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Yves Nat - EMI box set at amazon.ca for $16.09

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Mr. Mike

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May 20, 2012, 7:42:48 PM5/20/12
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mandryka

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May 21, 2012, 1:02:28 PM5/21/12
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On May 21, 12:42 am, Mr. Mike <m...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> ves Nat -- 15 CDs for $16.09:
>
> http://www.amazon.ca/1930-1956-Comp-Recordings-Yves-Nat/dp/B000BS6Y74...

If that box has his Schubert Moments Musicaux it's worth getting for
the 4th and 5th alone.

Randy Lane

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May 21, 2012, 1:19:35 PM5/21/12
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On May 20, 4:42 pm, Mr. Mike <m...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> ves Nat -- 15 CDs for $16.09:
>
> http://www.amazon.ca/1930-1956-Comp-Recordings-Yves-Nat/dp/B000BS6Y74...

Great box. Already own it.
A similar set is the Marcell Meyer box http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000KRMWLS
A large part of both of these sets were drawn from the catalog of Les
Discophiles Français, the rights to which belong to EMI (and now
Universal).
Sad that EMI France stopped issuing these sets. I really was hoping
they would get around to a box with the Les Discophiles Français
recordings of Marie-Claire Alain, which includes 14 LPs of Bach organ
music form the mid 1950s.
There are also a whole host of recordings in those vaults featuring
the conducting of Karl Ristenpart in early music (Bach and Handel most
notably). I think the Alain legacy with Les Discophiles Français
includes Handel organ concteros with Ristenpart.
Maybe our friend with United Archives could ventrue down that road.

MiNe 109

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May 21, 2012, 1:39:37 PM5/21/12
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In article
<68e0140b-6570-4e18...@em1g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
Randy Lane <randy...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On May 20, 4:42 pm, Mr. Mike <m...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> > ves Nat -- 15 CDs for $16.09:
> >
> > http://www.amazon.ca/1930-1956-Comp-Recordings-Yves-Nat/dp/B000BS6Y74...
>
> Great box. Already own it.

US and Canadian Amazon show "Temporarily out of stock" at the moment.

Stephen

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May 22, 2012, 4:53:27 PM5/22/12
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Yes! **Everything** in that box is worth owning! All of the
Beethoven sonatas and so much more. Yves Nat was a master, a genius.
If you like revelations, please don't hesitate. And for that
price...can't go wrong.

Don Tait

Matthew B. Tepper

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> On May 21, 12:02 pm, mandryka <howie.st...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> On May 21, 12:42 am, Mr. Mike <m...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Yves Nat -- 15 CDs for $16.09:
>>
>> >http://www.amazon.ca/1930-1956-Comp-Recordings-Yves-
Nat/dp/B000BS6Y74...
>>
>> If that box has his Schubert Moments Musicaux it's worth getting for
>> the 4th and  5th alone.
>
> Yes! **Everything** in that box is worth owning! All of the
> Beethoven sonatas and so much more. Yves Nat was a master, a genius.
> If you like revelations, please don't hesitate. And for that
> price...can't go wrong.
>
> Don Tait

I hate to ask, but ... how are the transfers? I've been wanting to get his
Beethoven sonatas for some time.

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On May 22, 5:18 pm, Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
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> >   Yes! **Everything** in that box is worth owning! All of the
> > Beethoven sonatas and so much more. Yves Nat was a master, a genius.
> > If you like revelations, please don't hesitate. And for that
> > price...can't go wrong.
>
> I hate to ask, but ... how are the transfers?  I've been wanting to get his
> Beethoven sonatas for some time.

Very good, Mr. Tepper. I believe they are the work of veteran engineer
Philippe Morin, who did a lot of work on the Andante series. Not the
work of Abbey Road Studios, at any rate.

Mr. Mike

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May 23, 2012, 11:25:11 PM5/23/12
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ust checked, this thing costs $52.58 from amazon.com, £61.74 from
amazon.co.uk!!

