Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

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• 784 works on 87 CDs: the most comprehensive Beethoven Edition currently available.
• 111 works were especially recorded for this edition, including several first recordings of previously unedited pieces.
• Recordings date from 1987 – 2007, world premiere recordings included.
• The 87 CDs come in prestigious cardboard sleeves packed in a decorative cardboard box with front flap.
• Bilingual labeling (German/English)
• Bilingual booklet (German/English) including alphabetic listing of all works included
• The edition was compiled on the basis of the prestigious "Beethoven Compendium" by Barry Cooper (Thames & Hudson, London 1991)
• Kindly supported by the Association Beethoven de France (ABF) and by the renowned US Beethoven expert James F. Green, author of "The New Hess Catalog of Beethoven's Works", Vance Brook Publishing, 2003

The result is a profound edition of Beethoven's wonderful oeuvre.

The recordings are characterized by high-quality performances presented by renowned conductors, orchestras and soloists

EDIT TO ADD:

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmut Rilling; Norddeutsche Philharmonie/Eugen Duvier
Symphony Orchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden/Michael Gielen
Süddeutsche Philharmonie/Hanspeter Gmür; ORF Radio Symphony Orchester/Milan Horvat
Orchester der Wiener Volksoper/Eduard Lindenberg; Münchner Symphoniker/Alexander V. Pitamic
Nürnberger Symphoniker/Othmar M.F. Maga; Slowakische Philharmonie/Zdenek Kosler
Süddeutsche Philharmonie/Günter Neidlinger; Kammerorchester Bratislava/Vlastimil Horak
Artists include:
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano; Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano; Dubravka Tomsic, piano; Emmy Verhey, violin; Carlos Moerdijk, piano; Mario-Ratko Delorka, piano; Vitalij Margulis, piano; Conrad von der Goltz, violin; Jan Pollacek, violoncello; Kirste Hjort, piano; Sviatosalv Richter, piano; Irina Edelstein, piano; Stefan Gleitsmann, oboe; Ulrich Mehlhart, cello; Karl Ventulett, bassoon; Christian Lampert, horn; Hugo Steurer, piano; Ernst Gröschel, piano; Leon Spierer, violin; Sylvia Capova, piano; Hanae Nakajima, piano; Alfred Sommer, violoncello; Dieter Goldmann, piano; Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano; Marjana Lipovsek, alto; Josef Protschka, tenor; Kurt Rydl, bass; Magdalene Hajossvova, soprano; Jitka Zerhauova, alto; Peter Oswald, tenor; Peter Mikulas, bass; Peter Schreier, tenor - and many more...
CD 01 – 05: Complete Symphonies;
CD 06 - 08: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 5/ Triple Concerto Op. 56
CD 09: Romances for violin and orchestra nos. 1 & 2 / Violin Concerto Op. 61 / Concerto Movement for violin and orchestra WoO 5
CD 10: Variations for piano Op. 34 / Fantasy for piano Op. 77 / Polonaise for piano Op. 89 / Piano Concerto WoO 4
CD 11: The Creatures of Prometheus Op. 43
CD 12: Knight's Ballet WoO 1 / Menuets WoO 7 / German Dances WoO 8 / Counter Dances WoO 14
CD 13: Egmont Op. 84 / Wellington's Victory Op. 91
CD 14: The Ruins of Athens Op. 113 / From: Leonore Prohaska WoO 96 / Overture Op. 24 / Wo sich die Pulse jugendlich jagen WoO 98
CD 15: Romance cantabile Hess 13 / Vesta's Fire (Opera Fragment) / Coriolan Overture Op. 62 / Zur Namensfeier – Grand Overture Op. 115 / King Stephan Op. 117 / Tarpeja WoO 2 / Germania WoO 94
CD 16 – 17: Leonore (1805) Hess 109; CD 18 – 19: Fidelio Op. 72; CD 20 – 28: Complete Piano Sonatas
CD 29: Bagatelles / Albumblatt Für Elise WoO 59
CD 30: Fugue Hess 64 C major / Allegretto Hess 69 C minor / Piano Sonatas WoO 47 / Miscellaneous pieces for piano
CD 31: Rondos for piano Op. 51 / Rondos for piano WoO 48 & 49/ Variations for piano WoO 64, 65 & 69
CD 32: Variations for piano Op. 76 / Variations for piano WoO 66, 72, 73, 75, 76 & 77
CD 33: Variations for piano Op. 35 / Menuets WoO 10 / Variations for piano WoO 70, 78, 79 & 80 / Ecossaises WoO 83
CD 34: Variations for piano Op. 120
