Sir Charles Mackerras - The Complete Warner Classics Edition
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Sir Charles Mackerras - The Complete Warner Classics Edition
Various orchestras conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Janet Baker, and more
[ Warner Classics / 63 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 7 November 2025
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Sir Charles Mackerras (1925-2010) 100th Anniversary of Birth on November 17th, 2025
The Complete Recordings on HMV, Pye, Columbia Graphophone, Classics for Pleasure, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics & Erato
Sir Charles Mackerras (1925-2010) was a towering figure in the world of classical music, renowned for his versatility, meticulous scholarship, and electrifying performances. Born in Australia, he spent much of his illustrious career in Britain, becoming a principal conductor of the English National Opera and a frequent guest conductor with leading orchestras and opera companies worldwide.
Mackerras was particularly celebrated for his interpretations of Janáček, Dvořák, and Mozart, often bringing a revelatory freshness to familiar scores through his deep understanding of period performance practices and original manuscripts. His discography is vast, encompassing a wide range of repertoire and earning him numerous awards. Beyond his conducting prowess, Mackerras was also an astute musicologist, preparing critical editions of several operas. His legacy is one of unwavering dedication to musical integrity and an infectious passion that inspired countless musicians and audiences alike.
This set covers a substantial part of the recorded legacy of Sir Charles Mackerras, ranging over half a century, from his debut on record in 1951 (Pineapple Poll), to one of his finest later opera recordings (Idomeneo), embracing a repertoire that goes far beyond any conventional notions of his specialities. Rightly considered an authority on Handel, Mozart, Sullivan, Czech music (especially Dvořák and Janáček), and with a comprehensive opera repertoire, this set also celebrates his impressive credentials in Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Mahler, in British and Russian music, in ballet and in lighter orchestral pieces, as well as demonstrating his skill as an arranger - not only in his ballets Pineapple Poll and The Lady and the Fool but also on some delightful vocal albums.
Along with his energetic and stylish musicianship, what was the key to Mackerras's extraordinary consistency across a career that spanned sixty years, with a vast and varied repertoire? Perhaps Dame Janet Baker - one of Sir Charles's favourite collaborators - put it best in an interview with the Guardian to mark his 80th birthday: "His whole raison d'être, his whole driving force, the whole point of his life, is to pay tribute to the score. Nothing else matters …. He has extraordinary concentration on the work in hand. All great conductors have this to a degree, but with Charles it's as though for that moment he exists for nothing else".
The equivalent of nearly 9CDs in total have been remastered in HD 192 kHz/24-bit for this complete edition.
"the repertoire in this collection ranges from Handel to Stravinsky and Delibes to Dag Wirén, all of it played with glowing musicality." Gramophone
Tracks:
Bartok:
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 11
Beethoven
Symphonies No. 1 & No. 3 "Eroica"
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8
Symphony No.4 / Symphony No.6 'Pastoral'
Symphonies No.5 & No.7
Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 61
Berg:
7 Frühe Lieder - Nos 1, 2, 3
Borodin
Prince Igor: Overture & Polovtsian Dances
Brahms:
Sandmännchen
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Two Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
Havergal Brian:
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 31
The Tinker's Wedding Comedy Overture
Jeremiah Clarke
Prince Of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary"
Coates, E:
The Merrymakers - A Miniature Overture