John Wiser

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May 23, 2012, 11:58:33 PM5/23/12
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"Mr. Mike" <m...@spamcop.net> wrote:

> [j]ust checked, this thing costs $52.58 from amazon.com, £61.74 from
> amazon.co.uk!!
>

...50.12 euro from Amazon.fr,
...49.99 euro from Amazon.de [!!!]
...?5,355 from Amazon Japan

JDW

Matthew B. Tepper

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> ust checked, this thing costs $52.58 from amazon.com, £61.74 from
> amazon.co.uk!!

Which is why the OP made a point of quoting the price at amazon.ca.

ec38...@gmail.com

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May 24, 2012, 6:26:43 AM5/24/12
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and the Schumann!!

ec38...@gmail.com

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May 24, 2012, 7:04:24 AM5/24/12
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On Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:58:33 AM UTC+3, John Wiser wrote:
> "Mr. Mike" wrote:
>
> > [j]ust checked, this thing costs $52.58 from amazon.com, £61.74 from
> > amazon.co.uk!!
> >
>
> ...50.12 euro from Amazon.fr,
> ...49.99 euro from Amazon.de [!!!]
> ...?5,355 from Amazon Japan
>
> JDW

36 EURO from amazon.it

http://www.amazon.it/Ses-Enregistrements-1930-1956-Edizione-Francia/dp/B000BS6Y74/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1337855028&sr=1-1

ec38...@gmail.com

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On Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:58:33 AM UTC+3, John Wiser wrote:
and 35 EURO from amazon.it that very often offers these big boxes in great prices.

http://www.amazon.it/Ses-Enregistrements-1930-1956-Edizione-Francia/dp/B000BS6Y74/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1337855028&sr=1-1

and the 56-disc Ciccolini EMI set for 43EURO!

http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B002SV3KOM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H

Matthew�B.�Tepper

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Thanks! That's good news. Just as long as they're not flensed like, say,
EMI's issue of Schnabel's Beethoven Sonatas.

Mr. Mike

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May 24, 2012, 9:02:59 PM5/24/12
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On Thu, 24 May 2012 00:43:11 -0500, "Matthew B. Tepper"
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>> Just checked, this thing costs $52.58 from amazon.com, £61.74 from
>> amazon.co.uk!!
>
>Which is why the OP made a point of quoting the price at amazon.ca.

Uh, Tep, I >am< the "OP"... ":-/

John Wiser

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> On Thu, 24 May 2012 00:43:11 -0500, "Matthew B. Tepper"
> <oyţ@earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>> Just checked, this thing costs $52.58 from amazon.com, Ł61.74 from
>>> amazon.co.uk!!
>>
>>Which is why the OP made a point of quoting the price at amazon.ca.
>
> Uh, Tep, I >am< the "OP"... ":-/
>

'Atsa "Eyyy, Mist' Teps" to you, Mike.
And "Eyyy, Mist' Teps, you talka too moch" also fits the case.

JDW

Matthew B. Tepper

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David Fox

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May 25, 2012, 12:54:29 PM5/25/12
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>> On May 22, 5:18 pm, Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes! **Everything** in that box is worth owning! All of the
>>>> Beethoven sonatas and so much more. Yves Nat was a master, a genius.
>>>> If you like revelations, please don't hesitate. And for that
>>>> price...can't go wrong.
>>>
>>> I hate to ask, but ... how are the transfers? I've been wanting to get
>>> his Beethoven sonatas for some time.
>>
>> Very good, Mr. Tepper. I believe they are the work of veteran engineer
>> Philippe Morin, who did a lot of work on the Andante series. Not the
>> work of Abbey Road Studios, at any rate.
>
> Thanks! That's good news. Just as long as they're not flensed like, say,
> EMI's issue of Schnabel's Beethoven Sonatas.

I'm not sure how much upside potential there is in remastering these
recordings. Most were recorded in EMI France in the early 1950's.
They are quite listenable but far from hi-fi. I own the original-
issue EMI Beethoven and Schumann sets. They sound like straight tape
transfers with minimal intervention, which is fine by me.

