Karajan: The Opera Recordings

Karajan: The Opera Recordings

KARAJAN THE OPERA RECORDINGS on Deutsche Grammophon & Decca, with 5 Salzburg Festival opera recordings, and an Appendix of Haydns The Creation.<br><br>70 CDs<br>25 operas (12 DGG; 8 DECCA; 5 Salzburg)<br>3 Mozart, 5 Puccini, 6 Verdi, 5 Wagner, 2 Rosenkavaliers.<br><br>With this original jackets box set Deutsche Grammophon concludes its series of 4 grand sets that present the totality of Herbert von Karajans output for the Yellow Label and hence perhaps the most magnificent legacy in the history of recorded music.<br><br>On 70 CDs KARAJAN THE OPERA RECORDINGS features the 14 operas Karajan recorded for DGG from Carmen to Parsifal, from The Merry Widow to Rosenkavalier, from Mozart to Puccini. And, of course, the complete Ring.<br><br>Incorporated are Karajans 8 opera recordings for DECCA (+ Verdis Falstaff that was originally released on Philips), as well as 5 live recordings from the Salzburg Festival, including, as bonus, Haydns The Creation.<br><br>PRODUCT OVERVIEW<br>ORIGINAL ARTWORK: Sleeve covers (front and back) are all reproduced from the original LP releases, or, in the few cases where there wasnt an LP, from the original CDs. <br><br>THE BOOK: 220+ pages. Profound and extensive new linernotes by the acclaimed opera critic Jrgen Kesting, detailing all aspects of Herbert von Karajans career as an opera conductor. In addition, the book will contain a Karajan timeline, a tracklist with full recording details and many rare photos of the maestro in rehearsal, in performance and in the recording studio.<br><br>PACKAGING: 70 CDs once again arranged in four snug compartments<br><br>BONUS: This time again, we reprint 5 facsimile recording protocols from some of the most famous recordings.<br><br>CD 1 3<br>BIZET: Carmen<br>CD 4 5<br>GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice (Salzburg)<br>CD 6 7<br>LEHR: Die lustige Witwe<br>CD 8 9<br>LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci<br>MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana <br>CD 10 12<br>MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Decca)<br>CD 13 15<br>MOZART: Don Giovanni<br>CD 16 17<br>MOZART: Die Zauberfl¶te<br>CD 18 20<br>MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov (Decca)<br>CD 21 22<br>PUCCINI: La Boh¨me (Decca)<br>CD 23 24<br>PUCCINI: Tosca (Decca)<br>CD 25 26<br>PUCCINI: Tosca<br>CD 27 28<br>PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly (Decca)<br>CD 29 30<br>PUCCINI: Turandot <br>CD 31 32<br>Johann STRAUSS: Die Fledermaus (Decca)<br>CD 33 35<br>Richard STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier 1960 (Salzburg)<br>CD 36 38<br>R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier<br>CD 39 40<br>VERDI: Il trovatore (Salzburg)<br>CD 41 42<br>VERDI: Un ballo in maschera<br>CD 43 44<br>VERDI: Don Carlo (Salzburg)<br>CD 45 46<br>VERDI: Aida (Decca)<br>CD 47 48<br>VERDI: Otello (Decca)<br>CD 49 50<br>VERDI: Falstaff (Philips)<br>CD 51 64<br>WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen<br>CD 65 68<br>WAGNER: Parsifal<br>CD 69 70<br>HAYDN: Die Sch¶pfung (Salzburg)