Maestros de la Música Clásica (Aguilar)

I have almost ended gathering the Aguilar: Grandes maestros de la música clásica collection. It is a collection that started as a set of 25 CD's, later became 35, and finally concluded as 40 CD's.

Each CD costs less than 3USD, and have some excellent performances. The selection of authors and pieces makes every CD, when not an instant favorite (especially for beginners or education), sure a good introduction to that author (or genre, as with the Gregorian Chants).

I will enlist the collection in its 3 stages; note, for instance, that the internal number changes from stage to stage. I think it is noteworthy that the Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación Argentina (Library of Congress of Argentina) holds the collection upto its second stage, and ordered by composer: http://consulta.bcn.gov.ar/bcn/Catalogo.Buscar?d=TS&q=Grandes+maestros+de+la+m%FAsica+cl%E1sica

Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3
	[numbers 26-35, as proposed in number 28]. I found interesting the change in transliteration standards from the 1st to the 2nd stage: Chaikovski or Tchaikovski Handel or Händel Bartok or Bartók Schöenberg or Schönberg	[numers 35-40, as stated in number 40] Notice the reordering of the Gregorian Chants.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 Las últimas sinfonías Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Conciertos Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Novena sinfonía Chopin, Frédéric François, 1810-1849 Estudios y baladas Vivaldi, Antonio, 1810-1849 Las cuatro estaciones Mendelssohn, Felix Jakob Ludwig, 1809-1847 Sinfonías tercera y cuarta Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Oberturas, fragmentos, escenas Dvorak, Antonín, 1841-1904 Sinfonía del nuevo mundo Tchaikovsky, Piotr Illich, 1840-1893 Suite de "El cascanueces" Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911 Quinta sinfonía Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 Poemas sinfónicos Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897 Sinfonías tercera y cuarta Rachmaninov, Sergei Vasilevich, 1873-1943 Conciertos para piano Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918 Obras orquestales Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937 Conciertos para piano Haydn, Joseph, 1730-1809 Cuartetos de cuerda Berlioz, Hector-Louis, 1803-1869 Sinfonía fantástica Stravinski, Igor Fedorovich, 1882-1971 La consagración de la primavera Händel, Georg Friedrich, 1685-1759 Música acuática Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896 Cuarta sinfonía Schumann, Robert Alexander, 1810-1856 Lieder Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643 Madrigales Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945 Concierto para orquesta Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828 Quinteto "La trucha" Schönberg, Arnold, 1874-1951 La noche transfigurada	Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Cuartetos de cuerda Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 El último concierto Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Cantatas Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828 Lieder Vivaldi, Antonio, 1810-1849 Música Sacra Albéniz, Isaac, 1860-1909 "España" y otras piezas para piano Modest Mussorgski, Cuadros de una exposición Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767 Conciertos para flauta Grieg, Edvard Hagerup, 1843-1907 Concierto para piano Canto gregoriano	Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886 Poemas sinfónicos Erik Satie Piezas para piano Jan Sibelius Segunda sinfonía y otras obras orquestales Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista, 1710-1736 Stabat Mater Corelli, Arcángelo, 1653-1713 Concerti grossi Canto gregoriano

Chopin+Pollini: 12 études op.25

What a delicious CD. It flows glowing. Soft, virtuous, precise.
This is CD #7 in the Maurizio Pollini edition box set.

See this post on Pollini's interpretation of Brahms to see another superb recording.

Deutsche Grammophon page.

Maurizio Pollini, Fréderic Chopin (1810-1849). Deutsche Grammophon 1972(études), 1985(sonata), 1991(Berceuse). 

Name	Key	Catalogue	Musicians	Observations
12 Études		op.25		Ab: Allegro sostenuto Fm: Presto F: Allegro Am: Agitato Em: Vivace G#m: Allegro C#m: Lento Db: Vivace Gb: Allegro assai Bm: Allegro con fuoco Am: Lento - Allegro con brio Cm: Molto allegro con fuoco
Piano Sonata no.2	Bbm	op.35		Grave - Doppio movimento Scherzo Marche funèbre. Lento-attacca Finale. Presto
Berceuse	Db	op.57

And so it begins

The idea of collecting great versions of great musical masterpieces started a few months ago. I have invested some good money on it so far. I and a friend (esp. the friend, I must add) have been creating a list of great interpretations of great interpreters of great music from (sometimes) great musicians.
We pick the label, the recording, the work, and the musician. No need to pay more for the same recording; no need to pay less, either. Everything is set to build a great small sample of the most noteworthy work of great musicians. And those notes shall appear at BListener's Choice.