A new Philips box (on Philips!!!)

[td]

The release of this PHILIPS set has been made possible as a result of
a special agreement with PHILIPS and use of the trademark is confined
to this limited-edition set.


PHILIPS
ORIGINAL JACKETS COLLECTION
OBSESSED WITH SOUND

A limited-edition 55-CD set of legendary and critically acclaimed
recordings celebrating the famous PHILIPS heritage.

An alliance of great artistry and superb sound.

Classic-status albums spanning over half a century of recording and
showcasing a wealth of international talent.

An unrivalled collection that that embraces all musical genres - from
solo piano and chamber music through to large scale choral works and
opera.

Music that spans more than two centuries of masterworks from Bach
Concertos and Schubert Lieder to twentieth-century masterpieces by
Stravinsky, Bartók and beyond.

Each CD is housed in a sleeve with original cover art

a 200-page booklet documents the history of the label with personal
reminiscences by key members of staff on both the technical and
artistic developments of the label:

1] A history of Philips Classics by Frans van Dongen [Former member of
the Philips Classical Recording Department in Baarn]

2] Philips Classics - A personal recollection by Costa Pilavachi
[former Head of A&R and later President, Philips Classics]

Full recording information on each disc is included in the booklet and
there are numerous photographs.

The release of this PHILIPS set has been made possible as a result of
a special agreement with PHILIPS and use of the trademark is confined
to this limited-edition set.
::Tracklisting
CD 1 ACCARDO / MASUR Bruch Violin Concertos 1 & 2 + Scottish Fantasia

CD 2 AMELING / JANSEN Schubert Lieder
CD 3 ARRAU / HAITINK Brahms: Piano Concerto 2 + Handel Variations
CD 4 BEAUX ARTS TRIO Beethoven: Triple Concerto + Archduke Trio
CD 5 VAN BEINUM / HEYNIS / GRUMIAUX Brahms: Alto Rhapsody + Haydn
Variations + Violin Concerto
CD 6 BRENDEL: Liszt: Late Piano Music
CD 7 BRENDEL / RATTLE Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5
CD 8 BRUGGEN / ZEHETMAIR Beethoven: Violin Concerto + Symphony 6
CD 9 BYCHKOV / Vaness, Bartoli, Araiza, Furlanetto
Rossini: Stabat Mater
CD 10-11 CARRERAS / CABALLÉ / GARDELLI Verdi: Il Corsaro
CD 12 DAVIS Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique + Haydn: Surprise Symphony
CD 13 DAVIS / Pauk, Imai, Kirschbaum
Tippett: Triple Concerto + Concerto for Orchestra
CD 14 DORATI Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suites 3 & 4
CD 15 FISCHER Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin + Hungarian Peasant
Songs + Hungarian Sketches + Roumanian Folk Dances
CD 16 FOURNET / CHORZEMPA Fauré: Requiem + Pavane + Vierne: Pièces de
fantaisie
CD 17 GARDINER / Orgonasova, Von Otter, Canonici, Miles
Verdi: Requiem
CD 18 GERGIEV Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5 + Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare
Mountain
CD 19 GERGIEV: Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps + Scriabin: Poème de
l'Extase
CD 20 GRUMIAUX TRIO Mozart: Divertimento, K563 + Quintet, K516
CD 21 HAITINK / WIENER PHILHARMONIKER Bruckner: Symphony 3
CD 22 HAITINK Debussy: Nocturnes + Jeux + Prélude à l'après-midi d'un
faune + La Mer
CD 23 HAITINK / Janet Baker, James King
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
CD 24 HARDENBERGER / MARRINER Hummel, Hertel, Haydn: Trumpet Concertos
CD 25 HASKIL / MARKEVITCH Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 24
CD 26 HVOROSTOVSKY / GERGIEV Tchaikovsky & Verdi Arias
CD 27 TE KANAWA / DAVIS Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K339
+ Exsultate, Jubilate + Arias
CD 28 KOCSIS / DE WAART Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3
CD 29 KONDRASHIN Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
CD 30 KOVACEVICH / ARGERICH
Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion + Debussy: En blanc et noir
CD 31 KOVACEVICH / DAVIS Grieg & Schumann Concertos
CD 32 LEPPARD Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 4-6 + Harpsichord Concertos
CD 33 DE LEEUW Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps + Satie:
Gnossiennes
CD 34 MARKEVITCH & ROWICKI
Tchaikovsky Symphony 3 + Dvorák Symphony 8
CD 35-36 MARRINER / ALLEN / BALTSA Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
CD 37 MULLOVA / OZAWA Tchaikovsky & Sibelius Concertos
CD 38 MICHELUCCI / I MUSICI / NEGRI
Vivaldi: Il quattro stagioni + Gloria
CD 39 NORMAN / MASUR R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder + Wagner
CD 40 OZAWA Orff: Carmina Burana
CD 41 PREVIN Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue + Piano Concerto + An American
in Paris
CD 42 QUARTETTO ITALIANO Schubert: Quartet in G, D887 + Beethoven op.
135
CD 43 RICHTER / KONDRASHIN Liszt: Piano Concertos + Beethoven Sonatas
CD 44 ROMERO / MARRINER
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto 1 + Villa-Lobos: Concerto
+ Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranuez
CD 45-46 SAWALLISCH / Adam, Ameling, Burmeister, Schreier
Mendelssohn: Elias
CD 47 SCHIFF / PREVIN
Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto + Symphony 7
CD 48 SCHREIER / M. Price, Schmidt, Araiza, Adam
Mozart: Requiem
CD 49 SZERYNG / HAEBLER
Mozart: Violin Sonatas, K454 & 481 + Concerto 3
CD 50 UCHIDA Beethoven¨Piano Sonatas Opp.109-111
CD 51 UCHIDA / BOULEZ Schoenberg: Piano Concerto + piano pieces, opp.
11 & 19 + Webern: Variations + Berg: Sonata
CD 52-53 VARIOUS ARTISTS
Vivaldi: Concerti da camera + Concertos
Petri, Holliger, Ayo, Thunemann
CD 54 DE WAART / NETHERLANDS WIND ENSEMBLE
Mozart: Gran Partita, K361
CD 55 LLOYD WEBBER: Dvorák & Elgar Concertos

