Top 10 recordings by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Gramophone
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Choosing 10 of the finest recordings by the BPO is, of course, impossible, but here are 10 that simply demand to be heard...
No 1
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
BPO / Sir Simon Rattle
(Warner Classics)
'This is a lovely performance, free-moving and sweetly sung' Read review
No 2
Bruckner Symphony No 8
BPO / Günter Wand
(RCA)
'This new Eighth is exceptionally fine' Read review
No 3
Haydn Symphony No 88
BPO / Wilhelm Furtwängler
(DG)
'Definitely one to rush out and buy' Read review
No 4
Mahler Symphony No 6
BPO / Claudio Abbado
(DG)
'I can’t remember hearing a tauter, more refined performance than this' Read review
No 5
Mahler Symphony No 9
BPO / Herbert von Karajan
DG (live recording)
'Karajan’s 1982 performance remains a remarkable one' Read review
No 6
Mahler Symphony No 10
BPO / Sir Simon Rattle
(Warner Classics)
'Rattle's new version sweeps the board' Read review
No 7
Prokofiev/Ravel Piano Concertos
Martha Argerich (pf) BPO / Claudio Abbado
(DG)
'Defying criticism' Read review
No 8
Puccini La bohème
BPO / Herbert von Karajan
(Decca)
'Perhaps the best thing Pavarotti has ever done' Read review
No 9
R Strauss Tod und Verklärung. Metamorphosen
BPO / Herbert von Karajan
(DG)
'A clear first-choice in both works' Read review
No 10
Wagner Parsifal
BPO / Herbert von Karajan
(DG)
'Seems to grow in statute on each re-hearing' Read review