This 8-CD box set offers collectors a generous selection of recordings by the German conductor, Herbert Kegel (1910-1990). The complete Beethoven symphonies form the centrepiece, and are notable in part because the cycle was the first to be digitally recorded for the then new medium of the compact disc. The performances are characterised by Kegel's painstaking precision in achieving an engaging transparency for the listener. While his slow tempi may be initially surprising, the poetry and clarity he evinces from Beethoven’s scores have rarely been shown to greater advantage. Beethoven's Triple Concerto and Choral Fantasia, Brahms' A German Requiem, and a disc of 11 short pieces featuring a range of composers, from Gluck to Grieg, complete the compilation.

• Beethoven: Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
• Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56
• Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
• Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39
• Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1
• Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor, Op. 39 No. 2
• Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor, Op. 39 No. 3
• Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major, Op. 39 No. 4
• Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C major, Op. 39 No. 5
• Falla: El Amor Brujo
• Giazotto: The Albinoni Adagio
• Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
• Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
• Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
• Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
• Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
• Schmidt, F: Notre Dame
• Sibelius: Kuolema, Op. 44
• Stravinsky: Circus Polka
• Wolf-Ferrari: I quattro rusteghi