Das Alte Werk

[Peter]

Warner has released an array of mega boxes. What kind of thoughts do you all have about the "Das Alte Werk" collection?

http://www.warnerclassics.com/release,D ... t_6220.htm

[Seán]

I have to confess that I do LOVE box sets and that is a very attractive one indeed:

Works:
1.CD 1 Herbert Tachezi - C.P.E. Bach: Organ Sonatas
Composer – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Soloist – Herbert Tachezi

2.CD 2 Herbert Tachezi - J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Soloist – Herbert Tachezi

3.CD 3 Gustav Leonhardt - J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Soloist – Gustav Leonhardt

4.CD 4 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1056–1060
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor – Gustav Leonhardt Ensemble – Leonhardt-Consort

5.CD 5 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

6.CD 6 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

7.CD 7 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1–3
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

8.CD 8 Il Giardino Armonico - J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 4–6
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Ensemble – Il Giardino Armonico

9.CD 9 Münchner Bach-Chor/Karl Richter - J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 67, 108 & 127
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor – Karl Richter Chorus – Münchener Bach-Chor

10.CD 10 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Double Concertos by J.S. Bach and his Sons
Composer – Wilhelm Friedmann Bach Composer – Johann Christian Bach Composer – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien Conductor – Gustav Leonhardt Ensemble – Leonhardt-Consort

11.CD 11 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites 1 & 2
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

12.CD 12 Angela Maria Blasi/Yvonne Kenny/Kurt Equiluz/Robert Holl/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - J.S. Bach: “Jagdkantate” & “Bauernkantate”
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Soloist – Robert Holl Soloist – Kurt Equiluz Soloist – Yvonne Kenny Soloist – Angela-Maria Blasi

13.CD 13 Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion (Highlights)
Composer – Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien Chorus – Arnold Schoenberg Chor

14.CD 14 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Biber: Sonatae, Ballettae, Battalia, Sonata “die Pauern Kirchfahrt”
Composer – Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

15.CD 15 Andreas Staier - Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas
Composer – Muzio Clementi Soloist – Andreas Staier

16.CD 16 Il Giardino Armonico - Corelli/Manfredini/Torelli/Vivaldi: Christmas Concertos
Composer – Antonio Vivaldi Composer – Giuseppe Torelli Composer – Francesco Manfredini Composer – Arcangelo Corelli Ensemble – Il Giardino Armonico

17.CD 17 Concerto Köln - Dall’Abaco: Concerti
Composer – Evaristo Felice Dall Abaco Orchestra – Concerto Köln

18.CD 18 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Concerti grossi, op.3
Composer – George Frederick Handel Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

19.CD 19 Palmer/Rolfe Johnson/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76
Composer – George Frederick Handel Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien Soloist – Anthony Rolfe Johnson Soloist – Felicity Palmer

20.CD 20 Herbert Tachezi/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Organ Concertos, op.7
Composer – George Frederick Handel Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien Soloist – Herbert Tachezi

21.CD 21 Herbert Tachezi/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Handel: Water Music Organ Concertos HWV 295 & HWV 304
Composer – George Frederick Handel Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien Soloist – Herbert Tachezi

22.CD 22 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Haydn: Harmoniemesse, Te Deum Cantata “Qual dubbio ormai”
Composer – Joseph Haydn Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

23.CD 23 Chanticleer - Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadaloupe (1764)
Composer – Ignacio de Jerusalem Chorus – Chanticleer

24.CD 24 Concerto Köln - Mendelssohn: String Symphonies 8–10
Composer – Felix Mendelssohn Orchestra – Concerto Köln

25.CD 25 Tragicomedia - Monteverdi: Madrigali concertati
Composer – Claudio Monteverdi Ensemble – Tragicomedia

26.CD 26 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Monteverdi: L’Orfeo (Highlights)
Composer – Claudio Monteverdi Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

27.CD 27a Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
Composer – Claudio Monteverdi Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

28.CD 27b Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
Composer – Claudio Monteverdi Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

29.CD 28 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Mozart: “Credo” Mass, K257, & Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, K243
Composer – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

30.CD 29 St James’s Singers and Baroque Players/Ivor Bolton - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Composer – Henry Purcell Conductor – Ivor Bolton Ensemble – St. James s Baroque Players Chorus – St. James s Singers

31.CD 30 Andreas Staier/Concerto Köln - Salieri/Steffan: Fortepiano Concertos
Composer – Joseph Anton Steffan Composer – Antonio Salieri Orchestra – Concerto Köln Soloist – Andreas Staier

32.CD 31 Gustav Leonhardt/Jürgen Jürgens - Schütz: Die Sieben Worte unsers lieben Erlösers, Lukas-Passion
Composer – Heinrich Schütz Conductor – Jürgen Jürgens Conductor – Gustav Leonhardt

33.CD 32 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Telemann: Musique de table (Tafelmusik) (Production III)
Composer – Georg Philipp Telemann Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

34.CD 33 Frans Brüggen/Franz Vester/Paul Doctor - Telemann: Overtures & Concertos
Composer – Georg Philipp Telemann Soloist – Paul Doctor Soloist – Frans Vester Soloist – Frans Brüggen

35.CD 34 Concerto Köln - Vanhal: Symphonies
Composer – Johann Baptist Vanhal Orchestra – Concerto Köln

36.CD 35 Pro Cantione Antiqua - Victoria: Sacred Music
Composer – Tomás Luis de Victoria Chorus – Pro Cantione Antiqua

37.CD 36 Giovanni Antonini/Il Giardino Armonico - Vivaldi: Concerti op.10
Composer – Antonio Vivaldi Ensemble – Il Giardino Armonico Conductor – Giovanni Antonini

38.CD 37 Il Giardino Armonico - Vivaldi: 4 Seasons, Concertos RV 454 & 332
Composer – Antonio Vivaldi Ensemble – Il Giardino Armonico

39.CD 38 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Zelenka: Hipocondrie à 7, Ouverture à 7, Trio Sonata for 2 oboes and bassoon
Composer – Jan Dismas Zelenka Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

40.CD 39 Pro Cantione Antiqua - Ars Britannica: Old Hall Manuscript, Madrigals
Chorus – Pro Cantione Antiqua

41.CD 40 Frans Brüggen/Anner Bylsma/Gustav Leonhardt - Italian Recorder Sonatas
Conductor – Gustav Leonhardt Soloist – Anner Bylsma Soloist – Frans Brüggen

42.CD 41 Anner Bylsma - Baroque Music for Cello
Soloist – Anner Bylsma

43.CD 42 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - English Consort & Keyboard Music
Soloist – Gustav Leonhardt Ensemble – Leonhardt-Consort

44.CD 43 Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - English Music of the 17th Century
Conductor – Gustav Leonhardt Ensemble – Leonhardt-Consort

45.CD 44 Pro Cantione Antiqua - English Part Songs & Lute Songs
Chorus – Pro Cantione Antiqua

46.CD 45 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Komödiantische Musik des Barock
Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

47.CD 46 Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Music at the Court of Mannheim
Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Orchestra – Concentus musicus Wien

48.CD 47 Bob van Asperen - J. Bull: Music for Harpsichord
Composer – John Bull Soloist – Bob van Asperen

49.CD 48 Il Giardino Armonico - Musica da camera a Napoli
Ensemble – Il Giardino Armonico

50.CD 49 Max van Egmond/Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt - Songs of the Baroque Era
Conductor – Gustav Leonhardt Ensemble – Leonhardt-Consort Soloist – Max van Egmond

51.CD 50 Tragicomedia - Vanitas vanitatum — Rome 1650

[Diapason]

I was eyeing this one recently myself. It certainly looks like a tasty proposition and I wouldn't have too many of the recordings in the books from prior editions, so the overlap problem didn't really apply. If I ever got time to actually LISTEN to music I'd consider pulling the trigger on this, but I probably have enough to be going on with considering recent purchases.