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Carlos Kleiber - Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings

Hermann Prey (Eisenstein), Julia Varady (Rosalinde), Lucia Popp (Adele), René Kollo (Alfred), Ivan Rebroff (Orlofsky), Bernd Weikl (Falke), Gundula Janowitz (Agathe), Edith Mathis (Aennchen), Peter Schreier (Max), Theo Adam (Kaspar), Franz Crass (Hermit), Siegfried Vogel (Kuno), Bernd Weikl (Ottokar),...

Awards:

Kleiber’s magic is evident in every bar of the music. His Beethoven and Brahms sound as fresh now as when they were released, and his three-CD Tristan has the inestimable advantage of Margaret...

Carlos Kleiber - Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings

Hermann Prey (Eisenstein), Julia Varady (Rosalinde), Lucia Popp (Adele), René Kollo (Alfred), Ivan Rebroff (Orlofsky), Bernd Weikl (Falke), Gundula Janowitz (Agathe), Edith Mathis (Aennchen), Peter Schreier (Max), Theo Adam (Kaspar), Franz Crass (Hermit), Siegfried Vogel (Kuno), Bernd Weikl (Ottokar),...

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Kleiber’s magic is evident in every bar of the music. His Beethoven and Brahms sound as fresh now as when they were released, and his three-CD Tristan has the inestimable advantage of Margaret...

About

80th Anniversary Limited Edition.

12CDs at a super value price: 3CDs of orchestral works, 4 complete operas, many rare photos in booklet.

One of the most charismatic of conductors, Carlos Kleiber would have been 80 on 3 July 2010. Here, in celebration of a great artist, are his Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon: each is a classic, and presented here in the best sound-quality. A companion box set of his complete UNITEL/DG DVDs, in a special limited edition, is also being released to mark the occasion.

The present box comprises the three CDs of orchestral works by Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert as well as his four complete opera recordings (Der Freischütz, Die Fledermaus, La Traviata and Tristan und Isolde). Here is a unique chance to offer Kleiber’s Complete Recordings in a single box set at a bargain price.

Each of these recordings is a classic, each has been in the catalogue since the time of recording, all still selling amazingly well after more than 30 years. The Beethoven symphonies and the Verdi La Traviata are classics of the gramophone - two perennial bestsellers.

Orchestral recordings: Beethoven symphonies 5 and 7, Brahms symphony No.4 and Schubert symphonies 3 & 8 – all currently in The Originals, DG’s premium reissues series, with top remastering quality.

Operas: Weber: Der Freischütz; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Verdi: La Traviata; Wagner: Tristan und Isolde – all currently in The Originals, DG’s premium reissues series, with top remastering quality.

Packaging: classic capbox, with strikingly modern cover and booklet including full tracklists, new booklet article by Andrew Clements, and many rare photos of Kleiber and other artists at recording sessions.

Artists

Hermann Prey (Eisenstein), Julia Varady (Rosalinde), Lucia Popp (Adele), René Kollo (Alfred), Ivan Rebroff (Orlofsky), Bernd Weikl (Falke), Gundula Janowitz (Agathe), Edith Mathis (Aennchen), Peter Schreier (Max), Theo Adam (Kaspar), Franz Crass (Hermit), Siegfried Vogel (Kuno), Bernd Weikl (Ottokar), Günther Leib (Kilian), Margaret Price (Isolde), René Kollo (Tristan), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangaene), Kurt Moll (King Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Götz (Melot), Anton Dermota (Shepherd), Wolfgang Hellmich (Steersman)& Eberhard Büchner (Young Sailor), Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta Valery), Stefania Malagu (Flora Bervoix), Helena Jungwirth (Annina), Placido Domingo (Alfredo Germont), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont), Walter Gullino (Gastone), Bruno Grella (Barone Douphol) Alfredo Giacomotti (Marchese d’Obigny), Giovanni Foiani (Dottore Grenvil), Walter Gullino (Giuseppe)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Bayerischer Staatsopernchor & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Bayerischer Sstaatsopernchor & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber

