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Nope, I am not going to threaten you with one of those threads “what would be the best…?” Still, the Wiener Philharmoniker has a CD of the “Best Of Wiener Philharmoniker”… witch is… surprise, surprise IS the best they play. Well, I would say that the best they play in the Stereo recording era… The selection of the material is very tasteful and the performances are fantastic. The CD were pressed by DG and do have quite reasonable quality.

The CDs is widely available in US stores. Some other CD are available from the Wiener Philharmoniker web site at and they marked as Vlolime1-5

http://wienerphilharmoniker.waldner.biz/index2.pl?language=en&id=16&nextsite=detail_kat

I bought my long time ago when Wiener still did not complied those CD into volumes and mine is 00289 477 5077. I looked at the program of the other volumes and was not impressed with the programs. I do not think I would consider the Wiener Johann Strauss’ “best” without the Clemens Krauss’ New Year performances in 50s or Karajan performing the Nutcracker (unspeakable garbage). I think after releasing this initial 2CD album they turned south. Still, the first initial CD is wonderful, well worth $15.


Disc: 1
1. Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67: 1. Allegro con brio - Carlos Kleiber
2. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77: 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco più presto - Gidon Kremer / Leonard Bernstein
3. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor - Fritz Reiner
4. Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor: 2. Scherzo. Bewegt, lebhaft - Trio. Schnell Carlo Maria Giulini
5. Chabrier: España - Rhapsody for Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner
6. Dvorák: Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 "From the New World: 1. Adagio - Allegro molto - Herbert von Karajan
7. Haydn: Symphony in G, H.I No.94 - "Surprise": 4. Finale (Allegro di molto) Leonard Bernstein
8. Mahler: Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor / Part 3: 4. Adagietto - Leonard Bernstein
9. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64: 2. Andante - Nathan Milstein, violin / Claudio Abbado
10. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467: 2. Andante - Friedrich Gulda, paino / Claudio Abbado

Disc: 2
1. Mozart: Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550: 4. Finale (Allegro assai) - Karl Böhm
2. Mozart: Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat, K.207: Allegro moderato - Gidon Kremer, violin / Nikolaus Harnoncourt
3. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622: 2. Adagio - Alfred Prinz, Clarinet / Karl Böhm
4. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K.453: 3. Allegretto - Leonard Bernstein (piano & conductor)
5. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op.20 - Anne-Sophie Mutter / James Levine
6. Schubert: Symphony No.9 in C, D.944 - "The Great":3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) Sir Georg Solti
7. Smetana: The Moldau (from Má Vlast) - Herbert von Karajan
8. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5: 4. Finale (Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace) - Valery Gergiev

Rgs,
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