art direction Hartmut Pfeiffer illustration [cover illustration] Klaus Steffens liner notes Clemens Hellsberg liner notes Gottfried Kraus liner notes [translation] Alfred Clayton liner notes [translation] Mary Whittall orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker photography by [artist photos (george szell)] Werner Neumeister photography by [artist photos (hans knappertsbusch, clemens krauss, lorin maazel, willi boskovsky, bruno walter, josef krips, zubin mehta)] Archiv Wiener Philharmoniker photography by [artist photos (herbert von karajan, claudio abbado)] Foto Fayer photography by [artist photos (wilhelm furtwängler)] Hans Rezniczek photography [artist photos (erich kleiber)] Kessler remastered by [digital remastering] Gottfried Kraus remastered by [digital remastering] Othmar Eichinger remastered by [remastering of shellac discs] Jürgen E. Schmidt Manufactured For BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. Licensed To BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) Polydor International GmbH Phonographic Copyright (p) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH Manufactured By PolyGram Classics & Jazz Marketed By PolyGram Classics & Jazz Record Company PolyGram Records, Inc. Licensed From Wiener Philharmoniker Recorded At Mozart-Saal, Wiener Konzerthaus Recorded At Großer Saal, Wiener Musikverein Recorded At Sofiensaal Original catalog number 435 336-2 appears on discs.
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Track 1-1 recorded at Wien, Konzerthaus, Mozartsaal, 3.2.1929 (His Master's Voice = HMV C 1676). Track 1-2 recorded at Wien, Konzerthaus, Mozartsaal, 2.7.1929 (HMV B 3149). Track 1-3 recorded at Wien, Konzerthaus, Mozartsaal, 23.6.1934 (HMV C 2686). Track 1-4 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 18.10.1937 (HMV DB 3397). Track 1-5 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 31.1.1940 (HMV DA 4487). Track 1-6 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 28.10.1943 (Deutscher Reichsrundfunk). Track 1-7 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 30.12.1944 (Deutscher Reichsrundfunk). Track 1-8 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 18.10.1949 (EMI-Columbia). Track 1-9 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 24.1.1950 (EMI-Columbia). Track 1-10 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 22.6.1950 (Decca). Track 1-11 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 9.5.1952 (Decca). Track 1-12 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 18.5.1952 (Decca). Track 1-13 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, December 1953 (Decca). Track 2-1 recorded at Wien, Sophiensaal, December 1956 (Decca). Track 2-2 recorded at Wien, Sophiensaal, 14.9.1957 (Decca). Track 2-3 recorded at Wien, Sophiensaal, October 1957 (Decca). Track 2-4 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Sophiensaal, September 1959 (Decca). Track 2-5 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 4.9.1972 (Deutsche Grammophon). Track 2-6 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 30.12.1978 (Decca). Track 2-7 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 1.1.1980 (Deutsche Grammophon). Track 2-8 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 1.1.1988 (Deutsche Grammophon). Track 2-9 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 1.1.1990 (Sony Classical). Track 2-10 recorded at Wien, Musikverein, Großer Saal, 1.1.1987 (Deutsche Grammophon).
Tracks 1-1 to 2-1 are mono recordings. SPARS Code: ADD (Tracks 1-1 to 2-6) SPARS Code: DDD (Tracks 2-7 to 2-10) Other: D235160D1 (Disc 1 catalog number) Other: D235160D2 (Disc 2 catalog number) Matrix / Runout: 435 336-2 01! K (Disc 1) Matrix / Runout: 435 337-2 02! S (Disc 2)