Ferenc Fricsay died of a tragic illness at the age of only 48. Although his career was thus of very short duration, he is considered a legend: a conductor of exacting musicality and personal warmth, and - with his lean and elegant conducting style - a pioneer of informed music-making practice.

In the short period of time available to him, Fricsay succeeded in producing a wealth of recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, which are now being published collectively for the first time in a complete edition of 86 CDs and a DVD. The highlights span the much-praised recordings of Mozart's symphonies, operas and concerti, symphonies by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, and reference recordings of works by Bartók and Kodály. These recordings are accompanied by a 212-page booklet with texts by Fricsay specialists Tully Potter and Gottfried Kraus, Fricsay’s producer Elsa Schiller as well as his daughter and his artistic collaborators Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Yehudi Menuhin. Further completing the collection are numerous rare photographs and a DVD featuring an interview about his life and rare rehearsal footage.

Tracklist:

35. Háry János Suite (1961) · Symphony in C major
36. Dances of Marosszék · Dances of Galánta / Háry János Suite (1954)
37. Psalmus hungaricus (1954 & 1959)
38. MENDELSSOHN · LISZT · SARASATE · HUBAY
39. MENDELSSOHN Ein Sommernachtstraum / BRAHMS Alt-Rhapsodie / MAHLER 5 Rückert-Lieder

MOZART
40. Symphonies 1, 4–9
41. Symphonies 23 & 27 · Bassoon Concerto Sinfonia concertante
42. Cassation · Serenade · Ein musikalischer Spaß
43. Serenata notturna · Divertimenti · Arias
44. Symphonies 29 (1961) & 39 · Maurerische Trauermusik · Adagio & Fugue in C minor
45. Symphonies 40 & 41 (1961) · Eine kleine Nachtmusik
46. Symphonies 29 (1955), 35 & 41 (1953)
47. Clarinet Concerto · Piano Concerto 20 · Concert Rondos
48. Piano Concertos 19 & 27
49. Great Mass in C minor · Laudate Dominum · Exsultate, jubilate (1960) 
50. Requiem
51–52. Die Entführung aus dem Serail · Exsultate, jubilate (1954) · Arias
53–54. Die Zauberflöte
55–57. Don Giovanni
58–59. Idomeneo
60–62. Le nozze di Figaro

63. ROSSINI/RESPIGHI La Boutique fantasque / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
64. ROSSINI Stabat Mater
65. SCHUBERT Symphony 8 / SCHUMANN Symphony 1 / WEBER Clarinet Concerto 1
66. J. STRAUSS II Overture to Die Fledermaus · Waltzes · Polkas / J. STRAUSS I Radetzky-Marsch (1961)
67. J. STRAUSS I & II · JOSEF STRAUSS / Waltzes Polkas · Overtures · Radetzky-Marsch (1952)
68–69. J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus · Frühlingsstimmen
70. R. STRAUSS Don Juan · Duett-Concertino · Burleske in D minor · Till Eulenspiegel

STRAVINSKY 
71. Le Sacre du printemps · Pétrouchka · Movements
72. Capriccio · The Fairy’s Kiss / WEBER/BERLIOZ Invitation à la valse / WEBER Konzertstück
73. Oedipus rex · Symphony of Psalms

TCHAIKOVSKY 
74. Symphony 4 · Selections from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty & Nutcracker  / Eugene Onegin (Waltz, 1957)
75. Symphony 5 · Overture solennelle 1812 · Eugene Onegin (Waltz & Polonaise, 1960) 
76. Symphony 6 (1953) · Violin Concerto
77. Serenade for Strings · Symphony 6 (1959)

78. VERDI Overtures, Preludes & Ballet Music / PONCHIELLI Danza delle ore
79. VERDI Requiem (1953)
80–81. VERDI Requiem (1960) · Quattro pezzi sacri
82–83. WAGNER Der fliegende Holländer
84. Arias by BIZET · GOUNOD · ROSSINI · VERDI · GIORDANO · LEONCAVALLO / ORFF Carmina Burana (Excerpts)
85. SMETANA The Moldau (Rehearsals and Performances)
86. FRICSAY Erzähltes Leben (A Life Retold)

DVD. DUKAS · KODÁLY Rehearsals and Performances