100 Best Karajan

Tracklist

• 1
  Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K. 299: II. Andantino

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  8:21
• 2
  Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7:40
• 3
  Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5:45
• 4
  Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: II. Romance. Andante

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5:54
• 5
  Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: III. Menuetto. Allegretto

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2:23
• 6
  Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: IV. Rondo. Allegro

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  3:23
• 7
  3 German Dances, K. 605: No. 3 in C major "Die Schlittenfahrt"

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2:49
• 8
  Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  8:07
• 9
  Horn Concerto no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495: III. Rondo. Allegro vivace

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  3:31
• 10
  Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:19
• 11
  Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  3:55
• 12
  Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Overture

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7:04
• 13
  Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Act 1: "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" (Papageno)

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2:37
• 14
  Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Königin der Nacht)

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2:46
• 15
  Così fan tutte, K. 588: Act 1: Terzettino. "Soave sia il vento" (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  3:20
• 16
  Ave verum corpus, K. 618

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4:06
• 17
  Symphony no. 29 in A major, K. 201: I. Allegro moderato

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7:13
• 18
  Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314: III. Rondo. Allegretto

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5:30
• 19
  The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro

  Antonio Vivaldi
  3:18
• 20
  The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto

  Antonio Vivaldi
  2:48
• 21
  The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": III. Allegro "La caccia"

  Antonio Vivaldi
  3:24
• 22
  The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo

  Antonio Vivaldi
  2:02
• 23
  The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 "Winter": III. Allegro

  Antonio Vivaldi
  3:16
• 24
  Trumpet Concerto in E major, WoO 1: III. Allegro molto

  Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  3:38
• 25
  Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 15: II. Largo

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  13:26
• 26
  Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19: III. Rondo. Molto allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:50
• 27
  Triple Concerto in C major, op. 56: II. Largo

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:35
• 28
  Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58: II. Andante con moto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:08
• 29
  Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58: III. Rondo. Vivace

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:43
• 30
  Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:22
• 31
  Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 "Emperor": III. Rondo. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  10:08
• 32
  Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato

  Franz Schubert
  11:20
• 33
  Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  9:29
• 34
  Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:29
• 35
  Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: II. Allegretto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:08
• 36
  Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:03
• 37
  Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:35
• 38
  Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto - "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" (Ode to Joy)

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  24:12
• 39
  Symphony no. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104 "London": III. Menuetto - Trio

  Joseph Haydn
  4:29
• 40
  Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo

  Antonín Dvořák
  12:08
• 41
  Don Quixote, op. 35: Theme. Don Quixote, Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance - Maggiore. Sancho Panza

  Richard Strauss
  2:20
• 42
  Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

  Sergei Rachmaninov
  14:29
• 43
  Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (cadenza by Kreisler)

  Johannes Brahms
  8:35
• 44
  Symphony no. 38 in D major, K. 504 "Prague": III. Finale. Presto

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5:34
• 45
  Symphonie fantastique, op. 14, H 48: II. Un bal. Valse. Allegro non troppo

  Hector Berlioz
  6:20
• 46
  Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: III. Allegro molto

  Jean Sibelius
  9:12
• 47
  Water Music Suite: VI. Allegro deciso

  George Frideric Handel
  3:36
• 48
  Unter Donner und Blitz, op. 324

  Johann Strauss
  3:08
• 49
  An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (excerpt)

  Johann Strauss
  3:49
• 50
  Radetzky March, op. 228

  Johann Strauss
  2:58
• 51
  Les Patineurs, op. 183

  Émile Waldteufel
  7:36
• 52
  La Damnation de Faust, op. 24, H 111: Marche hongroise

  Hector Berlioz
  4:19
• 53
  España

  Emmanuel Chabrier
  6:13
• 54
  Joyeuse marche

  Emmanuel Chabrier
  4:07
• 55
  Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, op. 214

  Johann Strauss
  2:41
• 56
  Má vlast: II. Vltava

  Bedřich Smetana
  12:51
• 57
  2 Pieces from Kuolema, op. 44: No. 1. Valse triste

  Jean Sibelius
  6:04
• 58
  Karelia Suite, op. 11: I. Intermezzo

  Jean Sibelius
  4:02
• 59
  Karelia Suite, op. 11: III. Alla marcia

  Jean Sibelius
  4:54
• 60
  Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: I. Introduzione. Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace

