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THE LOOK: Everyone likes to receive a letter or parcel … What better way to encourage the giving of gifts than with these eye-catching covers from Aileen Reese of Hamburg’s Design Factory, who has developed cute individual “packages” for each box?

THE CONTENTS: As far as possible, we have taken account of 2010 anniversaries (for example, Chopin, Mahler, Wolf) and are offering new sets of repertoire, not just revamping “old” Collectors boxes. 
Of particular note from DG are Gardiner’s Beethoven cycle, available for the first time at budget, and Bernstein’s Mahler symphonies cycle, squeezed on to a very competitive 11 CDs. On Decca Gergiev’s acclaimed Prokofiev operas set has no competition in its field, and Ashkenazy’s solo Chopin reappears bang on time for Chopin Year 2010.

THE BOOKLETS: For the three-language booklets (English, German, French) we have commissioned new approachable articles on the repertoire from leading journalists and specialists. Sung texts and translations (for Mahler and Wolf) available through a link to series website

 


Cat. No.: 477 8628
Barcode: 0028947786283
Label: DG 14CD
Release Date: February


Simon Preston | J.S. BACH: The Organ Works


ARTISTS

Simon Preston, Organ

 

TRACK LISTING

CD1
Bach, J.S.: Trio Sonatas Nos.1 - 6, BWV 525 – 530
CD2
Bach, J.S.: Preludes & Fugues, BWV 531, 533 - 536, 539 & 541; Fantasia & Fugue, BWV 537; Toccata & Fugue, BWV 538 "Dorian"
CD3
Bach, J.S.: Toccata & Fugue, BWV 540;  Fantasia & Fugue, BWV 542; Preludes & Fugues, BWV 543 - 546; Pedal-Exercitium, BWV 598
CD4
Bach, J.S.: Preludes & Fugues, BWV 547 - 551; Fantasias, BWV 562 & 563; Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV 564
CD5
Bach, J.S.: Toccata & Fugue, BWV 565 & 566; Prelude & Fugue, BWV 532; Pastorale, BWV 590; Preludes, BWV 568 & 569; Fantasias, BWV 570 & 572
CD6
Bach, J.S.: Fugues, BWV 574, 575, 577 - 579; Passacaglia & Fugue, BWV 582; Trios, BWV 583 & 586; Aria, BWV 587; Canzona, BWV 588; Allabreve, BWV 589
CD7
Bach, J.S.: Organ Concertos,  BWV 592 – 596
CD8
Bach, J.S.: Orgelbüchlein BWV 599 – 644
CD9
Bach, J.S.: Six Chorales of Diverse Kinds ("Schübler" Chorales); Eighteen Chorales of Diverse Kinds ("Leipzig" Chorales)
CD10
Bach, J.S.: Eighteen Chorales of Diverse Kinds (cont.); Part III of the "Clavier-Übung"; Prelude, BWV 552/1; Chorale Settings
CD11
Bach, J.S.: Part III of the "Clavier-Übung", Chorale Settings (cont.); Four Duets BWV 802 - 805; Fugue BWV 552/2
CD12
Bach, J.S.: "Kirnberger" Chorales, BWV 690 - 713; Chorale Settings BWV 714 - 718, 720
CD13
Bach, J.S.: Chorale Settings, BWV 721-724, 726-739, 741, 753, 764, Anh. II / 55; O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (without BWV number)
CD14
Bach, J.S.: Chorale Partitas, BWV 766-768, 770; Canonic Variations, BWV 769

 

BACH / PRESTON: “Consistently alive and distinguished, and the choice of organs ear-ticklingly perceptive” –The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

Simon Preston’s brilliant traversal of Bach’s organ works on a specially priced 14-CD set with a new booklet essay by Dorothea Schröder.

“A hard act to beat” was Gramophone’s verdict on this magnificent, specially priced 14-CD set.

Simon Preston brings to this challenging project an impeccable technique, a vivacious playing style, and an enthusiasm for this timeless music that leaves the listener in awe of Bach’s genius.

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Cat. No.: 477 8643
Barcode: 0028947786436
Label: DG 5CD
Release Date: February


Sir John Eliot Gardiner | BEETHOVEN: The Nine Symphonies


ARTISTS

Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

 

TRACK LISTING

CD1
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1 & 2
CD2
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.3 "Eroica" & 4
CD3
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.5 & 6 "Pastoral"
CD4
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.7 & 8
CD5
Beethoven: Symphony No.9

BEETHOVEN / GARDINER: “Exhilarating performances which have bite and imagination and a sense of spontaneity” –The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

The most famous, most popular symphonic cycle presented afresh in fantastic sound quality on a specially priced 5-CD set with a new booklet essay by Richard Osborne.

Acclaimed since its first appearance in 1994 — “it leaves every other period-instrument Beethoven set for dead” (Classic CD) — John Eliot Gardiner’s 5-CD Beethoven cycle is now made available for the first time at this special price in Deutsche Grammophon's Collectors Edition. Beethoven’s immense energy and humanity is vividly captured: as H. C. Robbins Landon wrote in BBC Music Magazine, “I felt as if I were hearing these warhorses for the first time.”

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Cat. No.: 478 2315
Barcode: 0028947823155
Label: Decca 14CD
Release Date: February


Valery Gergiev | PROKOFIEV: Operas


ARTISTS

Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev

 

TRACK LISTING

PROKOFIEV: Operas:
Betrothal in a Monastery, The Fiery Angel, The Gambler, Love for Three Oranges, Semyon Kotko, and War and Peace

“Gergiev adds to his formidable Kirov series of Russian opera recordings with a brilliant reading of this fantasy fairy-tale” (Love for Three Oranges) – The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

Six complete operas in a specially priced 14-CD set. With a new booklet introductory essay by Andrew Huth, this set has no competition.

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Cat. No.: 478 2309
Barcode: 0028947823094
Label: Decca 4CD
Release Date: February


Bernard Haitink | LISZT: Complete Tone Poems


ARTISTS

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink

 

TRACK LISTING

LISZT
CD 1
Ce qu’on entend sur la Montaigne
Tasso, lamento e trionfo
Les Préludes
CD 2
Orpheus
Prometheus
Mazeppa
Festklänge
CD 3
Héroïde funèbre
Hungaria
Hamlet
CD 4
Hunnenschlacht
Die Ideale
Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe
Mephisto Waltz No. 1

“The orchestral playing is first-rate throughout these four discs and the recording has never sounded better” – The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

The classic collection of Liszt’s Symphonic Poems in Haitink’s time-honoured recordings return to the catalogue as a specially priced 4-CD set with a new booklet article by Jeremy Hayes.

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Cat. No.: 478 2303
Barcode: 0028947823032
Label: Decca 4CD
Release Date: February


Antal Dorati | KODALY: Orchestral Works


ARTISTS

Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Doráti
London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Arthur Oldham
Narrator: Peter Ustinov
Örzse: Erzsébet Komlóssy
Marci: László Palócz
Háry/Napoleon: György Melis
Bombazine: Zsolt Bende
Marie-Louise: Olga Szönyi
Empress: Margit László
Lajos Kozma, tenor
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Brighton Festival Chorus
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
István Kertész

 

TRACK LISTING

CD 1
Háry János — Suite
Dances of Galánta
The Peacock: Folksong
Variations on a Hungarian Folksong “The Peacock”
Dances of Maroszék
CD 2
Theatre Overture
Concerto for Orchestra
Summer Evening
Symphony in C
CD 3
Háry János
Introduction & Overture
Act 1: At the Russian-Hungarian Frontier
Act 2: Back in Vienna
Act 3: The Battle
CD 4
Act 4: The Imperial Palace in Vienna
Minuetto serio
Ballet Music
Hungarian Rondo
Psalmus Hungaricus, Op.13

“An absolute must for children young and old (Háry János)”… “The Psalmus Hungaricus receives a bright and forceful performance under Kertész, dramatically sung by tenor Lajos Kozma.” –
Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide

This specially priced 4-CD set has a new booklet essay by Colin Anderson. It also returns to the CD catalogue items previously unissued internationally from the Dorati LP set of orchestral works.

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Cat. No.: 477 8680
Barcode: 0028947786801
Label: Decca 6CD
Release Date: February


Amadeus Quartet | MOZART: The String Quartets


ARTISTS

Amadeus Quartet

 

TRACK LISTING

CD1
Mozart, W.A.: String Quartets, K.80, K.155 - K.159
CD2
Mozart, W.A.: String Quartets, K.169 - K.173
CD3
Mozart, W.A.: String Quartets, K.387, K. 421 & K.458 "The Hunt"
CD4
Mozart, W.A.: String Quartets, K.428 & K.464; Divertimento K.136 & K.137
CD5
Mozart, W.A.: String Quartets, K.160, K.168, K.465 "Dissonance" & K.499 "Hoffmeister"
CD6
Mozart, W.A.: String Quartets, K.575 "Prussian No.1", K.589 "Prussian No.2" & K.590 "Prussian No.3"; Divertimento K.138

 

MOZART / AMADEUS: “A fitting memorial to one of the great ensembles of our time” –Gramophone

All 23 string quartets in this specially priced 6-CD set with a new booklet essay by Tully Potter.

