Originally released in 2017 to mark the 80th birthday of Gundula Janowitz, this box set celebrates her clear and honest soprano voice through a selection of her opera, oratorio and Lieder recordings The favourite lyric soprano of Herbert von Karajan, Janowitz set the standard for sopranos with her legendary recordings of Mozart and Richard Strauss which are still unsurpassed in the catalogue.

A 14-CD original jackets collection

The ultimate selection of Gundula Janowitz’s recordings for Deutsche Grammophon Decca and Philips including opera and sacred arias, oratorio and Lieder

The first CD release of an interview from 1969 with Janowitz about singing the Countess in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and about her foundation for young singers

Includes two recordings of R Strauss Vier letzte Lieder – Bernard Haitink 1968 and Herbert von Karajan 1973

60-page booklet with liner notes in English/German/French

Contents:

CD 1: Mozart

CD 2: Telemann, Handel, JS Bach

CD 3: Beethoven, Brahms

CD 4: Weber, Wagner, Lortzing, J Strauss II

CD 5: R Strauss, Orff, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms

CD 6: Haydn, Beethoven

CD 7: Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven

CD 8: Wagner

CD 9: Wagner, Weber

CD 10-13: Schubert

CD 14: Wagner, R Strauss; Interview  with Gundula Janowitz