Herbert Von Karajan

Karajan 1970s Herbert Von Karajan Limited edition

The box contains the core of Karajan’s repertoire as an orchestral conductor: Full symphony cycles of Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky, as well as Mendelssohn and Schumann The famed Mozart and Beethoven recordings that helped then teen wunderkind Anne-Sophie Mutter to become a worldwide phenomenon Bruckner Symphonies 4-9 and the Te Deum, recordings that are still regarded as the pinnacle of Bruckner interpretation Individual master recordings of 20th-century classics by Schoenberg, Berg, Webern and Orff (the world-première recording of De temporum fine comoedia) Mahler Symphonies 4-6 & 9, as well as Das Lied von der Erde, Rückert-Lieder & Kindertotenlieder featuring Christa Ludwig Karajan’s major Bach interpretations – among them the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B minor and the St. Matthew Passion Fascinating forays into “rarer” repertoire, such as Baroque Christmas concertos, a collection of European national anthems as well as Prussian and Austrian marches for wind orchestra Delightful recordings of “light repertoire” by Borodin, Offenbach, Ponchielli, Weber… Plus major choral works from Mozart’s Requiem, to Brahms’ German Requiem and Verdi’s Messa da Requiem …It’s all there, 82 CDs of the original LPs, in their original cover art, most of them in their original couplings, arranged in four snug compartments. A brief repertoire overview is attached. THE BOOK: 200+ pages, containing three newly commissioned articles, o One by famed Karajan biographer Richard Osborne (non-final version of text attached); o One by Karajan biographer Peter Uehling, tackling Karajan as a worldwide phenomenon; o One by Klaus Stoll, who has been playing double bass with the Berlin Philharmonic since 1965; · PLUS a new, exclusive interview with Anne-Sophie Mutter, in which she relates the story of her discovery by Karajan and sheds light upon his defining role as her mentor. · In addition, the book will contain a Karajan timeline, a tracklist with full recording details, a discography of Karajan’s 1970s opera recordings, and many photos of the maestro at work as well as at leisure.