Few record labels can boast as glorious a legacy as Sony Classical. This lavish four-disc set chronicles the finest performances available on the label from the past ninety-five years. Eighty selections comprising over four hours of music are accompanied by two lavishly illustrated booklets highlighting Sony Classical's stellar history.
Sony Classical releases a comprehensive homage to Abbado, acknowledged as one of the greatest of all conductors, by releasing a 39 CD boxset comprising his complete recordings for both RCA and CBS/Sony with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as with the London Symphony Orchestra and featuring such stellar soloists as Murray Perahia, Martha Argerich, Midori, Cecile Licad and Lazar Berman.
The first ever collection of Daniel Barenboim’s Complete Recordings for CBS/Sony and RCA in one single edition on the occasion of his 75th birthday on 15 November 2017. Including his complete performances as conductor and pianist. 43 CDs plus 3 DVDs with 7 LPs appearing for the first time on CD, remastered from the analogue masters. With the Berliner Philharmoniker, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker. Collaborations with Jacqueline Du Pré, Arthur Rubinstein, Pinchas Zukerman, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Williams, Itzhak Perlman and Isaac Stern.
Celebrating the 175th Anniversary of the New York Philharmonic, America’s oldest symphony orchestra. 65 CDs of famous New York Philharmonic performances conducted by many of its most renowned music directors, from the very first recording in 1917 up to 1995.