Monumental Karajan! - Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Sibelius, Smetana, Mendelssohn, Strauss et al.

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Album Summary

Performer

• Karlheinz Zöller (Flute)

Conductor

• Karajan, Herbert von

Ensemble

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Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)

Notes & Reviews:

Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, who was the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years, is widely considered to have been one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. A dominant figure in classical music, Karajan is not only world's best-selling conductor but also one of EMI Classics best-selling artist of all time.

Herbert von Karajan's name became synonymous with best in orchestral music and his legacy of outstanding recordings is enormous. This 3-CD set gives just a taste of some of his best and most characteristic performances. From the display power in Mozart's Symphony No. 40 to his lighter side in Strauss's polkas, Karajan's a conducting style is truly masterful.

Born in Salzburg in 1908, Karajan spent his early years working in Aachen before coming to Berlin where he was hailed as 'Das Wunder Karajan' ('The Karajan Miracle'). After the Second World War he was signed in Vienna by EMI producer Walter Legge to record with the Wiener Philharmoniker and subsequently became effectively principal conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. He then succeeded Furtwangler as Music Director of the Berliner Philharmoniker and re remained in that post until shortly before his death in 1989.

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Recording information: Berlin.

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Works Details

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 24 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1788

Schubert, Franz : Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 26 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1822

Brahms, Johannes : Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 17 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873

Wagner, Richard : Les Maîtres chanteurs de Nuremberg :: Prélude de l'Acte 1

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 9 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862-1867

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 45 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1893

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Sibelius, Jean : Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 8 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1893

Sibelius, Jean : Finlandia, Op. 26

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 9 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1900

Smetana, Bedrich : Má vlast :: 112/2

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 12 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1874

Mendelssohn, Felix : Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 12/11/1830.
• Running Time: 10 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 12/11/1830

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Die Fledermaus

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1874.
• Running Time: 8 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Annen-Polka, Op. 117

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1852

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 10 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 11 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1889

Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: Intermezzo

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1893.
• Running Time: 5 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Berlioz, Hector : Rákóczy March, for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust), H. 109

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 02/1846.
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 02/1846

Chabrier, Emmanuel : España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos)

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1883.
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1883

Debussy, Claude : Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

• Performer: Karlheinz Zöller (Flute)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 10 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1894