Harmonia Mundi: '50 - Le Coffret du Cinquantième Anniversaire

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Annotation

Cardboard box; all mediums in separate cardboard sleeves. Individual cat#s run from HMX 2908250 - HMX 2908279.

Includes an extensive booklet, + a CD-ROM with most texts of the vocal works translated into French, English and German, where necessary (.pdf).

Annotation last modified on 2026-02-09 19:14 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Historic Organs (CD 1): François Couperin - Messe à l'usage des Paroisses / Concert à l'orgue de Covarrubias
2▶CD: Historic Organs (CD 2): Georg Muffat - Apparatus Musico-Organisticus
3▶CD: Alfred Deller Years (CD 1): Henry Purcell - King Arthur (1)
4▶CD: Alfred Deller Years (CD 2): Henry Purcell - King Arthur (2) / The Folksong Recital
5▶CD: Voices from the Middle Ages (CD 1): Prière de Maria-Madeleine / Messe de saint Marcel / La Comtessa de Dia / Laudes & Vêpres pour la fête de sainte Ursule
6▶CD: Voices from the Middle Ages (CD 2): Guillaume Dufay - Intégrale des Motets isorythmiques
7▶CD: J.S. Bach, a Passion (CD 1): J.S. Bach - Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (1)
8▶CD: J.S. Bach, a Passion (CD 2): J.S. Bach - Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (2)
9▶CD: J.S. Bach, a Passion (CD 3): J.S. Bach - Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (3) / Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079
10▶CD: J.S. Bach, a Passion (CD 4): J.S. Bach - Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
11▶CD: The "Atys" Years: Jean-Baptiste Lully - Atys
12▶CD: The "Atys" Years: Jean-Baptiste Lully - Atys
13▶CD: The "Atys" Years: Jean-Baptiste Lully - Atys (3) / Marin Marais - La Gamme
14▶CD: The Masters of Baroque Music (CD 1): Claudio Monteverdi - Pianto della Madonna / Heinrich Ignaz Biber - Rosenkranz-Sonaten / Antonio Vivaldi - Stabat Mater
15▶CD: The Masters of Baroque Music (CD 2): Georg Philipp Telemann - Trauer-Kantate / Jean Henry d'Anglebert - Pièces de clavecin
16▶CD: 50 Years of Discoveries (CD 1): Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book
17▶CD: 50 Years of Discoveries (CD 2): Adriano Banchieri - Barca di Venetia per Padova / Georg Philip Telemann - "La Bizarre" / Armand-Louis Couperin - Simphonie de clavecins / Johann Schobert - Quatuor
18▶CD: 50 Years of Discoveries (CD 3): Reinhard Keiser - Croesus (1)
19▶CD: 50 Years of Discoveries (CD 4): Reinhard Keiser - Croesus (2)
20▶CD: 50 Years of Discoveries (CD 5): Reinhard Keiser - Croesus (3)
21▶CD: The Classical Style Revisited: Joseph Haydn - Piano trio n°39 / W.A. Mozart - 6 Deutsche Tänze KV 509 / Joseph Haydn - Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre Hob. VIIb:1 / W.A. Mozart - Symphonie n°38 "Prague"
22▶CD: The Heart of Romanticism (CD 1): Gioacchino Rossini - Petite Messe solennelle
23▶CD: The Heart of Romanticism (CD 2): Gioacchino Rossini - Sonate a quattro / Robert Schumann - Frauenliebe und -leben op. 42 / Johannes Brahms - Sonate pour clarinette et piano, op. 120 / Hugo Wolf - Goethe-Lieder
24▶CD: A New Look at Masterpieces (CD 1): Jean-Philippe Rameau - Suite en Sol / Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonie N°3 op. 55 "Eroica"
25▶CD: A New Look at Masterpieces (CD 2): Hector Berlioz - Nuit d'été op. 7 / Manuel de Falla - El amor brujo
26▶CD: A New Generation of Musicians (CD 1): Franz Schubert - Fantaisie en Ut Majeur / Sonate D.960
27▶CD: A New Generation of Musicians (CD 2): Frederic Chopin - Complete Ballades / Franz Liszt - La Lugubre Gondole / Dmitry Shostakovich - String Quartet no. 8 op. 110
28▶CD: From the Past to the Future (CD 1): Ernest Chausson - Quatuor / Aaron Copland - Trio Vitebsk / Leoš Janáček - Sur un sentier recouvert
29▼CD: From the Past to the Future (CD 2): Leoš Janáček - Quatuor à cordes n°2 "Lettres intimes" / Béla Bartók - Contrastes / Arvo Pärt - Berliner Messe
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1Quatuor à cordes No. 2 "Lettres intimes": Andante. Con Moto. Allegro
string quartet:
Melos Quartett (Melos Quartet)
recording of:
String Quartet no. 2 “Intimate Letters”: I. Andante (ended)
composer:
Leoš Janáček (Czech composer) (in 1928)
part of:
String Quartet no. 2 “Intimate Letters”
Leoš Janáček6:23
2Quatuor à cordes No. 2 "Lettres intimes": Adagio. Vivace
string quartet:
Melos Quartett (Melos Quartet)
recording of:
String Quartet no. 2 “Intimate Letters”: II. Adagio (ended)
composer:
Leoš Janáček (Czech composer) (in 1928)
part of:
String Quartet no. 2 “Intimate Letters”
