Karajan Official Remastered Edition - 1948-1958
The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalog. This 8-CD box presents works for solo instruments and orchestra - including concertos by Beethoven, Brahms, Grieg, Mozart, and Schumann, played by such supreme musicians as Dinu Lipatti, Walter Gieseking, and Dennis Brain.
For many, Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) - hailed early in his career as 'Das Wunder Karajan' (The Karajan Miracle) and known in the early 1960s as 'the music director of Europe' - remains the ultimate embodiment of the maestro. The release of the Karajan Official Remastered Edition over the first half of 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the conductor's death in July 1989 at the age of 81.
He was closely associated with EMI for the majority of his recording career (specifically from 1946 to 1960 and then again from 1969 to 1984). EMI's legendary producer Walter Legge sought him out in Vienna just after World War II and the long relationship that ensued embraced recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Philharmonia (the orchestra founded by Legge), the Berlin Philharmonic (of which Karajan became 'conductor for life' in 1955), La Scala, Milan, and the Orchestre de Paris.
CD Listing:
CD 1: Schumann: Piano Conceto in A minor, Op. 54; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.467
CD 2: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58; Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73 Emperor
CD 3: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488; Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491
CD 4: Schumann: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488; Franck: Symphonic Variations in F sharp minor; Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
CD 5: Mozart: The Four Horn Concertos
CD 6: Mozart:Sinfonia concertante, K.297a; Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622
CD 7: Leimer: Piano Concerto in C minor, Piano concerto for the left hand; Massenet: Thais-Meditation
CD 8: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83
