Decca Vienna Philharmonic The Orchestral Edition Classical/Deluxe Edition

A luxurious and authoritative 64CD orchestral and concerto set, & Bonus Cd celebrating one of the world's great orchestras and their 64-year relationship with Decca Classics. Few labels can claim to be so associated with a city as inextricably as Decca is with Vienna. No history of classical recordings would be complete without a chapter documenting how both Decca and the WP worked to perfect the art of recording in the city's great concert halls, most notably in the famous Sofiensaal. FEATURING: Abbado, Bernstein, Boskovsky, Boult, Bohm, Chailly, Dohnányi, Dorati, Haitink, Karajan, Kertesz, Kondrashin, Khachaturian, Kleiber, Knappertsbusch, Krauss, Krips, Kubelik, Maazel, Mehta, Monteux, Münchinger, Reiner, Schmidt-Isserstedt, Schuricht, Stein, Solti, Szell, Walter. Gulda, Backhaus, Curzon, Ashkenazy, Schiff.

CD 1 HAYDN:Symphonies Nos. Wiener Philharmoniker / Pierre Monteux / Herbert von Karajan.

CD 2 HAYDN: Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo. CD 3 HAYDN: Tracks 1-7: Die Schöpfung Part II. Erna Spoorenberg soprano (Eva) / Elly Ameling soprano (Gabriel) / Werner Krenn tenor (Uriel) / Tom Krause, baritone (Raphael) / Robin Fairhurst, bass (Adam) / Peter Planyavsky, organ / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Münchinger.

CD 4 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K450.

36 in C major, K425 "Linz". Leonard Bernstein, pianist and conductor / Wiener Philharmoniker. CD 5 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. Clifford Curzon, piano / Wiener Philharmoniker / George Szell.

CD 6 MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622. Flute and Harp Concerto in C major, K299.

40 in G minor, K550. Alfred Prinz, clarinet / Werner Tripp, flute / Hubert Jellinek, harp / Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Münchinger / Herbert von Karajan.

CD 7 MOZART Requiem, K626. Arleen Auger, soprano / Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano / Vinson Cole, tenor / René Pape, bass / Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti. CD 8 BEETHOVEN:Symphonies Nos.

Wiener Philharmoniker / Pierre Monteux. CD 9 BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. Wiener Philharmoniker / Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt. CD 10 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 & 3, Fidelio Overture, op.

Wiener Philharmoniker / Erich Kleiber / Clemens Krauss. CD 11 BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti.

CD 12 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado. CD 13 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.

Joan Sutherland, soprano / Marilyn Horne, contralto / James King, tenor / Martti Talvela, bass / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt. CD 14 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op. Friedrich Gulda, piano / Wilhelm Backhaus, piano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm.

CD 15 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, op.

Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta / Bernard Haitink. CD 16 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. Friedrich Gulda, piano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Horst Stein. CD 17 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.

5 in E flat major, op. 1 in B flat minor, op. Clifford Curzon, piano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Hans Knappertsbusch /. CD 18 BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F minor, op. BRAHMS: Tracks 5-8: Piano Quartet in G minor, op.

Wiener Philharmoniker / Christoph von Dohnányi. CD 19 BEETHOVEN: Complete incidental music to Egmont, op. 8 in B minor, D759 "Unfinished".

Pilar Lorengar, soprano / Klaus-Jürgen Wussow, narrator / Wiener Philharmoniker / George Szell / Josef Krips. CD 20 SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D797.

WEBER: Preciosa - Ouvertüre, op. SCHUMANN: Genoveva - Ouvertüre, op. Rohangiz Yachmi, contralto / Wiener Staatsopernchorº /. Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Münchinger.

CD 21 SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C major, "Great", D944. 4 in A major, op. CD 22 MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op.

74 & Die erste Walpurgisnacht, op. Margarita Lilowa, mezzo-soprano / Horst Laubenthal, tenor / Tom Krause, baritone / Alfred Sramek, bass / Wiener Singverein / Wiener Philharmoniker /. Overture, Scherzo and Finale, op. 1 in B flat major, op.

2 in C major, op. CD 24 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. WAGNER: Parsifal - Prelude (Act One).

Wiener Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta. CD 25 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op.

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Carl Schuricht. CD 26 BRAHMS: Symphony No.

3 in F major, op. STRAUSS: Vier letzte Lieder, AV150.

WEBER: Overtures - Preciosa / Oberon / Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn. Lisa Della Casa, soprano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm. CD 27 BRAHMS: Symphony No.

4 in E minor, op. Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, op. 5 in B flat major, D845º.

Wiener Philharmoniker / István Kertész. Following Kertész's death on 16 April 1973 this was completed without a conductor on 14 May 1973. CD 28 BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28 & Tod und Verklärung, op.

