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Rudolf Kempe: The Genius of the Podium

Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Gerhard Unger (David), Elisabeth Grummer (Eva), Marga Hoffgen (Magdalene), Rudolf Schock (Walther), Ferdinand Frantz (Sachs), Sylvia Geszty (Zerbinetta), Teresa Zylis-Gara (Komponist), Theo Adam (Musiklehr)

Rudolf Kempe

  • Release Date: 9th Aug 2010
  • Catalogue No: 6295572
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: Icons
  • Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

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Contents

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

Work length26:06
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  • Münchner Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1972-06-26
  • Recording Venue: 23-26 June 1972, München, Bürgerbräu

I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

Track length9:17
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II. Andante cantabile con moto

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III. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)

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IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

Work length49:39
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  • Münchner Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1972-06-26
  • Recording Venue: 23-26 June 1972, München, Bürgerbräu

I. Allegro con brio

Track length15:28
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II. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)

Track length16:08
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III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

Track length5:48
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IV. Allegro molto - Poco andante - Presto

Track length12:15
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Work length33:40
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  • Münchner Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1971-12-20
  • Recording Venue: 20-23 December 1971, Bürgerbräu, Munich

I. Allegro con brio

Track length8:12
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II. Andante con moto

Track length10:59
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III. Allegro -

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IV. Allegro - Presto

Track length8:49
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

Work length40:03
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  • Münchner Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1972-06-26
  • Recording Venue: 23-26 June 1972, Bürgerbräu, Munich

I. Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of cheerful feelings on arriving in the country)

Track length10:27
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II. Andante molto moto (Scene by the brook)

Track length11:48
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III. Allegro (Merry gathering of the country folk) -

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IV. Allegro (Storm and tempest) -

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V. Allegretto (Shepherds' Song. Happy and thankful feelings after the storm)

Track length9:15
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Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Work length32:21
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  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe

I. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto

Track length9:21
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II. Andante

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III. Poco allegretto

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IV. Allegro - Un poco sostenuto

Track length8:52
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Work length39:54
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  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1960-02-01
  • Recording Venue: 14, 22, 23 Feb 1960, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length12:06
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II. Andante moderato

Track length10:58
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III. Allegro giocoso

Track length6:42
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IV. Allegro energico e passionato

Track length10:08
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002 Digital Remaster)

Work length29:00
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  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1961-02-01
  • Recording Venue: 30th Jan & 2, 3 Feb 1961, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Overture Op. 21

Track length12:05
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Nocturne Op.61 No.7

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Scherzo Op. 61 No. 1

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Wedding March Op.61 No. 9

Track length5:25
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Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade (2002 Digital Remaster)

Work length45:50
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  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1962-02-01
  • Recording Venue: 16-17 Feb 1967

I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

Track length10:33
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II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince

Track length11:54
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III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess

Track length10:32
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IV. The Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - The Ship goes to pieces on a Rock surmounted by a Bronze Warrior

Track length12:51
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Work length40:56
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  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1957-09-02
  • Recording Venue: 2-Sept-1957, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin

I Adagio - Allegro molto

Track length9:53
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II Largo

Track length12:01
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III Scherzo (Molto vivace)

Track length8:14
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IV Allegro con fuoco

Track length10:48
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Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66

Work length12:48
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  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1961-01-28
  • Recording Venue: 28 January 1961 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Weinberger, J: Schwanda the Bagpiper (2002 Digital Remaster): Polka

Work length2:34
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  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1961-01-31
  • Recording Venue: 28 & 31 January 1961 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Excerpt, Smetana: The Bartered Bride

Work length14:20
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  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1961-04-26
  • Recording Venue: 26 April 1961 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Overture

Track length6:52
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Act 1: Polka

Track length5:17
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Act 2: Furiant

Track length2:11
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Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Skocná - Dance of the Comedians

Work length4:16
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  • Nada Puttar (vocals), Marcel Cordes (bass-baritone), Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Walter Stoll (bass-baritone), Sieglinde Wagner (vocals), Karl-Ernst Mercker (vocals), Ivan Sardi (bass), Ernst Krukowski (bass-baritone), Fritz Wunderlich (vocals), Gottlob Frick (bass), Gertrud Freedmann (soprano)
  • RIAS Kammerchor, Bamberger Symphoniker, Günther Arndt
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1962-05-01
  • Recording Venue: V., VI. & X.1962, Bamberg, Kulturraum & Berlin, Grunewaldkirche

Strauss, R: Don Quixote, Op. 35

Work length41:22
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  • Giusto Cappone (viola), Paul Tortelier (cello)
  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1958-06-07
  • Recording Venue: 1-7 June 1958 / Grunewaldkirche, Berlin

Introduktion : Mäßiges Zeitmaß

Track length6:04
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Thema: Mäßig - The Knight of the Mournful Countenance

