Herbert von Karajan’s famed 1960s recordings of the Second and Fourth of Beethoven’s symphonies. Of his recordings of the Fourth, the present one is perhaps the fiercest and the most obviously lyrical. Grecian and golden-toned, the spirits of Dionysus and Apollo held in a rapturous balance.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Executive Producer: Prof. Elsa Schiller
Recording Producers: Otto Gerdes (No. 2); Otto Gerdes, Otto Ernst Wohlert (No. 4)
Balance Engineer: Günter Hermanns
Recording Location: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany, December 1961 & January 1962 (No. 2), November 1962 (No. 4)