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The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...

Concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms / Barenboim, Fischer, Oistrakh. Otto Klemperer

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 1 in D major, K 412 (386b); Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, K 417; Concerto for Horn no 3 in E flat major, K 447; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E fla...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Civil, Alan; Fischer, Annie; Menuhin, Yehudi; Oistrakh, David
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: ; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Otto Klemperer's death, EMI Classics pays tribute to the incomparable conductor with the release of an extensive edition of...continue...

Mozart: The Late Symphonies / Otto Klemperer [Limited Ed.]

3 Super Audio CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz"; Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 385; Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"; Sy...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: ; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
These are marvellous performances of the Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39, deeply considered and played to perfection by the Philharmonia. In the last two...continue...

Otto Klemperer: RIAS Recordings, Berlin 1950-1958 / Mozart, Mahler, Beethoven et al

5 CD / Audite / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Egmont, Op. 84; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor...
Performers: Reibensahm, Hans-Erich; Trotschel, Elfriede
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin

After 1945 Klemperer no longer regularly conducted in Berlin. These live and studio recordings with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin (later known as the Radio...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Brahms: German Requiem; Mozart / Klemperer

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no 6 in D major, K 239 "Serenata notturna"
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto

Gramophone Magazine said of Otto Klemperer's 1961 live studio recording, 'a conductor whose rugged feeling for the music pays colossal dividends'. The CD contains two...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne....continue...

Inspiration: A Tribute to Maria Curcio

1 CD / Divine Art / 2010-10-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Gioachino Rossini: La Danza; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôro no 5 for Piano "Alma brasileira"; Alfredo Casella: Variations sur une Chaconne, for piano, Op. 3; Artur Schnabe...
Performers: Curcio, Maria; Goldstone, Anthony; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto

Maria Curcio was a gifted pianist who became a perceptive and generous teacher of international repute. Anthony Goldstone, one of her pupils, offers this recording...continue...
Recording information: St. John the Baptist Church, Alkborough, North Lincolns (2009)....continue...

Icon: Nicolai Gedda

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 189, "Meine Seele rühmt und priest" (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht," BWV 55; Cantata no 160, "Ich weis...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Callas, Maria; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Clark, Raymond; Downes, Ralph; Dupré, Desmond; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Halverson, Alan [Organ]; Malcolm, George; Mall...
Conductors: ; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Klemperer, Otto; Wangenheim, Volker; Heger, Robert; Bender, Heinrich; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Galliera, Alceo; Froment, Louis de; Dervaux, Pierre...
Ensemble: ; Balalaika-Ensemble Tschaika; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra

Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda was a famous opera singer and recitalist. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely...continue...

Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Georg; Bickenbach, Christfried; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Slatkin, Leonard; Krips, Josef; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Tennstedt, Klaus; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philha...

Beethoven: Symphony no 3 "Eroica"; Mozart: Symphony no 29 / Otto Klemperer, et al

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2009-09-29

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a)
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Icon - Mirella Freni - Mascagni: L'amico Fritz, etc / Pavarotti, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisi...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Garbi, Francesca; Gedda, Nicolai; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, St...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Downes, Edward; Muti, Riccardo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Plasson, Michel; Lombard, Alain; Karajan, Herbert von; Ferraris, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, A...

Like her frequent stage partner and friend Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni was also born in 1935, a native of Modena, Italy. Freni had a long...continue...

The Art of Christa Ludwig

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 94; Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59; Songs (5) ...
Performers: Callas, Maria; de Peyer, Gervase; Downes, Herbert; Fleming, Amaryllis; Ludwig, Christa; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Stich-Randall, ...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Böhm, Karl; Stein, Horst; Forster, Karl; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Ludwig's range of repertoire was remarkable, from Bach through Mozart to Brahms, Mahler and Strauss. She was equally at home in German Lieder, French melodies,...continue...

Mozart: Symphony no 40; Brahms: Symphony no 2 / Klemperer

1 CD / Archipel / 2008-01-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mozart, Bach: Two-Piano Concertos, etc / Haskil, Anda

1 CD / Archipel / 2006-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major, K 365 (316a); Concerto for Piano no 27 in B flat major, K 595; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061
Performers: Anda, Geza; Haskil, Clara
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...

