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Otto Klemperer: The Warner Classics Edition Vol.1 - Symphonic Works & Concertos

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Label: Warner

Cat No: 5419725704

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 95

Release Date: 2nd June 2023

Contents

Works

Auber, Daniel

Fra Diavolo
» Overture

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Brandenburg Concertos nos 1-6, BWV1046-51 (complete)
Orchestral Suites nos.1-4 BWV1066-1069

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Consecration of the House (Die Weihe des Hauses) Overture, op.124
Coriolan Overture, op.62
Egmont, op.84: Incidental Music
» Die Trommel geruhret!
» Freudvoll und leidvoll
» Klarchen's Tod
Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra in C minor, op.80 'Choral Fantasy'
Fidelio, op.72
» Overture
Grosse Fuge in B flat major, op.133 (arr. for string orchestra)
Konig Stephan Overture, op.117
Leonore Overture no.1, op.138
Leonore Overture no.2, op.72a
Leonore Overture no.3 in C major, op.72b
Piano Concertos nos 1-5 (complete)
Symphonies 1-9 (complete)
The Creatures of Prometheus, op.43
» Overture
» no.5: Adagio-Andante quasi Allegretto
» no.16: Finale
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61

Berlioz, Hector

Symphonie fantastique, op.14 H48

Brahms, Johannes

Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Symphonies 1-4 (complete)
Tragic Overture, op.81
Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77

Bruckner, Anton

Symphony no.4 in in E flat major 'Romantic' (1878/80 version)
Symphony no.5 in B flat major
Symphony no.6 in A major
Symphony no.7 in E major (ed. Nowak)
Symphony no.8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak)
Symphony no.9 in D minor (ed. Nowak)

Cherubini, Luigi

Anacreon Overture

Dvorak, Antonin

Symphony no.9 in E minor, op.95 B178 'From the New World'

Franck, Cesar

Symphony in D minor, op.48

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

Iphigenie en Aulide
» Overture (arr. Richard Wagner)

Handel, George Frideric

Concerti grossi (12), op.6
» no.4 in A minor, HWV322 (arr. Schoenberg)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Symphony no.88 in G major, Hob.1:88
Symphony no.92 in G major, Hob.I:92 'Oxford'
Symphony no.95 in C minor, Hob.I:95
Symphony no.98 in B flat major, Hob.I:98
Symphony no.100 in G major, Hob.I:100 'Military'
Symphony no.101 in D major, Hob.I:101 'The Clock'
Symphony no.102 in B flat major, Hob.I:102
Symphony no.104 in D major, Hob.I:104 'London'

Hindemith, Paul

Horn Concerto
» I Moderately fast
Nobilissima Visione: Suite

Humperdinck, Engelbert

Hansel und Gretel
» Dream Pantomime
» Overture

Klemperer, Otto

Merry Waltz
String Quartet no.7
Symphony no.2

Liszt, Franz

Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124

Mahler, Gustav

Das Lied von der Erde
Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Symphony no.4 in G major
Symphony no.7 in E minor
Symphony no.9 in D major

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op.61
» III Bunte Schlangen (zweigezungt): Allegro ma non troppo
» II L'istesso tempo (Elfenmarsch:) Allegro vivace
» I Scherzo: Allegro vivace
» IX Hochzeitsmarsch: Allegro vivace
» VII Nocturne: Con moto tranquillo
» V Intermezzo: Allegro appassionato
» XI Ein Tanz von Rupeln: Allegro di molto
» XIII Finale: Allegro di molto
» X Marcia funebre
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, op.21
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 'Scottish'
Symphony no.4 in A major, op.90 'Italian'
The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', op.26

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
Cosi fan tutte, K588
» Overture
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384
» Overture
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620
» Overture
Don Giovanni, K527
» Overture
Horn Concertos nos.1-4 (complete)
La clemenza di Tito, K621
» Overture
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492
» Overture
Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K477
Piano Concerto no.25 in C major, K503
Serenade no.6 in D, K239 'Serenata Notturna'
Serenade no.10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita'
Serenade no.11 in E flat major, K375
Serenade no.12 in C minor, K388 'Nacht Musique'
Serenade no.13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
Symphony no.25 in G minor, K183
Symphony no.29 in A major, K201
Symphony no.31 in D minor, K297 'Paris'
Symphony no.33 in B flat major, K319
Symphony no.34 in C major, K338
Symphony no.35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'
Symphony no.36 in C major, K425 'Linz'
Symphony no.38 in D major, K504 'Prague'
Symphony no.39 in E flat major, K543
Symphony no.40 in G minor, K550
Symphony no.41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

