Connoisseurs of historical performances will certainly know the famous photograph taken at a reception in Berlin in 1929, showing conductors Bruno Walter, Arturo Toscanini, Erich Kleiber, Otto Klemperer, and Wilhelm Furtwangler. Kleiber was the youngest of these esteemed maestros, and today remains perhaps the least known of them. This situation is doubtless due in part to the fact that of the five, he by far had the smallest recorded legacy and certainly the fewest appearances in the US. These circumstances should not however, lead us to underestimate Kleiber, who in 1923, became the youngest Generalmusikdirector in Germany, at that country's premiere opera house, the Berlin Staatsoper. He had a falling out with Nazi leaders and leftRead more Berlin in 1935, becoming a wanderer and guesting at various European venues. He settled with his family in Chile in 1940, conducting mainly at the Teatro Colon during the war, as well as in Havana. When hostilities ended, he did not immediately return to Europe as might be expected. He did however, accept an invitation to lead the NBC Symphony in four concerts in February-March 1946. Toscanini appreciated his music making and Kleiber was invited back for another quartet of concerts presented in this CD set, which contains a broad cross-section of his symphonic repertory favorites. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Symphony no 2 in B minorby Alexander Borodin Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic Written: 1869-1876; Russia Date of Recording: 12/20/1947 Venue: Live New York City Length: 27 Minutes 16 Secs.
2.
La vida breve: Interlude and Danceby Manuel de Falla Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century Written: 1904-1905; Spain Date of Recording: 12/20/1947 Venue: Live New York City Length: 7 Minutes 3 Secs.
3.
Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6: no 8 in G minor "Christmas"by Arcangelo Corelli Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque Written: 1708-1712; Rome, Italy Date of Recording: 12/27/1947 Venue: Live New York City Length: 13 Minutes 47 Secs.
4.
Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485by Franz Schubert Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic Written: 1816; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 12/27/1947 Venue: Live New York City Length: 23 Minutes 36 Secs.
5.
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325by Johann Strauss Jr. Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic Written: 1868; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 12/27/1947 Venue: Live New York City Length: 11 Minutes 22 Secs.
6.
Der Zigeunerbaron: Overtureby Johann Strauss Jr. Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic Written: 1885; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 12/27/1947 Venue: Live New York City Length: 7 Minutes 25 Secs.
7.
Carnival Overture, Op. 92by Antonín Dvorák Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic Written: 1891; USA Date of Recording: 01/03/1948 Venue: Live New York City Length: 8 Minutes 58 Secs.
8.
Wood Dove, Op. 110/B 198: Wedding Danceby Antonín Dvorák Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic Written: 1896; Bohemia Date of Recording: 01/03/1948 Venue: Live New York City Length: 4 Minutes 33 Secs.
9.
Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic Written: 1877-1878; Russia Date of Recording: 01/03/1948 Venue: Live New York City Length: 41 Minutes 40 Secs.
10.
Egmont, Op. 84: Overtureby Ludwig van Beethoven Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical Written: 1810; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 01/10/1948 Venue: Live New York City Length: 8 Minutes 18 Secs.
11.
Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"by Ludwig van Beethoven Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical Written: 1803; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 01/10/1948 Venue: Live New York City Length: 47 Minutes 5 Secs.
12.
Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79by Carl Maria von Weber Performer:
Claudio Arrau (Piano)
Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic Written: 1821; Dresden, Germany Date of Recording: 12/20/1947 Venue: Live New York City Length: 16 Minutes 35 Secs.