The best-known symphonies in artistic perfection. Conductors of international fame, top orchestras from Europe and the USA. Outstanding sound and recording quality. A basic collection of the major symphonies in world literature. These ten CDs contain the central symphonic repertoire of our concert life. Top orchestras from Europe and the United States demonstrate the high standard of their art, led by conductors of world renown: Bernstein and Karajan, Klemperer, Szell, Furtwängler, and Toscanini. The demands in terms of sound these masterpieces present, have been met brilliantly by the sound engineers working on these recordings and many of them have hardly been surpassed until today, making the 19 works in this CD box the ideal foundation for a collection of the major symphonies in world literature, both musically and technically.