[ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Sunday 20 December 2009
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
Ever since Beethoven wrote his last piano sonata and called it opus 111, the number 111 has enjoyed certain kudos in musical circles - of which we are proud to take advantage, as Deutsche Grammophon celebrates its 111th anniversary in 2009.
111 years is a lot of history, and we have tried to squeeze into an array of products - both on CD and on DVD - the "flavour" of the label, and to give an idea of its culture over 11 decades. The philosophy has always been "The greatest recordings by the greatest artists in the world" - something clearly borne by the releases now on offer, both in terms of sound quality and artistic merit.
In parallel with The Collector's edition, 111 classic tracks offers a single track from each of the 51 principal artists featured there, plus 60 more artists who have contributed to Deutsche Grammophon's 111 year history, right up to the present day. The roster runs from Caruso and Richard Strauss at the beginnings of recording history to recent arrivals Alice Sara Ott and Yuja Wang.
This 6-CD, limited edition, Digistak is a fabulous compilation comprising of 6 trays bound together to form a digistak (like a mega digipak) which fits neatly into a slipcase; 24-page tracklist booklet.
CD 1
Johannes Brahms
- Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor (Orchestrated by Martin Schmeling)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Johann Sebastian Bach
- The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 9. a 4 alla Duodecima
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Ludwig van Beethoven
- String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131: 2. Allegro molto vivace
Amadeus Quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467: 2. Andante
Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg, Géza Anda
Frédéric Chopin
- 24 Préludes, Op.28: 24. in D minor
Martha Argerich
Maurice Ravel
- Pavane pour une infante défunte
Myron Bloom, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Le nozze di Figaro, K.492, Act 2: "Voi che sapete"
Cecilia Bartoli, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Frédéric Chopin
- 24 Préludes, Op.28: 3. in G major
Rafal Blechacz
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067: 7. Badinerie
Jean Soldan, Lucerne Festival Strings, Rudolf Baumgartner
Gabriel Fauré
- Requiem, Op.48: 4. Pie Jesu
Kathleen Battle, Timothy Farrell, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Claude Debussy
- Préludes - Book 1: 7. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Georges Bizet
- Carmen, Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise)
Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy
Leonard Bernstein
- Overture Candide
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Requiem in D minor, K.626 (compl. By Franz Xaver Süssmayer): 3. Sequentia: Lacrimosa
Hans Haselböck, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Norbert Balatsch
Richard Strauss
- Sechs Lieder, Op.17: 2. Ständchen
Measha Brueggergosman, Justus Zeyen
Igor Stravinsky
- Le Sacre du Printemps: 6. Danse sacrale: l'élue
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Manuel de Falla
- El amor brujo: Canción del amor dolido
Grace Bumbry, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lorin Maazel
Giacomo Meyerbeer
- L'Africaine, Act 4: O Paradiso (sung in Italian)
Enrico Caruso, Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi
- Concerto for Violin, Strings and Harpsichord in G minor, R.325: 2. Largo
Giuliano Carmignola, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon
Giacomo Puccini
- Tosca, Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle"
José Carreras, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Total Playing Time 1:08:24
CD 2
Georges Bizet
- Carmen Suite (excerpts from suites nos. 1 & 2): Les toréadors
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
Morton Gould
- Boogie Woogie Etude
Shura Cherkassky
Giuseppe Verdi
- Il Trovatore, Act 3: "Di quella pira"
Rosalind Plowright, Plácido Domingo, Walter Gullino, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Norbert Balatsch
Anonymous
- Evening Bells (arr. Serge Jaroff)
Andre Bielecki, Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Alberto Ginastera
- Estancia, Danzas del Ballet: 2. Danza del trigo
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel
Béla Bartók
- String Quartet No.4, Sz. 91: 4. Allegretto pizzicato
Emerson String Quartet
Franz Schubert
- Winterreise, D.911: 5. Der Lindenbaum
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Suite for Cello Solo No.1 in G, BWV 1007: 1. Prélude
Pierre Fournier
Giuseppe Verdi
- Messa da Requiem: 4. Sanctus
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS Kammerchor, Chor der St. Hedwig's-Kathedrale, Berlin
Franz Joseph Haydn
- Symphony in G, H.I No.88: 4. Finale (Allegro con spirito)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Gaetano Donizetti
