Beethoven's monumental contribution to Western classical music is celebrated here in this definitive collection marking the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth. Surveying the totality...

Beethoven's monumental contribution to Western classical music is celebrated here in this definitive collection marking the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth. Surveying the totality of his career and achievement, the Complete Edition spans orchestral, concerto, keyboard, chamber, music for the stage, choral and vocal works, encompassing his most familiar and iconic masterpieces, alongside rarities and recently reconstructed fragments and sketches in world premiere recordings. The roster of artists and ensembles includes some of Beethoven's greatest contemporary exponents, in performances that have won critical acclaim worldwide.

INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS -- OVER 100 HOURS OF MUSIC

CONTENTS:

DISCS 1-8: ORCHESTRAL

Symphonies Nos. 1-9, Overtures, Wellington's Victory, German & Viennese Dances, Marches, Minuets

DISCS 9-13: CONCERTO

Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5, Piano Concerto, Op. 61a, Piano Concerto, WoO 4, Violin Concerto, Triple Concerto, Romances, Fragments

DISCS 14-34: KEYBOARD

Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32, Early Sonatas, Dances & Bagatelles, Piano Variations, Works for Piano 4 Hands, The Creatures of Prometheus (Piano Version), Wellington's Victory (Piano Version), Fragments, Arrangements & Sketches

DISCS 35-65: CHAMBER

Violin Sonatas, Cello Sonatas, Flute Sonatas & Serenades, Horn Sonata, String Trios, String Quartets, String Quintets, Piano Trios, Piano Quartets, Wind Quintet, Sextets, Septet, Octet, Preludes & Fugues, Canons, Dances & Marches, Duets, Trios & Quartets, National Airs & Variations, Fragments

DISCS 66-72: STAGE

Fidelio, Leonore, Egmont, King Stephen, The Creatures of Prometheus, The Ruins of Athens, The Consecration of the House, Leonore Prohaska, Germania

DISCS 73-77: CHORAL

Missa Solemnis, Mass in C Major, Choral Fantasy, Christ on the Mount of Olives, Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage, Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II, Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, The Glorious Moment, Opferlied, Abschiedsgesang, Cantata campestre, Gesang der Monche, Der freie Mann, Bundeslied

DISCS 78-90: VOCAL

Irish, Scottish, Welsh & English Songs, Folk Songs, Lieder, Concert Arias, Canons & Musical Jokes, Fragments & Alternative Versions

FEATURED ARTISTS and ENSEMBLES:

Martin Galling • Sergio Gallo • Patrick Gallois • Boris Giltburg • Amy and Sara Hamann • Jenő Jandó • Jakub Junek • Dong-Suk Kang • Maria Kliegel • Warren Lee • Takako Nishizaki • Carl Petersson • Hermann Prey Matti Salminen • Konstantin Scherbakov • Kazunori Seo • Nina Tichman • Stefan Vladar • Larry Weng • Ian Yungwook Yoo Fine Arts Quartet • Kodály Quartet • New Zealand Piano Quartet • Xyrion Trio

Capella Istropolitana • Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice • Minnesota Orchestra • Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Chorus • New Zealand Symphony Orchestra • Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra • Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra • Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra • Staatskapelle Dresden • Turku Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt • Hilary Davan Wetton • Oliver Dohnányi • Béla Drahos • Stephen Gunzenhauser Michael Halász • Kenneth Jean • James Judd • Ondrej Lenárd • Kenneth Schermerhorn • Leif Segerstam • Stanisław Skrowaczewski • Marek Štilec

CONTENT DETAILS:

Disc 01 - Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Drahos) 8.500250-01

Disc 02 - Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 (Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Drahos) 8.500250-02

Disc 03 - Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 (Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Drahos) 8.500250-03

Disc 04 - Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8 (Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Drahos) 8.500250-04

Disc 05 - Symphony No. 9, "Choral" (Papian, Donose, M. Fink, Otelli, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Drahos) 8.500250-05

Disc 06 - Overtures (Slovak Philharmonic, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Gunzenhauser, Drahos) 8.500250-06

Disc 07 - German and Viennese Dances / Marches (O. Dohnányi, Segerstam) 8.500250-07

Disc 08 - Wellington's Victory / Minuets (O. Dohnányi, Segerstam, Skrowaczewski) 8.500250-08

