Carlo Maria Giulini The Complete Sony Recordings (2014) RARE SEALED PACK NEW

Carlo Maria Giulini - Carlo Maria Giulini - The Complete Sony Recordings CD. Sony Classical celebrates the 100th birthday of the Italian conductor Carlo Maria Giulini (May 9, 1914 - June 14, 2005) with a 22 CD Box Set. Impeccably played by the BPO, the precision and polish of ensemble, the exactness of intonation, and the transparency and delicacy of texture are a delight from beginning to end. The American Record Guide's verdict on Carlo Maria Giulini's 1991 coupling of Mozart's last two symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 is a summary of musical virtues that could apply equally well to virtually any recording by the revered Italian maestro, whose centenary in 2014 is being marked by Sony Classical with the release of a celebratory 22-CD boxed set.

Reporting his death in June 2005, the New York Times lamented the passing of "an idealistic maestro acclaimed for his refined and insightful accounts of the standard orchestral repertory", "a deeply spiritual musician. Who achieved results by projecting serene authority and providing a model of selfless devotion to the score"; while The Daily Telegraph paid tribute to "a tall man with saturnine good looks and the deportment of a Roman aristocrat" who made no flamboyant gestures to win the adulation of audiences, but was such a charismatic presence on the rostrum that his popularity was immense. A former orchestral violist, Giulini was always a player's conductor; neither a showman nor a martinet, more of a high priest or philosopher of the podium, completely and utterly dedicated to serving the composer and not his own ego. Yet, despite his modest, self-effacing manner and avoidance of platform histrionics, Giulini's conducting career had begun in the most dramatic circumstances.

An ardent anti-Fascist, he had gone into hiding to avoid conscription into the Italian army, only to re-emerge after the Allied liberation of Rome in June 1944 and make his conducting debut with an all-Brahms concert to celebrate the occasion. Soon widely recognised as the leading Italian conductor of his generation, Giulini went on to enjoy a dazzling international career in both the opera house and the concert hall, holding principal positions with such prestigious organisations as La Scala, Milan (where he famously collaborated with Maria Callas and the stage directors Franco Zeffirelli and Luchino Visconti), the Chicago and Vienna Symphony Orchestras and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In the 1990s, when Giulini's artistry was at its most refined but his live appearances had become increasingly rare, the benchmark Sony Classical recordings of masterworks by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and others perfectly encapsulate and celebrate the artistry of the great maestro Giulini. 543 / Sinfonia Concertante, K. CD 4: Symphonies 1 & 7.

CD 5: Symphonies 2 & 8. CD 7: Symphonies 4 & 5. 6 "Pastoral"; Coriolan & Egmont Overtures.

CD 9: Violin Concerto / Romances For Violin And Orchestra. CD 12: Missa, D 950. CD 13: Piano Concerto · Arabeske · Die Forelle · Erlkönig · Aus Dem Karneval · Ich Liebe Dich · Soirées De Vienne. 9 "From The New World". 8 / Ma Mère L'oye. CD 17: Debussy / Ravel: Orchestral Works. CD 18: Symphony in D / Wiener Philharmoniker. CD 19: Pictures At An Exhibition. CD 20: Quattro Pezzi Sacri / Credo. CD 21/22: Mass In B Minor = Messe In H Moll. Recording: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, March 19/20, 1992 (1-4); February 14/15, 1991 (5-7). Producer: David Mottley · Recording Engineer: Sid McLauchlan.

P 1992 Sony Music Entertainment. Recording: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, May 24-26, 1991. P 1991 Sony Music Entertainment. Recording: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, April 19, 1989. P 1990 Sony Music Entertainment.

Recording: Teatro Abanella, Milan, December 8-11, 1991 (1-4); September 27-30, 1991 (5-8). Recording: Teatro Abanella, Milan, December 8-11, 1991 (1-4); September 20-22, 1992 (5-8). P 1993 Sony Music Entertainment.

Recording: Teatro Abanella, Milan, November 15-17, 1992. P 1994 Sony Music Entertainment. Recording: Teatro Abanella, Milan, October 17-20, 1993.

Producer: David Mottley · Recording Engineer: Marcus Herzog. P 1995 Sony Music Entertainment. Recording: Teatro Abanella, Milan, November 17, 1992 (1); September 27/28, 1991 (2-6); September 22, 1992 (7). Recording Engineers: Marcus Herzog (1); Sid McLauchlan (2-7). Recording: Teatro Abanella, Milan, December 10-13, 1992.

Recording: Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, April 24-28, 1995 (1/2); February 27/28, 1993 (3-6). Producer: David Mottley · Recording Engineers: Peter Jütte (1/2). P 1996 Sony Music Entertainment. Recording: Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, February 27/28, 1993. Producers: David Mottley & Wolfram Graul.

Recording: Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, February 24-28, 1995. Producer: David Mottley · Recording Engineer: Peter Jütte.

Live Recordings: Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna, May 21-26, 1992 (1-3); Sophiensaal, Vienna, October 26-28, 1992 (4-9). Recording: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, February 10-12, 1993. Recording: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, May 7/8, 1992. Recording: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, December 13/14, 1990 (1-4); November 23/24, 1989 (5-9).

Producer: David Mottley · Recording Engineers: Sid McLauchlan (1-4); Andreas Neubronner (5-9). Recording: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, February 23-25, 1994 (1-5); November 23/24, 1989 (6-10). Producer: David Mottley · Recording Engineers: Marcus Herzog (1-5); Andreas Neubronner (6-10). P 1991/1995 Sony Music Entertainment.

Recording: Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna, June 11-14, 1993. Recording: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, February 17/18, 1990 (1-15); Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, November 23/24, 1989 (16-22). Producer: David Mottley · Recording Engineers: Michael Sheady (1-15); Andreas Neubronner (16-22). Recording: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, February 16, 1991 (1-4); Philharmonie, Berlin, September 7/8, 1990 (5-8, live).

Recording: Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, June 2, 1994.