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The Early Lucerne Years 1952-1957

Label: Audite
EAN / barcode: 4022143214645
Release date: 8 September 2023
Number of CDs: 3
Format: Digital
Type: Album

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Karajan's New Beginning This release makes Herbert von Karajan's previously unreleased early live recordings from the Lucerne Music Festival available for the first time. Legendary soloists such as Clara Haskil and Géza Anda, Robert Casadesus and Nathan Milstein perform. The Lucerne International Music Festival was the first organizer outside Austria to engage Karajan after his performance ban and denazification, allowing him to return to the international stage. For almost four decades, from 1948 to 1988, he would leave his mark on the festival. His annual guest appearances with the Berliner Philharmoniker (from 1958 onwards) enjoyed cult status. But already in the decade before, which is documented in this edition, Karajan had delighted both audiences and critics in Lucerne and quickly grew into a formative artistic personality alongside Furtwängler. The live recordings from Lucerne range from Bach's Concerto for two pianos BWV 1061 to Honegger's Symphonie liturgique. The exciting, rhythmically tightly shaped interpretations show him as an extremely form-conscious conductor with great expressive power. However, he also appears as a sensitive and at the same time very creative accompanist. The sound of the live recordings has been carefully restored. The trilingual booklet contains essays on Karajan's career start in the post-war years and numerous previously unpublished photographs.

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Tracklist

01 Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con Brio 09:44
02 Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto Scherzando 04:02
03 Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: III. Tempo di Menuetto 05:28
04 Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro Vivace 07:52
05 Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491: I. Allegro 13:14
06 Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491: II. Larghetto 08:38
07 Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491: III. Allegretto 08:26
08 Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in C Major, BWV 1061: I. [Allegro] 07:40
09 Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in C Major, BWV 1061: II. Adagio ovvero Largo 04:28
10 Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in C Major, BWV 1061: III. Fuga 05:28
11 Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': I. Awakening of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arriving in the Countryside. Allegro ma non Troppo 11:21
12 Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': II. Scene By the Brook. Andante molto Moto 11:17
13 Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': III. Merry Gathering of Country Folk. Allegro - 02:57
14 Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': IV. Thunderstorm. Allegro - 03:23
15 Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': V. Shepherd's Hymn: Happy and Thankful Feelings After the Storm. Allegretto 09:17
16 Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: I. Allegro non Troppo 13:19
17 Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: II. Andante Moderato 12:02
18 Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro Giocoso 06:12
19 Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e Passionato 10:21
20 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non Troppo 20:33
21 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio 08:51
22 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo Vivace 08:24
23 Symphony No. 3, H. 186 'Liturgique': I. Dies Irae. Allegro Marcato 06:56
24 Symphony No. 3, H. 186 'Liturgique': II. De profundis clamavi. Adagio 13:07
25 Symphony No. 3, H. 186 'Liturgique': III. Dona nobis pacem. Andante 12:02

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