Waldemar Kmentt
Waldemar Kmentt was an Austrian tenor, one of the important Viennese singers of the post-war period. He was especially admired in Mozart, Strauss, operetta and German repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Beethoven, Strauss and Johann Strauss, including Klemperer’s Beethoven cycle and Karajan’s Die Fledermaus.
Kmentt’s singing brought clarity, elegance and a natural Viennese style to repertory where grace a...
BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9
BEETHOVEN Große Fuge
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
Recorded 1956-1960
Aase Nordmo Løvberg soprano
Christa Ludwig alto
Waldemar Kmentt tenor
Hans Hotter bass
The Philharmonia Chorus
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer conductor
R. STRAUSS Salome
R. STRAUSS Elektra (excerpts)*
Studio recordings, 1961 (stereo) & *1952 (Ambient Stereo)
Total duration: 2hr 25:30
Birgit Nilsson – Salome
Gerhard Stolze – Herod
Grace Hoffman – Herodias
Eberhard Wächter – Jokanaan
*Christel Goltz - Elektra
*Elisabeth Höngen - Klytemnestra
*Ferdinand Frantz - Orest
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
*Bayerisches Staatsorchester
conducted by Georg Solti
J STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus
Recorded 1960
Total duration: 1hr 57:05
Hilde Gueden
Waldemar Kmentt
Erika Köth
Regina Resnik
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & State Opera Chorus
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Recorded in stereo 1957 & 1960
Total duration: 2hr 22:41
Aase Nordmo Løvberg soprano
Christa Ludwig alto
Waldemar Kmentt tenor
Hans Hotter bass
The Philharmonia Chorus
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer conductor
BERG Lulu
Studio recording, 1949 or 1951
Total duration: 121:22
Ilona Steingruber - Lulu
Maria Cerny - Gräfin Geschwitz
Otto Wiener - Dr. Schön
Hans Libert - Alwa
Emil Sieger - Schigolch
Waldemar Kmentt - Maler
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Herbert Häfner