Christoph von Dohnanyi – Vienna: The Complete Decca Recordings (31CD Box Set)
- Artist:
- Christoph von Dohnányi
$349.99
31-CD/1-DVD set, incorporating all Dohnányi’s Wiener Philharmoniker recordings (from Mozart and Beethoven to Stravinsky and Schoenberg); recordings with the Wiener Symphoniker; filled out with recordings with the Concertgebouworkest, Bamberger Symphoniker, Münchner Philharmoniker, RSO Berlin, Deutschen Oper Berlin. Includes material previously unpublished and also material being released on CD for the first time.
Highlights include:
- The critically acclaimed Mendelssohn symphony cycle and Die erste Walpurgisnacht.
- Concertos with Ingrid Haebler (Mozart), Claudio Arrau (Tchaikovsky), Maurice Gendron (Schumann, Tchaikovsky), András Schiff (Dvořák) and Gidon Kremer (Glass, Schnittke).
- Defining versions of Berg’s Lulu and Wozzeck, as well as music by other composers of the Second Viennese School.
- An unpublished audio recording of Strauss’ Burleske with the Wiener Philharmoniker featuring Rudolf Buchbinder as solo pianist in the composer’s concertante cocktail.
- First on CD: Beethoven Overtures with the Wiener Symphoniker (Philips).
- Both, the audio and video versions of Strauss’ Salome with Catherine Malfitano and Bryn Terfel in leading roles.
- Rare recordings from the Deutsche Grammophon archives appearing for the first time since the original LP releases: Miniatures by Liszt, Weinberger, Schubert and Boccherini, and a selection of opera arias with Libero de Luca (Munich Philharmonic, RSO Berlin)
Includes original jackets, session photos and an insightful and detailed note by Andrew Stewart.