Teldec Box

i have bought a bunch of these boxes in the last year. this one was of a series that was offered last year. i got all three of them. this set from the start grabbed my interests. i have heard all the discs by now and can say i learned about more music than i knew about before listening . my personal favorite surprise is the beautiful solo piano version of Beethoven's 9th. fantastic and mind blowing for people like me that had no idea Liszt was writing this music. this was a great addition to my collection. if bought and not enjoyed complain to me. i will not do anything at all, but you will feel better. then play disc 3 again.

Fabulous mastering and production, a superlative musical set of selections for the music lover. The interpretations of this reportoire is splendid. The diverse selections and masterful performances leave little to be desired. More than a worthwhile set to pick up for your collection. The price on this set has doubled new since 2017. Highly recommend.

Great sonics and well known performances, superb to say the least.Well worth

Teldec was a music label founded as Telefunken-Decca Schallplatten in 1950 in Hamburg, Germany. When it went out of business in 2001, its name and fabulous catalog were purchased by the Warner Music Group, which released this delightful 50-CD sampler.These recordings feature such great classical artists as conductors Andrew Davis, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Giuseppe Sinopoli; pianists Martha Argerich, Boris Berezovsky, and András Schiff; violinists Maxim Vengerov and Gidon Kremer; and vocalists Thomas Hampson, Dawn Upshaw, and Chanticleer. For decades, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Daniel Barenboim both recorded exclusively for Teldec; you'll hear the former conducting Beethoven, Haydn, Schumann, and Strauss, while the latter not only conducts Mahler and Wagner but also plays Mozart piano concertos and Argentinian tangos.There is enormous variety in this big set, and all types of classical music are represented: romantic and contemporary, orchestral and chamber, solo and choral, warhorses and rarities. Although it includes a number of well-known symphonies and concertos by the major composers, many of the modern choices are far less obvious: works by Webern, Ligeti, Birtwistle, and Messiaen, as well as a 1930 recording of Kurt Weill’s Dreigroschenoper. The classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, jazz saxophonist Paul Winter, and Brazilian percussionist Gaudencio Thiago de Mello collaborate on "Journey to the Amazon," a unique rendering of works by Latin-American composers.This anthology is an unmatched bargain: 50 discs in a sturdy box with a detailed booklet at the price of only a bit more than a dollar per disc. Alas, it does not feature original artwork on the sleeves, but there is such an abundance of splendid music that griping about this omission seems rather like nitpicking. Also recommended are the 51-CD box from Teldec's early music label Das Alte Werk and the 50-CD set from the French label Erato, likewise acquired by Warner.The following is a disc-by-disc listing of the contents by performer, composer, and work:1. András Schiff/Iván Fischer – Bartók: Piano Concertos 1-32. Chamber Orchestra Of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Beethoven: Symphonies 6 “Pastoral” & 83. Cyprien Katsaris – Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (Transcr. Liszt)4. Vermeer Quartet – Berlioz: String Quartets, Op.59 Nos. 2 & 3 “Rasumovsky”5. Claron Mcfadden/Arditti Quartet/Nash Ensemble/Reinbert De Leeuw – Birtwistle: Pulse Shadows6. Margaret Price/Samuel Ramey/André Previn – Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem7. Trio Fontenay – Brahms: Piano Trios 3 & 48. Thomas Zehetmair/Christoph Von Dohnányi – Brahms: Symphony No.3 / Violin Concerto9. Maxim Vengerov/Kurt Masur – Bruch / Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos10. New York Philharmonic/Kurt Masur – Bruckner: Symphony No.4 “Romantic”11. Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Frankfurt/Eliahu Inbal – Bruckner: Symphony No.912. Dawn Upshaw/Thomas Hampson/Hugh Wolff – Copland: Songs / Billy The Kid (Highlights)13. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Dvořák: Symphony No.9 “From The New World” / The Water Goblin14. BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis – Elgar: In The South / Symphony 215. Concertgebouw Orchestra/Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Haydn: Symphonies 103 “Drum Roll” & 104 “London”16. András Schiff – Haydn: Fantasia In C / Piano Sonatas 59–6217. Berliner Philharmoniker/Jonathan Nott – Ligeti: Lontano / Atmosphères / Apparitions / San Francisco Polyphony / Concert Românesc18. Boris Berezovsky – Liszt: Études D’exécution Transcendante19. Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim – Mahler: Symphony No.520. Barbara Bonney/Thomas Hampson – Mendelssohn: Lieder21. Gewandhausorchester/Kurt Masur – Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum22. Pierre-Laurent Aimard/Kent Nagano – Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony23. Various – Mozart: Famous Opera Arias24. Daniel Barenboim/Berliner Philharmoniker – Mozart: Rondo K382 / Piano Concertos K456 & 45925. London Philharmonic Choir And Orchestra/Zubin Mehta – Orff: Carmina Burana26. Thomas Zehetmair – Paganini: 24 Caprices For Solo Violin27. Güher & Süher Pekinel/Marek Janowski – Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval Des Animaux Poulenc: Concerto For 2 Pianos / Infante / Ravel28. Vladimir Krainev/Dmitri Kitaenko – Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 2 & 329. Martha Argerich/Alexandre Rabinovitch – Rachmaninov: Suites 1 “Fantaisie-Tableaux” & 2 / Symphonic Dances30. Dietrich Henschel/Irwin Gage – Schubert: Winterreise31. Alban Berg Quartet – Mozart: String Quartet K509 Schubert: String Quartets D804 “Rosamunde” & 17332. Peter Schreier/Christoph Eschenbach – Schumann: Dichterliebe / Liederkreis, Op.2433. Martha Argerich/Gidon Kremer/Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Schumann: Piano & Violin Concertos34. London Symphony Orchestra/Mstislav Rostropovich – Shostakovich: Symphony No.1035. Edita Gruberova/Josef Protschka/Werner Hollweg/Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Johann Strauss Ii: Die Fledermaus (Highlights)36. New York Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta – Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps / Symphony In Three Movements37. Borodin Quartet – Tchaikovsky: String Quartets 1 & In B Flat Major / Souvenir De Florence”38. Tasmin Little/Bbc Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis – Vaughan Williams: Symphony 6 / Tallis Fantasia / Lark Ascending39. Edita Gruberova/Neil Shicoff/Giorgio Zancanaro/John Eliot Gardiner – Verdi: La Traviata (Highlights)40. Bayreuther Festspiele/Daniel Barenboim – Wagner: Die Walküre (Highlights)41. Siegfried Jerusalem/Waltraud Meier/Daniel Barenboim – Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (Highlights)42. Sharon Kamm/Itamar Golan/Kurt Masur – Webern: Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2 / Grand Duo Concertant43. Staatskapelle Dresden/Giuseppe Sinopoli – Webern: Works For Orchestra44. Lotte Lenya/Kurt Gerron/Theo Mackeben – Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper (Abridged) / Nelson / Holländer / Grosz: Songs45. Daniel Barenboim/Rodolfo Mederos/Héctor Console – Mi Buenos Aires Querido46. Edita Gruberova/Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Opera And Oratorio Arias47. Sharon Isbin/Paul Winter/Thiago De Mello – Journey To The Amazon48. Jennifer Larmore/Carlo Rizzi – Opera Arias49. Sergei Nakariakov/Alexander Markovich – Trumpet And Piano Arrangements50. Chanticleer – Vocal Works By Sametz, Gibbons, Tallis, Gabrieli, R. Strauss, Shearer, Berlin, etc.

