The Best of the Complete Mozart Edition. 1995 25 Disk CD Box Set

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Classical

Box Set Collectors Rare

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Mozart

Germay

Phillips

1995

6.00 lb

028944622225

The Best of the Complete Mozart Edition contains it all: concertos, symphonies, great choral works, the incredible vocal music, chamber music, piano sonatas, violin sonatas and so much more. But what sets this 25-disc boxed set apart is not just the sheer volume of music from one of the most recognizable composers in the world, but the performances themselves.

Primary Artist: Aart Rozenboom, Alfred Brendel, Anton Rosner, Arthur Grumiaux, Bruno Giuranna, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Clifford Grant, Dalton Baldwin, Dame Janet Baker, Daniel Chorzempa, Edith Mathis, Eva Lind, Georges Janzer, Hanna Schwarz, Harry Peeters, Henryk Szeryng, Hermann-Christian Polster, Hugo D'Alton, Imogen Cooper, John Constable, Julie Kaufmann [Soprano Vocal], Karl Leister, Karl Schouten, Klaus Thunemann, Klaus Von Wildemann, Kurt Moll, Leopold Hager, Lillian Watson, Lucia Popp, Luciana Serra, Luigi Roni, Margaret Price, Maria Graf, Maria Venuti, Martina Arroyo, Michael Diedrich, Mikael Melbye, Mitsuko Uchida, Montserrat Caballé, Norma Burrowes, Patrick Ireland, Peter Damm, Peter Jelosits, Peter Schreier, Raymund Koster, Richard van Allan [Bass/Baritone Vocal], Robert Lloyd, Robert Smissen, Robert Tear, Robin O'Neill, Stuart Burrows, Susanne Mentzer, Theo Adam, Timothy Brown [Horn], Uwe Heilmann, Volker Brautigam, Walter Berry, Wen-Sinn Yang, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Yvonne Minton

Contributing artists: Aldo Baldin, Ann Murray, Anton Scharinger, Arpad Gerecz, Atsuko Suzuki, Aurèle Nicolet, Barbara Hendricks, Bernard Greenhouse, Bruno Hoffmann, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, David Lennox, Eduard Brunner, Elisabeth Cooymans, Elly Ameling, Eva Czako, Francisco Araiza, Frank Hoher, Friedemann Klos, Geert van Keulen, George Pieterson, Gerhard Eder, Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Heinrich Braun, Heinz Holliger, Hermann Baumann, Ileana Cotrubas, Ingvar Wixell, Iona Brown, Irena Grafenauer, Isidore Cohen, Jack Brymer, Jean Decroos, Jessye Norman, Julian Farrell, Kenneth Sillito, Malcolm Latchem, Maria Casula, Marie McLaughlin, Max Lesueur, Menahem Pressler, Michael G. Gormley, Michael-Christfried Winkler, Mirella Freni, Mitsuko Shirai, Neil Black, Nicolai Gedda, Paul Hansen, Paul Hudson, Roberta Alexander, Rudolf Jansen, Stephen Kovacevich, Stephen Orton, Stephen Shingles, Thea King, Walter Heinz Bernstein, Walter Klien

I'm fascinated with this collection; the selection of performances is superb and you always an authoritative interpretation for each piece. The selection of material is very well balanced. This collection is all the Mozart I'll need for the next decade. It is a good buy if you have only two or three Mozart albums in your CD collection and are intending to deepen your knowledge of this greatest of composers.

"A couple of drawbacks in the collection are its lack of decent accompaining literature (you only get the CD's succint liner notes in four languages) and an occasional selection with poor sound quality or hiss from an old recording. The average quality of the remasterizations, though, is very good. You should probably get a nice book on Mozart to read while listening."
"I have many editions in the Philips Complete Mozart Edition ("one-stop shopping" is my middle name) and I recommend them thoroughly and emphatically. Life is too short not to listen to Mozart each and every day of your life. Thanks to those at Philips who put this monster together; we really appreciate it. So does Wolfie. Essential."
Above quotes of the best of complete Mozart edition 1995 25 CD box set.

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