Deutsche Grammophons Complete Beethoven Edition of 1997 was one of the great events in recording history an 87-CD set that served as a monument to the worlds greatest composer. Now we are offering, in a limited edition, a box set of Beethoven Masterworks, covering the complete range of Beethovens works in 51 CDs. The choice of recordings is quite distinct from the 1997 Edition, and CDs are presented in album form, with the original artwork of great Beethoven releases from DGs super-roster of artists. Overview: The box is in the tradition of our successful Cubes Brahms, Schumann and Liszt Editions which between them have sold 34,000 sets since 2009 thats 1,352,206 CDs altogether. The Edition: from Symphonies to Folksong Settings, and in between Overtures, Concertos, Piano Trios, String Quartets, Chamber Music for Wind Instruments, String Trios, Cello Sonatas, Violin Sonatas, Piano Sonatas, Lieder, Masses, rare Large Choral Works, and Fidelio. The Artists: almost all CDs are individual albums presented in the original jackets by our greatest artists. Some examples: for the Symphonies weve got Abbado, Gardiner, Kleiber, Bernstein and Karajan; for the Piano Concertos, weve got Argerich, Zimerman and Pollini; for the String Quartets Melos, Emerson and Hagen; for the Piano Sonatas Kempff, Barenboim, Gilels and Pollini. All presented in their original cover art! In this sense, the Edition is quite distinct from the old Beethoven Edition updated, compact, added-value We have, however, taken advantage of the Complete Beethoven by including here some rarities like the much acclaimed Cantatas newly recorded for 1997 by Christian Thielemann and Myung-Wha Chung; and as a Bonus CD a selection of the Folksong Settings, also specially recorded for the 1997 Edition. Packaging: Its the familiar, tested, jack-in-the-box Cube in the tradition of our successful Brahms (14,431 boxes sold), Schumann and Liszt. Editions of previous years 96-page booklet, with a classic article by the great German critic Karl Schumann and artist photos. BEETHOVEN MASTERWORKS CD 1 5 9 Symphonies Abbado Gardiner Kleiber Bernstein Karajan CD 6 7 Overtures Abbado CD 8 Incidental Music Karajan CD 9 11 Piano Concertos nos. 1 5 Triple Concerto Argerich Zimerman Pollini CD 12 Violin Concerto Romances Mintz CD 13 19 String Quartets Melos Emerson Hagen CD 20 22 Piano Trios Kempff Szeryng Fournier CD 23 24 String Trios Mutter Giuranna Rostropovich CD 25 27 Chamber Music for Wind Instruments Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker CD 28 29 Cello Sonatas Fournier Maisky [Zweite Spalte] CD 30 33 Violin Sonatas Menuhin Kremer Dumay CD 34 40 Piano Sonatas Kempff Barenboim Gilels Pollini CD 41 Diabelli Variations Pollini CD 42 43 Variations and Bagatelles Pletnev CD 44 Lieder Fischer- Dieskau CD 45 Missa solemnis Gardiner CD 46 Mass in C Gardiner CD 47 Trauerkantate Kantate auf die Erhebung Leopolds II Thielemann [oder: 2 Cantatas] CD 48 Der glorreiche Augenblick Chung Choral Fantasy Kissin CD 49 50 Fidelio Bernstein Bonus CD Folksong Settings Soloists Martineau