Warner Classics The Complete Warner Classics Remastered Edition: Opera & Sacred Works - EMI Columbia & HMV Recordings

The 29CD Complete Recordings of Operas & Sacred Works is the second of two boxes that together form OTTO KLEMPERER: THE WARNER CLASSICS REMASTERED EDITION. The Edition assembles all the Klemperer recordings in the Warner Classics catalogue; they were originally made for EMI Columbia, HMV, Electrola and Parlophone. All originate from Klemperer's period with the Philharmonia/New Philharmonia Orchestra, from 1960 to 1971. This box set comprises all the operas and sacred works Otto Klemperer conducted for EMI Columbia and HMV. Oratorios by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Handel are accompanied by operas of Beethoven, Mozart and Wagner. There are also rehearsals and listening playback sessions for the recording of Mozart's Don Giovanni and a Bonus CD with recollections from artists who sang in Klemperer's opera performances. Otto Klemperer deeply loved both the theatricality of opera and the spirituality of oratorios, and these performances from his great Indian Summer represent the fruits of his lifetime of thought and experience in this repertoire. Track Listings INDEX OF WORKS JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750 Mass in B minor, BWV 232 CD 17-18 Mass in B minor, BWV 232 - Choruses CD 5 Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 CD 1-3 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827 Fidelio, opera in two acts CD 6-7 Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123 CD 12 JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833-1897 Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 CD 4 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 1685-1759 Messiah, Oratorio HWV56 CD 8-9 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791 Così fan tutte, K.588 CD 26-28 Die Zauberflöte, K.620 CD 10-11 Don Giovanni, K.527 CD 13-15 Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 CD 23-25 RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883 Der fliegende Holländer CD 19-20 Die Walküre: Act 1 & Wotan's Farewell CD 21-22 BONUS CDs CD 16 Documentary "Klemperer's Don Giovanni: Behind the scenes" by Jon Tolansky CD 29 Documentary "An Opera Souvenir" by Jon Tolansky