BPHR250571(20SACDs)

The Berliner Philharmoniker and Herbert von Karajan: 1970–1979 live in Berlin

This edition presents the second part of our series of largely unreleased live recordings, which chronologically trace the Berliner Philharmoniker’s years with Herbert von Karajan. Following the formative phase of the 1960s, the recordings from the 1970s cover the heyday, when the chief conductor and orchestra had fully found their feet and perfected the sound that was so characteristic of their partnership. The edition not only complements the existing joint discography, but also provides a counterpoint: while the widely known recordings were mostly made in the studio, these recordings capture the unique magic of a live concert.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (Thomas Brandis, Hansjörg Schellenberger, Burkhard Rohde, Heinrich Kärcher, Gerd Seifert, Dieter Fischer, Philipp Moll)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (Michel Schwalbé, Léon Spierer, Wolfram Christ, Ottomar Borwitzky, Eberhard Finke, Friedrich Witt, Rainer Zepperitz, Herbert von Karajan)

Béla Bartók

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Alban Berg

Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite for string orchestra

Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6

Hector Berlioz

Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 (Thomas Brandis, Ottomar Borwitzky)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 4 in E flat major “Romantic” (2nd version from 1878/80)

Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

Claude Debussy

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

Antonín Dvořák

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”

Gustav Mahler

Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) (Agnes Baltsa, Hermann Winkler)

Felix Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 in A major, K. 488 (Jean-Bernard Pommier)

Sinfonia concertante for four winds in E flat major, K. 297b (Karl Steins, Karl Leister, Gerd Seifert, Manfred Braun)

Modest Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. by M. Ravel)

Krzysztof Penderecki

Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra (Leon Spierer)

Maurice Ravel

Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Arnold Schoenberg

Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5

Franz Schubert

Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D 759 “Unfinished”

Robert Schumann

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

Jean Sibelius

Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63

Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 47 (Christian Ferras)

Finlandia, Op. 26

Richard Strauss

Metamorphoses, Study for 23 solo strings

Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), Op. 30

Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Op. 40

Igor Stravinsky

Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Werner Thärichen

Batrachomyomachia, Op. 55 (Werner Thärichen, Oswald Vogler, Walton Grönroos, Kammerchor Ernst Senff, Ernst Senff)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (Mark Zeltser)

Antonio Vivaldi

Sinfonia for Strings in B minor, RV 169 “Al Santo Sepolcro”

Anton Webern

Five Movements for String Orchestra, Op. 5

Gerhard Wimberger

Plays for 12 solo cellos, wind and percussion (The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker)