Since its founding in 1898, Deutsche Grammophon has always stood for the highest standards of artistry and has been home to the greatest conductors in the world. Today, the label continues to be known for musical excellence, great orchestras led by legendary conductors, and for stunning recordings.

The Yellow Label proudly celebrates the greatest conductors of their age who shaped the musical landscape from the 1930s to the present day. Deutsche Grammophon presents 40 of the most outstanding orchestral recordings from 40 of the world’s greatest conductors in one essential box set.

111: The Conductors presents a wide breadth of repertoire from Haydn and Mozart to Mahler and Messiaen; legendary recordings from Kleiber’s immortal Beethoven 5 & 7 to Karajan’s sensational Beethoven 9 to Nelsons’s more recent Shostakovich Symphonies 5 & 9; and also rare gems either new to CD or never before released internationally in this format – recordings by Fritz Busch, Riccardo Chailly, Fritz Lehmann, Ferdinand Leitner and Carl Schuricht.

112-page booklet with new liner notes by Julian Haylock

Contents:

* First release on CD
** First international release on CD

CD 1: Abbado
Debussy - Nocturnes; Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé, Pavane
Scriabin - Le Poème de l’extase; Brahms - Tragic Overture *
- Boston Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

CD 2: Barenboim
Saint-Saëns - Symphony no.3, Danse macabre, etc.; Ravel - Boléro
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris

CD 3-4: Bernstein
Mahler - Symphonies 1 & 2
- Concertgebouw Orchestra; New York Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 5: Böhm
Bruckner - Symphony no.8
- Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 6: Boulez
Schoenberg - Pelleas und Melisande
- Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms, Symphony in Three Movements
- Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 7: Busch
Mendelssohn - Symphony no.4 *
Beethoven - Overture ‘Leonore’ no.2; Brahms - Tragic Overture *
- Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

CD 8: Chailly   
Prokofiev - Symphony no.3, Love for Three Oranges Suite
- Junge Deutsche Philharmonie

CD 9: Chung
Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie
- Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille

CD 10: De Sabata
Brahms - Symphony no.4; Kodály - Dances of Galánta
- Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 11: Dudamel
Fiesta
- Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

CD 12: Fricsay
J Strauss I & II - Waltzes & Polkas
- Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

CD 13: Furtwängler
Brahms - Symphony no.1; Schubert - Symphony no.8
- Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 14: Gardiner  
Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 6
- Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

CD 15: Giulini
Bruckner - Symphony no.9
- Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 16: Harnoncourt
Mozart - Violin Concertos 3–5 (Kremer)
- Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 17: Järvi
Sibelius - Karelia Suite, Finlandia, etc.
- Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

CD 18: Jochum
Mozart - Symphony no.41; Schubert - Symphony no.8
- Boston Symphony Orchestra

CD 19: Karajan
Beethoven - Symphony no.9, Coriolan Overture
- Berliner Philharmoniker (1963 cycle)

CD 20: Kleiber
Beethoven - Symphonies 5 & 7
- Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 21: Kubelík
Dvořák - Symphonies 8 & 9
- Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 22: Lehmann
Handel - Concerti grossi op.6 nos. 1, 4, 5, 6 & 12 **
- Bamberger Symphoniker

CD 23: Leitner
Mozart - Symphonies 31 & 36 * ; Tchaikovsky - Capriccio italien, etc.
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 24: Levine
Wagner - Orchestral Music from the Operas
- Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

CD 25: Maazel
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade; Rachmaninov - Isle of the Dead
- Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 26: Markevitch
Mozart - Symphonies 34, 35 & 38; Gluck - Sinfonia in G major
- Berliner Philharmoniker; Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux

CD 27: Minkowski
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, Herminie
- Les Musiciens du Louvre, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

CD 28: Mravinsky · Sanderling
Tchaikovsky - Symphony no.6; Beethoven - Symphony no.2
- Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 29: Nelsons
Shostakovich - Symphonies 5 & 9
- Boston Symphony Orchestra

CD 30: Nézet-Séguin
Schumann - Symphonies 1 & 4
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe

CD 31: Ozawa
Respighi - ‘Roman’ Trilogy
- Boston Symphony Orchestra

CD 32: Previn
Shostakovich - Symphony no.8
- London Symphony Orchestra

CD 33: Rattle
Brahms - Piano Concerto no.1 (Zimerman)
- Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 34: Rosbaud
Haydn - Symphonies 92 & 104
- Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 35: Rostropovich
Tchaikovsky - Ballet Suites
- Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 36: Salonen
Mussorgsky - A Night on the Bare Mountain
Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin; Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps
- Los Angeles Philharmonic

CD 37: Schuricht
Bruckner - Symphony no.7 **
- Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 38: Sinopoli
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, etc.
Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales
- New York Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 39: Steinberg
R Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra; Hindemith - Mathis der Maler, etc.
- Boston Symphony Orchestra

CD 40: Thielemann
R Strauss - Ein Heldenleben, etc.
- Wiener Philharmoniker