This nine-CD box was a lot more attractive when it first showed up in 1999, before Sony Music introduced its Direct Stream Digital mastering and super-audio CDs -- it's not quite the state-of-the-art reissue that it seemed then, as the state-of-the-art has been advancing ever-faster, but it's still an alluring package. The concept behind the Original Jacket Collection is to put together a coherent body of work by a performing artist -- the core of his/her repertory, as in the case of the George Szell set, built around his ...
Read More
This nine-CD box was a lot more attractive when it first showed up in 1999, before Sony Music introduced its Direct Stream Digital mastering and super-audio CDs -- it's not quite the state-of-the-art reissue that it seemed then, as the state-of-the-art has been advancing ever-faster, but it's still an alluring package. The concept behind the Original Jacket Collection is to put together a coherent body of work by a performing artist -- the core of his/her repertory, as in the case of the George Szell set, built around his Beethoven symphonic and orchestral recordings, or the Bruno Walter box, centering on his Mahler and Bruckner recordings. Sometimes they're a little broader than that, as with the Leonard Bernstein box, which centers on the rather widely dispersed highlights of his repertory, from Haydn to Ives; the resulting CDs, re-creating the programming of the classic LPs concerned, are packaged in mini-LP sleeves, re-creating the original artwork in miniature, as well. The packaging and the whole...
Read Less
Add this copy of Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (the Original Jacket to cart. $29.99, very good condition, Sold by BookScene rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hull, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Sony.
Portions of content provided by Rovi Corporation. © 2024 Rovi Corporation.