Deutsche Grammophon Centenary Collection, 1978-1987 (Box Set) [Box set]

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This is the decade when Deutsche Grammophon discovered America. Though the label's motherland is still well represented by Herbert von Karajan's unveiling young Anne-Sophie Mutter in Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 and Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 (both played with the freshness of youth), Carlo Maria Giulini brought the yellow label to Los Angeles in a much-heralded return to opera with Verdi's Falstaff. The mellifluous though not always dramatically attuned dream cast features Barbara Hendricks (Nannetta), Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford), and Renato Bruson as the most poetic Falstaff on record. Leonard Bernstein's all-star but problematic Candide and West Side Story recordings are heard in well-chosen excerpts, and the one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti is reconstituted from his opera A Quiet Place (in which it was dispersed and imbedded). Elsewhere, Ivo Pogorelich's early Chopin Sonata No. 2, Ravel's "Gaspard de la nuit," and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 6 show a musician of staggering imagination limited by unrefined technique. Horowitz in Moscow, Krystian Zimerman's Chopin Ballades and Daniel Barenboim's Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 have all aged well, though Gidon Kremer's Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and Giuseppe Sinopoli's Mendelssohn "Italian" Symphony paired with Schumann's Symphony No. 2 have surprisingly little to say. Mischa Maisky's Bach and Vivaldi recordings (many with Martha Argerich on modern piano) have lots to say, but not to the historically informed performance crowd. --David Patrick Stearns

Deutsche Grammophon Centenary Collection, 1978-1987 (Box Set), Music, Johann Sebastian Bach, Leonard Bernstein, Max Bruch, Fryderyk Chopin, Edouard Lalo, Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Moritz Moszkowski, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saens, Pablo de Sarasate, Domenico Scarlatti, Robert Schumann, Alexander Scriabin, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Vivaldi, Carlo Maria Giulini, Daniel Barenboim, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, Berliner Philharmoniker, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra & Chorus, Orf Chor und Symphonieorchester, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Paris Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gaston Litaize, Ivo Pogorelich, Krystian Zimerman, Martha Argerich, Vladimir Horowitz, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Gidon Kremer, Itzhak Perlman, Adolph Green

Average customer rating: Superb Schumann, etc. Who says there was nothing good in the 1980s?

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Tracks:

1. Vn Con No.5 in A K.219: 1. Allegro Aperto - Anne-Sophie Mutter
2. Vn Con No.5 in A K.219: 2. Adagio - Anne-Sophie Mutter
3. Vn Con No.5 in A K.219: 3. Rondeau: Tempo Di Menuetto - Anne-Sophie Mutter
4. Vn Con No.1 in g Op.26: 1. Vorspiel: Allegro Moderato/Attaca - Anne-Sophie Mutter
5. Vn Con No.1 in g Op.26: 2. Adagio - Anne-Sophie Mutter
6. Vn Con No.1 in g Op.26: 3. Finale: Allegro Energico/Presto - Anne-Sophie Mutter
7. Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: Intro: Allegro Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter
8. Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: I. Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter
9. Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: II. Lento Assai - Anne-Sophie Mutter
10. Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: III. Allegro Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter
11. Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: IV. Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter

Tracks:

1. Vn Con in D Op.35: 1. Allegro Moderato - Gidon Kremer
2. Vn Con in D Op.35: 2. Canzonetta: Andante - Attaca: - Gidon Kremer
3. Vn Con in D Op.35: 3. Finale: Allegro Vivacissimo - Gidon Kremer
4. Ser Melancolique in b flat Op. 26 - Gidon Kremer
5. Con in d: 1. Allegro - Gidon Kremer/Martha Argerich
6. Con in d: 2. Adagio - Gidon Kremer/Martha Argerich
7. Con in d: 3. Allegro Molto - Gidon Kremer/Martha Argerich

Tracks:

1. Sym Espagnole Op.21: 1. Allegro Non Troppo - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
2. Sym Espagnole Op.21: 2. Scherzando: Allegro Molto - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
3. Sym Espagnole Op.21: 3. Intermezzo: Allegretto Non Troppo - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
4. Sym Espagnole Op.21: 4. Andante - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
5. Sym Espagnole Op.21: 5. Rondo: Allegro Non Troppo - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
6. Sym No.3 in c Op.78 'Organ Sym': 1. Adagio - Allegro Moderato - Poco Adagio - Daniel Barenboim/Gaston Litaize
7. Sym No.3 in c Op.78 'Organ Sym': 2. Allegro Moderato - Presto - - Daniel Barenboim/Gaston Litaize
8. Sym No.3 in c Op.78 'Organ Sym': 2. Maestoso - Allegro - Daniel Barenboim/Gaston Litaize
9. Conc Paraphrase On The Qrt From Giuseppe Verdi's Opr `Rigoletto': Preludio: Allegro - Andante... - Daniel Barenboim

