100 Best Karajan (6CD)

Herbert Von Karajan

100 Best Karajan (6CD)

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Extras. infomation : EMI Classics are very pleased to announce that we will be celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Herbert von Karajan, arguably the greatest conductor of the 20th Century. Information: EMI Classics are very pleased to announce that we will be celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Herbert von Karajan, arguably the greatest conductor of the 20th Century. This set features extracts from some of Karajan's best loved recordings with the world's greatest orchestras and soloists including James Galway, Dennis Brain, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Maurice André, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras. This set features extracts from some of Karajan's best loved recordings with the world's greatest orchestras and soloists including James Galway, Dennis Brain, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Maurice André, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras.

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CD 1: KARAJAN CONDUCTS MOZART
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade in G, K525)
I. Allegro
II. Romanze (Andante)
III. Menuetto (Allegretto)
IV. Rondo (Allegro)
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1961/1988*
Flute & Harp Concerto in C K299:
II. Andantino (extract)
James Galway flute / Fritz Helmis harp
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1972/1985*
‘Sleigh Ride’ German Dance K605 No.3
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1961/1988*
Clarinet Concerto in A K622:
II. Adagio
Bernard Walton clarinet
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1957/1989* MONO
Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495:
III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
Dennis Brain horn
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1954/1997* MONO
Die Zauberflöte
Overture
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Act I)
Der Hölle Rache (Act II)
Erich Kunz baritone / Wilma Lipp soprano
Wiener Philharmoniker (P) 1952/1999* MONO
Così fan tutte
Soave sia il vento (Act I)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano / Nan Merriman mezzo-soprano
Sesto Bruscantini bass Wiener Philharmoniker (P) 1955/1999* MONO
Ave verum corpus K618
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/1990* MONO
Symphony No.29 in A K201
I. Allegro moderato (extract)
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1960/1996
Oboe Concerto in B flat K314
III. Rondo (Allegretto)
Lothar Koch oboe
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1972/1987*
Symphony No.40 in G minor K550
I. Molto allegro
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1971/1996*

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CD 2: THE GREAT CONCERTOS
VIVALDI
Le quattro stagioni
La primavera - I. Allegro
L’estate – III. Presto
L’autunno – III. Allegro
L’inverno – II. Largo
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Wiener Philharmoniker (P) 1984
HUMMEL
Trumpet Concerto in E flat (ed. Oubradous)
III: Rondo (Allegro molto)
Maurice André trumpet
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1974/1998*
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.1 in C Op.15
II. Largo (opening)
Alexis Weissenberg piano
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1978/1996*
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.19
III. Rondo (Molto allegro)
Alexis Weissenberg piano
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1978/1996*
BEETHOVEN
Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin & Cello in C Op.56
II. Largo
Sviatoslav Richter piano David Oistrakh violin /
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1970/1996*
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.4 in G Op.58
II. Andante con moto
III. Rondo (Vivace) (extract)
Alexis Weissenberg piano
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1977/1996*
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat ‘Emperor’ Op.73
II. Adagio un poco mosso (conclusion)
III: Rondo (Allegro) (extract)
Alexis Weissenberg piano
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1974/1996*
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op23
I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)
Alexis Weissenberg piano
Orchestre de Paris (P) 1970/2004*
RICHARD STRAUSS
Don Quixote Op.35 - 2 Theme
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Berliner Phiolharmoniker (P) 1975/1996*
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
II. Adagio sostenuto (opening)
Alexis Weissenberg piano
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1973/2004*
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D Op.77
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (cadenza Kreisler)
Gidon Kremer violin
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1976/1996*

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CD 3: THE GREAT SYMPHONIES
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67
I. Allegro con brio
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1955/2007* MONO
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.6 in F ‘Pastoral’ Op.68
V. Allegretto (Shepherds’ Hymn after the Storm)
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1954/2007* MONO
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.7 in A Op.92
II. Allegretto (opening)
IV. Allegro con brio
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1953/1989* MONO
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.8 in F Op.93
II: Allegretto scherzando
IV: Allegro vivace (conclusion)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1956/2007*
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.9 in D minor ‘Choral’ Op.125
IV. Ode to Joy
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano / Marga Höffgen contralto /
Ernst Haefliger tenor / Otto Edelmann bass
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde,
Wien Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1956/1989* MONO
HAYDN
Symphony No.104 in D ‘London’
III. Menuetto (Allegro) & Trio 4.25
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1976/1996*
SCHUBERT
Symphony No.8 in B minor ‘Unfinished’ D759
I. Allegro moderato (opening)
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1976/1996*
DVORÁK
Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’
II. Largo (opening)
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1977/1986*
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64
III. Valse (Allegro moderato)
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1972/1988*
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.6 in B minor Op.74
I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo (extract)
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1959/1990*
SIBELIUS
Symphony No.5 in E flat Op.82
III. Allegro molto – Largamente assai
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1977/2001*

