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Great deal with some complains

tarek elshennawy | Alexandria, Egypt | 06/10/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"selection of composers:

The 10 great composers without chopin, tchaikovsky, or haydn ?

in my opinion, this set would have been consisted of 20 composers, each with 5 cds. we can add liszt, wagner, richard strauss, mahler, debussy, ravel, rachmaninov, stravinsky, in addition to the three mentioned above, and diclude telemann.

contents:

no contents are available. i buyed it on a risk. here are the contents:

1) mozart: symphony 38, 40, 41, piano concerto 20, 21, 23, violin concerto 1, 2, 3, clarinet concerto, flute & harp concerto, flute concerto 1, 2, piano sonatas 11, 12, 13, 14, eine kleine nachtmusic, serenatta notturno, posthorn serenade, oboe quartet, horn quintet, clarinet quintet, and the requim

2) beethoven: symphony 5, 6, 9, piano concerto 1, 3, 4, 5, violin concerto, romance for violin 1, 2, violin sonata kreutzer, fruhling, piano sonatas pathetique, appassionata, pastoral, waldstein, les adieux, diabelli variations and bagatelles

3) mendelssohn: symphony 1, 3, 4, 5, piano concerto 1, 2, piano trio 1, 2, piano sextet, octet, songs without words, a midsummer night's dream, violin concertos and pslam cantatas

4) brahms: symphony 1, 2, 3, 4, piano concerto 1, 2, violin concerto, double concerto, horn trio, piano quintet, violin sonatas, hungarian dances and german requim

5) schubert: symphony 3, 5, 8, 9, trout quintet, octet, impromptus, string quartet rosamunde, death and the maiden, piano sonatas, string quintet, die schone mullerin and mass # 6

6) handel: royal fireworks, water music, concerto grosso op 6 # 1:12, flute sonatas, coronation anthems, israel in egypt, messiah

7) telemann: tafelmusic (3 volumes), trumpet concertos, oboe concertos, various instruments concertos, matthaus passion

8) dvorak: symphony 8, 9, piano concerto, cello concerto, violin concerto, string quintets, string quartets, slavonic dances, symphonic poems

9) bach: brandenberg concertos 1:6, violin concertos, double concertos, goldberg variations, cello suites 1, 3, 5, organ works, johannes passion and cantatas

10) vivaldi: violin concertos op 8 1:12 (including the four seasons), recorder concertos, organ concertos, bassoon concertos, concertos per archi, concertos da camera, concertos for various instruments and Gloria

Packaging, price & sound quality:

perfect

performers:

some big names: colin davis conducting mozart's serenades, blomstedt conducting beethoven symphonies, brendel playing diabelli variations, lill on the piano sonatas, marriner and st. martin on handel, menuhin conducting dvorak's 8, jarvi conducting the 9, other performers are not so famous but of really very good playing"

Awesome Product In My Opinion

Crazed Collector | Ontario, Canada | 12/24/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"First let me state I am no expert when it comes to classical music. In fact, I am more of an amateur. However, I do know a thing or 2 about quality, quantity, and many other things. Thus being said as far as I can tell this is a perfect box set for newb's, amateur's, and at least intermediate's (if not everyone) to the classical genre.



Selection:

As there are 10 CD's per each of the 10 Composers there is quite a lot of choice. There are the greatest masterpieces of each of these greatest composers all the way down to some unexpected yet still beautiful very short pieces. If you want to have a good and VARIED-ENCOMPASSING collection from what is probably the 10 best classical composers of all time yet don't want to strain your budget or space, this collection is what you want.



Quality:

The recording quality is astounding. I have yet-to-hear a single recording hiss, pop, crack, or other artifact. It seems perfect. As the main review states, 'performances are by prominent musicians' and it deffinatly seems to show. Like I said I am no expert, but the lows are low, the highs are high. The crescendo's and decrescendo's smooth. There does not seem to be any unintentional pauses or hiccups by the musicians. After all these are apparantly the best recordings of the best orchestra's and musicians in recording history for these pieces.



Packaging:

Of course the old saying 'you get what you pay for' always applies. However, the outside box is beautiful and better than what you would expect for the price. The overall container is about a 'shelf-box design', DESIGNED to be on display. There are 10 individual boxes (1 for each composer/artist), fairly easy to remove and labelled clearly. Inside each 1 composite box are 10 lose-sleeves housing a CD each. Which of course is nothing special, but all you really need is what is given there (a container with information on what the CD holds).



Price:

In my opinion the $100 - $120 price range is well worth this collaboration."