• A 50 CD Original Jackets Collection celebrating the greatest Classical and early romantic recordings from Decca’s pioneering early music label L’Oiseau-Lyre.
• The box features orchestral, vocal, chamber and solo piano music from Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music, Malcolm Binns, Andras Schiff, the Music Party, the Esterhazy Quartet among others.
• Many of the recordings in the box are available for the first time on CD internationally:
o Malcolm Binns’ complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas (the first complete recorded cycle on period instruments) o The Music Party performing Mozart’s Serenades K375 (sextet version) and K525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) and chamber works by Krommer, Crussel, Weber, Schumann and Glinka o Mozart’s String Quintets K515 and K516 performed by the Esterhazy quartet o Selections of Beethoven and Weber songs from Martyn Hill accompanied by Christopher Hogwood o Piano works by Haydn, Chopin and Liszt on period instruments from Malcolm Binns
CD 1 – Stamitz: Three Symphonies; Clarinet Concerto The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 2 – Boccherini: Symphonies The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 3 – Haydn: Cello Concertos The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 4 – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 & 94 The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 5 – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 100 & 104 The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 6 – Haydn: Arianna a Naxos; Berenice Arleen Augér • Handel and Haydn Society • Christopher Hogwood
CD 7 – Haydn: Masses Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford • The Academy of Ancient Music • Simon Preston
CD 8-9 – Haydn: The Creation The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 10-11 – Haydn: Orfeo ed Eurydice Cecilia Bartoli • The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 12 – Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 & 17 etc. András Schiff
CD 13 – Mozart: Clarinet & Horn Quintets; Oboe Quartet Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
CD 14 – Mozart: SerenadesK375 and K525 (“Eine kleine Nachtmusik”) The Music Party • Alan Hacker
CD 15 – Mozart: String Quintets 2 & 3 The Esterhazy Quartet
CD 16 – Serenade for 13 Winds K. 361 Amadeus Winds • Christopher Hogwood
CD 17 – Symphony no. 29, Symphony in F K.19a, Divertimento K.136 The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 18 Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 & 40 The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 19 Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto; Bassoon Concerto The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 20 – Mozart: Horn Concertos The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 21 – Mozart Piano Concertos K.453 and K.466 Robert Levin • The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 22 – Mozart: Mass in C Minor; Coronation Mass The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 23-25 Mozart: Così fan tutte Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra • Arnold Östman
CD 26 – Beethoven: Songs Martyn Hill • Christopher Hogwood
CD 27-36 – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 -32 Malcolm Binns
CD 37 – Beethoven: Piano & Wind Quintets; Mozart: Quintet K.452 Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
CD 38 – Beethoven: Septet; Weber: Clarinet Quintet Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
CD 39 – Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E flat “Eroica” The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 40 – Beethoven Symphony no. 9 in D Minor “Choral” The Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood
CD 41 – Hummel: Piano Sonatas; Haydn: Andante con Variazioni; Chopin: Barcarolle Malcolm Binns
CD 42 – Hummel, Crussell & Krommer Clarinet Quartets The Music Party
CD 43 – Schubert: 3 Violin Sonatas Jaap Schröder • Christopher Hogwood
CD 44 – Schubert & Mendelssohn Violin Sonatas Jaap Schröder • Christopher Hogwood
CD 45 – Schubert: Piano Quintet – “Trout”; 7 Lieder Academy of Ancient Music • Chamber Ensemble
CD 46 – Schubert: Octet Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
CD 47 – Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas Christophe Coin • Patrick Cohen
CD 48 – Weber: Songs Martyn Hill • Christopher Hogwood
CD 49 – Trios by Weber, Schumann & Glinka The Music Party
CD 50 – Liszt Piano Works Malcolm Binns