True, the great slow movement ends with a threnody written under the spell of Wagner’s death; but that is no more than an episode in a work whose final movements are among the most joyous Bruckner ...

Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in these 3 great Beethoven symphonies. Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Jess Thomas and Walter Berry are featured vocal soloists ...