Orchestral Spectaculars from Handel to Bartók (1949-1960)

Album by Herbert von Karajan

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 2 in D, op. 43: I. Allegretto
    9:59
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 2 in D, op. 43: II. Tempo andante, ma rubato - Andante sostenuto - Allegro - Andante sostenuto
    14:24
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 2 in D, op. 43: III. Vivacissimo - Lento e suave - Tempo primo -
    6:08
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 2 in D, op. 43: IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
    15:22
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat, op. 82: I. Tempo molto moderato - Largamente - Allegro moderato
    13:25
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat, op. 82: II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
    8:11
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat, op. 82: III. Allegro molto - Un pochettino largamente
    9:10

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Finlandia, op. 26
    9:10
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, op. 63: I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
    9:45
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, op. 63: II. Allegro molto vivace
    4:58
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, op. 63: III. Il tempo largo
    12:00
  5. 6.
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, op. 63: IV. Allegro
    9:21
  6. 7.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat, op. 82: I. Tempo molto moderato - Largamente - Allegro moderato - Presto
    13:52
  7. 8.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat, op. 82: II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
    8:59
  8. 9.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat, op. 82: III. Allegro molto - Un pochettino largamente
    9:37

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Symphony no. 6 in D minor, op. 104: I. Allegro molto moderato
    9:16
  2. 4.
    Symphony no. 6 in D minor, op. 104: II. Allegretto moderato
    5:16
  3. 5.
    Symphony no. 6 in D minor, op. 104: III. Poco vivace
    3:41
  4. 6.
    Symphony no. 6 in D minor, op. 104: IV. Allegro - Allegro assai
    9:53
  5. 7.
    Symphony no. 7 in C, op. 105: Adagio - Vivacissimo -
    9:10
  6. 8.
    Symphony no. 7 in C, op. 105: Rallentando all'Adagio -
    6:01
  7. 9.
    Symphony no. 7 in C, op. 105: Allegro molto moderato - Allegro moderato -
    4:47
  8. 10.
    Symphony no. 7 in C, op. 105: Presto - Adagio - Largamente molto - Affettuoso
    5:09
  9. 11.
    Tapiola, op. 112
    20:05

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Finlandia, op. 26
    9:05
  2. 5.
    Valse triste, op. 44 no. 1
    6:10
  3. 6.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Introduction and Theme: Lento maestoso - Allegretto poco lento -
    1:59
  4. 7.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Var. 1: Adagio: Adagio -
    2:54
  5. 8.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Var. 2: March: Presto all Marcia -
    1:20
  6. 9.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Var. 3: Romance: Allegretto grazioso -
    1:41
  7. 10.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Var. 4: Aria Italiana: Allegro brillante -
    1:19
  8. 11.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Var. 5: Bourrée classique: Allegro e pesante
    1:24
  9. 12.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Var. 6: Wiener Walzer: Lento - Vivacee -
    2:49
  10. 13.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Var. 7: Moto perpetuo: Allegro molto -
    1:03
  11. 14.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Var. 8: Funeral March: Andante ritmico
    3:55
  12. 15.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Var. 9: Chant: Lento -
    1:43
  13. 16.
    Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: Var. 10: Fugue and Finale: Allegro molto vivace - Lento e solenne
    7:13
  14. 17.
    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
    14:54
  15. 18.
    Water Music Suite: I. Allegro
    2:34
  16. 19.
    Water Music Suite: II. Air
    6:05
  17. 20.
    Water Music Suite: III. Bourrée & Hornpipe
    1:43
  18. 21.
    Water Music Suite: IV. Andante espressivo
    4:25
  19. 22.
    Water Music Suite: V. Allegro deciso
    4:04

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Háry János: Intermezzo
    5:39
  2. 6.
    Music for strings, percussion and celesta: I. Andante tranquillo
    8:00
  3. 7.
    Music for strings, percussion and celesta: II. Allegro
    6:50
  4. 8.
    Music for strings, percussion and celesta: III. Adagio
    6:38
  5. 9.
    Music for strings, percussion and celesta: IV. Allegro molto
    6:56
  6. 10.
    Music for strings, percussion and celesta: V. Adagio (rehearsal sequence)
    1:49
  7. 11.
    Concerto for Orchestra: I. Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace
    9:42
  8. 12.
    Concerto for Orchestra: II. Giuoco delle coppie: Allegretto scherzando
    6:25
  9. 13.
    Concerto for Orchestra: III. Elegia: Andante non troppo
    7:57
  10. 14.
    Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto
    4:24
  11. 15.
    Concerto for Orchestra: V. Finale: Pesante - Presto
    9:15

