Herbert von Karajan - Complete EMI Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral

The Salzburg-born conductor who was revered from Vienna and Berlin to London and The Met was, thankfully, an immensely prolific recording artist. This 88-CD box will thrill and move you for hours and hours as he conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and more. Among the masterworks: "Symphony No. 4 in E Minor" Brahms; "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor; Symphony No. 9 in D Minor" Beethoven; "Symphony No. 9 in C Major" Schubert; "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" Mozart; "Symphony No. 6 in B Minor" Tchaikovsky; "The Four Seasons" Vivaldi; "Symphonie Fantastique" Berlioz; "Rhapsodie Espagnole" Ravel; "La Mer" Debussy; "Concerto for Orchestra" Bartok; "Pictures at an Exhibition" Mussorgsky; "Piano Concerto in A Minor" Schumann; "Symphony No. 2 in D Major" Sibelius, and much more!

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Nothing can compare with Bernstein's own accounts of his music. The best recordings are still the ones he made with the New York Philharmonic for Columbia, when scores such as Candide and West Side Story were still ''new'' music. Originally produced by John McClure (and remixed by him for CD), these recordings of the Candide Overture and the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story have never been bettered, not even by Bernstein. --Ted Libbey.

''Architecture & Morality'', originally released in 1981, is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's career. It spawned three Top 5 UK singles and the album itself peaked at No.3. In 2007 Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys reunited with Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper as OMD for an extensive tour of Europe. For the early part of this tour, including this concert recorded at London's Hammersmith Apollo in May, the concert was split into two halves. The first

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