[ Decca Original Masters / 5 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 24 March 2003
One of the great conductors of the twentieth century, Josef Krips was born in Vienna on 8 April 1902 and died in Geneva on 13 October 1974.
CD 1
Mozart: Symphony No.39 - Symphony No.4
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded in London, Dec. 1951 & March 1953
Symphony No.41 "Jupiter"
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded in Rishon-Le-Zion, Israel, April 1957
CD 2
Brahms: Symphony No.4 - Dvorák: cello concerto*
Zara Nelsova cello*
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded in London, April 1950 & Nov. 1951
CD 3
Mozart: Symphony No.31 "Paris"
Schubert: Symphony No.8 "Unfinished"
Schumann: Symphony No.4
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded in London, Dec. 1951, April 1950 & Nov. 1952
CD 4
Beethoven: Ah! perfido
Strauss: Salome (closing scene)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5
Inge Borkh soprano
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded in Vienna, June 1956 & Sept. 1958
CD 5
Haydn: Symphony No.94 "Surprise"- Symphony No.99
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded in Vienna, Sept. 1957
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 "Italian"
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded in London, Oct. 1953