DF

Randy Lane

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I think most of the recordings were made by Les Discophiles Français,
not EMI.
EMI owns the rights to the Les Discophiles Français catalog now.

John Thomas

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On May 20, 4:42 pm, Mr. Mike <m...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> ves Nat -- 15 CDs for $16.09:
>
> http://www.amazon.ca/1930-1956-Comp-Recordings-Yves-Nat/dp/B000BS6Y74...

Just got notice that this has shipped.

Mr. Mike

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On Mon, 28 May 2012 16:51:35 -0700 (PDT), John Thomas
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>Just got notice that this has shipped.

Hmmm, did you order it since I posted about this? I am still waiting!

hiker_rs

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On May 28, 8:36 pm, Mr. Mike <m...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2012 16:51:35 -0700 (PDT), John Thomas
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> <abrasax...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Just got notice that this has shipped.
>
> Hmmm, did you order it since I posted about this? I am still waiting!

I ordered it after your post and received a ship notice today.

Thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention!

Rich

John Thomas

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On May 28, 6:36 pm, Mr. Mike <m...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2012 16:51:35 -0700 (PDT), John Thomas
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> <abrasax...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> Hmmm, did you order it since I posted about this? I am still waiting!

I ordered it the same day.

John Wiser

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"Mr. Mike" <m...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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I ordered it on 5/20, within thirty minutes of your posting, and have
DHL tracking indicating that it went out on the 25th and will arrive PDQ.
I have already put my surplus Schumann set up for sale and given his
complete Beethoven and the odds and ends twofer to my daughter

JDW

Mr. Mike

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On Mon, 28 May 2012 23:16:28 -0400, "John Wiser" <cee...@gmail.com>
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>I ordered it on 5/20, within thirty minutes of your posting, and have
>DHL tracking indicating that it went out on the 25th and will arrive PDQ.

Curses!

I just checked my account at AZ-CA, since I thought maybe the shipping
notice ended up in the junk/spam mailbox, but it still hasn't
departed.

When you say DHL, is it coming from Canada? Maybe it's coming from
some other AZ location. It says it's still "out of stock" on the
Canadian site.

The other item I ordered the same day is almost here, though.

John Wiser

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It went into DHL's system in Hamilton ON on the 25th, wandered
off to Cincinnati on the 26th, then to something called "New York
Gateway" on the 27th, two days of stall there with daily scans. They
tried to deliver it today but I wasn't here to sign for it. They supposedly
will leave it tomorrow because I have left a signed receipt on the door.
We'll see. I spend a significant amount of time watching carrier scans,
it seems. There are something like a dozen new and used CDs or sets
out there on their way to me, some trackable, some not. A lot of mail
gets stuck for days or weeks in a dysfunctional sorting center in Jersey
City. That doesn't affect DHL.

JDW

JDW

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hiker_rs

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On May 29, 7:56 pm, Mr. Mike <m...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2012 23:16:28 -0400, "John Wiser" <ceec...@gmail.com>
Mine is also DHL, left Hamilton Ont. today and bound for DFW.

John Wiser

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Mine has landed. The return address is
Amazon.com.ca Inc.
c/o ACFSI
6363 Millcreek Drive
Mississauga ON L5N 1LB

I haven't broken into it yet, but I suspect
there will be no change in processing
from previous EMI CD issues. There
was certainly none in the Marcelle Meyer
set. I love these dirt-cheap omnibusses,
and hope they issue some more. Has there
been anything like this for Cortot?

JDW

Oscar

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On May 30, 12:29 pm, John Wiser wrote:
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> I haven't broken into it yet, but I suspect
> there will be no change in processing
> from previous EMI CD issues. There
> was certainly none in the Marcelle Meyer
> set.  I love these dirt-cheap omnibusses,
> and hope they issue some more. Has there
> been anything like this for Cortot?

