50 YEARS

Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

Operas

CD 1 – 3 1960

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Della Casa / Jurinac / Güden / Edelmann / Kunz

Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 4 – 5 1961

Mozart: Idomeneo

Kmentt / Grümmer / Lorengar / Haefliger

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper / Wiener Philharmoniker / Ferenc Fricsay

CD 6 – 7 1992

Janacek: Aus einem Totenhaus

Ghiaurov / Szmytka / Pedersen / Langridge / Zednik / McCauley

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado

NEW TO CD

CD 8 – 9 2005

Verdi: La Traviata

Netrebko / Villazon / Hampson

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlo Rizzi

CD 10 – 11 2007

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Mattei / Samuil / Gubanova / Kaiser / Furlanetto

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker / Daniel Barenboim

NEW TO CD

CONCERTS

CD 12 1966

Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550, Symphony no. 41 in C major K. 551 “Jupiter”

FIRST RELEASE

CD 13 1967

Schubert: Symphony no. 3, R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

Wiener Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta

FIRST RELEASE

CD 14 - 15 1975

Mahler: Symphony no. 8

Price / Blegen / Zeumer / Schmidt / Baltsa / Riegel / Prey / van Dam

Wiener Sängerknaben / Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein

CD 16 1982

Haydn: The Seven Last Words on the Cross

Wiener Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti

FIRST RELEASE

CD 17 1987

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Tannhäuser Overture, Tristan: Prelude, Liebestod

Jessye Norman/ Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 18 1988

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Anne-Sophie Mutter / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 19 – 20 1991

Beethoven: Missa solemnis

Cheryl Studer / Jesseye Norman / Placido Domingo / Kurt Moll

Leipziger Rundfunkchor / Schwedischer Rundfunkchor / Eric-Ericson-Kammerchor/ Wiener Philharmoniker / James Levine

CD 21 1992

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Liszt: Les Préludes

Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Georg Solti

CD 22 1994

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”; The Tempest

Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado

FIRST RELEASE

CD 23 1997

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps/ Bartók: 4 Orchestral Pieces, op. 12/ Boulez: Notations

Gustav Mahler Jungendorchester / Pierre Boulez

FIRST RELEASE

RECITALS

CD 24 2007

Alfred Brendel: Haydn, Schubert Beethoven

FIRST RELEASE

CD 25 2009

Live from Salzburg: Brahms, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Schubert

Martha Argerich / Nelson Freire

The Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg has been the scene of countless memorable musical events – operas, concerts and recitals – for 50 years. Here is a unique chance to celebrate the glories of this distinguished era.

In an exceptional collaboration with the Salzburg Festival, we have prepared a 25-CD box set – 5 complete operas, 10 concerts and 2 recitals – featuring many of the world’s greatest artists, in recordings with classical status and others that are appearing on CD for the first time.

Concerts (five out of ten are first-time releases): with Abbado, Bernstein, Böhm, Boulez, Karajan, Levine, Mehta, Muti, Solti. Soloists include Anne-Sophie Mutter and Jessye Norman. The Wiener Philharmoniker feature prominently; individual concerts with Berliner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.

Recitals: two exceptional concerts with Alfred Brendel (first release) and the Martha Argerich/Nelson Freire duo-concert from 2009.

The set includes new liner notes in English, German and French, and photos of the opera productions and artists – 72-page booklet.

Deutsche Grammophon 25cds 4779111