Nikolaus Harnoncourt's relationship with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra was one of the most transformative partnerships in modern orchestral history, lasting 38 years and totalling 276 concerts. What made the partnership unique was the mutual respect between the maestro and the ensemble. While many traditional orchestras initially resisted Harnoncourt's strict adherence to historical scores, the Concertgebouw musicians embraced his intellectual rigor. Over several decades, they developed a distinctive "Amsterdam style" of performing the First Viennese School - Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven - combining the orchestra's legendary warmth with Harnoncourt's sharp, dramatic energy. The recorded legacy of this collaboration remains a cornerstone of the classical catalog. Their famous cycles of Mozart and Haydn symphonies were highly acclaimed, as was their profound interpretation of Schubert's complete symphonic works, which continue to be benchmarks for critics and collectors alike. The box also includes the famous Mozart/Da Ponte trilogy (Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro and Così fan tutte), starring Thomas Hampson, works by Bruckner, Johann Strauss and Brahms, as well as four albums by Dvorak (his major symphonies and his piano concerto)

CD 1: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 25

CD 2: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 28 & 30

CD 3: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 29

CD 4: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 33 & 31 “Paris”

CD 5: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 “Linz” & 32 / Lucio Silla Overture

CD 6: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 “Haffner” & 34

CD 7: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 “Prague” & 41 “Jupiter”

CD 8: Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos No. 10 / Chick Corea: Fantasy for Two Pianos / Friedrich Gulda: Ping Pong (Gulda, Corea)

CD 9: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 26 “Coronation” & 23 (Gulda)

CDs 10–12: Mozart: Così fan tutte (Margiono, Ziegler, Van der Walt, Steiger, Hampson)

CDs 13–15: Mozart: Don Giovanni (Hampson, Gruberova, Alexander, Bonney, Blochwitz, Polgár)

CDs 16–18: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Hampson, Margiono, Bonney, Scharinger)

CD 19: Mozart: Thamos, König in Ägypten (Thomaschke, Mühle, Van Altena, Van der Kamp)

CD 20: Salieri: Prima la musica, poi le parole / Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor (Hampson, Holl, Alexander, Hamari, Nador, Laki)

CD 21: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93, 100 “Military” & 68

CD 22: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 “Surprise” & 95

CD 23: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 “Miracle” & 97

CD 24: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 98 & 99

CD 25: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 “Clock” & 102

CD 26: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 103 “Drumroll” & 104 “London”

CD 27: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 / 2 Overtures “In the Italian Style”

CD 28: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6

CD 29: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 & 8 “Unfinished”

CD 30: Schubert: Symphony No. 9 “The Great”

CD 31: Johann Strauss II: Overtures

CDs 32–33: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (Gruberova, Bonney, Lipovšek, Hollweg, Protschka)

CD 34: Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 “Wagner Symphony”

CD 35: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 “Romantic”

CD 36: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Buchbinder)

CD 37: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Buchbinder)

CD 38: Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto (Kremer, Hagen)

CD 39: Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 / The Wild Dove

CD 40: Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 / The Noon Witch

CD 41: Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” / The Water Goblin

CD 42: Dvořák: Piano Concerto (Aimard) / The Golden Spinning Wheel