[Gerard]

td <tomde...@mac.com> typed:

> The release of this PHILIPS set has been made possible as a result of
> a special agreement with PHILIPS and use of the trademark is confined
> to this limited-edition set.
>
>

Looks nice. But I'm getting tired of those bulk boxes with recordings many
interested people already have (for more than 50%). Who is going to buy this?
Those who were not interested in the first (and second and third) place, but get
interested now only because of the price - thus: dependig on what the price will
be?

[Thornhill]

On Aug 28, 1:03 pm, "Gerard" <g-nospam_hendrik...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> td <tomdedea...@mac.com> typed:

Yeah, I don't get why they fill these boxes with recordings that have
never been out of print, that for a while now have been available at
budget (or about budget), such as: Davis' SF, Richter's Liszt piano
concertos, or Haitink's DLVE.

[graham]

"td" <tomde...@mac.com> wrote in message
news:b6ae0ecf-0b99-46b6...@v15g2000yqi.googlegroups.com...

The release of this PHILIPS set has been made possible as a result of
a special agreement with PHILIPS and use of the trademark is confined
to this limited-edition set.


PHILIPS
ORIGINAL JACKETS COLLECTION
OBSESSED WITH SOUND

A limited-edition 55-CD set of legendary and critically acclaimed
recordings celebrating the famous PHILIPS heritage.

An alliance of great artistry and superb sound.

CD 55 LLOYD WEBBER: Dvorák & Elgar Concertos

---------------------------------
What?!!!!
He's 3rd rate on a good day!

[Gerard]

Thornhill <seth...@gmail.com> typed:

Or Previn's Gershwin (5 Euro these days), Dorati's Tchaikovsky suites (recently
reissued again), Haitink's Debussy, Kondrsahin's Rimsky.

