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
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
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
balance engineer:
Horst Lindner (engineer)
recorded at:
Grunewaldkirche in Berlin, Germany (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouvertüre (The Flying Dutchman: Overture) (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (The Flying Dutchman)
Richard Wagner11:08
2Tannhäuser: Overture
producer:
Fritz Ganss (producer)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08, from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08, from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
balance engineer:
Horst Lindner (engineer)
recorded at:
Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08) and Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Ouvertüre (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70
part of:
Tannhäuser: Ouverture and Venusberg Music (ouverture and venusberg music (Act 1, scene 1) from Tannhäuser by Wagner)
Richard Wagner15:02
3Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
balance engineer:
Horst Lindner (engineer)
recorded at:
Grunewaldkirche in Berlin, Germany (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Vorspiel (prelude to Act I) (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75
Richard Wagner9:19
4Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I
producer:
Fritz Ganss (producer)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08, from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08, from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
balance engineer:
Horst Lindner (engineer)
recorded at:
Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08) and Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
recording of:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Vorspiel (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1863 until 1867)
part of:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
Richard Wagner9:49
5Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act I
producer:
Fritz Ganss (producer)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08, from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08, from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
balance engineer:
Horst Lindner (engineer)
recorded at:
Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08) and Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt I, Vorspiel (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt I
Richard Wagner13:12
6Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod
producer:
Fritz Ganss (producer)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08, from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08, from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
balance engineer:
Horst Lindner (engineer)
recorded at:
Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08) and Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (from 1957-02-18 until 1957-02-19)
recording of:
Excerpt from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. Liebestod. “Mild und leise wie er lächelt” (from 1957-01-07 until 1957-01-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. "Kurwenal! Hör'! Ein zweites Schiff"
Richard Wagner7:48
7Der Freischütz: Overture
producer:
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
balance engineer:
Horst Lindner (engineer)
recorded at:
Grunewaldkirche in Berlin, Germany (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
recording of:
Der Freischütz: Ouvertüre (from 1960-09-16 until 1960-09-19)
composer:
Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
part of:
Der Freischütz
Carl Maria von Weber10:37
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