Each CD multipack contains a 16-page booklet with introductions in English, German, French and Spanish and a bonus disc containing synopsis and ibretto with translations.

Live performance from the 2013 Odeonplatz Concert in Munich. Tenor Rolando Villazón and baritone Thomas Hampson sing works by Verdi and Wagner with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Symphonieorchester and Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Music by Jules Massenet and Maurice Ravel is also featured.

Mariss Jansons conducts the Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in this performance of Verdi's work, recorded in 2013 at the Golden Hall of Vienna's Musikverein. The soloists featured are soprano Krassimira Stoyanova, mezzo-soprano Marina Prudenskaja, tenor Saimir Pirgu and bass Orlin Anastassov.

Live performance from the 2013 Odeonplatz Concert in Munich. Tenor Rolando Villazón and baritone Thomas Hampson sing works by Verdi and Wagner with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Symphonieorchester and Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Music by Jules Massenet and Maurice Ravel is also featured.

Mariss Jansons leads the Chor and Symphonieorches des Bayerischen Rundfunks in performances of Brahms' 'Symphony No.2 in D Major, Opus 73' and Janácek's 'Glagolitic Mass', recorded live at the KKL Concert Hall, Lucerne in 2012. The soloists are Tatiana Monogarova, Marina Prudenskja, Ludovit Ludha and Peter Mikulás.

Raphael Kubelik conducts the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in this performance of Hayden's mass recorded live at the Basilika Ottobeuren in 1982. The recital includes performances by Lucia Popp, Doris Soffel, Horst Laubenthal and Kurt Moll.

Andris Nelsons leads the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in a performance of Dvorák's 'Symphony 9 in E Minor'. Also included are performances of Charles Ives' 'The Unanswered Question'; John Adams' 'Slonimsky's Earbox'; and Igor Stravinsky's 'Le Chant du Rossignol'.

World renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, conducted by Mariss Jansons, perform Richard Strauss' tone poem 'Don Quixote' and Dvorák's 'Symphony No. 8'.

Double bill of concerts recorded in Germany in the 1980s. Horst Stein conducts the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Carl Maria von Weber's Missa Sancta No. 1 'Freischützmesse', filmed in 1986 at the Waldsassen Basilica. Haydn's Missa Sanctae Caeciliae is performed by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, led by Rafael Kubelík, at the Ottobeuren Basilica in 1982.

Mariss Jansons conducts the Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in this performance of Verdi's work, recorded in 2013 at the Golden Hall of Vienna's Musikverein. The soloists featured are soprano Krassimira Stoyanova, mezzo-soprano Marina Prudenskaja, tenor Saimir Pirgu and bass Orlin Anastassov.

Mariss Jansons leads the Chor and Symphonieorches des Bayerischen Rundfunks in performances of Brahms' 'Symphony No.2 in D Major, Opus 73' and Janácek's 'Glagolitic Mass', recorded live at the KKL Concert Hall, Lucerne in 2012. The soloists are Tatiana Monogarova, Marina Prudenskja, Ludovit Ludha and Peter Mikulás.

Mariss Jansons leads the Symphonieorches Bayerischen Rundfunks in this performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 2. The work is preceded by a choral piece - a 1982 arrangement of Mahler's song, 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen', based on a poem by Friedrich Rückert and originally composed for voice and orchestra in 1901 - performed by the Chor de Bayerischen Rundfunks.

Mariss Jansons leads the Symphonieorches Bayerischen Rundfunks in this performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 2. The work is preceded by a choral piece - a 1982 arrangement of Mahler's song, 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen', based on a poem by Friedrich Rückert and originally composed for voice and orchestra in 1901 - performed by the Chor de Bayerischen Rundfunks.

Leonard Bernstein leads the Wiener Philharmoniker and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in rare recordings of Beethoven's String Quartet Opus 135 and Haydn's 'Missa in Tempore Belli'. The featured performers include Judith Blegen, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claes Hakon Ahnsjo and Hans Sotin.

Leonard Bernstein leads the Wiener Philharmoniker and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in rare recordings of Beethoven's String Quartet Opus 135 and Haydn's 'Missa in Tempore Belli'. The featured performers include Judith Blegen, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claes Hakon Ahnsjo and Hans Sotin.