Wiener Philharmoniker Deluxe Edition Vol 1 (20CD)

This luxurious hardback limited edition provides a fascinating cross-section of the 170-year history of one of the world’s greatest orchestras: the Wiener Philharmoniker. The 100-page lavishly illustrated hardcover coffee-table book houses 20 CDs of recordings with 25 conductors spanning the past 70 years. Included are rarities from the archives and live recordings of world premieres that have not previously been released. The present edition is notable in particular for the links between the works that are featured here and outstanding events in the orchestra’s history – events, moreover, that have helped to shape its sense of identity.

TRACK LIST

CD1 Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 & 38 (Riccardo Muti / 1991 / 1997)

CD2 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1; Symphony No. 7 (Alfred Brendel, Simon Rattle, Rafael Kubelik (1997 / 1974)

CD3 Schubert: Fierrabras-Overture D. 796; Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8 (Istvan Kertesz, Georg Solti / 1963 / 1971 / 1984)

CD4 Schumann: Genoveva-Overture op. 81; Overture, Scherzo & Finale op. 52; Symphony No. 2 (Karl Münchinger, Georg Solti / 1967 / 1969)

CD5 Brahms: Tragische Overture op. 81; Alt-Rhapsodie op. 53; Symphony No. 1 (Anne Sofie von Otter, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, James Levine, Herbert von Karajan / 1977 / 1992 / 1959)

CD6 Bruckner: Symphony Nr, 9 (Leonard Bernstein / 1990)

CD7 Dvorak: Piano Concerto op. 33; Symphony No. 9 (Andras Schiff, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Istvan Kertesz /1986 / 1961)

CD8 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 (Josef Krips, Lorin Maazel / 1958 / 1966)

CD9 Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Kirsten Flagstad, Thomas Quasthoff, Lisa Della Casa, Hans Knappertsbusch, Pierre Boulez, Karl Böhm / 1956 / 2003 / 1953)

CD10 Schönberg: Ein Überlebender from Warschau; Berg: Lulu-Suite; Webern: Passacaglia; 5 Stücke fur Orchester (Anja Silja, Claudio Abbado, Christoph von Dohnanyi / 1989 / 1973 / 1990)

CD11 Rihm: Depart; Ligeti: Atmospheres; Lontano; Eröd: Tripelkonzert op. 92 for 3 Clarinets & Orchestra; Staar: Time Recycling op. 22n (The Clarinotts, Wiener Jeunesse-Chor, Claudio Abbado, Andris Nelsons, Semyon Bychkov (1988 / 2014 / 2016)

CD12 Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 27 (Clifford Curzon, George Szell / 1964)

CD13 Schumann: Piano Concerto op. 54; Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Wilhelm Backhaus, Günter Wand, Karl Böhm / 1960 / 1967)

CD14 Weber: Konzertstück op. 79 for Piano & Orchestra; Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann-Suite (Friedrich Gulda, Volkmar Andreae, Lorin Maazel / 1956 / 1966)

CD15 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Maurizio Pollini, Karl Böhm / 1979)

CD16 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op. 64; Brahms: Violin Concerto op. 77 (Nathan Milstein, Claudio Abbado, Eugen Jochum / 1973 / 1974)

CD17 Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 4; Glass: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Gidon Kremer, Riccardo Muti, Christoph von Dohnanyi /1995 / 1992)

CD18 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto op. 35; Sarasate: Carmen-Fantasie op. 25; Ravel: Tzigane (Anne-Sophie Mutter, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine / 1988 / 1992)

CD19 Schumann: Cello Concerto op. 129; Brahms: Concerto op. 102 for Violin, Cello, Orchestra (Mischa Maisky, Gidon Kremer / 1985 / 1982)

CD20 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major; Falla: Nights in a Spanish Garden; Previn: Diversions (Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Barenboim, Andre Previn / 1971 / 2009 / 2000)

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