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*[[Ravel]], [https://youtu.be/EXiH86tO_7c Daphnes et Chloe], Wilhelm Furtwangler 1944 restored. Comment: This magnetic tape recording was expropriated by the [[Red Army]] in 1945 and returned to Germany in 1986 as a gesture of good faith shortly before the [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]] when it finally became available to the public, marking the end of the [[Cold War]].  It is one of the earliest orchestral magnetic tape recordings made. In later issues, Deutsche Gramaphone engineers have reduced some of the over modulation, however Furtwangler's unique interpretative qualities are ever present.

*[[Ravel]], [https://youtu.be/EXiH86tO_7c Daphnes et Chloe], Wilhelm Furtwangler 1944 restored. Comment: This magnetic tape recording was expropriated by the [[Red Army]] in 1945 and returned to Germany in 1986 as a gesture of good faith shortly before the [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]] when it finally became available to the public, marking the end of the [[Cold War]].  It is one of the earliest orchestral magnetic tape recordings made. In later issues, Deutsche Gramaphone engineers have reduced some of the over modulation, however Furtwangler's unique interpretative qualities are ever present.

*Waltraud Meier, [https://youtu.be/g_ReUpnz_Ng Die Walkure], as Sieglinde (genuine pirate recording. Even in a concert performance made in what looks like a high school gymnasium with poor video and audio, Meier appears in character which is why she's considered one the greatest Wagnerian actresses of her time).

*Waltraud Meier, [https://youtu.be/g_ReUpnz_Ng Die Walkure], as Sieglinde (genuine pirate recording. Even in a concert performance made in what looks like a high school gymnasium with poor video and audio, Meier appears in character which is why she's considered one the greatest Wagnerian actresses of her time).

:*[https://youtu.be/jjKtUoAuR4w Henley Heyn / Der Männer Sippe]. Outstanding performance in this starter role (whatever happened to her?), especially her enthusiasm for the part. This was filmed in Los Angelas, I think, and the conductor and orchestra still have quite a bit to learn about providing balance for the vocalist. But Henley has no problem with it, and at no point is drowned out despite their lack of restrain.

:*[https://youtu.be/jjKtUoAuR4w Henley Heyn / Der Männer Sippe]. Outstanding performance in this starter role (whatever happened to her?), especially her enthusiasm for the part. This was filmed in Los Angelas, I think, and the conductor and orchestra still have quite a bit to learn about providing balance for the vocalist. But Henley has no problem with it, and at no point is drowned out despite their lack of restraint.

:*Waltraud Meier and Barenboim. [https://youtu.be/wu02skyFCyI Liebestod]. (Outdoor performance, which is extremely difficult to engineer, somewhere in Catalonia, I think. I post it here to compensate in fairness to the performers for the poor video and audio quality of the above and to illustrate the teamwork of Meier, Barenboim, and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra made up of Palestinians and Jews founded by Barenboim).

:*Waltraud Meier and Barenboim. [https://youtu.be/wu02skyFCyI Liebestod]. (Outdoor performance, which is extremely difficult to engineer, somewhere in Catalonia, I think. I post it here to compensate in fairness to the performers for the poor video and audio quality of the above and to illustrate the teamwork of Meier, Barenboim, and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra made up of Palestinians and Jews founded by Barenboim).

*Richard Strauss, [https://youtu.be/mRsxE68_ahs Alpine Symphony], Yevgeny Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic 1962. (augmented brass you will not hear in other performances of this oft recorded piece).

*Richard Strauss, [https://youtu.be/mRsxE68_ahs Alpine Symphony], Yevgeny Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic 1962. (augmented brass you will not hear in other performances of this oft recorded piece).