VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

On 28 March 1842, the orchestra of the Vienna Court Opera, organized as a symphonic ensemble by composer-conductor Otto Nicolai, presented a concert that would develop into the Philharmonic Concerts and the Vienna Philharmonic. The principles on which the orchestra operates today were established then: artistic, organizational, and financial self-responsibility, with decisions made by the main body of active members, administrative work carried out by an elected committee, and membership made up only of musicians engaged by the Vienna State Opera. The list of Vienna Philharmonic music directors includes Hans Richter, Gustav Mahler, Felix Weingartner, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and Clemens Krauss. Wagner, Verdi, Bruckner, Brahms and Richard Strauss all conducted the orchestra. In 1933 the orchestra abandoned the idea of a permanent music director but continued to maintain long-term relationships with conductors, including, for example, Arturo Toscanini, Erich Kleiber, Hans Knappertsbusch, George Szell, Bruno Walter and, again, Furtwängler. The Vienna Philharmonic has participated in the Salzburg Festival since 1922.

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A TO Z OF CONDUCTORS	8.558087-90
ABBADO DOCUMENTARY (PAL)	DV-DOCABB
BACH, J.S.: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Schwarzkopf, Gedda, Karajan) (1952-1953)	8.111053-54
BEETHOVEN / WAGNER: Hans Knappertsbusch in Concert, 1962	DVUS-CLHK62
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Backhaus, Vienna Philharmonic, Krauss) (1952)	9.80663
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Piano Concerto No. 4 (Backhaus, Vienna Philharmonic, Krauss) (1951)	9.80664
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor" (Backhaus, Vienna Philharmonic, Krauss) (1953)	9.80719
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio, Op. 72 (Modl, Windgassen, Furtwangler) (1953)	8.111020-21
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Triple Concerto (Weingartner) (1937-1939)	8.110878
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 / BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 (NTSC)	2072058
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 (Gieseking) (1939, 1934)	8.111112
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (Weingartner) (1935, 1938)	8.110856
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 (Weingartner) (1933, 1936)	8.110956
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8 (Weingartner) (1936)	8.110862
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 / Leonore Overture No. 2 (Furtwangler) (1952-54)	9.80014
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 / Coriolan Overture (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 2)	8.110995
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 / Overtures (VPO, BBC SO, LSO, Walter) (1930-1938)	8.111032
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 (Weingartner) (1935)	8.110863
BERLIOZ, H.: Benvenuto Cellini (Salzburg Festival, 2007) (NTSC)	2.110271
BOHM, Karl: In Rehearsal and Performance, Vol. 1 - STRAUSS, R.: Don Juan (NTSC)	2072188
BOHM, Karl: In Rehearsal and Performance, Vol. 2 - BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphony No. 7 / DVORAK, A.: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" (NTSC)	2072178
BOULEZ, Pierre: In Rehearsal (PAL)	100290
BRAHMS, J.: Deutsches Requiem (Ein) (Schwarzkopf, Hotter, Karajan) (1947)	8.111038
BRAHMS, J.: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Backhaus) (1952)	9.80510
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 / Haydn Variations (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 5)	8.110998
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto / WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll (Furtwangler, Comm. Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 6)	8.110999
BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 3 (1889 version) (Vienna Philharmonic, Knappertsbusch) (1954)	9.80722
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 (NTSC)	2012756
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 (NTSC)	2072018
CLAUDIO ABBADO - A PORTRAIT (4 DVD Box set) (NTSC)	2057948
CONDUCTING MAHLER / I HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH THE WORLD (NTSC)	DVD9DS11
DVORAK, A.: Symphony No. 7 (Kubelik) (1956)	9.80499
GREAT VIOLINISTS	8.110980-81
HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH AT WIENER FESTWOCHEN 1963	DVUS-CLHK63
HAYDN, J.: Symphonies Nos. 88 and 101, "The Clock" (Vienna Philharmonic, Munchinger) (1954)	9.80689
HENZE: L'Upupa	2053929
JOSE CARRERAS COLLECTION (Int'l Edition) (NTSC)	101415
JOSE CARRERAS COLLECTION: Frankfurt Concert with Abbado (1992) (NTSC)	102029
KARAJAN, Herbert von: Protrait (A) (PAL)	100252
KNAPPERTSBUSCH AT THE WIENER FESTWOCHEN 1962 (NTSC)	DVWW-CLHK62M
