Herbert von Karajan - Beethoven - Milestones Of Legends (10CD)

CD 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”
I. Allegro con brio
II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro molto
Berlin Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan (1962)

Leonore Overture No. 3, op. 72b
Philharmonia Orchestra · Herbert von Karajan (1953)

CD 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60
I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
II. Adagio
III. Allegro vivace
IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andante molto mosso
III. Allegro
IV. Allegro
V. Allegretto
Berlin Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan (1962)

CD 3
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Molto vivace
III. Adagio molto e cantabile
IV. Finale
Gundula Janowitz, soprano · Hilde Rössl-Majdan, alto
Waldemar Kmentt, tenor · Walter Berry, bass-baritone
Wiener Singverein · Berlin Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan (1962)

CD 4
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”
Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Philharmonia Orchestra · Herbert von Karajan
(1951 / 1953)

CD 5
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo: Allegro
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin · Festival Strings Lucerne
Herbert von Karajan (1961, live)

Egmont Overture, op. 84
Coriolan Overture, op. 62
Philharmonia Orchestra · Herbert von Karajan (1953)

CD 6
Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123
Kyrie · Gloria · Credo · Sanctus – Benedictus
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano · Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano
Nicolai Gedda, tenor · Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Wiener Singverein · Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (1958)

CD 7
Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123 (cont.)
Agnus Dei
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano · Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano
Nicolai Gedda, tenor · Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Wiener Singverein · Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (1958)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo
III. Rondo: Allegro
Glenn Gould, piano · Berlin Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan (1957)

CD 8
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto
III. Rondo: Vivace

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”
I. Allegro
II. Adagio un poco mosso
III. Rondo: Allegro
Walter Gieseking, piano · Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (1951)

CD 9
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio, op. 72 – Act I
Birgit Nilsson, soprano (Leonore)
Jon Vickers, tenor (Florestan)
Hans Hotter, baritone (Don Pizarro)
Franz Crass, bass (Don Fernando)
Gottlob Frick, bass (Rocco)
Wilma Lipp, soprano (Marzelline)
Gerhard Unger, tenor (Jaquino)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Herbert von Karajan (1960, live)

CD 10
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio, op. 72 – Act II (cont.)
same cast as CD 9

Fidelio – Recitative and Aria (“Abscheulicher! … Komm, Hoffnung!”)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra · Herbert von Karajan (1954)