Deutsche Grammophon celebrates the Wiener Philharmoniker’s 175th anniversary with a special Numbered, Limited Edition of 1842 copies 6LP set.
The collection includes the first release of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 2 with Riccardo Muti, Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 and Cello Concerto conducted by Leonard Bernstein, as well as three other legendary recordings: Carlos Kleiber’s Beethoven’s 7th Symphony; Claudio Abbado’s Brahms’ Hungarian Dances; Herbert von Karajan conducting Wagner Orchestral Works and Liebestod.
LP 1 & 2:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ed. Leopold Nowak
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Live from the Salzburg Festival 2016
Digital Recording – Lacquers cut at Emil Berliner Studios
LP 3:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
Analogue Recording
LP 4:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-21
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Digital Recording
LP 5:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major «Rhenish», op.97
Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129
Mischa Maisky, cello
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Live from the Vienna Musikverein
1984 (op. 97) & 1985 (op. 129)
Digital Recording
LP 6:
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Tannhauser: Overture
Siegried-Idyll, Tristan und Isolde: Prelude, Isoldes Liebestod
Jessye Norman, soprano
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Digital Recording – Lacquers cut at Emil Berliner Studios