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Bruckner: Symphony No. 5; Schubert: Symphony No. 8 / Otto Klemperer

2 CD / Testament / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

No less an interpreter of Bruckner than Günter Wand once called the Fifth Symphony 'the most perplexing work in the composer's canon'. Under Otto Klemperer...continue...

Mozart: Symphony No. 38; Schumann: Symphony No. 2 / Klemperer

1 CD / Testament / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Although Otto Klemperer was approaching his 80s and not always in the best of health, the years 1967/68 were a period of great activity for...continue...

Schubert: Symphony No. 8; Beethoven: Symphony No. 1; Mozart; Berlioz / Klemperer (live 1968)

2 CD / Testament / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

This concert was given as a memorial to the British publisher, liberal humanitarian and music-lover Sir Victor Gollancz (1893-1967). The founder of the influential Left...continue...

Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Berlioz: Symphonie fantasique; Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro Overture / Yehudi Menuhin, violin

2 CD / Testament / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Although neither man lived in the country at the time, there could be little doubt that Otto Klemperer and Yehudi Menuhin were regarded in the...continue...

Mozart: Symphony No. 40; Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Klemperer

2 CD / Testament / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

The first symphonic work by Mozart that Klemperer ever conducted was K.550. The Kölnische Zeitung noted that his use of a reduced string section emphasized...continue...