CD 35: Sonata for piano at four hands Op.6 / Two Preludes Op. 39 / Marches Op. 45 / Rondo a capriccio Op. 129 / Grand Fugue Op. 134 / Andante favori WoO 57 / Variations for piano WoO 67 & 71
CD 36: Music for a Knight's Ballet Hess 89 / German Dances Hess 100 / Menuets Hess 101 / Ländler Dances WoO 11 / German Dances WoO 13
CD 37: Sonatas for violin and piano nos. 1, 2 & 3
CD 38: Sonatas for violin and piano nos. 4 & 5 / Variations for piano and violin WoO 40 / Rondo for violin and piano WoO 41 / Piano Sonata WoO 51
CD 39: Sonatas for violin and piano nos. 6, 7 & 8; CD 40: Sonatas for violin and piano nos. 9 & 10
CD 41: Sonatas for violoncello and piano nos. 1 & 2 / Variations for violoncello and piano Op. 66 / Variations for violoncello and piano WoO 46
CD 42: Sonatas for violoncello and piano nos. 3, 4 & 5; CD 43: Trios for piano, violin and violoncello nos. 1 & 2
CD 44: Trios for piano, violin and violoncello nos. 3 & 5; CD 45: Trios for piano, violin and violoncello nos. 7 & 11
CD 46: Allegretto Hess 48 / Trios for piano, violin and violoncello nos. 8, 9 & 10 / Variations for violoncello and piano WoO 45
CD 47: Trio Op. 36 (Arrangement Symphony no. 2) / Trio for piano, clarinet and violoncello Op. 38
CD 48: Trios for violin, viola and violoncello nos. 1 & 2; CD 49: Trios for violin, viola and violoncello nos. 3, 4 & 5
CD 50: String Quartets nos. 1, 2 & 3; CD 51: String Quartets nos. 4, 5 & 6
CD 52: Prelude and Fugue Hess 31 / Quartet Hess 32 / String Quartet Hess 34 / Fugue Hess 36
CD 53: String Quartets nos. 7 & 8; CD 54: String Quartets nos. 9 & 10
CD 55: String Quartets nos. 12 & 14; CD 56: String Quartets nos. 11 & 13
CD 57: String Quartets nos. 15 & 16; CD 58: Quartets WoO 36
CD 59: Sonata for cornet and piano Op. 17 / Sextet Op. 81b / Trio for flute, bassoon and piano WoO 37
CD 60: Quintet Op. 16 / Serenade Op. 25 / Sonatina and Adagio WoO 43 / Sonatina and Andante con Variazioni WoO 44
CD 61: Trio for piano, clarinet and violoncello no. 4 / Septet Op. 20
CD 62: Quintet no. 2 Op. 29 / Quintet Fugue Op. 137 / Menuets WoO 9 / Ländler Dances WoO 15 / Miscellaneous pieces for violin
CD 63: Variations for piano and flute Op. 105 & 107
CD 64: Trio for two oboes and cor anglais Op. 87 / Variations for two oboes and cor anglais WoO 28 / Octet Op. 103
CD 65: Sextet Op. 71 / Duos WoO 27 / Marches WoO 24 & 29 / Equales WoO 30
CD 66: Songs op. 48 / Songs op. 83 / Miscellaneous Songs
CD 67: Songs op. 52 / Songs Op. 75 / Miscellaneous Songs
CD 68: Canons, Epigrams and Jokes / Love Songs / Solemn Songs / Ariette, Songs, Canzonetta
CD 69: Songs Op. 108 / Bundeslied op. 122 / Lied aus der Ferne WoO 137 / Der Jüngling in der Fremde WoO 138 / Sehnsucht WoO 146 / Ruf vom Berge WoO 147
CD 70: From: 25 Irish Songs WoO 152 & 153 / Miscellaneous Songs
CD 71: Ah, perfido op. 65 / From: Irish Songs WoO 152, 153 & 154 / From: Welsh Songs WoO 155 / From: Scottish Songs WoO 156
CD 72: From: Polyphonic Italian Songs WoO 99 / From: Irish Songs WoO 153 & 154 / From: Scottish Songs WoO 156 / From: Miscellaneous Folk Songs WoO 157 / Miscellaneous Songs
CD 73 - 75: Miscellaneous Songs
CD 76: Italian Arias and Singspiel Arias / Canons, Epigrams and Jokes
CD 77: Miscellaneous Songs
CD 78: Cantata on the death of Emperor Joseph II / Cantata on the accession of Emperor Leopold II
CD 79: Fantasy Op. 80 / The glorious moment Op. 136 / Menuet WoO 3 / Es ist vollbracht WoO 97
CD 80: Mass Op. 86 / Sacrifical Song Op. 121b / Elegiac Song Op. 118 / Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt op. 112
CD 81: Missa Solemnis Op. 123
CD 82: Christ on the Mount of Olives Op. 85
CD 83: Menuet Hess 33 / Marches WoO 18, 19 & 20 / Polonaise WoO 21 / Ecossaise WoO 22 / Duo WoO 26 / Fugue WoO 31 / German Dances WoO 42 / Allegretto WoO 53 / Pieces for piano WoO 54 / Prelude WoO 55 / Variations for piano WoO 63
CD 84: Quintet Op. 4 / Trio for piano, violin and violoncello Op. 70,2
CD 85: Cameos for piano and orchestra
CD 86: Prelude and Fugue Hess 29 / Fugues Hess 237, 238, 243 & 244 / Suite WoO 33 (Five pieces for mechanical clock)
CD 87: Leonore Overtures nos. 1, 2 & 3 / Quintet Hess 19 / Grand Fugue Op. 133


HOLY CRAP ! ! ! ! ! 



