art direction Hartmut Pfeiffer tracks 1-5 co-producer [associate producer] Pål Christian Moe tracks 1-3 co-producer [associate producer] Roger Wright conductor Claudio Abbado design WAPS tracks 2-9 engineer [recording engineer] Hans-Rudolf Müller tracks 1-7 engineer [recording engineer] Hans-Ulrich Bastin tracks 1-4, 2-1 engineer [recording engineer] Jobst Eberhardt tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-8, 2-2 to 2-4 engineer [recording engineer] Jürgen Bulgrin tracks 1-5, 2-7 engineer [recording engineer] Klaus-Peter Lehmann engineer [recording engineer] Rainer Maillard tracks 1-2, 1-7, 1-8, 2-3, 2-7, 2-8 engineer [recording engineer] Reinhard Lagemann tracks 1-5, 2-5, 2-6 engineer [recording engineer] Reinhild Schmidt tracks 1-1, 1-5, 2-10 engineer [recording engineer] Stephan Flock tracks 1-9 engineer [recording engineer] Volker Martin tracks 1-1, 2-7, 2-10 engineer [recording engineer] Wolf-Dieter Karwatky tracks 1-3, 1-5, 1-8, 2-2, 2-3, 2-5 to 2-8 engineer [tonmeister / balance engineer] Gernot Von Schultzendorff tracks 2-9 engineer [tonmeister / balance engineer] Günter Hermanns tracks 1-2, 1-4, 1-7, 2-1, 2-4 engineer [tonmeister / balance engineer] Klaus Hiemann tracks 1-6 engineer [tonmeister / balance engineer] Klaus-Peter Gross tracks 1-1, 2-10 engineer [tonmeister / balance engineer] Ulrich Vette tracks 1-9 engineer [tonmeister / balance engineer] Wolfgang Mitlehner tracks 1-8, 2-5, 2-6 executive-producer Christopher Alder tracks 1-9 executive-producer Günther Breest tracks 1-9 executive-producer Steven Paul liner notes Jürgen Otten liner notes [booklet editor] Gerhard Forck liner notes [english translation] Richard Evidon liner notes [french translation] Virginie Bauzou orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker photography by [booklet first page] Kasskara photography by [booklet page 12-13] Susesch Bayat photography by [booklet page 27] Ludwig Schirmer photography by [cover-booklet page 6-20-21] Cordula Groth tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-7 to 2-10 producer Christopher Alder tracks 2-5, 2-6 producer [recording producer] Arend Prohmann tracks 1-9 producer [recording producer] Christopher Alder tracks 1-8 producer [recording producer] Wolfgang Stengel Phonographic Copyright (p) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH Recorded At Berliner Philharmonie Recorded At Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin Recorded At Schauspielhaus Berlin Mastered At Emil Berliner Studios Copyright (c) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH Made By Universal M & L, Germany Made By Universal M & L, Germany Record Company Universal Music Comes with a 36-page booklet
On back cover: Tracks 1-1, 1-4, 1-5, 1-8, 2-2 to 2-7 : Live Recording/Konzertmitschnitt/Enregistrement public Tracks 1-6, 1-7, 2-10 : Previously unreleased/bisher unveröffentlicht/plages inédites This compilation ℗ 2002 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg Made in the E.U. CD 1 [71'52] - CD 2 [77'57]
Inside booklet: Track 1-1: Georges Bizet (1838-1875) L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Farandole. Allegro deciso (Tempo di Marcia) - Allegro vivo e deciso Track 1-2: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 7 in A major / A-dur / en la majeur op. 92: 2. Allegretto Track 1-3: Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D flat major / Des-dur / en ré bémol majeur op. 10: 1. Allegro Brioso - Poco più mosso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - Più mosso (Tempo I) - Animato (excerpt/Ausschnitt/extrait) Track 1-4: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Symphony No. 9 in E minor / e-moll / en mi mineur op. 95 From the New World / »Aus der Neuen Welt« / «Du Nouveau Monde»: 2. Largo Track 1-5: Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries / Walkürenritt / La Chevauchée des Walkyries Track 1-6: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony No. 7: 2. Nachtmusik I. Allegro moderato Track 1-7: Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Nocturnes: 2. Fêtes - Animé et très rythmé - Modéré mais toujours très rythmé Track 1-8: Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B flat minor / b-moll / en si bémol mineur op. 23: 2. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I Track 1-9: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Academic Festival Overture / Akademische Festouvertüre / Ouverture académique op. 80: Allegro - L'istesso tempo, un poco maestoso - Animato - Maestoso Track 2-1: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) La Traviata: Prelude (Act I) / Vorspiel (1. Akt) / Prélude (Acte I) Track 2-2: Symphony No. 5: 2. Stürmisch bewegt, mit größter Vehemenz Track 2-3: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor / c-moll / en ut mineur op. 37: 3. Rondo. Allegro Track 2-4: Romeo and Juliet / Romeo und Julia / Roméo et Juliette - Suite No. 1 op. 64a: 6. Romeo and Juliet Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Pictures at an Exhibition / Bilder einer Ausstellung / Tableaux d'une exposition Track 2-5: La Cabane sur des pattes de poule / The Hut on Chicken's Legs / Die Hütte auf Hühnerfüßen Track 2-6: La Grande Porte de Kiev / The Great Gate of Kiev / Das große Tor in Kiew Track 2-7: Egmont Overture / Ouvertüre »Egmont« / Ouverture «Egmont» op. 84: Sostenuto, ma non troppo - Allegro Track 2-8: Slavonic March / Slawischer Marsch / Marche Slave op. 31 Track 2-9: Symphony No. 3 in F major / F-dur / en fa majeur op. 90: 3. Poco allegretto Track 2-10: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Le Carnaval Romain / Roman Carnival / Römischer Karneval op. 9: Allegro assai con fuoco - Andante sostenuto - Tempo I. Allegro vivace