Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique", Heribert von Karajan/Berlin P.O., 1939 restored.

Von Karajan's 1st "Pathetique" out of the "at least 5" he recorded. He had just signed with the DGG in 1939 at age 31. 0:01 Adagio – Allegro non troppo 18:03 Allegro con grazia 26:16 Allegro molto vivace 31:51 Adagio lamentoso An aesthetically pleasing interpretation, the music flows in a natural way, and the orchestra is an old times good one (comes with wearing ties). Karajan was the dominant conductor all my youth so I grew weary of him and his publicity skills. Eventually he passed (he was an early proponent of digital recording, that to his merit) so now we can have 12 Finnish international conductors for the price of one von Karajan. The recording is thoroughly revived, without going into all the details. I've done so much of this I don't have to spend time wondering, I just do it. Recordings of this vintage came in 78rpm disk sides of the length of 4-5 mins, with each side normally having different noise/click characteristics. The CD originals normally have them joined up, sometimes I have to do that too, or repair bad existing joints.