德國留聲機唱片公司(DG)的歷史,幾乎可以追溯到錄音技術的誕生。1898年六月,DG公司由留聲機圓形唱盤的發行人艾彌爾‧貝林納(Emile Berliner)與其弟約瑟夫在漢諾威所創立。當時聲音的紀錄以愛迪生所發明的圓筒留聲機為主要方式,貝林納兄弟發明的圓盤唱片留聲機比起笨重的圓筒式在操作上更為方便及輕巧,1900年貝林納的銷售便超過了圓筒式。1910年DG推出最早的管弦樂唱片,巴克豪斯演奏的葛利格鋼琴協奏曲開頭片段,直到1929年艾彌爾過世時,DG公司的唱片年產量便以達到將近1000萬張。
自成立以來,DG一直就是使用最新錄音科技的先驅者,1962年卡拉揚推出第一套立體聲貝多芬交響曲全集、1979年第一張數位唱片(克萊曼演奏柴可夫斯基小提琴協奏曲),這十多年來,數位音樂的發展早已超越我們所熟悉的傳統撥放方式,DG近年也積極推廣線上下載、串流等新型態聆聽方式,為得就是讓音樂的載體得以延續。
走過120年歷史,DG公司留下數不清的錄音寶藏,除了推出一套120週年收錄121CD+1BD的創立紀念套裝外,更推出這套用7張CD共120軌推介DG120年最重要的一些錄音,從卡羅素到涅翠柯、克萊斯勒到慕特、克納貝茲布許到尼爾森斯,以及肯普夫到崔佛諾夫,羅列了從古到今DG的優秀音樂家,雖不能說是盡收DG錄音精粹,仍然可視為是一個DG百年縮影,值得樂迷索引收藏。
CD 1
1 CHOPIN: Fantaisie-Impromptu op. 66
Daniil Trifonov 5:36
2 WAGNER: Prelude to Act 1 (Lohengrin)
Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons 9:17
3 DEBUSSY: Clair de lune
Seong-Jin Cho 5:31
4 PROKOFIEV: Dance of the knights (Romeo and Juliet)
Lisa Batiashvili, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin 3:46
5 BACH: Italian Concerto BWV 971: I. Allegro
Rafał Blechacz 3:53
6 CATALANI: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (La Wally)
Anna Netrebko, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano 3:55
7 GLASS: Étude No. 9
Víkingur Ólafsson 2:32
8 DI LASSO: Jubilate Deo
Sistine Chapel Choir, Massimo Palombella 1:33
9 BERNSTEIN: A simple song (Mass: II. Hymn and Psalm)
Kevin Vortmann, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin 4:22
10 BACH: French Suite No. 5 BWV 816: VII. Gigue
Murray Perahia 3:20
11 VERDI: Ingemisco (Messa da Requiem)
Rolando Villazón, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda 3:39
12 STRAVINSKY: Russian Dance (Pétrouchka, for piano)
Yuja Wang 2:30
13 NARDINI: Concerto in G major: Allegro
Giuliano Carmignola, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon 5:29
14 CHOPIN: Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor op. 64 No. 2
Alice Sara Ott 3:40
15 GINASTERA: IV. Danza final “Malambo” (Estancia)
Simón Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel 3:25
16 CHOPIN: Prélude No. 24 in D minor op. 28
Grigory Sokolov 2:59
17 MENDELSSOHN: Auf den Flügeln des Gesanges op. 34 No. 2
Daniel Hope, Sebastian Knauer 2:24
CD 2
1 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 28 A major op. 101: I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
Hélène Grimaud 4:11
2 VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
Elīna Garanča, Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi 6:22
3 SCHUBERT: Das Wandern (Die schöne Müllerin D 795)
Thomas Quasthoff, Justus Zeyen 2:38
4 MOZART: Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (Le nozze di Figaro K. 492)
Magdalena Kožená, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Simon Rattle 2:46
5 M. RICHTER: Organum (The Blue Notebooks)
Max Richter 3:53
6 DENVER/LEON: Annie’s Song
James Galway, London Symphony Orchestra, Klauspeter Seibel 2:58
7 SCHUMANN: Träumerei (Kinderszenen op. 15 No. 7)
Lang Lang 3:22
8 BACH: Violin Concerto No. 2 E major BWV 1042: III. Allegro assai
Hilary Hahn, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane 2:24
9 FAURÉ: Pie Jesu (Requiem op. 48)
Cecilia Bartoli, Coro e Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung 3:47
10 WAGNER: Prelude to Act 3 (Lohengrin)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Christian Thielemann 3:06
11 HÄNDEL: Hallelujah (Messiah)
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh 3:34
12 HAYDN: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes (Die Schöpfung)
The Monteverdi Choir, Sylvia McNair, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot
Gardiner 3:45
13 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Roadside Fire (Songs of Travel)
Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau 2:24
14 LIADOV: Baba-Yaga op. 56
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev 3:35
15 BEETHOVEN: String Quartet op. 59 No. 3 “Rasumovsky”: IV. Allegro molto
Emerson String Quartet 5:25
16 BEETHOVEN: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 op. 30 No. 2: III. Scherzo
Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich 3:36
17 DEBUSSY: Fêtes (Nocturnes No. 2)
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 6:31
CD 3
1 MASSENET: Méditation (Thaïs)
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine 6:42
2 VERDI: Lunga da lei – De’ miei bollenti spiriti (La traviata)
Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine 3:24
3 DEBUSSY: La cathédrale engloutie
Krystian Zimerman 7:21
4 BIZET: L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1: Carillon
Orchestre de l’Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung 4:15
5 BERG: Die Nachtigall (Sieben frühe Lieder)
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg 2:19
