My rule on these boxes is they have to be performances at a level I want to hear ASAP, not music I might want to hear years later. That essentially knocks out 90% or more of boxes from consideration. I'd much rather pay full price for individual classical CDs I know are excellent than a box set that works out to $1 or 2 per disc that won't be listened to much; the latter is actually more expensive in that scenario. On streaming the thread starter made a really interesting thread here: The Modern Classical Listener - Streaming and Beyond... My dream scenario would be getting something like what he did where you have full control of your local collection. ie you control the quality of selection, quality of mastering, no Universal watermarks, etc. Roon 1.8 is apparently a massive jump up from 1.7 in how it integrates large classical collections. I could stream music whole house between two houses and my office never having to rely on the quality of what is online.
The box is no-brainer for me, but there is one major disappointment. Sony did not in all cases keep the original couplings. One in particular that brings me sadness is the Prokofiev 7th, which wad originally paired with an RPO recording of Lt. Kije under Efrem Kurtz.
The listing I purchased from clearly stated 77 discs and there is that separate listing for the sampler so I'd be shocked and disappointed to find they mislisted the sampler as the Box Set. We shall see. Interesting to note...their new/current listings for this item now have much lower buying prices and higher shipping prices.
True, not sure what was the reasoning behind these choices. Some are exact replicas of the original LPs, like the Schuman-Kircher coupling with Mitropoulos and some are not.
I am currently obsessed with the 9 Beethoven symphonies and am looking to add the Karl Bohm cycle from the Vienna Philharmonic. https://www.amazon.com/Collectors-B...a5d1&pd_rd_wg=Bbl7e&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_d Does anyone know if the above linked set currently in-print and available on Amazon is the same mastering/sound as the three 2-CD sets of this cycle released back in the 1990's. See link below. BEETHOVEN 9 SYMPHIONIES & 5 OVERTURES Karl Bohm Wiener Phil. DG 6 CD New Sealed | eBay Thanks
Mine shipped media mail in the US. The $7 Vivaldi Masterworks also shipped, and presumably that won’t be a single disc sampler, which gives me some cause for optimism...
There is some chance this will happen but then I'll get my money back through PayPal because that is clearly not the item I purchased. So no harm in trying. So tracking is included even on non domestic orders? They mentioned it on domestic order but maybe that's just a copy/paste description they use for everything. Try the ePost website for tracking, seems like it is what they used to ship.
To those who have bought Perlman complete recordings on Warner: sorry, but you have bought the sampler. This number is the key: 0825646078097. This number is the EAN: The International Article Number (also known as European Article Number or EAN) is a standard describing a barcode symbology and numbering system used in global trade to identify a specific retail product type, in a specific packaging configuration, from a specific manufacturer. If you search by ean number you'll find out which product is. In this case the sampler of that box. Sorry for the bad news. Itzhak Perlman Complete Warner Recordings box has 0825646150694 as EAN. And for me Perlman is one of the very best violinists of all time. I could buy this box two years ago at Amazon UK by 150 €.
Honest question cause I don't know: how can I see the EAN code of my Discogs order? It is not shown anywhere I looked and everything in the order brings me back to the big box page. But anyway, if I'll get the sampler I'll get a refund, so no problem. And even if I don't get a refund, I'd have spent less than 20€ so no real problem there.
At the bottom of the page, it's the barcode. Then you must do a search using the word ean + the number and you'll see what product is.
Re the Perlman box, there seems to be one for sale now from pop.market with the correct barcode - 825646150694 - for $8.65! https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/1355374051
Thank you, that's on the discogs entry page right? Because if that is the one, then in the page I end up from my order there is the correct one, that is the one from the big box.
The are a lot of negative reviews, 1759 to be exact, on discogs about pop market, most describing that the wrong item was sent.
Yeah, there are some on the Intl seller (the one I bought from) when I quickly checked but it was worth a shot. I'm not too positive, not too negatove either. The thing I'm positive about is the eventual refund with PayPal, there's no way, given the circumstances, that I'm not getting it should I need it.
It is definitely worth a shot, especially if you are paying with paypal. I will take a chance myself, for $12 it is not a big deal.
