The Legendary 1963 Karajan Beethoven Symphonies ON ONE DISC. 1 Blu-Ray Audio for true 24-Bit/96kHz. Karajan recorded the Complete Symphonies of Beethoven no fewer than 4 times for DG, but this first 1963 recording was financially the most daring, artistically the most radical, and commercially the most successful. By 1973 nearly one million sets had been sold. 50 years on from its original launch, the set remains the best-selling Beethoven cycle of all time. The 1963 Berlin set dazzled like no other, aided in no small measure by the clean, clear, daringly lit recordings made in Berlins Jesus-Christus-Kirche by the young Gunter Hermanns whose debut as Karajans principal recording engineer this was. Critics and the record-buying public were enthused above all by the urgency and beauty of the music-making and by a fierce sense of joy which reached its apogee in a thrillingly played and eloquently sung account of the finale of the epic Ninth Symphony. PACKAGING 1 Blu-ray Audio comprising ALL 9 SYMPHONIES, plus the rehearsal of the Ninth Symphony 56-page hardback book featuring original cover art and enclosing a brilliant article by Karajan biographer Richard Osborne on the famous cycle Facsimile of many elements of the original LP release (original booklet cover, Beethoven portrait, decorative elements, Beethoven autograph, letter from Karajan to DGs Head of A&R Elsa Schiller offered in translation, original recording schedules, original individual LP cover releases) Photographs including scenes from the recording studio, the sequence of photos including the famous cover image used in the individual LP releases Track List SYMPHONY NO.1 IN C, OP.21 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 2. Andante cantabile con moto 3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace) 4. Finale (Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace) SYMPHONY NO.2 IN D, OP.36 5. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 6. Larghetto 7. Scherzo (Allegro) 8. Allegro molto SYMPHONY NO.3 IN E FLAT, OP.55 - EROICA 9. Allegro con brio 10. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai) 11. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) 13. Finale (Allegro molto) SYMPHONY NO.4 IN B FLAT, OP.60 14. Adagio - Allegro vivace 15. Adagio 16. Allegro vivace 17. Allegro ma non troppo SYMPHONY NO.5 IN C MINOR, OP.67 18. Allegro con brio 19. Andante con moto 20. Allegro 21. Allegro SYMPHONY NO.6 IN F, OP.68 - PASTORAL 22. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande: Allegro ma non troppo 23. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso) 24. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro) 25. Gewitter, Sturm (Allegro) 26. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefuhle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto SYMPHONY NO.7 IN A, OP.92 27. Poco sostenuto - Vivace 28. Allegretto 29. Presto - Assai meno presto 30. Allegro con brio 31.Symphony No.8 In F, Op.93 32. Allegro vivace e con brio 33. Allegretto scherzando 34. Tempo di menuetto 35. Allegro vivace SYMPHONY NO.9 IN D MINOR, OP.125 - CHORAL 36. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 37. Molto vivace 38. Adagio molto e cantabile 39. Presto 40. Presto - O Freunde nicht diese Tone 41. Reheasal of 1st movement 42. Rehearsal of 3rd Movement 43. Rehearsal of 4th movement