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Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Kindertotenlieder / 5 Lieder cover
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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde cover
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich / Philharmonia & New Philharmonia, Otto Klemperer
[ EMI Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/1967 ]
1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "....not likely to be outshone for a long time" (Gramophone)
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Daniel Barenboim cover
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / LISZT / MOZART / WAGNER/LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim (piano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
[ EMI / Philips / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ]
Daniel Barenboim ( 1942 ) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Barenboim's output includes all of Beethoven and Mozart's Piano Sonatas and Piano Concertos. As a chamber musician he recorded frequently with Jacqueline du Pré and Itzhak Perlman.
Beethoven: Fidelio (opera recorded 1962/63) cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (opera recorded 1962/63)
Deutsche Oper Berlin / Walter Berry, James King, Christa Ludwig, Lisa Otto / Artur Rother (cond)
[ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ]
For the four main roles, singers were chosen who already had international experience but were still fresh and vigorous. Christa Ludwig, James King and Walter Berry.
Lehar: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) Complete operetta in German on a single CD cover
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FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) Complete operetta in German on a single CD
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Erich Kunz; Nicolai Gedda; Emmy Loose; Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus; Otto Ackermann
[ Regis Records / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ]
"...Many operatic divas from Flagstad & Jeritza to Sutherland & Studer have played the Widow with enormous success. This classic recording features perhaps the most famous "Widow" of all in Elisabeth Schwarzkopf..." James Murray
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: Die lustige Witwe [Merry Widow] / Das Land des Lachelns [Land of Smiles] (operettas) cover
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FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: Die lustige Witwe [Merry Widow] / Das Land des Lachelns [Land of Smiles] (operettas)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Erich Kunz, Nicolai Gedda / Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra / Otto Ackermann
[ Warner Classics The Opera Series / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ]
The Record Guide described Schwarzkopf in Die lustige Witwe as 'enchanting from end to end' and said that in Das Land des Lächelns it is her 'radiant loveliness of tone that enchants us first, but also the consummate, irresistible artistry'
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): 4 letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs) / Arabella (highlights) (Rec 1953/54) cover
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): 4 letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs) / Arabella (highlights) (Rec 1953/54)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Ackermann (Conductor) Lovro von Matacic (Conductor) with Anny Felbermayer (soprano)
[ EMI Classics / CD - released 11/May/2006 ]
(Schwarzkopf) had all the requisite vocal qualities for a first-rate singer of the music of Richard Strauss: radiance, tenderness, vocal colour, always alive to the nuances of the text, and very observant of what the composer demanded.
Mahler - Symphony No.9 cover
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler - Symphony No.9
New Philharmonia Orchestras, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ]
'In this famous 1967 performance of the Symphony the sound is superb, the playing magnificent. Klemperer lets Mahler's score tell its own story and one cannot listen without remembering that he knew and worked with the composer.' (Gramophone)
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: La Flute enchantee [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) cover
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: La Flute enchantee [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964)
Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, Lucia Popp / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ EMI Classics La voix de son maitre / CD - released 23/Sep/1999 ]
"I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder. The cast, chorus and orchestra are inspired under Klemperer, whom I here salute as a real genius" (Gramophone)
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Der Freischutz (complete opera with libretto) cover
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Der Freischutz (complete opera with libretto)
Hermann Prey, Elisabeth Grummer, Lisa Otto, Rudolf Schock / Berlin Philharmonic, Joseph Keilberth
[ EMI Studio / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/1989 ]
"All soloists in this effort shine like the stars. Particularly the lovely (as always) Elisabeth Grummer...my God this lady was wonderful, and is, I am sure, greatly missed by all the great German opera houses today." (review)
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Overtures cover
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Overtures
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ EMI Classics / CD - released 16/Feb/1989 ]
Otto Klemperer was born on 14th May 1885 in Breslau, Silesia (now Wroclaw, Poland) and died on 6th July 1973 in Zurich. He had had a remarkable career as a young man but it was at the age of 70 that he started a series of recordings that would not...
Four Classic Albums (New Directions In Music / The Sons Of Sauter Finegan / Adventures In Time / Memoires Of Goodman & Miller) cover
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Otto Sauter, Thomas Hammes, Franz Wagnermeyer (trumpet) / Cappella Istropolitana / Mannheim Chamber Orchestra
Four Classic Albums (New Directions In Music / The Sons Of Sauter Finegan / Adventures In Time / Memoires Of Goodman & Miller)
[ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/May/2017 ]
Eddie Sauter met Bill Finegan in 1939 when both men were making a living as arrangers for the likes of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Red Norvo and Woody Herman who were in fact most of the classic Swing Era leaders of the...