[wkasimer]

On Aug 28, 2:49 pm, Thornhill <seth.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I don't get why they fill these boxes with recordings that have
> never been out of print, that for a while now have been available at
> budget (or about budget), such as: Davis' SF, Richter's Liszt piano
> concertos, or Haitink's DLVE.

I'm even less excited about this one than I was about the Decca and
MLP boxes, neither of which I bought, or intend to buy.

Gardiner's Verdi Requiem? Really???

Bill

[wkasimer]

On Aug 28, 2:56 pm, "graham" <g.ste...@shaw.ca> wrote:

> CD 55 LLOYD WEBBER: Dvorák & Elgar Concertos
> ---------------------------------
> What?!!!!
> He's 3rd rate on a good day!

And Philips could have included Heinrich Schiff, an infinitely better
cellist, in the same coupling, or better yet, Maurice Gendron in the
Dvorak.

Bill

[Gerard]

wkasimer <wkas...@comcast.net> typed:

>
> Gardiner's Verdi Requiem? Really???
>

What's wrong with that recording?

[Thornhill]

Yes, really. Even Gardiner/HIP hater David Hurwitz ranks it as a
reference recording.

[wkasimer]

On Aug 28, 4:09 pm, Thornhill <seth.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Gardiner's Verdi Requiem?  Really???

> Yes, really. Even Gardiner/HIP hater David Hurwitz ranks it as a
> reference recording.

To my ears, it's hopelessly small-scale, and the mezzo and tenor
soloists are all wrong for the music.

As I recall, the Markevitch recording was issued on LP by Philips, and
would have been a better choice.

Bill

[Bob Harper]

On 8/28/12 10:44 AM, td wrote:
> The release of this PHILIPS set has been made possible as a result of
> a special agreement with PHILIPS and use of the trademark is confined
> to this limited-edition set.
>
>
> PHILIPS
> ORIGINAL JACKETS COLLECTION
> OBSESSED WITH SOUND
>
> A limited-edition 55-CD set of legendary and critically acclaimed
> recordings celebrating the famous PHILIPS heritage.

(snip list)

Well, I tend to agree with everyone else. While there are many excellent
things here, there are too many incompletes. For example, van Beinum's
Brahms Violin Concerto but no Brahms 1? The Haitink DLvdE, but no 9th?
Kocsis/DeWaart Rachmaninov 2 and 3, but no 1/4/Paganini Rhapsody? Etc., etc.
A good survey, I suppose, but not for the folks here. But then we're
weird :)

Bob Harper

[td]

Philips did not record that.

TD

[randy...@gmail.com]

The Amazon ASIN is B0091HVMVO
Found on Amazon.de today with no pix/etc yet.

[John Thomas]

On Aug 28, 5:51 pm, randy.l...@gmail.com wrote:

> The Amazon ASIN is B0091HVMVO
> Found on Amazon.de today with no pix/etc yet.

Release date November 6. So it's a Christmas gift item you wouldn't
buy for yourself but would give to somebody you need to impress who
"likes" classical music. It has some good stuff in it but it looks
more like a sampler than a carefully assembled collection. And only
one Arrau?

[Angelotti]

On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:44:59 PM UTC+2, td wrote:
> The release of this PHILIPS set has been made possible as a result of
>
> a special agreement with PHILIPS and use of the trademark is confined
>
> to this limited-edition set.
>
>
>
>
>
> PHILIPS
>
> ORIGINAL JACKETS COLLECTION
>
> OBSESSED WITH SOUND
>
>
>
> A limited-edition 55-CD set of legendary and critically acclaimed
>
> recordings celebrating the famous PHILIPS heritage.
>
>
>
> An alliance of great artistry and superb sound.

Not one recording from Gérard Souzay!
Why?

[Steve de Mena]

I'll take a stab in the dark here. They keep releasing these boxes
you guys "don't get" because they SELL?

Steve

[John Wiser]

"Steve de Mena" <st...@demena.com> wrote in message
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Don't rain on the second-guessers, Steve,
that is one of their few little pleasures.

