Just purchased the Phillips 55-cd set, for $100 on Amazon.
I can't wait to get it; and I'm surprised how little overlap there is between my 40-50 Phillips LPs and 30 or so CD and SACDs, probably only about 10 recordings.
As always with these sets, one can pick apart the choices of what's in and what's out, but I've got to say that this is a pretty high standard they have here.
Here's a list of the 147 pieces you'll get:
. Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch
2. Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 44 by Max Bruch
3. Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46 by Max Bruch
Performer: Elisabeth Unger (Harp), Salvatore Accardo (Violin)
Conductor: Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
4. Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Beaux Arts Trio
5. Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Claudio Arrau (Piano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
6. Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Thomas Zehetmair (Violin) Conductor: Frans Brüggen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the 18th Century
7. Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58 by Ludwig van Beethoven
8. Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano) Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Trio for Piano and Strings no 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra/Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio
10. Variations in B flat major on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56a "St. Anthony" by Johannes Brahms
11. Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux (Violin) Conductor: Eduard Van Beinum
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
12. Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Aafje Heynis (Alto) Conductor: Eduard Van Beinum
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Apollo Royal Male Choir
13. Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Frans Brüggen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the 18th Century
14. Stabat mater by Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Ferruccio Furlanetto (Bass), Carol Vaness (Soprano), Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano), Francisco Araiza (Tenor)
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov, Jörg-Peter Weigle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus
15. Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano), Jessye Norman (Soprano), José Carreras (Tenor),
Clifford Grant (Bass), Gian Piero Mastromei (Baritone), John Noble (Baritone),
Alexander Oliver (Tenor)
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra
16. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 by Hector Berlioz
17. Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise" by Franz Joseph Haydn
18. Concerto for Orchestra by Michael Tippett
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
19. Concerto for Violin, Viola and Cello by Michael Tippett
Performer: György Pauk (Violin), Nobuko Imai (Viola), Ralph Kirshbaum (Cello)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
20. Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Gwynne Howell (Bass), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Ryland Davies (Tenor),
Elisabeth Bainbridge (Alto)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
21. Kyrie in D minor, K 341 (368a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
22. Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
23. Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
24. Così fan tutte, K 588: Ei parte...Per pietà ben mio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
25. Zaide, K 344 (336b): Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
26. Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
27. Four Last Songs, AV 150 by Richard Strauss
Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano) Conductor: Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
28. Wesendonck Lieder by Richard Wagner
Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
29. Suite for Orchestra no 3 in G major, Op. 55 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Hugh Bean (Violin) Conductor: Antal Doráti
30. Suite for Orchestra no 4 in G major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Colin Bradbury (Clarinet) Conductor: Antal Doráti
31. Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73 by Béla Bartók
32. Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz 100 by Béla Bartók
33. Romanian Folkdances for String Orchestra, Sz 68 by Béla Bartók
34. Hungarian Sketches (5), Sz 97 by Béla Bartók
35. Transylvanian Dances (4), Sz 96 by Béla Bartók
36. Romanian Dance, Sz 47a by Béla Bartók
Conductor: Iván Fischer Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra
37. Requiem, Op. 48 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer: Elly Ameling (Soprano), Bernard Kruysen (Baritone), Daniel Chorzempa (Organ) Conductor: Jean Fournet
Orchestra/Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chorus
38. Pavane, Op. 50 by Gabriel Fauré
Conductor: Jean Fournet Orchestra/Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
39. Pièces de fantaisie - Suite no 3, Op. 54: 1st movement, Dédicace
40. Pièces de fantaisie - Suite no 3, Op. 54: 2nd movement, Impromptu
41. Pièces de fantaisie - Suite no 3, Op. 54: 3rd movement, Etoile du soir
42. Pièces de fantaisie - Suite no 3, Op. 54: 6th movement, Carillon de Westminster by Louis Vierne Performer: Daniel Chorzempa (Organ)
43. Requiem Mass by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Luba Orgonasova (Soprano), Alastair Miles (Bass), Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Luca Canonici (Tenor)
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et
44. Khovanshchina: Act 1 Prelude "Dawn on the Moscow River" by Modest Mussorgsky
