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This younger and more energetic Günter Wand from 1990 contrasts markedly (at least visually) with the frail conductor who in 2000 proved he could still
Gunter Wand’s NDR Beethoven cycle is one of the great ones, and these performances, while not quite the best in the set, will disappoint no
Günter Wand did not accord Schumann the same prominence in his repertoire that he did Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, and Brahms. In any event, there are
Pierre Monteux’s Stravinsky recordings never will be remembered for their rhythmic precision, but it’s hard to fault their unerring sense of style and character. Petrushka
When it comes to modern music of the German school, two winners out of three isn’t bad at all. Henze’s Scorribanda sinfonica derives its thematic
News of Günter Wand’s death arrived while listening to this release. While Wand certainly was one of the greatest conductors of the standard German repertoire
Having recently suffered through Adrian Boult’s hideous live 1969 Schubert Ninth on BBC Classics, what a relief it is to turn to this reissue of
That Günter Wand still commands undiminished powers of interpretation in his late 80s is cause for wonder, though it’s an open question whether documenting this
Remember the classical music recording crisis? The glut of less-than-stellar recordings of basic repertoire? A problem so severe that BMG practically withdrew from the market
