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Subject: Re: Beethoven/Gielen mp3 for $10
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On Saturday, October 13, 2012 7:03:34 PM UTC-7, The Historian wrote:
> On Oct 13, 1:54=A0pm, The Historian <neil.thehistor...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > I was looking for a cheap way to acquire Gielen's recently-released
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> > > Beethoven cycle on Hanssler, and I stumbled across the full cycle as
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> > > 320 kbps mp3s at 7digital for $9.99:
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> > >http://us.7digital.com/artist/michael-gielen/release/beethoven-the-co.=
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> > > This seems to be part of a pricing anomaly, where this particular sit=
e
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> > > (for certain labels) charges $9.99 for a given item, whether it
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> > > contains 1 disc or several. =A0Unfortunately the site is so poorly
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> > > organized that it is a chore to find anything, but I did run across a
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> > > few more instances of this sort of thing, if anyone is interested:
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> > > Gielen's Mahler cycle for $9.99:http://us.7digital.com/artist/michael=
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> > > Belohlavek's Onyx Martinu cycle for $9.99:http://us.7digital.com/arti=
st/bbc-symphonie-orchestra-jiri-belohlavek...
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> > > Norrington's Haydn Londons for $9.99:http://us.7digital.com/artist/ro=
ger-norrington/release/haydn-j-the-12...
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> > > Shelley's recent 4 disc Beethoven concerto set on Chandos for $9.99:h=
ttp://us.7digital.com/artist/howard-shelley/release/beethoven-comple...
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> > > Greg
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> > Add Markl's more than complete orchestral works of Debussy to the
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> > of Debussy piano music by others.
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> Add me to the chorus of people saying 7Digital's downloader is junk. I
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> them, but I'm tempted by the Krivine Beethoven, which doesn't seem to
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> be available in MP3 elsewhere. How is the Krivine set? A must hear or
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> just another Beethoven cycle?

I am not eagerly anticipating having to download the individual tracks of t=
he BIS Sibelius set.  Working thru downloading the individual Oppitz Beetho=
ven tracks now. Works fine and they play without issue.