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The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasters of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalog. Karajan captures all the splendor, power, and charm of the Russian repertoire in this 7-CD box set, which was recorded almost entirely with the Philharmonia. In this set, both Tchaikovsky's symphonies and ballet music are proudly in place beside works by Mussorgsky, Borodin, Balakirev, Stravinsky, and Prokofiev. For many, Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) hailed early in his career as Das Wunder Karajan (The Karajan Miracle) and known in the early 1960s as the music director of Europe remains the ultimate embodiment of the maestro. The release of the Karajan Official Remastered Edition over the first half of 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the conductors death in July 1989 at the age of 81. Karajan was closely associated with EMI for the majority of his recording career (specifically from 1946 to 1960 and then again from 1969 to 1984). EMIs legendary producer Walter Legge sought him out in Vienna just after World War II and the long relationship that ensued embraced recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Philharmonia (the orchestra founded by Legge), the Berlin Philharmonic (of which Karajan became conductor for life in 1955), La Scala, Milan, and the Orchestre de Paris.

CD Listing:
CD 1: Balakirev Symphony No. 2; Borodin Price Igor Polovtsian Dances; Mussorgsky Operatic Excerpts
CD 2: Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, Khovanshchina, Act 4 Entracte; Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
CD 3: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4. Swan Lake Suite
CD 4: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Sleeping Beauty Suite
CD 5: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. Pathétique, The Nutcracker - Suite
CD 6: Borodin Price Igor Polovtsian Dances; Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Suite, Sleeping Beauty Suite, 1812 Overture
CD 7: Stravinsky Jeu de cartes, Mussorgsky Dance of the Persian Slaves, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4