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Title: Solti's remastered SACD Ring cycle sold for $800.00!!
Post by: John Kim on February 05, 2010, 05:38:06 PM
http://esoteric.teac.com/esoteric_remasters/richard_wagner_-_der_ring_des_nibelungen/

....I must say, I am tempted to get it  :'( :'( :'(.

John,
Title: Re: Solti's remastered SACD Ring cycle sold for $800.00!!
Post by: John Kim on February 05, 2010, 05:55:12 PM
The US distributor carries interesting SACDs other than the Ring cycle:

http://www.musicdirect.com/category/2?brandFilter=ESOTERIC&category_id=2&sort=&order=&genreFilter=

I will wait until my tax return gets in  :'( 8) :'(.

John,

Title: Re: Solti's remastered SACD Ring cycle sold for $800.00!!
Post by: Russell on February 05, 2010, 06:13:30 PM
Quote from: John Kim on February 05, 2010, 05:38:06 PM
http://esoteric.teac.com/esoteric_remasters/richard_wagner_-_der_ring_des_nibelungen/

....I must say, I am tempted to get it  :'( :'( :'(.

John,

I heard this was coming, and I have to say that I'm tempted as well!

Russell
Title: Re: Solti's remastered SACD Ring cycle sold for $800.00!!
Post by: wagnerlover on February 05, 2010, 06:29:18 PM
from the ad copy. . .

"...accompanied by original German lyrics and Japanese translation book;"

that ought to come in handy.

I did enjoy reading the ads.  There were some howlers in there.

(wish I could afford to get this)

db
Title: Re: Solti's remastered SACD Ring cycle sold for $800.00!!
Post by: John Kim on February 06, 2010, 05:59:09 PM
Looks like it's gone now from the catalogue :'( :'( :-[.

All 1,000 copies sold out!!

John,
 
Title: Re: Solti's remastered SACD Ring cycle sold for $800.00!!
Post by: waderice on February 06, 2010, 06:13:32 PM
Quote from: John Kim on February 06, 2010, 05:59:09 PM
Looks like it's gone now from the catalogue :'( :'( :-[.

All 1,000 copies sold out!!

John,
 

No wonder it was so expensive - only 1,000 copies made!  Expect something produced in extremely limited quantity to be horrendously expensive!  I'm perfectly happy with my Magtec/Stereotape reel set of the Solti Ring that I paid just over $100 for in the late 1970's.

This was kind of like the 1955 Keilberth Bayreuth Ring that was issued by Testament on LP - that cost $750!  Though I wanted this particular recording, I waited until the price came down considerably on the CD version at Amazon.com and paid about $160 for it.

Wade
Title: Re: Solti's remastered SACD Ring cycle sold for $800.00!!
Post by: James Meckley on February 06, 2010, 06:16:16 PM
Quote from: John Kim on February 06, 2010, 05:59:09 PM
Looks like it's gone now from the catalogue :'( :'( :-[.
All 1,000 copies sold out!!
 

Well, that takes the pressure off, doesn't it!

Seriously, I'll bet they reissue it fairly soon—they were just testing the water with an initial 1,000. The only limit on most of today's "limited editions" is the number of units that can be sold.

James
Title: Re: Solti's remastered SACD Ring cycle sold for $800.00!!
Post by: John Kim on February 06, 2010, 07:08:01 PM
No matter how good the remastering may be, asking for $800 is simply (excuse me), outrageous.

Perhaps they will offer it at a lower price when they're reissued.

Let's ask them to remaster Haitink and Kubelik Mahler cycles next time.

John,