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Symphony No.2 In D, Op..43 Composed By – Jean Sibelius
1-1	I Allegretto	9:59
1-2	I Tempo Andante, Ma Rubato - Andante Sostenuto - Allegro - Andante Sostenuto	14:24
1-3	III Vivacissimo - Lento E Suave - Tempo Primo	6:08
1-4	IV Finale: Allegro Moderato	15:16
Symphony No.5 In E Flat Op.82 Composed By – Jean Sibelius
1-5	I Tempo Molto Moderato - Largamente - Allegro Moderato	13:25
1-6	II Andante Mosso, Quasi Allegretto	8:11
1-7	III Allegro Molto - Un Pochettino Largamente	9:10
2-1	Finlandia Op.26 (Mono Version) Composed By – Jean Sibelius	9:08
Symphony No.4 In A Minor Op.63 Composed By – Jean Sibelius
2-2	I Tempo Molto Moderato, Quasi Adagio	9:45
2-3	II Allegro Molto Vivace	4:58
2-4	III Il Tempo Largo	12:00
2-5	IV Allegro	9:16
Symphony No.5 In E Flat Op.82 Composed By – Jean Sibelius
2-6	I Tempo Molto Moderato - Largamente - Allegro Moderato - Presto	13:52
2-7	II Andante Mosso, Quasi Allegretto	8:59
2-8	III Allegro Molto - Un Pochettino Largamente	9:37
Symphony No.6 In D Minor Op.104 Composed By – Jean Sibelius
3-1	I Allegro Molto Moderato	9:16
3-2	II Allegretto Moderato	5:16
3-3	III Poco Vivace	3:41
3-4	IV Allegro - Allegro Assai	9:47
Symphony No.7 In C Op.105 Composed By – Jean Sibelius
3-5	Adagio - Vivacissimo -	9:10
3-6	Rallentando All'Adagio -	6:01
3-7	Allegro Molto Moderato - Allegro Moderato -	4:47
3-8	Presto - Adagio - Largamente Molto - Affettuoso	5:03
3-9	Tapiola Op.112 Composed By – Jean Sibelius	20:06
4-1	Finlandia Op.26 (Stereo Version) Composed By – Jean Sibelius	9:00
4-2	Valse Triste Op.44 No.1 Composed By – Jean Sibelius	6:04
Variations On A Theme By Frank Bridge Composed By – Benjamin BrittenComposed By [Theme] – Frank Bridge
4-3	Introduction And Theme: Lento Maestoso - Allegretto Poco Lento	1:59
4-4	Var.1: Adagio: Adagio -	2:54
4-5	Var.2: March: Presto Alla Marcia -	1:20
4-6	Var.3: Romance: Allegretto Grazioso -	1:41
4-7	Var.4: Aria Italiana: Allegro Brillante -	1:19
4-8	Var.5: Bourrée Classique: Allegro E Pesante	1:24
4-9	Var.6: Wiener Waltzer: Lento - Vivace -	2:49
4-10	Var.7: Moto Perpetuo: Allegro Molto -	1:03
4-11	Var.8: Funeral March: Andante Ritmico	3:55
4-12	Var.9: Chant: Lento	1:43
4-13	Var.10: Fugue And Finale: Allegro Molto Vivace - Lento E Solenne	7:08
4-14	Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis Composed By – Ralph Vaughan WilliamsComposed By [Theme] – Thomas Tallis	14:49
Water Music Suite (Mono Version) Arranged By – Harty*Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
4-15	I Allegro	2:34
4-16	II Air	6:05
4-17	III Bourée & Hornpipe	1:43
4-18	IV Andante Espressivo	4:25
4-19	V Allegro Deciso	7:05
5-1	Háry János (Intermezzo) Composed By – Zoltán Kodály	5:34
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta (Mono Version) Composed By – Béla Bartók
5-2	I Andante Tranquillo	8:00
5-3	II Allegro	6:50
5-4	III Adagio	6:38
5-5	IV Allegro Molto	6:52
5-6	V Adagio (Rehearsal Sequence)	1:43
Concerto For Orchestra Composed By – Béla Bartók
5-7	I Introduzione: Andante Non Troppo - Allegro Vivace	9:23
5-8	II Giuco Delle Coppie: Allegretto Scherzando	6:25
5-9	III Elegia: Andante Non Troppo	7:57
5-10	IV Intermezzo Interotto: Allegretto	4:25
5-11	V Finale: Pesante - Presto	9:15
6-1	La Scala Di Seta (Overture) Composed By – Gioachino Rossini*	6:36
6-2	L'Italiana In Algeri (Overture) Composed By – Gioachino Rossini*	8:13
