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Because Rudolf Kempe’s 1956 Berlin Philharmonic recording of Wagner’s Die […]
Given that Testament has re-released its extraordinary, excellent-sounding 1955 Bayreuth Ring cycle as an attractively priced boxed set, it seems strange for the label to
This splendid Entführung, taped live in Salzburg in August, 1956, has plenty to recommend it despite what might appear to be less than fascinating casting.
Eugen Jochum’s first Carmina Burana is a major disappointment sonically, even by 1952 audio standards. The mono recording (ignore the CD’s incorrect labeling as “stereo”)
The main appeal of this release will be the marvelous leadership of George Szell, into whose hands this opera fell when Karl Böhm gave it
According to the booklet notes, Hans Knappertsbusch led this live 1955 Der Rosenkavalier on a wing and a prayer. He knew Rosenkavalier, the Vienna Philharmonic
This is a nice, if skimpy (46 minutes), set of highlights from the Magic Flute. Karl Böhm is, of course, a master, and even taken
Strauss’s 1935 Die Schweigsame Frau was banned by the Nazis after only four performances becuase its librettist, Stefan Zweig, was Jewish, and, to be sure,
