In the UK and Europe, you can obtain a trim box set of almost everything Stravinsky wrote — ninety-six works on twenty-two CDs — for the low, low price of £17.99. It's a bare-bones reissue of the great Columbia/CBS Stravinsky survey of the 1950s and 60s, with the composer conducting and/or supervising. Alas, there are no texts for the vocal works. The same set was briefly available in the US, but, Sony Classical informs me, it was a limited edition. However, if American Stravinskyites have the item shipped via air mail from Amazon UK, they will spend, if current rates hold, around $32. I tested the transaction; it took eight days for the set to arrive.
Update: People seem to be capitalizing on this bargain — le tout Stravinsky today jumped to #39 #22 in Amazon UK's overall music rankings. Stravinsky also became the #1 Mover and Shaker in Music, as he should be:
