Heartbroken
The recording I most desire in this world is a twenty-one CD set called the Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Edition. It was released by Deutsche Grammophon in commemoration of the baritone‘s 75th birthday some years back. I didn’t buy it at the time because, a) it was expensive, and, b) I thought I’d get the chance later on. It went out of print, of course, and I’ve been scouring eBay ever since. One was finally listed last week, and I watched with keen interest, intending to bid at the last minute. I use a website that will place a bid automatically in the last seconds of the auction. I set my bid this afternoon, went out to dinner tonight, and came home expecting to see that I won, or at worst, was outbid.
I am devistated to see that I wasn’t outbid. Rather, there was an error with my user name or password, and the program didn’t bid for me. The item ended at under $50. I would surely have won. I can now expect to wait years before seeing this item again.
Filed under: Music on June 2nd, 2009
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