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This is a terrific set, and a steal at the […]
These performances, taken as a whole, never have gotten the
Despite the marvels to be heard in this live, May 16, 1965 performance, it is still to be placed below the glorious Kempe-led 1964 recording
Comparisons often bring revelations, and rehearing this classic account of
Back in the 70s an article appeared in the New
While recording Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, producer Walter Legge took issue
Both of these performances have been available in one form or another since 1956 (Figaro) and 1953 (Bastien). Neither is necessary for most collections. Oddly,
Recorded the afternoon of February 13, 1960, this is a hectic but very exciting Fidelio. Karl Böhm knows what he wants and almost invariably gets
Fresh from their denazification hearings, Backhaus and Böhm team up for a partially fabulous Beethoven Fourth Concerto. The first movement goes particularly well: crisp and
In concert, Karl Böhm could be a terrifically exciting conductor, and this certainly was one of those occasions. You might think that the Beethoven concerto
