30 years after his death, DG commemorates the quintessential “Kapellmeister” with a 42-CD set of Complete Deutsche Grammophon Orchestral Recordings by Eugen Jochum (1902-1987), presented in original jackets.

In addition to the complete symphonic cycles of Bruckner (the first ever complete recorded cycle), Beethoven and Brahms, this set offers the entire Jochum orchestral recordings for DG for the first time. Several recordings appear on CD for the first time, including recordings of Weber, Mozart and Beethoven.

Excellent documentation includes numerous rare photographs and a new appreciation of the conductor by Nigel Simeone.

“Jochum’s qualities as a conductor who could impart drive without ever being relentless are heard to great advantage.” - Record Review

“…inspirational, spontaneous, malleable in the extreme and with a marked fondness for excitable tempos.” - Gramophone

“Eugen Jochum was always one of the most spontaneous-sounding conductors in the recording studio” - Gramophone

“Jochum was widely respected for his many recordings and the warmth and idiomatic assurance of his conducting of repertory from Bach to Hindemith.” - New York Times

“Jochum's idiosyncratic interpretation, with a remorselessly swift first movement, gives a unique shape to his performance.” - The Guardian

 “The conductor has an unerring feel for the weight and colour of the music and for the flow of the drama” - American Record Guide

“…an accomplished and approachable craftsman who forged his work in the manner of Hindemith” – Gramophone

Contents:

CD 1–5  Beethoven
Symphonies nos. 1-9 (BRSO, BPO)

CD 6–7  Brahms
Symphonies nos. 1-4 (BPO)
 
CD 8–16  Bruckner
Symphonies nos. 1-9 (BRSO, BPO)
 
CD 17–20  Haydn
12 ‘London’ Symphonies (LPO)
 
CD 21
Beethoven - Symphony no.4 (BPO)
Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro: March & Fandango (BRSO)
Weber - Oberon Overture (BPO) (new to CD)
 
CD 22  Bruckner
Symphony no.4 (BRSO)
 
CD 23  Bruckner
Symphony no.7 (BPO, 1952)
 
CD 24–25  Bruckner
Symphonies nos. 8 & 9 (Hamburg PO, BRSO)
 
CD 26  Haydn
Symphonies nos. 88, 91, 98 (BRSO)
 
CD 27
Haydn - Symphony no.103 (BRSO) (new to CD)
Mozart - Symphony no.40 (BRSO)
 
CD 28  Mozart
Symphonies nos. 33, 36, 39 (BRSO)
 
CD 29
Mozart - Gran Partita, K361 (Members of BRSO)
Handel - Organ Concerto op.4 no.4 (Michael Schneider, BRSO)
 
CD 30  Karl Höller
Symphonic Fantasy on a Theme by Frescobaldi, Sweelinck Variations (BRSO)
 
CD 31  Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (Merriman, Haefliger, Concertgebouw)
 
CD 32  Schubert
Symphonies nos. 5 (mono) & 9 (stereo) (BRSO)
 
CD 33
Mozart - Symphony no.41 (Boston SO)
Schubert - Symphony no.8 (Boston SO)
 
CD 34
Sibelius - Prelude to The Tempest, The Oceanides, Night Ride & Sunrise (BRSO)
Wagner - Lohengrin: Preludes (BPO); Parsifal: Prelude & Good Friday Music (BRSO)
 
CD 35  Richard Strauss
Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel (Concertgebouw, 1952)
Rosenkavalier & Schlagobers Waltzes (BPO)
 
CD 36
Elgar - ‘Enigma’ Variations (LSO) 
Brahms - Haydn Variations (LSO)
 
CD 37
Mozart - Violin Concerto no.4 (Martzy, BRSO)
Schumann - Piano Concerto (Haas, BPO)
 
CD 38  Beethoven
Violin Concerto (Schneiderhan, BPO, 1959)
 
CD 39  Beethoven
Violin Concerto (Schneiderhan, BPO, 1962)
 
CD 40–41  Brahms
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (Gilels, BPO)
Violin Concerto (Milstein, Wiener Philharmoniker)
 
CD 42  Beethoven
Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 (Pollini, Wiener Philharmoniker)