Klemperer conducts Wagner (Vinyl LP) | Warner 5419757987

Klemperer conducts Wagner (Vinyl LP)

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Label: Warner

Cat No: 5419757987

Format: LP

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 25th August 2023

Contents

Works

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
» Forest Murmurs
Tannhauser
» Overture
» Prelude to Act 3
Tristan und Isolde
» Isolde's Liebestod (Act 3)
» Prelude (Act 1)

Artists

Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Otto Klemperer

Works

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
» Forest Murmurs
Tannhauser
» Overture
» Prelude to Act 3
Tristan und Isolde
» Isolde's Liebestod (Act 3)
» Prelude (Act 1)

Artists

Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Otto Klemperer

About

* 3x 180g Black Vinyl LP *

Several of the recordings on this disc date from 1960, when Otto Klemperer celebrated his 75th birthday and Wieland Wagner, the composer’s grandson, saluted the conductor as “a unique artistic phenomenon”. Klemperer’s mastery of Wagner’s music was rooted in the early years of his career: by the age of 30 he had conducted performances of Lohengrin, Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal and Tristan und Isolde.

“The performances on these records are all superbly played and recorded. Klemperer is a great Wagner conductor, probably the greatest in the world.” – Gramophone

The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on 8 July 1973, so 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of his death. His complete recordings on Warner Classics are being made available for the first time in two separate boxes; the first volume with the Symphonic Works, Concertos & Lieder (95 CDs) is released in June 2023. All recordings are remastered in HD 192/24 from original sources.

LPs 1 & 2:
First release as Columbia 33CX 1697/98 (Mono), SAX 2347/48 (matrix YAX 543-546, Stereo)
Recorded: 23 February-8 March 1960, Kingsway Hall, London (Stereo)

LP 3:
First release as Columbia 33CX 1820 (Mono), SAX 2464 (matrix YAX 853-854, Stereo)
Recorded: 3 & 10 March 1960, 24 October-22 November 1961, Kingsway Hall, London (Stereo)

Producers: Walter Legge & Walter Jellinek
Balance engineer: Douglas Larter
Newly remastered in 192kHz/24-bit from original tapes by Art & Son Studio, Annecy
Original cover artwork

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