6-3	Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Overture) Composed By – Gioachino Rossini*	7:25
6-4	La Gazza Ladra (Overture) Composed By – Gioachino Rossini*	9:50
6-5	Semiramide (Overture) Composed By – Gioachino Rossini*	12:16
Guillaume Tell Composed By – Gioachino Rossini*
6-6	Overture	12:08
6-7	Pas De Trois Et Chœur Tyrolien	8:19
7-1	Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo) (Mono Version) Composed By – Pietro Mascagni	3:32
7-2	L'Amico Fritz (Intermezzo) (Mono Version) Composed By – Pietro Mascagni	4:37
7-3	Manon Lescaut (Act III - Intermezzo) (Mono Version) Composed By – Giacomo Puccini	5:20
7-4	Pagliacci (Intermezzo) (Mono Version) Composed By – Ruggero Leoncavallo*	3:36
7-5	La Gioconda (Intermezzo) (Mono Version) Composed By – Amilcare Ponchielli	9:26
7-6	La Traviata (Act III - Prelude) (Mono Version) Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi	4:15
7-7	Aida (Act II - Ballet Music) (Mono Version) Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi	4:31
Don Carlos Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
7-8	Ella Giammai M'Amo	4:40
7-9	Dormirò Sol	4:37
Faust Composed By – Charles Gounod
7-10	Vous Qui Faites L'Endormie Bass Vocals – Boris Christoff	3:01
Symphony No.4 Composed By – Albert Roussel
7-11	I Lento - Allegro Con Brio	6:16
7-12	II Lento Molto	9:51
7-13	III Allegro Scherzando	3:00
7-14	IV Allegro Molto	4:08
8-1	La Traviata (Act III - Prelude) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi	3:55
8-2	Aida (Act II - Ballet Music) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi	4:24
8-3	La Gioconda (Dance Of The Hours) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Amilcare Ponchielli	9:53
8-4	Pagliacci (Intermezzo) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Ruggero Leoncavallo*	3:34
8-5	Manon Lescaut (Act III - Intermezzo) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Giacomo Puccini	5:11
8-6	Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Pietro Mascagni	3:18
8-7	L'Amico Fritz (Intermezzo) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Pietro Mascagni	4:24
Pini Di Roma Composed By – Ottorino Respighi
8-8	I I Pini Di Villa Borghese	2:50
8-9	II Pini Presso Una Catacomba	6:58
8-10	III I Pini Del Gianicolo	6:50
8-11	IV I Pini Di Via Appia	6:08
8-12	Orphée Aux Enfers (Overture) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Jacques Offenbach	9:42
9-1	Overture - Le Carnaval Romain Composed By – Hector Berlioz	9:22
9-2	La Damnation De Faust - Marche Hongroise Composed By – Hector Berlioz	4:24
9-3	Le Troyens - Royal Hunt And Sorm Composed By – Hector Berlioz	10:16
Symphonie Fantastique Op.14 Composed By – Hector Berlioz
9-4	I Rêveries - Passions: Largo - Allegro E Appassionato Assai	14:41
9-5	II Un Bal: Valse: Allegro Non Troppo	6:20
9-6	III Scène Aux Champs: Adagio	16:44
9-7	IV Marche Au Supplice: Allegretto Non Troppo	4:49
9-8	V Songe D'Une Buit Du Sabbat: Larghetto - Allegro - Allegro Assai - Allegro - Un Peu Retenu (Ronde Du Sabbat - Amimez Un Peu)	10:47
Carmen Suite Composed By – Georges Bizet
10-1	Act IV - Entr'Acte (Aragonaise)	2:23
10-2	Act III - Entr'Acte (Intermezzo)	2:57
10-3	Act II - Entr'Acte (Les Dragons D'Alcala)	1:34
10-4	Act I - Prélude	2:22
L'Arlésienne - Suite No.1 Composed By – Georges Bizet
10-5	I Prélude	6:57
10-6	II Minuetto	3:14
10-7	III Adagietto	3:01
10-8	IV Carillon	4:03
L'Arlésienne - Suite No.2 Composed By – Georges Bizet
10-9	I Pastorale	6:23
10-10	II Intermezzo	5:21
