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Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 50 Years (1958-2008) [Box Set]

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 50 Years (1958-2008) [Box Set]
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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. 1. Magnificat anima mea
  2. 2. Et misericordia
  3. 3. Fecit potentiam
  4. 4. Deposuit potentes
  5. 5. Suscepit Israel
  6. 6. Sicut locutus est
  7. 7. Gloria Partri
  8. 8. Sicut erat in principio
  9. Stabat mater
  10. O quarn tristis
  11. Quis est homo
  12. Eja mater
  13. Sancta mater
  14. Fac me tecum
  15. Virgo virginum
  16. Fac me plagis
  17. Christe cum sit
  18. Confitebor
  19. Confessio
  20. Fidelia omnia
  21. Redemptionem misit
  22. Sanctum et terribile
  23. Intellectus bonus
  24. Gloria Patri
  25. Sicut erat

Disc 2:

  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro
  4. Oboe Concerto in F after BWV 49 & 169: Allegro
  5. Oboe Concerto in F after BWV 49 & 169: Siciliano
  6. Oboe Concerto in F after BWV 49 & 169: Allegro
  7. Allegro
  8. Larghetto
  9. Allegro ma non tanto
  10. Moderato
  11. Adagio
  12. Presto

Disc 3:

  1. Aria
  2. Variatio 1, a 1 Clav.
  3. Variatio 2, a 1 Clav.
  4. Variatio 3 ,a 1 Clav. Canone all'Unisono
  5. Variatio 4, a 1 Clav.
  6. Variatio 5, a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
  7. Variatio 6, a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda
  8. Variatio 7, a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
  9. Variatio 8, a 2 Clav.
  10. Variatio 9, a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza
  11. Variatio 10, a 1 Clav. Fughetta
  12. Variatio 11, a 2 Clav.
  13. Variatio 12, Canone alla Quarta
  14. Variatio 13, a 2 Clav.
  15. Variatio 14, a 2 Clav.
  16. Variatio 15, a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta, Andante
  17. Variatio 16, Ouverture a 1 Clav.
  18. Variatio 17, a 2 Clav.
  19. Variatio a 18, a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta
  20. Variatio 19, a 1 Clav.
  21. Variatio 20, a 2 Clav.
  22. Variatio 21, Canone alla Settima
  23. Variatio 22, a 1 Clav. Alla breve
  24. Variatio 23, a 2 Clav.
  25. Variatio 24, a 1 Clav. Canone all'Ottava
  26. Variatio 25, a 2 Clav.
  27. Variatio 26, a 2 Clav.
  28. Variatio 27, a 2 Clav. Canone alla Nona
  29. Variatio 28, a 2 Clav.
  30. Variatio 29, a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
  31. Variatio 30, a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
  32. Aria da capo

Disc 4:

  1. Ricercar a 3
  2. Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium
  3. Canones diversi sopra Thema Regium: Canon a 2, cancrizans
  4. Canones diversi sopra Thema Regium: Canon a 2 Violin: in Unisono
  5. Canones diversi sopra Thema Regium: Canon a 2 per Motum contrarium
  6. Canones diversi sopra Thema Regium: Canon a 2, per Augmentationem, contrario Motu (Notulis crescent
  7. Canones diversi sopra Thema Regium: Canon a 2, per Tonus (Ascendenteque Modulationis ascendat Glori
  8. Fuga canonica in Epidiapente
  9. Ricercar a 6
  10. Quaerendo invenietis: Canon a 2
  11. Quaerendo invenietis: Canon a 4
  12. Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale a Traversa, Violino e Continuo. Largo
  13. Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale a Traversa, Violino e Continuo. Allegro
  14. Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale a Traversa, Violino e Continuo. Andante
  15. Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale a Traversa, Violino e Continuo. Allegro
  16. Canon perpetuus (a Traversa, Violino e Continuo)

Disc 5:

  1. First part. Gloria: Qui tollis peccata mundi
  2. First part. Gloria: Qui sedes ad dextram patris
  3. First part. Gloria: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
  4. First part. Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu
  5. First part. Kyrie: Kyrie eleison
  6. First part. Kyrie: Christe eleison
  7. First part. Kyrie: Kyrie eleison
  8. First part. Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
  9. First part. Gloria: Et in terra pax
  10. First part. Gloria: Laudamus te
  11. First part. Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi
  12. First part. Gloria: Domine Deus

