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Von Karajan Catalogue HERBERT VON KARAJAN NEARLY 50 HOURS OF LEGENDARY PRODUCTIONS IVERS N AR N Y H A T 0 3 KARAJAN YEAR H T O A 2019F H I S D E HERBERT VON KARAJAN THE LEGENDARY UNITEL COLLECTION In 2019 – on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death on 16th July – the world will remember one of the great conductors of the 20th century: Herbert von Karajan, who is represented in the Unitel catalogue with nearly 50 hours of music recorded at the peak of his artistry. Karajan’s association with Unitel has produced such musical treasures as the complete cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Franco Zeffirelli’s legendary 1965 Bohème production from La Scala, the Verdi Requiem with the young Luciano Pavarotti, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s filming of Madama Butterfly with Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo and Christa Ludwig, and many other great productions. The Unitel catalogue also contains numerous award-winning documentaries on the life of the maestro and pioneer of music recording, such as Robert Dornhelm’s “Beauty As I See It” or Eric Schulz’s “The Second Life”. Date: April 2019 FOR CO-PRODUCTION & PRESALES INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT: Unitel GmbH & Co. KG Gruenwalder Weg 28D · 82041 Oberhaching/Munich, Germany Tel: +49.89.673469-613 · Fax: +49.89.673469-610 · [email protected] Ernst Buchrucker Dr. Thomas Hieber Dr. Magdalena Herbst Managing Director Head of Business and Legal Affairs Head of Production [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +49.89.673469-19 Tel: +49.89.673469-611 Tel: +49.89.673469-862 WORLD SALES C Major Entertainment GmbH Meerscheidtstr. 8 · 14057 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49.30.303064-64 · [email protected] Elmar Kruse Niklas Arens Nishrin Schacherbauer Managing Director Sales Manager, Director Sales Sales Manager [email protected] & Marketing [email protected] [email protected] Nadja Joost Ira Rost Sales Manager, Director Live Events Sales Manager, Assistant to & Popular Music Managing Director [email protected] [email protected] CONTENT OPERAS 3 CONCERTS 4 CYCLES 7 DOCUMENTARIES 9 REHEARSALS AND TALKINGS 10 OPERAS BIZET: CARMEN Herbert von Karajan (Conductor & Stage Director)/ Grace Bumbry (Carmen)/Jon Vickers (Don José)/ UNITEL Mirella Freni (Michaëla)/Justino Diaz (Escamillo) et al./ © Ballet de España/Chor der Wiener Staatsoper/ Wiener Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05003129 | Length: 162 min. Recording date: 1967 PUCCINI: LA BOHÈME Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080 Herbert von Karajan/Franco Zeffirelli (Stage Director)/ Mirella Freni (Mimi)/Gianni Raimondi (Rodolfo)/ LEONCAVALLO: PAGLIACCI Rolando Panerai (Marcello)/Adriana Martino (Musetta)/ Herbert von Karajan/Paul Hager (Stage Director)/ Gianni Maffeo (Schaunard)/Ivo Vinco (Colline) et al./ Raina Kabaivanska (Nedda)/Jon Vickers (Canio)/ Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Peter Glossop (Tonio)/Rolando Panerai (Silvio)/ Cat. No. A05003130 | Length: 104 min. Sergio Lorenzi (Beppe)/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Recording date: 1965 Cat. No. A05003132 | Length: 76 min. Format: 16:9 | Available file size: 1920x1080 Recording date: 1968 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: upon request PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY Herbert von Karajan/Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (Stage Director)/ MASCAGNI: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Mirella Freni (Madama Butterfly)/ Herbert von Karajan/Giorgio Strehler (Stage Director)/ Plácido Domingo (B. F. Pinkerton)/Christa Ludwig (Suzuki)/ Fiorenza Cossotto (Santuzza)/Gianfranco Cecchele (Turiddu)/ Adriana Martino (Lola)/Giangiacomo Guelfi (Alfio)/ Robert Kerns (Sharpless)/Michel Senechal (Goro) et al./ Anna di Stasio (Lucia)/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Chor der Wiener Staatsoper/Wiener Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05003131 | Length: 73 min. Cat. No. A05004539 | Length: 167 min. Recording date: 1968 Recording date: 1974 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: upon request Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080 3 VERDI: OTELLO BACH: SUITE NO. 2 IN B MINOR, BWV 1067 Herbert von Karajan (Conductor & Stage Director)/ Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Jon Vickers (Otello)/Mirella Freni (Desdemona)/ Cat. No. A05500433 | Length: 19 min. Peter Glossop (Jago)/José van Dam (Lodovico)/ Recording date: 1968 Michel Sénéchal (Rodrigo) et al./Berliner Philharmoniker Format: 4:3 | Available file size: upon request Cat. No. A05004522 | Length: 140 min. Recording date: 1973 BEETHOVEN: CORIOLAN OVERTURE, OP. 62 Format: 16:9 | Available file size: 1920x1080 Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05500589 | Length: 9 min. WAGNER: DAS RHEINGOLD Recording date: 1975 Herbert von Karajan (Conductor & Stage Director)/ Thomas Stewart (Wotan)/Peter Schreier (Loge)/ Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 720x608 Zoltan Kelemen (Alberich)/Karl Ridderbusch (Fasolt)/ Louis Hendrikx (Fafner)/Brigitte Fassbaender (Fricka)/ BEETHOVEN: EGMONT OVERTURE, OP. 84 Birgit Finnilä (Erda)/Jeannine Altmeyer (Freia) et al./ Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05500588 | Length: 9 min. Cat. No. A05004571 | Length: 146 min. Recording date: 1975 Recording date: 1980 Format: 16:9 | Available file size: 1920x1080 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080 BEETHOVEN: MISSA SOLEMNIS IN D MAJOR, OP. 123 Herbert von Karajan/Anna Tomowa-Sintow/Ruza Baldani/ Eric Tappy/José van Dam/Wiener Singverein/ CONCERTS Berliner Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05004558 | Length: 88 min. BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 3 Recording date: 1979 IN G MAJOR, BWV 1048 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080 Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05500440 | Length: 13 min. BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR, OP. 67 Recording date: 1967 Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Format: 4:3 | Available file size: upon request Cat. No. A05500435 | Length: 31 min. Recording date: 1966 Format: 4:3 b/w | Available file size: upon request BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN D MINOR, OP. 125 Herbert von Karajan/Anna Tomowa-Sintow/Agnes Baltsa/ René Kollo/José van Dam/Berliner Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05001938 | Length: 70 min. Recording date: 1977 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080 BRAHMS: EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM, OP. 45 Herbert von Karajan/Gundula Janowitz/José van Dam/ Wiener Singverein/Berliner Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05004556 | Length: 81 min. Recording date: 1978 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: upon request BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN C MINOR Herbert von Karajan/Wiener Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05004560 | Length: 87 min. Recording date: 1979 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: upon request BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN D MINOR Herbert von Karajan/Wiener Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05500638 | Length: 59 min. Recording date: 1978 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: upon request UNITEL © 4 UNITEL © BRUCKNER: TE DEUM RACHMANINOFF: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 Herbert von Karajan/Wiener Singverein/Wiener Philharmoniker IN C MINOR, OP. 18 Cat. No. A05500639 | Length: 28 min. Herbert von Karajan/Alexis Weissenberg/Berliner Philharmoniker Recording date: 1978 Cat. No. A05500552 | Length: 38 min. Format: 4:3 | Available file size: upon request Recording date: 1973 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080 DEBUSSY: LA MER Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker RAVEL: DAPHNIS AND CHLOÉ (2ND SUITE) Cat. No. A05500633 | Length: 26 min. Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Recording date: 1978 Cat. No. A05500634 | Length: 17 min. Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080 Recording date: 1978 Format: 16:9 | Available file size: 1920x1080 DEBUSSY: PRÉLUDE À L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FAUNE Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker ROSSINI: OVERTURE TO “GUILLAUME TELL” Cat. No. A05500632 | Length: 11 min. Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Recording date: 1978 Cat. No. A05500591 | Length: 13 min. Format: 16:9 | Available file size: 1920x1080 Recording date: 1975 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080 DVOŘÁK: SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN E MINOR, OP. 95 “FROM THE NEW WORLD” SCHUMANN: SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN D MINOR, OP. 120 Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan/Wiener Symphoniker Cat. No. A05500436 | Length: 40 min. Cat. No. A05500432 | Length: 27 min. Recording date: 1966 Recording date: 1965 Format: 4:3 b/w | Available file size: 1920x1080 Format: 4:3 b/w | Available file size: 1920x1080 MOZART: VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 5 STRAUSS, R.: DON QUIXOTE, OP. 35 IN A MAJOR, K. 219 Herbert von Karajan/Mstislav Rostropovich/Ulrich Koch/ Herbert von Karajan/Yehudi Menuhin/Wiener Symphoniker Berliner Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05500430 | Length: 29 min. Cat. No. A05500593 | Length: 46 min. Recording date: 1966 Recording date: 1975 Format: 4:3 b/w | Available file size: 1920x1080 Format: 16:9 | Available file size: 1920x1080 5 © Servus TV TCHAIKOVSKY: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 WAGNER: OVERTURE TO “TANNHÄUSER” IN B FLAT MINOR, OP. 23 Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan/Alexis Weissenberg/Berliner Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05500592 | Length: 15 min. Cat. No. A05500439 | Length: 40 min. Recording date: 1975 Recording date: 1967 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080 WEBER: OVERTURE TO “DER FREISCHÜTZ” TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN F MINOR, OP. 36 Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker Cat. No. A05500590 | Length: 11 min. Cat. No. A05500582 | Length: 43 min. Recording date: 1975 Recording date: 1973 Format: 16:9 | Available file size: 1920x1080 Format: 4:3 | Available file size: 1920x1080
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