10-11	III Menuet	4:09
10-12	IV Farandole	3:31
10-13	España (Stereo Version) Composed By – Emmanuel Chabrier	6:04
10-14	Marche Joyeuse (Stereo Version) Composed By – Emmanuel Chabrier	4:09
Faust - Ballet Music Composed By – Charles Gounod
10-15	No.1 Les Nubiennes	2:27
10-16	No.2 Adagio	3:58
10-17	No.3 Allegretto: Danse Antique	1:36
10-18	No.4 Moderato Maestoso: Variations De Cléopâtre	1:38
10-19	No.5 Moderato Con Moto: Les Troyens	3:06
10-20	No.6 Allegretto: Variations Du Miroir	1:57
10-21	No.7 Allegretto Vivo: Danse De Phryné	2:27
La Mer Composed By – Claude Debussy
11-1	I De L'Aube À Midi Sur La Mer	8:52
11-2	II Jeux De Vagues	6:49
11-3	III Dialogue Du Vent Et De La Mer	8:24
Rapsodie Espagnole Composed By – Maurice Ravel
11-4	Prélude À La Nuit -	4:49
11-5	Malagueña -	2:02
11-6	Habanera	2:33
11-7	Feria	6:25
11-8	Carmen (Act IV - Prélude) Composed By – Georges Bizet	2:24
11-9	España (Mono Version) Composed By – Emmanuel Chabrier	5:47
11-10	Marche Joyeuse (Mono Version) Composed By – Emmanuel Chabrier	4:02
11-11	Les Patineurs - Valse (Mono Version) Composed By – Émil Waldteufel*	7:04
11-12	Les Contes D'Hoffmann (Barcarole) (Mono Version) Composed By – Jacques Offenbach	4:13
11-13	Orphée Aux Enfers (Overture) (Mono Version) Composed By – Jacques Offenbach	9:40
11-14	Goyescas (Intermezzo) (Mono Version) Composed By – Enrique Granados	4:13
11-15	Schwanda The Bagpiper (Polka) (Mono Version) Composed By – Jaromir Weinberger	2:31
Gaîté Parisienne Arranged By – Rosenthal*Composed By – Jacques Offenbach
12-1	Overture (La Vie Parisienne)	2:11
12-2	No.1 Allegro Moderato (Mesdames De La Halle)	0:22
12-3	No.2 Polka (Voyage Dans La Lune)	1:43
12-4	No.6 Entrée Du Brésilien (La Vie Parisienne)	1:07
12-5	No.8 Valse (Orphée Aux Enfers)	2:52
12-6	No.9 Marche (Tromb-Al-Cazar)	0:48
12-7	No.10 Valse (La Vie Parisienne)	1:47
12-8	No.11 Entrée Du Brésilien	0:12
12-9	No.12 Valse (Les Contes D'Hoffmann)	1:54
12-10	No.13 Duel Composed By – Rosenthal*	2:04
12-11	No.14 Valse (La Périchole)	2:56
12-12	No.15 Prélude Au Can-Can Composed By – Rosenthal*	2:24
12-13	No.16 Can-Can Scène 1 (Orphée Aux Enfers, Robinson Crusoe)	2:59
12-14	No.17 Can-Can Scène 2 (Orphée)	1:15
12-15	No.18 Can-Can Scène 3	0:45
12-16	No.22 Can-Can (La Vie Parisienne)	1:04
12-17	No.13 Barcarolle (Les Contes D'Hoffmann)	4:30
12-18	Le Contes D'Hoffmann (Barcarolle) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Jacques Offenbach	4:12
12-19	Les Patineurs - Valse (Stereo Version) Composed By – Émil Waldteufel*	7:40
12-20	Goyescas (Intermezzo) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Enrique Granados	4:38
12-21	Schwanda The Bagpiper (Polka) (Stereo Version) Composed By – Jaromír Weinberger*	2:27
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta (Stereo Version) Composed By – Béla Bartók
12-22	I Andante Tranquillo	7:17
12-23	II Allegro	7:09
12-24	III Adagio	7:02
12-25	IV Allegro Molto	6:46
Symphony No.9 In E Minor Op.95 'From The New World' Composed By – Antonín Dvořák
13-1	I Adagio - Allegro Molto	9:43
13-2	II Largo	12:57
13-3	III Scherzo: Molto Vivace	8:13
13-4	IV Allegro Con Fuoco	10:59
13-5	Má Vlast (Vltava) Composed By – Bedřich Smetana	12:13
Water Music Suite (Stereo Version) Arranged By – Harty*Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
13-6	I Allegro	2:41
13-7	II Air	5:20
13-8	III Bourrée	0:45
13-9	IV Hornpipe	0:54
13-10	V Andante Espressivo	3:52
13-11	VI Allegro Deciso	3:38

