In Reply to: that Egmont is a ripper performance! posted by Timbo in Oz on August 14, 2015 at 16:57:09:
It used to be available on Musical Heritage Society, and it had a more noble, less hysterical sounding narrator than the guy on the Szell/VPO recording. I believe the conductor was Heinz Bongarz.
Karajan also recorded it with the BPO. Also Masur/NYPO and James Judd/New Zealand SO.
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- There was an East German performance which came out around the same time - Chris from Lafayette 20:39:27 08/14/15 (0)