The Klemperer Legacy
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Otto Klemperer‘s death, EMI Classics pays tribute to the incomparable conductor with the release of an extensive edition of 11 luxurious yet affordably-priced boxsets. After the very encouraging results from the initial releases, the January batch will see some absolute classics of the Klemperer catalogue (Brahms), some very rare recordings in the Mozart box - some of them finding here their CD premiere. With his strong will and uncompromising vision, Otto Klemperer was famously hard to please with regard to soloists, but he was nevertheless a fine accompanist who made some superb concerto recordings. This set brings together some of Klemperer’s legendary collaborations with great artists, including a beautiful account of the Mozart Horn Concertos with Alan Civil, powerful renditions of Liszt and Schumann concertos with Klemperer’s admired colleague Annie Fischer, and the illuminating Beethoven cycle with the inimitable Daniel Barenboim.
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Mahler: Symphonies 2, 4, 7 & 9 & Lied von der Erde
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) & Hilde Rössl-Majdan (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Christa Ludwig (contralto) & Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto...
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Brahms: Symphonies & Overtures & Ein deutsches Requiem
with Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Ralph Downes (organ)
Philharmonia Orchestra, with Philharmonia Chorus (men’s voices), Otto Klemperer
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Wagner & Strauss
Helga Dernesch (Sieglinde), William Cochran (Siegmund), Hans Sotin (Hunding), Norman Bailey (baritone), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra (Walküre extracts), Otto Klemperer
this set proved to be a most enjoyable listening experience, both in the recordings which I remembered from their original LP issues and those I had not previously encountered. The re-mastering... —
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These performances from 1963 to 1970 are captured in excellent sound, and though nearly fifty years has passed since the first of them – the Fourth – there is no need to be in the least apologetic... —
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Mozart: Symphonies, Overtures & Serenades
New Philharmonia Wind Ensemble, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Wind Quintet and Ensemble & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
this Mozart box seems to contain about the same proportion of great performances, near misses and damp squibs as all the other Klemperer boxes in this series. It certainly shows that his style... —
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Romantic Symphonies & Overtures
Heather Harper (soprano) & Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Klemperer completists will probably have most of these performances already, and more general collectors will not necessarily regard any of the recordings as being first choice in the repertory.... —
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