Since you are interested in Symphonies Nos.2 & 7 (Rec 1957), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 Choral (Rec 1957) Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer [ Testament / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] "Hearty thanks to Testament for issuing this wonderful document of Klemperer's greatness - caught on the wing." (MusicWeb June 2000) |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Ilona Steingruber & Hilde Rössl-Majdan / Akademie Kammerchor & Wiener Symphoniker, Otto Klemperer [ Testament / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] Klemperer once called Mahler his creator spiritus. But he told his biographer Peter Heyworth, "I'm not a silly, enthusiastic boy: I don't like everything he wrote". |
BACH / HANDEL / CHERUBINI / GLUCK / RAMEAU
4 Orchestral Suites BWV1066-9 / etc New Philharmonia Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer [ Testament / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] "To anyone lucky enough to have heard Klemperer in the concert hall or opera house in these years, the set will bring memories flooding back. To younger collectors, those whose ears are still open to the power of great music-making, it might just... |
STRAVINSKY
Petrushka (complete ballet) Pulcinella (suite) [recorded 1967 & 1963] New Philharmonia Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer [ Testament / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] "This previously unpublished recording of Petrushka is a remarkable discovery: a notable resurrection with a strange tale attendant upon it." (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 'Choral' Teresa Stich Randall (sop) Lore Fischer (contralto) Ferdinand Koch (tenor) Rudolf Watzke (bar) Orchestra of the Garzenich of Cologne / Gunter Wand [ Testament / CD - released 13/Dec/2002 ] Wand was in all respects very much his own man, sometimes as much musicologist as performer |