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Deutsche Grammophon seems to have a monopoly on great Mahler Firsts, with Bernstein, Kubelik, and Boulez all prime recommendations. This 1977 underrated but otherwise superb
This Eroica is contemporaneous with Karajan’s celebrated 1962 complete Beethoven cycle, also with the Berlin Philharmonic, and it points up some striking differences in approach.
Anyone seeking a complete Schubert symphony cycle at mid-price may well find this set suits their needs. The performances were recorded by the Berlin Philharmonic
One of the oldest of Wagner wisecracks has George Bernard Shaw looking down at his watch after an hour to find that only 15 minutes
Eighty-four years young when this astounding performance was captured on July 4, 1978, Karl Böhm presides over one of those wonderful, rare evenings in which
This is a budget-priced repackaging of Deutsche Grammophon’s deleted 1988 Böhm/Strauss collection, with slightly better sound this time around. The program notes go into deep
Karl Böhm’s survey of the complete Mozart symphonies, recorded between 1959 and 1968, marked the first commercial undertaking of its kind. The performances were typified
In general, this is an exceptional bargain offering, uniting several benchmark interpretations with a number of more puzzling inclusions that could have been bettered, at
In essence, EMI’s 20-bit remastering of Karl Böhm’s 1962 Così fan tutte fortifies the lower strings, winds, and timpani, while sharpening note attacks and word
Pianist Lubka Kolessa was born in Galacia in 1902 and studied with the noted Liszt pupils Eugen D’Albert and Emil von Sauer. During the war
