Otto Klemperer - Discography

Discography

Klemperer made many recordings, and many have become classics. Among those worthy of note are:

• Bach: St Matthew Passion with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Pears, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, and Walter Berry
• Bach: Mass in B minor
• Bach: Brandenburg Concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra on ΕΜΙ
• Bartók: Viola Concerto (with William Primrose, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, live version on Archiphon)
• Beethoven: Symphony cycles (notably the one from the mid-1950s on EMI)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (recorded live, November 1957, 1961)
• Beethoven: Fidelio (both the live recording from Covent Garden on Testament, and the studio EMI recording)
• Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
• Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3-5, (with Claudio Arrau, live versions issued on Testament)
• Brahms: Symphony cycles
• Brahms: Violin concerto, with David Oistrakh
• Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major
• Franck: Symphony in D-minor
• Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 with Claudio Arrau, live version issued on Music & Arts
• Handel: Messiah, with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, and Jerome Hines
• Haydn: Symphonies 88, 92, 95, 98, 100, 101, 102, 104
• Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione Suite (Kölner Rundfunkorchester, a 1954 version issued on Andante)
• Janáček: Sinfonietta (a 1951 Concertgebouw Orchestra live version, released by Archiphon)
• Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, with Christa Ludwig and Fritz Wunderlich
• Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection", (1)- 1951 with Kathleen Ferrier & Jo Vincent; (2) - 1963 with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Hilde Rössel-Majdan
• Mahler: Symphony No. 4 with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
• Mahler: Symphony No. 7, 1968
• Mahler: Symphony No. 9
• Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphonies Nos.3-4
• Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 25 (with Daniel Barenboim)
• Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 29, 31, 34, 38, 39, 40 and 41
• Mozart: Don Giovanni (live version issued on Testament)
• Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), with Nicolai Gedda, Walter Berry, Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as the First Lady
• Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht (a 1955 live version with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, on Archiphon)
• Schubert: Symphonies 5, 7 and 9. Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)
• Schumann: Symphonies 1-4, with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Klemperer was the first to record them integrally
• Schumann: Piano Concerto (with Annie Fischer)
• Stravinsky: Petrushka
• Stravinsky: Pulcinella
• Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 with the Philharmonia Orchestra on EMI
• Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) (with Anja Silja)
• Wagner: Siegfried Idyll in the original chamber version with members of the Philharmonia Orchestra
• Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, 1931, 1967

A list of historical recordings of the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Klemperer conducting (including parts of the George Gershwin Memorial Concert at the Hollywood Bowl) can be found here: Otto Klemperer conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Klemperer's last recording was Mozart's Serenade in E-Flat, K.375, recorded September 28, 1971. That recording session was the last time he ever led an orchestra.