Wiener Philharmoniker / Fritz Reiner. CD 29 SMETANA: Má vlast. Wiener Philharmoniker / Rafael Kubelík. CD 30 DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95 "From the New World".

Wiener Philharmoniker / István Kertész / Kirill Kondrashin [5]-[8]. CD 31 BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1872 Haas edition).

WEBER: Euryanthe - Ouvertüre, J291 & Aufforderung zum Tanz, Op. Wiener Philharmoniker / Horst Stein. CD 32-33 BRUCKNER: Symphony No.

Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm. CD 34 BRUCKNER: Symphony No.

5 in B flat major. Wiener Philharmoniker / Lorin Maazel. CD 35 BRUCKNER: Symphony No. WEBER: Der Beherrscher der Geister - Ouvertüre, op. Abu Hassan - Ouvertüre, J106.

CD 36-37 BRUCKNER: Symphony No. CD 38 BRUCKNER: Symphony No. LISZT: Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No. CD 39 SCHMIDT: Symphony No. CD 40 SIBELIUS: Symphony No.

4 in A minor, op. 7 in C major, op. CD 41 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op.

3 in G major, op. CD 42 TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, op.

Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan. CD 43 ADAM: Gieselle - Acte un.

J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus - ballet music. VERDI: Otello - ballet musicº. Josef Sivo, violin solo / Emanuel Brabec, cello solo / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan.

Wiener Philharmoniker / Hans Knappertsbusch. CD 45 NEW YEAR CONCERT 1951. Hilde Gueden, soprano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Clemens Krauss / Josef Krips. CD 46 OVERTURES OF OLD VIENNA. Wiener Philharmoniker / Willi Boskovsky. CD 47 JOHANN STRAUSS II. Champagner-Polka; Wiener Blut; Neue Pizzicato-Polka. JOSEF STRAUSS: Heiterer Muth - Polka française, op. JOHANN STRAUSS II: Explosionen Polka, op. 43 / Wiener Bonbons, op.

307 / Persischer Marsch, op. 289 / Waldmeister - Ouvertüre. Anton Karas zither / Wiener Philharmoniker / Willi Boskovsky. CD 48 NEW YEAR CONCERT 1979.

Joan Sutherland, soprano / Marilyn Horne, contralto / Luciano Pavarotti, tenor. Martti Talvela, bass / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker /. Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde / Wiener Sängerknabenº / Members of the Wiener Philharmonikerª / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti. Lohengrin - Einsam in trüben Tagen.

Parsifal - Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust. Die Walküre - Du bist der Lenz. MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Kirsten Flagstad, soprano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Adrian Boult (Mahler) /. CD 52 MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection". Ileana Cotrubas, soprano / Christa Ludwig, contralto / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta. CD 53 MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde & Rückert-Lieder. Kathleen Ferrier, contralto / Julius Patzak, tenor / Wiener Philharmoniker /. CD 54 MAHLER: The Song of the Earth.

James King, tenor / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone / Wiener Philharmoniker /. CD 55 HOLST: The Planets. R STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra, op.

Damen des Wiener Staatsopernchors / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan. CD 56 R STRAUSS: Don Quixote, op.

35 & Aus Italien, op. Pierre Fournier, cello / Ernst Morawec, viola / Wiener Philharmoniker / Clemens Krauss. CD 57 R STRAUSS: Sinfonia domestica, op. 53 & Le Bourgeois gentilhomme - Suite, op.

Wiener Philharmoniker / Clemens Krauss. CD 58 R STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 & Vier letzte Lieder, AV150. Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti. CD 59 DVORAK: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op.

5, Sz37 & The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz73 (complete ballet). Erich Binder, violin / András Schiff, piano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Chor der Wiener Staatsoper / Christoph von Dohnányi. CD 60 SCHOENBERG: 6 Orchester-Lieder, op. BERG: Symphonic Pieces from the opera Lulu (Lulu Suite). Anja Silja, soprano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Christoph von Dohnányi. CD 61 JANÁCEK: Sinfonietta & Taras Bulba - Rhapsody after Gogol. Orchestral Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen, arr. Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Charles Mackerras. CD 62 JANÁCEK: Msa glagolskaja (Glagolitic Mass). Eva Urbanová, sopranoº / Marta Benacková, mezzo-soprano / Vladimir Bogachov, tenor, Richard Novák, bass / Thomas Trotter, organ / Slovak Philharmonic Choir / Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Chailly. CD 63 KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus - excerpts & Gayaneh - excerpts. J STRAUSS II: Kadettenball Graduation Ball arr. Wiener Philharmoniker / Aram Khachaturian / Willi Boskovsky. CD 64 KODÁLY: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song. Variations on a theme of Paganini, op.

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme, op. BONUS CD KHACHATURIAN: Symphony No. Kurt Leimer, piano / Wiener Philharmoniker / Aram Khachaturian / Robert Wagner.