Re: Recordings by Herbert von Karajan: recommendations?

 > Georg Friedrich Händel
 > Concerti Grossi op.6
PS: I just checked the Google archive of this newsgroup (see below).
I guess I have changed my mind about the Karajan recordings.
Part of the explanation may be that I have a much larger and nicer, and more comfortable, living room now.
The sound of the Berlin Philharmonic feels better here!
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Roland van Gaalen
The Netherlands
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In 1997 I wrote:
<< From time to time I listen to Karajan's recording of Handel's Concerti Grossi Opus 6 (Berlin Philh/ DG 435 041-2; recorded in 1967/8/9). It seems to me that Karajan's Handel is a caricature [spelling corrected]: not at all light or elegant, not particularly romantic either, but rather massive
(as is to be expected from Karajan's Berlin Philharmonic) in a
sentimental way--especially the unbearable yet beautiful string solo
playing. Some may call it "campy."
But I can't say that I dislike the set enough not to listen to it
fairly often or to get rid of it.>>
In 2000, in a thread about 'forgotton conductors':
<< Herbert von Karajan. He's not quite forgotten, though, and, as a matter of fact, he did make it to CD. I have his Handel concerti grossi on cd.>>
And in 2001:
<< This is vintage Karajan, that is, 1960s camp mocking the "grand
old-fashioned style"; the famous Handelian splendor is missing completely. [...] >>