45. Sorochintsy fair: Hopak by Modest Mussorgsky
46. Night on the Bare Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
47. Le sacre du printemps Igor Stravinsky
Conductor: Valery Gergiev Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
48. Symphony no 4, Op. 54 "Poem of ecstasy" by Alexander Scriabin
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra
49. La traviata: Di Provenza il mar by Giuseppe Verdi
50. Macbeth: Perfidi! All'anglo...Pietà, rispetto, amore by Giuseppe Verdi
51. Luisa Miller: Sacra la scelta è d'un consorte by Giuseppe Verdi
52. Il trovatore: Il balen del suo sorriso by Giuseppe Verdi
53. Don Carlos: Per me giunto...Io morrò, ma lieto in core by Giuseppe Verdi
54. Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Can this really be Tatiana? by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
55. The sorceress: Dela, pravlenija...A obraz toj prigozhnitsy by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
56. Iolanta, Op. 69: Duke Robert's Aria by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
57. Mazeppa: O, Marija, Marija by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
58. Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: You wrote to me... "Onegin's Aria" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
59. Queen of Spades, Op. 68: I love you beyond all measure [Yeletsky's Aria] by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone) Conductor: Valery Gergiev Orchestra/Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
60. Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello in E flat major, K 563 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra/Ensemble: Grumiaux Trio
61. Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello no 4 in G minor, K 516 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Arpád Gerecz (Violin), Arthur Grumiaux (Violin), Max Lesueur (Viola),
Georges Janzer (Viola), Eva Czako (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Grumiaux Trio
62. Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103 by Anton Bruckner
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
63. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy
64.Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra by Claude Debussy
65. La mer by Claude Debussy
66. Jeux by Claude Debussy
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
67. Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), James King (Tenor)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
68. Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini
Performer: Thomas Allen (Baritone), Matthew Best (Bass), Robert Lloyd (Bass),
Sally Burgess (Mezzo soprano), Domenico Trimarchi (Baritone), Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo soprano), Francisco Araiza (Tenor) Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
69. Concerto for Guitar no 1 in D major, Op. 99 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
70. Sones en la Giralda by Joaquin Rodrigo
71.Concerto for Guitar, W 501 by Heitor Villa-Lobos
72. Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar by Joaquin Rodrigo
Performer: Pepe Romero (Guitar)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
73. Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1 by Franz Joseph Haydn
74. Concerto for Trumpet no 3 in D major, Op. 7 no 6 by Johann Wilhelm Hertel
75. Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, S 49/WoO 1 by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
76. Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major by Johann Wenzel Stamitz
Performer: Håkan Hardenberger (Trumpet)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
77. Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Clara Haskil (Piano)
Conductor: Igor Markevitch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra
78. Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Clara Haskil (Piano)
Conductor: Igor Markevitch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra
79. Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Igor Markevitch Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
80. Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163 by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor: Witold Rowicki Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
81. Gnossiennes (6) for Piano by Erik Satie
Performer: Reinbert De Leeuw (Piano)
82. Quatuor pour la fin du temps by Olivier Messiaen
Performer: Reinbert De Leeuw (Piano), Anner Bylsma (Cello), George Pieterson (Clarinet),
Vera Beths (Violin)
83. Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049 by Johann Sebastian Bach
84. Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050 by Johann Sebastian Bach
85. Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 by Johann Sebastian Bach
86. Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056 by Johann Sebastian Bach
87. Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Raymond Leppard (Harpsichord), Sir Philip Ledger (Harpsichord), Blandine Verlet (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
88. Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16 by Edvard Grieg
89. Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54 by Robert Schumann
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra .
90. En blanc et noir by Claude Debussy
Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano), Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
91. Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, Sz 110 by Béla Bartók
Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano), Stephen Kovacevich (Piano), Willy Goudswaard (Percussion),
92. Andante and Variations (5) for Piano 4 hands in G major, K 501 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (Piano), Martha Argerich (Piano)
