{"product_id":"erich-kleiber-the-complete-polydor-78s-3-cds","title":"ERICH KLEIBER: THE COMPLETE POLYDOR 78S (3 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/about_this_recording_transparent_black_shadow_1_480x480.png?v=1622759836\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollected for the first time – Erich Kleiber’s rare recordings with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berliner Philharmoniker made for Polydor\/Grammophon and newly remastered for this release.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eErich Kleiber’s appointment to the musical directorship of the Staatsoper Berlin in 1923 proved to be the making of his career. Hired on the strength of a single Fidelio, he thrilled audiences and critics with performances of unparalleled vigour and intensity. He soon began recording for the short-lived Vox company (not to be confused with the later US label) but in 1926 he agreed a contract with the Grammophon label, building on his regular season of orchestral concerts which were interspersed with opera performances.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHere, newly remastered by Mark Obert-Thorn and issued complete for the first time in any format, is that Grammophon legacy of Kleiber’s Berlin years with both the Staatskapelle and the celebrated Berliner Philharmoniker. Beginning modestly enough with four of Mozart’s German dances – to fill two sides of a 78rpm record – the scope of the sessions expanded to take in complete symphonies by Beethoven (No. 2), Schubert (No. 8 ‘Unfinished’) and Dvořák (No. 9 ‘From the New World’) alongside much popular repertoire such as the incidental music to Rosamunde and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the overtures to William Tell and Die Fledermaus.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany of these recordings were not marketed or reviewed abroad despite their artistic excellence, but Kleiber’s 1928 account of ‘Vltava’ from Má vlast soon gained classic status. No wonder, now, when listening again to the moonlit interlude and Kleiber’s gently flowing pulse, his superb balancing of parts which transcends the limitations of the technology and makes a nonsense of his apparent reluctance to record. Alternative versions of ‘Vltava’, as well as the second take of a side from the ‘New World’ Symphony which became Kleiber’s final Grammophon album (recorded in May and August 1929) are also presented. Alan Sanders provides an extensive note, and Mark Obert-Thorn provides a background to the sources for these recordings.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs a Musical Times critic noted in 1929, Kleiber ‘has a marked predilection for spirited, graceful, charming, and vivid music’. These Grammophon records bring out the very best in him, and his gifts as a superb orchestral trainer may readily be appreciated despite the age of the recordings. The best possible sources have been unearthed, and the set is an unmissable contribution to the discography of one of the last century’s great, but sometimes overlooked, maestros.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1H7cVoRP1M4\" height=\"792\" width=\"1408\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_transparent_blue_background_2_480x480.png?v=1622756233\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 1 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)\u003cbr\u003e1 Idomeneo – Overture, KV 366\u003cbr\u003eBerliner Philharmoniker\u003cbr\u003e2–11 German Dances Staatskapelle Berlin · Berliner Philharmoniker\u003cbr\u003eLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)\u003cbr\u003e12–15 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36*\u003cbr\u003eStaatskapelle Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)Rosamunde – Incidental Music, D.797\u003cbr\u003e16 No. 5: Entr’acte No. 3 in B flat major*\u003cbr\u003e17 No. 9: Ballet Music in G major*\u003cbr\u003eStaatskapelle Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCD 2\u003cbr\u003eFRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)\u003cbr\u003e1–2 Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759 ‘Unfinished’*\u003cbr\u003eBerliner Philharmoniker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)\u003cbr\u003e3–5 Ein Sommernachtstraum – Incidental Music, Op. 61 (excerpts)*\u003cbr\u003eBerliner Philharmoniker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792–1868)\u003cbr\u003e6 Guillaume Tell – Overture*\u003cbr\u003eStaatskapelle BerlinHECTOR BERLIOZ (1803–1869)\u003cbr\u003e7 Le Carnaval romain – Overture, Op. 9* Staatskapelle Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOTTO NICOLAI (1810–1849)\u003cbr\u003e8 Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor – Overture*\u003cbr\u003eStaatskapelle Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCD 3\u003cbr\u003eJOHANN STRAUSS II (1825–1899)\u003cbr\u003e1 Die Fledermaus – Overture*\u003cbr\u003eStaatskapelle Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBEDŘICH SMETANA (1824–1884)\u003cbr\u003eMá vlast*\u003cbr\u003e2 No. 2: Vltava 1927 recording\u003cbr\u003e3 No. 2: Vltava 1928 recording\u003cbr\u003eStaatskapelle Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)\u003cbr\u003e4–7 Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’\u003cbr\u003e8 III Molto vivace original take of second side*\u003cbr\u003e9 Slavonic Dance in C major, Op. 46 No. 1\u003cbr\u003eStaatskapelle Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eERICH KLEIBER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deutsche Grammophon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39925650948292,"sku":"028948420490","price":19.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/3955474-2692371.jpg?v=1623428202","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/erich-kleiber-the-complete-polydor-78s-3-cds","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}