The collection is organized alphabetically by the performing artist's last name rather than by composer, offering a unique "who's who" of classical music history:

Matthias didn’t flinch. He took out a pen and wrote in the box’s margin: “The 101st disc is not in the box. It’s the silence between the tracks. DG knew. They hid it in plain sight as APE compression—the space where music goes to die, then remember.”

First, let's clarify the source material. Around 2008-2010, Deutsche Grammophon (in partnership with various international distributors) released a limited-edition box set simply titled "The Deutsche Grammophon Collection." It contained 101 compact discs, each featuring a cornerstone of the Western classical canon.

Martha Argerich's definitive recordings of Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky.