Sergiu Celibidache & Berlin Philharmonic

The release of a series of recordings of concerts given by the Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache (1912–1996) was a path that could only have been followed after his death: Karajan’s unhappy rival as Wilhelm Furtwängler’s successor at the head of the Berlin Philharmonic, Celibidache never officially recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, having decided very early on that recording was the sworn enemy of music and musicians.