
Otto Klemperer’s (1885-1973) reputation today rests almost entirely on recordings […]
Here, on one Blu-ray audio disc, remastered at 24-bit/96kHz, and
Good news first: the Pierre Monteux Beethoven Ninth receives its
This “find”, a BBC recording of a live 1961 performance at Covent Garden of Georg Solti conducting what is now his first recorded Walküre (the
Those of us who think of Herbert von Karajan as a conductor for whom nothing but icy perfection was acceptable will get quite a kick
Even if you have the earlier, full-priced transfer of this
This is an enormously frustrating set. The best thing about
This was the first stereo recording of this opera, released
Does anyone at a label ever listen to the finished product when they remaster a recording? Do they even know what to listen for? Evidently
The run of Walküres at the Met in late 1967 and early 1968 were to be directed and conducted by Herbert von Karajan–and indeed, the