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)