Karajan: Orchestral Spectaculars from Handel to Bartok, 1949-1960
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Label: Warner
Cat No: 2564633621
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 13
Release Date: 2nd June 2014
Contents
Works
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123Music for strings, percussion and celesta, Sz106 BB114
La Damnation de Faust, op.24 H111
Les Troyens
Carmen Suite
Carmen
L'Arlesienne Suite no.2
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10
Espana
Joyeuse Marche
La Mer
Symphony no.9 in E minor, op.95 B178 'From the New World'
Faust
Hary Janos Suite
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome), P141
Guillaume Tell
Finlandia, op.26
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.43
Symphony no.4 in A minor, op.63
Symphony no.5 in E flat major, op.82
Symphony no.6 in D minor, op.104
Symphony no.7 in C major, op.105
Tapiola, op.112
Valse triste, op.44 no.1
Ma vlast (My Country)
Aida
Schwanda the Bagpiper
Artists
Boris Christoff (bass)Philharmonia Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Herbert von KarajanWorks
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123Music for strings, percussion and celesta, Sz106 BB114
La Damnation de Faust, op.24 H111
Les Troyens
Carmen Suite
Carmen
L'Arlesienne Suite no.2
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10
Espana
Joyeuse Marche
La Mer
Symphony no.9 in E minor, op.95 B178 'From the New World'
Faust
Hary Janos Suite
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome), P141
Guillaume Tell
Finlandia, op.26
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.43
Symphony no.4 in A minor, op.63
Symphony no.5 in E flat major, op.82
Symphony no.6 in D minor, op.104
Symphony no.7 in C major, op.105
Tapiola, op.112
Valse triste, op.44 no.1
Ma vlast (My Country)
Aida
Schwanda the Bagpiper
Artists
Boris Christoff (bass)Philharmonia Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Herbert von KarajanAbout
The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue.
For many, Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) – hailed early in his career as ‘Das Wunder Karajan’ (The Karajan Miracle) and known in the early 1960s as ‘the music director of Europe’ – remains the ultimate embodiment of the maestro. The release of the Karajan Official Remastered Edition over the first half of 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the conductor’s death in July 1989 at the age of 81.
Karajan was closely associated with EMI for the majority of his recording career (specifically from 1946 to 1960 and then again from 1969 to 1984). EMI’s legendary producer Walter Legge sought him out in Vienna just after World War II and the long relationship that ensued embraced recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Philharmonia (the orchestra founded by Legge), the Berlin Philharmonic (of which Karajan became ‘conductor for life’ in 1955), the forces of La Scala, Milan, and the Orchestre de Paris.
The Karajan Official Remastered Edition features primarily symphonic and choral music. The entire edition will comprise recordings remastered from the original sources in 24-bit/96kHz at Abbey Road Studios, the world’s most renowned recording studio.
These recordings were made between 1949 and 1960, primarily in London with the Philharmonia Orchestra, although a number of items feature the Berlin Philharmonic. They take a richly varied musical tour of Europe and feature music closely identified with Karajan – such as the symphonies and tone poems of Sibelius and Debussy’s La Mer, large-scale showpieces such as Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, and a treasure trove of more unexpected repertoire, such as works by Handel, Chabrier, Granados, Roussel, Respighi, Kodály, Vaughan Williams and Britten.
A special bonus is the presence of the great Bulgarian bass Boris Christoff in arias by Verdi and Gounod.
Contents:
CD 1
Jean Sibelius
- Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
- Symphony No.5 in E flat, Op.82
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 2
Jean Sibelius
- Finlandia, Op.26
Recorded: 1952, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
- Symphony No.4 in A minor, Op.63
Recorded: 1953, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
- Symphony No.5 in E flat, Op.82
Recorded: 1952, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 3
Jean Sibelius
- Symphony No.6 in D minor, Op.104
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London
- Symphony No.7 in C, Op.105
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
- Tapiola, Op.112
Recorded: 1953, Kingsway Hall, London
Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 4
Jean Sibelius
- Finlandia, Op.26
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
– Valse triste, Op.44 No.1
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Benjamin Britten
- Variations on theme by Frank Bridge, Op.10
Recorded: 1953, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
MONO/ADD
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Recorded: 1953, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
MONO/ADD
George Frideric Handel
- Water Music Suite arr Harty
Recorded: 1952, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 5
Zoltán Kodály
- Háry János Suite: Intermezzo
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Béla Bartók
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Recorded: 1949, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
- Concerto for Orchestra
Recorded: 1952/1953, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 6
Gioachino Rossini
Overtures
- La scala di seta
- L’italiana in Algeri
- Il barbiere di Siviglia
- La gazza ladra
- Semiramide
- Guillaume Tell
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
- Guillaume Tell: Pas de trois et chœur tyrolien
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 7
Pietro Mascagni
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
Pietro Mascagni
- L’Amico Fritz: Intermezzo
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
Giacomo Puccini
- Manon Lescaut: Act III Intermezzo
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
Ruggero Leoncavallo
- I Pagliacci: Intermezzo
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
Amilcare Ponchielli
- La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
Giuseppe Verdi
- La traviata: Prelude to Act III
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
Giuseppe Verdi
- Aida: Act II Ballet Music
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
Giuseppe Verdi
- Don Carlos: Ella giammai m’amo
- Don Carlos: Dormirò sol
Charles Gounod
- Faust: Vous qui faites l’endormie
Boris Christoff (bass)
Recorded: 1949, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Albert Roussel
- Symphony No.4
Recorded: 1949, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
CD 8
Giuseppe Verdi
- La traviata: Prelude to Act III
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Giuseppe Verdi
- Aida: Act II Ballet Music
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
Amilcare Ponchielli
- La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Ruggero Leoncavallo
- I Pagliacci: Intermezzo
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
Giacomo Puccini
- Manon Lescaut: Act III Intermezzo
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Pietro Mascagni
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
- L’Amico Fritz: Intermezzo
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Ottorino Respighi
- Pini di Roma
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Jacques Offenbach
- Orphée aux enfers: Overture
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 9
Hector Berlioz
- Le Carnaval romain: Overture
- La Damnation de Faust: Hungarian March
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
- Les Troyens: Royal Hunt & Storm (Act 1)
Philharmonia Chorus
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
- Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 10
Georges Bizet
- Carmen Suite
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
- L’Arlésienne: Suite No.1
- L’Arlésienne: Suite No.2
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Emmanuel Chabrier
- España
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
- Marche joyeuse
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Charles Gounod
- Faust: Ballet Music
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 11
Claude Debussy
- La Mer
Maurice Ravel
- Rapsodie espagnole
Recorded: 1953, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Georges Bizet
- Carmen – Act IV: Prelude
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Emmanuel Chabrier
- España
Recorded: 1953, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
- Marche joyeuse
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Émile Waldteufel
- Les Patineurs: Valse
Recorded: 1953, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Jacques Offenbach
- Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
- Orphée aux enfers: Overture
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Enrique Granados
- Goyescas: Intermezzo
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Jaromir Weinberger
- Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 12
Jacques Offenbach
- Gaité Parisienne (orch. Rosenthal): Ballet Music
Overture (La Vie Parisienne)
No.1 Allegro moderato (Mesdames de la Halle)
No.2 Polka (Voyage dans la Lune)
No.6 Éntrée du Brésilien (La Vie Parisienne)
No.8 Valse (Orphée aux enfers
No.9 Marche (Tromb-al-Cazar)
No.10 Valse (La Vie Parisienne)
No.11 Éntrée du Brésilien
No.12 Valse (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
No.13 Duel (composed by Rosenthal)
No.14 Valse (La Périchole)
No.15 Prélude an Can-Can (composed by Rosenthal)
No.16 Can-Can Scène 1 (Orphée aux enfers, Robinson Crusoe)
No.17 Can-Can Scène 2 (Orphée aux enfers)
No.18 Can-Can Scène 3
No.22 Can-Can (La Vie Parisienne)
No.23 Barcarolle (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
Jacques Offenbach
- Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Émile Waldteufel
- Les Patineurs: Valse
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Enrique Granados
- Goyescas: Intermezzo
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Jaromir Weinberger
- Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
Philharmonia Orchestra
Béla Bartók
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz106
Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1960, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD
CD 13
Antonín Dvořák
- Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 “From the New World”
Recorded: 1957, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD
Bedrich Smetana
- Má vlast: Vltava
Recorded: 1958, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD
George Frideric Handel
- Water Music Suite arr Harty
Recorded: 1959, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD
Berliner Philharmoniker
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