In my order receipt, the bar code and upc information corresponds to the 77 disc set. Has disc identifiers for all 77 individual discs. Not that it's confirmation they didn't make an error but we will find out shortly. It cost me $11 I'll get back if it's the wrong disc. The reward potential more than outweighs the risk.
I can't, for the life of me, find the info on EAN or UPC code anywhere in my order, nor in the app, nor in the desktop website, nor if I print my receipt from the website. The only thing I know is that the product listed in the order, when clicked on, brings me to the complete set page with the right EAN code (and nowhere in the description there is an hint on the sampler disc). It's my first order on Discogs and, as you can see, I'm a complete newbie
Hmmmmmm Bruckner13 I'm not sure where you are finding the Barcode ending in 8097...Every listing I clicked on lists 77 Discs and also lists the CORRECT 0694 Barcode...Also has detailed information on 77 Discs... Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode (Text): 8 25646 15069 4 Barcode (Scan): 825646150694 Label Code: LC 02822 Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 0825646130375 AF91705-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 0825646130368-01 AF91464-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 3): 0825646130368-02 AF91467-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 4): 0825646130344 AF91470-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 5): 0825646130337 AF91708-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 6): 0825646130313 AF91830-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 7): 0825646130306 AF91709-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 8): 0825646130290-01 AF91475-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 9): 0825646130290-02 AF91476-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 10): 0825646130276 AF91711-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 11): 0825646130269 AF91712-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 12): 0825646130252 AF91719-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 13): 0825646130245 AF91479-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 14): 0825646130238-01 AF91482-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 15): 825646130238-02 AF91484-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 16): 825646130238-03 AF91486-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 17): 0825646130191 AF91490-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 18): 825646130184 AF91491-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 19): 825646130177 AF91492-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 20): 825646130153 AF91832-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 21): 825646130146 AF91721-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 22): 825646130139 AF91494-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 23): 825646130115 AF91495-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 24): 825646130108-01 AF91674-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 25): 825646130108-02 AF91675-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 26): 825646130085 AF91680-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 27): 825646130078 AF91722-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 28): 825646130054 AF91724-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 29): 825646130047-01 AF91681-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 30): 825646130047-02 AF91682-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 31): 825646130009-01 AF91934-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 32): 825646130009-02 AF91935-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 33): 825646129997 AF91726-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 34): 825646129980 AF91728-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 35): 825646129973 AF91730-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 36): 825646129966 AF91938-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 37): 825646129959 AF91940-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 38): 825646129942 AF91941-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 39): 825646129935-01 AF91943-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 40): 825646129935-02 AF91944-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 41): 825646129911 AF91685-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 42): 825646129904 AF92046-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 43): 825646129898-01 AF91731-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 44): 825646129898-02 AF91732-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 45): 825646129881 AF92049-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 46): 825646129874-01 AF91737-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 47): 825646129874-02 AF91738-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 48): 825646129874-03 AF91739-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 49): 825646129874-04 AF91740-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 50): 825646129850-01 AF91686-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 51): 825646129850-02 AF91687-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 52): 825646129850-03 AF91688-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 53): 825646129843 AF92051-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 54): 825646129836 AF92052-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 55): 825646129812-01 AF91690-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 56): 825646129812-02 AF91691-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 57): 825646129805 AF92053-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 58): 825646129799 AF91694-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 59): 825646129782 AF92054-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 60): 825646129775 AF92056-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 61): 825646129751 AF91811-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 62): 825646129744 AF92057-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 63): 825646129737-01 AF91698-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 64): 825646129737-02 AF91699-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 65): 825646129713 AF92058-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 66): 825646129706 AF92059-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 67): 825646129690-01 AF92060-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 68): 825646129690-02 AF92061-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 69): 825646129683 AF91813-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 70): 825646129676 AF91701-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 71): 825646129669 AF91814-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 72): 825646129652-01 AF91824-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 73): 825646129652-02 AF91825-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 74): 825646129645 AF91704-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 75): 825646129638 AF91828-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 76): 825646129614 AF91829-01 Matrix / Runout (Disc 77): 825646129607 AF92064-01
Admittedly I've been waxing conspiratorialist in recent years, but if the subject purchases turn out to be the sampler, does anyone think this is a tactic to get people to buy the 77-CD set?
