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Karajan - The Legendary Decca Recordings

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Karajan - The Legendary Decca Recordings
Karajan's short spell with Decca produced some of his finest recordings with the VPO. In that category here are the Richard Strauss tone-poems, performances full of character and sharply detailed....

Penguin Guide, 2011 edition

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Karajan - The Legendary Decca Recordings

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

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Karajan's short spell with Decca produced some of his finest recordings with the VPO. In that category here are the Richard Strauss tone-poems, performances full of character and sharply detailed....

Penguin Guide, 2011 edition

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5 April 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 and EMI 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 – and a composer he was closely identified with, 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.

Contents and tracklist

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Work length45:35
1. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro - Meno allegro
Track length13:56
2. Andante sostenuto
Track length9:09
3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
Track length4:57
4. Adagio - Piu andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Piu allegro
Track length17:33
Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E flat major 'Drum Roll'
Work length30:07
1. Adagio - Allegro con spirito
Track length9:52
2. Andante più tosto allegretto
Track length9:21
3. Menuet - Trio
Track length5:28
4. Finale (Allegro con spirito)
Track length5:26
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major 'London'
Work length26:16
1. Adagio - Allegro
Track length8:52
2. Andante
Track length8:15
3. Menuet (Allegro)
Track length4:22
4. Finale (Spiritoso)
Track length4:47
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Work length14:01
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Work length32:57
1. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto - Tempo I
Track length9:44
2. Andante
Track length8:13
3. Poco allegretto
Track length5:54
4. Allegro
Track length9:06
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
Work length24:24
1. Molto allegro
Track length7:46
2. Andante
Track length7:41
3. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio
Track length4:22
4. Finale (Allegro assai)
Track length4:35
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
Work length28:20
1. Allegro vivace
Track length8:33
2. Andante cantabile
Track length8:26
3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
Track length5:09
4. Molto allegro
Track length6:12
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
Work length20:34
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Work length35:00
1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
Track length11:51
2. Allegretto
Track length8:41
3. Presto - Assai meno presto
Track length7:43
4. Allegro con brio
Track length6:45
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Work length36:37
1. Allegro con brio
Track length9:50
2. Adagio
Track length11:07
3. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace
Track length6:06
4. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length9:34
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 Suite
Work length25:44
1. Scene - Swan Theme
Track length2:39
2. Valse in A
Track length7:06
3. Danse des petits cygnes
Track length1:31
4. Scene
Track length6:32
5a. Danse Hongroise
Track length3:37
6b. Final Scene
Track length4:19
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Work length21:48
1. Miniature Overture
Track length3:35
March
Track length2:39
Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy
Track length1:37
Russian Dance (Trepak)
Track length1:08
Arabian Dance (Coffee)
Track length2:58
Chinese Dance (Tea)
Track length1:16
Dance Of The Reed-Pipes
Track length2:34
3. Waltz Of The Flowers
Track length6:01
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a
Work length21:39
Introduction And Lilac Fairy (Prologue)
Track length5:17
Pas d'action
Track length6:33
Pas de Caractère (Puss in Boots) (Act 3)
Track length2:03
Panorama
Track length3:35
Waltz
Track length4:11
Adam: Giselle
Work length1:00:05
Introduction
Track length2:19
No. 1 Les Vendangeurs
Track length0:56
No. 2 Entrée du Prince
Track length1:09
No. 3 Loys seul - Entrée de Giselle
Track length4:34
No. 4 Retour des Vendangeurs - No. 4(bis) Valse
Track length3:38
No. 5 Pas de Deux
Track length2:14
No.5b La Chasse
Track length1:53
No.7 Marche des vignerons
Track length2:00
No.7a Variation de Giselle
Track length1:41
No. 8 Galop
Track length1:20
No. 8(bis) Final
Track length6:35
No.10 Apparition et scène de Myrtha
Track length11:41
No.11 Apparition de Giselle
Track length1:52
No.13 Entrée de Loys
Track length5:59
No. 14 Scène des Wilis (Entrée d'Hilarion)
Track length0:39
No. 15 Grand pas de deux: a) Andante
Track length4:26
No. 15 Grand pas de deux: b) Variation de Loys
Track length0:32
No. 15 Grand pas de deux: c) Variation de Giselle
Track length3:00
No. 16 Final
Track length3:37
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Work length14:38
1. Morning Mood
Track length3:59
2. Aase's death
Track length4:43
3. Anitra's dance
Track length3:31
4. In The Hall Of The Mountain King
Track length2:25
Excerpt,Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55
Work length9:53
1. The Abduction (Ingrid's lament)
Track length4:18
4. Solveig's Song
Track length5:35
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
Work length48:33
1. Mars, The Bringer Of War
Track length6:58
2. Venus, The Bringer Of Peace
Track length8:17
3. Mercury, The Winged Messenger
Track length3:55
4. Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity
Track length7:35
5. Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age
Track length8:30
6. Uranus, The Magician
Track length5:43
7. Neptune, The Mystic
Track length7:35
Excerpt,Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Work length8:03
Overture
Track length8:03
Excerpt,Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Work length7:03
Ballet Music
Track length7:03
Strauss, J, II: Annen-Polka, Op. 117
Work length4:10
Strauss, Josef: Delirien Waltz, Op. 212
Work length8:21
Strauss, J, II: Der Zigeunerbaron, Operetta in 3 Acts - Act 1
Work length8:00
Overture
Track length8:00
Strauss, J, II: Auf der Jagd, Op. 373
Work length2:13
Strauss, J, II: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325
Work length11:42
Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Work length14:57
Strauss, R: Salome, Op.54 / Scene 4
Work length9:26
Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils
Track length9:26
Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20
Work length17:05
Strauss, R: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Work length23:54
Strauss, R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Work length33:21
Prelude (Sonnenaufgang)
Track length1:45
Von den Hinterweltlern
Track length3:35
Von der großen Sehnsucht
Track length1:57
Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften
Track length1:54
Das Grablied
Track length2:23
Von der Wissenschaft
Track length4:19
Der Genesende
Track length5:07
Das Tanzlied - Das Nachtlied
Track length7:42
Das Nachtwandlerlied
Track length4:39

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2011 edition

Karajan's short spell with Decca produced some of his finest recordings with the VPO. In that category here are the Richard Strauss tone-poems, performances full of character and sharply detailed. One marvels at the wide dynamic range of Also sprach Zarathustra (1959) as much for the recording as for the thrilling orchestral virtuosity.
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