A new dimension of cello playing: the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, who gave their debut in Tokyo, not Berlin, and who have enjoyed the adoration of a global fan club ever since. In brilliant arrangements, the 1978–2010 albums document all the facets of the instrument’s technical range in breath-taking and sensuous cello works from Bach to the Beatles, from film hits to chansons and jazz, and from South American music to the avant-garde style of the likes of Iannis Xenakis, who wrote original compositions that are tailor-made for the ensemble’s virtuoso fingers.

This box contains eight bestseller albums brought together in this format for the first time.

Contents:
CD 1 Fleur de Paris
Vincent Baptiste Scotto
1. Sous les ponts de Paris
Gabriel Fauré
2. Pavane
Georges Konyn
3. Pigalle
Charles Trenet
4. Que reste-t-il de nos amours?
Maurice Ravel
5. Pavane pour une infante défunte
Michel Legrand
6. Une femme est une femme
Maurice Vandair
7. Fleur de Paris
Claude Debussy
8. Clair de lune
Marcel Louiguy
9. La Vie en rose
Hubert Yves Giraud
10. Sous le ciel de Paris
Erik Satie
11. Gymnopédie No.1
Francis Poulenc
Figure humaine
12. De tous les printemps du monde
13. En chantant les servantes s‘élancent
14. Aussi bas que le silence
15. Toi ma patiente ma patience ma parente
16. Riant du ciel et des planètes
17. Le jour m’étonne et la nuit me fait peur
18. La menace sous le ciel rouge
19. Liberté

CD 2 Angel Dances
Astor Piazzolla
1. La muerte del Ángel
2. Milonga del Ángel
3. La resurrección del Ángel
Volker Schlott / Jocelyn B Smith
4. Let us praise Him
Giacomo Carissimi
5. Plorate
Claude Debussy
6. La Cathédrale engloutie
Arvo Pärt
7. Fratres
Volker Schlott
8. A solis ortus cardine
Giuseppe Verdi
9. Ave Maria
Johann Sebastian Bach
10. Jesus bleibet meine Freude
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
11. Trio and Double Ouartet from Elijah
Markus Stockhausen
12. Miniatur (einer Seelenreise)

CD 3 As time goes by
1. Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
Jule Styne, Leo Robin
2. Main Theme (Basic lnstinct)
Jerry Goldsmith
3. The Man with the Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West)
Ennio Morricone
4. La Strada
Nino Rota, Michele Galdieri
5. Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette)
Vincent Youmans, lrving Caesar, Otto Harbach
6. Lullaby of Birdland (The Fabulous Baker Boys)
George Shearing, George David Weiss
7. As Time Goes By (Casablanca)
Herman Hupfeld
8. Family Portrait (Harry Potter and the Philosopher‘s Stone)
John Williams
9. Poverty/Deborah’s Theme (Once Upon a Time in America)
Ennio Morricone
10. Catch Me lf You Can
John Williams
11. Main Theme from Titanic (Titanic)
James Horner
12. I Could Have Done More (Schindler’s List)
John Williams
13. The Windmills of Your Mind (The Thomas Crown Affair)
Michel Legrand, Alan & Marilyn Bergman
14. The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)
Terry Gilkyson
15. Love Me Tender (Love Me Tender)
Elvis Presley, Vera Matson
16. Love Scene (Vertigo)
Bernard Herrman

CD 4 ’Round Midnight
Juan Tizol / Duke Ellington
1. Caravan
Leonard Bernstein
2. America
3. Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen (Spiritual)
George Gershwin
4. Clap Yo’ Hands
Henry Mancini
5. Theme from 'The Pink Panther'
Glen Miller
6. Moonlight Serenade
Sergio Cárdenas
7. The Flower is a Key (A Rap for Mozart)
George Gershwin
8. Prelude No.2
Robert Brookmeyer
America 2002, In Memoriam
9. Part 1
10. Part 2
11. Deep River (Spiritual)
Shigeaki Saegusa
12. Ragtime
Chick Corea
13. Spain
Thelonious Monk / Cootie Williams
14. ’Round Midnight

CD 5 South American Gateway
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No.1
1. I Introdução (Embolada)
2. II Prelúdio (Modinha)
3. III Fuga (Conversa)
Astor Piazzolla
4. Fuga y Misterio
Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann
5. 'Die 12' in Bossa-nova (Variações brasileiras)
Chabuca Granda
6. La Flor de la Canela
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No.5
7. I Ária (Cantilena)
8. II Dança (Martelo)
Jorge Ben
9. Más que nada
Astor Piazzolla
10. Adiós Nonino
11. Chiquilín de Bachín
Horario Salgan
12. A fuego lento
Burt Bacharach
13. South American Gateway

CD 6 Beatles in Classics
1. Yellow Submarine (Lennon & McCartney)
2. Let lt Be (Lennon & McCartney)
3. Something (Harrison)
4. The Fool on The Hill (Lennon & McCartney)
5. Help (Lennon & McCartney)
6. Yesterday (Lennon & McCartney)
7. Michelle (Lennon & McCartney)
8. A Hard Day‘s Night (Lennon & McCartney)
9. Norwegian Wood (Lennon & McCartney)
10. Here, There and Everywhere (Lennon & McCartney)
11. I Can’t Buy Me Love (Lennon & McCartney)
12. Hey Jude (Lennon & McCartney)

CD 7 Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker Vol.2 (CD premiere)
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No.1
1. I Ária (Cantilena)
2. II Dança (Martelo)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Die Kunst der Fuge
3. Kontrapunctus I
4. Canon XIVa
in Hypodiatesseron al roverscio e per augmentationem, perpetuus
5. Kontrapunctus V
Antonio Bertali (Arr. Christoph Kapler)
6. Sonata a due Chori: Grave • Allegro • Allegro • Recitativo • Allegro • Grave
Noam Sheriff
Tre’y Assar: Dodecalogue for12 Violoncellos
7. Lento
8. Allegro
Leonard Bernstein
9. Maria from West Side Story

CD 8 Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker Vol.1
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No.1
1. I Introdução (Embolada)
2. II Prelúdio (Modinha)
3. III Fuga (Conversa)
Iannis Xenakis
4. Windungen (1976) für 12 Violoncellisten
Helmut Eder
Melodia – Ritmica op.59 No.1 (1972) für 12 Violoncelli
5. Melodia
6. Ritmica
Traditional (Arr. Gerhard Roither)
7. Gospel Train
John Lennon – Paul McCartney (Arr. Werner Müller)
8. Yesterday
William Christopher Handy (Arr. Werner Müller)
9. St Louis Blues