Here's some interesting info on a new edition from EMI.  Apparently
they've been able to license material from Supraphon, Decca, Philips, DG,
CBC, Musidisc, and a number of other sources.  Might be a few otherwise
unavailable gems here.  There are 15 releases due out June 4, 2002 (just
guessing, but probably available a few months later in the U.S.), each a
2-CD set devoted to a single conductor.  The maestros included in the
first set of releases are (in chronological order):

   Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951)
   Bruno Walter (1876-1962)
   Carl Schuricht (1880-1967)
   Ernest Ansermet (1883-1969)
   Nicolai Malko (1888-1961)
   Fritz Busch (1890-1951)
   Erich Kleiber (1890-1956)
   Nicolai Golovanov (1891-1953)
   Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970)
   Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985)
   Andre Cluytens (1905-1967)
   Karel Ancerl (1908-1973)
   Igor Markevitch (1912-1983)
   Ataulfo Argenta (1913-1958)
   Ferenc Fricsay (1914-1963)

I've included the alphabetical full listings below, as I can't find any
info at all about this at the EMI site.  Any that stand out as absolute
must-haves?

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   Karel Ancerl (1908-1973)
   7243 5 75091 2 1

   CD1
   Shostakovich: Festival Overture/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra  (p1965
     Supraphon)
   Novak: In the Tatra Mountains/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (p1950
     Supraphon)
   Krejci: Serenade for Orchestra/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (p1958
     Supraphon)
   Janacek: Taras Bulba/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (p1962 Supraphon)
   Macha: Variations on a theme by and on the death of Jan Rychlik/Czech
     Philharmonic Orchestra (p1968 Supraphon)

   CD2
   Smetana: Vltava/Wiener Symphoniker (p1959 Philips Classics)
   Dvorak: Symphony No.8/Concertgebouw Orchestra
   Martinu: Symphony No.5/Toronto Symphony Orchestra (p2000 Canadian
     Broadcasting Corporation)
   Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No.8/Wiener Symphoniker (p1959 Philips Classics)

   Ernest Ansermet (1883-1969)
   7243 5 75094 2 8

   CD1
   Stravinsky: Chant du rossignol/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (p1956
     Decca)
   Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
     Conservatoire (p1955 Decca)
   Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune/L'Orchestre de la Suisse
     Romande (p1957 Decca)

   CD2
   Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (p1957
     Decca)
   Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts
     du Conservatoire (p1955 Decca)
   Ravel: La Valse/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
     (p1955 Decca)
   Chabrier: Fete polonaise/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (p1965 Decca)

   Ataulfo Argenta (1913-1958)
   7243 5 75097 2 5

   CD1
   Liszt: Faust Symphony/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
     Conservatoire (p1955 Decca)
   Ravel: Alborada del gracioso/L'Orchestre des Cento Soli (1957
     Musidisc/Universal)

   CD2
   Schubert: Symphony No.9/L'Orchestre des Cento Soli (1958
     Musidisc/Universal)
   Falla: El amor brujo/Ana-Maria Iriarte (mezzo-soprano)/L'Orchestre
     de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire (1953 EMI France)

   Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970)
   7243 5 75100 2 8

   CD1
   Wagner: Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 1/London Symphony Orchestra
     (p1970 EMI)
   Elgar: Enigma Variations/Halle Orchestra (p1957 EMI)
   Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye Suite/Halle Orchestra (p1958 EMI)
   Mahler: Symphony No.2 (opening)/Radio-Sinfonieorchester des SWR (p2002
     Sudwestrundfunk)

   CD2
   Mahler: Symphony No.2/Helen Donath (sop); Birgitt Finnila (mez)/SWR
     Vokalensemble Stuttgart & Chor der Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik
     und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart/Radio-Sinfonieorchester des SWR
     (conclusion) (p2002 Sudwestrundfunk)
   Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Act 1 "Quest' obi pomposa...Ride il ciel"
     (conclusion)/Renata Scotto (sop);Carlo Bergonzi (ten)/Orchestra del
     Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (p1967 EMI)