Tracks:

1. Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 1. Grave - Doppio Movimento - Ivo Pogorelich
2. Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 2. Scherzo - Ivo Pogorelich
3. Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 3. Marche Funebre: Lento - Attaca: - Ivo Pogorelich
4. Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 4. Finale: Presto - Ivo Pogorelich
5. Gaspard De La Nuit: 1. Ondine: Lent - Ivo Pogorelich
6. Gaspard De La Nuit: 2. Le Gibet: Tres Lent - Ivo Pogorelich
7. Gaspard De La Nuit: 3. Scarbo: Modere - Ivo Pogorelich
8. Pno Son No.6 in A, Op.82: Allegro Moderato - Ivo Pogorelich
9. Pno Son No.6 in A, Op.82: Allegretto - Ivo Pogorelich
10. Pno Son No.6 in A, Op.82: Tempo Di Valzer Lentissimo - Ivo Pogorelich
11. Pno Son No.6 in A, Op.82: Vivace - Ivo Pogorelich

Tracks:

1. Falstaff: Act I, Part One: 'Falstaff!'/'Ola!'/'Sir John Falstaff' - Michael Sells/Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann
2. Falstaff: Act I, Part One: 'Sei Polli: Sei Scellini' - 'So Che Andiam, La Notte' - Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann
3. Falstaff: Act I, Part One: 'Ma E Tempo D'Assotigliar L'Ingegno' - Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann
4. Falstaff: Act I, Part One: 'L'Onore! Ladri!' - Renato Bruson
5. Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Alice'/'Meg'/'Nannetta' - Brenda Boozer/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Barbara Hendricks
6. Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Fulgida Alice!' - 'Quell'otre! Quel Tino!' - Brenda Boozer/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Barbara Hendricks/Michael Sells...
7. Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'In Due Parole: L'enorme Falstaff Vuole' - William Wildermann/Michael Sells/Leo Nucci/Francis Egerton/Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks...
8. Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Pst, Pst, Nannetta'/'Labbra Di Foco!' - Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani
9. Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Udrai Quanta Egli Sfoggia' - Francis Egerton/Leo Nucci/William Wildermann/Michael Sells/Dalmacio Gonzalez...
10. Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'Siam Pentiti E Contriti' - 'Reverenza!' - Francis Egerton/William Wildermann/Renato Bruson/Lucia Valentini Terrani
11. Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'Alice E Mia!...Va', Vecchio John' - Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton
12. Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'Signore, V'Assista Il Cielo!' - Leo Nucci/Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann
13. Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'C'e A Windor Una Dama' - Leo Nucci/Renato Bruson
14. Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'E Segno? O Realta' - Leo Nucci/Renato Bruson

Tracks:

1. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Presenteremo Un Bill'/'Giunta All'albergo' - Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Brenda Boozer/Barbara Hendricks
2. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Gaie Comari Di Windsor!' - Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Barbara Hendricks
3. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Alfin T'ho Colto, Raggiante Fior' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli
4. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Quand'ero Paggio' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani
5. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Mia Signora!' - Lucia Valentini Terrani/Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Leo Nucci...
6. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Vien Qua, Che Chiasso!' - Barbara Hendricks/Dalmacio Gonzalez/Michael Sells/Leo Nucci/William Wilderman/Francis Egerton
7. Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'C'e, C'e, Se T'Agguanto! Se Ti Piglio!' - Leo Nucci/Michael Sells/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Brenda Boozer/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann...
8. Falstaff: Act III, Part 1: 'Ehi! Taverniere!' - 'Mondo Ladro' - Renato Bruson
9. Falstaff: Act III, Part 1: 'Reverenza. La Bella Alice...'/'Quando Il Rintocco Della Mezzanotte' - Lucia Valentini Terrani/Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Leo Nucci/Barbara Hendricks/Brenda Boozer...
10. Falstaff: Act III, Part 1: 'Brava. Quelle Corna Saranno La Mia Gioia!' - Leo Nucci/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks/Michael Sells...
11. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Dal Labbro Il Canto Estasiato Vola' - Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Brenda Boozer
12. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Una, Due, Tre, Quatro' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer
13. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Ninfe! Elfi! Silfi!' - 'Sul Fil D'un Soffio Etesio' - Barbara Hendricks/Los Angeles Master Chorale/Roger Wagner/Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli
14. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Alto La!' - 'Pizzica, Pizzica' - Francis Egerton/William Wildermann/Renato Bruson/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Katia Ricciarelli...
15. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Ogni Sorta Di Gente Dozzinale' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Leo Nucci/Michael Sells...
16. Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Facciamo Il Parentado' - 'Tutto Nel Mondo E Burla' - Leo Nucci/Katia Ricciarelli/Barbara Hendricks/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani...

