Karajan ● The Opera Recordings ● 70 x CD Box Set, Collector's, Limited Edition

KARAJAN THE OPERA RECORDINGS on Deutsche Grammophon & Decca, with 5 Salzburg Festival opera recordings, and an Appendix of Haydns The Creation.

70 CDs

25 operas (12 DGG; 8 DECCA; 5 Salzburg)

3 Mozart, 5 Puccini, 6 Verdi, 5 Wagner, 2 Rosenkavaliers.

With this original jackets box set Deutsche Grammophon concludes its series of 4 grand sets that present the totality of Herbert von Karajans output for the Yellow Label and hence perhaps the most magnificent legacy in the history of recorded music.

On 70 CDs KARAJAN THE OPERA RECORDINGS features the 14 operas Karajan recorded for DGG from Carmen to Parsifal, from The Merry Widow to Rosenkavalier, from Mozart to Puccini. And, of course, the complete Ring.

Incorporated are Karajans 8 opera recordings for DECCA (+ Verdis Falstaff that was originally released on Philips), as well as 5 live recordings from the Salzburg Festival, including, as bonus, Haydns The Creation.

PRODUCT OVERVIEW

ORIGINAL ARTWORK: Sleeve covers (front and back) are all reproduced from the original LP releases, or, in the few cases where there wasnt an LP, from the original CDs.

THE BOOK: 220+ pages. Profound and extensive new linernotes by the acclaimed opera critic Jürgen Kesting, detailing all aspects of Herbert von Karajans career as an opera conductor. In addition, the book will contain a Karajan timeline, a tracklist with full recording details and many rare photos of the maestro in rehearsal, in performance and in the recording studio.

PACKAGING: 70 CDs once again arranged in four snug compartments

BONUS: This time again, we reprint 5 facsimile recording protocols from some of the most famous recordings.

CD 1 3

BIZET: Carmen

CD 4 5

GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice (Salzburg)

CD 6 7

LEHÁR: Die lustige Witwe

CD 8 9

LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana

CD 10 12

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Decca)

CD 13 15

MOZART: Don Giovanni

CD 16 17

MOZART: Die Zauberflöte

CD 18 20

MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov (Decca)

CD 21 22

PUCCINI: La Bohème (Decca)

CD 23 24

PUCCINI: Tosca (Decca)

CD 25 26

PUCCINI: Tosca

CD 27 28

PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly (Decca)

CD 29 30

PUCCINI: Turandot

CD 31 32

Johann STRAUSS: Die Fledermaus (Decca)

CD 33 35

Richard STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier 1960 (Salzburg)

CD 36 38

R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier

CD 39 40

VERDI: Il trovatore (Salzburg)

CD 41 42

VERDI: Un ballo in maschera

CD 43 44

VERDI: Don Carlo (Salzburg)

CD 45 46

VERDI: Aida (Decca)

CD 47 48

VERDI: Otello (Decca)

CD 49 50

VERDI: Falstaff (Philips)

CD 51 64

WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen

CD 65 68

WAGNER: Parsifal

CD 69 70

HAYDN: Die Schöpfung (Salzburg)