Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan – Brahms: The Four Symphonies (1965/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Brahms: The Four Symphonies (1965/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan – Brahms: The Four Symphonies (1965/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:40:49 minutes | 3,03 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Originally released in 1965, this Deutsche Grammophon digital transfer sees the legendary team of the Berlin Philharmonic and Herbert von Karajan perform all four of Brahms’s symphonies. This was their first recording of the cycle together and is a testament to their unique and extremely rich interpretations of this Romantic master’s orchestral works.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan – Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 (Remastered) (1966/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan – Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 (Remastered) (1966/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:26:03 minutes | 3,56 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Ludwig van Beethoven betrachtete die Missa solemnis als “das gelungenste seiner Geistesprodukte”.

Herbert von Karajans ikonische Aufnahme der Missa Solemnis von 1966 mit den Berliner Philharmonikern und einem herausragendem Quartett von Solisten (Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich und Walter Berry) erscheint erstmals als Blu-ray Audio. Komplett neu gemastered in den renommierten Emil Berliner Studios liegt diese ausgezeichnete Einspielung nun in audiophiler Klangqualität 24bit/192kHz vor. Der Aufnahme liegt ein 20-seitiges Booklet in Deutsch und Englisch bei mit einem exklusiven Kommentar von Gundula Janowitz “Recording with Karajan”.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel – Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (2013/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel - Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (2013/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Berliner Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel – Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (2013/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:38 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

A truly breathtaking new recording from, quite simply, the most exciting and gifted young conductor of our times.

A rite of passage and true legacy project: Dudamel’s debut recording with the legendary Berlin Philharmonic.

Recorded live at the Philharmonie in Berlin, whose acoustics were designed expressly for the brilliant, luxurious tonalities of this late-romantic music.

Specially-commissioned conceptual album presentation, visuals and tools – all designed to appeal to a broad “discovery” audience. Epic, evocative and virtuosic, Richard Strauss’s beloved tone poem, Also sprach Zarathustra, was inspired by Nietzsche’s poem, and immortalised in Kubrick’s science-fiction cinema classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel are concert-hall favourites: ebullient, optimistic and filled with Straussian melodic and harmonic invention.

Gustavo Dudamel earned a “Best Orchestral Recording” Grammy® in 2012 for his recording of Brahms Symphony No. 4 with the LA Philharmonic and was named Musical America’s “Musician of the Year” for 2013.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Daniel Harding, Kirill Petrenko, Alan Gilbert – Beethoven, Berg, Bartók: Violin Concertos (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Daniel Harding, Kirill Petrenko, Alan Gilbert - Beethoven, Berg, Bartók: Violin Concertos (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

Berliner Philharmoniker, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Daniel Harding, Kirill Petrenko, Alan Gilbert – Beethoven, Berg, Bartók: Violin Concertos (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:58:42 minutes | 4,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The world’s great conductors are not the only important artistic companions of the Berliner Philharmoniker. It is also always exceptional soloists who perform regularly with the orchestra, providing individual inspiration in their collaboration and opening up stimulating perspectives on the music. The Berliner Philharmoniker enjoy a productive partnership with many of these esteemed companions – with some, even a friendship.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferenc Fricsay – Beethoven: Symphony No.9, Egmont, Leonore III (2015/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferenc Fricsay – Beethoven: Symphony No.9, Egmont, Leonore III (2015/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:31:50 minutes | 1,75 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

This is simply one of the greatest, most deservedly legendary recordings of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony ever offered to the public. Tempos and dynamics vary widely, with Fricsay always considerate of the works many thematic challenges. His handling of the subtle rhythmic gradations of the Molto vivace is peerless and prepare yourself for one of the most exhilarating Allegro assai finales this side of Toscanini. With a line up of soloists including Irmgard Seefried, Maureen Forrester, Ernst Haefliger, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau all in their vocal prime as well, it simply doesn’t get any better than this. Deutsche Grammophon’s rich well-balanced sound is very good for it’s vintage. No matter how many performances of this frequently recorded masterpiece you may already own, don’t miss Fricsay’s!
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink – Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink - Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink – Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:29:38 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

It is almost inconceivable today that Gustav Mahler’s works were long marginalised in musical life. Bernard Haitink, who has an exceptionally fine feel for the fragmented nature of this music, is one of the conductors who brought about the Mahler renaissance in the 1960s. Mahler, says Haitink, “has always troubled me because he doesn’t validate you”. In this concert, he conducts Mahler’s farewell to the world, the Ninth Symphony.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Mstislav Rostropovich – Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Mstislav Rostropovich – Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 23:07 minutes | 431 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

“At the time of the recording, Mstislav Rostropovich likened conducting the Berlin Philharmonic to driving a locomotive. You get on, and you go where it takes you, he said–but in this case, the orchestra went where he wanted it to go. The playing is magnificent, but it is the characterization, the things Rostropovich gets the players to do that they wouldn’t otherwise have done, that makes these accounts so memorable. As you listen, you are transported to a different world, for no conductor understands Tchaikovsky’s soul better than Rostropovich. The delicacy is amazing, the power overwhelming; the analog recording captures it all in outstanding fashion.”
– Ted Libbey (Critic)

Soviet and Russian conductor Mstislav Rostropovich leads the Berliner Philharmoniker in this high-fidelity reissue of their 1979 Deutsche Grammophon recording of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker!

