CARLOS KLEIBER: THE COMPLETE DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON RECORDINGS (12 CDS + 1 BLU-RAY AUDIO)

Carlos Kleiber disliked recordings – he once said that “every unproduced record is a good record” – but those he made have naturally come to occupy a special place in recording history. Deutsche Grammophon had the good fortune to be the label with which this most charismatic of conductors was associated. Imbued with Kleiber’s characteristics of intellectual rigour, passion and perfectionism, the few recordings he did make are among the greatest treasures of the DG catalogue. In 2011, 100 members of his own profession voted Carlos Kleiber ‘the greatest conductor of all time,’ but he also remains the personification of the genius recluse – Herbert von Karajan used to joke that Kleiber would only conduct when his fridge was empty.

• 1 Blu-ray Audio disc + 12 CD Deluxe hardback edition presenting Kleiber’s complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

• Comprises three CDs of orchestral works by Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert; and four complete operas: Der Freischütz, Die Fledermaus, La Traviata and Tristan und Isolde; with all repertoire mastered to 24-bit (except Tristan, presented as 16-bit) on one Blu-ray Audio disc

• Hardback book includes full tracklists, essay by Andrew Clements, plus many rare photos of Kleiber and other artists at recording sessions

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlos Kleiber

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlos Kleiber

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlos Kleiber

Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200
Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlos Kleiber

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlos Kleiber

Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Bayerisches Staatsopernorchester, Bavarian State Orchestra, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München
Carlos Kleiber
Hermann Prey (Eisenstein), Julia Varady (Rosalinde), Lucia Popp (Adele), René Kollo (Alfred), Ivan Rebroff (Orlofsky), Bernd Weikl (Falke)

Verdi: La Traviata
Bayerischer Staatsoper
Carlos Kleiber
Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta), Plácido Domingo (Alfredo), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont), Stefania Malagù (Flora), Helena Jungwirth (Annina), Walter Gullino (Gastone), Giovanni Foiani (Dottore Grenvil)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden
Carlos Kleiber
Margaret Price (Isolde), René Kollo (Tristan), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangaene), Kurt Moll (König Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Götz (Melot), Anton Dermota (Hirt)

Weber: Der Freischütz
Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden
Carlos Kleiber
Gundula Janowitz (Agathe), Edith Mathis (Ännchen), Peter Schreier (Max), Theo Adam (Kaspar), Franz Crass (Hermit), Siegfried Vogel (Kuno), Bernd Weikl (Ottokar), Günther Leib (Kilian), Gerhard Paul (Zamiel)