Various Artists – 100 Great Symphonies (56 CD) (2014)

Editorial Reviews

100 Great Symphonies is a compelling voyage of musical discovery for musicians everywhere a bible of symphonic music and an authoritative listening tool for others. Combined with DG s unrivalled roster of the world s greatest conductors and orchestras, it makes a singularly compelling proposition.

To arrive at 100 Great Symphonies, Deutsche Grammophon asked the public the simple question: What are your favourite symphonies? Over 2,300 people responded, casting over 8,000 votes altogether. The top 50 symphonies in the voter charts form the backbone of this new set. The substantial box 56 CDs contains a huge range of works starting with Giovanni Battista Sammartini and ending with Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass, taking in every major symphonist on the way. It is over 60 hours of glorious, fascinating listening.

CD 1
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
Johann Stamitz
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
JC Bach
CPE Bach
CD 2
Joseph Haydn
CD 3
Joseph Haydn
CD 4
Joseph Haydn
CD 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CD 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CD 7
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CD 8
Ludwig van Beethoven
CD 9
Ludwig van Beethoven
CD 10
Ludwig van Beethoven
CD 11
Ludwig van Beethoven
CD 12
Ludwig van Beethoven
CD 13
Franz Schubert
CD 14
Franz Schubert
CD 15
Hector Berlioz
CD 16
Felix Mendelssohn
CD 17
Robert Schumann
CD 18
Robert Schumann
CD 19
Franz Liszt
CD 20
Johannes Brahms
CD 21
Johannes Brahms
CD 22
ANTONIN DVO ÁK
CD 23 24
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
CD 25
ALEXANDER BORODIN
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
CD 26
CÉSAR FRANCK
ALBERT ROUSSEL
CD 27 (83:08)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
CD 28
ANTON BRUCKNER
CD 29
ANTON BRUCKNER
CD 31
GUSTAV MAHLER
CD 32
GUSTAV MAHLER
CD 33
GUSTAV MAHLER
CD 34
GUSTAV MAHLER
CD 35
JEAN SIBELIUS
CD 36
EDWARD ELGAR
CD 37
RICHARD STRAUSS
CD 38
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
ANTON WEBERN
FRANZ SCHMIDT
CD 39
CARL NIELSEN
CD 40
SERGE PROKOFIEV

CD 41 42
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
CD 43
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
CD 44
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
CD 45
CHARLES IVES
SAMUEL BARBER
CD 46
PAUL HINDEMITH
CD 47
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
WILLIAM WALTON
CD 48
ROY HARRIS
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
CD 49
IGOR STRAVINSKY
CD 50
ARTHUR HONEGGER
CD 51
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
CD 52
AARON COPLAND
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
CD 53
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MICHAEL TIPPETT
CD 54
LUCIANO BERIO
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
CD 55
HENRYK GÓRECKI
CD 56
ARVO PÄRT
PHILIP GLASS