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CD 4: POPULAR ORCHESTRAL PIECES
HANDEL
Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)
V. Allegro deciso
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1961/1988*
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Unter Donner und Blitz - Polka
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
J. STRAUSS II
An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer, Op.314 (extract)
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1976/1987*
JOHANN STRAUSS I
Radetzky March
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
WALDTEUFEL
Skaters’ Waltz
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
BERLIOZ
Marche hongroise (La Damnation de Faust)
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1980/1989*
CHABRIER
España
CHABRIER
Marche joyeuse
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Tritsch-Tratsch – Polka
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1976/1985*
SMETANA
The Moldau (opening)
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1977/1986*
SIBELIUS
Valse triste
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1986
SIBELIUS
Karelia Suite, Op.11
I. Intermezzo
III. Alla marcia
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1981
BARTOK
Concerto for Orchestra
IV Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1974/1989*
RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome
I. The Pines of the Villa Borghese
IV. The Pines of the Via Appia

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CD 5: KARAJAN IN THE THEATRE
ROSSINI
Il barbiere di Siviglia – Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/1989*
GOUNOD
Faust Ballet Music – Les Nubiennes
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1980/1989*
BIZET
L’Arlésienne Suite No.2 - Farandole
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1980/1989*
BIZET
Carmen
Prelude to Act I
Entr’acte to Act II
Entr’acte to Act III
Entr’acte to Act IV
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1959/1990*
MASSENET
Thaïs - Meditation
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1981
OFFENBACH
Orphée aux enfers – Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
OFFENBACH
Les Contes d’Hoffmann - Barcarolle
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1959/1996*
PUCCINI
Manon Lescaut – Intermezzo
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1981
BORODIN
Prince Igor
Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens (Act II)
Polovtsian Dances (Act II) (opening)
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake
Scene (Act II)
Dance of the Little Swans (Act II)
Hungarian Dance (Czardas) (Act III)
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1959/2007*
TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty
Valse (Act I)
Rose Adagio (Act I)
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1959/2007*
WEINBERGER
Schwanda the Bagpiper - Polka
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1981/2005*
WAGNER
Lohengrin – Prelude to Act III
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1975/1996*

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CD 6: VOCAL MUSIC
VERDI
Otello
Una vela! Una vela!...Esultate! (Act I)
Ave Maria (Act IV)
Mirella Freni soprano(2)
Jon Vickers, Aldo Bottion & Michel Sénéchal tenors (1)
Peter Glossop baritone (1) Mario Machi bass (1)
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Berliner Philharmoniker
(P) 1974/1988*
VERDI
Don Carlo
Dio, che nell’alma infondere (Act I)
Nei giardin del bello (Act II)
José Carreras tenor (3) Piero Cappuccilli baritone (3)
José Van Dam bass (3) Agnes Baltsa mezzo-soprano (4)
Edita Gruberova soprano (4)
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Berliner Philharmoniker
(P) 1979/1988*
VERDI Il trovatore
Vedi le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus) (Act II, Scene 1)
Chor der Deutsche Oper Berlin / Berliner Philharmoniker
(P) 1978/1986*
BRAHMS
Ein deutsches Requiem
IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Wiener Singverein / Berliner Philharmoniker
(P) 1977/1988*
RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier
Herr Kavalier (Act II, Finale)
Kerstin Meyer mezzo-soprano / Otto Edelmann bass
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1957/2001*
HUMPERDINCK
Hansel und Gretel
Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir (Act I)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Elisabeth Grümmer sopranos
Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1953/1999* MONO
BEETHOVEN
Fidelio
Mir ist so wunderbar (Act I)
Wer ein holdes Weib errungen (Act II Finale)
Helga Dernesch & Helen Donath sopranos
Jon Vickers & Horst R. Laubenthal tenors
José van Dam & Karl Ridderbusch basses
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Berliner Philharmoniker
(P) 1971/1988*
BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis
Gloria in excelsis Deo - Gratias agimus tibi
Gundula Janowitz soprano / Agnes Baltsa mezzo-soprano
Peter Schreier tenor / José Van Dam bass
Singverein der Gesellshaft der Musikfreunde, Wien
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1975/1988*
BACH Mass in B minor
Crucifixus
Et resurrexit
Singverein & Orchester der Gesellshaft der Musikfreunde, Wien
(P) 1954/1999* MONO
DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor
Spargi d’amaro pianto (Act III)
Maria Callas soprano
RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin (P) 1997* MONO
Recorded live at the Städtische Oper, Berlin 29 IX. 1955
VERDI
Aida
Gloria all’Egitto (Act II Scene 2)
Triumphal March (Act II Scene 2)
Ballet Music (Act II Scene 2)
Vieni, o guerriero vindice (Act II Scene 2)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper / Wiener Philharmoniker
(P) 1980/1986*

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