From Hollywood to the World - The Rediscovered Recordings by José Iturbi takes the form of a 188-page coffee-table book. It was produced by "The Ambassador for the American Songbook" Michael Feinstein and Robert Russ in collaboration with Donelle Dadigan from the José Iturbi Foundation. All of the painstakingly restored audio for the box has been remastered by lead engineer Andreas K. Meyer with Nancy Conforti and Jennifer Nulsen. The book includes a beautifully written and deeply detailed biographical essay by Feinstein as well as a sessionography, discography, filmography, and loads of photographs and memorabilia facsimiles from the José Iturbi Foundation Archives. The filmography boasts the gorgeous original poster artwork for his MGM musicals while the track listing pages are adorned with reproductions of the eye-popping, colorful RCA jackets. In short, this stunning book would be a worthy standalone tribute to Iturbi. That it's paired with a definitive musical compendium adds up to a complete portrait of this legendary artist.

Jose Iturbi is quoted in the new box: "I feel that classical music should be a more recognizable part of everyone's entertainment. It has been my hope that through live concerts, motion pictures, recordings, international competitions, and interesting public forums, a larger group of people will learn to love classical music and attend live concert performances." One could hardly think of a better introduction to the genre than this lovingly curated and truly comprehensive collection. It's out now from Sony Classical.

CD 1: Mozart: Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos / Piano Concerto No. 20 (1952)

CD 2: Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (1952)

CD 3: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (1950) / Chambers / Gould / Reddick / Iturbi

CD 4: Mozart / Chabrier / Iturbi / Debussy / Milhaud / Nepomuceno / Infante

CD 5: Debussy / Liszt / Beethoven / Schumann / Falla / Rachmaninoff / Saint-Saens / Albeniz / Chopin

CD 6: Debussy / Schumann / Chopin / Lopez-Chavarri / Iturbi / Granados / Ravel / Gustavino

CD 7: Mozart: Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos / Piano Concerto No. 20 (1940)

CD 8: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (1941) / Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (1938) / Ravel / Bach

CD 9: Mozart: Piano Sonatas No. 11 and 12 / Chopin

CD 10: Albeniz / Granados / Scarlatti / Paradisi / Iturbi / Beethoven / Lazar / Saint-Saens / Debussy / Infante / Bach / Gould

CD 11: Falla / Debussy / Liszt / Chopin / Schumann / Haydn / Paderewski / Beethoven / Ravel / Rachmaninoff / Infante / Tchaikovsky / Mussorgsky

CD 12: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" / Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

CD 13: Liszt / Falla / Pallau / Rodrigo / Iturbi / Lopez-Chavarri / Turina / Interviews

CD 14: Granados / Turina / Infante / Albeniz / Cuesta / Lecuona / Griffes / Mozart (Amparo Iturbi)

CD 15: Granados: Goyescas (Amparo Iturbi)

CD 16: Ravel / Chabrier / Schubert / Lopez-Chavarri / Shostakovich / Faure / Mozart (Amparo Iturbi)​