Karajan : Concertos Recordings 1948-1958

   in Classical Music (May, 2014)
Warner here begins a project to reissue (again) the great conductor’s EMI/ Columbia recordings across 13 box sets, freshly remastered from the original tapes. So far so uninteresting. This box, however, forms an invaluable snapshot of an orchestra (the lion’s share are Philharmonia recordings) at a fascinating point in its very early history, with an ambitious, dynamic young conductor and an unparalleled line-up of refined soloists: Dinu Lipatti, Walter Gieseking and Dennis Brain are simply wonderful. …