Does anyone know of a website or a shop from which I could get hold of some recordings of out of fashion music - in this case Diabelli duet sonatas. They could be cassettes or records even (are LPs ever sold second hand, I wonder, or are they so obsolete now that they've all been thrown away?).

I've searched the internet without success, but maybe I just haven't looked in the right place.

I recently found two Leon Goossens LP recordings on a website named K C Vinyl.

The chap who runs it is very helpful and will despatch orders well packed to avoid breakage or damage. If you can't find what you want, he might be able to source it for you.

Thank you for that - much appreciated.

I know of a site that you might like. They don't much in the way of "rare" recordings but there is definitely a lot of more obscure music available for free download.

www.pianosociety.com

Thank you very much for this.

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I've found that central libraries in the cities hold a good stock of recordings on CD, or can get them for you, and have a catalogue of what they have in stock and out on loan. The down side is that if you want them out for more than a few weeks then it's usually cheaper to make a note of the details and get a local record shop to order them for you.

They also keep record catalogues so you can find out what is currently available in the shops on CD.

I use them for borrowing the music and scores - which are still classed as books and so are free - and you can usually renew them quite a while before anyone else puts in a request for them.

Most libraries have sold off their record and cassette collections but many charity shops are overstocked with them. It's obviously luck as to what you find but I have acquired all sorts of unusual recordings - including some Diabelli pieces for fortepiano and guitar.

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Is this it?

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?...;cart=725936468

Iona
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Thank you for this Iona - I'm sorry I didn't answer earlier, somehow I missed your post.
I'm actually looking for recordings of his piano duet recordings. The Melodic Exercises and Jugendfreuden are easy to find, but the sonatas and sonatinas seem impossible to unearth. Maybe they weren't considered good enough to make recordings of.




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I've found that central libraries in the cities hold a good stock of recordings on CD, or can get them for you, and have a catalogue of what they have in stock and out on loan. The down side is that if you want them out for more than a few weeks then it's usually cheaper to make a note of the details and get a local record shop to order them for you.

They also keep record catalogues so you can find out what is currently available in the shops on CD.

I use them for borrowing the music and scores - which are still classed as books and so are free - and you can usually renew them quite a while before anyone else puts in a request for them.

Most libraries have sold off their record and cassette collections but many charity shops are overstocked with them. It's obviously luck as to what you find but I have acquired all sorts of unusual recordings - including some Diabelli pieces for fortepiano and guitar.
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Thank you.

Our library had a fantastic music collection of both CDs and sheet music and then guess what? They got rid of practically all of it, and now if you want something you have to be registered as an ensemble or musical group before you can take anything out. This is such a shame as it used to be such fun browsing through the substantial archive on the first floor.
The CDs were left in a heap on the floor for anyone to help themselves to, and those that weren't taken were thrown away.

What was the point of this, I wonder?