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op.123 cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op.123
Elisabeth Soderstrom, Marga Hoffgen, Martti Talvela / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ]
"..a recording that must take its place on the heights among the greatest recordings of our time." (Gramophone)
Crusell: Concertante Wind Works cover
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BERNHARD HENRIK CRUSELL
Crusell: Concertante Wind Works
Anna-Maija Korsima-Hursti (clarinet), Ib Lanzky-Otto (horn), László Hara (bassoon) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vänskä
[ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/1990 ]
Finnish clarinetist and composer who was born on 15 October 1775 and died on 28 July 1838. Crusell studied music in Stockholm, Sweden and lived there for the rest of his adult life. Crusell was the father-in-law of Frans Preumayr.
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor / Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor cover
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' (LP) cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' (LP)
Aase Nordmo Løvberg (sop), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klempe
[ Warner Classics Vinyl / 2 LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ]
The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death.
Annie Fischer: The Complete London Studio Recordings cover
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W. A. MOZART / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / LISZT / BARTOK / SCHUBERT
Annie Fischer: The Complete London Studio Recordings
Annie Fischer (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Otto Klemperer, etc
[ Warner Classics Icon / 8 CD Box Set - released 23/Aug/2014 ]
'I can find no praise too high for Annie Fischer's playing, for she makes every phrase a delight. Sawallisch partners his soloist to perfection. Everybody has here combined to produce something really outstanding among recordings of Mozart...
Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos
Daniel Barenboim (piano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 3 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2015 ]
The partnership of the young and dynamic Daniel Barenboim with Otto Klempere, a veteran not known for his readiness to compromise, proved a revelation.The fruit of their collaboration was this vivid and inspiring set of the Beethoven Piano Concertos
Bach: Mass in B Minor cover
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Mass in B Minor
BBC Chorus / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 2 CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ]
Klemperer first conducted the work in Berlin in 1932, using smaller forces than had become customary, applying objectivity and a deep respect for Bach's architecture. When he came to make this recording in 1967, he remained true to his principles.
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (Complete opera at a special price) cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (Complete opera at a special price)
Brigitte Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam / Berlin Opera, Otto Gerdes
[ Deutsche Grammophon Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2002 ]
"...a fine chorus and orchestra, and Windgassen offers an experienced, sincere, and intensely sung account of the title role, Fischer-Dieskau, in peak form, a wonderful Wolfram ...one has to admire [Nilsson's] vocal security throughout." Gramophone,...
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde cover
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich / Philharmonia & New Philharmonia, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ]
1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "....not likely to be outshone for a long time" (Gramophone)
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder / Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Mahler: Lieder / etc cover
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WAGNER / BRAHMS / MAHLER / BEETHOVEN
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder / Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Mahler: Lieder / etc
Christa Ludwig (mezzo) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Original Jacket Recordings / CD - released 15/Feb/2018 ]
'Christa Ludwig's glorious voice is heard here in a magnificent reading of the Alto Rhapsody, attractive and illuminating accounts of the Wesendonck-Lieder and a group of Mahler songs in which the beautifully restrained and poetical alternates with...
Claudio Arrau - The Complete Warner Classics Recordings cover
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / SCHUMANN/ LISZT / GRIEG
Claudio Arrau - The Complete Warner Classics Recordings
Claudio Arrau (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera, Andreas Weissgerber (violin)
[ Warner Classics / 24 CD Box Set - released 14/Oct/2022 ]
Claudio Arrau (1903-1991) is a pianist fully deserving of the epithet 'legendary'. His rigorous intellect and sense of the sublime found expression in his transcendent technique and sumptuous, yet lucid sonorities. The recordings in this 24CD...
The Klemperer Legacy: Concertos cover
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / MOZART / LISZT
The Klemperer Legacy: Concertos
Daniel Barenboim (piano), Alan Civil (horn), Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonia & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ EMI The Klemperer Legacy / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2013 ]
Although Klemperer had primarily been contracted to provide orchestral music for the EMI Classics catalogue there were soloists who benefitted from his presence in recording concertos.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" [LP] cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" [LP]
Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ]
The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death. His complete recordings on Warner Classics catalogue...
Brahms: TheComplete Symphonies, Ovetures, Haydn Variations, Violin Concerto, Requiem & Alto Rhapsody cover
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: TheComplete Symphonies, Ovetures, Haydn Variations, Violin Concerto, Requiem & Alto Rhapsody
David Oistrakh, Christa Ludwig, Elizabeth Schwarkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion, Otto
[ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 23/Aug/2024 ]
Klemperer and Brahms had much in common, which may go some way to explaining the empathy with which Klemperer conducts the works of the composer. Richard Osborne says 'no detail was insignificant, yet none was allowed to subvert the larger whole'.
Dinu Lipatti: Icon cover
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MOZART / RAVEL / CHOPIN / BACH / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Dinu Lipatti: Icon
Dinu Lipatti (piano) with Otto Ackermann, Ernest Ansermet, Eduard van Beinum, and others
[ EMI Icon / 7 CD - released 2/Jun/2008 ]
"Doubtless collectors will have the majority of these performances on various labels, and will have filled in rarities such as appeared on such as Jecklin. But I commend the balance between known and rare in this extensive collection." (MusicWeb...
Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (Complete Opera recorded in 1956) cover
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (Complete Opera recorded in 1956)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Otto Edelmann / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Herbert von Karajan
[ EMI The Opera Series / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2011 ]
"(The) performance is in a class of its own" Rosette (Highest Award) Penguin Stereo Guide
Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurrection' cover
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurrection'
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hilde Rossl-Majdan / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ]
1001 Classical recording you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "A magnificent performance with excellent soloists, choir and orchestra. The recording performs miracles in reproducing the multitudinous details of this enormous score" (Gramophone)
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' [LP] cover
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' [LP]
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (mezzo-soprano) / Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics LP / 2 LP - released 28/Apr/2023 ]
he German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death.
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 (recorded in 1960) cover
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 (recorded in 1960)
Heather Harper (soprano) & Janet Baker (contralto) / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ]
"I would say that Klemperer's revelatory Mendelssohn performance is the Midsummer Night's Dream music. It shows him at his greatest, and in an unaccustomed role." (MusicWeb)
Romantic Symphonies & Overtures [10 CD set] cover
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BERLIOZ / DVORAK / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Romantic Symphonies & Overtures [10 CD set]
Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics The Klemperer Legacy / 10 CD Box Set - released 15/Dec/2014 ]
Otto Klemperer was born on 14th May 1885 in Breslau, Silesia (now Wroclaw, Poland) and died on 6th July 1973 in Zurich and hence next year we mark 40 years since his passing. Although disfigured by a stroke suffered whilst a brain tumour was being...
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964)
Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, Lucia Popp / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics Legendary Opera Recordings / 2 CD Box Set - released 23/Sep/2016 ]
"I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder. The cast, chorus and orchestra are inspired under Klemperer, whom I here salute as a real genius" (Gramophone)
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964)
Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, Lucia Popp / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ]
"I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder. The cast, chorus and orchestra are inspired under Klemperer, whom I here salute as a real genius" (Gramophone)
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) [3 LP] cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) [3 LP]
Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, Lucia Popp / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics LP / 3 LP - released 10/Nov/2023 ]
"I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder. The cast, chorus and orchestra are inspired under Klemperer, whom I here salute as a real genius" (Gramophone)
Mahler: Symphonies 2, 4, 7 & 9 / Das Lied von der Erde cover
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 2, 4, 7 & 9 / Das Lied von der Erde
Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig & Fritz Wunderlich / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 6/Aug/2013 ]
This collection showcases Klemperer's Mahler, including works such as the Ninth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde.
Otto Klemperer - The Warner Classics Remastered Edition cover
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / WAGNER / etc
Otto Klemperer - The Warner Classics Remastered Edition
Otto Klemperer (conductor) with Daniel Barenboim, Alan Civil, Yehudi Menuhin, Janet Baker, Dennis Brain, Annie Fischer, Christa Ludwig, etc
[ Warner Classics / 95 CD Box Set - released 2/Jun/2023 ]
The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death.
Bach: St Matthew Passion (Complete Oratorio recorded in 1962) cover
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion (Complete Oratorio recorded in 1962)
Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig / Philharmonia chorus & orchestra / Otto Klemperer
[ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 3 CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ]
Otto Klemperer's interpretation of the St Matthew Passion draws on the Bach performance style that developed in the 19th century; but its clarity, its underlying energy, and its superb array of soloists - singers with impeccable operatic credentials.
Beethoven: Symphonies & Overtures (1951-1955 Official Remastered Edition) cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies & Overtures (1951-1955 Official Remastered Edition)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Marga Haffgen, Ernst Haefliger, Otto Edelmann / Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
[ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ]
The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue.