Wolfgang Sawallisch: The Warner Classics Edition Complete Symphonic, Lieder & Choral Recordings

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Wolfgang Sawallisch: The Warner Classics Edition Complete Symphonic, Lieder & Choral Recordings
Wolfgang Sawallisch, with Peter Schreier, Peter Zimmermann, Lucia Popp, Annie Fischer, Dennis Brain, etc

[ Warner Classics / 65 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Friday 7 June 2024

For five decades Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923-2013) held a central position in the musical world. That centrality was reflected in a series of top orchestral and operatic posts and in his interpretations, free of self-regarding eccentricities. His modest but highly effective conducting technique also made him the ideal recording artist. Sawallisch was a Bavarian born in Munich, city of orchestras and a great opera company, which he headed for 21 years. He started his career as an outstanding pianist and remained a sought-after accompanist to great Lieder singers and instrumentalists. Volume 1 of a complete conspectus of his Warner Classics recordings (made for Electrola and EMI Classics between 1954 to 1997) includes wonderful Lieder and song collaborations, as well as famous concerto accompaniments for eminent soloists and a heartwarming traversal of Schubert's secular vocal and sacred choral music with Bavarian Radio colleagues. But the main focus among the 65 discs is on his symphonic achievements: Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bruckner and Dvoƙák - the latter's Eighth Symphony was his first published recording, from 1954. Richard Strauss, an early influence, is strongly represented. Volume 2 will focus on his operatic work.

"Wolfgang Sawallisch and the Philadelphia Orchestra give an aristocratic overview in spaciously recorded sound and even include the 'supplementary' Pas de deux in Act 3." 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (Swan Lake)

Tracks:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concertos Nos. 17, 20-22;
Violin Concerto No. 3 (in two versions)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonies Nos. 1-9;
Piano Concerto No. 5

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang";
Violin Concerto op. 64;
Lieder op. 8 Nos. 4 & 8;
op. 9 No. 6;
op. 19a Nos. 1-6;
op. 34 Nos. 1-3, 6;
op. 47 Nos. 1-4, 6;
op. 57 Nos. 1, 2, 4-6;
op. 71 Nos. 1, 3-6;
op. 84 No. 3;
op. 86 Nos. 1, 4, 5;
op. 99 Nos. 1 & 5;
WoO 4 No. 2;
WoO 7;
WoO 16;
WoO 17 No. 1 & 2 (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau)

Johannes Brahms
Symphonies Nos. 1-4;
Haydn-Variationen op. 56a;
Akademische Festouvertüre op. 80;
Tragische Overture op. 81;
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Stephen Kovacevich)
Violin Concerto op. 77;
Double Concerto op. 102 for Violin & Cello,
Horntrio op. 40;
Schicksalslied op. 54;
2 Lieder op. 91 for Alt, Viola, Piano;
Lieder op. 3 No. 4;
op. 6 Nos. 2-5;
op. 7 Nos. 1, 4, 6;
op. 43 Nos. 1-3;
op. 46 Nos. 1-4;
op. 47 Nos. 1-4;
op. 48 Nos. 1, 2, 5-7;
op. 49 Nos. 1-5;
op. 57 Nos. 2-8;
op. 58 Nos. 1-8;
op. 59 Nos. 1-8;
op. 63 Nos. 1-9;
op. 95 No. 3;
op. 96 No. 3;
op. 97 Nos. 1-3, 5, 6;
op. 106 Nos. 1-5;
op. 107 Nos. 1, 2, 4;
5 Lieder op. 105 (Nos. 1, 3-5 in two versions); Lieder und Romanzen op. 14 Nos. 1-8;
Gedichte op. 19 Nos. 2 & 5;
4 Ernste Gesänge op. 121;
Mondnacht WoO 21 (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau)

Carl Maria Von Weber
Euryanthe Overture op. 81;
Der Beherrscher der Geister Overture op. 27;
Abu Hassan Overture;
Jubel Overture op. 59;
Der Freischütz Overture op. 77;
Preciosa Overture op. 78;
Oberon Overture

Franz Schubert
Messen D. 105, 167, 324, 452, 678, 950;
Deutsche Messe D. 872;
Lazarus oder die Feier der Auferstehung D. 689 (Kantate);
Kyrie D. 31, 45, 49, 66;
Stabat Mater D. 175 & 383;
Salve Regina D. 106, 379, 386, 676, 706, 811, 953; Tantum Ergo D. 460, 461, 739, 750, 962;
Hymnus an den heiligen Geist D. 964;
Offertorien D. 136, 181, 223, 963;
Graduale D. 184; Magnificat D. 486;
Psalmen D. 706 & 953;
Auguste jam coelesterium D. 488;
Mehrstimmige weltliche Chorwerke D. 37, 38, 43, 51, 53-55, 57, 58, 60-64, 67, 69, 71, 75, 129-131, 140, 147, 148, 199, 202, 203, 205, 242-244, 267, 268, 277, 331, 337, 338, 356, 357, 364, 422-424, 427, 428, 435 No. 13, 494, 513, 572, 635, 641, 656, 657, 710, 714, 724, 740, 747, 757, 809, 825, 835, 836, 847, 848, 865, 875, 892, 893, 901, 903, 912-914, 916, 920, 942, 983, 988;
Die Winterreise D. 911 (Thomas Hampson)

