Strauss: Four Last Songs / 12 Lieder

Without exception, the first edition of 25 titles in the new RED LINE series is absolute classics from the EMI catalog. The repertoire ranges from Bach to Gershwin, from Handel to Orff and Mozart to Ravel. Each CD is a timeless milestone of interpretation history: Liszt s piano concertos with the greatest of all Liszt pianists, Georges Cziffra; Mahler Lieder with the peerless Christa Ludwig:the first great female recording of Schubert s Winterreise with Brigitte Fassbaender; vivaciousand jazzy Gershwin from what is probably the most famous of all piano duos, the Labèquesisters. Handel s Water Music with Neville Marriner and the Academy , Verdi opera chorusesfrom La Scala with Riccardo Muti, and Beethoven symphonies with Rudolf Kempe.And at budget price for the first time: Anne-Sophie Mutter s Vivaldi recording with Herbertvon Karajan, an absolute EMI bestseller. The recently deceased pianist Alexis Weissenberg is represented here with no fewer than three CD s: Bachs Goldberg Variations, the two Chopinpiano concertos, and the Brahms violin sonatas alongside Anne-Sophie Mutter.