Herzog

Aged 32, Mozart completed his three final symphonies in the space of a few months. Each is a musical miracle—operatic in scope, bursting with the composer’s most memorable tunes, and beautiful in its lightly worn complexity. Stylistically, they nudge music ever closer to the Romantic era of Beethoven, with strong emotions and variety of orchestral color. Ensemble Appassionato, made up of some of France’s best chamber musicians, approach them with this sense of theater, each phrase finely wrought and articulated. The tragic first movement to Symphony No. 40 has an inexorable drive, its Andante beautifully molded. The final, spectacular movement of the incredible “Jupiter” is pure adrenalin.

2011 five CD collection from the German Krautrock band containing their soundtracks to five Werner Herzog films (Aguirre, Heart of Glass, Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde) housed in a high-end limited edition box. In addition, this exclusive box set contains a 96 page-strong booklet designed by International DoubleStandards Berlin including unseen footage and images, conflating the world of both Popol Vuh and Werner Herzog through the soundtracks to some of Herzog's most acclaimed early feature films.