Artistic Quality: 5 Sound Quality: 5 Jascha Horenstein’s 1958 stereo recording of the Brahms Third makes its first appearance on CD. The master tape sounds well in Vox’s careful transfer, although there are a few noticeable dropouts and instances of deterioration. The Baden-Baden Radio Symphony rises to their conductor’s generally vivid leadership (let down only by a finale that, beginning swiftly and purposefully, curiously loses tension and becomes increasingly labored as it goes). The playing has both horizontal coherence and purposeful accents, if little tonal allure, and ensemble isn’t always what it should be. Even in its day, this version could not compare to the gorgeous, full-bodied Klemperer and Cantelli Philharmonia versions on the market, let alone Fritz Reiner’s resplendent Chicago Symphony outing. Wagner’s Meistersinger and Tannhäuser Overtures were taped four years earlier, in mono, yet they sound alluringly natural and spacious. The drawback lies with the rough-hewn, substandard Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. A re-release, then, whose appeal will likely be limited to collectors with a special interest in this conductor. - See more at: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-4426/#sthash.wlEdnJZv.dpuf