Dear All, If you can find them, try the live Furtwangler/BPO Wagner
overtures on DG Japan. It is one of the finest single Wagner CDs I have
ever heard. The sound has plenty of impact and the playing and conducting
are stunning. Try the radiant *singing* of orchestra in the Good Friday
Music (Alexandria,1951) or the awesome build up of power in Seigried's
Funeral March (Berlin, 1949). This CD really is something else ...
Happy listening,
David Harbin
Nottingham, UK