https://smile.amazon.com/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Decca/dp/B0BFGPDGL7/

257 CDs. Big Box set for Abbado.

What about an Ormandy stereo set?

How about reprinting the sets that were deleted immediately
after release? Not everybody gets to buy the set they want,
because they might know about the set in the brief time
it's available or not have yet realized they want the set.

After all the complete big name box sets come out, we can
start on massive box sets of non big name artists.

Next we can come out with label centered box sets in
original jackets for the biggest box sets of all.

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On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 7:29:54 PM UTC-6, Pluted Pup wrote:

https://smile.amazon.com/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Decca/dp/B0BFGPDGL7/

257 CDs. Big Box set for Abbado.

What about an Ormandy stereo set?

Well, that's a question for Sony and has nothing to do with Universal. Give Sony some credit- their mega-box sets are generally the best out there, if chiefly for the books. I don't know what they have in the hopper, but I'm willing to wait as long as
they keep it up and give us Ormandy at some point.

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Pluted Pup avait énoncé :

257 CDs. Big Box set for Abbado.

Frankly...One really wonders WHO this kind of box set is for...The
"real" music lovers have long had all or most of these recordings !...

What about an Ormandy stereo set?

And *Isaac STERN* !...

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On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 8:29:54 PM UTC-5, Pluted Pup wrote:

https://smile.amazon.com/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Decca/dp/B0BFGPDGL7/

257 CDs. Big Box set for Abbado.

What about an Ormandy stereo set?

There are smaller Ormandy sets that have been put out regularly - Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, etc. - so that omission isn't too painful. I've been hoping for the past 20+ years for an E. Power Biggs box, but alas that is likely happening never.

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On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:28:30 -0800, James Goodzeit wrote:

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 8:29:54 PM UTC-5, Pluted Pup wrote:

https://smile.amazon.com/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Decca/dp/B0BFGPDGL7/

257 CDs. Big Box set for Abbado.

What about an Ormandy stereo set?

There are smaller Ormandy sets that have been put out regularly - Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, etc. - so that omission isn't too painful. I've been hoping for the past 20+ years for an E. Power Biggs box, but alas that is likely happening never.

The concept of the mono Ormandy box set is great: completist
collections that are nearly entirely new to CD.
And it's big!

E. Power Biggs is especially worth it as most of his stuff is
not on CD. I have an LP that is the same piece played on
something like 16 different organs. There could be a
mastertape for that and it should be transferred without
noise reduction so the different organs stand out from
each other (noise reduction muffles the sound).

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Other long overdue reissues:

Sir Thomas Beecham (most of his recordings have appeared on CD in some form, but never in an integral set).

Serge Koussevitzky

Erich Leinsdorf (at least his BSO recordings)

Leopold Stokowski (especially the 78 RPM Philadelphia Orchestra recordings)

Edwin Fischer

Otto Klemperer

Beverly Sills:
All her EMI recitals (I think all did appear on CD)
All her Westminster / ABC recitals (some tracks never made it to CD, especially the caballeta to 'O beau pays')
Her complete opera recordings, with the cuts imposed to fit them on to 2 CDs opened up (e.g., Giulio Cesare on RCA, EMI Barbiere)

Lauritz Melchior - complete Victor recordings, including some sides that appeared first on RCA LPs in the 1970s.

A few miscellaneous things:
Ives choral music with the Gregg Smith Singers from Columbia LPs
The Student Prince with Jan Peerce
The abridged opera sets from the 1940s that were on Odyssey LPs (Carmen with Stevens, Boris with Pinza; were there others?)

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Don't lose hope. I never thought Sony would give us a Complete Robert Craft, but it is on the release list! Biggs admittedly is a much BIGGer project.

DH

On Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 3:53:42 PM UTC-5, Pluted Pup wrote:

On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:28:30 -0800, James Goodzeit wrote:

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 8:29:54 PM UTC-5, Pluted Pup wrote:

https://smile.amazon.com/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Decca/dp/B0BFGPDGL7/

257 CDs. Big Box set for Abbado.

What about an Ormandy stereo set?

There are smaller Ormandy sets that have been put out regularly - Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, etc. - so that omission isn't too painful. I've been hoping for the past 20+ years for an E. Power Biggs box, but alas that is likely happening never.

The concept of the mono Ormandy box set is great: completist
collections that are nearly entirely new to CD.
And it's big!

E. Power Biggs is especially worth it as most of his stuff is
not on CD. I have an LP that is the same piece played on
something like 16 different organs. There could be a
mastertape for that and it should be transferred without
noise reduction so the different organs stand out from
each other (noise reduction muffles the sound).

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On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:37:12 -0800, MELMOTH wrote:

Pluted Pup avait énoncé :

257 CDs. Big Box set for Abbado.

Frankly...One really wonders WHO this kind of box set is for...The
"real" music lovers have long had all or most of these recordings !...

What about an Ormandy stereo set?

And *Isaac STERN* !...

Isaac STERN has a 75 CD Sony set in print, so what do you mean?

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On 2/16/23 4:55 PM, drh8h wrote:

Don't lose hope. I never thought Sony would give us a Complete Robert Craft, but it is on the release list! Biggs admittedly is a much BIGGer project.

DH

Another vote here for Biggs - more Power to them at Sony!

And how about a box for William Steinberg? There was once an EMI box so
how about one from Universal with all of the Command recordings?

And Pau Casals? His conducting is always interesting, and he
participated in many superb chamber recordings. (I know there is an
Eloquence collection - does anyone here have opinions on that?)

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Pluted Pup a pensé très fort :

And *Isaac STERN* !...

Isaac STERN has a 75 CD Sony set in print, so what do you mean?

OK...I did not know !...Thanks...

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On Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 12:59:28 PM UTC+11, mswd...@gmail.com wrote:

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 7:29:54 PM UTC-6, Pluted Pup wrote:

https://smile.amazon.com/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Decca/dp/B0BFGPDGL7/

257 CDs. Big Box set for Abbado.

What about an Ormandy stereo set?

Well, that's a question for Sony and has nothing to do with Universal. Give Sony some credit- their mega-box sets are generally the best out there, if chiefly for the books. I don't know what they have in the hopper, but I'm willing to wait as long as

they keep it up and give us Ormandy at some point.

Les Arts Florissants - complete. They could call it 'The Atomic Mr Christie'.

Andrew Clarke
Canberra

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On Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 4:45:30 PM UTC-5, Kepler wrote:

Other long overdue reissues:

Sir Thomas Beecham (most of his recordings have appeared on CD in some form, but never in an integral set).

Serge Koussevitzky

Erich Leinsdorf (at least his BSO recordings)

Leopold Stokowski (especially the 78 RPM Philadelphia Orchestra recordings)

Edwin Fischer

Otto Klemperer

Beverly Sills:
All her EMI recitals (I think all did appear on CD)
All her Westminster / ABC recitals (some tracks never made it to CD, especially the caballeta to 'O beau pays')
Her complete opera recordings, with the cuts imposed to fit them on to 2 CDs opened up (e.g., Giulio Cesare on RCA, EMI Barbiere)

Lauritz Melchior - complete Victor recordings, including some sides that appeared first on RCA LPs in the 1970s.

A few miscellaneous things:
Ives choral music with the Gregg Smith Singers from Columbia LPs
The Student Prince with Jan Peerce
The abridged opera sets from the 1940s that were on Odyssey LPs (Carmen with Stevens, Boris with Pinza; were there others?)

The wait appears to be almost over for Klemperer, at least. Amazon.fr has Volume 1 of "The Warner Classics Remastered" on offer with an issue date of June 2. Only 95 CDs, but it's a start. :-)

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Exactly the reason that the BIG Ormandy mono box is the only one, thus far, that I opted to buy. If one has been building a collection of CDs since their introduction and in many cases replacing treasured LPs, the Munch,
Szell, Reiner boxes represented poor value at 75+ % duplication.

Clearly, the big players in the market, i.e. the triopoly of Sony,
Universal, and Warner, have calculated that this strategy is profitable and meets the demand of some collectors.

I’m guessing that they’ve already determined that selling individual
discs from these sets in their simple cardboard sleeves would
jeopardize the sales of the big-box money-makers. A pity.