6 SCHUBERT: String Quartet “Death and the Maiden” D 810: III. Scherzo
Hagen Quartett 3:32
7 MOZART: Sonata No. 16 in C major “Sonata facile” K. 545: I. Allegro
Maria João Pires 4:12
8 GRIEG: In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt op. 23 – Incidental Music)
Tor Stokke, Gösta Ohlin’s Vocal Ensemble, Pro Musica Chamber Choir, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra,
Neeme Järvi 2:51
9 SCRIABIN: Etude No. 12 op. 8 in D sharp minor
Vladimir Horowitz 2:09
10 MOZART: Sonata for Violin and Piano K. 378: II. Andante sostenuto e cantabile
Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim 5:52
11 BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048: II. Allegro
Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel 3:51
12 FAURÉ: In paradisum (Requiem op. 48)
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra London, Carlo Maria Giulini 3:55
13 BACH: Sonata No. 2 in D major BWV 1028
Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich 3:50
14 BERNSTEIN: America (West Side Story)
Angelina Reaux, Louise Edeiken, Stella Zambalis, Tatiana Troyanos, Leonard Bernstein 4:48
15 WIDOR: Toccata in F major (Organ Symphony No. 5)
Simon Preston 5:25
16 MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”: IV. Saltarello
Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli 6:04
17 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor op. 13 “Pathétique”: II. Adagio cantabile
Daniel Barenboim 5:18
CD 4
1 BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai
The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock 3:03
2 MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major K. 576: I. Allegro
Friedrich Gulda 5:12
3 TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Reed Pipes (Nutcracker Suite op. 71a)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Mstislav Rostropovich 2:28
4 DEBUSSY: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest (Préludes I)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 3:38
5 VERDI: Libiamo ne’ lieti calici (La traviata)
Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Bayerischer Staatsopernchor, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos
Kleiber 2:56
6 DE FALLA: Jota (Suite populaire espagnole)
Narciso Yepes 3:00
7 FRANCK: Nocturne
Christa Ludwig, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim 4:00
8 RESPIGHI: Italiana (Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa 2:51
9 CHOPIN: Prélude in A flat major No. 17 op. 28
Martha Argerich 2:51
10 VERDI: Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate (Nabucco)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado 4:24
11 BACH: Violin Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006: I. Preludio
Nathan Milstein 3:31
12 C.P.E. BACH: Sinfonia in D major Wq. 183 No. 1: III. Presto
Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter 2:44
13 MOZART: Fantasia in D minor K. 397
Emil Gilels 6:10
14 MAHLER: Symphony No. 4: IV. Sehr behaglich “Wir genießen die himmlischen Freuden”
Elsie Morison, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelík 8:01
15 MOZART: Piano Sonata in A major K. 331 “Alla turca”: III. Allegretto
Christoph Eschenbach 3:35
16 TARREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Narciso Yepes 3:12
17 SCHUBERT: An die Musik D 547
Fritz Wunderlich, Hubert Giesen 2:19
18 WAGNER: Feuerzauber (Die Walküre)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan 3:49
CD 5
1 MOZART: Vado, ma dove? oh Dei! K. 583
Gundula Janowitz, Wiener Symphoniker, Wilfried Boettcher 4:44
2 LISZT: Waldesrauschen S 145
Géza Anda 3:37
3 BRUCKNER: Locus iste
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum 3:42
4 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major op. 106 “Hammerklavier”: II. Scherzo
Wilhelm Kempff 2:44
5 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”: III. Scherzo
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan 5:44
6 BACH: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major BWV 1007: I. Prélude
Pierre Fournier 2:50
7 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4: III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato – Allegro
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky 5:47
8 TRADITIONAL: Himbeerernte
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff 2:32
9 WIENAWSKI: Etude-Caprice in E major op. 18 No. 5
David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh 1:55
10 SCHUMANN: Ich grolle nicht (Dichterliebe op. 48)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus 1:39
11 PROKOFIEV: Death of Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet Ballet Suite No. 1)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel 4:46
