"In their long history the SWR Symphonic Orchestras (one covering the Southern part, the other the South-Western part of the federal state Baden-Württemberg) changed their names for quite a few times. In 2016 they merged and are known today as the SWR Symphonieorchester. Over all the years these orchestras have performed with many legendary conductors who either were in charge as chief conductors or occasionally invited as guest conductors. On this 10 CD boxed set the listeners will find 12 great names belonging to some of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Some, such as Wilhelm Furtwängler, Leopold Stokowski, Hans Knappertsbusch, Karl Böhm, Kirill Kondrashin, Carlos Kleiber or Kurt Sanderling, appeared only sporadically on the podium of the two leading Baden-Württemberg orchestras. Others, such as Carl Schuricht or, of course, the chief conductors represented here, Hans Rosbaud and Michael Gielen (Baden-Baden), George Prêtre and Roger Norrington (Stuttgart), have left a mark on the respective orchestra in their collaboration. Included are symphonic masterpieces like Symphony No. 40 by Mozart, Beethoven’s Pastorale, Variations on a Theme by Haydn by Brahms, Enigma Variations by Elgar and the music for the ballet Pulcinella by Stravinsky, to name but a few. The recordings comprehend the years 1955 to 2010."

CD 1 "Karl Böhm & Wilhelm Furtwängler" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonie Nr. 40 (Karl Böhm, 1974) / Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 1 (Wilhelm Furtwängler / 1954)
+CD 2 "Carl Schuricht" - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 6 (1957) / Franz Schubert: Symphonie Nr. 5 (1960)
+CD 3 "Hans Knappertsbusch" - Johannes Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 3; Haydn-Variationen op. 56 (1963)
+CD 4 "Hans Robaud" - Robert Schumann: Symphonien Nr. 1 & 4; Julius Caesar-Ouvertüre op. 128 (1960-1962)
+CD 5 "Kurt Sanderling" - Anton Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 7 (1999)
+CD 6 "Kirill Kondrashin" - Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 6 (1981)
+CD 7 "Leopold Stokowski & Carlos Kleiber" - Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky: Symphonie Nr. 5 (Leopold Stokowski / 1955) / Alexander Borodin: Symphonie Nr. 2 (Carlos Kleiber / 1972)
+CD 8 "Roger Norrington" - Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; In the South op. 50; Introduction & Allegro für Streichquartett & Streichorchester (2007 / 2010)
+CD 9 "Michael Gielen" - Igor Strawinsky: Pulcinella; Apollon musagete; Scherzo a la russe (1973 / 1998)
+CD 10 "Georges Pretre" - Richard Strauss: Suite aus "Der Rosenkavalier"; Till Eulenspiegel; Don Juan (1995-1997)