Herbert Von Karajan CONDUCTS THE WORKS OF… (3CD SET)

Artist: Herbert Von Karajan
Format: 3CD
Bar-code: 5060432022686
Cat No: NOT3CD268

£7.99

This collection not only contains a feast of wonderful music, it is a feast of great performances in celebrated recordings. Herbert von Karajan, the most charismatic conductor of the second half of the 20th century, is heard here with the three great orchestras with which he was most closely associated: the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra.

DISC 1

Handel: Water Music
1. I Allegro
2. II Air
3. III Bourrée
4. IV Hornpipe
5. V Andante espressivo
6. VI Allegro deciso
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Mozart:
Le Nozze di Figaro ~ Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Mozart:
Serenade in G, K. 525
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
8. I Allegro
9. II Romanza (Andante)
10. III Menuetto (Allegro)
11. IV Rondo (Allegro)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
12. Mozart:
Die Zauberflöte ~ Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
13. Weber:
Der Freischütz ~ Overture
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
14. Rossini:
La Gazza ladra ~ Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra
15. Offenbach: Les contes d’Hoffmann ~
Barcarolle
Philharmonia Orchestra
16. Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra

DISC 2

1. Bizet:
Carmen ~ Prelude
Philharmonia Orchestra
2. Chabrier: España
Philharmonia Orchestra
3. Massenet:
Thais ~ Méditation
Solo violin: Manoug Parikian
Philharmonia Orchestra
4. Verdi:
La Forza del Destino ~
Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra
5. Verdi:
La Traviata ~ Prelude
Phiharmonia Orchestra
6. Tchaikovsky:
1812 Overture, Op.49
Philharmonia Orchestra
7. Tchaikovsky:
Romeo and Juliet,
Fantasy Overture
Vienna Philharmonic
8. Borodin:
Prince Igor: Dance Of The Polovtsian Maidens
Philharmonia Orchestra
9. Borodin:
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Philharmonia Orchestra

DISC 3

Grieg:
Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46
1. I Morning
2. II Aase’s Death
3. III Anitra’s Dance
4. IV In The Hall Of The Mountain King
Peer Gynt Suite No.2, Op.55
5. I The Abduction (Ingrid’s Lament)
6. IV Solveig’s Song
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Mendelssohn: Overture ~
The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody
No.2 in C sharp minor
Philharmonia Orchestra
9. Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No.1
in C major, Op.46, No.1
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Brahms: Hungarian Dance
No.5 in G minor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
11. J. Strauss II: An der
schönen blauen Donau
(Blue Danube Waltz)
Philharmonia Orchestra
12. J. Strauss Sr.:
Radetsky March
Philharmonia Orchestra
13. J. Strauss II:
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Philharmonia Orchestra
14. Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer
(The Flying Dutchman) ~ Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra