art direction [box], design [box] Anna Reinhardt
booklet editor Manuela Amadei
booklet editor Texthouse
tracks 1-1 to 2-9, 8-1 to 8-12 coordinator Gabriele Joachim
tracks 8-1 to 8-12 edited by Andrew Wedman
tracks 3-4 to 3-6 edited by Cord Garben
tracks 3-4 to 4-3, 5-4 to 5-16 edited by Gernot Westhäuser
tracks 9-1 to 9-7 edited by Hans-Rudolf Müller
tracks 3-1 to 3-6 edited by Joachim Niss
tracks 4-4 to 4-7 edited by Jobst Eberhardt
tracks 1-1 to 2-9, 5-1 to 5-3, 6-27 to 6-30 edited by Jürgen Bulgrin
tracks 6-1 to 6-26 edited by Klaus Hiemann
tracks 3-4 to 3-6 edited by Rainer Höpfner
tracks 5-4 to 5-16 edited by Wolfgang Werner
tracks 4-4 to 4-7, 5-4 to 5-16, 7-13 to 7-18, 8-13 to 8-18 engineer [recording engineer] Heinz Wildhagen
tracks 1-1 to 1-7 engineer [recording engineer] Helmut Burk
tracks 2-1 to 2-9, 8-1 to 8-12 engineer [recording engineer] Karl-August Naegler
tracks 3-1 to 4-3, 5-1 to 5-3, 6-27 to 7-12, 9-1 to 9-7 engineer [recording engineer] Klaus Hiemann
tracks 6-1 to 6-26 executive-producer Cord Garben
tracks 3-1 to 4-7, 5-4 to 5-16, 7-1 to 7-18, 8-13 to 8-18 executive-producer Karl Faust
liner notes Cord Garben
liner notes [translation] Daniel Fesquet
liner notes [translation] Richard Evidon
tracks 1-1 to 8-18 mastered by Emil Berliner Studios
tracks 9-1 to 9-7 mastered by Lennart Jeschke
painting [cover, stormy landscape, c 1640, sleeve cd4] Rembrandt
photography by [artist photo: booklet, p. 29] Pauline Belviso
photography by [cover photo, sleeve cd1, cd2; artist photo: booklet inside front cover, pp. 24/25] Jörg Reichardt
photography by [cover photo, sleeve cd3, cd7; box cover photo; artist photo: booklet, pp. 2, 13, 16, 20] Siegfried Lauterwasser
photography by [cover photo, sleeve cd5, cd9] Annette Lederer
piano Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
tracks 3-1 to 4-3, 5-1 to 5-3, 6-27 to 7-12, 8-1 to 8-12, 9-1 to 9-7 producer Cord Garben
tracks 1-1 to 1-7 producer Helmut Burk
tracks 2-1 to 2-9 producer Karl-August Naegler
tracks 4-4 to 4-7, 5-4 to 5-16, 7-13 to 7-18, 8-13 to 8-18 producer Rainer Brock
project manager Harald Reiter
Phonographic Copyright (p) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Phonographic Copyright (p) Decca Music Group Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p) BBC Enterprises Ltd.
Licensed From BBC Transcription Services
Copyright (c) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Recorded At Musikhalle, Hamburg
Recorded At Die Glocke, Bremen
Recorded At Großer Saal, Wiener Musikverein
Recorded At Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften
Recorded At Bavaria Musikstudios
Recorded At Herkulessaal, München
Recorded At Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
Recorded At BBC Studios
Recorded At Rudolf-Oetker-Halle
Recorded At Salle Pleyel
Recorded At Studio Buttes-Chaumont, Paris
Recorded By B.D.M., Rome
Mastered At Emil Berliner Studios
Made By Sony DADC
Published By Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
Published By Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina
Published By Ricordi, Milano
CD1:
Live Recording (DDD): Hamburg, Laeiszhalle, 24-28 January 1990.
Co-production with the North German Radio (NDR), Hamburg.
(P) 1990 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Total time: 57:50
Cat# on front cover replica of the original release: 431 097-2 GH

CD2:
Live Recording (DDD): Bremen, Die Glocke, 4-7 June 1989.
Co-production with the North German Radio (NDR), Hamburg.
(P) 1989 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Total time: 68:40
Cat# on front cover replica of the original release: 429 353-1 GH

CD3:
Live recordings of televised concerts in Vienna, Musikverein, Grosser Saal. Co-production with Polytel Music Productions.
Tracks 4 to 6: ADD Recording, 29 January-2 February 1979; (P) 1987 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Tracks 1 to 3: AAD Recording, 18-21 September 1979; (P) 1980 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Total time: 78:57
Cat# on front cover replica of the original release: 2531 302

CD4:
Tracks 1 to 3: ADD Recording, Vienna, Musikverein, Grosser Saal, 29 January-2 February 1979.
Live recording of televised concerts in Vienna. Co-production with Polytel Music Productions.
(P) 1982 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Tracks 4 to 7: AAD Recording, Munich, Residenz, Plenarsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaffen, 25 July- 3 August 1971.
(P) 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Total time: 74:07
Cat# on front cover replica of the original release: 2531 385

