No. 1 in C op. 21 (23:11) -- No. 3 in E flat op. 55 : "Eroica" (48:48) -- No. 2 in D op. 36 (31:27) -- No. 7 in A op. 92 (37:36) -- No. 4 in B flat op. 60 (34:00) -- No. 5 in C minor op. 67 (30:53) -- Coriolan overture : op. 62 (9:08) -- No. 6 in F op. 68 : "Pastoral" (37:30) -- No. 8 in F op. 93 (26:27) -- Egmont overture : op. 84 (8:36) -- No. 9 in D minor op. 125 : "Choral" (65:32).
Note
Words of the 9th symphony, 4th movement, from Schiller's Ode to joy.
Compilation of selections previously released.
Event (note)
Recorded Nov. 1951-May 1955, at Kingsway Hall, London, and July 1955, at Musikvereinssaal, Vienna (no. 9).
Philharmonia Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor. With, in no. 9: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano ; Marga Höffgen, contralto ; Ernst Haefliger, tenor ; Otto Edelmann, bass ; Chor der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna.
Event
Recorded Nov. 1951-May 1955, at Kingsway Hall, London, and July 1955, at Musikvereinssaal, Vienna (no. 9).