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The Richter/Kleiber Dvorak Piano Concerto recording never has been unreservedly […]
Q: Who knew this existed? A: Austrian Broadcasting. Yes, it’s been in their “vaults”, waiting for who-knows-what, and just last year they asked Carlos Kleiber–a
Deutsche Grammophon’s Carlos Kleiber tribute winningly pairs two of the late conductor’s finest performances. The Schubert is unique for its classical drive, contour, and phrasing,
This addition to the Tristan sweepstakes is a great surprise and is highly recommended. It is crucial if only for the conducting of Carlos Kleiber.
Carlos Kleiber’s best Beethoven Seventh remains his Concertgebouw video. His Vienna recording for DG has discipline going for it, and lively tempos, but the same
There is rapture in every measure of Carlos Kleiber’s reading of this score, sometimes of the transcendent, gentle type, sometimes of the manic, ravishing sort.
This is fun if you’re either a Kleiber or a Borodin maven. Both of these performances are relatively well-known: Erich Kleiber’s NBC performance from its
Placido Domingo has recorded the role of Otello commercially three times (maybe four–who’s counting?), and each has something to offer. This performance, opening night at
Here, in pretty good sound (glare notwithstanding), is an energetic, fast-moving, lean performance of Rosenkavalier under the wonderful Carlos Kleiber from Munich in July, 1977.
There are many things to admire about this Tristan, not least the inspired leadership of Carlos Kleiber. He leads with an inner fire, a Böhm-like