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    La scala di seta: Overture
    6:35
  2. 7.
    L'italiana in Algeri: Overture
    8:13
  3. 8.
    Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
    7:25
  4. 9.
    La gazza ladra: Overture
    9:50
  5. 10.
    Semiramide: Overture
    12:16
  6. 11.
    Guillaume Tell: Overture
    12:07
  7. 12.
    Guillaume Tell: Pas de trois et chœur tyrolien
    8:21

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
    3:34
  2. 8.
    L'amico Fritz: Intermezzo
    4:39
  3. 9.
    Manon Lescaut: Act III. Intermezzo
    5:21
  4. 10.
    Pagliacci: Intermezzo
    3:37
  5. 11.
    La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
    9:27
  6. 12.
    La traviata: Act III. Prelude
    4:16
  7. 13.
    Aida: Act II. Ballet Music
    4:33
  8. 14.
    Don Carlos: “Ella giammai m'amo”
    4:40
  9. 15.
    Don Carlos: “Dormirò sol”
    4:38
  10. 16.
    Faust: “Vous qui faites l'endormie”
    3:04
  11. 17.
    Symphony no. 4: I. Lento - Allegro con brio
    6:16
  12. 18.
    Symphony no. 4: II. Lento molto
    9:50
  13. 19.
    Symphony no. 4: III. Allegro scherzando
    3:00
  14. 20.
    Symphony no. 4: IV. Allegro molto
    4:08

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    La traviata: Act III. Prelude
    4:03
  2. 9.
    Aida: Act II. Ballet Music
    4:30
  3. 10.
    La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
    9:57
  4. 11.
    Pagliacci: Intermezzo
    3:39
  5. 12.
    Manon Lescaut: Act III. Intermezzo
    5:16
  6. 13.
    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
    3:23
  7. 14.
    L'amico Fritz: Intermezzo
    4:30
  8. 15.
    Pini di Roma: I. I pini di Villa Borghese
    2:50
  9. 16.
    Pini di Roma: II. Pini presso una catacomba
    6:58
  10. 17.
    Pini di Roma: III. I pini del Gianicolo
    6:50
  11. 18.
    Pini di Roma: IV. I pini di Via Appia
    6:14
  12. 19.
    Orphée aux enfers: Overture
    9:41

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    La Carnaval romain: Overture
    9:22
  2. 10.
    La damnation de Faust: Marche hongroise
    4:23
  3. 11.
    Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm
    10:15
  4. 12.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: I. Rêveries - Passions: Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai
    14:41
  5. 13.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: II. Un bal: Valse: Allegro non troppo
    6:20
  6. 14.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: III. Scène aux champs: Adagio
    16:44
  7. 15.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice: Allegretto non troppo
    4:49
  8. 16.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: V. Songe d'une nuit du sabbat: Larghetto - Allegro - Allegro assai - Allegro - Un peu retenu (Ronde du sabbat - animez un peu)
    10:47

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    Carmen Suite: Act IV. Entr'acte (Aragonaise)
    2:23
  2. 11.
    Carmen Suite: Act III. Entr'acte (Intermezzo)
    2:57
  3. 12.
    Carmen Suite: Act II. Entr'acte (Les Dragons d'Alcala)
    1:34
  4. 13.
    Carmen Suite: Act I. Prelude
    2:22
  5. 14.
    L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 1: I. Prélude
    6:57
  6. 15.
    L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 1: II. Minuetto
    3:14
  7. 16.
    L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 1: III. Adagietto
    3:01
  8. 17.
    L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 1: IV. Carillon
    4:03
  9. 18.
    L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 2: I. Pastorale
    6:23
  10. 19.
    L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 2: II. Intermezzo
    5:21
  11. 20.
    L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 2: III. Menuet
    4:09
  12. 21.
    L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 2: IV. Farandole
    3:31
  13. 22.
    España
    6:04
  14. 23.
    Marche joyeuse
    4:08
  15. 24.
    Faust - Ballet Music: No. 1 Les Nubiennes
    2:27
  16. 25.
    Faust - Ballet Music: No. 2 Adagio
    3:57
  17. 26.
    Faust - Ballet Music: No. 3 Allegretto: Danse antique
    1:36
  18. 27.
    Faust - Ballet Music: No. 4 Moderato maestoso: Variations de Cléopâtre
    1:37
  19. 28.
    Faust - Ballet Music: No. 5 Moderato con moto: Les Troyens
    3:06
  20. 29.
    Faust - Ballet Music: No. 6 Allegretto: Variations du miroir
    1:56
  21. 30.
    Faust - Ballet Music: No. 7 Allegretto vivo: Danse de Phryné
    2:27

Disc 11

  1. 11.
    La Mer: I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer
    8:52
  2. 12.
    La Mer: II. Jeux de vagues
    6:49
  3. 13.
    La Mer: III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
    8:29
  4. 14.
    Rapsodie espagnole: Prélude à la nuit -
    4:49
  5. 15.
    Rapsodie espagnole: Malagueña -
    2:02
  6. 16.
    Rapsodie espagnole: Habanera -
    2:33
  7. 17.
    Rapsodie espagnole: Feria
    6:25
  8. 18.
    Carmen: Act IV. Prélude
    2:24
  9. 19.
    España
    5:47
  10. 20.
    Marche joyeuse
    4:02
  11. 21.
    Les Patineurs - Valse
    7:04
  12. 22.
    Les contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle
    4:13
  13. 23.
    Orphée aux enfers: Overture
    9:40
  14. 24.
    Goyescas: Intermezzo
    4:13
  15. 25.
    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka
    2:31

Disc 12

  1. 12.
    Gaîté parisienne: Overture (La Vie parisienne)
    2:11
  2. 13.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 1 Allegro moderato (Mesdames de la Halle)
    0:22
  3. 14.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 2 Polka (Voyage dans la lune)
    1:43
  4. 15.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 6 Entrée du Brésilien (La Vie parisienne)
    1:07
  5. 16.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 8 Valse (Orphée aux enfers)
    2:52
  6. 17.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 9 Marche (Tromb-al-Cazar)
    0:47
  7. 18.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 10 Valse (La Vie parisienne)
    1:46
  8. 19.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 11 Entrée du Brésilien
    0:12
  9. 20.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 12 Valse (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
    1:54
  10. 21.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 13 Duel (composed by Rosenthal)
    2:04
  11. 22.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 14 Valse (La Périchole)
    2:56
  12. 23.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 15 Prélude au Can-Can (Rosenthal)
    0:24
  13. 24.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 16 Can-Can Scène 1 (Orphée aux enfers, Robinson Crusoe)
    1:59
  14. 25.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 17 Can-Can Scène 2 (Orphée)
    1:14
  15. 26.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 18 Can-Can Scène 3
    0:44
  16. 27.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 22 Can-Can (La Vie parisienne)
    1:03
  17. 28.
    Gaîté parisienne: No. 23 Barcarolle (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
    4:30
  18. 29.
    Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle
    4:11
  19. 30.
    Les Patineurs - Valse
    7:40
  20. 31.
    Goyescas: Intermezzo
    4:37
  21. 32.
    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka
    2:27
  22. 33.
    Music for the Strings, Percussion and Celesta: I. Andante tranquillo
    7:17
  23. 34.
    Music for the Strings, Percussion and Celesta: I. Allegro
    7:09
  24. 35.
    Music for the Strings, Percussion and Celesta: I. Adagio
    7:02
  25. 36.
    Music for the Strings, Percussion and Celesta: I. Allegro molto
    6:46

Disc 13

  1. 13.
    Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: I. Adagio - Allegro molto
    9:43
  2. 14.
    Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: II. Largo
    12:57
  3. 15.
    Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
    8:12
  4. 16.
    Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: IV. Allegro con fuoco
    11:04
  5. 17.
    Má Vlast: Vltava
    12:17
  6. 18.
    Water Music Suite: I. Allegro
    2:41
  7. 19.
    Water Music Suite: II. Air
    5:20
  8. 20.
    Water Music Suite: III. Bourrée
    0:44
  9. 21.
    Water Music Suite: IV. Hornpipe
    0:54
  10. 22.
    Water Music Suite: V. Andante espressivo
    3:52
  11. 23.
    Water Music Suite: VI. Allegro deciso
    3:38

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