Disc 6:

  1. Second part. Credo: Credo in unum Deum
  2. Second part. Credo: Patrem omnipotentem
  3. Second part. Credo: Et in unum Deum
  4. Second part. Credo: Et incarnatus est
  5. Second part. Credo: Crucifixus
  6. Second part. Credo: Et resurrexit
  7. Second part. Credo: Et in Spiritum Sanctum
  8. Second part. Credo: Confiteor
  9. Second part. Credo: Et expecto
  10. Second part. Sanctus: Sanctus
  11. Second part. Sanctus: Osanna
  12. Second part. Sanctus: Benedictus
  13. Second part. Sanctus: Osanna
  14. Second part. Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei
  15. Second part. Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem

Disc 7:

  1. Overture
  2. [Part 1]
  3. [Part 2]
  4. [Part 3]
  5. [Part 4]
  6. [Part 1]
  7. [Part 2]
  8. [Part 3]
  9. Sinfonia
  10. [Part 1]
  11. [Part 2]
  12. [Part 3]
  13. [Part 1]
  14. [Part 2]
  15. [Part 3]

Disc 8:

  1. [Part 1]
  2. [Part 2]
  3. [Part 3]
  4. [Part 4]
  5. [Part 5]
  6. [Part 6]
  7. [Part 1]
  8. [Part 2]
  9. [Part 3]
  10. [Part 4]
  11. [Part 5]
  12. [Part 6]
  13. [Part 1]
  14. [Part 2]
  15. [Part 3]
  16. [Part 4]
  17. [Part 5]
  18. [Part 6]

Disc 9:

  1. [Part 1]
  2. [Part 2]
  3. [Part 3]
  4. [Part 4]
  5. [Part 5]
  6. [Part 6]
  7. [Part 1]
  8. [Part 2]
  9. [Part 3]
  10. [Part 4]
  11. [Part 5]
  12. [Part 6]
  13. [Part 1]
  14. [Part 2]
  15. [Part 3]
  16. [Part 4]
  17. [Part 5]
  18. [Part 6]

Disc 10:

  1. Seguidillas
  2. Confiado gilguerillo
  3. Monstruo, en quien ha sobrado
  4. Pues del culto mi piedad
  5. Azis dichoso
  6. Coplas
  7. Ondas, riscos, pezes, mares
  8. Donde vas
  9. Danae, cuya belleza
  10. Oye, escucha, aguarda, espera
  11. "Deydad" que en el monte vipartido
  12. Ayamor
  13. Mas si fuese la planta fugitiva
  14. Pues soy abejuela
  15. Afectuoso / Yo he de enmudecer
  16. Ven dulcissimo bien

Disc 11:

  1. No. 10 in C major
  2. No. 9 in G major

Disc 12:

  1. Introitus: Requiem aetenam dona eis
  2. Kyrie eleison
  3. Sequenz: Dies Irae, dies illa
  4. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe
  5. Sanctus
  6. Agnus Dei
  7. Communio: Lux aeterna luceat eis
  8. Stabat mater
  9. Cujus animam
  10. Quis est homo
  11. Pro peccatis
  12. Vidit suum dulcem
  13. Eja mater
  14. Fac me vere
  15. Virgo virginum
  16. Fac ut portem
  17. Fac me plagis
  18. Inflammatur
  19. Quando corpus

Disc 13:

  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro
  4. Allegro spirito
  5. Andantino con moto
  6. Allegro vivace assai
  7. Allegro maestoso
  8. Andante lentarello
  9. Allegro e con moto
  10. Andante sostenuto
  11. Andantino con moto
  12. Andante sostenuto, Allegro assai, con moto

Disc 14:

  1. [Part 1]
  2. [Part 2]
  3. [Part 3]
  4. [Part 4]
  5. [Part 5]
  6. [Part 6]
  7. [Part 7]
  8. [Part 1]
  9. [Part 2]
  10. [Part 3]
  11. [Part 4]

Disc 15:

  1. [Part 1]
  2. [Part 2]
  3. [Part 3]
  4. [Part 1]
  5. [Part 2]
  6. [Part 3]
  7. [Part 1]
  8. [Part 2]
  9. [Part 3]
  10. [Part 1]
  11. [Part 2]
  12. [Part 3]
  13. [Part 1]
  14. [Part 2]
  15. [Part 3]
  16. [Part 1]
  17. [Part 2]
  18. [Part 3]
  19. [Part 1]
  20. [Part 2]
  21. [Part 3]

Disc 16:

  1. Allemande La Laborde
  2. La Cottin
  3. La Portugaise
  4. La Forqueray
  5. La Regente
  6. La Marella
  7. Sarabande La d'Aubonne
  8. La Ferrand
  9. La Couperin
  10. Chaconne La Buisson
  11. La Leclair
  12. La Rameau
  13. Jupiter

Disc 17:

  1. Toccata Avanti La Messa
  2. Kyrie orbis factor
  3. Gloria
  4. Canzon dopo la pistola
  5. Credo (Credo 1)
  6. Recercar dopo il Credo
  7. Sanctus
  8. Toccata chromaticha per le levatione
  9. Agnus Dei
  10. Canzon post il Comune
  11. Ite Missa est
  12. Toccata sopra i pedali
  13. Invitatorium: Deus, in adjutorium
  14. Versetten (Christe)
  15. Antiphon: Dixit Dominus, Psalm 109, Antiphon
  16. Versetten (Kyrie)
  17. Hymnus: Lucis creator optime
  18. Antiphon: Serve nequam Magnificat
  19. Benedicamus Domino
  20. Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina
  21. Bergamasca

Disc 18:

  1. Toccata avanti la Messa
  2. Kyrie
  3. Gloria
  4. Canzon dopo la Pistola
  5. Credo - Credo VI
  6. Recercar dopo il Credo
  7. Sanctus
  8. Toccata per le Levatione
  9. Agnus Dei
  10. Toccata avanti il Ricercar
  11. Recercar con obligato di cantare
  12. Ite Missa est
  13. Toccata Sesta
  14. Invitatorium: Deus in adiutorium
  15. Canzon detta la Pesenti
  16. Antiphon: Jam hiems Psalm 112
  17. Capriccio sopra la Bassa Fiamenga
  18. Responsorium breve: Ave Maria, gratia plena
  19. Hymnus: Ave Maris stella
  20. Antiphon: Ave Maria, gratia plena; Magnificat primi toni
  21. Benedicamus Domino
  22. Marianische Antiphon: Ave Regina
  23. Capriccio sopra la Girolmeta

Disc 19:

  1. Sinfonia (Overture)
  2. E ben, Stupide e mute
  3. Prenditi il figlio...!
  4. Ah, non firnir si presto
  5. Son lunghi e non mi brami
  6. Che vi par della scena?
  7. Non sperar, non lusingarti
  8. Che amabil pastorella!
  9. Ad un riso, ad un'occhiata
  10. Che ti sembra, Silango
  11. Voli il piede in lieti giri

Disc 20:

  1. Kyrie
  2. Gloria
  3. Credo
  4. Sanctus & Benedictus
  5. Agnus Dei

Disc 21:

  1. Introitus
  2. Kyrie
  3. Graduale (Cantus gegorianus)
  4. Tractus 'Absolve Domi'e
  5. Offertorium 'Domine Jesu Christe'
  6. Sanctus - Benedictus
  7. Angus Dei
  8. Communio 'Lux aeterna'

Disc 22:

  1. Frondosa, apacible estancia; Moradores de estas playas
  2. Y así le festejen
  3. Pues reverentes aves le gorjean
  4. Y al rápido sonido de mi aliento; Olmo apacible
  5. Mas si fuese la planta fugitiva; Fuego encendido
  6. Y pues soy el agua
  7. El ayre soy; surque halagüeña
  8. No podrá; De flores vestida
  9. Y en tan triste confusión
  10. Ay amor
  11. Sienta la tierra
  12. Mas en la oscura noche; Sedienta de influjos
  13. Iras fatales fulminan
  14. Y aunque intente la fatiga; Risueña el aurora
  15. Y pues la luz; Rompa la tierra
  16. Y sus acordes fragancias
  17. Y pues ya se desvían; en brazos del alba
  18. Deidades, que en el monte; Suenenlos clarines
  19. Dormida fatiga
  20. El moble diamante
  21. Y pues tierra
  22. Flores; aves; fuentes; rios
  23. Esfera copiosa