Tracks:

1. Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 1. Allegro Vivace - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
2. Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 2. Andate Con Moto - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
3. Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 3. Con Moto Moderato - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
4. Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 4. Saltarello: Presto - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
5. Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 1. Sostenuto Assai - Allegro, Ma Non Troppo - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli
6. Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 2. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli
7. Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 3. Adagio Espressivo - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli
8. Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 4. Allegro Molto Vivace - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli

Tracks:

1. Candide: Ov - LSO/Leonard Bernstein
2. Candide: The Best Of All Possible Worlds - Adolph Green/Jerry Hadley/June Anderson/Kurt Ollmann/Della Jones
3. Candide: Glitter And Be Gay - June Anderson
4. Candide: Nothing More Than This - Jerry Hadley
5. Trouble In Tahiti: 'Doo - Da - Day - Day -' - Louise Edeiken/Mark Tomsen/Kurt Ollmann
6. Trouble In Tahiti: 'How Could You Say' - Edward Crafts/Wendy White
7. Trouble In Tahiti: 'Yes? Oh, Mr. Partridge!' - Edward Crafts/Louise Edeiken/Mark Tomsen/Kurt Ollmann
8. Trouble In Tahiti: 'I Was Standing In A Garden' - Wendy White/Edward Crafts
9. Trouble In Tahiti: 'Well, Of All People' - Edward Crafts/Wendy White
10. West Side Story: Prologue - Leonard Bernstein/Orch
11. West Side Story: Jet Song - Kurt Ollmann/Chor
12. West Side Story: Maria - Jose Carreras
13. West Side Story: Balcony Scene (Tonight) - Jose Carreras/Kiri Te Kanawa
14. West Side Story: America - Tatiana Troyanos/Louise Edeiken/Chor
15. West Side Story: I Feel Pretty - Kiri Te Kanawa/Tatiana Troyanos/Louise Edeiken
16. West Side Story: Ballet Sequence (With 'Somewhere') - Marilyn Horne

Tracks:

1. Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 1. Adagio - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
2. Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 2. Allegro Ma Non Tanto - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
3. Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 3. Andante - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
4. Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 4. Allegro Moderato - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
5. Vc Con in a, RV 418: 1. Allegro - Mischa Maisky
6. Vc Con in a, RV 418: 2. [Without Tempo Indication] - Mischa Maisky
7. Vc Con in a, RV 418: 3. Allegro - Mischa Maisky
8. Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 1. Adagio - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
9. Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 2. Allegro - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
10. Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 3. Andante - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
11. Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 4. Allegro - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
12. Vc Con in b, RV 424: 1. Allegro Non Molto - Mischa Maisky
13. Vc Con in b, RV 424: 2. Largo - Mischa Maisky
14. Vc Con in b, RV 424: 3. Allegro - Mischa Maisky
15. Vc Son No.3 in g, BWV 1029: 1. Vivace - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
16. Vc Son No.3 in g, BWV 1029: 2. Adagio - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
17. Vc Son No.3 in g, BWV 1029: 3. Allegro - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich

Tracks:

