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Title: One of the best
Review: I too owned this on LP and it remains unsurpassed. After years of listening to many, MANY other interpretations of these warhorses, I still like this recording the best. Nota bene, the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera is the same as the Vienna Philharmonic, same exact group of superb instrumentalists, different organizational name due to record-label licensing issues. BTW, the same personnel do play symphonic concerts as VPO and do play at the opera house also in an age-old system of rotating orchestra members.
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