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CD 1   76.14

  1. Symphony No.40 in G minor K550
    1 I Allegro molto
    Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1971/1996* (7.40)
  2. Clarinet Concerto in A K622
    II Adagio
    Jack Brymer (clarinet)
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham (P) 1960/2001* (8.51)
  3. Symphony No.25 in G minor K183
    I Allegro con brio (opening)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1988 (4.41)
  4. Piano Concerto No.21 in C K467
    II Andante
    Christian Zacharias (piano)
    Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / David Zinman
    (P)1989 EMI Electrola GmbH (5.15)
  5. Symphony No.35 in D ‘Haffner’ K385
    IV Finale (Presto)
    English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate (P) 1985 (4.14)
  6. Violin Concerto No.3 in G K216
    II Adagio
    Frank-Peter Zimmermann (violin)
    Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
    Jörg Faerber (P) 1984 EMI Electrola GmbH (8.56)
  7. Divertimento in D K334
    III Menuetto
    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (P) 1990 (4.24
  8. Symphony No.41 in C ’Jupiter’ K551
    IV Allegro 6.06
    Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1971/1996* (4.24)
  9. Piano Concerto No.23 in A K488
    II Adagio
    English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (piano & director)
    (P) 1967/1988* (7.36)
  10. Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495
    III Rondo (Allegro Vivace)
    Barry Tuckwell (horn)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1972/1988* (3.32)
  11. Concerto for flute and harp in C K299
    II Andantino
    James Galway (flute) ∙ Fritz Helmis (harp)
    Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1972/1996* (8.15)
  12. Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola in E flat K364
    III Presto
    Anne Sophie Mutter (violin) ∙ Bruno Giuranna (viola)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1991 (6.09)

CD 2  79.08

  1. Le nozze di Figaro (Da Ponte) K492
    Overture (Orchestra) (3.56)
  2. Non più andrai (Figaro)
    Thomas Allen (baritone) (3.37)
  3. Porgi amor (Contessa)
    Margaret Price (soprano) (3.44)
  4. Voi, che sapete (Cherubino)
    Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) (2.53)
  5. Hai già vinta la causa!...Vedrò, mentr’io sospiro (Conte)
    Jorma Hynninen (baritone) (4.37)
  6. Dove sono (Contessa)
    Margaret Price (soprano) (4.17)
  7. Canzonetta sull’aria…Che soave zeffiretto (Contessa/Susanna)
    Margaret Price & Kathleen Battle (sopranos) (2.26)
  8. Deh vieni, non tardar (Susanna)
    Kathleen Battle (soprano)
    Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti (P) 1987) (3.22)
  9. Così fan tutte (Da Ponte) K588
    Bella vita militar (Chorus) (1.40)
  10. Soave sia il vento (Fiordiligi/Dorabella/Don Alfonso)
    Margaret Marshall (soprano) ∙ Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano)
    José van Dam (bass) (3.19)
  11. Smanie implacabili (Dorabella)
    Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) (2.02)
  12. L’intatta fede…Come scoglio (Fiordiligi)
    Margaret Marshall (soprano) (5.13)
  13. Un’aura amorosa (Ferrando)
    Francisco Araiza (tenor)
    Konzertvereingung Wiener Staatsopernchor
    Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti (P) 1983
    Live recording (5.12)
  14. Don Giovanni (Da Ponte) K527
    Madamina, il catalogo è questo (Leporello)
    Samuel Ramey (bass) (5.46)
  15. Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni/Zerlina)
    William Shimell (baritone) ∙ Susanne Mentzer (soprano) (3.18)
  16. Or sai chi l’onore (Donna Anna)
    Cheryl Studer (soprano) (2.55)
  17. Dalla sua pace (Don Ottavio)
    Frank Lopardo (tenor) (4.58)
  18. Finch’han dal vino (Don Giovanni)
    William Shimell (baritone) (1.13)
  19. Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)
    William Shimell (baritone) (2.01)
  20. Vedrai, carino (Zerlina)
    Susanne Mentzer (soprano) (3.46)
  21. In quali eccessi, o Numi…Mi tradì, quell’alma ingrata (Donna Elvira)
    Carol Vaness (soprano) (6.00)
  22. Questo è il fin (Donna Elvira/Donna Anna/Zerlina/Don Ottavio/Masetto)
    Carol Vaness, Cheryl Studer & Susanne Mentzer (sopranos)
    Frank Lopardo (tenor) ∙ Natale de Carolis (baritone)
    Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti (P) (1991) (1.47)

