what was the last cd you bought?

Chopin:  Dmitri Alexeev

Mazurkas

Chopin:  Yakov Flier (piano)

Mazurkas

Bach:  Piano Concertos BWV 1060, 1061, 1063, and 1065

Picked up to commemorate the passing of Helmut Schmidt last year.

Rachmaninov: Pizzaro | Tetzlaff | Tetzlaff

Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 9 Trio élégiaque

Nothing will surpass the Kogan | Luzanov | Svetlanov but with an open mind (cough cough) I give everyone a fair chance and try 

Florestan posted:

Sokolov: Schubert / Beethoven

It is not available or where do you get it? Tx Ralf

Chopin:  Dong Hyek Lim (piano)

Preludes Op. 28 | Barcarolle | Berceuse | Variations Brillantes

Alfred Brendel: The Complete Philips Recordings

Beatrice Rana (Piano)

Prokofiev | Tchaikovsky:  Beatrice Rana (piano) | Antonio Pappano

Rachmaninov:  Artur Pizarro (piano)

Complete Piano Works, Vol. 3

Schumann:  Jan Lisiecki (piano) | Antonio Pappano

T38.45 posted:

Florestan posted:

Sokolov: Schubert / Beethoven

It is not available or where do you get it? Tx Ralf

 

 

This was a pre-order on Amazon and it gives me a January 15th release date.

Wolfgang Haffner and Michael Wollny, ordered these after many plays on Tidal

From local Charity shop, 4 for £1.50:-

BIly Joel - An Innocent Man

Mavericks - From Hell To Paradise, Music For All Occasions

Big Jim Sullivan - Mr Rock Guitar

Stan Rogers, The very best of

On Amazon Italy, for me the cheapest...

Amazon Italy..

Counting Crows. Recovering The Satellites.

Bush. Razorblade Suitcase.

Springsteen. The Ghost Of Tom Joad.

The Black Crowes. Greatest Hits 1990-99.

Three bucks a pop and each in like new condition. Nary a scratch on the jewel case. I have to wonder if these weren't just ripped and sold - never actually listened to on a CDP, booklets never removed.

Bert Schurink posted:

Amazon Italy..

 

This is very good news. I was told that this box was in production. I have some of the CD's but not all. I like Gilels' versions of the sonatas  very much.  How do you evaluate SQ?

Regards.  Erich

Florestan posted:

Alfred Brendel: The Complete Philips Recordings

I most probably will wait for the price to drop a bit for this one....

Bert Schurink posted:

Florestan posted:

Alfred Brendel: The Complete Philips Recordings

I most probably will wait for the price to drop a bit for this one....

You can never win playing the market these days 

I cringed a bit but gambled reasoning that it wasn't too bad for 114 cd's.  And maybe the price could go up yet.

I struggle with all these nice sets because I have most of the discs already.  In fact, I already own the three complete Brendel sets of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas and two of those will be duplicated here as well as 3/4 of set.  But the two Philips sets when I bought them years ago cost me more combined than this complete Philips box set.  It isn't smart money wise to duplicate like this but it is all relative.  It is worth having the sets just to get the few missing pieces.

Next on my wish list is the Gilels and Lupu.  Again, I really don't need them as I have most the music already but just feel compelled somehow to be a completist.  In the long run I'm never sorry.  In the case of the Brendel I admire him as an artist and we'll say that essentially I'm buying the book that comes with it.

Florestan posted:

Bert Schurink posted:

Florestan posted:

Alfred Brendel: The Complete Philips Recordings

I most probably will wait for the price to drop a bit for this one....

You can never win playing the market these days 

I cringed a bit but gambled reasoning that it wasn't too bad for 114 cd's.  And maybe the price could go up yet.

I struggle with all these nice sets because I have most of the discs already.  In fact, I already own the three complete Brendel sets of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas and two of those will be duplicated here as well as 3/4 of set.  But the two Philips sets when I bought them years ago cost me more combined than this complete Philips box set.  It isn't smart money wise to duplicate like this but it is all relative.  It is worth having the sets just to get the few missing pieces.

Next on my wish list is the Gilels and Lupu.  Again, I really don't need them as I have most the music already but just feel compelled somehow to be a completist.  In the long run I'm never sorry.  In the case of the Brendel I admire him as an artist and we'll say that essentially I'm buying the book that comes with it.

Perhaps you are right. I also have a completist syndrome....., and indeed for this set you can't predict if the current price will be the right one or if it will even go up going forward. I might still pull the trigger soon. As I have only 1/4th of what is offered is still a reasonable offer.