1. Son in E K.380 (L.23): Andante Comodo - Vladimir Horowitz
2. Pno Son in C K.330 (300h): 1. Allegro Moderato - Vladimir Horowitz
3. Pno Son in C K.330 (300h): 2. Andante Cantabile - Vladimir Horowitz
4. Pno Son in C K.330 (300h): 3. Allegretto - Vladimir Horowitz
5. Prld in G, Op.32 No.5: Moderato - Vladimir Horowitz
6. Prld in g#, Op.32 No.12: Allegro - Vladimir Horowitz
7. Etude in c#, Op.2 No.1: Andante - Vladimir Horowitz
8. Etude in d#, Op.8 No.12: Patetico - Vladimir Horowitz
9. Soirees De Vienne: Valse-Caprice No. 6: Allegro Con Spirito - Vladimir Horowitz
10. Sonetto 104 Del Petraca: Agitato Assai - Adagio - Vladimir Horowitz
11. Mazurka in c#, Op.30 No.4: Allegretto - Vladimir Horowitz
12. Mazurka in f, Op.7 No.3 - Vladimir Horowitz
13. Kinderszenen: Traumerei - Vladimir Horowitz
14. Etincelles Op.36 No.6, Morceau Caracteristique: Allegro Scherzando - Vladimir Horowitz
15. Polka De W. R.: Allegretto - Vladimir Horowitz

Tracks:

1. Ballade No.1 in g, Op.23 - Krystian Zimerman
2. Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38 - Krystian Zimerman
3. Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47 - Krystian Zimerman
4. Ballade No.4 in f, Op.52 - Krystian Zimerman
5. Pno Con No.1 in E flat: 1. Allegro Maestoso - Krystian Zimerman
6. Pno Con No.1 in E flat: 2. Quasi Adagio - Allegretto Vivace - Allegro Animato - Krystian Zimerman
7. Pno Con No.1 in E flat: 3. Allegro Marziale Animato - Presto - Krystian Zimerman
8. Dance Macabre (Totentanz): Andante - Allegro - Allegro Moderato (Var. I & II) - Molto Vivace... - Krystian Zimerman

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Customer Reviews:

Superb Schumann, etc........2000-11-08

The other recordings are also among DG's best and helped to fill in several repertoire gaps in my collection. I highly recommend the entire set. Thanks to DGG for reissuing these great recordings, especially Sinopoli's Schumann.

Who says there was nothing good in the 1980s?.......2000-04-09

Maisky's cello playing is next, with the three sonatas originally for harpsichord and viola da gamba being played on modern cello with Martha Argerich at the piano. These are excellent recordings if inauthentic, but are certainly the best modernizations available, as are the two Vivaldi concerti with Orpheus. Saving the best for last, Vladimir Horowitz's landmark 1986 return to Moscow is no less breathtaking on the 1000th listening than on the first. There may be no better single CD of piano music in existance; the simplest track "Träumerei" from Schumann's Kinderszenen is utter perfection and emotion molded into one. Zimerman holds his own beautifully, though, with some of the best Chopin Ballades to be had. True, they lack some of the momentum and drive of the Rubinstein recordings, but the sheer technical ability displayed along with absolute control (and they're not at all skimpy on the emotion either!), they are in the top five recordings of these works ever. Add to this his recording of the Liszt E-flat concerto with Seiji Ozawa/Boston Symphony, which is flawless. The cherry on top (!) is the Liszt Totentanz, which is so often played as an overly flashy, bangy, loud and raucous showpiece. Not so here, even in such a murderously difficult and crashing work, Zimerman displays control, even if it means wrestling the work to the floor. This set is pricey, no doubt, but well worth it (and the sore arms you'll get carrying it home, another good reason to mail-order it) for the unmatched brilliance.

Track Listings:

1. Franciscus Bossinensis: Petrarca ed il cantare a liuto
2. Franz Schubert: Chamber Music [Box set]
3. George Gershwin: Wild Fantasy
4. Gilbert & Sullivan: Mikado - Highlights [Import]
5. Glazunov Piano Transcriptions: Concert Waltz and The Seasons
6. Handel: Der Messias (Messiah)
7. Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4 / Bob van Asperen
8. Happy New Year, Vol. 4: Galops Polkas Waltzes
9. Haydn: Arias & Cantatas [Import]
10. Haydn: Harmoniemesse Te Deum [Import]

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Violate A Sundae [EP]

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings; Les Illuminations; Nocturne

Essential K

Tribute [Import]

Timeless Passages: Very Best Of [Import]

Break Every Rule

Burning Down the House Pt.1 [CD-single]

Classic 100 Piano: Top 10 [Import]

Dr. T & The Women (2000 Film) [Soundtrack]

Can't We Begin Again [Import]

Bedtime for Democracy

Collection [Import]

Blue Night: The House Party

Larry Howard Sanctified Blues

Blueslike