Remastered - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

Digital remastering (P) 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. (C) 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. Manufactured and printed in the EU. On box cover (additional sleeve): *The complete collection of studio recordings by Maria Callas. *26 operas and 13 solo recitals, each repackaged in a special slipcase with it's own booklet featuring the original album cover artwork. *New transfers from the original master tapes, made at Abbey Road Studios using 24-bit 96kHz remastering. *Bonus CD-ROM contains libretti and translations. *Includes a luxury 132-page book containing rare images, a chronology, and articles about Callas's career, the recordings and the remastering process Editor's notes: * Package: Hard cardboard rectangular box contains 40 individual card slipcases with a total of 69 CDs and 1 CD-ROM. Each slipcase contains the CD/CDs (some operas comes in 2 or 3 discs) in individual paper wallets and a booklet with info and liner notes in English, German, French and Italian. Librettos are not included in the booklets but inside the bonus CD-ROM in PDF files. The box also contains an exclusive book of 134 pages in English, German, French and Italian * First released on 22 September 2014. All 39 individual slipcases (except the CD-ROM) were also issued as stand-alone releases at the same time or a month later (not more than November 10). The stand-alone releases are identical (same package, including cat#, barcode, etc.) with the ones contained in the box although some were also reissued in jewel cases (from 2016 and on). * Individual slipcases are ordered into the box in cronological order but there is no evident sign on them that shows the order (usually CD1, CD2 etc.). Cat# and barcodes are not in sequence either. The only way to find out the order is the matrix/runout info on each CD. The matrix/runout begins with the cat# of the individual slipcase followed by two digits indicating the number of the CD. For example: Release [r=12793513] has a matrix/runout info 0825646340040-01 and is the 1st CD in the box while release [r=12898439] has a matrix/runout info 0825646339914-70 and is the 70th CD. For complete info/credits/tracklist please consult the links of the individual titles/slipcases below. The date used before the title is the recording date as printed on each inner wallet of the slipcases. * 1949: [r=12793513] * 1952: [r=12794024] * 1953: [r=11475710] * 1953: [r=12800357] * 1953: [r=12796090] * 1953: [r=9324663] * 1953: [r=12804820] * 1954: [r=9981056] * 1954: [r=12808866] * 1954: [r=12809204] * 1954: [r=12814117] * 1954: [r=9030684] * 1954: [r=8986133] * 1955: [r=12820747] * 1955: [r=12825025] * 1955: [r=12827471] * 1955: [r=12810127] * 1956: [r=12832231] * 1956: [r=12832923] * 1956: [r=11142060] * 1957: [r=12856389] * 1957: [r=12856959] * 1957: [r=12859618] * 1957: [r=12863623] * 1957: [r=12864313] * 1958: [r=12460916] * 1958: [r=12865496] * 1959: [r=12867958] * 1959: [r=12868332] * 1960: [r=9106262] * 1961: [r=10039308] * 1963: [r=12878885] * 1963-4: [r=12885774] * 1963-4: [r=12887354] * 1963-4: [r=12887779] * 1964: [r=12894198] * 1964-5: [r=12895083] * 1964-9: [r=12895442] * 1953-69: [r=12897844] * [r=12898439]