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Seán wrote:

fergus wrote:Somebody may be interested in this 17 CD set....








£15.96 + postage from Amazan UK, link below....


http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JJONQKY/

I am I love her Mozart piano sonata box set. Thanks Fergus.

She is excellent Seán; that 17 CD set is in my Ponder Pouch for the moment!

The Guadier Ensemble's beautiful performance of Schubert's Octet is still available on Amazon for the princely sum of one penny.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Gaudie ... r+ensemble

Seán wrote:The Guadier Ensemble's beautiful performance of Schubert's Octet is still available on Amazon for the princely sum of one penny.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Gaudie ... r+ensemble

That is great value for anyone that does not have it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Music-Ellington ... edy+bartok

Nigel Kennedy plays Bartok and Ellington .. second-hand from £0.01

Oh I can't believe this absolute definitive perusal of the French organ repertoire is selling for 24 pounds on mdt today. I bought this a year ago when it came out (at full price and it was still a bargain) and it is truly wonderful. Not alone do you get generous amounts of Franck, Widor and Vierne, but it's a wonderful survey from Couperin through to Messiaen, including gems like the Dandrieu Noel, the Boellmann Suite Gothique and a cheeky Gigout toccata. Best of all, it has the complete Jehan Alain (her brother, tragically killed in the Second World War), who is a terribly interesting composer combining polytonalities, African rhythms and Gregorian chant. And as if that isn't enough, it's all played on the classic French organs - an orgy of Cavaille-Colls. Each CD comes wrapped in a sleeve with a photo of the respective organ to lust after.

Thanks Abminor, I've ordered that now, although I checked around and it's even cheaper new from zoverstocks on Amazon. I nearly ordered this a while ago at double this price. Anyway, worth it for the Alain pieces alone I think. Great find!

Diapason wrote:Thanks Abminor, I've ordered that now, although I checked around and it's even cheaper new from zoverstocks on Amazon. I nearly ordered this a while ago at double this price. Anyway, worth it for the Alain pieces alone I think. Great find!

Great stuff. I don't think you can go wrong with this one. I look forward to your feedback as you work your way through the set. Re (Jehan) Alain: I love his music even if sometimes it is almost naive in its originality. One wonders what he might have produced had he not died so early. I played his Litanes as an exit voluntary on Christmas Day 2011 in honour of his centenary. Boy did I get some strange looks.....

I wonder do we know each other...?

Diapason wrote:I wonder do we know each other...?

I don't believe so, but that's the beauty of this forum. There aren't many places in Ireland where you could mention 'Alain' and have some shared experience rather than a rapid exit and a parting shot: 'what was that strange piece - why didn't you play the Widor' ?

Six CD's of Orff for teaching music to children ...


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carl-Orff-Gunh ... ca+poetica

I have just orderred it inspired by Ivor and his comments on Brexit and the pound falling (Thanks Ivor !!)

James