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The complete Bach, 155 discs, the reviews I've read are quite positive on the recordings. I'm ordering my set tonight. Don't neglect the English Suite in A minor, or the Cantata "Wachtet auf, ruft uns die Stimme."
Posted by Tyler Cowen on March 1, 2007 at 10:26 PM in Music | Permalink
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What do you think of the Brilliant Classics Complete Mozart set? Reviews tend to be good, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to use them to form a verdict.
Posted by: Omkar at Mar 1, 2007 10:41:19 PM
I get stuff like this from my library and rip it to my PC for free.
Posted by: BPP at Mar 1, 2007 10:54:22 PM
Assuming 72 minutes per CD and a bitrate encoding of 192kbps, this will take up a little over half of a 30 gig iPod.
Posted by: David at Mar 2, 2007 3:45:50 AM
Wasn't it 55 cents per disc earlier this evening? Looks like inflation's picking up.
Posted by: Brandon Berg at Mar 2, 2007 3:50:18 AM
What if you lose just one, Tyler? Have you lost the equivalent
of 65 cents, or much more than that (by breaking up the set)?
Posted by: glenn at Mar 2, 2007 8:02:54 AM
I'd buy a lot more CDs if they were all priced like that!
Posted by: billb at Mar 2, 2007 8:46:42 AM
Coming soon to a bittorrent site near you!
Posted by: eddie at Mar 2, 2007 11:45:30 AM
Here is a superb 47-minute video of Glenn Gould playing Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Posted by: Brian Hollar at Mar 2, 2007 1:05:55 PM
I never cared much for the recordings on TCB set. It's nice to have the complete set, but there are far superior renditions of all my favourites.
Posted by: Ben at Mar 2, 2007 7:08:13 PM
They're not all the best recordings, but the quality-to-price ratio is excellent. Some of them I quite like, and it's a great way to explore Bach beyond his top hits.
I have a couple of faulty disks in the set (some tracks keep skipping). Maybe it's the high statistics? Anyway, I bought mine some 7 years ago as they came out in boxes of 5 to 10 cds, and the quality may have improved in the meantime. (Or it may not.)
BTW, they're released by a drug store chain in the Netherlands. You find them between dietary supplements and diapers. The company's boss is a classical music freak who wants to make it accessible to everybody. You can check out their whole selection at http://www.kruidvatentertainmentshop.nl
I also highly recommend their complete Haydn symphonies boxed set with the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra (Can it get any more authentic than that?): http://www.kruidvatentertainmentshop.nl/epages/entertainment.storefront/45e9fe1b00275a17271dd5d385f406a7/Product/View/99925?category=#CategoryNo
Posted by: Karoly at Mar 3, 2007 6:19:29 PM
I had noticed this earlier at Amazon but was afraid of spending $100 on the collection; the perks of being a graduate student. ($45 on Herreweghe's Matthew's Passion. on the other hand, is money well spent.)
Tyler, please let us know of what you think of it.
Thanks,
Rushabh
Posted by: Rushabh Mishra at Mar 4, 2007 12:54:49 AM
What I find interesting is that, for once, the Amazon retail price in the US (USD 108) is actually LARGER than the one in Europe (EUR 76 ie USD 100.30), even though the CDs are European made/produced/etc. We over here in the Old Continent are actually used to the anomaly of ordering European CDs from US retailers through the Amazon "Marketplace" system at a 20 to 70% discount to the local Amazon price. And that is in spite of
1) high tariffs as well as non negligible postal costs and
2) furthermore Amazon in Europe already usually underpricing local online retailers.
Did I hear the words "greed", "rip-off", "dysfunctional markets"?
Omkar : yep, the Mozart set is really good on average, with a few excellent renditions.
BPP : how much time would it take you to rip 155 CDs (and probably relabelling by hand at least 25% of tags, plus file management)? I would say a good 24 hours full-time just for the ripping (and probably double that in harmonizing file labels and organizing directories and playlists). That would put a cap on the valuation of your time at 4.50 USD per hour, if not 1.50 per hour... Not much, eh?
Posted by: Henri, Paris at Mar 4, 2007 11:41:49 AM
Well, I knew it was weird and couldn't last : Amazon over here in Continental Europe have upped the price of The Complete Bach overnight from 76 to 89 euros in Germany and 90 euros in France - ie a good 10 dollars higher than in the States...
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