Disc 09 - Piano Concerto No. 1 / Piano Concerto, WoO 4 (Vladar, Galling, Wordsworth, Bünte) 8.500250-09

Disc 10 - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5, "Emperor" (Vladar, Čechová, Krytinář, Haniková, Wordsworth, M. Štilec) 8.500250-10

Disc 11 - Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 (Vladar, Capella Istropolitana, Wordsworth) 8.500250-11

Disc 12 - Violin Concerto (version for piano and orchestra) / Triple Concerto (Dong-Suk Kang, Kliegel, Jandó) 8.500250-12

Disc 13 - Violin Concertos, Op. 61 and WoO 5, Hess 10 / Romances Nos. 1 and 2 (Takako Nishizaki, Junek) 8.500250-13

Disc 14 - Bagatelles, Opp. 33, 119, 126, WoO 54, 59 and 60 (Jandó, S. Gallo) 8.500250-14

Disc 15 - Ländler, WoO 11, 15 / Minuets, WoO 10, 218 (Jandó) 8.500250-15

Disc 16 - German Dances, WoO 13, Hess 5 and Hess 67 / Contredanses, Hess 102 (excepts) (Jandó, S. Gallo) 8.500250-16

Disc 17 - Minuets / Bagatelles / Waltzes (S. Gallo, Jandó, C. Petersson, Larry Weng) 8.500250-17

Disc 18 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 and 3 (Jandó) 8.500250-18

Disc 19 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 (Jandó) 8.500250-19

Disc 20 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, "Pathétique", 9, 10 and 11 (Giltburg, Jandó) 8.500250-20

Disc 21 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 12, "Sonate mit dem Trauermarsch", 13, 14, "Moonlight" and 15, "Pastoral" (Jandó) 8.500250-21

Disc 22 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 16, 17, "Tempest" and 18, "La Chasse" (Jandó) 8.500250-22

Disc 23 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 19, 20, 21, "Waldstein", 22 and 23, "Appassionata" (Giltburg, Jandó) 8.500250-23

Disc 24 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 24, 25, "Kuckuck-Sonate", 26, "Les Adieux, l'Absence et le Retour", 27, 28 (Jandó) 8.500250-24

Disc 25 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, "Hammerklavier", 30 and 31 (Jandó) 8.500250-25

Disc 26 - Piano Sonatas, Op. 111 and WoO 47, Nos. 1-3, "Kurfürstensonaten" (S. Gallo, Giltburg, Jandó) 8.500250-26

Disc 27 - Piano Variations, Opp. 34, 65, WoO 68, 70 and 80 (Jandó, Ian Yungwook Yoo) 8.500250-27

Disc 28 - Piano Variations, Op. 76, WoO 64, 65, 66, 69, 72, 73 and 76 (S. Gallo, Larry Weng, Ian Yungwook Yoo) 8.500250-28

Disc 29 - Piano Variations, WoO 63, "Dresselver Variations", 75, 77-79 (S. Gallo, S. Kagan, C. Petersson) 8.500250-29

Disc 30 - Piano Variations, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations" and WoO 71 (Scherbakov, Ian Yungwook Yoo) 8.500250-30

Disc 31 - Sonata for Piano 4 Hands, Op. 6 / Piano Variations, WoO 67 and 74 (A. and S. Hamann) 8.500250-31

Disc 32 - Piano Sketches and Fragments (Fishell, S. Gallo, C. Petersson) 8.500250-32

Disc 33 - Musik zu einem Ritterballett / Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (Warren Lee, C. Petersson) 8.500250-33

Disc 34 - Piano Sketches and Fragments (S. Gallo, Jandó, C. Petersson) 8.500250-34

Disc 35 - Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3 (Kliegel, Tichman) 8.500250-35

Disc 36 - Cello Sonatas Nos. 4 and 5 / Cello Sonata, Op. 64, Hess A 15 (Kliegel, Tichman) 8.500250-36

Disc 37 - Variations on Cello and Piano / Mandolin Sonatinas, WoO 43a and 44a, Hess 43 (Kliegel, Sariel) 8.500250-37

Disc 38 - Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 (Xyrion Trio) 8.500250-38

