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Review title: Karajan's Best Brahms and Schumann Symphony Recordings
Product review: I strongly disagree with David Hurwitz's abysmal review of this CD. I believe this is one of the finest recordings Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic ever made of Brahms' 1st Symphony. The same can be said for Schumann's 1st Symphony too. Karajan had a fine understanding of Brahms' and Schumann's rich orchestral textures at this time; both performances are vibrant, and exhilirating, filled with the warm ambience you'd expect from the Berlin Philharmonic's string and wind sections. Karajan was a perfectionist with regards to sound quality. That's why he recorded these symphonies, as well as Beethoven's, several times. Yet these earlier recordings hold up better than this later ones if only because his conducting became less inspiring towards the end of his career. Karajan fans will certainly want to add this CD to their collection.
