Beethoven – Complete Edition (FLAC)

Number of Discs: 90
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8500250
Release: 2019
Size: 23.4 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (8.500250-01)
CD 02: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 (8.500250-02)
CD 03: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 (8.500250-03)
CD 04: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8 (8.500250-04)
CD 05: Symphony No. 9, “Choral” (8.500250-05)
CD 06: Overtures (8.500250-06)
CD 07: German and Viennese Dances / Marches (8.500250-07)
CD 08: Wellington’s Victory / Minuets (8.500250-08)
CD 09: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Piano Concerto, WoO 4 (8.500250-09)
CD 10: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5, “Emperor” (8.500250-10)
CD 11: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 (8.500250-11)
CD 12: Violin Concerto (version for piano and orchestra) / Triple Concerto (8.500250-12)
CD 13: Violin Concertos, Op. 61 and WoO 5, Hess 10 / Romances Nos. 1 and 2 (8.500250-13)
CD 14: Bagatelles, Opp. 33, 119, 126, WoO 54, 59 and 60 (8.500250-14)
CD 15: Ländler, WoO 11, 15 / Minuets, WoO 10, 218 (8.500250-15)
CD 16: German Dances, WoO 13, Hess 5 and Hess 67 / Contredanses, Hess 102 (8.500250-16)
CD 17: Minuets / Bagatelles / Waltzes (8.500250-17)
CD 18: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 and 3 (8.500250-18)
CD 19: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 (8.500250-19)
CD 20: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, “Pathétique”, 9, 10 and 11 (8.500250-20)
CD 21: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12, “Sonate mit dem Trauermarsch”, 13, 14, “Moonlight” and 15, “Pastoral” (8.500250-21)
CD 22: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16, 17, “Tempest” and 18, “La Chasse” (8.500250-22)
CD 23: Piano Sonatas Nos. 19, 20, 21, “Waldstein”, 22 and 23, “Appassionata” (8.500250-23)
CD 24: Piano Sonatas Nos. 24, 25, “Kuckuck-Sonate”, 26, “Les Adieux, l’Absence et le Retour”, 27, 28 (8.500250-24)
CD 25: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, “Hammerklavier”, 30 and 31 (8.500250-25)
CD 26: Piano Sonatas, Op. 111 and WoO 47, Nos. 1-3, “Kurfürstensonaten” (8.500250-26)
CD 27: Piano Variations, Opp. 34, 65, WoO 68, 70 and 80 (8.500250-27)
CD 28: Piano Variations, Op. 76, WoO 64, 65, 66, 69, 72, 73 and 76 (8.500250-28)
CD 29: Piano Variations, WoO 63, “Dresselver Variations”, 75, 77-79 (8.500250-29)
CD 30: Piano Variations, Op. 120, “Diabelli Variations” and WoO 71 (8.500250-30)
CD 31: Sonata for Piano 4 Hands, Op. 6 / Piano Variations, WoO 67 and 74 (8.500250-31)
CD 32: Piano Sketches and Fragments (8.500250-32)
CD 33: Musik zu einem Ritterballett / Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (8.500250-33)
CD 34: Piano Sketches and Fragments (8.500250-34)
CD 35: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3 (8.500250-35)
CD 36: Cello Sonatas Nos. 4 and 5 / Cello Sonata, Op. 64, Hess A 15 (8.500250-36)
CD 37: Variations on Cello and Piano / Mandolin Sonatinas, WoO 43a and 44a, Hess 43 (8.500250-37)
CD 38: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 (8.500250-38)
CD 39: Piano Trios Nos. 3, 4, “Gassenhauer” and 5, “Ghost” (8.500250-39)
CD 40: Piano Trios Nos. 6 and 7, “Archduke” (8.500250-40)
CD 41: Piano Trio Variations / Symphony No. 2 (version for piano trio) (8.500250-41)
CD 42: Piano Trios, Op. 38, WoO 37 and WoO 38, Hess 49 (8.500250-42)
CD 43: Piano Quartets, WoO 36, Nos. 1-3 (8.500250-43)
CD 44: Piano Quartet, Op. 16 / Piano Quintet (8.500250-44)
CD 45: String Trios, Op. 9, Nos. 1-3 / Trio Secondo, Hess 28 (8.500250-45)
CD 46: String Trio, Op. 3 / Serenade, Op. 8 / Finale: Allegro, Hess 25 (8.500250-46)
CD 47: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2, “Komplimentierquartett” and 3 (8.500250-47)
CD 48: String Quartets Nos. 4, 5 and 6 (Kodály Quartet) (8.500250-48)
CD 49: String Quartets Nos. 7 and 8, “Rasumowsky” (8.500250-49)
CD 50: String Quartets Nos. 9, “Rasumowsky, Heldenquartett” and 10, “Harp” (8.500250-50)
CD 51: String Quartets Nos. 11 and 12 (8.500250-51)
CD 52: String Quartets Nos. 13 and 14 (8.500250-52)
CD 53: String Quartets Nos. 15 and 16 / String Quartet, Hess 34 (8.500250-53)
CD 54: String Quartet, Hess 32 / Allegretto, WoO 210 (8.500250-54)
CD 55: String Quintets, Opp. 29 and 104 (8.500250-55)
CD 56: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 (8.500250-56)
CD 57: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5, “Spring”, 6 and 7, “Eroica” (8.500250-57)
CD 58: Violin Sonatas Nos. 8, “Champagnersonate”, 9, “Kreutzer” and 10 (8.500250-58)
CD 59: Dances and Marches (8.500250-59)
CD 60: 3 Duets, WoO 27 / Duo for Viola and Cello, WoO 32 (8.500250-60)
CD 61: Septet, Op. 20 / Wind Quintet, WoO 208, Hess 19 (8.500250-61)
CD 62: Sextet, Opp. 71, 81b / Octet, Op. 103, “Parthia” (8.500250-62)
CD 63: Preludes and Fugues, Hess 29-31 / String Quintet, Hess 40 (8.500250-63)
CD 64: Flute Sonata, Anh. 4, Hess A 11 / Serenade, Op. 25 (8.500250-64)
CD 65: 6 Variations on Folk Songs, Op. 105 / 10 Variations on Folk Songs, Op. 107 (8.500250-65)
CD 66: Geschöpfe des Prometheus (8.500250-66)
CD 67: Fidelio [Opera] (CD 1) (8.500250-67)
CD 68: Fidelio [Opera] (CD 2) / König Stephan (8.500250-68)
CD 69: Leonore (1805 version) [Opera] (CD 1) (8.500250-69)
CD 70: Leonore (1805 version) [Opera] (CD 2) (8.500250-70)
CD 71: Egmont / Vestas Feuer, Hess 115 (8.500250-71)
CD 72: Ruinen von Athen (Die) / Die Weihe des Hauses Overture (8.500250-72)
CD 73: Glorreiche Augenblick (Der) / Choral Fantasy (8.500250-73)
CD 74: Missa Solemnis (8.500250-74)
CD 75: Cantata on the accession of Emperor Leopold II / Mass, Op. 86 (8.500250-75)
CD 76: Christus am Ölberge / Opferlied, Op. 121b (8.500250-76)
CD 77: Cantata on the death of the Emperor Joseph II / Abschiedsgesang, WoO 102 (8.500250-77)
CD 78: Irish Songs, Vol. 1, WoO 152 (8.500250-78)
CD 79: Irish Songs, Vol. 2, WoO 153 (8.500250-79)
CD 80: Irish Songs, Vol. 3, WoO 154 / 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155 (8.500250-80)
CD 81: 22 Scottish Songs, WoO 156 (8.500250-81)
CD 82: 4 English Songs, WoO 157 / 29 Songs of Various Nationality, WoO 158 (8.500250-82)
CD 83: 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108 (8.500250-83)
CD 84: Folksong Arrangements (alternative versions) (8.500250-84)
CD 85: Lieder, Vol. 1 (8.500250-85)
CD 86: Lieder, Vol. 2 (8.500250-86)
CD 87: Lieder, Vol. 3 (8.500250-87)
CD 88: Lieder, Vol. 4 (8.500250-88)
CD 89: Voice and Orchestra Works (8.500250-89)
CD 90: Canons and Musical Jokes (8.500250-90)

