[Cees Alons]

Just a heads-up.

On the German Amazon, there's a Complete Brahms 60 CD box set from Brilliant Classics, the company that also produced the Bach, Mozart and Beethoven Complete Works box set.

Price is roughly $100 (that's because the $ isn't doing to well against the € yet, it's €69.95).

I'm thinking about this one, not all info seems to be present, but if you're a Brahms lover, you must realize that the previous sets were of a very high quality.

Only disadvantage: you're bound to get behind on the listening. But the price is always a steal comparing to even buying a small fraction of the works on discrete CDs.


Cees

[Dennis Nicholls]

Cees,

Don't forget that CD pricing doesn't make any sense. The Sony Beethoven box was released at something like Euro 36 but at first in the US at $25. Maybe Amazon US will screw up again.

EDIT Maybe not. Amazon.com: BRAHMS: Edition - Complete Works: J. Brahms: Music The US release will be mid-May at $107 (Amazon price).

[Cees Alons]

Yes, it's the same set.






CD prices are still fancy indeed. You could buy no more than six or seven CDs for that amount in the old days.
That $107 is exactly (or extremely close to) the $ -> Euro conversion rate.


Cees

[Dennis Nicholls]

Well I don't recognize many of the artists in this set except, of course, for cellist Janos Starker who plays in the Double Concerto. Good heavens, he's 84 years old now....I wonder when he made this recording? Sawallisch and Boult are long gone IIRC. The Neeme Järvi version of the Hungarian dances should be very good.



Orchestral
1. Symphony No. 1
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
2. Symphony No. 2
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland, Jaap van Zweden
3. Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
4. Overtures Op. 80/81; Haydn Variations Op. 56a; Serenade No. 2
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch; Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley; London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult
5. Serenade No. 1
Radio Kamerorkest, Frans Brüggen
6. Hungarian Dances (orchestral)
London Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
7. Piano Concerto No. 1
Karin Lechner, piano; Berliner Symphoniker
8. Piano Concerto No. 2
Karin Lechner, piano; Berliner Symphoniker
9. Violin Concerto; Double Concerto
Borika van den Booren, violin; Berliner Symphoniker; Emmy Verhey/Janos Starker; Amserdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Arpad Jóo


Chamber Music
10. Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3
Faust/Meunier/Giaranna/Han
11. Piano Quartet No. 2
Faust/Meunier/Giaranna/Han
12. String Quintets
Brandis Quartet, with Brett Dean, viola
13. Clarinet Sonatas
Karl Leister/Ferenc Bognár
14. Clarinet Quintet; String Quartet No. 2
Karl Leister/Brandis Quartet; Tokyo Quartet
15. String Quartets 1 & 3
Tokyo Quartet
16. Horn Trio & Piano Quintet
Nash Ensemble
17. Violin Sonatas
György Pauk/Roger Vignoles
18. Cello Sonatas
Herre-Jan Stegenga/Philippe Entremont
19. String Sextets
Alberni Quartet
20. Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 3
Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson
21. Piano Trio No. 1; Clarinet Trio
Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson; Leister/Boettcher/Bognár
22. Viola Sonatas; Piano Trio Op. Posth.; FAE Scherzo
Nobuko Imai/Harris Goldsmith; Leonardo Trio
23. Sonata for Two Pianos
Duo Uriarte/Mrongovius
24. Haydn Variations; Schumann Variations; Waltzes; piano 4-hands
Eden/Tamir piano 4-hands
25. Hungarian Dances, piano 4-hands
Moreno/Capelli, piano 4-hands


Piano Music
26. Ballades, Rhapsodies, Klavierstücke Op. 76
Håkon Austbø, piano
27. Klavierstücke Op. 116-119
Håkon Austbø, piano
28. Piano Sonata No. 1; Scherzo Op. 4
Kamerhan Turan, piano
29. Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
Alan Weiss, piano
30. Paganini Variations; Handel Variations
Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, piano
31. Variations Op. 9 & 21
Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, piano
32/33. Miscellaneous Piano Pieces
Louis Demetrius Alvanis, piano


Vocal Music
34. Ein deutsches Requiem
Tomova-Sintov/Leib; Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Koch
35. Triumphlied, Ave Maria, Schicksalslied, Nänie, Begräbnisgesang
Bo Skovhus; Danish National CHoir & Symphony Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht
36. Gesang der Parzen, Alto Rhapsody, Rinaldo
Anna Larsson; Danish National Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht
37-44: Works for Choir a Cappella
Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt
45-57: Songs & Duets
Christian Elsner (tenor), Ingeborg Danz (alto), Michael Volle (baritone), Stephanie Iranyi (mezzo-soprano), Robert Morvai (tenor), Lenneke Ruiten (soprano), Michael Nagy (baritone), Rebekka Stöhr (mezzo-soprano), Antonia Bourvé (soprano), Letizia Scherrer (soprano), Franziska Gottwald (alto), Simone Nold (soprano)
Piano: Helmut Deutsch, Burkhard Kehring, Gerold Huber, Karl-Peter Kammerlander, Ferenc Bognár, Adrian Baianu, Andreas Lucewicz, Hans Adolfsen, Tobias Hartlieb.
58-59: Female Choruses
Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt
60. Organ Works
Nicholas Danby, Christian Schmitt

[Cees Alons]

The US version at Amazon is now $95.


Cees

[Ockeghem]

This looks to be an interesting and (from a performer standpoint) eclectic collection. I own the complete works already (albeit not this set).

I have sung some of the works (Ein deutsches Requiem and Schicksalslied) listed here, and have played many of the piano works over the years. The price is IMO quite good for those whom are looking to bolster their collections. I would love to hear an excerpt of a couple of the symphonies, the Sextets, and the Rhapsodies before purchasing.

[Dennis Nicholls]

I see that Deep Discount DVD/CD is selling the set for $85.