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan – Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6; The Swan of Tuonela (1994/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan – Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6; The Swan of Tuonela (1994/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:08:12 minutes | 2,39 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Stimmungsvoll: Vermutlich war kein anderer Dirigent ein besserer Anwalt f”ur die Werke von Jean Sibelius als Herbert von Karajan. Mit den sieben Sinfonien und Kompositionen wie Finlandia, der Karelia-Suite und Valse Triste war und ist Jean Sibelius der angesehenste und bekannteste finnische Komponist aller Zeiten.

Stereophile beschrieb die Sibelius-Aufnahmen von Karajan als “grossartig, musikalisch nat”urlich […] mit einigen der tiefsten, fettesten B”asse und dem reichsten, w”armsten Orchesterklang, der seit vielen Jahren auf Platte aufgezeichnet worden ist.”
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan – Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; Valse triste (1993/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan – Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; Valse triste (1993/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:05:52 minutes | 2,30 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

“Karajan recorded the Fourth Symphony three times, once in the 1950s with the Philharmonia and twice with the Berlin Philharmonic. The work obviously meant a great deal to him. He insisted on its inclusion in his very first concert on his appointment at the Berlin Philharmonic in the mid-1950s at a time when Sibelius’s cause had few champions in Germany, so keen was he to stake its claim as one of the great symphonies of the day. Karajan’s account has withstood the test of time as one of the most searching, profound and concentrated performances of this masterpiece, and its reappearance at mid price was very welcome. The Seventh is finer than his earlier Philharmonia version but doesn’t enjoy quite the same classic status. Karajan’s Valsetriste is wonderfully seductive. Indispensable!” (Gramophone Classical Music Guide)
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko – Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 – Stephan: Music for Orchestra (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko - Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 - Stephan: Music for Orchestra (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko – Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 – Stephan: Music for Orchestra (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:28 minutes | 973 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

In June 2015, the Berliner Philharmoniker elected Kirill Petrenko as their new chief conductor, he took up office a year ago. An exclusive edition now presents central recordings of this phase of anticipation and new beginnings. Performances of works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Franz Schmidt and Rudi Stephan reveal not only the first important programme directions, but also the exciting, intensive music-making in this partnership.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado – Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado – Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 25:07 minutes | 261 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The edition brings together Berliner Philharmoniker recordings from the last ten years. It includes the nine completed symphonies and the Adagio of the Tenth, whose performance under the direction of Claudio Abbado on the 100th anniversary of Mahler’s death is one of the highlights. In addition to chief conductor Kirill Petrenko and his predecessor Sir Simon Rattle, the edition features other outstanding Mahler interpreters closely associated with the orchestra: Gustavo Dudamel, Bernard Haitink, Daniel Harding, Andris Nelsons and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle – Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle - Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle – Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:18:18 minutes | 787 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony No. 8 in D major by Gustav Mahler was mainly composed between late 1887 and March 1888, though it incorporates music Mahler had composed for previous works. It was composed while Mahler was second conductor at the Leipzig Opera, Germany. Although in his letters Mahler almost always referred to the work as a symphony, the first two performances described it as a symphonic poem and as a tone poem in symphonic form respectively. The work was premi`ered at the Vigad’o Concert Hall, Budapest, in 1889, but was not well received Mahler made some major revisions for the second performance, given at Hamburg in October 1893; further alterations were made in the years prior to the first publication, in late 1898. Some modern performances and recordings give the work the title Titan, despite the fact that Mahler only used this label for the second and third performances, and never after the work had reached its definitive four-movement form in 1896.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle – Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle - Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle – Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:16:08 minutes | 736 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

This Gustav Mahler edition brings together Berliner Philharmoniker recordings from the last ten years. It includes the nine completed symphonies and the Adagio of the Tenth, whose performance under the direction of Claudio Abbado on the 100th anniversary of Mahler’s death is one of the highlights. In addition to chief conductor Kirill Petrenko and his predecessor Sir Simon Rattle, the edition features other outstanding Mahler interpreters closely associated with the orchestra: Gustavo Dudamel, Bernard Haitink, Daniel Harding, Andris Nelsons and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel, Gerhild Romberger – Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel, Gerhild Romberger - Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download

Berliner Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel, Gerhild Romberger – Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:39:21 minutes | 942 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

With a relationship with Mahler stretching back to the 1890s, the Berlin Philharmonic’s new symphony cycle, caught live on 10 CDs and four Blu ray videos, affords a thumbnail sketch of the orchestra’s shifting thoughts on his music over the past decade as filtered through the batons of eight conductors.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding – Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding – Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:44 minutes | 945 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony No. 1 in D major by Gustav Mahler was mainly composed between late 1887 and March 1888, though it incorporates music Mahler had composed for previous works. It was composed while Mahler was second conductor at the Leipzig Opera, Germany. Although in his letters Mahler almost always referred to the work as a symphony, the first two performances described it as a symphonic poem and as a tone poem in symphonic form respectively. The work was premièred at the Vigadó Concert Hall, Budapest, in 1889, but was not well received Mahler made some major revisions for the second performance, given at Hamburg in October 1893; further alterations were made in the years prior to the first publication, in late 1898. Some modern performances and recordings give the work the title Titan, despite the fact that Mahler only used this label for the second and third performances, and never after the work had reached its definitive four-movement form in 1896.
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