The seemingly non-depletable Günter Wand archives

When one is about to think that Günter Wand's recorded legacy has been depleted by record companies, there is always one more to come.

Profil has done a great job in plying Wand's live concerts with the Munich Philharmonic and then the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in the last few years, resulting in many memorable CDs of his concerts. Lately they turned their attention to the NDR-Sinfonieorchester and delved into the latter's archive and found something very enticing. They will issue a new 5-CD box-set of Wand's NDR live recordings (PH 12043):

All are new to Wand's discography.

CD 1

ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major WAB 104, (Original version) [sic]
11-13/10/1996; Memorial concert of 100th anniversary of Bruckner's death

CD 2

ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major WAB 105, (Original version of 1875-1878) [sic]
8-10/10/1995; Commemorative concert of 50th anniversary of NDR

CD 3

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 C minor op. 68
14/2/1990

MODEST MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)
same recording as the one issued in PH09029

CD 4

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 D major op. 73
29-30/11 & 1/12/1992

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 in B flat minor op. 23

(Jorge Bolet, piano)
same recording as the one issued in PH09029

CD 5

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major op. 90,
14/2/1990
Symphony No. 4 E minor op. 98
17/12/1990

I have lauded Wand's NDR live recording of the Brahms symphonies on RCA in a previous post. Here comes another NDR live Brahms cycle! Added to that are 2 Bruckner symphonies as well. And it seems that this is only the first volume. There may be further volumes of Wand's live NDR recordingsc coming. Oh, I got butterflies in my stomach....

 (Updated with recording dates: 24/10/2012)