History of Classical Music

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History of Classical Music

For some it will be the ultimate reference tool. For others a big place to start on something they always wanted to know about. Either way, the idea is to present a comprehensive history of Classical Music from its origins to the present day, covering all periods, including all major composers, accompanied by a stimulating guide to the music in the form of a 250-page book. OVERVIEW: · It starts with Gregorian Chant and Machaut chansons and ends with Gorecki and the Minimalists. · The greatest composers have as many as five CDs devoted to them (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven); · 20th-century music is well represented with no fewer than 20 CDs. · Operas and major choral works are represented by highlights, but otherwise the edition presents, as far as possible, only complete works throughout. · Altogether, there are more than 80 composers in the set, with over 400 works for a total of around 120 hours of music As an aid to the user, the clearly-numbered CD sleeves are colour-coded according to musical periods, and a portrait of the composer appears on each sleeve For each CD there is a short biographical outline of the composer plus brief comments on the works themselves, plus a portrait of the composer (cf. CD sleeves) Artist: Conductors: Claudio Abbado, David Atherton, Daniel Barenboim, Leonard Bernstein , Karl Böhm , Pierre Boulez, Ferenc Fricsay, Carlo Maria Giulini, Neeme Järvi, Eugen Jochum , Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber, Rafael Kubelik, Lorin Maazel, Yevgeni Mravinsky, Seiji Ozawa, Heinrich Schiff, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Wilhelm Steinberg, George Szell, Michael Tilson Thomas, Edo de Waart Orchestras: BBC Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Berliner Philharmoniker, Boston Symphony, Boston Pops , Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Chicago Symphony, Concertgebouw, Ensemble InterContemporain, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Gothenburg Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Leningrad Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, London Symphony, Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale die Santa Cecilia, Orchestra del Teatro a La Scala, Milan, Orchestre de Paris, Orpheus Chamber, San Francisco Symphony, Wiener Philharmoniker Pianists: Geza Anda, Martha Argerich, Lazar Berman, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Rudolf Firkusny, Emil Gilels, Wilhelm Kempff, Maurizio Pollini, Roberto Szidon, Tamas Vasary String players: Salvatore Accardo, Pierre Fournier, Gidon Kremer, Yehudi Menuhin, Shlomo Mintz, Nathan Milstein, Mstislav Rostropovich, Michel Schwalbé, Henryk Szernyg, Pinchas Zukerman Instrumentalists: Dale Clevenger (horn), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Narciso Yepes (guitar) Singers: Theo Adam, Teresa Berganza, Piero Cappuccilli, Jose Carreras, Ilena Cotrubas, Barbara Daniels, Helga Dernesch, Placido Domingo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gundula Janowitz, Thomas Hampson, Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis, Sherrill Milnes, Birgitt Nilsson, Jessye Norman, Elena Obraztsova, Leo Nucci. Hermann Prey, Margaret Price, Katia Ricciarelli, Ruggero Raimondi, Peter Schreier, Thomas Stewart, Robert Tear, Jess Thomas, Tatiana Troyanos, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Wolfgang Windgassen Chamber: Amadeus Quartet, Koeckert Quartet, LaSalle Quartet, Steve Reich and Musicians Early Music: John Eliot Gardiner / The Monteverdi Choir / The English Baroque Soloists; Reinhard Goebel / Musica Antiqua Köln; Jürgen Jürgens /Monteverdi Choir Hamburg; Charles Mackerras; Marc Minkowski / Les Musiciens du Louvre; Orlando Consort; Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert; Simon Preston; Karl Richter / Munich Bach Orchestra and Chorus

Media	Music CD (Compact Disc)
Number of discs	100
Composer	Diverse
Released	October 22, 2013
EAN/UPC	0028947910480
Label	Deutsche Grammophon IMT1112043.2
Genre	Classical
Dimensions	2.72 kg