Although conductor Ferenc Fricsay is most highly regarded in posterity as an interpreter of Bartók, Beethoven, and Mozart, he recorded a lot of music by the Strausses and was obviously an expert interpreter of their music. A complete Die Fledermaus recorded in 1949 is known from him and Fricsay also recorded music of the Strauss family -- particularly Johann II, but not exclusively him -- in his later, stereo period; Deutsche Grammophon combined some of those recordings onto a Musikfest budget compact disc and they were ...
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Although conductor Ferenc Fricsay is most highly regarded in posterity as an interpreter of Bartók, Beethoven, and Mozart, he recorded a lot of music by the Strausses and was obviously an expert interpreter of their music. A complete Die Fledermaus recorded in 1949 is known from him and Fricsay also recorded music of the Strauss family -- particularly Johann II, but not exclusively him -- in his later, stereo period; Deutsche Grammophon combined some of those recordings onto a Musikfest budget compact disc and they were available that way for years. Audite's Edition Ferenc Fricsay Vol. XII: Johann Strauss II - Walzer, Polkas consists of earlier, monophonic recordings of Strauss bonbons made for Deutschlandradio between 1950 and 1952. These may also have been initially issued on DG, but being in mono these recordings would not have been considered prime re-release material in the digital era. The sound recording quality on the Audite release is, as one would expect, antiquated; the harsh, echoey, and...
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