Simply the best? Is the Berlin Philharmonic really better than all the rest?

The orchestra – at the Proms this week – is hailed as among the best in the world, if not the best. For my money, that’s quite possibly right, but why? The Berlin Philharmonic are in London tonight and tomorrow at the Proms , days after closing the Edinburgh international…

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