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Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5/Choral Fantasia - Daniel Barenboim, Otto Klemperer, New Philharmonia Orchestra ...

1 review
Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

Great performances, not so great audio engineers
I am a big fan of Klemperer and Barenboim and I did enjoy these performances, but my enjoyment was negatively affected by the very audible audio distortion. These discs date from the mid 60s and, from the audio engineers standpoint, they sound FAR WORSE than the Rubinstein/Krips early stereo Beethoven Piano Concerto cycle from the mid 50s. On all the discs I heard the piano distort, ...

Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos

27 reviews
Hans Hotter, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

Great performances
These are classic, fine performances of the Beethoven symphonic and piano concerto canon by one of the great artists of the 20th century. They are not necessarily the most passionate or electrifying of Klemperer's recorded legacy; those belong to many of the live performances recorded from the early 1950's through the early 1960's. So why get this set (besides the price, which is a steal)? ...

Missa Solemnis in D major, op.123

24 reviews
L.V. Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

Should you buy the latest remastering of this classic recording?
By any measure the Missa Solemnis is almost impossible to faithfully record, given that the engineers must find a way to balance orchestra, solo quartet, and a large chorus, a total of two hundred performers trying to live up to Beethoven's cosmic conception. Recording techniques have advanced a great deal since the early LP era, of course, but it's still fatiguing on the ear to listen to the ...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

28 reviews
Gustav Mahler, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

The Most Poetic Das Lied von der Erde
Otto Klemperer was a majestic force of nature during the 50s to the 70s who offered one of the most old-fashioned, granitic interpretations of classical music. His Beethoven stands perhaps at the pantheon of the composer's greatest aural representations, and his Wagner was always correct. Even his Bach, conducted in the grand tradition of the Romantics, sounds ravishingly albeit with all the ...

EMI Great Recordings of Century - Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4/Klemperer

10 reviews
Johannes Brahms, Philharmonia Orchestra, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Karajan or Klemperer in Brahms?
Otto Klempeerer owes his late career in London and on EMI records to von Karajan. Since its founding in 1949, the Philharmonia Orch. was closely allied with Karajan, who built it up as his own career took off after the war. But when Furtwangler died in 1954 and his arch-rvial Karajan took over the Berlin Phil., the impressario of the Philharmonia, Walter Legge, knew that he neeeded a new stellar ...

Wagner: Orchestral Music

8 reviews
Richard Wagner, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2002

The ultimate Wagner orchestral music
I have these CDs for almost 15 years before they became a 2-CD set and still play them regularly. Got to know Wagner from the classical Furtwangler cycle, for many the best Wagner music ever recorded. Although Furtwangler is exceptional I do not think that it can surpass these accounts of Klemperer's Wagner. The sound of my CDs is not that great (something that probably has been fixed in these ...

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra

21 reviews
Gustav Mahler, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

Oldie but Goodie
This is a majestic and stately recording. But I find it pretty exciting too. Did NOT find the tempos "too slow" as some contend. I own several versions of this symphony. But is is my favorite. Technical quality is pretty good and no faults stand out. This recording is a bargain. I have Solti, Bairenboims, Stokowski and some others. But his is my favorite. If I were new to this piece, I would ...

Very Best of

6 reviews
Mirella Freni

EMI Classics, 2003

My growing affection
Freni is a soprano I didn't much care for in the past. For some reason I took her for granted and didn't listen to her records a lot. However, in search for an lyric soprano with ample coloratura to tackle bel canto roles as well, Freni was one of the few I could think of who had the qualities I was looking for; unmistakeable Italian phrasing and musicality, a firm middle register with an easy ...

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem]

28 reviews
Johannes Brahms, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

Real Brahms
He understand Brahms and the performances are superb. Buy this recording and you will be very happy.

The Very Best of Lucia Popp

5 reviews
Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg, ...

EMI Classics, 2003

Lucy: The Reigning Queen of Opera
Lucia Popp is one of the best sopranos to ever grace the operatic/classical voice stage. This CD compilation shows her progression through lyric Handel to lyric and dramatic Mozart (her Der Holle Rache from Magic Flute is unrivaled) to tender art song and operetta literature. The first disc also showcases her adeptness with 20th Century literature as well as the ability to step out of the ...

50 Years of Vox

1 review
David Glazer, Hugo Alfven, ...

