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The 1953 Beethoven Fifth was Karl Böhm’s first recording for Deutsche Grammophon, and already his trademark rock-solid tempos and rhythmic exactitude are fully on display.
Herbert von Karajan’s generally fine rendition of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 comes across well in this new SACD release. The DSD remastering’s enhanced clarity relays
Had Herbert von Karajan lived long enough to see the introduction of DSD technology he most likely would have felt compelled to record yet another
An orchestra of all-stars does not an all-star orchestra make, evidently. This hand-picked ensemble assembled for the 2003 Lucerne Festival, liberally spiked with famous names
There’s often a whiff of the unseemly when record labels gather some of their stars to record together–or at least it seems more the result
This disc contains note-perfect performances of some real gems, particularly the charming two Suites for Small Orchestra, the Concertino, and Ragtime. Both the Concerto in
There’s some first rate music-making in this eclectic collection, including excellent performances of Sarasate’s Concert Fantasy on Gounod’s Faust, Korngold’s Caprice Fantastique, Bolcom’s Graceful Ghost
It is strange to recommend a performance of an opera that is poorly sung by its two protagonists, but that’s the case with this special,
The sticker says “Jochum’s First, Visionary Recording of the Ninth,” meaning I suppose that this recording is not to be confused with his second and
We can take for granted that the digital dexterity on this disc will be of the highest quality, and so from a purely technical point