Contents and tracklist

1. Allegro con brio
Track length7:22
2. Andante con moto
Track length10:00
3. Allegro
Track length5:09
4. Allegro
Track length10:50
1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
Track length13:36
2. Allegretto
Track length8:09
3. Presto - Assai meno presto
Track length8:15
4. Allegro con brio
Track length8:36
1. Allegro non troppo
Track length12:54
2. Andante moderato
Track length11:24
3. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I
Track length6:09
4. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro
Track length9:14
1. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con brio
Track length9:01
2. Allegretto
Track length2:45
3. Menuetto (Vivace)
Track length3:40
4. Presto. Vivace
Track length6:00
1. Allegro moderato
Track length13:56
2. Andante con moto
Track length10:42
Overture
Track length7:40
Nr. 1 Introduktion: "Täubchen, das entflattert ist"
Track length3:14
Dialog: Täubchen, das entflattert ist
Track length1:46
Nr.1a (Duettino): "Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir!"
Track length0:56
Dialog: Die arme Tante
Track length1:08
Nr.2 Terzett: "Nein, mit solchen Advokaten"
Track length3:47
Dialog: Sag mal, also statt fünf musst du acht Tage
Track length1:50
Nr.3 Duett: "Komm mit mir zum Souper"
Track length3:13
Dialog: Seid ihr verrückt geworden?
Track length1:18
Nr.4 Terzett: "So muss allein ich bleiben"
Track length3:46
Dialog: Ach...diese Männer
Track length1:00
Nr.5 Finale: "Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell"
Track length10:37
Nr.6 Introduktion: "Ein Souper heut uns winkt"
Track length1:21
Dialog: Adele, wer hat denn dich hierher eingeladen?
Track length1:53
Nr.7 Couplet: "Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein"
Track length3:02
Dialog: Durchlaucht, hier ist Ihre Brieftasche wieder
Track length0:45
Nr.8 Ensemble und Couplet: "Ach, meine Herr'n und Damen"
Track length1:03
"Mein Herr Marquis"
Track length3:24
Dialog: Hoheit, ein Chevalier Chagrin ist da
Track length3:04
Nr.9 Duett: "Dieser Anstand, so manierlich"
Track length4:44
Dialog: Ah, da ist ja die schöne Unbekannte
Track length0:36
Nr.10 Csárdás: "Klänge der Heimat"
Track length4:02
Dialog: Bravo! Bravissimo!
Track length2:12
Nr.11 Finale: "Im Feuerstrom der Reben"
Track length2:12
"Herr, Chevalier, ich grüsse Sie!"
Track length5:21
Dialog: Wir werden jetzt sehen das Ballett
Track length0:09
Polka "Unter Donner und Blitz", op.324
Track length2:55
"Genug damit, genug"
Track length4:07
Nr.12 Entr'acte
Track length0:57
Dialog: Täubchen, das entflattert ist
Track length1:07
Nr.13 Melodram
Track length3:46
Dialog: Ah, der Herr Direktor ist entschlafen
Track length1:33
Nr.14 Couplets: "Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande"
Track length4:12
Dialog: Herr Direktor!
Track length3:26
Nr.15 Terzett: "Ich stehe voll Zagen"
Track length7:01
Dialog: Also, du willst mir Vorwürfe machen?
Track length0:40
Nr.16 Finale: "O Fledermaus, o Fledermaus"
Track length2:39
Prelude
Track length3:38
"Dell'invito trascorsa è già l'ora"
Track length4:34
"Libiamo ne'lieti calici"
Track length2:55
"Che è ciò?"
Track length2:18
"Un dì felice, eterea"
Track length3:05
"Ebben? che diavol fate?"
Track length1:19
"Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora"
Track length1:37
"E strano! ... Ah, fors'è lui"
Track length3:36
"Follie! Delirio vano è questo!... Sempre libera"
Track length4:23
"Lunge da lei" - "De' miei bollenti spiriti"
Track length3:33
"Annina, donde vieni?... O mio rimorso!"
Track length2:19
"Alfredo?" - "Per Parigi or or partiva"
Track length3:17
"Pura siccome un angelo"
Track length1:39
"Non sapete quale affetto"
Track length1:58
"Un dì, quando le veneri"
Track length2:34
"Ah! Dite alla giovine"
Track length4:05
"Imponete" - "Non amarlo ditegli"
Track length4:17
"Dammi tu forza, o cielo!"
Track length1:42
"Che fai?" - "Nulla"
Track length2:06
"Ah, vive sol quel core"
Track length2:12
"Di Provenza il mar, il suol"
Track length4:01
"Né rispondi d'un padre all'affetto?... No, non udrai rimproveri"
Track length2:44
"Avrem lieta di maschere la notte"
Track length1:02
"Noi siamo zingarelle"
Track length2:45
"Di Madride noi siam mattadori"
Track length2:31
"Alfredo! Voi!"
Track length3:54
"Invitato a qui seguirmi"
Track length2:28
"Ogni suo aver tal femmina"
Track length1:30
"Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende"
Track length1:47
"Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core"
Track length4:13
Prelude
