Beethoven Masterworks [51 CD][Limited Edition]
This limited edition box set of Beethoven Masterworks covers the complete range of Beethovens works in 51 CDs. The choice of recordings is quite distinct from the 1997 Edition, and CDs are presented in album form, with the original artwork of great Beethoven releases from DGs super-roster of artists.
OVERVIEW
The Edition: from Symphonies to Folksong Settings, and in between Overtures, Concertos, Piano Trios, String Quartets, Chamber Music for Wind Instruments, String Trios, Cello Sonatas, Violin Sonatas, Piano Sonatas, Lieder, Masses, rare Large Choral Works, and Fidelio
The Artists: almost all CDs are individual albums presented in the original jackets by our greatest artists. Some examples: for the Symphonies weve got Abbado, Gardiner, Kleiber, Bernstein and Karajan; for the Piano Concertos, weve got Argerich, Zimerman and Pollini; for the String Quartets Melos, Emerson and Hagen; for the Piano Sonatas Kempff, Barenboim, Gilels and Pollini
All presented in their original cover art.
Included here are some rarities like the much acclaimed Cantatas newly recorded for 1997 by Christian Thielemann and Myung-Wha Chung; and as a Bonus CD a selection of the Folksong Settings, also specially recorded for the 1997 Edition.
PACKAGING
96-page booklet, with a classic article by the great German critic Karl Schumann and artist photos
BEETHOVEN MASTERWORKS
CD 1 5
9 Symphonies
Abbado Gardiner Kleiber
Bernstein Karajan
CD 6 7
Overtures
Abbado
CD 8
Incidental Music
Karajan
CD 9 11
Piano Concertos nos. 1 5
Triple Concerto
Argerich Zimerman Pollini
CD 12
Violin Concerto
Romances
Mintz
CD 13 19
String Quartets
Melos Emerson Hagen
CD 20 22
Piano Trios
Kempff Szeryng Fournier
CD 23 24
String Trios
Mutter Giuranna Rostropovich
CD 25 27
Chamber Music for Wind Instruments
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 28 29
Cello Sonatas
Fournier Maisky
[Zweite Spalte]
CD 30 33
Violin Sonatas
Menuhin Kremer Dumay
CD 34 40
Piano Sonatas
Kempff Barenboim Gilels Pollini
CD 41
Diabelli Variations
Pollini
CD 42 43
Variations and Bagatelles
Pletnev
CD 44
Lieder
Fischer- Dieskau
CD 45
Missa solemnis
Gardiner
CD 46
Mass in C
Gardiner
CD 47
Trauerkantate
Kantate auf die Erhebung Leopolds II
Thielemann
[oder: 2 Cantatas]
CD 48
Der glorreiche Augenblick
Chung
Choral Fantasy
Kissin
CD 49 50
Fidelio
Bernstein
Bonus CD
Folksong Settings
Soloists Martineau