boxed sets

Mozart: Four Complete Operas [10 CDs]

Mozart created 22 stage works in his lifetime. This 10-CD box comprises the world-famous ‘evergreens’ in historical recordings from Vienna 1955. Soloists include Christa Ludwig, Lisa della Casa, Hilde Gülden, Alfred Poell, Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena, Kurt Böhme and many more. (Profil)

10CD# PH23005

$34.99

Paganini: Complete Quartets for String Trio & Guitar, Vol. 1 [3 CDs]

This release is a source of pride for guitarist Alberto Mesirca for several reasons. First, it’s the culmination of a recording endeavour begun in 2016, which sprung from an idea Mesirca had during an after-concert dinner with his beloved, late mentor, violist Vladimir Mendelssohn. Mesirca then managed to convince Vladimir Mendelssohn to prepare scores for the complete repertoire. (Brilliant Classics)

3CD# BRI96872 $16.99

Complete Warner Recordings (Updated) / Jacqueline Du Pré [23 CDs]

Jacqueline du Pré was recognized during her brief prime as one of the supreme cellists of the 20th century, with an intense commitment and a well-honed technical mastery to back up her heaven-sent talents. The way her career was snatched away from her by a remorseless illness, leading to her early death, has inevitably cast a romantic glow over her life story.

(Warner Classics)

23CD# MOB611384 $99.99

Boccherini: Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1 [5 CDs]

The start of a major new series on Brilliant Classics –historically informed accounts of the violin sonatas by a Classicalera master of Rococo charm and invention. Boccherini, still in his mid-20s, dedicated his Op. 5 violin sonatas to the Parisian keyboard soloist Mme. Brillon de Jouy. Movements from these sonatas appear in reworked guises in other chamber works and symphonies. (Brilliant Classics)

5CD# BRI96612

$19.99

Legendary Pianists – Famous Piano Concertos [10 CDs]

For many decades the orchestras of the German broadcasting service SWR have worked together with many famous musicians from all over the world, including the outstanding pianists selected for this collection, among them Clara Haskil, Jörg Demus, Paul Badura-Skoda, Alicia de Larrocha, Wilhelm Backhaus, and Géza Anda. (SWR Classic)

10CD# SWR19433CD $51.99

Cécile Ousset: Complete Warner Recordings [16 CDs]

The EMI Classics recordings of Cécile Ousset (b. 1936), spanning the years between 1982 and 1991, would mark her third and most prestigious recording collaboration, launching her, at age forty-six, into the international limelight. Indeed, recognition did not come easily to this grand dame of the piano, who, at the age of fourteen, obtained her prize at the Paris Conservatoire. (Warner)

16CD# MOB436246 $44.99 $36.99

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets: Vol. 3 [3 CDs]

The celebrated Dover Quartet, the young, GRAMMY-nominated ensemble brimming with prestigious awards and residencies, concludes its critically acclaimed, three-volume Beethoven cycle with the composer’s five monumental, revolutionary Late Quartets and imposing Grosse Fugue. The triple-album release comprises Beethoven’s very last compositions. (Cedille)

3CD# CDR 215 $32.99

Ivry Gitlis – The Legend [4 CDs]

The concert programs of Ivry Gitlis were often challenging for the audience. Nevertheless, when Gitlis plays the great concertos whose timeless worth still dominates today’s concert programs, his own, sometimes idiosyncratic interpretation is audible, challenging the listener to more intensive engagement with that which is already well-known. (Profil)

4CD# PH19056 $22.99

Handel: Organ Concertos, Op. 4 & Op. 7 / Ivan Ronda [3 CDs]

The Organ Concertos Op. 4 and Op. 7 by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) were originally composed as musical interludes to be performed during the intervals of the Oratorios. Handel chose to write for the organ, an instrument hitherto relegated to the liturgical service, to emancipate it and have it take on a new character, more brilliant and appealing to the public. (Brilliant Classics)

3CD# BRI96547

$16.99

Bruckner: The 9 Symphonies / Herbert Blomstedt [10 CDs]

Bruckner’s symphonies are strenuous alpine hikes, and Blomstedt is a mountain guide who not only has the next fork in the road in mind but knows every stone on the path before the group has even started. The nine symphonies released in this box were recorded at the Gewandhaus Leipzig between 2005 and 2012. (Accentus)

10CD# ACC80575

$89.99