Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047 – Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, 1965
Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047 Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan, conductor Recorded at the Hotel "La Reine Victoria", Victoriasaal, St. Moritz, Switzerland in August 1964 Originally released in 1965, re-issued and remastered in 1998 Tracklist: 00:00 I. (Allegro) 05:25 II. Andante 09:36 III. Allegro assai
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV 1046
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Recorded at the Hotel "La Reine Victoria", Victoriasaal, St. Moritz, Switzerland in August 1964
Originally released in 1965, re-issued and remastered in 1998
Tracklist:
00:00 I. (Allegro)
04:26 II. Adagio
09:32 III. Allegro
14:31 IV. Menuetto – Trio I – Menuetto da capo – Polacca – Menuetto da
capo – Trio II – Menuetto da capo
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.43
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie in November 1980
Originally released in 1981
Re-issued and remastered to SACD in 2011
Tracklist:
00:00 I. Allegretto – Poco allegro – Tranquillo, ma poco a poco ravvivando il tempo
all'allegro – Poco largamente – Tempo I – Poco allegro
09:52 II. Tempo andante, ma rubato – Poco allegro – Molto largamente – Andante
sostenuto –Andante con moto ed energico – Allegro – Poco largamente – Molto
largamente – Andante sostenuto – Andante con moto ed energico – Andante – Pesante
24:28 III. Vivacissimo – Lento e soave – Tempo primo – Lento e soave – (attacca)
31:11 IV. Finale. Allegro moderato – Moderato assai – Meno moderato e poco a poco ravvivando
il tempo – Tempo I – Largamente e pesante – Poco largamente – Molto largamente
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Piano Quintet in C major (composed between 1912 and 1934)
Clarens Quintet: Gernot Süssmuth, violin I
Eva Schönweiss, violin II
Felix Schwartz, viola
Andreas Greger, cello
Sebastian Krahnert, piano
Recorded at DeutschlandRadio, Funkhaus Köln, Cologne in 2003
Released in 2004
Tracklist:
00:00 I. Molto Allegro
28:02 II. Adagio
53:41 III. Ruhig – Allegretto. Gemächlich und heiter
Richard Strauss
Songs for Soprano and Orchestra
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin (Op.43 No.2, Op.49 No.1, Op.10 No.1, Op.48 No.1, Op.56 No.6)
London Symphony Orchestra (Op.27 No.1, Op.37 No.3, Op.41 No.1, Op.27 No.4, Op.88 No.1, Op.36 No.1, Op.48 No.4)
George Szell
Recorded at the Grunewaldkirche, Berlin in September 1965 (for those with the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin) and at the Kingsway Hall, London in September 1968 (for those with the London Symphony Orchestra)
Originally released in 1966 (for those with the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin) and 1969 (for those with the London Symphony Orchestra)
Re-issued and remastered to 32 bit float/96000 Hz as a digital release available for download in 2010
Tracklist:
00:00 Muttertändelei, Op.43 No.2 (lyrics by Bürger)
02:08 Waldseligkeit, Op.49 No.1 (lyrics by Dehmel)
05:26 Zueignung, Op.10 No.1 (lyrics by von Gilm)
07:21 Freundliche Vision, Op.48 No.1 (lyrics by Bierbaum)
10:30 Die heiligen drei Könige, Op.56 No.6 (lyrics by Heine)
17:09 Ruhe, meine Seele, Op.27 No.1 (lyrics by Henckell)
21:03 Meinem Kinde, Op.37 No.3 (lyrics by Falke)
23:53 Wiegenlied, Op.41 No.1 (lyrics by Dehmel)
28:38 Morgen, Op.27 No.4 (lyrics by Mackay)
32:24 Das Bächlein, Op.88 No.1 (lyrics by Goethe)
34:25 Das Rosenband, Op.36 No.1 (lyrics by Klopstock)
37:37 Winterweihe, Op.48 No.4 (lyrics by Henckell)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Recorded at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin in September 1972
Originally released in 1973
Re-issued and remastered to 32 bit float/96000 Hz as a digital release available for download in 2011
Tracklist:
00:00 I. Moderato
11:58 II. Adagio sostenuto – Più animato – Tempo I
26:26 III. Allegro scherzando
Artworks: screenshots from Violet Evergarden Gaiden
Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, Op.35
Berliner Philharmoniker
Pierre Fournier, cello
Giusto Cappone, viola
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Recorded at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin in December 1965
Originally released in 1966
Re-issued and remastered to SACD in 2014
Tracklist:
00:00 I. Introduction. Mäßiges Zeitmaß. Thema mäßig. "Don Quixote loses his sanity after
reading novels about knights, and decides to become a knight-errant"
06:42 II. Thema. Mäßig. "Don Quixote, knight of the sorrowful countenance"
09:00 III. Variation I. Gemächlich. "Adventure at the Windmills"
11:43 IV. Variation II. Kriegerisch. "The victorious struggle against the army of the great
emperor Alifanfaron"
13:20 V. Variation III. Mäßiges Zeitmaß. "Dialogue between Knight and Squire"
21:51 VI. Variation IV. Etwas breiter. "Unhappy adventure with a procession of pilgrims"
23:54 VII. Variation V. Sehr langsam. "The knight's vigil"
28:06 VIII. Variation VI. Schnell. "The Meeting with Dulcinea"
29:19 IX. Variation VII. Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher. "The Ride through the Air"
30:36 X. Variation VIII. Gemächlich. "The unhappy voyage in the enchanted boat"
32:24 XI. Variation IX. Schnell und stürmisch. "Battle with the magicians"
33:29 XII. Variation X. Viel breiter. "Duel with the knight of the bright moon"
38:25 XIII. Finale. Sehr ruhig. "Coming to his senses again" – Death of Don Quixote