Search - Frans Huijts, Francesco Durante, Emanuele d' Astorga :: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 50th Anniversary Box

Get it while you can...

Evan Getz | Waco, TX USA | 05/07/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Deals like this don't come around often and don't last. I collected a few of these recordings over the years when they were first released, so when I saw this set come up for sale I ordered immediately.



Here's what you get:



CD 1



ASTORGA - Stabat Mater



PERGOLESI - Confitebor



DURANTE - Magnificat



Freiburger Barockorchester



Thomas Hengelbrock







CD 2



BACH



Concertos pour hautbois § Double-concerto



Camerata Köln







CD 3



BACH



Variations Goldberg



Gustav Leonhardt, clavecin







CD 4



BACH



L'Offrande Musicale



Barthold Kuijken



Sigiswald Kuijken



Wieland Kuijken



Robert Kohnen







CD 5



BACH



Motets



Cantus Cölln







CD 6-7



BACH



Messe en si mineur



Freiburger Barockorchester



Thomas Hengelbrock







CD 8



BACH / VIVALDI



Ouvertures, Symphonies, Concertos



Thomas Hengelbrock







CD 9-10



BACH



Suites pour violoncelle solo



Hidemi Suzuki







CD 11



BAROCCO ESPAOL



Literes / Duron



Martha Almajano



Al Ayre Espanol







CD 12



Le violoncelle au 17ème Siècle



FRESCOBALDI



GABRIELLI



JACCHINI



ANTONII



Anner Bylsma







CD 13



BIBER



Requiem à 15



STEFFANI



Stabat Mater



Gustav Leonhardt







CD 14



BOCCHERINI



Concertos pour violoncelle



Symphonies



Tafelmusik



Anner Bylsma







CD 15



BUXTEHUDE



Sonates



Capriccio Stravagante



Skip Sempé







CD 16



CACCINI



Le Nuove Musiche



Jordi Savall



Montserrat Figueras



Schola Cantorum Basiliensis







CD 17



COUPERIN



La Sultane



Skip Sempé







CD 18



FACCO



Pensieri adriarmonici



6 Concerti Op.1



L'Arte Dell'Arco







CD 19



FORQUERAY



Pièces de viole et de clavecin



Jay Bernfeld



Skip Sempe







CD 20



FRESCOBALDI



Messa della Domenica



Canticum



Lorenzo Ghielmi







CD 21



FRESCOBALDI



Messe de la Madone



Canticum







CD 22



GLUCK



Les Chinoises



Un Opéra-Sérénade



Anne Sofie von Otter



Schola Cantorum Basiliensis



René Jacobs







CD 23



LASSUS



Musica Dei Donum



Lauda Sion Salvatorem



Missa « Puisque j'ay perdu »



à 4 voix



Pro Cantione Antiqua







CD 24



LASSUS



Requiem à 5



Magnificat



Pro Cantione Antiqua







CD 25



LITERES



Los Elementos



Opéra harmonique



Al Ayre Espanol







CD 26



LULLY



Divertissements



Capriccio Stravagante



Skip Sempé







CD 27



MACHAUT - Messe à Notre-Dame



MAGNUS / LE CHANCELIER



Deller-Consort



Collegium Aureum



Alfred Deller







CD 28



KNÛPFER, SCHELLE, KUHNAU



Les Maîtres de la Chapelle St. Thomas avant J.-S. Bach



Cantus Cölln







CD 29



MARAIS



Fantaisie champêtre



Pieces in trio



Ensemble Rebel







CD 30



MONTEVERDI



Lamento d'Arianna



Combatimento di Trancrede et Clorinda



Capriccio Stravagante



Skip Sempé







CD 31-32



MONTEVERDI



Vêpres de la Vierge



Cantus Cölln







CD 33



PACHELBEL



BACH



Motets



Cantus Cölln







CD 34



PALESTRINA



Lamentations du Samedi Saint



Missa in duplicibus



Ensemble Gilles Binchois



Schola Cantorum Basiliensis



Dominique Vellard







CD 35



PERGOLESI



La Serva Padrona



Maddalena Bonifaccio



Siegmund Nimsgern



Collegium Aureum







CD 36



PURCELL



Dioclesian suite



HAENDEL



Concerto grosso



Il duello Amoroso



Freiburger Barockorchester











CD 37



PURCELL / LAWES



LOCKE / MATTEIS



English baroque music from the 17th Century,



pour flûte § clavecin



Pedro Memelsdorff



Andreas Staier







CD 38



RAMEAU



Hippolyte et Aricie



Suite pour orchestre



La Petite Bande



Sigiswald Kuijken







CD 39



RAMEAU



Platée et Dardanus



Suites



Nicholas McGegan







CD 40



RAMEAU



Pygmalion



La Petite Bande



Gustav Leonhardt







CD 41



REBEL



« Tombeau »



