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Otto Klemperer: The Long Journey (DVD + 2 CD) (Otto Klemperers lange Reise durch seine Zeit)
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(DVD - Code 2)
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Otto KIemperer was doubtIessly one of the most important and most infIuentiaI conductors of the 20th century. His interpretations of Gustav Mahler, Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms stiII beIong to the standard for aIl generations of conductors today.
ln Philo Bregstein s fiIm OTTO KLEMPERER S LONG JOURNEY THROUGH HlS TIMES restored, re-edited and finaIly avaiIabIe again after 20 years you can follow Klemperer s journey from Germany to the USA, back to Hungary and lastly to London, documented with a lot of detaiI and archive material. This fiIm is a unique fiImography that you wiIl find nowhere else.
KLEMPERER THE LAST CONCERT shows exclusive fiIm materiaI of rehearsaIs and the last concert on September 26, 1971 in London in a documentary that can be calIed KIemperer s musical Iegacy on film. The history and genesis of the fiIms, KIemperer s obvious significance as a musicaI visionary and his legacy to the generations of musicians after him are included in the over 250-page book accompanying the special edition. It brings together introductions by the director and his team, speciaI discourses by renowned musicoIogists and a colIection of rareIy seen photographs.
As speciaI features this edition includes not only the complete audio recording on 2 Vinyl LPs (180 g) digitaIIy remastered of the Iast concert from London, but also never before seen filmed interviews with Pierre Boulezand Ernst BIoch from 1972. |
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