Karajan: The Legendary Decca Recordings

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Adam: Giselle Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 Tragic Overture, Op. 81 Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: Ingrid's Lament Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E flat major 'Drum Roll' Symphony No. 104 in D major 'London' Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter' Strauss, J, I: Beliebte Annen - Polka Op. 137 Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus Overture Die Fledermaus: Ballet Music, Act 2 Der Zigeunerbaron Overture Auf der Jagd, Op. 373 Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 Strauss, Josef: Delirien Waltz, Op. 212 Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils Don Juan, Op. 20 Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture Swan Lake, Op. 20 Suite The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a

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.

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