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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

• Numbered, Limited Edition
• The Original Source Series
• 4LP Box Set
• 180g Virgin Vinyl
• 100% Pure Analogue
• Cut from the Original 4- & 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

Selections

LP1 - Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)

SIDE A:

1. I. Die Achtel ein wenig bewegt zgernd
2. II. Heftig
3. III. Lebhaft
4. IV. Sehr rasch

SIDE B:

1. V. Ein wenig bewegt
2. VI. Langsam
3. VII. Ein wenig bewegter
4. VIII. Sehr langsam
5. IX. Etwas bewegt

LP2 - Schoenberg: Verklrte Nacht, Op. 4 (Version for String Orchestra) / Schoenberg: Variations, Op. 31

SIDE A:

1. I. Grave
2. II. Molto rallentando (Bar 100)
3. III. Pesante (Bar 201)
4. IV. Adagio (Bar 229)
5. V. Adagio (Bar 370)

SIDE B:

1. Introduktion. Mssig, ruhig
2. Thema. Molto moderato
3. Var. 1. Moderato
4. Var. 2. Langsam
5. Var. 3. Mssig
6. Var. 4. Walzertempo
7. Var. 5. Bewegt
8. Var. 6. Andante
9. Var. 7. Langsam
10. Var. 8. Sehr rasch
11. Var. 9. L'istesso tempo; aber etwas langsamer
12. Finale. Mssig schnell

LP3 - Alban Berg

ALBAN BERG (1885-1935)

SIDE A:

1. No. 1, Praeludium
2. No. 2, Reigen
3. No. 3, Marsch

SIDE B:

1. I. Andante amoroso
2. II. Allegro misterioso
3. III. Adagio appassionato

LP4 - Anton Webern

ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945)

SIDE A:

1. I. Heftig bewegt
2. II. Sehr langsam
3. III. Sehr bewegt
4. IV. Sehr langsam
5. V. In zarter Bewegung

SIDE B:

1. I. Langsam
2. II. Bewegt
3. III. Mssig
4. IV. Sehr mssig
5. V. Sehr langsam
6. VI. Langsam

1. I. Ruhig schreitend
2. II. Variationen