karl bohm // hybrid stereo sacd karl bohm was 1 of the greatest conductors of the 20th century in the german tradition. he studied music as & continued to work and study in music while serving in the austrian army during ww i-& while completing a doctorate in law. here, bohm conducts the berliner philharmoniker in a 1959 performance of brahms symphony no.1 in c minor, op. 68, with a violin solo by michel schwalbe.