Mozart’s twenty-three string quartets span his entire career and contain some of the finest music he wrote, at once exhilarating and deeply-felt. In their 40-year career the Amadeus Quartet made these works very much their own, bringing to them a rare esprit and freshness, a sense of spontaneity, as well as unique qualities of elegance and affection. The three Divertimentos K.136–138 are also included in this specially priced 6-CD set.

 

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Cat. No.: 477 8668
Barcode: 0028947786689
Label: Decca 11CD
Release Date: February


Leonard Bernstein | MAHLER: The Symphonies


ARTISTS

Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein

 

TRACK LISTING

MAHLER: Symphonies 1-10

 

MAHLER / BERNSTEIN: “A monumental achievement and the benchmark against which future Mahler sets will be measured.” –Fanfare

Bernstein’s acclaimed Mahler cycle Now in this specially priced 11-CD set with a new booklet essay by Nick Kimberley.

Mahler symphonies still arouse our emotions like few others, with their unique sense of loss and radiant affirmation. Newly — and completely — coupled together here on only 11 CDs to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Mahler’s birth. Bernstein’s acclaimed cycle — “a personal statement by one great musician on another” (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) — was recorded with three virtuoso orchestras, in which Bernstein “finds the universal in Mahler’s exquisite, often tortured self-consciousness.” (Time Magazine). Sung texts and translations available through weblink.

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Cat. No.: 478 2282
Barcode: 0028947822820
Label: Decca 13CD
Release Date: February


Vladimir Ashkenazy | CHOPIN: The Piano Works


ARTISTS

Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Vovka Ashkenazy, piano

 

TRACK LISTING

CHOPIN
CD 1
[1]-[24] 24 Preludes, Op. 28
[25] Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45
[26] Prelude in A flat major (1834)
[27] Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 29
[28] Impromptu in F sharp major, Op. 36
[29] Impromptu in G flat major, Op. 51
[30] Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66
CD 2
[1] Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
[2] Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
[3] Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
[4] Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
[5] Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
[6] Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
[7] Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
[8] Scherzo No. 4 in E minor, Op. 54
CD 3
[1]-[3] 3 Nocturnes, Op. 9
[4]-[6] 3 Nocturnes, Op. 15
[[7]-[8] 2 Nocturnes, Op. 27
[9]-[10] 2 Nocturnes, Op. 32
[11]-[12] 2 Nocturnes, Op. 37
CD 4
[1]-[2] 2 Nocturnes, Op. 48
[3]-[4] 2 Nocturnes, Op. 55
[5]-[6] 2 Nocturnes, Op. 62
[7] Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1
[8] Nocturne in C sharp minor (1830)
[9] Nocturne in C minor (1837)
CD 5
[1]-[12] 12 Études, Op. 10
[13]-[24] 12 Études, Op. 25
CD 6
[1]-[2] 2 Polonaises, Op. 26
[3]-[4] 2 Polonaises, Op. 40
[5] Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 44
[6] Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53
[7] Polonaise in A flat major, oOp. 53
CD 7
[1]-[3] 3 Polonaises, Op. 71
[4] Polonaise in B flat minor (1826)
[5] Polonaise in G flat major (1829)
[6] Polonaise in G minor (1817)
[7] Polonaise in B flat major (1817)
[8] Polonaise in A flat major (1821)
[9] Polonaise in G sharp minor (1822)
CD 8
[1] Waltz in e flat major, Op. 18
[2]-[4] 3 Waltzes, Op. 34
[5] Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42
[6]-[8] 3 Waltzes, Op. 64
[9]-[10] 2 Waltzes, Op. 69
[11]-[13] 3 Waltzes, Op. 70
[14] Waltz in E minor (1830)
[15] Waltz in E major (1829)
[16] Waltz in A minor (? 1843)
[17] Waltz in A flat major (1827)
[18] Waltz in E flat major ("Sostenuto", 1840)
[19] Waltz in E flat major (1829/30)
CD 9
[1]-[4] 4 Mazurkas, Op. 6
[5]-[9] 5 Mazurkas, Op. 7
[10]-[13] 4 Mazurkas, Op. 17
[14]-[17] 4 Mazurkas, Op. 24
[18]-[21] 4 Mazurkas, Op. 30
[22]-[25] 4 Mazurkas, Op. 33
[26]-[29] 4 Mazurkas, Op. 41
CD 10
[1]-[3] 3 Mazurkas, Op. 50
[4]-[6] 3 Mazurkas, Op. 56
[7]-[9] 3 Mazurkas, Op. 59
[10]-[12] 3 Mazurkas, Op. 63
[13]-[16] 4 Mazurkas, Op. 67
[17]-[20] 4 Mazurkas, Op. 68
[21] Mazurka in A minor ("à Émile Gaillard", 1840)
[22] Mazurka in A minor ("Notre temps", 1840)
[23] Mazurka in B flat major (1836)
[24] Mazurka in G major (1826)
[25] Mazurka in A flat major (1834)
[26] Mazurka in C major (1833)
[27] Mazurka in B flat major (for Alexandra Wolowska, 1832)
[28] Mazurka in D major (1832)
[29] Mazurka in D major (?1820)
[30] Mazurka in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 (revised version)
CD 11
[1]-[4] Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35
[5]-[8] Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
[9] Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49
CD 12
[1]-[4] Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4
[5] Variations sur un air national allemand (1826)
[6] Rondo in C minor, Op.1
[7] 3 Écossaises, Op. 72 No. 3
[8] Rondo "à la Mazur" in F major, Op. 5
[9] Marche funèbre in C minor, Op. 72 No. 2
[10] Contredanse in G flat major (? 1827)
[11] Rondo in C minor, Op. 73
[12] Variations in D major for piano duet* (1826)
CD 13
[1] Variations in A major ("Souvenir de Paganini", 1829)
[2] Variations brillantes in B flat major, Op. 12
[3] Rondo in E flat major, Op. 16
[4] Bolero ion A minor, Op. 19
[5] Cantabile in B flat major (1834)
[6] Variation in E major (from "Hexameron", 1837)
[7] Largo in E flat (?1837)
[8] Allegro de concert in A major, Op. 46
[9]-[11] 3 Nouvelles Études (1837)
[12] Tarantelle in A flat major, Op. 43
[13] Fugue in A minor (1841-42)
[14] Albumblatt in E major (1843)
[15] Wiosna · Spring (from Op.74 No.2)
[16] 2 Bourrées (1846)
[17] Galop Marquis
[18] Berceuse in D flat major
[19] Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60

