Vivarte 60 CD Collection (60 CD box set, FLAC)

Audio CD
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 60 CD box set
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: Sony
Size: 16.6 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

01-02. BACH The Works for Lute in Original Keys and Tunings – Lutz Kirchhof
03. BACH 3 Gambensonaten / Sonate A-Dur – Anner Bylsma / Bob Van Asperen
04. The Harpsichord in the Netherlands – Bob Van Asperen
05. BACH Secular Cantatas BWV 206 & 207a – Frieder Bernius
06. MOZART Missa Longa – Philipp Cieslewicz / Carsten Muller / Tolzer Knabenchor
07. MOZART Divertimento K.334 & K.247 – L’Archibudelli
08. MOZART Divertimento K.563 – L’Archibudelli
09. SCHUBERT Stteichquintett D.956 – Vera Beth / Lisa Rautenberg / Steven Dann / Judy Gatwood / Anner Bylsma
10. SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 – Bruno Weil
11-12. SCHUTZ Psalmen Davis SWV 22-47 – Frieder Bernius
13-14. BACH 6 Suites for Cello, BWV 1007-1012 – Anner Bylsma
15. Italia Mia – Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
16. The flute in Dance and Dream – Lutz Kirchhof
17. BEETHOVEN Sextets, Quintet, Duet – L’Archibudelli
18. SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 – Bruno Weil
19. BEETHOVEN String Trios Op.9 Nos.1-3 – L’Archibudelli
20. Febus Avant! – Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
21. GOMBERT Music from the Court of Charles V – Paul Van Nevel
22. Airs de cour French Court Music from the 17th Century – Lutz Kirchhof
23. VIVALDI The Four Seasons / Sinfonia “Al Santo Sepolcro” Concerto Op.3 – Charlotte Nediger / Tafelmusik
24. HAYDN Symponies Nos. 41-43 – Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik
25. HAYDN Symponies Nos. 44, 51 & 52 – Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik
26-27. WEISS Lute Works Vol. 1 & 2 – Lutz Kirchhof
28. VIVALDI Sonatsa for Violoncello & Basso Continuo – Anner Bylsma
29. BEETHOVEN Archduke & Ghost Trios – Anner Bylsma / Vera Beth / Jos Van Immerseel
30. HANDEL Concerti Grossi, OP. 3 – Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
31. Motets of the 17th Century – Niederaltaicher Scholaren
32. HAYDN The Last 4 Piano Trios – Anner Bylsma / Vera Beth / Robert Levin
33. BOCCHERINI Cellokonzerte C-Dur und D-Dur – Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
34. BOCCHERINI Cello Sonatas – Anner Bylsma / Kenneth Slowik / Bob Van Asperen
35. MOZART Clarinet Quintet; Clarinet Quartet; Kegelstatt Trio – L’Archibudelli
36. Northen German Organ Music – Gustav Leonhardt
37-38. C.P.E BACH Complete Fluet Sonatas – Barthold Kuijken / Bob Van Asperen
39. FRANCHOMME CHOPIN Grand Duo Concertant – Anner Bylsma / Lambert Orkis / Kenneth Slowik
40. SCHBERT Maesse 5 / Deutsche Messe – Bruno Weil
41. Organ Music in France and Southern Nertherlands – Gustav Leonhardt
42-43 HAYDN Die Schopfung (Oratorium) (Gesamtaufnahme) – Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik / Toelzer Knabenchor
44. AGRICOLA Ein Geheimes Labyrinth -Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
45-46. BEETHOVEN Sonaten fur Violoncello und Klavier – Anner Bylsma / Jos Van Immerseel
47. MOZART Requiem -Bruno Weil / Tafelmusik
48. SCHUBERT Piano Trios 1 & 2 – Anner Bylsma / Vera Beth / Jos Van Immerseel
49. VIVALDI ELEVEN cONCERTOS – Anner Bylsma / Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
50. HAYDN Die letzten drei Streichquartette – L’Archibudelli
51. HANDEL Feuermusik – Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
52-54 TELEMANN Paris Quartets 1-12 – Gustav Leonhardt
55 Utopia Triumphans (Musik der Renaissance) – Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
56. BACH Vioinkonzerte – Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
57-58 BACH Brandenburg Concertos – Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
59. BRAHMS / SCHUMANN Cello Sonatas. Op. 38 / Op. 99 5 Stucke im Volkston, Op. 102 – Anner Bylsma / Lambert Orkis
60. HANDEL Wassermusik – Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik

One of the finest old music labels finally gets proper attention

Vivarte is Sony’s imprint for recordings of historically informed performances. Some of the finest HIP artists have recorded for this label. This representative 60 CD collection includes Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon, L’Archibudelli, Anner Bylsma, Lutz Kirchhof, Bob van Asperen, Bruno Weil, Gustav Leonhardt, the Huelgas Ensemble led by Paul van Nevel, members of the Kuijken family, Jos van Immerseel, Ab Koster, and the wonderful Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Composers included in the collection: Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, Handel, Gombert, Chopin, Teleman, Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Schutz, Boccherini, Weiss and many others. Some of the highlights include Tafelmusik’s superb recordings of Haydn Sturm und Drang Symphonies, the Bach Brandenburg Concertos, well known Boccherini Cello Concertos, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and other assorted concertos, Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, Water Music and his Op.3 Concerti Grossi, Mozart’s Requiem and a brisk and exciting performance of Haydn’s oratorio The Creation. Further highlights include the Kuijken’s superb Telemann Paris Quartets, a trio comprised of Jos van Immerseel on fortepiano, Vera Beths on violin and Anner Bylsma on violincello playing Beethoven and Schubert trios, and L’Archibudelli playing the last 3 Haydn string quartets, Mozart Divertimenti and his luminous late chamber music for clarinet.

All of the included performances are excellent with some of them approaching reference quality. Sony’s 20/24 bit recordings are crisp and urgent with the spaciousness and clarity that their engineers emphasized during the 1980s and 90s. Many of these recordings are now out of print and difficult to find. This collection was never released in the USA so I purchased a Korean import here at Amazon. Unfortunately, most of the notes in the set’s 240 page book are in Korean, although the listings of the various recordings are in English. This collection is still available so if these superb and important recordings interest you, then I advise you to pounce on this box set before it is too late. Collections of such uniform excellence tend to disappear rather quickly, only resurfacing later at exorbitant prices if at all. This is a life enhancing collection that contains some truly magical recordings.