   Fritz Busch (1890-1951)
   7243 5 75103 2 5

   CD1
   Beethoven: Leonore No.2/Danish State Radio Orchestra (p2002 Danish
     Broadcasting Corporation)
   Mozart: Symphony No.36/Danish State Radio Orchestra (EMI)
   Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4/Danish State Radio Orchestra (p2002 Danish
     Broadcasting Corporation)
   Brahms: Tragic Overture/Danish State Radio Orchestra (p2002 Danish
     Broadcasting Corporation)

   CD2
   Weber: Der Freischutz/Danish State Radio Orchestra (EMI)
   Haydn: Sinfonia concertante/Danish State Radio Orchestra (EMI)
   Brahms: Symphony No.2/Danish State Radio Orchestra (EMI)
   R. Strauss: Don Juan/London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

   Andre Cluytens (1905-1967)
   7243 5 75106 2 2

   CD1
   Bizet: Symphony in C/Orchestre National de RDF (p1954 EMI France)
   Debussy: Images/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
     (p1964 EMI France)
   Ravel: La Valse/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1960 EMI)

   CD2
   Schumann: Manfred Overture/Berliner Philharmoniker (p1960 EMI France)
   Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts
     du Conservatoire (p2000 NHK/Athus)
   Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3/Orchestre du Theatre National de
     l'Opera de Paris (p1960 EMI France)
   Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Scene 2 - Coronation Scene - Entry of
     Boris Scene/Boris Christoff (bass); John Lanigan (tenor), Chorus of
     the National Opera of Sofia/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
     Conservatoire (p1963 EMI)

   Ferenc Fricsay (1914-1963)
   7243 5 75109 2 9

   CD1
   Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice/Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
     (p2002 Sender Frei Berlin)
   Kodaly: Dances of Galanta/Wiener Philharmoniker (p1997 ORF/VPO/Salzburg
     Festival)
   Shostakovich: Symphony No.9/RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002
     DeutschlandRadio)
   Hindemith: Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Weber/RIAS -
     Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002 DeutschlandRadio)
   J. Strauss: Kunstlerleben Walzer/RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002
     DeutschlandRadio)

   CD2
   beethoven: Leonore No.3/Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002 Sender
     Frei Berlin)
   Beethoven: Symphony No.3/Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002 Sender
     Frei Berlin)
   Mozart: Cosi fan tutte: Overture/RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002
     DeutschlandRadio)

   Nicolai Golovanov (1891-1953)
   7243 5 75112 2 3

   CD1
   Glazunov: Symphony No.6/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra
     (recorded Moscow)
   Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture - Nocturne - Scherzo -
     Wedding March/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded Moscow)
   Tchaikovsky: 1812/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded
      Moscow)

   CD2
   Liszt: Mazeppa/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded
      Moscow 1952)
   Liszt: Festklange/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded
      Moscow 1953)
   Liszt: Heroide funebre/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra
      (recorded Moscow 1953) (MK)
   Liszt: Orpheus/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded
      Moscow 1952)
   Liszt: Prometheus/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded
      Moscow 1952)

   Erich Kleiber (1890-1956)
   7243 5 75115 2 0

   CD1
   Schubert: Symphony No.5/NDR-Sinfonieorchester (p2002 Norddeutscher
      Rundfunk)
   Beethoven: Symphony No.6/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (p2002 Czech
      Radio)

   CD2
   Dvorak: Carnival Overture/London Philharmonic Orchestra (p1948 Decca)
   Mozart: Symphony No.40/London Philharmonic Orchestra (p1950 Decca)
   R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel/NDR-Sinfonieorchester (p2002 Norddeutscher
      Rundfunk)
   J. Strauss: Spharenklange Waltz/London Philharmonic Orchestra (p1948
      Decca)
   J. Strauss: Die Zigeunerbaron: Overture/London Philharmonic Orchestra
      (p1948 Decca)
   J. Strauss: Du und Du Waltz/Wiener Philharmoniker (EMI)

   Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951)
   7243 5 75118 2 7

   CD1
   Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5/Boston Symphony Orchestra (p1945 BMG)
   Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead/Boston Symphony Orchestra (p1945 BMG)
   Liszt: Mephisto Waltz/Boston Symphony Orchestra (p1936 BMG)

   CD2
   Sibelius: Symphony No.7/BBC Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
   Harris: Symphony No.3/Boston Symphony Orchestra (p1940 BMG)
   Beethoven: Symphony No.5/London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

   Nicolai Malko (1888-1961)
   7243 5 75121 2 1

   CD1
   Glinka: Russlan & Ludmilla: Overture/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1957 EMI)
   Borodin: Symphony No.2/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1956 EMI)
   Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden: Cortege & Dance of the
   Tumblers/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1957 EMI)
   Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite; 5 Dances from Danses
   caracteristiques/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1956 EMI)
   Prokofiev: Symphony No.7/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1955 EMI)

   CD2
   Haydn: Symphony No.92/Royal Danish Orchestra (p1955 EMI-Medley)
   Suppe: Poet & Peasant Overture/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1957 EMI)
   Dvorak: Symphony No.9/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1957 EMI)
   Nielsen: Maskarade: Overture/Danish State Radio Orchestra (EMI)

   Igor Markevitch (1912-1983)
   7243 5 75124 2 8

   CD1
   Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony/London Symphony Orchestra (p1964 Philips
      Classics)
   Glinka: A Life for the Tsar: Overture & Three Dances Chorus of the
      Belgrade Opera/Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux (p1959 EMI France)

   CD2
   Verdi: La Forza del destino: Overture/New Philharmonia Orchestra
      (p1968 Philips Classics)
   Debussy: La Mer/Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux (p1959 Deutsche
      Grammophon GmbH)
   Chabrier: Espana/Orquesta Sinfonica de la RTV Espanola (p1968 Philips
      Classics)
   Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No.2/Chor des NDR - Symphonieorchester
      (p2002 Norddeutscher Rundfunk)
   R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel/Orchestre National de RDF (p1956 EMI
      France)

   Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985)
   7243 5 75127 2 5

   CD1
   Brahms: Symphony No.4/The Philadelphia Orchestra (p1968 Sony)
   R. Strauss: Don Juan/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
      (p2002 Bayerischen Rundfunks)
   Webern: Im Sommerwind/The Philadelphia Orchestra (p1963 Sony)

   CD2
   Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
      Rundfunks (p2002 Bayerischen Rundfunks)
   Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2/The Philadelphia Orchestra (p1975 BMG)
   Sibelius: Lemminkainen's Return/The Philadelphia Orchestra (p1979 EMI)

   Carl Schuricht (1880-1967)
   7243 5 75130 2 9

   CD1
   Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture/Wiener Philharmoniker (p1954 Decca)
   Schubert: Symphony No.8/Wiener Philharmoniker (p1956 Decca)
   Mozart: Symphony No.35/Wiener Philharmoniker (p1956 Decca)
   Beethoven: Symphony No.1/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
      Conservatoire (p1960 EMI France)

   CD2
   Bruckner: Symphony No.8/Wiener Philharmoniker (p1964 EMI)

   Bruno Walter (1876- 1962)
   7243 5 75133 2 6

   CD1
   Beethoven: Symphony No.6/Wiener Philharmoniker (EMI)
   Brahms: Symphony No.2/New York Philharmonic (p1954 Sony)

   CD2
   Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture/British Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
   Haydn: Symphony No.92/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
      Conservatoire (EMI)
   Wagner: Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 1/Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
   Wagner: Die Walkure, Act 2, Scene 5/Lotte Lehmann (Sieglinde); Ella
      Flesch (Brunnhilde); Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund); Alfred Jerger
      (Wotan); Emanuel List (Hunding)/Wiener Philharmoniker (EMI)
   Mahler: Kindertotenlieder: "Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n"/
      Kathleen Ferrier/Wiener Philharmoniker (EMI)
   Mahler: Symphony No.5: Adagietto/Wiener Philharmoniker (EMI)
   J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Overture/L'Orchestre de la Societe des
      Concerts du Conservatoire (EMI)

Dave
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