A Selection of EMI Box Sets

It seems we are living in a golden age of box sets. Not just EMI, but a number of labels are releasing box sets, either as an artist portrait or as a composer compendium. Obviously older recordings will sound typically "historical" or sonically compromised, but there are quite a number of recordings from the 1950's onward that have been remastered and have surprisingly good sound quality. Below is a sampling of EMI box sets that have been issued:

 

 
 
Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings [Recorded 1932-1984] - (51 CDs)
  


 
EMI CLASSICS 2641312 [51 CDs: ca 59 hrs]
 
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/may09/menuhin_50cd_2641312.htm
 
http://www.amazon.com/Yehudi-Menuhin-Great-EMI-Recordings/dp/B001PKVFFI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1293753779&sr=1-1-spell
 
http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=48244

 

David Oistrakh – The Complete EMI Recordings - (17 CDs)
 
 
http://www.amazon.com/David-Oistrakh-Complete-EMI-Recordings/dp/B001ASVXSE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1293754200&sr=1-1
 
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/dec08/Oistrakh_2147122.htm

http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=47305

 
 
Nathan Milstein: Aristocrat of the Violin - (8 CDs)
 
 
 
http://www.amazon.com/Nathan-Milstein-Johann-Sebastian-Bach/dp/B002HIEIVA/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293754104&sr=1-4
 
http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=48820

 

 
 
Icon: Jascha Heifetz - (6 CDs)
 
http://www.amazon.com/Icon-6-CDs-Jascha-Heifetz/dp/B001B1R1GI/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293754153&sr=1-1
 
http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=47536

 

 
Mstislav Rostropovich - The Complete EMI Recordings - (26 CDs)
 

 
  
EMI CLASSICS 2 17597 2 [26 CDs: ca 30 hrs & 2 DVDs]
 
http://www.amazon.com/Rostropovich-Complete-EMI-Recordings-CDs/dp/B001EX5CHI/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293754124&sr=1-1
 
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/may09/rostropovich_2175972.htm

http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=47589

 
 
Paul Tortelier: The Great EMI Recordings - (20 CDs)
 
 
 
 http://www.amazon.com/Great-Emi-Recordings-Paul-Tortelier/dp/B0031IHBDC/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293754076&sr=1-1
 
http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=49444

 

 
Alicia de Larrocha: Complete EMI Recordings - (8 CDs) 
 
 
 
EMI CLASSICS ICON 6294862
 
http://www.amazon.com/Icon-Alicia-Larrocha/dp/B003D0ZNJC/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293754169&sr=1-2

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Nov10/larrocha_icon_6294862.htm

http://www.emiclassics.com/releaseabout.php?rid=49968

 

 
Icon: Sviatoslav Richter - (6 CDs)
 
 
 
http://www.amazon.com/Sviatoslav-Richter-Icon-14-CDs/dp/B001B1R1HC/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293754012&sr=1-1

http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=47563

 
 

Aldo Ciccolini: The Complete EMI Recordings 1950-1991 [Box set] - (56 CDs)

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-EMI-Recordings-1950-1991-CDs/dp/B002SV3KOM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293754187&sr=1-1

 

 
Sir John Barbirolli: The Great EMI Recordings - (10 CDs)
 
 
  
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Emi-Recordings-John-Barbirolli/dp/B0031IHBCS/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293754029&sr=1-4
 
http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=49585

 

Karajan Orchestral: The Complete EMI Recordings 1946-1984 Volume 1 [Box Set] - (88 CDs)
 
 
 
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-EMI-Recordings-1946-1984-Vol/dp/B000ZBPQEO/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293754216&sr=1-2
 
http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=46423

 

 

Karajan Opera and Vocals - The Complete EMI Recordings Volume 2  [Box set] - (72 CDs)

 
 
 

 

150th Anniversary Box - Mahler - (16 CDs)
Various Artists

 

 
 
http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Complete-Works-150th-Anniversary/dp/B003D0ZNWY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1294234553&sr=1-1
 
http://www.emiclassics.com/releaseabout.php?rid=49764
 

 

 
The Essential Vaughan Williams Collection - (30CDs)
 
 
http://www.amazon.com/Vaughan-Williams-Collectors-Box-Set/dp/B00156ZWV0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1293753974&sr=1-1
 
http://www.emiclassics.com/releasedetails.php?rid=47143

 

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