Otto Klemperer - Legendary Amsterdam Concerts 1947-1961 (2021) [24CD Box Set]

"Amsterdam was beautiful. The orchestra indescribable!" (Otto Klemperer).

The 24 hybrid SACDs assemble in the highest audio quality all of Otto Klemperer's live recordings on the podium of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, and this in a select co-cast and for the first time on record. To Klemperer's later records on EMI, these recordings offer a surprising alternative.

The analog sources were digitized with hi-end converters in high resolution. Noise has been removed.
The deluxe box includes a 163-page accompanying book (German and English).


Tracks:

CD 1 :
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Herman Schey (baritone)

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic'

CD 2 :
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K183

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish'
Jan Bresser (violin)

CD 3 :
Janáček: Sinfonietta

Bartók: Viola Concerto, BB 128, Sz. 120
William Primrose (viola)

Henkemans: Flute Concerto
Hubert Barwahser (flute)

Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
Willem Andriessen (piano)

CD 4 :
Beethoven: Ah! Perfido, Op. 65
Gré Brouwenstijn (soprano)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

CD 5 :
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K477

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

CD 6 :
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Jo Vincent (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam

CD 7 :
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

CD 8 :
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione

CD 9 :
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61

CD 10 :
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

CD 11 :
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K165
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Maria Stader (soprano)

CD 12 :
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: excerpts

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Annie Fischer (piano)

CD 13 :
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

CD 14 :
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

CD 15 :
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

CD 16 :
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

CD 17 :
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Gré Brouwenstijn (soprano), Annie Hermes (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Hans Wilbrink (bass)
Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam

CD 18 :
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K482
Annie Fischer (piano)

CD 19 :
Mozart: Oboe Concerto In C major, K314
Haakon Stotijn (oboe)

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

CD 20 :
Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV202 'Weichet Nur, betrübte Schatten' (Wedding Cantata)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)

Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te?... Non temer, amato bene, K505
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Maria Curcio (piano)

CD 21 :
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527: Overture

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Johanna Martzy (violin)

CD 22 :
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 movements
Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture

CD 23 :
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), József Simándy (tenor), Heinz Rehfuss (bass)
Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam

CD 24 :
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice: Chaconne
Klemperer: Symphony No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Otto Klemperer