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Classics
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Music UK Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Warner Classics
• Copyright (c) – Warner Music UK Ltd.
• Record Company – Warner Music Group
• Recorded At – Kingsway Hall
• Recorded At – No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
• Recorded At – Grunewaldkirche
• Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH
• Designed At – WLP Ltd.
• Published By – Edition Wilhelm Hansen
• Published By – Chester Music
• Published By – Breitkopf & Härtel
• Published By – Hawkes & Son
• Published By – J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
• Published By – Universal Edition
• Published By – Copyright Control
• Published By – Boosey & Hawkes

Credits

• Compiled By – Richard J. Bradburn
• Conductor – Herbert von Karajan
• Design – Jeremy Tilston, WLP Ltd.
• Engineer [Balance] – Douglas Larter (tracks: 1-5 to 3-9, 4-3 to 5-11, 7-1 to 7-14, 8-2 to 9-2, 9-4 to 12-17, 12-19, 12-21), Harold Davidson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 4-1, 6-1 to 6-7, 7-11 to 7-14, 9-3, 12-18, 12-20), Horst Lindner (tracks: 12-22 to 13-11), Robert Beckett (tracks: 10-5 to 10-12, 10-15 to 10-21), Robert Gooch (tracks: 4-2, 8-1)
• Liner Notes – Jean-Charles Hoffelé, Richard Osborne
• Liner Notes [Translation] – Anne Thomas , Eckhardt Van Den Hoogen, Susannah Howe
• Orchestra – Berliner Philharmoniker (tracks: 12-22 to 13-11), Philharmonia Orchestra (tracks: 1-1 to 12-21)
• Photography [CD12: Wallet Front Photo (C)] – Hollywood Studios
• Photography By [CD1 to CD5, CD7, CD13: Wallet Front Photo / Box Cover Photo] – Unknown Artist
• Photography By [CD10: Wallet Front Photo (C)] – Carl Kepka
• Photography By [CD6, CD8: Wallet Front Photo (C)] – Tully Potter Collection*
• Photography By [CD9, CD11: Wallet Front Photo (C)] – Georges Maiteny*
• Producer – Christfried Bickenbach (tracks: 13-6 to 13-10), Fritz Ganss (tracks: 13-1 to 13-4), Walter Legge

Notes

CD1 (Stereo):
Recorded: 20. 21 & 23.III.1960 (tracks 5 to 7), 28 & 29.III.1960 (tracks 1 to 4), Kingsway Hall, London.

