CLASSICAL & EARLY ROMANTIC - The Florilegium Series (50 CDs)

A 50 CD Original Jackets Collection celebrating the greatest Classical and early romantic recordings from Decca’s pioneering early music label L’Oiseau-Lyre.

The box features orchestral, vocal, chamber and solo piano music from Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music, Malcolm Binns, Andras Schiff, the Music Party, the Esterhazy Quartet among others. This is the first time that many of the recordings in the box are available on CD internationally.

L’Oiseau-Lyre is one of the pillars of Decca’s label history. Originally founded as a publishing venture called Editions de L’Oiseau-Lyre in Paris in 1932, the recording side was acquired by Decca in 1970. The label came to represent the highest standard in original instrument performance, based on the most recent research into the original texts, instrumentation and performing styles.

CD 1 – Stamitz: Three Symphonies; Clarinet Concerto
CD 2 – Boccherini: Symphonies
CD 3 – Haydn: Cello Concertos
CD 4 – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 & 94
CD 5 – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 100 & 104
CD 6 – Haydn: Arianna a Naxos; Berenice
CD 7 – Haydn: Masses
CD 8-9 – Haydn: The Creation
CD 10-11 – Haydn: Orfeo ed Eurydice
CD 12 – Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 & 17 etc.
CD 13 – Mozart: Clarinet & Horn Quintets; Oboe Quartet
CD 14* – Mozart: Serenades K375 and K525 (“Eine kleine Nachtmusik”)
CD 15* – Mozart: String Quintets 2 & 3
CD 16 – Mozart: Serenade for 13 Winds K. 361
CD 17 – Mozart: Symphony no. 29, Symphony in F K.19a, Divertimento K.136
CD 18 Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 & 40
CD 19 Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto; Bassoon Concerto
CD 20 – Mozart: Horn Concertos
CD 21 – Mozart: Piano Concertos K.453 and K.466
CD 22 – Mozart: Mass in C Minor; Coronation Mass
CD 23-25 Mozart: Così fan tutte
CD 26* – Beethoven: Songs
CD 27-36* – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 -32
CD37 – Beethoven: Piano & Wind Quintets; Mozart: Quintet K.452
CD 38 – Beethoven: Septet; Weber: Clarinet Quintet
CD 39 – Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E flat “Eroica”
CD 40 – Beethoven Symphony no. 9 in D Minor “Choral”
CD 41 – Hummel: Piano Sonatas; Haydn*: Andante con Variazioni; Chopin*: Barcarolle
CD 42 – Hummel, Crussell* & Krommer* Clarinet Quartets
CD 43 – Schubert: 3 Violin Sonatas
CD 44 – Schubert & Mendelssohn Violin Sonatas
CD 45 – Schubert: Piano Quintet – “Trout”; 7 Lieder
CD 46 – Schubert: Octet
CD 47 – Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas
CD 48* – Weber: Songs
CD 49* – Trios by Weber, Schumann & Glinka
CD 50* – Liszt Piano Works