Karl Böhm Conducts Brahms & Reger

On this CD:

1. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle
Conducted by Karl Bohm

2. Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart for orchestra, Op. 132
Composed by Max Reger
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle
Conducted by Karl Bohm

Tracks:

Sym No.4 in e, Op.98: I. Allegro Non Troppo
Sym No.4 in e, Op.98: II. Andante Moderato
Sym No.4 in e, Op.98: III. Allegro Giocoso
Sym No.4 in e, Op.98: IV. Allegro Energico E Passionato - Sachsische Staatskapelle/Karl Bohm S
Vars And Fugue On A Theme Of Mozart, Op.132

Customer Reviews:

A BOHM BOMB.......2007-06-21

I used to say if you want to hear a piece of music on "original instruments" buy a cheap phonograph. With CD technology I can't say that any more. Now I say buy a CD made with original equipment, preferably from the '20s or '30s. This CD proves my point.
I should have read the fine print. "Recordings : 1938 - 1939". Interesting to hear Brahms played on what appear to be penny whistles. Not only was the equipment primitive back then, so were the musicians. Save yourself the price of this one and any attendent frustrations. The engineers who struggled to remaster it deserve better.
I threw my copy away and kept the plastic case. Not a total loss.

Very good sound for the late 1930s.......2007-04-19

Karl Bohm (1894-1981) conducted and recorded with the Dresden State Orchestra from 1934-1943. It was his last job as music director of an orchestra before his international career after World War II and many recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony and Berlin Philharmonic in the 1960s and 70s made him the justly famous conductor he became and still is today (April, 2007), 26 years after his death.

Recorded sound is clear and balanced, and better than most Furtwangler recordings of the 1930s and 40s.

Bohm recorded Brahms 4 with the Vienna Philharmonic for DG in 1975, and the Reger Mozart Variations with the Berlin Philharmonic for DG in the early 1950s (also mono). Bohm's later Brahms 4 can be had in a DG budget box of all 4 Brahms Symphonies, and Reger Mozart Variations is discmate to a DG single of Brahms 2 in the "Musik an die Welt" series. Both are highly recommended.

Don't be afraid to pick up this disc unless you MUST have more recent sound.

Karl Böhm Conducts Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms & Schumann

Average customer rating:

Karl Böhm Conducts Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms & Schumann

Manufacturer: Stradivarius
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000197D
Release Date: 1995-06-20

Tracks:

Con No.21 in C K467: Allegro (cadenza Askenase) - Stefan Askenase
Con No.21 in C K467: Andante - Stefan Askenase
Con No.21 in C K467: Allegro vivace assai (cadenza Askenase) - Stefan Askenase
Con No.5 in E flat Op.73 'Emperor': Allegro - Elly Ney
Con No.5 in E flat Op.73 'Emperor': Adagio un poco moto-attacca - Elly Ney
Con No.5 in E flat Op.73 'Emperor': Rondo. Allegro - Elly Ney

Tracks:

Con in a Op.102: Allegro - Wolfgang Schneiderhan/Enrico Mainardi
Con in a Op.102: Andante - Wolfgang Schneiderhan/Enrico Mainardi
Con in a Op.102: Vivace non troppo - Wolfgang Schneiderhan/Enrico Mainardi
Con in a Op.54: Allegro affettuoso - Wilhelm Backhaus
Con in a Op.54: Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso-attacca - Wilhelm Backhaus
Con in a Op.54: Allegro vivace - Wilhelm Backhaus

Amazon.com

Askenase's recordings are almost all Chopin, so this superbly played Mozart from 1951 is a wonderful discovery. Backhaus made an excellent recording of the Schumann Concertos, but this live performance from 1963 is still worth hearing for its spontaneous poetry near the end of his great career. The Ney Beethoven (1956) is turgid and the recorded quality is thick and dull. The Brahms Concertos has its moments but overall doesn't flow the way it should. This odd memorial to the conductor--who is the least interesting element of the recordings--is about half wonderful, half indifferent. --Leslie Gerber

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