Offenbach, Jacques

La Belle Helene

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Gavotte and Variations (orch. Klemperer)

Schubert, Franz

Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D485
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Symphony no.9 in C major, D944 'Great'

Schumann, Robert

Genoveva, op.81
» Overture
Manfred Overture, op.115
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO3
» Overture
Symphonies 1-4 (complete)

Strauss II, Johann

Die Fledermaus
» Overture
Kaiserwalzer, op.437
Wiener Blut Waltz, op.354

Strauss, Richard

Don Juan, op.20
Metamorphosen
Salome, op.54
» Dance of the Seven Veils
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op.24

Stravinsky, Igor

Petrushka (1947 version)
Pulcinella Suite
Symphony in three movements

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36
Symphony no.5 in E minor, op.64
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74 'Pathetique'

Wagner, Richard

Das Rheingold
» Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla
Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)
» Overture
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
» Dance of the apprentices
» Entry of the Masters
» Prelude to Act 1
Die Walkure
» Ride of the Valkyries
Gotterdammerung
» Siegfried's Funeral March (Act 3)
» Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Lohengrin
» Prelude to Act 1
» Prelude to Act 3
Parsifal
» Prelude to Act 1
Rienzi
» Overture
Siegfried Idyll, WWV103
Siegfried
» Forest Murmurs
Tannhauser
» Overture
» Prelude to Act 3
Tristan und Isolde
» Isolde's Liebestod (Act 3)
» Prelude (Act 1)

Weber, Carl Maria von

Der Freischutz, J277
» Overture
Euryanthe, J291
» Overture
Oberon, J306
» Overture

Weill, Kurt

Kleine Dreigroschenmusik

Artists

Heather Harper (soprano)
Aase Nordmo Lovberg (soprano)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Hilde Rossl-Majdan (mezzo-soprano)
Waldemar Kmentt (tenor)
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
Hans Hotter (bass-baritone)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Annie Fischer (piano)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
David Oistrakh (violin)
Gareth Morris (flute)
Dennis Brain (horn)
Alan Civil (horn)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Philharmonia String Quartet
New Philharmonia Wind Ensemble
London Wind Quintet & Ensemble
Philharmonia Chorus
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
John Alldis Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Staatskapelle Berlin
Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin

Conductor

Otto Klemperer

Works

Auber, Daniel

Fra Diavolo
» Overture

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Brandenburg Concertos nos 1-6, BWV1046-51 (complete)
Orchestral Suites nos.1-4 BWV1066-1069

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Consecration of the House (Die Weihe des Hauses) Overture, op.124
Coriolan Overture, op.62
Egmont, op.84: Incidental Music
» Die Trommel geruhret!
» Freudvoll und leidvoll
» Klarchen's Tod
Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra in C minor, op.80 'Choral Fantasy'
Fidelio, op.72
» Overture
Grosse Fuge in B flat major, op.133 (arr. for string orchestra)
Konig Stephan Overture, op.117
Leonore Overture no.1, op.138
Leonore Overture no.2, op.72a
Leonore Overture no.3 in C major, op.72b
Piano Concertos nos 1-5 (complete)
Symphonies 1-9 (complete)
The Creatures of Prometheus, op.43
» Overture
» no.5: Adagio-Andante quasi Allegretto
» no.16: Finale
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61

Berlioz, Hector

Symphonie fantastique, op.14 H48

Brahms, Johannes

Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Symphonies 1-4 (complete)
Tragic Overture, op.81
Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77

Bruckner, Anton

Symphony no.4 in in E flat major 'Romantic' (1878/80 version)
Symphony no.5 in B flat major
Symphony no.6 in A major
Symphony no.7 in E major (ed. Nowak)
Symphony no.8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak)
Symphony no.9 in D minor (ed. Nowak)

Cherubini, Luigi

Anacreon Overture

Dvorak, Antonin

Symphony no.9 in E minor, op.95 B178 'From the New World'

