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

1▶CD: J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor - beginning
2▶CD: J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor - conclusion, Appendix
3▶CD: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (1947)
4▶CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis - beginning (1958)
5▶CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis - conclusion (1958) / Ah! perfido / Fidelio - Abscheulicher! / Mozart: Ave verum corpus / Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder
6▶CD: Schumann: Piano Concerto / Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21
7▶CD: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5 “Emperor”
8▶CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos 23 & 24
9▶CD: Schumann, Grieg: Piano Concertos / Franck: Symphonic Variations
10▶CD: Mozart: Horn Concertos 1-4
11▶CD: Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, K. 297b / Clarinet Concerto
12▶CD: Leimer: Piano Concertos / Massenet: Thaïs - Méditation
13▶CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2
14▶CD: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Overture / Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Clarinet Concerto / Symphony no. 39
15▶CD: Mozart: Adagio & Fugue, K. 546 / Adagio from Divertimento no. 17, K. 334 / Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 8
16▶CD: Mozart: Die Schlittenfahrt / Der Kanarienvogel / Symphony no. 33 / Schubert: Symphony no. 9 “Great”
17▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music / Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
18▶CD: Strauss Family: Waltzes and Polkas / Reznicek: Donna Diana - Overture
19▶CD: Strauss Family: Waltzes and Polkas
20▶CD: Chabrier: España / Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique”
21▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 (1947)
22▶CD: Mozart, Mascagni, Puccini, Johann Strauss II, Smetana, Richard Strauss: Opera arias
23▶CD: Wagner: Opera arias, choruses and preludes / Richard Strauss: Excerpts from Der Rosenkavalier, Salome
24▶CD: Sibelius: Symphonies 2 & 5
25▶CD: Sibelius: Symphonies 4 & 5 / Finlandia
26▶CD: Sibelius: Symphonies 6 & 7 / Tapiola
27▶CD: Sibelius: Valse triste / Finlandia / Britten: Frank Bridge Variations / Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia / Handel: Water Music
28▶CD: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for strings, percussion and celesta / Kodály: Háry János - Intermezzo
29▶CD: Rossini: Overtures
30▶CD: Gounod, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Ponchielli, Puccini, Verdi: Intermezzi & Arias / Roussel: Symphony no. 4
31▶CD: Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Offenbach, Ponchielli, Puccini, Verdi: Intermezzi & Dances / Respighi: Pini di Roma
32▶CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / La Carnaval romain / Marche hongroise / Royal Hunt and Storm
33▶CD: Bizet: Carmen / L'Arlésienne - suites / Chabrier: España / Marche joyeuse / Gounod: Faust - Ballet Music
34▶CD: Debussy: La Mer / Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Chabrier: España / Marche joyeuse / Bizet, Granados, Offenbach, Waldteufel, Weinberger: Overtures & Dances
35▶CD: Offenbach: Gaîté parisienne / Bartók: Music for strings, percussion and celesta / Granados, Waldteufel, Weinberger: Overtures & Dances
36▶CD: Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 “From the New World” / Smetana: Vltava / Handel: Water Music
37▼CD: Balakirev: Symphony no. 1 / Borodin: Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dancese / Mussorgsky: Operatic excerpts
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1Symphony no. 1 in C: I. Largo - Allegro vivo
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major: I. Largo. Allegro vivo (from 1949-11-18 until 1949-11-22)
composer:
Милий Алексеевич Балакирев (Mily Balakirev, composer, pianist, conductor) (from 1864 until 1897)
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major
Mily Balakirev14:54
2Symphony no. 1 in C: II. Scherzo: Vivo
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major: II. Scherzo. Vivo (from 1949-11-18 until 1949-11-22)
composer:
Милий Алексеевич Балакирев (Mily Balakirev, composer, pianist, conductor) (from 1864 until 1897)
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major
Mily Balakirev6:41
3Symphony no. 1 in C: III. Andante
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major: III. Andante (from 1949-11-18 until 1949-11-22)
composer:
Милий Алексеевич Балакирев (Mily Balakirev, composer, pianist, conductor) (from 1864 until 1897)
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major
Mily Balakirev13:21
4Symphony no. 1 in C: IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1949-11-18, from 1949-11-21 until 1949-11-22)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major: IV. Finale. Allegro moderato (from 1949-11-18 until 1949-11-22)
composer:
Милий Алексеевич Балакирев (Mily Balakirev, composer, pianist, conductor) (from 1864 until 1897)
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major
Mily Balakirev8:42
5Prince 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 1954-11-08)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1954-11-08)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1954-11-08)
recording of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens (on 1954-11-08)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Prince Igor: Act II
Alexander Borodin2:20
6Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1954-11-08)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1954-11-08)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1954-11-08)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890) (on 1954-11-08)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arranger:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
Alexander Borodin12:50
7Khovanshchina: Act 4. Entr'acte
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1954-07-23)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1954-07-23)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1955)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1954-07-23)
recording of:
Khovanshchina: Act IV. Intermezzo (on 1954-07-23)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer)
part of:
Хованщина: Действие 4
Modest Mussorgsky5:35
8Khovanshchina: Dance of the Persian Slaves
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1954-11-08)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1954-11-08)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1956)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1954-11-08)
recording of:
