“Great pianists of the 20th century” is a really monumetal editorial plan.  
Major classical labels have joined forces to publish this selection of the greatest piano-playing ever recorded: 10 boxes - starting in September '98 and finishing in October '99 - which include the best pianists of this century, from Arrau to Serkin, from Horowitz to Rubinstein.  
In the first box we can find, among others, Martha Argerich, who plays  some of major concertos in the piano repertoire (Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Ravel), and Emil Gilels, who shows his genius with a variety of composers (Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Mozart and Ravel).  
Last but not least Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, the Italian pianist become a legend for his performances as well as for his reluctance to be seen in public.  
Definetively an oppurtunity not to miss for keens on classical piano. 
 

100 years of life for Deutsche Grammophon and a great collection to celebrate them. Actually this is also a real history of recording, an evolution which led to present high-tech products.  
The collection includes, among the 60 titles, performances which date back to the beginning of 20th century, to conductors such as Bruno Walter and tenors such as Enrico Caruso, while the list of recordings finishes with a performance of 1997:  the Emerson String Quartet playing Beethoven. In the middle a repertoire of major conductors - Karajan, Bernstein, Abbado...- and best performers - Rostropovich (cello), Richter (piano) and Anne Sophie Mutter (violin).