200 cardboard sleeves in a cardboard box. This is the version with books in English.
Box has edge west to one corner (pictured)
All CDs are mint/ unplayed
All books and inserts are mint
Limited edition of 15 000 numbered copies.
CDs are grouped into four blocks:
- 1-49 - Chamber
- 50-101 - Orchestral
- 102-152 - Theatre
- 153-200 - Sacred - Private Supplement
CD #75 of this box set was thought (as of 2016) to have the longest playing time of any CD released to date at 86 minutes and 30 seconds. Since then, several major label compact disc releases (for example, CDs # 5 and 105 (86:47) of Bach 333 – The New Complete Edition and CD #18 of Beethoven 2020: The New Complete Edition) have exceeded 86:30.
From the included info sheet:
In celebration of Mozart's 225th anniversary, presented by Decca Classics and Deutsche Grammophon and in partnership with the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg.
This individually numbered limited edition is a fusion of the latest scholarship with 240 hours of benchmark performances from over 600 world-class solo artists and ensembles in state-of-the-art sound recording.
Includes:
-All Mozart's completed works including the Handel and Bach arrangements.
-Over 100 fragments, completions by others and doubtful works.
-30 CDs of alternative performances of key masterpieces.
-5 hours of newly recorded performances including on Mozart's own instruments.
-Word-premiere recordings including recent discoveries.
-18 labels represented, including many rare and unique recordings.
-Complete symphonies and concertos on period instruments plus many traditional-instrument and classic performances.
-Performed by the world's greatest artists including Abbado, Ashkenazy, Barenboim, Bartoli, Böhm, Brendel, Brüggen, Damrau, DiDonato, Gardiner, Hogwood, Mackerras, Marriner, Mutter, Nézet-Séguin, Östman, Pinnock, Pires, Schiff, Solti, Terfel, Uchida, Villazon and Wunderlich
The Mozart experience enriched
-2 fully-illustrated hardback books: a brand-new Mozart biography by Prof. Cliff Eisen, plus feature essays and work-by-work commentary from 30 renowned Mozart scholars.
-5 framable Mozart prints, including the last authenticated portrait, a complete song and a letter to his father, courtesy of the Mozarteum Foundation.
-"K Book" exclusive to this Edition presenting the numbering of the long-awaited new Köchel catalogue.
-Complete performer index, free access to online Urtext scores and groundbreaking Libretto App with full sung texts and translations.
For further information go to www.mozart225.com
