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About the conductor Rudolf Kempe

Born near Dresden in June 1910, Kempe studied the oboe and, at the age of 19, was named first oboe of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. In 1933 he became a repetiteur at the Leipzig Opera and made his conducting debut three years later. After war service, he was named Chief Conductor of the Chemnitz Opera (1945-48), moving to the Weimar National Theatre (1948) and then to the Staatsoper Dresden (1949-52). Between 1952-54 he was at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. It was with the latter company that he made his auspicious debut at Covent Garden where in the following years he was a highly respected visitor. Kempe first conducted at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in 1954 and between 1960-63 conducted the annual cycles of Wagner's Ring at the Bayreuth Festival. He was selected personally by Sir Thomas Beecham to be his successor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, a position he held until 1975. Concurrently he was Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich and the Munich Philharmoniker. In 1975 he was appointed the Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Since his early death in 1976, aged 66, the reputation of the German conductor Rudolf Kempe has remained at the highest level, especially through the series of orchestral recordings of music by Richard Strauss, made with the Staatskapelle Dresden in the years 1970-75. These interpretations remain the bench-mark for all subsequent recordings.

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor Rudolf Kempe

CATALOGUE NR: PH10007  (barcode: 0881488100075)
RECORD LABEL: Profil
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 37.78
RELEASE DATE: 29-Mar-2010

TITLE: Semperoper Edition 1 - Gott! Welch dunkel hier!
CONDUCTOR: Kurt Striegler and Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Elfride Trotschel   Christel Goltz   Gottlob Frick   Hans Hopf

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The earliest postwar Dresden recordings - includes bonus DVD & 240 page booklet in English and German

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CATALOGUE NR: LS4035164  (barcode: 3830025741865)
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.16
RELEASE DATE: 07-Oct-2002

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.4 Romantic.
ORCHESTRA: Munich Phiharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Live Recording 21-Oct-1971

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CATALOGUE NR: 222604  (barcode: 4011222226044)
RECORD LABEL: Artone
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 24.95
RELEASE DATE: 11-Jul-2005

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Rudolf Kempe
TRACKS: Symphony No.4 in E flat major 'Romantic' - 1878/80 version (Bruckner). Symphony No.5 in B flat major (Bruckner). Symphony No.1 in C minor op.68 (Brahms). Symphony No.3 in F major op.90 (Brahms). Symphony No.2 in D major op.73 (Brahms). Symphony No.4 in E minor op.98 (Brahms).
ORCHESTRA: Munchener Philharmoniker
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1975-1976

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CATALOGUE NR: SBK46331  (barcode: 0074644633122)
RECORD LABEL: Sony Essential Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.10

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: Symphony No.9 'From the New World' in E minor B178 op.95. Serenade in E - string orchestra B52 op.22.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and Munich Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Eugene Ormandy and Rudolf Kempe

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1279  (barcode: 0749677127923)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 02-Sep-2002

COMPOSER: Bedrich Smetana  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: The Bartered Bride Suite (Smetana). Scherzo capriccioso (Dvorak). Hansel & Gretel Suite (Humperdinck).
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe

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CATALOGUE NR: 0823542  (barcode: 5099908235428)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Electrola Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 04-Jul-2011

COMPOSER: Bedrich Smetana
TITLE: The Bartered Bride - complete
TRACKS: Die verkaufte Braut.
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Fritz Wunderlich   Pilar Lorengar   Gottlob Frick  

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CATALOGUE NR: ARPCD0328  (barcode: 4035122403282)
RECORD LABEL: Archipel
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.45
RELEASE DATE: 11-Jun-2007

COMPOSER: Carl Maria von Weber  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in C J50 op.19 (von Weber). Tristan und Isolde : Prelude (Wagner). Symphony No.5 in C minor op.67 (Beethoven).
ORCHESTRA: Staatskapelle Dresden
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: complete concert recorded in Dresden 28-Jun-1956

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CATALOGUE NR: PR89583  (barcode: 0717281895835)
RECORD LABEL: Preiser
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.79
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jan-2004

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Margarete Klose
TRACKS: Arianna : Zu Ende geht jetzt alles (Monteverdi / Orff). Orfeo ed Euridice : Che faro senza Euridice (Gluck). Xerxes : Ombra mai fu (Handel). Julius Caesar : Es blaut die Nacht (Handel). Rienzi : Gerechter Gott so ist's entschieden (Wagner). Lohengrin : Erhebe dich Genossin meiner Schmach (Wagner). Don Carlo : O hort erbarmt euch meiner (Verdi). Ruslan und Ludmilla : O du mein Lieb (Glinka). Pique Dame : Von dem grossem Maskenfeste (Tchaikovsky). Samson et Dalila : Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta vois (Camille Saint-Saens).
CONDUCTOR: Sergiu Celibidache and Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Margarete Klose      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1942-1951

