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Great Conductors of the 20th Century – Karl Bohm

Great Conductors of the 20th Century – Karl Bohm

Great Conductors of the 20th Century was a 2CD series from IMG Artists and EMI featuring famous conductors of the 20th century. As per the norm, the website has disappeared, so here is all the information [and more] that was included for this great series. This compilation features recordings from the last twenty years of Böhm’s distinguished career and features recordings of the Austro-German repertoire for which he is renowned. The Mozart overture comes from the famous 1962 recording of the…

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Beethoven Brahms Bruckner Schubert

Beethoven Brahms Bruckner Schubert

I needed another set of Beethoven Symphony recordings about as much as I needed another Brahms set, not to mention Bruckner or Schubert. But running across the Gunter Wand Great Recordings box set, who could resist? A 28 CD set in a large LP size box, with a really nice booklet, and under $35, so on order it went. My recordings from Wand were quite sparse to my surprise, mainly some of his later live Bruckner recordings, but I enjoyed those…

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