New CD Box Set: The RISM Complete Incipits Edition

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Many people know that one of the things that makes RISM unique is that we include music incipits in our records.

How many times have you thought to yourself, “If only I could listen to these music incipits all day!”

Now you can! Announcing a new CD box set, the RISM Complete Incipits Edition (image, left). Available on 2,286 CDs, this limited edition box set includes 1,690,822 incipits performed on historically accurate instruments.

Who can forget the classic opening to Anton Diabelli’s Tantum Ego?

Or the exciting tenor entrance in Felice Alessandri’s Dario?

This trombone lick is unforgettable, and only Paolo Bonfichi could have written it.

You will never listen to solfeggio the same again after hearing it on the RISM Complete Incipits Edition! Sing along and add your own words.

Dedicated RISM users will know that sometimes a record only has a text incipit or a tempo indication. These are included as well, featuring the celebrity voices of David Attenborough, Morgan Freeman, Werner Herzog, William Shatner, and Meryl Streep. Enjoy as they read out classics such as

1.1.1 vl 1, c; 3/4; c/ Ouverture. Più moto; b; B

and
1.6.1 6/4; e Tell him Apollo greets him well

Order today and become the proud new owner of the RISM Complete Incipits Edition. Or buy a set for your favorite music library.

And that’s not all! If you order today you will receive a bonus CD, The Best of RISM Complete Incipits Edition, to listen to in your car or take to the beach.

Order now before it is too late! Use this convenient order form.

Also available on iTunes and Spotify.

Photo credit: Adapted from “Muro de CDs” by Feans, via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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