This comprehensive 58-CD limited edition boxed set is the centerpiece of Deutsche Grammophon’s far broader campaign celebrating the 100th anniversary of Salzburg Festival
in 2020 offering an opportunity to dive into the rich Salzburg Festival history through a wide-ranging retrospective of excellent recordings.
•Wide-ranging portrait of the greatest classical music festival in the world
•Presenting over seven decades (1947–2016) of festival history
•Curation in four chapters and in chronological order: Operas, Concerts, Recitals, and Spoken Word
•164pp booklet featuring:
•New informative liner notes, including an article by BBC presenter and Karajan biographer Richard Osborne, and by Salzburg’s Director of Dramaturgy, Margarete Lasinger
•Original stage and concert photos
•Original covers (reproduced in the booklet)
•Dimensions: 133 mm x 133 mm x 133 mm
Strauss, R: Arabella
- Maria Reining, Lisa della Casa (soprano), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Karl Böhm
Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
- Lisa della Casa, Hilde Gueden (soprano), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Rudolf Schock (tenor)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Karl Böhm
Verdi: Don Carlo
- Eugenio Fernandi, Sena Jurinac (soprano), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano), Ettore Bastianini (bass-baritone), Cesare Siepi (baritone)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Herbert von Karajan
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
- Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano), Sena Jurinac (soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Herbert von Karajan
Strauss, R: Die schweigsame Frau, Op. 80
- Hilde Gueden (soprano), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Hermann Prey (baritone), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Karl Böhm
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
- Lisa della Casa (soprano), Sena Jurinac (soprano), Otto Edelmann (bass)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Herbert von Karajan
Mozart: Idomeneo, K366
- Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Ferenc Fricsay
Verdi: Il Trovatore
- Franco Corelli (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano), Ettore Bastianini (bass-baritone)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Herbert von Karajan
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
- Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Edith Mathis (soprano), Theo Adam (bass-baritone)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Karl Böhm
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
- Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Reri Grist (soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Peter Schreier, Karl Böhm