Karajan 1980s: The Complete Orchestral s

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"Between 1980 and his death in 1989, ert von Karajan recorded the incredible a of 78 CDs worth of orchestral and choral music for DGG. In the final decade of his creative life, he made quintessential s of major works he had not recorded before: Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable” and Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony. Among the highpoints of Karajan’s late years is the major part of his collaboration with Anne-Sophie Mutter, the “wunderkind” Karajan discovered in the late 1970s and mentored throughout the 1980s. The almost complete s of Richard Strauss’ great symphonic poems radically re-thought and played like you never heard them before under the great maestro’s baton. Massive renderings of Mozart’s and Verdi’s Requiems stand next to Karajan’s personal “requiems”: The famous 1987 New Year’s Concert and the “farewell” s of Bruckner 7 and Bruckner 8, where you can still experience how Karajan, struggling with his fading , infused the music with contemplations about life and death. Pure musical magic, as powerful as it was 25 years ago! CONTENTS CD 1: R. STRAUSS: Eine Alpensinfonie CD 2: BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 2 CD 3: OFFENBACH: Overtures etc CD 4: J. STRAUSS: The Blue Danube Waltzes and Marches CD 5: J. STRAUSS: Emperor Waltz Waltzes and Marches CD 6: J. STRAUSS: Radetzky-March Waltzes and Marches CD 7: HAYDN: Symphonies No. 82 „The Bear“ & No. 87 CD 8: HAYDN: Symphonies No. 84 & No. 85 „La Reine “ CD 9: HAYDN: Symphonies No. 83 „The Hen“ & No. 86 CD 10: BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 CD 11: TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings op. 48 DVOŘÁK: Serenade for Strings op.22 CD 12: R. STRAUSS: Metamorphosen; Tod und Verklärung CD 13: MENDELSSOHN & BRUCH: Violin Concertos (Mutter) CD 14: SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 CD 15: NIELSEN: Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable” CD 16: MOZART: Mass in C minor K. 427 “The Great” CD 17: BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 1 CD 18: HOLST: The Planets CD 19: MOZART: Serenade No. 13 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” GRIEG: Holberg Suite PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1 “Classical” CD 20: SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” CD 21: HAYDN: Symphonies No. 93 & No. 94 “The Surprise” CD 22: HAYDN: Symphonies No. 95 & No. 96 “The Miracle” CD 23: HAYDN: Symphonies No. 97 & No. 98 CD 24: HAYDN: Symphonies No. 99 & No. 100 “” CD 25: HAYDN: Symphonies No. 101 “The Clock” & No. 102 CD 26: HAYDN: Symphonies No. 103 “Drum Roll” No. 104 “London” CD 27: BRAHMS: Violin Concerto (Mutter) CD 28: SCHUMANN & GRIEG: Piano Concertos (Zimerman) CDs 29-30: HAYDN: Die Schöpfung CD 31: GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 SIBELIUS: Pelléas et Mélisande – Incidental Music CD 32: BEETHOVEN: Symphonies No. 5 & No. 6 “Pastoral” CDs 33-34: MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 CD 35: TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture; Nutcracker Suite CD 36: BEETHOVEN: Symphonies No. 4 & No. 7 CD 37: SMETANA: The Moldau LISZT: Les Préludes; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 WEBER: Invitation to the Dance ROSSINI: William Tell Overture CD 38: BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin and Cello (Mutter, Meneses) Tragic Overture CD 39: BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2; Haydn Variations CD 40 : STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan CDs 41-42: BRAHMS: A German Requiem BRUCKNER: Te Deum CD 43: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” CD 44: BACH: Orchestral Suite BWV 1048: Air MOZART: Serenade No. 6 “Serenata notturna” PACHELBEL: Canon and Gigue ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor GLUCK: Reigen seliger Geister VIVALDI: Flute Concerto RV 439 CD 45: BIZET: L’Arlésienne – Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Carmen-Suite No. 1 CD 46: WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Act III Prelude Tannhäuser – Overture and Venusberg Music Tristan und Isolde – Prelude and Liebestod CD 47: SIBELIUS: Finlandia; The Swan of Tuonela; Valse Triste; Tapiola CD 48: BEETHOVEN: Symphonies No. 1 & No. 2 CD 49: TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” CD 50-51: VERDI: Messa da Requiem CD 52: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”; Egmont Overture CD 53: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8; Overtures: Coriolan; Fidelio; Leonore III CD 54: TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 CD 55: TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 CD 56: DEBUSSY: La Mer; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Daphnis et Chloé – Suite No. 2 CD 57: R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben CD 58: DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” SMETANA: The Moldau CD 59: SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8 CD 60: SOLEMN HIGH MASS IN ST. PETER’S MOZART: Ave verum corpus K.618 Mass in C major K. 317 “Coronation” CD 61: R. STRAUSS: Vier letzte Lieder Die heiligen drei Könige op. 56 no. 6 Capriccio – Mondscheinmusik & Monolog der Gräfin (Tomowa-Sintow) CD 62: BEETHOVEN: Missa solemnis CD 63: RAVEL: Boléro; Rapsodie espagnole MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition CD 64: R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote; Till Eulenspiegel CD 65: MOZART: Requiem K.626 CD 66: MOZART: Divertimento K. 334; Serenade K. 239 “Serenata notturna” CD 67: WAGNER: Tannhäuser Overture; Siegfried Idyll Tristan und Isolde – Prelude & Liebestod (Norman) CD 68-69: NEUJAHRSKONZERT IN WIEN J. STRAUSS: Waltzes, Polkas etc. CD 70: MOZART: Symphonies No. 29 & No. 39 CD 71: BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 CD 72: MOZART: Divertimento K. 287; Serenade K. 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” CD 73: TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto (Mutter) CD 74: TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Kissin) CD 75: BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 CD 76: BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3; Tragic Overture CD 77: BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 CD 78: BRUCKNER: Symphony no. 7