Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker Schoenberg - Berg - Webern (The Original Source Series) Box Set (4 LP)

Hand-Numbered, Limited Edition 180g 4LP Box Set!
DG's The Original Source Series!
Groundbreaking Recordings of the Second Viennese School!
Pressed on Virgin Vinyl at Optimal!
In 1973/74, Herbert von Karajan took an innovative step and recorded orchestral pieces by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg together with the Berliner Philharmoniker - all three representatives of the Second Viennese School. The results were groundbreaking recordings of the Second Viennese School, presented in a sophisticated 4-LP box set designed by renowned graphic designer Holger Matthies.
For the first time, these recordings have been newly mixed and cut from the original four and eight-track tapes and are now being released as part of the Original Source Series as a 4-LP gatefold edition with original artwork in a high-quality slipcase.
The audiophile vinyl series The Original Source presents outstanding recordings from the 1970s in a whole new sound quality. For this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios have remastered and edited the original four- and eight-track tapes in 100% analog quality (AAA) using technologies developed specifically to produce the series. The sonic differences to the original releases are considerable: greater clarity, more subtleties and improvements in frequency response, while at the same time less background noise, distortion and compression allow for an audiophile listening experience like never before.
On 180g vinyl records and in a deluxe gatefold edition with original covers and lyrics, the copies of this series are released limited and numbered, accompanied by additional photos and facsimiles of the recording logs and band boxes.

Features:

• Hand-Numbered, Limited Edition of 3,300
• The Original Source Series
• 4LP Box Set
• 180g Virgin Vinyl
• 100% Pure Analogue
• Cut from the Original 1/2-inch 4-Track & 1-inch 8-Track Tapes
• Mixed by Rainer Maillard & Cut by Sidney C. Meyer Directly from Original Analogue Source at Emil Berliner Studios
• Manufactured at Optimal Media
• 4x Gatefold Jackets
• Photos & Facsimiles of the Recording Logs & Tape Boxes
• Box Set Designed by Holger Matthies
• Slipcase

Musicians:

• Berliner Philharmoniker
• Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Selections:

LP 1
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Pelléas and Melisande, Op.5
Side A
1. The eighth notes move a little – hesitantly
2. Violently
3. Lively
4. Very quickly
Side B
1. A little agitated
2. VI. Slow
3. VII. A little more agitated
4. VIII. Very slow
5. IX. Something moving
6. In walking motion
7.
LP 2
Side C
Transfigured Night, Op.4 (Version for String Orchestra)
1. Grave
2. Molto rallentando (Bar 100)
3. Pesante (Bar 201)
4. Adagio (Bar 229)
5. Adagio (Bar 370)
Side D
Variations, Op.31
1. Moderate, calm
2. Topic. Molto moderato
3. Moderato
4. Slow
5. Moderate
6. Waltz tempo
7. Move
8. Andante
9. Slow
10. Very Swift
11. L'istesso tempo; but a little slower
12. Final. Moderately fast
LP 3
Side E
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
3 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.6
1. Prelude
2. Round
3. March
Side F
Lyric Suite, 3 Pieces for String Orchestra
1. Andante amoroso
2. Allegro misterioso
3. Adagio appassionato
LP 4
Side G
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
1. Passacaglia for orchestra, Op.1
5 Movements, Op.5 (1929 Orchestral Version)
2. Violently Moved
3. Very Slow
4. Very Moved
5. Very Slow
6. In delicate motion
Side H
6 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.6 (1928 Rev. Version)
1. Slow
2. Moving
3. Moderate
4. Very Moderate
5. Very Slow
6. Slow
Symphony, Op.21
7. Quietly Striding
8. Variations