Description

Celebrating the Wiener Philharmonikers 175th anniversary with a special vinyl release: A limited, numbered edition of 1842 sets the orchestras foundation year.

Includes the first release of Bruckners Symphony No. 2 with Riccardo Muti, recorded live at Salzburg Festival 2016 honouring the Maestros 75th birthday, on 2 LPs (3 sides).

Schumanns Symphony No. 3 and Cello Concerto (feat. Mischa Maisky), conducted by Leonard Bernstein, presented together on 1 LP for the first time.

Including three other legendary recordings: Carlos Kleiber conducting Beethovens 7th Symphony; Claudio Abbado conducting Brahms Hungarian Dances; Herbert von Karajan conducting Wagner Orchestral Works and Isoldes Liebestod (feat. Jessye Norman).

4-page booklet including the first photo of the Wiener Philharmoniker from 1864.

Transferred from original tapes, lacquers cut at Emil Berliner Studios, 180g pressings by Optimal; includes a voucher for a free digital download.

Beethoven:
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Carlos Kleiber

Brahms:
Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 Nos. 1-21 (complete)
Claudio Abbado

Bruckner:
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
Riccardo Muti

Schumann:
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Mischa Maisky (cello)
Leonard Bernstein

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 Rhenish
Leonard Bernstein

Wagner:
Tannhäuser: Overture
Herbert von Karajan
Siegfried Idyll
Herbert von Karajan
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Herbert von Karajan