Beethoven: Complete Edition

Beethoven: Complete Edition
Brilliant Classics's Beethoven Edition is the only complete Beethoven set on the market. This revised version contains some important alterations as compared to the former edition: The symphonies are played by the superb Staatskapelle Dresden, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt, while the piano sonatas are performed by Alfred Brendel.

The edition includes recordings by such big-name performers as Arthur Grumiaux, Clara Haskil, Friedrich Gulda, the Guarneri Quartet, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, the Vienna Philharmonic, Heinrich Schiff, and many others.

The included CD-ROM contains bookletnotes, sung texts, and the composer's biography in English, Italian, and Spanish.

Includes:

Symphonies: Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt
Piano Concertos: Friedrich Gulda, Vienna Philharmonic, Horst Stein
Violin Concertos, Romances: Henryk Szering, Royal Concertgebouw, Bernard Haitink
Overtures, Orchestral Works: Minnesota Orchestra, Stanisalv Skrowaczewski; Staatskapelle Berlin, Gunther Herbig; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow; Berliner Symphoniker, Hans Hubert Schonzeler; Rochester Symphonic Orchestra, David Zinman
Fidelio: Tom Krause, Josef Protschka, Gabriele Schaut, Kurt Rydl, Ruth Ziesak, Vienna Philharmonic, Christoph von Dohnanyi
Leonore: Theo Adam, Edda Moser, Karl Ridderbusch, Helen Donath, Eberhard Buchner, Siegfried Lorenz, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt
Septet / Sextet: Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
String Quintets: Zurich String Quintet
String Quartets: Guarneri Quartet, Sharon Quartet
String Trios: Zurich String Trio
Violin Sonatas: Arthur Grumiaux, Clara Haskil
Cello Sonatas: Heinrich Schiff, Till Fellner
Chamber Music for Flute: Jean-Pierre Rampal
Music for Winds & Brass: Ottetto Italiano
Piano Quintet / Clarinet Trio: Klara Wurta, Zoltan Kocsis, Miklos Perenyi, etc.
Piano Sonatas & Variations: Alfred Brendel
Songs: Peter Schreier
Masses: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
CD-ROM: Booklet notes, sung texts, and biography. Translations in English, Spanish, and Italian