Robert Schumann
Symphonies Nos. 1-4;
Overture, Scherzo & Finale op. 52;
Manfred Overture op. 115;
Messe in C minor op. 147;
Der arme Peter op. 53 No. 3;
Liederkreis op. 24;
Dichterliebe op. 48;
Dein Angesicht op. 127 No. 2;
Lehn deine Wang op. 142 No. 2;
Es leuchtet meine Liebe op. 127 No. 3;
Mein Wagen rollet langsam op. 142 No. 4

Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser Overture;
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture; Dämmerung and Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt & Siegfrieds Trauermarsch from Götterdämmerung;
Das Liebesverbot der Apostel Overture;
Eine Faust Overture;
Rienzi Overture;
1st Mov. from Symphony in E major;
Wesendonck Lieder (arr. Hans Werner Henze)

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantische" (Nowak Edition)

Antonin Dvorak
Symphonies Nos. 7-9 (No. 8 & 9 in two versions); Scherzo capriccioso op. 66 (in two versions); Carnival Overture op. 92;
Symphonic Variations op. 78;
Cello Concerto op. 104

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Ballet Music op. 20;
Swan Lake Suite op. 20a;
The Nutcracker Suite op. 71a

Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra op. 30;
Burleske in D minor for Piano & Orchestra;
Don Juan op. 20;
Der Bürger als Edelmann op. 60;
Walzer-Szene from Intermezzo op. 72;
Ein Heldenleben op. 40;
Oboe Concerto in D major;
Festliches Präludium op. 61;
Till Eulenspiegel op. 28;
Sinfonia Domestica op. 53;
Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Dennis Brain)
4 Letzte Lieder (Lucia Popp)
Gedichte from Letzte Blätter op. 10 No. 1-8 (Nos. 4, 7, 8 in two versions);
Lieder op. 22 Nos. 1-4 "Mädchenblumen";
Lieder op. 10 Nos. 1, 3, 6; op. 15 No. 4 & 5; op. 17 Nos. 1 & 2; op. 21 Nos. 1 & 2; op. 27 Nos. 1-4 (in two versions); op. 29 No. 2; op. 31 No. 3; op. 36 Nos. 1-3; op. 37 No. 3; op. 39 Nos. 1 & 4; op. 41 Nos. 1 & 5 (No. 1 in two versions); op. 48 Nos. 1-4; op. 68 Nos. 2 & 3; op. 69 No. 5; 3 Liebeslieder

Hans Pfitzner
Herr Oluf op. 12; An den Mond op. 18; Sie haben heut' abend Gesellschaft op. 4 No. 2; Lehte op. 37; An die Mark op. 15 No. 3;
Dietrichs Erzählung from Der arme Heinrich;
Zorn op. 15 No. 1

Paul Hindemith
Symphonische Metamorphosen über Themen von Weber;
Nobilissima Visione-Suite;
Trumpet Sonata

Carl Orff
Carmina burana

20th Century Trumpet
Henri Tomasi Triptyque for Trumpet & Piano
Niels Viggo Bentzon Trumpet Sonata op. 73
Edvard Hagerup Bull Perpetuum mobile for Trumpet & Piano
Eugene Bozza Rustiques for Trumpet & Piano
Gabriel Pares Fantaisie-Caprice for Trumpet & Piano
Jacques Ibert Impromptu for Trumpet & Piano

"Stokowski Transcriptions"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Schafe können sicher weiden from BWV 208; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme from BWV 140; Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott from BWV 80; Toccata & Fuge in D minor BWV 565;
Luigi Boccherini: Menuet from String Quintet in E major G. 275;
Ludwig van Beethoven: 1st Mov. from Piano Sonata No. 14 "Mondschein";
Frederic Chopin: Prelude No. 4 in E minor;
Cesar Franck: Panis Angelicus from Messe op. 12; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D major; Romanze op. 38 No. 2;
Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; La Cathedrale engloutie;
Sergej Rachmaninov: Prelude No. 1 in C sharp minor "The Bells of Moscow"

Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rhenish": I. Lebhaft