Track length1:59
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Variation I: Gemächlich - The adventure of the windmills

Track length2:28
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Variation II: Kriegerisch - The battle with the sheep

Track length1:28
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Variation III: Mäßiges Zeitmaß - Dialogue of Knight and Squire

Track length8:02
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Variation IV: Etwas breiter - The adventure with the procession of penitents

Track length1:47
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Variation V: Sehr langsam - Don Quixote's vigil

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Variation VI: Schnell - Dulcinea's enchantment

Track length1:13
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Variation VII: Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher - The ride through the air

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Variation VIII: Gamächlich - The adventure of the enchanted boat

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Variation IX: Schnell und stürmisch - The battle with the enchanters

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Variation X: Viel breiter - Don Quixote's defeat and journey home

Track length4:38
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Finale: Sehr ruhig - The death of Don Quixote

Track length5:44
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Strauss, R: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24

Work length22:31
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  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1970-06-14
  • Recording Venue: 13 & 14 June 1970 / Lukaskirche, Dresden

Strauss, R: Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

Work length8:22
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  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1970-06-14
  • Recording Venue: June 1970/Lukaskirche, Dresden

Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

Work length14:46
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  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1974-06-24
  • Recording Venue: 13-24 June 1970: Lukaskirche, Dresden, Saxony

Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20

Work length16:12
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  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1970-06-24
  • Recording Venue: 13-24 June 1970: Lukaskirche, Dresden, Saxony

Strauss, R: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

Work length44:10
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  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1972-03-30
  • Recording Venue: 26-30 March 1972: Lucaskirche, Dresden

Der Held (The Hero)

Track length4:22
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Des Helden Widersacher (The hero's adversaries)

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Des Helden Gefährtin (The hero's wife)

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Thema der Siegesgewißheit (Certainty of victory)

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Des Helden Walstatt (The hero's battlefield)

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Des Helden Walstatt [Kriegsfanfaren] (The hero's battlefield [War fanfares])

Track length6:28
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Des Helden Friedenswerke (The hero's works of peace)

Track length4:58
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Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung (The hero's withdrawal from the world)

Track length4:22
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Entsagung (Renunciation)

Track length6:34
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos (1992 Digital Remaster), PROLOGUE

Work length11:17
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  • Rudolf Kempe/Staatskapelle Dresden/Gundula Janowitz/Sylvia Geszty/Teresa Zylis-Gara/James King/Erich-Alexander Winds/Theo Adam/Eberhard Büchner/Peter Schreier/Gunther Dressler/Wilfried Schaal/Erika Wüstmann/Annelies Burmeister/Adele Stolte, Sylvia Geszty (soprano), Teresa Zylis-Gara (soprano), Theo Adam (baritone), Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1968-07-05
  • Recording Venue: 27 June - 5 July 1968 / Lukaskirche, Dresden

Kindekopf! Markt auf! (Zerbinetta / Komponist)

Track length6:51
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An ihre Plätze, meine Damen und Herrn! (Musiklehrer / Primadonna / Komponist)

Track length4:26
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Excerpt, Wagner: Lohengrin

Work length36:44
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  • Dr. Richard Rossmayer (director), Gottlob Frick (bass), Jess Thomas (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (mezzo-soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Otto Wiener (bass)
  • Richard Rossmayer, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1963-04-03
  • Recording Venue: 23 November - 5 December 1962 & 1-3 April 1963 / Theater an der Wien, Vienna

Vorspiel (Orchester)

Track length8:33
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Vorspiel (Orchester)

Track length3:29
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Lohengrin (2000 Digital Remaster): Treulich geführt ziehet dahin (Chor)

Track length5:02
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(Morgenröte) (Orchester)...Heil! König Heinrich!

Track length5:02
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Was bringen die? Was tun sie kund? (Chor / König)

Track length2:49
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Mein Herr und König, laß dir melden

Track length5:28
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In fernem Land (Lohengrin / König / Chor)

Track length6:21
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Excerpt, Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Work length30:46
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  • Manfred Schmidt (vocals), Marga Höffgen (mezzo-soprano), Hanns Pick (bass), Horst Wilhelm (vocals), Gerhard Unger (vocals), Walter Stoll (bass), Herold Kraus (vocals), Anton Metternich (bass), Leopold Clam (vocals), Gottlob Frick (bass), Rudolf Schock (vocals), Ferdinand Frantz (bass-baritone), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Robert Koffmane (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Gruemmer (soprano), Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Marga Hoeffgen (mezzo-soprano), Benno Kusche (bass-baritone)
  • Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Chöre der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1992-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 6-19 April 1956, Wintergarten, Berlin

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1992 Digital Remaster), DRITTER AKT / ACT 3 / TROISIEME SCENE, Vierte Szene / Scene 4 / Quatrième Scène, Die "selige Morgentraum Deutweise" ...: Selig wie die Sonne (Sachs / Eva / Walther / David / Magdalene)

