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
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1Sonate a quattro en Si bémol Majeur: Allegro vivace
orchestra:
Ensemble Explorations (Belgian early music ensemble founded by Roel Dieltiens)
conductor:
Roel Dieltiens (Belgian cellist & composer)
recording of:
String Sonata no. 4 in B-flat major: I. Allegro vivace
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer) (in 1804)
part of:
String Sonata no. 4 in B-flat major (Sonata a quattro no. 4)
Gioachino Rossini7:26
2Sonate a quattro en Si bémol Majeur: Andante
orchestra:
Ensemble Explorations (Belgian early music ensemble founded by Roel Dieltiens)
conductor:
Roel Dieltiens (Belgian cellist & composer)
recording of:
String Sonata no. 4 in B-flat major: II. Andante
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer) (in 1804)
part of:
String Sonata no. 4 in B-flat major (Sonata a quattro no. 4)
Gioachino Rossini4:22
3Sonate a quattro en Si bémol Majeur: Allegretto
orchestra:
Ensemble Explorations (Belgian early music ensemble founded by Roel Dieltiens)
conductor:
Roel Dieltiens (Belgian cellist & composer)
recording of:
String Sonata no. 4 in B-flat major: III. Allegretto
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer) (in 1804)
part of:
String Sonata no. 4 in B-flat major (Sonata a quattro no. 4)
Gioachino Rossini3:10
4Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42: "Seit ich ihn gesehen"
engineer and producer:
Peter Laenger (engineer/producer)
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist) (in 2001-06)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) (in 2001-06)
recorded at:
Reitstadel in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 2001-06)
recording of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42: Nr. 1. Seit ich ihn gesehen (in 2001-06)
lyricist:
Adelbert von Chamisso
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
Robert Schumann2:13
5Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42: "Er, der Herrlichste von allen"
engineer and producer:
Peter Laenger (engineer/producer)
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist) (in 2001-06)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) (in 2001-06)
recorded at:
Reitstadel in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 2001-06)
recording of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42: Nr. 2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen (in 2001-06)
lyricist:
Adelbert von Chamisso
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
Robert Schumann3:05
6Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42: "Ich kann's nicht fassen"
engineer and producer:
Peter Laenger (engineer/producer)
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist) (in 2001-06)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) (in 2001-06)
recorded at:
Reitstadel in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 2001-06)
recording of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42: Nr. 3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben (in 2001-06)
lyricist:
Adelbert von Chamisso
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
Robert Schumann1:47
7Fauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42: Du Ring an meinem Finger
engineer and producer:
Peter Laenger (engineer/producer)
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist) (in 2001-06)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) (in 2001-06)
recorded at:
Reitstadel in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 2001-06)
recording of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42: Nr. 4. Du Ring an meinem Finger (in 2001-06)
lyricist:
Adelbert von Chamisso
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
Robert Schumann2:37
8Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42: "Helft mir, ihr Schwestern"
engineer and producer:
Peter Laenger (engineer/producer)
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist) (in 2001-06)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) (in 2001-06)
recorded at:
Reitstadel in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 2001-06)
recording of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42: Nr. 5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern (in 2001-06)
lyricist:
Adelbert von Chamisso
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
Robert Schumann1:58
9Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42: "Süßer Freund"
engineer and producer:
Peter Laenger (engineer/producer)
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist) (in 2001-06)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) (in 2001-06)
recorded at:
Reitstadel in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 2001-06)
recording of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42: Nr. 6. Süßer Freund, du blickest (in 2001-06)
lyricist:
Adelbert von Chamisso
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
Robert Schumann3:56
10Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42: "An meinem Herzen"
engineer and producer:
Peter Laenger (engineer/producer)
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist) (in 2001-06)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) (in 2001-06)
recorded at:
Reitstadel in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 2001-06)
recording of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42: Nr. 7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust (in 2001-06)
lyricist:
Adelbert von Chamisso
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
Robert Schumann1:18
11Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42: "Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan"
engineer and producer:
Peter Laenger (engineer/producer)
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist) (in 2001-06)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) (in 2001-06)
recorded at:
Reitstadel in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 2001-06)
recording of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42: Nr. 8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan (in 2001-06)
lyricist:
Adelbert von Chamisso
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
Robert Schumann3:31
12Sonate pour clarinette et piano, Op. 120 No. 1 en Fa mineur: Allegro appassionato
clarinet:
Michel Portal (French composer, saxophonist and clarinetist)
piano:
Georges Pludermacher (pianist)
recording of:
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano no. 1 in F minor, op. 120 no. 1: I. Allegro appassionato
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1894)
part of:
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano no. 1 in F minor, op. 120 no. 1
Johannes Brahms8:26
13Sonate pour clarinette et piano, Op. 120 No. 1 en Fa mineur: Andante un poco adagio
clarinet:
Michel Portal (French composer, saxophonist and clarinetist)
piano:
Georges Pludermacher (pianist)
recording of:
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano no. 1 in F minor, op. 120 no. 1: II. Andante un poco adagio
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1894)
part of:
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano no. 1 in F minor, op. 120 no. 1
Johannes Brahms6:01
14Sonate pour clarinette et piano, Op. 120 No. 1 en Fa mineur: Allegretto grazioso
clarinet:
Michel Portal (French composer, saxophonist and clarinetist)
piano:
Georges Pludermacher (pianist)
recording of:
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano no. 1 in F minor, op. 120 no. 1: III. Allegretto grazioso
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1894)
part of:
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano no. 1 in F minor, op. 120 no. 1
Johannes Brahms4:37
15Sonate pour clarinette et piano, Op. 120 No. 1 en Fa mineur: Vivace
clarinet:
Michel Portal (French composer, saxophonist and clarinetist)
piano:
Georges Pludermacher (pianist)
recording of:
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano no. 1 in F minor, op. 120 no. 1: IV. Vivace
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1894)
part of:
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano no. 1 in F minor, op. 120 no. 1
Johannes Brahms5:44
16Goethe-Lieder: Mignon
baritone vocals:
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
choir vocals:
Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Chorus)
soprano vocals:
Juliane Banse (soprano)
orchestra:
Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin (aka RIAS‐Symphonie‐Orchester, 1946–1956 / Radio‐Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, 1956–1993)
conductor:
Kent Nagano (conductor)
recording of:
Goethe-Lieder: Nr. 5. Mignon I "Heiß mich nicht reden"
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Hugo Wolf (Austrian composer of Slovenian descent) (in 1875)
part of:
Goethe-Lieder
Hugo Wolf6:20
17Goethe-Lieder: Der Rattenfänger
baritone vocals:
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
choir vocals:
Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Chorus)
soprano vocals:
Juliane Banse (soprano)
orchestra:
Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin (aka RIAS‐Symphonie‐Orchester, 1946–1956 / Radio‐Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, 1956–1993)
conductor:
Kent Nagano (conductor)
recording of:
Goethe-Lieder: Nr. 11. Der Rattenfänger "Ich bin der wohlbekannte Sänger"
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Hugo Wolf (Austrian composer of Slovenian descent) (in 1875)
is based on:
Der Rattenfänger (Poem)
part of:
Goethe-Lieder
Hugo Wolf2:53
18Goethe-Lieder: Harfenspieler I
baritone vocals:
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
choir vocals:
Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Chorus)
soprano vocals:
Juliane Banse (soprano)
orchestra:
Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin (aka RIAS‐Symphonie‐Orchester, 1946–1956 / Radio‐Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, 1956–1993)
conductor:
Kent Nagano (conductor)
recording of:
Goethe-Lieder: Nr. 1. Harfenspieler I "Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt" (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Hugo Wolf (Austrian composer of Slovenian descent) (in 1875)
part of:
Goethe-Lieder
Hugo Wolf3:10
19Goethe-Lieder: Harfenspieler II
baritone vocals:
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
choir vocals:
Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Chorus)
soprano vocals:
Juliane Banse (soprano)
orchestra:
Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin (aka RIAS‐Symphonie‐Orchester, 1946–1956 / Radio‐Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, 1956–1993)
conductor:
Kent Nagano (conductor)
recording of:
Goethe-Lieder: Nr. 2. Harfenspieler II "An die Türen will ich schleichen" (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Hugo Wolf (Austrian composer of Slovenian descent) (in 1875)
part of:
Goethe-Lieder
Hugo Wolf2:20
20Goethe-Lieder: Harfenspieler III
baritone vocals:
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
choir vocals:
Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Chorus)
soprano vocals:
Juliane Banse (soprano)
orchestra:
Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin (aka RIAS‐Symphonie‐Orchester, 1946–1956 / Radio‐Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, 1956–1993)
conductor:
Kent Nagano (conductor)
recording of:
Goethe-Lieder: Nr. 3. Harfenspieler III "Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß" (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Hugo Wolf (Austrian composer of Slovenian descent) (in 1875)
part of:
Goethe-Lieder
Hugo Wolf2:37
21Goethe-Lieder: Anakreons Grab
baritone vocals:
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
choir vocals:
Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Chorus)
soprano vocals:
Juliane Banse (soprano)
orchestra:
Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin (aka RIAS‐Symphonie‐Orchester, 1946–1956 / Radio‐Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, 1956–1993)
conductor:
Kent Nagano (conductor)
recording of:
Goethe-Lieder: Nr. 29. Anakreons Grab "Wo die Rose hier blüht" (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Hugo Wolf (Austrian composer of Slovenian descent) (in 1875, on 1888-11-04)
part of:
Goethe-Lieder
Hugo Wolf2:02
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

Credits

Release

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]