12 SCHUMANN: Vogel als Prophet (Waldszenen op. 82)
Sviatoslav Richter 2:44
13 HENZE: Aggio saputo ca la morte vene (Five Neapolitan Songs)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Members of Berliner Philharmoniker, Richard Kraus 1:54
14 MOZART: Serenade in G major K. 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”: IV. Rondo
Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm 3:28
15 MOZART: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Die Zauberflöte K. 620)
Rita Streich, RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Ferenc Fricsay 2:59
16 BACH: Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet (Christmas Oratorio BWV 248)
Helmut Krebs, Berliner Philharmoniker, Fritz Lehmann 3:44
17 BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique: IV. Marche au supplice
Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch 5:18
CD 6
1 SMETANA: Slepicka in B flat major (Czech Dances)
Stefan Askenase 2:57
2 MOZART: Non temer, amato bene (Non più, tutto ascoltai K. 490)
Irmgard Seefried, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Wiener Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner 6:41
3 THOMSON: Ragtime Bass in C sharp
Andor Foldes 1:44
4 SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 15 in G major D 887: III. Scherzo
Amadeus Quartet 6:19
5 HAYDN: Symphony No. 88 in G major: III. Menuetto
Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler 4:24
6 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5: III. Valse (Allegro moderato)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferenc Fricsay 6:04
7 RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major: III. Presto
Monique Haas, NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt 4:03
8 BACH: Toccata in D minor BWV 565
Helmut Walcha 2:44
9 SCHUBERT: Der Lindenbaum (Winterreise D 911)
Peter Anders, Michael Raucheisen 4:30
10 SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor: III. Allegro, ma non tanto
Anja Ignatius, Städtisches Orchester Berlin, Armas Järnefelt 7:34
11 ROSSINI: Frag ich mein beklommnes Herz (Il barbiere di Siviglia, sung in German)
Alda Noni, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Artur Rother 6:28
12 PUCCINI: Nur der Schönheit weiht’ ich mein Leben (Tosca, sung in German)
Maria Cebotari, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Gerhard Steeger 3:08
13 SMETANA: The Bartered Bride: Overture
Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Paul van Kempen 6:52
14 RESPIGHI: Circenses (Feste Romane)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Victor de Sabata 4:24
15 WAGNER: Träume (Wesendonck-Lieder)
Tiana Lemnitz, Michael Raucheisen 4:25
16 WAGNER: Albumblatt für Ernst Benedikt Kietz “Lied ohne Worte”
Georg Kulenkampff, Franz Rupp 4:03
CD 7
1 PUCCINI: O weine nicht, Liù! (Turandot, sung in German)
Helge Roswaenge, Kapelle der Staatsoper Berlin, Franz Alfred Schmidt 2:39
2 STRAVINSKY: Violin Concerto in D major: II. Aria 1
Samuel Dushkin, Orchestre Lamoureux Paris, Igor Stravinsky 4:17
3 GRIEG: Der Winter mag scheiden “Solveig’s song” (Peer Gynt, sung in German)
Erna Berger, Staatskapelle Berlin, Leo Blech 2:59
4 PFITZNER: Love Theme (Das Herz op. 39)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Pfitzner 2:44
5 WAGNER: The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch 4:39
6 MASCAGNI: Intermezzo sinfonico (Cavalleria rusticana)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Pietro Mascagni 4:05
7 BACH: Dir, dir, Jehova will ich singen BWV 452
Thomanerchor Leipzig, Helmut Walcha, Karl Straube 3:28
8 WAGNER: Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust (Parsifal)
Frida Leider with orchestra accompaniment 4:39
9 LORTZING: O kehr zurück (Undine)
Heinrich Schlusnus with choir and orchestra accompaniment 3:51
10 J. STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring op. 410 (arr. for piano)
Alfred Grünfeld 4:03
11 HUMMEL: Waltz in E flat major
Mischa Elman, Percy Benedict Kahn 2:12
12 MUSSORGSKY: Proshchay, moy syn “Death of Boris” (Boris Godunov)
Feodor Chaliapin with orchestra accompaniment 4:48
13 KREISLER: Liebesfreud
Fritz Kreisler, Haddon Squire 3:22
14 PUCCINI: O Mimì, tu più non torni (La bohème)
Enrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti with orchestra accompaniment 3:13
15 TRADITIONAL: Auld Lang Syne
Nellie Melba, The Coldstream Guards Band and Chorus 3:04
16 BACH/GOUNOD: Ave Maria
Alessandro Moreschi with violin and piano accompaniment 3:12
17 VERDI: Esultate! (Otello)
Francesco Tamagno with piano accompaniment 1:18
18 Emil Berliner reading a spoken letter to his sister-in-law Sara Hahn
Emil Berliner 0:27