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...for a budget price, you get a marvelous survey of great Classical-era repertoire, brilliantly conducted and played by three excellent ensembles, including perhaps the greatest Haydn-Mozart... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

Release Date: 6th Dec 2019
Catalogue No: ELQ4840170
Label: Eloquence
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

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Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major

Work length19:45

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1954-11-23
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

I. Adagio - Allegro

Track length5:10

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II. Largo

Track length6:19

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III. Menuetto (Allegretto)

Track length4:32

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IV. Finale (Allegro con spirito)

Track length3:44

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Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D major 'The Clock'

Work length25:09

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1954-11-20
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

I. Adagio - Presto

Track length6:59

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II. Andante

Track length7:23

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III. Menuet (Allegretto) - Trio

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IV. Finale (Vivace)

Track length4:39

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Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D major 'Miracle'

Work length22:02

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1957-05-07
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

I. Adagio - Allegro

Track length5:53

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II. Andante

Track length7:13

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III. Menuetto (Allegretto)

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IV. Finale (Vivace)

Track length3:07

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Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major 'London'

Work length26:07

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1957-05-07
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

I. Adagio - Allegro

Track length7:18

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II. Andante

Track length7:56

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III. Menuet (Allegro)

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IV. Finale (Spiritoso)

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Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G minor 'The Hen'

Work length20:44

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1961-04
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

I. Allegro spiritoso

Track length7:11

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II. Andante

Track length5:47

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III. Menuet (Allegretto)

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IV. Finale (Vivace)

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Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'

Work length22:30

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1961-04
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

I. Adagio - Allegro

Track length6:22

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II. Allegretto

Track length5:39

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III. Menuet (Moderato)

Track length5:13

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IV. Finale (Presto)

Track length5:16

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Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D, K297 'Paris'

Work length18:30

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Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1968-04
Recording Venue: Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart

I. Allegro assai

Track length8:03

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II. Andante

Track length6:14

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III. Allegro

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Mozart: Symphony No. 32 in G major, K318

Work length8:04

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Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1968-04
Recording Venue: Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart

Allegro - Andante - Tempo I

Track length8:04

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Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'

Work length16:47

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Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1968-04
Recording Venue: Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart

I. Allegro con spirito

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II. Andante

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III. Menuetto

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IV. Finale (Presto)

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Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550

Work length24:52

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1955-03
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

I. Molto allegro

Track length7:46

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II. Andante

Track length7:51

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III. Menuetto (Allegretto)

Track length4:31

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IV. Finale (Allegro assai)

Track length4:44

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Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K319

Work length20:01

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1955-03
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

I. Allegro assai

Track length6:56

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II. Andante moderato

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III. Menuetto

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IV. Finale (Allegro assai)

Track length4:32

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Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K299

Work length29:30

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Werner Tripp (flute), Hubert Jellinek (harp), Karl Rosner (cadenzor)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1962-09-21
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

I. Allegro

Track length11:19

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II. Andantino

Track length8:18

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III. Rondo - Allegro

Track length9:53

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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622

Work length29:25

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Alfred Prinz (clarinet)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1962-09-16
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

I. Allegro

Track length12:43

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II. Adagio

Track length7:11

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III. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length9:31

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Mozart: Serenade No. 7 in D major, K250 'Haffner'

Work length49:35

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Willi Boskovsky (violin)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1960-10-28
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

I. Allegro maestoso - Allegro molto

Track length6:37

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II. Andante

Track length8:37

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III. Menuetto

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IV. Rondo (Allegro)

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V. Menuetto galante

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VI. Andante

Track length7:18

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VII. Menuetto

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VIII. Adagio - Allegro assai

Track length6:27

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Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

Work length14:34

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1960-11
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

I. Allegro

Track length4:19

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II. Romance (Andante)

Track length5:05

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III. Menuetto (Allegretto)

Track length2:16

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IV. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length2:54

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Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K136

Work length11:40

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1960-11
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

I. Allegro

Track length4:10

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II. Andante

Track length4:42

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III. Presto

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Mozart: Divertimento No. 11 in D Major, K. 251 "Nannerl-Septett"

Work length21:11

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1955-10
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

Allegro molto

Track length3:31

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Menuetto

Track length4:15

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Andantino

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Menuetto (Tema con variazioni)

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Rondeau (Allegro assai)

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Marcia alla francese

Track length1:26

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Mozart: Les Petits Riens (ballet) K Anh. 10 / 299b

Work length20:04

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1956-11
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

Overture

Track length3:15

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Largo

Track length1:47

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Gavotte 1

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Andantino

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Allegro

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Larghetto

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Gavotte joyeuse (Allegro)

Track length1:34

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Adagio

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Movement in D Major

Track length1:00

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Gavotte gracieuse

Track length0:44

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Pantomime

Track length1:55

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Passepied

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Gavotte 2

Track length2:47

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Andante

Track length1:52

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Mozart: Ein musikalischer Spass K522

Work length18:20

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1960-11
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

I. Allegro

Track length2:36

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II. Menuetto (Maestoso) - Trio

Track length4:44

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III. Adagio cantabile

Track length6:30

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IV. Presto

Track length4:30

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Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101)

Work length26:09

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Pierre Fournier (cello)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1953-09
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

I. Allegro moderato

Track length15:29

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II. Adagio

Track length5:35

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III. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length5:05

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216

Work length24:03

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Christian Ferras (violin)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1954-10
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

I. Allegro

Track length9:52

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II. Adagio

Track length7:44

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III. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length6:27

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No.7 (6) in E flat, KV268 (doubtful attrib.)

