Artist

Otto Klemperer

Genre: Classical ,Symphony ,Orchestral ,Choral ,Concerto

Origin: U.S.A

Active: 1923 - 1972

Biography

Otto Klemperer earned a formidable reputation among twentieth-century conductors for his austere and monumental readings of the central Germanic repertoire. Early prominence arrived when he stepped in at short notice to direct Max Reinhardt’s Berlin staging of Orfèe aux enfers. In 1905 he took charge of the off-stage brass for Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony; Mahler then endorsed him for the post of Chorus Master at the German Opera in Prague. Klemperer made his podium debut there with Die Freischütz and moved to a conducting position in Hamburg in 1910, the same year he aided Mahler in preparing the colossal Symphony No. 8.

A liaison with the already-married soprano Elisabeth Schumann provoked a scandal that cost him the Hamburg post. More than five years passed before he secured a major appointment, becoming conductor of the Cologne Opera, a position he retained until 1924. During this period he established himself as a leading exponent of contemporary scores and assumed leadership of Berlin’s radical Kroll Opera.

Economic measures by the Prussian state government closed the Kroll in 1931, yet Klemperer was soon named conductor of the Berlin State Opera, an appointment that drew immediate protests from the Nazi Party on account of his Jewish heritage. He departed Germany at once when the Nazis came to power in 1933.

In the United States he appeared as guest conductor with several ensembles, most notably the Pittsburgh Symphony, which he helped restore after a period of financial difficulty. Following drastic surgery for a brain tumor in 1939, he suffered lasting impairment to his motor control and an intensification of his manic-depressive condition. The experience prompted a decisive shift in artistic focus toward the most enduring masterworks of the literature; his formerly propulsive, rhythmically incisive manner gave way to a majestic, measured, and deliberately paced style.

Klemperer resumed his European career as conductor of the Budapest State Opera, leaving Hungary once the Communists imposed an authoritarian regime after 1948. Record producer Walter Legge then engaged him to lead the newly formed Philharmonia Orchestra, yielding numerous landmark recordings in which Klemperer championed the music of Mahler. When Legge dissolved the Philharmonia in 1964, its players reconstituted themselves as the New Philharmonia; Klemperer remained with the ensemble, supplying the artistic authority essential to its survival. He continued conducting until shortly before his death at the age of eighty-eight. Actor Werner Klemperer, best known as Colonel Klink in Hogan’s Heroes, was his son.

Albums

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8, Leonore Overtures Nos. 1 - 3 & Fidelio's Overture (Remastered)

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 "Pastoral", Coriolan Overture, Overture from Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus & Grosse Fuge (Remastered)

Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies & Overtures (Remastered)

Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 - 4, Symphonies Nos. 29 & 33 (Remastered)

"Jupiter" - Classical Favourites by Otto Klemperer

Wagner Ride of the Valkyries - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Mendelssohn

The Great Symphonies: Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos & Orchestral Suites - Mozart: Nachtmusik & Gran Partita

Brahms: Un Requiem allemand (Les indispensables de Diapason)

Brahms: The Complete Symphonies, Overtures, Haydn Variations, Violin Concerto, Deutsches Requiem & Alto Rhapsody

Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn

Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 2 "Resurrection", 4, 7, 9, Das Lied von der Erde & Other Lieder (Remastered 2023)

Beethoven, Schubert & Weber

Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45 (Remastered)

Mahler & Strauss

Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 (Remastered)

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Remastered)

Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588 (Remastered)

Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Remastered)

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Remastered)

Wagner: Act 1 & Wotan's Farewell from Die Walküre (Remastered)

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Remastered)

Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Remastered)

Mozart: Ouvertüre aus dem "Entführung aus dem Serail", Symphonies Nos. 35 "Haffner" & 36 "Linz" (Remastered)

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 100 "Military" & 102

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements, Pulcinella Suite & Petrushka

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 98, 101 "The Clock" & 104 "London"

Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Overtures & Preludes

Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Symphonies Nos. 3 "Scottish" & 4 "Italian" - Weber: Overtures (Remastered)

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (Remastered)

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 "Rhenish" & 4, Overture to Goethe's Faust (Remastered)

Legacy of a Legend (Remastered)

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5, Consecration of the House & King Stephan (Remastered)

Mozart: Overtures & Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Remastered)

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 “Spring” & 2, Genoveva Overture & Manfred (Remastered)

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 "Prague", 39 & 34 (Remastered)

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 "Emperor" (Remastered)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral" & Incidental Music to Egmont, Op. 84 (Remastered)