Wiener Philharmoniker - live performances / Klemperer

8 CD / Testament / 2005-11-08

Works: Recorded Sound: Ambiance; Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in...
Performers: Altmann, Volker; Berger, Roland; Cubasch, Christian; Hanak, Hans; Hogner, Gunter; Holetschek, Franz; Lipp, Wilma; Mayerhofer, Karl; Ohlberger, Camillo; Pamperl, Ernst; Prinz, Alfred; Raab, Ferdinand;...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

1968, a year of political turmoil in the world, began for Klemperer with a recording and performance in London of the Dresden version of Wagners...continue...

100 Best Opera Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Sopr...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 2; Mozart / Klemperer, Baker, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2005-03-08

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a); Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Harper, Heather
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

Mahler's second symphony, like Beethoven's 'Eroica', has become one of Otto Klemperer's performing talismans: a constant source of inspiration, a constant success for him in...continue...

Mozart, Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, et al

1 CD / Palexa / 2004-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat major, K 482; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Performers: Fischer, Annie
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"Note the tart clarity and chamber-like balances Klemperer elicits from the Concertgebouw Orchestra, especially in the woodwind chording. Fischer is on wonderful form. She always...continue...

Otto Klemperer Conducts Weber, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart

1 CD / Symposium / 2004-03-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ...
Performers: Rosgen-Champion
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; ProMusica Chamber Orchestra

Bach, Mozart, Beethoven / Klemperer, Berlin PO

2 CD / Testament / 2003-11-01

Works: Recorded Sound: Rehearsal for the Concert at the Philharmonie; Applause; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (...
Performers: Eichler, Horst; Pfeifer, Karl; Rotzoll, Herbert
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The Very Best of Lucia Popp

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (8...
Performers: Briggs, David; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan; Marriner, Sir Neville; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Tennstedt, Klaus; Fischer, Georg; Krips, Josef; Slatkin, Leonard; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Cleobury, Stephen

Bach: Brandenburg Concerti; Mozart / Otto Klemperer

2 CD / Vox Classical / 2002-05-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G m...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Pro musica

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Klemperer in Hamburg - Two Complete Concerts with the NDR SO

3 CD / Music & Arts / 2001-05-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a); Symphony n...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Hamburg

The Klemperer Legacy - Mozart: Symphony no 35, 36 & 38

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-03-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz"; Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Klemperer, Gedda, Ludwig, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-08-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Berry, Walter; Crass, Franz; Frick, Gottlob; Gedda, Nicolai; Giebel, Agnes; Hoffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Janowitz, Gundula; Ludwig, Christa; Popp, Lucia; Putz, Ruth-Margaret; Schwarzkopf, Elisa...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder. I salute...continue...

Joan Sutherland / Volume 1 "Album italiano"

1 CD / Gala / 1997-11-19

Works: Louis Spohr: Zemire und Azor; Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 1 "Album italiano"; Gaetano Donizetti: Emilia di Liverpool; Lucia di Lammermoor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: D...
Performers: Babini, Ettore; Bonynge, Richard; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Klemperer, Otto; Serafin, Tullio; Vernizzi, Fulvio

Stockholm Philharmonic - 75 Years 1914-1989

8 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Adolf Wiklund: Symphonic Prologue; Wilhelm Stenhammar: Florez and Blanzeflor, Op. 3; Seren...
Performers: Akestedt, Goran; Backelin, Gosta; Barkel, Charles; Berglund, Joel; Berlin, Leo; Bjorling, Sigurd; Brostrom, Tage; Crafoord, Gert; Grunfarb, Josef; Janson, Thore; Krogh, Erling; Lanzky-Otto, Wilhelm; ...
Conductors: Berglund, Paavo; Dorati, Antal; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Kletzki, Paul; Fricsay, Ferenc; Kleiber, Erich; Abendroth, Hermann; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Talich, Vaclav; Wiklund, Adolf; Schneevoigt, G...
Ensemble: ; Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Stockholm University Chorus