GEMS from the DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (DGG) catalogue #1

You can watch the second video in this series here:

Here are links to some of the music discussed in this video:

David Munrow - Music of the Gothic Era:

Lorin Maazel and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra:

Herbert von Karajan and BPO:

Maurizio Pollini:

Boston Symphony Chamber Players

Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert

Claudio Abbado and London Symphony Orchestra

Recommended channels for classical music fans and collectors:

David Hurwitz

Poetry On Plastic

An invaluable guide to all the different pressings of the main classical labels:

Another excellent resource for new classical recordings is BBC Radio 3's long-standing weekly broadcast "Record Review". Shows remain available to listen to for 30 days after first broadcast:

[cillyede]

I am glad I found your channel today. Thank you for your great work. 🇩🇪

[jean-lucpernel]

Fabuleux, magnifique j'adore, je n'ai que des CD et les pochettes sont moins " flashy" BRAVO ❤❤😊

[borissikic]

Watched all your videos, highly informative and nicely made. There are so few youtube videos on classical vinyl. Keep up the good work !

[LyleFrancisDelp]

Munrow was a tragic figure. One can only wonder about the demons he must have been battling. But his recorded output is magnificent and so valuable. I have this very set.

[andreastomiak]

Fun fact: with 78th records, the tulips act as a stroboscopic aid for the correct setting of speed.

[djjoeykmusic]

Awesome! Bravo

Thank you so much! I need this video help grow my classical.

Great job

Thank you

[Tojazzer]

A piano recording sounds thin when the microphone has been incorrectly placed; usually too close to the action (hammers and dampers) and away from the greatest reverberation of the strings. Ideally, a piano should be recorded with two microphones: one above and approximately half way down the strings' length and another microphone underneath the piano about 5 inches from the sound board.

[LyleFrancisDelp]

That early Abbado Scythian Suite is absolutely stunning and absolutely devastating. That piece was tailor made for the Chicago brass.

[wagneroliveira]

Wonderful catalog . Fantastic and inspiring video.

[ManueldelRio]

Great selection of recordings. I've almost all of them and they really are wonderful references, most of them with excellent sound. If I may write down another great-sounding recording from the Deutsche Grammophon in the analog era. NEU WIENER SCHULE (Schönberg, Berg, Webern) Lasalle Quartet. Recorded between 1968 and 1970. It's true that the German label is more irregular in terms of the sound quality of its recordings than other record companies, however they tried to compete with their rivals, although not always with satisfactory results. An example is the cycle of the Mahler Symphonies by Rafael Kubelik and the Bayerischen Rundfunks (1967-1971). In the booklet that accompanies the box set of 14 LPs (includes a photograph) they point out the effort of having made this recording with innumerable microphones distributed throughout all areas of the orchestra. The funny thing is that for some reason, the sound of these recordings has always seemed excessively strident to me, I do not feel that there is a real tonal pick-up of the instruments. Nothing else. Thanks again for this marvelous video.

[markstewart]

Thanks it’s great to hear someone knowledgeable sharing their wisdom on a very specialised area, where little is truly known.👍

[pauldavies]

What a loss when David Munrow died he was so passionate about early music and discoverd so much for us to enjoy

[AlumínioMetal]

Aqui no Brasil, quando criança, escutava o LP : " O Messias"!, dá Deutche Gramophon..

[LyleFrancisDelp]

Pinnock’s Brandenburgs are my reference recordings, still. So very elegant and perfect…and easily the finest clarion trumpeter on record.

[garysikon]

I loved the Boston chamber players recording of the soldiers tale. Sadly I disposed of my vinyl 😢 years ago. The reissue on cd never sounded as good...

[makistsobanou]

Thanks for your excellent videos. Your references to classical music are always very interesting. And this is something that is not so common on the internet.
As about DGG and 'Tulip' border. Τhere are some records with tulip border in which there is on label at 1 o'clock ''Made in Germany'' and some others at the same point in wich there is ''Alle Hersteller''. Are there differences in sound quality between them?
Thanks !

[andrewkostelnyk]

DGG -were the best for releasing classical music -in my opinion- great sound/pressings

[LyleFrancisDelp]

With the Stravinsky (and as I’m a trombonist, this may surprise you), I’ve never been all that enamoured of L’Histoire. But I do have one recording, and it’s this very Boston. That said, I absolutely LOVE the Octet and the Boston recording on DGG is the best I’ve ever heard.

[boogiewoogie]

Great vid. Do you have an opinion on the Archiv Produktion releases?

[LyleFrancisDelp]

Wishing you and I could sit down with a few beers and apps, and just talk.