Ripe For Reissue: The Böhm Opera Box on DG

The Karl Böhm opera box on DG contains 70 discs featuring music mostly of Mozart, Beethoven, Richard Strauss and Wagner, along with a few vocal recitals and a terrific recording of Haydn's The Seasons. Even more than the presence of Böhm himself, these performances reveal the kind of ensemble work that has all but vanished from the world of opera performance, and for that reason alone the set ought never to vanish from view.