Les Sonates en trio



Ensemble Rebel







CD 42



SAINTE COLOMBE



Pièces pour viole de gambe



Hille Perl







CD 43



SCARLATTI



Cantates / Cantatas



David Daniels



Nicholas McGegan







CD 44



SCARLATTI



Passion selon St Jean



René Jacobs



Schola Cantorum Basiliensis







CD 45



TELEMANN



Concertos pour instruments à vent



Camerata Köln







CD 46



VIVALDI



Les quatre saisons



Freiburger Barockorchester



The Harp Consort







CD 47



VIVALDI



Avanti l'opera



Ouvertures d'Opéras oubliés



L'Arte dell'Arco



Christopher Hogwood







CD 48



VIVALDI



6 sonates pour violoncelle et basse continue



Anner Bylsma



Hidemi Suzuki







CD 49



ZELENKA



Missa dei Filii



Tafelmusik







CD 50



ZELENKA / PISENDEL



Concerti



Freiburger Barockorchester



Amazing, no? Most followers of Baroque music will find something new in this set. How delicious it is to discover music that is both new and yet hundreds of years old. The performers are first-rate as well--DHM cut no corners."

Better than HM France Box Set

E. Lorge | Earth Human | 08/03/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I believe this Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 50th set is BETTER than the Harmonia Mundi France edition.



Why you ask? First of all, I think it is safe to say that over the years, Harmonia Mundi has always been far more valuable as a label for its recordings of music pre-1650. This Deutsche set reflects that. The HM France set is more of a chronological catalogue of all "classical" music.





Secondly (and completely subjectively), I prefer Baroque and Early Music, which this set is chock full of. Honestly, I haven't even really listen to much of the HM France edition which is weighed down by (in my opinion) too many unnecessary and boring recordings by the likes of Janacek, De Falla, Schumann, Chausson, Copland, et al.



Don't get me wrong, it is a great source for reference, but the Deutsche HM set is for my wife and I, far more listenable.



Now don't go getting your panties in a scrunch and say to yourself "He didn't just call Schumann BORING, did he?!"



Well, yes, I did. But the point is, if you want a historical overview of classical music then go with the HM FRANCE collection; if you love Harmonia Mundi for its Baroque and Early Music recordings, as I do, then get this one.





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A NOTE ABOUT PACKAGING AND SHIPPING

Tome Raider | California, United States | 05/03/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a wonderful set of music. I have bought much of this music in individual CD's at many times the price, and so this collection represents a terrific value. You should grab it while you can. This is an heirloom package we're talking about here.



Because this collection is so nice you may want to ask yourself what kind of condition you want it to be in when it arrives. I think this inquiry is very important if you are considering buying from one of Amazon's affiliated sellers, who often offer these sets at prices significantly better than Amazon's price. While I have had good luck buying individual CD's from the affiliated sellers, I have had abyssmal experiences with buying heavy "coffee table"-type books and these larger CD and DVD box sets. Why??? Because they aren't packaging them well. I bought this set from a reputable seller--MovieMars--and they literally sent it in an ENVELOPE. That's right! The thing has 50 CD's and weighs close to four pounds and is housed in a formal presentation box, and they pathetically wrap it in a paper backed bubble wrap--with absolutely NO BOX--and send it media mail. You can imagine the condition it was in when I received it. The box was dented and the lid was split open. This set does not use jewel cases--if it had, the plastic shards would have just poured out (as has happened several times in the past with these corner and cost-cutting affiliated sellers).



This has now happened with about half the box sets have bought from these Amazon-affiliated sellers. And the heavy books typically get bent corners, which is unacceptable to me. It is wasteful and tragic. Art become landfill due to their slothful indifference. It is obvious they are trying to cut shipping costs and so they compromise their packaging materials and effort. It is terribly frustrating: you have to either do a send-back (and you'll have to find your own shipping box), or accept an expensive item which is in tatters. Should you roll the dice and give one of these sellers a try to see if you can save some money?? After this experience with this set (Movie Mars offered me a $5 credit--which I obviously declined), I have decided that in the future I'm just going to spend the extra dollars and buy directly from Amazon. I just don't have time to send stuff back all the time, and it totally takes the fun out of buying these exquisite sets if they arrive in less than perfect condition. Amazon ships the old-fashioned way: a sturdy cardboard box. I'm willing to pay more for that.

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