  Béla Bartók
  9:49
• 61
  Pini di Roma, P. 141: I. I pini di Villa Borghese

  Ottorino Respighi
  2:50
• 62
  Pini di Roma, P. 141: IV. I pini della Via Appia

  Ottorino Respighi
  6:14
• 63
  The Barber of Seville: Overture

  Gioachino Rossini
  7:25
• 64
  Faust: Act 5: Ballet "La nuit de Walpurgis": I. Les Nubiennes. Allegretto -

  Charles Gounod
  2:34
• 65
  Suite no. 2 de L'Arlésienne: IV. Farandole

  Georges Bizet
  3:28
• 66
  Carmen Suite no. 1: II. Aragonaise

  Georges Bizet
  2:23
• 67
  Carmen Suite no. 1: III. Intermezzo

  Georges Bizet
  2:57
• 68
  Carmen Suite no. 1: V. Les dragons d'Alcala

  Georges Bizet
  1:34
• 69
  Carmen Suite no. 1: VI. Les toréadors

  Georges Bizet
  2:22
• 70
  Thaïs: Act 2: Méditation

  Jules Massenet
  6:47
• 71
  Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

  Jacques Offenbach
  9:39
• 72
  Les contes d'Hoffmann: Act 3: Barcarolle (instrumental version)

  Jacques Offenbach
  4:08
• 73
  Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo

  Giacomo Puccini
  5:29
• 74
  Prince Igor: Act 2: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

  Alexander Borodin
  2:22
• 75
  Prince Igor: Act II: Polovtsian Dances (instrumental version)

  Alexander Borodin
  11:30
• 76
  Suite from Swan Lake, op. 20a: I. Scene. Moderato

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  2:49
• 77
  Suite from Swan Lake, op. 20a: III. Dance of the Swans

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  1:35
• 78
  Suite from Swan Lake, op. 20a: V. Hungarian Dance "Csárdás"

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  3:28
• 79
  Suite from the Sleeping Beauty, op. 66a: II. Adagio

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  6:09
• 80
  Suite from the Sleeping Beauty, op. 66a: V. Waltz

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  4:19
• 81
  Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

  Jaromír Weinberger
  2:24
• 82
  Lohengrin: Act 3: Prelude

  Richard Wagner
  3:19
• 83
  Parsifal: Act 3: Prelude - Richard Wagner

  Richard Wagner
  6:19
• 84
  Otello: Act 4: "Ave Maria, piena di grazia" (Desdemona)

  Giuseppe Verdi
  5:01
• 85
  Don Carlo: Act 1: "Dio, che nell'alma infondere amor" (Don Carlo, Rodrigo, Coro, Il frate) (1884 Version)

  Giuseppe Verdi
  4:46
• 86
  Don Carlo: Act 1: Canzone del velo. "Nel giardin del bello saracin" - "Tessete i veli" (Eboli, Tebaldo, Coro) (1884 Version)

  Giuseppe Verdi
  4:53
• 87
  Il trovatore: Act 2: Coro di Zingari. "Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie" (Coro)

  Giuseppe Verdi
  3:02
• 88
  Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45: IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

  Johannes Brahms
  5:32
• 89
  Die Meistersinger von Nümberg: Act 1: Prelude

  Richard Wagner
  9:44
• 90
  La traviata: Act 3: Prelude

  Giuseppe Verdi
  4:03
• 91
  Fidelio, op. 72: Act 1: Quartett. "Mir ist so wunderbar" (Marzelline, Leonore, Jaquino, Rocco)

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  4:41
• 92
  Tristan und Isolde: Act 3: Liebestod (orchestral version)

  Richard Wagner
  7:48
• 93
  Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123: II. Gloria in excelcis

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  4:58
• 94
  Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Crucifixus

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:46
• 95
  Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et resurrexit

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:54
• 96
  Coriolan Overture, op. 62

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:07
• 97
  Symphony no. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter": IV. Molto allegro

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6:14
• 98
  Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

  Pietro Mascagni
  3:34
• 99
  Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate of Kiev

  Modest Mussorgsky
  6:13
• 100
  Boléro, M. 81

  Maurice Ravel
  16:13

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Orchestral Works 2011

Tristan und Isolde

Tristan und Isolde 2011

Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon 2008

Las cuatro estaciones / Concerti “con molti istromenti”

