Comments on: Four Amazon.com Classical Music MP3 Bargains

By: kirk

kirk — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:49:27 +0000

I saw it on iTunes for $40. I bought mine on CD for EUR 38, which is a fair amount more, but for something like that, I want to have the CDs.

By: Aaron Meurer

Aaron Meurer — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:22:42 +0000

I just bought the Brendel from iTunes for $42 (I had an iTunes card). I agree that it is a good recording, and some of the recordings are now my favorite for the respective piece. I wish it were cheaper for CD though, because I would enjoy the better sound quality.

By: kirk

kirk — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:48:48 +0000

Yes, the Rautavaara boxes on Ondine have been around that price, but it looks like Bis has either started selling box sets cheaper, or there’s a pricing error for their multi-disc sets. My guess is the former, actually.

By: Brian Burtt

Brian Burtt — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:45:13 +0000

While looking at the Holmboe link, I see that the set of Rubbra symphonies is also $17.98. Actually…it looks like they a number of sets like that: Alwyn symphonies, Rautavaara symphonies and concertos (two separate boxes)…