Track length7:39
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Sankt Krispin, lobet ihn! (Schuster / Schneider / Bäcker / Lehrbuben)

Track length3:49
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Ihr tanzt? Was werden die Meister sagen? (David / Lehrbuben / Gesellen)

Track length5:31
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"Morgendlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein" (Walther / Volk / Die Meister / Sachs / Pogner / Eva)

Track length7:25
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Verachtet mir die Meister nicht (Sachs / Volk)

Track length6:22
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Libestod

Work length18:38
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  • Rudolf Kempe (lead vocals)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Recorded: 1958-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 10-12 February 1958, Musikvereinsaal, Vienna

Excerpt, Wagner: Parsifal

Work length28:23
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1958-01-01
  • Recording Venue: February 1958, Musikvereinsaal & Theater an der Wien, Vienna

Vorspiel (Prelude), 1.Aufzug

Track length15:45
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Karfreitagrauber (Good Friday Music), 3.Aufzug

Track length12:38
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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel - Orchestersuite

Work length26:13
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  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1961-01-27
  • Recording Venue: 26-27 January 1961 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Vorspiel / Overture

Track length7:44
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Der Hexenritt / Witches' Ride

Track length5:17
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Das Knusperhäuschen / The Gingerbread House

Track length5:02
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Knusperwalzer / The Witch's Waltz

Track length2:29
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Traumpantomime / Dream Pantomime

Track length5:41
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Mascagni: Intermezzo from L'Amico Fritz, Act III

Work length4:10
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  • Rudolf Kempe (cantor)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Recorded: 1961-12-01
  • Recording Venue: 11-17 Dec 1961, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna

Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda)

Work length9:16
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1961-12-01
  • Recording Venue: 11-17 Dec 1961, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna

Schmidt, F: Notre Dame - Intermezzo

Work length3:32
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  • Rudolf Kempe (cantor)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Recorded: 1961-12-01
  • Recording Venue: 11-17 Dec 1961, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna

Gounod: Waltz from Faust, Act II

Work length5:17
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe

Bayer: Die Puppenfee - Ballet Music

Work length10:53
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  • Rudolf Kempe (cantor)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Recorded: 1961-12-01
  • Recording Venue: 11-17 Dec 1961, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna

Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers Overture

Work length9:27
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  • Rudolf Kempe (cantor)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Recorded: 1961-12-01
  • Recording Venue: 11-17 Dec 1961, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna

Gotovac: Ero, der Schelm: Kolo (Dance)

Work length6:08
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  • Rudolf Kempe (cantor)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Recorded: 1961-12-01
  • Recording Venue: 11-17 Dec 1961, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna

Excerpt, Schubert: Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797

Work length22:24
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  • Rudolf Kempe (cantor)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Recorded: 1961-12-01
  • Recording Venue: 11-17 Dec 1961, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna

Overture D644

Track length10:25
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Entr'acte No.3 in B flat

Track length6:59
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Ballet No. 2 in G

Track length5:00
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Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Work length7:18
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker (oboe)
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1961-12-01
  • Recording Venue: 11-17 Dec 1961, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna

Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus Overture

Work length8:16
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1958-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 19 February 1958 / Grosse Saal, Musikversein, Vienna

Strauss, J, II: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325

Work length12:10
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1960-12-22
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 December 1960 / Grosse Sall, Musikversein, Vienna

Strauss, J, II: Leichtes Blut, polka schnell, Op. 319

Work length2:38
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1960-12-22
  • Recording Venue: 22 December 1960 / Grosse Saal, Musikversein, Vienna

Strauss, Josef: Dynamiden - Waltz Op. 173

Work length8:05
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1960-12-22
  • Recording Venue: 22 December 1960 / Grosse Saal, Musikversein, Vienna

Strauss, J, II: Tausendundeine Nacht, Op. 346

Work length6:56
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1960-12-22
  • Recording Venue: 22 December 1960 / Grosse Saal, Musikverein, Vienna

Strauss, J, II: Im Krapfenwald'l, Polka française, Op. 336

Work length4:25
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1960-12-22
  • Recording Venue: 22 December 1960 / Grosse Saal, Musikversein, Vienna

Strauss, J, II: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437

Work length10:31
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1990-12-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 December 1960 / Grosse Saal, Musikversein, Vienna

Strauss, Josef: Sphärenklänge, Op. 235

Work length8:32
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1958-02-22
  • Recording Venue: 22 February 1958 / Grosse Saal, Musikverein, Vienna

Strauss, J, I: Radetzky March, Op. 228

Work length2:57
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1958-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 19 February 1958 / Grosse Saal, Musikversein, Vienna

Lehár: Gold und Silber Walzer, Op. 79

Work length8:55
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1958-02-22
  • Recording Venue: 20-22 February 1958 / Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna

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