Favourite Karl Böhm recordings

[MrBear]

The DG Figaro is marvellous

Yes picked up a highlights disc of this in a charity shop a couple of weeks ago
I have been thinking I should buy more Bohm recordings as I really enjoy the few I have

[aeolium]

I think I prefer Böhm as an opera conductor, not just for those recordings already mentioned but also this excellent Don Giovanni from Salzburg in 1977:

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/DG/4775655

[Barbirollians]

I have finally got round to listening to the DG Bruckner 7 . I note preferences for two live accounts above but I think it is very fine - no excessive urgency , no longeuers but a great sense of the whole shape of the work and stunning playing . A very satisfying performance .

I must go back to his Bruckner 3 and 4 which although highly rated have never really grabbed me .

[umslopogaas]

My own favourite is his DG recording of Tristan und Isolde, although I admit it is more because of the soloists than the conducting, though I have no problems with Bohm's interpretation. I also have very fond memories of the DG LPs of the late Mozart symphonies.

I have just bought a 23 CD box of his late DG recordings, all mainstream stuff, but havent had a chance to listen to it yet.

[cloughie]

My own favourite is his DG recording of Tristan und Isolde, although I admit it is more because of the soloists than the conducting, though I have no problems with Bohm's interpretation. I also have very fond memories of the DG LPs of the late Mozart symphonies.

I have just bought a 23 CD box of his late DG recordings, all mainstream stuff, but havent had a chance to listen to it yet.

An excellent box - includes interesting Tchaikovsky last three, a New World, Bruckner 7 and 8, some Wagner Orchestral bits and a
good Heldenleben.

[CallMePaul]

I was fond of the VPO/Bohm Mozart - much loved DG Accolade LP of symphonies 32,35 &36 was one of my very first classical records

My first Mozart recording was Symphonies 40 and 41, Berlin Phil/ Boehm. I still prefer the 1st version of No 40 (the one without clarinets), of which Boehm was a great advocate, although I have heard his final version, preferred by most conductors, much more often in recent years.