Summer Days Suite
By the Sleepy Lagoon
The Three Bears Phantasy
The Three Elizabeths: Suite: III. Queen Elizabeth II March
Delibes:
La Source
Sylvia, Ballet Suite
Coppélia, Ballet Suite
Lakmé: Ballet Music From Act 2
Delius:
Paris - Song of a Great City
Concerto For Violin, Cello And Orchestra, RT VII/5
Cello Concerto, RT VII/7
Dvorak:
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Symphony No. 8, Op.88 In G Major
Symphony No. 9 "From The New World" /
Symphonic Variations Op. 78
Legends Nos. 1-10, Op. 59
Romance
Nocturne Op. 40
String Serenade In E Major, Op. 22, B. 52
Four Slavonic Dances
Elgar:
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Falstaff - Symphonic Study
Romance In D Minor, Op. 62 For Cello & Orchestra
Franck, C:
Panis Angelicus
Gounod:
Faust: Ballet Music From Act 5
Handel:
Music For The Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Concerto A Due Cori No. 2 In F Major,HWV 333
Water Music, 3 Suites
Berenice, HWV 38 - Overture
Prince Of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary"
Concerto Grosso In F Major, HWV 335b
Concerto Grosso In F Major, HWV 335a
Concerti Grossi Op. 3
Messiah, HWV 56 - Basil Lam's Edition
Victor Herbert:
Cello Concerto No.2
Holst:
The Planets
The Perfect Fool
Gordon Jacob:
Fanfare For "God Save The King"
Janacek
Sinfonietta
Capriccio, JW 7/12 For Piano Left Hand & Chamber Ensemble
Concertino, JW 7/11 For Piano & Chamber Ensemble
4 Opera Overtures
Mahler:
Symphony No. 1 In D Major "Titan"
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
7 Frühe Lieder
Mendelssohn:
Sinfonie Nr.4 In A-Dur "Italienische"
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture & Incidental Music, Op. 61
Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64, MWV 0 14
Messager:
Les Deux Pigeons
Mozart:
March No. 1 In C Major K. 408
March No. 2 In D Major, K. 408
Divertimento No 1 In E-flat Major, K. 113
Symphony No.38 In D 'Prague'
Symphony No.36 In C 'Linz'
Symphony No. 38 In D Major, K. 504 "Prague"
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
Symphony No. 41 In C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter"
6 German Dances, K. 600
2 Minuets, K. 604
Les Petits Riens, Ballet-pantomime, K. Anh. 10
Piano Concerto No.20
Piano Concert No.23
Flute Concerto In G Major
Sinfonia Concertante
Opera arias [Barbara Frittoli]
Idomeneo, Re Di Creta, Opera Seria, K. 366
Ballet Music, K. 367
Mussorgsky:
Pictures From An Exhibition
A Night On The Bare Mountain
Rachmaninov:
Symphony No. 3
Symphonic Dances
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Reger:
An Die Hoffnung, Op. 124
Von Reznicek
Donna Diana, Overture
Schubert:
Symphony No.5 / Symphony No.8
Rosamunde, Incidental Music, Op. 26, D.797
Symphony No. 9 In C Major, D.944 "The Great"
Smetana
The Bartered Bride, Comic Opera:
Polka
Furiant
Richard Strauss:
Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, Tone Poem, Op. 28
Don Juan, Tone Poem
Stravinsky:
The Rite of Spring
Feu D'artifice, Op. 4
Circus Polka For A Young Elephant
Greeting Prelude
Sullivan, A:
Cello Concerto in D
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
Ruddigore Overture
The Mikado Overture
The Yeomen Of The Guard Overture
Iolanthe Overture
Pineapple Poll: Ballet
Tchaikovsky:
1812 Overture
Waltz Selections From Music By Tchaikovsky
Traditional:
God Save The King
Wagner:
Highlights From Götterdãmmerung
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude To Act 3
Walton:
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Siesta
Weber:
Konzertstück In F Minor, Op. 79, J.282 For Piano And Orchestra
Wolf-Ferrari:
Orchestral Music
Ballet Music
Incls
The Lady And The Fool
Gaite Parisienne
Graduation Ball
The Three-Cornered Hat
Overtures and Dances
Works by Wolf-Ferrari & Donizetti
Caballé / Martí: Great Opera Duets
Montserrat Caballé Puccini Arias
The Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Christmas Album
Folksongs Of The British Isles / Richard Lewis
Peter Dawson Sings
A Little Nonsense ... Owen Brannigan
Maurice André: Trumpet Concertos By Albinoni, Handel, Telemann, Hertel
and much more
