Wiener Philharmoniker Symphony Edition 50cd Set
Label: DG Catalog: 4790718 Format: CD Wiener PhilharmonikerBeethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 Claudio Abbado Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 Claudio Abbado Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Carlos Kleiber Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Carlos Kleiber Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral' Karl Böhm Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 Karl Böhm Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Hanna Schwarz (alto), René Kollo (tenor) & Kurt Moll (bass) with Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Leonard Bernstein Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 Leonard Bernstein Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 Carlo Maria Giulini Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Carlos Kleiber Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Claudio Abbado Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic' Version 1878/1880 Claudio Abbado Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Edition: Leopold Nowak Claudio Abbado Symphony No. 7 in E Major Herbert von Karajan Symphony No. 8 in C minor Herbert von Karajan Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Edition: Leopold Nowak Carlo Maria Giulini Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 Myung Whun Chung Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 Myung Whun Chung String Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 80 Lorin Maazel Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' Lorin Maazel Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major Karl Böhm Symphony No. 89 in F major Karl Böhm Symphony No. 90 in C major Karl Böhm Symphony No. 91 in E flat major Karl Böhm Symphony No. 92 in G major 'Oxford' Karl Böhm Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Cheryl Studer (soprano) & Waltraud Meier (mezzo) with Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Claudio Abbado Symphony No. 3 in D minor Jessye Norman (soprano) with Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Sängerknaben, Claudio Abbado Symphony No. 4 in G major Frederica von Stade (mezzo) Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' Pierre Boulez Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand' Barbara Hendricks, Margaret Price, Judith Blegen, Gerti Zeumer, Helmut Wittek, Agnes Baltsa, Christa Ludwig, Trudeliese Schmidt, Kenneth Riegel, Hermann Prey, José van Dam with Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben, Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 9 in D major Claudio Abbado Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian' revised version John Eliot Gardiner Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation' John Eliot Gardiner Mozart: Symphonies (Complete) James Levine Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200 Carlos Kleiber Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished' Carlos Kleiber Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great' John Eliot Gardiner Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D714 2nd version for 8-part male chorus and string orchestra with Male Voices of the Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485 Karl Böhm Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (complete) Leonard Bernstein Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54 Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 Leonard Bernstein Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 Leonard Bernstein Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Herbert von Karajan Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Herbert von Karajan Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' Herbert von Karajan An edition of the works of 13 composers, from Mozart to Shostakovich. 95 symphonies on 50 CDs. Symphonic cycles by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms. All of Carlos Kleiber’s DG symphonic recordings are there (Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms). Signal contributions by Claudio Abbado (Beethoven, Bruckner, Mahler), Leonard Bernstein (Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Sibelius, Shostakovich), Karl Böhm (Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms), Carlo Maria Giulini (Bruckner), Herbert von Karajan (Bruckner, Tchaikovsky) and James Levine (Mozart). Brilliant individual contributions by Pierre Boulez (Mahler 6), Myung-Whung Chung (Dvořák), John Eliot Gardiner (Schubert, Mendelssohn) and Lorin Maazel (Dvořák). COVER ART / BOOKLET More noble, evocative artwork, conceived in purely graphical terms, is difficult to imagine. The 80-page booklet has a newly-commissioned introduction on the DG / Wiener Philharmoniker relationship by Dr. Clemens Hellsberg, violinist and director of the board of the orchestra, a full tracklist and photos of the artists. |