Karajan/VPO: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (rec. 1948) - Columbia 33 WCX 1026

Jacket VG (ringwear and aging)

LP EX (visually, there appear to be pressing bubbles, but whatever pressing "defect" they are, they are non-sounding; the sound is superb)

German pressing

Karajan's electrifying Vienna Philharmonic "Pathetique", vividly recorded in the Grosser-Saal of the Musikverein, Vienna in January 1948 - a thrilling, monumental performance.