Klemperer, Otto | Complete Warner Classics, The | CD

Otto Klemperer was a German conductor and composer, born on 14 May 1885 in Breslau, Lower Silesia, and died on 6 July 1973 in Zürich, Switzerland. In 1954 Walter Legge engaged him to conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra for EMI Records, and in 1959 he became its first principal conductor.

This 29-disc compilation brings together the operas and sacred works Otto Klemperer conducted for EMI Columbia and HMV, released in 2023 by Warner Classics. The stereo recordings date from 1960 to 1971. Two of the CDs contain documentaries by Jon Tolansky, 'Klemperer's Don Giovanni: Behind the scenes' and 'An Opera Souvenir'.

Track List

Disc 5

1. Otto Klemperer And The Philharmonia Chorus In Rehearsal

Disc 22

1. Die Walküre, Act 3. The Ride of the Valkyries
2. Tristan Und Isolde, Act 3. Isoldes Liebestod "Mild Und Leise"