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[ChamberNut]

Is this required?

[Brian]

I'm just on my first journey through it right now, packing it as car listening. It will probably come down to your interest in the repertoire. First I suggest you go through Madiel's post history since he has been posting about each disc.

But if you love woodwinds - the repertoire is fun and fairly diverse, the album covers are amusing (shirtless Edo de Waart alert!), I wouldn't say the ensemble has a distinctive instrumental sound like, say, the 50s Czech winds or old Paris orchestras, but they are truly and consistently excellent.

There aren't exactly tons of woodwind box sets; I have this and the Philadelphia Quintet box, which have almost zero overlap of repertoire.

[Madiel]

Is this required?

Yes.

I mean, not every single disc is a must have but to me it does SUCH a good job of hitting some really key works in the woodwind literature. You get all the Mozart (and even some spurious non-Mozart), all the Beethoven, the Strauss, the Stravinsky, the Dvorak serenade. I certainly don't regret it being in my collection.

[SimonNZ]

Considering:



Contents
CD 1

MATTEO DA PERUGIA Secular Works

CDs 2–6

DU FAY Complete Secular Music

CDs 7 & 8

OCKEGHEM Complete Secular Music

CD 9

Ce Diabolic Chant: Ballades, Rondeaus and Virelais of the late 14th century (GALIOT · GUIDO · OLIVIER · SENLECHES · SUZOY)

CD 10

MACHAUT 2 Polyphonic Lais

CD 11

Mi Verry Joy: Songs of 15th-century Englishmen (BEDYNGHAM · DUNSTABLE · FRYE · HERT)

CD 12

ISAAC Chansons, Frottole & Lieder

CD 13

JOSQUIN DESPREZ Missa di dadi · Missa "Faisant regretz"

CD 14

JOSQUIN Secular Music

[JBS]

Considering:



Contents
CD 1

MATTEO DA PERUGIA Secular Works

CDs 2–6

DU FAY Complete Secular Music

CDs 7 & 8

OCKEGHEM Complete Secular Music

CD 9

Ce Diabolic Chant: Ballades, Rondeaus and Virelais of the late 14th century (GALIOT · GUIDO · OLIVIER · SENLECHES · SUZOY)

CD 10

MACHAUT 2 Polyphonic Lais

CD 11

Mi Verry Joy: Songs of 15th-century Englishmen (BEDYNGHAM · DUNSTABLE · FRYE · HERT)

CD 12

ISAAC Chansons, Frottole & Lieder

CD 13

JOSQUIN DESPREZ Missa di dadi · Missa "Faisant regretz"

CD 14

JOSQUIN Secular Music

Ooh, thank you. I didn't know it existed. Just ordered it. (The Dufay and Ockeghem being the main attractions.)

[Que]

Considering:

It's on sale at jpc, right?    I did consider it as well.