That still does not excuse Sony’s failure to release single CDs
from their E. Power Biggs holdings or a few smaller boxes built
around sub-categories. I’m eager and willing to order
the Soler Concerti for Two Organs, The Organ in America,
Organs of Spain and Portugal (both a mono and later stereo
issue with different programs).

Jerry



On Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 3:53:42 PM UTC-5, Pluted Pup wrote:

On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:28:30 -0800, James Goodzeit wrote:

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 8:29:54 PM UTC-5, Pluted Pup wrote:

https://smile.amazon.com/Complete-Recordings-Deutsche-Grammophon-Decca/dp/B0BFGPDGL7/

257 CDs. Big Box set for Abbado.

What about an Ormandy stereo set?

There are smaller Ormandy sets that have been put out regularly - Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, etc. - so that omission isn't too painful. I've been hoping for the past 20+ years for an E. Power Biggs box, but alas that is likely happening never.

The concept of the mono Ormandy box set is great: completist
collections that are nearly entirely new to CD.
And it's big!

E. Power Biggs is especially worth it as most of his stuff is
not on CD. I have an LP that is the same piece played on
something like 16 different organs. There could be a
mastertape for that and it should be transferred without
noise reduction so the different organs stand out from
each other (noise reduction muffles the sound).

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Hardly surprising. We are coming on the 50th anniversary of his death. I remember the announcement on U.S. NBC news. His scowling detached head appearing, probably on a black backdrop as the newsreader intoned the "news." In those days, networks actually
mentioned things like that.

DH

On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 11:51:49 AM UTC-5, Kevin W. wrote:

On Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 4:45:30 PM UTC-5, Kepler wrote:

Other long overdue reissues:

Sir Thomas Beecham (most of his recordings have appeared on CD in some form, but never in an integral set).

Serge Koussevitzky

Erich Leinsdorf (at least his BSO recordings)

Leopold Stokowski (especially the 78 RPM Philadelphia Orchestra recordings)

Edwin Fischer

Otto Klemperer

Beverly Sills:
All her EMI recitals (I think all did appear on CD)
All her Westminster / ABC recitals (some tracks never made it to CD, especially the caballeta to 'O beau pays')
Her complete opera recordings, with the cuts imposed to fit them on to 2 CDs opened up (e.g., Giulio Cesare on RCA, EMI Barbiere)

Lauritz Melchior - complete Victor recordings, including some sides that appeared first on RCA LPs in the 1970s.

A few miscellaneous things:
Ives choral music with the Gregg Smith Singers from Columbia LPs
The Student Prince with Jan Peerce
The abridged opera sets from the 1940s that were on Odyssey LPs (Carmen with Stevens, Boris with Pinza; were there others?)

The wait appears to be almost over for Klemperer, at least. Amazon.fr has Volume 1 of "The Warner Classics Remastered" on offer with an issue date of June 2. Only 95 CDs, but it's a start. :-)

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On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 8:51:49 AM UTC-8, Kevin W. wrote:

The wait appears to be almost over for Klemperer,
at least. Amazon.fr has Volume 1 of "The Warner
Classics Remastered" on offer with an issue date
of June 2. Only 95 CDs, but it's a start. :-)

Who has time or patience to listen to 120+ hours
of slumbering Klemperer? I ask the question .......

dk

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On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 5:29:54 PM, Pluted Pup wrote:

257 CDs. Big Box set for Abbado.

How limited is this Abbado Edition? Has a number been disclosed?

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On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 6:02:13 AM, drh8h wrote:

Hardly surprising. We are coming on the 50th anniversary of his death. I remember the announcement
on U.S. NBC news. His scowling detached head appearing, probably on a black backdrop as the newsreader
intoned the "news." In those days, networks actually mentioned things like that.

What a coincidence that you posted this. Last night on KNBC-TV Ch.4 (NBC4LA), at the end of the broadcast, the news reader informed viewers that Gustavo Dudamel had signed a contract to lead the N.Y. Phil, starting in 2025. First time I can recall
classical music news being reported on local television. Granted, it was a 7 second news item, w/ no video or 'production'.

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