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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Elisabeth Hongen (contralto), Tilla Briem (soprano), Peter Anders (tenor), Rudolf Watzke (bass)
Bruno Kittel Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler
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Mozart: Piano Quartets
and Schumann Piano Quintet
Clifford Curzon (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano)
The Budapest Quartet
the Budapests in their prime - their playing here is outstanding — More…
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Lotte Lehmann – A 125th Birthday Tribute (Live)
Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Ernö Balogh (piano), Paul Ulanowsky (piano), Bruno Walter (narrator), Bruno Walter (piano), Lotte Lehmann (reader), Lotte Lehmann (narrator)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus, RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, Frank Black, Nathaniel Shilkret, Richard Lert
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Re-issue of the Month
4 CDs
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Beethoven: Complete Symphonies & Selected Overtures
RecommendedFrom the legendary Oct-Dec 1939 cycle: new 2013 digital transfers
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
a remarkable testament to Toscanini — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Furtwängler conducts Beethoven
The Best of the World War II Legacy
Tilla Briem (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (contralto), Peter Anders (tenor), Rudolf Watzke (bass)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonic Choir, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recording quality from Berlin and Vienna varies, but there are rewards, if not always comfortable ones: the finale of the Fifth is more desperate than triumphant, and the finale of the Ninth... — More…
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elsa Cavelti, Ernst Häfliger & Otto Edelmann
Lucerne Festival Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
His last performance of Beethoven's Ninth, in August 1954, has legendary status, but though precise it seems to me inferior in tension and exultation to those from Berlin in 1942 and Bayreuth... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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Live recordings from Arrau's prime, reflecting what made his playing great as well as its occasional shortcomings. Visionary Beethoven, bewitching Brahms and unusually grave Schumann. — More…
3 CDs
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In Memory of Arturo Toscanini
Concert given by the Symphony Of The Air, Carnegie Hall 3/2/1957
The Symphony of the Air, Bruno Walter, Charles Munch, Pierre Monteux
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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