Franck, Cesar

Symphony in D minor, op.48

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

Iphigenie en Aulide
» Overture (arr. Richard Wagner)

Handel, George Frideric

Concerti grossi (12), op.6
» no.4 in A minor, HWV322 (arr. Schoenberg)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Symphony no.88 in G major, Hob.1:88
Symphony no.92 in G major, Hob.I:92 'Oxford'
Symphony no.95 in C minor, Hob.I:95
Symphony no.98 in B flat major, Hob.I:98
Symphony no.100 in G major, Hob.I:100 'Military'
Symphony no.101 in D major, Hob.I:101 'The Clock'
Symphony no.102 in B flat major, Hob.I:102
Symphony no.104 in D major, Hob.I:104 'London'

Hindemith, Paul

Horn Concerto
» I Moderately fast
Nobilissima Visione: Suite

Humperdinck, Engelbert

Hansel und Gretel
» Dream Pantomime
» Overture

Klemperer, Otto

Merry Waltz
String Quartet no.7
Symphony no.2

Liszt, Franz

Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124

Mahler, Gustav

Das Lied von der Erde
Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Symphony no.4 in G major
Symphony no.7 in E minor
Symphony no.9 in D major

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op.61
» III Bunte Schlangen (zweigezungt): Allegro ma non troppo
» II L'istesso tempo (Elfenmarsch:) Allegro vivace
» I Scherzo: Allegro vivace
» IX Hochzeitsmarsch: Allegro vivace
» VII Nocturne: Con moto tranquillo
» V Intermezzo: Allegro appassionato
» XI Ein Tanz von Rupeln: Allegro di molto
» XIII Finale: Allegro di molto
» X Marcia funebre
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, op.21
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 'Scottish'
Symphony no.4 in A major, op.90 'Italian'
The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', op.26

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
Cosi fan tutte, K588
» Overture
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384
» Overture
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620
» Overture
Don Giovanni, K527
» Overture
Horn Concertos nos.1-4 (complete)
La clemenza di Tito, K621
» Overture
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492
» Overture
Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K477
Piano Concerto no.25 in C major, K503
Serenade no.6 in D, K239 'Serenata Notturna'
Serenade no.10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita'
Serenade no.11 in E flat major, K375
Serenade no.12 in C minor, K388 'Nacht Musique'
Serenade no.13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
Symphony no.25 in G minor, K183
Symphony no.29 in A major, K201
Symphony no.31 in D minor, K297 'Paris'
Symphony no.33 in B flat major, K319
Symphony no.34 in C major, K338
Symphony no.35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'
Symphony no.36 in C major, K425 'Linz'
Symphony no.38 in D major, K504 'Prague'
Symphony no.39 in E flat major, K543
Symphony no.40 in G minor, K550
Symphony no.41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

Offenbach, Jacques

La Belle Helene

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Gavotte and Variations (orch. Klemperer)

Schubert, Franz

Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D485
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Symphony no.9 in C major, D944 'Great'

Schumann, Robert

Genoveva, op.81
» Overture
Manfred Overture, op.115
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO3
» Overture
Symphonies 1-4 (complete)

Strauss II, Johann

Die Fledermaus
» Overture
Kaiserwalzer, op.437
Wiener Blut Waltz, op.354

Strauss, Richard

Don Juan, op.20
Metamorphosen
Salome, op.54
» Dance of the Seven Veils
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op.24

Stravinsky, Igor

Petrushka (1947 version)
Pulcinella Suite
Symphony in three movements

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36
Symphony no.5 in E minor, op.64
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74 'Pathetique'

Wagner, Richard

Das Rheingold
» Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla
Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)
» Overture
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
» Dance of the apprentices
» Entry of the Masters
» Prelude to Act 1
Die Walkure
» Ride of the Valkyries
Gotterdammerung
» Siegfried's Funeral March (Act 3)
» Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Lohengrin
» Prelude to Act 1
» Prelude to Act 3
Parsifal
» Prelude to Act 1
Rienzi
» Overture
Siegfried Idyll, WWV103
Siegfried
» Forest Murmurs
Tannhauser
» Overture
» Prelude to Act 3
Tristan und Isolde
» Isolde's Liebestod (Act 3)
» Prelude (Act 1)

Weber, Carl Maria von

Der Freischutz, J277
» Overture
Euryanthe, J291
» Overture
Oberon, J306
» Overture

