Vier Letzte Lieder.
I have just been listening again to the version by Arleen Auger with the VPO and Andre Previn. It occurs to me that this is one of the very best renditions of this work, but it is quietly passed over...
View ArticleThe vienna philharmonic sound
Picking up from another thread about individual orchestral sound, it is a good moment to mention some points on this. I watched the VPO's recent concert (3 November) from the great concert hall in...
View ArticleLooking for Act 11 of the Bohm Tristan with Nilsson and Windgassen for Trade
I bought a used copy online that did NOT contain the second act disc and it is from Europe so i can't return it. I would be willing to do a trade from my collection. Send me a notification if...
View ArticleHelp Choosing a First Ring Cycle (Not Solti)
Okay, here goes, long time lurker, rare poster. I'm looking to buy my FIRST complete Ring Cycle. I've watched the 1990 Met performance (James Morris, Siegfried Jerusalem, et al) and I liked it. I would...
View ArticleClassical music books and scores
Hi there I am managing a deceased estate of a well known British Recorder maker The below are the first section of books that will be for sale. They all vary in condition from average to very good. If...
View ArticleThings that annoy you most in classical music
What tendencies, habits, trends, fashions or approaches really get up your nose in classical music?! Here are mine, to get us started: 1) Conductors who believe that playing something really slowly...
View ArticleSingers from the stereo era who made too few recordings...
Hi everyone, I'm making my forum debut with this rather long post, hoping that this is an appropriate thread and that I don't bore anyone to death. As a self-confessed opera nerd/geek and CD collector,...
View ArticleMeanest conductor ever?
Just recently came across this video: I know Karl Böhm had a reputation for being not exactly the nicest conductor on Earth. But this is pretty harsh. Apparently, he still cared, even in old age. Feel...
View ArticleRecommend a recording of Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten?
I'm looking for a recording of Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten specifically featuring Gundula Janowitz. This means the choice facing me is Karl Bohm & the Wiener Philharmoniker or Herbert von Karajan and...
View ArticleOpera beginner with a few questions
Okay so after watching a film called Amadeus which I found myself falling asleep to until I heard something that awakened something in me (that being what I discovered is called the commendatore scene)...
View ArticleFurtwangler: Hero of Villain?
I was recently reading about Arthur Rubinstein and came across his threat to boycott the CSO if Furtwangler was appointed. I've read a bit on Karajan and Bohm but never Furtwangler so I read his...
View ArticleFurtwangler: Hero of Villain?
I was recently reading about Arthur Rubinstein and came across his threat to boycott the CSO if Furtwangler was appointed. I've read a bit on Karajan and Bohm but never Furtwangler so I read his...
View ArticlePeople's love and reverence for mono/analogue recordings....
Certain sections of the society [Of which, most are older gentlemen] have a deep love for mono and analogue recordings from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. The era of Klemperer, Walter, Furtwangler,...
View ArticleLet's talk Cosi fan Tutte
Greetings- I'm not an opera expert, but I am a bit of a Mozart freak. Something happened over the last year in the course of listening to my Mozart collection and I have become completely obsessed with...
View ArticleRecommend a "potted" Ring cycle RIGHT NOW!
Gentlepersons: 3-day weekend taking place, so I'm hoping to do a "potted" (amalgam) Ring from my available sources. Here's what I own, what would you recommend? Full cycles: Krauss 1953 on Archipel CD...
View ArticleSchubert symphonies advice
I'd love some advice on a good Schubert symphonies cycle. So far I have 8 and 9 (St Petersburg - don't know if it's supposed to be any good, but I like it) and 5 (Bohm, VPO). I'd like both to hear...
View Articlein your opnion what´s the best recordings of :
I am trying to determine what is the best recording ever made of : 1- Requiem k626 (personally I like very much Karl Bohm with Wiener Symphoniker) 2- Goldberg Variations bwv 988 (to hear with earphone...
View ArticleSeeking a Beethoven period cycle
Hello all, I have a conventional Beethoven 'set' (actually individual discs from Bohm, Karajan, Walter and Wand), but I would love to acquire a cycle performed on period instruments (and/or a chamber...
View ArticleHow many cycles of Mozart's symphonies exist?
Originally I thought there were only few sets: Marriner, Hogwood, Pinnock, Mackerras and Bohm. I have uncovered many, many more since then: A. Fischer, Otmar, Levine, Arigoni, Levine, Leinsdorf, Ward,...
View ArticleRing cycle : Barenboim vs. Levine vs. Karajan oh my!
So I have available Solti's Rheingold and Götterdämmerung already available, and don't like repeat copies....hence looking elsewhere for a full Ring. I should wait and research and sample. But history...
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