Essential Classics is a brand new series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics presenting the best-loved and most popular works by the great composers, performed by the world"s leading artists. The series provides a good introduction to classical music and will appeal to those who are seeking the most familiar classical pieces that have been heard in the popular media such as major films and TV commercials. Artists featured in the program include the conductors Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Neville Marriner, Riccardo Muti, Herbert von Karajan, André Previn, Bernard Haitink and Wolfgang Sawallisch; violinists Yehudi Menuhin, Anne-Sophie Mutter, David Oistrakh and Vladimir Spivakov; pianists Sviatoslav Richter, Christoph Eschenbach, Andrei Gavrilov and Radu Lupu; guitarists André Segovia, Angel Romero, Manuel Barrueco, Ernesto Bitetti and Wulfin Lieske; singers Dame Janet Baker, Victoria de los Angeles, Kiri Te Kanawa and Lucia Popp, as well as many other distinguished performers. Collect them All!