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.

He was closely associated with EMI for the majority of his recording career (specifically from 1946 to 1960 and then again from 1969 to 1984). While Beethoven’s symphonies, so central to Karajan’s recorded legacy, embody music’s transition from Classicism to Romanticism, this set presents symphonies by Beethoven’s great Classical predecessors – Mozart and Haydn – and his admiring Romantic contemporary, Schubert. It also offers a rarity: the overture to Cherubini’s opera Anacréon.

Contents:
CD 1 
JOSEPH HAYDN
- Symphony No.83 in G MINOR ‘La Poule'
- Symphony No.101 in D 'The Clock'
- Symphony No.104 in D ‘London’
Recorded: 1971, The French Church, St Moritz / 1975, Philharmonie, Berlin

CD 2
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Symphony No.35 in D K385 ‘Haffner’
- Symphony No.36 in C K425 ‘Linz’

LUIGI CHERUBINI
- Anacreon: Overture    

Recorded: 1971, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin / 1981, Philharmonie, Berlin

CD 3
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Symphony No.38 in D K504 ‘Prague’
- Symphony No.39 in E Flat K543

Plus: REHEARSAL EXTRACTS (K543)  
I. Adagio – Allegro    
II. Andante con moto    

Recorded: 1971, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

CD 4
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Symphony No.40 in G Minor K550
- Symphony No.41 in C K551 ‘Jupiter’

Plus: REHEARSAL EXTRACTS  
I. Molto allegro (K550) 
IV. Finale: Molto allegro (K551)  

Recorded: 1971, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

CD 5
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
- Der Freischü̈tz: Overture

FRANZ SCHUBERT
- Symphony No.1 in D D82
- Symphony No.2 in B Flat D125
Recorded: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, Philharmonie, Berlin

CD 6
FRANZ SCHUBERT
- Symphony No.3 in D D200
- Symphony No.4 in C Minor D417 ‘Tragic’
Rosamunde D797
- Ballet Music No.1: Allegro moderato
- Ballet Music No.2: Andantino   
Recorded: 1977 & 1978, Philharmonie, Berlin

CD 7
FRANZ SCHUBERT
- Rosamunde D797 – OVERTURE
- Symphony No.5 in B Flat D485
- Symphony No.6 in C D589
Recorded: 1977 & 1978, Philharmonie, Berlin

CD 8
FRANZ SCHUBERT
- Symphony No.8 in B minor D759 'Unfinished'
- Symphony No.9 in C D944 'The Great'
Recorded: 1975 & 1977, Philharmonie, Berlin