93. Out of Doors, Sz 81 by Béla Bartók
94. Sonatina for Piano, Sz 55 by Béla Bartók
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
95. Scheherazade, Op. 35 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer: Herman Krebbers (Violin)
96. Symphony no 2 in B minor by Alexander Borodin
Conductor: Kiril Kondrashin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
97. Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninov
98. Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer: Zoltán Kocsis (Piano)
Conductor: Edo De Waart
Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
99. Songs (14), Op. 34: no 14, Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer: Zoltán Kocsis (Piano)
100. Serenade for Winds no 10 in B flat major, K 361 (370a) "Gran Partita" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
101.cSerenade for Winds no 11 in E flat major, K 375 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: Edo De Waart
Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
102. Chamber Concerto for Recorder and 2 Violins in A minor, RV 108 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Felix Ayo (Violin), Michala Petri (Recorder), Pasquale
103. Concerto for Bassoon in E minor, RV 484 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Shizuko Noiri (Lute), Klaus Thunemann (Bassoon)
Orchestra/Ensemble: I Musici
104. Concerto for Bassoon in C major, RV 472 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Klaus Thunemann (Bassoon), Shizuko Noiri (Lute)
Orchestra/Ensemble: I Musici
105. Concerto for Oboe in C major, RV 452 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Heinz Holliger (Oboe) Orchestra/Ensemble: I Musici
106. Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon in G major, RV 545 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Klaus Thunemann (Bassoon), Heinz Holliger (Oboe) Orchestra/Ensemble: I Musici
107. Trio Sonata for Recorder, Bassoon and Basso Continuo in A minor, F 15 no 1/RV 86 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Michala Petri (Recorder), Klaus Thunemann (Bassoon)
108. Chamber Concerto for Recorder, Oboe, Violin and Bassoon in D major, RV 94 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Heinz Holliger (Oboe), Michala Petri (Recorder), Felix Ayo (Violin),
Pasquale Pellegrino (Violin)
109. Chamber Concerto for Recorder, Oboe and Bassoon in G minor, RV 103 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Michala Petri (Recorder), Heinz Holliger (Oboe), Christiane Jaccottet (Harpsichord)
110. Chamber Concerto for Recorder, Oboe, Violin and Bassoon in G major, RV 101 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Michala Petri (Recorder), Heinz Holliger (Oboe), Felix Ayo (Violin)
111. Chamber Concerto in D major, F 12 no 29/RV 95 "La Pastorella" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Michala Petri (Recorder), Heinz Holliger (Oboe), Felix Ayo (Violin)
112. Chamber Concerto for Recorder, Violin and Bassoon in D major, F 12 no 7/RV 92 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Felix Ayo (Violin), Klaus Thunemann (Bassoon)
113. Chamber Concerto for Recorder, Oboe, Violin and Bassoon in G minor, RV 105 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Klaus Thunemann (Bassoon), Michala Petri (Recorder), Heinz Holliger (Oboe)
114. Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Pepe Romero (Guitar) Orchestra/Ensemble: I Musici
115. Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191 by Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
Conductor: Václav Neumann Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
116. Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op. 85 by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
117. Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
118. Sprache der Liebe, D 410/Op. 115 no 3 by Franz Schubert
119. Sehnsucht, D 516/Op. 8 no 2 by Franz Schubert
120. Schwanengesang, D 744/Op. 23 no 3 by Franz Schubert
121. Ganymed, D 544/Op. 19 no 3 by Franz Schubert
122. Fülle der Liebe, D 854 by Franz Schubert
123. Die Götter Griechenlands, D 677 by Franz Schubert
124. Die Forelle, D 550 by Franz Schubert
125. Der Schiffer, D 694 by Franz Schubert
126. Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1 by Franz Schubert
127. An die untergehende Sonne, D 457/Op. 44 by Franz Schubert
128. An die Entfernte, D 765 by Franz Schubert
129. An den Tod, D 518 by Franz Schubert
130. Am Bach im Frühlinge, D 361/Op. 109 no 1 by Franz Schubert
131. Abendröte, D 690 by Franz Schubert
132. Songs (9), Op. 63: no 8, Heimweh no 2 "O wüsst' ich doch den Weg zurück" by Johannes Brahms
133. Songs (6), Op. 6: no 2, Der Frühling by Johannes Brahms
134. Songs (6), Op. 6: no 1, Spanisches Lied by Johannes Brahms
135. Songs (5), Op. 49: no 4, Wiegenlied by Johannes Brahms
136. Mörike Lieder: no 6, Er ist's by Hugo Wolf
137.Mörike Lieder: no 45, Nixe Binsefuss by Hugo Wolf
138. Mörike Lieder: no 36, Lebe wohl by Hugo Wolf
Performer: Elly Ameling (Soprano), Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
139. Années de pèlerinage no 3, S 163: no 2, Aux cyprès de la Villa d'Este I by Franz Liszt
140. Années de pèlerinage no 3, S 163: no 4, Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este by Franz Liszt
141. Années de pèlerinage no 3, S 163: no 5, Sunt lachrymae rerum by Franz Liszt
142. Weihnachtsbaum for Piano, S 186: no 7, Schlummerlied by Franz Liszt
143.Valses oubliées (4) for Piano, S 215: no 1 in F sharp major by Franz Liszt
144. Unstern: sinistre, disastro for Piano, S 208 by Franz Liszt
145. Nocturne for Piano, S 203 "Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort" by Franz Liszt
146.Mosonyis Grabgeleit for Piano, S 194 by Franz Liszt
147. Csárdás macabre for Piano, S 224 by Franz Liszt
Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
