مجموعه Generation Harmonia Mundi Vol. 1-2

VA - Generation Harmonia Mundi 1 (1958-1988) The Age of Revolutions (2018) (16 CDs)

Harmonia Mundi was born in 1958: sixty years and several thousand recordings later, the company continues to affirm its identity and its singularity with insolent vitality! Anniversaries also offer an opportunity to reflect on the distance travelled.
    This first volume invites you to relive the highlights of the label’s first thirty years and pays tribute to the artists who built harmonia mundi on the heights of Saint-Michel-de-Provence, in a passionate quest for excellence that caused a genuine revolution in the world of early music.

CDs:

CD 1-2: A passion for the organ
- Historic organs from Trujillo, Malaucène, Brescia & Trebel

CD 3: The discovery of the Old World
- Ancient Greek music
- Gauls
- Roman chants

CD 4: From Renaissance to Baroque
Madrigals by Marenzio, Caccini, Bottrigari, Gesualdo, Monteverdi

CD 5-11: The Baroque revolution
- Purcell - King Arthur / Songs : O Solitude, Music for a while…
- Schütz - Motets / Kleine geistliche Konzerte & Symphoniae Sacrae
- J.S. Bach - Magnificat BWV 243, Aria “Erbarme dich” (St. Matthew Passion)
- Pergolesi - Stabat Mater
- Cesti - Orontea (excerpts)
- Lully - Atys (excerpts) / Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
- Charpentier - Te Deum H.146
- Rameau - Les Indes galantes
- De Lalande - Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy: 12e Suite

CD 12-14: A fresh look at the score
- Mozart - Church Sonatas
- Beethoven - “Eroica” Symphony transcribed by Franz Liszt
- Schobert - Piano Quartet op.7 no.2
- Chausson - Concert op.21
- Fauré - Requiem op.48 (version 1893)
- Brahms - Motets op.29 & op.74
- Mélodies sur des poèmes de Victor Hugo

CD 15: The twentieth century
- Schoenberg - Piano Pieces opp. 11, 19, 23 & 25
- Berio - Laborintus 2

CD 16: A window on the world
- Iranian music
- Arabo-Andalusian music
- Byzantine chant
- Corsica
- La Folia de la Spagna

VA - Generation Harmonia Mundi 2 (1988-2018) - The Family Spirit (18CD) 2018

To celebrate their 60 years of activity, Harmonia Mundi has released 2 commemorative CD boxsets to showcase classical artists and composers. This first volume invites you to relive the highlights of the first 30 years of the label and pays tribute to the artists who built Harmonia Mundi on the heights of Saint-Michel-de-Provence, leading with a passionate quest for excellence a real revolution in the world of early music.

CDs:
CD 1 The heirs of Alfred Deller - VIVALDI Stabat Mater /CAVALLI / HANDEL
CD 2 The operatic odyssey of Ren Jacobs - Arias From CAVALIERI to MOZART
CD 3 The ladies of Basel - From MONTEVERDI TO VIVALDI
CD 4-5 The new keyboard virtuosos
Works by F. COUPERIN, J. S. BACH, SOLER, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS
CD 6-9 The Classical style revisited
HAYDN The Seasons / Concerto for cello and orchestra Hob.VIIb:1
MOZART Piano Concerto n 12, K.414 / Clarinet concerto K.622
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis op. 123
CD 10 The French cello school - J. S. BACH, SCHUBERT, OFFENBACH, DUTILLEUX
CD 11 Die Neue Romantik - MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto Op. 64 / Piano Concerto MWV 02 / Symphony No.4 "Italian"
CD 12 Towards historically informed performance RAVEL Daphnis et Chlo (2nd & 3rd part) / Ma Mre l'Oye
CD 13 A trio of stars . . . and the star trio - Works by SCHUMANN and BRAHMS
CD 14 The masters of the lied - SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, WOLF, EISLER
CD 15-16 The new explorers - ROSSINI, DONIZETTI, BELLINI, VIEUXTEMPS, CHOPIN, DEBUSSY, DE FALLA, GERSHWIN, REICH
CD 17 The new generation
Le Concert royal de la Nuit (Premire veille)
English Airs and Tunes of Locke, Purcell, Draghi Le Caravansrail, Bertrand Cuiller
Rhinemaidens - Works by Wagner, Schumann, Schubert
CD 18 Masters of every style - From HAYDN to KURTG, J.S. BACH to BARTK, CHOPIN to SHOSTAKOVITCH, F. COUPERIN to SATIE