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Boxed Sets New & Best Selling Box Sets ❦Daniel Barenboim conducts Schubert [5 CDs] The Decca Sound - The Analogue Years [54 CDs] The Analogue Years presents a 50-Album overview across 54CDs, in original jackets, of the celebrated internatinoal recordings that emerged from the Londonbased record label in that pre-digital era. Includes Decca’s first Stereo recordings (1954) and special bonus disc of MONO versions. Many albums include generous fillers. Original cover art used for each sleeve. Release Date: 2013-11-1 (54 CD) (Decca) 54 DEC B001934702 $135.98 On Sale Also Available: The Decca Sound - The Mono Years [53 CDs] 53 DEC B002280602 $179.99 On Sale Sviatoslav Richter: Complete Decca, Philips & Deutsche Grammophon Recordings [51 CDs Artists: Sviatoslav Richter, piano; Rostropovich, Karajan, Britten, FischerDieskau, Borodin Quartet et al. Kirill Kondrashin/London SO; Herbert von Karajan/Vienna PO; Benjamin Britten/English CO; Borodin Quartet (51 CD) (Decca) 51 DEC B002236002 $126.98 On Sale Many historians consider Sviatoslav Richter to be the greatest pianist of the 20th century. His enormous recorded legacy hides hundreds of treasures, many of which are included in this beautiful 51-CD set. ❦Pacifica Quartet plays Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Miaskovsky, Weinberg & Schnittke [8 CDs] Works: The Complete String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich; Quartets of Miaskovsky, Prokofiev, Weinberg & Schnittke Artists: Pacifica String Quartet. (8 CD) (Cedille) 8 CDL 1003 $31.99 “Electrifying interpretations.” (New York Times, Vol. 1) “... the Pacifica’s Shostakovich cycle already is shaping up as definitive.” (The Classical Review, Vol. 2) “... the series “is turning out to be one of the most riveting of recent years...” (BBC Music, Vol. 3) ❦Kubelik conducts Great Symphonies [7 CDs] Works: Mozart: nos 35, 36, 38-41; Schumann: nos 1-4; Bruckner: nos 3-4 Artists: Rafael Kubelik/Bavarian RSO. (7 CD) (Sony/BMG) 7 SBMG 88697884112 $15.99 On Sale “Kubelik is largely forgotten, except for his Dvorak and Smetana recordings, but his Brahms, Schumann and Bruckner are all very worthwhile.” - A.R.G. Biber ‘Sacred and Pr