CD 1: KARAJAN CONDUCTS MOZART

Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade in G, K525)
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Romanze (Andante)
3. III. Menuetto (Allegretto)
4. IV. Rondo (Allegro)
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1961/1988*
   

Flute & Harp Concerto in C K299:
5. II. Andantino (extract)
   James Galway flute / Fritz Helmis harp
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1972/1985*
   


6. ‘Sleigh Ride’ German Dance K605 No.3
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1961/1988*
   

Clarinet Concerto in A K622:
7. II. Adagio
   Bernard Walton clarinet
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1957/1989* MONO
   

Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495:
8. III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
   Dennis Brain horn
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1954/1997* MONO
   

Die Zauberflöte
9. Overture
10. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Act I)
11. Der Hölle Rache (Act II)
    Erich Kunz baritone / Wilma Lipp soprano
    Wiener Philharmoniker (P) 1952/1999* MONO
    

Così fan tutte
12. Soave sia il vento (Act I)
    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano / Nan Merriman mezzo-soprano
    Sesto Bruscantini bass Wiener Philharmoniker (P) 1955/1999* MONO
    


13. Ave verum corpus K618
    Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/1990* MONO
    

Symphony No.29 in A K201
14. I. Allegro moderato (extract)
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1960/1996
    

Oboe Concerto in B flat K314
15. III. Rondo (Allegretto)
    Lothar Koch oboe
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1972/1987*
    

Symphony No.40 in G minor K550
16. I. Molto allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1971/1996*

VIVALDI
Le quattro stagioni
1. La primavera - I. Allegro
2. L’estate – III. Presto
3. L’autunno – III. Allegro
4. L’inverno – II. Largo
   Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
   Wiener Philharmoniker (P) 1984
   

HUMMEL
Trumpet Concerto in E flat (ed. Oubradous)
5. III: Rondo (Allegro molto)
   Maurice André trumpet
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1974/1998*
   

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.1 in C Op.15
6. II. Largo (opening)
   Alexis Weissenberg piano
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1978/1996*
   

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.19
7. III. Rondo (Molto allegro)
   Alexis Weissenberg piano
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1978/1996*
   

BEETHOVEN
Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin & Cello in C Op.56
8. II. Largo
   Sviatoslav Richter piano David Oistrakh violin /
   Mstislav Rostropovich cello
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1970/1996*
   

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.4 in G Op.58
9. II. Andante con moto
10. III. Rondo (Vivace) (extract)
    Alexis Weissenberg piano
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1977/1996*
    

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat ‘Emperor’ Op.73
11. II. Adagio un poco mosso (conclusion)
12. III: Rondo (Allegro) (extract)
    Alexis Weissenberg piano
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1974/1996*
    

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op23
13. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)
    Alexis Weissenberg piano
    Orchestre de Paris (P) 1970/2004*
    

RICHARD STRAUSS
14. Don Quixote Op.35 - 2 Theme
    Mstislav Rostropovich cello
    Berliner Phiolharmoniker (P) 1975/1996*
    

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
15. II. Adagio sostenuto (opening)
    Alexis Weissenberg piano
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1973/2004*
    

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D Op.77
16. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (cadenza Kreisler)
    Gidon Kremer violin
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1976/1996*

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67
1. I. Allegro con brio
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1955/2007* MONO
   

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.6 in F ‘Pastoral’ Op.68
2. V. Allegretto (Shepherds’ Hymn after the Storm)
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1954/2007* MONO
   

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.7 in A Op.92
3. II. Allegretto (opening)
4. IV. Allegro con brio
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1953/1989* MONO
   

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.8 in F Op.93
5. II: Allegretto scherzando
6. IV: Allegro vivace (conclusion)
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1956/2007*
   

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.9 in D minor ‘Choral’ Op.125
7. IV. Ode to Joy
   Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano / Marga Höffgen contralto /
   Ernst Haefliger tenor / Otto Edelmann bass
   Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde,
   Wien Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1956/1989* MONO
   

HAYDN
Symphony No.104 in D ‘London’
8. III. Menuetto (Allegro) & Trio 4.25
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1976/1996*
   

SCHUBERT
Symphony No.8 in B minor ‘Unfinished’ D759
9. I. Allegro moderato (opening)
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1976/1996*
   

DVORÁK
Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’
10. II. Largo (opening)
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1977/1986*
    

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64
11. III. Valse (Allegro moderato)
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1972/1988*
    

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.6 in B minor Op.74
12. I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo (extract)
    Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1959/1990*
    

SIBELIUS
Symphony No.5 in E flat Op.82
13. III. Allegro molto – Largamente assai
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1977/2001*

HANDEL
Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty)
1. V. Allegro deciso
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1961/1988*
   

JOHANN STRAUSS II
2. Unter Donner und Blitz - Polka
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
   

J. STRAUSS II

3. An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer, Op.314 (extract)
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1976/1987*
   

JOHANN STRAUSS I
4. Radetzky March
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
   

WALDTEUFEL
5. Skaters’ Waltz
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
   

BERLIOZ
6. Marche hongroise (La Damnation de Faust)
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1980/1989*
   

