Sony BMG Baroque Masterpieces Box

[Д.Д.]

Looks like a good bargain. I just placed an order.

http://www.amazon.com/Baroque-Masterpieces-Various-Box/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1303890831&sr=1-2

[David Ayers]

Cheap enough, though one or two of the recordngs are rather dated and might not satisfy you for long... Bargain though on any measure!

[Free For All]

Go for baroque!

[Д.Д.]

Got the box and listened to a few CDs. The recordings are from Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Vivarte, SEON, Arte Nova catalogs, and just a few of RCAs and Sonys. Most of the stuff I heard is excellent - Telemann, Bach's St Jonh, Bach's solo violin (played with curved bow!), Bach's lute music, Lully... I was not too hot on Leonhardt's Goldberg Variations (on harpsichord) - in general there is probably too much Leonhardt here (around 10 CDs out of 60) - but they are definitely more than tolerable. There is a even an electronic booklet with short but well written essays for every disc.