Kurt Masur: Complete Warner Classics Edition (Teldec & Emi)

Kurt Masur's achievement is defined above all by his relationships with two orchestras exemplifying vastly different traditions. Having spent some 20 years as Kapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, he became the transformational music director of the NY Philharmonic. This 70-CD set consolidates the entirety of the catalogues that Masur built for EMI and Teldec between 1974 and 2009. (Warner Classics)