Karajan and the Philharmonia Orchestra

Recordings


1948 Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor (Lipatti)

1949
Balakirev Symphony No 1
Bartok Music for Strings,Percussion etc
Gounod Faust:"Vous qui faites l'endormie" (Christoff)
Mussorgsky Boris Godunov:"Varlaam's Song" (Christoff)
Roussel Symphony No 4
Verdi Don Carlo:"Ella giammai m'amo" (Christoff)

1951
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 (Gieseking)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 (Gieseking)
Beethoven Symphony No 7
Franck Symphonic Variations (Gieseking)
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor (Gieseking)
Handel Water Music Suite (arr. Harty) Note: Columbia unpublished
Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 (Gieseking)
Sibelius Symphony No 5
Strauss [Richard] Don Juan
Strauss [Richard] Till Eulenspiegel

1952
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No 3
Brahms Symphony No 1
Handel Water Music Suite (arr. Harty)
Mozart Symphony No 35 Note: Columbia unpublished
Sibelius Finlandia
Stravinsky Jeu de Cartes-Ballet
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Ballet Suite
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Ballet Suite

1952/3
Bach [J S] Mass in B minor (Schwarzkopf, Hoffgen, Gedda, Rehfuss with the Wiener Singverein)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5

1953
Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Beethoven Leonore No 3 Overture
Beethoven Symphony No 1
Beethoven Symphony No 2
Beethoven Symphony No 4
Beethoven Symphony No 5 Note: Columbia unpublished
Beethoven Symphony No 6
Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Chabrier Espana
Debussy La Mer
Humperdinck Hansel & Gretal (Schwarzkopf, Gruemmer, Felbermayer, Metternich with the Loughton and Bancrofts Choirs)
Mozart Horn Concerto No 1 (Brain)
Mozart Horn Concerto No 2 (Brain)
Mozart Horn Concerto No 3 (Brain)
Mozart Horn Concerto No 4 (Brain)
Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 (Gieseking)
Mozart Serenade No 13 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Winds (Sutcliffe, James, Walton, Brain)
Mozart Symphony No 41 Note: Columbia unpublished
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor (Gieseking)
Sibelius Symphony No 4
Sibelius Tapiola
Sousa "El Capitan" Note: Columbia unpublished
Sousa "Stars and Stripes Forever" Note: Columbia unpublished
Strauss [Richard] Death and Transfiguration
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Waldteufel Les patineurs Waltz

1954
Beethoven Ah perfido concert aria (Schwarzkopf)
Beethoven Die Weihe des Hauses Overture Note: Columbia unpublished
Beethoven Fidelio:"Abscheulicher,wo eilest du hin?" (Schwarzkopf)
Beethoven Symphony No 5
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Bizet Carmen Prelude Act 2 Note: Columbia unpublished
Bizet Carmen Prelude Act 3 Note: Columbia unpublished
Bizet Carmen Prelude Act 4
Borodin Prince Igor:Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
Borodin Prince Igor:Polovtsian Dances
Granados Goyescas Intermezzo
Kodaly Hary Janos Intermezzo
Leimer Piano Concerto for left hand (Leimer)
Leimer Piano Concerto in C minor (Leimer)
Leoncavallo Pagliacci Intermezzo
Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana Intermezzo
Mascagni L'amico Fritz Intermezzo
Massenet Thais Meditation (Marikian)
Mozart Cosi fan tutte (Schwarzkopf, Merriman, Otto, Simoneau, Panerai, Bruscantini with the Philharmonia Chorus)
Mozart Symphony No 35
Mussorgsky Khovantschina Act 4 Entr'acte
Mussorgsky Khovantschina:Dance of the Persian slaves
Offenbach Les Contes d'Hoffmann:Barcarolle
Ponchielli La Gioconda:Dance of the Hours
Puccini Manon Lescaut Intermezzo
Strauss [Richard] Ariadne auf Naxos (Schwarzkopf, Seefried, Streich, Schock, Donch, Prey)
Strauss [Richard] Don Juan Note: Recorded during European Tour 31st October 1954 Turin. Click to hear short extract.
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 Note: Recorded during European Tour 31st October 1954 Turin.
Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Note: Recorded during European Tour 27th October 1954 Naples. Click to hear short extract.
Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Note: Recorded during European Tour 31st October 1954 Turin.
Verdi Aida Act 2 Ballet music
Verdi La Traviata Prelude Act 3
Wagner Tannhauser Venusberg Music
Weinberger Schwanda the Bagpiper:Polka

