I have listened to these recordings. With only a few exceptions, these recordings are good to very good in terms of interpretation and sound quality. This set has a lot to offer at a reasonable price!
Rating: 4 / 5
Having collected the entire “The Masterworks” series (including the Bach and Mozart Complete Works) this set is the ‘clinker’ of the bunch. First off… 6 CD’s of Lieder ‘historic’ (pre-historic) recordings. No Overtures, No Orchestral Seranades, No Haydn Variations?? The performances of the Symphonies and the Concertos are shakey and not very well recorded. Brilliant Classics, who has done such a wonderful job with the Hadyn Complete Symphonies (licensed from Nimbus), the Mozart and Bach Complete sets, has stumbled a bit with this release.
Rating: 3 / 5
#1 by W. Gniffke on May 11, 2010 - 1:26 am
I have listened to these recordings. With only a few exceptions, these recordings are good to very good in terms of interpretation and sound quality. This set has a lot to offer at a reasonable price!
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Cameron Parkes on May 11, 2010 - 1:44 am
Having collected the entire “The Masterworks” series (including the Bach and Mozart Complete Works) this set is the ‘clinker’ of the bunch. First off… 6 CD’s of Lieder ‘historic’ (pre-historic) recordings. No Overtures, No Orchestral Seranades, No Haydn Variations?? The performances of the Symphonies and the Concertos are shakey and not very well recorded. Brilliant Classics, who has done such a wonderful job with the Hadyn Complete Symphonies (licensed from Nimbus), the Mozart and Bach Complete sets, has stumbled a bit with this release.
Rating: 3 / 5