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Bamberg Symphony-The First 70 Years [17 CD Box Set]
Bamberger Symphoniker, Felix Mendelssohn, Carl Maria von Weber
Bamberg Symphony-The First 70 Years [17 CD Box Set]
Genre: Classical
 
For 70 years, the BAMBERG SYMPHONY has been held in high regard as one of the leading German orchestras. In celebration of their 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present a comprehensive set that for the first...  more »

     
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For 70 years, the BAMBERG SYMPHONY has been held in high regard as one of the leading German orchestras. In celebration of their 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present a comprehensive set that for the first time depicts the orchestra s great cultural heritage in all its scope and glory!

Apart from our DG s repertoire, this set contains material from various radio stations and from numerous Classical labels that the BAMBERG SYMPHONY has worked with over the decades. Highlights include some rare historical recordings going back as far as 1940. With definitive recordings by all the famous conductors who shaped the orchestras unique bohemian style, this box set paints a complete picture of one of the greatest German orchestras.

Repertoire listing

* = Released for the first time
CD 1: Smetana, Ma vlast: The Moldau & From Bohemias Woods and Fields //Keilberth
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 // Lehmann

CD 2: Mozart: Haffner Serenade // Leitner
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 // Keilberth

CD 3: Mozart: Piano Concerto KV 491, Rondo KV 386, Symphony No. 40
Leitner/ Kempff; Lehmann/ Seemann; Keilberth

CD 4: R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier waltz sequence; Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Tchaikovsky Overture Romeo & Juliet; J. Strauss II: Waltzes (Künstlerleben, Frühlingsstimmen*)
Keilberth, Lehmann, Leitner, Krauss, Suitner etc.

CD 5: Overtures:
Weber: Euryanthe-Overture (Kempe)
Mendelssohn: Overture Ein Sommernachtstraum (Rowicki)*
Beethoven: Overture Coriolan (Keilberth)
Schumann: Manfred Overture (Lehmann)
Verdi: Overture La forza del destino (Leitner)
Nicolai: Overture Edie lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Sawallisch)
Weber: Oberon-Overture (Krauss)*
Beethoven: Overture Egmont (Jochum)

CD 6: Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Highlights) // Lorengar, Frick, Wunderlich, Kempe

CD 7: Mahler: Symphony No. 4* // Kertesz (E. Gabry)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen // Horenstein (N. Foster)

CD 8: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6* // Sanderling
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances // Dorati

CD 9: Mozart: Maurerische Trauermusik KV 477 & Jupiter Symphony
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel & Don Juan
Jochum

CD 10: R. Strauss: Metamorphosen* // Sinopoli
R. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony // Stein

CD 11: Schubert: Symphony No. 8 Unfinished // Kempe
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 // Stein

CD 12: Wagner: Rienzi Overture; Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 // Stein

CD 13: Bruckner: Symphony No. 9* // Wand

CD 14: Schumann: Symphony No. 4 // Eschenbach
Brahms: Symphony No. 4* // Blomstedt

CD 15: Wagner: Tristan Prelude*; Mahler: Symphony No. 1 // Nott

CD 16: R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder* // Nott (Kühmeier)
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring // Nott

CD 17:Mozart: Symphony No. 38 Prague*
Pfitzner: Palestrina Prelude*
Schumann: Symphony No. 1*
Deutsches Philharmonisches Orchester Prag, Keilberth