CHABRIER
7. España
   

CHABRIER
8. Marche joyeuse
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
   

JOHANN STRAUSS II
9. Tritsch-Tratsch – Polka
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1976/1985*
   

SMETANA
10. The Moldau (opening)
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1977/1986*
    

SIBELIUS
11. Valse triste
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1986
    

SIBELIUS
Karelia Suite, Op.11
12. I. Intermezzo
13. III. Alla marcia
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1981
    

BARTOK
Concerto for Orchestra
14. IV Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1974/1989*
    

RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome
15. I. The Pines of the Villa Borghese
16. IV. The Pines of the Via Appia

ROSSINI
1. Il barbiere di Siviglia – Overture
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/1989*
   

GOUNOD
2. Faust Ballet Music – Les Nubiennes
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1980/1989*
   

BIZET
3. L’Arlésienne Suite No.2 - Farandole
   Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1980/1989*
   

BIZET
Carmen
4. Prelude to Act I
5. Entr’acte to Act II
6. Entr’acte to Act III
7. Entr’acte to Act IV
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1959/1990*
   

MASSENET
8. Thaïs - Meditation
   Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1981
   

OFFENBACH
9. Orphée aux enfers – Overture
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
   

OFFENBACH
10. Les Contes d’Hoffmann - Barcarolle
    Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1959/1996*
    

PUCCINI
11. Manon Lescaut – Intermezzo
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1981
    

BORODIN
Prince Igor
12. Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens (Act II)
13. Polovtsian Dances (Act II) (opening)
    Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1961/2005*
    

TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake
14. Scene (Act II)
15. Dance of the Little Swans (Act II)
16. Hungarian Dance (Czardas) (Act III)
    Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1959/2007*
    

TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty
17. Valse (Act I)
18. Rose Adagio (Act I)
    Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1959/2007*
    

WEINBERGER
19. Schwanda the Bagpiper - Polka
    Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1981/2005*
    

WAGNER
Lohengrin – Prelude to Act III
Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1975/1996*

VERDI
Otello
Una vela! Una vela!...Esultate! (Act I)
2. Ave Maria (Act IV)
   Mirella Freni soprano(2)
   Jon Vickers, Aldo Bottion & Michel Sénéchal tenors (1)
   Peter Glossop baritone (1) Mario Machi bass (1)
   Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Berliner Philharmoniker
   (P) 1974/1988*
   

VERDI
Don Carlo
3. Dio, che nell’alma infondere (Act I)
4. Nei giardin del bello (Act II)
   José Carreras tenor (3) Piero Cappuccilli baritone (3)
   José Van Dam bass (3) Agnes Baltsa mezzo-soprano (4)
   Edita Gruberova soprano (4)
   Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Berliner Philharmoniker
   (P) 1979/1988*
   

VERDI Il trovatore
5. Vedi le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus) (Act II, Scene 1)
   Chor der Deutsche Oper Berlin / Berliner Philharmoniker
   (P) 1978/1986*
   

BRAHMS
Ein deutsches Requiem
6. IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
   Wiener Singverein / Berliner Philharmoniker
   (P) 1977/1988*
   

RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier
7. Herr Kavalier (Act II, Finale)
   Kerstin Meyer mezzo-soprano / Otto Edelmann bass
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1957/2001*
   

HUMPERDINCK
Hansel und Gretel
8. Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir (Act I)
   Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Elisabeth Grümmer sopranos
   Philharmonia Orchestra (P) 1953/1999* MONO
   

BEETHOVEN
Fidelio
9. Mir ist so wunderbar (Act I)
10. Wer ein holdes Weib errungen (Act II Finale)
    Helga Dernesch & Helen Donath sopranos
    Jon Vickers & Horst R. Laubenthal tenors
    José van Dam & Karl Ridderbusch basses
    Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Berliner Philharmoniker
    (P) 1971/1988*
    

BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis
11. Gloria in excelsis Deo - Gratias agimus tibi
    Gundula Janowitz soprano / Agnes Baltsa mezzo-soprano
    Peter Schreier tenor / José Van Dam bass
    Singverein der Gesellshaft der Musikfreunde, Wien
    Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 1975/1988*
    

BACH Mass in B minor
12. Crucifixus
13. Et resurrexit
    Singverein & Orchester der Gesellshaft der Musikfreunde, Wien
    (P) 1954/1999* MONO
    

DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor
14. Spargi d’amaro pianto (Act III)
    Maria Callas soprano
    RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin (P) 1997* MONO
    Recorded live at the Städtische Oper, Berlin 29 IX. 1955
    

VERDI
Aida
15. Gloria all’Egitto (Act II Scene 2)
16. Triumphal March (Act II Scene 2)
17. Ballet Music (Act II Scene 2)
18. Vieni, o guerriero vindice (Act II Scene 2)
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper / Wiener Philharmoniker
    (P) 1980/1986*
    

EMI Classics are very pleased to announce that we will be celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Herbert von Karajan, arguably the greatest conductor of the 20th Century. This set features extracts from some of Karajan’s best loved recordings with the world’s greatest orchestras and soloists including James Galway, Dennis Brain, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Maurice André, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras.