Edition Hans Knappertsbusch & Berliner Philharmoniker: The complete RIAS recordings Berlin, 1950-1952

Release Date: 18th Oct 2010
Catalogue No: AUDITE21405
Label: Audite
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

Work length55:45

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch

I. Feierlich, misterioso

Track length22:31

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II. Scherzo: Bewegt, lebhaft

Track length11:13

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III. Adagio: Langsam feierlich

Track length22:01

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Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

Work length23:19

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$7.70

Berliner Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch

I. Allegro moderato

Track length12:03

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$3.85

II. Andante con moto

Track length11:16

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Work length1:18:34

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch

I. Allegro moderato

Track length15:04

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$5.15

II. Scherzo: Allegro moderato - Langsam

Track length14:02

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III. Adagio: Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend

Track length26:54

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IV. Finale: Feierlich, nicht schnell

Track length22:34

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

Work length28:18

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$9.05

Berliner Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch

I. Allegro vivace e con brio

Track length10:10

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$3.85

II. Allegretto scherzando

Track length4:24

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$1.30

III. Tempo di menuetto

Track length5:27

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$1.30

IV. Allegro vivace

Track length8:17

$2.00

$2.60

Strauss, J, II: Tausendundeine Nacht, Op. 346

Work length9:10

$2.00

$2.60

Berliner Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch

Excerpt, Nicolai, C O: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

Work length8:57

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Overture

Track length8:57

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Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise'

Work length24:41

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$7.80

Berliner Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch

I. Adagio cantabile - Vivace assai

Track length7:34

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II. Andante

Track length7:11

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III. Menuetto

Track length5:24

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Finale: Allegro di molto

Track length4:32

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$1.30

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

Work length23:31

$9.00

$11.70

Berliner Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch

I. Miniature Overture: Allegro giusto

Track length3:31

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$1.30

II. March

Track length2:37

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III. Dance of the Sugar-plum Fairy

Track length1:38

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IV. Russian Dance, "Trepak"

Track length1:07

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V. Arab Dance

Track length3:37

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VI. Chinese Dance

Track length1:08

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VII. Dance of the Reeds

Track length2:37

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VIII. Waltz of the Flowers

Track length7:16

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$2.60

Excerpt, Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus

Work length8:09

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch

Die Fledermaus (The Bat), Act I: Overture

Track length8:09

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Strauss, J, II: Pizzicato Polka

Work length2:55

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Berliner Philharmoniker

Komzák II: Bad'ner Madl'n (The Girls of Baden), Op. 257

Work length10:19

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch

Bad'ner Madl'n (The Girls of Baden), Op. 257 (abridged)

Track length10:19

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Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"

Work length24:10

$6.00

$7.70

I. Allegro moderato

Track length12:19

$3.00

$3.85

II. Andante con moto

Track length11:51

$3.00

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

Work length57:16

Album only

I. Feierlich, misterioso

Track length22:32

Album only

II. Scherzo: Bewegt, lebhaft

Track length11:20

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$3.85

III. Adagio: Langsam feierlich

Track length23:24

Album only

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Exclusive 5 CD hardcover box with Knappertsbusch’s signature in gold foil imprint.

This production is of high documentary value and definitely one of Audite's priority productions for 2010. During the early 1950s, before the Karajan era, the conductor Hans Knappertsbusch (1888-1965) worked intensively with the Berlin Philharmonic. The core-period of this cooperation from 1950 until 1952 in particular is documented by high-quality recordings made by RIAS Berlin, both of live concerts and of studio productions. For the first time, the original tapes from the RIAS archives have been made available, which means that these CDs offer the highest possible technical quality. This 5-CD set includes on the one hand a variety of symphonic works and on the other ‘light music’: two differing facets of Hans Knappertsbusch’s repertoire. The recordings of this edition convey a fascinating view on Knappertsbusch’s art. This comparison of live and studio recordings illustrates the influence of medium on Kna’s interpretational aesthetic: in concert, he takes greater liberties in tempi and dynamics than in the more objective studio location. This is also shown by the comparison of concert and studio recordings of Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony and Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, two key-works in this edition. At the same time, the recordings disprove the one-sided view of Knappertsbusch as a master of slow tempi. Whereas he has a more expansive take on time in Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony, he tends to choose even more fluid tempi in his interpretations of the great Bruckner symphonies than Bruckner specialists such as Gunter Wand.

Edition Hans Knappertsbusch & Berliner Philharmoniker

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