Next Friday sees the release of one of the most ambitious collections in recording history – a lavish compendium of the complete works of JS Bach curated by Deutsche Grammophon, with the co-operation of thirty other labels and produced in collaboration with the Leipzig Bach Archive. Smaller-scale October boxes include archive collections of Gregor Piatigorsky and Wilhelm Kempff, comprehensive surveys of the music of Hummel and François Couperin, and a budget reissue of René Jacobs’s treasurable accounts of the three Mozart/Da Ponte operas on Harmonia Mundi.
Bach 333 - The New Complete Edition
Deluxe individually-numbered limited edition box set (English-language Edition)
Totalling over 280 hours of music and featuring 750 performers, this supremely authoritative 222-disc collection includes seven world premiere recordings and ten hours of new recordings as well as benchmark performances from musicians including Masaaki Suzuki, Christopher Hogwood, Alfred Brendel, Marie-Claire Alain, Pablo Casals, Wanda Landowska, Arthur Grumiaux and Zuzana Růžičková.
Available Format: 222 CDs + DVD Video
Released to celebrate the 120th birthday of the 'yellow label', this beautifully-curated set charts the evolution of Deutsche Gramophone through 120 iconic recordings, supplemented by four newly-commissioned essays exploring distinct periods in the label's history as well as twelve shorter pieces on genre. Also includes the complete Karajan Ring on blu-ray audio.
Available Format: 121 CDs + Blu-ray Audio
A 16-disc collection including the Leçons de Ténèbres with Sophie Daneman and Patricia Petibon, the complete keyboard music in a newly-released recording from veteran French harpsichordist Laurence Boulay, and remastered historical performances from Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Lynn Harrell, Pinchas Zukerman and Georges Cziffra.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV
