 | Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.26 1984, with Mutter. Superb recording. First class playing.
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 | Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Buy new: $44.99 / Used from: $23.98 Romantic reading.
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 | Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 "Jupiter"; Oboe Concerto
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.61 1970. Powerful. Not-to-be-missed romantic account ! Absolutly better than his later DG accounts(1977). Only comparable with Klemperer, B.Walter, Böhm, Giulini, Wand and Marriner.
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 | Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.72 1953,Philharmonia,with legendary Dennis Brain. Not only one of Karajan's a few great concerto recordings(Karajan is not known as a good concerto conductor)but also one of the greatest concerto recordings ever made. Brain's playing is only comparable with great Tuckwell(on EMI,with Marriner&ASMF,stereo and on Decca, with English Chamber Orchestra,digital)
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 | Mozart: Great Mass in C minor; Adagio and Fugue for Strings
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.00 1981. One of the best two.(Other one: Fricsay)
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 | Mozart:Requiem In D Minor
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.06 1976-BP. Better recorded version of his legendary 1962-BP account and better than his 1986-WP. Powerful. Ofcourse there are many different and also powerful alternatives: B.Walter, Böhm, Giulini, Davis, Marriner. (See my list; Requiem KV 626)
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 | Opera for Pleasure: Beethoven's Fidelio (Highlights)
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.77 1970. Second and better recorded of the best two.(First: Klemperer)
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 | Beethoven: 9 Symphonies / Karajan (1963) by Janowitz
Buy new: $73.99 / Used from: $63.68 1962. Dramatic and fast. Karajan's best Beethoven symphony cycle.(Others: 1956-Philharmonia-mono,on EMI; 1977-BP and 1982-BP-Digital,on DG)
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 | Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto / Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Richter by David Oistrakh
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.52 First of the best two.(Other one: Fricsay, with Schneiderhan-Fournier-Anda, RSO Berlin, on DG-Legendary Recordings)
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 | Schubert: Symphonies 8 & 9
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.69 1976-78. Intense. Only comparable with Böhm, Giulini, Muti and Celibidache's(RTSI-historic) recordings. Better than Klemperer, Mravinsky, C.Kleiber, Abbado, Sinopoli, Harnoncourt...
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 | Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.98 1971. Hebrides(Fingal's Cave)Overture and Symphonies Nos.3&4. THE BEST in CATALOG.
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 | Liszt: Orchestral Works / Karajan by Franz Liszt
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $6.48 1961-1972. with Cherkassky(H.Fantasy) Majestic performances.
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 | Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Kollo · Donath · Adam · G. Evans · Schreier · Hesse· Riderbusch · Karajan by Richard Wagner
Buy new: $46.98 / Used from: $29.74 1970. One or first of the best three.(Others are: Jochum and Solti)
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 | Der Ring des Nibelungen / Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Buy new: $181.98 / Used from: $111.27 1966-69 (14 CD). One of the best three Ring cycles in stereo.(Others are: Solti and Böhm). Also available 'Highlights' version on 2 CD (DG).
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 | Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Buy used from: $6.94 1970. Truly magnificient. His other magnificient Bruckner recordings out of this list: No.2(1981,Digital), No.8(1975) with BP, on DG (part of the DG-Box Set), and No.7(1971)with BP,on EMI.
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 | Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.70 1989(His last recording). Monumental. Glorious. Superb recording.
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 | Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.8 - Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Buy new: $33.98 / Used from: $8.97 1988. One of the best, forever. Others are: Knappertsbusch(1963-MP), Giulini(1983-PO,1984-WP), Wand(1979-Köln), Jochum(1976-SD), Böhm(1976-WP) and Celibidache(1993-MP)
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 | Bruckner: Symphony No. 8; Overtures by Mendelssohn, Nicolai, Wagner & Weber
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $13.36 1957. Karajan is one of the greatest Brucknerian of all times. Especially he has great authority on No.8. This is his first complete recording of the Eight and more mystical than his 1975 and 1988 recordings.
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 | Brahms: 4 Symphonies
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $10.51 1987-88(Nos.1-3), 1978(No.4) : Karajan's best Brahms. Extraordinary. A must. Only comparable with Klemperer(1-4), B.Walter(2-4), Jochum(1), Giulini(1 & 4), Keilberth(3) and C.Kleiber(4).
