Beethoven - The New Complete Essential Edition

All of Beethoven’s music – on 95 discs.

To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth in 2020, Deutsche Grammophon created the most comprehensive and complete set of his works ever issued.

This Essential Edition features Beethoven’s entire oeuvre in legendary interpretations from DG’s unrivalled Beethoven catalogue, along with an array of treasures from Decca and many other labels.

Over 115 hours of music featuring recordings by many of the greatest Beethoven performers, ranging from Karl Böhm to Alfred Brendel, Claudio Arrau to the Amadeus Quartet, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to Pierre Fournier, Emil Gilels to John Eliot Gardiner, Wilhelm Kempff to Herbert von Karajan, Yehudi Menuhin to Anne-Sophie Mutter, and Murray Perahia to Maurizio Pollini.

More than two hours of rarities, newly-recorded music including several world-premieres with Lang Lang, Daniel Hope and Tobias Koch.

95 CDs colour-coded for easy navigation

Booklet supplement with detailed tracklists of lengthy CD programmes

Contents:

Vol.1 Orchestral Music

CD 1-10: Symphonies, Overtures etc.    
- Abbado, Bernstein, Böhm, Chailly, Giulini, Karajan, Kleiber, Monteux, Nelsons, Szell

CD 11-18: Concertos      
- Argerich, Barenboim, Brendel, Buchbinder, Gulda, Kempff, Mutter, Pollini, Repin, Zimerman

Vol.2 Music for the Stage

CD 19-22: Ballet Music, Incidental Music, Dances & Marches    
- Abbado, Chung, Karajan, Maazel, Marriner

CD 23-26: Opera
- Abbado, Gardiner

Vol.3 Keyboard Music

CD 27-46: Piano Sonatas & Keyboard Works      
- Arrau, Ashkenazy, Brendel, Cascioli, Curzon, de Larrocha, Freire, Gilels, Grimaud, Gulda, Kissin, Kocsis, Kovacevich, Lang Lang, Lupu, Perahia, Pletnev, Pollini, Uchida

Vol.4 Chamber Music

CD 47-50: Violin Sonatas           
- Dumay, Kremer, Menuhin, Mutter, Perlman

CD 51-52: Cello Sonatas             
- Maisky

CD 53-54: Flute & Other Duos  
- Gallois, Hagen Quartett, Tuckwell

CD 55-59: Piano Trios   
- Beaux Arts Trio, Mullova/Schiff/Previn, Szeryng/Kempff/Fournier

CD 60-62: String Trios  
- Mutter/Giuranna/Rostropovich

CD 63-72: String Quartets          
- Emerson String Quartet, Hagen Quartett, Takacs Quartet

CD 73-76: Large Chamber Music            
- Amadeus Quartet

Vol.5 Lieder & Partsongs

CD 77-80
- Fischer-Dieskau, Schreier, Stolte

Vol.6 Folksong Settings

CD 81-87
- Lott/Murray/Wyn-Davies/Ainsley/Allen/Maltman/Spence

Vol.7 Vocal Works with Orchestra

CD 88: Vocal Works with Orchestra       
- Abbado, Tilson Thomas

CD 89-91: Masses, Cantatas      
- Chung, Gardiner, Karajan, Thielemann

CD 92: Christus am Ölberge      
- Klee

Vol. 8 World Premieres & Rarities

CD 93-95