Herbert von Karajan - The Early Lucerne Years - Audite: AUDITE21464 - 3 CDs or download

Release Date: 8th Sep 2023
Catalogue No: AUDITE21464
Label: Audite
Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

Work length27:06

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Swiss Festival Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

I. Allegro vivace e con brio

Track length9:44

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II. Allegretto scherzando

Track length4:02

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III. Tempo di menuetto

Track length5:28

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IV. Allegro vivace

Track length7:52

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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491

Work length30:17

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Robert Casadesus
Swiss Festival Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

I. Allegro

Track length13:14

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II. Larghetto

Track length8:37

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III. Allegretto

Track length8:26

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Bach, J S: Concerto for Two Keyboards in C major, BWV1061

Work length17:36

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Géza Anda, Clara Haskil
Swiss Festival Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

I. (Allegro)

Track length7:40

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II. Adagio ovvero Largo

Track length4:28

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III. Fuga

Track length5:28

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

Work length38:12

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Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

I. Awakening of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arrival in the Country: Allegro ma non troppo

Track length11:20

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II. Andante molto mosso

Track length11:16

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III. Merry Gathering of Country Folk: Allegro

Track length2:56

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IV. Thunderstorm: Allegro

Track length3:23

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V. Shepherd's Song. Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm: Allegretto

Track length9:17

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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Work length41:52

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Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length13:18

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II. Andante moderato

Track length12:02

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III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto

Track length6:11

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IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro

Track length10:21

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Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Work length37:47

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Nathan Milstein
Swiss Festival Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length20:33

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II. Adagio

Track length8:51

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III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

Track length8:23

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Honegger: Symphony No. 3, H186 'Liturgique'

Work length32:04

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Swiss Festival Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

I. Dies Irae: Allegro marcato

Track length6:56

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II. De profundis clamavi: Adagio

Track length13:06

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III. Dona nobis pacem: Andante

Track length12:02

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"For the first time, this edition makes available Herbert von Karajan’s previously unreleased early live recordings from the Lucerne Festival, made in a decade during which Karajan was rebuilding his career. Included are legendary soloists such as Clara Haskil and Geza Anda, Robert Casadesus and Nathan Milstein. The Internationale Musikfestwochen Luzern (today’s Lucerne Festival) was the first promoter outside Austria to engage Herbert von Karajan after his performance ban and denazification proceedings, thus enabling him to return to international podiums. “I will always be indebted”, Karajan later confessed. For almost four decades, from 1948 to 1988, he was to make his mark on Lucerne Festival. His annual appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic (from 1958) enjoyed cult status. But already in the decade before, as documented by this edition, Karajan enthused audiences and critics alike in Lucerne and quickly rose to become the defining artistic personality alongside Wilhelm Furtwangler: he conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, but above all the Swiss Festival Orchestra, whom he held in high esteem and with whom he performed a total of nine concerts. The surviving Lucerne live recordings range from Bach’s C major Concerto for two Keyboards, BWV1061 (with Clara Haskil and Geza Anda), to Arthur Honegger’s Symphonie liturgique. The exciting, rhythmically tight interpretations show Karajan to be an extremely form-conscious, textually faithful conductor of great expressive power. He inspires his orchestras to deliver top performances, whilst also acting as a sensitive yet extremely present accompanist, as for instance in Brahms’ Violin Concerto with Nathan Milstein, or in Mozart’s dramatic C minor Concerto, K. 491, with Robert Casadesus. As a digital bonus, the edition also includes Bach’s Mass in B minor, which Karajan celebrated at the end of the 1951 festival with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Singverein and a top-class quartet of soloists (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elsa Cavelti, Ernst Haefliger and Hans Braun): a fascinating sonic document thanks to Karajan’s very personal approach, even if stylistically it feels far removed. The sound of the live recordings on the 3-CD box set has been carefully restored. The 62-page booklet in three languages contains essays by Wolfgang Rathert and Erich Singer on Karajan’s career re-launch during the post-war years and on his special relationship with Lucerne Festival. It also includes numerous previously unpublished photos."

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