Volume 1 of The Norton Recordings, a four-CD set designed to accompany the Eighth Edition of The Enjoyment of Music and The Norton Scores, is an outstanding collection of the works discussed in the text, carefully selected by the authors for their performance quality, stylistic validity, and sound clarity. These recordings feature performances by many of the world"s leading artists, among them: Conductors Leonrad Bernsteing, Pierre Boulez, Colin Davis, Charles Dutoit, John Eliot Gardiner, George Szell, Michael Tilson Thomas Soloists Louis Armstong, Emanuel Ax, Alfred Brendel, Yo-Yo Ma, Murray Perahia, Issac Stern Vocalists Barbara Bonney, Jan DeGaetani, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Emma Kirkby, Sherrill Milnes, Frederica von Stade Prepared by the Special Products Divison of Sony specially for Norton, this edition (Volume 1 of 2 to accompany the Eighth Edition) of The Norton Recordings is available on a four-CD set.