Following on from earlier box set releases, this new collection from Harmonia Mundi is another winner!
Previous reviewers have listed the contents of CDs in previous collections. I have personally found this very useful, so I hope the following will be of help if you are considering buying this set. You won't regret it!
CD 1 French Harpsichord Music: Couperin (a) vingt-cinquieme ordre; (b) vingt-sixieme ordre; (c) sixieme ordre (Christophe Rousset, harpsichord). Rameau (a) premiere concert; (b) cinquieme concert (Christophe Rousset, Ryo Terakado, Kaori Uemura
CD 2 The twilight of lamentation: Campra, Requiem (Choeur et Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale, Herreweghe). Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (Anna Prohaska, Bernarda Fink, Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin)
CD 3-4 Oratorio: Handel, Solomon (Sarah Connolly, Susan Girton, Carolyn Sampson, Mark Padmore, David Wilson-Johnson, RIAS Kammerchor, Daniel Reuss)
CD 5 The apotheosis of the Baroque concerto: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (Midori Seiler, Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin, Clemens-Maria Neszbaumer); Telemann, Violin Concerto 'The Frogs' (Midori Seiler, Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin, Stephan Mai); Bach, Brandengurg Concerto no 6 (Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr); Handel, Organ Concerto Op 4 no 3 (Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr)
CD 6 The conquest of Europe: Tartini (a) Concerto Grosso no. 5; (b) Concerto for violin and orchestra 'a Lunardo Venier' (Enrico Gatti, Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini). Monn: Concerto for violincello harpsichord and string orchestra (Jean-Guihen Queyras, Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Mullejans); CPE Bach: Harpsichord Concerto no 5 (Andreas Staier, Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Mullejans); JC Bach: Concerto for harpsichord, two violins and violincello Op 7 no 5 (London Baroque, Lars-Ulrik Mortensen, Ingrid Seifert, Charles Medlam)
CD 7 From Paris to Vienna: Haydn, Violin Concerto No 1 (Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz); Mozart: (a) Concerto K107 no 2 (London Baroque, Lars-Ulrik Mortensen, Ingrid Seifert, Richard Gwilt, Charles Medlam b) Sinfonia Concertante K297-b (Suzanne Kaiser, Ann-Kathrin Bruggemann, Javier Zafra, Erwin Wieringa, Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz); Pleyel: Cello Concerto Ben. 106 (Ivan Monighetti, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Stephan Mai)
CD8 The Classical concerto: Mozart: Piano Concerto no 21 K467 (Samerata Salzburg, Stefan Vladar); Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 (Paul Lewis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek)
CD9 Symphony: Sammartini (a) Sinfonia in D major JC14 (b) Sinfonia in G major (JC30 Ensemble 415, Banchini); WF Bach: Sinfonie in F major Falck 67 (Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Stephan Mai); CPE Bach: Orechester-Sinfonie no 1 Wq 183/1 (English Concert, Manze); JC Bach: Symphony in G minor Op 6 no 6 (Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Stephan Mai); Boccherini: Symphony 'La casa del Diavolo' (Ensemble 415, Banchini)
CD10 Orchestral performance: Haydn (a) Symphony No 6 'Le Matin'; (b) Symphony No 7 'Le Midi' (Freiburger Barokorchester, Mullejans); Mozart: Symphony No 31 'Paris' (Freiburger Barokorchester, von der Goltz)
CD11 The monuments of Classicism: Haydn: Symphony No 92 'Oxford'; Mozart: Symphone No 41 'Jupiter' (Freiburger Barokorchester, Jacobs)
CD12 The 'Ninth': Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Herreweghe)
CD13-15 The ast glories of the tragedie lyrique: Rameau: Castor et Pollux (Les Arts Florrisants, Christie)
CD 16-17 Gluck's reform: Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barokorchester, Jacobs)
CD18-20 The spirit of the people: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Collegium Vocale Ghent, Concerto Koln, Jacobs)
CD21 The Baroque trio sonata: Vivaldi: Sonata in C minor Rv 53; Telemann: Sonata in A minor TWV 41:a3 (Paul Goodwin, Nigel North, Susan Sheppard, John Toll); JS Bach Sonata Sopr'il Soggetto Reale (Janet See, John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden; Davitt Moroney); CPE BAch: Sonata in F Major Wq 154; JCF Bach: Sonata in A major F.VII/2 (London Baroque, Ingrid Seifert, Richard Gwilt, Charles Medlam, Richard Egarr); Schobert: Sonata in F major Op XVI no 4 (Chiara Banchini, Veronique Mejean, Philipp Bosbach, Luciano Sgrizzi)
CD22 From the sonata to the Classical trio: Kuhnau (a) Sonata Terza; 9B0 Sonata Quinta; (c) Sonata Settima (John Butt); Mondonville: Pieces de clavecin avec voix et violin (Nelson, Ritchie Christie); Mozart: (a) Sonata in F major K 376; (b) Sonata in G major K 379 (Banchini, Vesselinova)
CD23 The keyboard trio: Haydn: Trio in C major no 43 (Hobarth, Coin, Cohen); Mozart: Trio in G major K 496 (The Mozartean Players, Richie, Lutzke, Lubin); Beethoven, Trio in C minor Op 1 no 3 (Sepec, Queyras, Staier)
CD 24 The great piano sonatas: Haydn: (a) Sonata in C minor no. 33; Sonata in D major no. 39; Sonata in C major no. 60; Sonata in E flat major no. 62 (Planes)
CD 25 The great piano sonatas: Mozart: (a) Sonata in E flat major K 282; Sonata in C major K 330; Sonata in F major K 332; Sonata in C minor K 457 (Staier)
CD 26 The great piano sonatas: Beethoven: Sonata in F minor no 1 Op 2 no 1; Sonata in D minor no 17 'The Tempest'; Sonata in E flat major no 21 'Waldstein' (Lewis)
CD 27 The birth of the quartet: Telemann: Sonata prima in A major (Freiburger BarokConsort); Mozart: String Quartet in C major no 4 K 157; Haydn: String Quartet in
C major op 33/3 'The Bird' (Jerusalem Quartet); Stamitz: Oboe Quartet in D major Op 8 (Goodwin, Terzetto, McDonald, Rogers, Gough)
CD 28 The great Classical quartets: Mozart: String Quartet in B flat major no 17 K 458; Haydn: String Quartet in D minor Op 76 no 2 (Jerusalem Quartet); Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major Op 18 no 6 (Tokyo String Quartet)
CD 29 The 'Late Quartets': Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major no 13 op 130; String Quartet in F major op 16 no 135 (Tokyo String Quartet)
CD30 Sung Texts (Oratorio & Operas)