KNAPPERTSBUSCH AT THE WIENER FESTWOCHEN 1963 (NTSC)	DVWW-CLHK63M
LEHAR: Land des Lachelns (Das) (Ackermann, Schwarzkopf) (1953) and excerpts from Lehar Operettas	8.111016-17
LEHAR: Lehar Conducts Lehar (1947)	8.110857
LEONARD BERNSTEIN ANNIVERSARY BOX (NTSC)	2057068
LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES - Sampler 2005-2006 (NTSC)	2020058
LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES - Sampler 2005-2006 (NTSC) (US version)	2020056
LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES - Sampler 2007 (NTSC)	2020078
LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES - Sampler 2007 (US version) (NTSC)	2020076
MAHLER, G.: Symphony No. 1, "Titan" (Kubelik) (1957)	9.80480
MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder / Symphony No. 4 (Ferrier) (1945, 1949)	8.110876
MAHLER: Lied von der Erde (Das) (Walter) (1936-1938)	8.110850
MAHLER: Lied von der Erde (Das) / Ruckert-Lieder (Ferrier) (1952)	8.110871
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 (Walter) (1938)	8.110852
MENDELSSOHN, F.: Symphony No. 3 / BARTOK, B.: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite / STRAUSS, R.: Burleske (Dohnanyi) (NTSC)	2072208
MOZART, W.A.: Don Giovanni (Siepi, Corena, Krips) (1955)	9.80169-71
MOZART, W.A.: Nozze di Figaro (Le) (Salzburg Festival, 1966) (NTSC)	107057
MOZART, W.A.: Nozze di Figaro (Le) [Opera] (Siepi, Gueden, Corena, E. Kleiber) (1955)	9.80427-30
MOZART, W.A.: Zauberflote (Die) (The Magic Flute) (Salzburg Festival, 1982) (NTSC)	DVWW-CLOPMF
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto / Symphony No. 25 (NTSC)	2072088
MOZART: Clemenza di Tito (La) (Salzburg Festspiele, 2003) (NTSC)	DVWW-OPCLETI
MOZART: Cosi fan tutte (Salzburger Festspiele, 1983) (NTSC)	DVWW-OPCFTSF
MOZART: Le Nozze di Figaro	DV-CLOPNDF
MOZART: Le Nozze di Figaro	DVUS-CLOPNDF
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17 / Symphony No. 39 (NTSC)	2072098
MOZART: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1 (Nos. 22, 23, 24) (Buchbinder) (NTSC)	2055898
MOZART: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2 (Nos. 14, 20, 25) (Buchbinder) (NTSC)	2055908
MOZART: Serenades Nos. 10 and 13 (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 1)	8.110994
MOZART: Symphony No. 40 / BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto (Furtwangler, Comm. Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 3)	8.110996
MOZART: Zauberflote fur Kinder (Die) (Salzburg Festival, 1982) (NTSC)	DVWW-OPMFC
NORTH, A.: Holiday Set / SIEGMEISTER, E.: Sunday in Brooklyn (American Life) (Adler) (1956)	9.80121
OPERA EXCLUSIVE - MOZART AT THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL (NTSC)	DVWW-GOLDBOX5
OPERA EXCLUSIVE - SALZBURG FESTIVAL (PAL)	DV-GOLDBOX4
OPERA HIGHLIGHTS, Vol. 1 (NTSC)	102047
PUCCINI / BERIO: Turandot (Salzburg Festival, 2002) (NTSC)	DVUS-OPTURSFR
PUCCINI / BERIO: Turandot (Salzburg Festival, 2002) (PAL)	DV-OPTURSF
PUCCINI: Boheme (La) / Madama Butterfly / PUCCINI / BERIO: Turandot	2.103004
REGER, M.: Ballettsuite (Eine) / PFITZNER, H.: Overtures (Schrader, Pfitzner, Rother) (1952)	9.80732
ROSSINI, G.: Cenerentola (La) (Salzburg Festival, 1988) (NTSC)	100215
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 / SCHUMANN, R.: Manfred Overture (Bernstein) (NTSC)	2072168
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 'Great' / Mass No. 6 in E flat major (NTSC)	2072108
STRAUSS I and II: Johann Strauss Gala (NTSC)	100025
STRAUSS I and II: Johann Strauss Gala (PAL)	100024
STRAUSS II, J.: Fledermaus (Die) (Vienna State Opera / Krauss) (1950)	8.110180-81
STRAUSS II, J.: Zigeunerbaron (Der) (Patzak, Loose, Krauss) (1951)	9.80626-27
STRAUSS, R.: Ariadne auf Naxos (Salzburg Festival, 1965) (PAL)	DV-CLOPAAN
STRAUSS, R.: Rosenkavalier (Der) (Lehmann, Schumann) (1933)	8.110191-92
STRAUSS, R.: Rosenkavalier (Der) (Reining, Jurinac, Kleiber) (1954)	8.111011-13
STRAUSS, R.: Rosenkavalier (Der) (Salzburg, 2004) (NTSC)	DVWW-OPROKA
STRAUSS, R.: Salome (Goltz, Patzak, Krauss) (1954)	8.111014-15
TCHAIKOVSKY / BEETHOVEN: Violin Concertos (Huberman) (1928, 1934)	8.110903
VERDI, G.: Un ballo in maschera (Salzburg Festival, 1990) (PAL)	DV-CLOPUBIM
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC: NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2002	DV-WPNK02
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC: NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2003	DV-WPNK03
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC: NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2003 (NTSC)	107013
WAGNER, R.: Walkure (Die), Acts I and II (Ring Cycle 2) (Bruno Walter) (1938)	8.110250-51
WAGNER: Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Die) (Schoeffler, Gueden, VPO, Knappertsbusch) (1950-1951)	8.111128-31
WAGNER: Overtures (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 4)	8.110997
WAGNER: Walkure (Die) (Modl, Rysanek, Furtwangler) (1954)	8.111056-58