A 50 CD Original Jackets Collection celebrating the greatest Classical and early romantic recordings from Decca’s pioneering early music label L’Oiseau-Lyre.
The box features orchestral, vocal, chamber and solo piano music from Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music, Malcolm Binns, Andras Schiff, the Music Party, the Esterhazy Quartet among others. This is the first time that many of the recordings in the box are available on CD internationally.
L’Oiseau-Lyre is one of the pillars of Decca’s label history. Originally founded as a publishing venture called Editions de L’Oiseau-Lyre in Paris in 1932, the recording side was acquired by Decca in 1970. The label came to represent the highest standard in original instrument performance, based on the most recent research into the original texts, instrumentation and performing styles.
CD 1 – Stamitz: Three Symphonies; Clarinet Concerto CD 2 – Boccherini: Symphonies CD 3 – Haydn: Cello Concertos CD 4 – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 & 94 CD 5 – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 100 & 104 CD 6 – Haydn: Arianna a Naxos; Berenice CD 7 – Haydn: Masses CD 8-9 – Haydn: The Creation CD 10-11 – Haydn: Orfeo ed Eurydice CD 12 – Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 & 17 etc. CD 13 – Mozart: Clarinet & Horn Quintets; Oboe Quartet CD 14* – Mozart: Serenades K375 and K525 (“Eine kleine Nachtmusik”) CD 15* – Mozart: String Quintets 2 & 3 CD 16 – Mozart: Serenade for 13 Winds K. 361 CD 17 – Mozart: Symphony no. 29, Symphony in F K.19a, Divertimento K.136 CD 18 Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 & 40 CD 19 Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto; Bassoon Concerto CD 20 – Mozart: Horn Concertos CD 21 – Mozart: Piano Concertos K.453 and K.466 CD 22 – Mozart: Mass in C Minor; Coronation Mass CD 23-25 Mozart: Così fan tutte CD 26* – Beethoven: Songs CD 27-36* – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 -32 CD37 – Beethoven: Piano & Wind Quintets; Mozart: Quintet K.452 CD 38 – Beethoven: Septet; Weber: Clarinet Quintet CD 39 – Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E flat “Eroica” CD 40 – Beethoven Symphony no. 9 in D Minor “Choral” CD 41 – Hummel: Piano Sonatas; Haydn*: Andante con Variazioni; Chopin*: Barcarolle CD 42 – Hummel, Crussell* & Krommer* Clarinet Quartets CD 43 – Schubert: 3 Violin Sonatas CD 44 – Schubert & Mendelssohn Violin Sonatas CD 45 – Schubert: Piano Quintet – “Trout”; 7 Lieder CD 46 – Schubert: Octet CD 47 – Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas CD 48* – Weber: Songs CD 49* – Trios by Weber, Schumann & Glinka CD 50* – Liszt Piano Works