This is one of my favorite boxes, and I am an inveterate box-buyer. I had none of this music before, and as there are relatively few war-horses in here, I hadn't even heard of a lot of it, nor of some of the performers. Of course it's very subjective, but for me disc after disc got me excited and made me want to hear more by these artists. The overall quality of the performances is very high, and the recording quality is sensational. The Martha Argerich and Boris Berezovsky discs are now perhaps my two favorite discs of piano music, and I have a lot of piano music. You will (obviously) want to track down a list of the recordings [edit: actually, there is a list in the page, just click on the tiny picture] and artists before you make this kind of investment, but if it is material you have an interest in, I will vouch that the performing and recording quality is very good, even sparkling. The sleeves are nothing special, and just have tracks and time on them (no original jackets) and aren't particularly rugged, but the dark gray with the logo is pretty classy.

This contains a lot of diverse music which actually is a good sell point. All very well recorded. Since I am into box sets now, this is a great box to have included in my collection.

Teldec is a respected label, and I looked forward to this box set with anticipation. To start, the mastering and production is up to typical high standards. The documentation, such as it is, is minimal, which seems to be par for the course in these anthologies. As for the content, well, that's where it's a mixed bag. Teldec has a wide array of artists and repertoire to choose from, and this collection of CDs is eclectic, to say the least. There's some real gems (Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's 9th is a favorite) and some complete misses for me (such as the CD of Birtwistle). I found I skipped over about a quarter of the disks almost completely, simply as they were not of interest, which reduced the value of this box for me. With a higher per-CD cost than many other boxes, it's harder to recommend this one wholeheartedly. If you don't have a large collection, there's bound to be some CDs in here that will fill gaps and perhaps pique your interest, but for those of us with larger collections (and perhaps more clearly defined preferences), I found fewer "must haves" than I would have liked. The recordings are very good across all the disks.Also, there are quality control issues: four of the disks had surface flaws that were audible, annoyingly so.To say the box is a mixed bag is accurate: there's something for everyone here, but I doubt most people will like the complete box. I'll revisit a few of these CDs, but compared to other boxed anthologies available today, I was disappointed. Boxes like Das Alte Werke and the Erato box (from the same company) hold much more interest for me. Factor in the diverse collection in the Teldec box when making your choice of purchases: to me, this is not a "must have" or even a "must recommend".

