Ludwig van Beethoven Beethoven - The New Complete Essential Edition (Ltd Boxset)
All of Beethoven’s music – on 95 discs
To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth in 2020, Deutsche Grammophon created the most comprehensive and complete set of his works ever issued.
This Essential Edition features Beethoven’s entire oeuvre in legendary interpretations from DG’s unrivalled Beethoven catalogue
along with an array of treasures from Decca and many other labels.
- Over 115 hours of music
- Featuring recordings by many of the greatest Beethoven performers, ranging from Karl Böhm to Alfred Brendel, Claudio Arrau to the Amadeus Quartet, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to Pierre Fournier, Emil Gilels to John Eliot Gardiner, Wilhelm Kempff to Herbert von Karajan, Yehudi Menuhin to Anne-Sophie Mutter, and Murray Perahia to Maurizio Pollini
- More than two hours of rarities, newly recorded music including several world premieres with Lang Lang, Daniel Hope and Tobias Koch
- 95 CDs colour-coded for easy navigation
- Booklet supplement with detailed tracklists of lengthy CD programmes
Tracklist:
Vol. 1 ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
CD 1-10 : Symphonies, Overtures etc.
Abbado, Bernstein, Böhm, Chailly, Giulini, Karajan, Kleiber, Monteux, Nelsons, Szell
CD 11-18 Concertos
Argerich, Barenboim, Brendel, Buchbinder, Gulda, Kempff, Mutter, Pollini, Repin, Zimerman
Vol. 2 MUSIC FOR THE STAGE
CD 19-22: Ballet Music, Incidental Music, Dances & Marches
Abbado, Chung, Karajan, Maazel, Marriner
CD 23-26: Opera
Abbado, Gardiner
Vol. 3 KEYBOARD MUSIC
CD 27-46: Piano Sonatas & Keyboard Works
Arrau, Ashkenazy, Brendel, Cascioli, Curzon, de Larrocha, Freire, Gilels, Grimaud, Gulda, Kissin, Kocsis, Kovacevich, Lang Lang, Lupu, Perahia, Pletnev, Pollini, Uchida
Vol. 4 CHAMBER MUSIC
CD 47-50: Violin Sonatas
Dumay, Kremer, Menuhin, Mutter, Perlman
CD 51-52: Cello Sonatas
Maisky
CD 53-54: Flute & Other Duos
Gallois, Hagen Quartett, Tuckwell
CD 55-59: Piano Trios
Beaux Arts Trio, Mullova/Schiff/Previn, Szeryng/Kempff/Fournier
CD 60-62: String Trios
Mutter/Giuranna/Rostropovich
CD 63-72: String Quartets
Emerson String Quartet, Hagen Quartett, Takacs Quartet
CD 73-76: Large Chamber Music
Amadeus Quartet
Vol. 5 LIEDER & PARTSONGS
CD 77-80
Fischer-Dieskau, Schreier, Stolte
Vol. 6 FOLKSONG SETTINGS
CD 81-87
Lott/Murray/Wyn-Davies/Ainsley/Allen/Maltman/Spence
Vol. 7 VOCAL WORKS WITH ORCHESTRA
CD 88: Vocal Works with Orchestra
Abbado, Tilson Thomas
CD 89-91: Masses, Cantatas
Chung, Gardiner, Karajan, Thielemann
CD 92: Christus am Ölberge
Klee
Vol. 8 WORLD PREMIERES & RARITIES
CD 93-95