CD2 (Mono):
Recorded: 28-31.VII.1952 (tracks 1, 6 to 8), 6 & 7.VII.1953 (tracks 2 to 5), Kingsway Hall, London.

CD3 (Mono/Stereo):
Recorded: 14 & 15.VII.1953 (track 9), 4-6.VII.1955 (tracks 1 to 8), Kingsway Hall, London.

CD4 (Mono/Stereo):
Recorded: 26.IV & 31.VII.1952 (tracks 15 to 19), 16.I.1958 (track 2), 5-6.I.1959 (track 1), Kingsway Hall, London.
Recorded: 10 & 23.XI.1953 (tracks 3 to 13), 11 & 23.XI.1953 (track 14), No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London.

CD5 (Mono):
Recorded: 29-30.XII.1949 (tracks 2 to 6), 28-29.XI.1952 & 21-22.VII.1953 (tracks 7 to 11), 24.VII.1954 (track 1), Kingsway Hall, London.
(P) 1998 (track 6) Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.

CD6 (Stereo):
Recorded: 18.I.1958 (track 7), 26-27 & 29-30.III.1960 (tracks 1 to 6), Kingsway Hall, London.

CD7 (Mono):
Recorded: 22, 28-29.XI.1949 (tracks 11 to 14), 28.XI.1949 (tracks 8 to 10), 22 (tracks 2, 4), 23 (track 6), 24 (tracks 1, 3).VII.1954, 5 (track 7), 6 (track 5).XI.1954, Kingsway Hall, London.
(P) 1998 (track 10) Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.

CD8 (Stereo):
Recorded: 9.I.1958 (track 1), 10 & 13.I.1958 (tracks 8 to 11), 2 & 3 (tracks 4, 5, 7), 3 & 5 (track 6).I.1959, 22 & 23 (track 3), 23 (track 12), 29 (track 2).IX.1960, Kingsway Hall, London.

CD9 (Mono/Stereo):
Recorded: 7-9 & 21.VII.1954 (tracks 4 to 8), 9.I.1958 (tracks 1, 2), 6.I.1959 (track 3), Kingsway Hall, London.

CD10 (Stereo):
Recorded: 14 & 15 (tracks 5 to 12, 15 to 21), 16 (tracks 1 to 4).I.1958, 23 (track 14), 24 (track 13).IX.1960, Kingsway Hall, London.

CD11 (Mono):
Recorded: 16-17.VII.1953 (tracks 1 to 7), 17 (track 9), 21 (track 11).VII.1953, 22 (tracks 8, 14, 15), 23 (track 12).VII.1954, 8 (track 13), 9 (track 10).VII.1955, Kingsway Hall, London.

CD12 (Stereo/Mono):
Recorded: 13-16 & 18.I.1958 (tracks 1 to 17), 5 (track 20) & 6 (track 18).I.1959, 21 & 23 (track 19), 23 (track 21).IX.1960, Kingsway Hall, London.
Recorded: 9-11.XI.1960, Grunewaldkirche, Berlin (tracks 22 to 25).

CD13 (Stereo):
Recorded: 28 & 29.XI.1957 (tracks 1 to 4), 18-20.V.1958 (track 5), 30 & 31.XII.1959 (tracks 6 to 11), Grunewaldkirche, Berlin.

Digital Remastering (P) 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.
This compilation (P) & (C) 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.

Clamshell cardboard box include CDs in separate, artwork cardboard wallets and a 20-page booklet.

Editor's note: Stereo/Mono status as printed on wallets.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8 25646 33621 0
• Label Code: LC04281
• Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
• SPARS Code: ADD