Great Conductors, Vol 1
$9.95
Performances with Walter, Klemperer, Blech, Busch, Keilberth, Elmendorff, Fricsay, Knappertsbusch, Schurich, E. Kleiber. 33m. Packaged in a black sleeve. B&W.
NTSC VHS ONLY
1. Otto Klemperer: Beethoven, “Egmont Overture” (excerpt)
2. Bruno Walter and the Berlin Philharmonic, 1930: Weber, Oberon, Overture (excerpt) (We could not eradicate the visual disturbances, which are on the master.)
3. Karl Schulrich, Dresden, 1944: Haydn, Tenth Symphony (excerpt)
4. Erich Kleiber, Charlottenburger Castle, Berlin: Mozart, “German Dance”
5. Leo Blech, Berlin, 1949: Bizet, Carmen, Act IV ballet
6. Fritz Busch, Dresden Stadtskapelle, 1932: Wagner, Tannhäuser, Overture (excerpt)
7. Josef Keilberth, Munich, 1959: Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Overture
8. Karl Elmendorff, Bayreuth: Wagner, Götterdämmerung, Prologue, with Frida Leider, Max Lorenz; (excerpt). Heinz Tietjen, dir., Winifred Wagner presiding
9. Ferenz Fricsay: Rossini, La scala di seta, Overture
10. Hans Knappertsbusch and the Berlin Philharmonic and Kittel Chorus, 1942 or April 1943: Beethoven, Ninth Symphony (excerpt), with Erna Berger and Torsten Ralf. (Same as on Video #52, Great Conductors of the Third Reich).