Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 "Paris", 40 & 41 "Jupiter" (Remastered) Otto Klemperer

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550:
• 1Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro06:43
• 2Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: II. Andante09:01
• 3Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: III. Menuetto. Allegretto04:25
• 4Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: IV. Finale. Allegro assai05:23
• Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter":
• 5Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": I. Allegro vivace09:18
• 6Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": II. Andante cantabile09:08
• 7Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": III. Menuetto. Allegretto & Trio04:48
• 8Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": IV. Finale. Molto allegro06:47
• Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 "Paris":
• 9Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 "Paris": I. Allegro assai08:06
• 10Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 "Paris": II. Andantino06:43
• 11Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 "Paris": III. Allegro04:06
• Total Runtime01:14:28

Info for Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 "Paris", 40 & 41 "Jupiter" (Remastered)

Although it may have been unjustly outshined by the great Romantic repertoire, Otto Klemperer’s Mozart legacy is of utmost priority. His renditions of the late symphonies are models of balance, and full of life.

Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor

Digitally remastered

Otto Klemperer
The German conductor Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) was born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland). He studied at the Frankfurt Conservatory, then at Berlin's Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, where he took lessons in composition and conducting from Pfitzner, making his debut in Berlin in 1906 with Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers. On Mahler's recommendation he became chorus master then conductor at Prague's German Theatre (1907-10); between 1910 and 1917 he worked at the opera houses of Hamburg, Bremen and Strasbourg; he was musical director at Cologne (1917-24), Wiesbaden (1924-27) and Berlin's Kroll Opera (1927–31), but left Nazi Germany in 1933, eventually settling in the USA, where he became conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1933-39).

After a brain tumour operation in 1939 his career faltered until he became director of the Hungarian State Opera (1947-50). In the 1950s and 60s he achieved great success, largely through his association with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and his recordings for EMI. In 1959 he was appointed the Philharmonia's 'conductor for life'. His last concert was in September 1971. Many of Klemperer's fine EMI recordings are available in the Great Recordings of the Century series.

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