Herbert von Karajan: The Complete DECCA Recordings

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
2▶CD: Richard Strauss: Don Juan / Tod und Verklärung / Till Eulenspiegel / Salomes Tanz
3▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 / Brahms: Symphony No. 1
4▶CD: Mozart: Symphony No. 40 / Haydn: Symphony No. 104
5▶CD: Mozart: Symphony No. 31 "Jupiter" / Haydn: Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"
6▶CD: The Vienna of Johann Strauss
7▶CD: Holst: The Planets / Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2
8▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / The Nutcracker Suite
9▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite / The Sleeping Beauty Suite
10▶CD: Adam: Giselle
11▶CD: Brahms: Tragic Overture, Symphony No. 3 / Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
12▼CD: Christmas with Leontyne Price
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1Silent Night (Arr. Meyer)
choir vocals:
Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) and Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Franz Xaver Gruber3:42
2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Arr. Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (in 1961-06) and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 26)
Felix Mendelssohn2:31
3We Three Kings of Orient Are (Arr. Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (in 1961-06) and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.2:58
4Angels We Have Heard on High (Arr. Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (in 1961-06) and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown]
composer:
[traditional]
translator:
James Chadwick (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
[traditional]1:29
5O Tannenbaum (Arr. Friedrich Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (in 1961-06) and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (from 1500 until 1600)
version of:
Es lebe hoch der Zimmermannsgeselle
[traditional]1:52
6God Rest Ye Merry, GHentlemen (Arr. Meyer)
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (in 1961-06) and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
[traditional]2:27
7It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Arr. Friedrich Meyer)
choir vocals:
Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) and Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
[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 (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
Canonische Veränderungen: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 769
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 769)
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 (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
[traditional]3:04
10Ave Maria, D 839 (Arr. Carlo Sabatini (1924-))
choir vocals:
Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) and Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
Ave Maria, D. 839 (Schubert; catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Franz Schubert (in 1825)
arrangement 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)
Franz Schubert5:25
11O Holy Night
choir vocals:
Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) and Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (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-))
instruments:
Mitglieder der Wiener Philharmoniker
choir vocals:
Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) and Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
arranger:
Carlo Sabatini
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous]
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
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
choir vocals:
Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) and Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06) and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (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
part of:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:02
13▶CD: Verdi: Aida CD1
14▶CD: Verdi: Aida CD2
15▶CD: J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus CD1
16▶CD: J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus CD2
17▶CD: Verdi: Otello CD1
18▶CD: Verdi: Otello CD2
19▶CD: Puccini: Tosca CD1
20▶CD: Puccini: Tosca CD2
22▶CD: Bizet: Carmen CD1
24▶CD: Bizet: Carmen CD2
25▶CD: Bizet: Carmen CD3
26▶CD: Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov CD1
27▶CD: Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov CD2
28▶CD: Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov CD3
29▶CD: Verdi: La Bohème CD1
30▶CD: Verdi: La Bohème CD2
31▶CD: Puccini: Madame Butterfly CD1
32▶CD: Puccini: Madame Butterfly CD2
33▶CD: Mozart: Figaro CD1
34▶CD: Mozart: Figaro CD2
35▶CD: Mozart: Figaro CD3