Otto Klemperer

Otto Klemperer was a prominent conductor whose career spanned from the first decade of the 20th century through the early 1970s. He made many recordings, of which perhaps the best known are those of the symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler. Klemperer was born in Breslau, then in Prussia, now Wrocław, Poland. He studied music first at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, and later in Berlin under Hans Pfitzner. In 1905 he met Gustav Mahler while conducting the off-stage brass at a performance of Mahler's Symphony No.

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1. 01 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "O welche Lust!" (Chor) From Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 3:01
2. 02 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Verwegener Alter" (Pizarro, Rocco) From Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 1:56
3. 03 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein" (Jaquino, Marzelline) From Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 4:54
4. 04 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Mir ist so wunderbar" (Marzelline, Leonore, Rocco, Jaquino) From Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 4:38
5. 05 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Gut, Söhnchen, gut, hab immer Mut" (Rocco, Leonore, Marzelline) From Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 2:32
6. 06 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Wo sind die Depeschen?" (Pizarro, Rocco) From Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 0:53
7. 07 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?" (Leonore) From Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 2:10
8. 08 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Wir wollen mit Vertrauen auf Gottes Hülfe bauen" (Gefangenen, Chor) From Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 4:18
9. 09 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Der arme Jaquino dauert mich beinahe" (Marzelline) From Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 0:14
10. 10 Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Höre, Fidelio, weißt du, was ich tue?" (Rocco, Marzelline) From Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 0:18