Leoš Janáček6:09
3Quatuor à cordes No. 2 "Lettres intimes": Moderato. Andante. Adagio
string quartet:
Melos Quartett (Melos Quartet)
recording of:
String Quartet no. 2 “Intimate Letters”: III. Moderato (ended)
composer:
Leoš Janáček (Czech composer) (in 1928)
part of:
String Quartet no. 2 “Intimate Letters”
Leoš Janáček5:37
4Quatuor à cordes No. 2 "Lettres intimes": Allegro. Andante. Adagio
string quartet:
Melos Quartett (Melos Quartet)
recording of:
String Quartet no. 2 “Intimate Letters”: IV. Allegro (ended)
composer:
Leoš Janáček (Czech composer) (in 1928)
part of:
String Quartet no. 2 “Intimate Letters”
Leoš Janáček7:41
5Contrastes: I. Verbunkos
clarinet:
Walter Boeykens (Belgian conductor & clarinetist)
piano:
Robert Groslot (Belgian pianist, composer, conductor)
violin:
Marjeta Korosec (Slovenia-born Belgian violinist)
recording of:
Kontrasztok, Sz. 111: I. Verbunkos. Moderato, ben ritmico (in 1990-11)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1938)
part of:
Kontrasztok, Sz. 111 (Contrasts, Sz. 111)
Béla Bartók5:28
6Contrastes: II. Piheno
clarinet:
Walter Boeykens (Belgian conductor & clarinetist)
piano:
Robert Groslot (Belgian pianist, composer, conductor)
violin:
Marjeta Korosec (Slovenia-born Belgian violinist)
recording of:
Kontrasztok, Sz. 111: II. Pihenő. Lento (in 1990-11)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1938)
part of:
Kontrasztok, Sz. 111 (Contrasts, Sz. 111)
Béla Bartók4:50
7Contrastes: III. Sebes
clarinet:
Walter Boeykens (Belgian conductor & clarinetist)
piano:
Robert Groslot (Belgian pianist, composer, conductor)
violin:
Marjeta Korosec (Slovenia-born Belgian violinist)
recording of:
Kontrasztok, Sz. 111: III. Sebes. Allegro vivace (in 1990-11)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1938)
part of:
Kontrasztok, Sz. 111 (Contrasts, Sz. 111)
Béla Bartók7:00
8Berliner Messe: Kyrie
engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
producer:
Stephen Johns (producer)
editor:
Paul F. Witt (engineer/editor)
organ:
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organist) (in 1998)
baritone vocals:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
choir vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
countertenor vocals:
Steven Rickards (countertenor) (in 1998)
soprano vocals:
Ellen Hargis (classical soprano singer) (in 1998)
tenor vocals:
Paul Elliott (US tenor vocalist, member of Theatre of Voices) (in 1998)
vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
recording of:
Berliner Messe: I. Kyrie (in 1998)
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer)
part of:
Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass)
Arvo Pärt3:08
9Berliner Messe: Gloria
engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
producer:
Stephen Johns (producer)
editor:
Paul F. Witt (engineer/editor)
organ:
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organist) (in 1998)
baritone vocals:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
choir vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
countertenor vocals:
Steven Rickards (countertenor) (in 1998)
soprano vocals:
Ellen Hargis (classical soprano singer) (in 1998)
tenor vocals:
Paul Elliott (US tenor vocalist, member of Theatre of Voices) (in 1998)
vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
recording of:
Berliner Messe: II. Gloria (in 1998)
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer)
part of:
Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass)
Arvo Pärt3:26
10Berliner Messe: First Alleluia Verse
engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
producer:
Stephen Johns (producer)
editor:
Paul F. Witt (engineer/editor)
organ:
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organist) (in 1998)
choir vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
soprano vocals:
Ellen Hargis (classical soprano singer) (in 1998)
tenor vocals:
Alan Bennett (tenor) (in 1998) and Paul Elliott (US tenor vocalist, member of Theatre of Voices) (in 1998)
vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
recording of:
Berliner Messe: III. Erster Alleluiavers (in 1998)
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer)
part of:
Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass)
Arvo Pärt1:02
11Berliner Messe: Second Alleluia Verse
engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
producer:
Stephen Johns (producer)
editor:
Paul F. Witt (engineer/editor)
organ:
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organist) (in 1998)
choir vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
