(FORTUNE Magazine) – Top-drawer classical label Deutsche Grammophon has opened its vaults and is reissuing 100 of its classic recordings on digitally remastered CDs as part of its "Originals" series. Recycling these treasures is a shrewd business move--and a cause for celebration: Many disks in this series are the best recordings available, and many more come awfully close. One of the finest is Maurizio Pollini's 1973 recording of Schubert's "Wanderer-Fantasie," in which he pulls off the seemingly impossible feat of being cool and fiery at the same time. After you hear Herbert von Karajan leading the Berlin Philharmonic in its 1965 recording of Debussy's La Mer, you'll want to forget all other renditions you've heard of this symphonic poem; the same goes for the Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1, recorded in 1971 by the Amadeus Quartet with pianist Emil Gilels. It's hard to go wrong, so the next time you're in the record store, just look for the famous yellow label and grab whatever interests you.

--Ed Brown