Track length3:36
"Annina?" - "Comandate?"
Track length3:53
"Tenesta la promessa...Attendo, né a me giungon mai...Addio del passato"
Track length3:58
"Largo a quadrupede"
Track length0:47
"Signora" - "Che t'accadde?" - "Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo"
Track length4:44
"Ah, non più!... Ah! Gran Dio! Morir sì giovine"
Track length2:59
"Ah, Violetta!" - "Voi? Signor?"
Track length1:42
"Prendi, quest'è l'immagine"
Track length3:53
Prelude
Track length10:33
"Westwärts schweift der Blick"
Track length5:26
"Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu"
Track length9:27
"Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden"
Track length17:51
"Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen!"
Track length7:22
"Herr Tristan trete nah!" - "Begehrt, Herrin, was Ihr wünscht"
Track length20:02
"Tristan! - Isolde! Treuloser Holder!"
Track length6:49
Prelude
Track length2:02
"Hörst du Sie noch?"
Track length14:17
"Isolde! Geliebte! - Tristan! Geliebter!"
Track length17:28
"O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe"
Track length5:17
"Einsam wachend in der Nacht"
Track length2:44
"Lausch, Geliebter!"
Track length4:49
"Doch unsre Liebe, heißt sie nicht Tristan und - Isolde?"
Track length2:32
"So starben wir"
Track length8:01
"Rette dich, Tristan!"
Track length1:30
"Tatest du's wirklich?"
Track length12:12
"O König, das kann ich dir nicht sagen"
Track length8:50
Prelude
Track length4:30
(Man hört einen Hirtenreigen / The Sound Of A Shepherd's Pipe Is Heard / On entend une mélodie de berger)
Track length3:01
"Kurwenal! He!"
Track length8:33
"Hei nun! Wie du kamst?"
Track length9:27
"Noch losch das Licht nicht aus"
Track length5:09
"Noch ist kein Schiff zu sehn!"
Track length11:49
Bist du nun tot? ...O Wonne! Freude!
Track length9:02
"O diese Sonne!"
Track length3:22
"Ich bin's, ich bin's"
Track length5:57
"Kurwenal! Hör!"
Track length7:46
"Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod)
Track length7:26
Overture
Track length9:44
"Viktoria! Viktoria! ..." - Bauern-Marsch - "Schau der Herr mich an als König!"
Track length4:51
"Was gibt's hier?"
Track length3:23
"O diese Sonne" - "Das Wild in Fluren und Triften"
Track length6:58
"Ein braver Mann"
Track length0:21
Walzer
Track length1:13
"Nein, länger trag' ich nicht die Qualen" - "Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen"
Track length6:37
"Kamerad!"
Track length0:51
"Hier im irdschen Jammertal"
Track length1:59
"Bruderherz!"
Track length2:06
"Schweig - damit dich niemand warnt!"
Track length3:07
"Schelm! Halt fest!"
Track length4:48
"So! Da oben mag ich den Herrn Urältervater"
Track length0:30
"Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen"
Track length3:45
"Und der Bursch nicht minder schön"
Track length0:50
"Wie nahte mir der Schlummer" - "Leise, leise, fromme Weise!"
Track length8:19
"Meine Agathe!"
Track length1:23
"Wie? Was? Entsetzen!"
Track length6:42
"Milch des Mondes fiel aufs Kraut" - "Samiel! Samiel! Erschein!" - "Ha!-Furchtbar gähnt der düstre Abgrund"
Track length16:26
Entr'acte
Track length1:45
"Ein herrliches Jagdwetter!"
Track length2:09
"Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle"
Track length5:57
"Du hast dich dazugehalten!"
Track length1:19
"Einst träumte meiner sel'gen Base" - "Trübe Augen, Liebchen, taugen"
Track length6:10
"Nun muß ich aber den Kranz holen"
Track length0:18
"Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz"
Track length5:00
"Was gleicht wohl auf Erden dem Jägervergnügen?"
Track length2:28
"Genug der Freuden des Mahls"
Track length1:29
"Schaut, o schaut! Er traf die eigne Braut!"
Track length9:22
"Wer legt auf ihn so strengen Bann?"
Track length9:18

Awards and reviews

  • Presto Recording of the Week
    21st July 2010

8th August 2010

Kleiber’s magic is evident in every bar of the music. His Beethoven and Brahms sound as fresh now as when they were released, and his three-CD Tristan has the inestimable advantage of Margaret Price’s gorgeous bel canto Isolde...This collection...is a must-have for any serious music-lover.

29th July 2010

...the Tristan contains some remarkable things...while the tingling theatricality of the Freischütz has never been bettered on disc... Even after more than 30 years the two Beethoven performances, of the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies, seem as fresh and energised as they ever did...This is an extraordinary collection of performances.
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