Schubert EMI boxset- Can someone please help me!

[marvinbrown]

I am seriously thinking of buying this boxset.  But i can not find any information on it.  How is the selection of songs featured? how is the sound quality of the performances? In addition I can not find any information on who the performers are??  Can someone who owns this set please help me??

 

  marvin

[ezodisy]

65 Euros for 50 CDs on a great label with some of the world's best musicains.

http://musique.fnac.com/a1953462/Franz-Schubert-Les-Chefs-d-Oeuvres-de-Schubert-Coffret-50-CD-CD-album?PID=2&Mn=-1&Ra=-29&To=0&Nu=2&Fr=0

BUY!

[PerfectWagnerite]

You can find the performers here. For what it's worth the symphonies are performed by Menuhin and the so-called Menuhin Festival Orchestra which doesn't really make you drool with anticipation considering they have Muti/Vienna that that they could have put in there.

[ezodisy]

Yeah but at little over 1 Euro per CD, if you want a big unnecessary box then you'd be something of a dope not to buy it

[PerfectWagnerite]

Yeah but at little over 1 Euro per CD, if you want a big unnecessary box then you'd be something of a dope not to buy it

You said it
Anyway if they throw Muti in there I'll buy it. Nothing will make me take Menuhin the conductor.

[ezodisy]

Here, I've found it on the EMI site:
http://www.emimusic.de/produkt/0094638585329

Presumably, there must be some way of getting to the specific contents for the 50 discs. It's just a matter of figuring out how.

I believe the link I posted shows the contents, just not who is performing

[Papy Oli]

Marvin,
I don't know about the rest of the boxset, but the symphony cycle with Menuhin is one of the first classical CDs i bought a couple of years ago, and it is the most boooooooring set I have bought to date   I only found the Rosamunde to be of interest... (I bought the Hanover band/Roy Goodman cycle on Brilliant just recently to replace Menuhin's and that is way better already...then again, YMMV   )

[mn dave]

Right, sorry. Who is playing what is what I would like to find out!

Did you even read this thread? Try PW's post.

[Maciek]

Oops, you're right. I did read PW's post - just didn't realize there was anything down there, beneath the part where they just list all the perfomers in a row (which isn't very helpful in a 50 CD set).

[mn dave]

Oops, you're right. I did read PW's post - just didn't realize there was anything down there, beneath the part where they just list all the perfomers in a row (which isn't very helpful in a 50 CD set).

Scroll down further...

[marvinbrown]

  hmmm....hardly a page into this thread and we have mixed reviews  . Thank you all for the links.  I will investigate this matter further.

  marvin

[mn dave]

  hmmm....hardly a page into this thread and we have mixed reviews  . Thank you all for the links.  I will investigate this matter further.

  marvin

Just buy the damn thing. I give you permission. 

[ezodisy]

Just buy the damn thing. I give you permission. 

as some of the muppets on a bb I contribute to say: it's a no-brainer. It really is too good of a deal to pass up IMO. You can get an additional sym set if you need it. (they're not the best part of Schubert anyway).

[PerfectWagnerite]

  hmmm....hardly a page into this thread and we have mixed reviews  . Thank you all for the links.  I will investigate this matter further.

  marvin

Mixed or not mixed you are talking a buck a cd. Even if only a third of cds turn out to be really good you've got a deal already. I was just pointing out the symphonies but if you scroll down towards the end (in the link I gave) you'll see that some of the songs feature Barbara Hendricks accompanied by the great Schubert pianist Radu Lupu. Or Lucia Popp and Irwin Gage. Now I haven't heard them myself but it looks mighty interesting don't you think? In fact OTHER than the symphonies the box looks like a real winner.

[mn dave]

Of course, you should buy the Beethoven (and maybe even the Mozart) box first. 

[marvinbrown]

Just buy the damn thing. I give you permission. 

It shall be in my collection shortly  !


  Edit: I found it for £30!! Now £30 for 50 CDs and I already have a good Schubert Symphony Cycle (Wand).  This boxset really is too good to pass up!!


 marvin

[Wanderer]

For the price, I guess it would be a good enough introduction to Schubert. It has to be mentioned, though, that EMI could assemble a better bag of goodies considering the treasures hidden in its vaults.

[ezodisy]

but then it would cost more, perhaps considerably more, and they would also do themselves a disservice buy including 'treasures' in an 'introduction' box-set. No, I maintain my stance of BUY(!) as the waste time/low price ratio is unbeatable.