CD 3  79.47

  1. Der Schauspieldirektor – Overture K486
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1981 (3.43)
  2. Idomeneo (Varesco) K366
    Fuor del mar ho un mar in seno (Idomeneo)
    Ian Bostridge (tenor) (6.15)
  3. Zeffiretti lusinghieri (Ilia)
    Lisa Milne (soprano)
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 2002 (4.56)
  4. Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Stephanie) K384
    Konstanze, dich wieder zu sehen dich! (Belmonte)
    Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (4.58)
  5. Martern aller Arten (Konstanze)
    Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano) (8.47)
  6. Welche Wonne, welche Lust (Blonde)
    Lucia Popp (soprano) (2.30)
  7. Vivat, Bacchus! (Osmin/Pedrillo)
    Gottlob Frick (bass) ∙ Gerhard Unger (tenor) (2.07)
  8. Oh, wie will ich triumphieren (Osmin)
    Gottlob Frick (bass)
    Wiener Philharmoniker / Josef Krips (P) 1966/1989* (3.26)
  9. Die Zauberflöte (Schikaneder) K620
    Overture (Orchestra)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1981 (6.49)
  10. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Papageno)
    Wolfgang Brendel (baritone) (2.47)
  11. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Tamino)
    Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) (4.01)
  12. Bei Männern (Pamina/Papageno)
    Lucia Popp (soprano) ∙ Wolfgang Brendel (baritone) (3.11)
  13. Schnelle Füsse (Pamina/Papageno/Monostatos/Chorus)
    Lucia Popp (soprano) ∙ Wolfgang Brendel (baritone)
    Heinz Zednik (tenor) (3.11)
  14. O Isis und Osiris (Sarastro/ Chorus)
    Roland Bracht (bass) (2.51)
  15. Der Hölle Rache (Königin der Nacht)
    Edita Gruberova (soprano) (2.48)
  16. Ach, ich fühl’s (Pamina)
    Lucia Popp (soprano) (4.11)
  17. Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (Papageno)
    Wolfgang Brendel (baritone) (4.10)
  18. Pa-pa-pa-pa-Papagena! (Papageno/Papagena)
    Wolfgang Brendel (baritone) ∙ Brigitte Linder (soprano)
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink (P) 1981 (2.35)
  19. O du eselhafter Martin K560 (2.44)
  20. Bona nox, bist a rechta Ox K561 (1.21)
  21. Essen und trinken K234
    Wiener Akademie Kammerchor / Xaver Mayer
    (P) 1970/1988* EMI Electrola GmbH (1.36)

CD 4  77.23

  1. Piano Sonata in A K331
    III Rondo alla turca (Allegretto)
    Andrei Gavrilov (piano) (P) 1990 (3.26)
  2. Serenade for 13 wind instruments in B flat ‘Gran Partita’ K361
    III Adagio
    Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer (P) 1992 EMI Electrola GmbH (5.24)
  3. Der Butterbrot
    Emile Naoumoff (piano) (P) 1987 EMI Music France (1.12)
  4. Violin Sonata in E minor K304
    I Allegro
    Frank-Peter Zimmermann (violin) ∙ Alexander Lonquich (piano)
    (P) 1992 Electrola GmbH (9.00)
  5. Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirais-je, maman’ in C K265
    Aldo Ciccolini (piano) (P) 1982/2002* EMI Music France (9.33)
  6. Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525
    I Allegro (5.54)
  7. II Romanze (Andante) (5.44)
  8. III Menuet (1.58)
  9. IV Rondo (Allegro)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1997* (3.03)
  10. German Dance No.3 ‘Sleigh Ride’ K605 No.3
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1977/1997* (3.06)
  11. Fantasie in D minor K397
    Alexander Lonquich (piano) (P) 1991 EMI Electrola GmbH (5.36)
  12. Divertimento for string trio in E flat ‘Puchberg’ K563
    VI Finale (Allegro)
    Augustin Dumay (violin) ∙ Gérard Caussé (viola) ∙ Gary Hoffman (cello)
    (P) 1990 EMI Music France (6.32)
  13. Masonic Funeral Music K477
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner (P) 1991 (5.54)
  14. Piano Sonata in C K545
    I Allegro (3.08)
  15. II Andante (5.45)
  16. III Allegro
    Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano) (P) 1982 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (1.41)