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Tragic Overture (Remastered)

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 "Paris", 40 & 41 "Jupiter" (Remastered)

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 & Academic Festival Overture (Remastered)

Leon Fleisher Live, Vol. 3

Otto Klemperer conducts Mozart Symphonies 25 & 36

Otto Klemperer Conducts Mozart

The Concertgebouw Recordings (1948-51) [Live]

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (1881 Version, Haas Edition)

Mozart & Mendelssohn: Orchestral Works

Mendelssohn & Schubert: Orchestral Works

Klemperer in Los Angeles live 01.01.1934

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Op. 93 & Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

The Great Classical Music #88: Felix Mendelssohn, Carl Maria von Weber

Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Symphony No. 9 D Minor Op. 125

Klemperer in Cologne, Vol.14: Mozart, Don Giovanni (Historical Recording)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

Beethoven: Symphonies No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 & No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 & Overture "Consecration of the House”, Op. 124

Beethoven: Fidelio Overture, Op. 72b & Leonore Overtures Nos. 1, 2 & 3, Op. 138

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

Klemperer Studio Recordings 1955: Cologne, Vol. 13

Klemperer live, Cologne Vol. 10: Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (Historical Recording)

Klemperer live: Cologne, Vol. 7: Beethoven, Missa solemnis (Historical Recording)

Klemperer live, Cologne Vol. 8: Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem (Historical Recording)

Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Mozart: Symphony No. 41, K. 551 "Jupiter"

Brahms - Haydn Otto Klemperer

R. Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20

Milestones of a Legend - Otto Klemperer, Vol. 3

Milestones of a Legend - Otto Klemperer, Vol. 1

Milestones of a Legend - Otto Klemperer, Vol. 6

Milestones of a Legend - Otto Klemperer, Vol. 4

Milestones of a Legend - Otto Klemperer, Vol. 2

Milestones of a Legend - Otto Klemperer, Vol. 5

Milestones of a Legend - Otto Klemperer, Vol. 8

Milestones of a Legend - Otto Klemperer, Vol. 10

Milestones of a Legend - Otto Klemperer, Vol. 7

Milestones of a Legend - Otto Klemperer, Vol. 9

Klemperer Live: Munich, Vol. 3 — Bach, Brahms & Stravinsky (Historical Recordings)

Klemperer Live: Munich, Vol. 2 — Concert 19 October 1956 (Historical Recording)

Klemperer Live: Munich, Vol. 1 — Concert 12 April 1956 (Historical Recording)

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Recorded 1934)

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

Klemperer Live: Vienna, Vol. 1 – Concert 21 June 1955 (Historical Recording)

Klemperer Live: Cologne Vol. 6 — Concert 27 February 1956 (Historical Recording)

Klemperer Live: Cologne, Vol. 4 – Concert 25 October 1954 (Historical Recording)

Klemperer Live: Cologne, Vol. 3 – Concert 5 April 1954 (Historical Recording)

LP Pure, Vol. 33: Klemperer Conducts Beethoven – Missa Solemnis (Historical Recording)

LP Pure, Vol. 32: Klemperer Conducts Schumann & Chopin (Historical Recordings)

LP Pure, Vol. 30: Klemperer Conducts Mendelssohn

LP Pure, Vol. 31: Klemperer Conducts Schubert & Beethoven (Historical Recordings)

LP Pure, Vol. 27: Klemperer Conducts Mahler

LP Pure, Vol. 26: Klemperer Conducts Mahler (Recorded 1951)

LP Pure, Vol. 25: Klemperer Conducts Bruckner

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 - Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte

Classical Classics 2

Klemperer Conducts Mozart

Klemperer Conducts Schoenberg

Klemperer, Otto: Otto Klemperer As A Bach and Wagner Conductor (1948-1950)

Otto Klemperer Conducts... Mozart Symphony Nos. 35-36 & 38-41 (Digitally Remastered)

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 - Mozart: Symphony No. 29 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 1

Klemperer Rarities: Budapest, Vol. 11 (Recorded 1948-1949)

Klemperer Rarities, Budapest Vol. 10: Fidelio, Op. 72

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Sung in Hungarian)

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Klemperer Rarities, Budapest Vol. 8) [Sung in Hungarian]

Klemperer Rarities: Edinburgh

Klemperer Rarities: Philadelphia, Vol. 3

Klemperer Rarities: Philadelphia, Vol. 2

Klemperer Rarities: Berlin, Vol. 1

Klemperer conducts Bach, Rameau, Handel, Gluck & Haydn

Klemperer Rarities: Montreux

Klemperer in Lucerne

Klemperer Rarities: Geneva

Beethoven: Symphonie No. 9 "Choral", König Stephan, Op. 117 & Leonore Overture No. 3

