Karajan / Bruckner – The Complete 9 Symphonies [17LP]

Format: 17 x LP
Catalogue No.: 4865436
Barcode: 028948654369
Release Date: 02 Aug 2024
Genre: Classical

To mark Anton Bruckner’s bicentenary in 2024, Deutsche Grammophon releases a limited and numbered audiophile vinyl edition of Herbert von Karajan’s famous recordings of the complete symphony cylce with Berliner Philharmoniker on 17 LPs. All recordings have been newly mastered and mixed by Rainer Maillard and Sidney C. Meyer from Emil Berliner Studios:

Symphonies Nos. 4–7 (analogue recordings from 1975–1979), based on 8-track material were treated according to the Original Source Series standards. 

Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 are digital recordings from 1980 and 1981 and have also been newly mastered and cut by the same team at EBS, optimizing the sound by through utilising new bespoke analogue-to-digital-to-analogue conversion technologies and using a tube-based mixing console from 1960.

The 17 LP set is housed in a slipcase with O-card, with eight 2-LP gatefolds (Symphonies Nos. 2– 9) and one single sleeve (Symphony No. 1) presented in a sleeve (1 LP), with artwork based on the respective original releases including liner notes, and with additional material including recording documentation and photos. LP 17, Side B features an etching. In an extra leaflet which also includes the liner notes of the first complete release back in the 1980, Rainer Maillard explains in detail which materials EBS had in hands and how they proceeded with them, in order to obtain optimal sound quality. 

Tracklist:
 
LP 1: Symphony No. 1
Side A: I. Allegro molto moderato; II. Adagio
Side B: III. Scherzo. Lebhaft; IV. Finale. Bewegt und feurig
 
LP 2: Symphony No. 2
Side A: I. Moderato
Side B: II. Andante: Feierlich, etwas bewegt
 
LP 3: Symphony No. 2
Side A: III. Scherzo: Mässig schnell
Side B: IV. Finale: Mehr schnell
 
LP 4: Symphony No. 3
Side A: I. Gemäßigt, mehr bewegt, misterioso
Side B: II. Andante: Bewegt, feierlich, quasi Adagio
 
LP 5: Symphony No. 3 
Side A: III. Scherzo: Ziemlich schnell
Side B: IV. Finale: Allegro
 
LP 6: Symphony No. 4
Side A: I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
Side B: II. Andante quasi allegretto
 
LP 7: Symphony No. 4
Side A: III. Scherzo. Bewegt - Trio. Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls schleppend
Side B: IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
 
LP 8: Symphony No. 5
Side A: I. Introduction. Adagio - Allegro. Mäßig
Side B: II. Adagio. Sehr langsam
 
LP 9: Symphony No. 5
Side A: III. Scherzo. Molto vivace, schnell - Trio. Im gleichenTempo
Side B: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro moderato
 
LP 10: Symphony No. 6
Side A: I. Maestoso
Side B: II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich
 
LP 11: Symphony No. 6
Side A: III. Scherzo. Nicht schnell - Trio. Langsam
Side B: IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
 
LP 12: Symphony No. 7
Side A: I. Allegro moderato
Side B: II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
 
LP 13: Symphony No. 7 
Side A: III. Scherzo. Sehr schnell - Trio. Etwas langsamer
Side B: IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht schnell
 
LP 14: Symphony No. 8
Side A: I. Allegro moderato
Side B: II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato
 
LP 15: Symphony No. 8 
Side A: III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
Side B: IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
 
LP 16: Symphony No. 9
Side A: I. Feierlich. Misterioso
Side B: II. Scherzo. Bewegt lebhaft - Trio. Schnell
 
LP 17: Symphony No. 9
Side A: III. Adagio. Langsam, feierlich
Side B: Blanco, with an etching

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