CD 5  79.46

  1. Sonata for two pianos in D K448
    I Allegro con spirito
    Christian Zacharias & Marie-Luis Hinrichs (pianos)
    (P) 1996 EMI Electrola GmbH (7.59)
  2. Clarinet Quintet in A K581
    II Larghetto
    Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
    Members of the Vienna String Sextet (P) 1987 EMI Electrola GmbH (6.27)
  3. Serenade for wind instruments in C minor K388
    III Menuetto in canone
    Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer
    (P) 1997 EMI Electrola GmbH (4.09)
  4. Flute Quartet No.2 in G K285a
    I Andante
    Philippa Davies (flute) ∙ Marcia Crayford (violin)
    Roger Chase (viola) ∙ Christopher van Kampen (cello)
    The Nash Ensemble (artistic director Amelia Freedman MBE)
    (P) 1989 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (6.50)
  5. Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon in E flat K452
    III Rondo (Allegretto)
    Lamar Crowson (piano) ∙ Melos Ensemble (P) 1965/1998* (5.53)
  6. Duo for violin and viola in G K423
    II Adagio
    Augustin Dumay (violin) ∙ Gérard Caussé (viola)
    (P) 1994 EMI Music France (4.12)
  7. Piano Sonata in A minor K310
    III Presto
    Daniel Barenboim (piano) (P) 1985 (2.59)
  8. String Quartet No.17 in B flat ‘The Hunt’ K458
    IV Allegro assai
    Alban Berg Quartett
    Günther Pichler & Gerhard Schultz (violins)
    Thomas Kakuska (viola) ∙ Valentin Erben (cello) (P) 1991 (6.30)
  9. Oboe Quartet in F K370
    III Rondeau (Allegro)
    Gareth Hulse (oboe) ∙ Nash Ensemble
    (P) 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (4.25)
  10. Piano Concerto No.26 in D ‘Coronation Concerto’ K537
    II Adagio
    Christian Zacharias (piano)
    Orchestre des Bayerischen Rundfunks / David Zinman
    (P) 1987 EMI Electrola GmbH (6.58)
  11. Violin Concerto No.5 in A K219
    III Rondeau (Tempo di minuetto)
    Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie ∙ Christian Tetzlaff (violin & director)
    (P) 1996 EMI Records Ltd./Virgin Classics (8.33)
  12. Minuet in D K355
    Alexander Lonquich (piano) (P) 1991 EMI Electrola GmbH (2.50)
  13. Serenade for wind instruments in E flat K375
    V Finale (Allegro)
    Consortium Classicum (P) 1978 EMI Electrola GmbH (3.26)
  14. Eine musikalische Spaß in F K522
    I Allegro (3.28)
  15. IV Presto
    Mitglieder des Sinnhofer Kammerorchester München
    (P) 1974/1988* EMI Electrola GmbH (4.32)

CD 6  72.33

  1. Requiem in D minor (ed. Beyer) K626
    Introït: Requiem aeternam (4.27)
  2. Kyrie (2.33)
  3. Lacrimosa dies illa
    Felicity Lott (soprano)
    London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (P) 1990 (2.56)
  4. Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore) K339
    Barbara Hendricks (soprano) ∙ Academy Chorus
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
    (P) 1987 EMI France (5.26)
  5. Ave verum corpus K618
    Swedish Radio Chorus ∙ Stockholm Chamber Choir
    Berliner Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti (P) 1990 (3.23)
  6. Agnus Dei (Litaniae Laurentanae) K195
    Barbara Hendricks (soprano) ∙ Academy Chorus
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
    (P) 1987 EMI France (6.20)
  7. Mass in C minor K427
    Et incarnatus est
    Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
    New Philharmonia Orchestra / Raymond Leppard (P) 1974/2000* (8.26)
  8. ‘Coronation’ Mass in C K317
    Benedictus
    Edda Moser (soprano) ∙ Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano)
    Nicolai Gedda (tenor) ∙ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
    Chor und Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Eugen Jochum (P) 1977/1986* (3.13)
  9. Exsultate, jubilate K165
    Lucia Popp (soprano)
    English Chamber Orchestra / Georg Fischer (P) 1967/1988* (15.37)
  10. Regina coeli K127
    I Regina coeli
    Kölner Kammerchor ∙ Collegium Cartusianum
    Peter Neumann (P) 1989 EMI Electrola GmbH (4.02)
  11. Sancta Maria, mater Dei K273
    Kölner Kammerchor ∙ Collegium Cartusianum
    Peter Neumann (P) 1991 EMI Electrola GmbH (4.03)
  12. Betracht dies Herz K42
    Barbara Hendricks, soprano
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
    (P) 1987 EMI France (6.12)
  13. An die Freundschaft K148
    Dietrich Fischer-Disekau (baritone) ∙ Daniel Barenboim (piano)
    (P)1972/2005* (2.08)
  14. Die Zauberflöte K620
    Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht
    Kurt Moll Sarastro
    Chor und Orchester des Bayerischen Staatsoper / Wolfgang Sawallisch
    (P) 1972//1987* EMI Electrola GmbH (3.05)

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