Disc 23:

  1. Ouverture
  2. Répands charmante nuit
  3. Recit d'Orphée
  4. Entrée pour Bacchus et Ariadne
  5. Rochers vous êtes sourds
  6. Plainte de Vénus sur le Mort d'Adonis
  7. Dieu des enfers
  8. Ouverture
  9. Plainte italienne
  10. Chaconne
  11. Entré d'Apollon
  12. Si l'amour vous soumet
  13. Enfin il es en ma puissance
  14. Air pour les démons et les monstres
  15. Passacaille

Disc 24:

  1. [Part 1]
  2. [Part 2]
  3. [Part 3]
  4. [Part 4]
  5. [Part 5]
  6. [Part 6]
  7. Alleluja Christus ressurgens / Clausula "Mors"

Disc 25:

  1. Prélude
  2. Sarabande grave
  3. Fantaisie champestre
  4. Gavotte en Rondeau; Double
  5. Gigue
  6. Bransle de Village
  7. Rigaudon
  8. Menuet 1; Menuet 2; Menuet 1 da capo
  9. Simphonie
  10. Prélude
  11. Fantaisie
  12. Sarabande
  13. Rondeau
  14. Gigue
  15. Gavotte
  16. Menuet
  17. Plainte
  18. Passacaille
  19. Air
  20. Prélude
  21. Sarabande
  22. Fantaisie
  23. Loure
  24. La Bagatelle
  25. Gavotte
  26. Rondeau
  27. Menuet
  28. Chaconne

Disc 26:

  1. Capriccio Stravagante
  2. La Lira
  3. Il Fifferino
  4. Lira variata
  5. Qui si bate con il legno del archettp sopra le corde
  6. La Trombetta
  7. La Clarino
  8. Die Herrpaucken
  9. La Gallina
  10. Il Gallo
  11. Il Flautino pian piano
  12. Il Tremulanto
  13. Fifferino della Soldatesca el il Tambura
  14. Il Gatto
  15. Il Cane
  16. La Chitarra Spagniola
  17. Lasciate mi morire
  18. O Teseo mio
  19. Dove la fede
  20. Ahi che non piu rispondi
  21. Misera, ancor doloco
  22. Tancredi che Clorinda un uomo stima
  23. Trotto del Cavallo
  24. Passagio bellicose grave
  25. Sinfonia
  26. Passagio piu grave ristretto
  27. Passagio ristretto
  28. Principio della guerra
  29. Qui si lascia l'arco, e si strappano le corde con duoi ditti
  30. Qui si ripiglia l'arco
  31. Guerra
  32. Clorinda sola in 4 viola
  33. Clorinda sola in 4 viole; Soave arcate

Disc 27:

  1. Intonatio: Deus in adiutorium Domine ad adjuvandum
  2. Dixit Dominus
  3. Nigra sum
  4. Laudate pueri
  5. Pulchra es
  6. Laetatus sum
  7. Duo Seraphim
  8. Nisi Dominus
  9. Audi coelum
  10. Lauda Jerusalem

Disc 28:

  1. Sonata à 8 sopra "Sancta Maria ora pro nobis"
  2. Hymnus à 8: Ave maris stella
  3. Magnificat: Magnificat
  4. Magnificat: Et exultavit
  5. Magnificat: Quia respexit
  6. Magnificat: Quia fecit mihi magna
  7. Magnificat: Et misericordia
  8. Magnificat: Fecit potentiam
  9. Magnificat: Deposuit potentes
  10. Magnificat: Esurientis implevit bonis
  11. Magnificat: Suscepit Israel
  12. Magnificat: Sicut locutus est
  13. Magnificat: Gloria patri
  14. Magnificat: Sicut erat in principio

Disc 29:

  1. Lametationen zum Karsamstag. Lectio 1
  2. Lametationen zum Karsamstag. Lectio 2
  3. Lametationen zum Karsamstag. Lectio 3
  4. Kyrie
  5. Gloria
  6. Credo
  7. Sanctus
  8. Agnus Dei

