Name: Music Chat: I Screwed Up My Initial Remarks About Karajans Schubert Sorry! @DavesClassicalGuide
Uploaded: 2026-07-17T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: Yes, my initial dismissal of Karajans Schubert symphony cycle on Warner was too casual and inaccurate. But it does raise an interesting issue about how context how, when and where we listen can produce very different impressions and judgments.

Repertoire: The BEST and NOT BEST Strauss Death and Transfiguration @DavesClassicalGuide

Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Always popular because of its "spiritual" program, and from a practical standpoint its use of (for Strauss) modest orchestral forces, Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verklärung) has been recorded about a million times, even by non-Staussians. Here are the best versions (and a few less than best, just for fun).

Repertoire: The BEST and NOT BEST Strauss Death and Transfiguration

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Music Chat: I Screwed Up My Initial Remarks About Karajans Schubert Sorry!