Weill, Kurt

Kleine Dreigroschenmusik

Artists

Heather Harper (soprano)
Aase Nordmo Lovberg (soprano)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Hilde Rossl-Majdan (mezzo-soprano)
Waldemar Kmentt (tenor)
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
Hans Hotter (bass-baritone)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Annie Fischer (piano)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
David Oistrakh (violin)
Gareth Morris (flute)
Dennis Brain (horn)
Alan Civil (horn)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Philharmonia String Quartet
New Philharmonia Wind Ensemble
London Wind Quintet & Ensemble
Philharmonia Chorus
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
John Alldis Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Staatskapelle Berlin
Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin

Conductor

Otto Klemperer

About

The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on 6 July 1973, so 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of his death.

From 1951 to 1971 Klemperer was closely linked with London’s Philharmonia (later New Philharmonia) Orchestra. This period established him as the “grand old man” of the Austro-German symphonic repertoire. Crucial to his global reputation during this period (and after his death) were the many recordings that he conducted for EMI between 1954 and 1971. These were primarily of orchestral music, but also included operas and large-scale vocal/choral works.

Made principally under the guidance of producer Walter Legge, who founded the Philhamonia Orchestra in 1945, these recordings form the main component of the two-box Otto Klemperer: The Warner Classics Edition, for release in 2023. A number of them are considered landmarks of the catalogue.

The 95-CD Complete Symphonic Recordings is the first of two boxes that together will form Otto Klemperer: The Warner Classics Edition. The Edition assembles all the Klemperer recordings in the Warner Classics catalogue; they were originally made for EMI Columbia, HMV, Electrola and Parlophone.

While the vast majority of the Complete Symphonic Recordings originate from Klemperer’s period with the  Philharmonia/New Philharmonia Orchestra, the box also includes recordings made in Berlin in the late 1920s, and in the 1960s with the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française and Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

The second box in the Edition, dedicated to Operas & Sacred Works on c.30 CDs, is scheduled for release in October or November 2023.

All the recordings in Otto Klemperer: The Warner Classics Edition have been remastered in HD 192/24 by Art et Son Studio, Annecy from original tapes (in the case of LPs) or the best available source available (in the case of 78RPM recordings).

In 1985 the New York Times wrote: “The late Otto Klemperer literally embodied a vast amount of 20th-century musical history … there remains a tension, and a sense of architectural command, to his finest recordings that … takes the listener to the heart of the music … Beethoven's Fifth Symphony … is such a familiar piece by now that it is almost impossible to hear it with fresh ears. But one listens to Klemperer's performance breathlessly; one knows exactly what notes are coming next, but rarely do they feel so right, so inevitable and strong.”

The American author Joseph Horowitz has written that: “Klemperer’s most characteristic performances, rigorously projecting outward design, amassed a magisterial poise and weight.”

Shortly after Klemperer’s death, the New York Times reported that: “Mr. Klemperer, at the head of his Philharmonia Orchestra, was known as a rock of integrity and moral authority in his conducting. His measured tempos and inspired literalness, his iron insistence on correct performance, brought new meanings to his readings of Beethoven, Mahler and others … His conducting was marked by a strict observance of the text. He was never interested in obvious or flashy effects, and was always in complete command of the orchestra, He had a wonderful sense of orchestral balance, and tried with all his power to communicate the central essence of the music.”

Walter Legge, writing in Gramophone in 1974, stated that: “Klemperer’s main preoccupations were with form and with clarity of musical structure … He had little interest in sensuous beauty of sound … Musicianship, rhythm, solidity of sound, steady tempi, accuracy of note-values and clarity of texture were all he asked …. He was all intellectual power and granite will.” Legge had first experienced Klemperer’s conducting, in 1926 at the opera house in Wiesbaden; he wrote that: “His performances of Fidelio and Don Giovanni were revelations.” (Klemperer’s 1960s EMI recordings of both operas will be included in the second box of Otto Klemperer: The Warner Classics Edition.)

