[ Deutche Grammophon / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 30 May 2014
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In the 25th anniversary of his passing, Deutsche Grammophon celebrate Herbert von Karajan - the best-selling conductor of all time, and 50 years a Deutsche Grammophon artist (1939 to 1989) - in a new collection of essential classics, now newly remastered. In his 50 years as a DG artist, Herbert von Karajan sold over 200 million copies of his recordings across all formats.'Classic Karajan' is a newly re-mastered sequence of the great Karajan hits, starting with the magnificent introduction to Also sprach Zarathustra and ranging over the whole popular repertoire of the maestro.
CD 1
1. Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra - Introduction
2. Mahler: Symphony no.5: Adagietto
3. Beethoven: Symphony no.5: 1. Allegro con brio
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Puccini: Madame Butterfly, Humming Chorus
Vienna State Opera Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
5. Tchaikovsky: Waltz from String Serenade op. 48
6. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik - 1. Satz Allegro
7. Bach: Air (Orchestral Suite no.3)
8. Prokofiev: Allegro (Classical Symphony)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Mendelssohn:Violin Concerto in E minor - 3. Allegro
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade
11. Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame, Intermezzo
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
12.Verdi: Requiem - Ingemisco
Jose Carreras (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
13. Pachelbel: Canon
14. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
15. Holst: The Planets - Jupiter
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
CD 2
1. Bizet: Carmen, Prelude Act 1
2. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Scene
3. Smetana: The Moldau
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo sinfonico
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
5. Vivaldi: Four Seasons - Spring, 1st movement
Michel Schwalbé (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Mozart: Overtüre "The Magic Flute"
Staatskapelle Berlin
7. Puccini: Turandot, Nessun dorma
Plácido Domingo (tenor), Vienna State Opera Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Albinoni: Adagio in G minor
David Bell (organ), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Offenbach: Barcarolle
10.Beethoven: Symphony no.7 - 4. Allegro con brio
11. Massenet: Thais - Meditation
12.Brahms: Hungarian Dance no.5
13. Verdi: La Traviata, Vorspiel 1.Akt
14. Bach: Suite No.2 In B Minor, BWV 1067 - Badinerie
15. Mozart: Requiem - No 3 Sequentia Lacrimosa
16. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46 - Morning Mood
17. J. Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch, Op.228 (Arr. Max Schönherr)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra