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Although Clemens Krauss’ principal Decca recordings have been reissued on […]
Although advertised as “The Complete Decca Recordings,” this set is
It goes without saying that the Decca “complete” Krauss recordings
This first “authorized” edition of Clemens Krauss’ 1953 Bayreuth Ring cycle purportedly stems from the original Bavarian Radio master broadcast tapes. As such, we might
The year was 1953, and all was right with the world. Germany, or at least its Western half, was in the full swing of post-War
Comic opera really isn’t funny, it’s just that it isn’t tragic or melodramatic. There are exceptions of course–long moments in Il barbiere di Siviglia and
Wilhelm Backhaus’ 1952 recording of Beethoven’s Second Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic falls short of his stereo remake six years later. The main problem lies
In Naxos’ new transfer this 1950 recording sounds as if it were recorded 10 years later; of course it’s mono, but it’s clean and clear
Clemens Krauss’ 1951 recording of Strauss’ Sinfonia Domestica had virtually no competition in the early mono LP days, save for a Camden reprint of Ormandy’s
Clemens Krauss’ early-1950s Vienna Philharmonic recordings of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben and Also Sprach Zarathustra last appeared in Decca’s defunct Historic Series. Testament’s new transfers offer
