111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon

In 2009 Deutsche Grammophon celebrated its 111th birthday - a number with particular significance in music circles ever since Beethoven composed his final piano sonata Opus 111. In honour of this occasion Deutsche Grammophon set up a special website where it presented three limited-edition 111 CD box sets along with a deluxe book on the history of this long-standing record label.

In addition, music fans were invited to celebrate "111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon" and enter a competition on this website either by voting for their favourite Deutsche Grammophon album, by sending us a story on the theme of classical music or by uploading a photograph of themselves.

Mr. Meeus & Mrs. Zwemmer are the lucky winners of our first prize, the seven-day paid cruise for two with Hapag-Lloyd Cruises on the yacht "MS Europa".

Congratulations!

We were overwhelmed by how many people took part in our contest, so we would like to thank everybody for their great participation. Deutsche Grammophon is looking forward to its next anniversary.

CD-of-the-Week

As the competition and the celebration of Deutsche Grammophon's 111th anniversary are now over, this menu item is no longer active.

55-CD box-set
The Collector's Edition

This unique limited-edition, specially priced collection of 55 CDs contains landmark recordings from DG's past to present. Most titles are as originally programmed, in their original cover-art and feature artists from Claudio Abbado to Krystian Zimerman – and span musical genres from Monteverdi to Pärt.

 

6-CD box-set
111 Classic Tracks

111 Classic Tracks on 6 CDs offers 111 tracks from 111 artists who have contributed to Deutsche Grammophon's 111-year history - up until the present day. The roster spans Enrico Caruso and Richard Strauss – from the beginning of recording history - to such recent artists as Yuja Wang and Mojca Erdmann.

 

13-DVD box-set
11 Classic Videos - plus bonus disc

11 Classic Videos (a limited edition 13-DVD box-set) gathers some of the greatest films from the Unitel Classica catalogue (released on Deutsche Grammophon), ranging from Furtwängler's 1954 Don Giovanni to Anne-Sophie Mutter's supreme Mozart Violin concertos – and, as a bonus, Claudio Abbado's Peter and the Wolf (narrated by Sting).

 

State of the Art
The History of Deutsche Grammophon

This new, large format book, State of the Art, (in two language versions – English / German and French) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label. With unprecedented access to Deutsche Grammophon‘s archives and interviews with artists, historians, producers, and engineers, it is a treasure trove of memorabilia, stories, and photographs that are assembled in this lavish book recounting 111 years of DG‘s recordings.

 

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