Erich Kleiber
Erich Kleiber (1890-1956) was an Austrian conductor, one of the great conductors of the twentieth century. He was admired for intensity, precision and dramatic truth in both opera and symphonic music.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Beethoven and Mozart, including Concertgebouw Beethoven performances and Le nozze di Figaro.
Kleiber’s conducting was taut, clear and alive, with a powerful sense of rhythm and struc...
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Studio recordings, 1952/53
Total duration: 2hr 18:34
Hilde Gueden (soprano)
Sieglinde Wagner (contralto)
Anton Dermota (tenor)
Ludwig Weber (bass)
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
conducted by Erich Kleiber
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 78:20
The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
conducted by Erich Kleiber
MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro
Stereo studio recording, 1955
Total duration: 2hr 52:02
Figaro - Cesare Siepi
Susanna - Hilde Gueden
Conte Almaviva - Alfred Poell
Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa
Cherubino - Suzanne Danco
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Erich Kleiber
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 3hr 16:58
Maria Reining - Feldmarschallin
Ludwig Weber - Baron Ochs
Sena Jurinac - Octavian
Alfred Poell - Faninal
Hilde Gueden - Sophie
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Erich Kleiber
HANDEL Overture to Berenice
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 in D, D200
RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye
Recorded 1946
Total duration: 45:41
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Erich Kleiber
MOZART Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'
MOZART Symphony No. 40
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20
Recorded 1949-51
Total duration: 67:57
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
conducted by Eduard van Beinum
conducted by Eric Kleiber
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
