This welcome tribute from EMI contains some familiar favorites whose qualities are well known. In brief, the Bruckner 9, Mahler 1, Berlioz Romeo and Juliet excerpts, and Brahms 4 are all very good to superb, and certainly worth owning both for the excellence of the playing and the insights that Giulini brings to the music. They are also livelier (in the case of Bruckner and Brahms) than his later DG remakes. The Beethoven 7 and two Stravinsky Suites from The Firebird and Petrushka are good, but hardly essential. The Beethoven lacks dynamism, the Stravinsky--well, it's asking for little beyond accuracy to make its points, and Giulini and his players certainly are that-- but there are other performances more compelling still, with a touch more fire in their belly. Nevertheless, some of this material has never been available domestically, and none of it has been in print all that recently, so grab it while you can. For the really good stuff, it's worth it--and the sound always was and still is very fine.