Tracklisting
CD 1
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Symphony No. 35 in D major, KV 385 “Haffner”
1 I. Allegro con spirito
2 II. Andante
3 III. Minuetto
4 IV. Finale: Presto
rec. 9 April 1951

Symphony No. 41 in C major, KV 551 “Jupiter”
5 I. Allegro vivace
6 II. Andante cantabile
7 III. Menuetto: Allegretto
8 IV. Molto allegro
rec. 28 October 1942

Serenade No. 13 in G major, KV 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
9 I. Allegro
10 II. Romanza: Andante
11 III. Menuetto: Allegretto
12 IV. Rondo: Allegro
rec. 1943

13 Die Entführung aus dem Serail, KV 384: Overture
14 Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492: Overture
rec. 1939

Karl Böhm conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker (1-4), the Staatskapelle Dresden (5-8, 13-14) and the Wiener Philharmoniker (9-12)

CD 2
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485
1 I. Allegro
2 II. Andante con moto
3 III. Menuetto: Allegro molto. Trio
4 IV. Allegro vivace
rec. 12 June 1942

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759
»Unfinished«
5 I. Allegro moderato
6 II. Andante con moto
rec. August 1940

CARL MARIA VON WEBER
7 Der Freischütz: Overture
rec. 1938
8 Oberon: Overture
rec. 1939

Karl Böhm conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden (1-4, 7-8) and the Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 3
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61
1 I. Allegro con brio
2 II. Andante con moto
3 III. Allegro
Max Straub (violin)
rec. 1939

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
4 I. Allegro con brio
5 II. Largo
6 III. Rondo: Allegro
Lubka Kolessa (piano)
rec. 1939

Karl Böhm conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden

CD 4
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58
1 I. Allegro moderato
2 II. Andante con moto
3 III. Rondo: Vivace
Walter Gieseking (piano)
rec. 1939

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E major, op. 73 “Emperor”
4 I. Allegro
5 II. Adagio un poco mosso
6 III. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Edwin Fischer (piano)
rec. 1939

Karl Böhm conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden

CD 5
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68
1 I. Un poco sostenuto. Allegro
2 II. Andante sostenuto
3 III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
4 IV. Adagio. Pìu andante. Allegro non troppo ma con brio
rec. 18 & 19 November 1944

Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73 (Beginning)
5 I. Allegro non troppo 14:39
6 II. Adagio non troppo 11:05
rec. 17 & 18 September 1942

Karl Böhm conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 6
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73 (Conclusion)
1 III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)
2 IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
rec. 17 & 18 September 1942

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, op. 83
3 I. Allegro non troppo
4 II. Allegro appassionato
5 III. Andante
6 IV. Allegretto grazioso
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
rec. June 1939

Karl Böhm conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker (1-2) and the Staatskapelle Dresden (3-6)

CD 7
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major “Romantic”
1 I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
2 II. Andante quasi allegretto
3 III. Scherzo: Bewegt
4 IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
rec. 1936

Karl Böhm conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden

CD 8
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7 in E major
1 I. Allegro moderato
2 II. Adagio: Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
3 III. Scherzo: Sehr schnell
4 IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
rec. 1944

Karl Böhm conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden

CD 9
BEDRICH SMETANA
1 The Bartered Bride: Overture

JOHANN STRAUSS JR.
2 Die Fledermaus: Intermezzo

RICHARD WAGNER
3 Der Fliegende Holländer: Overture
4 Tannhäuser: Overture
5 Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
6 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I

GIUSEPPE VERDI
7 Aida: Sinfonia

RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
8 Pagliacci: Intermezzo

PIETRO MASCAGNI
9 Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico
rec.  1938 (8-9) & 1939 (1-7)

Karl Böhm conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden

CD 10
MAX REGER
Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, op. 132
1 Andante grazioso
2 Variation I: L'istesso tempo
3 Variation II: Poco agitato
4 Variation III: Con moto
5 Variation IV: Vivace
6 Variation V: Quasi presto
7 Variation VI: Sostenuto
8 Variation VII: Andante grazioso
9 Variation VIII: Molto sostenuto
10 Fugue: Allegretto grazioso
rec. 1938

HANS PFITZNER
Symphony in C major, op. 46
11 I. Allegro moderato
12 II. Adagio. Sehr langsam
13 III. Presto
rec. 30 November 1942

RICHARD STRAUSS
14 Don Juan, op. 20
rec. 1938
15 Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28

rec. 1940