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𝐎𝐭𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 (1885–1973) was a German conductor and composer, and one of the most important interpreters of the 20th century. Born in 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐮, then part of the German Empire, he studied in Frankfurt and…

𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐑 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐑 Otto Klemperer’s life was marked not only by exceptional musical achievement, but also by illness, exile, physical disability and repeated personal catastrophe. Among…

𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟱). 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟬–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟭): 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. https://www.mahlerfoundation.org/gt-member/otto-mahler/ Died: 06-02-1895 Vienna. Aged 21. Suicide. Shot himself in the head, leaving a note saying that life no longer pleased him so he…

𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗢 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Otto Klemperer’s recorded legacy is frequently reduced to a convenient stereotype: monumental tempos, massive sonorities and granite-like severity. Those qualities certainly formed part of his mature style,…

Historical photograph in Berlin, around 1929/1930, showing 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿, and 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿. This is probably one of the most impressive images in the entire history of orchestral conducting:…

𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 - 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗵𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲 / 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 - 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNTmpISEBWA

𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗮 – 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-theodora-159136673?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗝.𝗦. 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 – 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘇𝘂 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 – 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-js-die-des-159092506?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Otto Klemperer and Wife in 1930

Otto Klemperer, Leningrad , 1925

𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 with his children 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲 in 1926.

𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 with his sisters.

𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗿: 𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲, 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 The relationship between 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 and 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗿 was not a secondary episode in…

𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 — 𝗔 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 To understand 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 only as a…

𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 The recorded legacy of 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 is one of the most imposing…

𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗛𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗜. 𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 was…

𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟮 - 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b Staatskapelle Berlin, Otto Klemperer Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major Vienna Philharmonic…

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿, 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟵 This historic photograph, taken in Berlin in 1929, brings together five of the most legendary conductors of the 20th century: Bruno Walter,…

Otto Klemperer

Otto Klemperer

Otto klemperer in 1947

𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻 - 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘀. 𝟭 & 𝟮 - 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘂 - 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 - 𝗘𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺 https://www.patreon.com/posts/chopin-piano-nos-154987893?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗘 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟭 Claudio Arrau (piano) Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale…

𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿, 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟭 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗼: 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗰, 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁, 𝗝𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗗𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻

𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟐. 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧. 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐫 (𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟗–𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟒) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐭𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟓–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟑).