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Andre Previn, a self-described "complete romantic," is the perfect conductor to lead the London Symphony Orchestra in these performances of Tchaikovsky's sumptuous ballet scores. Masterpieces of... more

That price—20 CDs for under $40 bucks—might make you do a double take, but rest assured: this is a Warner Classics release…it's legit! The elegant, sumptuous, brilliantly orchestrated Impressionistic... more

Alban Berg Quartet - The Complete Recordings Limited 70 CD box set.

The Viennese Classical wunderkind changed the course of music, and here are 100 gems of brilliance and beauty that made waves then and endure today. Includes selections from "Symphony No. 40 in G... more

One of the 20th century's most questing and influential singers Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is celebrated above all for his extraordinary skill and insight in lieder. This complete collection of lieder... more

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), celebrated for his masterful compositions and poignant storytelling, remains one of the most beloved opera composers of all time. This collection, crafted for both opera... more

For much of his life, Otto Klemperer carried a note written by his hero Gustav Mahler, in which the composer praised the young Klemperer as 'an outstanding musician [...] predestined for the career... more

Limited 34 CD set. Active in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the composers of the Franco-Flemish School included such brilliant and diverse figures as Binchois, Dufay, des Prez, Obrecht, de La... more

A child prodigy, Felix Mendelssohn is considered one of Europe's greatest composers. A virtuoso conductor and pianist, he was a respected all-round musician for whom Robert Schumann had great... more

"The man is simply a legend," wrote The Guardian on the occasion of Sir Neville Marriner's 90th birthday in 2014. After his death in 2016 it celebrated "a life of music-making of the highest quality... more

The EMI Classics recordings of Cécile Ousset (b. 1936), spanning the years between 1982 and 1991, would mark her third and most prestigious recording collaboration, launching her, at age forty-six,... more

Marking Beethoven's 250th birthday in a suitably heroic fashion, Fazıl Say has recorded all 32 of the composer's piano sonatas. He sees the sonatas as "a sacred text for musicians" and Beethoven as... more

Known as much for her breathtaking versatility as for the unparalleled emotional power of her performances, Maria Callas is an ideal candidate for a colossal boxed set such as this. Stories of her... more

The nine Beethoven Symphonies are considered to be one of the greatest musical testaments of all time and are a key staple in every conductor's repertoire. Simon Rattle performed the complete cycle... more

A singer who inspired the greatest admiration and affection, Victoria de los Ángeles was, in the words of Opera magazine, "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century". In the opera house,... more

For five decades Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923-2013) held a central position in the musical world. That centrality was reflected in a series of top orchestral and operatic posts and in his... more

A towering figure in French music of the later 19th century, César Franck created a distinctive fusion of German Romanticism and French Classicism, enriching the symphonic, chamber, instrumental,... more

This 31CD-box brings together all the operatic recordings that the German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923-2013) made in the years from 1956 to 1993 for EMI Classics and Electrola (now Warner... more