Orchestral s from Germany & Austria Sep 1970 - Jan 1981

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The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest s the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalog. This 6-CD box includes works such as Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 and orchestral music from Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Tristan und Isolde performed by the Berlin Philharmonic. For many, ert von Karajan (1908-1989) - hailed early in his career as 'Das Wunder Karajan' (The Karajan Miracle) and known in the early 1960s as 'the music director of Europe' - remains the ultimate embodiment of the maestro. The release of the Karajan Official Remastered Edition over the first half of 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the conductor's death in July 1989 at the age of 81. He was closely associated with EMI for the majority of his career (specifically from 1946 to 1960 and then again from 1969 to 1984). EMI's legendary producer Walter Legge sought him out in Vienna just after World War II and the long relationship that ensued embraced s with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Philharmonia (the orchestra founded by Legge), the Berlin Philharmonic (of which Karajan became 'conductor for life' in 1955), La Scala, Milan, and the Orchestre de Paris. CD Listing CD 1: Bruckner-Symphony No. 4 CD 2: Bruckner-Symphony No. 7 CD 3: J. Strauss-Die Fledermaus Overture, Annen-Polka, An der schönen blauen Donau, Die Zigeunerbaron Overture, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Kaiser-Walzer; Schmidt-Notre Dame Intermezzo CD 4: Brahms-Variations on a Theme by Haydn; Wagner-Overtures from Tannhäuser and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Humperdinck-Hänsel und Gretel Overture CD 5: R. Strauss-Ein Heldenleben CD 6: Strauss-Symphonia domestica; Wagner-Preludes from Tristan und Isolde and Lohengrin