2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
Notes:
Consists of previously released material Compact discs Booklet insert program notes by Richard Osborne in English, German and French Herbert von Karajan, conductor ; with various performers Recorded 1953-1981
Contents:
CD 1. Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Allegro (5:43) ; Concerto for flute and harp. Andantino (3:57) ; Sleigh ride (2:43) ; Horn concerto no. 4. Rondo (3:31) ; Symphony no. 40. Molto allegro (7:39) / Mozart Symphony no. 104, "London." Menuetto and trio / Haydn (4:25) Triple concerto. Largo (5:29) ; Symphony no. 5. Allegro con brio (7:18) ; Symphony no. 9 "Choral." Ode to joy (5:14) / Beethoven Symphony no. 9 "From the New World." Largo / Dvorak (4:30) Symphony no. 5. Allegro molto - Largamente assai / Sibelius (9:11) Don Quixote. Theme / R. Strauss (2:20) Piano concerto no. 2. Adagio sostenuto / Rachmaninov (5:01) Violin concerto. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace / Brahms (8:32) CD 2. Unter Donner und Blitz (3:15) ; An der schn̲en blauen Donau (3:45) ; Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (2:35) / J. Strauss La damnation de Faust. Marche hongroise / Berlioz (4:14) Espaą / Chabrier (5:57) M ̀vlast. Vltava / Smetana (5:24) Valse triste (6:02) ; Karelia suite (8:59) / Sibelius Concerto for orchestra. Intermezzo interrotto / Bartk̤ (4:22) Manon Lescaut. Intermezzo / Puccini (5:23) Swan Lake. Scene (Act II) (2:41) ; Dance of the little swans (1:34) ; Sleeping beauty. Valse (Act I) (4:19) ; Rose adagio (6:07) / Tchaikovsky Lohengrin. Prelude to Act III / Wagner (3:14) Aida. Gloria all'Egitto (3:25) ; Triumphal march (1:45) ; Vieni, o guerriero vindice (2:28) / Verdi