- Lucrezia Borgia,Act 2: Il segreto per esser felici
Elina Garanca, Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Roberto Abbado, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Paolo Vero
Claudio Monteverdi
- Vespro della Beata Vergine: Domine ad adiuvandum a 6
Nigel Robson, English Baroque Soloists, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a -"Les adieux": 3. Das Wiedersehen (Vivacissimamente)
Emil Gilels
Modest Mussorgsky
- Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel): The Old Castle
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 1: Prelude in C major BWV 846
Hélène Grimaud
Johann Pachelbel
- Canon and Gigue in D major: 1. Canon
Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel, Henk Bouman
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Sonata No.16 in B flat, K.570: 3. Allegretto
Friedrich Gulda
Mozart:
- String Quartet No.15 in D minor, K.421: 3. Minuetto (Allegretto)
Hagen Quartett
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach:
- Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042: 3. Allegro assai
Hilary Hahn, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane
Total Playing Time 1:03:05
CD 3
Felix Mendelssohn
- Six Songs, Op.34: 2. Auf den Flügeln des Gesanges
Daniel Hope, Sebastian Knauer
Alexander Scriabin
- 3 Pieces for piano, Op.2: 1. Etude in C sharp minor
Vladimir Horowitz
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward / Dorothy Heyward
- Porgy and Bess (Transcription for Violin and Piano by Jascha Heifetz): It Ain't Necessarily So
Jascha Heifetz, Emanuel Bay
Franz Schubert
- Winterreise, D.911: 24. Der Leiermann
Hans Hotter, Michael Raucheisen
Richard Strauss
- Vier letzte Lieder: 1. Frühling
Gundula Janowitz, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Edvard Grieg
- Peer Gynt, Op.23, Incidental Music: No.13. Morning mood
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Carl Orff
- Carmina Burana: "O Fortuna"
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Overture "Coriolan", Op.62
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
- Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 -"Für Elise": Poco moto
Wilhelm Kempff
George Frideric Handel
- Joshua: O Had I Jubal's Lyre
Magdalena Kozená, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon
Antonín Dvorák
- Symphony No.8 in G, Op.88: 3. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rafael Kubelik
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Sonata for Violin and Piano No.8 in G, Op.30 No.3: 3. Allegro vivace
Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich
- Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67: 1. Allegro con brio
Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlos Kleiber
Robert Schumann
- Kinderszenen, Op.15: 7. Träumerei
Lang Lang
Felix Mendelssohn
- String Quartet No.1 in E flat, Op.12: 2. Canzonetta: Allegretto
LaSalle Quartet
Leonard Bernstein
- Candide, Act I: I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady's Tango)
Christa Ludwig, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Joly
Total Playing Time 1:05:51
CD 4
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Sergei Prokofiev
- Symphony No.1 in D, Op.25 "Classical Symphony": 4. Finale (Vivace)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine
Camille Saint-Saëns
- Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le cygne (Arranged Paul Vidal)
Mischa Maisky, Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov
Felix Mendelssohn
- Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.107 - "Reformation": 2. Allegro vivace
Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
Johannes Brahms
- Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op.102: 2. Andante
Anne-Sophie Mutter, António Meneses, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Herbert Howells
- A spotless Rose
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
Claude Debussy
- String Quartet in G minor, Op.10: 2. Scherzo (Assez vif et bien rythmé)
Melos Quartet
Hector Berlioz
- Symphonie fantastique, Op.14: 4. Marche au supplice (Allegretto non troppo)
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch
Modest Mussorgsky
- Sorochintsy Fair (Transcribed Rachmaninov): Hopak
Nathan Milstein, Georges Pludermacher
Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Dardanus: Premier Tambourin / Deuxième Tambourin
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
Fritz Kreisler
- Liebesfreud: Allegro
Shlomo Mintz, Clifford Benson
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64: 3. Valse (Allegro moderato)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Jewgenij Mrawinskij
Giuseppe Verdi
- La traviata, Act 1:"E strano!" - "Ah, fors'è lui" - "Sempre libera"
Anna Netrebko, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Henryk Wieniawski
- Etudes-Caprices for 2 violins, Op.18: No.5 in E major
David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh
Franz Liszt
- 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S.139: No.2 Molto vivace
Alice Sara Ott
Claudio Monteverdi
- Con che soavità
Anne Sofie von Otter, Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Swan Lake, Op.20, Act 2: No.10 Scène (Moderato)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Domenico Scarlatti
- Sonata in E major, K.135: Allegro
Ivo Pogorelich
Total Playing Time 1:11:38
CD 5
Gaetano Donizetti
- L'elisir d'amore, Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima"
Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Frédéric Chopin
- Nocturne No.5 in F sharp, Op.15 No.2
Maria João Pires
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Sonata for Piano and Violin in E minor, K.304: 2. Tempo di minuetto
Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
- Le nozze di Figaro, K.492, Act 4: "Deh vieni, non tardar"
Patricia Petibon, Concerto Köln, Daniel Harding
Franz Liszt
- 2 Etudes de Concert, S.145: No.2 Gnomenreigen
Mikhail Pletnev
Antonio Vivaldi
- Concerto for Violin and Strings in E, Op.8, No.1, R.269 "La Primavera": 1. Allegro
Simon Standage, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert
Frédéric Chopin
- Polonaise No.6 in A flat, Op.53 -"Heroic"
Maurizio Pollini
Richard Strauss
- Capriccio, Op.85: Mondscheinmusik
Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn
Gioacchino Rossini
- Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: No.2 Cavatina: "Largo al factotum"
Hermann Prey, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Charles Marie Widor
- Symphony No.5 in F minor, Op.42 No.1 for Organ: 5. Toccata (Allegro)
Simon Preston
Richard Wagner
- Tannhäuser, Act 3: Wie Todesahnung… O du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram)
Thomas Quasthoff, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem
Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Chor
Sergei Rachmaninov
- Prélude in G sharp minor, Op.32, No.12 [2:11]
Sviatoslav Richter
Jean Sibelius
- Karelia Suite, Op.11: 1. Intermezzo (Moderato)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Rosbaud
Alexander Glazunov
- Chant du Ménestrel Op.71
Mstislav Rostropovich, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Robert Schumann
- Frühlingsfahrt Op.45, N.2
Heinrich Schlusnus, Sebastien Peschko
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Sonata for Violin and Piano No.5 in F, Op.24 - "Spring": 3. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Carl Seemann
Franz Schubert
- Lachen und Weinen, D.777, Op.59/4
Irmgard Seefried, Erik Werba
Total Playing Time 1:07:40
CD 6
Francisco Tárrega
- Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Andrés Segovia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Exsultate, jubilate, K.165: 4. Alleluia
Maria Stader, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Giuseppe Verdi
- Nabucco, Act 3 - Coro: Introduzione - "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate"
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
Charles Gounod
- Ave Maria: arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846 (Arr. Carlo Sabatini)
Cheryl Studer, London Symphony Orchestra, Ion Marin
Stanley Myers
- Cavatina (Arr. John Williams)
Göran Söllscher
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550: 4. Finale (Allegro assai)
Berliner Staatskapelle, Richard Strauss
Giuseppe Verdi
- Lo spazzocamino (Arr. Kurt Gaebel)
Rita Streich, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kurt Gaebel
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Songs of Travel: 1. The Vagabond
Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
Richard Wagner
- Lohengrin, Act 3: Prelude to Act III
Philadelphia Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Osvaldo Golijov
- Ayre: 5. Nanni
Dawn Upshaw, The Andalucian Dogs
Giuseppe Verdi
- Rigoletto, Act 1: Questa o quella
Rolando Villazon, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Daniele Callegari
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Suite for Cello Solo No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011: 3. Courante
Jian Wang
György Ligeti
- Etude No.10 "Der Zauberlehring"
Yuja Wang
George Frideric Handel
- Organ Concerto No.4 in F, Op.4 No.4: 1. Allegro
Eduard Müller, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, August Wenzinger
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Zärtliche Liebe, WoO 123 "Ich liebe dich"
Fritz Wunderlich, Hubert Giesen
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 ('Sleepers, awake')
Helmut Walcha
Heitor Villa-Lobos
- 5 Preludes: No.1 in E minor
Narciso Yepes
Carlos Salzedo
- Chanson de la Nuit
Nicanor Zabaleta
Johannes Brahms
- Sonatensatz "FAE sonate" Op.5: Scherzo
Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Barenboim
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
- 4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899: No.4 in A flat: Allegretto
Krystian Zimerman
Total Playing Time 1:15:35