Herbert von Karajan: The Complete DECCA Recordings

~ Release by Herbert von Karajan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
▶ CD 2: Richard Strauss: Don Juan / Tod und Verklärung / Till Eulenspiegel / Salomes Tanz
▶ CD 3: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 / Brahms: Symphony No. 1
▶ CD 4: Mozart: Symphony No. 40 / Haydn: Symphony No. 104
▶ CD 5: Mozart: Symphony No. 31 "Jupiter" / Haydn: Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"
▶ CD 6: The Vienna of Johann Strauss
▶ CD 7: Holst: The Planets / Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2
▶ CD 8: Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / The Nutcracker Suite
▶ CD 9: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite / The Sleeping Beauty Suite
▶ CD 10: Adam: Giselle
▶ CD 11: Brahms: Tragic Overture, Symphony No. 3 / Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
▼ CD 12: Christmas with Leontyne Price
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1Silent Night (Arr. Meyer)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Franz Xaver Gruber3:42
2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Arr. Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, composer)
Felix Mendelssohn2:31
3We Three Kings of Orient Are (Arr. Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, composer)
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.2:58
4Angels We Have Heard on High (Arr. Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, composer)
[traditional]1:29
5O Tannenbaum (Arr. Friedrich Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, composer)
[traditional]1:52
6God Rest Ye Merry, GHentlemen (Arr. Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, composer)
[traditional]2:27
7It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Arr. Friedrich Meyer)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
[traditional]1:51
8Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, BWV 769 (Arr. Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (in 1961-06) and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano) (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1961-06)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, composer)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
Johann Sebastian Bach4:04
9Sweet Little Jesus Boy (Arr. MacGimsey)
choir vocals:
Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) and Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano) (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1961-06)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
[traditional]3:04
10Ave Maria, D 839 (Arr. Carlo Sabatini (1924-))
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
recording of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
translator:
Adam Storck
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 839)
Franz Schubert5:25
11O Holy Night
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Adolphe Adam4:27
12Ave Maria, CG 89a: arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846 (Arr. Carlo Sabatini (1924-))
choir vocals:
Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) and Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano) (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1961-06)
arranger:
Carlo Sabatini
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Charles‐François Gounod / Johann Sebastian Bach2:39
13Exsultate, jubilate, K.165 (Original Version 1773): IV. Alleluia
producer:
John Culshaw
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano) (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1961-06)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) (in 1961-06)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165: IV. Alleluia (in 1961-06)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:02
▶ CD 13: Verdi: Aida CD1
▶ CD 14: Verdi: Aida CD2
▶ CD 15: J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus CD1
▶ CD 16: J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus CD2
▶ CD 17: Verdi: Otello CD1
▶ CD 18: Verdi: Otello CD2
▶ CD 19: Puccini: Tosca CD1
▶ CD 20: Puccini: Tosca CD2
▶ CD 22: Bizet: Carmen CD1
▶ CD 24: Bizet: Carmen CD2
▶ CD 25: Bizet: Carmen CD3
▶ CD 26: Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov CD1
▶ CD 27: Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov CD2
▶ CD 28: Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov CD3
▶ CD 29: Verdi: La Bohème CD1
▶ CD 30: Verdi: La Bohème CD2
▶ CD 31: Puccini: Madame Butterfly CD1
▶ CD 32: Puccini: Madame Butterfly CD2
▶ CD 33: Mozart: Figaro CD1
▶ CD 34: Mozart: Figaro CD2
▶ CD 35: Mozart: Figaro CD3

Credits

Release Group

includes:Die Fledermaus (1960 studio cast) by Johann Strauss II (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)