No, in case you're wondering, they are not "Red" because all of the composers are communists or come from communist countries, silly. It's the name of the publisher's, Cobra Entertainment's, series of classical albums, which all have red covers.
I noticed that Cobra Entertainment has a bunch of their Red Classics--maybe all of them, I dunno--marked down to
99 cents each. I see Cobra Entertainment classical albums marked down to
99 cents quite often, but I do believe that the large number that they have at that price point now is unusual. In order words, it is a big sale.
By the way, what you pay for the whole albums now,
99 cents, is what you would have to pay at Amazon for most, if not all, of the individual songs on the albums!
To my untrained, uncultured ears, the music sounds just fine. But don't expect any of the pieces to have been performed by the likes of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, or the Vienna Philharmonic, or the London Symphony.
Likewise, all of the composers are going to be the ones who . . . . how shall I say this discreetly . . . . are long departed. There won't be any of the modern, hot composers. Not at these prices. However, I do see a few, less-well-known names, such as Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Offenbach, Liszt, Gounod, Bizet, Donizetti, and Lehar (I wonder why at least some of the composers couldn't have had common, easy-to-pronounce names like "Smith" or "Jones"? But I digress).
The following are the Amazon links to just six of the albums. Not coincidentally, these are the only ones that seem to be available, marked down at least, at Google Play, where I first noticed albums of the series marked down. Not coincidentally, either, I'm sure, these six are probably to be considered the creme de la creme of the vintage classical music composers.
Mozart.
Bach.
Beethoven.
Chopin.
Tchaikovsky.
Vivaldi.
To see all of the marked down Red Classics at Amazon, a total of about 36, start at
this webpage here.