| Label: DG
Catalog: 4779111
Format: CD Gustav Mahler Jungendorchester, Pierre Boulez, Cheryl Studer, Jesseye Norman, Placido Domingo, Kurt Moll, Leipziger Rundfunkchor, Schwedischer Rundfunkchor, Eric-Ericson-Kammerchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti, Riccardo Muti, Ghiaurov, Szmytka, Pedersen, Langridge, Zednik, McCauley, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Phiharmoniker, Ferenc Fricsay, Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim, Jessye NormanBartók: Four Orchestral Pieces Op. 12 (Sz 51) 1997, First Release
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123; 1991
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; 1992
Boulez: Notations; 1997. First Release
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross (Orchestral version, 1786); 1982. First Release
Janacek: From the House of the Dead; 1992. New to CD
Liszt: Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97; 1992
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand'; 1975Price / Blegen / Zeumer / Schmidt / Baltsa / Riegel / Prey / van Dam
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 / Idomeneo, K366; 1961 Kmentt, Grümmer, Lorengar, Haefliger / Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200; 1967. First Release
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier; 1960 Della Casa, Jurinac, Güden, Edelmann, Kunz / Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; 1967. First Release
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; 1997. First Release
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' 1994. First Release / The Tempest, Op. 18 1994. First Release / Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 / 1988 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Eugene Onegin 2007. New to CD Mattei / Samuil / Gubanova / Kaiser / Furlanetto
Verdi: La Traviata 2005 Netrebko / Villazon / Hampson
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll 1987; Jessye Norman / Tannhäuser: Overture 1987 / Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod 1987; Jessye Norman
plus: Recitals
CD 24 2007: Alfred Brendel: Haydn, Schubert Beethoven - FIRST RELEASE
CD 25 2009: Live from Salzburg: Brahms, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Schubert - Martha Argerich / Nelson Freire Wholenote Discoveries - March 2011
Over the years live performances from Salzburg’s Grosses Festspielhaus have dribbled in from EMI, DG, ORFEO, and others depending on the artists involved. We can still buy several recordings of complete operas from the 1930s conducted by Toscanini and Bruno Walter. Some years after WW2 Salzburg became the destination of choice for the event-going Jet Setters who also frequent only the most fashionable restaurants. And a good thing too, because the most prestigious conductors, instrumentalists, singers and orchestras also wished to be seen and heard there. The house orchestra was the Vienna Philharmonic. It doesn’t get better than that. DG has issued a 25 CD set containing notable performances from 1960 thru 2009, 18 originating from ORF masters and 7 from DG and Decca. The first 11 discs contain five operas: Rosenkavalier (Karajan 1960); Idomeneo (Fricsay 1961); From the House of the Dead (Abbado 1992); La Traviata (Rizzi 2005); Eugene Onegin (Barenboim tain 8 concerts: Mozart 40 & 41 (Bohm 1966); 2007). The next 10 CDs contain Schubert 3rd & Heldenleben (Mehta 1967); Mahler 8 (Bernstein 1975); Haydn - The Seven Last Words (Muti 1982) and many others of equal merit. This is a rewarding collection and a welcome addition to the budget packages now available from all of the majors. Here are committed performances from all concerned in a wide range of works bound together only by the venue. Bruce Surtees
Five Full Operas, Ten Complete Concerts, Two Recitals! This 25 CD set is a very limited edition.
The Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg has been the scene of countless memorable musical events – operas, concerts and recitals – for 50 years. Here is a unique chance to celebrate the glories of this distinguished era.
In an exceptional collaboration with the Salzburg Festival, Deutsche Grammophon has prepared a 25-CD box set – 5 complete operas, 10 concerts and 2 recitals – featuring many of the world’s greatest artists, in recordings with classical status and others that are appearing on CD for the first time.
Concerts (five out of ten are first-time releases): with Abbado, Bernstein, Böhm, Boulez, Karajan, Levine, Mehta, Muti, Solti. Soloists include Anne-Sophie Mutter and Jessye Norman. The Wiener Philharmoniker feature prominently; individual concerts with Berliner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.
Recitals: two exceptional concerts with Alfred Brendel (first release) and the Martha Argerich/Nelson Freire duo-concert from 2009.
The set includes new liner notes in English, German and French, and photos of the opera productions and artists in the 72-page booklet. |
Price: $99.98