Sadly, no, and the last big box for a single pianist from EMI France
was in 2010. We never did get that coffret intégral de Cortot. :-/
Cziffra's 40CD set, from 2009, is fetching big bucks on the reseller
market, $599 used at US Amazon, unavailable at the French site.

wkasimer

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On May 30, 3:51 pm, Oscar <oscaredwardwilliam...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Cziffra's 40CD set, from 2009, is fetching big bucks on the reseller
> market, $599 used at US Amazon, unavailable at the French site.

Piano fanciers might want to consider picking up the Samson Francois
set, which is still selling dirt-cheap:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Recordings-Samson-Francois/dp/B004258ATM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1338408022&sr=1-1

Bill, still working his way through the Cziffra set....

John Wiser

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Too bad about Cortot. I passed on Cziffra,
who was never my boy and anyhow
most of his repertoire
didn't fit well on my plate.

JDW


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Anybody who is willing to sell me just the CD with the Grieg PC (and some
other piece of music, conducted by Cziffra Jr.), just let me know....

weary flake

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Not even started mine, and it's already out of print. I do
have a pretty awesome "not listened to yet" section of my
collection, which is the only consistent parameter I use for
sorting. I also have never figured what percentage of my
collection is out of print, but it must be substantial.

weary flake

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"John Wiser" <cee...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I haven't broken into it yet, but I suspect
> there will be no change in processing
> from previous EMI CD issues.

I remember the same items having better sound
quality in the complete Nat set than the
earlier 4 CD Schumann set, sometimes much
better, as in less muffling (Noise Reduction
is evil). Then again I am easily fooled.

> There
> was certainly none in the Marcelle Meyer
> set. I love these dirt-cheap omnibusses,
> and hope they issue some more.

There's five: Cziffra (40 CDs), Nat (15), Meyer (17),
Ciccolini (55), Francois (36).

More is indeed better.

John Wiser

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> "John Wiser" <cee...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I haven't broken into it yet, but I suspect
>> there will be no change in processing
>> from previous EMI CD issues.
>
> I remember the same items having better sound
> quality in the complete Nat set than the
> earlier 4 CD Schumann set, sometimes much
> better, as in less muffling (Noise Reduction
> is evil). Then again I am easily fooled.
>
I will do some comparative listening soon.

>> There
>> was certainly none in the Marcelle Meyer
>> set. I love these dirt-cheap omnibusses,
>> and hope they issue some more.
>
> There's five: Cziffra (40 CDs), Nat (15), Meyer (17),
> Ciccolini (55), Francois (36).
>
> More is indeed better.

Yes and no, Meyer I have long had, now Nat, that's fine.
To me, the other three are of no interest .
I WANT CORTOT (flops down and drums heels
in a brilliant impression of MBT).

JDW

weary flake

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> > On May 30, 3:51 pm, Oscar <oscaredwardwilliam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Cziffra's 40CD set, from 2009, is fetching big bucks on the reseller
> >> market, $599 used at US Amazon, unavailable at the French site.
> >
> > Piano fanciers might want to consider picking up the Samson Francois
> > set, which is still selling dirt-cheap:
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Recordings-Samson-Francois/dp/B004258A
> > TM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1338408022&sr=1-1
> >
> > Bill, still working his way through the Cziffra set....
>
> Anybody who is willing to sell me just the CD with the Grieg PC (and some
> other piece of music, conducted by Cziffra Jr.), just let me know....

Just send me $599 and I'll see if I can special order your
used single disc for you...

Matthew B. Tepper

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Make it $5.99 and we've got a deal!

Steve de Mena

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On 6/2/12 11:55 AM, Matthew B. Tepper wrote:

>>> Anybody who is willing to sell me just the CD with the Grieg PC (and
>>> some other piece of music, conducted by Cziffra Jr.), just let me
>>> know....
>>
>> Just send me $599 and I'll see if I can special order your
>> used single disc for you...
>
> Make it $5.99 and we've got a deal!

You'd actually let someone break up a valuable set for $5.99??

Steve

John Wiser

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By now you shd compehend the depths of his iniquity, Steve.

JDW

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