Josef Krips

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Born: April 8, 1902; Vienna, Austria   Died: October 13, 1974; Geneva, Switzerland  
Josef Krips was one of the busiest of Austrian-born conductors after World War II, an unexpected benefit to his having been forced out of his native country following its annexation by Germany. He had a major performing and recording career on two continents, in orchestral and operatic music.

Josef Krips studied at the Vienna Academy with Felix Weingartner (later permanent conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic) and then served as Read more Weingartner's assistant at the Vienna Volksoper from 1921 until 1924. He headed orchestras in various cities, and in 1933 was appointed resident conductor at the Vienna State Opera and to a professorship at the Vienna Academy. Krips held both posts for three years, until the German annexation in March 1938, when he was forced to leave the country. He emigrated to Yugoslavia and spent a year with the Belgrade Opera and the Belgrade Philharmonic, before the onset of the war forced Krips to halt his work in music.

Following the Allied victory in 1945, Krips returned to Vienna, conducting the State Opera upon its reopening, as well as the Vienna Philharmonic, and the reopened Salzburg Festival in 1946 with a production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Krips was suddenly one of the busiest conductors in Austria, and one of the most welcomed, as his colleagues who had worked under the Nazi regime weren't all cleared for resumed public performances until 1947. He also took the State Opera and the Philharmonic on their first tours after World War II. Krips spent four years (1950 - 1954) as principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and accepted his first American appointment in 1954 as principal conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in New York. In 1963, the year of his debut at London's Covent Garden conducting Don Giovanni, he became the principal conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, a post he held until 1970. Krips made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1966, and became a conductor at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1970.

Krips' visibility in the postwar music world made him one of the most familiar of all European conductors, both in Europe and America. His recording of the complete Beethoven symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra for the low-priced Everest Records line was a perennially popular set among music students and casual listeners buying their first Beethoven material -- these performances were appreciated anew in the 1990s on compact disc as remastered by Omega Records. Additionally, he made several superb opera recordings for major labels, including a Don Giovanni for London, and a version of Mozart's The Abduction From the Seraglio, with Anneleise Rothenberger, Lucia Popp, Gottlob Frick, and Krips' beloved Vienna Philharmonic for EMI, that remains one of the most charming and beguiling accounts of this opera. Read less

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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Krips, Siepi, Dermota, Corena, Danco
Mozart: Don Giovanni / Krips, Siepi, Dermota, Corena, Danco
Release Date: 11/1989   Label: London/Decca Grand Opera Series  
Catalog: 411626   Number of Discs: 3
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Mozart: Symphonies No 31, 35 & 36 / Krips, Concertgebouw
Mozart: Symphonies No 31, 35 & 36 / Krips, Concertgebouw
Release Date: 08/04/1989   Label: Philips Concert Classics  
Catalog: 426063   Number of Discs: 1
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Wiener Staatsoper Live - Smetana: Dalibor / Rysanek, Krips
Wiener Staatsoper Live - Smetana: Dalibor / Rysanek, Krips
Release Date: 11/24/1998   Label: Rca Victor Red Seal  
Catalog: 57735   Number of Discs: 2
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Schubert: Symphony No 9; Schumann: Symphony No 4 / Krips
Schubert: Symphony No 9; Schumann: Symphony No 4 / Krips
Release Date: 10/02/2008   Label: London/Decca Historic Series  
Catalog: 425957   Number of Discs: 1
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Mozart: Symphonies 21 - 41 / Krips, Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mozart: Symphonies 21 - 41 / Krips, Concertgebouw Orchestra
Release Date: 05/15/2007   Label: Decca  
Catalog: 000886702   Number of Discs: 6
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  • 51.
    Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Krips, Janowitz, Ludwig, Waechter
    Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Krips, Janowitz, Ludwig, Waechter
    Label: Orfeo   Catalog: 697072 Release Date: 03/27/2007   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Olivera Miljakovic,  Adolf Dallapozza,  Eberhard Wächter,  Walter Berry  ... 
    Conductor:  Josef Krips
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Orchestra,  Vienna State Opera Chorus
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    Cesare Siepi - Recital
    Cesare Siepi - Recital
    Label: Myto Records   Catalog: 118 Release Date: 02/27/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Amilcare Ponchielli,  Antonio Carlos Gomes,  Arrigo Boito,  Charles Gounod  ... 
    Performer:  Cesare Siepi
    Conductor:  Gianandrea Gavazzeni,  Alberto Erede,  Arturo Basile,  Fausto Cleva  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
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  • 53.
    Ponto 50
    Ponto 50
    Label: Ponto Recordings   Catalog: 1050 Release Date: 02/27/2007   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  George Frideric Handel,  Christoph W. Gluck,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Vincenzo Bellini  ... 
    Performer:  Beverly Sills,  Gré Brouwenstijn,  Walter Zeh,  Peter Koves  ... 
    Conductor:  Robert Shaw,  Alberto Erede,  Sir Charles Mackerras,  Vittorio Gui  ... 
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    The Essential Collection - Great Sopranos, Contraltos, Et Al
    The Essential Collection - Great Sopranos, Contraltos, Et Al
    Label: West End Records   Catalog: 892 Release Date: 02/20/2007   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Vincenzo Bellini,  Antonio Lotti,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Ludwig van Beethoven  ... 
    Performer:  Maria Callas,  Adelina Patti,  Landon Ronald,  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf  ... 
    Conductor:  Arturo Basile,  Josef Krips,  George Byng,  Eugene Ormandy  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin,  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Orchestra  ... 
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  • 55.
    Elisabeth Schwazkopf - 1915-2006
    Elisabeth Schwazkopf - 1915-2006
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 80273 Release Date: 01/16/2007   Number of Discs: 5
    Composer:  Engelbert Humperdinck,  Franz Schubert,  Richard Strauss,  Walter Gieseking  ... 
    Performer:  Elisabeth Grümmer,  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,  Geoffrey Parsons,  Walter Gieseking  ... 
    Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan,  Alceo Galliera,  Thurston Dart,  Josef Krips  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra  ... 
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  • 56.
    Best Mozart 100
    Best Mozart 100
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 70893 Release Date: 08/29/2006   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Lamar Crowson,  Neill [French Horn] Sanders,  Peter Graeme,  William Waterhouse  ... 
    Conductor:  Jeffrey Tate,  Wolfgang Sawallisch,  Sir Neville Marriner,  Peter Neumann  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra,  Melos Ensemble London,  Bavarian State Opera Chorus  ... 
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  • 57.
    Edwin Fischer (Box)
    Edwin Fischer (Box)
    Label: Membran International Gmbh   Catalog: 222366 Release Date: 04/27/2006   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Johannes Brahms,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Johann Sebastian Bach  ... 
    Performer:  Edwin Fischer,  Manoug Parikian,  Gareth Morris,  Raymond Clark
    Conductor:  Wilhelm Furtwängler,  Josef Krips,  Lawrence Collingwood,  Edwin Fischer
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra,  London Philharmonic Orchestra
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  • 58.
    Mozart Singers Of The Past
    Mozart Singers Of The Past
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 90690 Release Date: 04/25/2006   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Ludwig Weber,  Emmy Loose,  Wilhelm Tisch,  Wilma Lipp  ... 
    Conductor:  Felix Prohaska,  Josef Krips,  Alexander Krannhals,  Herbert von Karajan  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Orchestra,  Berlin State Opera Orchestra  ... 
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    Mozart: Ses 100 Chefs-d'oeuvre
    Mozart: Ses 100 Chefs-d'oeuvre
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 346789 Release Date: 12/02/2005   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Anonymous
    Performer:  Jack Brymer,  Christian Zacharias,  Frank Peter Zimmermann,  Daniel Barenboim  ... 
    Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan,  Sir Thomas Beecham,  Sir Neville Marriner,  David Zinman  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble,  Melos Ensemble London,  Nash Ensemble  ... 
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    Reopening Of The Vienna State Opera - 1955 / Goltz, Et Al
    Reopening Of The Vienna State Opera - 1955 / Goltz, Et Al
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 90675 Release Date: 11/29/2005   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Carl Maria von Weber,  Richard Wagner  ... 
    Performer:  Maria Reining,  Sena Jurinac,  Irmgard Seefried,  Erich Kunz  ... 
    Conductor:  Josef Krips,  Herbert von Karajan,  Otto Ackermann,  Hans Swarowsky  ... 
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  • 61.
    Verdi, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky / Ghiaurov, Et Al
    Verdi, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky / Ghiaurov, Et Al
    Label: Orfeo D'or   Catalog: 671051 Release Date: 11/29/2005   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Modest Mussorgsky,  Giuseppe Verdi,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  Gioachino Rossini  ... 
    Performer:  Nicolai Ghiaurov
    Conductor:  Miguel Gómez-Martinez,  Horst Stein,  Josef Krips,  Robert Satanowski  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Orchestra,  Vienna State Opera Chorus