Disc 39 - Piano Trios Nos. 3, 4, "Gassenhauer" and 5, "Ghost" (Hausmann, Xyrion Trio) 8.500250-39

Disc 40 - Piano Trios Nos. 6 and 7, "Archduke" 8.500250-40

Disc 41: Piano Trio Variations / Symphony No. 2 (version for piano trio) (Xyrion Trio) 8.500250-41

Disc 42 - Piano Trios, Op. 38, WoO 37 and WoO 38, Hess 49 (Demmler, Tillier, Grabinger, Xyrion Trio) 8.500250-42

Disc 43 - Piano Quartets, WoO 36, Nos. 1-3 (New Zealand Piano Quartet) 8.500250-43

Disc 44 - Piano Quartet, Op. 16 / Piano Quintet (Ioannides, Jandó) 8.500250-44

Disc 45 - String Trios, Op. 9, Nos. 1-3 / Trio Secondo, Hess 28 (Falvay, Scholtes, Fejérvári, Sedo Karasaki) 8.500250-45

Disc 46 - String Trio, Op. 3 / Serenade, Op. 8 / Finale: Allegro, Hess 25 (Falvay, Eunji Kim, Fejérvári) 8.500250-46

Disc 47 - String Quartets Nos. 1, 2, "Komplimentierquartett" and 3 (Kodály Quartet) 8.500250-47

Disc 48 - String Quartets Nos. 4, 5 and 6 (Kodály Quartet) 8.500250-48

Disc 49 - String Quartets Nos. 7 and 8, "Rasumowsky" (Kodály Quartet) 8.500250-49

Disc 50 - String Quartets Nos. 9, "Rasumowsky, Heldenquartett" and 10, "Harp" (Kodály Quartet) 8.500250-50

Disc 51 - String Quartets Nos. 11 and 12 (Kodály Quartet) 8.500250-51

Disc 52 - String Quartets Nos. 13 and 14 (Kodály Quartet) 8.500250-52

Disc 53 - String Quartets Nos. 15 and 16 / String Quartet, Hess 34 (Kodály Quartet) 8.500250-53

Disc 54 - String Quartet, Hess 32 / Allegretto, WoO 210 (Fine Arts Quartet, Quartetto d'Archi di Venezia) 8.500250-54

Disc 55 - String Quintets, Opp. 29 and 104 (Fine Arts Quartet, G. Sharon) 8.500250-55

Disc 56 - Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 (Takako Nishizaki, Jandó) 8.500250-56

Disc 57 - Violin Sonatas Nos. 5, "Spring", 6 and 7, "Eroica" (Takako Nishizaki, Jandó) 8.500250-57

Disc 58 - Violin Sonatas Nos. 8, "Champagnersonate", 9, "Kreutzer" and 10 8.500250-58

Disc 59 - Dances and Marches (Segal, Sarid, Scholtes, Fine Arts Quartet, New Zealand Symphony, Judd) 8.500250-59

Disc 60 - 3 Duets, WoO 27 / Duo for Viola and Cello, WoO 32 (Kazunori Seo, Mitsuo Kodama, Zimmermann, Kliegel) 8.500250-60

Disc 61 - Septet, Op. 20 / Wind Quintet, WoO 208, Hess 19 (Balogh, Vajda, Jenő Keveházi, Hegyi, Máthé, Szabó) 8.500250-61

Disc 62 - Sextet, Opp. 71, 81b / Octet, Op. 103, "Parthia" (Shifrin, Paul Wonjin Cho, Morelli, Olegario) 8.500250-62

Disc 63 - Preludes and Fugues, Hess 29-31 / String Quintet, Hess 40 (fragment) (Segal, Sarid, Isabel Kwon) 8.500250-63

Disc 64 - Flute Sonata, Anh. 4, Hess A 11 / Serenade, Op. 25 (Kazunori Seo, Asuka Sezaki, Koichi Komine) 8.500250-64

Disc 65 - 6 Variations on Folk Songs, Op. 105 / 10 Variations on Folk Songs, Op. 107 (Gallois, Prinz) 8.500250-65

Disc 66 - Geschöpfe des Prometheus (Die) [Ballet] (Turku Philharmonic, Segerstam) 8.500250-66

