Icon: Rudolf Kempe: The Genius of the Podium

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Icon: Rudolf Kempe: The Genius of the Podium
Rudolf Kempe conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, etc

[ Warner Classics Icon / 11 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 February 2011

This item is only available to us via Special Import.

The German conductor Rudolf Kempe (1910-1976) began his musical career playing the oboe in various symphony orchestras. The programme begins with recordings of four Beethoven Symphonies that Kempe made with the Munich Philharmonic in 1971-72.

Tracks:

Beethoven:
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

Brahms:
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Dvorak:
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'
Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66

Humperdinck:
Hänsel & Gretel Overture
Hänsel & Gretel: Witch's Ride
Hansel und Gretel: Traumszene

Mascagni:
L'Amico Fritz: Intermezzo

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

Offenbach:
Orphée aux Enfers Overture

Ponchielli:
La Gioconda (excerpts)

Rimsky Korsakov:
Scheherazade, Op. 35

Schubert:
Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797

Smetana:
The Bartered Bride Overture
The Bartered Bride: Three Dances (Polka, Furiant, Skocná - Dance of the Comedians)

Strauss, J, II:
Die Fledermaus Overture

Strauss, R:
Don Quixote, Op. 35
Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Kindskopf! Merkt auf, wir spielen mit in dem Stück (from Ariadne auf Naxos)
(Sylvia Geszty & Teresa Zylis-Gara)
An ihre Plätze meine Damen und Herrn! (from Ariadne auf Naxos)
(with Theo Adam)

Wagner:
Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts 1 & 3
Bridal Chorus 'Treulich geführt' (from Lohengrin)
In fernem Land (from Lohengrin)
(with Jess Thomas)
Selig, wie die Sonne (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
(with Gerhard Unger & Elisabeth Grummer)
Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein 'Prize Song' (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
(with Rudolf Schock)
Verachtet mir die Meister nicht (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
(with Ferdinand Frantz)
Parsifal: Prelude to Act 1
Parsifal: Good Friday Music
Sankt Krispin, lobet ihn! (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Heil! König Heinrich (from Lohengrin)
Morgenröte (from Lohengrin)
Was bringen die? Was tun sie kund? (from Lohengrin)
lhr tanzt? Was werden die Meister sagen? (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
(with Gerhard Unger)

Weinberger:
Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka