Karl Bohm - The Unreleased Berlin Recordings 1962 (UHQCD)
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98
Richard Strauss - Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Orchestra – Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Conductor – Karl Böhm
1 UHQCD
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : The Lost Recordings
Original label : The Lost Recordings
Recorded at Saal 1, RBB, Berlin, 29 September1962 & 1 October 1962
Mastered by Phoenix Mastering
Originally released in 2024
Tracks:
1. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - Allegro non troppo
2. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - Andante moderato
3. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - Allegro giocoso
4. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - Allegro energico et passionato
5. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Reviews :
Böhm was 68 years old when, on 29 October 1962, he took up the baton in the legendary Saal 1 (studio number one) of the broadcasting corporation on Kaiserdamm Strasse in Berlin to conduct the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester. The programme comprised Symphony No. 4 by Johannes Brahms and Tod und Verklärung (“Death and Transfiguration”), a tone poem by Richard Strauss. For decades, Böhm had finely worked each melodic line, each harmony, each tempo.
In order to give the most faithful rendition of the warmth of this outstanding performance that has come to light after more than sixty years, we have been able to reap the benefits of the talent of the original Berlin sound engineers together with several weeks of restoration work by our own teams. We have opted to cut the first and second movements on two different sides to optimise the rendering of the sound.
As critic Marcel Prawy wrote, “ The words used to describe major conductors are well-known. Their conducting is fascinating, extraordinary, pure genius. Karl Böhm simply conducts with authenticity”. There could be no more glowing compliment. Musician and broadcaster Clément Rochefort, talking of this “adventure into sound and metaphysics”, says of Tod und Verklärung, recorded that day in October 1962, that the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester had a supremely masterful guide at its helm: Karl Böhm.
Ratings :
Discogs : 5 / 5