Title: A RARITY
Review: Artur Nikisch is one of the legendary conductors of the great era of classical music. Not so many people know about him because he has not been recorded so much, unfortunately. He played in Wagner's performance of Beethoven's 9th! and then he worked with Liszt and Bulow. His performance of Beethoven's 5th is legendary despite the noise and the bad quality of original recording (1913), but it is so powerful and sounding... Karajan once told he would have given everything to hear Nikisch conducting! If you are not familiar with historical recordings, just forget about this cd. Two other pieces by Liszt and Berlioz seem to sound better (recorded in 1920). I think this cd is more affordable, compared to the DG set of historical recordings of Beethoven's music, for whoever likes to hear Nikisch conducting Beethoven's 5th.
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