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	• Beethoven: Complete Masterpieces (Germany) (60 CD Limited Edition Box Set) Beethoven Sony / BMG Import, 2007 average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Cosmic music

I had to wait a little while to get my copy of this wonderful Beethoven box set, but it was well worth the wait. Originally I was looking for just a complete set of String Quartets, but when I realized that I could have an almost complete set of Beethoven masterpieces for less than the cost of a set of String Quartets alone, I went for this box set. I am still working through the box - however some of the gems I have come across so far include: Christ on the Mount of Olives (worth the price alone!) and the collection of British Island Songs, which I would never have come across I am sure. All of the String Quartets I have listened to so far, along with the Piano Sonatas, sound just great. Beethoven was a truly cosmic composer, who's music has the power of elevating one to a much higher plain. I would like to recomed David Tame's 'The Secret Power of Music', as a wonderfully companion read as you listen to some of the finest music ever composed. Tame's book will direct you to listen in a whole new way. I am looking forward to listening to more of this set over the next few cold weeks. I would encourage you to take the plunge, and invest in this great set of Beethoven masterpieces. As noted by other reviews the box is actually twice the size it needs to be! The discs are in individual paper sleeves which have the track listing on them and their is a companion CD-rom with more detailed liner notes in a pdf format.

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Yes , very good but ...

Yes , this is a very good price collection for everyone but just one thing , why the box is that exaggerated & I don't see any reason to be that BIG .Does the size matter ? It's the double thickness of the 60 cds .Even if it's cut 1/3 of the thickness , I still think it's attractive ! This is only the more enviorementally friendly thinking . The music & recordings are good !

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Complete Beethoven Box Set

This product is great! Good Price and Great Quality. Got it quickly and it came as I expected.

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Just a note about all the reviews of this item. The price has varied all over the place, from less than $0.50 per disc to almost $3. The weighting of price/quality thus varies a lot. I'm writing this when the price is very high (list price plus $12!) I bought when it was low ($27). I'm happy. What will you be at your price?

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Bargain, bargain, bargain.

You will NEVER need to regret for purchasing the entire set at the offered price. I need not go through the ENTIRE set again to illustrate. I would only point out that just to name a few of the performances included, and you will immediately rush to obtain this bargain set: I have never before listened to Yefim Bronfman's Beethoven. Here is his 5 Beethoven piano concertos under the baton of Zinman and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Top quality stuff - if Bronfman could get a Grammy Award for Bartok, his Beethoven is all the more worthwhile listening to, being a student of (inter alia) top Beethovenian pianist Rudolf Serkin.
The Beethoven opera Fidelio under the baton of Kurt Masur is seldom mentioned. Here it is - and a very convincing reading. Jeannie Altmeyer and others in leading roles. Altmeyer's Leonora being a real surprise.
The piano sonatas were being performed by various pianists, and the level is slightly uneven, but some top ones still available.
I don't agree that there are NO Beethoven songs. The Songs of British Isle are amongst the rarities available on market.
Top violinist Zukermann hemmed the violin sonatas, and just a set by him would cost you the price of this entire set!

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60 CD Box Set. Selection of Ludwig Van Beethoven Works Recorded by David Zinman and Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (Symphonies), Yefim Bronfman, David Zinman and Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (Piano Concertos), Pinchas Zuckerman and Marc Neikrug (Violin Sonatas), Anner Bylsma and Jon Van Immerseel (Cello Sonatas), Seraphin Trio (Piano Trios), Alexander String Quartet (String Quartets), Yukio Yokoyama, Robert Casadesus, Justus Frantz, Vladimir Horowitz, Gerhard Oppitz and Charles Rosen (Piano Sonatas), Eugene Ormandy and Philadelphia Orchestra (Christ on the Mount of Olives), Wolfdieter Maurer and Tokyo Oratorio Society (Mass in C Major), David Zinman and Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (Missa Solemnis) and Many Other Great Artists.

