The Donaueschinger Musiktage is an annual music festival, providing a platform for contemporary composers in the eponymous south German town. In 1996 col legno published a 12-CD set with highlights of the (then) 75 years history of the event, complete with an illustrated 125-page booklet. 15 hours of exciting modernist compositions from Stravinsky to Lachenmann. The first of these festivals was held in 1921 but there were interruptions in the Nazi years.
75 Jahre Donaueschinger Musiktage (1921-1996) - this interesting and amazing Box Set offers to meet with the most celebrated masters and composers in the history of music and get acquainted with their creativity.