Centenary Edition - 100 Years of Great Recordings (1913-2013) [50 CD Box Set][Limited Edition]

An inspiring, authoritative, chronological overview of one of the defining label-orchestra relationships, documenting 100 years of recording between two giants in music, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Deutsche Grammophon, from 1913 to 2013.

Exceptional, reference readings of the great symphonic, concerto, choral, 20th century and operatic repertoire, starting with Arthur Nikisch in 1913 to Gustavo Dudamel in 2013, with Abbado, Karajan, Bernstein, Boulez, Fricsay and more in between.

Symphonic repertoire from Mozart to Shostakovich; plenty of Beethoven and Mahler, all the great central works

10 Concerto recordings: Beethovens Fourth and Emperor, Grieg Piano Concerto, Mutters Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Bruch, Dvorak Cello Concerto from both Fournier and Rostropovich

Major choral works: Giulinis Verdi Requiem, Bohms Missa solemnis, Abbados Mozart Requiem from Salzburg

20th-century masterpieces: including Shostakovich 10, The Rite of Spring, Ravel, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Furtwanglers Second Symphony, Hindemith conducting Hindemith, Stockhausens Gruppen

Opera highlights from The Magic Flute, Carmen, Gotterdammerung, Parsifal (all Karajan) plus historical Wagner from Knappertsbusch and Richard Strauss conducting The Dance of the Seven Veils

CD 1 | 1913 BEETHOVEN 5 Nikisch | Parsifal (exc.) Hertz
CD 2 | 1928 BEETHOVEN 5 Furtwangler | Various R. Strauss
CD 3 | 1928 BRUCKNER 7 Horenstein
CD 4 | 1939 TCHAIKOVSKY 6 Karajan
CD 5 | 1942 1947 BEETHOVEN 5 MOZART 39 Furtwangler
CD 6 | 1951 SCHUBERT 9 HAYDN 88 Furtwangler
CD 7 | 1951 FURTWANGLER 2 Furtwangler
CD 8 | 1951 TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Cherkassky
CD 9 | 1952 BRAHMS 1 SCHUMANN 4 Furtw¤ngler
CD 10 | 1953 SMETANA: The Moldau DVORK New World Symphony Fricsay
CD 11 | 1953 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique MUSSORGFSKY Pictures at an Exhibition Markevitch
CD 12 | 1955 BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis B¶hm
CD 13 | 1955 HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Hindemith
CD 14 | 1958 BEETHOVEN 9 Fricsay
CD 15 | 1959 R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben Karajan
CD 16 | 1960 MOZART 35,40, 41 B¶hm
CD 17 | 1961 DVORK Cello Concerto GRIEG Piano Concerto
CD 18 | 1961 BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 4 & 5 Kempff
CD 19 | 1962 BEETHOVEN MOZART Violin Concertos Schneiderhan
CD 20 | 1963 BEETHOVEN 9 Karajan
CD 21 | 1964 MOZART Die Zauberfl¶te (exc.) B¶hm
CD 22 | 1967 PROKOFIEV / RAVEL Piano Concertos Argerich Abbado
CD 23 | 1968 DVORK Cello Concerto Rostropovich
CD 24 | 1969 WAGNER G¶tterd¤mmerung (exc.) Karajan
CD 25 | 1970 BRAHMS 2 Abbado
CD 26 | 1971 GRIEG Peer Gynt Karajan
CD 27 | 1972 VIVALDI The Four Seasons Schwalb© Karajan
CD 28 | 1972DVORK 8 & 9 Kubelik
CD 29 | 1973 MAHLER 5 Karajan
CD 30 | 1974 SCHOENBERG WEBERN Karajan
CD 31 | 1972 STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps Symphony of Psalms Karajan
CD 32 | 1979 MAHLER 9 Bernstein
CD 33 | 1979 WAGNER Parsifal (exc.) Karajan
CD 34 | 1981 MENDELSSOHN BRUCH Concertos Mutter
CD 35 | 1981 R. STRAUSS Eine Alpensymphonie Karajan
CD 36 | 1981 MOZART Mass in C minor Karajan
CD 37 & 38 | 1981 1982 MAHLER 9 SHOSTAKOVICH 10 Karajan
CD 39 | 1982 BIZET Carmen (exc.) Karajan
CD 40 & 41 | 1989 VERDI Requiem Giulini
CD 42 | 1993 BEETHOVEN Emperor Concerto Pollini
CD 43 | 1994 STOCKHAUSEN Gruppen KURTG Abbado
CD 44 | 1994 RAVEL Boulez
CD 45 | 1999 BEETHOVEN 7 & 8 Abbado
CD 46 | 1999 MOZART Requiem Abbado
CD 47 | 2003 BRAHMS Piano Concerto 1 Zimerman
CD 48 | 2004 MAHLER 6 Abbado
CD 49 | 2005 MAHLER 4 Abbado
CD 50 | 2012 / 2013 DVORK Kozena / Rattle | STRAUSS: Also sprach BARBER Adagio Dudamel