CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 7 Op. 92 in A Major

Robert Schumann:
Symphony No. 2 Op. 61 in C Major

CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 9 Op. 125 in d Minor
Overture for Collin's Trauerspiel "Coriolan" op.62 c Minor

CD 3:
Johannes Brahms:
Symphony No. 2 Op. 73 in D Major
Schicksalslied Op. 54
Nänie Op. 82 for choir and orchestra

CD 4:
Johannes Brahms:
Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

CD 5:
Anton Bruckner:
Symphony No. 4 in E flat Major

CD 6:
Anton Bruckner:
Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major

CD 7:
Anton Bruckner:
Symphony No. 7 in E Major

Richard Wagner:
Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde"

CD 8:
Anton Bruckner:
Symphony No. 8 in c Minor

CD 9:
Anton Bruckner:
Symphony No. 9 in d Minor

CD 10:
Edvard Grieg:
Concert-Overture Op. 11 "Im Herbst"

Max Bruch:
Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 26 in g Minor

Hermann Goetz:
Violin Concerto in G Major Op. 22

Robert Volkmann:
Overture "Richard III" Op. 68

CD 11:
Joseph Haydn:
Symphony No. 100 in G Major "Military" Hob. I:100
Cello Concerto in D Major Hob. VIIb:2 Op. 101
Symphony No. 95 in c Minor "London" Hob. I:95

CD 12:
Gustav Mahler:
Symphony No. 3 in d Minor

CD 13:
Gustav Mahler:
Symphony No. 3 d Minor (cont.)

Richard Strauss:
Eine Alpensinfonie Op. 64

CD 14:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Symphony No. 35 K385 "Haffner" in D Major
Symphony No. 38 K504 "Prague" in D Major
Symphony No. 40 K550 in g Minor
Concert Aria K419
Le Nozze di Figaro K492
Zauberflöte K620

CD 15:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat Major K271
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major K459

CD 16:
Emil Nikolaus von Rezniček:
Theme and Variations for baritone solo and large orchestra after the poem "Tragische Geschichte" by Adelbert von Chamiso

Richard Strauss:
Overture to 1st act of the opera "Guntram" Op. 25

Hans Pfitzner:
Overture to "Kätchen von Heilbronn" by H. von Kleist Op. 17

Max Reger:
Variations and Fugue on a theme by W. A. Mozart Op. 132

CD 17:
Robert Schumann:
Overture to "Manfred" after the dramatic poem by Lord Byron Op. 115

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Overture Op. 27 "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt" in D Major

Robert Schumann:
Overture, Scherzo and Finale Op. 52

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Concert Overture Op. 26 "Die Hebriden"
Concert Overture Op. 21 "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Notturno. Con moto tranquillo. Op. 61 No. 7
Scherzo. Allegro vivace. Op. 61 No. 1

CD 18:
Richard Wagner:
Prelude to 1st act of "Parsifal"
Prelude to 1st act of "Tristan und Isolde"
"Sunrise and Siegfried's Rhine journey" from "Götterdämmerung"
"Funeral march and Siegfried's death" from “Götterdämmerung”
"Siegfried-Idyll" for small orchestra
"Charm of Good Friday" from the 3rd act of "Parsifal"
End of 3rd act of "Parsifal"

CD 19:
Gustav Mahler:
Symphony No. 2 in c Minor

CD 20:
Gustav Mahler:
Symphony No. 2 in c Minor (cont.)

Joseph Haydn:
Symphony No. 86 in D Major "Paris" Hob. I:86

CD 21:
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 1 in C Major Op. 21
Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major Op. 55

CD 22:
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 4 in B flat Major Op. 60
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67

CD 23:
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 6 in F Major Op. 68 „Pastorale“

Franz Schubert:
Sinfonie No. 5 in B flat Major D485

CD 24:
Johannes Brahms:
Symphony No. 1 in c Minor Op. 68
Symphony No. 3 in F Major Op. 90

CD 25:
Johannes Brahms:
Symphony No. 4 in e Minor Op. 98
Rhapsody for alt, male choir and orchestra Op. 53
Tragic Overture in d Minor Op. 81

CD 26:
Robert Schumann:
Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major Op. 97

Richard Strauss:
Sinfonia domestica Op. 53

CD 27:
Carl Maria von Weber:
Overture to "Euryanthe"
Overture to "Oberon"

Hugo Wolf:
Italian Serenade in G Major for small orchestra

Peter Tchaikovski:
Hamlet. Fantasy-Overture for orchestra Op. 67

Emil Nikolaus von Rezniček:
Overture to Donna Diana

Boris Blacher:
Concertante Music for orchestra Op. 10

CD 28:
Claude Debussy:
La Mer - Three symphonic sketches for orchestra

Günter Raphael:
Sinfonia breve Op. 67

Robert Oboussier:
Concert for Violin and Orchestra

CD 29:
Franz Liszt:
Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne. Sinfonic Poem No. 1 R 142

Max Reger:
Variations and Fugue for Orchestra on a theme by Johann Adam Hiller Op. 100

CD 30:
Johannes Brahms:
Rehearsal fragment from Symphony no.2, 4h mouvement

Richard Wagner:
Rehearsal fragment from "Parsifal"

Together with Wilhelm Furtwängler, Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Erich Kleiber and Karl Böhm, Carl Schuricht belonged to the generation of German conductors who were born before the turn of the 20th century. They were trained as conductors in classical-romantic symphonic repertoire and the then contemporary music of late Bruckner, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss and Max Reger. Schuricht always remained totally faithful to a work's original intent.

He performed mainly symphonic works from the Classical and Romantic eras – Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Bruckner, as well as Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss and Reger. One might add Bizet and Jacques Offenbach to this list; and of course Johann Sebastian Bach, whose works he frequently performed. Gustav Mahler‘s works engaged and enriched Schuricht throughout his lifetime; this interest took him into the realms of what was then known as “contemporary” music, encompassing the works of Bartók, Hindemith, Pfitzner, Stravinsky, Honegger, Schönberg, Debussy and Ravel.

Today, the archives of the South West German Broadcasting Services (Südwestrundfunk) in Stuttgart house 125 of Schuricht‘s recordings, documenting the majority of his performances. In the 1950’s and 60’s, the diversity of the radio recordings he made of “modern” composers (who nowadays scarcely arouse any attention) reflects the breadth of his interest and his repertoire: works by composers such as Frederick Delius, Aloys Fornerod, Philipp Mohler, Robert Oboussier, Günter Raphael and many other highly regarded compositions of the time – they all found their advocate in Schuricht. This edition has been limited to giving an overview of the major symphonic repertoire of the 18th to the early 20th centuries.

Schuricht’s charismatic interpretations intensified in his old age, when he seemed to overcome his physical handicaps through the sheer strength of his artistic presence. He understood how to transmit his musical intelligence, his skill and his interpretation of a work directly to the musicians with whom he worked.

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Recordings: 1950–1966