To celebrate Itzhak Perlman’s landmark birthday, in September 2015, Warner Classics is releasing 'Itzhak Perlman: The Complete Warner Recordings', a 59 album set (77 CDs) which contains all the recordings he made for EMI Classics (his principal label) and also for Teldec - including some previously unreleased recordings.

The Deluxe Edition covers every aspect of Perlman’s art, containing concertos - both the 'essential' concertos and a number of more rarely-heard works, including Perlman’s own commissions from living composers - other pieces for violin and orchestra, chamber music, recital and crossover repertoire (including jazz, ragtime and klezmer), and even a disc that focuses on Perlman as narrator and (briefly) opera singer.

No other label is in a position to assemble such a comprehensive, multi-faceted Perlman tribute. The recordings see the star violinist collaborating with an array of superlative musicians, including Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Plácido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini, Bernard Haitink, Lynn Harrell, Yo-Yo Ma, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn and Pinchas Zukerman.

All fifty-nine albums in the Edition will also be released individually. The recordings from the analogue era have been carefully remastered in 24-bit/96kHz sound at Abbey Road Studios.

The format and presentation of each album is true to the original LP and CD release: the couplings of musical works have been retained and the design reflects the original jacket. New notes on the music and the performances have been written by one of France’s best-known experts on violinists and violin-playing, Jean-Michel Molkhou. 

'Itzhak Perlman: The Complete Warner Recordings' contains a beautifully produced hardback book. Running to ninety-six pages, it contains a new interview with Itzhak Perlman (written by Jean- Michel Molkhou), an essay on his life and career and personal tributes from distinguished and varied fellow musicians, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Renaud Capuçon, Ivry Gitlis, Gidon Kremer, Yo-Yo Ma, Vadim Repin and Maxim Vengerov. It also features a wealth of photographs, many of them from private collections and never before published.

'Itzhak Perlman: The Complete Warner Recordings' will be complemented by a 3-CD box, The Perlman Sound, and a collectors’ single LP released under the same title, each offering selections of the most popular works and recordings from The Complete Warner Recordings.

Contents:
Volume 1
Paganini: Concerto No.1
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy
1972
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Foster

Volume 2
J S Bach: Violin Concertos · Double Concertos
1972 & 1975
2CD
Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Neil Black (oboe)
English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim

Volume 3
Paganini: 24 Caprices
1972

Volume 4
Wieniawski: Violin Concertos 1 & 2
1973
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa

Volume 5
Mendelssohn · Bruch
Violin Concertos
1973
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn

Volume 6
Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2
1974
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn

Volume 7
Encores
1974 & 1979
2CD
Samuel Sanders (piano)

Volume 8
Dvorák: Violin Concerto & Romance
1975
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim

Volume 9
Saint-Saëns · Chausson · Ravel
1975
Orchestre de Paris / Jean Martinon

Volume 10
Joplin: The Easy Winners & Other Rags
1975
André Previn (piano)

Volume 11
Stravinsky: Divertimento · Suite Italienne · Duo concertant
1976
Bruno Canino (piano)

Volume 12
Itzhak Perlman plays Fritz Kreisler
1980
3CD
Samuel Sanders (piano)

Volume 13
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
1976
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Itzhak Perlman

Volume 14
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy · Violin Concerto No.2
1977
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Jesús López-Cobos

Volume 15
Brahms: Violin Concerto
1977
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini

Volume 16
Duets for two violins
1977
Pinchas Zukerman (violin)

Volume 17
Goldmark: Violin Concerto No.1
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
1977
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / André Previn

Volume 18
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos 4 & 5
1978
Orchestre de Paris / Daniel Barenboim

Volume 19
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto · Sérénade mélancolique
1979
Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy

Volume 20
Moszkowski · Shostakovich
Prokofiev: Duets for two violins
Bartók: 44 Duos for two violins
1981
2CD
Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano)

Volume 21
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Sinding: Suite
1980
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / André Previn

