This luxurious limited edition hardback set provides a fascinating cross-section of the 170-year history of one of the world’s greatest orchestras: the Wiener Philharmoniker. The 100-page lavishly illustrated hardcover coffee-table book houses 20 CDs of recordings with 19 conductors spanning the past 70 years. Collectors will once again love the premium quality of this set, its authority and comprehensive approach to one of the world’s most beloved orchestras.

Boxset dimensions: 11.4” x 8” x 1.6”

Tracklist: 

CD 1 – Karl Böhm
Haydn – Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Cello, Oboe, Bassoon and Orchestra
Mozart – Sinfonia concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra

CD 2 – Erich Kleiber
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9

CD 3 – Christoph von Dohnányi
Mendelssohn – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3

CD 4 – Wilhelm Furtwängler
Schumann – Symphony No. 1
Franck – Symphony in D minor

CD 5 – Giuseppe Sinopoli
Liszt – Les Préludes ∙ Orpheus ∙ Mazeppa ∙ Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

CD 6 – Bernard Haitink
Bruckner – Symphony No. 3

CD 7 – Barbara Bonney ∙ Andreas Schmidt ∙ Carlo Maria Giulini
Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem

CD 8 – Herbert von Karajan
Dvořák – Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

CD 9 – Frederica von Stade ∙ Claudio Abbado
Mahler – Symphony No. 4

CD 10 – Riccardo Chailly
Janáček – Mša glagolskaja
Zemlinsky – Psalm 83

CD 11 – Seiji Ozawa
R. Strauss – Eine Alpensinfonie

CD 12 – Emanuel Brabec ∙ Zubin Mehta
Schmidt – Symphony No. 4

CD 13 – Sir Georg Solti
Kodály – Variations on a Hungarian Folksong “The Peacock”
Elgar – Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”

CD 14 – Leonard Bernstein
Shostakovich – Symphonies Nos. 6 & 9

CD 15 – Itzhak Perlman ∙ James Levine
Mozart – Violin Concertos

CD 16 – Gidon Kremer ∙ Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Mozart – Violin Concertos

CD 17 – KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN ∙ HANS SCHMIDT-ISSERSTEDT ∙ WILHELM BACKHAUS
Beethoven – Piano Concerto Nos. 2 & 3

CD 18 – Lang Lang ∙ Zubin Mehta
Chopin – Piano Concertos

CD 19 – Heinrich Schiff ∙ Sir André Previn
Dvořák – Cello Concerto ∙ Rondo for Cello and Piano

CD 20 - Rainer Küchl ∙ Sir André Previn ∙ Gary Graffman
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
Strauss – Parergon zur »Symphonia domestica