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Review title: Good Schuman, Bad Brahms
Product review: To add yet another voice to this chorus of critics, I must say that I think Karajan does the best job possible in selling the Spring Symphony as a great work (which it really isn't). This may sound like a back-handed compliment, but it really isn't; it takes true talent to turn mediocrity into greatness. And the irony is, all the things I usually hate about Karajan's "sound", the thick and luxurious string tone, the warmed-over woodwinds, the blaring brass, are all right at home in this symphony. So Hurvitz is wrong on this one. He has a point with the Brahms, though. Karajan never understood the burnished, noble qualities of Brahms, and here he simply skates over some of his most glorious orchestral writing. So, an unusual situation: recommended for the filler, not for the main feature. If you want this orchestra doing Brahms 1st, try Abbado's digital recording. If you want an older, cheaper, classic recording, go for Bruno Walter's.
