Carlo Maria Giulini – Complete Studio Recordings on Warner Classics, Remastered
This 60-CD box set compiles all of Carlo Maria Giulini’s studio recordings for Columbia and HMV, newly remastered from the original tapes. It documents his work with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, and later with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as selected recordings with orchestras from La Scala, the Royal Opera House, the Vienna Symphony, and others. Alongside symphonic repertoire by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, and Debussy, the set highlights Giulini’s significant contributions to opera and large-scale vocal works. These include complete recordings of Verdi’s Falstaff, Don Carlo, and La Traviata, Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro, and Verdi’s Requiem. Soloists featured across the collection include Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, and Christa Ludwig, reflecting Giulini’s close association with vocal performance in both operatic and sacred contexts.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – Lieder & Songs (HMV, Electrola, Teldec, Erato)
This 79-CD box set compiles Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s complete lieder and song recordings for HMV, EMI Electrola, Teldec, and Erato, made between 1951 and 1992. It spans repertoire from Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Wolf to 20th-century composers such as Reger, Pfitzner, Fortner, and Schoenberg. Core cycles including Winterreise, Die schöne Müllerin, Dichterliebe, and Liederkreis appear alongside songs by Loewe, Mahler, Strauss, and others. The recordings feature frequent collaborators like Gerald Moore, Daniel Barenboim, Hartmut Höll, and Aribert Reimann. A number of titles from the Teldec and Erato catalogues are included here on CD for the first time. This collection offers a comprehensive view of Fischer-Dieskau’s evolving approach to the lied, emphasizing both his interpretive consistency and the breadth of his repertoire across four decades of studio work.
Klára Würtz – Celebration
This 34-CD box set surveys nearly three decades of recordings by Hungarian pianist Klára Würtz for Brilliant Classics. The set includes Würtz’s widely praised complete cycles of Mozart’s piano sonatas, Schumann’s major solo works, and Schubert’s late sonatas, impromptus, and trios. Other featured composers include Beethoven (violin and cello sonatas, the Third Concerto), Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff. Würtz is joined by notable chamber partners in violin sonatas, piano trios, quintets for piano and winds, and cello-piano recitals. Several discs are dedicated to Hungarian repertoire, with works by Bartók, Kodály, and Ligeti. The set also includes her recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, previously praised on these pages.
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos – The Decca Legacy
This 11 CD box set compiles Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos’s complete Decca recordings, including material new to CD. It covers repertoire ranging from Spanish composers such as Falla (El amor brujo) and Albéniz (the conductor’s own orchestration of Suite Española) to German Romantic works by Schumann (Rhenish Symphony) and Mendelssohn (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Frühbeck’s Decca debut in 1965 featured the Mendelssohn and Bruch violin concertos with Ion Voicu. Also included are guitar concertos with Narciso Yepes—spanning works by Bacarisse and Ohana—and collaborations with Alicia de Larrocha, notably her 1983 Noches en los Jardines de España. The set also features his sole Deutsche Grammophon appearance and showcases his ability to draw vivid color from orchestras across a varied repertoire.
Michel Béroff – The Complete Erato Recordings
This 42-CD box set compiles Michel Béroff’s complete Erato recordings, spanning over 25 years from the late 1960s into the 1990s. The collection includes his complete recordings of piano and orchestra works by Liszt, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky, as well as extensive solo repertoire by Debussy, Messiaen, Schumann, Bartók, and Mussorgsky. Chamber music collaborations feature violin sonatas with Augustin Dumay and piano duets with Jean-Philippe Collard. Béroff’s acclaimed interpretations of Debussy and Messiaen remain central to this edition. The final disc contains two previously unreleased recordings: a 1978 performance of Beethoven’s two last piano sonatas, and a 1969 reading of Bach’s Overture in the French Style. The set offers a comprehensive view of Béroff’s studio legacy, including landmark collaborations with conductors such as Ozawa, Abbado, Boulez, and Bernstein.
Lovro von Matačić & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
This Supraphon box set brings together for the first time all studio recordings made by Lovro von Matačić with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, captured between 1959 and 1980. The 6-CD collection includes Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, two Tchaikovsky symphonies (Nos. 4 and 6), and three performances of Bruckner symphonies—the Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth—offering a distinct Late Romantic profile. Known internationally for his opera work, Matačić is presented here in a different light, shaping large-scale symphonic repertoire with the Czech Philharmonic during the tenures of conductors Karel Ančerl and Václav Neumann. These recordings reflect the mutual artistic respect between Matačić and the Czech musical scene, and highlight a lesser-known chapter in his career. The set provides a valuable historical document of a conductor admired for his depth and authority across Central European repertoire.
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