Ever since Beethoven wrote his last piano sonata and called it opus 111, the number 111 has enjoyed certain kudos in musical circles – of which we are proud to take advantage, as Deutsche Grammophon celebrates its 111th anniversary in 2009.
111 years is a lot of history, and we have tried to squeeze into an array of products – both on CD and on DVD – the “flavour” of the label, and to give an idea of its culture over 11 decades. The philosophy has always been “The greatest recordings by the greatest artists in the world” – something clearly borne by the releases now on offer, both in terms of sound quality and artistic merit.
In parallel with The Collector’s edition, 111 classic tracks offers a single track from each of the 51 principal artists featured there, plus 60 more artists who have contributed to Deutsche Grammophon’s 111 year history, right up to the present day. The roster runs from Caruso and Richard Strauss at the beginnings of recording history to recent arrivals Alice Sara Ott and Yuja Wang.
This 6-CD, limited edition, Digistak is a fabulous compilation comprising of 6 trays bound together to form a digistak (like a mega digipak) which fits neatly into a slipcase; 24-page tracklist booklet.
Artists
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Amadeus Quartet (string quartet), Norbert Brainin (violin), Siegmund Nissel (violin), Peter Schidlof (viola), Martin Lovett (cello), Géza Anda (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Myron Bloom (horn), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Jean Soldan (flute), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Timothy Farrell (organ), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), John McCarthy (chorus master), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master), Measha Brueggergosman (soprano), Justus Zeyen (piano), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Giuliano Carmignola (violin), José Carreras (tenor), Shura Cherkassky (piano), Rosalind Plowright (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Walter Gullino (tenor), Andre Bielecki (tenor), Serge Jaroff (chorus master), Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano), Pierre Fournier (cello), Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano), Paolo Vero (chorus master), Nigel Robson (tenor), His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts (chamber ensemble), Emil Gilels (piano), Hélène Grimaud (piano), Henk Bouman (cembalo), Friedrich Gulda (piano), Hagen Quartett (string quartet), Hilary Hahn (violin), Daniel Hope (violin), Sebastian Knauer (piano), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Emanuel Bay (piano), Jascha Heifetz (violin), Michael Raucheisen (piano), Hans Hotter (baritone), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master), Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Lang Lang (piano), LaSalle Quartet (string quartet), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Simon Joly (chorus master), Mischa Maisky (cello), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Antonio Meneses (cello), Melos Quartet (string quartet), Nathan Milstein (violin), Georges Pludermacher (piano), Shlomo Mintz (violin), Clifford Benson (piano), Anna Netrebko (soprano), David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin), Alice Sara Ott (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Ivo Pogorelich (piano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Maria João Pires (piano), Itzhak Perlman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Patricia Petibon (soprano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Simon Standage (violin), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Hermann Prey (baritone), Simon Preston (organ), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sebastien Peschko (piano), Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone), Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin), Carl Seemann (piano), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano), Andrés Segovia (guitar), Maria Stader (soprano), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Göran Söllscher (guitar), Rita Streich (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Jian Wang (cello), Yuja Wang (piano), Eduard Müller (organ), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Hubert Giesen (piano), Helmut Walcha (organ), Narciso Yepes (guitar), Nicanor Zabaleta (harp), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg, Orchestre de Paris, Lucerne Festival Strings, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Staatsoper, Cleveland Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Unknown Orchestra, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Don Kosaken Chor, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, St. Hedwig's Cathedral Choir, Berlin, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Musica Antiqua Köln, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, London Symphony Chorus, Gabrieli Consort, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera, Concerto Köln, The English Concert, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Münchener Bach-Chor, Staatskapelle Berlin, Philadelphia Orchestra, The Andalucian Dogs, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Claudio Abbado, Rudolf Baumgartner, Carlo Maria Giulini, Leonard Bernstein, Karl Böhm, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Andrea Marcon, Herbert von Karajan, Myung-Whun Chung, Gustavo Dudamel, Ferenc Fricsay, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Roberto Abbado, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Reinhard Goebel, Jeffrey Kahane, Neeme Järvi, Eugen Jochum, Rafael Kubelik, Carlos Kleiber, Ferdinand Leitner, James Levine, Semyon Bychkov, Paul McCreesh, Igor Markevitch, Marc Minkowski, Evgeny Mravinsky, Seiji Ozawa, Daniel Harding, André Previn, Christian Thielemann, Karl Richter, Hans Rosbaud, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Ion Marin, Richard Strauss, Kurt Gaebel, Daniele Callegari, August Wenzinger