To celebrate Claudio Abbados 80th birthday (June 26, 2013), DG has prepared this comprehensive 41-CD box set devoted to his recordings of symphonic repertoire. Abbados career with Deutsche Grammophon stretches back over more than four decades. In that time he has made innumerable recordings that have stood the test of time. In opera, in modern music, as a partner in concerto recordings, Abbado has left a glorious indelible mark. In more recent years, every Abbado recording has been an event, something special whether his Mahler symphonies with Berlin, or the Mozart, Bach and Pergolesi projects with his Orchestra Mozart. And, of course, as a sponsor and champion of new orchestras he is unrivalled not least with his most recent creations, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Orchestra Mozart. The box set includes: Complete recordings of eight great composers Mozart (with Orchestra Mozart), Haydn, Beethoven (with Berliner Philharmoniker), Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bruckner and Mahler (with Berliner Phliharmoniker and Lucerne festival Orchestra) Featuring seven of the orchestras with whom Abbado is most closely associated: Orchestra Mozart, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Symphony, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Lucerne Festival Orchestra All recordings have been personally selected by Claudio Abbado Bruckners First Symphony a special addition: at Abbados request this recording is being released here for the first time anywhere CD 1 3 MOZART (3 CDs) CD1: Symphonies nos. 35, 29, 33 CD 2: Symphonies nos. 38 & 41 CD 3: Symphonies nos. 39 & 40 Orchestra Mozart CD 4 6 HAYDN: 7 London Symphonies etc. (3 CDs) Chamber Orchestra of Europe CD 4: Overture Il mondo della luna 4:02 No. 93 in D 22:19, No. 96 in D 22:00, No. 98 in B flat 27:40 CD 5: No. 100 in G 23:35; No. 101 in D 26:29; No. 102 in B flat 24:31 CD 6: No. 103 in E flat 29:10; Sinfonia Concertante in B flat No. 105 20:20 CD 7 11 BEETHOVEN (5 CDs) Symphonies nos. 1 9 Mattila / Urmana / Moser / Quasthoff Berliner Philharmoniker CD 12 16 SCHUBERT (5 CDs) 8 Symphonies Rosamunde Music D 797 Chamber Orchestra of Europe CD 12: Symphonies nos. 1 3 CD 13: Symphonies nos. 4 + 8 CD 14: Symphonies nos. 5 & 6 CD 15: Symphony no. 9 CD 16: Rosamunde Music CD 17 20 MENDELSSOHN (4 CDs) 5 Symphonies Overtures: Midsummer Night s Dream, The Fair Melusine, The Hebrides, Ruy Blas, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Trumpet Overture Connell / Mattila / Blochwitz London Symphony Orchestra CD 21 25 BRAHMS (5 CDs) 4 Symphonies Academic Festival Overture, Gesang der Parzen, Alto Rhapsody, Tragic Overture, Schicksalskied, Haydn Variations, Nänie Lipovsek / Ernst Senff Choir / Rundfunk Chor Berlijn Berliner Philharmoniker Serenade no. 1(Mahler Chamber Orchestra) Serenade no. 2 (Berliner Philharmoniker) CD 26 30 BRUCKNER (5 CDs) Symphonies nos. 1,* 4, 5, 7, 9 Wiener Phiharmoniker / Lucerne Festival Orchestra* CD 31 41 MAHLER Symphonies nos. 1 9 (11 CDs) CD 31: No. 1 CD 32: No. 2 Gvazava / Larsson / Lucerne Festival Orchestra CD 33 34: No. 3 Larsson, London Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Youth Chorus CD 35: No. 4 Fleming CD 36: No. 5 CD 37: No. 6 CD 38:No. 7 CD 39 40: No. 8 Studer / McNair / Rost / von Otter / Lang / Seifert / Terfel / Rootering Rundfunkchor Berlin / Prager Philharmonischer Chor / Tölzer Knabenchor CD 41: No. 9 Berliner Philharmoniker