Hans Knappertsbusch - Great Live Performances 1940-1964 - Box Set 50CDs

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Hans Knappertsbusch (12 March 1888 - 25 October 1965), the great conductor affectionately known as the "monster conductor". This long-awaited permanent collection of his historic achievements, his famous live concerts (and broadcast recordings) are collected on 50 CDs, mainly by the French Tara label, which is well-known for reproducing historical sound sources. This is a Japan-exclusive project.

Almost all of Knappertsbusch's major live (and broadcast) recordings, from the broadcast recordings in Vienna (1940) where he escaped from Nazi Germany to his final concerts in Vienna and Munich (1964), are included, even though he was famous for his "aversion to recording".

The 50 CDs are 26 masterpieces from France Tahra, of which CD-1/3/11/33 are being released on CD for the first time in Japan. Four from Nippon Epitagraph, of which CD-47 is the first time it has been released on the label. One from Japan Grand Slam, the renowned 1959 performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 5 with the Munich Philharmonic. 19 from Seven Seas label (master recordings provided by the Munich Knappertsbusch Society, Caviar Records in Canada, and Affetto in Italy), of which 9 (CD-21/25/26/34/35/41/42/43/44) have been digitally remastered for the first time in 30 to 35 years at King Sekiguchidai Studio for this project! These precious recordings have been brought back to life from analog master tapes using the latest technology! Includes commentary on the major performances by Uno Noriyoshi, a renowned critic who was one of the first to spread the greatness of Knappertsbusch throughout Japan. Approximately 30,000 characters.

Tracklist and performance commentary with discography by Hirabayashi Naoya, a brief biography of Knappertsbusch, and a visit to Knappertsbusch's grave (photos included). Approximately 40,000 characters in total.

Translated lyrics for opera and vocal music (Highlights from Parsifal on CD-19, Song in Memory of a Dead Child on CD-22, Prelude and Death of Love and Brünnhilde's Self-Sacrifice on CD-45) are available on the King International website (website). Please enter the password provided in the commentary.

CD 1: Liszt: "Prelude" (1941 BPO) / Wagner: Journey to the Rhine of Siegfried (1940 VPO) / Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (1929 Berlin State Opera O) and others

CD 2: Mozart: "Jupiter" (1940 VPO) / Wagner: Overture to "Tannhäuser" (1940 VPO) and others

CD 3: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (1942 BPO) / Wagner: Prelude to "Parsifal" (1942 Berlin German Opera O)

CD 4: Brahms: Symphonies No. 2 & 3 (1944 BPO)

CD 5: Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1940 VPO) / Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 / Orchestral Suite No. 3 (1944 VPO)

CD 6: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (1944 BPO)

CD 7: Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (January 28, 1950 BPO)

CD 8: Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (January 30, 1950 BPO)

CD 9: Beethoven: "Coriolan" / Symphony No. 8 (1950, 1952 BPO) / Schubert: "Unfinished" (1950 BPO)

CD 10: Weber (arr. Berlioz): Invitation to the Dance (1942 BPO) / Komzark II: Waltz "Baden Girl" (1941 BPO) / Haydn: Symphony "Surprise" (1950 BPO) and others

CD 11: Nicolai: Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (1950 BPO) / Tchaikovsky: Suite from "The Nutcracker" (1950 BPO) and others

CD 12: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (1950 BPO) / Pfitzner: Scherzo for Orchestra (1957 MPO)

CD 13: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (1951 BPO)

CD 14: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" (1951 Bremen Philharmonic)

CD 15: Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 / Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (1952 Bremen Philharmonic)

CD 16: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll / Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (1953 Cologne Broadcasting SO)

CD 17: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" (1953 MPO)

CD 18: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (1962 Cologne Broadcasting SO) under (P) / Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (1954 VPO)

CD 19: Wagner: Highlights from "Parsifal" (1954 Bayreuth Festival O)

CD 20: Southern Roses – Pops Concert (1955 Bavarian State O)

CD 21: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (1955 VPO) / Symphony No. 2 (1956 MPO)

CD 22: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 "Destiny" / Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer (1956 BPO)

CD 23: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (1954 VPO) Backhaus (P) / Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (1956 SKD)

CD 24: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (1956 SKD) / R. Strauss: "Death and Transfiguration" (1959 SKD)

CD 25: Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (1958 Bavarian State Orchestra)

CD 26: Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" (1958 Bavarian State Orchestra) / Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 (1959 Bavarian State Orchestra)

CD 27: Haydn: Symphony No. 88 "V" / R. Strauss: "Death and Transfiguration" (1958 VPO)

CD 28: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (1958 VPO) / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (1949 VPO)

CD 29: Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello (1959 MPO) / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (1962 MPO) and others

CD 30: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (1959 MPO)

CD 31: Haydn: Symphony No. 88 "V" / Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (1959 SKD)

CD 32: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" Skoda (P) / Symphony No. 8 (1960 NDRSO)

CD 33: Beethoven: "Coriolan" (1960 NDRSO) / Piano Concerto No. 3 (1962 NDRSO) Fordes (P) / Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" (1950 BPO)

CD 34/35: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (1961 VPO) / Beethoven: "Coriolan" (1954 VPO)

CD 36: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 (1962 VPO) Skoda (P) / Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (1962 MPO)

CD 37: Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 (1953 VPO) / Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (1962 MPO)

CD 38: Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (1962 NDRSO)

CD 39: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" (1962 VPO) / Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (1959 Staatskapelle Berlin)

CD 40: Haydn: Symphony No. 88 "V" / Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 "Fate" (1962 Hessian Broadcasting SO)

CD 41: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (1962 Cologne Radio SO) / Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn (1962 Stuttgart Radio SO)

CD 42: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (1962 VPO) Backhaus (P) / Franz Schmidt: Variations on a Hungarian Cavalry Song (1957 VPO) and others

CD 43/44: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (1963 MPO)

CD 45: Wagner Concert (1963 NDRSO)

CD 46: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (1963 Cologne Radio SO)

CD 47: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 / Tragic Overture (1963 Stuttgart Radio SO) and others

CD 48: Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (1964 MPO "Last Concert in Munich")

CD 49: R. Strauss: "Don Quixote" (1958 MPO) / R. Strauss: "Death and Transfiguration" (1964 MPO)

CD 50: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (1964 VPO "Last Concert in Vienna")