Khovanshchina: Act IV, Scene I. Dance of the Persian Slave Girls (on 1954-11-08)
composer and librettist:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer)
part of:
Хованщина: Действие 4
Modest Mussorgsky6:55
9Boris Godunov: In the Town of Kazan (Varlaam's Drinking Song)
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
bass vocals:
Boris Christoff (Bulgarian bass) (on 1949-11-28)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1949-11-28)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (on 1949-11-28)
balance engineer:
Douglas Larter
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1950)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1949-11-28)
recording of:
Boris Godunov: Act I. "So it was in the city of Kazan" (Varlaam) (on 1949-11-28)
lyricist and composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer)
part of:
Борис Годунов: Act I (1872 version)
Modest Mussorgsky2:29
38▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Khovanshchina, Act 4 - Entr'acte / Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
39▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 / Swan Lake - Suite
40▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 / Sleeping Beauty - Suite
41▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique” / The Nutcracker - Suite
42▶CD: Borodin: Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances / Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Suite / Sleeping Beauty - Suite / 1812 Overture
43▶CD: Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes / Mussorgsky: Dance of the Persian Slaves / Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4
44▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Leonore no. 3 Overture
45▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 3 “Eroica” & 8
46▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 5 / Coriolan Overture
47▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 6 “Pastoral” & 7
48▶CD: Beethoven: Egmont Overture / Symphony no. 9
49▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 (1956)
50▶CD: Mozart: Symphonies 35 “Haffner” & 39 (mono versions) / Divertimento no. 15, K. 287
51▶CD: Richard Strauss: Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel / Tod und Verklärung / Wagner: Tannhäuser - Venusberg Music
52▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Haydn (mono version) / Schmidt: Notre Dame - Intermezzo
53▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / Schubert: Symphony no. 8 “Unfinished”
54▶CD: Mozart: Symphony no. 38 “Prague” / Brahms: Symphony no. 4 / Wagner: Tannhäuser - Venusberg Music
55▶CD: Weber: Invitation to the Dance / Strauss Family: Waltzes and Polkas / Suppé: Leichte Kavallerie - Overture
56▶CD: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony / Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Strauss Family: Waltzes and Polkas / Suppé: Leichte Kavallerie - Overture
57▶CD: Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Schubert: Symphony no. 5 / Schumann: Symphony no. 4
58▶CD: Mendelssohn, Nicolai: Overtures / Hindemith: Symphony “Mathis der Maler” / Bruckner: Symphony no. 8 - beginning
59▶CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 8 - conclusion / Mozart: Symphony no. 29
60▶CD: Wagner, Weber: Preludes & Overtures
61▶CD: Mozart: Symphonies 35 “Haffner” & 39 / Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn (alternative versions)
62▶CD: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Massenet: Thaïs - Méditation
63▶CD: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2
64▶CD: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 5 “Emperor”
65▶CD: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 / Triple Concerto
66▶CD: Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp / Flute Concerto no. 1 / Bassoon Concerto
67▶CD: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Oboe Concerto
68▶CD: Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, K. 297b / Brahms: Violin Concerto
69▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2
70▶CD: Franck: Symphonic Variations / R. Strauss: Don Quixote
71▶CD: Telemann, Hummel, L. Mozart, Vivaldi: Trumpet Concertos
72▶CD: Debussy: La Mer / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Ravel: Boléro / Alborada del gracioso / La Valse
73▶CD: Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Bizet: L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 2 / Chabrier: España / Gounod: Faust - Ballet Music
74▶CD: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust - Hungarian March / Franck: Symphony / Franck, Mascagni: Operatic Intermezzi
75▶CD: Dvořák: Symphonies 8 & 9 “From the New World”
76▶CD: Smetana: Vltava / Dvořák: Slavonic Dance no. 8 / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
77▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 / Symphony no. 5 - beginning
78▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 - conclusion / Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique”
79▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies 83, 101 & 104
80▶CD: Mozart: Symphonies 35 & 36 / Symphony no. 40 - Rehearsal extracts / Cherubini: Anacréon - Overture
81▶CD: Mozart: Symphonies 38 & 39 / Symphony no. 39 - Rehearsal extracts
82▶CD: Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41 / Rehearsal extracts
83▶CD: Weber: Der Freischütz - Overture / Schubert: Symphonies 1 & 2
84▶CD: Schubert: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Rosamunde - Ballet Music
85▶CD: Schubert: Rosamunde - Overture / Symphonies 5 & 6
86▶CD: Schubert: Symphonies 8 & 9
87▶CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 4
88▶CD: Bruckner: Symphony no. 7
89▶CD: J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus - Overture / Waltzes and Polkas / Schmidt: Notre Dame - Intermezzo
90▶CD: Brahms: Haydn Variations / Tragic Overture / Wagner: Tannhäuser / Die Meistersinger - orchestra music / Humperdinck: Hänsel and Gretel - Overture
91▶CD: R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Parsifal - orchestral music
92▶CD: R. Strauss: Symphonia domestica / Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Lohengrin - orchestral music
93▶CD: Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten - beginning
94▶CD: Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten - conclusion
95▶CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis - beginning (1976)
96▶CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis - conclusion (1976)
97▶CD: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (1976)
98▶CD: Sibelius: Symphonies 1 & 6
99▶CD: Sibelius: Symphony no. 2
100▶CD: Sibelius: Symphonies 4 & 5
101▶CD: Sibelius: En saga / The Swan of Tuonela / Karelia Suite / Finlandia / Valse triste / Tapiola