2018 Gramophone Magazine - Label of the Year

Over the past sixty years, several 'families' of musicians have written the history of harmonia mundi. After the success of Atys and the St. Matthew Passion, those families began branching out and opening up to new generations. They continued a legacy defined by a passion for excellence and a sincerity of interpretation. This 18-disc set (volume two of two) invites you to relive the highlights of the label's last thirty years from 1988-2018.

CONTENT SUMMARY:

**CD 1 - The heirs of Alfred Deller - Vivaldi: Stabat Mater / Cavalli / Handel

The operatic odyssey of René Jacobs - Arias From Cavalieri to Mozart

**CD 3 - The ladies of Basel - From Monteverdi to Vivaldi

**CD 4-5 - The new keyboard virtuosos Works:
F. Couperin, J. S. Bach, Soler, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms

**CD 6-9 - The Classical style revisited
Haydn: The Seasons / Concerto for cello and orchestra Hob.VIIb:1
Mozart: Piano Concerto n° 12, K.414 / Clarinet concerto K.622
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis op. 123

**CD 10 - The French cello school:
J. S. Bach, Schubert, Offenbach, Dutilleux

**CD 11 - Die Neue Romantik
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 / Piano Concerto MWV 02 / Symphony No.4 "Italian"

**CD 12 - Towards ‘historically informed performance’
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (2nd & 3rd part) / Ma Mère l'Oye

**CD 13 - A trio of stars . . . and the star trio - Works by Schumann and Brahms

**CD 14 - The masters of the lied
Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Eisler

** CD 15-16 - The new explorers
Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Vieuxtemps, Chopin, Debussy, De Falla, Gershwin, Reich

** CD 17 - The new generation
Le Concert royal de la Nuit (Première veille)
English Airs and Tunes of Locke, Purcell, Draghi Le Caravansérail, Bertrand Cuiller
Rhinemaidens - Works by Wagner, Schumann, Schubert

**CD 18 - Masters of every style - From Haydn to Kurtág, J.S. Bach to Bartók, Chopin to Shostakovich, F. Couperin to Satie