Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan’s important recordings are being reissued on vinyl. This new set features orchestral works by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker. Recorded in 1973 and 1974, the reissue will be available on September 12th.
The new 4-LP set is pressed on 180-gram vinyl and features high-quality analog sound. It includes original artwork, photographs, and facsimiles of recording logs from the original sessions, all designed by Holger Matthies.
Karajan, born in Salzburg in 1908, started his conducting career in 1929 and became the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1956, a role he held for over 30 years. By the time these recordings were made, he was already one of the most influential conductors of the 20th century. In the early 1970s, he was also the artistic director of the Vienna State Opera and had founded the Salzburg Easter Festival.
Throughout his career, Karajan recorded over 800 works and sold around 200 million records. His partnership with Deutsche Grammophon resulted in 330 recordings, including the first compact disc ever pressed, Strauss’s “An Alpine Symphony.”
This release adds to a collection of other vinyl reissues from Deutsche Grammophon, featuring artists like Maurizio Pollini, Claudio Abbado, and Karl Böhm. Previous Karajan reissues include Mahler’s “Symphony No. 6” and Verdi’s “Requiem Mass.”
Don’t miss your chance to order this special edition of Karajan’s recordings of Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg!
