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Kleiber conducts Mozart | Medici Masters MM0112

Kleiber conducts Mozart

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Label: Medici Masters

Cat No: MM0112

Barcode: 0827565023028

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th August 2007

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Contents

Artists

Lothar Faber (oboe)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

Conductor

Erich Kleiber

Works

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

German Dances (4), K602
Oboe Concerto in C major, K314
Symphony no.36 in C major, K425 'Linz'
Symphony no.39 in E flat major, K543

Artists

Lothar Faber (oboe)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

Conductor

Erich Kleiber

About

Erich Kleiber (1890-1956) was born in Vienna and studied at the Prague Conservatory. His first major appointment was General Music Director at the Berlin State Opera in 1923 where he remained until 1934. Due to interference from the Nazis, Kleiber (who was not Jewish) resigned his post in 1934 and left Germany in 1935. After this, he conducted in London, Prague, Brussels, Buenos Aries, Amsterdam and Salzburg before taking up residence in Argentina in 1939.
 
In 1948, he returned to Europe and became conductor of the Berlin State Opera in East Berlin which he resigned from in 1955 due to the poor conditions. From 1952 he was sought after as guest conductor in London, Vienna and particularly in Cologne and Stuttgart. His VPO and Concertgebouw recordings with Decca from 1948 to 1956 were major highlights of their catalogue, notably his recording of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro.
 
Kleiber was unquestionably a great Mozart conductor and the compilation here represents material that has been issued before (Mozart's 39, the 4 German Dances in poor transfers) and some new additions (the Oboe Concerto, Mozart 36 and some rare rehearsal material) which have not been issued in authorized editions before.
 
All the WDR Mozart performances were part of Kleiber's contribution to the Mozart Bicentenary Year in 1956.
 
All these recordings (except for Mozart's Symphony No.36) have been sourced and licensed from the Original WDR Master Tapes and represent the exceptional high quality acclaimed in the first batch of Kleiber CDs on Masters (MM002-2 Beethoven & MM003-2 Mozart & Tchaikovsky).
 
The recording of Mozart's Symphony No.36 with the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart from New Year's Eve 1955 was hailed by John Russell as “one of his finest achievements." It has not been issued before.
 
Mozart: Symphony No.39 / Oboe Concerto / Four German Dances
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
[Recorded: Funkhaus, Saal 1, WDR Cologne, 20 January 1956]

Mozart: Symphony No.36
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
[Recorded: Stuttgart, 31 December 1955]

Rehearsal: Erich Kleiber rehearses Mozart Symphony No.39
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
[Recorded: Funkhaus, Saal 1, WDR Cologne, 20 January 1956]

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