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Tracks
Symphony No.1 In C Major, Op.21 | Symphony No.2 In D Major, Op.36 | Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major, Op.55, "Eroica" | Symphony No.4 In B Flat Major, Op.60 | Symphony No.5 In C Minor, Op.67 | Symphony No.6 In F Major, Op.68, "Pastoral" | Symphony No.7 In A Major, Op.92 | Symphony No.8 In F Major, Op.93 | Symphony No.9 In D Minor, Op.125 | Die GeschÖPfe Des Prometheus, Op.43 | Egmont Overture, Op.84 | Coriolan Overture, Op.62 | Leonore Overture No.1 In C Major, Op.138 | Die Ruinen Von Athen, Op.113 | Leonore Overture No.2 In C Major, Op.72 | Zur Namensfeier, Op.115 | Leonore Overture No.3 In C Major, Op.72a | Fidelio, Op.72 | KÖNig Stephan, Op.117 | Die Weihe Des Hauses Overture, Op.124 | Die GeschÖPfe Des Prometheus, Ballet, Op.43 | FÜR Elise, Wo0.59 | Adagio FÜR Eine Spieluhr, Woo 33/1 | Twelve Contradanses For Orchestra, Woo 14 | Sonatina In C Minor, Woo 43a | Sonatina In C Major, Woo 44a | Minuet In G Major | Violin Concerto In C Major, Woo 5, (Fragment) | Wellington's Victory, Op.91 | Piano Concerto No.1 In C Major, Op.15 | Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major, Op.19 | Piano Concerto No.3 In C Minor, Op.37 | Piano Concerto No.4 In G Major, Op.58 | Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major, Op.73 | Fantasia For Piano, Chorus And Orchestra In C Minor, Op.80 "Choralphantasie" | Meeresstille Und GlÜCkliche Fahrt, Op.112 | Violin Concerto In D Major, Op.61 | Romance For Violin And Orchestra In G Major, Op.40 | Romance For Violin And Orchestra In F Major, Op.50 | Triple Concerto For Piano, Violin, Violoncello And Orchestra In C Major, Op.56 | Septet In E Flat Major, Op.20 | Violin Sonata No.1, Op.12, No.1 In D Major | Violin Sonata No.2, Op.12, No.2 In A Major | Violin Sonata No.3, Op.12, No.3 In E Flat Major | Violin Sonata No.4, Op.23 In A Minor | Violin Sonata No.5, Op.24 In F Major "Spring" | Violin Sonata No.6, Op.30, No.1 In A Major | Violin Sonata No.7, Op.30, No.2 In C Minor | Violin Sonata No.8, Op.30, No.3 In G Major | Violin Sonata No.9, Op.47 In A Major "Kreutzer" | Violin Sonata No.10, Op.96 In G Major | Sonata For Pianoforte & Violoncello In A Major, Op.69 | Sonata For Pianoforte & Violoncello In F Major, Op.5 No.1 | Sonata For Pianoforte & Violoncello In G Minor, Op.5 No.2 | Sonata For Pianoforte & Violoncello In C Major, Op.102 No.1 | Sonata For Pianoforte & Violoncello In D Major, Op.102 No.2 | 12 Variations On "Ein MÄDchen Oder Weibchen" From Mozart's Die ZauberflÖTe | Piano Trio In D Major, Op.70/1, "Ghost" | Piano Trio In E Flat Major, Op.70/2 | Trio For Clarinet, Cello & Piano In B Flat Major, Op.11, "Gassenhauer" | Piano Trio In G Major, Op.1/2 | Piano Trio In B Flat Major, Op.97, "Archduke" | Piano Trio In B Flat Major, Woo 39 (Allegretto) | Piano Trio In E Flat Major, Op.1/1 | Piano Trio In C Minor, Op.1/3 | Piano Trio In E Flat Major, Op.44, "14 Variations On An Original Theme" | Piano Trio In G Major, Op.121a, "Kakadu Variations" | Trio For Piano, Clarinet & Cello In E Flat Major, Op.38 | Piano Trio In E Flat Major, Woo 38 | Trio For Violin, Viola And Violoncello In E-Flat Major, Op.3 | Serenade (Trio) For Violin, Viola And Violoncello In D Major, Op.8 | Trio In G Major, Op.9/1 | Trio In D Major, Op.9/2 | Trio In C Minor, Op.9/3 | Piano Concerto In E Flat Major Woo 4 | Quintet For Piano, Clarinet, Oboe, Horn And Bassoon In E-Flat Major, Op.16 | Sextet For String Quartet & 2 Horns Op.81b | String Duo Woo 32 "Mit Zwey Obligaten Augenglasern" | String Quintet Op.47 "Kreutzer" | Octet For 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons And 2 Horns In E-Flat Major, Op.103 | Rondino In E-Flat Major For 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons And 2 Horns, Woo 25 | March For 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons And 2 Horns In B-Flat Major, Woo 29 | Duo For Clarinet And Bassoon In C Major, Woo 27 No.1 | March For 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons And 2 Horns In B-Flat Major, Woo 29 (Repetitio | Sextet For 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons And 2 Horns In E-Major, Op.71 | String Quartet No.1 In F Major, Op.18/1 | String Quartet No.5 In A Major, Op.18/5 | String Quartet No.2 In G Major, Op.18/2 | String Quartet No.6 In B Flat Major, Op.18/6 | String Quartet No.3 In D Major, Op.18/3 | String Quartet No.4 In C