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Here is a list of some of the more interesting and valuabnle CD issues, all remastered, sounding better than ever, and at a very reasonable price. Check them out, while they are still available, as most are limited editions. Click on the item that interests you and it will take you to the review.


A magnificent release of all of soprano Birgit Nilsson's recordings for Deutsche Gramophone, Decca and Philips (as well as others) o commemorate the famed Swedish soprano's birthday. There are 62 disks and 2 DVDs. (DECCA)

A huge 64-CD set of all of Rafael Kubelik's recordings for Deutsche Gramophone (DGG)

A major 65 disk issue commemorating the 175th Anniversary of the New York Philharmonic, handsomely presented, and at budget price. Essential for collectors!

A limited-edition 80-disk budget priced set of all of pianist Claudio Arrau's Philips and DGG recordings.

Volume II of BBC LEGENDS with 20 budget-priced discs of live BBC performances by major artists of the century (ICA CLASSICS)

Another fantastic issue for collectors: Volume II in RCA's Living Stereo series, 60 CDS of important releases, all remastered, and at budget price. An essential release! (RCA)

A 42-disk set, Volume I of Eugen Jochum's recordings for DGG, including Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mozar. Bruckner and many other composers (DGG)

Another fantastic huge set (86 disks) of all of Charles Munch's mono and stereo recordings with the Boston Symphony all remastered and handsomely presented (RCA / SONY).

A feast for collectors. A huge set that contains all of Fritz Reiner's recordings with the Chicago Symphony, all remastered and soundiung better than ever, and at budget price! (RCA)

 

Opera lovers will welcome this inexpensive 22-disk set of all of Leontyne Price's complete RCA recordings—Verdi and Puccini—anll remastered and sounding better than ever. Complete libretti are included. A remarkable value! (SONY)

A limited-edition 24 disk set of all of Sony's recordings of music of Philip Glass, handsomely presented (SONY)

A budget price reissue of 25 disks: all of Evgeny Kissin's RCA and SONY recordings, all remastered and sounding better than ever. (RCA)

A budget first-class reissue of many of the famous recordings made 1980 - 1996 with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, all remastered, a 35-disk set (DECCA).

A 10 disk set of Jean Martinon's recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra including unusual repertory (RCA)

A remarkable bargain for all: the first multiple-disk album (60 disks) of RCA Living Stereo recordings, treasured by collectors and now available sounding better than ever, and at super-bidget price. (RCA)

A twelve-disk set of RCA recordings by American soprano Anna Moffo including operatic arias and lighter fare, with other leading singers of the time, and at budget price (RCA).

A budget box set reissue of 24 disks containing all of Jascha Heifetz's RCA stereo recordings all renastered and sounding better than ecer (RCA).

A nine-disk set of all of pianist Emil Gilels' recordings for RCA and Columbiua (SONY)

A feast for chamber music entusiasts: A huge (52 CD) set of all of the Emerson Quartet recordings made for Deutsche Grammophon over the years, and at super-budget price!

A valuable reissue for collectors: all of the Confier recordings of music of Sir Malcolm Arniold including all of the symphonies and manyother works. Great repertoryl, fine performances, and budeget price. (SONY)

A 23-disk budget set of recordings made 1965 - 1980 with the Vienn Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonc and Israel Philharmonic orchestras (DECA)

A 35-disk set of 107 Haydn symphonies performed on period instruments by conductors Christopher Hogwood, Frans Bruggen and Ottavio Dantone, at super-budget price (DECCA)

A major historic issue for collectors: A 50-disk budget set of recordings by Arkiv Productions featuring important artists of the time (ARKIV PRODUCTINS)

A major set for opera lovers: ten historic Met broadcasts with many legendary singers: Aïda, Falstaff, Macbeth, Nabucco, Simon Boccnegra, Rigoletto, La forza del destino, Otello, Un ballo en maschera, and La traviata. This is opera at its finest, and at budget price (SONY CLASSICAL).

An 8 CD set of concertos of Beethoven, Brahms, Bartók and Schoenberg featuring Maurizio Pollini with major orchestras conduted by Claudio Abbado (DGG)

An essential historic reissue: a 51-disk super-budget price set of Deutsche Grammophone early years (1948 - 1957) monophonic recording sfeaturing a wide variety of artists (DGG).