Raccolta piuttosto eterogenea di cui non si individua un criterio definito che la renda una raccolta ragionata. Sarebbe stato meglio limitare il periodo delle incisioni o i generi e offrire qualche serie completa di incisioni.Ogni disco ha comunque il suo programma definito ed a sè stante e le incisioni sono generalmente pregevoli per qualità tecnica e/o significato anche sotrico. Peccato il non aver corredato i dischi delle copertine originali (almeno quelli che hanno mantenuto il programma invariato rispetto alle edizioni dei singoli CD), come diver raccolte simili di altre etichette fanno. Viste le premesse, l'ordine alfabetico dei compositori è un criterio di catalogazione tutto sommato comodo. Mi aspettavo un po' di più dal libretto a corredo dove ci sono elencati i dettagli dei contenuti dei CD (bene ed indispensabile date le scarne informazioni del retro di copertina dei CD) ma i cenni storici dell'etichetta e della collaborazione con gli artisti è molto superficiale e non aggiunge un gran ché a quello che potrebbe essere un semplice elenco di nomi e date.In sintesi: l'archivio a disposizione della prestigiosa etichetta Teldec avrebbe meritato una maggior cura e ricchezza nel ragionare e confezionare la raccolta; resta innegabile l'oggettivo valore delle incisioni ed il vantaggio economico che la raccolta comporta, soprattutto per chi parte da zero e vuole avere assaggi eterogenei ma di qualità del vasto repertorio classico,

