The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue.

For many, Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) – hailed early in his career as ‘Das Wunder Karajan’ (The Karajan Miracle) and known in the early 1960s as ‘the music director of Europe’ – remains the ultimate embodiment of the maestro. The release of the Karajan Official Remastered Edition over the first half of 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the conductor’s death in July 1989 at the age of 81.

He was closely associated with EMI for the majority of his recording career (specifically from 1946 to 1960 and then again from 1969 to 1984). EMI’s legendary producer Walter Legge sought him out in Vienna just after World War II and the long relationship that ensued embraced recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Philharmonia (the orchestra founded by Legge), the Berlin Philharmonic (of which Karajan became ‘conductor for life’ in 1955), the forces of La Scala, Milan, and the Orchestre de Paris.

The Karajan Official Remastered Edition will feature primarily symphonic and choral music. The entire edition will comprise recordings remastered from the original sources in 24-bit/96kHz at Abbey Road Studios, the world’s most renowned recording studio.

Disc 1
01 Mass in B minor BWV232: I Kyrie - Kyrie eleison  - Herbert von Karajan
02 Mass in B minor BWV232: II Kyrie - Christe eleison  - Herbert von Karajan
03 Mass in B minor BWV232: III Kyrie - Kyrie eleison  - Herbert von Karajan
04 Mass in B minor BWV232: IV Gloria - Gloria in excelsis Deo  - Herbert von Karajan
05 Mass in B minor BWV232: V Gloria - Laudamus te  - Herbert von Karajan
06 Mass in B minor BWV232: VI Gloria - Gratias agimus tibi  - Herbert von Karajan
07 Mass in B minor BWV232: VII Gloria - Domine Deus  - Herbert von Karajan
08 Mass in B minor BWV232: VIII Gloria - Qui tollis peccata mundi  - Herbert von Karajan
09 Mass in B minor BWV232: IX Gloria - Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris  - Herbert von Karajan
10 Mass in B minor BWV232: X Gloria - Quoniam tu solus sanctus  - Herbert von Karajan
11 Mass in B minor BWV232: XI Gloria - Cum Sancto Spiritu  - Herbert von Karajan
12 Mass in B minor BWV232: XII Credo - Credo in unum Deum  - Herbert von Karajan
13 Mass in B minor BWV232: XIII Credo - Patrem omnipotentem  - Herbert von Karajan
14 Mass in B minor BWV232: XIV Credo - Et in unum Dominum  - Herbert von Karajan

Disc 2
01 Mass in B minor BWV232: XV Credo - Et incarnatus est  - Herbert von Karajan
02 Mass in B minor BWV232: XVI Credo - Crucifixus  - Herbert von Karajan
03 Mass in B minor BWV232: XVII Credo - Et resurrexit  - Herbert von Karajan
04 Mass in B minor BWV232: XVIII Credo - Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum  - Herbert von Karajan
05 Mass in B minor BWV232: XIX Credo - Confitebor  - Herbert von Karajan
06 Mass in B minor BWV232: XX Credo - Et exspecto  - Herbert von Karajan
07 Mass in B minor BWV232: XXI Sanctus - Sanctus  - Herbert von Karajan
08 Mass in B minor BWV232: XXII Sanctus - Osanna in excelsis  - Herbert von Karajan
09 Mass in B minor BWV232: XXIII Sanctus - Benedictus  - Herbert von Karajan
10 Mass in B minor BWV232: XXIV Sanctus - Osanna in excelsis  - Herbert von Karajan
11 Mass in B minor BWV232: XXV Agnus Dei - Agnus Dei  - Herbert von Karajan
12 Mass in B minor BWV232: XXVI Agnus Dei - Dona nobis pacem  - Herbert von Karajan
13 Mass in B minor BWV232: Duets & Arias: Duet: Kyrie eleison  - Herbert von Karajan
14 Mass in B minor BWV232: Duets & Arias: Soprano Aria: Laudamus te  - Herbert von Karajan
15 Mass in B minor BWV232: Duets & Arias: Contralto Aria: Qui sedes  - Herbert von Karajan
16 Mass in B minor BWV232: Duets & Arias: Duet: Et in unum Dominum  - Herbert von Karajan
17 Mass in B minor BWV232: Duets & Arias: Contralto Aria: Agnus Dei  - Herbert von Karajan

Disc 3
01 Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: I Selig sind, die da Leid tragen  - Herbert von Karajan
02 Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: II Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras  - Herbert von Karajan
03 Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: III Herr, lehre doch mich  - Herbert von Karajan
04 Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: IV Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen  - Herbert von Karajan
05 Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: V Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit  - Herbert von Karajan
06 Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: VI Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt  - Herbert von Karajan
07 Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: VII Selig sind die Toten  - Herbert von Karajan

Disc 4
01 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: I Kyrie  - Herbert von Karajan
02 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: II Gloria - Gloria  - Herbert von Karajan
03 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: III Gloria - Qui tollis  - Herbert von Karajan
04 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: IV Gloria - Quoniam tu solus sanctus  - Herbert von Karajan
05 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: V Credo - Credo  - Herbert von Karajan
06 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: VI Credo - Et incarnatus est  - Herbert von Karajan
07 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: VII Credo - Et resurrexit  - Herbert von Karajan
08 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: VIII Sanctus - Sanctus  - Herbert von Karajan
09 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: IX Sanctus -Benedictus  - Herbert von Karajan

Disc 5
01 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: X Agnus Dei - Agnus Dei  - Herbert von Karajan
02 Missa solemnis, Op. 123: XI Agnus Dei - Dona nobis pacem  - Herbert von Karajan
03 Ah! perfido, Op. 65  - Herbert von Karajan
04 Fidelio Op. 72: Act I, Scene 6 Abscheulicher! [recit]  - Herbert von Karajan
05 Fidelio Op .72: Act I, Scene 6 Komm, Hoffnung [aria]  - Herbert von Karajan
06 Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618  - Herbert von Karajan
07 Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs): I. Frühling  - Herbert von Karajan
08 Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs): III. Beim Schlafengehen  - Herbert von Karajan
09 Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs): IV. Im Abendrot  - Herbert von Karajan
10 Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs): II. September  - Herbert von Karajan