MARISS JANSONS LIVE RADIO REORDINGS WITH THE ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA 1990 - 2014. A set of 13 CDs and 1 DVD of performances led by Jansons when he was music director of the famed Dutch orchestra (RCOA LIVE)

Oganist Marcel Dupré's Mercury Living Presence recordings issued in a 10-CD boxed set (MERCURY)

A major historic reissue: THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC - THE ORCHESTRAL EDITION - 62 disks of a wide variety of music with major conductors on the podium in a beautiful presentation box, all Decca recordings the earliest from the early 1950's (DECCA)

An 18-disk budget-priced set of complete music of Alexander Scriabin: all of his works for piano, and his gigantic symphonic works in outstanding performances with major artists of the past and present , and at budget price (DECCA)

An essential set for collectors! A 50-disk super-budget price iss THE DECCA SOUND, featuring many of the label's first full frequency stereophoie sound recordings, all remastered and sounding better than ever (DECCA)

An incredile bargain for collectors! A 20-CD set of legendary performanes from the BBC, treasures at a budget price!

A huge (53 disk) budget-priced set of THE DECCA SOUND - THE MONO YEARS 1944 - 1956 FFRR: remastered reissues of historic recordings from the early years of LP featuring performances by major artists of he era (DECCA)

Another magnificent huge (53 disk) set, Volume III n MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE ce seriesof historic reissues of im[portant recordings of the late mono and early stereo years, all remastered and sounding better than ever and issued at super-budget price (DECCA)

Remarkale reissues of superb recordings made four decades ago now heard in the original four-track format with rich surround sound. Music of Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Ravel, Giuliani, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Villa-Lobos is featured with performers including Christooph Eschenbach, Tamas Vasary, Narco Yepes and Seiji Ozawa (PENTATONE).

A huge set (41 dosls) of the famous recordings in the Phase 4 audiophle series including recordings by Stokowski, Dorati, Leinsdorf and Maazel, as well as stereo display disks, at budget price (DECCA)

Major historic reissues, two at super-budget price: A 13 disk set of "Orchestral Spectaculars" with Herbert von Karajan, and a 4 disk set of Sibelius with Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. Also Russian music conducted by Anatole Fistoulari, and a program of French arias sung by mezzo Rita Gorr (WARNER CLASSICS / GUILD)

An incredible bargain for collectors! More than 50 multiple-disk sets from Sony/RCA offering new remasterings of recordings by some of the greatest artists including Arthur Rubinstein, Charles Munch, Jascha Heifetz, Bruno Walter, Glenn Gould, Leopold Stokowski, Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, and countless others; seven are mentioned, with a list of others (SONY / RCA)

The first three releases in an important reissue of Herbert von Karajan recordings, all remastered, and at budget price. These include his first recording of the Beethoven symphonies, a set of solo instrumental performances, and a series of early recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic (WARNER CLASSICS

A 9-disk set of all of the Bruckner symphonies with the Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Eugen Jochum ( WARNER CLASSICS))

Super budget-priced reissues of Beethoven's symphonies with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and orchestral works of Brahms with the London Philharmonic,all conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch: and Eugen Jochum's recording of Bruckner symphonies with the Dresden Staatskapelle (WARNER CLASSICS)

Major historic reissues, two at super-budget price: A 13 disk set of "Orchestral Spectaculars" with Herbert von Karajan, and a 4 disk set of Sibelius with Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. Also Russian music conducted by Anatole Fistoulari, and a program of French arias sung by mezzo Rita Gorr (WARNER CLASSICS / GUILD)

An incredible bargain for collectors! More than 50 multiple-disk sets from Sony/RCA offering new remasterings of recordings by some of the greatest artists including Arthur Rubinstein, Charles Munch, Jascha Heifetz, Bruno Walter, Glenn Gould, Leopold Stokowski, Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, and countless others; seven are mentioned, with a list of others (SONY / RCA)

The first three releases in an important reissue of Herbert von Karajan recordings, all remastered, and at budget price. These include his first recording of the Beethoven symphonies, a set of solo instrumental performances, and a series of early recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic (WARNER CLASSICS

An incredile bargain for collectors! A 20-CD set of legendary performanes from the BBC, treasures at a budget price!)

A major issue: live performances from the Met with legendary singers of the time. It includes The Flying Dutchman, the entire Ring, Tristan and Isolde, Lohengrin, Tannhaüser and Die Meistersinger (SONY)

A remarkable budget-priced 44 disk set of all of Martha Argerich's recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and Philips (DGG