
Otto Klemperer’s recording of the Magic Flute has long been considered the recording. When it came out, in 1965, it impressed itself on so many
This live 1955 Beethoven Ninth easily is Walter’s finest, a
In time for Georg Solti’s centenary and Wagner’s bi-centenary, in
I’m not quite sure how this performance, recorded live at
Even if you have the earlier, full-priced transfer of this
In my review of the Kegel recording on Berlin Classics
This five-CD set contains a relatively pale early 1970s recording
This stunning recording has been hailed from the start as
There are some wonderful things about this performance, most of them coming from the Tamino of Fritz Wunderlich, who lives up to his reputation as
There are many things to admire about this Tristan, not least the inspired leadership of Carlos Kleiber. He leads with an inner fire, a Böhm-like