Disc 30:

  1. Act 1. Aspettare, e non venire
  2. Act 1. Recitativo
  3. Act 1. Sempre in contrasti
  4. Act 1. Recitativo
  5. Act 1. Stizzoso, mio stizzoso
  6. Act 1. Recitativo
  7. Act 1. La conosco a quegl' occhietti
  8. Act 2. Recitativo
  9. Act 2. A Serpina penserete
  10. Act 2. Recitativo
  11. Act 2. Son imbrogliato io gia
  12. Act 2. Recitativo
  13. Act 2. Per te io ho nel core

Disc 31:

  1. Overture
  2. Dance; "If music be the food"
  3. Dance of Bacchanals; Trumpet tune
  4. Prelude; Song "Oh how happy"; Hornpipe
  5. Dance of the Furies
  6. First music
  7. Duet "Lost is my quiet"
  8. Prelude; Let the soldiers rejoice; Act tune
  9. Chaconne
  10. Second music; Paspe; Chair dance
  11. Largo e affetuoso
  12. A tempo giusto
  13. Musette
  14. Allegro
  15. Allegro
  16. Sonata: Allegro Menuetto
  17. Recitativo
  18. Aria
  19. Recitativo
  20. Aria
  21. Recitativo
  22. Aria
  23. Recitativo
  24. Aria

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #20307 in Music
  • Released on: 2008-04-29
  • Number of discs: 50
  • Formats: Box set, Import

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Here's what you get:

CD 1

ASTORGA - Stabat Mater

PERGOLESI - Confitebor

DURANTE - Magnificat

Freiburger Barockorchester

Thomas Hengelbrock



CD 2

BACH

Concertos pour hautbois § Double-concerto

Camerata Köln



CD 3

BACH

Variations Goldberg

Gustav Leonhardt, clavecin



CD 4

BACH

L'Offrande Musicale

Barthold Kuijken

Sigiswald Kuijken

Wieland Kuijken

Robert Kohnen



CD 5

BACH

Motets

Cantus Cölln



CD 6-7

BACH

Messe en si mineur

Freiburger Barockorchester

Thomas Hengelbrock



CD 8

BACH / VIVALDI

Ouvertures, Symphonies, Concertos

Thomas Hengelbrock



CD 9-10

BACH

Suites pour violoncelle solo

Hidemi Suzuki



CD 11

BAROCCO ESPAOL

Literes / Duron

Martha Almajano

Al Ayre Espanol



CD 12

Le violoncelle au 17ème Siècle

FRESCOBALDI

GABRIELLI

JACCHINI

ANTONII

Anner Bylsma



CD 13

BIBER

Requiem à 15

STEFFANI

Stabat Mater

Gustav Leonhardt



CD 14

BOCCHERINI

Concertos pour violoncelle

Symphonies

Tafelmusik

Anner Bylsma



CD 15

BUXTEHUDE

Sonates

Capriccio Stravagante

Skip Sempé



CD 16

CACCINI

Le Nuove Musiche

Jordi Savall

Montserrat Figueras

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis



CD 17

COUPERIN

La Sultane

Skip Sempé



CD 18

FACCO

Pensieri adriarmonici

6 Concerti Op.1

L'Arte Dell'Arco



CD 19

FORQUERAY

Pièces de viole et de clavecin

Jay Bernfeld

Skip Sempe



CD 20

FRESCOBALDI

Messa della Domenica

Canticum

Lorenzo Ghielmi



CD 21

FRESCOBALDI

Messe de la Madone

Canticum



CD 22

GLUCK

Les Chinoises

Un Opéra-Sérénade

Anne Sofie von Otter

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

René Jacobs



CD 23

LASSUS

Musica Dei Donum

Lauda Sion Salvatorem

Missa « Puisque j'ay perdu »

