Over the past sixty years, several families of musicians have written the history of harmonia mundi. 1988-2018: after the success of Atys and the St Matthew Passion, the Arles years saw those families branching out and opening up to new generations with a consistency clearly visible in the artistic policy – the passion for excellence, and a certain sincerity of interpretation too, as may be seen notably in Haydn’s Seasons. As well as filiations, this set gives examples of musical chemistry, encounters, new paths for exploration and even the odd amusing deviation from the norm . . . A unique and exciting story!

Contents

CD 1 The heirs of Alfred Deller - VIVALDI Stabat Mater /CAVALLI / HANDEL

CD 2 The operatic odyssey of René Jacobs - Arias From CAVALIERI to MOZART

CD 3 The ladies of Basel - From MONTEVERDI TO VIVALDI

CD 4-5 The new keyboard virtuosos

Works by F. COUPERIN, J. S. BACH, SOLER, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS

CD 6-9 The Classical style revisited

HAYDN The Seasons / Concerto for cello and orchestra Hob.VIIb:1

MOZART Piano Concerto n° 12, K.414 / Clarinet concerto K.622

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis op. 123

CD 10 The French cello school - J. S. BACH, SCHUBERT, OFFENBACH, DUTILLEUX

CD 11 Die Neue Romantik - MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto Op. 64 / Piano Concerto MWV 02 / Symphony No.4 "Italian"

CD 12 Towards ‘historically informed performance’ RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé (2nd & 3rd part) / Ma Mère l'Oye

CD 13 A trio of stars . . . and the star trio - Works by SCHUMANN and BRAHMS

CD 14 The masters of the lied - SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, WOLF, EISLER

CD 15-16 The new explorers - ROSSINI, DONIZETTI, BELLINI, VIEUXTEMPS, CHOPIN, DEBUSSY, DE FALLA, GERSHWIN, REICH

CD 17 The new generation

Le Concert royal de la Nuit (Première veille)

English Airs and Tunes of Locke, Purcell, Draghi Le Caravansérail, Bertrand Cuiller

Rhinemaidens - Works by Wagner, Schumann, Schubert

CD 18 Masters of every style - From HAYDN to KURTÁG, J.S. BACH to BARTÓK, CHOPIN to SHOSTAKOVITCH, F. COUPERIN to SATIE