Karajan: Legendary Decca Recordings

Karajan: Legendary Decca Recordings

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Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Music Label: DG
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Un poco sostenuto -- Allegro
  2. Andante sostenuto
  3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
  4. Adagio -- Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
  5. Adagio -- Allegro con spirito
  6. Andante pi? tosto allegretto
  7. Menuetto
  8. Finale: Allegro con spirito
Music CD 2
  1. Adagio -- Allegro
  2. Andante
  3. Menuetto: Allegretto
  4. Finale: Spiritoso
  5. Tragic Overture, op.81
  6. Allegro con brio
  7. Andante
  8. Poco allegretto
  9. Allegro
Music CD 3
  1. Molto allegro
  2. Andante
  3. Menuetto: Allegretto
  4. Allegro assai
  5. Allegro vivace
  6. Andante cantabile
  7. Menuetto
  8. Finale: Molto allegro
  9. Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
Music CD 4
  1. Poco sostenuto -- Vivace
  2. Allegretto
  3. Presto -- Assai meno presto
  4. Allegro con brio
  5. Allegro con brio
  6. Adagio
  7. Scherzo: Allegretto grazioso
  8. Allegro ma non troppo
Music CD 5
  1. Scene
  2. Waltz
  3. Dance of the little Swans
  4. Scene and Second Dance of the Queen of the Swans
  5. Cz?rd?s
  6. Finale
  7. Miniature Overture
  8. March
  9. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
  10. Trepak
  11. Arab Dance
  12. Chinese Dance
  13. Dance of the Reed Pipes
  14. Waltz of the Flowers
  15. Introduction and Lilac Fairy
  16. Pas d'action (Adagio)
  17. Pas de caract?re
  18. Panorama
  19. Waltz
Music CD 6
  1. Introduction
  2. Les Vendangeurs
  3. Entr?e du Prince
  4. Loys seul et entr?e de Giselle -- Sc?ne d'amour
  5. Retour des Vendangeurs -- Valse
  6. Pas de deux
  7. La Chasse
  8. Marche des Vignerons
  9. Variation de Giselle
  10. Galop g?n?ral
  11. Final
  12. Apparition et sc?ne de Myrthe
  13. Apparition de Giselle
  14. Entr?e de Loys -- Pas de deux
  15. Sc?ne de Wilis
  16. Grand pas de deux -- Sc?ne d'amour
  17. Variation de Loys
  18. Variation de Giselle
  19. Final
Music CD 7
  1. Morning
  2. The Death of Ase
  3. Anitra's Dance
  4. In the Hall of the Mountain King
  5. Ingrid's Lament
  6. Solveig's Song
  7. Mars, the Bringer of War
  8. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
  9. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
  10. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
  11. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
  12. Uranus, the Magician
  13. Neptune, the Mystic
Music CD 8
  1. Die Fledermaus -- Ouvert?re
  2. Die Fledermaus -- Ballettmusik
  3. Annen-Polka
  4. Delirien-Walzer
  5. Der Zigeunerbaron -- Ouvert?re
  6. Auf der Jagd -- Polka
  7. Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald -- Walzer
  8. Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28
  9. Tanz der sieben Schleier (Salome)
Music CD 9
  1. Don Juan, op.20
  2. Tod und Verkl?rung, op.24
  3. Einleitung
  4. Von den Hinterweltlern
  5. Von der gro?en Sehnsucht
  6. Von den Freuden- und Leidenschaften
  7. Das Grablied
  8. Von der Wissenschaft
  9. Der Genesende
  10. Das Tanzlied
  11. Nachtwandlerlied

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Free Music Review: Revelatory Karajan in Vienna
Hit: 5 Stars

I can only join in the chorus of praise. Among the many re-editions that will mark Karajan's 100th anniversary year this 9-CD box assembling all his recordings with the Wiener Philharmoniker between 1959 and 1965 undoubtedly takes first place. Nothing of the 11 hours here is without interest, most of it is indispensable listening, even when seen in the light of forty or so following years of recording, including Karajan's own. There have been countless releases of Mozart's 40th, Beethoven's 7th symphony or Strauss's "Zarathustra" ever since, on traditional or period instruments, but very few can attain the continuous state of grace that Karajan demonstrates in these Vienna recordings.

Besides the admirable variety in repertory that Karajan took under his caring wings (from his personal favourites like Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Richard Strauss to the less obvious choices like Adolphe Adam, Gustav Holst), perhaps the most pleasant surprise when browsing through this box comes from the overall sound picture which is markedly different from what we would later (in the more numerous and prominent Deutsche Grammophon and EMI discs with the Berliner Philharmoniker) come to recognize, like it or not, as the typical "Karajan sound". Helped by a truly inspired Decca engineering team, these recordings not only amply stand the test of time in presence and dynamics, but more importantly the characteristic colour, refinement and transparency of the Wiener Philharmoniker is miraculously rendered. The silken sound of the strings, the individual colour of the woodwinds and the brass are a constant pleasure. It seems Karajan at this stage of his career and with this particular orchestra was still suggesting rather than dictating, but the result is by any means outstanding.

It's tough with such a box of goodies but if I had to point out a few favourites they would be Mozart's 40th symphony, unequalled by the orchestral balance, the phrasing and pulse (how this Mozart sings!), the quality of the strings; Tchaikovsky's ballet suites, a delight of colour, evocative power and atmosphere; Adam's "Giselle", by any means the most characterful stand-alone recording of this lovely ballet score which Karajan turns into a masterpiece; Richard Strauss's "Death and Transfiguration", a miracle of orchestral transparency, unravelling the multiple layers of sound to perfection and brought with un unfailing sense of drama.

As Doug-Haydn Fan rightly points out this box of "Legendary recordings" is a superb gift. Even if one already possesses several other recordings of the works included here, it might still prove a revelation.

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Karajan: Legendary Decca Recordings Poster

April 5, 2008 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Herbert von Karajan, the legendary Austrian-born conductor who achieved a position of musical supremacy as director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra that made him one of the most famous and celebrated conductors of the second half of the twentieth century. While the majority of his symphonic recordings were made for Deutsche Grammophon, von Karajan also recorded for Decca during the 1950s and 1960s. This set is reissued to mark this momentous anniversary and contains all of his orchestral recordings made with the Vienna Philharmonic for Decca during the late 1950s/early 1960s. One of the most celebrated of these is Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra--a recording heard by countless people around the globe as the opening was used on the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Karajan's other Decca recordings include some of the finest studio recordings of a number of operas, recordings which have remained an integral part of the Decca catalogue since they were first released during the 1960s/ 1970s. These include: Tosca (Leontyne Price); Die Fledermaus (Gueden/W?chter)--which has the celebrated "gala sequence" in Act 2; Aida (Tebaldi/Simionato/Bergonzi); Otello (Del Monaco/Tebaldi); La Boh?me (Pavarotti/Freni); and Madama Butterfly (Pavarotti/Freni).

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