100 Symphonies

This 37-disc box set is the only brand new and fully digital recording of the complete symphonies of Haydn. Performed by the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) and conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, the recordings were done live in connection with concerts of the whole cycle. The series received fantastic reviews by the press, and The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra was awarded the European Chamber Music Prize in 2008.
Available at a fantastic price, the set is released to tie in with the 200th anniversary of the composer’s death in 2009.
Packaged in individual cardboard wallets with a sturdy outer box, this limited edition set includes a booklet with texts in both English and German.

Lorin Varencove Maazel was born of American parents in Neuilly, France on March 6, 1930 and the family returned to Los Angeles when Lorin was still an infant. He exhibited a remarkable ear and musical memory when very young; he had perfect pitch and sang back what he heard. He was taken at age five to study violin with Karl Moldrem. At age seven he started studying piano with Fanchon Armitage. When he became fascinated with conducting, his parents took him to symphony concerts, then arranged for him to have lessons with Vladimir Bakaleinikov, then assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

One of the most celebrated conductors of the 20th century, Eugen Jochum was a leading interpreter of the works of Anton Bruckner. Famous for his fleet and impassioned Bruckner style, Jochum also perfectly captures the spirituality of each of the symphonies, from the first Schubertian strides of No. 1 to the bleak expanses of the unfinished Ninth.

Mozart - The Complete Symphonies [The English Concert by Trevor Pinnock] (2002) [11CD BoxSet] {Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition}
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Classical / Symphony

Trevor Pinnock's set of Mozart symphonies, recorded between 1992 and early 1995, was greeted warmly upon its release in three separate volumes (the last volume typically never made it to U.S. shores as a domestic release) and Universal has seen fit to re-issue it in an 11-CD box as part of its Collectors Edition series. While the general public honed its "historically informed" ear on the pioneering compilation set by Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music in the mid-1980s, Pinnock's later account, the second such to use period instruments, showed just how much more refined and skillful period-instrument playing was to become.

Naxos' album devoted to Carson Cooman's instrumental works, including symphonies, chamber music, and solos, represents an infinitesimal portion of his output; his opus numbers were in the 700s before he was out of his mid-twenties, and include pieces written in virtually every genre of Western music. Inevitably, there are some areas in which he will be stronger than others. His choral music is especially compelling: well written for the voice, with excellent text setting in a style that is not simple, but is also immediately engaging.

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Pslams , Symphonies No. 1 ’’Jeremiah’’ & No. 2 ’’The Age of Anxiety’’
Wiener Jeunesse-Chor; Christa Ludwig (mezzo-sprano); Lukas Foss (piano); Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein
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Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon

Christa Ludwig's fabulous singing of the Jeremiah Symphony's concluding lament, the brilliant pianism of Lukas Foss in the Second Symphony ("The Masque" is particularly engaging), and a spectacular performance of the Chichester Psalms. There's also much to be said for the alert playing of the Israel Philharmonic: not as jazzy as in New York, but very accomplished and emphatic, with no holding back at all in the climaxes…. As remastered these performances sound pretty marvelous, and if pushed to choose single versions of these works, you can't go wrong here. - David Hurwitz