EMI Great Recordings of the Century

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EMI Great Recordings of the Century

The EMI Classics flagship mid-price series of reissues Great Recordings of the Century has proved exceptionally successful since its launch in 1998. With this new batch the series has 180 titles. It has achieved sales of over five million units.

A further batch of ten very strong titles (famous recordings featuring Daniel Barenboim, the Busch Quartet, Alfred Cortot, Jascha Heifetz, Otto Klemperer, Alicia de Larrocha, Christa Ludwig, John McGlinn, David Oistrakh, Simon Rattle and Klaus Tennstedt) will be released in August 2006. Details of the new Great Recordings of the Century are given below.

The series has a high-quality and distinctive through-design, with original LP sleeves and the ART logo reproduced on the front covers, and critical endorsements from the Gramophone on the back inlays. The substantial booklets offer newly commissioned and authoritative essays (in English, German & French) and, where appropriate, the sung texts/libretto (with translations).

A crucial element in maintaining the high standards achieved in Great Recordings of the Century is the work of EMI’s renowned team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios. Using the very latest technology, they make new transfers from the original materials (78s and analogue tape) and new remasterings (of both analogue and digital recordings)

	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 20*	Released September 2008 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concertos & Orchestral Suites ENRICO CARUSO 1902–04 CHOPIN Polonaises MAHLER / R.STRAUSS Symphony No.6; Metamorphosen MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time MONTEVERDI 1610 Vespers MOZART Le nozze di Figaro MOZART / BRUCKNER Requiem; Te Deum PUCCINI Madama Butterfly PUCCINI Il trittico
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 19*	Released February 2008 J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations BEETHOVEN Late Quartets CHOPIN Nocturnes etc KORNGOLD / GOLDMARK Violin Concertos MOZART Sacred & Operatic Arias PUCCINI Turandot PURCELL Dido and Aeneas SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 etc VERDI La Traviata WAGNER Arias
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 18*	Released September 2007 J.S. BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier J.S. BACH Violin Concertos · Chaconne DEBUSSY Images · Nocturnes · Prélude à l'après-midi d’un faune ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius · The Music Makers MENDELSSOHN, LOEWE 40 Lieder · 9 Ballads PUCCINI La Bohème RED ARMY CHORUS AND BAND ROSSINI Il Barbiere di Siviglia BORIS CHRISTOFF Russian Opera Arias and Songs ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF / IRMGARD SEEFRIED Soprano Duets
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 17*	Released March 2007 BAX, DELIUS, IRELAND FRENCH ORCHESTRAL MUSIC Bizet, Chabrier, Fauré & Saint-Saëns CHOPIN Études FAURÉ, DURUFLÉ Requiem · Pavane MAHLER, R. STRAUSS Symphony No.9 · Metamorphosen · Tod und Verklärung PROKOFIEV, MIASKOVSKY Sinfonia concertante · Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 · The Nutcracker – Suite · Waltz (‘Eugene Onegin’) VERDI HEROINES Aida, Aroldo, Don Carlo, Ernani, Macbeth, Otello WAGNER Die Walküre Act 3 WOLF Lieder
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 16*	Released August 2006 ALBÉNIZ Ibera BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 1–5 · Choral Fantasia CHOPIN Préludes · Impromptus KERN / HAMMERSTEIN II Show Boat KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto MAHLER Symphonies Nos. 4* & 8 ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ SCHUBERT String Quartets Nos.14 ‘Death and the Maiden’ & 15 SIBELIUS Tchaikovsky · Glazunov SZYMANOWSKI Stabat Mater · Litany To The Virgin Mary WAGNER Wesendonck-Lieder · Isoldes Liebestod
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase* 15	Released February 2006 BRAHMS Double Concerto - Tragic Overture DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande ELGAR Violin Concerto - Introduction and Allegro MAHLER Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' MILHAUD La Création du Monde MOZART Symphonies Nos.29, 35 'Haffner' RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.3 RAVEL Shéhérazade · 5 Mélodies Populaires Grecques RICHARD STRAUSS Don Juan · Till Eulenspiegel WAGNER Die Walküre Act 1 & Act 2, Scenes 3 & 5
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase* 14	Released August 2005 BACH Sonatas & Partitas BACH Mass In b minor BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos.4 & 5 ‘Emperor’ BEETHOVEN The Late String Quartets BRAHMS & SIBELIUS Violin Concertos GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess KREISLER Original Compositions & Arrangements LYRIC & COLORATURA ARIAS by Boito, Catalani, Cherubini, Cilea etc. MOZART Opera Arias SIBELIUS Finlandia, En Saga, Valse Triste, Tapiola etc.
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 13*	BACH Cello Suites BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas BRAHMS Symphony No.4 CHOPIN Sonata No.3 & Fantasy ELGAR Cello Concerto, Sea Pictures etc PROKOFIEV Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2 SCHUBERT 15 Lieder SHOWPIECES FOR VIOLIN & PIANO Debussy, Falla, Kodály, Suk, etc THE MAIDEN & THE NIGHTINGALE Songs of Spain by Granados VERDI Il Trovatore
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 12*	BRAHMS Cello Sonatas BRAHMS Symphonies Nos.1-4 DEBUSSY La Mer, 3 Nocturnes DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor MOZART Piano Concertos Nos.21 & 22 POULENC Dialogues des Carmélites SCHUBERT 24 Lieder SCHUMANN Carnaval, Album for the Young Nos.37-39 SCHUMANN Liederkreis Opp.24 & 39, 13 Lieder WAGNER Orchestral excerpts
