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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,... |
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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) |
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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... |
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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... |
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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. |
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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... |
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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'. |
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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... |
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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 |
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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) |
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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. |
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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) |
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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... |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |