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title: "Complete Karajan Decca Recordings"
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# Complete Karajan Decca Recordings

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Decca brings together, for the first time in one concise edition, the complete recordings of Herbert von Karajan for the label. Includes ten complete operas with the Decca-RCA recordings of Tosca and Carmen. Recordings with the Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Mario del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe di Stefano, and Carlo Bergonzi. PACKAGING: 2-piece box 33CDs original jackets & spined wallets booklet with extensive new essay by Karajan biographer, Richard Osborne.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    I can think of several reasons to pick up this excellent box set
  

*by P***A on Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2016*

A few years ago, when I first started noticing the availability of what now seem ubiquitous, mega-box sets with 50 or more discs, often selling for a buck a disc (or less), I thought that they were too good to pass up, and whenever possible I'd grab them. Sets like the Decca, Mercury Living Presence, and so forth. Toscanini, 72 volumes in 85 discs from RCA! How could I resist? (Well, I couldn't, as it happens). I figured - get them while I can. It can't last forever! Can it?Well, here we are, and these mega boxes keep coming. And I keep buying them, go figure. I saw this Karajan box, selling for under a buck a disc when I managed to grab it, and once again I found it irresistible.Now, aside from justifying this purchase solely on that basis, as if a hundred bucks is something most people can casually throw away, bargain or not, I can see a few logical reasons to consider obtaining this box set:1) If you're a big Karajan fan, and don't already have many or most of these performances (or you have them in earlier non-remastered form), then this is probably a must-buy.2) If you're new to classical music, or still building a collection and want a good cross section of orchestral music, in excellent performances from a master conductor leading the best orchestras of our time, this is also a great value. It would similarly make a superb gift for someone who is beginning to explore classical music.3) If you're an established collector with an already generously filled music library, as I am, you might find this to be a worthwhile addition due to the broad coverage of music in performances that are almost all worth hearing, at a price that is very modest for what you get. In particular, although the music here is largely familiar works by well-known composers, there are a number of performances of music that I at least have not heard before. For example, the recording of Kurt Leimer's two works, the Piano Concerto in C Minor and his Piano Concerto for the left hand, with Leimer himself performing on piano the work that had ben premiered with Karajan at the Musikverein in Vienna in 1953 (disc 7 of Box 2, recorded in 1954 at Kingsway Hall in London). How fascinating is that?!This box set contains all of the thirteen (13) of the individual box sets previously released by EMI/Warner to collect Karajan's performances over the years (1946 through 1984) with that label. Here are the full contents, with links to the separate releases and a brief description of what is contained in each box included here:Box 1: 
  
J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms: Choral Music, 1947-1958, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Orchestra (5 CDs)







  
  
    Box 2: 
  
Karajan and his Soloists I, 1948-1958, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and Philharmonia Orchestra, (8 CDs)







  
  
    Box 3: 
  
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, R. Strauss: Opera Arias, 1946-1949, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, (10 CDs)







  
  
    Box 4: 
  
Orchestral Spectaculars from Handel to Bartok, 1949-1960, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, (13 CDs)







  
  
    Box 5: 
  
Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Balakirev, Stravinsky, 1949-1960, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, (7 CDs)







  
  
    Box 6: 
  
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9, Overtures, 1951-1955, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, (6 CDs)







  
  
    Box 7: 
  
Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, J. Strauss, Wagner, R. Strauss, 1951-1960, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, (12 CDs)







  
  
    Box 8: 
  
Karajan and his Soloists II, 1969-1984, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra de Paris, and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, (10 CDs)







  
  
    Box 9: 
  
Berlioz, Franck, Debussy, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Bartok, 1970-1981, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestra de Paris, (7 CDs)







  
  
    Box 10: 
  
Haydn, Mozart, Schubert Symphonies, 1970-1981, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, (8 CDs)







  
  
    Box 11: 
  
Brahms, Bruckner, Wagner, R. Strauss, Schmidt, 1970-1981, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, (6 CDs)







  
  
    Box 12: 
  
Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Choral Music, 1972-1976, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, (5 CDs)







  
  
    Box 13: 
  
Sibelius, 1976-1981, Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, (4 CDs)







  
  
    The entire collection is housed in a heavy cardboard box, open to one side for easy access to each of the smaller boxes. Those individual boxes hold the CDs securely (they are not open at the end but open book-like), and also include individual booklets written for each of the 13 smaller collections. Each of those small booklets includes a short essay on the particular performances in that box, in four languages and including the dates and venues of each of the recordings.As a final comment, although I have not yet sampled all of the discs in the first several boxes here, the recording quality of the very early performances is quite satisfactory to my ears. I do note that some of the reviewers mention some audible hiss or perhaps other defects present in some of the early recordings.Overall, a very considerable bargain for a broad collection of worthwhile music and performances.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A von Karajan for the ages
  

*by W***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2017*

An excellent bargain any way you look at it. Great transfers. Everything has been written about this set so I won't even go there. I do like the smaller glossy boxes that house the individual recordings and appreciate the double and triple set recordings housed in separate cardboardsleeves rather than those bulky and difficult folders. Discs fit loosely in their sleeves and are easy to remove. Each set contains a booklet describing the era and recording enclosed. I had no problem with the pre-fifties recordings and thought the transfers were in excellent mono. You don't find outstanding bargains that often so you better grab it now. Would be a great introduction to the classics. The never before released Beethoven 9th in early stereo is a big plus as well. I also have the pre-sixties Membran set which includes all of von Karajan's early opera sets as well as a few broadcasts in good sound including Don Carlos, Aida, Siegfried and a Die Walkure from La Scala. A fun box as well with comparable transfers and a mono 9th to compare with the newly released stereo bonus in the commercial box. It is financially another winner as well and will give you enough von Karajan to last through the ages.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Great Collection
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2021*

This set is a fine collection: 5 Strauss tone poems, 2 symphonies each of Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, 1 each of Dvorak and Beethoven, Ballet suites of Adam and Tchaikovsky, Overtures and concert pieces of the Josef and Johan Strausses, Holst's Planets and Grieg's Peer Gynt suites. Vocally there are 2 operas of Verdi (Aida, Otello), 3 of Puccini (Boheme, Tosca, Butterfly), plus Fledermaus, Boris, Carmen, and Figaro (that's right, only 9 not 10 operas).There is not a bad set in the lot. Well worth your time and money. All are stereo; all are classic performances.

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