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  • 62.
    Dokumente Einer Sängerkarriere - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
    Dokumente Einer Sängerkarriere - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 93444 Release Date: 10/25/2005   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
    Conductor:  John Pritchard,  Josef Krips,  Herbert von Karajan
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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  • 63.
    Puccini: Tosca / Krips, Jurinac, Kunz, Et Al
    Puccini: Tosca / Krips, Jurinac, Kunz, Et Al
    Label: Myto Records   Catalog: 54315 Release Date: 10/25/2005   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Giacomo Puccini
    Performer:  Cesare Bardelli,  Sena Jurinac,  Juan Oncina,  Manfred Jungwirth  ... 
    Conductor:  Josef Krips
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Orchestra,  Vienna State Opera Chorus
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  • 64.
    Mozart: Opera Arias / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Et Al
    Mozart: Opera Arias / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Et Al
    Label: Emi Great Recordings Of The Century   Catalog: 76845 Release Date: 09/13/2005   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Fritz Sedlak,  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
    Conductor:  Josef Krips,  John Pritchard,  Herbert von Karajan,  Warwick Braithwaite
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra
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  • 65.
    Smetana: Dalibor / Krips, Rysanek, Spiess, Et Al
    Smetana: Dalibor / Krips, Rysanek, Spiess, Et Al
    Label: Opera D'oro   Catalog: 1434 Release Date: 09/13/2005   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Bedrich Smetana
    Performer:  Eberhard Wächter,  Leonie Rysanek,  Ludovic Spiess
    Conductor:  Josef Krips
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Chorus,  Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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  • 66.
    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Raphaël Arié
    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Raphaël Arié
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89610 Release Date: 05/31/2005   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Mikhail Glinka,  Gioachino Rossini,  Giacomo Puccini,  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov  ... 
    Performer:  Raphäel Arié,  Tomaso Spataro
    Conductor:  Alberto Erede,  Josef Krips,  Isidore Karr
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris,  Suisse Romande Orchestra,  London Symphony Orchestra
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  • 67.
    London Symphony Orchestra (1904-2004) - Centennial Set
    London Symphony Orchestra (1904-2004) - Centennial Set
    Label: Andante   Catalog: 4100 Release Date: 01/18/2005   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Carl Maria von Weber,  Hector Berlioz,  Claude Debussy,  Sir Edward Elgar  ... 
    Performer:  Giuseppe Sabbatini,  Laurent Naouri,  Elizabeth Futral
    Conductor:  Arthur Nikisch,  Sir Colin Davis,  Michael Tilson Thomas,  André Previn  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
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  • 68.
    Mischa Elman - Complete Decca Recordings Vol 1
    Mischa Elman - Complete Decca Recordings Vol 1
    Label: Testament   Catalog: 1343 Release Date: 05/11/2004   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Werner Josten,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Tommaso Antonio Vitali  ... 
    Performer:  Mischa Elman,  Joe Seiger
    Conductor:  Josef Krips,  Sir Georg Solti,  Sir Adrian Boult,  Anatole Fistoulari
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Symphony Orchestra,  London Philharmonic Orchestra
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  • 69.
    Best Of New Year's Concert / Wiener Philharmoniker
    Best Of New Year's Concert / Wiener Philharmoniker
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog: 000166302 Release Date: 12/09/2003   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Johann Strauss Jr.,  Johann Strauss Sr.,  Josef Strauss,  Eduard Strauss
    Conductor:  Seiji Ozawa,  Herbert von Karajan,  Lorin Maazel,  Claudio Abbado  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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  • 70.
    Josef Krips - A Mozart Festival / Frager, Simoneau, Alarie, Et Al
    Josef Krips - A Mozart Festival / Frager, Simoneau, Alarie, Et Al
    Label: Video Artists International   Catalog: 4256 Release Date: 12/02/2003   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Pierrette Alarie,  Léopold Simoneau,  Malcolm Frager
    Conductor:  Josef Krips
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  C. B. C. Symphony Orchestra
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  • 71.
    Super Audio Cd Sampler - Rqr
    Super Audio Cd Sampler - Rqr
    Label: Pentatone   Catalog: 5186044 Release Date: 11/25/2003   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Antonio Vivaldi,  Gioachino Rossini,  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Robert Schumann  ... 
    Performer:  Severino Gazzelloni,  Werner Haas,  Daniel Chorzempa,  Nicolai Gedda  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner,  Eliahu Inbal,  Edo De Waart,  Josef Krips  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  I Musici,  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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  • 72.
    The Very Best Of Lucia Popp
    The Very Best Of Lucia Popp
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 85102 Release Date: 09/02/2003   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Carl Orff,  Gioachino Rossini,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Edvard Grieg  ... 
    Performer:  Lucia Popp,  Katia Labèque,  Marielle Labèque,  David Briggs  ... 
    Conductor:  Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos,  Stephen Cleobury,  György Fischer,  Bernard Haitink  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra,  New Philharmonia Chorus,  Wandsworth School Boys' Choir  ... 
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  • 73.
    Mozart: Symphonies No 31 & 38 / Krips, Royal Concertgebouw
    Mozart: Symphonies No 31 & 38 / Krips, Royal Concertgebouw
    Label: Pentatone   Catalog: 5186119 Release Date: 06/24/2003   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conductor:  Josef Krips
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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  • 74.
    Mozart: Abduction From The Seraglio / Krips, Rothenberger
    Mozart: Abduction From The Seraglio / Krips, Rothenberger
    Label: Emi Studio   Catalog: 63263 Release Date: 09/10/2002   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Lucia Popp,  Nicolai Gedda,  Gottlob Frick,  Gerhard Unger  ... 
    Conductor:  Josef Krips
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vienna State Opera Chorus
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    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Erna Berger Vol 3
    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Erna Berger Vol 3
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89537 Release Date: 10/30/2001   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Franz Schubert,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Johann Strauss Jr.
    Performer:  Erna Berger,  George Schick,  David Oppenheim,  Oscar Shumsky
    Conductor:  Josef Krips
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
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