Berliner Philharmoniker
Seiji Ozawa
on 6 CD:

Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2 in C major, Op. 72

Max Bruch
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Pierre Amoyal, violin

Maurice Ravel
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major
Martha Argerich, piano

Béla Bartók
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Sz 120
Wolfram Christ, viola

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 60 in C major “Il distratto”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 “Winter Dreams”

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1

Paul Hindemith
Symphonia Serena

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde:
Prelude and Liebestod

Blu-ray (video)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont, op. 84: Overture

Ludwig van Beethoven
Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80 »Choral Fantasy«
Peter Serkin, piano
Rundfunkchor Berlin

Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah, oratorio, Op. 70
Annette Dasch, Gal James, soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann, Nadine Weissmann, contralto
Paul O’Neill, Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Fernando Javier Radó, bass
Rundfunkchor Berlin

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Linz version)

Bonus
Seiji Ozawa named honorary member of the Berliner Philharmoniker

It was more than just breathing together in the music that made this relationship so extraordinary: Seiji Ozawa earned the respect and affection of the orchestra from the very first time he met the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1966. The young Japanese conductor knew exactly what he wanted on the podium and knew the scores down to the smallest detail. Nevertheless, the always polite and approachable conductor never imposed his views on the orchestra. The result was a partnership on an equal footing, which was not only rewarding on a personal level, but above all enabled music-making in which there was always room for freedom and spontaneity. Our edition is a tribute to this special friendship with Seiji Ozawa, who the Berliner Philharmoniker made an honorary member in 2016.

In addition to the recordings on six CDs and a Blu-ray, the hardcover edition includes a comprehensive accompanying book. It contains numerous previously unpublished photos in which violinist and orchestra member Gustav Zimmermann captured their time together at close quarters. The book also includes essays by Ozawa’s friend and author Haruki Murakami, Ozawa’s daughter Seira and the Berlin journalist Frederik Hanssen in which they describe personal encounters and experiences with the Japanese conductor. The edition was produced in close consultation with Seiji Ozawa and his family.

6 CDs and 1 Blu-ray Video.