à 4 voix

Pro Cantione Antiqua



CD 24

LASSUS

Requiem à 5

Magnificat

Pro Cantione Antiqua



CD 25

LITERES

Los Elementos

Opéra harmonique

Al Ayre Espanol



CD 26

LULLY

Divertissements

Capriccio Stravagante

Skip Sempé



CD 27

MACHAUT - Messe à Notre-Dame

MAGNUS / LE CHANCELIER

Deller-Consort

Collegium Aureum

Alfred Deller



CD 28

KNÛPFER, SCHELLE, KUHNAU

Les Maîtres de la Chapelle St. Thomas avant J.-S. Bach

Cantus Cölln



CD 29

MARAIS

Fantaisie champêtre

Pieces in trio

Ensemble Rebel



CD 30

MONTEVERDI

Lamento d'Arianna

Combatimento di Trancrede et Clorinda

Capriccio Stravagante

Skip Sempé



CD 31-32

MONTEVERDI

Vêpres de la Vierge

Cantus Cölln



CD 33

PACHELBEL

BACH

Motets

Cantus Cölln



CD 34

PALESTRINA

Lamentations du Samedi Saint

Missa in duplicibus

Ensemble Gilles Binchois

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

Dominique Vellard



CD 35

PERGOLESI

La Serva Padrona

Maddalena Bonifaccio

Siegmund Nimsgern

Collegium Aureum



CD 36

PURCELL

Dioclesian suite

HAENDEL

Concerto grosso

Il duello Amoroso

Freiburger Barockorchester





CD 37

PURCELL / LAWES

LOCKE / MATTEIS

English baroque music from the 17th Century,

pour flûte § clavecin

Pedro Memelsdorff

Andreas Staier



CD 38

RAMEAU

Hippolyte et Aricie

Suite pour orchestre

La Petite Bande

Sigiswald Kuijken



CD 39

RAMEAU

Platée et Dardanus

Suites

Nicholas McGegan



CD 40

RAMEAU

Pygmalion

La Petite Bande

Gustav Leonhardt



CD 41

REBEL

« Tombeau »

Les Sonates en trio

Ensemble Rebel



CD 42

SAINTE COLOMBE

Pièces pour viole de gambe

Hille Perl



CD 43

SCARLATTI

Cantates / Cantatas

David Daniels

Nicholas McGegan



CD 44

SCARLATTI

Passion selon St Jean

René Jacobs

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis



CD 45

TELEMANN

Concertos pour instruments à vent

Camerata Köln



CD 46

VIVALDI

Les quatre saisons

Freiburger Barockorchester

The Harp Consort



CD 47

VIVALDI

Avanti l'opera

Ouvertures d'Opéras oubliés

L'Arte dell'Arco

Christopher Hogwood



CD 48

VIVALDI

6 sonates pour violoncelle et basse continue

Anner Bylsma

Hidemi Suzuki



CD 49

ZELENKA

Missa dei Filii

Tafelmusik



CD 50

ZELENKA / PISENDEL

Concerti

Freiburger Barockorchester

Amazing, no? Most followers of Baroque music will find something new in this set. How delicious it is to discover music that is both new and yet hundreds of years old. The performers are first-rate as well--DHM cut no corners.

Better than HM France Box Set5
I believe this Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 50th set is BETTER than the Harmonia Mundi France edition.

Why you ask? First of all, I think it is safe to say that over the years, Harmonia Mundi has always been far more valuable as a label for its recordings of music pre-1650. This Deutsche set reflects that. The HM France set is more of a chronological catalogue of all "classical" music.


Secondly (and completely subjectively), I prefer Baroque and Early Music, which this set is chock full of. Honestly, I haven't even really listen to much of the HM France edition which is weighed down by (in my opinion) too many unnecessary and boring recordings by the likes of Janacek, De Falla, Schumann, Chausson, Copland, et al.

Don't get me wrong, it is a great source for reference, but the Deutsche HM set is for my wife and I, far more listenable.

Now don't go getting your panties in a scrunch and say to yourself "He didn't just call Schumann BORING, did he?!"

Well, yes, I did. But the point is, if you want a historical overview of classical music then go with the HM FRANCE collection; if you love Harmonia Mundi for its Baroque and Early Music recordings, as I do, then get this one.


Splendid Audiophile Treasure!5
This is ancient music to be sure, and there is so much here to learn and enjoy. The recordings are wonderful performances captured in the highest audiophile quality. I hope to be enjoying these rarities for years and years to come!