The harmonia mundi label was founded in 1958. Sixty years and several thousand recordings later, the company continues to affirm its unique identity with unflagging vitality. Anniversaries offer an opportunity to reflect on the distance traveled. This 16- disc set (volume one of two) invites listeners to re-live highlights of the label's first thirty years. It also pays tribute to the now legendary artists who built harmonia mundi in a passionate quest for excellence that caused a genuine revolution in the world of early music.
CONTENTS SUMMARY:
**CD 1-2 - A passion for the organ Historic organs from Trujillo, Malaucène, Brescia & Trebel
**CD 3 - The discovery of the Old World Ancient Greek music / Gauls / Roman chants
**CD 4 - From Renaissance to Baroque Madrigals by Marenzio, Caccini, Bottrigari, Gesualdo, Monteverdi
**CD 5-11 - The Baroque revolution Purcell: King Arthur/ Songs : O Solitude, Music for a while Schütz: Motets / Kleine geistliche Konzerte & Symphoniae Sacrae J. S. Bach: Magnificat BWV 243, Aria: Erbarme dich from (St. Matthew Passion) Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Cesti: Orontea (extraits/excerpts) Lully: Atys (extraits/excerpts) / Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Charpentier: Te Deum H.146 / Rameau: Les Indes galantes De Lalande: Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy 12eSuite
**CD 12-14 - A fresh look at the score Mozart: Church Sonatas Beethoven: Symphony “Eroica” transcribed by Franz Liszt Johann Schobert: Piano Quartet op. VII n° 2 Chausson: Concert op. 21 Fauré: Requiem op. 48 (version 1893) Brahms: Motets Op. 29 & Op. 74 Mélodies sur des poèmes de Victor Hugo
**CD 15 - The twentieth century Schoenberg: Piano Pieces Opp. 11, 19, 23 & 25 Berio: Laborintus - 2 CD
**CD 16 - A window on the world of Iranian music, Arabo-Andalusian music, Byzantine chant, Corsica, La Folia de la Spagna.