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.

● 90-DISC box, featuring over 1,550 individual tracks, a detailed 136-page booklet and a bonus of two free album downloads.

● Accompanied by an authoritative and compelling note, the repertoire included spans Beethoven’s orchestral, concerto, keyboard, chamber, music for the stage, choral and vocal works. Encompassing his most familiar and iconic pieces as well as only recently discovered rarities, it is a truly thorough and exhaustive compendium of a complex genius.

● The track list features a host of fragments, sketches, drafts, arrangements, transcriptions and reconstructions – some of which have never before been recorded – that reveal a very intimate, personal insight into the inner workings of Beethoven as a composer.

● Musical director of the Unheard Beethoven project Willem Holsbergen was the key consultant on this boxed set. Together with producer Mark S. Zimmer, Holsbergen has tirelessly created an exhaustive archive of rarities, unheard works and forgotten pieces that have been left uncovered for centuries, and granted them a new lease of life through his own reconstructions and realisations.

● Also includes the first recording of the narrated version of The Ruins of Athens.

● Bonus: Free downloads – purchasers of the box may download two albums from Liszt’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies and songs. Coupon code with details included in the box.

● Beethoven demands musicians bring their own dialogue to performances, and while the artists featured – ranging from experienced readers such as the Kodály Quartet, Takako Nishizaki and Boris Giltburg, to fresh interpreters – exceed these expectations in their renderings, with performances that have won critical esteem worldwide, all are bound by the fervour within his writing.