Detailing his complete output from his earliest years to his last, by which time he had almost completely lost his hearing this 85CD box reveals an extensive palette of styles and mediums, rendered all the more obvious by the boxs division into different genres (starting with the symphonies and ending with.This box is the 2017 reissue of Brilliant Classics acclaimed Beethoven Complete Edition, with updates including Beethovenian pianist par excellence Alfred Brendel now in the complete cycle of Piano Concertos, Alessandro Commellato on historic fortepianos in brand new recordings of the 18 sets of without opus piano variations, Emmy Verhey in the Violin Concerto and Romances and a definitive Mass in C from Stuttgarts Gachinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium.
None of the performances so far have been live, so there arent any coughing or cellphone-ringing distractions to bother you. Im not a classical music expert, but all of the performers seem to be excellent, and I have heard of many of them. Im listening to the CDs as I read Jan Swaffords biography of Beethoven, and Ive tried to listen to the music in the order it was written to synchronize his works with his life. This hasnt been easy because the music is scattered across the CDs by genre, mostly, not opus or composition date order. The one thing I believe would have improved this collection for me would have been a booklet that lists the compositions in several different orders, such as opus number, date of composition, genre type, performer, etc., and that way you could find what youre looking for much more easily. But that said, this offering is such a bargain, I dont see how anyone can pass it up. It works out to about 1.80 per CD And the box that holds the CD is very nice and looks quite good on my shelf. Finally, listening to approximately half of the works so far, and as much as possible in their chronological order, I can hear the genius of Beethoven grow and mature on a daily basis in such a way that the his genius is made manifest before me. The Swafford biography details the health and emotional problems he dealt with since his late twenties, and they were quite awful--much worse than I ever knew. And yet his music fills you with pure joy and the love of life. What more can you ask In a couple of months I hope to buy the complete works of J.S.
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