Vox (Classical), 1995

Wonderful, celebratory collection
Amazon currently sells this as a sealed cutout for an incredible $4.97 in the used CD section, under this code: Label: Scde ASIN: B00005MJTD As many of the old Vox single CDs & boxes disappear or are reshuffled into deceptively "premium" packaging, this wonderful, celebratory collection remembers the glory years with a wide-ranging selection of great music, from the post-war mono recordings ...

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

9 reviews
Richard Wagner, Otto Klemperer, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

Best Flying Dutchman
This is the best Flying Dutchman ever!! The fantastically intense Otto Klemperer brings his famed intensity to this masterpiece. Klemperer was performing the Flying Dutchman at Convent Garden at about the same time this recording was made. The stage experience and intensity of the 'live' performances has obviously carried over into this recording. This is the top recommended version by ...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 / Gluck / Humperdinck

5 reviews
Otto Klemperer, New Philharmonia Orchestra

EMI Classics, 2003

simply the best
I think, this is the best recording of Bruckner's "Phylosophical" 6th Symphony. It is majestic. This is the first recording of new constitued New Philharmonia Orchestra. I don't disturb the tempi of Klemperer and I don't think same as the other rewievers who are dissapointed. Because, this is a last period recording of Klemperer, and already his tempi are generally not normal. Because, ...

100 Best Opera Classics

5 reviews
Andreas Schmidt, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, ...

Emd Int'l, 2007

Amazing Value
I am so impressed by this collection that I must share my joy at getting so many beautiful arias, duets, et al in one collection. It captures many of the great operatic voices in stellar performances spanning the last 50 years. If you are enchanted by beautiful operatic highlights, removed from their operatic storylines, this set is for you. Hours of gorgeous music for practically pennies!

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

4 reviews
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Raymond Clark, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

A Sublime Acquired Taste
There's nothing at all humble me can say to the connoisseur about this composition that's not a repetition of a repetition. To the newcomer, though, some words of advice: This is rightly considered one of, if not the best, of Bach's works. To the total newbie, Bach is rightly considered not one, but the best, of western composers. If you read my review you'll probably see why it's not a good ...

Beethoven: Fidelio

34 reviews
Franz Crass, Gottlob Frick, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

Great conductor, orchestra and cast in classic "Fidelio"
Source: 1962 studio recording produced by Walter Legge. Sound: State-of-the-art 1960s analog stereo, digitally remastered in 2000. Cast: Leonore / Fidelio - Christa Ludwig; Florestan - Jon Vickers; Rocco - Gottlob Frick; Don Pizarro - Walter Berry; Marzelline (singing) - Ingeborg Hallstein; Marzelline (dialogue) - Elizabeth Schwarzkopf; Jaquino - Gerhard Unger; Don Fernando - Franz Crass; ...

Sacred Classics - Messiah, Ave Maria, Pie Jesu, Zadok the Priest, L'enfance du Christ

1 review
George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

EMI Classics, 2003

A wonderful and varied compilation of Sacred Choral Works
This is a 2 CD set and is one of my favorites. While this CD contains several pieces that the general public probably hears often (Handel's Messiah, Bach's Jesu Bleibet mein freund) it also contains some not well known pieces. Of particular quality is the recording of Gregorio Allegri's MISERE MEI DEUS, a piece composed at the end of the Renaissance era. This piece, lasting roughly 13 minutes, ...

Bach: Mass in B minor

5 reviews
Hermann Prey, Franz Crass, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

The best I know
I knew and owned this recording when it was published in the sixties; I played it so much that the vinyl disc became unplayable... Ever since that time I was looking for a recording of the Mass in B Minor, but none of what I found could come close. This record is so full of life, of feelings... I used to say that for just about any human feelings one can find parts of this recording to match it. ...

Brahms: Violin Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia

10 reviews
Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

EMI Classics, 2002

A noble performance that could use remastering
For some reason EMi didn't include this famous 1960 Brhams violin concerto in their Klemperer Edition, so the suond is a bit glassy in this early digital CD version. The acoustic is large, with lots of hall resonance, making the French Radio Orch. sound as big as all outdoors, and Klemperer conducts magisterially, so the two seem to match. The tangy French woodwinds are a plus here. Klemperer's ...

Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder
Gustav Mahler, Sir Adrian Boult, ...

Testament UK, 2008

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