Complete Works

2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth. The 80CD set offers recordings of exceptional artistic and technical quality at a price that represents outstanding value for money. An emphasis on complete cycles by a specific artist, ensemble or team of musicians. A particular feature of the box is continuity of the interpreter(s) throughout an entire cycle of works in the same musical genre/related genres:

Symphonies Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Piano Concertos András Schiff/Bernard Haitink / Violin Concerto & Romances Itzhak Perlman / Piano sonatas Stephen Kovacevich

String quartets Artemis Quartet / Violin sonatas Renaud Capuçon/Frank Braley / Fidelio & Missa Solemnis Otto Klemperer. Other artists who feature in the collection include: Daniel Barenboim, Rudolf Buchbinder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, Yo-Yo Ma, Yehudi Menuhin, Jacqueline du Pré, János Starker.

Some 300 tracks specially recorded for the box These specially recorded tracks mostly comprise rarely heard works that are waiting to be discovered by a broader body of listeners. In the main these are piano works, choral works and songs. Booklet note by David Wyn Jones David Wyn Jones is Professor of Music at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. He is an authority on music of the Classical Period, in particular Haydn, Beethoven and Vienna. The CD covers will carry evocative paintings by Caspar David Friedrich, Josef Anton Koch and other German and Austrian artists of Beethoven's time. The booklet is richly illustrated and includes a timeline and the Index of all Beethoven's works.