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Recorded live at Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay in Singapore on November 22 and 23, 2010, this DVD also comes in a BluRay and 3-D format.
Stupendous playing by the Berlin Philharmonic, with remarkable orchestral detail, sharp attacks, and quick tempos make listening to this newly recorded Carmen an exhilarating experience.
How this disc made it to EMI’s Great Recordings of
These performances by the world’s most overrated conductor and orchestra
This set comprises the best work, on the whole, that
There are many myths concerning Bruckner’s finales, not the least of which is that they are somehow “problematic”. Not true. After the Fourth Symphony, each
It might have been something special to hear Karajan’s Berlin Philharmonic play Mahler’s Resurrection symphony (it recorded a spectacular Ninth with him in 1982), but
Okay, the CD bins aren’t exactly screaming for yet another Carmina Burana, but this performance is excellent–fresh, exciting, and with a sensational baritone soloist in
This recording of Gershwin’s somewhat flawed, overlong (three-plus hours) masterpiece has been the recording of choice since its release in 1989, and it remains so.
The playing of the Berlin Philharmonic in this new Brahms cycle is gorgeous, with sumptuous strings, and, thanks to one of the better EMI recordings
