Description:

[Panorama Series: Semi-New/ Encore Press] Encore pressing of a 2CD series of selected masterpieces by top-notch artists. Long time recording. Four masterpieces from Beethoven's early and middle period works. The symphonies are performed with great energy by Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. Karajan has recorded the complete works three times for Deutsche Grammophon, and this is a monumental performance of the first recording. The Violin Concerto was recorded just after Mutter's recording debut, and the then 16-year-old Mutter gives a lively performance full of youthful vigor. The Cello Sonata is a legendary recording by Rostropovich and Richter on the original Philips disc. [Performers] Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor) [Recordings] December 1961, November 1962, December 1979 Berlin, July 1961, England (OIBP)

Tracklisting:

1 SYMPHONY NO.1 IN C MAJOR. OP.21 1ST MOV.: ADAGIO MOLTO - ALLEGRO CON BRIO / BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
2 SYMPHONY NO.1 IN C MAJOR. OP.21 2ND MOV.: ANDANTE CANTABILE CON MOTO / BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
3 SYMPHONY NO.1 IN C MAJOR. OP.21 3RD MOV.: MENUETTO. ALLEGRO MOLTO E VIVACE / BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
4 SYMPHONY NO.1 IN C MAJOR. OP.21 4TH MOV.: ADAGIO - ALLEGRO MOLTO E VIVACE / BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
5 SYMPHONY NO.3 IN E FLAT MAJOR. OP.55 'EROICA' 1ST MOV.: ALLEGRO CON BRIO / BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
6 SYMPHONY NO.3 IN E FLAT MAJOR. OP.55 'EROICA' 2ND MOV.: MARCIA FUNEBRE. ADAGIO ASSAI / BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
7 SYMPHONY NO.3 IN E FLAT MAJOR. OP.55 'EROICA' 3RD MOV.: SCHERZO. ALLEGRO VIVACE / BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
8 SYMPHONY NO.3 IN E FLAT MAJOR. OP.55 'EROICA' 4TH MOV.: FINALE. ALLEGRO MOLTO / BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
1 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA IN D MAJOR. OP.61 1ST MOV.: ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO / ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER
2 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA IN D MAJOR. OP.61 2ND MOV.: LARGHETTO / ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER
3 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA IN D MAJOR. OP.61 3RD MOV.: ALLEGRO / ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER
4 SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO IN A MAJOR. OP.69 1ST MOV.: ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO / SVIATOSLAV RICHTER
5 SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO IN A MAJOR. OP.69 2ND MOV.: SCHERZO. ALLEGRO MOLTO / SVIATOSLAV RICHTER
6 SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO IN A MAJOR. OP.69 3RD MOV.: ADAGIO CANTABILE - ALLEGRO VIVACE / SVIATOSLAV RICHTER