Volume 22
Brahms: Double Concerto
1980
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink

Volume 23
The Spanish Album
1980
Samuel Sanders (piano)

Volume 24
Previn: A Different Kind of Blues · It’s a Breeze
1981
2CD
André Previn (piano), Shelly Manne (drums), Jim Hall (guitar), Red Mitchell (bass)

Volume 25
The Baroque Album
Oboe Quartets · Trio Sonatas
1982
2CD
Pinchas Zukerman (viola/violin), Ray Still (oboe), Lynn Harrell (cello), Timothy Eddy (cello), Samuel Sanders (harpsichord)

Volume 26
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio
1981
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Lynn Harrell (cello)

Volume 27
Korngold · Conus: Violin Concertos
1981
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / André Previn

Volume 28
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
1981
Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini

Volume 29
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos
1982
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Volume 30
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Méditation
1984
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta

Volume 31
J S Bach: Violin Concertos
1984
Ray Still (oboe)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Itzhak Perlman

Volume 32
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons · Violin Concertos
1985
2CD
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Itzhak Perlman

Volume 33
Mendelssohn · Bruch
Violin Concertos
1984
Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink

Volume 34
Kim · Starer: Violin Concertos
1985
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa

Volume 35
Brahms: Violin Sonatas · Hungarian Dances
1985
2CD
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Volume 36
Dvorák: Sonatina in G · Four Romantic Pieces
Smetana: Z domoviny (From My Homeland)
1985
Samuel Sanders (piano)

Volume 37
Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios
1986
4CD
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Lynn Harrell (cello)

Volume 38
Tradition and Klezmer
1996
3CD
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Dov Seltzer
Brave Old World, The Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra, The Klezmatics, The Klezmer Conservatory Band

Volume 39
Itzhak Perlman plays Fritz Kreisler
1987
Samuel Sanders (piano)

Volume 40
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy · Violin Concerto No.2
1988
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta

Volume 41
J S Bach: Sonatas & Partitas
1988
2CD

Volume 42
Beethoven: Violin Concerto · Romance 1 & 2
1989
Berliner Philharmoniker / Daniel Barenboim

Volume 43
A Tribute to Jascha Heifetz
1989
Samuel Sanders (piano)

Volume 44
Shostakovich · Glazunov
Violin Concertos
1989
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta

Volume 45
Live in Russia
1990
Janet Goodman Guggenheim (piano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta

Volume 46
Together
1991
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
New York Studio Orchestra / Jonathan Tunick

Volume 47
Castelnuovo-Tedesco · Ben-Haim
Violin Concertos
1992
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta

Volume 48
Beethoven: Complete String Trios
1992
2CD
Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Lynn Harrell (cello)

Volume 49
Brahms: Violin Concerto
1992
Berliner Philharmoniker / Daniel Barenboim

Volume 50
Bits and Pieces
1994
Samuel Sanders (piano)

Volume 51
Johannes Brahms: The Piano Trios
1994
2CD
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Lynn Harrell (cello)

Volume 52
The American Album
1995
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa

Volume 53
À la carte
1995
The Abbey Road Ensemble / Lawrence Foster

Volume 54
Beethoven: Triple Concerto · Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra
1995
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper, Berliner Philharmoniker / Daniel Barenboim

Volume 55
The Erato & Teldec Recordings
1997
2CD
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim

Volume 56
Concertos from my Childhood
1999
The Juilliard Orchestra / Lawrence Foster

Volume 57
Beethoven: “Kreutzer” Sonata
Franck: Violin Sonata
1999
Martha Argerich (piano)

Volume 58
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 · Symphony No.41 ”Jupiter”
2002
Berliner Philharmoniker / Itzhak Perlman

Volume 59
Itzhak Perlman: Narrator
1982
Itzhak Perlman (speaker & singer), Renata Scotto (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta
Philharmonia Orchestra / James Levine