Sets

Compositrices – New Light on French Romantic Women [8 CDs]

In this 8-CD set featuring several hundred performers, the Palazzetto Bru Zane offers a ‘new light’ on female composers from nineteenthcentury France. The selections range over chamber music, orchestral works, piano pieces and songs. They highlight twenty-one female creators, from already identified personalities like Hélène de Montgeroult, Louise Farrenc, and Mel Bonis to such completely unknown figures alike.

(Bru Zane)

8CD# BZ2006 $49.99

Mozart: String Quartets Complete [7 CDs]

All Mozart String Quartets complete. The Armida Quartett is seen today as one of the best quartets coping with the giant W.A. Mozart. Rave reviews from Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine. The Box has been recorded and released in close cooperation with the famous Henle publisher. (Cavi Music)

7CD# AVI 8553523 $29.99

Franck:

Organ Music [3 CDs]

Work began on the basilica of SaintClotilde in 1846, and only three years later, construction of the organ began under the supervision of the doyen of French organ builders, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The instrument as it comes down to us is one of the most magnificent surviving examples of his art and craft – and crucially for the purposes of this album, influenced in its construction by César Franck. (Brilliant Classics)

3CD# BRI96220 $16.99

Issac Stern & Yefim Bronfman play Mozart [4 CDs]

In another highly distinguished collaboration, the legendary Isaac Stern and Yefim Bronfman perform Mozart’s mature violin sonatas over four CDs. Recorded in 1993–1994, several years after the pair first collaborated, the sonatas demonstrate their “excellent rapport” (Gramophone) in these delicate works. (Sony)

4CD# 88985464992 $22.98

Boxed Sets In Brief

Hugo Alfvén: Complete Symphonies, Suites & Rhapsodies [7 CDs]

Hugo Alfvén’s music has always been close to the hearts of the Swedish people, and ranks among some of the most significant and representative of the spirit of the country. Alfvén is known as a cheerful entertainer in compositions such as Den Forlorade Sonen (‘The Prodigal Son’), but his symphonies reveal a different, more elegiac and often more dramatic side. (Naxos)

7CD# 8507015 $46.99

BBC

Legends,

Vol. 3 [20 CDs]

This third 20-album box brings together more of the greatest performances taken from the BBC archives. ‘The high standard of musical performances in these releases is mirrored in their scrupulous documentation and presentation... the engineering and sound of these recordings, despite their ages, is uniformly clear and sympathetic. The result is an unqualified success.’ – Gramophone (ICA Classics)

20CD# ICAB5167 $82.99

Bach: Cantatas, Motets & Organ Music [6

J.S.

CDs]

In 2012–14, these six albums were issued as individual books, in which format they attracted praise both for the depth of their insights and the excellence of the performances: ‘”Elegant” is the word for this production, equally worthy to give or to keep’ Fanfare (Vol. 1). This box makes them available once again, with a new introductory essay by Peter Quantrill in the booklet, and all the original essays. (Brilliant Classics)

6CD# BRI96434 $59.99

Gieseking: Columbia Graphophone Recordings

Complete Edition [48 CDs]

“The whole conception of performance in these days is too heavy, loud and blatant,” said Walter Gieseking in 1926. Gieseking’s finesse, imagination and sureness of touch brought him special and lasting distinction in the solo piano works of Debussy et Ravel, which he recorded in their entirety. The complete solo piano works of Mozart are another pillar of this 48-CD collection. (Warner Classics) 48CD# MOB245596 $139.99

Godowsky: Complete Studies on Chopin [3 CDs]

Godowsky employs various forms in his Studies on Chopin, including variations on the études, transcriptions for the left hand, free transcriptions, cantus firmus, and metamorphoses. (Brilliant Classics)

3CD# BRI96706 $16.99

Hahn: Complete Piano Music [4 CDs]

First released in 2015, unavailable now for some time, this complete survey of Reynaldo Hahn’s piano music features a feast of charming and unfamiliar music from the golden age of the French salon. (Piano Classics)

4CD# PCL10257 $34.99

Erbach: Complete Organ Music [9 CDs]

The predominant forms in this set are toccatas, canzonas and ricercars, as well as instrumental ‘settings’ of the Magnificat and the Ordinary of the Mass for liturgical use. (Brilliant Classics)

9CD# BRI95329 $54.99

Earl Wild: Complete Piano Music [3 CDs]

Recorded between 2013 and 2018, this is the first and so far only complete collection of Earl Wild’s piano music. It opens with poetic slow movements from Marcello to Fauré. (Brilliant Classics)

3CD# BRI96705 $16.99