Karajan Strauss: The Complete Analogue Recordings [Blu-ray]

11 CDs and 1 Blu-ray Audio = Deluxe hard-cover slipcase, CDs fitted into thick card pages

To mark the 25th Anniversary of Karajan’s death and the 150th anniversary of Richard Strauss in June 2014, DG has combined the great conductor and the great composer in an LP sized deluxe set that will set future standards. The set includes Karajan’s complete Strauss analogue recordings (DG/Decca) and his first Strauss digital recording (Eine Alpensinfonie). There is also a classic opera recordings – Der Rosenkavilier from 1960.

The 80-page book includes a new essay by Karajan biographer Richard Osborne plus original liner notes, and the opera libretto in German and English.

The Blu-ray Audio contains 24 bit playback of the music contained on trhe first six discs.

Треклист:
Strauss, R: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Michel Schwalbé (violin)
Rec. 1959

Strauss, R: Don Quixote, Op. 35
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Pierre Fournier (cello) & Giusto Cappone (viola)
Rec. 1965

Strauss, R: Oboe Concerto in D
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Lothar Koch (oboe)
Rec. 1969

Strauss, R: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, AV132
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Norbert Hauptman (horn)
Rec. 1973

Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1972-1973

Strauss, R: Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1972-1973

Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1972-1973

Strauss, R: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1972-1973

Strauss, R: Vier letzte Lieder
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
Rec. 1973

Strauss, R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Michel Schwalbé (violin)
Rec. 1973

Strauss, R: Metamorphosen
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1969

Strauss, R: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1980

Strauss, R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1959

Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Rec 1960

Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1943

Strauss, R: Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1943

Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Lisa della Casa (Die Marschallin), Sena Jurinac (Octavian), Hilde Gueden (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Erich Kunz (Faninal), Renato Ercolani (Valzacchi), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (Annina), Giuseppe Zampieri (Italian Singer), Judith Hellwig (Marianne)
Rec. 1960

Strauss, R: Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1960

Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Rec. 1960