CD5:
Tracks 1 to 3: DDD Recording, Hamburg-Hamburg, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, 20-27 February 1981.
Note: An instrument more than 60 years old was used in tis recording.
(P) 1981 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
Tracks 4 to 16: ADD Recording, Munich, Plenarsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaffen, 13-18 October 1971;
Bavaria-Tonstudio, 18-25 October 1971 & Herkulessaal, 27 October-8 November 1971.
(P) 1972 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Editions: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (P. W. M.) 240, Instytut Fryderyka Chopina (tracks: 4 to 13); P. W. M. 4927 (track: 15); P. W. M. 236 (track: 16); Ricordi, Milano, 206 (track: 14).
Total time: 76:46
Cat# on front cover replica of the original release: 2532 017

CD6:
Tracks 1 to 26: ADD Recording, London, BBC Studios, March 1957 (An original recording by the BBC Transcription Services, released by arrangement with BBC Records. Original mono recording rechannelled for stereo effect by the BBC. Copyright notice: Broadcast Use - Broadcasting Rights controlled by the BBC Transcription Services, Richmond Way, London W14 OAX England. Adress Licence Applications: Business Manager).
(P) 1981 BBC Enterprises Ltd., Records & Tapes
Tracks 27 to 30: DDD Recording, Hamburg-Hamburg, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, 20-27 February 1981.
Note: An instrument more than 60 years old was used in tis recording.
(P) 1981 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
Total time: 79:41
Cat# on front cover replica of the original release: 2536 415

CD7:
Tracks 1 to 12: AAD Recording, Hamburg, Laeiszhalle, 27-28 June 1978.
(P) 1978 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
Tracks 13 to 18: ADD Recording, Munich, Plenarsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 25 July-3 August 1971
(P) 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
Total time: 60:09
Cat# on front cover replica of the original release: 413 450-2 GH

CD8:
Tracks 1 to 12: DDD Recording, Bielefeld, Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Kleiner Saal, 17 August 1988.
(P) 1988 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
Tracks 13 to 18: ADD Recording, Munich, Plenarsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 25 July-3 August 1971
(P) 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
Total time: 68:09
Cat# on front cover replica of the original release: 427 391-1 GH

CD9:
Tracks 1 to 3: DDD Live Recording, Paris, Salle Pleyel, 3-8 October 1984.
Tracks 4 to 7: DDD Live Recording, Paris Studio Buttes-Chaumont, 11 March 1982.
With special thanks to Mme Giuliana Benedetti Michelangeli and Dr. Paolo Noseda.
(P) 2009 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
Total time: 54:26
Cat# on front cover replica of the original release: (none)

CD10:
Recording (ADD): Rome, 1964. Recorded by B.D.M.
(P) 1965 Decca Music Group Limited
Total time: 49:52
Cat# on front cover replica of the original release: SLX 6181
Editor's note: CD10 (disc and sleeve) have only the Decca label printed as it was originally released under that label.

This edition (P) 2016 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
(C) 2016 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Printed in the EU.
Made in the EU.

Packaged in a hard cardboard box with CDs in individual, original artwork front cover, cardboard sleeves and a 32-page booklet. Eventual Cat# appearing on the sleeve replicas are proper of the original releases and not of this reissue therefor these info are not mentioned in the Barcodes and Other Identifiers / Label, Company, Catalog Number, Etc. sections but in the Notes section.

Headings show the album titles as appear on the original cover art sleeves.
Barcode: 0 28947 96277 9
Label Code: LC 0171 (CD10)
Label Code: LC 0173 (CD1 to CD3)
Other: 00289 479 6277 GB 18 (Cat# with suffix)
Other: 479 6277 GB 18 (Cat# with suffix)
Rights Society: BIEM / SDRM
SPARS Code: DDD / ADD / AAD
Other: 00289 479 6278 (Cat# CD1)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 4796278 13 A00 (CD1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L553 (CD1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 941B (CD1)
Other: 00289 479 6279 (Cat# CD2)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 4796279 13 A00 (CD2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L553 (CD2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 945A (CD2)
Other: 00289 479 6280 (Cat# CD3)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 4796280 15 A00 (CD3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L555 (CD3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 941A (CD3)
Other: 00289 479 6281 (Cat# CD4)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 4796281 15 A00 (CD4)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L555 (CD4)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 941A (CD4)
Other: 00289 479 6282 (Cat# CD5)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 4796282 15 A00 (CD5)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L555 (CD5)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 943A (CD5)
Other: 00289 479 6283 (Cat# CD6)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 4796283 15 A00 (CD6)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L555 (CD6)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 944P (CD6)
Other: 00289 479 6284 (Cat# CD7)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 4796284 23 A00 (CD7)
Matrix / Runout: IFPI L553 (CD7)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94K1 (CD7)
Other: 00289 479 6285 (Cat# CD8)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 4796285 13 A00 (CD8)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L553 (CD8)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94K4 (CD8)
Other: 00289 479 6286 (Cat# CD9)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 4796286 12 A00 (CD9)
Matrix / Runout: IFPI L552 (CD9)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94K6 (CD9)
Other: 00289 479 6287 (Cat# CD10)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 4796287 13 A00 (CD10)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L553 (CD10)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 941B (CD10)