1955
Beethoven Symphony No 8
Beethoven Symphony No 9 (Schwarzkopf, Hoffgen, Haefliger, Edelmann with the Wiener Singverein)
Brahms Symphony No 2
Brahms Symphony No 4
Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Chabrier Marche joyeuse
Mozart Ave verum corpus (Wiener Singverein)
Mozart Clarinet Concerto (Walton)
Mozart Divertimento No 15
Mozart Divertimento No 17:Minuet Note: Columbia unpublished
Mozart Don Giovanni:"La ci darem la mano" (Schwarzkopf,Gobbi) Note: Columbia unpublished
Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro:"Non piu andrai" (Gobbi) Note: Columbia unpublished
Mozart Symphony No 39
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Offenbach Orphee aux enfers Overture
Reznicek Donna Diana Overture Note: Columbia unpublished
Schubert Symphony No 8
Sibelius Symphony No 6
Sibelius Symphony No 7
Strauss [J Jnr & Josef] Pizzicato Polka
Strauss [Johann Jnr] An der schonen blauen Donau Waltz
Strauss [Johann Jnr] Der Zigeunerbaron Overture
Strauss [Johann Jnr] Die Fledermaus
Strauss [Johann Jnr] Kaiserwalzer
Strauss [Johann Jnr] Kunstlerleben Waltz
Strauss [Johann Jnr] Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Strauss [Johann Jnr] Unter Donner und Blitz Polka
Strauss [Johann Snr] Radetzky March
Strauss [Josef] Delirien Waltz
Suppe Light Cavalry Overture
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6

1956
Prokofiev Peter & the Wolf
Strauss [Richard] Der Rosenkavalier (Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Stich-Randall, Gedda, Edelmann, Wachter with the Philharmonia Chorus)
Strauss [Richard] Four Last Songs (Schwarzkopf) Note: Live recording 20th June 1956 London Click to hear short extract.
Verdi Falstaff (Schwarzkopf, Moffo, Merriman, Barbieri, Alva, Gobbi, Panerai, Zaccaria and the Philharmonia Chorus)

1957
Mozart [Leopold] Toy Symphony

1958
Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Gedda, Zaccaria with the Wiener Singverein)
Berlioz Carnaval Romain Overture
Berlioz Faust:Hungarian March
Bizet Carmen Suite
Bizet L'Arlesienne Suite No 1
Bizet L'Arlesienne Suite No 2
Gounod Faust:Ballet Music
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
Liszt Les Preludes
Mozart Symphony No 38
Offenbach Gaite Parisienne Ballet Suite
Respighi Pini di Roma
Rossini Guillaume Tell Ballet Music
Sibelius Valse Triste
Strauss [Josef] Spharenklange Waltz Note: Columbia unpublished
Strauss [Richard] Der Rosenkavalier Orchestral Suite No 1 Note: Columbia unpublished
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
Weber Aufforderung zum Tanz (arr. Berlioz)

1959
Berlioz Trojans:Royal Hunt & Storm
Granados Goyescas:Intermezzo
Kodaly Hary Janos Intermezzo Note: Columbia unpublished
Leoncavallo Pagliacci Intermezzo
Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana Intermezzo Note: Columbia unpublished
Mascagni L'amico Fritz Intermezzo
Mussorgsky Khovantschina Act 4 Entr'acte
Offenbach Les Contes d'Hoffmann:Barcarolle
Puccini Manon Lescaut Intermezzo
Schmidt Notre Dame Intermezzo
Sibelius Finlandia
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Ballet Suite
Verdi La Traviata Prelude Act 3

