Official Remastered Edition

~ Release by Herbert von Karajan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

A selection of of Herbert von Karajan's recording from 1946 to 1984 spanning through a 101 CDs, remastered by Warner Classics from the reference 24-bits/96KHz source. The set is comprised of all the individual mini-sets released separately, each in their own clamshell box with booklet and independent numbering. Consequently, the CD numbering of the superset is based on the rough chronological timeframes for each of the subsets.

Annotation last modified on 2023-01-29 10:27 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor - beginning
2CD: J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor - conclusion, Appendix
3CD: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (1947)
4CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis - beginning (1958)
5CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis - conclusion (1958) / Ah! perfido / Fidelio - Abscheulicher! / Mozart: Ave verum corpus / Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder
6CD: Schumann: Piano Concerto / Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21
7CD: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5 “Emperor”
8CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos 23 & 24
9CD: Schumann, Grieg: Piano Concertos / Franck: Symphonic Variations
10CD: Mozart: Horn Concertos 1-4
11CD: Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, K. 297b / Clarinet Concerto
12CD: Leimer: Piano Concertos / Massenet: Thaïs - Méditation
13CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2
14CD: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Overture / Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Clarinet Concerto / Symphony no. 39
15CD: Mozart: Adagio & Fugue, K. 546 / Adagio from Divertimento no. 17, K. 334 / Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 8
16CD: Mozart: Die Schlittenfahrt / Der Kanarienvogel / Symphony no. 33 / Schubert: Symphony no. 9 “Great”
17CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music / Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
18CD: Strauss Family: Waltzes and Polkas / Reznicek: Donna Diana - Overture
19CD: Strauss Family: Waltzes and Polkas
20CD: Chabrier: España / Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique”
21CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 (1947)
22CD: Mozart, Mascagni, Puccini, Johann Strauss II, Smetana, Richard Strauss: Opera arias
23CD: Wagner: Opera arias, choruses and preludes / Richard Strauss: Excerpts from Der Rosenkavalier, Salome
24CD: Sibelius: Symphonies 2 & 5
25CD: Sibelius: Symphonies 4 & 5 / Finlandia
26CD: Sibelius: Symphonies 6 & 7 / Tapiola
27CD: Sibelius: Valse triste / Finlandia / Britten: Frank Bridge Variations / Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia / Handel: Water Music
28CD: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for strings, percussion and celesta / Kodály: Háry János - Intermezzo
29CD: Rossini: Overtures
30CD: Gounod, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Ponchielli, Puccini, Verdi: Intermezzi & Arias / Roussel: Symphony no. 4
31CD: Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Offenbach, Ponchielli, Puccini, Verdi: Intermezzi & Dances / Respighi: Pini di Roma
32CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / La Carnaval romain / Marche hongroise / Royal Hunt and Storm
33CD: Bizet: Carmen / L'Arlésienne - suites / Chabrier: España / Marche joyeuse / Gounod: Faust - Ballet Music
34CD: Debussy: La Mer / Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Chabrier: España / Marche joyeuse / Bizet, Granados, Offenbach, Waldteufel, Weinberger: Overtures & Dances
35CD: Offenbach: Gaîté parisienne / Bartók: Music for strings, percussion and celesta / Granados, Waldteufel, Weinberger: Overtures & Dances
36CD: Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 “From the New World” / Smetana: Vltava / Handel: Water Music
37CD: Balakirev: Symphony no. 1 / Borodin: Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dancese / Mussorgsky: Operatic excerpts
38CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Khovanshchina, Act 4 - Entr'acte / Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
39CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 / Swan Lake - Suite
40CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 / Sleeping Beauty - Suite
41CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique” / The Nutcracker - Suite
42CD: Borodin: Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances / Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Suite / Sleeping Beauty - Suite / 1812 Overture
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1Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1960-09-22)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1960-09-22)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1960-09-22)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances no. 8, “Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens”: Presto, 6/8, F major (on 1960-09-22)
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
part of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890)
Alexander Borodin2:24
2Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1960-09-22)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1960-09-22)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1960-09-22)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus” (on 1960-09-22)
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Polovtsian Dance with Choir
part of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890)
Alexander Borodin11:33
3Swan Lake, op. 20 - Suite: Scène
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
balance engineer:
Harold Davidson (classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
recording of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: I. Scène (lake in the moonlight) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1876)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version A - 6 movements)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version B - 8 movements)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2:46
4Swan Lake, op. 20 - Suite: Act I. Valse
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
balance engineer:
Harold Davidson (classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
recording of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: II. Valse (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer) (in 1876)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version A - 6 movements)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version B - 8 movements)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky7:20
5Swan Lake, op. 20 - Suite: Act II. Danse des petits cygnes
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
balance engineer:
Harold Davidson (classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
recording of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: III. Danse des cygnes (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1876)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version A - 6 movements)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version B - 8 movements)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1:35
6Swan Lake, op. 20 - Suite: Act III. Introduction - Danse de la reine des cygnes
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
balance engineer:
Harold Davidson (classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
recording of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: III. Danse des cygnes (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1876)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version A - 6 movements)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version B - 8 movements)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:18
7Swan Lake, op. 20 - Suite: Act III. Danse hongroise (Czárdás)
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
balance engineer:
Harold Davidson (classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
recording of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: V. Czardas: Danse hongroise (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1876)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version A - 6 movements)
part of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version B - 8 movements)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:33
8Sleeping Beauty, op. 66 - Suite: Prologue. Introduction et Fée des Lilas
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
balance engineer:
Harold Davidson (classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
recording of:
The Sleeping Beauty Suite, op. 66a: I. Introduction. La Fée des Lilas (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66a (Suite)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky5:08
9Sleeping Beauty, op. 66 - Suite: Act I. Pas d'action: Adagio
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
balance engineer:
Harold Davidson (classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
recording of:
The Sleeping Beauty Suite, op. 66a: II. Adagio. Pas d'action (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66a (Suite)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:10
10Sleeping Beauty, op. 66 - Suite: Act III. Pas de caractère (Le Chat botté)
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
balance engineer:
Harold Davidson (classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
recording of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Acte III, no. 24. Pas de caractère: Le Chat botté et la chatte blanche (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Acte III
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1:52
11Sleeping Beauty, op. 66 - Suite: Act II. Panorama
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
balance engineer:
Harold Davidson (classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
recording of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Acte II, no. 17. Panorama (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Acte II
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:30
12Sleeping Beauty, op. 66 - Suite: Act I. Valse
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
balance engineer:
Harold Davidson (classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
recording of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Acte I, no. 6. Valse (from 1959-01-01 until 1959-01-02)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Acte I
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:24
131812 Overture, op. 49
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1958-01-17 until 1958-01-18)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1958-01-17 until 1958-01-18)
balance engineer:
Robert Gooch (British classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1958-01-17 until 1958-01-18)
recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49 (from 1958-01-17 until 1958-01-18)
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1882-08-20)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-09 until 1880-11)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 49), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 46) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 49)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
quotes music from:
Troparion of the Holy Cross
quotes music from:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
quotes music from:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky17:23
43CD: Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes / Mussorgsky: Dance of the Persian Slaves / Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4
44CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Leonore no. 3 Overture
45CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 3 “Eroica” & 8
46CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 5 / Coriolan Overture
47CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 6 “Pastoral” & 7
48CD: Beethoven: Egmont Overture / Symphony no. 9
49CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 (1956)
50CD: Mozart: Symphonies 35 “Haffner” & 39 (mono versions) / Divertimento no. 15, K. 287
51CD: Richard Strauss: Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel / Tod und Verklärung / Wagner: Tannhäuser - Venusberg Music
52CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Haydn (mono version) / Schmidt: Notre Dame - Intermezzo
53CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / Schubert: Symphony no. 8 “Unfinished”
54CD: Mozart: Symphony no. 38 “Prague” / Brahms: Symphony no. 4 / Wagner: Tannhäuser - Venusberg Music
55CD: Weber: Invitation to the Dance / Strauss Family: Waltzes and Polkas / Suppé: Leichte Kavallerie - Overture
56CD: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony / Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Strauss Family: Waltzes and Polkas / Suppé: Leichte Kavallerie - Overture
57CD: Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Schubert: Symphony no. 5 / Schumann: Symphony no. 4
58CD: Mendelssohn, Nicolai: Overtures / Hindemith: Symphony “Mathis der Maler” / Bruckner: Symphony no. 8 - beginning
59CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 8 - conclusion / Mozart: Symphony no. 29
60CD: Wagner, Weber: Preludes & Overtures
61CD: Mozart: Symphonies 35 “Haffner” & 39 / Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn (alternative versions)
62CD: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Massenet: Thaïs - Méditation
63CD: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2
64CD: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 5 “Emperor”
65CD: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 / Triple Concerto
66CD: Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp / Flute Concerto no. 1 / Bassoon Concerto
67CD: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Oboe Concerto
68CD: Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, K. 297b / Brahms: Violin Concerto
69CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2
70CD: Franck: Symphonic Variations / R. Strauss: Don Quixote
71CD: Telemann, Hummel, L. Mozart, Vivaldi: Trumpet Concertos
72CD: Debussy: La Mer / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Ravel: Boléro / Alborada del gracioso / La Valse
73CD: Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Bizet: L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 2 / Chabrier: España / Gounod: Faust - Ballet Music
74CD: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust - Hungarian March / Franck: Symphony / Franck, Mascagni: Operatic Intermezzi
75CD: Dvořák: Symphonies 8 & 9 “From the New World”
76CD: Smetana: Vltava / Dvořák: Slavonic Dance no. 8 / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
77CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 / Symphony no. 5 - beginning
78CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 - conclusion / Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique”
79CD: Haydn: Symphonies 83, 101 & 104
80CD: Mozart: Symphonies 35 & 36 / Symphony no. 40 - Rehearsal extracts / Cherubini: Anacréon - Overture
81CD: Mozart: Symphonies 38 & 39 / Symphony no. 39 - Rehearsal extracts
82CD: Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41 / Rehearsal extracts
83CD: Weber: Der Freischütz - Overture / Schubert: Symphonies 1 & 2
84CD: Schubert: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Rosamunde - Ballet Music
85CD: Schubert: Rosamunde - Overture / Symphonies 5 & 6
86CD: Schubert: Symphonies 8 & 9
87CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 4
88CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 7
89CD: J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus - Overture / Waltzes and Polkas / Schmidt: Notre Dame - Intermezzo
90CD: Brahms: Haydn Variations / Tragic Overture / Wagner: Tannhäuser / Die Meistersinger - orchestra music / Humperdinck: Hänsel and Gretel - Overture
91CD: R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Parsifal - orchestral music
92CD: R. Strauss: Symphonia domestica / Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Lohengrin - orchestral music
93CD: Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten - beginning
94CD: Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten - conclusion
95CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis - beginning (1976)
96CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis - conclusion (1976)
97CD: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (1976)
98CD: Sibelius: Symphonies 1 & 6
99CD: Sibelius: Symphony no. 2
100CD: Sibelius: Symphonies 4 & 5
101CD: Sibelius: En saga / The Swan of Tuonela / Karelia Suite / Finlandia / Valse triste / Tapiola