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 asRead 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
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
Recommendation
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
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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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
...
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
...
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
...
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
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
...
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
...
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
...
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
Recommendation
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Recommendation
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
Recommendation
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
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
...
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
...
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
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