions - 94050 

Scheduled for release on 9 August 2010.
That's all the info for now. 

Thanks. Some of the names involved in the performances:

Kussmaul, Hengelbrock, Schornsheim, Belder, Lubotsy, ter Linden,
Preston, Pinnock, Savall, Lindberg, Fagius, Zomer, Huggett,
Berben,Wuyts,Holton,Meel,Holland Boy Choir,Mathis,Wentz,
Belder,La Stravaganza,Kirkby,Hill,Agnew,Chance,Brandenburg
Consort,The Sixteen,Christophers,Netherlands Bach

I don't know if all of them were part of the earlier box. I wonder if the recording of 1080 included in the set is the one by Hill (for Hänssler).

JPC

[prémont]

Thanks. Some of the names involved in the performances:

Kussmaul, Hengelbrock, Schornsheim, Belder, Lubotsy, ter Linden,
Preston, Pinnock, Savall, Lindberg, Fagius, Zomer, Huggett,
Berben,Wuyts,Holton,Meel,Holland Boy Choir,Mathis,Wentz,
Belder,La Stravaganza,Kirkby,Hill,Agnew,Chance,Brandenburg
Consort,The Sixteen,Christophers,Netherlands Bach

I don't know if all of them were part of the earlier box. I wonder if the recording of 1080 included in the set is the one by Hill (for Hänssler).

It must be Martyn Hill, the English tenor!
So no new names, as far as I am concerned.

[Antoine Marchand]

It must be Martyn Hill, the English tenor!
So no new names, as far as I am concerned.

I would say the same, no new material there.

[Opus106]

Thanks for the clarification, gentlemen.

[OzRadio]

There's a "Complete Bach" box coming from Brilliant next month (Presto news)
J.S. Bach: Complete Edition    (CD - 157 discs)  $159.49

They already did one complete Bach box set, can't they do a big fat complete Handel? I'd jump on that.

[Scarpia]

What I'd like is the cheapest decent recording of the complete Bach Cantatas.  I think I will probably find most of it less than riveting, but I'd like to have it.  Brilliant has a set, but I seem to recall it being panned by most people.