 

Vladimir Ashkenazy was the first pianist to record Chopin’s complete solo works and his name has been closely linked with the composer ever since he took second prize at the 1955 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Ashkenazy’s recorded these essential works between 1974 and 1984 — and many becoming the critics' top recommendations. In the year of Chopin's 200th anniversary, what better time than to make them available again in this 13-CD specially priced set?

Specially priced 13-CD set with a new booklet essay by Chopin specialist Jeremy Siepmann.

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Cat. No.: 478 2296
Barcode: 0028947822967
Label: Decca 6CD
Release Date: February


Witold Rowicki | DVORAK: The Symphonies; Overtures


ARTISTS

London Symphony Orchestra
Witold Rowicki

 

TRACK LISTING

DVORAK
CD 1
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 3 "The Bells of Zlonice"
Overture: Carnival, Op. 92
Overture: My Country, Op. 62
CD 2
Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
Symphony No. 2 in B flat, Op. 4 [start]
CD 3
Symphony No. 2 [conclusion]
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 13
CD 4
Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 10
Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 76
CD 5
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
CD 6
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
Overture: Othello, Op. 93
Overture: Husitská, Op. 67

 

“Rowicki’s readings present a consistent and very satisfying view of Dvorák … the recordings are generally refined, warm and full-bodied.” – The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

This specially priced 6-CD set restores to circulation a much-praised set of Dvorak Symphonies and Overtures and comes with a new booklet article by Robert Layton.

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Cat. No.: 477 8707
Barcode: 0028947787075
Label: Decca 6CD
Release Date: February


Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | WOLF: Lieder


ARTISTS

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Daniel Barenboim, Piano

 

TRACK LISTING

WOLF: Lieder

FISCHER-DIESKAU/ WOLOF: “A welcome and invigorating sense of recognition and authenticity” –Gramophone

Fischer-Dieskau’s complete Wolf recordings with Daniel Barenboim on Deutsche Grammophon includes the Mörike and Goethe settings, and many rare treasures. This specially priced 6-CD set comes with a new booklet essay by Richard Evidon.

In 2010 we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Hugo Wolf, one of the most original of the great composers. Almost exclusively devoted to the Lied, his work stands alongside Schubert and Schumann in his mastery of the genre. Here is a wide-ranging selection by master-singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in partnership with Daniel Barenboim — that rank among their most significant recordings together.

Sung texts and translations available through weblink.

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