Haydn: The Masterworks (40 CD Box Set) [Box set]

Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Klaus Mertens (Performer), Kurt Widmer (Performer), Marc Pantus (Performer), Theo Adam (Performer), Michael Werba (Performer), Jaap ter Linden (Performer), Miklos Perenyi (Performer), Wolfgang Herzer (Performer), Christof Fischesser (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Klaus Mertens, Kurt Widmer, Marc Pantus, Theo Adam, Michael Werba, et al.
• Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
• Audio CD (November 30, 2004)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 40
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Brilliant Classics
• ASIN: B00062FLJM
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,404 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the better Masterworks boxes, December 18, 2008

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Ken Braithwaite (inkster, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Haydn: The Masterworks (40 CD Box Set) (Audio CD)

As always with these huge cubes of music it is not all good. But you get 52 symphonies in the excellent set from Nimbus, the complete piano sonatas on a period instrument, which are quite decent. The Creation is good. The trios are pretty good too, and the rest is mediocre. So, if you want a boatload of symphonies and the piano sonatas this is a good choice.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Franz Joseph Haydn discovered!, May 9, 2009

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xul "xul010" (milky way galaxy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Haydn: The Masterworks (40 CD Box Set) (Audio CD)

Not so familiar with the various editions of Franz Joseph Haydn's works, I can only say that this set has helped me discover his genius and charm. Hitherto, I had thought him to be something like a "precursor" of Mozart and van Beethoven. This is simply not true! F. J. Haydn has his own unique style, lively, surprising, ingenious, charming, never aggressive. History reports that F. J. Haydn was the only person able to bring Mozart to laugh. Special thanks to the late master Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter for his warm recommendation of the music of Franz Joseph Haydn.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NOT PERFECT, December 28, 2009

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César Grau Mompó - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Haydn: The Masterworks (40 CD Box Set) (Audio CD)

This box es a very good collection, interesting, at a bargain price. Only defect is it: The contents of the disc number 28 is the repetition of the disc 29. Fortunately the disc (equal to 28) is possible to buy aside (published from Brilliant); and, by chance, I have it. But this is another history.