Work length25:15

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Christian Ferras (violin)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1954-10
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

I. Allegro moderato

Track length12:01

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II. Un poco adagio

Track length7:00

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III. Rondo (Allegretto)

Track length6:14

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Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 9 in B flat major, G482

Work length21:13

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Pierre Fournier (cello)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1952-09
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

I. Allegro moderato

Track length8:32

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II. Andantino grazioso

Track length6:39

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III. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length6:02

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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme"

Work length31:45

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Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1953-09
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

I. Allegro

Track length10:50

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II. Andantino

Track length10:37

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III. Rondeau (Presto)

Track length10:18

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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K450

Work length25:54

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Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Wilhelm Kempff (cadenzor)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1953-09
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

I. Allegro

Track length11:30

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II. (Andante)

Track length6:05

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III. Allegro

Track length8:19

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A feast of Haydn and Mozart under the sure and stylish baton of Karl Munchinger, including several recordings making their first international appearance on CD. This box of Münchinger’s legacy in Classical-era repertoire picks up where the Eloquence set of his Baroque recordings (484 0160) left off, with six symphonies of Haydn.

He had founded the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 1946, and Decca began making records with them three years later. The excellence and commercial success of these albums caused the label to invite him to work with orchestras other than his own, in Paris (the Conservatoire Orchestra) and, more prestigiously still, the Vienna Philharmonic.

The first fruits of this new relationship were issued in May 1955: an LP of No.88 and No.101, the ‘Clock’. Reviewers looked to the likes of Furtwangler and Toscanini for comparison respectively, and did not find Munchinger wanting for either grandeur or pathos in this music. The sequels took in Nos 96 and 104 (recorded in May 1957) and Nos. 83 and 100 (from April 1961): superbly open and spacious Sofiensaal recordings engineered in classic Decca sound by John Culshaw and Christopher Raeburn. By then Munchinger was also recording Mozart for Decca, both with an enlarged cohort of his Stuttgart ensemble and with the Vienna Philharmonic. The repertoire included not only mature symphonies but also concertos (with the Viennese principals Werner Tripp and Alfred Prinz on flute and clarinet respectively), serenades (featuring the inimitably luscious tone of Willi Boskovsky’s violin) and rarities such as the ballet Les Petits Riens, recorded back in Stuttgart.

The set concludes with two discs of concertos: Haydn and Boccherini with the cellist Pierre Fournier, Mozart with both Christian Ferras - including the apocryphal ‘Adelaide’ concerto once championed by Menuhin - and Wilhelm Kempff, in a pairing of the Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 15 that had critics reaching for superlatives in an era when these works had barely entered the record catalogues.

‘I call attention to Kempff’s exquisite artistry in the variations of the Andante [of Piano Concerto No.15]... One also notes here the extraordinary independent life which the bass line has in Kempff’s performance; left and right hand seem to be two different instruments.’ - Gramophone, September 1954

‘Finally an edition appears which expresses entirely what we have been imagining inwardly what the music must truly be... Lovers of Concertos 9 and 15 are warned that a hearing of [the Kempff/Munchinger recording] will infallibly involve the purse.’ - High Fidelity, December 1954

‘[Mozart’s Symphony] No.33 enjoys reproduction of exceptional appeal... We are treated to a refreshing balm without damage to unity and decision in a positive and graceful performance. This is easily the best recording.’ - High

Fidelity, June 1956

‘His performances of [Nos. 96 and 104] are first-rate and stunningly recorded. Who said that Haydn doesn’t blossom in stereo?’ - High Fidelity, October 1959

‘A wholly delightful performance of a delectable Haydn work [Symphony No.83]. It’s not to be missed.’ - High Fidelity, October 1962 (Haydn, Symphony No.83)

‘This is without doubt the recommended coupling of the two concertos... The whole [Clarinet Concerto] from Prinz, Munchinger and the mellow Vienna orchestra has a wonderful feeling of maturity. No one tries any effects, nor takes

other than leisurely speeds, for they know that this is superb music and only needs to be played with such artistry never to fall into dullness.’ - Gramophone, January 1964 (Mozart, Concertos for Clarinet and for Flute &

Harp)

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March/April 2020

...for a budget price, you get a marvelous survey of great Classical-era repertoire, brilliantly conducted and played by three excellent ensembles, including perhaps the greatest Haydn-Mozart orchestra of them all (Vienna Philharmonic). I’m delighted to find room in my library for this set. Recommended.

Karl Münchinger - The Classical Legacy

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