Beethoven: Symphonie No. 3, Fidelio Overture

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Overture "The Hebrides"

Klemperer Rarities: Torino

Wagner: Operatic Highlights; R. Strauss: Tone Poems

Mozart: Symphonies & Serenades (Klemperer Legacy)

Brahms: Symphonies - Ein deutsches Requiem (Klemperer Legacy)

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 (Remastered 2023)

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4, 6 & 7

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Leonore Overture No. 1

Romantic Symphonies

Bruckner: Symphonies 4-9

Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 1 (1947-1951)

Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 8 (1956)

Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 6 (1955)

Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 7 (1955)

Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 10 (1956)

Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 3 (1951-1954)

Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 9 (1956)

Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 5 (1951)

Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 4 (1955)

Mozart: Così fan tutte

Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde [2011 - Remaster]

Klemperer Rarities: Budapest, Vol. 6 (1949)

Klemperer Rarities: Budapest, Vol. 5 (1948)

Klemperer Rarities: Budapest, Vol. 4 (1950)

Klemperer Rarities: Budapest, Vol. 3 (1949)

Klemperer Rarities: Los Angeles, Vol. 1 (1937-1945)

Klemperer Rarities: Los Angeles, Vol. 2 (1937-1945)

Klemperer Rarities, Vol. 3 (1942)

Klemperer Rarities: New York, Vol. 2 (1940, 1942)

Klemperer Rarities: Salzburg/Budapest, Vol. 1 (1947-1950)

Klemperer Rarities: New York, Vol. 1 (1934)

Klemperer Rarities: Budapest, Vol. 2 (1948)

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 [2011 - Remaster]

Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven, Vol. 4 (1970)

Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven, Vol. 5 (1960)

Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven, Vol. 2 (1960)

Mahler: Symphony No. 4

Otto Klemperer Conducts Beethoven, Vol. 3

Otto Klemperer: The Complete 78rpm Recordings (Berlin, 1924-1932)

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem - Mozart: Serenata notturna

Mahler - Das Lied Von Der Erde - The Song Of The Earth

BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY No. 8

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts

Jacques Offenbach, La Vie Parisienne

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4, 7 & 8

Beethoven, L. Van: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" / Leonore Overtures Nos. 1, 3 (Philharmonia Orchestra, Klemperer) (1954-1955)

Haydn: Favourite Symphonies

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (Klemperer) (1927-28)

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 (Klemperer) (1955)

Mahler: Symphony No.9 & Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen -Tod und Verklärung

75th Anniversary Collection - A Recording Heritage, Vol. 1

BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY No. 6; STRAUSS: DON JUAN

Otto Klemperer Conducts Beethoven

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major & Kindertotenlieder

Mozart: Requiem & Masonic Funeral Music

Klemperer - Große Fuge Op.133 etc

Famous conductors of the past - Otto Klemperer

Beethoven: Fidelio - Excerpts in Hungarian Version; Schubert: Unfinished; Bach: Brandembourg Concerto No. 5

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 35 "Haffner", 38 "Prague", 39, 40 & 41 "Jupiter"

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY No. 5; No. 6 "PASTORALE"

Klemperer Conducts Brahms

Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven, Vol. 1 (1960)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" - Overtures: "Leonore" Nos. 1 & 2

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25 & 36 & Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"

Bach: St.Matthew Passion

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 & Choral Fantasy

J.S. Bach: Magnificat, Suites Nos. 2 & 4

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphonies Nos. 3 "Scottish" & 4 "Italian"

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 & 5 Lieder

Brahms: Symphony No.1, Tragic Overture & Alto Rhapsody

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 "Eroica"

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" & The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: Overture

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Piano Concerto No. 25

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (Remastered)

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY No. 2; SYMPHONY No. 7

Mendelssohn: Die Hebriden "Zur einsamen Insel", Symphony No.5 "Reformations-Sinfonie", Symphony No.3 "Schottische"

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Highlights)

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer

MAHLER: SYMPHONY No. 4, SYMPHONY No. 9

MOZART: SYMPHONY No. 25; No. 29; No. 38 "PRAGUE SYMPHONY"; "SERENADE No. 6"

BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY No. 5 PHANTANTISCHE "GLAUBENSSINFONIE"

Bach: Mass in B Minor BWV 232; Hochzeitscantate BWV 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten"

MENDELLSOHN: MUSIK ZU EIN SOMMERNACHTSTRAUM "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM", SYMPHONY No. 3 "SCOTTISCHE"; SCHUBERT: SYMPHONY No. 8 "UNVOLLENDETE"

MAHLER: KINDERTOTENLIEDER

WAGNER: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER

MAHLER: SYMPHONY No. 9, KINDERTOTENLIEDER; WAGNER: TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG; MOZART: "MASONIC FUNERAL MUSIC"

Beethoven, Schumann & Chopin: Piano Concertos

Beethoven: Violinkonzert - Romanzen Nos. 1 & 2

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9 (Remastered)

Mozart: Don Giovanni

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY No. 9 "AN DIE FREUDE", OUVERTURE ZU "CORIOLAN"

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY No. 4; No. 8; EGMONT "MUSIK ZU GOETHE'S TRAUERSPIEL"; DIE GESCHÖPFE DES PROMETHEUS

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY No. 1; SYMPHONY No. 3 "EROICA"

BRAHMS: PIANO CONCERTO No. 2; BEETHOVEN: PIANO CONCERTO No. 4

MOZART: PIANO CONCERTO No. 25; SYMPHONY No.40; SERENADE "SERENADE No. 6"

BRAHMS: EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM

BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY, No. 7

MAHLER: SYMPHONY, No. 4

BRAHMS: VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY HAYDN "VARIATIONEN ÜBER EIN THEMA VON HAYDN"

MAHLER: SYMPHONY No. 2 "RESURRECTION", SYMPHONY No. 4

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY No. 3 "EROICA", SYMPHONY No. 1; BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY No. 4 "ROMANTIC"

MAHLER: SYMPHONY No. 2 "RESURRECTION"

BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY No. 7; WAGNER: SIEGFRIED IDYLL

BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY No. 4 "ROMANTIC"; BEETHOVEN: LEONORA OUVERTURE No. 3

BRAHMS: PIANO CONCERTO No. 2, VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY HAYDN

Franz Schubert & Johannes Brahms

BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY No. 4 "ROMANTIC"

Bach: Mass in B Minor

Serenade "Serenade, No. 12"

Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"

Musik Zu Ein Sommernachtstraum "A Midsummer Night'S Dream"

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 - "Resurrection"

David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh plays Mozart & Brahms

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 92 "Oxford" & 95

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503 & Serenade No. 12, K. 388

Mozart: Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, K. 361 "Gran Partita"

Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 "Unfinished"

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Vol. 1

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Vol. 2

Bach: Matthaüs-Passion, BWV 244

Beethoven: Fidelio

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

Weber, Gluck & Humperdinck: Overtures

Weill: Suite from the Threepenny Opera - Klemperer: Merry Waltz

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18 "Scottish" & Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16 "Italian"

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 "Italian" - Schumann: Symphony No. 4, Op. 120

Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Don Juan & Tanz der sieben Schleier

Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Don Juan & Dance of the Seven Veils

Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 "Tragic"

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral"

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21

Beethoven: Egmont: Overture

Singles

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 in C Major, Op. 138

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2 in C Major, Op. 138

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro - Presto

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1 in C Major, Op. 138

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Beethoven: Fidelio Overture in E Major, Op. 72b

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: III. Allegro vivace - Trio. Un poco meno allegro - Tempo I

Leonora Overture No. 3 in C Major, Op. 72b, ILB 115

Live

Otto Klemperer in Jerusalem Vol. 1 Weber-Schubert-Mozart

Milestones of a Piano Legend: Claudio Arrau Plays Beethoven, Vol. 4 (Live)

Milestones of a Piano Legend: Claudio Arrau Plays Beethoven, Vol. 5 (Live)

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Live)

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection" (Live)

Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Live)

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4, Opp. 19 & 58 (Live)

Klemperer Live: Cologne Vol. 9 – Concert 7 June 1957 (Live Historical Recording)

Mozart, Beethoven & Brahms

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (Live)

Klemperer Live: Stockholm, Vol. 1 – Concert 16 April 1955 (Live Historical Recording)

Klemperer Live: Vienna, Vol. 2 — Concert 8 March 1956 (Live Historical Recording)

Otto Klemperer Discoveries: Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Live 1950, Sydney)

Beethoven: Coriolan Overture & Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major (Live)

Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 2 (Live Recordings 1951)

Schubert & Mozart: Symphonies (Live)

Symphony, No. 5

Otto Klemperer conducts Mahler