Deutsche Grammophon Series

Dmitri Shostakovich - Hagen Quartett - Sting Quartets Nos. 4; 11; 14
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Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon # 445 564-2 GH | Country/Year: Germany 1995
Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century, Contemporary

The Hagen String Quartet is one of the leading string quartets of its native Austria, known for its wide-ranging repertoire and its long association with Gidon Kremer and the Lockenhaus Festival. (…) The Hagen String Quartet became an exclusive act with Deutsche Grammophon, which has issued a series of recordings of their performances at Lockenhaus as well as a many others…

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites No. 1 & 2
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi
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Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon # 427 807-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1989
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

"Neeme Järvi was one of the busiest stars on the international conducting scene. (…) From the early '60s, Järvi took a leading role in the musical life of his homeland. In 1963 he assumed the directorship of the Estonian Radio & Television Orchestra, his first important post. He also founded the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, and for 13 years was the chief conductor of Opera House Estonia in Tallinn. From 1976 to 1980 he was chief conductor and artistic director of the Estonian State Symphony Orchestra, then in its infancy. By the late 1970s his fame had spread throughout the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and he received favorable notices for his appearances in the West…

Rafael Kubelik - Rare Recordings 1963-1974
Works by Beethoven · Dvorák · Mendelssohn · Mozart · Schoenberg · Stravinsky and others
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Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon "Original Masters" # 00289 477 5838 | Country/Year: Germany 2006
Genre: Classical | Style: Various

"The set also includes two magnificent Kubelík recordings from the 1960s with Bavarian Radio forces. Schoenberg's Gurrelieder (with tenor Herbert Schachtschneider as a vocally heroic Waldemar) is superbly played and sung, and Kubelík's conducting is as dramatically involving as any. It sounds better than ever in this latest mastering. Finally, there is utter enchantment: the 1964 recording of Mendelssohn's music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (with Edith Mathis and Ursula Boese as soloists), prefaced by a fascinating rehearsal of the Overture, released here for the first time. The booklet includes excellent notes and photographs" ~International Record Review

Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition / Maurice Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye, Rapsodie Espagnole
Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Carlo Maria Giulini / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Carlo Maria Giulini
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Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophom "Galleria" # 415 844-2 G GA | Country/Year: Germany 1986; 1976 & 1980
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Early 20th Century

"…Giulini's conducting incorporates elements of Furtwängler's and Toscanini's styles. His dynamism and purity of sound are reminiscent of Toscanini, but the spacious, Romantic approach reminds one of Furtwängler. His particular attentiveness to inner voices results in a rich sound. Giulini eschews podium theatrics or autocratic attitudes. Instead, he approaches the musicians as co-workers serving the music…"

The compact disc, as a sound carrier, was still on the horizon when Herbert von Karajan urged his record company to utilize the new digital technology in his recordings. Consequently Karajan's Magic Flute, recorded in 1980, became the first release of a Deutsche Grammophon digital production and was first released on LP.

The compact disc, as a sound carrier, was still on the horizon when Herbert von Karajan urged his record company to utilize the new digital technology in his recordings. Consequently Karajan's Magic Flute, recorded in 1980, became the first release of a Deutsche Grammophon digital production and was first released on LP.

The compact disc, as a sound carrier, was still on the horizon when Herbert von Karajan urged his record company to utilize the new digital technology in his recordings. Consequently Karajan's Magic Flute, recorded in 1980, became the first release of a Deutsche Grammophon digital production and was first released on LP.

The compact disc, as a sound carrier, was still on the horizon when Herbert von Karajan urged his record company to utilize the new digital technology in his recordings. Consequently Karajan's Magic Flute, recorded in 1980, became the first release of a Deutsche Grammophon digital production and was first released on LP. By the time the maestro died in 1989, the CD had finally replaced the LP as the primary sound carrier, yet he was realistic enough to know that the pioneering early stages of the digital era would be followed by further technical development. This is reflected in Karajan Gold.

Wolfgang Schneiderhan - The 1950s Concerto Recordings (2004) {5CD Set, Deutsche Grammophon 477 5263}
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© 2004 Deutsche Grammophon | 477 5263
Classical / Concerto / Violin

This 5CD set features the then Deutsche Grammophon "house fiddler" in brilliant performances of Vivaldi, Tartini, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Martin Violin Concertos. In some of my previous reviews of box sets in the OM series, I have been critical of what the powers that be at UNI have done in terms of their selection of material, but here they got it almost perfect.