The rich and colourful fruits of Lorin Maazel’s first important orchestral tenure, with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra: repertoire from Bach to Stravinsky moulded with the conductor’s renowned finesse and attention to detail. Maazel took over the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin after the death of Ferenc Fricsay in 1963. He and the orchestra had already worked together […]

‘Karajan’s producer’ on the podium – the complete recordings of Otto Gerdes for Deutsche Grammophon, including previously unpublished material and displaying some of the most thrilling versions of orchestral masterpieces to be recorded. Reviews for these recordings reached for superlatives: “a stunning disc from first moment to last” (Brahms 4); “Luminous sound” (Eugene Onegin); “rather […]