The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue.

For many, Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) – hailed early in his career as ‘Das Wunder Karajan’ (The Karajan Miracle) and known in the early 1960s as ‘the music director of Europe’ – remains the ultimate embodiment of the maestro. The release of the Karajan Official Remastered Edition over the first half of 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the conductor’s death in July 1989 at the age of 81.

Karajan was closely associated with EMI for the majority of his recording career (specifically from 1946 to 1960 and then again from 1969 to 1984). EMI’s legendary producer Walter Legge sought him out in Vienna just after World War II and the long relationship that ensued embraced recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Philharmonia (the orchestra founded by Legge), the Berlin Philharmonic (of which Karajan became ‘conductor for life’ in 1955), the forces of La Scala, Milan, and the Orchestre de Paris.

The Karajan Official Remastered Edition features primarily symphonic and choral music. The entire edition will comprise recordings remastered from the original sources in 24-bit/96kHz at Abbey Road Studios, the world’s most renowned recording studio.

Contents:
CD 1 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No.35 in D, K385 “Haffner”
Recorded: 1952, Kingsway Hall, London and 1955, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
MONO/ADD

- Symphony No.39 in E flat, K543
Recorded: 1955, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London and 1955, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD

- Divertimento No.15 in B flat, K287
Recorded: 1952, Kingsway Hall, London and 1955, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
MONO/ADD

Philharmonia Orchestra

CD 2
Richard Strauss
- Don Juan, Op.20 
- Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op.28
Recorded: 1951, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD

- Tod und Verklärung, Op.24
Recorded: 1953, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD

Richard Wagner
- Tannhäuser: Venusberg Music
Recorded: 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD

Philharmonia Orchestra

CD 3
Johannes Brahms
- Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68
Recorded: 51952, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD

- Variations on a Theme by Haydn (St Antoni Chorale), Op.56a
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD or STEREO/ADD

Franz Schmidt
- Notre Dame: Intermezzo
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD

Philharmonia Orchestra

CD 4
Johannes Brahms
- Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London

Franz Schubert
- Symphony No.8 in B minor, D759 “Unfinished”
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London
 
Philharmonia Orchestra
STEREO/ADD

CD 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No.38 in D, K504 “Prague”
Recorded: 1958, Musikvereinsaal, Wien
STEREO/ADD

Johannes Brahms
- Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD

Richard Wagner
- Tannhäuser: Venusberg Music
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD

Philharmonia Orchestra

CD 6
Carl Maria von Weber (orch. Berlioz)
- Invitation to the Dance
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD
 
Johann Strauss II
- An der schönen blauen Donau, Op.314
- Künstlerleben-Walzer, Op.316
- Kaiser-Walzer, Op.437
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London
MONO/ADD
 
Josef Strauss
- Delirien-Walzer, Op.212
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London

Johann Strauss II
- Pizzicato Polka 
- Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op.214
- Unter Donner und Blitz – Polka, Op.324
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London

Johann Strauss II
- Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture 
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London

Johann Strauss I
- Radetzky March, Op.228
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London

Franz von Suppé
- Leichte Kavallerie: Overture
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London

Philharmonia Orchestra
STEREO/ADD

CD 7
Leopold Mozart
- Toy Symphony (Cassation in G)
Recorded: 1957, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
STEREO/ADD

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Serenade in G, K525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
Recorded: 1953, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
MONO/ADD

Franz Liszt
- Les Préludes
- Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD

Johann Strauss II
- Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op.214
- Unter Donner und Blitz: Polka, Op.324
Johann Strauss I
- Radetzky March, Op.228  
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD

Franz von Suppé
- Leichte Kavallerie: Overture 
Recorded: 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD

Philharmonia Orchestra

CD 8
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Serenade in G, K525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
- German Dance in G, K600
- German Dance in G, K602
Recorded: 1959, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

- German Dance in G, K605
Recorded: 1960, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

Franz Schubert
- Symphony No.5 in B flat, D485
Recorded: 1958, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

Robert Schumann
- Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120
Recorded: 1957, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
MONO/ADD

Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 9
Felix Mendelssohn
- Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Otto Nicolai
- Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture
Recorded: 1960, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

Paul Hindemith
- Symphony: Mathis der Maler
Recorded: 1957, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

Anton Bruckner
- Symphony No.8 in C minor (Mvts I & II)
Recorded: 1957, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 10
Anton Bruckner
- Symphony No.8 in C minor (Mvts III & IV)
Recorded: 1957, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No.29 in A, K201
Recorded: 1960, Grunewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 11
Richard Wagner
- Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
Recorded: 1960, Grunewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

- Tannhäuser: Overture
Recorded: 1957, Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin
MONO/STEREO?/ADD

- Lohengrin – Prelude to Act 1 
Recorded: 1960, Grunewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Prelude to Act 1 
- Tristan und Isolde – Prelude to Act 1 
- Tristan und Isolde – Liebestod (Act 3)
Recorded: 1957, Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

Carl Maria von Weber
- Der Freischütz: Overture
Recorded: 1960, Grunewaldkirche, Berlin
STEREO/ADD

Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 12
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No.35 in D, K385 “Haffner”
Recorded: 1952, Kingsway Hall, London and 1964/1955, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
MONO/ADD
(Alternative version from CD 1)

- Symphony No.39 in E flat, K543
Recorded: 1955, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London and Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD - Stereo tape released for the 1st time.

Philharmonia Orchestra