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 | Ludwig van Beethoven: 9 Symphonien [Read More ...]
Description: By general consensus, Herbert von Karajan's first (1963) Beethoven cycle for Deutsche Grammophon is the best of the four (!) that he recorded. The Berlin Philharmonic was in top form, and they had not yet made an artistic fetish out of the bland smoothness that typified the co... |
 | Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos [Read More ...]
Description: Otto Klemperer's Beethoven is one of the towering achievements in the history of recordings. By today's standards, these performances are hopelessly old-fashioned: dark, heavy, and frequently very slow. But they are also the grandest, most unsentimental, most purposeful versions ... |
 | Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Ring Cycle) / Sir Georg Solti [Read More ...]
Description: Modern storage media (CD/DVD) offer both high fidelity and great reliability in the playback of music. Yet only a bit more than a generation ago, the possibilities inherent in the long-playing record inspired John Culshaw, a young producer for Decca, to attempt the most ambitious... |
 | The Beethoven Box [Read More ...]
Description: Spectacular performances offer the best of Beethoven from DG's Originals series. You get Carlos Kleiber's legendary recordings of the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies with the Vienna Philharmonic, Karajan's first DG Beethoven Ninth (he did three of them, with decreasing success), and... |
 | Beethoven: Missa solemnis; Choral Fantasia [Read More ...]
Review: The Best on the Market:Klemperer's recording of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis is indeed a classic one - and right so. His soloists may not be as good as Karajan's (Wunderlich, Janowitz etc), but they are doing a honorable job. What is more important is his excellent choir (in 1964 ... |
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 | Carlos Kleiber Conducts Schubert, Butterworth, Beethoven [Read More ...]
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 | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9; Grosse Fuge; Egmont Overtures [Box Set] [Read More ...]
Description: Otto Klemperer's Beethoven is one of the towering achievements in the history of recordings. By today's standards, these performances are hopelessly old-fashioned: dark, heavy, and frequently very slow. But they are also the grandest, most unsentimental, most purposeful versions ... |
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9; Grosse Fuge; Egmont Overtures [Box Set] Carlos Kleiber Conducts Schubert, Butterworth, Beethoven Strauss: Die Fledermaus Beethoven: Missa solemnis; Choral Fantasia The Beethoven Box Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Ring Cycle) / Sir Georg Solti Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos Ludwig van Beethoven: 9 Symphonien 
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