Beethoven’s monumental contribution to Western classical music is celebrated here in this definitive collection marking the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Surveying the totality of his career and achievement, the Complete Edition spans orchestral, concerto, keyboard, chamber, music for the stage, choral and vocal works, encompassing his most familiar and iconic masterpieces, alongside rarities and recently reconstructed fragments and sketches in world premiere recordings. The roster of artists and ensembles includes some of Beethoven’s greatest contemporary exponents, in performances that have won critical acclaim worldwide.

Als eine Untersuchung einer Reihe von mysteriösen Todesfällen Agenten zu einer Vorbereitungsschule für rebellische Kinder der Elite führt, beauftragt der britische Geheimdienst MI6 Alex Rider mit dem Fall. Bevor er es merkt, hängt Alex mit den Söhnen der Reichen und Mächtigen rum. Doch irgendetwas fühlt sich falsch an. Die ehemaligen jugendlichen Straftäter sind quasi über Nacht brav, fleißig und austauschbar geworden. Alex muss herausfinden, was hinter der Akademie steckt, während er gleichzeitig gezwungen ist, alles Infrage zu stellen, was er über sich selbst zu wissen glaubte.

Eine Gruppe Mutanten beschützt mit ihren erstaunlichen Kräften die Welt, die sie hasst und fürchtet.

Decca signed an exclusive contract with the Wiener Oktett (Vienna Octet) in the summer of 1948 as a commercially motivated move: a sweetener to the deal that also poached the Philharmonic Orchestra from EMI. The ensemble had been formed only a year or so previously around the Boskovsky brothers, violinist Willi and clarinetist Alfred. Soon enough, audiences at home as well as in concert were enjoying the sound of a quintessentially Viennese ensemble, it's members drawn from the ranks of the Philharmonic, in Classical-era music that could have been written for them, starting with the Septet by Beethoven and the Octet by Schubert. The sweet, silvery tone of the Octet and the easy give-and-go of it's phrasing established the Octet as the latest in a line of distinguished Viennese chamber ensembles, from the Rosé Quartet of Mahler's era to the Barylli Quartet documented by the Westminster label.