Concerto Recordings 1969-1984

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. Karajan's extraordinary capacity for elevating his soloists on a 'magic carpet' of orchestral sound is demonstrated in this 10 CD collection of concertos; among the instrumentalists are such figures as Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Alexis Weissenberg, Maurice André and James Galway.

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.

Karajan 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: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Massenet: Méditation
CD 2: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2
CD 3: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 5 'Emperor'
CD 4: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Triple Concerto
CD 5: Mozart: Sinfonia concertante K297b; Brahms: Violin Concerto
CD 6: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Bassoon Concerto
CD 7: Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp, Flute Concerto No.1
CD 8: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3
CD 9: Franck: Variations symphoniques; Richard Strauss: Don Quixote
CD 10: Telemann, Hummel, L. Mozart, Vivaldi: Trumpet Concertos