Kevin Sutton ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Jos Janssen wrote:
>
>...why not go for the complete Webern, Varese, Messiaen to name just three
>examples.  These alle exist in budgetted editions.
>
>Messiaen? I don't know of a complete edition period, let alone a budget
>one.  Please advise!

Erato issued a 10-CD boxed set shortly after his death, but it was
nothing like complete.

Webern, of course, is easy; his entire published output fit onto 3 LPs
and the unpublished works comprise a similar amount. So 5-6 CDs could
easily contain every note he wrote.

Varese wasn't exactly the world's most prolific composer either,
Messiaen wrote a good deal more than either AFAIK.

Deryk Barker
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