soprano vocals:
Ellen Hargis (classical soprano singer) (in 1998)
tenor vocals:
Alan Bennett (tenor) (in 1998) and Paul Elliott (US tenor vocalist, member of Theatre of Voices) (in 1998)
vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
recording of:
Berliner Messe: IV. Zweiter Alleluiavers (in 1998)
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer)
part of:
Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass)
Arvo Pärt1:23
12Berliner Messe: Veni Sancte Spiritus
engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
producer:
Stephen Johns (producer)
editor:
Paul F. Witt (engineer/editor)
organ:
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organist) (in 1998)
baritone vocals:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
choir vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
countertenor vocals:
Steven Rickards (countertenor) (in 1998)
soprano vocals:
Ellen Hargis (classical soprano singer) (in 1998)
tenor vocals:
Alan Bennett (tenor) (in 1998)
vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
recording of:
Berliner Messe: V. Veni Sancte Spiritus (in 1998)
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer)
part of:
Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass)
Arvo Pärt4:04
13Berliner Messe: Credo
engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
producer:
Stephen Johns (producer)
editor:
Paul F. Witt (engineer/editor)
organ:
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organist) (in 1998)
baritone vocals:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
choir vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
soprano vocals:
Ellen Hargis (classical soprano singer) (in 1998)
tenor vocals:
Paul Elliott (US tenor vocalist, member of Theatre of Voices) (in 1998)
vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
recording of:
Berliner Messe: VI. Credo (in 1998)
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer)
part of:
Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass)
Arvo Pärt4:01
14Berliner Messe: Sanctus
engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
producer:
Stephen Johns (producer)
editor:
Paul F. Witt (engineer/editor)
organ:
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organist) (in 1998)
baritone vocals:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
choir vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
tenor vocals:
Alan Bennett (tenor) (in 1998) and Paul Elliott (US tenor vocalist, member of Theatre of Voices) (in 1998)
vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
recording of:
Berliner Messe: VII. Sanctus (in 1998)
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer)
part of:
Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass)
Arvo Pärt3:55
15Berliner Messe: Agnus Dei
engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
producer:
Stephen Johns (producer)
editor:
Paul F. Witt (engineer/editor)
organ:
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organist) (in 1998)
baritone vocals:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
choir vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
countertenor vocals:
Steven Rickards (countertenor) (in 1998)
soprano vocals:
Ellen Hargis (classical soprano singer) (in 1998)
tenor vocals:
Alan Bennett (tenor) (in 1998)
vocals:
Theatre of Voices (vocal ensemble founded by Paul Hillier) (in 1998)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (in 1998)
recording of:
Berliner Messe: VIII. Agnus Dei (in 1998)
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer)
part of:
Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass)
Arvo Pärt2:23

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lute:Paul O’Dette (American conductor and lute player specialising in early music)
pipe organ:René Saorgin (French organist)
orchestra:Les Arts Florissants (French baroque ensemble)
La Chapelle Royale (French baroque vocal ensemble)
Continuo
Deller Consort (UK vocal & instrumental early music ensemble)
Huelgas Ensemble (Belgian early music ensemble)
The King’s Musick
conductor:William Christie (harpsichordist and conductor)
Marcus Creed (conductor)
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
Philippe Herreweghe (Belgian conductor)
Paul Van Nevel (Belgian conductor & musicologist)
choir vocals:Collegium Vocale Gent
Deller Consort (UK vocal & instrumental early music ensemble)
RIAS Kammerchor (German chamber choir)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/4432254 [info]
ASIN:FR: B000VIFM1S [info]