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Apart from Herbert von Karajan’s 1972 Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel, all of these performances reappeared last year on the slightly cheaper Universal-Panorama label (469
Karajan was a chord guy, and his DG Sibelius recordings arguably find him and the Berlin Philharmonic at their creamy-textured, soft-edged, tensionless but gorgeous peak.
Last year, a “Double-Decca” set exhumed recordings of the first three Tchaikovsky symphonies by Lorin Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic. Now we have the return
The notes accompanying this set claim that it is “the first account ever of a complete opera by Verdi conducted by Karajan.” Frankly, we might
Gundula Janowitz was admired for her pure, silvery tones–but alas, that considerable virtue isn’t enough to sustain interest throughout a 73-minute-long disc that induces boredom
This DG Originals reissue includes Herbert von Karajan’s 1961 recording of the Mozart Requiem, with the welcome addition of a 1971 account of the Adagio
Probably the most important aspect of DG’s Panorama series is that it makes available on CD (alas all too infrequently) recordings long thought lost forever.
Herbert von Karajan has some very interesting ideas about tempo in Scheherazade. He begins with a broadly paced introduction, but after Michel Schwalbé’s languorous violin
Christian Ferras plays with a sweet, flexible, strongly girded tone. He ferociously attacks the music’s many wide interval leaps and double-stops, never sacrificing pure intonation
Double CD packages involving Bruckner’s “Romantic” symphony usually pair it with No. 7. Panorama has reissued Herbert von Karajan’s 1975 Berlin Fourth along with his