Las cuatro estaciones / Concerti “con molti istromenti” 2005

Symphonies nos. 1 & 2

Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 2004

Italian Symphony / Violin Concerto / A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Italian Symphony / Violin Concerto / A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2000

Release credits

• Alexis Weissenberg
  piano [25-26, 28-31, 41-42]
• Allen Stagg
  balance [27]
• Anne‐Sophie Mutter
  solo [70], violin [19-23, 70]
• Aγνή Mπάλτσα
  mezzo-soprano vocals [86]
• Berliner Philharmoniker
  performing orchestra [1-7, 17-18, 24-31, 39-43, 46, 46-47, 49, 53, 57-59, 70, 73, 82-85, 85-88, 88, 88-89, 91, 93, 97, 100]
• Bernard Walton
  clarinet [8]
• Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
  choir vocals [85-87, 91]
• Christfried Bickenbach
  producer [3-7, 17, 47]
• Christopher Parker
  balance [11, 37, 99]
• David Bell
  organ [88]
• David Bell
  balance [88]
• Dennis Brain
  French horn [9], solo [9]
• Douglas Larter
  balance [9-10, 15-16, 34, 36, 38, 44, 96, 98]
• Edita Gruberová
  soprano vocals [86]
• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
  soprano vocals [15, 38]
• Erich Kunz
  baritone vocals [13]
• Ernst Haefliger
  tenor vocals [38]
• Fritz Helmis
  harp [1], solo [1]
• Gidon Kremer
  violin [43]
• Harold Davidson
  balance [94-95]
• Helen Donath
  soprano vocals [91], vocal [91]
• Helga Dernesch
  soprano vocals [91], vocal [91]
• Helmuth Froschauer
  chorus master [88]
• Herbert von Karajan
  conductor [1-9, 9, 9-12, 12-13, 13-46, 46-88, 88, 88-99, 99-100], harpsichord [21]
• Horst Laubenthal
  tenor vocals [91], vocal [91]
• Horst Lindner
  balance [3-7, 17, 47]
• James Galway
  flute [1], solo [1]
• José Carreras
  tenor vocals [85]
• José van Dam
  bass vocals [85, 91]
• Karl Ridderbusch
  bass vocals [91], vocal [91]
• Lothar Koch
  oboe [18]
• Marga Höffgen
  contralto vocals [38]
• Maurice André
  trumpet [24]
• Michel Glotz
  producer [1-2, 18, 24, 39, 41-43, 46, 58-59, 70, 73, 87-88, 91, 97]
• Mirella Freni
  soprano vocals [84]
• Nan Merriman
  soprano vocals [15]
• Neville Boyling
  balance [8]
• Otto Edelmann
  bass vocals [38]
• Peter Alward
  producer [19-23]
• Peter Andry
  producer [27]
• Philharmonia Orchestra
  performing orchestra [8-9, 9-11, 15-16, 33-38, 44-45, 48, 50, 63, 66, 74, 76-77, 80, 90, 96, 98-99, 99]
• Piero Cappuccilli
  baritone vocals [85]
• Robert Beckett
  balance [12-14, 94-95]
• Rudolf Scholz
  organ [21]
• Sesto Bruscantini
  bass vocals [15]
• Ulrich Koch
  viola [41]
• Walter Hagen-Groll
  chorus master [85-86]
• Walter Jellinek
  producer [99]
• Walter Legge
  producer [3-14, 16-17, 34, 36-38, 44, 47, 94-96, 98-99]
• Wiener Philharmoniker
  performing orchestra [12, 12-13, 13-14, 19-23, 94-95]
• Wiener Singverein
  choir vocals [16, 38, 88, 94-95]
• William Tim Read
  harpsichord [21]
• Wilma Lipp
  soprano vocals [14]
• Wolfgang Gülich
  balance [1-2, 18-24, 39, 41-43, 46, 58-59, 70, 73, 87-88, 91, 97], engineer [88]
• Давид Фёдорович Ойстрах
  violin [27]
• Мстислав Ростропович
  cello [27, 41]
• Святослав Рихтер
  piano [27]
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