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This account has plenty to offer collectors looking for something slightly different to the standard 1950s line-up. Wolfgang Windgassen and Martha Mödl were the accomplished and reliable first-choice... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2009 More…

Recorded in 1961 the sound quality is clear and well balanced. I would be highly satisfied if these glorious recordings were the only accounts in my collection such is their superior quality. — MusicWeb International, 6th September 2013 More…

…throughout, the sweep and authority of Busch's conducting make a strong impression. The filmed Tannhäuser Overture visually manifests Busch's characteristic combination of intensity and solid... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These live broadcasts reveal veteran conductor Wand delivering an explosive highly charged account of the First Symphony and bringing great warmth and fluidity to the rest — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It would not be idle to assert that Flagstad sounds like a young woman. Her top notes are strained and her intonation is often shaky. But she handles the words effectively enough to make you... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008 More…

Even if you already own other recordings of these symphonies, you will surely derive great pleasure from hearing these three original versions played so expertly and in such spacious sound. — MusicWeb International, 31st January 2017 More…

Documenting a period-instrument performance from Dresden, this live recording conducted by Frieder Bernius presents a good account of a worthwhile and otherwise unrecorded piece. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…