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 11*	BACH Cello Suites BARTÓK Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 3, Rhapsodies Nos.1 & 2 BELLINI Norma BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem, Four Sea Interludes etc. BRUCKNER Symphony No.6 MASSENET Werther MUSSORGSKY Songs and Dances of Death POULENC Concert Champêtre, Concerto for two pianos etc. SHOSTAKOVICHI Piano Concertos, 3 Fantastic Dances etc. WOLF Italienisches Liederbuch
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 10*	BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6; Coriolan Overture etc. BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique; Le Corsaire Overture etc. BRAHMS Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata No.3 GOUNOD Faust GRIEG & SCHUMANN Piano Concertos MUSSORGSKY Songs and Dances of Death OFFENBACH Les Contes d'Hoffmann PAGANINI Caprices WEBER Clarinet Concertos HOMAGE TO GERALD MOORE
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 9*	BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos.5 & 7 DUTILLEUX & LUTOSLAWSKI Cello Concertos MAHLER Symphony No.9 MOZART Don Giovanni MUSSORGSKY Boris Godunov PUCCINI Madama Butterfly SCHUBERT Winterreise RICHARD STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben WAGNER Orchestral excerpts FRENCH MUSIC Inc. Gounod: Faust - Ballet Music
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 8*	PUCCINI Tosca BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3 DELIBES Lakmé HOLST The Planets ELGAR 'Enigma' Variations PUCCINI La bohème ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos.1-4, Overture, Scherzo & Finale SCHUMANN Piano Concerto MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 SHOSTAKOVICH Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk RICHARD STRAUSS Horn Concertos HINDEMITH Horn Concerto
	GREAT RECORDINGS phase 7	BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS Violin Concertos BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas DVORÁK & SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concertos MOZART Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter' RAVEL & HONEGGER FALLA La vida breve SAINT-SAËNS Samson et Dalila RICHARD STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier VERDI Aida WAGNER Tristan und Isolde
	GREAT RECORDINGS phase 6	BACH St Matthew Passion BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1 DEBUSSY, RAVEL, STRAVINSKY DELIUS Brigg Fair, etc. LISZT Hungarian Rhapsodies etc. MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Kindertotenlieder SCHUBERT Schwanengesang, 4 lieder VERDI Messa da Requiem CHOPIN, LISZT, RAVEL, BRAHMS, ENESCU
	GREAT RECORDINGS phase 5	BEETHOVEN Fidelio BIZET Carmen LEHÁR Die lustige Witwe MASCAGNI L’amico Fritz MOZART Cosi fan tutte MOZART Die Zauberflöte RICHARD STRAUSS Capriccio VERDI Don Carlo WAGNER Der fliegende Holländer WAGNER Lohengrin
	GREAT RECORDINGS phase 4	BIZET Symphony in C, L'Arlésienne Suites CHOPIN Piano Concertos DEBUSSY Préludes HAYDN Cello Concertos MAHLER Symphony No.2 MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn PAGANINI Caprices RAVEL & RACHMANINOV Piano Concertos SATIE Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes, etc. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS & ELGAR String Music
	GREAT RECORDINGS phase 3	BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas CANTELOUBE Chants d'Auvergne JANÁCEK Sinfonietta & Glagolitic Mass RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 BEETHOVEN & SCHUBERT Piano Trios
	GREAT RECORDINGS *phase 2*	BEETHOVEN & MENDELSSOHN Violin Concertos BRAHMS Violin Concerto ELGAR Violin Concerto & 'Enigma' Variations MAHLER Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen & Rückert-Lieder RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade BORODIN Polovtsian Dances SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos.3, 5 & 6 SCHUBERT Winterreise VIVALDI Magnificat & Gloria BACH Partita No.1 & transcriptions, MOZART, SCARLATTI, SCHUBERT OPERETTA ARIAS
	GREAT RECORDINGS phase 1	BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 ‘Choral’ BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto BRAHMS Double Concerto BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem BRAHMS Violin Sonatas CHOPIN 14 Waltzes, Barcarolle, Nocturne No.8 & Mazurka No.32 DVORÁK Piano Concerto SCHUBERT ‘Wanderer’ Fantasie FAURÉ Requiem GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto & An American in Paris GRIEG Peer Gynt, Symphonic Dance No.2, In Autumn etc. HAYDN & BOCCHERINI Cello Concertos MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde MAHLER Kindertotenlieder MAHLER Symphony No. 5 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto BRUCH Violin Concerto MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A, Sinfonia concertante in E flat MOZART Horn Concertos Nos.1-4, Horn Quintet ORFF Carmina Burana RAVEL Piano Concertos, Gaspard de la nuit SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin SCHUBERT String Quintet in C RICHARD STRAUSS Don Quixote SCHUMANN Cello Concerto RICHARD STRAUSS Vier letzte Lieder, 12 Orchesterlieder TRUMPET CONCERTOS Hummel, Leopold Mozart, Telemann & Vivaldi VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras Nos.1, 2, 5 & 9
	KARAJAN operas	DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel MOZART Cosi fan tutte MOZART Le nozze di Figaro MOZART Die Zauberflöte JOHANN STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus RICHARD STRAUSS Ariadne auf Naxos RICHARD STRAUSS Salome VERDI Falstaff WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg