[bipbop13]

Curious about the somewhat less popular, or less proficient composers that have been lucky enough to have their works compiled into one set, or maybe one CD if it's that limited. Thanks in advance.

 

[Phil loves classical]

Less popular, but not less proficient. I have Varese complete on 2 discs conducted by Chailly. Also Webern on 3 discs by Boulez.

 

[starthrower]

Henri Dutilleux Centennial set 7 CD.

 

[Monsalvat]

Boulez's complete set of Webern comes to mind (the Deutsche Grammophon set, not the Sony, which was complete when it was made but lacks works discovered more recently):

And a good number of organists (e.g. Olivier Latry) have recorded the complete organ works of Maurice Duruflé, which fit on one CD. However, Duruflé also wrote other works, so this isn't complete in the sense you asked for.

 

[Alfacharger]

Carl Ruggles, complete on two records.

 

[Andrew Kenneth]

Irish composer William Hamilton Bird lived in India in the 1780s; he composed : 1) The Oriental Miscellany; being a collection of the most favourite airs of Hindoostan, compiled and adapted for the Harpsichord and 2) a sonata for harpsichord & flute.
They were released on cd in 2015.

 

[Andrew Kenneth]

Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, composed a number of Lieder.
They were released on cd by Eloquence.

 

[joen_cph]

Some more, besides those mentioned in

How many composers actually have complete (or 95-99%)...

I know it's impossible to have every scrap or note of everything ever written, but I've come across a few box sets that are, for the most part, complete. Then I've come across others... Masterworks, Edition, etc. And when I look at reviews, they are far from complete. I've come across these...

www.talkclassical.com

• Alma Mahler - to my knowledge, only about 14 lieder are known. All the lieder can be contained on a single CD
• Abel Decaux - only wrote a very few piano works, including the published Clairs de Lune. Everything can be contained on one CD
• Boris Pasternak. His entire oeuvre - songs, piano works, a choral work - can be contained on 1-2 CDs, but I'm not aware of such a project.
• Julius Reubke's complete works (only piano and organ music has been preserved) can be bought, on 1 CD, played by Schöch.
• Julian Scriabin's could be on less than 1 CD too.

 

[premont]

The complete surviving works by Pierre du Mage (1674 -1751) Premier livre d'orgue, which was published in 1708, lasts for less than 25 minutes, but it is learned and inspired to such an extent, that he must be considered one of the greatest French baroque composers of organ music.

Pierre du Mage : Livre d'Orgue - YouTube

Pierre du Mage - Wikipedia

 

[BBSVK]

Vincenzo Bellini had a rather small output, considering he specialised on opera. He wrote cca 10 of them, depending how you count the revisions. He died in his 30-ties.
As I am writing, I realise I probably do not fulfill your specification, but I'll leave it here,
This is a neat box that can be purchased, 25 CDs

Bellini: Complete Operas - NaxosDirect

naxosdirect.co.uk

 

[joen_cph]

That said, Bellini also wrote other stuff then operas, but much less performed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Bellini#Complete_works_of_Bellini

 

[Coach G]

As a full-time chemist, Alexander Borodin had a small output but a surprisingly high hit-to-miss ratio. And he was so limited in terms of musical literacy that Tchiakovsky wrote to his patron, Nedezhda von Meck, that Borodin "can hardly compose a single measure of music without outside help." Borodin was part of the Mili Balekarev circle (also known as the "Mighty Five") so while I'm sure that Balekarev, Cui, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky helped Borodin to get the ideas on paper, it's also apparent that despite the "outside help", Borodin's music displays a wonderful, colorful, and original personality; though he remains a minor composer. His only opera, Prince Igor, was completed posthumously by Rimsky-Korsakov and his student Glazounov, and Glazounov was able to reconstruct parts of Prince Igor based upon remembering melodies that Borodin sang to him while he was still alive.

Apart from Prince Igor, there are the three symphonies (the Symphony #2 is very good), as well as the beautiful String Quartet #2 (don't bother with the long and rambling String Quartet #1), as well that old favorite, In the Steppes of Central Asia, that we all know and love. You can probably do justice to Borodin in three moves.

Here are some suggestions:

 

[RobertJTh]

The complete surviving works by Pierre du Mage (1674 -1751) Premier livre d'orgue, which was published in 1708, lasts for less than 25 minutes, but it is learned and inspired to such an extent, that he must be considered one of the greatest French baroque composers of organ music.

Domenico Zipoli wrote one famous keyboard work ("Sonate d’intavolatura") and some vocal works that survived only fragmentary. His whole oeuvre fits on 3 or 4 cd's.

 

[Orfeo]

• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
• Dargomyzhsky
• Mussorgsky
• Kalinnikov
• Roslavets
• Magnard
• Schmitt
• Catoire
• Dukas
• Skulte
• Ravel
• Cui

 

[joen_cph]

At least Cui, Skulte and Coleridge Taylor wrote a lot, it's just that nobody plays or records much by them.

Cui https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_César_Cui
Skulte Latvian Composer Adolfs Skulte
Coleridge Taylor List of works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download

 

[Orfeo]

At least Cui, Skulte and Coleridge Taylor wrote a lot, it's just that nobody plays or records much by them.

Cui https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_César_Cui
Skulte Latvian Composer Adolfs Skulte
Coleridge Taylor List of works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download

That's a good point.

 

[ORigel]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Corelli-- his output fits on ten CDs.