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Known almost exclusively for his work at the head of the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, the ensemble he founded and conducted from 1945 to
Note that this is a different performance from F. Charles Adler’s pioneering 1951 Mahler Third for the SPA label (reissued by Conifer in 1997, import
This previously unissued live recital from Hilversum (February 14, 1952) unfortunately comes in fluffy, veiled, hiss-ridden sound. The transfers were made from acetates, and it
This second volume of Clara Haskil’s Legacy on Tahra includes parts of a previously unpublished recital given at the Edinburgh Festival on August 23, 1957.
Dimitri Mitropoulos’ finest Mahler recording remains his scorching 1955 performance of the Sixth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic, available in its best sound from
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt was one of those reliable, well-trained, eminently musical German conductors who enjoyed a distinguished career in his homeland but never made much of
In 1950 Hermann Scherchen recorded several Mahler symphonies with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in the ORF studios for broadcast purposes. Collectors familiar with the conductor’s
The positives of this set are: the remarkable playing of the Vienna Philharmonic under Furtwangler’s steady, tight, action-packed, and when necessary tender hand; the sensitive,
