Karl Böhm Conducts Beethoven

On this CD:

1. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle
Conducted by Karl Bohm

2. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Dresden Staatskapelle with Lubka Kolessa
Conducted by Karl Bohm

Tracks:

Con in D, Op.61: I. Allegro Con Brio - Max Straub
Con in D, Op.61: II. Andante Con Brio - Max Straub
Con in D, Op.61: III. Allegro - Max Straub
Con No.3 in c, Op.37: I. Allegro Con Brio - Lubka Kolessa
Con No.3 in c, Op.37: II. Largo - Lubka Kolessa
Con No.3 in c, Op.37: III. Rondo. Allegro - Lubka Kolessa

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Buy this for the Mozart Symphony 40

Karl Böhm Conducts

Manufacturer: Hanssler Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005Y4NT
Release Date: 2002-01-25

Tracks:

Movement: Molto allegro
Movement: Andante
Movement: Menuetto. Allegretto
Movement: Allegro assai

Album Description

"I suffer no compromises in music. I caused a good deal of mischief in my life - but in my music, I was always honest, always upright." - Karl Böhm in July 1981, a few weeks before his death.

One of the hallmarks of Böhm's conducting was its perennially youthful vigor and directness, its lack of pathos and sentimentality. Dramatic climaxes and full sonorities grew out of almost imperceptible accents, out of the natural rhythm of the human breath. In short… he was the ideal conductor for Mozart! Böhm's Mozart interpretations reflect the naturalness and clarity of his conducting. Although Wagner was one of his first loves, Böhm soon discovered Mozart's operas thanks to Bruno Walter, who let him conduct Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Munich in the early 1920s. Later, Böhm's friendship with Richard Strauss led to a still deeper knowledge and appreciation of Mozart. In his autobiography, Böhm wrote that "Richard Strauss revealed to me the ultimate secrets of this - in my opinion - greatest of all musical geniuses [Mozart]." Böhm's discovery of these secrets transformed his Mozart interpretations into unforgettable events.

Customer Reviews:

Buy this for the Mozart Symphony 40.......2005-11-02

Karl Bohm (1894-1981) was one of the best Mozart conductors of the 2nd half of the 1900s, along with Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961), Bruno Walter (1876-1962), Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) and George Szell (1897-1970). Bohm's recordings of the complete Mozart Symphonies, available from Amazon.com, with the Berlin Philharmonic for Deutsche Grammophon, is one of the great recordings of the 1960s. Bohm later recorded Mozart's Symphony 40 in G minor with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1977 (also Deutsche Grammophon), and he performed this symphony often in concert. Here is Bohm's 1974 recording of Symphony 40 with the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, and it is very good. The allegros move and crackle with needed tension, yet are not overly fast. There is a nice heft to the sound, which really makes listening to this a treat.

The Beethoven Piano Concerto 4, with a pianist I have no familiarity with at all, is less successful. It is in MONO sound which is acceptable, but not as good as the Mozart Symphony. This is a good, but not great performance/recording dating from 1951, and Bohm/Pollini from the late 1970s (DG Beethoven Edition) is to be preferred in this concerto if you want Bohm as conductor.

The last 2 tracks, rehearsal of Mozart's Symphony 40, just prior to the taping of the recording by Bohm/Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, in German, is very good. I don't understand German well, but I get the gist of what Bohm wants; the orchestra players like him, and there are some laughs and humor mixed in with an efficient rehearsal. If you can understand German, you'll get more out of the rehearsal than I did.

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Karl Böhm conducts Ludwig van Beethoven

Manufacturer: Arioso
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000AOV65
Release Date: 2003-07-29

Karl Böhm Conducts Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms & Schumann

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Karl Böhm Conducts Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms & Schumann

Manufacturer: Stradivarius
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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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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