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 | Brahms: A German Requiem
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $2.98 1976. In my opinion this is better than his 1964(BP) and 1983(WP) recordings. Karajan is unsurpassed on this work. There is only one great alternative: Klemperer.
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 | Piano Concertos
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $13.92 With Anda. 1967. Karajan's sole recording from Brahms' Piano concertos. Not as essential as Richter-Leinsdorf, Arrau-Giulini, Gilels-Jochum and Backhaus-Böhm but still good and one of the best.
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 | Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Buy used from: $17.49 1986. Spectacular. Firs class.(Others are: Giulini, Reiner, Solti and Celibidache)
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 | Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $5.32 1979&1977. A classic. Karajan's Dvorak was(is) always(still) among the best in his every period and all recordings.
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 | Dvorák: Symphonie No. 9; Smetana: Moldau
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $8.21 1985. Great recording.
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 | Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky / Karajan, Rostropovich,
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.99 1968. Karajan-Rostropovich-BP : Wonderful combination. No doubt.
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 | Tschaikowsky: Symphonie No. 6 "Pathetique"
Buy used from: $3.74 1984. Perfect. This WP-Digital version of No.6 is better than his others. Virtuosic strings and well-controled brass section.
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 | Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites / Karajan
Buy used from: $2.99 1965. Definitive.
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 | Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.20 1962,with WS. Tchaikovsky P.C.No.1, with legendary Richter.
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 | Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade; Tchaikovsky / Karajan
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $2.19 1967.(Schehrezade) Like a dream! Only comparable with Beecham, Stokowski(1975-BMG/RCA), Bernstein and Muti. 1812 Overture is a storm! Italien Capriccio is very good.
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 | Mahler: Symphony No. 4 by Edith Mathis
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $8.68 1979. An underrated Fourth. String performance is very good.(In my opinion, better than Kubelik, Abbado and Chailly's. There are a few 'greater' alternatives: Klemperer, Horenstein and Reiner.)
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 | Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.98 1973. Not in 'top' class(Solti, Bernstein, Dohnanyi, Chailly) but in 'first' class(Barbirolli, Abbado, Boulez..)
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 | Gustav Mahler: Symphonie No. 9
Buy new: $33.98 / Used from: $19.98 (1982,Live,Digital)Karajan's best Mahler and among the best in catalog.
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 | Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 (The Karajan Collection) by Jean Sibelius
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.64 1960. Karajan and Philharmonia: One of the definitive accounts of No.2. His 1981-BP account is also wonderful.
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 | Jean Sibelius: Symphonies No. 4-7, Tapiola etc.
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $13.00 1965-67. Truly legendary. Deep and noble.
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 | Sibelius: Finlandia; En Saga; Valse triste; Karelia Suite; The Swan of Tuonela
1976. Most powerful version of Finlandia and superb En Saga. Beautiful Valse and The Swan.
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 | Strauss: Don Quixote; Ein Heldenleben; Symphonia Domestica
Buy used from: $28.11 (1976,with legendary Rostropovich) Don Quixote: THE BEST. Other great alternative is also from Karajan; with Fournier and BP,1965,on DG. I must say about Ein Heldenleben and S.Domestica that: The best I've heard. Karajan was one of the greatest Straussian.
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 | Ravel: Bolero; Debussy, Mussorgsky / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.99 1966-67. Karajan's best 'Pictures'. La Mer and Bolero are masterful but I also recommend his EMI recordings(late 1970's)
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 | Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Pelleas und Melisande / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Buy used from: $6.50 1970's. What a performance, what a recording! Who says that Karajan was not a "modern" conductor!!!
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 | Prokifiev: Symphony No. 5; Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
Buy new: $31.99 / Used from: $23.13 1968(Prokofiev): THE BEST in CATALOG. 1977(Stravinsky-The Rite): Heavy-weight interpretation! Good but not a first choice.(But his Symphony of Psalms,Symphony in C and Concerto in D recordings are absolutly great.Now out of print.)
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 | Schostakowitsch: Symphonie No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.98 1981. THE BEST in CATALOG.
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