Herbert von Karajan - Tchaikovsky: The 6 Symphonies

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The Berliner Philharmoniker's long and distinguished tradition of Tchaikovsky performance can be traced back to their founding years. Tchaikovsky himself knew and admired the orchestra's two earliest principal conductors Hans von Bülow and Artur Nikisch. Their inspired advocacy of his music — the last three symphonies in particular — would be continued by their similarly dedicated and charismatic successors Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan.

The 20-year-old Karajan included Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony in his very first professional concert in Salzburg in January 1929. The Pathétique Symphony followed in Ulm in 1933. He told his parents, "When it was all over, the audience sat as if dead for ten seconds, then bawled their approval as if at a football match." In 1939, the year after his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Karajan recorded the Pathétique with the orchestra. The artistic self-possession he displayed in his handling of both the music and the orchestra was widely noted at the time. By now he also had in his repertoire the tragic yet electrifying Fourth Symphony, a work of which he would become one of the great interpreters.

 

DISC 1

SYMPHONIE NO.1 G-MOLL OP.13 >>WINTERTRAUME<< 1:DREAMS OF A WINTER JOURNEY.ALLEGRO TRANQUILLO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Dreams of a winter journey.Allegro tranquillo

SYMPHONIE NO.1 G-MOLL OP.13 >>WINTERTRAUME<< 2:LAND OF DESOLATION.LAND OF MISTS.ANDANTE CANTABILE MA / Berliner Philharmoniker

Land of desolation,land of mists.Andante cantabile ma non tanto

SYMPHONIE NO.1 G-MOLL OP.13 >>WINTERTRAUME<< 3:SCHERZO.ALLEGRO SCHERZANDO GIOCOSO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Scherzo.Allegro scherzando giocoso

SYMPHONIE NO.1 G-MOLL OP.13 >>WINTERTRAUME<< 4:FINALE.ANDANTE LUGUBRE-ALLEGRO MODERATO-ALLEGRO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Finale.Andante lugubre-Allegro moderato-Allegro maestoso-Allegro vivo

SYMPHONIE NO.2 C-MOLL OP.17 >>KLEINRUSSISCHE<< 1:ANDANTE SOSTENUTO-ALLEGRO VIVO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Andante sostenuto-Allegro vivo

SYMPHONIE NO.2 C-MOLL OP.17 >>KLEINRUSSISCHE<< 2:ANDANTINO MARZIALE.QUASI MODERATO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Andantino marziale,quasi moderato

SYMPHONIE NO.2 C-MOLL OP.17 >>KLEINRUSSISCHE<< 3:SCHERZO.ALLEGRO MOLTO VIVACE-TRIO.L'ISTESSO TEMPO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Scherzo.Allegro molto vivace-Trio.L’istesso tempo

SYMPHONIE NO.2 C-MOLL OP.17 >>KLEINRUSSISCHE<< 4:MODERATO ASSAI-ALLEGRO VIVO-PRESTO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Moderato assai-Allegro vivo-Presto

DISC 2

SYMPHONIE NO.3 D-DUR OP.29 >>POLNISCHE<< 1:INTRODUZIONE E ALLEGRO.MODERATO ASSAI (TEMPO DI MARCIA / Berliner Philharmoniker

Introduzione e Allegro.Moderato assai (Tempo di marcia funebre)

SYMPHONIE NO.3 D-DUR OP.29 >>POLNISCHE<< 2:ALLA TEDESCA.ALLEGRO MODERATO E SEMPLICE / Berliner Philharmoniker

Alla tedesca.Allegro moderato e semplice

SYMPHONIE NO.3 D-DUR OP.29 >>POLNISCHE<< 3:ANDANTE ELEGIACO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Andante elegiaco

SYMPHONIE NO.3 D-DUR OP.29 >>POLNISCHE<< 4:SCHERZO.ALLEGRO VIVO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Scherzo.Allegro vivo

SYMPHONIE NO.3 D-DUR OP.29 >>POLNISCHE<< 5:FINALE.ALLEGRO CON FUOCO (TEMPO DI POLACCA) / Berliner Philharmoniker

Finale.Allegro con fuoco (Tempo di Polacca)

SYMPHONIE NO.4 F-MOLL OP.36 1:ANDANTE SOSTENUTO-MODERATO CON ANIMA-MODERATO ASSAI.QUASI ANDANTE- / Berliner Philharmoniker

Andante sostenuto-Moderato con anima-Moderato assai,quasi Andante-Allegro vivo

SYMPHONIE NO.4 F-MOLL OP.36 2:ANDANTINO IN MODO DI CANZONE / Berliner Philharmoniker

Andantino in modo di canzone

SYMPHONIE NO.4 F-MOLL OP.36 3:SCHERZO.PIZZICATO OSTINATO-ALLEGRO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Scherzo.Pizzicato ostinato-Allegro

SYMPHONIE NO.4 F-MOLL OP.36 4:FINALE.ALLEGRO CON FUOCO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Finale.Allegro con fuoco

DISC 3

SYMPHONIE NO.5 E-MOLL OP.64 1:ANDANTE-ALLEGRO CON ANIMA / Berliner Philharmoniker

Andante-Allegro con anima

SYMPHONIE NO.5 E-MOLL OP.64 2:ANDANTE CANTABILE.CON ALCUNA LICENZA-MODERATO CON ANIMA-ANDANTE MOSSO- / Berliner Philharmoniker

Andante cantabile,con alcuna licenza-Moderato con anima-Andante mosso-Allegro

SYMPHONIE NO.5 E-MOLL OP.64 3:VALSE.ALLEGRO MODERATO / Berliner Philharmoniker

Valse.Allegro moderato

SYMPHONIE NO.5 E-MOLL OP.64 4:FINALE.ANDANTE MAESTOSO-ALLEGRO VIVACE-MOLTO VIVACE-MODERATO ASSAI E / Berliner Philharmoniker

Finale.Andante maestoso-Allegro vivace-Molto vivace-Moderato assai e molto

SYMPHONIE NO.6 H-MOLL OP.74 >>PATHETIQUE<< 1:ADAGIO-ALLEGRO NON TROPPO-ANDANTE-MODERATO MOSSO- / Berliner Philharmoniker

Adagio-Allegro non troppo-Andante-Moderato mosso-Andante-Moderato assai

SYMPHONIE NO.6 H-MOLL OP.74 >>PATHETIQUE<< 2:ALLEGRO CON GRAZIA / Berliner Philharmoniker

Allegro con grazia

SYMPHONIE NO.6 H-MOLL OP.74 >>PATHETIQUE<< 3:ALLEGRO MOLTO VIVACE / Berliner Philharmoniker

Allegro molto vivace

SYMPHONIE NO.6 H-MOLL OP.74 >>PATHETIQUE<< 4:FINALE.ADAGIO LAMENTOSO-ANDANTE / Berliner Philharmoniker

Finale.Adagio lamentoso-Andante

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