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Title: Perfection Personified
Review: 'Bruno Walter is the gold standard of Schubert, i.e., perfection personified.Franz Schubert's symphonies are by turn, lyrical, sensitive, lively, passionate and powerful. And in this remastered 1962 recording, so is Bruno Walter. The composer and conductor fully complement each other, and the result is wonderful.I recently bought a CD set of von Karajan conducting Schubert's 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th symphonies. They were so bad, I spent the greater part of the day debating with myself whether to let my dog play Frisbee with them or donate them to the city/county library. The library won out, but just barely.If you're new to Schubert, give this recording a try. And if you love Schubert as he was meant to be performed, you will love this CD. I've heard many different interpretations by many different conductors. This is by far the best.
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