Beethoven

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
REGER Variations on a Theme of Mozart
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2
DOHNÁNYI Wedding Waltz
SIBELIUS Finlandia
Recorded 1936-42
Total duration: 77:45

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Hermann Abendroth, conductor

MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 14
MOZART Symphony No. 34
MOZART Serenade No. 6 'Serenata notturna'
MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Additional music by Beethoven, Gabrieli, Purcell, Schütz, Stafford Smith

Live and studio recordings, 1937-51
Total duration: 2hr 28:02

Adolf Busch, violin
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Busch Chamber Players
Orquesta de cámara de la Asociación Amigos de la Música
directed and conducted by Adolf Busch

R. STRAUSS  Also Sprach Zarathustra
WAGNER  Tristan und Isolde – excerpts
MENDELSSOHN  “Scottish” Symphony
KHACHATURIAN  Gayaneh Suite
plus:  the complete Remington recordings:
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3

Studio recordings, 1947/52
Total duration:  2hr 14:57 

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tonkünstler Orchester
conducted by Artur Rodziński

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas 1-32
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto Nos. 1-5
BEETHOVEN Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120

Recorded 1950-1958

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss, conductor
Karl Böhm, conductor
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, conductor

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
Recorded in 1951 and 1953
Total duration: 70:11

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss, conductor