Otto Klemperer - Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Symphonies Nos. 3 Scottish & 4 Italian - Weber Overtures (2023) [24/192]

Otto Klemperer (* May 14, 1885 as Otto Nossan Klemperer in Breslau; † July 6, 1973 in Zurich) was a German conductor and composer. He is one of the great conductors of the 20th century.

Klemperer was born in Breslau, Silesia, the second of three children of parents Nathan and Ida Klemperer. He had a younger and an older sister. The novelist Victor Klemperer is his cousin. He continued his studies at the Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin with James Kwast (piano) and Hans Pfitzner (composition and orchestral conducting). When he was allowed to conduct the Fernorchester with Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony under Oskar Fried in 1905, he met the composer personally. The two became friends and in 1907, on Mahler's recommendation, Klemperer got the position of choirmaster, later a kapellmeister at the Deutsches Landestheater in Prague. In 1910 he assisted Mahler in the premiere of his 8th Symphony.

TRACKLIST

1. Otto Klemperer - The Hebrides, Op. 26, MWV P7 "Fingal's Cave"
2. Otto Klemperer - Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16 "Italian": I. Allegro vivace - Più animato
3. Otto Klemperer - Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16 "Italian": II. Andante con moto
4. Otto Klemperer - Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16 "Italian": III. Con modo moderato
5. Otto Klemperer - Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16 "Italian": IV. Saltarello. Presto
6. Otto Klemperer - Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N18 "Scottish": I. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato
7. Otto Klemperer - Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N18 "Scottish": II. Scherzo. Vivace non troppo
8. Otto Klemperer - Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N18 "Scottish": III. Adagio
9. Otto Klemperer - Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N18 "Scottish": IV. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
10. Otto Klemperer - Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277: Overture
11. Otto Klemperer - Euryanthe, Op. 81, J. 291: Overture
12. Otto Klemperer - Oberon, J. 306: Overture



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