Paul van Kempen
Paul van Kempen was a Dutch-German conductor, active in German and Dutch orchestral life during the first half of the twentieth century.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Berlioz, Reger, Schumann, Mozart and Tchaikovsky, including Hamburg and Berlin-linked recordings with Fritz Busch and the Berlin Philharmonic.
Van Kempen’s conducting belonged to the central European Kapellmeister tradition, with a strong practical comman...
BERLIOZ Benvenuto Cellini Overture
REGER Hiller Variations*
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
Live concert recordings, 1951
Total duration: 79:30
Sinfonie-Orchester Des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg
conducted by Fritz Busch
(*part section: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Paul van Kempen)
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Paul van Kempen
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 2
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
Recorded 1939-1950
Total duration: 72:43
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
Hilversum Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Paul van Kempen
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 1-5
*BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
Recorded 1953 and *1936
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Paul van Kempen
*conducted by Peter Raabe
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2
Studio recordings, 1953
Total duration: 67:20
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Paul van Kempen
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
Studio recordings, 1953
Total duration: 68:59
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Paul van Kempen
