Masterpieces is a specially priced BEST-OF, but with tracks substantially different from those included on the best-selling 100 Most Beautiful Melodies released and marketed last year.

While CDs 1 and 2 are played by the Johann Strauss Orchestra, CD3, with the Maastricht Salon Orchestra provides a glimpse of the very start of André's recording career, with this small ensemble with which he made his beginnings.