This comprehensive 58-CD Limited Edition Box Set is the centerpiece of DG’s broader campaign celebrating the 100th anniversary of Salzburg Festival, offering an opportunity to dive into the rich history through a wide-range retrospective of excellent recordings. A wide-ranging portrait of the greatest classical music festival in the world, presenting over seven decades (1947-2016) of festival history. Four chapter curation 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
Artists
Maria Reining, Lisa della Casa (soprano), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Rudolf Schock (tenor), Eugenio Fernandi, Sena Jurinac (soprano), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano), Ettore Bastianini (bass-baritone), Cesare Siepi (baritone), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Hermann Prey (baritone), Otto Edelmann (bass), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Franco Corelli (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Edith Mathis (soprano), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Reri Grist (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Teresa Zylis-Gara (soprano), Walter Berry (baritone), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Elzbieta Szmytka, Monte Pederson, Philip Langridge (tenor), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Peter Mattei (baritone), Anna Samuil, Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Kaiser (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Géza Anda (piano), Rita Streich (soprano), Maria Stader (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), Anna Prohaska (soprano), Alfred Brendel (piano), Grigory Sokolov (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Nelson Freire (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Camerata Salzburg, Staatskapelle Dresden, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, Ferenc Fricsay, Peter Schreier, Claudio Abbado, Carlo Rizzi, Bernhard Paumgartner, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, James Levine, Sir Georg Solti, Pierre Boulez
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