Wiener Philharmoniker (64cd) Orchestral Edition

Various Artists

A luxurious and authoritative 64CD orchestral and concerto set, celebrating one of the world’s great orchestras and their 64-year relationship with Decca Classics. ‘Champagne’ style box - lift off lid, with luxury gold-wrap outer box. Black and gold CD wallets, with recordings arranged chronologically by composer, starting with Haydn and ending with Khachaturian and Kodály); 200pp softcover perfect-bound book, approx. 200mm x 110mm, landscape orientation. FIVEessays are provided, each of approx. 1500 words, respectively by Dr. Silvia Kargl of the Wiener Philharmoniker Historisches Archiv, by long-term Decca producers Christopher Raeburn, Erik Smith and John Culshaw, and by Paul Moseley/Raymond McGill of Decca;. All note content in English, German and Japanese. The book presents the majority of the original album sleeves, as well as photographic images, contracts and even letters, all of which together offer a comprehensive overview of the Decca-WP relationship across several decades. Designed and art directed by UMGI’s Matt Read, whose work for Decca includes the remarkable Solti / Ring Deluxe Edition of 2012 and the Britten Complete Works of 2013, among many others.

Price: $199.98