Released in 2006, that is, 250 years after Mozart's birth, this four-disc set returns to the catalog many of the recordings that made the bicentenary of Mozart's birth in 1956 a reason to celebrate. Perhaps not all the recordings were wholly worth reissuing -- Otto Ackermann's 1953 recording of Symphonies No. 22 and No. 24 with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is a bit rough and Bernhard Paumgartner's 1954 recording of Symphony No. 31 with the Camerata Academica Salzburg is more than a tad raw -- but the majority of ...
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Released in 2006, that is, 250 years after Mozart's birth, this four-disc set returns to the catalog many of the recordings that made the bicentenary of Mozart's birth in 1956 a reason to celebrate. Perhaps not all the recordings were wholly worth reissuing -- Otto Ackermann's 1953 recording of Symphonies No. 22 and No. 24 with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is a bit rough and Bernhard Paumgartner's 1954 recording of Symphony No. 31 with the Camerata Academica Salzburg is more than a tad raw -- but the majority of them are just about as good as it gets in the Mozart discography. George Szell's 1955 recording of Symphony No. 33 with the Cleveland Orchestra is light and flexible, Georg Solti's 1954 recording of Symphony No. 25 with the London Symphony is driven and dramatic, Herbert von Karajan's 1955 recording of Symphony No. 39 with the Philharmonia Orchestra is elegant and refined, and Bruno Walter's 1953 and 1956 recordings of Symphonies No. 40 and No. 41 with the New York Philharmonic are...
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