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Otto Klemperer (Richard Itter Collection Vol.2)
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This release has been sourced from the Richard Itter archive of ‘live’ recordings. The collection is very important for collectors because it has never been released before onto the market. Following the archive’s launch in October 2017 with releases featuring Beecham, Böhm, Cantelli, Karajan, du Pré, Klemperer and Rostropovich, it has received universal praise from both the classical media and record collectors for the excellent sound and performances.
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Karl Böhm: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (Richard Itter Collection)
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Walter Berry reflected in an interview in 1985, 'we played in the Theater an der Wien (during the rebuilding of the Vienna State Opera) and we developed a certain style, a Mozart style which was connected very much to the singers of that time ... this was an incredible ensemble'. Harold Rosenthal, Editor of Opera magazine, described the staged performance at London's Royal Festival Hall on 13 September 1954 as 'a sheer delight', highlighting the performances of Erich Kunz (Figaro) and Sena Jurinac (Cherubino), while Irmgard Seefried (Susanna) was 'one of the joys of this recording' (George Hall). These Richard Itter tapes of the live broadcast have never been released before, and the superb recording fully captures the atmosphere in this light-footed performance in a packed Royal Festival Hall to perfection.
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Otto Klemperer (Richard Itter Collection Vol.1)
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Despite there being a large number of Otto Klemperer recordings on the market, these Richard Itter tapes of live broadcasts from the Royal Festival Hall and the BBCs Studios in Maida Vale between 1955 and 1956 have never, as far as is known, been released before. Klemperer was always more exciting when caught live and had added urgency as compared to his studio accounts, particuarly at this time before his health deteriorated in later years. His Philharmonia concerts were hugely successful in the mid 1950s when Walter Legge was looking to replace Herbert von Karajan, who was in the process of leaving for the Berlin Philharmonic. As Richard Osborne states in his notes, The winter of 1955-56 marked a new dawn for Klemperer.
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Otto Klemperer
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Bach: Suite No.3 BWV 1068/KRSO
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln, 17 October 1955)
Mozart: Symphony No.29/KRSO
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln, 8 February 1954)
Beethoven: Symphony No.1/KRSO
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln 21 February 1954)
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Wilhelm Backhaus
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Schubert: Impromptu in B flat
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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.6
Piano Sonata No.29 'Hammerklavier'
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Otto Klemperer
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MENDELSSOHN
Midsummer Nights Dream – Incidental Music
Käthe Möller-Siepermann (sop)
Hanna Ludwig (mezzo)
Kölner Rundfunkchor Chorus Master:
Karl Kaufhold
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 9-11 JUNE 1955
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.8
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 28 MAY 1955
Rehearsal of Beethoven Symphony No. 4
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 25 OCTOBER 1954
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Yuri Bashmet
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Brahms: Symphony No.3
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’
Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra
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Otto Klemperer
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Brahms: Requiem
Elisabeth Grummer, soprano / Herman Prey, baritone Kolner
Rundfunkchor / Kolner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln, 20 February 1956)
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Mozart: Serenade No.6 in D, K.239 'Serenata Notturna'
Kolner Rundfunkchor / Kolner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln, 25 October 1954)
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Rehearsal of Brahms Requiem
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln, 19 February 1956)