Minor, Op.18/4 | String Quartet No.7 In F Major, Op.59/1, "Rasumovsky 1" | String Quartet No.10 In E Flat Major, Op.74, "Harp" | String Quartet No.8 In E Minor, Op.59/2, "Rasumovsky 2" | String Quartet No.9 In C Major, Op.59/3 "Rasumovsky 3" | String Quartet No.12 In E Flat Major, Op.127 | String Quartet No.11 In F Minor, Op.95, "Serioso" | Fugue For String Quartet In B Flat Major, Op.133, "Grosse Fuge" | String Quartet No.13 In B Flat Major, Op.130 | String Quartet No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.131 | String Quartet No.16 In F Major, Op.135 | String Quartet No.15 In A Minor, Op.132 | Piano Sonata No.1 In F Minor, Op.2-1 | Piano Sonata No.2 In A Major, Op.2, No.2 | Piano Sonata No.3 In C Major, Op.2-3 | Piano Sonata No.4 In E Flat Major, Op.7 | Piano Sonata No.5 In C Minor, Op.10-1 | Piano Sonata No.6 In F Major, Op.10-2 | Piano Sonata No.7 In D Major, Op.10-3 | Piano Sonata No.8 In C Minor, Op.13, "PathÉTique" | Piano Sonata No.9 In E Major, Op.14-1 | Piano Sonata No.10 In G Major, Op.14-2 | Piano Sonata No.11 In B Flat Major Op.22 | Piano Sonata No.12 In A Flat Major, Op.26 | Piano Sonata No.13 In E Flat Major, Op.27-1 "Sonata, Quasi Una Fantasia" | Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.27/2, "Moonlight" | Piano Sonata No.15 In D Major, Op.28, "Pastoral" | Piano Sonata No.16 In G Major, Op.31-1 | Piano Sonata No.17 In D Minor, Op.31/2, "Tempest" | Piano Sonata No.18 In E Flat Major, Op.31-3 | Piano Sonata No.19 In G Minor, Op.49-1 | Piano Sonata No.20 In G Major, Op.49-2 | Piano Sonata No.21 In C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" | Piano Sonata No.22 In F Major, Op.54 | Piano Sonata No.23 In F Minor, Op.57, "Appassionata" | Piano Sonata No.24 In F Sharp Major, Op.78 | Piano Sonata No.25 In G Major, Op.79 "Kuckou Sonate" | Piano Sonata No.26 In E Flat Major, Op.81a, "Les Adieux" | Piano Sonata No.27 In E Minor, Op.90 | Piano Sonata No.28 In A Major, Op.101 | Piano Sonata No.29 In B-Flat Major, Op.106 "Hammerklavier" | Piano Sonata No.30 In E Major, Op.109 | Piano Sonata No.31 In A Flat Major, Op.110 | Piano Sonata No.32 In C Minor, Op.111 | 7 Bagatelles, Op.33 | 11 Bagatelles, Op.119 | 6 Bagatelles, Op.126 | Fantasie FÜR G-Moll-H-Dur, Op.77 | Polonaise FÜR Klavier C-Dur, Op.89 | 6 Variations For Piano In F Major, Op.34 | 15 Variations In E Flat Major, Op.35 "Eroica Variationen" | 6 Variations For Piano In D Major, Op.76 | Rondo For Piano In C Major, Op.51-1 | Rondo For Piano In G Major, Op.51-2 | Rondo A Capriccio For Piano In G Major, Op.129 | Variations For Piano In C Major On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120, | String Quintet In C Major (Fragment) - Hess 41 | Allegretto In C Minor - Woo 53 | Bagatelle In C Minor - Woo 52 | Allegretto In C Minor - Hess 69 | KlavierstÜCk "Lustig Und Traurig" Woo 54 | Music, Love And Wine, Op.108 No.1 | Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie, Op.108 No.7 | I'll Praise The Saints With Early Song, Woo 153 No.12 | Sally In Our Alley, Op.108 No.25 | Sunset, Op.108 No.2 | Faithfu' Johnie, Op.108 No.20 | Behold, My Love, Op.108 No.9 | His Boat Comes On The Sunny Tide, Woo 152 No.7 | Enchantress, Farewell, Op.108 No.18 | The Pulse Of An Irishman, Woo 154 No.4 | To The Aeolian Harp, Woo 155 No.9 | O Charlie Is My Darling, Woo 157 No.3 | Duncan Gray, Woo 156 No.2 | To The Blackbird, Woo 155 No.20 | 'tis Sunshine At Last, Woo 153 No.13 | Cease Your Funning, Woo 156 No.5 | Oh Sweet Were The Hours, Op.108 No.3 | Save Me From The Grave And Wise, Woo 154 No.8 | Farewell Bliss And Farewell Nancy, Woo 152 No.20 | Love Without Hope, Woo 155 No.4 | Farewell Thou Noisy Town, Woo 155 No.8 | He Promis'd Me At Parting, Woo 154 No.12 | The Monks Of Bangor's March, Woo 155 No.2 | Robin Adair, Woo 157 No.7 | O Swiftly Glides The Bonny Boat, Op.108 No.19 | Sad And Luckless Was The Season, Woo 153 No.6 | Come Draw We Round A Cheerful Ring, Woo 152 No.8 | The Sweetest Lad Was Jamie, Op.108 No.5 | Come, Fill, Fill, My Good Fellow, Op.108 No.13 | Christus Am ÖLberge, Op. 85 (Christ On The Mount Of Olives) | Mass In C Major, Op. 86 | Missa Solemnis In D Major, Op. 123 | Ah Perfido!", Op. 65 (Scene And Aria For Soprano And Orchestral Accompaniment) | Cantata On The Death Of Emperor Joseph Ii, Wo O 87 | Bundeslied, Op.122 | Fidelio - Opera In Two Acts | Leonore Overture No.3 In C Major, Op.72a

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