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| Klemperer Legacy - Brahms: Symphony No 1, Etc / Philharmonia | |||||
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Release Date: 06/08/1999 Label: Emi Classics Catalog #: 67029 Spars Code: ADD Composer: Johannes Brahms Performer: Christa Ludwig Conductor: Otto Klemperer Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
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| It's amazing to return to Klemperer's Brahms some 40 years on and recall that, in his day, his performances were sometimes considered slow. After the unbelievably distended versions of conductors like Giulini and Bernstein (to say nothing of Celibidache), Klemperer sounds positively zippy. Actually, his Brahms never was in any way eccentric--just the opposite. This performance of the First Symphony, in fact, offers the very best of what we now think of as the classic "Germanic" approach: solid tempos, clear orchestral balances, and a performance that emphasizes the music's grandeur at the expense of some of its more intimate moments. There's nothing "pretty" about Klemperer's Brahms; it has all the emotional honesty of Shakespearean soliloquy, and if by the time this music is over you don't think that it's the greatest symphony ever written, you're probably tone deaf. Klemperer is that good. He's just as persuasive in the "Tragic" Overture, and his performance of the "Alto Rhapsody" with Christa Ludwig is widely regarded as the best ever recorded. If somehow in the past 40 years or so you haven't heard these incomparable performances, now's your chance. --David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com | |||||
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| Works on This Recording | Back to Top | ||||
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Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68 by Johannes Brahms | ||||
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Conductor:
Otto Klemperer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1855-1876; Austria |
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Date of Recording: 1956-57 Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England Length: 44 Minutes 13 Secs. |
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Tragic Overture, Op. 81 by Johannes Brahms | ||||
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Conductor:
Otto Klemperer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1880; Austria |
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Date of Recording: 03/1957 Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England Length: 12 Minutes 32 Secs. |
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Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 by Johannes Brahms | ||||
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Performer:
Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Otto Klemperer Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1869; Austria |
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Date of Recording: 03/1962 Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England Length: 12 Minutes 28 Secs. Language: German |
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