Japan Tour 1966

[john]

King International and NHK are releasing the Beethoven 9 Symphonies, Bruckner 8th and Brahms 1st from the Japan tour 1966, HMV Japan have them on their website available 20th May.

[john]

3 more releases have been announced from the 1966 Japan Tour including Heldenleben and Dvorak 9th, check out the HMV Japan Website for full details.

[charlesb]

Thanks John.

The Beethoven Symphonies, Bruckner 8 and Brahms 1 are now available - the CDs were issued earlier than HMV in Japan originally expected.

The website address is www.hmv.co.jp . There is an option to view the website in English. The CDs are also available from Amazon in Japan, and from Tower Records ( tower.jp/search/item/karajan ).

They are also available on Ebay

[charlesb]

The 4 CDs to be released in June are:

www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Brahms-1833-1897_000000000034573/item_Brahms-Symphony-No-2-Schubert-Symphony-No-8-Herbert-von-Karajan-Berlin-Philharmonic-1966-Sapporo-Stereo-Live_9820965 Sapporo 19/4/66 Schubert 8th Symphony and Brahms 2nd Symphony


www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Dvorak-Antonin-1841-1904_000000000019851/item_Dvorak-Symphony-No-8-Debussy-La-Mer-Prelude-a-L-apres-midi-d-un-faune-Herbert-von-Karajan-Berlin-Philharmonic-1966-Okayama-Stereo-Live_9820966 Okayama 24/4/66 Debussy La Mer and Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune and Dvorak 8th Symphony

www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Dvorak-Antonin-1841-1904_000000000019851/item_Dvorak-Symphony-No-9-J-S-Bach-Brandenburg-Concerto-No-6-Brahms-Herbert-von-Karajan-Berlin-Philharmonic-1966-Fukuoka-Matsuyama-Stereo_9820967 Matsuyama 26/4/66 Bach 6th Brandenburg Concerto and Brahms Haydn Variations, Fukuoka 28/4/66 Dvorak 9th Symphony

www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Strauss-Richard-1864-1949_000000000019384/item_R-Strauss-Ein-Heldenleben-Mozart-Divertimento-No-15-Herbert-von-Karajan-Berlin-Philharmonic-1966-Tokyo-Stereo-Live_9820968 Tokyo 3/5/66 Mozart Divertimento 15 and Strauss Ein Heldenleben