BERNARD HAITINK – Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouworkest: The Complete Studio Recordings [113CD + 4DVD]

Decca (UMO) / Classics / Decca

£287.64

Format: 113CD + 4DVD
Catalogue No.: 4852737
Barcode: 0028948527373
Release Date: 10 Mar 2023
Genre: Classical

In 1956, Bernard Haitink conducted the Concertgebouworkest for the first time and together they would play more than 1,500 concerts across the globe. Besides his modesty, his humanity, his musical taste, and his honesty to the music, three words come to mind when one thinks of Haitink and his orchestra: Sound, Trust and Magic. Jörgen van Rijen, Principal trombone of the Concertgebouworkest, said at a memorial concert in February this year, “Every time with him [Haitink] the orchestra sounded warmer, deeper and richer, from the first moment he started to rehearse. How he did that is difficult to tell … he always gave us musicians the feeling he trusted you, that he was there to help, not to interfere.” Together they left a vast recorded legacy which is now collected in one edition for the first time on 113 CDs + 4 DVDs with original sleeves and presented with a 170pp book (EN/FR/DE/JP) with authoritative notes by Niek Nelissen, a foreword by Patricia Haitink and tributes from many fellow musicians. This limited edition stands as a fitting and heartfelt tribute to one of the most endearing and celebrated conductor-orchestra partnerships.

Highlights include:
• Complete symphony cycles of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Schumann, Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich

• Beethoven Piano Concertos with Murray Perahia [CBS] and Claudio Arrau; Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos with Vladimir Ashkenazy; Brahms Piano Concertos with Claudio Arrau (Nos. 1 & 2) and Alfred Brendel (No. 2) and Vladimir Ashkenazy (No. 1)

• Brahms’ Double Concerto with Itzhak Perlman & Mstislav Rostropovich [EMI] and Henryk Szeryng & Janos Starker; Beethoven and Brahms Violin Concertos with Henryk Szeryng and Herman Krebbers; Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn Violin Concertos with Arthur Grumiaux and Henryk Szeryng

• A selection of live recordings from the Concertgebouw’s own label including Brahms Concertos with Frank Peter Zimmermann and Emanuel Ax

• Award-winning recordings of Debussy & Ravel’s orchestral music including La mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Images, Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune + Daphnis et Chloé & Mother Goose Suites and Boléro

• Many Edison award-winning recordings including Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra

• 24-bit remasterings of the multi award-winning Mahler and Bruckner Cycles

• The first international DVD release of the Eurovision Christmas Matinee performances of Mahler’s symphonies

• Includes multiple recordings of Mahler 1, 4 & 7; Bruckner 7, 8 & 9; and Tchaikovsky 4 & 6

• The recordings are all presented with original jackets and accompanied by a 170pp book (EN/FR/DE/JP) with authoritative notes by music historian and friend of Haitink, Niek Nelissen; a foreword by Patricia Haitink; tributes from many musicians; many photographs; a chronological recording index and full recording information.

• Two-piece rigid lift-off lid box / Dimensions: 270 x 205.5 x 140 mm

TRACKLIST:
CD 1–5 BEETHOVEN Symphonies 1–9; Egmont Overture Popp, Watkinson, Schreier Holl
CD 6 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 Price, Finnilä, Laubenthal, Rintzler
CD 7–9 BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 1–5 Arrau
CD 10–12 BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 1–5 Perahia
CD 13 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto, Romances Szeryng
CD 14 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Krebbers
CD 15 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8; Romances Grumiaux MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4; Hebrides Overture
CD 16 MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream Woodland
CD 17 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto; BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 Perlman
CD 18 HAYDN Symphonies 96 & 99; HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks Suite
CD 19 SCHUBERT Symphonies 5 & 8
CD 20 SCHUBERT Symphony No.9
CD 21 SCHUBERT Rosamunde Heynis
CD 22–25 BRAHMS Symphonies 1–4; Hungarian Dances 1–8; Serenades; St Anthony Variations (1974); Tragic & Academic Festival Overtures
CD 26 BRAHMS Violin Concerto Szeryng
CD 27 BRAHMS Violin Concerto Krebbers
CD 28 BRAHMS Double Concerto Szeryng, Starker; BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 Grumiaux
CD 29 BRAHMS Double Concerto Perlman, Rostropovich
CD 30–31 BRAHMS Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Arrau
CD 32 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 Brendel
CD 33 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1 Ashkenazy; St Anthony Variations* (1984)
CD 34–35 SCHUMANN Symphonies 1–4; Overtures to Genoveva, Manfred
CD 36–48 BRUCKNER Symphonies 0–9; Te Deum [includes two recordings of Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 & 9]
CD 49–63 MAHLER Symphonies 1–10 (Unfinished); Das Lied von der Erde; Das Klagende Lied, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Kindertotenlieder; Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn [includes two recordings of Symphonies Nos. 1, 4 & 7]
CD 64–71 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonies 1–6, Manfred; Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasia; Slavonic March; Francesca da Rimini; The Storm [includes two recordings of Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6]
CD 72 TCHAIKOVSKY & MENDELSSOHN Violin Concertos Grumiaux
CD 73 TCHAIKOVSKY & MENDELSSOHN Violin Concertos Szeryng
CD 74 DVOŘÁK Symphony No.7; Slavonic Dances 1, 3, 7 & 8; SMETANA Vltava
CD 75 DVOŘÁK Symphony No.8; Slavonic Dances 2, 4, 6 & 5; Scherzo capriccioso
CD 76–86 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies 1–15; Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes; 6 Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva; From Jewish Folk Poetry London Philharmonic Orchestra [Symphonies Nos. 1–4, 7,9,10,15]
CD 87 SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.1; BLOCH Schelomo Harrell
CD 88–89 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concertos 1–4; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Ashkenazy [Rhapsody: Philharmonia Orchestra]
CD 90 PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf [English & Dutch narration]; BRITTEN Young Person’s Guide
CD 91 MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition; SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre; BERLIOZ, GLINKA & VERDI Overtures
CD 92 BIZET Symphony in C, Petite Suite; CHABRIER: España* (1969)
CD 93 WAGNER Siegfried Idyll, Preludes & Liebestod from Die Meistersinger, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal & Lohengrin
CD 94–98 R STRAUSS Tone Poems — Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, Don Quixote, Ein Heldenleben, Eine Alpensinfonie, Tod und Verklärung, Till Eulenspiegels’ lustige Streiche
CD 99–100 DEBUSSY La mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Images, Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune, Marche ecossaise, Première Rhapsodie, Danses for Harp & Orchestra
CD 101–103 RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Suites 1&2; Pavane pour une infante défunte, Alborada del gracioso, Rapsodie espagnole, Menuet antique, Ma mère l’Oye, Boléro, La Valse, Valses nobles et sentimentales
CD 104–105 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite; Violin Concerto No.2 Szeryng
CD 106 BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; KODÁLY Háry Janos Suite
CD 107 ANDRIESSEN Symphony Etude; STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite; TAKEMITSU November Steps; MESSIAEN Et expecto
CD 108–109 BRUCKNER Symphony No.8 [Philips + RCO LIVE]
CD 110 BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D Zimmermann [RCO LIVE]
CD 111 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1 Ax [RCO LIVE]
CD 112 MAHLER Symphony No.4 [RCO LIVE]
CD 113 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.15 [RCO LIVE]

DVD 1–4 MAHLER^ Kersmatinees – Symphonies 1–5, 7 & 9; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn + Documentary Feature^

* first-ever release | ^ first international release