The Symphony Edition [36 CD][Limited Edition]

Haitink will be 85 on 4 March 2014, and this set presents his six complete symphonic cycles by cornerstone classical composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Schumann and Tchaikovsky. Originally recorded for Philips, the CDs are now smartly re-packaged in a collectible cube.

Every single symphonic cycle is played by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, recently voted by Gramophone Magazine as The Greatest Orchestra in the World .

Dutch-born Bernard Haitink made his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra on 7 November 1956. From 1963 Haitink was Principal Conductor, a position he held for 25 years. An exclusive Philips artist for more than 30 years, Haitink remains fully active on the international concert scene. 2013/14 is the 60th season of his conducting career. During this season he celebrates his 85th birthday with a series of concerts in New York, with the LSO, Boston Symphony and New York Philharmonic Orchestras.

CDs 1 5: Beethoven Complete Symphonies + Egmont Overture
CDs 6 9: Brahms Complete Symphonies + Tragic & Academic Festival Overtures, Haydn Variations, Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3 & 10
CDs 10 18: Bruckner Complete Symphonies
CDs 19 28: Mahler Complete Symphonies
CDs 29 30: Schumann Complete Symphonies + Genoveva & Manfred Overtures
CDs 31 36: Tchaikovsky Complete Symphonies + Capriccio Italien, 1812 Overture, Slavonic March, Francesca da Rimini, The Storm , Romeo and Juliet fantasy-overture after Shakespeare

BEETHOVEN
CD1 Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
CD2 Symphonies 2 & 4
CD3 Symphonies 5 & 6
CD4 Egmont Overture & Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
CD5 Symphony No. 9 (Lucia Popp, Carolyn Watkinson, Peter Schreier, Robert Hall, Netherlands Radio Chorus)

BRAHMS
CD6 Symphony No. 1, Tragic Overture & Academic Festival Overture
CD7 Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
CD8 Symphony No. 4, Variations on a theme by Haydn & Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3 & 10
CD9 Serenade in D, Op. 11 & Serenade in A, Op. 16

BRUCKNER
CD10 Symphony No. 0 in D minor & Symphony No. 1 (First 3 movements)
CD11 Symphony No. 1 (last movement) & Symphony No. 2
CD12 Symphony No. 3
CD13 Symphony No. 4
CD14 Symphony No. 5
CD15 Symphony No. 6
CD16 Symphony No. 7
CD17 Symphony No. 8
CD18 Symphony No. 9

MAHLER
CD19 Symphony No. 1 & First movement of Symphony No. 2
CD20 Symphony No. 2 (Movements II V) (Elly Ameling, Aafje Heynis, Nertherlands Radio Chorus0
CD21 Symphony No. 3 (Movements I V) (Maureen Forrester, Women s Chorus of the Netherlands Radio, Boys Chorus of the St Willibrord Church, Amsterdam)
CD22 Symphony No. 3 (Movement VI) (Maureen Forrester, Women s Chorus of the Netherlands Radio, Boys Chorus of the St Willibrord Church, Amsterdam) & Symphony No. 4
CD23 Symphony No. 5
CD24 Symphony No. 10 & Symphony No. 6 (Movements I III)
CD25 Symphony No. 6 (Movement IV) & Symphony No. 9 (Movements I II)
CD26 Symphony No. 9 (Movements III IV)
CD27 Symphony No. 7
CD28 Symphony No. 8 (Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Hanneke van Bork, Birgit Finnil¤, Marianne Dieleman, William Cochran, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin, Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam, De Stem des Volks Amsterdam, Collegium Musicum Amstelodamense, Children s Choirs of the Churches of St Willibrord and St Pius X Amsterdam)

SCHUMANN
CD29 Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 & Genoveva Overture
CD30 Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 & Manfred Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY
CD31 Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
CD32 Symphony No. 3, Slavonic March Op. 31 & Francesca da Rimini Op. 32
CD33 Symphony No. 4, Capriccio Italien Op. 45 & Ouverture solennelle 1812
CD34 Symphony No. 5 & The Storm Op. 76
CD35 Symphony No. 6 & Romeo and Juliet fantasy-overture after Shakespeare
CD36 Manfred Op. 58