Beethoven Complete Edition (85 CDs)

It would not be an overstatement to declare that Ludwig van Beethoven stands as one of the most significant figures in Western civilisation: a composer who shaped the course of music history through his mastery of rhythm, melody and harmonic exploration, pushing the boundaries of form and effectively bridging the gap between Classicism and Romanticism - and yet all the while continuously professing how difficult he found composition. Detailing his complete output - from his earliest years to his last, by which time he had almost completely lost his hearing - this 85CD box reveals an extensive palette of styles and mediums, rendered all the more obvious by the box's division into different genres (starting with the symphonies and ending with the large corpus of different national folk songs). This box is the 2017 reissue of Brilliant Classics' acclaimed Beethoven Complete Edition, with updates including Beethovenian pianist par excellence Alfred Brendel now in the complete cycle of Piano Concertos, Alessandro Commellato on historic fortepianos in brand new recordings of the 18 sets of 'without opus' piano variations, Emmy Verhey in the Violin Concerto and Romances and a definitive Mass in C from Stuttgart's Gachinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium.

Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete)

Helena Döse (soprano), Marga Schiml (mezzo), Peter Schreier (tenor), Theo Adam (bass)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt

Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete)

Yefim Bronfman (piano)

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman

Piano Concerto in D major, arranged by the composer after the Violin Concerto, Op. 61a

Shoko Sugitani (piano)

Berliner Symphoniker, Gerard Oskamp

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Christian Tetzlaff (violin)

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman

Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56

Yefim Bronfman (piano), Gil Shaham (violin), Truls Mørk (cello)

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman

Piano Concerto in E flat major, WoO 4

Martin Galling (piano)

Berliner Symphoniker, Carl-August Bünte

Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in B flat major, WoO 6

Walter Klien (piano)

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow

Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138

Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a

Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

Fidelio Overture Op. 72c

Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

Funeral March for Leonore Prohaska, WoO 96/4

Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124

Bach Society of Minnesota Bach Society of Minnesota, David Laberge

Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

Zur Namensfeier overture, Op. 115

Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

Gratulations-Menuett WoO 3

Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

Triumphal March for Kuffner's "Tarpeja" WoO 2a

Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

Fugue in D major WoO 31

Christian Schmitt (organ)

Pieces (5) for a Mechanical Clock, WoO 33

Christian Schmitt (organ)

Grenadiermarsch in F major for a Mechanical Clock Hess 107

Christian Schmitt (organ)

Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (Battle Symphony)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Fidelio, Op. 72

Christine Brewer (Leonore), John MacMaster (Florestan), Daniel Borowski (Don Fernando), Juha Uusitalo (Don Pizarro), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Rocco), Sally Matthews (Marzelline), Andrew Kennedy (Jaquino), Andrew Tortise (1st prisoner) & Darren Jeffrey (2nd prisoner

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 (complete)

Timora Rosler (cello), Klára Würtz (piano)

Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Annelies Burmeister (alto), Peter Schreier (tenor) & Hermann Christian Polster (bass)

Gewandhaus Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Kurt Masur

Piano Trios (complete)

Trio Elegiaque

Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10 (Complete)

Kristóf Baráti (violin), Klára Würtz (piano)

Mass in C major, Op. 86

Elly Ameling (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo), Theo Altmeyer (tenor), Marius Rintzler (bass)

New Philharnmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge)

Suske Quartet