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Otto Nossan Klemperer (14 May 1885 – 6 July 1973) was a German conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the United States, Hungary and finally, Great Britain. He began his career as an opera conductor, but he was later better known as a conductor of symphonic music .
Nov 3, 2023 · Otto Klemperer, a fearsome, German-born titan of conducting, rehearsing the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1938. CBS via Getty Images. By David Allen. Nov. 3, 2023. There is a touching documentary...
May 30, 2023 · Having endured devastating blows of fate that would have felled most people half his age, Otto Klemperer, who died 50 years ago this June, was 75 when he gave that characteristically succinct answer to his interlocutor John Freeman in a rare interview that aired on BBC Television’s seminal series Face to Face in January 1961 (it was ...
Mar 19, 2024 · Grammy Award (1962) Otto Klemperer (born May 14, 1885, Breslau, Ger. [now Wrocław, Pol.]—died July 6, 1973, Zürich, Switz.) was one of the outstanding German conductors of his time. Klemperer studied in Frankfurt and Berlin and on the recommendation of Gustav Mahler was made conductor of the German National Theatre at Prague in 1907.
May 14, 2018 · Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) was a multifaceted conductor, a master at interpreting opera, the avant-garde, and the classic German repertoire. Those musicians who performed under his baton recall his sternness and indomitable spirit, which enabled him to overcome personal and historical challenges.
Otto Klemperer: from battles with mental health to the global stage. For many, conductor Otto Klemperer will be remembered as the steady and reliable champion of classic repertoire, but in his youth the German was a dashing advocate of the new, writes Andrew Green.
Otto Klemperer (1885–1973) grew up and had his first public successes in the days of the German Empire. His career flourished during the Weimar Republic while he also won huge acclaim in the Soviet Union. The Nazi regime in 1933 forced Klemperer into exile in the United States.
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
1991
Brahms: Violin Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia concertante
1992
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
2000
Mozart: Symphonien Nos. 25, 29 & 31; Ouvertüre "Cosi fan tutte"; Adagio & Fugue
2000
Otto Klemperer, Wiener Philharmoniker: Live Broadcast Performances [Box Set]
2005
20th Century Maestros: Wilhelm Furtwängler & Otto Klemperer
2000
