What are you listening to now?

[Michael]

Sure, happy too. Do you have the 87 disc set edition containing 748 works following the well known "Beethoven Compendium" by Barry Cooper? Had this a while........

Yes, quite good for the price but they really made a mess of the 7 or 8 discs of piano sonatas.

[Michael]

Haydn's symphonies - I'm working through the early and middle ones - some outstanding gems here.

Brilliant have a new 100 disc edition of Great Symphonies. It contains all of Mozart's symphonies and, amazingly, all 104 of Haydn's, plus Beethoven, Mahler, Tchaikovsky etc. I'm not sure of all the details but it sells for about a hundred euro.
Brilliant have cornered the market in complete sets but they are not obscure performances. They incorporate recordings that, for the most part, may be 20 years old or thereabouts, but sound quality is always excellent. Where they keep costs down is in the packaging - 100 or even more to a small box with cardboard or paper sleeeves for each CD. They still manage to look good.
Instead of a booklet, they supply a CD Rom with articles on each genre.
I don't know about the other sets but I was disappointed in the Beethoven Brilliant set to find that a proper lising of Opus numbers, etc, was not included. Also there were no English translations for the lieder and other vocal works. That is the only fault I have found with this edition.
I believe Brilliant are bringing a complete Haydn edition out next year, estimated at 230 discs. Let's see them get that into one small box.

[Fidelio]

The list of Opus Numbers are on the CD-Rom?

[Michael]

The list of Opus Numbers are on the CD-Rom?

No, I'm afraid .There is a chapter on the CD-ROM (which is a PDF document) called "Opus Numbers" but all it consists of is a single paragraph describing the different number systems in use.
As I have mentioned before, the best thing to do is download the List of Works from this site and go through each sleeve and mark off the disc number on your list.
It takes less time than you would think.

[Sorrano]

This morning I awakened to the finale of Elgar's 1st Symphony.

[Fidelio]

Good idea.....thats tomorrow night taken care of!

[Preston]

Just took delivery of the new 100CD boxset of Beethoven's Complete Works from Brilliant Classics.

Just got the same about six weeks ago and am enjoying it immensely. Let us know what you think of it.

Do y'all know where I can get this? I checked Amazon and all they have is the Brilliant 85 CD set.

Thanks,
Preston

[Fidelio]

I believe Amazon.com have it, but got mine from Ebay! Good luck.

[Michael]

Do y'all know where I can get this? I checked Amazon and all they have is the Brilliant 85 CD set.

Thanks,
Preston

I got the 100 CD version from an eBay store (not a private seller) which is based in Dublin. You can get it here for 99 euro plus postage.
You don't have to bid if you go for the "buy it now" option.
(The 85 CD set is complete and contains all the works but the 100 disc set contains 15 extra CDs of famous historic performances. If you are not interested in older recordings, say 1930 to 1955, then the cheaper 85 disc set from Amazon might be a better buy for you. The two sets are identical except for the historic recordings.)


http://cgi.ebay.ie/Beethoven-Complet...QQcmdZViewItem

[Preston]

Thanks for the help and the information. I will have to put it on my Christmas list.

[Fidelio]

Santa is going to be busy this Christmas with Beethoven gifts.

[Sorrano]

Today it's Les Troyens.

[Joy]

Santa is going to be busy this Christmas with Beethoven gifts.

Hopefully!

[Sorrano]

This morning I the radio played back to back the finales of Dvorak's two Cello Concerti.

[al1432]

Very enjoyably, to Barenboim's very slow interpretation of the Adagio from LvB's Ninth. Baremboim really does bring each and every note out. Also, to Hummel's Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 85, lovely piece (IMHO).