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Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Strauss: Metamorphosen - Karajan

Warner Music (Japan)  WPCS-12696/7 (2 discs)

Mono Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Strauss: Metamorphosen
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Overture); Clarinet Concerto, K. 622; Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477; Adagio & Fugue in C minor, K. 546
Emil von Reznicek: Donna Diana (Overture)
Josef Strauss: Transactionen (Walzer), Op. 184; Delirium (Walzer), Op. 212
Johann Strauss II: Wein, Weib und Gesang (Walzer), Op. 333; Tritsch-Tratsch (Polka), Op. 214; Wiener Blut (Walzer), Op. 354

Leopold Wlach, clarinet
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

All

Works (12)

• Emil von Reznicek: Donna Diana
• Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214
• Johann Strauss II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333
• Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut, Op. 354
• Josef Strauss: Delirien, Op. 212
• Josef Strauss: Transactionen, Op. 184
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
• Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen, TrV 290
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 Overture
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Maurerische Trauermusik in C minor, K. 477/479a 'Masonic Funeral Music'

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