BachQ

$120 (87 CDs)



$52.99 (60 CDs)

BachQ

Supposedly, in Sept. 2007, Brilliant Classics will be inaugurating a 100 CD boxset with everything LvB composed  :D ..... Why the sudden flurry of complete LvB boxsets?  ???

Lethevich

Quote from: D Minor on June 05, 2007, 02:37:03 PM
• The 87 CDs come in prestigious cardboard sleeves packed in a decorative cardboard box with front flap.

WTF are "prestigious cardboard sleves"? They must've been scrambling desperately for an adjective there...
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

George

Quote from: Lethe on June 05, 2007, 04:22:30 PM
WTF are "prestigious cardboard sleves"? They must've been scrambling desperately for an adjective there...

;D

Bogey

Quote from: D Minor on June 05, 2007, 04:15:09 PM
Supposedly, in Sept. 2007, Brilliant Classics will be inaugurating a 100 CD boxset with everything LvB composed  :D ..... Why the sudden flurry of complete LvB boxsets?  ???

Now if they can get around to the Haydn then we are golden.  I just may invest in the above.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Gurn Blanston

Quote from: Bogey on June 05, 2007, 05:37:45 PM
Now if they can get around to the Haydn then we are golden.  I just may invest in the above.

Rumor has it that they are doing exactly that right now. I can scarcely wait. I already have all of Mozart and Beethoven's music. All of it. But the complete Haydn??  :o   Right now they have the symphonies (Fischer), the fortepiano works (van Oort) and the piano trios (van Sweitens), AFAIK that is all. I know they are in process of a string quartet cycle too. But hey, that's a hell of a long way from a complete Haydn! They must already have a lot of it in the can if they are announcing it (next year, IIRC).  :)

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Bogey

Quote from: Gurn Blanston on June 05, 2007, 05:57:01 PM
Rumor has it that they are doing exactly that right now. I can scarcely wait. I already have all of Mozart and Beethoven's music. All of it. But the complete Haydn??  :o   Right now they have the symphonies (Fischer), the fortepiano works (van Oort) and the piano trios (van Sweitens), AFAIK that is all. I know they are in process of a string quartet cycle too. But hey, that's a hell of a long way from a complete Haydn! They must already have a lot of it in the can if they are announcing it (next year, IIRC).  :)

8)

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bonehelm

Quote from: Lethe on June 05, 2007, 04:22:30 PM
WTF are "prestigious cardboard sleves"? They must've been scrambling desperately for an adjective there...

hahaha

That made me laugh so hard. Prestigious cardboard sleeves. lmao.

Florestan

Quote from: Bogey on June 05, 2007, 05:37:45 PM
Now if they can get around to the Haydn then we are golden. 

I'm sure Harry eagerly awaits the complete Telemann edition! :)
Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. — Rossini

Harry

Quote from: Florestan on June 05, 2007, 10:22:23 PM
I'm sure Harry eagerly awaits the complete Telemann edition! :)

Grand idea Andrei, I sure do.
Goodmorning my friend.

Harry

As for this grand big box of Beethoven presented somewhere above, I urge you to take a look at the performers, some good, but mostly obscure. Not so with the Sony/Arte Nova box, right! Price is a issue too.
The Brilliant box might be a option, but again the recordings are a mixed bag.

Florestan

Quote from: Harry on June 05, 2007, 11:26:27 PM
Grand idea Andrei, I sure do.
Goodmorning my friend.

Good morning, Harry! :)
Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. — Rossini

BachQ

Quote from: Harry on June 05, 2007, 11:28:38 PM
As for this grand big box of Beethoven presented somewhere above, I urge you to take a look at the performers, some good, but mostly obscure. Not so with the Sony/Arte Nova box, right! Price is a issue too.
The Brilliant box might be a option, but again the recordings are a mixed bag.

I agree with you, Harry.  The Sony/Arte Nova box has several acclaimed performances.

karlhenning

I wonder why this thread doesn't draw paulb back . . . .

8)

BachQ

$59.99 = price for 9CD set of LvB's 16 String Quartets performed by Alexander SQ

$52.99 = price for 60 CD set that includes 16 String Quartets performed by Alexander SQ


Which is the better value?

Harry

Quote from: D Minor on June 06, 2007, 04:43:04 AM
$59.99 = price for 9CD set of LvB's 16 String Quartets performed by Alexander SQ

$52.99 = price for 60 CD set that includes 16 String Quartets performed by Alexander SQ


Which is the better value?

May I answer that a bit later, well lets see, 59,99 less 52,99 that should be..., no that can't be, ehhhh 60 cd's less 9 then, no that will not do either....O, I give up. ;D

karlhenning

The trailer for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen makes delightful use of the wonderful Opus 125.

(Fourth movement, so be advised, Harry!)

In the movie itself, there is a charming allusion in the soundtrack to the Opus 27 No 2.

BachQ

Quote from: karlhenning on June 06, 2007, 07:24:37 AM
In the movie itself, there is a charming allusion in the soundtrack to the Opus 27 No 2.

Which movement, Karl?

karlhenning