Mozart : Don Giovanni - Opera Collection
Karl Bohm made two commercial recordings of "Don Giovanni" for Deutsche Grammaphon" -- a studio recording from 1967, and a live recording from the 1977 Salzburg Festival. Critical consensus favors the latter; in fact, the 1967 version excited little praise. Why then did DG release the 1967 on CD some years ago with full production values (libretto, notes and essays) and the 1977 only recently on a budget line with no libretto (only a track by track synopsis)? Heaven knows why market departments do what they do.