1960
Borodin Prince Igor:Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
Borodin Prince Igor:Polovtsian Dances
Chabrier Espana
Chabrier Marche joyeuse
Mussorgsky Khovantschina:Dance of the Persian slaves
Offenbach Orphee aux enfers Overture
Ponchielli La Gioconda:Dance of the Hours
Rossini Guillaume Tell Overture
Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia Overture
Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri Overture
Rossini La gazza ladra Overture
Rossini La scala di seta Overture
Rossini Semiramide Overture
Sibelius Symphony No 2
Sibelius Symphony No 5
Strauss [Johann Jnr] Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Strauss [Johann Jnr] Unter Donner und Blitz Polka
Strauss [Johann Snr] Radetzky March
Suppe Light Cavalry Overture
Verdi Aida Act 2 Ballet music
Wagner Tannhauser Venusberg Music
Waldteufel Les patineurs Waltz
Weinberger Schwanda the Bagpiper:Polka




Concerts


1948
11th April London Note: Karajan's first appearance in London

1949
25th November London Click to see Concert Programme
2nd December London

1952
6th May London
9th May London Click to see Concert Programme


12th May Paris
13th May Paris
14th May Bern
15th May Geneva
16th May Zurich
17th May Basle
18th May Turin
19th May Milan
20th May Milan
22nd May Vienna
23rd May Vienna
24th May Linz
26th May Munich
27th May Hamburg
29th May Berlin
30th May Berlin

1953
22nd June London Click to see Concert Programme
23rd July Ostend
24th July Ostend
1st September Edinburgh (Festival) Click to see Concert Programme Note: Karajan's first appearance at the Edinburgh Festival
2nd September Edinburgh (Festival)
4th September Edinburgh (Festival) Click to see Concert Programme
20th November London

1954
24th June London
29th June London
28th July Aix-en-Provence (Festival)
30th July Aix-en-Provence (Festival)
8th August Lucerne (Festival)
12th August Lucerne (Festival)


6th September Edinburgh (Festival)
7th September Edinburgh (Festival
8th September Edinburgh (Festival) Click to see Concert Programme

15th October London
17th October Antwerp
18th October Brussels
19th October Brussels
20th October Bern
21st October Bern
22nd October Bern
23rd October Milan
24th October Milan
25th October Perugia
26th October Rome
27th October Naples
28th October Palermo
31st October Turin
2nd November Paris

1955
1st May London Click to see Concert Programme
14th October London Click to see Concert Programme
18th October London Click to see Concert Programme
23rd October Washington Note: First concert of the first tour of North America by Philharmonia
25th October New York
26th October New York
27th October New Haven
28th October New York
29th October Washington
31st October Huntington
1st November Charleston
2nd November Columbus
3rd November Toledo
5th November Chicago
6th November Chicago
7th November Grand Rapids
8th November Kalamazoo
9th November Ann Arbor
10th November Detroit
11th November Toronto
13th November New York
14th November Baltimore
15th November Philadelphia
16th November Amherst
17th November Burlington
18th November Portland
19th November Boston Note: Last concert of the first tour of North America by Philharmonia

1956
28th January Salzburg Note: First concert of Mozart bi-centenary European Tour by Philharmonia
29th January Munich
30th January Freiburg
31st January Bern
1st February Zurich
2nd February Strassburg
3rd February Paris
4th February Paris
6th February London Note: Last concert of Mozart bi-centenary European Tour by Philharmonia
20th June London
6th September Lucerne (Festival)

1958
12th January London Click to see Concert Programme

1959
7th March London Click to see Concert Programme
31st August Lucerne (Festival)

1960
1st April London Click to see Concert Programme Note: Final public appearance with the Philharmonia