Disc 67 - Fidelio [Opera] (CD 1) (Glashof, Titus, I. Nielsen, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Halász) 8.500250-67

Disc 68 - Fidelio [Opera] (CD 2) / König Stephan (Halász, Segerstam) 8.500250-68

Disc 69 - Leonore (1805 version) [Opera] (CD 1) (Polster, T. Adam, Cassilly, Leipzig Radio Choir, Blomstedt) 8.500250-69

Disc 70 - Leonore (1805 version) [Opera] (CD 2) (Polster, T. Adam, Cassilly, Leipzig Radio Choir, Blomstedt) 8.500250-70

Disc 71 - Egmont / Vestas Feuer, Hess 115 (fragment) (Salminen, Ranta, Turku Philharmonic, Segerstam) 8.500250-71

Disc 72 - Ruinen von Athen (Die) / Die Weihe des Hauses Overture (Turku Philharmonic, Segerstam) 8.500250-72

Disc 73 - Glorreiche Augenblick (Der) / Choral Fantasy (City of London Choir, Royal Philharmonic, Wetton) 8.500250-73

Disc 74 - Missa Solemnis (L. Phillips, Redmon, J. Taylor, Baylon, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Schermerhorn) 8.500250-74

Disc 75 - Cantata on the accession of Emperor Leopold II / Mass, Op. 86 (Aalto, Katajala, Segerstam) 8.500250-75

Disc 76 - Christus am Ölberge / Opferlied, Op. 121b (Lehesvuori, Säikkä, Raudanen, Segerstam) 8.500250-76

Disc 77 - Cantata on the death of the Emperor Joseph II / Abschiedsgesang, WoO 102 (Segerstam, T. Holmes) 8.500250-77

Disc 78 - Irish Songs, Vol. 1, WoO 152 (R. Kramer, Schedel, Wohlgemuth, Springer, K. Wagner, Wehler) 8.500250-78

Disc 79 - Irish Songs, Vol. 2, WoO 153 (Bourvé, R. Kramer, Schedel, Wohlgemuth, Springer, Stöhr) 8.500250-79

Disc 80 - Irish Songs, Vol. 3, WoO 154 / 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155 (Bourvé, Stöhr, Wehler, D.M. Hamilton, Schaub) 8.500250-80

Disc 81 - 22 Scottish Songs, WoO 156 (Bourvé, Wohlgemuth, Stöhr, Wehler, D.M. Hamilton, Poplutz) 8.500250-81

Disc 82 - 4 English Songs, WoO 157 / 29 Songs of Various Nationality, WoO 158 (Bourvé, R. Kramer, Wohlgemuth) 8.500250-82

Disc 83 - 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108 (R. Kramer, Springer, Büchner, Leib) 8.500250-83

Disc 84 - Folksong Arrangements (alternative versions) (Bohnet, Johannsen, Klimbacher) 8.500250-84

Disc 85 - Lieder, Vol. 1 (Coburn, Trost, Prey, Hokanson, Bartos) 8.500250-85

Disc 86 - Lieder, Vol. 2 (Coburn, Trost, Prey, Bojórquez, Hokanson, Bartos) 8.500250-86

Disc 87 - Lieder, Vol. 3 (Coburn, Gerstgrasser, Tauber, Prey, Edelmann, Klimbacher) 8.500250-87

Disc 88 - Lieder, Vol. 4 (E. Breuer, Coburn, Schlemmer, Bohnet, Trost, Johannsen) 8.500250-88

Disc 89 - Voice and Orchestra Works (Haavisto, Karlström, Greenlaw, Turku Philharmonic, Segerstam) 8.500250-89

Disc 90 - Canons and Musical Jokes (Schlemmer, Breuer, Tauber, Weiser, Tabea Ensemble, Cantus Novus Wien) 8.500250-90

REVIEWS:

If you’re a Beethoven completist…you get the closest, the best quality overall and also the best value from Naxos. One of the most interesting things about this box is that it contains a tremendous number of rarities and transcriptions of things that you’re just not going to find anywhere else.

– ClassicsToday.com

By far the most complete of the three sets is Naxos' box, which dives deep into the catalogue of obscure Beethoven pieces and variants. Naxos' trademark of less-well-known artists but still first-class performances and recordings is carried over here...excellent quality.

– MusicWeb International