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Bruckner’s Symphony No. 2 was among the better efforts in Karajan’s complete cycle. On this work he lavished the rich, cultivated sound of his Berlin
No commercially available studio versions of Die Meistersinger in stereo were available until Herbert von Karajan’s 1970 Dresden performance, a “Great Recording of the Century”
Fans of soprano Hildegard Behrens should flock to this set if they don’t already own it–it is her finest recording. She ideally captures the girl/woman
Although Herbert von Karajan probably would have wanted to be remembered as a great conductor in the central German repertoire, his best orchestral recordings often
This very generous Brahms collection has more complete works and less excerpts than some of the other titles in Deutsche Grammophon’s Panorama series. The program
Recorded June 9, 1950 at the International Bach Festival in Vienna, Herbert von Karajan’s live St. Matthew Passion receives its 14th CD incarnation here. Or
This always has been, and still is, one of the best-sung, least-satisfying Figaros ever recorded. In addition to the unexplained exclusion of all the secco
Karajan was never at his best in Sibelius’ Second Symphony. Although he does well enough in the first three movements, the finale suffers from a
This is essentially the same over-processed 1988 transfer of Herbert von Karajan’s 1947 Beethoven Ninth that appeared in EMI’s Great Recordings of the Century series.
Herbert von Karajan was an excellent Sibelius conductor, and this disc contains mostly excellent performances of the six listed works. En Saga is thrillingly powerful,
