Joseph Keilberth
Born: 19th April 1908, Karlsruhe
Died: 20th July 1968
Nationality: German
Joseph Keilberth (born April 19, 1908 in Karlsruhe, died July 20, 1968 in Munich) was a German conductor. He started his career in the Karlsruhe State Theatre. In 1940 he became director of the German Philharmonic Orchestra of Prague. Near the end of World War II he became principal conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle. In 1949 he became chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, formed mainly of Germans expelled from post-war Czechoslovakia under the Beneš decrees. He died after collapsing while conducting Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde in exactly the same place as Felix Mottl had done in 1911.
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
[b]Das Rheingold[/b] Hans Hotter (Wotan), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Georgine von Milinkovič (Fricka), Rudolf Lustig (Loge), Paul Kuen (Mime), Ludwig Weber (Fasolt), Josef Greindl (Fafner), Josef Traxel (Froh), Hertha Wilfert (Freia), Jutta Vulpius (Woglinde), Elisabeth Schärtel (Wellgunde), Maria Graf (Flosshilde) [b]Die Walküre[/b] Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Gré Brouwenstijn (Sieglinde), Ramón Vinay (Siegmund), Josef Greindl (Hunding), Georgine von Milinkovič (Fricka/Grimgerde), Hilde Scheppan (Helmwige), Gerda Lammers (Ortlinde), Hertha Wilfert (Gerhilde), Elisabeth Scheppan (Waltraute), Jean Watson (Siegrune), Maria von Ilosvay (Schwertleite) [b]Siegfried[/b] Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Der Wanderer), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Maria von Ilosvay (Erda), Ilse Hollweg (Waldvogel) [b]Götterdämmerung[/b] Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Josef Greindl (Hagen), Hermann Uhde (Gunther), Gré Brouwenstijn (Gutrune), Maria von Ilosvay (Waltraute/First Norn), Georgine von Milinkovič (Second Norn), Mina Bolotine (First Norn) Chor und Orchester der Bayreuth Festspiele, Joseph Keilberth
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Building a Library, January 2008, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischütz
Elisabeth Grummer (Agathe), Rudolf Schock (Max), Hermann Prey (Ottokar), Gottlob Frick (Hermit), Lisa Otto (Ännchen), Ernst Wiemann (Kuno), Wilhelm Dicks (Kilian), Fritz Hoppe (Zamiel) Berliner Philharmoniker, Städtische Opernchor Berlin, Joseph Keilberth
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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischütz
Hermann Prey, Elisabeth Grümmer, Lisa Otto, Karl Christian Kohn & Rudolf Schock Berliner Philharmoniker, Joseph Keilberth
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Wagner: Bayreuth 1954 | Tannhäuser - Die Walküre - Lohengrin - Parsifal
Chor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Bayreuth Festival (opera company), Joseph Keilberth, Eugen Jochum, Hans Knappertsbusch
13 CDs: $49.00
