W.A. Mozart : the new complete edition.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, composer.

Contributor:

Decca Record Company, publisher.

Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)

Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg.

Standardized Title:

Works. 2016

Language:

English

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Latin

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Instrumental music.

Vocal music.

Genre:

Vocal music.

Art music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

200 audio discs ; 3/4 in.

2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

1 volume (unpaged) ; 16 x 21 cm

5 prints : facsimiles, portrait ; 25 x 25 cm

4 3/4 in.

Edition:

Limited edition.

Other Title:

Mozart : the new complete edition

Additional title from accompanying material: Mozart 225

At bottom of title: M 225

M225

Place of Publication:

London : Decca Music Group Limited, [2016]

Language Note:

Vocal works sung variously in Latin, German, and Italian.

System Details:

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Summary:

"In celebration of Mozart's 225th anniversary, presented by Decca Classics and Deutsche Grammophon, in partnership with the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation, this individually-numbered limited edition is a fusion of the latest scholarship with 240 hours of benchmark performances, from 600 world-class artists and state-of-the-art sound recording. [This set features the following]: All Mozart's completed works including for the first time the Handel and Bach arrangements; over 100 fragments, completions by other composers and doubtful works; 30CDs of alternative performances of key masterpieces; 5 hours of newly recorded performances including on Mozart's own instruments; world premiere recordings including recent discoveries; 18 labels represented including many rare and unique recordings; 70% of recordings different from 1991 Philips Mozart Edition; complete symphonies and concertos on period instruments plus many traditional-instrument and classic performances; performed by the world's greatest artists including Abbado, Barenboim, Bartoli, Böhm, Brendel, Brüggen, Damrau, DiDonato, Fleming, Gardiner, Hogwood, Mackerras, Marriner, Mutter, Nézet-Séguin, Östman, Pinnock, Pires, Schiff, Solti, Terfel, Uchida, Villazón and Wunderlich; 2 fully-illustrated hardback books: a brand new Mozart biography by Cliff Eisen, plus 120000 words of feature essays and work- by- work commentary from 30 renowned Mozart scholars; 5 frameable art prints, plus the last authenticated portrait, two score manuscripts and a letter to his father, courtesy of Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation; a new 'K book' exclusive to this edition presenting the numbering of the long-awaited new Köchel catalogue; complete performer index, free access to online Urtext scores and groundbreaking Libretto App with full sung texts and translations."--Online guide to set.

Contents:

Audio discs: Chamber (discs 1-49)

Orchestral (discs 50-101)

Theatre (discs 102-152)

Sacred-Private-Supplement (discs 153-200).

Accompanying materials: Das K Buch = The K book = Le livre K

W.A. Mozart I. W.A. Mozart / Cliff Eisen ; The musical correspondence of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Dr. Anja Morgenstern, Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation ; Portraits of Mozart / Dr. Christoph Grosspietsch, Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation ; Index of performers

W.A. Mozart II. W.A. Mozart: the music.

Notes:

Title from set box.

Recorded 1944-2016

Includes previously issued material.

Each boxed set is part of a numbered limited production 15,000.

All accompanying material in English, except for the "K book", which is in English, French, German, and Japanese.

OCLC:

957749960

Publisher Number:

00028948300006 gtin-14

028948300006

483 0000 Decca Music Group Limited (Boxed set)

478 9788--478 9836 Decca Music Group Limited (Chamber)

478 9836--478 9890 Decca Music Group Limited (Orchestral)

478 9892--478 9942 Decca Music Group Limited (Theatre)

478 9965--483 9999 Decca Music Group Limited (Sacred : Private : Supplement (discs 153-199))

483 0002 Decca Music Group Limited (Sacred : Private : Supplement (disc 200))

Online:

Online guide to set: