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Mozart: Symphony No. 41; Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Herbert von Karajan (live, Royal Festival Hall, 4/6/62)

2 CD / ICA Classics / 2013-05-28

Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic

The combination of Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic playing Mozart and Bruckner drew a "packed and raving audience" according to The Guardian of the April...continue...

Clemens Krauss - Rarities 1944/45 - Ravel: Daphinis et Chloe; Miroirs; Suk: Serenade for Strings, Op. 6; Debussy: Clarinet Rhapsody / Leopold Vlach, clarinet

1 CD / Archipel / 2013-05-03

Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic

Wilhelm Furtwängler: Vienna Concerts 1944-1954 / Badura-Skoda, Seefried, Patzak, Fischer-Dieskau [18 CDs]

18 CD / Orfeo / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Furtwangler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic

After Berlin, Vienna was the music center to which Wilhelm Furtwängler had the closest artistic connections. Under his direction the Vienna Philharmonic made a whole...continue...

Overtures by Gluck, Beethoven, Cherubini, Weber, Schumann, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Wagner / Wilhelm Furtwangler

2 CD / Widescreen / 2013-04-12

Conductors: Furtwangler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic; Stockholm Philharmonic; Vienna Philharmonic

Wagner: Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg; Die Walkure; Gotterdamerung ; Parsifal / Hans Knappertsbusch (rec. 1953-1963)

2 CD / Widescreen / 2013-03-05

Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; NDR Symphony Orchestr; Vienna Philharmonic

Vienna Philharmonic Symphony Edition - Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Sibelius, Shostakovich [50 CDs]

50 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-02-26

Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Bernstein, Leonard; Bohm, Karl; Gardiner, John Eliott; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Kleiber, Carlos; Levine, James; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic


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Symphony no 1 in E flat major, K 16 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Conductor: James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orche

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Bruckner: Symphonies 3, 4, 7 & 8 / Harnoncourt

4 CD / Teldec / 2013-02-26

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107; Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic

"Why should Bruckner always sound heavy, sedentary, as though slowly digesting a gigantic meal? Harnoncourt gives us the light-footedness, while allowing the music to unfold...continue...

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Nuits d'été (II-VI) / Eleonor Steber, mezzo-soprano

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2013-02-12

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle
Performers: Steber, Eleanor
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Vienna Philharmonic

Praga's superb series of SACD remasterings of classic recordings continues with this all-Berlioz program. The gem here is the great American soprano Eleanor Steber's striking...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Lalo: Symphonic Espganole / Bronislaw Huberman, violin

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2013-02-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, for violin & orchestra in D minor, Op. 21
Performers: Frenkel, Paul; Huberman, Bronislaw
Conductors: Steinberg, William; Szell, George
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic

Born in Poland in 1882, Bronislaw Humberman's recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra are the most famous and valuable for violin recording history. He was...continue...

Rossini: Semiramide, overture; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia concertante K.364 / Sviatoslav Richter, piano. Muti, Vienna PO

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540
Performers: Hetzel, Gerhart; Richter, Sviatoslav; Streng, Rudolf
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic

Over and above all its virtuoso challenges, Richter and Muti give an account of Schumann's Piano Concerto triumphant in its formal cohesion and sculpt it...continue...
Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus (07/27/1974); Kleines Festspielhaus (07/27/1974); Groáes Festspielhaus (08/17/1972); Kleines Festspielhaus (08/17/1972)....continue...

New Year's Concert 2013 / Welser-Most, Vienna PO

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-01-22

Works: Josef Strauss: Die Soubrette, polka schnell, Op. 109; Theater-Quadrille, Op. 213; Sphären-Klänge, Op. 235; Die Spinnerin, polka française, for orchestra, Op. 192; Hesperus-Bahnen, walz...
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic

Since 1939, the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert has become a tradition and the world's most famous classical music event. The list of names of...continue...
Recording information: Goldener Saal des Wiener Musikvereins (01/01/2013)....continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 "Choral" / Hilde Guden, Rosette Anday, Julius Patzak, Alfred Poell. Wilhelm Furtwängler

1 Super Audio CD / Tahra / 2013-01-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic

A live recording from 1951, this release hails from the latter portion of the artistic collaboration between the Vienna Philharmonic and Wilhelm Furtwängler, who was...continue...
Recording information: Musikvereinssaal de Vienne (02/03/1952)....continue...