The Karajan Collection

Herbert von Karajan is recognised as one of the greatest conductors of the last century and during his career he produced a vast discography of what are still considered some of the greatest recordings ever made.

To celebrate his work and legacy, EMI Classics is re-releasing twenty-five of his best recordings made over the course of his relationship with EMI, entitled The Karajan Collection.

The Karajan Collection focuses on the conductor's work with the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic and Philharmonia London orchestras and the recordings that he made with them throughout his long career.

Of the twenty-five titles in this new collection only the recordings of the Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos.3 & 5 and of Schubert's Symphonies Nos.8 & 9 have been available in recent years. The remaining twenty-three recordings are being re-issued specially for the collection for the first time in many years. The collection also includes the famous Philharmonia Promenade Concert recording which was first issued on LP back in March 1956 on Colombia Records. It is now being released in its original form for the very first time on CD.

Each title has been remastered to the highest standard by the skilled engineers at Abbey Road using the Abbey Road Technology (ART).

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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta ICPN: 7243 4 76897 2 7 Details & Audio Sample	Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 5 ICPN: 7243 4 76885 2 2 Details & Audio Sample	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 / Triple Concerto ICPN: 7243 4 76886 2 1 Details & Audio Sample	Beethoven: Symphony No.9 ICPN: 7243 4 76878 2 2 Details & Audio Sample


Brahms: Symphony No.2 / Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music / Strauss: Metamorphosen ICPN: 7243 4 76877 2 3 Details & Audio Sample	Brahms: Symphony No.4 / Schumann Symphony No.4 ICPN: 7243 4 76881 2 6 Details & Audio Sample	Britten: Bridge Variations / Handel: Water Music / Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia ICPN: 7243 4 76880 2 7 Details & Audio Sample	Bruckner: Symphony No.4 ICPN: 7243 4 76887 2 0 Details & Audio Sample


Bruckner: Symphony No.7 ICPN: 7243 4 76888 2 9 Details & Audio Sample	Bruckner: Symphony No.8 / Overtures by Mendelssohn, Nicolai, Wagner & Weber ICPN: 7243 4 76901 2 9 Details & Audio Sample	Dvorak: Symphonies 8 & 9 New World ICPN: 7243 4 76898 2 6 Details & Audio Sample	Haydn: Symphonies 83 Hen, 101 Clock & 104 London ICPN: 7243 4 76889 2 8 Details & Audio Sample


Johann Strauss / Josef Strauss: Waltzes & Polkas ICPN: 7243 4 76879 2 1 Details & Audio Sample	Philharmonia Promenade Concert (J. Strauss / Chabrier / Suppé / Offenbach) ICPN: 7243 4 76900 2 0 Details & Audio Sample	Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 24 ICPN: 7243 4 76884 2 3 Details & Audio Sample	Mozart: Symphonies 29, 35 Haffner & 36 Linz ICPN: 7243 4 76890 2 4 Details & Audio Sample


Mozart: Symphonies 33 & 39 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ICPN: 7243 4 76876 2 4 Details & Audio Sample	Mozart: Symphonies 38 Prague & 39 / Bassoon Concerto ICPN: 7243 4 76891 2 3 Details & Audio Sample	Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41 Jupiter / Oboe Concerto ICPN: 7243 4 76892 2 2 Details & Audio Sample	Schubert: Symphonies 8 & 9 ICPN: 7243 4 76895 2 9 Details & Audio Sample


Sibelius: Symphonies 2 & 5 ICPN: 7243 4 76882 2 5 Details & Audio Sample	Sibelius: Symphonies 4 & 7 / Finlandia ICPN: 7243 4 76883 2 4 Details & Audio Sample	Strauss: Don Quixote / Ein Heldenben / Symphonia domestica ICPN: 7243 4 76903 2 7 Details & Audio Sample	Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty / Swan Lake / Ballet Suites ICPN: 7243 4 76899 2 5 Details & Audio Sample


Wagner: Orchestral music from Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tannhäuser & Tristan und Isolde: ICPN: 7243 4 76896 2 8 Details & Audio Sample