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1276  (barcode: 0749677127626)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 02-Sep-2002

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Fingal's Cave (Mendelssohn). Oberon - overture (Weber). Donna Diana - overture (Reznicek). Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor - overture (Nicolai). Rosamunde - incidental music (Schubert). The Bartered Bride overture (Smetana). Ein Morgen ein Mittag ein Abend in Wien overture (Suppe). Leichtes Blut - polka (J Strauss II).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe

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CATALOGUE NR: 4609762  (barcode: 0028946097625)
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.69
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Violin Concerto in E minor op.64 (Mendelssohn). Violin Concerto No.1 in g minor op.26. Scottish Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra op.46 (Bruch).
ORCHESTRA: Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Charles Dutoit and Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Kyung Wha Chung      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'Sparkling and happy, with the lovely slow movement fresh and soulful.' Gramophone. Recorded 1972 - Nov-1999 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 4 star 'the magic of Kyung Wha Chung always a spontaneously inspired violinist, comes over beguilingly'

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CATALOGUE NR: PH10037  (barcode: 0881488100372)
RECORD LABEL: Profil
FORMAT: 8 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 30.62
RELEASE DATE: 29-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: The Essential Collection
TRACKS: CD1 : Ballades / Impromptus / Bolero. CD2 : Waltzes. CD3 : Polonaises. CD4 : Polonaises. CD5 : Etudes. CD6 : Nocturnes. CD7 : Nocturnes. CD8 : Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor op.11. Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor op.21. Mazurka No.2. Mazurka No.3.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe and John Barbirolli
ARTISTS: Vladimir Horowitz   Artur Rubinstein   Shura Cherkassky   Eugene Mursky

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1277  (barcode: 0749677127725)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 02-Sep-2002

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel). Ballet Suite (Gluck). Hary Janos Suite (Kodaly).
ORCHESTRA: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe

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CATALOGUE NR: GM50058  (barcode: 0608974150587)
RECORD LABEL: Golden Melodram
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
TITLE: Madama Butterfly - complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Victoria de los Angeles   Geraint Evans   Michael Langdon   John Lanigan

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded London 02-May-1957

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL40222  (barcode: 0684911402223)
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.60
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TITLE: Rudolf Kempe
TRACKS: Symphony No.1. Symphony No.2.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Munich Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Sheila Armstrong   Anna Reynolds    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 22-May-65 / 10-Sep-72 - Dec-1999 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL41292  (barcode: 0684911412925)
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
RELEASE DATE: 29-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Das Lied von der Erde. Rudolf Kempe in conversation with Gillian Widdicombe.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Janet Baker      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 8-Oct-1975 / interview 21-Mar-1974

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CATALOGUE NR: 5675562  (barcode: 0724356755628)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
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RELEASE DATE: 05-Feb-2001
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COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Kindertotenlieder. 5 Songs from Das Knaben Wunderland. 5 Ruckertlieder.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler and Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Daniel Barenboim   Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Outstanding. Gramophone

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CATALOGUE NR: 8111300  (barcode: 0747313330027)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
TRACKS: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler). Kindertotenlieder (Mahler). Liederkreis op.39 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler and Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau   Gerald Moore    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 24/25-Jun-1952 in Kingsway Hall London / 20/21-Jun-1955 in Jesus-Christus-Kirche Berlin / 10-Mar-1954 in EMI Abbey Road Studio 3 London - Jan-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: ARPCD0519  (barcode: 4035122405194)
RECORD LABEL: Archipel
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.45
RELEASE DATE: 18-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor.
ORCHESTRA: Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Leipzig
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Leipzig 1948

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CATALOGUE NR: ARPCD0400  (barcode: 4035122404005)
RECORD LABEL: Archipel
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.45
RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Hans Pfitzner  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B minor op.34 (Pfitzner). Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune (Debussy). Symphony No.33 in B flat K319 (Mozart).
ORCHESTRA: RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Gerhard Taschner      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live 17-Apr-1955

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CATALOGUE NR: WLCD0241  (barcode: 4035122652413)
RECORD LABEL: Walhall Eternity Series
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.99
RELEASE DATE: 27-Oct-2008

COMPOSER: Hans Pfitzner
TITLE: Palestrina
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Rudolf Kempe
ARTISTS: Max Lorenz   Elisabeth Soderstrom   Gottlob Frick   Walter Berry

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live Salzburg 1-Aug-1955

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