JDW

[Matthew B. Tepper]

Steve de Mena <st...@demena.com> appears to have caused the following
letters to be typed in news:yMudnfo6N5kakKPN...@giganews.com:

Without taking a side in this, I will simply ask a question: Who is it,
you think, who does buy these boxes? Casual listeners seeking a bargain?

--
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[Mark S]

On Aug 29, 7:20 am, "Matthew B. Tepper" <oyþ@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Steve de Mena <st...@demena.com> appears to have caused the following

> letters to be typed innews:yMudnfo6N5kakKPN...@giganews.com:

>
>
>
> > On 8/28/12 11:49 AM, Thornhill wrote:
> >> On Aug 28, 1:03 pm, "Gerard" <g-nospam_hendrik...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> td <tomdedea...@mac.com> typed:
>
> >>>> The release of this PHILIPS set has been made possible as a result of
> >>>> a special agreement with PHILIPS and use of the trademark is confined
> >>>> to this limited-edition set.
>
> >>> Looks nice. But I'm getting tired of those bulk boxes with recordings
> >>> many interested people already have (for more than 50%). Who is going
> >>> to buy this? Those who were not interested in the first (and second
> >>> and third) place, but get interested now only because of the price -
> >>> thus: dependig on what the price will be?
>
> >> Yeah, I don't get why they fill these boxes with recordings that have
> >> never been out of print, that for a while now have been available at
> >> budget (or about budget), such as: Davis' SF, Richter's Liszt piano
> >> concertos, or Haitink's DLVE.
>
> > I'll take a stab in the dark here.  They keep releasing these boxes
> > you guys "don't get" because they SELL?
>
> Without taking a side in this, I will simply ask a question:  Who is it,
> you think, who does buy these boxes?  Casual listeners seeking a bargain?
>

I imagine Philips will have no problem selling the entire limited run
of this set in the Asian market. I think the target audience is
completists/collectors. If it doesn't sell, they will rejoice in the
fact that they weren't stuck with a ton of inventory.

[randy...@gmail.com]

Isn't this a complimentary box to the Decca Sound box, which was supposed to display the progressive innovations/improvements in audio quality, especially highlighting items that would have been recognized in the industry as notable achievements?

I think the primary market here then is Asian and South America, as most of those who would be interested in North America and Western Europe will already own a large amount of this.

[akiralx]

I may get this as I don't have many of them. If they'd been clever they'd have included a few rarities like Haitink's Scheherazade.

[whn...@aol.com]

Prestoclassical.co.uk is selling the set sooner than American Amazon, and cheaper as well. Closer to the release date, there might be more European sellers who will adjust their price to the dollar. (Many times, Presto is cheaper, even after currency exchange, than American vendors.)

I am interested in this set as the first records I started collecting, rather than just having, were on Philips. Their pressings were first-rate and I always loved the sound. So I already have 50%+ of the recordings here, and the ones I don't have, well, I didn't really want at the time, I suppose. But I'm interested in seeing some history of the label and some appreciation for what they accomplished, in terms of repertory, in a fairly short period of time.

Some of the choices for this box set are certainly questionable; as other posters have noted, so many of these recordings are never out of print and readily available cheaply. I was hoping for some earlier, rarer recordings before digital remakes--such as Davis' London Beethoven (and Mozart) symphony recordings and Haitink's earlier Bruckner and Mahler. While Davis's 7th on EMI from 1961 is so well-praised, the 70s version with the LSO still stands, to my ears, as the best 7th I've ever heard. (It was available on CD for a short time only in Japan.)

Perhaps we'll be able to pick up the box set at a steep discount by the beginning of winter. Its appeal is bound to be limited, owing to its cost and the duplication of several iconic recordings...

Bill

[Steve de Mena]

On 9/4/12 6:01 AM, whn...@aol.com wrote:

> Perhaps we'll be able to pick up the box set at a steep discount by the beginning of winter. Its appeal is bound to be limited, owing to its cost and the duplication of several iconic recordings...
>
> Bill

I disagree. It will completely sell out.

Steve

[Gerard]

Matthew B. Tepper <oyþ@earthlink.net> typed:

The question has already been asked.