Serenades for Orchestra
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner conducting
Philips 5782032
7-CD Set
CD 1
Gallimathias musicum, KV 32
Divertimento in D, KV 131
Cassation in B flat, KV 99
CD 2
March in D, KV 62
Cassation in D, KV 100
Cassation in G, KV 63
CD 3
March in D, KV 215
Serenade in D, KV 204
Notturno in D, KV 286
CD 4
March in D, KV 237
Serenade in D, KV 203
Serenade in D, KV 239 "Serenata notturna"
CD 5
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik," KV 525
March in D, KV 189
Serenade in D, KV 185
CD 6
March in D, KV 249
Serenade in D, KV 250 "Haffner"
CD 7
March in D, KV 335 No. 1
Serenade in D, KV 320 "Posthorn"
March in D, KV 335 No. 2
Total playing time for set: 6 hours, 43 minutes, 35 seconds
Originally released in 1985, 1987, 1990; this compilation 1990
Comments: Not inexpensive, although acquiring the seven CD's individually would be no cheaper. Here one has them all together, as it were, in a quality package that includes a nice 45-page booklet. For overall quality, one would be hard-pressed to do better than Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
There are, of course, other multi-CD volumes in the Complete Mozart Edition; it was a huge effort on the part of Philips and the performers in the early 1990's. If one were to acquire the entire edition (more and more difficult, as some volumes seem to be going "out of print"). one would end up with a a staggering - though very worthwhile - collection of 181 CD's, and would have spent, at full retail, a good deal of money.
Fortunately, Philips has now released a "Best of the Complete Mozart Edition" compilation (see below), that includes a more manageable, but still very impressive, 25 CD's.
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