JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: A German Requiem (Ein Deutsches Requiem) [rec 1964] Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wachter / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] "Beautifully refined performance" (Penguin Guide) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 - 9 [Complete 1963 recordings remastered at 24 bit Blu-ray audio] Gundula Janowitz, Hilde Rassel Majdan, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray audio / Blu-Ray Audio - released 12/Sep/2017 ] Blu-ray Audio comprises ALL 9 SYMPHONIES plus the rehearsal of the Ninth Symphony |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Op 123 Gundula Janowitz (sop) Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Walter Berry (bass) / Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon CD + Blu-ray audio / CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Newly remastered by Emil Berliner Studios and presented on Blu-ray Audio in 24bit/192kHz + 1 CD produced from the new remastering |
R. STRAUSS / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / MOZART / HAYDN / WAGNER / etc
The Gundula Janowitz Edition: A Voice of Silver & Gold Gundula Janowitz (soprano) / with Irwin Gage (piano), James King (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 14 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This box set celebrates the beloved Gundula Janowitz's clear and honest soprano voice through a selection of her opera, oratorio and Lieder recordings. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) - highlights Gundula Janowitz, Werner Hollweg, Walter Berry / Chor der Deutschen. Opera Berlin. Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Studio / CD - released 1/Dec/1987 ] Original recording made in 1973 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 (with Grieg - Piano Concerto) Gaza Anda (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 16/Mar/2004 ] Géza Anda and Herbert von Karajan have recorded their first LP together, finding a perfectly unified approach to Brahms's Second Piano Concerto that explores its mood swings, its sweetness and bitterness, its lyricism and drama. |
SIBELIUS
Complete Solo Songs Helena Juntunen (soprano) Anne Sofie von Otter, Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) Dan Karlström (tenor) Gabriel Suovanen, Jorma Hynninen (baritone) [ BIS Complete Sibelius Edition / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "Given the artistry and insight of this splendid partnership, and the interest and beauty of the repertoire, this is a self-recommending issue." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 (on the Anne Sofie von Otter recording) |
SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
Reflection Helene Grimaud (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Truls Mørk (cello) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Jan/2006 ] "If you've heard this lovely work [the Concerto] once too often in a merely average performance, then drink deeply at Grimaud's spring, for you'll leave refreshed...not an overblown romantic gesture, and no cloying sentimentality; instead a strong, s |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (Complete Opera recorded in 1970) Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Zoltán Kéléman, Helen Donath / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Classics Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1995 ] "Helga Dernesch as Leonare gives a glorious, thrilling peformance. The orchestral playing is superb." (Penguin Guide) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem], Op. 45 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) & Hans Hotter (baritone) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 2/Jul/2007 ] "The intonation of some members of the Singverein occasionally wavers - there was no heating in the hall and some probably had not seen a decent meal for a week - but Karajan and Legge were endlessly patient" |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms - Symphony No 1 (with works by Beethoven & Strauss) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 27/Oct/2008 ] Karajan's war-time recordings took him to Berlin, Dresden and Turin and, in 1943, to Amsterdam to work with the highly renowned Concertgebouw Orchestra, a great orchestra then as now. This exciting account of Brahms's First Symphony, with its... |
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Karajan - A film by Robert Dornhelm - with extensive achive footage and interviews [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] To commemorate Herbert von Karajan's 100th birthday, this 90 minute film documentary casts light on the entire complexity of the Karajan phenomenon. |
SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / LEIMER / BRAHMS
Karajan and his Soloists I (1948-1958 Official Remastered Edition) Walter Gieseking, Hans Richter-Haaser (piano) Dennis Brain (horn) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic,Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue. For... |
Herbert von Karajan
Karajan in Concert [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 17/Mar/2008 ] This DVD brings compelling accounts of the master at work, visually as well as aurally. There is a powerful intensity to the Beethoven overtures and the opening of William Tell is beautifully done, with glorious playing from the Berliners. |
Herbert von Karajan
Karajan: The Second Life [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 13/Mar/2013 ] A must-have product for anyone with more than a passing interest in one of the greatest conductors of all time. Never-before-seen film footage and archival material depicting the musical legacy of Herbert von Karajan. |
Herbert Von Karajan
Strauss,R.: Till Eulenspiegel [ Testament / CD - released 30/Sep/2005 ] |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHERUBINI / DVORAK / MOZART / ROSSINI / SMETANA / RICHARD STRAUSS / etc
Herbert von Karajan: The first recordings 1938-1943 Herbert von Karajan (conductor) with various orchestras [ DG Original Masters / 6 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] Karajan's fascinating first essays in the classical repertoire from Mozart (Symphony no. 40) to Richard Strauss (Don Juan), with Beethoven (Symphony no. 7) , Tchaikovsky (Pathétique Symphony), Dvorak (New World Symphony) and a beautiful CD of Opera... |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Aromatherapy No 5 - The Heart of Tchaikovsky Herbert von Karajan, Neville Marriner, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 21/Jun/2001 ] A unique CD collection of music for relaxation |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Till Eulenspiegel, Don Juan, Salomes Tanz Herbert von Karajan with Vienna Philharmonic [ Decca legends / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] "The opening bars of this cd are SO wonderful that it raises goosepimples every time I hear it." (Amazon.co.uk) |
JOHANN STRAUSS
Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1960) Hilde Gueden, Walter Berry, Ericjh Kunz, Regina Resnik / Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Hilde Gueden is by no means vocally perfect; but how ravishingly she plays the part! Regina Resnik, too, is convincing in Orlovsky's couplets, Walter Berry is an excellent Falke." (Gramophone) |