Cheap Urtexts Are Back in Toronto Area Costco Stores

The Konemann Urtext series is back at Costco locations in the Toronto area, this time for a whopping $3.83 per book. Here are some of the scores I found yesterday in one of the Mississauga stores:

• Beethoven Sonatas in four volumes
• Mozart Sonatas in two volumes
• Bach Well-Tempered Clavier I and II
• Bach English Suites
• Johann Strauss Waltzes
• Scott Joplin Ragtime pieces
• Grieg Lyric Pieces in two volumes

The Konemann urtexts are clearly laid out and definitely useable, although without the fingerings and editorial notes of higher-priced urtext editions such as Henle and Baerenreiter. And that price...