classical music: Otto Klemperer

classical music: Otto Klemperer

classical music:

Otto Klemperer

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem]

Johannes Brahms, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

Real Brahms
He understand Brahms and the performances are superb. Buy this recording and you will be very happy.

Bach: Mass in B minor

Hermann Prey, Franz Crass, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

The best I know
I knew and owned this recording when it was published in the sixties; I played it so much that the vinyl disc became unplayable... Ever since that time I was looking for a recording of the Mass in B Minor, but none of what I found could come close. This record is so ...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Gustav Mahler, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

The Most Poetic Das Lied von der Erde
Otto Klemperer was a majestic force of nature during the 50s to the 70s who offered one of the most old-fashioned, granitic interpretations of classical music. His Beethoven stands perhaps at the pantheon of the composer's greatest aural representations, and his ...

EMI Great Recordings of Century - Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4/Klemperer

Johannes Brahms, Philharmonia Orchestra, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Karajan or Klemperer in Brahms?
Otto Klempeerer owes his late career in London and on EMI records to von Karajan. Since its founding in 1949, the Philharmonia Orch. was closely allied with Karajan, who built it up as his own career took off after the war. But when Furtwangler died in 1954 and his ...

Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos

Hans Hotter, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

Great performances
These are classic, fine performances of the Beethoven symphonic and piano concerto canon by one of the great artists of the 20th century. They are not necessarily the most passionate or electrifying of Klemperer's recorded legacy; those belong to many of the live ...

100 Best Opera Classics

Andreas Schmidt, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, ...

Emd Int'l, 2007

Amazing Value
I am so impressed by this collection that I must share my joy at getting so many beautiful arias, duets, et al in one collection. It captures many of the great operatic voices in stellar performances spanning the last 50 years. If you are enchanted by beautiful ...

Missa Solemnis in D major, op.123

L.V. Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

Should you buy the latest remastering of this classic recording?
By any measure the Missa Solemnis is almost impossible to faithfully record, given that the engineers must find a way to balance orchestra, solo quartet, and a large chorus, a total of two hundred performers trying to live up to Beethoven's cosmic conception. Recording ...

Mozart: Die Zauberflote

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

A glorious achievement, brimming with magic and wonder
Walter Klemperer's historic 1964 recording of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte is a genius in operatic productions. Unlike Le Nozze di Figaro or Don Giovanni, Mozart's final opera is so dramatically convoluted and ridiculous that the recitatives provide more of a source of ...

Wagner: Orchestral Music

Richard Wagner, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2002

The ultimate Wagner orchestral music
I have these CDs for almost 15 years before they became a 2-CD set and still play them regularly. Got to know Wagner from the classical Furtwangler cycle, for many the best Wagner music ever recorded. Although Furtwangler is exceptional I do not think that it can ...

Sacred Classics - Messiah, Ave Maria, Pie Jesu, Zadok the Priest, L'enfance du Christ

George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

EMI Classics, 2003

A wonderful and varied compilation of Sacred Choral Works
This is a 2 CD set and is one of my favorites. While this CD contains several pieces that the general public probably hears often (Handel's Messiah, Bach's Jesu Bleibet mein freund) it also contains some not well known pieces. Of particular quality is the recording ...

Beethoven Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'

Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2002

One of the truly great Eroicas
This mono performance, recorded in 1955, is not the same one which was released in the Klemperer legacy series (that was a stereo performance, recorded in 1959), but it is far better as an interpretation. The first movement is magnificent and it sounds as though it was ...

Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Tragic Overture; Alto Rhapsody

Johannes Brahms, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

Very Strong Brahms From Klemperer
Right from the titanic opening, you are captivated by the music. Klemperer can be a very dry conductor, very objective and lacking mercurial qualities which are more readily found in the Brahms performances by Furtwangler. However there can't be any denying that from a ...

Mozart: Symphonies Nos 29, 35 (Haffner), 38 (Prague), 39, 40, and 41 (Jupiter)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

Newly discovered rarity here
At first I thought this Great Performances reissue of Otto Klemperer's Mozart symphony recordings was just another repackaging by EMI of music that was already in my collection. But then a few words on the track listing told me otherwise. In 1956, Klemperer and the ...

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra

Gustav Mahler, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

Oldie but Goodie
This is a majestic and stately recording. But I find it pretty exciting too. Did NOT find the tempos "too slow" as some contend. I own several versions of this symphony. But is is my favorite. Technical quality is pretty good and no faults stand out. This recording is ...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5/Choral Fantasia - Daniel Barenboim, Otto Klemperer, New Philharmonia Orchestra ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

Great performances, not so great audio engineers
I am a big fan of Klemperer and Barenboim and I did enjoy these performances, but my enjoyment was negatively affected by the very audible audio distortion. These discs date from the mid 60s and, from the audio engineers standpoint, they sound FAR WORSE than the ...