Wiener Philharmoniker - 175th Anniversary Edition - Box Set 44CDs

Label : DG
Format : Flac (image + cue)
Cover : Yes

175 years ago, on March 28th 1842, Otto Nicolai raised the baton for the first ever concert of a new ensemble destined to become one of the world’s great orchestras. With its unmistakeable sound, the Wiener Philharmoniker has always been a defined by its unswerving commitment to the great German tradition of orchestral playing.

44-CD + Bonus-DVD Deluxe Limited Edition developed and edited in close collaboration with the orchestra.

Presented in a luxury box with matt lamination, UV spot varnish and hot-foil printed gold, the box includes cover art from the original releases.

The set includes rare photographs from the archives of the Wiener Philharmoniker as well as two new sets of liner notes by Dr. Silvia Kargl, Head of the Historic Archive of the Vienna Philharmonic, and Richard Evidon.

Major works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Mozart and Richard Strauss are conducted by the most distinguished orchestral leaders including Abbado, Bernstein, Böhm, Boulez, Furtwängler, Gardiner, Giulini, Harnoncourt, Karajan, Knappertsbusch, Levine, Previn, Thielemann and more, with recordings spanning from 1951 to 2004.

CD 1: Beethoven Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 / Bernstein
CD 2: Beethoven Symphony No 7 / Kubelik
CD 3: Beethoven Symphony No 9 / Furtwängler
CD 4-6: Brahms Symphonies Nos 1 – 4 / Levine
CD 7: Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem / Karajan
CD 8: Bruckner Symphony No. 4 / Furtwängler
CD 9: Bruckner Symphony No 7 / Giulini
CD 10: Bruckner Symphony No 8 / Boulez
CD 11: Bruckner Symphony No. 9 / Giulini
CD 12: Bruckner Mass No. 1, Motets / Gardiner
CD 13: Chabrier Espana, Suite Pastorale / Gardiner
CD 14: Dvorak Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7 / Chung
CD 15: Dvorak Symphony No 8 / KarajanSchumann Symphony No 4 / Karajan
CD 16: Elgar Enigma Variations / Gardiner
CD 17: Haydn Symphonies No 88 & 92 / Bernstein
CD 18: Lehár Die lustige Witwe / Gardiner
CD 19: Mozart Symphony No 38 / WalterMahler Symphony No 4 / Walter
CD 20: Mahler Symphony No 5 / Boulez
CD 21: Mozart Posthorn-Serenade,Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Levine
CD 22: Mozart Symphonies Nos 29 & 35Masonic Funeral Music / Böhm
CD 23: Mozart Symphonies Nos 38 & 39 / Böhm
CD 24: Mozart Symphonies Nos 40 & 41 / Böhm
CD 25: Mozart Requiem / Karajan
CD 26: Schmidt Variationen über ein Husarenlied, Schubert Symphony No. 9 "The Great" /Knappertsbusch
CD 27-28: Schoenberg Gurre-Lieder / Abbado
CD 29: Schumann Symphony No 2 / Sinopoli
CD 30-31: Smetana Má Vlast / Levine
CD 32: J. Strauss Waltzes / Böhm
CD 33-34: New Year's Concert 2003 / Harnoncourt
CD 35: R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben / Thielemann
CD 36: R. Strauss Sinfonia Domestica;Macbeth / Maazel
CD 37: R. Strauss Rosenkavalier Suite;Orchestral Music from Intermezzo, Salome,Capriccio / Previn
CD 38: R. Strauss An Alpine Symphony;Rosenkavalier Suite / Thielemann
CD 39: R. Strauss Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2;Oboe Concerto etc. / Previn
CD 40: Tchaikovsky Ballet Suites from Swan Lake / Levine
CD 41: Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 / Abbado
CD 42: Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 / Abbado
CD 43: Wagner Siegfried Idyll, Tannhäuser Overture /Karajan
CD 44: Nicolail, Wagner, WeberGerman Overtures / Thielemann

Tracklist : Wiener Philharmoniker - 175th Anniversary Edition