Culterix
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Leonard Bernstein made these recordings during his wonderfully productive collaboration with the Wiener Philharmoniker in the mid-1970s when he was at the peak of his career. Humphrey Burton's direction is, as always, very fine, giving the viewer/listener both the larger picture and highlighting individual soloists, players or groups of musicians and, of course, the maestro. The video and audio tracks show their age, but are quite acceptable even for today's standards. Bernstein's Seventh is everything one could desire: dark and spooky, highly sensual, but also structurally strong and assertive where needed. Bernstein's reading does not gloss over breakdowns in tonality and the foreshadowing of later musical developments.
Directed by: Humphrey Burton
Cast: Leonard Bernstein, Edda Moser, Judith Blegen, Gerti Zeumer, Ingrid Mayr, Agnes Baltsa, Kenneth Riegel, Hermann Prey
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Carmina Burana - Carl Orff in Venedig
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Mozart Symphonies Vol. II - Nos. 1,25,31,36,38 and "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Mozart Symphonies Vol. I - Nos. 29,34,35,40,41 and Minuet K.409
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; Coriolan Overture
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal