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I went back to Borders and picked this up for $3 with their coupon.
Borders is not usually price competitive here in the UK. I used to listen to new CD at Borders because they had a lot of listening posts, then I'd go over the road to HMV to actually buy the goods for £2 less!
HMV sounds like fun. We don't have anything like that in Nashville.
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Yesterday was my last day as a member of the BMG Music Club (they're changing to a new format), so I grabbed this as I walked out the door from their clearance section.
I don't think Bjorlin's is the best recording of Berwald, but there's so much music crammed into these three CDs, it was worth the price, especially at 80% off.
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Brian wrote:
I don't think Bjorlin's is the best recording of Berwald, but there's so much music crammed into these three CDs, it was worth the price, especially at 80% off.
A great bargain, there's some really enjoyable music on that set (Sorin gave me the hard sell on it ).
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Naxos Direct has having a $2.99 sale (sorry only for U.S) and I picked up the following. Should get her tomorrow!
Heck that's a lot of CDs Kev, but... but.. no Beethoven?? ... no Handel??
Rod - As you have probably guessed by now, I love the unsung composers! Not that I don't enjoy Beethoven and Handel as I have their major works in my library, but I have always been the guy who likes the lesser knowns and obscure artists. I've heard most of Beethoven enough to satisfy me. I really love to explore music that is hardly ever heard. Just my preference.
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Melmoth wrote:
Brian wrote:
I don't think Bjorlin's is the best recording of Berwald, but there's so much music crammed into these three CDs, it was worth the price, especially at 80% off.
A great bargain, there's some really enjoyable music on that set (Sorin gave me the hard sell on it ).
Yes, that set comes highly recommended from the folks here at Café Sorin.
I think Bjorlin does quite well with Berwald. He's certainly better than the Naxos recordings. Do you have other Berwald recordings you could share in my old topics, Brian?
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Kevin Pearson wrote:
Rod - As you have probably guessed by now, I love the unsung composers! Not that I don't enjoy Beethoven and Handel as I have their major works in my library, but I have always been the guy who likes the lesser knowns and obscure artists. I've heard most of Beethoven enough to satisfy me. I really love to explore music that is hardly ever heard. Just my preference.
Kevin
In that case you should really be into Handel, much of even his best music was rarely if ever recorded until recent years, much of it you still can't find on record. If you like unsung composers, then Handel should be your first choice.
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I think Bjorlin does quite well with Berwald. He's certainly better than the Naxos recordings. Do you have other Berwald recordings you could share in my old topics, Brian?
Great! I was a little concerned if I made a good purchase.
I have Markevitch's Symphony Singulare that someone ripped for me off an old LP, complete with scratches and pops; that's all from him.
Where is you Berwald topic?
_________________ "There are two things that haven't got to mean anything. The one is music, and the other one is laughter." Immanuel Kant.
There does appear to be a Naxos clearance for folks in the UK too - NAXOS . You can often find these bargains through their storefront on Amazon too. It's well worth checking once in a while.
Wow, what a shopping frenzy you folks are having. This weeks highlight of my own present pathological shopping compulsion is this-
smileyman wrote:
Also took the plunge and got this set by J P E Hartmann
Let me know how that one is Smiley.
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