Aspects of Klemperer’s career were dramatic and traumatic. Mentored as a young man by Gustav Mahler, he became a prominent figure in the avant garde in 1920s Berlin before being forced into exile by the Nazis. A sometimes wilful and abrasive character, he went on to live and work between the USA and Europe, often leading a financially precarious existence and repeatedly suffering and overcoming setbacks caused by his physical and mental health (notably, in 1939 a brain tumour left him partially paralysed and he suffered from bipolar disorder throughout his life), and by debilitating accidents. He was also active as a composer, and Otto Klemperer: The Warner Classics Edition includes his Symphony no.2 and String Quartet no.7, works written in the latter part of his career that show the lasting influence of Mahler and Hindemith.

Otto Klemperer was born to Jewish parents in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) in 1885.

He grew up in Hamburg and studied at conservatories in Frankfurt and Berlin, where he took lessons in conducting and composition with Hans Pfitzner. He made his professional debut in 1906, conducting Max Reinhardt’s Berlin production of Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers.

He impressed Mahler during encounters in both Berlin and Vienna and this led the Austrian composer to recommend him for conducting posts at opera houses in Prague (1907) and subsequently in Hamburg (1910).

Between 1913 and 1927 Klemperer held conducting appointments in Bremen, Strasbourg and Cologne, where he led first performances of works by such composers as Korngold, Schreker and Zemlinsky and the first German performance of of Janáček’s Kát’a Kabanová. In the 1920s and early 1930s his guest engagements took him to Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Moscow, Leningrad, London, New York and Buenos Aires.

Of lasting significance were his four years (1927-31) in charge of Berlin’s newly established Kroll Opera, a progressive theatre which promoted contemporary works by such composers as Hindemith, Janáček, Schoenberg, Stravinsky and Weill. The Kroll Opera closed in 1931 and Klemperer then conducted at the Berlin Staatsoper until 1933, the year Hitler came to power.

After periods based in Vienna and Switzerland, Klemperer settled in Los Angeles, where he had been appointed music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, a post he held till 1939. He also worked with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  

After World War II, Klemperer returned to Europe, guest-conducting around the continent and spending three years as chief conductor at the Budapest Opera (1947-50).

In 1951 the “Philharmonia era” of Klemperer’s career was inaugurated with two concerts in London for the Festival of Britain. (He had previously appeared with the orchestra in 1948.) In 1959 he was appointed the Philharmonia’s Conductor for Life. Acknowledged as one of the great musical figures of his time, he also led performances at London’s Royal Opera House (Fidelio, Die Zauberflöte, Lohengrin) and appeared as a guest conductor with leading orchestras in such musical centres as Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Cologne and Amsterdam and, in the 1950s, in many other cities around Europe.

Klemperer had become an American citizen in 1940, but he regained his German citizenship and then settled in Zurich in 1954. He had converted to Catholicism on his marriage in 1919, but returned to Judaism in 1967 and in 1970 accepted Israeli citizenship.

Klemperer died in Zurich on 8 July 1973.

The vast majority of music in the collection is by major composers of the Austro-German school, dating from the latter 18th to the early 20th century; but, as the full list of composers demonstrates, the repertoire extends to other national schools and periods.

A world-premiere release – never previously available in any format – is Hindemith’s Horn Concerto no.1: I. Moderately fast, with Dennis Brain (horn) and the Philharmonia Orchestra (recorded in October 1954).

Released in stereo for the first time is Beethoven’s Symphony no.7 in A major with the Philharmonia Orchestra, recorded in 1955.

Among the most consistently admired recordings in the collection are:
- Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9
- Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 with Daniel Barenboim
- Brahms: Symphonies 1-4
- Bruckner: Symphonies 4-9
- Mahler: Symphonies nos. 2, 4, 7 & 9
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Wagner: Overtures & Preludes

There is a bonus documentary CD made by Jon Tolansky, containg interviews with Peter Andry, Lionel Bentley, Donald Davidson, Gillian Eastwood, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Martyn Jones, Otto Klemperer, Gareth Morris, Siva Oke, Dame Joan Sutherland, Robert Tear and Basil Tschaikov. All the interviews in this documentary were recorded by Jon Tolansky and date from between 1989 and 2022. They were all made in London, except for the interview with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, which was made in Berlin. Many of these interviews are being heard here for the very first time.

The recording of Otto Klemperer speaking was made by EMI at the Dorchester Hotel in London on the occasion of a reception celebrating his 75th birthday in 1960. It was previously included in EMI’s documentary “Otto Klemperer – A Biographical Memoir”, published in 2013.

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