Artist: Franz Konwitschny
Title: The Art of Konwitschny
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Scribendum [SC809]
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (Tracks)
Total Time: 21:18:12

Possibly the finest and most successful East German conductor of his time, Franz Konwitschny conducts six of the world’s most appreciated orchestras in these high quality, historic, recordings with the most exquisite, finest integrity and excitement. Hard-hitting, yet wonderfully rounded sound, astoundingly well recorded.

Celebrating Konwitschny’s work on the 55th anniversary of his death, 20 CDs of great performances.

Tracks:

CD 1 :

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 “Spring”
Symphony No. 2

CD 2 :

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”
Symphony No. 4

CD 3 :

Robert Schumann
Overture Scherzo and Finale in E major Op. 52
Genoveva Op. 81: Overture
Concertstück in F major Op. 86
Manfred Op. 115 : Overture in E flat minor

CD 4 :

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture in G major

CD 5 :

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Leonore Overture No. 1 Op.138
Leonore Overture No. 2 Op. 72

CD 6 :

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5

CD 7 :

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Leonore Overture No. 3 Op. 72b
Fidelio Overture, Op. 72c
Coriolan Overture Op. 62

CD 8 :

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8

CD 9 :

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 “Choral”

CD 10 :

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80, “Choral Fantasy”

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor

CD 11-12 :

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major WAB 105 (original version)

CD 13 :

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio and fugue in C minor, KV546

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Great Fugue in B flat major, Op. 133

Günter Kootz (piano)
Ingeborg Wenglor (soprano), Ursula Zollenkopf (alto), Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (tenor), Theo Adam (bass)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

CD 14 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica”

Dresden Staatskapelle-Orchester

CD 15 :

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, WAB 102 (1877 version, ed. R. Haas)

Berliner Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester

CD 16 :

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 “Romantic” (1936 version, ed. R. Haas)

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 17 :

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

CD 18 :

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 “The Year 1905”

Staatskapelle Dresden

CD 19 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

CD 20 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral” including Schiller’s “Ode to joy”

Hanne-Lore Kuhse (soprano), Eva Fleischer (contralto), Rolf Apreck (tenor), Hans Kramer (bass)
Rundfunk Sinfonienorchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Leipzig