An inspiring, authoritative, chronological overview of one of the defining label-orchestra relationships, documenting 100 years of recording between two giants in music, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Deutsche Grammophon, from 1913 to 2013. Exceptional, reference readings of the great symphonic, concerto, choral, 20th century and operatic repertoire, starting with Arthur Nikisch in 1913 to Gustavo Dudamel in 2013, with Abbado, Karajan, Bernstein, Boulez, Fricsay and more in between. Symphonic repertoire from Mozart to Shostakovich; plenty of Beethoven and Mahler, all the great central works 10 Concerto recordings: Beethovens Fourth and Emperor, Grieg Piano Concerto, Mutters Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Bruch, Dvorak Cello Concerto from both Fournier and Rostropovich Major choral works: Giulinis Verdi Requiem, Bohms Missa solemnis, Abbados Mozart Requiem from Salzburg 20th-century masterpieces: including Shostakovich 10, The Rite of Spring, Ravel, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Furtwanglers Second Symphony, Hindemith conducting Hindemith, Stockhausens Gruppen Opera highlights from The Magic Flute, Carmen, Gotterdammerung, Parsifal (all Karajan) plus historical Wagner from Knappertsbusch and Richard Strauss conducting The Dance of the Seven Veils CD 1 | 1913 BEETHOVEN 5 Nikisch | Parsifal (exc.) Hertz CD 2 | 1928 BEETHOVEN 5 Furtwangler | Various R. Strauss CD 3 | 1928 BRUCKNER 7 Horenstein CD 4 | 1939 TCHAIKOVSKY 6 Karajan CD 5 | 1942 1947 BEETHOVEN 5 MOZART 39 Furtwangler CD 6 | 1951 SCHUBERT 9 HAYDN 88 Furtwangler CD 7 | 1951 FURTWANGLER 2 Furtwangler CD 8 | 1951 TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Cherkassky CD 9 | 1952 BRAHMS 1 SCHUMANN 4 Furtwängler CD 10 | 1953 SMETANA: The Moldau DVORÁK New World Symphony Fricsay CD 11 | 1953 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique MUSSORGFSKY Pictures at an Exhibition Markevitch CD 12 | 1955 BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis Böhm CD 13 | 1955 HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Hindemith CD 14 | 1958 BEETHOVEN 9 Fricsay CD 15 | 1959 R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben Karajan CD 16 | 1960 MOZART 35,40, 41 Böhm CD 17 | 1961 DVORÁK Cello Concerto GRIEG Piano Concerto CD 18 | 1961 BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 4 & 5 Kempff CD 19 | 1962 BEETHOVEN MOZART Violin Concertos Schneiderhan CD 20 | 1963 BEETHOVEN 9 Karajan CD 21 | 1964 MOZART Die Zauberflöte (exc.) Böhm CD 22 | 1967 PROKOFIEV / RAVEL Piano Concertos Argerich Abbado CD 23 | 1968 DVORÁK Cello Concerto Rostropovich CD 24 | 1969 WAGNER Götterdämmerung (exc.) Karajan CD 25 | 1970 BRAHMS 2 Abbado CD 26 | 1971 GRIEG Peer Gynt Karajan CD 27 | 1972 VIVALDI The Four Seasons Schwalbé Karajan CD 28 | 1972DVORÁK 8 & 9 Kubelik CD 29 | 1973 MAHLER 5 Karajan CD 30 | 1974 SCHOENBERG WEBERN Karajan CD 31 | 1972 STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps Symphony of Psalms Karajan CD 32 | 1979 MAHLER 9 Bernstein CD 33 | 1979 WAGNER Parsifal (exc.) Karajan CD 34 | 1981 MENDELSSOHN BRUCH Concertos Mutter CD 35 | 1981 R. STRAUSS Eine Alpensymphonie Karajan CD 36 | 1981 MOZART Mass in C minor Karajan CD 37 & 38 | 1981 1982 MAHLER 9 SHOSTAKOVICH 10 Karajan CD 39 | 1982 BIZET Carmen (exc.) Karajan CD 40 & 41 | 1989 VERDI Requiem Giulini CD 42 | 1993 BEETHOVEN Emperor Concerto Pollini CD 43 | 1994 STOCKHAUSEN Gruppen KURTÁG Abbado CD 44 | 1994 RAVEL Boulez CD 45 | 1999 BEETHOVEN 7 & 8 Abbado CD 46 | 1999 MOZART Requiem Abbado CD 47 | 2003 BRAHMS Piano Concerto 1 Zimerman CD 48 | 2004 MAHLER 6 Abbado CD 49 | 2005 MAHLER 4 Abbado CD 50 | 2012 / 2013 DVORÁK Kozena / Rattle | STRAUSS: Also sprach BARBER Adagio Dudamel