Very pleased with this collection, looking forward to many hours of enjoyment. Superb audio quality. Teldec was a German label formed by Telefunken and Decca in 1950, acquired by Time Warner in 1987.A detailed listing of the 251 works included may be found at the ArkivMusic website, search 'teldec 50'.CD 1 ANDRÁS SCHIFF/IVÁN FISCHER - Bartók: Piano Concertos 1'3CD 2 CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE/NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT - Beethoven: Symphonies 6 'Pastoral' & 8CD 3 CYPRIEN KATSARIS Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (transcr. Liszt)CD 4 VERMEER QUARTET - Beethoven: String Quartets, op.59 nos. 2 & 3 'Rasumovsky'CD 5 CLARON MCFADDEN/ARDITTI QUARTET/NASH ENSEMBLE/REINBERT DE LEEUW - Birtwistle: Pulse ShadowsCD 6 MARGARET PRICE/SAMUEL RAMEY/ANDRÉ PREVIN - Brahms: Ein deutsches RequiemCD 7 TRIO FONTENAY Brahms: Piano Trios 3 & 4CD 8 THOMAS ZEHETMAIR/CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI - Brahms: Symphony No.3, Violin ConcertoCD 9 MAXIM VENGEROV/KURT'MASUR - Bruch/Mendelssohn: Violin ConcertosCD 10 NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC/KURT MASUR - Bruckner: Symphony No.4 'Romantic'CD 11 RADIO-SYMPHONIE-ORCHESTER FRANKFURT/ELIAHU INBAL - Bruckner: Symphony No.9CD 12 DAWN UPSHAW/THOMAS HAMPSON/HUGH WOLFF Copland: Songs, Billy the Kid (highlights)CD 13 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA/NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT - Dvorák: Symphony No.9 'From the New World', The Water GoblinCD 14 BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/ANDREW DAVIS - Elgar: In the South, Symphony 2CD 15 CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA/NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT - Haydn: Symphonies 103 'Drum Roll' & 104 'London'CD 16 ANDRÁS SCHIFF - Haydn: Fantasia in C, Piano Sonatas 59'62CD 17 BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER/JONATHAN NOTT - Ligeti: Lontano, Atmosphères, Apparitions, San Francisco Polyphony, Concert românescCD 18 BORIS BEREZOVSKY - Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendanteCD 19 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/DANIEL BARENBOIM - Mahler: Symphony No.5CD 20 BARBARA BONNEY/THOMAS HAMPSON - Mendelssohn: LiederCD 21 GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER/KURT MASUR - Mendelssohn: Ein SommernachtstraumCD 22 PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD/KENT NAGANO - Messiaen: Turangalîla SymphonyCD 23 Mozart: Famous Opera AriasCD 24 DANIEL BARENBOIM/BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER - Mozart: Rondo K382, Piano Concertos K456 & 459CD 25 LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA/ZUBIN MEHTA - Orff: Carmina BuranaCD 26 THOMAS ZEHETMAIR - Paganini: 24 Caprices for solo violinCD 27 GÜHER & SÜHER PEKINEL/MAREK JANOWSKI - Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des animaux, Poulenc: Concerto for 2 pianos, Infante, RavelCD 28 VLADIMIR KRAINEV/DMITRI KITAENKO - Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 2 & 3CD 29 MARTHA ARGERICH/ALEXANDRE RABINOVITCH - Rachmaninov: Suites 1 'Fantaisie-tableaux' & 2, Symphonic DancesCD 30 DIETRICH HENSCHEL/IRWIN GAGE - Schubert: WinterreiseCD 31 ALBAN BERG QUARTET - Mozart: String Quartet K509, Schubert: String Quartets D804 'Rosamunde' & 173CD 32 PETER SCHREIER/CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH - Schumann: Dichterliebe, Liederkreis, op.24CD 33 MARTHA ARGERICH/GIDON KREMER/NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT - Schumann: Piano & Violin ConcertosCD 34 LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH - Shostakovich: Symphony No.10CD 35 EDITA GRUBEROVA/JOSEF PROTSCHKA/WERNER HOLLWEG/NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT - Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (highlights)CD 36 NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC/ZUBIN MEHTA - Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps, Symphony in Three MovementsCD 37 BORODIN QUARTET - Tchaikovsky: String Quartets 1-3, Quartet movement in B flat, & "Souvenir de Florence'CD 38 TASMIN LITTLE/BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/ANDREW DAVIS - Vaughan Williams: Symphony 6, Tallis Fantasia, Lark AscendingCD 39 EDITA GRUBEROVA/NEIL SHICOFF/GIORGIO ZANCANARO/JOHN ELIOT GARDINER - Verdi: La traviata (highlights)CD 40 BAYREUTHER FESTSPIELE/DANIEL BARENBOIM - Wagner: Die Walküre (highlights)CD 41 SIEGFRIED JERUSALEM/WALTRAUD MEIER/DANIEL BARENBOIM - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (highlights)CD 42 SHARON KAMM/ITAMAR GOLAN/KURT MASUR - Weber: Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2, Grand Duo concertantCD 43 STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN/GIUSEPPE SINOPOLI - Webern: Works for orchestraCD 44 LOTTE LENYA/KURT GERRON/THEO MACKEBEN - Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper (abridged), Nelson, Holländer, Grosz: SongsCD 45 DANIEL BARENBOIM/RODOLFO MEDEROS/HÉCTOR CONSOLE - Mi Buenos Aires queridoCD 46 EDITA GRUBEROVA/NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT - Opera and oratorio ariasCD 47 SHARON ISBIN/PAUL WINTER/THIAGO DE MELLO - Journey to the AmazonCD 48 JENNIFER LARMORE/CARLO RIZZI - Opera ariasCD 49 SERGEI NAKARIAKOV/ALEXANDER MARKOVICH - Trumpet and piano arrangementsCD 50 CHANTICLEER - Vocal works by Sametz, Gibbons, Tallis, Gabrieli, R. Strauss, Shearer, Berlin, etc.

Gran cofanettone con dentro un pò di tutto (trovate l'elenco sulle immagini pubblicate da amazon). Unico filo conduttore è che i dischi sono ordinati in ordine alfabetico sulla base del compositore (!), per cui all'inizio trovate bartok, poi beethoven , a metà strada Mozart...etc, tutti rigorosamente in copertina cartonata grigio scuro col marchio Teldec. In realtà gli esecutori sono ottimi (Barenboim, Argheric, Masur, Sinopoli, Kremer tanto per fare qualche nome) e la qualità delle registrazioni sensazionale (anche nel caso di live), insomma qualità audiofila per beatissime ore di ascolto. Soldi ben spesi!

Dies ist nun mein 4. Klassik-Box-Set und nun auch meine Lieblingsbox.Die Teldec-Box bietet hervorragende Aufnahmen zu einem Spitzenpreis, besser geht es nicht!Im Vergleich zu älteren, auch remasterten Aufnahmen sind die Teldecs hier meistens klanglich deutlich besser, das hört man, wenn sie über eine sehr gute Anlage gehört werden.Die CDs liegen in einfachen aber stabilen Papierhüllen, so wie bei anderen Box-Sets auch.Coverbilder gibt es hier keine, aber wer will bei dieser tollen Musik schon Bilder schauen?