classical music: Karl Böhm

classical music: Karl Böhm

classical music:

Karl Böhm

Teresa Stratas, Astrid Varnay

Deutsche Grammophon, 2007

Brilliant Stratas
I saw this production on TV many years ago and thought then that it was really good, I have now changed my mind, it is brilliant, although Teresa Stratas probably could not have sung the role on stage she excels here, her acting, dancing and singing is superb, is there ...

Mozart: Symphonien Nos. 35-41

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karl Böhm, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

Once more, with feeling
Pardon my self-indulgence here, but I bought the vinyl of 40 & 41 in 1973 when I was in college. I "knew" classical music from piano lessons through most of grade school, but with this recording, plus Vivaldi and "Clockwork Orange," I had just started truly ...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Schubert: Symphony No. 5 / Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic Orch.

Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

Truly sublime music
When I was in eleventh grade, I asked my favorite high school English teacher what his favorite music was. Classical. Which? Beethoven. Which symphony? 6th. Then he paused and said, "I really like the Karl Bohm version." So off I went to Sam's record store, and got the ...

Twilight of the Gods: The Essential Wagner Collection

Richard Wagner, Antal Dorati, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1998

A great addition to my music collection
This CD takes the place of all my other Wagner music. VERY well done. Somehow I didn't realize that there were two cds in the package--what a pleasant surprise! Of the two cds, I like the first one best, but they are both good. I listen to this cd daily on my way to ...

Fidelio (Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Gwyneth Jones, Martti Talvela

Deutsche Grammophon, 2008

HOME RUN FOR BOHM AND BEETHOVEN !!!
I have watched several different DVD productions of "FIDELIO" and have owned a couple but this 1970 performance is the GREATEST and most fulfilling which I have experienced! I have had the great joy of being at several live performances at the Metropolitan Opera of ...

Great Recordings Of The Century - Strauss, R.: Salome / Karajan, Behrens, Van Dam, Baltsa, et al

Richard Strauss, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

An ode to sensuousness.
Generally, late 1970's and 1980's Karajan studio recordings, to my liking at least, must be approached with care and even mistrust. His immense talent not being the subject of discussion, yet as he aged he tended to give a lot more attention to how things were played, ...

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karl Böhm, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1997

As an ensemble, no other one...
This is a very difficult masterpiece: half of it a fable, half of it a philosophical speech. But the ensemble leaded by Karl Böhm for DG surpass all other sets I have heard; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is above standard with his Papageno (Lisa Otto completes him in a ...

Mozart - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail [Abduction from the Seraglio]

Edita Gruberova, Francisco Araiza

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Golden age Mozart from a master conductor
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail or The Abduction from the Seraglio was composed by Mozart in 1782 during his first heady days in Vienna. He'd recently thrown off the shackles of provincial Salzburg and his odious servitude under the Prince-Archbishop Colloredo. This ...

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karl Böhm, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

Coherent and Persuasive
Karl Bohm made two commercial recordings of "Don Giovanni" for Deutsche Grammaphon" -- a studio recording from 1967, and a live recording from the 1977 Salzburg Festival. Critical consensus favors the latter; in fact, the 1967 version excited little praise. Why then ...

Strauss: The Best of Vienna

Johann II Strauss, Johann II and Josef Strauss, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1999

Repackaged New Year's Concert 1984 with VPO, etc.
If I'm not mistaken, most of the pieces were recorded originally live during a 1984 New Year's Concert conducted by Lorin Maazel with the Vienna Philharmonic playing in its grand concert hall, the Musikverein. Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic have had a longstanding ...

Prima Voce: Hilde Güden
Aldo Protti, Alfred Poell, ...

Nimbus Records, 2008

"On the singing side, the performance offered several newsworthy items, chief among them being the new Gilda--a Viennese girl named Hilde Güden who was lovely to look at and lovelier to listen to. The voice blossomed into a rich flower, every note in its place like a petal--a voice clear, true, and confident." -- New York World-Telegram and Sun, ...

Verdi: The Greatest Operas (Macbeth, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, Aida, Otello, Falstaff)

Giuseppe Verdi, Carlo Maria Giulini, ...

Bravissimo, 2007

Terrifico!!!
I could not be happier. The performances are live and very well recorded. Big names and excellent in all aspect...in particular the reasonable price.

Great Conductors of the Third Reich: Art in the Service of Evil

Leo Blech, Karl Böhm

Bel Canto Society, 2005

Breaks my heart; beauty does not equal truth or goodness.
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,--that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.' This DVD will prove that Keats was mistaken. Some of the selections on this DVD are among the most beautiful and exciting performances of some of the greatest music ...

R. Strauss - Elektra

Leonie Rysanek, Astrid Varnay

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Astrid Varnay is a wonder
She completly dominates this video. And her acting is never over the top considering the character or even her age where this is a new medium for opera and some of the stock opera poses look so out of place when viewed up close . I've read Varnay's biography and was ...

Mozart: The Symphonies

Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

Bohm/Berlin are the BEST complete Mozart Symphony collection
Karl Bohm (1894-1981) is considered by many to be among the best Mozart conductors of the 2nd half of the 20th century, along with Otto Klemperer, Sir Thomas Beecham, Bruno Walter, and George Szell. Bohm uses the Berlin Philharmonic here: a large orchestra - in ...