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Good sounding Deutsche Grammophon recordings

We have a pretty big classical CD collection and many are Deutsche Grammophon. Many of these recordings don't sound that great and I have to say that some of the Deutsche Grammophon vinyl we have is average sounding. But the performances are usually top notch. After upgrading my cartridge to an Audio Note iQ3 I took a chance on some mid 60's Herbert Von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic vinyl from Ebay. I thought I would share some of the outstanding finds I came across.

Brahms four symphonies-outstanding sound and amazing playing. These symphonies can sound thick and muddy. Not here.
Brahms Violin Concerto- Christian Ferras violin.
Beethoven Violin Concerto- Christian Ferras violin -Simply amazing sound.

Karl Bohm and the Berlin Philharmonic Schubert 5th Symphony. Elegant interpretation and excellent sound. I think from the 60's

A live performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto no1. from 1979 Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Vienna Philharmonic- Sonically amazing.

I found most of these less than $15 and mint minus ratings- not bad :)
Jet
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jetrexpro OP
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We have Karajan's digital recordings of Brahms 4 Symphonies on CD and they are poor sounding. Lacking any air/space and kind of muddy sounding. That is why I wanted to especially bring the 1965 version to folks attention as it is quite a surprise to hear such clarity. Inspiring listening. If you like the Brahms symphonies this is a must have. They are inexpensive :)

He worked with Christian Ferras quite a bit in the 60's and I was shocked at how great the above mentioned recordings are. The violin is beautiful sounding.

I also picked up the 1962 Karajan Beethoven cycle on vinyl and it does not sound as good-more of the typical Deutsche Grammophon sound which was a surprise as I would have thought it was going to sound as good as the Brahms,
schubert
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I can ditto the Bohm Schubert 5, most excellent.
jetrexpro OP
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Schubert, you reminded me of another DG Bohm recording from 1974 also on vinyl that is nicely recorded. Perhaps not as good as some mentioned above.
Bohm/Vienna Philharmonic - Mozart's clarinet concerto with Alfred Prinz on clarinet. Very elegant. Bohm was known for his Mozart interpretations. Side two has Mozart's bassoon concerto.
jetrexpro OP
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Rcprince- interesting insight. Do you happen to know when DG moved from recording with tube equipment to solid state?
arh
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Always lots of complaints about Karajan on DG. Last night on Tidal heard Karajans recording of La Mer on EMI. What a glorius recording. Very big sounding and obviously multi miked but still a great recording and also one of the best La Mers I have ever heard
Alan
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