Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonín Dvořák, Richard Strauss
Orchestra: Münchner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ica classics
Catalogue: ICAC5170
Release: 2023
Size: 330 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
02. Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
03. I. Allegro con brio
04. II. Adagio
05. III. Allegretto grazioso
06. IV. Allegro ma non troppo
“Rudolf Kempe (1910–1976) was born near Dresden and in 1930 joined the celebrated Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra as first oboe. After his debut as a conductor in 1935, he joined the German army in 1942 but was ‘retired’ the same year and went back to conducting. A large number of engagements followed after the War, at the Saxon State Opera, the Dresden Staatskapelle, and as music director of the Bavarian State Opera (1952–1954). Kempe opened the 1951 season at the Vienna State Opera, and appeared at Covent Garden in 1953 (conducting Strauss with enormous success), and later at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1955. He declined to become Covent Garden’s director twice but remained a regular and much-admired conductor at Covent Garden and on the concert platform both in London and on the Continent. He became chief conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1961–1975) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1975 until his untimely death in 1976. In Europe, he became chief conductor of the Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra in 1965 and in 1966, general music director of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.”
